Tim Timberlake - Can't Deny The Evidence

September 22, 2025 | 28:30

Tim Timberlake deep biblical wisdom empowers audiences to create transformative change in their lives.

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Tim Timberlake | Tim Timberlake - Can't Deny The Evidence | September 22, 2025
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  • Hey, friends and family is pastor
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  • Tim timberlake of celebration church
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  • And we are in for an incredible time in the word of god today.
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  • I am so excited about our text, and i truly believe
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  • That it's going to change and transform you and usher you
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  • From where you are to where god desires for you to be.
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  • Let's go to the text.
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  • As we've already begun this sermon in acts chapter four
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  • Entitled you can't deny
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  • The evidence.
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  • The recurring theme we see unfold in
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  • Almost every chapter thus far is that there are miracles.
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  • There are signs, there are wonders
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  • That are taking place with one group of people,
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  • And at the same time, there is another group of people
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  • That are hearing about these miracles, signs and wonders
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  • And are threatened because they know that their control
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  • Is no longer working over the people of jesus.
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  • This other group of people is what scripture
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  • Calls the sanhedrin council.
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  • And this was the ruling council over priests,
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  • Elders and scribes.
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  • This was the highest court of the land,
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  • Giving the most authority under roman law.
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  • This was the same council that condemned jesus
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  • Not long before this particular passage of scripture.
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  • And so there's a great tension unfolding in the text
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  • That we read.
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  • And this tension
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  • That's unfolding is that the apostles were now standing
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  • Before the same power structure that crucified the lord,
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  • And this crippled man that had been bound to a mat
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  • In front of the gate, called beautiful for 40 years,
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  • Is now standing beside them, not just healed, but made whole.
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  • And so the sanhedrin council is now trying to silence
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  • The testimony of what god has raised the volume of.
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  • But how many of you know,
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  • Whatever god ordains, the enemy cannot stop.
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  • How many of you know whatever god calls
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  • Culture in society cannot cancel?
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  • How many of you understand that whatever god raises
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  • The volume on the enemy cannot press mute?
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  • And here this man is standing beside peter
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  • And john as a living,
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  • Walking, moving, breathing miracle that no one can deny.
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  • And he is the evidence of the faithfulness of jesus christ.
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  • And before we go any further, i wonder,
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  • Is there anybody listening to me, whether in this room
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  • Or watching online right now, that would throw in the chat
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  • That you can testify
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  • Of the faithfulness of jesus because you got the evidence.
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  • You still got your right mind that there was a condition
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  • That doctors told you could not be fixed
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  • To healed,
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  • And jesus healed you, that there were things
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  • That you could not work out in your own power,
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  • That jesus worked on in his power
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  • Because all authority, power, and might rest in jesus.
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  • So here, this man
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  • Standing beside peter and john, who has been
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  • For over 40 years now, standing on two feet,
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  • Confirming that jesus healed him, testifying
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  • That jesus is good,
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  • And now displaying
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  • The faithfulness of jesus in a crowd of witnesses.
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  • And this crowd of witnesses is now praising and thanking god
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  • Because they've seen too much and they've heard too much
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  • To remain quiet.
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  • You got evidence?
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  • You got evidence.
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  • See, he's been good to you.
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  • He's been great to you.
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  • And scripture
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  • Says if he is great, then he is greatly to be praised.
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  • You can't say that god is great
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  • And not give him a great praise, because your praise is
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  • A reflection of how you view god.
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  • Your worship is a reflection of how you view god.
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  • What is worship?
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  • Worship is when god is revealed to you in a certain way,
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  • And you respond to the level of revelation
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  • That god has revealed himself.
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  • So if god has not revealed himself to you
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  • In a very special way,
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  • You can't give him a very special worship.
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  • But when you know who god is
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  • And you know what god saved you from,
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  • And you know he healed your mind,
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  • You know he set you free.
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  • You know he pulled you out of the muck in the mire.
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  • You know, he changed your children
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  • And your grandchildren's life.
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  • You know,
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  • He opened up the gates of victory for you
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  • When the devil was trying to pull you back into sin.
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  • Then you can lift your hands and say, god, you are good
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  • And your mercy endureth forever.
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  • You got evidence. you
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  • Got evidence.
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  • You got evidence
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  • That he
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  • Is faithful.
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  • And so point number one
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  • Is this.
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  • When god stands you up,
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  • No system can shut you down.
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  • Look at what the text says
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  • Standing beside peter
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  • And john was a healed man
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  • Who was once crippled for over 40 years.
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  • The power of jesus stood him up.
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  • So the healed man beside peter
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  • And john was a sermon without legs.
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  • They gained legs
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  • Because jesus healed him.
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  • So what you are one stuck in.
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  • God will raise you out of
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  • What once held you hostage.
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  • God will use as a testimony
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  • What the enemy tried to keep you confined to.
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  • God will utilize as your greatest platform
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  • For his glory and for his goodness.
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  • Because miracles always dismantle arguments.
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  • So a testimony is a megaphone
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  • Hell can't mute.
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  • And sometimes you're trying
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  • To argue with people to tell them how good god is.
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  • And no, no, you need to believe that
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  • When all you got to do is stand in the testimony
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  • That god has already worked on the inside of you.
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  • They tried to silence the preachers,
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  • But the miracle kept preaching.
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  • They could not deny
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  • What jesus had done
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  • Because the miracle was standing beside peter and john.
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  • What does this mean for you and me?
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  • Jesus is preparing you to stand as a miracle
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  • And the face of the enemy that the enemy cannot deny.
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  • So you don't need a pulpit
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  • When your life is already a sermon.
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  • The same people who deny jesus
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  • Had to stare at his power at work, through this man
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  • That was crippled for over 40 years.
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  • Now healed, and they could not deny it.
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  • So when i read this, i'm encouraged to know
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  • Every time god raises me up,
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  • He raises the volume of the testimony he has written in me
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  • For the body of christ, culture and society.
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  • Because god will not do anything that you can do.
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  • He will only do the things that you cannot do,
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  • So that he can get the credit and glory for it.
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  • You have proof.
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  • You got proof.
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  • You may not have everything you want, but you got proof.
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  • You may not have everything you need, but you got proof.
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  • And as long as you got proof.
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  • Nothing can shake your belief.
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  • Yeah,
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  • Because that's what the enemy is after he's.
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  • Do you believe
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  • He'll touch your car to get to your belief?
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  • He'll touch your mind to get to your belief.
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  • He'll touch your kids. to get to your belief.
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  • He'll touch everything. you have to get to your belief.
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  • If you have your mind made up that nothing will shake
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  • My belief, my trust, my faith in jesus christ.
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  • You can make your mind up come hell or high water for me.
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  • In my house we will serve the lord.
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  • I don't care what the weapons are.
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  • I don't care who the enemy is.
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  • I don't care how great the giant is.
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  • I don't care how tall the mountain is.
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  • I got proof he's delivered me.
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  • Then i believe he'll deliver me now.
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  • And i know he'll bring me over.
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  • Whatever i'll face in my future.
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  • Because i got proof of the faithfulness of god.
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  • I have proof i have, i have proof if you if you like.
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  • I don't have proof.
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  • I can't think of proof.
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  • I can't find proof.
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  • I just want to turn your attention
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  • To the person sitting beside you,
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  • Because they are proof of the faithfulness of god.
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  • So if you can't recall,
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  • If you can't recall,
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  • If you can't recall, if you can't think,
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  • I want you to turn and look at the person beside you.
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  • They have survived some things
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  • They have been through,
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  • Some things
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  • They have overcome, some things
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  • They have come out of some things
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  • And they are proof of the faithfulness of jesus christ.
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  • Look at what it says.
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  • Look at what the text
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  • Says.
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  • But the man who was healed standing beside them.
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  • Sometimes
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  • We were looking too far ahead and we don't need to look ahead.
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  • We need to look beside.
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  • Standing
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  • Beside them was a testimony
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  • Sitting beside you right now as a testimony.
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  • If you only knew.
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  • What the person
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  • Sitting beside you has been through.
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  • To sit where they're sitting right now.
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  • You would not only praise god for you,
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  • You would praise god for them.
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  • Don't not hearing me.
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  • I said, if you only knew
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  • What the person sitting beside you.
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  • I know you may not know their name.
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  • I know you may not know the story.
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  • I know you may not know the testimony.
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  • But they're still standing.
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  • You're still here.
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  • You're still an overcomer.
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  • You're still victorious.
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  • You're still triumphant in jesus name.
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  • Before second, can you thank god for giving you and the person
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  • Beside you victory when it didn't make sense?
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  • Yeah,
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  • Yeah,
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  • Yeah.
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  • You got evidence that no one can deny.
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  • You got evidence that no one can oppose.
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  • You got evidence?
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  • You got evidence.
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  • Hey, family, as we take a break,
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  • My prayer is that this broadcast is blessing you.
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  • I pray this message as we journey
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  • Through the book of acts,
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  • Unlocks destiny on the inside of you.
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  • Remove the scales from your eyes,
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  • And it removes whatever earmuffs you may have on your ears
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  • That are blocking you from hearing, god,
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  • I want to provide
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  • To you a resource today the bumpy road to better.
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  • This is my brand new book that was released, september
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  • The 2nd that i believe is going to bless your life.
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  • In this book, i talk about how we can unlock the power
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  • And hard things that we may be navigating in this life.
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  • And i believe that as we go on this journey of going towards
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  • Better, there's some bumps that we have
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  • To navigate, some mountains that we have to scale,
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  • And some giants that we have to defeat.
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  • I want to encourage you do whatever you can
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  • To purchase this book, the bumpy road
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  • To better at thebumpyroadtobetter.com.
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  • Let's go back into today's message.
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  • As we continue to learn the word of god.
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  • Point number two is this.
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  • Threats
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  • Of the tax you pay for truth.
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  • Sanhedren counsel.
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  • Threatened them.
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  • Told them
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  • Don't continue to preach
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  • Or teach in the name of jesus.
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  • Now, i want us to pay attention to this text
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  • Because i believe
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  • It speaks to what we are seeing in 2025.
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  • Verse 17 says,
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  • But in order that it may spread no further among the people,
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  • Let us warn them to speak no more, to anyone
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  • In this name.
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  • So they called them and charged them
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  • Not to speak or teach at all in the name
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  • Of jesus.
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  • Scripture doesn't say
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  • That they charge them not to preach or teach.
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  • Scripture says
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  • They charge them not to preach and teach in the name
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  • Of jesus.
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  • And so you have many preachers and teachers
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  • Who are not
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  • Preaching the name of jesus.
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  • You have?
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  • Yeah, but many preachers and teachers
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  • And prophets and evangelists and apostles
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  • And bishops who are preaching, but they're not preaching
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  • In the name of jesus.
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  • Scripture says, many will say.
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  • Lord, lord.
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  • Did we not?
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  • Preach.
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  • And jesus will say, depart from me.
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  • I don't know you.
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  • You got many people who are preaching
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  • And teaching in a name that is not the name of jesus.
  • 00:14:07.162 --> 00:14:12.034
  • And so you could sit a lifetime
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  • Under that teaching and not change.
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  • As a matter of fact, they don't mind that you don't change
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  • As long as you keep supporting their lifestyle.
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  • Many will preach and teach, but not in the name of jesus.
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  • And they don't want you to be transformed.
  • 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:33.756
  • Because when you get transformed, you
  • 00:14:33.756 --> 00:14:35.391
  • No longer have a need for the messages that scratch your ego
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  • And your opinion.
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  • We we want
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  • Other people to lead us by the hand,
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  • When in fact we should be putting our hands
  • 00:14:49.271 --> 00:14:51.006
  • In the hands of jesus.
  • 00:14:51.006 --> 00:14:54.410
  • Many will preach and teach
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  • In their names and their ability and their pride
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  • And their ambition and their ego.
  • 00:15:01.483 --> 00:15:04.520
  • But scripture says that when you preach
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  • And teach and testify
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  • In the name of jesus christ,
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  • Things happen.
  • 00:15:16.298 --> 00:15:19.435
  • So when the enemy
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  • Can't hide the evidence,
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  • The enemy will try to silence
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  • Your testimony.
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  • See, fear is the currency of fragile thrones.
  • 00:15:31.347 --> 00:15:35.684
  • What does that mean?
  • 00:15:36.151 --> 00:15:37.987
  • That means when someone is operating off of fear,
  • 00:15:37.987 --> 00:15:42.558
  • They'll try to hold hostage what god has freed.
  • 00:15:42.558 --> 00:15:51.266
  • The louder their threats,
  • 00:15:51.834 --> 00:15:54.069
  • The clearer their fear is.
  • 00:15:54.069 --> 00:15:57.072
  • So when control starts cracking, you need to remember
  • 00:15:57.072 --> 00:15:59.675
  • This, fears start shouting.
  • 00:15:59.675 --> 00:16:02.411
  • When the enemy starts to lose control in your life,
  • 00:16:03.479 --> 00:16:06.682
  • His voice will get louder and louder in your ear.
  • 00:16:06.682 --> 00:16:11.053
  • Don't get distracted by the volume
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  • Of the voice of the enemy.
  • 00:16:13.722 --> 00:16:15.491
  • Just get louder than his voice.
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  • Did you hear what i said?
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  • Don't get distracted
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  • By the volume of the voice of the enemy.
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  • You just get louder than his voice.
  • 00:16:25.868 --> 00:16:28.003
  • How do you get louder than the voice of the enemy?
  • 00:16:28.003 --> 00:16:31.540
  • You elevate your praise and worship louder than his.
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  • I wish i had time to unpack it, but i don't.
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  • I don't got time.
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  • Number three. number three.
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  • Holy defiance
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  • Is the sound of real faith.
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  • They did not stop preaching and teaching in the name of jesus.
  • 00:16:59.001 --> 00:17:01.503
  • They were defiant. that is the sound of real faith.
  • 00:17:01.503 --> 00:17:03.806
  • What does that mean for us?
  • 00:17:03.806 --> 00:17:04.807
  • That means when the enemy told you to shut up,
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  • You raise your praise high.
  • 00:17:06.708 --> 00:17:08.644
  • When the enemy tells you to be quiet,
  • 00:17:08.644 --> 00:17:10.312
  • You raise the volume on your worship.
  • 00:17:10.312 --> 00:17:12.448
  • When the enemy tells you it will never happen,
  • 00:17:12.448 --> 00:17:14.383
  • You need to start rejoicing because you know
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  • The enemy cannot tell the truth,
  • 00:17:15.951 --> 00:17:17.553
  • Which means it is going to happen.
  • 00:17:17.553 --> 00:17:19.955
  • Whatever the enemy is telling you
  • 00:17:19.955 --> 00:17:21.557
  • And screaming at you and shouting at you right now,
  • 00:17:21.557 --> 00:17:23.392
  • You can thank jesus because the exact opposite
  • 00:17:23.392 --> 00:17:25.894
  • Is going to happen. how do we know this?
  • 00:17:25.894 --> 00:17:28.297
  • Because the bible calls him the father of lies.
  • 00:17:28.297 --> 00:17:30.833
  • So whatever he's shouting,
  • 00:17:30.833 --> 00:17:32.501
  • You can go ahead and raise the volume of your praise
  • 00:17:32.501 --> 00:17:34.703
  • And worship to know the exact opposite is going to happen.
  • 00:17:34.703 --> 00:17:38.941
  • Boldness in jesus isn't arrogance.
  • 00:17:39.708 --> 00:17:43.145
  • It's obedience that refuses to bow.
  • 00:17:43.879 --> 00:17:46.815
  • It's obedience that refuses to bend the knee to culture.
  • 00:17:46.815 --> 00:17:49.451
  • It's obedience that refuses to bend the knee
  • 00:17:49.451 --> 00:17:51.587
  • To the idols that society told you.
  • 00:17:51.587 --> 00:17:53.455
  • You should bend the knee to its refusal
  • 00:17:53.455 --> 00:17:55.390
  • To give anyone or anything more praise that you do.
  • 00:17:55.390 --> 00:17:58.060
  • Jesus christ.
  • 00:17:58.060 --> 00:18:01.196
  • It's the refusal.
  • 00:18:01.630 --> 00:18:04.733
  • And the reality is,
  • 00:18:04.733 --> 00:18:07.102
  • Is to obey god is to declare war
  • 00:18:07.102 --> 00:18:10.506
  • On every idol, demanding your silence.
  • 00:18:10.506 --> 00:18:15.010
  • So my question for us right now
  • 00:18:15.644 --> 00:18:19.014
  • Is what is keeping you silent?
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  • What is keeping you mute?
  • 00:18:25.687 --> 00:18:29.625
  • What is holding
  • 00:18:29.992 --> 00:18:31.093
  • Your praise and worship hostage?
  • 00:18:31.093 --> 00:18:34.730
  • Because anything
  • 00:18:35.130 --> 00:18:37.366
  • That has more power
  • 00:18:37.366 --> 00:18:39.735
  • Over my response to jesus
  • 00:18:39.735 --> 00:18:42.638
  • Than the power found in jesus has become
  • 00:18:42.638 --> 00:18:46.141
  • My god.
  • 00:18:46.141 --> 00:18:51.813
  • The reality is,
  • 00:18:52.181 --> 00:18:54.683
  • Is that if your obedience
  • 00:18:54.683 --> 00:18:57.052
  • Never cost you a sacrifice,
  • 00:18:57.052 --> 00:18:59.721
  • Your allegiance means nothing.
  • 00:18:59.721 --> 00:19:04.026
  • When is the last time you sacrifice praise?
  • 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:08.297
  • When is the last time you sacrifice worship?
  • 00:19:08.297 --> 00:19:10.699
  • When is the last time you didn't feel like it,
  • 00:19:10.699 --> 00:19:12.034
  • But you did it anyway because you knew your feelings
  • 00:19:12.034 --> 00:19:14.503
  • Did not matter in the grand scheme of things.
  • 00:19:14.503 --> 00:19:16.305
  • When is the last time you told your feelings to shut up?
  • 00:19:16.305 --> 00:19:19.041
  • God is in control.
  • 00:19:19.041 --> 00:19:20.375
  • He is great and he is greatly to be praised.
  • 00:19:20.375 --> 00:19:24.146
  • Hold on one second,
  • 00:19:24.613 --> 00:19:26.448
  • Because i want to ask you this.
  • 00:19:26.448 --> 00:19:29.117
  • When is the last time your praise offended your own
  • 00:19:29.117 --> 00:19:31.954
  • Flesh?
  • 00:19:31.954 --> 00:19:40.862
  • If your obedience cost you nothing,
  • 00:19:41.630 --> 00:19:43.298
  • Your allegiance means absolutely nothing.
  • 00:19:43.298 --> 00:19:47.936
  • Point number four is this.
  • 00:19:48.503 --> 00:19:54.376
  • What you've seen
  • 00:19:54.743 --> 00:19:57.679
  • And what you've heard
  • 00:19:57.679 --> 00:19:59.948
  • Demands to be spoken.
  • 00:19:59.948 --> 00:20:04.119
  • Silence is not an option.
  • 00:20:04.686 --> 00:20:08.223
  • When eternity is at stake.
  • 00:20:08.223 --> 00:20:15.163
  • I love the fact that this passage doesn't say
  • 00:20:16.098 --> 00:20:18.634
  • The man was healed in the name of jesus.
  • 00:20:18.634 --> 00:20:21.970
  • He turned and he ran home to hide.
  • 00:20:21.970 --> 00:20:26.642
  • Scripture says
  • 00:20:26.975 --> 00:20:28.443
  • That jesus healed his legs
  • 00:20:28.443 --> 00:20:31.747
  • And he stood
  • 00:20:31.747 --> 00:20:34.182
  • As a living testimony
  • 00:20:34.182 --> 00:20:37.252
  • And all that saw praised
  • 00:20:37.252 --> 00:20:41.189
  • And worshiped god,
  • 00:20:41.623 --> 00:20:43.892
  • Because there was evidence
  • 00:20:43.892 --> 00:20:46.061
  • Standing in front of them.
  • 00:20:46.061 --> 00:20:48.664
  • Suppression of the gospel is impossible
  • 00:20:48.664 --> 00:20:52.367
  • When possession by the gospel is undeniable.
  • 00:20:52.367 --> 00:20:58.473
  • I need you to catch that.
  • 00:20:59.041 --> 00:21:00.042
  • Suppression of the gospel isn't possible
  • 00:21:00.042 --> 00:21:02.911
  • When possession by the gospel is undeniable.
  • 00:21:02.911 --> 00:21:06.615
  • Hear me.
  • 00:21:06.615 --> 00:21:07.316
  • I know you got the word of god,
  • 00:21:07.316 --> 00:21:08.884
  • But does the word of god have you?
  • 00:21:08.884 --> 00:21:12.321
  • I know you hold the word of god, but it's the word of god
  • 00:21:12.321 --> 00:21:14.923
  • Holding you when the word of god has you.
  • 00:21:14.923 --> 00:21:18.560
  • It is undeniable.
  • 00:21:18.560 --> 00:21:20.062
  • There is a praise and worship
  • 00:21:20.062 --> 00:21:21.897
  • That is trapped on the inside of you
  • 00:21:21.897 --> 00:21:23.932
  • That has to be spoken. it has to be released.
  • 00:21:23.932 --> 00:21:26.768
  • It has to be spoken.
  • 00:21:26.768 --> 00:21:29.371
  • And when god does something that you cannot do,
  • 00:21:29.371 --> 00:21:32.341
  • You have to return that back into praise
  • 00:21:32.341 --> 00:21:34.843
  • And worship and sacrifice so that you don't think that you
  • 00:21:34.843 --> 00:21:38.580
  • Are your own god.
  • 00:21:38.580 --> 00:21:42.951
  • Oh man, if you've truly
  • 00:21:43.452 --> 00:21:46.021
  • And i mean truly encountered christ, your mouth
  • 00:21:46.021 --> 00:21:49.191
  • Can't stay shut and your life can't stay the same.
  • 00:21:49.191 --> 00:21:54.429
  • So there's some of you right now.
  • 00:21:55.130 --> 00:21:56.331
  • You're under the gun. you're under pressure.
  • 00:21:56.331 --> 00:21:57.833
  • You're filling the opposition.
  • 00:21:57.833 --> 00:21:59.000
  • You're filling life. close in on you.
  • 00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:00.802
  • You feel that the tension
  • 00:22:00.802 --> 00:22:03.038
  • Of what you're hearing and what you're seeing.
  • 00:22:03.038 --> 00:22:05.140
  • And i'm telling you, regardless of what you see,
  • 00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:07.709
  • You have to see what god has already said.
  • 00:22:07.709 --> 00:22:13.515
  • You repeat what god says.
  • 00:22:14.082 --> 00:22:16.852
  • You'll never be wrong.
  • 00:22:16.852 --> 00:22:19.554
  • He'll lead you.
  • 00:22:19.554 --> 00:22:21.723
  • He'll lift you,
  • 00:22:21.723 --> 00:22:23.592
  • He'll raise you.
  • 00:22:23.592 --> 00:22:25.360
  • He'll remind you that regardless of what's in front of you,
  • 00:22:25.360 --> 00:22:28.797
  • There's a trail of evidence behind you.
  • 00:22:28.797 --> 00:22:35.904
  • The addiction that was supposed to kill
  • 00:22:36.772 --> 00:22:38.273
  • You did not kill you. that's evidence.
  • 00:22:38.273 --> 00:22:41.576
  • Of the faithfulness of jesus.
  • 00:22:42.210 --> 00:22:46.047
  • Some of you tried to take your own life, but failed.
  • 00:22:47.082 --> 00:22:49.251
  • That's evidence
  • 00:22:49.251 --> 00:22:52.254
  • Of the faithfulness of god.
  • 00:22:52.254 --> 00:22:58.026
  • You got evidence that no one can deny.
  • 00:22:58.860 --> 00:23:02.164
  • No one can suppress.
  • 00:23:02.631 --> 00:23:05.801
  • So as fear
  • 00:23:06.101 --> 00:23:08.403
  • Says, be quiet.
  • 00:23:08.403 --> 00:23:11.740
  • Fire on the inside of you says,
  • 00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:13.475
  • I can't help it.
  • 00:23:13.475 --> 00:23:17.546
  • I can't help it.
  • 00:23:17.946 --> 00:23:20.515
  • I have to return
  • 00:23:20.515 --> 00:23:22.551
  • To jesus.
  • 00:23:22.551 --> 00:23:23.118
  • What he's done for me.
  • 00:23:23.118 --> 00:23:25.854
  • He's loosed me.
  • 00:23:25.854 --> 00:23:28.023
  • He's freed me. he's healed me.
  • 00:23:28.023 --> 00:23:30.459
  • He's redeeming me.
  • 00:23:30.459 --> 00:23:32.427
  • He's making me new again.
  • 00:23:32.427 --> 00:23:36.398
  • It is him.
  • 00:23:36.698 --> 00:23:38.333
  • It is only him.
  • 00:23:38.333 --> 00:23:39.968
  • It would always be him.
  • 00:23:39.968 --> 00:23:48.243
  • So if the enemy can
  • 00:23:48.710 --> 00:23:49.744
  • Silence your witness.
  • 00:23:49.744 --> 00:23:53.114
  • He will suffocate your worship.
  • 00:23:53.114 --> 00:23:58.920
  • And i'll be honest with you.
  • 00:23:59.521 --> 00:24:01.790
  • The right amount of pain will try to silence you.
  • 00:24:01.790 --> 00:24:05.861
  • The right amount of pain
  • 00:24:06.394 --> 00:24:07.963
  • Will steal your voice.
  • 00:24:08.430 --> 00:24:11.333
  • The right amount of pain
  • 00:24:11.333 --> 00:24:13.235
  • Will try to suppress you.
  • 00:24:13.235 --> 00:24:15.871
  • The right amount of failure will try to remind you
  • 00:24:15.871 --> 00:24:19.307
  • That jesus is not changed to when in fact,
  • 00:24:19.307 --> 00:24:21.443
  • Jesus has changed you.
  • 00:24:21.443 --> 00:24:24.546
  • Don't allow the enemy
  • 00:24:24.546 --> 00:24:26.581
  • To silence your witness.
  • 00:24:26.581 --> 00:24:29.484
  • Don't allow the enemy to suppress your worship.
  • 00:24:29.484 --> 00:24:32.721
  • Scripture says that all that saw
  • 00:24:32.721 --> 00:24:36.091
  • Praised and worshiped
  • 00:24:36.591 --> 00:24:39.694
  • Jesus because they experienced evidence
  • 00:24:39.694 --> 00:24:43.932
  • That no one could deny.
  • 00:24:44.432 --> 00:24:47.602
  • Silence is not an option.
  • 00:24:48.169 --> 00:24:52.307
  • So if god has been faithful in any area of your life,
  • 00:24:52.307 --> 00:24:57.245
  • You need to give him praise.
  • 00:24:57.812 --> 00:25:02.384
  • Not just tomorrow,
  • 00:25:02.817 --> 00:25:05.921
  • Well we are out of time for today.
  • 00:25:06.688 --> 00:25:07.989
  • But we're not out of word.
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  • So continue to come right back here
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  • Next week
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  • As we continue to track through the book of acts
  • 00:25:12.294 --> 00:25:14.529
  • And see what god has in store for us.
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  • I truly believe that we're on a
  • 00:25:16.631 --> 00:25:17.866
  • Transformative journey together,
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  • And i want us to continue this journey
  • 00:25:19.734 --> 00:25:21.670
  • Through the word of god,
  • 00:25:21.670 --> 00:25:22.771
  • Specifically through the book of acts.
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  • As we grow, as we learn, as we mature,
  • 00:25:24.406 --> 00:25:26.875
  • As the body of christ,
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  • You can also scan that qr code or call that number
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  • If you want us to pray with you before we close this broadcast.
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  • I'm going to pray myself in agreement with you,
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  • Whatever you may be, believe in god for.
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  • And so right now, in jesus name, i thank you for my brothers
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  • And my sisters
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  • That are across this camera right now, watching
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  • Wherever they may be all over the world.
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  • I thank you that your presence
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  • And your spirit is there with them
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  • And god, we believe that not only do you hear,
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  • But you respond. and so right now in the name of jesus.
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  • We ask that you respond according to your will,
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  • Your plan, and your purpose for the life,
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  • The things that you have in store for them right now.
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  • If there's someone watching that
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  • Does not have a relationship with you, may they develop one
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  • Right now.
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  • If you're watching this
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  • And you have not received salvation, or maybe
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  • You have received salvation and you've fallen away
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  • And you desire to reestablish that relationship,
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  • I want you to repeat the rest of this prayer after me
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  • Lord jesus, come into my heart.
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  • I am a sinner in need of grace.
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  • I believe that you died for me
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  • And so i confess it with my mouth.
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  • I also believe that you are my master and my savior,
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  • And so i believe it in my heart.
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  • In jesus name, we pray. amen.
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  • Well, family if ever in the jacksonville
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  • Or north florida area stop by on a sunday visit us at 9 a.m
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  • And 11 a.m..
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  • If you're not within driving distance,
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  • Continue to watch us right here
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  • As we continue to bring you the word of god
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  • And want you to know god loves you. and so do i.
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  • I see right back here next week.
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  • Be blessed. until then.
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  • ♪♪
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