amen let me get started let me get started Ephesians chapter 6 verses 10 and 11 Ephesians chapter 6 verse 10 and 11 finally my brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might put on the whole arm of God that you might be able to stand against the Ws of the devil thank you so much help me said be strong be strong say it again be strong strong now it is actually improper to begin any message in the middle of a conversation it is like passing a door and you hear a statement while passing and you draw a conclusion upon the statement come on teach what you would normally have to do then is use your imagination because you don't have proper information on but because the Bible is deep yet it is shallow it is deep enough for Scholars to dive in and never reach the bottom and yet it is shallow enough for babies to swim in and never drown and because of that and because of the time has been allotted to me allow me to dive into this passage in the middle of a conversation he opened this verse by using the word word finally and of course it sound like a church word because we wait every Sunday to hear the word finally we have gone through praise and worship and announcement given and a long sermon we wait till hear somebody say finally you would think that is what this passage meant because of the geographical location of the text but it is this Greek word loon the word loon for finally does not mean that it is over but that he saved the best for last I had some problems with that because of what Paul had covered in the previous chapters because in Ephesians chapter one he opened dealing with this matter of election now election ction has baffled the mind of Scholars Scholars even today they're in they're in biblical laboratory and schools trying to figure out what the word election means here is how election work it work kind of like this that screen as you exit the door there will be some writing above the door that say whosoever will let him come it looked like I'm coming by invitation that it was my choice it was my decision but once I get through the door and look above the door from the other side the writing said for whom he did for no then he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son on this side it looked like it is my choice is my invitation but on the other side I see it was a setup that God had me in mind before the foundation of the world because Ephesians one and for according to whom he has chosen the word chosen is in arrant admit that God acted alone without a supreme court without a board of directors he made the choice it is not only an AR but in M voice which mean he acted by himself but for himself which mean you was chosen by God but chosen for God but then he says he tell us when the ele ction took place in Ephesians 1:4 he said it was before the foundation of the world it mean that I'm not an afterthought it mean that I didn't just happen to show up after Mom and Daddy was having some fun admit that God had me in mind talk to me somebody but then before you leave Ephesians he said Ephesians chapter 1 he said not only have you been chosen he said you've also been adopted now option work parallel to Regeneration and regeneration I have my father's nature but when I'm adopted I have his name here's the difference you see a man can meet a woman marry her and have a child prior to marriage the boy look just like him he act just like him he have his father's nature he just don't have his daddy's name once you marry this new sister and have some more children by her she get up set because she don't want him to have nothing to do with this outside boy because he's connected to his mama and so she don't want to deal with mama drama and this man can be a billionaire and die and the boy will never get a quarter but if he turn around and adopt his son and give him his name I don't care how the rest of the family try to fight to keep him from getting it thing part of the inheritance is he well God God did that to us when we were born again he gave us his nature but then he turned right around and gave us his name so now I can say I am an air of God and I am a joint air with Jesus Christ I'm a royal priesthood I'm a chosen generation I Am A peculiar people but he's still in Ephesians chapter 1 in verse 13 He said we have been sealed with the Holy SP Spirit of Promise here's what this seal mean seal mean that once I'm in Christ I can never get out of Christ now I know I hear some people say I used to be saved but I'm not saved anymore no you used to go to church you see just just going to church doesn't any more save you than hanging around a garage would make you a rose Roy you must be born again you see any Fai that fizzled before the Finish had a flaw from the first which mean if you're not saved now you never was saved talk to me somebody because God don't play that he don't save you and then lose you he says in John 10:11 he said I'm the Good Shepherd he says in John 10:9 I am the door he says in John 107 I'm the door of the Sheepfold that's not Jesus make up your mind are you the Good Shepherd are you the door are you the door the sheep fold he said I'm all three he said as the Good Shepherd I round up my sheep I bring them in through the door into the Sheepfold once I get them into the Sheepfold I come back and lay down at the door and I become the door I said what did you do that for he said because can't nobody come in without coming in by me and can nobody come out without coming out by me talk to me somebody you see what mess us up is that we trying to stay save and keep ourselves but Jude 24 said now I'm the him that is able to keep us I'm not keeping me he's keeping am I here by myself so Ephesians chapter one deal with the privilege of the believer Ephesians chapter 2 deal with the pardon of the believer Ephesians chapter 3 deal with the power of the believer Ephesians chapter 4 deal with the practice of the believer Ephesians chapter 5 deal with the purity of the believer Ephesians chapter 6 deal with the Persistence of the believer he says finally then said my brethren Greek word for Brethren is the word artifice it means from the same womb it's quite as it is kept there are only five different births in the Bible uh they're characterized like this the soil birth surgical birth sack birth savior's birth and Saints birth Genesis 2:7 he form man from the dust of the ground that's the soil birth after God made man he put him to sleep performed surgery took a real from him and made woman that surgical birth after Adam knew Eve and pregnated her she brought forth Cain Abel and set she carried them in a sack every woman that after when you get pregnant you carry a babyy in a sack that's sack birth the Holy Spirit leaps up on May and Pregnant her she bring forth the savior of the world that's the savior's birth the Holy Spirit brought us from Darkness to The Marvelous Light Give us new inspiration new aspiration start looking with new observations counting with a new calculation that's the Saint's birth and when we're born again we are connected from the spiritual womb that mean you may have never seen me before but I'm your brother you my brothers and my sisters we're in the same family finally my brethren be strong the word be strong if the Greek is Indi is a compound word anytime you see en in the original language it mean good or well off in other words what this verse is saying God want to live on the inside of us in other words he really want to live underneath my skin that's why he tell you what to do with every member of your body with Psalms 121:1 I lift up my eyes unto the heels from which cometh my help my help come from the Lord when my ears I take Matthew 11:5 he that have ears to hear let him with my mind I take Philippian 2 and5 let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus with my heart and mouth I take Romans 10:10 for with the hard man believeth on the righteousness with the mouth confession is made unto salvation when the hand and take ecclesiastic 9 and10 whatsoever thou hand find the do do it with thy might for there's no work nor device nor wisdom nor knowledge in the grave where thou goest with my knees will take Philippian 2 and10 at the name of Jesus every knee should bow with my feet I take Hebrew 12 And1 laying aside every weit and seeing with do it so easily beset us and let us run with patience the race that is set before us with the rest of my body take Romans 12 And1 I beseech you therefore Brethren by the mercies of God that you present your body a Living Sacrifice talk to me somebody he want to live on the inside me say inside he said be strong we for strong is Duna Duna in the G Greek but now even though it's Duna is in plural form meaning this that he's not just suggesting that the preacher be strong or the deacons be strong he's suggesting that all of us be strong talk to me somebody this is not a day to be weak we must must be strong shout strong one time it's in plural form but it's in present tent which mean it's not just a one-time strength anybody can be strong on Sunday he wants you to be strong on Monday he wants you to be strong on Saturday it is continua in action I must stay strong but it's in the imperative mood which me it's not just a suggestion it's not just a recommendation he's commanding us to be strong and there something he's telling me to be strong uh but it's in the passive voice here's what that mean passive voice mean the subject is being acted upon now here's what it also mean that he's telling me to do something I can't do all right now you said that's not fair will God tell you do something you can't do yes we say all the time in the Baptist Church God won't put no more on you you've heard it haven't you then what you can be but he will he'll put more on you than what you can bear so he'll show you he'll bear it for you Romans Romans 8:28 say and we know Romans 8 26 said and we know not I know Paul make up your mind do we know or do we don't know he's in Romans 8:28 we know that all things work together for good to them that love God and to them who are the called according to his purpose Romans 8:26 said we don't not what we ought to pray for as we ought but the spirit Heth the word Heth is only mentioned twice in the New Testament compound where it sound like it's big you cut it up the word soon mean United it mean this that when you're born again you are united with the godheads you see y'all don't hear me you see creation is God behind us Bethlehem is God With Us Calvary is God for us Pentecost is God in us he was donated at Bethlehem demonstrated at Calvary but Illustrated at Pentecost here's what that mean that when you see a child of God he ain't by himself he got somebody with him he got Round the Clock protection y'all don't like me now the second word second part of the word anti mean over against here's what that mean it mean kind of like when I'm in the gym working out I've got a a woman trainer that trained with me she said woman preacher a little bitty lady but she know how to train she know what to do to get the best out of me yes sir and she woke up said all right re we going to do some pressing said all right come on give me 10 wraps then she said rest a minute she don't mean several she mean one minute I rest one minute you all right give me 10 more she said all right let's rest two minutes then said give me 10 more now she put 10 more pounds on each side I get about seven reps Mom start trembling she look at me and said don't quit on me now I get one more she's all right I'm going to spot you that mean why while I'm under the low she's above the low while I'm pushing she's pulling talk to me somebody and when I get through she tap on the shoulder say I told you you can do it when God Spot us he put loads on us that's too heavy for us to hand yes sir but it turn around and say I'm going to spot you y'all don't hear me in his house and when we can't hand that he take the Lo do I have witness I said now Paul why do I need to be strong he said read verse 11 put on the word put on is the Greek word indure it's the same word you see in Luke 24 T I wait until you are endured the word endured mean this it's like you see women with these little tights on they they have to push the self to get them on you see every twist every turn anybody sometime is so tight you can see the blood running warm in their veins well this is exactly what this word mean it mean to squeeze into it literally mean to be covered with the holy spirit that he cover every part of your body y know him he said listen you can't go out fighting the devil naked you got to be covered put on then it said the whole armor armor God of God that you might be able to stand the word stand is hisy help me say hist me his me mean to stand erect without bent shoulders without a bent back stand the Lord want you to stand I said Paul tell me why he said if you read eans four sir you will discover the church got some problems sir that's what you mean he said four Ephesians 4:25 said they're doing entirely too much ly come on God but he said not only they ly in Ephesians 4:25 he said in Ephesians 4:26 they getting mad and stand angry too long come on he said the line in 25 getting mad and verse 26 he said in Ephesians 4:27 they giv him place to the devil yes sir he said they lying in 25 getting angry in 26 giving please to the devil in 27 he said they start stealing in Ephesians 4:28 he said they lying in 25 getting angry in 26 giving please to the devil in 27 stealing in 28 so they going to cursing in verse 29 he said they line in 25 getting angry in 26 giving pleas to the devil in 27 stealing in 28 cursing in 29 said a grieving the spirit in verse 30 he said a line in 25 preach remember they getting angry in 26 giving please to the devil in 27 stealing in 28 cursing in 29 grieving the spirit in 30 said that done got bitter in verse 31 am I in this house by myself he said listen he said watch this he said he said put on the whole arm of God that you might be a to stand against against against the weak word against is the word PR p r o s it's an inent word it mean face to face you see the same word in John 1 And1 in the beginning what's the word the word was with same Greek word PR mean face to face it mean in John 1 And1 that God the Father God the son they were always face to face there was only one time they were not face to face and that was when Jesus was at calary and the reason it was not at face to face then because my sin got in the way have I got a witness the word PR is also part of the word for the word prayer Greek word for prayer is PR UK same word PR PR mean intimate mean face to face UK mean wish or desire so whenever I pray I come face to face with God giving him my wish or my desire now what I need to become face to face with God because what Ephesians 6 and11 say I'm getting ready to become face to face with my enemy but if I have already been face to face with my God whenever my enemies show up my enemy can't hand me I wish I had some help in this house don't run into your enemy before you run into God put on the whole on God that you might be able to stand against the Ws Greek word methoda is where we get our English word method meaning that Satan come with his methods come on come on in other words when a devil come to attack you he come organized yeah he come help me say organize organiz and the devil know scripture matter of fact he used the same scripture for his mission statement that Jesus uses for his mission statement John 10 and 10 the thief cometh not for but to steal kill and destroy the Lord take the same verse for his mission statement I come that you might have life that you might have it more am I doing all right in here abundantly he take the same the word methoda mean with a road with a road what does that mean with a road well Satan is on the road Lord my Lord the Lord ran into him one day he said where you coming from he said to and fro seeking whom I can devour I just told you that Ephesians 4:27 so don't give him a place here's what the devil do he find a church member that's disg grumbled he find one that's always grumbling and complaining you giving place to the devil I wish I had some Heaven here you find a person that won't forgive nobody that keep holding grudges talk to me somebody you see forgiveness is not for the person that wrong you forgiveness is for you because as long as you don't forgive them they have power over you they keep you up at night they have you where you can't eat a bite I wish I had some he in here so it's up to you to release it by forgiving them I have to do folks that way that owe me money so I won't be mad I just forgive them just go on me talk to me somebody because when somebody owe you when you see them that's the first thing you thinking about that negro owe me some money you a St about what they got on what they driving what kind of house they live in all you see is they ain't paid me I got to get out of here I got to I got to leave I I'm holding y'all too long 2 Corinthians 2:11 said be not ignorant of Satan's device the word device is the Greek word noar no the WR word noar is noo good word for noo is noose which mean M in other words the devil is after your mind y'all ain't saying nothing second Corinthians 10 and 4 he said I reckon that the presence of this Warfare they're not colal but Mighty to God to the pulling down of strongholds the what strongholds AI I'm I'm going to leave y'all along with this original name AI when it was first brought up it meant Fortress it came from huge castles that they would build with tall walls to keep the enemy from getting in whenever they stayed in a fortress they didn't worry about the enemies they couldn't get in but by the time the New Testament was written the word of kurmi it prison now prison is just opposite of a fortress a prison is designed to keep the ones in from getting out y'all don't hear me this house in other words whatever is in there the devil try to keep it from coming out because if God has deposited something in your life the devil don't want it to get out and if you ever notice whenever an attack come upon you you from the Devil is because he have discovered something you don't know on that God is getting ready to explode your life with something spectacular you see if you watch the Bible whenever God Rises to bless somebody Satan would always rise to blast them y'all don't hear me when y'all look at me that way take me 10 more minutes to explain you remember when Jesus went in the Jordan and he was baptized uh can I tell you what happened when it went in the water there was the dip and after the dip then there was a dove that descended down and then there was a dialogue because God said this is my beloved Son and then that was the devil y'all don't like me this house whenever God get ready to bless you expect Satan to show up to bless you good but he love and I'm through he love to play m games you see watch this your noose is here but your heart cordal is here whenever the Bible talk about the heart he's not talking about the pump in your chest let me read the scripture as a man think it in his heart so is he y'all don't hear me that's why when the devil gets you he attack you in the mind because whenever stuff get in your mind it causes you to worry on and the word worry the German word mean to be choked in other words he choke you to Suffocation and whenever he start choking in you and you start worrying it creates stress and what stress will do stress number one it cause your arteries to constract and when your arteries do that it cause blood to flow fast through your system when blood flow fast it cause you to have heart attacks and strokes talk to me somebody stress will cause you y'all ain't going to hit me here it will cause your cholesterol to rise and when your cholesterol Rises it causes your diabetes too to show up when diabetes too show up it causes you to have diseases and will have disease it'll cause you to have disease and whenever you have disease I I guess I preaching by myself when it caus you to have disease you start worrying all over again and because the devil is playing mind games with you do you know that the devil can take you out with just using your mind you go to the doctor the doctor say you got six months to live number one ain't no doctor that smart they don't know how long because life is in the hands of the Lord but you said but preacher doctor told my mama she had 6 months to live five months she was gone what you got say about that here's what it is you can live weeks without food days without water but only minute without hope that when your hope is gone you getting ready to check out of here that's why my hope it build on nothing less then Jesus blood and in righteousness to have a witness let me go on I've held you long enough now Jude 24 say now normally now is an adverb but in Jude 24 instead of being an adverb is a conjunction because it is connecting what happened in Jude 23 it's a now unto unto is a preposition which is a preposition prepossession mean that where I am now is not where I'm going to end up in other words it's a Karma instead of a period you see people would say this is a period in my life no ain't no period is a Comm a period mean stop comma mean pause then they said now unto him shout him one time now him is a pronoun but it is an objective pronoun the next word is that which is a pronoun but a subjective pronoun normally in the English language you never find an objective and subjective together is either of never both in y'all don't hear me but since the Holy Spirit can do what he want to do he put it objective and subjective together that's in the King James version but uh I I wasn't satisfied with King James I pulled up M Greek text but see what it was saying in the Greek language all this stuff wasn't even in there in the Greek text it read like this him able that's all I got for you him able have I got a witness here you see whever discover it's about him I'm through it you shake somebody's head s neor is not about you and it sure ain't about me but it is is about him have I got a witness here in Mark 4 verse 35 it said the same day when Eden was come they said unto him let us pass over onto the other side verse 36 they took him even as he was in the ship and there was with him other little sheep in verse 37 There Rose a great storm of wind that beat into the ship so it's now full he was in the higher part of the ship asleep on a pillar and they waking him and said unto him carest thou not that we perish John 1 and3 all things was made by him and without him was not anything made that was made John 1 and4 in him was life and life was the light of men John 3:16 said for God sold of the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life uh acts 1 10 11 and 12 why stand ye here gazing into heaven the same way you see him go the same way is coming back acts 17:28 in him we live in him we move and in him we have our being Romans 10:13 Romans 10:9 that if Thou shalt confess with the mouth the Lord Jesus Shall Believe in thine heart that God raised him from the dead Thou shalt be saved Romans 11:36 it said for by him through him to him all things exist Ephesians 3 and 20 now un him that's a to do exceedingly abundantly above all you can ask or think have I got a witness him Revelation 1:7 and when I saw him I fell his seat as a dead man have a got a witness him thank yall for letting me stop by but shake a hand one more time say neighor don't forget this today it's not about me it ain't about you but it is about him whatever we discover It's About Him worship service changes when it's about him your giving change what is about him your prayer life change your preaching change can I holler one time for me yes it is says about him thank God I owe him everything he been too good to me done too much from me brought me from too far for me to the him y'all know him don't you he's better than good sweeter than honey migher than a mountain wider than round straighter than a cross he's pure than air clear than a crystal tapes can't measure him water can't drown him fire can't burn him death can't kill him the grave can't hold him don't have a witness he's too good to be mean he's too loving not to care he's too on the presentes to be absent too omnipotent to be weak too omnious to be dumb he's too holy to be defiled hey yes sir yes [Music] sir it is about him here say him one more time is he all right tell somebody say I'm standing here today not because of what I've done but what he has done for me somebody the B say if you only knew my story you wouldn't get upset with me in my glory somebody else can say neighbor I've had some rough times in my life tell them it haven't been easy if it wasn't one thing it was something else but sir I know you didn't know about it I haven't told you so the re didn't tell you and because you wouldn't believe it if I told you tell them the reason you wouldn't believe it it because I don't look like what I've been through but all the hell that I've been through I still have my joy and this joy that I I have the world didn't give it to me the [Music] world the world can't take it away [Music] o yes sir [Applause] [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah is he all right help me say all right [Music] [Applause] I'm glad I know him I got to get out of here I'm glad I know him I'm glad I'm saved [Music] there was an old Indian out in the middle of the street shouting and praising the Lord didn't look like it had nothing so white man walked up and said Mr indot I've been watching you for the last 30 minutes shouting and praising Jesus said what did Jesus do for you oh Indian got him a stick and dug a trench in the middle of the road got him some flamable liquids p in the trench saw a worm on a limb and got the worm and put in the liquids got a match and struck it on this end fir was coming toward the worm this way struck another match on this end F was coming to the worm this way and right before the fire got to the worm worm couldn't back up he couldn't go forward windan stooped down and picked up the little worm in his hand said this is what me Jesus did for me when I was H in I couldn't back up I couldn't go forward just in the nick of time he saved me I'm out of here now anybody know he Savor just in the nick of time didn't he do it didn't he do it [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah have you in River you think is [Music] uncrossable have you any mountains that you can know T [Music] to God [Music] Specializes in [Applause] things that are [Music] impossible I'm through he'll do [Music] when all the power holy ghost power can do heads bow eyes are closed gracious God our Father we thank you for the message we thank you for your presence touching this house if there one or some that have come here this outter Church of straight away maybe never accepted you as Lord and Savior would you give them courage and boldness to surrender to you even now in the name of Jesus we pray amen the