Do Not Walk As The Gentiles Walk

[0:00] Hallelujah. Thank you for tuning in to this powerful message by David Entry at Karis Phase 2, our Christ Centred Youth Services. You can never find Christ outside of the open Word of God. May Jesus Christ reveal Himself to you as you listen.

[0:19] Are you ready for God's Word? Are you sure you're ready? The good news is something is burning in my heart.

[0:30] There's a word burning in my heart. Jeremiah said in the verse 29, he said, if I said I will not speak, I cannot because it is like fire shatter.

[0:48] It's like liquid fire. It's like Jeremiah said, it's like fire shatter. 29. It's like fire shatter in my bones.

[1:01] The Word of God is coming. What makes our meetings Christian is not our gospel singing.

[1:16] It's not our chandelier chandelier. What makes our meeting Christian is the dominance of God's Word.

[1:27] Where God's words dominate. Where God's words. In Acts 19, verse 20, it said, so the word of God increased mightily, grew and prevailed.

[1:44] The Bible says that when the apostles in Jerusalem, Acts 8, verse 15, when they heard that Samaria had received the word. So it is about the word. So it is about the word finding a place.

[1:58] When the word of God doesn't have a place amongst us, God doesn't have a place. You can't call it Christian unless it's word determined.

[2:09] Never expose yourself to Christian gatherings that are void of the teaching of God's Word. Never. Even if it's a musical concert and it's Christian, there must be something about a word spoken.

[2:28] And not what somebody believes God is saying, but what we all know the word of God is saying. Many people have been deceived to think that what a man of God is saying is God's Word.

[2:41] What a man of God says is not God's Word. That's God's Word. The Bible. This. Whatever this says is God's Word. So when we gather, the best time of our gathering is when the word begins to speak.

[3:02] I actually feel like preaching. Let the Bible speak. Are you ready? Oh Lord, as we get into your Word, we pray that get into us.

[3:14] Reveal Jesus to us. And let your name be glorified. In Jesus name. Amen. Ephesians chapter 4. I want to pick it from verse 15.

[3:28] Verse 15 says that, But speaking the truth in love may grow up into him in all things which is the head, even Christ.

[3:41] From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplied, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, make it increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

[4:03] I took a whole service last week just for this text. So today God has something good in stock for somebody. Amen. Well, in Ephesians, we just read it.

[4:19] The body grows by that which every joint supplies, according to the effectual working in the measure of the every part, make it increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

[4:35] Now, we started the verse 17, but I couldn't go further because of time. And today, let's sink our teeth into it. Verse 17.

[4:47] Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum. Mmm. So good. So good. Verse 17. Let's read our last one. Let's go.

[4:58] This is our Savior. Therefore, I will testify in the law that ye henceforth walk, who has done Gentiles walk. In the privacy of their mind. So, he said, how do Gentiles walk?

[5:11] In the privacy of their mind. Here, Gentiles, we're talking about people who don't have a relationship with God. They walk in the... It's a very strong statement.

[5:25] They walk two major ways. They walk not in their mind, but the vanity part. They are vain thinking, making decisions on vain philosophy.

[5:40] Did you understand what I said? Making decisions on vain. If you buy something from a 419 person, a selling computer in a box, you buy the... By the time you get home, you realize it's stones.

[5:55] That computer, you can't work with it. Because it doesn't work. Because you bought something vain. You have invested into something vain. It said Gentiles and unbelievers, they walk in the vanity of their minds.

[6:12] NIV. It says that the Gentiles... That you must no longer live as the Gentiles do. In the futility of their thinking.

[6:27] It's a thought pattern. It's a philosophy. The way you think... Your assessment of life. Your understanding about life.

[6:40] The way you think about girls. Yeah. Some of you know your cast. You speak to her about boys and... She says, ah! After this boy, I would do anything for him.

[6:52] I don't know him, but when I see him, I'm like, ah! Can you have organized for me to just meet him one night? You see, the futility... It's a philosophy. Some of you, he said, and such were some of you.

[7:07] But now, yes. 2 Corinthians chapter 6 verse 9. He said, verse 9, verse 9 to 11. And such were some of you. And such were some of you.

[7:20] But now, you have been sanctified. You have been cast. You know the way you used to think about boys. It's 1 Corinthians instead. And such were some of you.

[7:33] But you are washed. But you are sanctified. Yeah. But you are justified. In the name of the Lord Jesus and the spirit of the... And the spirit of our God. You used to...

[7:45] Remember the way you used to think? Some of you here used to have different girls, girlfriends. Yesterday, I found out that sometimes, one guy will send the same message about three girls. Send a message, what did you say? Broca.

[7:56] Broca, yeah. What's that broadcast? So, you are part of the list. And they send you, girl, all night I couldn't sleep. I was just thinking about you. But you are not the only one receiving that message. Three other girls are receiving that same message. And as soon as she received the message, she said, oh.

[8:07] What? your friend said I want to go but my mom said I can't go and you tell him your mom said but you're afraid of her just leave you see you have a problem your mindset and so many people especially in our generation and in our world their philosophy about sex about women about men about money it's so foolish some of you your philosophy about church after me I only spend 30 minutes in church but you spend 30 minutes watching pornography yes you will do anything for money see some of us we have aunties who tell you that guy has money go with him you see she's not a wicked person but she's futile she makes decisions from the futile mind vain thinking vanity so when you are not in Christ the best of you it's vain thinking it doesn't matter how educated you are because people who are highly educated they wouldn't do that if education solves mental problems and moral problems some of the well educated people are so immoral immoral some of you know you used to go out with somebody's husband and he is a priest

[10:03] P.I.G. holder yes P.I.G. holder and you pay a lot of money give you but he bought that first car for you yes and you too when you were because of your vain thinking you felt like he has money what there's a young lady I met and she came to see me so she has a few problems and she was telling me about how promiscuous she was being and she told me she actually likes married men I said that the time she was talking to me she was having an affair heavyweight affair with her boss who was a married man yeah and around that time I think she was in her early 20s so that's the first time I heard anything like that that a young lady said some of the young ladies we prefer older men people who are already married you see vain thinking vain thinking because of the vanity of your thinking you were sleeping with aunties vanity of your thinking you think lottery will make you rich that's why you've been gambling and gambling gambling hoping you'll be rich one day

[11:24] I don't blame you do you know what I blame? vain thinking but when you become a Christian Bible says that we have the mind of Christ so when he saves us he doesn't only save us from Satan's control he also saves us from vain thinking that is why in Romans chapter 12 verse 1 he said I beseech you therefore brethren that be ye transformed by the renew your mind your mind needs an update or an upgrade your thinking must be upgraded to a standard normal common sense thinking because sometimes when you are not in Christ your thinking is so it lacks common sense you don't even know you lack common sense it's usually when how many of you when you became born again you realize how much you lack common sense you lacked it yeah why didn't you notice because of the vainness of our imaginations vain thinking so it says that

[12:29] Gentiles godless people ungodly people they live and make decisions and run their lives based on futile thinking futile thinking and futile mind that also means mindsets so now going back to the text he says that this I say therefore and testify in the Lord that you should no longer tap somebody and say no longer no longer no longer no longer no longer no longer no longer no longer you should no longer walk you should no longer walk as the rest of the people who are not in Christ do your lifestyle and what what directs your life must be different from what directs their lives when your family is doing a party you're having a party and you are there your cousins are there your cousins who are not born again or your family members who are not born again they must see that you are a different person you are a different person not because you you think you are better than them no no no it's not about that but it's because your mind has been sanctified you can now think right you can now see right you can now think straight and you can now think godly in a godly way so he said we're no longer it's hard to say there are people who have become born again and there's no change in their living they still walk the same way no no it's a sign you're actually not born again because one of the signs of a genuine believer if you are a child of god one of the signs

[14:29] I think 1st John chapter 2 verse 28 or 29 he who is born of god so when when you are born of god you 1st John chapter 2 verse 28 and 29 let us abide in him that when he appears oh this is the one I like ah when I see when he's appearing appearing means a lot to me he says when Jesus appears we may have confidence and not be ashamed before let's look at that's the one I'm looking for if we know that he is righteous you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him what shows that you are the seed of god is your practices as well where he said since he is righteous if you say god as you are born of god then there will be a reflection of righteousness in your life so how come you say you are born again but your life has not changed it doesn't show your life it doesn't show your behavior no that means not true you are just religious so back to our text you should no longer somebody say no longer lift up your right hand your right finger and say

[15:43] I will no longer I shall no longer I shall no longer walk as the Gentiles do in the futility of their minds by the help of the Holy Spirit so help me god in Jesus name amen look at verse 18 now this is still a reflection of Gentiles see what the Bible says it says their understanding is darkened how many of you have been in a room and the light goes off and you find your way around you are groping trying to find your way how many of you have been or sometimes you are in your room you are sleeping you are in bed you share room with your sister your brother and they are very light sleeper so they don't like the light on you didn't want to disturb them so you woke up in the middle of the night to go and use the restroom and you are trying to find your way

[16:45] Bible says that Gentiles in their mind they are finding their way Gentiles if you are knowing God I don't care how intelligent you are whether you have PHG or ABC it's like you are groping in the dark it's like having their understanding darkened that's why you have to be very careful who advises you about spiritual things because for all you know their understanding is darkened but they are very formidable they are very convincing in their suppositions some people can be very convincing some people are gifted with speech but after they finish talking I wonder so what did you say it said having their understanding darkened being oh just serious yeah when it comes to the life of God some people are aliens it's very foreign that's why when you start serving God people in the world don't understand why are you going to church always what time do you start church two and what's the time it's almost four you are still in church what time do you close we don't know and you see unbelievers think why are you doing this meanwhile they are fine with watching football all day yeah they travel people will travel to broad street yes people will travel people will do anything some of you he said

[18:30] I don't like to travel far to church but you will travel to restaurants and you see when you are doing church they think it's too much there was a time for every day of the year for 365 days plus one month we were having service every day and I was preaching every day and I'm not coming to say the same things yesterday I was preaching every day and we are not tired we start the service at 7 and finish at 10 sometimes 10.30 yes and every day service and people will be saying how can you go to service every day how can you be watching tv every day but you watch tv every day yeah but that's tv but that's church and I get more from church than when I watch tv but how can a church be go you can open every day just go yeah just go peace every day and tv every day now 24 7 every day tv is good so what is it that I can do but when others do it's okay and they feel you are wasting your time with god excuse me wasting my time how do you define wasting of time when I wasn't going to church

[19:58] I was going around and that you never said I was wasting my time now that I found what brings meaning to life now that my life is a guttum abstraction now that I'm happiest in my life than ever what makes me what is making me happy life is not meaningful to me you are telling me I'm doing it too much do you know what because of their way of reasoning there are people who tell you they are pastors they are Christians and they don't see why you should be in church for more than one hour but football is even football it takes you 90 minutes yes I don't understand I don't understand I don't understand yeah telling me church is too far but restaurant you've been you used to travel and even come and take pictures at Harkazan just pictures and look here's in metropole you come in here come in underground you can basement to come and take pictures you won't do it come and worship you won't do it you used to take pictures here but you see the world because of the darkness of their minds think that we are wrong and they use words like you are being brainwashed oh yes my brain needs a lot of washing my brain needs a lot of washing by the word of

[21:36] God by the word of God by the word of God addictions people have all kinds of addiction for once in your life you have been able to go six months without that addiction addiction addiction problem and such freedom the more you are why won't you push yourself more into it does that mean that all you do is being in church it's not realistic we will close will you stay here no the security will sack you so we are not always in church but I'll grab it with both my arms and legs any opportunity to have church that's why some people are so determined to serve God sometimes you come to church you are in a hurry to go where are you going wait think about it doesn't mean that we it's different if you have an exam if you have exam you shouldn't spend too much time out just come hit and run when we close tell them we'll talk later bye because you have an exam you have an exam the coming week so if you have exam coming week you should leave as soon as we close run out but you see what

[22:48] I'm talking about what do you spend your time doing video games or gym how long do you spend in the gym after work what do you do TV social media TikTok you keep doing scrolling four hours scrolling scrolling and you have enough time to even comment some people they are scrolling to keep commenting keep commenting waste of your life waste of your life and you don't read your Bible you don't have time and look some of us you struggle to pray privately you struggle to read your Bible privately when we come to church why don't you take advantage and just bask in the environment atmosphere just in case an energy or strength will rise in you to be able to take it privately and practice the word of God read the word of

[23:58] God and pray privately it is never a waste of time spending time in church unless the word of God is not being taught that one is a waste of time some of us have lived our lives like this church and I love it I've not lost anything so it says that having their understanding darkened being alienated from what not from life in UK but the life of God watch this that means there's a certain life in God which others don't have and that is why the understanding is darkened because this light enlightenment of understanding comes first of all from the life of God Bible said in him was life

[25:00] John chapter 1 verse 4 and the life was the light the life was the light of man John 1 4 let's already allow let's go I thought you would have read it louder in him was life and the life was the light of man the life in him is what gives us illumination so that's what lightens your understanding so your understanding is not darkened when the life of God gets into you your understanding becomes bright suddenly you begin to understand properly so he said they have their understanding darkened being alienated that causes the alienation from the life of God 1 John chapter 5 verse 12 John chapter 3 verse 16 John chapter 3 verse 36 John chapter 10 verse 10 Colossians chapter 3 verse 4 1 John chapter 5 verse 12 that's already allowed logic let's read the first line one more time it's like he who has a book or he who has a suit can come for the party or can come for the event he who does not have a suit cannot come that means you must be alive first to have the suit in other two do you understand that you have to be alive because you are not dead so he said he who has the son to have the son you must be alive to have him oh some of you are not getting it how can you be dead and you have something you must be alive to have so if you have the son you must be alive to have the son and he said as soon as you have the son or you get the son what you get life but I'm not at the cemetery

[27:20] John 10 10 Jesus said the son the thief comes to steal kill and destroy but I have come that he did you think he was standing at the cemetery when he was saying this he was talking to human beings but they have life but that's not the life he's talking about that's that it says that he who has the son even though you are alive there's a certain life you don't have but how do you get it if you have the son you have the life that's why it says that being alienated from the life of God they don't have the God kind of life Ephesians chapter 2 verse 1 it says that and you has he quickened who were dead and you he made alive who were dead in your trespasses and sins ah he made you alive you were dead when did I die when did

[28:21] I die so long as I'm concerned and I've never died but anyone who is not in Christ anyone who does not have the son because we saw it if he was 1st John chapter 5 he who has the son he who has the son what do you have life if you have the son you have life if you have the son John 3 16 let's go but have what but have what a life that cannot be destroyed is called zoe the life of God the very life of God is what you get when you have Christ your nose might be the same your color complexion might be the same your hair might be the same your eyes might be the same your height might be the same well it will be the same nothing physically changes about you but something has happened in your inner man that's called so when you come to

[29:34] Jesus what you get is the life of God the life of God and you begin to that's why he said if any man be in Christ he said new creation so that's when you now begin to grow that life through fellowship through the word of God through prayer through sharing the life you begin to grow it you begin to that's what is called spiritual maturity that life in you must grow and must begin to spread every human being is a soul spirit and a body so every human being is what is called tripartite three parts okay first thessalonians chapter 4 verse 24 verse 23 sorry said now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely and may your whole spirit soul and body so you have you have three parts you have your spirit soul and body every human being has got spirit every human being has got a soul and every human being has got a body when you die it's your body that dies your soul lives on and in your spirit you have connectivity with the spiritual world and that demons so when demons invade your life they go into your spirit if you don't have

[30:48] Christ and they can influence your soul your soul is where your mind is where I will I will I will do it I will where your will is and where your feelings some of you don't know why you feel this way about that guy demons are influencing your soul yeah but your soul can be saved do you understand that so your intellect the way you think the way you process things is in your soul the way the decisions you make your way I will go there I will go you know some of you sometimes you say no I will do it I don't care what anyone think I will do it and it's bad you are not supposed to buy I will I will or sometimes you don't want to do it but later I will do it that's in your soul so your soul is made up of three parts your soul is made up of your will your intellect and your feelings that's why you cannot serve God based just on your feelings because feelings can change and can be influenced don't make major life decisions based on how you feel don't make major permanent life decisions don't choose someone you want to marry because of how I just feel about him what if he's a thief how many of you genuinely have feelings for the wrong person before feelings is natural most of you are not lifting your hands you are the ones who have been doing it more listen feelings is part of life but if your feelings become your master you are in trouble if your feelings control you addiction your feelings are controlling you anyway so in your soul you have your feelings you have your intellect and you have your decision making power will in your spirit that's where you have communication with the spiritual world and that's where God

[33:01] Bible says John 4 24 God is a spirit and so those who worship him must do it well in spirit and in truth so when you become born again watch this people who don't have born again they are in your spirit there's what is called the life of God or life and then fellowship so when we have fellowship with God it's from our spirit from our spirit Romans chapter 1 verse 9 our fellowship with God is from our spirit God is my witness whom I serve how do I serve God I serve with my spirit in the gospel of this you can only relate with God from your spirit so then anytime you become born again your spirit the life of Jesus the life of God come into your spirit but your thinking is still the same your feelings are still the same so you can be born again but you still have feelings for your ex you can be born again and still have feelings for the alcohol you used to drink

[34:11] Jack Daniels Ray and Kesson you can be born again and you still have feelings for watching pornography how many of you since you became born again you have had feelings for watching some wild pornography before yeah look at the hypocrites they are afraid to lift their hands you were last night you were watching it yes so you are born again genuinely but your spirit and your soul needs to be saved transformed so in Romans chapter 12 verse 1 it says I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that you present your bodies as a holy and acceptable which is original and verse 2 says that and do not conform to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind so your mind can be renewed that's why your transformation takes place so you are born again that's why you constantly have to be in church be in fellowship be in bible reading and then as you feed your spirit your spirit as it grows begins to spread into your soul so your spirit is having so the more spiritually matured you are the more the spirit has control over your soul

[35:30] Galatians chapter 5 Galatians chapter 5 verse 16 it says that walk in the spirit and you will not wash it the desires of the flesh is not talking about the body the flesh is the seat of you the flesh is your soul outside of God when people say as for you you don't like friends at all as for you you don't like you're always laughing as for you you are very kind it's you before you were born again that's how you are your temperament your personality the soul is the seat of your personality so you without God is what is called flesh and you flesh in your flesh you naturally never migrate towards God and so you can be born again and still become fleshly it's called carnal Christian you are carnal even though you are born again you are living in the flesh you are living like an unbeliever so you can be born again and still live in the flesh that's why it says that we should make sure we no longer walk as the

[36:33] Gentiles do because they don't have the life of God but it's there see verse 17 this I say therefore and testify in the Lord that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk in the futility of their minds next verse having the understanding that is being alienated from the they don't have the life of God in them so they cannot afford to live based on scripture they don't have the life of God but when you are born again you have the life of God repository in you John chapter 3 verse 26 you have the life of God repository in you said he who believes in the son he who believes in the son what you have life you don't have to do anything just believing Jesus introduces you to the life of God it introduces Galatians sorry Colossians chapter 3 verse 4 it says Christ is our life so when Christ who is our life appears appears appears appears has appeared here again

[37:39] Christ somebody say Christ is my life Christ is my life so you have the life of God so when you have the life of God now you depend on your spirit watch this you depend on your spirit to live the Christian life so Galatians chapter 5 verse 16 he said walk in this what does it mean to walk in does it mean you should jump into something or does it mean you should be wearing strange dresses and look hello hmm hmm no no that's not spirit some people they have a mindset that the more you look pious you are spiritual please it's not got to it's not it's you can put up the front and the Pharisees were good at that you can wear a presentation most of us when we come to church you are in your presentation mode you are in your presentation mode that's not the real you that's not the real you let's finish and go home and finish the food you see your attitude sometimes when there's reception and people have been giving you food and they didn't give you some you see your thing comes your thing comes yeah is somebody learning something so

[38:57] Galatians 516 says walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the desires of the flesh now look at the 17th something interesting is going to happen look at the 17th for the flesh lasts against the spirit now the holy spirit lives in your spirit alright the holy spirit of god when it's coming on you it doesn't come on your body it doesn't come in your soul it comes into your spirit because god it says spirit so in your spirit you have god consciousness in your soul you have self consciousness in your body you have world consciousness you need this body to live in the world it doesn't matter how spiritual you are without this body you can't stay here you are dead that's why a christian must be wise enough to take good care of his body take good care it's right because you need your body to do evangelism you need your body to lead praise and worship you need your body to do the ashram so you take care of your spirit take care of your soul take care of your body you are three past triapathites so you are a spirit you have a soul and you live in a body when the body dies the soul cannot stay here it goes on because the earth to live on this earth that's why spirits they need bodies so that's why spirits like entry into human beings because you can't operate you don't have legal jurisdiction and audacity to operate on this earth without material physical things that's why when it was time for

[40:36] God to save us he needed a body so Hebrews chapter 5 it said a body that has prepared for me yes he needed a body you can't exist on this earth without a body it's illegal you are an illegal alien so Satan and the demons they look for human beings to inhabit that's why when the spirit leaves a man he goes into that and he later comes back because their dry places is not good for them because places don't move but human beings move so when Jesus was casting the demon out of the man in the Gadara he said cast us into the pigs we have to be in something that moves we want to dwell in something so he says look at verse 16 Galatians chapter 3 verse 16 verse 17 verse 17 says that for the flesh lasts against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh and these are contrary one to another so that you do not do the things that you wish so your spirit which

[41:54] I didn't want to go to the permit me to go a little deep permit me just for explanation you see the spirit there he didn't say the Holy Spirit when you read Galatians and Romans from chapter 8 most of the time he says the spirit the spirit the spirit what's the difference between the spirit and the Holy Spirit in first you want to know in first Corinthians chapter 6 verse 17 it says that he who is joined to the Lord no one body so in your spirit you have union with Christ when you are born again the life of God that has come into you is not an isolated situation once he comes how many of you have had tea before tea tea yeah how do you prepare tea tea bag and you put the tea bag in and then that's tea that's water does it become tea just by putting hot water tea bag in hot water what happens it becomes tea it does what it fuses so if you remove the tea bag it stops it still tea oh so can you get your water back are you sure you can't separate it are you sure you can't get your water back unless you go through the process of evaporation and all that precipitation and all even but so when when you become born again the spirit of Christ

[43:47] Christ you and Christ have become like tea hot water and the tea it's he who is joined to the Lord in the spirit is one spirit who is joined to the Lord is one spirit so it's like this is the spirit of the Lord and this is your spirit and then you are one spirit you can't separate them you can't you can't separate I'm trying to teach you something you can't separate and most of the time when you come across back to Galatians when you come across the flesh last against the spirit that okay Romans chapter 8 verse 14 or verse 16 as many as are led by the spirit of Lord verse 16 so you see we have our human spirit and we have the spirit so the spirit bears witness most of the time when we say the spirit it's not just the

[44:53] Holy Spirit it is the Holy Spirit but it's called the indwelling spirit the spirit of God who is living in you usually is called the spirit and sometimes when the word the spirit is used it's the mingled spirit so your spirit and the Holy Spirit become so in your spirit the spirit is in you so when it says the flesh lasts against the spirit it's like the flesh stands and it's trying to fight your spirit who is indwelled by the Holy Spirit so is it fighting your spirit or the spirit of God your spirit and the spirit of God have become one like tea that's an important word mingled they have become mingled he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit not one flesh one spirit so we are mingled that you you can't separate me from what shall separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus so we are mingled and intertwined and one and so when you become born again that is where the life the life of Christ that comes into you is the spirit of Christ you have the indwelling spirit in you the indwelling spirit of God he dwells in you that's what makes you a child of God that's what makes you a special creation that's what makes you a new creation that's what makes you an extraordinary person that's what makes you that gives you the relationship with God that's what makes you be able to pray to God and that's why you go to heaven you are not going to heaven because you behave 100% right you are going to heaven because your spirit is so listen listen listen listen you

[46:38] I want to I want to teach you something deeper in your spirit watch this in your spirit you have perfection so when you become born again you never become better in your spirit any day than the day you got Christ so the very moment you become born again the spirit of God is called the life of God Christ himself he says that in John chapter 14 verse 21 and 23 in John chapter 14 verse 21 and 23 he said he who he who has my commandments and keeps them it is he who loves me and he who loves me I will love will be loved be will be loved by my father and we will love him and manifest ourselves to him look at verse 23 ah Jesus said if you love me if anyone loves me he will keep my words and my father will love him and we will come and make our home inside the we will come me the father me Jesus and the father and the holy spirit we will come and live inside the person then the person becomes a temple of God so when you are born again you have the spirit of God indwelling you and it's mingled with your spirit that's why you will never be more beautiful in the spirit than you are since you became born again so in my spirit and your spirit

[48:21] I'm not better than you you are not better than but the difference is in our soul because now if you can live the life from your spirit Christian life is lived from the spirit I thank God whom I serve from my spirit the time is coming and now is when the truth shall worship the father in the spirit and in the truth so it's not an ideology it's a it's a reality it's tangibility it's real so you see those who practice religion when they see us living a Christian life they think it is an ideology but you know that's why sometimes they try to convince you oh you are praying too much you are good but the thing is not an ideology it's a breath of life the breath of life the life of God is inside you the life of God has consumed you inside you you are not trying to be something you are you are you are so it says that the spirit

[49:41] Galatians chapter 5 verse 17 it says the flesh lasts against the spirit so and the spirit the flesh and the spirit against the flesh so that these are contrary to each other so when you want to live your spiritual life you have to ignore yourself and enter your spirit if you don't enter your spirit you are born again but you still be masturbating you are preaching you are born again and you still be kissing somebody who you are not married to you are born again and you don't understand why I feel so honey every morning so your flesh lasts against the spirit and the spirit lasts the word is the spirit is not lasting but the spirit is also what it's doing the flesh doesn't like it so the spirit is moving in a direction and the flesh now let me show I've explained this before so that's your flesh and that's your spirit what does from the text what does the flesh do against the spirit and what does the spirit do also so your flesh wants to go here your spirit wants to go here who wins at the end of the day which other one is strong so the more you read your bible the more you pray the more you fast the more you are in church your spirit is winning your spirit is winning the more you stop coming to church the more you stop praying and the more oh

[51:17] I don't want to fornicate but I don't know why I don't want to masturbate ah then you begin to open your sleep and your your flesh is strong the spirit is willing but the flesh is the flesh is weak towards the things so if you don't empower your spirit your flesh will never go towards the you remember oh wretched man the body of death the flesh will never move towards the things of God the flesh will always move away from the things of God and your spirit needs to be strengthened so I have an answer for your question pastor why am I trying to stop this and I can't stop I keep getting overtaken I keep struggling with this same problem it's the answer it's what I just gave when you empower your spirit your spirit now you charge flesh and your spirit will just be doing what it has to do you're going to church you are preaching you are not fornicating you are not masturbating you are not and your spirit is winning laying on of hands will not make your spirit weak we lay hands for function for you to receive the spirit to do the things the work of God but not to live the life of Christ so people who can be operating under the anointing but their spirit is still weak so they are struggling some of you you are active in church sometimes when you are preaching people they are crying but last night you were watching pornography and yet you preached somewhere they were crying and you are confused what's going on now

[53:01] God yes God is going on but when it comes to the work of God it's anointing based but when it comes to your work with God it's spiritual development based thank you Jesus is someone getting something so your spirit your soul and your body it said may the Lord sanctify you 1 Thessalonians 5 23 spirit soul body and may your whole may the Lord sanctify you completely and may your whole spirit soul and body be preserved living to say present your bodies as a living sacrifice Romans chapter 12 verse 1 present your bodies your body is part of the deal your body is part of the deal

[54:03] Christian sister Christian brother your body is part of the deal but after your body is the slave of one of these that's the body so which of them is stronger will win the body will be doing the body doesn't have a say it's a slave to either your soul or your spirit because what you are doing is coming from your inner man your soul or your spirit and your spirit you have the life of God so that God has not left you to go and do it your own he actually is with you the spirit to empower you to live the life that brings glory to God did you understand that is somebody learning something it's so nice to know God's word having the understanding darkened being alienated from that's so good

[55:06] I'm trying to move past the life but the life is so good watch this you have something and others are not permitted to share to partake of it's the life of God he said they are aliens that explains their behavior that explains their extremities that explains their pride and arrogance that explains they are not appreciating your drive towards God that is what explains it alienation from the life of God they are naturally intelligent but they are aliens yeah they are beautiful ladies but aliens handsome brother young man but it's not a brother it's young man handsome man but alien well educated but alien to the life of God may that not be your story one of the things that you realize is when you are an alien from the life of God when you come to church it's like sometimes you don't understand why are they so happy oh yeah if you had what I have it's so good

[56:27] I'm telling you I'm telling you being alienated from the life of God aliens from the life of God aliens from the life of God it's affected their minds their understanding is so dark they are groping to understand even basic marriage they are struggling to define definition of a woman has become is that something that can that can understand having the understanding that can being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them that word ignorance there is not suggesting not knowing it's suggesting willfully choosing not to know how many of you have tried to talk to somebody say I don't want to know one day we witnessed it to somebody my wife and I in a cab and she said but we want to talk to you about Jesus okay is that what version is that their moral understanding is darkened and their reasoning is beclouded they are alienated estranged self-barnished from the life of God with no share in it this is because of the ignorance the want of knowledge and perception the willful blood it's a choice it's a choice my wife and I were trying to witness to a 13-car driver that is about six years ago or so and then he said well

[58:26] I believe there is something God there is something so when you die he said I don't want to think about it because whatever happens I just don't want to think about it so it's a willful blindness they know there is something God they know it because the classic definition of stupidity absurdity intellectual suicide is to say there is no God they know it but they don't want to say the Bible says they are estranged from the life of that because of their willful ignorance it's a choice willful blindness they choose not to know they won't I don't want to know I don't want to know sometimes when you have mother and they tell you maybe your son he's in 18 years and you say your son is stealing and doing drugs they know they suspect but they have to deny it and sometimes when you are a loved one die suddenly and they shock most people deny it it's not dead it can't be dead that's the human nature

[59:38] I don't want to accept it maybe it's true tell me it's not true it's not true it's the nature of man to willfully reject the knowledge of God because once you admit it you have to live according to that and they are not ready to do that light has come into the world but because men love blindness John 3 19 they are evil they love the darkness allow me to stay in the dark don't bring light how many of you have been in the room and you didn't want the light to be on hey turn on who is that or when the light is turned on sometimes you go and park your car in a dark place and the glass is sweating you don't want any light to come around yeah those times you don't want any light to come around why somebody turn you on the light please then you stop when you are doing something bad you don't want the light let's look at the other versions then new american standard version said being dark in the understanding excluded from the life of god because of the ignorance that is in them because of the oh i didn't even talk about the hardness of heart look mark 6 52 hardness of heart heart mark 6 52 hardness of heart mark 6 52 hardness of heart 2nd 3 14 hardness of heart��� hardness of heart hardened heart hardened heart hardened heart hardened heart hardened heart hardened heart their hearts are hardened a heart is supposed to be soft a hard heart hard heart

[61:40] Mark 6.52 probably will take the hardness of heart next week. For they had not understood about the loaves because their heart was hardened.

[61:55] Your heart can be hardened. You have to be careful who has been talking to you. Your heart can be hardened. Your heart can be hardened and it will cost you so much.

[62:08] 2 Corinthians 3.40 but their minds were blinded for until now. So that were there. Give us New American Standard Version.

[62:20] See, their minds were hardened. The mind there is also part of the heart. I didn't tell you the heart because I showed you the spirit, the soul and the body. So where is the heart?

[62:36] Where is your heart? So body, spirit and soul. Okay. Now in your spirit, you have what is called conscience.

[62:48] Okay. You have what is called conscience. And so that's your spirit. In your spirit, you have what is called conscience.

[62:58] conscience. You have life of God, Zoe. And you have fellowship with God. So when you are not born again, the only aspect of your spirit that is active is your conscience.

[63:13] Okay. So when you are not born again, you don't have the life of God. So when you are not born again, this aspect of your spirit is dead. Yeah. Because you don't have the life of God, but your conscience is still alive.

[63:27] Now watch this. So when you are born again, this is your, what's this? Your human being, your soul. And this is your spirit.

[63:41] Your spirit and your soul are not the same. But when you talk about your heart, your heart is an aspect of your spirit together with your soul.

[63:54] So your thinking is part of your heart. Your conscience is part of your heart. Because your thinking is in your soul. Your conscience is in your spirit.

[64:05] But your conscience is part of it. So Jesus said, why do you think this in your heart? And he says that your heart does not condemn you.

[64:17] Condemnation comes from the conscience. So if you don't have a relationship with God, what God has installed in your life to guide you between wrong and right, right and wrong, is your conscience.

[64:29] But you can get to a place where your heart is hardened, your conscience can be seared. Like 1 Timothy chapter 4 verse 2. So we've seared conscience, like it's numb.

[64:41] There are people, that's why people can do some bad things and they don't feel anything. Because their conscience is seared. Conscience is seared. You are lying against somebody and you know the person is going to go to prison.

[64:55] The person has not done anything. And you say, I don't know. And you know he hasn't done anything. But you're doing it. And you don't feel any guilty about it. Seared conscience. How many of you have done something bad and afterwards you felt very bad?

[65:09] That is a good thing. But when you do bad and you don't feel it again. So since you became born again, when you went to kiss, you felt bad. The second one, you felt bad, but not as bad as the first one.

[65:22] The third one, you felt bad, but not so bad. The fourth one, now you are fine. You say, oh, come on, let's go. Now your conscience has become seared. Initially, you had a conscience.

[65:35] It was working for you. But now it's common. Now it says that speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with otayon. New living translation.

[65:47] Let's see how I put it. These people are hypocrites and lies. And their conscience are dead. When you get to a place where your conscience is dead, you are doing things that you don't feel anything wrong.

[66:01] That's why terrorists, they can kill somebody that don't feel anything wrong. They can take a knife in the name of their God and catch your head. No, a demon has jumped on them. It's a demon. It's a demon.

[66:12] Yeah. And so their conscience is part of your heart, even though it's in your spirit. So anytime we talk about your heart, we are talking about an aspect of your spirit together with an aspect of your soul.

[66:28] So when said they have hardenedness of hearts, their hearts are hardened, it's talking about an aspect of their spirit and their soul.

[66:39] So when you are not born again, you still have a spirit. But you don't have the life of God in your spirit. So your spirit is classified as dead. But your conscience is still alive. That's why before you became born again, when you do something bad, you feel bad.

[66:52] Even though you're not born again. Why? Their conscience is guiding you. Their conscience. And after you become born again, your conscience becomes sanctified by the spirit. So your conscience even works better.

[67:04] So the spirit of God still uses your conscience to speak to you. Amen. Did you receive something? Lift up your hands. Lift up your hands and bless the Lord.

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