31 Jan Kingdom Faith #3 Those Things That Are Not As Though They Were

i started a seriesa couple weeks backand umentitled calling those things that arenot as though they wereand uhum it’sit’s a in a series kingdom faithyou know that there’s two differentworldsthere’s thekingdoms of this world and there’s thekingdom of heaventhere’s uh there’s anotherthere’s another element other than whatwe can see feeltaste smell when adam sinned he actuallybecame anenslaved to his five physical sensesand that’s what causes the fear in everyone of uspeople aren’t born with fearpeople are are raised into ityou learn fear it’s an acquired thingjust like you know just got a new puppyand and reallybefore it was taken away from its familythere was no fear in that little thingall of a sudden because of an experiencethrough that dog sensesfear camethat’s the same thing with usand sometimes people are so gripped withfearit’s a demonic thing it’s it’s it’s awork of satan he wants to oppress usfirst we’re subjected to himin that way through our five physicalsensesthen we’reuh oppressed by him that’s a greaterlevel greater elementand uh depressedand then even umwe’re we’re bound in such a way thatumuh that people are possessedby by the deviland umuh it’sin the united states you know we weretalking about other nations andof course before kovit came it’s alittle more difficult traveling but itraveled extensively and and umit was more than likely i wouldn’t behere i’d be out in some of the one ofthe third world countriesand umthere you see a lot more open demonicactivities hereit’s religiousit’s people that are areit’s a it’s a way it’s an avenue thatthat umsatan has has used in order to get inand just keep people so boundreligion is a terrible thingum it can keep people so restricted fromthe kingdom of heaven from who godreally is what jesus christ really hasdone for mankindand in fact jesus came himself and saidto the religious leaders he said uh byyour tradition you made the word of godin non-effecthe saysyou you’ve made it nothingbut it’s the main thing you have to getout of thatuh and anda lot of times people and they love godthey they they love god they but they’rethey’re not taughtthe principles of the kingdom they’renot taught the methods that god used whogod really is how he does things in alife of a person and sothey just they theythey reduce god to an iconthey reducewhat he does to a storythey reducehow he isto uma distant thing from themand so a lot of times people will know alot of stories about jesus but they’llalways because of that they always thinkthat just god does everythingand that’s not truematter of fact the scripture is clearhisthe bible says the heavens the lords butthe earth he has given to whomanthe earth he’s given to uswe’re the ones that are in fact when hecreated adam what did he tell him hesays i um i’m giving you dominion overall the works of my handsand becauseadam had dominion that’s a that’s akingdom word that means i he to ruleover the domain of all the works ofgod’s handsand when he submitted himself to thelies of satanin fact satan’s lie was what he he saiduh you remember god just told him youcan’t eat of the tree and knowledge ofgood and evil and that really in thehebrew is senses our five physicalsensesmost people especially in the westernworldare so bound by education in factdoesn’t matter what it is they’ll saythe only way out of it is a bettereducation isn’t thatsome some person that doesn’t understandloveand a true relationship their heartsaren’t changed by the power of god theymight beat their wife or their childrenabuse them what is this what does thegovernment say we need to send them toschooleverything’s in education drunk drivinggo to classno matter what it is every problem inlife they say western world now they saythe only way out of it is a bettereducation and that’s not true at allwe’re not to lean on our understandingswe’re to acknowledge god and he’lldirect us there’s a leading in fact allthose who are led by the spirit of godthey are the sons of godso back to what i was talking about withwith adam he yielded to the devil satansays you know god doesn’t want you toeat of this tree because he knowsthat the day you eat of it you’ll becomelike himknowing good and evilwell what was the problem with that itwas a liewhy why was that a liewhen god created man didn’t he say letus create man in ourimage and in ourlikenessman was already like himand so satan lied he is withholding fromyou god’s word just withholding from youhe does that today and through religiongod made you sick rather than god healedyouthe bible says you have been healed bythe stripes of jesus christ but god madeyou they’ll say to that degree god madeyou sickand that’s a liehad nothing to do with itbut it’s people that don’t understandtheir own authoritythe dominion that he’s given us here inthis world that’s why jesus when he camein this earth emmanuel right god with ushe came the bible says this that he wentabout doing good and healing all whowere oppressed of the devil for god waswith hima lot of times christians don’t evenbelieve god’s with themthey pray oh lord be with me today hesaid i’ll never leave you i’ll neverforsake you where is he going where didhe go tohe didn’t leavebut it’s doubt and unbelief insomebody’s life that they’re notconfident they’re not convinced of whogod is what he’s done and our place withhimamenso this is so so importantfaith is important what do we do tobring the promises of god which thereare over 8 000 promises of god for us inherei love this scripture in in in secondpeter the first chapter and the thirdverse by the way it says that he’s givenus everything that pertains unto lifeand godliness through the knowledge ofhimwho’s called us to glory and virtueso what have we not receivedhe’s given us how mucheverything that pertains under this lifeand godlinesswe just have to know how to get it fromheremanifested to herein our livesand this is one of the principlescalling these things that are notas though they werein romans in the fourth chapter in goingover this uh the 13th through the 18thverses and the new king james version itsays this for the promise that he wouldbe the heir he’s talking about abram bythe wayand uh who later he changed his name toabraham but abramfor the promise that he would be theheir of the world was not to abraham orto his seed through the law in otherwords onthe do’s and don’tsif if abraham was good enough or notbut through the righteousness that comesby faithfor if those who are of the law areheirsfaith is made void in the promise madeof no effect because the law bringsabout wrathfor where there is no law there is notransgressionnow when jesus died on the cross thebible says he abolished the lawbecause he fulfilled ithe came and took our placehe was the last adam first corinthiansof the 15th chapter he was the secondadam first corinthians 15 chapter alsobut he was the last adam the first adamwas the first representative of allmankindand he sinned so sin comes into everyperson that comes into this worldnow i don’t know about you but i didn’task to come hereit was god that put me into thiscorrupted fallen worldhe did thatbut not just to say see if you can makeit on your ownhe put me here because his purposealways was to express his loveto the one that’s created in his imageand in his likenessgod is love and love needs aa place to be appliedlove has to have an object to expressitself toall you folks that you knowuh you’re growing up now and you’remaybe raising a family you didn’t knowwhat love was until all of a sudden thatlittle freckled face you know uh askinny girl showed up on the bus or inthe neighborhood and all of a suddenwhat’s that what what’s thatyou never you didn’t know what love wasbut love because love was there itneeded an object to be expressed toall you women you saw that knock kneedbony kid you know gangly guyanduh thateveryone’s saying was a no good and andyou though in your heart all of a suddenwho is thisyou felt love for the very first timebecause love needs an objectto be expressed toand so that’s why love god love createdmanto express his love to him to give everyyou know that just like you you knowwhen you you’re dating you’re you’recourting your your your sweetheartwell you you just really put the dog ondon’t youi mean listen and a lot of times womenyou listen to me if that guy is just ano good no count he’s giving you thebest to land you that’s the bait thathe’s throwing outrun like a banshee get awayhe’s gonna destroy your lifeamenmanafter you’re married hey i don’t have todo nothing to land her she’s here nowwhat do you think it’s going to get likebut godbut god he came and satan said oh god’sjust withholding from you love can’twithhold from youit’s impossible that’s why the wholekingdom is set up on a gift’s principlegod first thing he did with adam wasgive him dominion over everythingadam gives it all away he was deceivedby satanand so he fell in sin entered into thewhole world it all corruptedand god brought us here because he stillwants man to receive his loveand how did god get it back how did godget everything back he says i know howi’ll get him back i’ll give another giftand god so loved the world that he gavehis only begotten son that whoeverbelieves in him should not perish buthave everlasting lifeand we can’t even have that everlastinglife jesus unless he gives us anothergift for we’re saved by grace throughfaith and that’s not yours it is agift from godand when you believe in jesus christ hegives you another gift it’s calledrighteousness you become as right as godnot as good as godno one’s good but godour performance isn’t as good as god butin his eyes you’re as light as him it’sa gift and he tells us in romans in thefifth chapter in the 17th verse if youwill receive the abundance of god’sgrace and the gift of his righteousnessyou’ll rule and reign as a king in thislife by one man jesus christit’s it’s about gifts why because lovewants to give gifts wants to share wantsto honor this object of affectionamengod gave man dominionand jesus came to get it backand that’s why he came when he came helived perfect he was sinlessand he fulfilled the lawand now when we give our lives to jesushe says here here’s everything thatpertains under life and godlinesswhen you give your life to jesus hecalls you an heir of god and a jointheir with jesus christit’s all yours well how do i receive ithow do i walk in that well stay awayfrom people that say you’re only a nogood for nothing worm you’re justnothing but a dog a sinner and and uh nocount and uh you’ll never get nothingand you’ll never have nothing becausehow we livein the kingdom of heavenis alsoby an element of imagemy senses gives me an imageyours does tooif we would smell smoke all of a suddeneveryone through our our our sense ofsmellsmokesomebody in here might yell fire and runoutbecause an image came into your headrightsomebody thatthat thinkswe’ll take you know the dog for instancea lot of times people put a littlecollar on them they got this invisiblefencing they put a little wireunderground and so when the dog comes upto it it gives it a little shockand so it knows to stay awayand so it doesn’t matter even if if itafter that if the collar is off thatafter a while it it trains it so itcomes only so far to where thatunderground wire is and it won’t go anyfarther it’ll bark and bark but it’llnever it’ll never touch that areait’s built within it to hold it backthat’s what satan does through thiscorrupted world through our sensesthere’s two words for hand in hebrewrememberone is the word cuffit’s only ever used in the bible for theenemymy dad used to say you knowi’m half jewish andhalf you know mutt and um uhhe used to say to meyou keep doing that i’m going to cuffyou upside the headi don’t know if your parents ever saidthat that’s a hebrew word that’s cuffand what it means it’s a word for theenemy it means topush down to hold downto keep back from somethingto stop them it’s that invisible offensesatan wants to hold you back from lifethat’s why in john 10 10 jesus says thisthe thief only came to steal kill anddestroyhe says but i’ve come to give you lifeand life more abundantlybut we have to get beyond that then wehave to do something to go beyond whatwe built within our lives throughout ourtime in this corrupted world through ourfive physical sensesthat’s why education doesn’t satisfyeverything it doesn’thelp everything in fact a lot ofeducation will hurt us rightwisdom is greater than knowledgeyou can have knowledge of how to make auhyou know of nuclear fusionbut if you don’t have any wisdom you’regoing to use that nuclear fusion todestroy a lot of people that’s why we’reafraid we’re afraid of in iranwisdom though is the proper applicationof knowledgeand that’s why first corinthians 1 30the bible says christ is made in us youwho believe in jesus christ he’s made inus wisdom very first thingwisdom righteousness sanctification andredemptionhe does that in us it’s a giftand so we have to then apply ourselvesin a way to get what we can’t seewhat we can’t hear with our physicalears tastefeelsmellwe have to get that to come into thiscorrupted worldand it’s not hardit’s just going to take some timeif you apply it to your lifeand that’s what he’s saying heretherefore 16th verse again romans 4therefore it is it is of faith that itmight be according to graceso that the promise might be sure to allthe seed not only to those who are ofthe law but also to those who are of thefaith of abrahamwho is the father of us allas it is written i have made you afather of many nationsremember when god told that to abrami made you if i i’ve already made youyet he didn’t have one childbut he said i made you a father of manynations he says well yeah well how’sthat going to happen i’m childlessand then we’ll talk about a minute hesays this he says as it is written i’vemade you a father of many nations in thepresence of whom he believed in otherwords abraham abram said i believe itbut he didn’t know how to make it happenhe didn’t know how to make it happen itsays god read it with me who gives lifeto the dead we’re in verse 17 god whogives life to the dead and calls thosethings which do not exist as though theydid now if we’re in his image and in hislikeness image means we look like himyesyou know he he has a a mouth he has eyeshe has ears he has a head he has handshe has feet he sits on a thronehe we’re in his image and in hislikeness in other words we know we looklike him and we’re act we can do likehim we can act like him in his likenessand so he says that he call he he raisesthe dead and he calls those things whichbe not as though they were that’s kingjames i’m sorry he gives and calls thosethings which do not exist as though theydidwho contrary to hope in other wordsthere wasn’t anything that that abrahamabram could hope for that’s why he saidhow are you gonna do this i don’t haveany kidshe says contrary to hope he believed inhopeso that he became the father of manynations according to what was spoken soshall your descendants be what gave himhopegod did he he remember abraham abram was75 years old when god called him out ofuh haranand said heyum i’m going to call you i’m going totell you i’m bringing you to acountry that i’ll tell you what whichcountry when you get thereokayi’m out of hereso he takes off he leaves and12 years laternothing’s still nothing happening hestill isn’t a father of nothingand so the lord says come on outside youknow he comes out of his tendons atnight he says look it up to the skyand and abram looks up there he saysthat’s how many see if you can count thestars of course it’s impossible he saidthat’s how many kids you’re going tohavehe put a vision within himthat’s hopehe put something within him i’ve haddifferent professional people throughoutmy life say that’s false hope well it isfor you because you don’t see what i seeamenbut if you could see what i seeit wouldn’t be false hope to you itwasn’t to abramyou’re the father of many nations herelook at the stars of the sky but thatwasn’t good that wasn’t enough and godknew it so almost another well another12 years here he is he’s at the time heis 99 years old nowthe lord said well he’s still not havingthis child so i’m gonnai’m gonna have to teach him to do justlike i doand that’s call those things that be notas though they werehe says so abram i’m changing your nameto abrahamabram just means a leader the head onebut abraham means a father of amultitudea father of many nations and sarahi’m changing your name to sarahhe put part of his name in each of thosenamesand sarai which meaning just the headmistress uh she was changed to um um aqueen that gives birth to kingsand so for the a little bit you knowthat all of a sudden there’s they quitjust seeing oh yeah we’re gonna have alot all these kids we’re gonna have allthese kids and it came to the point thatthey were laughing about it because theydidn’t they were losing that so godsteps in again he says here’s what youdoand so from that day on they say there’sif they’re asked what’s your name i’m afather of many nationswhat’s your name i’m a mother of manymany nations i’m giving birth to kingsand they kept saying thatthey just by their name my name williammeans defender of the familyand so i’m not partial to people callingme billespecially since i got my firstdoctorate you know that’s the mostdreaded thing in most americans lives isa doctor billso i i didn’t want thati i didn’t want thati’m the defender of the family andeveryone here knows when i’m defendingthe familybut abraham the father of a multitudei’m the father of a multitude i’m afather every time they talk to eachother heymy queen who’s giving birth now to kingshey my um the father of a multitude comehere father i multitude what are yougonna do today i don’t know mother ofkings i i i don’t knowand they started calling those thingsthat weren’t as though they weregod came when when he came to do that hesays i have made you a father of manynations not i’m going tohe said i did itthat’s why when we see the promises inthe bible it isn’t like we try to godwe’re trying to get god to do somethinghe’s already done itwe just have to live under theprinciples that he gave us to allow itto come into our lives health healingfinances what does the bible say aboutfinances in your life doesn’t it saypsalm 112 wealth and riches are in yourhousebut yet we have christians that say idon’t have i lack i can’t give because idon’t have enoughhow is that like godwe’re supposed to be children of themost high godjust followers of jesus christand that’s how he created everythingmatter of fact he said in in hebrews inthe 11th chapter remember the thirdverse it says by faith we understandthat the worlds were framed by the wordof god so that everything that existswas madeby things that nobody could seebecause that god spoke them all intoexistence he spoke it all into existenceand that’s what we have to dothat doesn’t mean we denywhen we’re going through problemsthat doesn’t mean we we can’t say manyou know i’m sick today i need prayer iwhateverbut when we we go to god though and justdon’t say oh god do something oh godheal me he’s sitting up in heaven tillhis enemies made his footstool you’rethe one that’s supposed to do somethingwhat are you gonna do just complainaren’t you gonna start saying no jesuswas the bible says right isaiah 53 and 5he was wounded for our transgressions hewas bruised for our iniquities thechastisement of our peace was upon jesusand by his stripes we were healedso if we were healed can’t we say i’mhealedi’m the healed of godand the more we declare that the more wewe declare what his word says justconfessing what he saidall of a sudden it’s going to build animage into usand that image is going to come to lifei use the analogy about a dog whenpeople say well i i believe that youjust you know tell it like it is no youdon’tno only your flesh that’s contrary togod wants to tell it like it is when itcomes to spiritual things but otherwisenatural things you’re not that way ifyou go home today and your dog isn’t atyour houseyou don’t stand out on your porchif its name is fido say you don’t standout on the porch and say the fido’s gonefido’s goneoh no fido’s gone fido’s not herei guess he’ll never come backno what do you dohere fidohere fidohere fido and you keep saying that untilwhat you can’t see comes into the placewhere you can see ithow aboutwomen when you get pregnantyou and your guy you know you and yourhusband you’re you just find out you’repregnant i remember pam with pamher mother always could tell it mighthave beenyou knowfour hoursyou know sheyou’re pregnantshe’d look at her you’re pregnant manit was incredible it wasn’t enough itwas it was quick i don’t know i’mtelling on you huh it was about your momevery time she was you get pregnant yourmom knew itand you we didn’t know itshe’d look at pam it’d be a week twoweeks or whatever she’d say you’repregnantnow when we knew we were pregnant rightwe didn’t go around saying well i shouldhope i have a baby one daynobody says that do theywhy do we want to say that when it comesto what god put in usno you guys oh i hope i have a baby oneday don’t they go around saying we’rehaving a baby we’re having a babywe’re having a baby and guess what whatyou can’t see grows up and comes intoexistencerightthat’s how god created the kingdomand that’s how we’re to live by faithyou don’t declare your wants all thetimeyou declare what god has provided foryou are you getting thisluke 17 5-6 look what jesus said and theapostles said to the lordhere’s thethe thing first of all i know this isall just recapping and but review isgood for you remembersojesus is going you know down the roadand he sees a fig tree that it hadleaves but it had no figsthat form of fig tree by the way wouldget figs before the leafs would come onand then it would mature after theleaves come on but it had leaves but nofigsand so it was a type in a shadow of ofuhjudaism uh you know under the lawand he said he looks at the tree and hesays i’m i curse youno one is going to eat fruit from youagain spoke to that treeand they go to the temple and the verynext morning they come back they’rewalking by there and the disciples saidlook at jesus the tree you cursed it’swithered from the roots up it’s deadand here hehe he is you know his his answerhe says and the lord said to the apostleor the apostle said to the lord increaseour faithi mean that’s miracle we want to do thatand so here’s what jesus told himand what he’s telling us read it with meso the lord said if you have faith as amustard seed you can say to thismulberry tree be pulled up by the rootsand be planted in the sea and it wouldobey you did it say god it obey godmost christians even go around begginggod to heal them unbelievers begging godto heal him i believe god and i didn’tget healed he’s a liarno you didn’t believe god you didn’t usethe principles that he gave us to liveby faithyou love godbut just ignorant of his waywhen i go to another country i need tounderstand their waysbecause if i know their ways i canactually get along a lot better therei can i can prosper there i can i canmaneuver there it’s it’s easier therebut if i don’t know their ways i’m goingto just live by the ways of of of theunited states i might get killedwe got liberty that nobody hasnotice jesus didn’t say that it wouldobey godthe tree would obey whothank you me but you tooit will obey youbut you have to believe that thosethings you say that’s why in mark 1122-23he said have faith in godhe said for truly i say to you thatwhatsoever things uh umif you could say excuse me you’d say tothis mountain be removed and be castinto this sea and if you don’t doubt inyour heart but if you believe that thosethings which you say will come to passyou’ll have whatever you sayit builds an image within ushad somebody once and said you know cameafter teaching this way years ago andthey said oh man i you know i’m uhyesterday i was i woke up i wasn’tfeeling good and i said i was healed andyou know i’m i’m still not healed i saidoh really you said it onceshe looked at me and said well i knowthat it’s more than that you just gotit’s not athing of how many this isn’t alegalistic thing it’s how how long doesit take to build that image of beinghealed into your heartif you don’t doubt in your heartbut if you believe that what you saywill come to pass you’ll have whateveryou’re saying that’s how we get savedisn’t itrightmark 10 9-10 if you will confess withyour mouth the lord jesus christ andbelieve in your heart that god raisedhim from the dead you shall be savedwe confessed to believethat was what god said he gave him apicture of his children abraham but itwasn’t good enough he he had to getabram because abraham to start sayingwhat gods didand when he started saying what god didthat picture he had in them came up tolife and a year later they had isaacsee that that’sthat’sthe way god has always been going aboutdoing things and we used a lot ofexamples just in the last couple weeksi’m not going to go over them allbut that’s the way the spiritual law ofthe kingdom worksjesus called peterit when he was simon his name was simonand he said simon uh umfrom now on your name ispeter and that was which means a rockand that was a long time before jesus orpeter matured in fact peter even thoughhe was called the rock when jesus wasbetrayed and brought to be crucifiedpeter cussed him out in the street anddenied that he knew himbutsimon by the way means hearing one andit also meansmainly a reed that’s easily swayed inthe windsand that was himbut all of a sudden i’m peter i’m a rocki’m a rock i’m a rock one day it raisedup it came out and jesus when peterwalked down this the streets peoplewould under the his shadow would beinstantly healed his shadow healed themand he was one that gave his life hestood so firm for jesus that he when hewas crucified he says i’m not worthy tobe crucified like my lord and so theycrucified him upside downwhat are you saying about your life areyou saying what god saidsee the lord leads us by calling out thepotential of our life not the failure ofour life that is in godif somebody’s prophesying doom and gloomrun that’s not a prophet of godif you if in your head you’re onlythinking of all the mistakes you madeand all the problems that you madethat’s a stronghold of the enemy in yourlifeand you got to cast those imaginationsdown first corinthians 10 it sayscasting down all imaginations andeverything that would exalt itselfagainst the knowledge of god bringingthem to captivity every thought to theobedience of christand you’ll rule and reign in this lifehealth will come speedilyfinances will won’t be aissue you won’t be working with thesweat of your brow trying to getsomethingit’ll happen it’ll just happenand people that don’t live by faith alltheyknow because they live in a carnal wayis to criticize those that do live byfaithyou name me another church that lookaroundthat has churches schools colleges freeclinicsradio stations television station and 37nationsplanted another church incoloma illinois their their elders werejust here yesterday having a day ofvisiting with mebecause we’rethey’re buying a buildingand so i was just giving them someinsight and praying with themseegod has big plans for everyone in herethere’s nothing little that god ever hasfor anybodyin fact the bible says greatness isascribed to your nameto your namethat’s why when i i started a businessand i was a contractor in a constructionbusinessandi started a business a toy company uhforpam and i was directed by the lord andumwhen i said you know what do we callthis business and that’s when the lordsays i don’t do anything but big kingdombusinessand so that’s what i called it bigkingdom businesshe does nothing but big kingdom businessgreatness is ascribed to your name hewants to do great things through you butyou can’t get them done by getting abetter educationi mean that mighthave an element of help in thisnatural worldbut not with godwhen we started our radio stationor even this this this land here thelord said i’ve given you this propertywe were we didn’t have anywhere to meetand uh we we were meeting in a in thisplace that was too close to a bar andthe ordinance in merrell wisconsin wasthat a church couldn’t be or a barcouldn’t be a 300 feet from a churchstill is and so umwe werewe weretoo close to a barandso they complained because if they wouldserve a miner and lose their licensethey could never get it backso they brought us to the city counciland the city kicked us out ofour townand the lord had showed a sense of humorright around the corner there was alittle covenant church art gusta sin wasthe pastor’s name they were trying tosell the building i think they wantedeighty nine thousand dollars for it wasa small building oldest church inlincoln countythey moved it fromuh i can’t remember where it was out inthe country and they moved it into townback in 1879to tell you how old it wasand so um he he he was retiring hepastored four people for like five yearsand then two of them passed and so hehad two folks and he was from chicagoand he wanted to go back to chicago andso he was talking to their headquartersand saying i don’t have anybody he saysthere was only one person that evenlooked at it a church that started up achurch plant that started up in town andumand uh uh but they said you know theywouldthey uh would only give usum or that i when they wanted 89 i saidi don’t think i could give you 18. imean it was in a residential area therewas no parking and and umand we didn’t have 18 i think we mighthave 18 bucks but anyway um sothey said well who is it he said williamholman i see we know him i ministered attheir headquarters the covenant church’sheadquarters we was just here and did aconference here he says give it to himso we were given the buildingsee you see what god doesthen of course we the lord spoke to me iwas living down the road and the lordspoke to me one day and said i’m givingyou this land here that we’re sitting onit’s yours i said okay so uh for acouple months on a saturday morning i’dcome and i’d walk around itone daythe um uh somebody was here ed demerskyand he was putting up a poll buildingthat’s our administrative building nowand he says and i came and i’m walkingaround i said oh what are you uh whatare you doing he says well if it’s anyof your business i’m putting up thisbuilding because i can’t get my insurerhis building burnt down there uh thelakeview ballroom and so he’s i can’tget my insurance money until i putsomething else upsoum i said well he says what is that toyou i says well the lord gives given methis land and so i don’t know if i wantthis building herehe says why own this buildingi says well you’re gonna have to come togrips you know because god gave it to meand umwe we had a good cordial talk you knowit wasn’t like i was abrasive oranything but i was truthful this is whatgod said so all of a sudden umthat sunday that was a saturday thatsunday we were meeting in that littlechurch over there on genesee and um anda new couple came to church john andcarlaand theirlast name happened to be demersky theygave their life to jesus christ they gotbaptized in the holy ghost andi didn’t put two and two together welland so umi actually didn’t even know the guy’slast name he just said his name was edbut he was from chicagoand so the the next sunday the john cameto church and gave a testimony he says ishared my testimony about giving my lifeto jesus with my my dad and my dad hegave his life to the lord he got bornagain i said what’s his name ed demerskihe owns that place out there he ownedthe lakeview ballroom i said reallythat’s the guyso he came and he had a talk with meobviously god did give it to you he sayslet’s see if we can make that happen andso he did when we wrote up the deal youknow it was going to be on and he sayshow about 54 000 it’s on you know 10acres and or not nine and a half it waswe have a little more now but it wasnine and a half acres and and umhe said uhhe said uhyou know that should be good enough foryou know get it for the bank but youknow we didn’t have the finances oranything to even get a loan and so isaid well you know you’re gonna andwhich i did go tryand uh to see if the bank would give usa loan but that back then they wouldn’tgive a church aloneso um and that was sort of the thingaround the countryand so i said ed you’re gonna have togive it to me i was on a land contracthe’s okay how much can you put down isaid nothinghe said okay we’ll do it then it’sbecause it’s yours and so we ended upwith the with the property and uh he putthe and that was with the building andhe put the building on of course it washollow it was me and i don’t know howmany women uh all the guys workingduring the day and me and women put thefloor in and and uh um and we ended upmeeting their 5400 square foot buildingbut that’s what god does he tells youthat’s why it’s so important to readyour bibleyou read your bible and you find outthatthe lord directs your path i don’t haveto wonder lord what do you have for mein the futurei know it’s going to be great myconfession is lord you’re directing mypath into the perfect will your plan isa lot better for them mine that’s why itsays in jeremiah 29 11 he says umthese are my plans that i have for yousays the lord plans of good not evilplans to give you hope and a futuregood thingsexcellent thingsgod doesn’t help to rob hurt nothingit’s the enemy that steel kills anddestroywe just have to start living by thisprinciple of calling those things thatare not as though they were amenso that’s just like gideon he’s a mightyman of valor rightyet he’s hiding in a wine press becauseof the enemyism surrounded and theybesieged them so they couldn’t they theycouldn’t have food i mean they werestarving so here’s gideon he has alittle wheat inside of a wine pressgrinding it to make a little meal forhis family and the lord shows up andsays hey mighty man of valorwhoi’m hiding i’m scared of the enemyhe’s no you’re a mighty man of valorhe changes his name he says startdeclaring thishere’s gideon who is afraid of the enemyends up he he um go into battle with 300guys and the weapons they used was ahornand a uh uh a candle inside of a littleumclay jugand then they said let’s surround theenemy hold the jug up by your head andbreak it so the light only shows yourfaceand blow your hornthere’s a planbut this mighty man of valor didand because he did what god saidhe lived by the principles that god gavehim the enemy turned on themselves andkilled themselvesit’s so important people to understandthat we have to call those things thatbe notas though they wereit isn’t like you’re going to denycertain thingsi’m not denying if you know theuhsickness wants to invade my my bodybut i command it to die and gobecause i’m healed by the stripes ofjesusi do i commit you die and go everydisease german any virus in my body youdie now in the name of jesus christi command that you leave remember i’vebeen healed by from cancer twice andi’ve never taken any treatments from aphysiciannow that’s not that they’re badand if you need to go to a doctor go toa doctor god’s given us doctors to helpus while we’re building our faithbut the bible sayswithout faith you can’t please godromans 11 6 you can’t please god withoutfaithfor everyone that comes to him mustbelieve that he is and that he’s arewarder of those that diligently seekhimhis way his purpose what he’s doneit doesn’t matter how your life is itcould be going great god wants it betteryou could be struggling right now god isgoing to give you a breakthroughyou have to start taking steps of faithyou have to start living according tothe principle of god he raises the deadand calls those things that be not asthough they were and if we’re in hisimage in his likeness then that’s whatwe doamen i don’t when my dog runs out of theyard i don’t say dog you’re gone dogyou’re gone i say here dog here dogand i call him inand that’s exactly what we do in this inthere there’s otherthere’s other voices in this roomthat you can’t hear but if we took aradio receiver and tuned it into acertain frequency you would hear themthere’s other people there’s otherpeople in this room if we took atelevision receiver and turned it to acertain frequency you’d see him wouldn’tyouyou don’t question thateverything that god said it’s in adifferent realmsee he he he he the kingdom of heaven wewe see it we have a three-dimensionalsystem here but he’s a he has afour-dimensional systemlength depth breadth and heightand we have to startseeing what he’s promised us and startsdeclaring that it’s ours and it builds apicture of what’s really out thereand as we start declaring it it startscoming and it manifests herethat’s how the worlds were framed by theword of god so that everything that wesee was made by things that nobody couldseethat’s the kingdom of heavenit’s just the principlebut if you just think well god just doeseverything well you’re mistakenhe doesn’t do anything the bible says wewent over this he doesn’t do anything inthis earth until he first reveals it tosomebody that’s willing to speak it outthat’s how he does it jesus was born inthis earth750 years before it he spoke to aprophetand said a virgin is going to bear achild and give birth to a saviorand so isaiah said a virgin is going tobear a child and give birth to a savior750 years latergod had thethe person that allowed himgod can’t just do anything that he wantsbecause of the principles he set forthhe gave everything over to man so whodoes he have to use in order to get hiswill into this earthmanjesus couldn’t even comeunless somebody was willing to give himthe right away and the first one wasabrahamhe believed god it was accounted forrighteousness the father said now wehave we have an open doornow we gotta get somebody that’s willingto speak out how it’s going to takeplaceand that was isaiahand so jesus camehow about in your lifeyour needs maybe it’s joymaybe peacemaybea vision of something a business ora househe gives us everything that pertainsunto this life andgodlinessand now he says all i have i have to dois get you to work with meand i’ll bring all this to pass that’swhy he says don’t lean on your ownunderstanding in all your waysacknowledge himand he’ll direct your pathtrust in himhe’ll give you the desire of your heartfollow him he’ll bring it to passit’s simplewe just have to start doing iteveryone in here is pregnantyou’re pregnant by the word of god thatwas spoken out this morningevery personeveryone in here you pray everyonelistening watching by tv wherever youare by radioyou are pregnant right nowby the word of god that’s how we gotborn againfirst peter 120 it says that we’re born again of anincorruptible seed by the word of godwhich lives and abides foreverthe seed of the word of god comes intoour heartsand all of a sudden boomyou didn’t you didn’t go after god hegot went after you and sowed the seedinto your lifethe bible says we we didn’t choose himhe chose us and he ordered it that wewould bear much fruit for himgood better best i’ll never restuntil my good is better and my better isbest that’s the motto of our schoolevery child in there knows good betterbest i’ll never rest until my good isbetter and my better is bestwe’re going for itwe’re going to change this regionhe says i’ll do it by many or i’ll do itby few but i’ll do it by somebodyi say let that be youamenif you’re in here to this morning you’venever given your life to jesus christyou’re not born againyou can be right now if you’re listeningyou’re watching right now come hereyouneed to give your life over to jesus wehave days leftdayseven if it’s 10 years that’s only 3 000what 650 daysdaysget rightreceive christand watch what he’ll doyou might be out there you’re thinkingwell i’m an old person i’m i’m you know80 or 90. doesn’t matter look at abrahamhe was 99and god used themto bring forth a savior into this worldby abraham he brought forth kingsdavid jesusall camefrom abraham believing godage has nothing to do with anything inthe kingdomlet’s pray right nowjust make this an intimate time rememberhe says if you’ll confess with yourmouth that jesus christ is lord yourlord and believe in your heart that godraised them from the dead you’ll besavedit’s all about the mouth believing tointo the heartso just speak out with me just say godforgive mefor all my sinsforgive me for not receiving jesusand trying to live my life on my owntodayi give my life to jesus christbecause i believe that jesus christ diedfor meand i know that he was raised from thedeadand he sits at the right hand of thefatherso jesuscome into my heartgive me your spiritput a new heart in meand i’ll live for you forevertoday i’m born againa child of godand jesus is my lordand everyone said amen and amen godbless you

Kingdom Faith Overview

In this powerful message on Kingdom Faith, the sermon explores how believers can ‘call those things that are not as though they were’ – a principle demonstrated through Abraham’s faith journey. The message contrasts the kingdom of this world with the kingdom of heaven, explaining how humanity became enslaved to the five physical senses through Adam’s sin, leading to fear, oppression, and spiritual bondage. The sermon emphasizes that God has given believers dominion over the earth and over 8,000 promises in Scripture, but we must learn to operate by faith rather than relying solely on education or human understanding. Through examining Romans 4:13-18, the message reveals how God calls non-existent things into existence, and as beings created in His image and likeness, we possess this same ability through faith. The sermon challenges religious traditions that limit God’s power and emphasizes that believers have received everything pertaining to life and godliness through Christ, who became our wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.

Kingdom Faith Outline

• 0:00 – Two Kingdoms: Physical and Spiritual Realms: Introduction to the difference between the kingdoms of this world and the kingdom of heaven
• 3:00 – How Fear Entered Through the Five Senses: Explaining how Adam’s sin enslaved humanity to physical senses and created fear
• 8:00 – Religion vs. Relationship: Breaking Free from Bondage: Contrasting dead religion with authentic relationship and kingdom principles
• 15:00 – Man’s Dominion and Authority on Earth: Understanding the dominion God gave to humanity and how Satan stole it through deception
• 20:00 – God’s Gift System: Grace, Faith, and Righteousness: How God operates through gifts rather than human works or performance
• 28:00 – Abraham’s Faith: Calling Things That Are Not: Examining Romans 4 and Abraham’s example of speaking God’s promises into existence
• 35:00 – Image and Likeness: Our Ability to Speak Like God: Understanding how being made in God’s image gives us the power to call forth His promises

Scripture References

Romans 4:13-18, 2 Peter 1:3, John 10:10, 1 Corinthians 1:30, Romans 5:17, Genesis 1:26-28, Isaiah 53:5

Key Takeaways

• Fear is not natural but learned through corrupted experiences in our fallen world, and we can overcome it through faith.
• Believers have been given dominion over the earth and access to over 8,000 biblical promises through Christ.
• God operates through a gift system – grace, faith, righteousness – rather than human performance or religious works.
• Education alone cannot solve spiritual problems; we need divine wisdom and spiritual understanding beyond our five senses.
• As image-bearers of God, we have the ability to ‘call those things that are not as though they were’ through faith.
• Jesus came to restore the dominion that Adam lost, making us heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ.
• Religious traditions can make God’s word ineffective in our lives by reducing Him to stories rather than present reality.

Kingdom Faith Notes

This sermon powerfully addresses the fundamental conflict between operating in the natural realm versus the spiritual kingdom of heaven. The speaker begins by establishing that there are two distinct worlds – the kingdoms of this world governed by our five physical senses, and the kingdom of heaven which operates by faith and spiritual principles. When Adam sinned, humanity became enslaved to the physical senses, which introduced fear as a learned behavior rather than a natural state. The sermon illustrates this with the example of a puppy that learns fear through negative experiences, paralleling how humans acquire fear through their corrupted sensory experiences. The progression of spiritual bondage moves from subjection to oppression, depression, and ultimately possession by demonic forces. However, the speaker emphasizes that in Western culture, this bondage often manifests through religious systems that keep people restricted from experiencing God’s true nature and power. Religion becomes a substitute for authentic relationship, reducing God to distant stories and icons rather than a present, active force in believers’ lives. The sermon challenges the Western world’s over-reliance on education as the solution to every problem, pointing out that sending people to classes for issues like domestic violence or drunk driving addresses symptoms rather than the heart condition that needs transformation through God’s power. The core message centers on understanding the dominion that God gave to humanity in Genesis, where man was given authority over all the works of God’s hands. When Adam yielded to Satan’s lie – that eating from the tree would make him like God when he was already created in God’s image and likeness – he transferred that dominion to Satan. This is why Jesus came as Emmanuel, God with us, to restore what was lost. The sermon emphasizes that God operates through a gift system because He is love, and love naturally wants to give. From the initial gift of dominion to Adam, to the gift of His Son Jesus Christ, to the gifts of grace, faith, and righteousness, God’s kingdom functions on the principle of divine generosity rather than human earning. Believers are declared righteous – as right as God Himself – not based on performance but as a gift received through faith. The examination of Romans 4:13-18 reveals how Abraham received God’s promise not through law-keeping but through the righteousness that comes by faith. The powerful example shows how God told Abraham ‘I have made you a father of many nations’ in past tense, even when Abraham was childless. This demonstrates the principle of calling those things that are not as though they were. The sermon concludes by establishing that since believers are created in God’s image and likeness, we possess the same ability to speak things into existence that God demonstrated. However, this requires moving beyond the limitations of our five physical senses and the invisible barriers that Satan has erected through our experiences in this corrupted world.

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