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False teachings & Deny yourself
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Scriptures Referenced
Beware of false teachings—Matthew 16:6, 11-12
Amplified Bible (AMP)6 Jesus said to them, “Watch out and be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Matthew 16:11-12 Amplified Bible (AMP)
11 How is it that you fail to understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
12 Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the false teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
29. Deny yourself—Luke 9:23 (Also Matthew 10:38 and Mark 8:34)
Luke 9:23 Amplified Bible (AMP)23 And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple], he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and take up his cross daily [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me].
Matthew 10:38 Amplified Bible (AMP)38 And he who does not take his [a]cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me] is not worthy of Me.
Mark 16:17 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe:
by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
James 1:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
James 4:6 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
6 But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says,
“God opposes the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.”
2 Corinthians 13:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)5 Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith
and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves. Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience]
that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected?====================================================Galatians 6:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.====================================================1 Corinthians 8:2 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
2 Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should.
Luke 10:26-28 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?”
27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”
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00:00 Praise Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Brothers and sisters, today the power of Christ Daily 5 March 2016 A Saturday. FALSE teachings and deny yourself false teachings and deny yourself. Brothers and sisters, today being a Saturday tomorrow.
00:15 Today even a large number of people may be going to church tomorrow. Most Christians will be going to church service Sunday. But at the same time, we must understand this.
00:25 God is wanting us to check whether we are in false teachings or we are not. We are actually following Christ or we are not. Why is Jesus Christ the Spirit of God is telling us this.
00:37 Why? Because we are supposed to work out each one of us supposed to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. What is the workout? Whatever the Spirit of God tells us, we have to do. That is the proof.
00:51 Whatever Jesus commands us, we have to do. If you love me, keep my commandments. Jesus says so.
00:57 The proof of our love, the proof that we have actually been born again in the Spirit is we are doing things that are pleasing Christ. We are doing things that are keeping commandments of Christ, walking in his commandments. If you are not doing
that, there is no evidence that you are actually born again.01:15 Now what is the working of salvation? Yes, salvation is by grace. But he died on the cross. He suffered.
01:22 He gave us blood. But now we must use the blood and the name of Jesus, Jesus Christ to make sure we don’t do wrong things. To make sure we don’t do wrong things, we must make sure that we meditate on the words of Christ and the word of God.
01:35 And when you keep on meditating on the word of God and it will change us, the word of God will change us. The Holy Spirit will tell us when we’re going towards wrong. He says, no, you pledge a stress in your spirit and you stop by the power of Jesus
Christ by saying blood of Jesus, blood of Jesus, or in the name of Jesus Christ, you command that the evil spirit of anger or lust or whatever is coming to get out in the name of Jesus Christ and not to return.02:01 In the name of Jesus Christ, you command your heart and mind to obey the word of God in the name of Jesus Christ. You command your heart and mind to crave for Jesus Christ and to love him with all your heart, mind, soul and strength. There are so
many things you do.02:14 This has all been taught again and again. But here in Matthew 16:6, 11:12, I’m going to read 16:6 verse, Jesus said to them, watch out and be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees, Pharisees and Sadducees, first of all, who
are the Pharisees? The Pharisees are people who are highly trained in law, the Jewish law, trained in law. And they stick to the law very legalistically they stick.02:46 They actually burden people by interpreting the law any which way they want. Because they are educated class and in the law. And the people are not educated in the law.
02:55 So they begin to control them using the laws of God for their own purpose. They begin to control, they begin to burden people using the laws that they have studied. The Sadducees, on the other hand, are a priestly class.
03:10 They are the ones who take care of the temple and all that. And so they will put. They.
03:15 The Pharisees seduces, always disagree. They’re almost like enemies because they disagree. They on opposite poles they got different doctrines.
03:23 The Sadducees on the other hand, they are priestly cross and they focus on the temple. The temple, the temple. That’s why one scripture Jesus said that you tell them to swear by the gold in the temple.
03:39 What nonsense is that? But that is how when our heart catches on to something, because our hearts are wicked, we can turn it into. It may start with the right thing. That’s how the devil works.
03:50 He brings us into some right thing first and then turns into a wrong thing. So the Sadduce is the temple became the object. It’s not the souls of people.
03:59 The temple becomes the focal point. That’s why Jesus allows the temple to be destroyed. Allow the temple to be destroyed because the temple became the object.
04:10 So now brothers and sisters, in Matthew 16:11, 12 how is it that you fail to understand that I was not talking to you about bread? When he said here in six watch out and be on guard against the leaven of the Pharisees? And said, you see, the
disciples started thinking, did we not bring enough bread? Is it talking about bread and all that? So Jesus, knowing that in the Spirit told in leaven, how is it that you disciples failed to understand that I was not talking to you about bread, but
beware of the leaven of the pharisees and sadducees. 12 Then they understood that he did not tell them to be beware of the leaven of bread, but of the false teaching of the Pharisees and seduces now did not tell them about the leaven of the bread?
Leaven is like an yeast, you know, whereby you know, to rise up the bread, the dough, you have to put the yeast and let it stand for a while before you bake it. When it rises, then Only you can bake it many times, the cake.05:15 You do that sometimes they use baking soda nowadays. Now, what is Jesus saying? Because leaven, when you put a little leaven, little yeast into a dough, and you mix it and leave it there, step by step, the leaven will go and rise up the whole bread.
First of all, this is not.05:35 I’m just thinking, yeah, they puff up like the bread puffs up because of the leaven. So people puff up with pride. Also, leaven of Pharisees fall asleep.
05:46 The thing will begin to move and infiltrate every part of the dough very quickly. Infiltrate every part of the door. Therefore, he says, watch out.
05:55 The false teaching of the Pharisees, because it will infiltrate. It will enter and move to every part of your being. Every part of your being.
06:05 For instance, the Pharisees will have a whole lot of traditions. They change from the law. They tell this way, that way nobody can say anything.
06:11 Because they are the educated class of the Jew laws, the religious laws. And so they enter like this. And then people out brought into captivity.
06:20 Jesus Christ came to set the captive free. Jesus Christ came to set the captive free. The seducer, on the other hand, they make people come to the temple and do all kinds of things, traditions and religious activities and all that.
06:35 But the souls of the men cannot change. Because that’s why he says, people worship me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. People worship me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
06:47 So the Sadducees, on the other hand, lock people up into tradition that they created, focusing on the temple, activities in the temple, so that they rule the place. They are the verses. So they control the people like that.
07:02 The Pharisees, on the other hand, they used to law and interpret this way, that way. And make traditions of the Pharisees and control the people. The people will becoming more and more burdened, more and more burdened.
07:15 That’s why he said, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees. And some of this the Pharisees will not believe that Jesus Christ came to set the captive free. And he empowered his disciples.
07:26 Remember, there were 500 disciples. And he sent them two by two into the villages. And they went and cast out evil spirits.
07:35 They went and healed the sick. When they came back, they were jumping with joy and saying, even the demons are trembling. Demons fear us and this and that.
07:43 And Jesus said, do not be joyful over what you have done, casting out demons and demons and trembling, but be joyful that your name is written in the book in heaven. Book of life in heaven. Be joyful of that is it.
07:59 But soon after, I mean in the same event, Jesus start talking about unless you drink my blood and eat my flesh, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven immediately. A lot of them, most of them were offended and they said, how can he? They started, I
think like, you know, what is this man trying to make us a cannibal or what? How to eat his flesh and drink his blood. But remember, they know he gave them power.08:26 They went and cast out all the evil spirit. They were healing the sick and yet they have this thing that they know something. If you know anything, if you think you know something, you do not know anything yet as you ought to know.
08:38 I keep telling you, I use that to safeguard myself. If I think I know something, I do not know anything as I ought to know. That’s the word of God.
08:42 If I think I’m something, when I’m nothing, I deceive myself. I use these two things regularly to keep my heart and my mind in check. I have to keep these two in check because they are actually soon they will take me over.
09:01 And that’s what happened to me. I went so far away from God, I was using folder words from God and all kinds of things. And so I don’t want to get back.
09:10 I know only Jesus is the way, the truth and life. I want to be the truth and I want him to come and take me home. And while here, when he gives me work, I want to do it.
09:19 I ask the Holy Spirit, in the name of Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, I ask you, Holy Spirit, to make me do everything that Jesus wants me to do on earth. Amen. So that is how we live now.
09:33 So remember this, that fellows will put a little little by tradition that’s happening nowadays. It’s happened all the while. Churches, religious activities, religions, any religion, whether it is Catholic religion, Protestant religion, this way,
evangelical or whatever, these things will creep in because Satan will send false teachings inside there.09:57 So they then lock you up with traditions and things. They’ll tell you to do things which will not going to gain you salvation, but only make you burdened with doing a lot of activities which is not getting your heart and mind changed. So therefore
get to Jesus.10:13 So any tradition and all that that you know of tradition of man is not fruitful for you. In accordance with the word of God, you shouldn’t do. You should do what Jesus Christ tells you to do.
10:26 And he’s written down exactly what you want to do. You just for instance, we are dealing with the 50 commands of Jesus Christ. These are commands.
10:34 These are one of the commands. We are halfway through. We are dealing with this now.
10:40 I do not know how long the Lord God will let me deal with this. He may want to change it up to him. So, oh, I started the 50 commands of Jesus Christ.
10:49 I must stick on and do all. No. I used to say when I first came to the Lord, I’m footloose and fancy free.
10:55 Why footloose? Because there was a movie sometime earlier, before I came to the Lord. There’s a movie called Footloose. You know, footloose means you don’t control your own feet.
11:06 Your feet must be controlled by Jesus Christ. Where to go, what to do, where you’re moving. I want Jesus Christ, the spirit of God to control my feet.
11:14 So I am footloose. Fancy free means I am not having any fancy in my heart. I am not desiring anything in my heart.
11:21 I want him to put his desire. So I am footloose and fancy free. I am footloose and fancy free.
11:29 My foot, my feet must be determined by Jesus Christ, where it goes. My heart must be determined by Jesus Christ, what it needs, what you want, not my heart determine itself and my feet determine themselves. Where you want to go, brothers and
sisters? Take the stand.11:44 Wherever, Lord, whatever you may do. I have not my will anymore. It’s your will, Lord.
11:49 Let your will be done. Holy Spirit, in the name of Jesus Christ, I ask you to make me do Jesus will all the time and he’ll begin to. He’ll convict you.
11:59 Now when he convicts you, you don’t want to do then for the problem because you pray like this. And then when the conviction comes in your heart, don’t do this. Suppose you are smoking cigarettes and then you’re struggling with it.
12:11 And then the conviction comes. Hey, this cigarette is wrong. It’s killing me.
12:14 And also Jesus suffered on the cross. If you take a moment looking at the cross, his beard all torn, he’s suffering. And they whacked him earlier the whole night long.
12:26 And all the skin are in ribbons, you know, torn like ribbons. Because they used the whip and the gas, the skin, all that is now hanging on the cross for you. If you take a moment when a temptation comes, if you take a moment and think of that, oh,
my Jesus, you suffered like that for me.12:43 Then you still want to smoke. Then something is wrong. Because you are then not wanting to control your heart and mind.
12:50 And you can control your heart and mind before, cannot now. By the blood of Jesus Christ, by the name of Jesus Christ, you can control it. You have been taught this, so please do that.
13:00 If you don’t do that means you are going against Christ and your life only mess up. Why nobody on earth can stop you. Because it is yield your choice.
13:09 But the devil who came to steal, kill and destroy will not leave you in peace. Will not leave you in peace. He will keep on attacking you.
13:16 That is why, brothers, how do we recognize? The main recognition to false teaching and real teaching is this. This is in also Matthew, Luke 9, 23. He was saying to them all, Jesus, if anyone wishes to follow me, he must deny himself and take up his
cross daily.13:41 And if need be suffering. You must deny yourself and pick up the cross. Deny the cigarette, deny the you know heart.
13:48 You will not get a cigarette, no mind. You will not get a cigarette, no body will not get a cigarette in Jesus Christ’s name. And you begin to drink a lot of water or something and run away.
13:57 The people who are smoking and the thoughts will come, the feeling will come, the taste even will come to your mouth. This is all I know, brothers and sisters. You think I was not suffering.
14:04 I was not a real smoker, but I was a real drunken. I know the taste will come when you sit there. As temptation comes, you can feel it in your throat.
14:12 It tastes exactly like my whiskey or the brandy. Now you see expensive ones, money all lost there. So I know the taste when the attack comes.
14:18 So I know this. So you better understand. Look at the cross.
14:23 Look at the cross. He’s suffering on the cross. He is now.
14:27 Then you say I deny myself in the name of Jesus Christ. If you do not want to do this, then you are not wanting to follow Jesus. And then the devil will destroy your body, destroy your mind, destroy everything.
14:39 He did. Only Jesus saved me. He did to me, brothers and sisters.
14:44 So now if anyone wishes to follow me, he must deny himself and pick up the cross daily. Daily. Daily.
14:50 Daily. Not today. Stop smoking.
14:52 Tomorrow you start smoking. No, daily. Now remember this, this thing.
14:56 This is one major way to see whether people teaching you the right thing or not. Are they teaching you to deny yourself and pick up the cross and follow Jesus daily? Deny yourself. You know, many false Christianity has taken place.
15:10 Teachers will not tell you to deny yourself. They say no, no. Jesus will see you through.
15:15 Jesus what? You have to make a decision. And now you tell me I was such a drunkard, I was violent, I was gone, I was adulterer, sexually immoral, all kind of sins there. And now I come to Christ 20 years ago and I have to Deny myself.
15:36 So these people are teaching you nothing or denying yourself and obeying Jesus command? They are false. Teach. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees.
15:44 Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees. They’re going to destroy your life if you follow these people. Run away now.
15:53 When they deny you, then some will teach you deny yourself. They tell you that, but they don’t give you the power. They don’t give you the.
16:00 In the name of Jesus Christ. You can deny yourself in the name of Jesus Christ. By the blood of Jesus, blood of Jesus.
16:06 They will tell you, you must come to the church to get the blood of Jesus. They’ll tell you, come to the church to get the blood of Jesus and body of Jesus. No, it is with you.
16:15 Jesus Christ is in you. When Jesus Christ is in you and the Bible says he is already in you, he doesn’t come down in some kind of a ceremony and enter some bread or something. And then that is inside you.
16:30 The Bible is very clear. Jesus Christ is inside you. You are in Jesus Christ.
16:35 So you now daily pick up the cross. Deny yourself. Pick up the cross and follow him.
16:40 And the blood is inside you also. The spirit of God is inside you. The name of Jesus Christ inside you.
16:46 The body of Jesus Christ all inside you. So you use the blood of Jesus Christ. Blood of Jesus Christ, Blood of Jesus Christ, blood of Jesus.
16:54 Believe me, do not follow the leaven of the Pharisees. Do not follow false teachings. Brothers and sisters, in Jesus name I pray.
17:01 Amen.
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Enemies of the Cross of Christ
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Scriptures Referenced
Philippians 3:17-21Amplified Bible (AMP)
17 Brothers and sisters, together follow my example
and observe those who live by the pattern we gave you.
18 For there are many, of whom I have often told you,
and now tell you even with tears, who live as enemies of the cross of Christ
[rejecting and opposing His way of salvation], 19 whose fate is destruction, whose god is their belly
[their worldly appetite, their sensuality, their vanity],
and whose glory is in their shame—
who focus their mind on earthly and temporal things.20 But [we are different, because] our citizenship is in heaven.
And from there we eagerly await [the coming of] the Savior,
the Lord Jesus Christ;21 who, by exerting that power which enables Him
even to subject everything to Himself, will [not only] transform
[but completely refashion] our earthly bodies so that
they will be like His glorious resurrected body.
1 Peter 2:11 Amplified Bible (AMP)
11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers [in this world]
to abstain from the sensual urges [those dishonorable desires]
that wage war against the soul/
Hebrews 11:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
16 But the truth is that they were longing for a better country, that is,
a heavenly one.
For that reason God is not ashamed [of them or]
to be called their God [even to be surnamed their God—
the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob];
for He has prepared a city for them.
Galatians 5:19-24Amplified Bible (AMP)
19 Now the practices of the sinful nature are clearly evident:
they are sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality
(total irresponsibility, lack of self-control), 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, strife, jealousy, fits of anger,
disputes, dissensions, factions [that promote heresies], 21 envy, drunkenness, riotous behavior, and other things like these.
I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who practice
such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.22 But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us]
is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience
[not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting],
kindness, goodness, faithfulness,23 gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.
24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified
the sinful nature together with its passions and appetites.
Luke 20:25 Amplified Bible (AMP)
25 He said to them, “Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s,
and to God the things that are God’s.”
James 1:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.James 4:6 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
6 But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says,
“God opposes the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.”
2 Corinthians 13:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
5 Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith
and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves
Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience]
that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected?
Galatians 6:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
1 Corinthians 8:2 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
2 Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should.
Luke 10:26-28 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?”
27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”
AI-generated transcript below — please excuse any errors
00:00 Praise Jesus Christ of Nazareth Brothers and sisters, today the power of Christ Daily 14 February 2016 A Sunday Enemies of the cross of Christ Enemies of the cross of Christ Brothers and sisters, yesterday when I listening back after posting the
recording then I found that I cleared the blew my nose so loudly a sister has given a formula, you know, to take at night to clear the phlegm but by the time afternoon comes, even after this one hour or so I won’t have all this and fantastic, very
well, so I forget. So then the morning this thing comes and bothers me. So we will know that the enemy Jesus, the enemy our enemy Satan. Of course we’ll try to stop all these recordings and all that but thank Jesus Christ has given me the strength
to get up in the morning and do this daily, daily brothers and sisters, thank Jesus Christ because by God committing me to do this, it also gives me direction.01:10 Every day studying something, thinking of people you know, it’s a blessing for me. Thank Jesus Christ of Nazareth. So please excuse me for this, this sudden loud blowing of the nose.
01:15 Thank Jesus Christ now praise Jesus Christ. Today brothers and sisters, many are going to church. Sunday many are going to church, but many are enemies of the cross of Christ.
01:30 That’s what the Bible says. Many are enemies of the cross of Christ. Now what is these enemies of cross of Christ? Let’s look at the scripture first.
01:38 Before that let’s look at this. There are certain fundamental scriptures we always quote in the emails. It will always be there.
01:45 One is examining ourselves. Two is doer of the Word. We have to be doer of the Word, otherwise it’s not going to work for us.
01:52 So those who are not doers of the Word, please become doers of the Word. How Looking at the Word particular, particular Word of God for that particular issue or circumstance or character building or whatever and then begin to meditate against your
conduct. And then after that telling Jesus Christ lord, I do not want this, I want dead that one you want me to become.02:11 And then when you think like that, then the Word of God will change you. It will remind you. The Spirit of God will remind you.
02:18 When you’re going about to do that, let us say it again, anger or impatience. Because when you focus on patience and finally you begin to abort being patient, the Spirit of God reminds you, no, no, hold, stand, don’t rush or something. And you will
know in your spirit, the impression in your heart will be there and you will stop and it will be changed and you will say hey, after a few months of this After a few weeks of this, you will find that you are changing from glory to glory.02:47 Now the other scriptures that I remind myself for myself is if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. So I better remind myself every day. I am nothing.
02:57 I am nothing without Christ in Christ. I can do all things through Christ Jesus, but without Christ, I am nothing. I deceive myself.
03:05 Then the other one is those who think they know something do not know anything yet that they ought to know. I remind that myself. Why, after knowing this and knowing that, the heart will begin to get prideful.
03:18 This is normal, the normal attack. The heart is treacherously wicked. Treacherously wicked means treason.
03:25 Treason means, you know, it actually means the right governance. Who supposed to govern me? The Spirit. My spirit supposed to govern my body, my heart and mind.
03:36 But my heart wants to govern me. My heart wants to govern my spirit, which has become life in Christ. Life by the Spirit, given life by the Spirit of Christ.
03:45 Because of the blood of Jesus washed my sins. My spirit man was dead in sin. Now it must be dead in Christ.
03:52 That means it must be alive in Christ, but dead. It must be dead to sin. Now that I am in Christ, my spirit man must be dead to sin.
04:02 It was dead by sin earlier. Sin caused it to die. My spirit man was dead because of sin.
04:08 Now I must be dead towards sin. I should not be able to be affected by sin. That is the thing.
04:16 So now how do we do this? By looking at the word of God and changing. Earlier the sin caused my spirit man to be dead. Now the blood of Jesus given me life.
04:25 Now my spirit man must be ha. I must not be tempted by these things. Won’t be because why? The spirit man is the spirit of God who has given his life.
04:35 But now the heart is not going to let me go. My heart is treacherously wicked. Want to control me.
04:40 Want to control me and follow the ways of the world. So he will talk to me. He will do this.
04:45 And I must recognize it and tell my heart to shut up in the name of Jesus Christ. You will not do this. You will obey the word of God and begin to talk to my heart in the still of the night in the bed.
04:55 That’s what the Command is. Psalm 44. Some translation very clearly will say, in the still of the night, in the bed, be still and begin to meditate.
05:04 That’s how. And talk to your heart. He says, talk to your heart.
05:06 You know the particular scripture, the particular translation. So when you begin to do this, before going to Sleep. Your life will change because the word of God will change you.
05:15 Now today we are talking about enemies of the cross of Christ. Philippians 3:17 Although people are going to church and all that they may be enemies of the now let’s check ourselves whether we ourselves have become enemies of the cross of Christ in
some areas or not. Now let’s look at that.05:30 Philippians 3:17 Brothers and sisters, this is Apostle Paul writing together. Follow my example and observe those who live by the pattern we gave you. Who gave us the apostles gave us.
05:42 Follow my example. Follow the example of the apostle. Now Apostle Paul also writes somewhere else.
05:48 He says, follow me as I follow Christ. Follow me as I follow Christ. That means don’t you say, don’t follow me if I’m not following Christ.
05:52 Follow me as I follow Christ. Follow his example as he follows Christ and the example that they set for us to observe, but the pattern they gave us, the apostles gave us. For there are many of whom I’ve often told you and now tell you, even with
tears, now he’s crying who live as enemies of the cross of Christ, rejecting and opposing his way of salvation his way of salvation rejecting and opposing his way of salvation.06:24 19 whose faith is destruction, whose God is their belly, their worldly appetite, their sensuality, their vanity sensuality, vanity, worldly appetite things of the world they are craving for that whose glory is in their shame. They do all kinds of
things and they think that it’s glory. They’re feeling fantastic, they’re doing fantastic.06:44 They’re making people, impressing upon people and all, but to their shame, he says, who focus their mind on earthly and temporal things. So but 20 but we are different because we means apostles are different because our citizenship is in heaven. Now
that applies to us.07:02 Our citizenship is in heaven. And from there we eagerly await the coming of the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who by exerting that power which enables him even to subject everything to Himself, will not only transform but completely refashion our
earthly bodies so that they will be like a glorious resurrected body. Now this is a great answer here.07:27 Our bodies will not become like angels, but our bodies will become like Jesus Christ. Glorious resurrected body Glorious resurrected body like Christ. Now how does he do that? By the power which enabled him even to subject everything to Himself, he
brought everything under his control, right? Will not only transform, but completely refashion our earthly bodies so that they will be like his glorious resurrected body.07:54 Brothers and sisters, brothers and sisters, listen again. He is going to change each of our bodies to his glorious body Like Christ. That is, if you are willing to follow him.
08:05 Willing, no, because we can’t do ourselves. When you are willing means, you take the Word of God, meditate on the Word of God, and then the Word of God will change us, will change us from glory to glory. But we must be only willing.
08:18 Willing means. Then we say, lord Jesus, I’m willing. Make me change, Lord.
08:22 Make me obey your commandments. Make me obey. Because we love him, we keep his commandments.
08:26 He says, if you love me, keep my commandments. Make me, Lord Jesus. Make me, Lord Jesus.
08:31 In the name of Jesus Christ, I ask the Holy Spirit to make me obey the commandments of Jesus Christ. Because I want to love him. I want to love him as he wants me to love him.
08:37 I want to love Jesus Christ as the way he once has commanded me to love him by keeping his commandments. Make me do that. In Jesus Christ’s name, I ask your Holy Spirit.
08:49 I. I beg you, Holy Spirit, what will happen when you keep doing this? You will end up going and doing the right thing. Remove that so now. Because the word of God will change you.
08:58 But these enemies of the cross. Look at this. Ridiculous.
09:03 You know, because they say they’re Christians. What is Apostle Paul saying? Enemies of the cross. They say they are Christians, but actually they are enemies of the cross.
09:10 Now. Enemies of the cross. What did the cross resemble? There is crucifixion.
09:16 Everything was crucified there. Sin was crucified there. Curses were crucified there.
09:22 Our useless thing, everything that we do, all crucified there. And that’s why Jesus said, if you follow me, pick up your cross and follow me. Crucify your flesh.
09:37 Our flesh was supposed to have crucified there on the cross. Now we are supposed to crucify here. But here he is not expecting us to crucify our flesh by ourselves.
09:45 He is not expecting that. He knows we can’t do this. But Jesus said, now listen to my word.
09:52 And then the apostles said, follow the example now. When to follow? The body will reject, the heart will reject. But then we have power.
10:00 In the name of Jesus Christ, you command all temptation to get out. You command every spirit, every spirit of lust of the world. Lust of the eyes to things of the spirit of the world.
10:09 Anger, allies, deceit, adultery, fornication, sexual immortality. All the spirits you cast out first in the name of Jesus Christ. Anything your heart is being tempted means you better understand your enemy.
10:20 Jesus Christ says, your enemy, the devil, walks about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour, whom he may Swallow. So he is my enemy and your enemy. So that’s why I am tempting my heart.
10:32 So I must first command every wicked, unknown speed to get out in the name of Jesus Christ. Every unclean spirit. Then if I know the temptation, I bind and break the hold of the spirit in the name of Jesus Christ.
10:40 I bind and break the hold of sexual immorality in my heart. Get out in the name of Jesus Christ. Every wicked, unclean spirit of sexual immorality.
10:48 Get out in the name of Jesus Christ. And not to return. I burn you by the blood of Jesus Christ.
10:58 You focus on that particular thing, on that particular sin. If it is anger, if it is now we come to that soon the list, the fruit of the spirit. Because we want the fruit of the spirit.
11:10 Fruit of the Holy Spirit. Now then, what is it you command? Your heart. Heart.
11:15 You love Jesus Christ in the name of Jesus Christ. I command my heart to love Jesus Christ. And when you begin to talk this and then you begin to talk on certain scriptures where you want yourself to be changed like that.
11:26 You want to be changed from glory to glory. There is some particular work to do. Work out your own salvation means believe in Jesus Christ and he will do for you.
11:36 By believing in Jesus Christ means Jesus says you adhere to him. You cling to him, you hold on to him and then hold on to him is how. Hold on to the Scriptures because it’s the word of God.
11:47 You can’t hold on to Jesus Christ in the physical, so you hold on to Jesus Christ of the world, the word of Jesus Christ. You hold on as you keep on thinking and meditating and holding on to the word of Jesus Christ. You’re holding on to Jesus
Christ.12:00 The Holy Spirit will take and put it in our hearts and will come. Now, for instance, next thing you see the practices of sin. Galatians 5, 1924.
12:13 Now the practices of the sinful nature are clearly evident. God is saying. The word of God is saying.
12:13 Now the practices of the sinful nature are clearly evident. I’m reading amplified. They are sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality.
12:29 Sensuality means things you’re craving in the senses, all the bodily senses, not just sexual immorality senses you sense, you sense. You please your tongue, you please your mouth. The taste, the smell, the feeling on the flesh.
12:45 You want the clothes you wear. Maybe silk, only you want to wear. Since all the time you want to wear something to.
12:51 To satisfy the body, the carnal self, to taste of the food. Fantastic. More food, more food.
12:56 Expensive food, fusion food. You’re Craving for these kind of things. Total irresponsibility, lack of self control.
13:03 Now sensual, now idolatry, sorcery, hostility, anger, fight, fright, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, promoting groups, you know, small groups in the church, people begin to. I’m a gang. This is a gang.
13:20 Oh, I’m a gang. So it’s promoting heresies. That means false logic, false doctrine, having small sections in the only two, three people.
13:28 You misfit the others. All you want to misfit all. This is, God says, terrible sin, envy, drunkenness, righteous behavior.
13:37 Oh, revelry, you know, the football game nowadays, all kinds of things. The way it catches you, you go there, it’ll catch you also. Because rioters, behavior and all so, and other things like this.
13:50 I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Will not inherit the kingdom of God. Apostle Paul is warning, but the fruit of the Spirit.
14:02 The result of his presence within us is love. Unselfish concern for others. Love is what? Unselfish concern for others.
14:10 Inner peace. Patience. Patience is not the ability to wait.
14:15 But. But how we act while waiting. Patience is not the ability to wait, is defined by the amplified which is taken from the Hebrew and other meanings of Buddha.
14:24 Patience, not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting. That means I used to be impatient. Cutting the road, you know, cutting this way, cutting that weight.
14:33 Now if I jam now I have to wait. And how I wait calmly, I have to wait. And how God makes me calm.
14:39 I call blood of Jesus. Blood of Jesus. Kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, Self control.
14:46 Now it starts with love, the fruit of the Spirit. One fruit, the various shades of the fruit. One fruit of the Spirit starts with love, ends with self control.
14:55 So when people don’t have self control, they surely don’t have the fruit of the Spirit. Those who belong to Christ Jesus 24 have crucified the sinful nature together with his passions and appetite. Those who who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified
the sinful nature together with its passions and appetites.15:15 So those who have not done this are enemies of the cross. Enemies of the cross. Now here, can you go back and see the citizenship of heaven.
15:24 Ours right now, here. We must remember those defined here also those who keep their mind on earthly things. Enemies of the cross, he says in 19 Philippians 3:19, who focus their mind on earthly things.
15:41 Earthly and temporal things. The enemies of the cross. So if you are today going to church, yes, but if you are focusing on earthly things, man.
15:49 All the worldly lust, all the worldly how the world do iPhone 5, iPhone 25, iPhone 35, 55, 100. All that focusing on all this, it will catch you. And you are only focusing this because these are tools.
16:01 If you have the money, buy it and use it. These are tools only. But if you focus, I got a better phone, I got a better phone than them.
16:08 All kinds of things goes on because God calls them enemies of the cross of Christ. Enemies. You’re not an enemy of Christ because you cannot.
16:17 What can anyone do to Christ? But you are enemy of the cross because the cross calls for crucifixion of our sinful nature. The cross demands crucifixion of our sinful nature. But if you don’t crucify sinful nature, you are an enemy of the cross of
Christ and you are thinking of only earthly things, worldly things.16:41 Brothers and sisters, today let’s change. Go to Philippians 3, 17, 21 and meditate. Go to Galatians 5, 19, 24 and meditate in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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False Belief-Take Up Your Cross 2
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Scriptures Referenced
Matthew 16:24 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
Matthew 16:24 Amplified Bible (AMP)
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple],
he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and
take up his cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and
follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and,
if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me].
2 Corinthians 12:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
A Thorn in the Flesh
7 Because of the surpassing greatness and extraordinary nature of the revelations [which I received from God], for this reason, to keep me from thinking of myself as important, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, to torment and harass me—to keep me from exalting myself!
James 1:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
James 4:6 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE) 6
But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says,
“God opposes the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.”
2 Corinthians 13:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
5 Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith
and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves
Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience]
that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected?
Galatians 6:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
1 Corinthians 8:2 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
2 Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should.
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Luke 10:26-28 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?”
27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”
AI-generated transcript below — please excuse any errors
00:01 Praise Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Brothers and sisters, today the power of Christ daily 8th of November under title False belief Take up your cross part two FALSE BELIEF Take up your cross part two. Now brothers and sisters, yesterday we dealt with
the scriptures because we know that we have picked up so many false beliefs over the years. Because people said, you said, I said, or somebody said is not what Jesus said.00:29 So the important point for us all to remember and that became an issue for me when I came to the Lord. I began to realize there are a lot of things I think which is completely not true, which I think is true. And that has cost me a lifetime of hell.
00:48 So therefore we must be willing, willing only willing to look at ourselves truthfully. Look, look at the factors truthfully. But the problem here is this because we’ve been taught something for so long and so many times that it has become truth when
it’s a complete lie.01:06 And that has become tradition and custom and what have you. And our soul, our heart won’t let us go. So brothers and sisters, today when you begin to follow Jesus Christ, you must take one stand.
01:19 What Jesus Christ said is true. That’s all what Jesus Christ said, it’s true now. As the time goes on the Bible so the world intervened.
01:29 Number of these Bible publications or publishers have been bought over by the world. People remember who’s ruling the world. Satan is ruling the world.
01:40 The whole world is under the sway of Satan. Those who are not following Christ, not wanting to do the right thing, they are actually, some of them are actually players. They actually, they do not know.
01:49 Suddenly a thought comes to them and they think that’s the right thought, then they can do. Now that happens to also Christians. If you’re not willing to check the word of God some thought comes to us and we don’t check it and we think that is true.
02:02 And then we begin to follow that that’s not true. We better check what the Bible has written. But also remember as the days go by, more and more wickedness will come.
02:11 Jesus already warned us about all these more and more wickedness will come and then they’ll even at the moment change in Bibles. There are Bibles like the NIV version. Many things have been changed there.
02:23 To give you a slight difference and that happens means can you imagine, as I said, when you launch a rocket, the difference in the direction, say one inch here will be thousands of miles finally in the destination when you go into space because keep
on 1 inch deviation will keep on and on and on and 1cm division will keep on and on. Finally we’ll be out of Christ. So therefore, brothers and sisters, today let us look at what is exactly saying every day, whenever something you think is true,
check the Bible.02:59 And there are very simple methods to check. One, you can go and put the Internet and put that particular word and put scripture or whatever and it will come out and you have to just some work to do. But those who are unable to do for any reason,
they’re not well, they’re unable to use the Internet.03:14 We must help them. Anybody who can do this, brothers and sisters, love them and help them. That’s it.
03:19 Don’t, don’t know. They must check. No, no, don’t get religious about this.
03:23 Help everybody. Now here yesterday we dealt with Matthew 16:24, which is clear. If anyone want to be my follower, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
03:38 That is the Catholic version I Read now. Matthew 16:24, Amplified version which gives a greater meaning, extended meaning. Because using the Hebrew text and Greek text and all that, they come to this.
03:50 Then Jesus said to disciples, if anyone wishes to follow me as my disciple, he must deny himself. He must deny himself, set aside selfish interest. That means our self interest, self seeking must go building, building.
04:03 Only all of us were willing because we can’t do it. Now understand that I can’t do it, you can’t do it. All religions will tell you not to do sin, not to do sin.
04:13 But nobody can do it. You need the power from God. That’s why God sent the Son of God to die on the cross and give us the power.
04:20 By calling his name, by looking at his word, by meditating on his words, it will change from inside. Because our heart we can’t control. Without the power of Christ, we cannot cast out demons.
04:31 Satan was all the time tempting us. We cannot cast him out. Without the power of Jesus Christ, without the blood of Jesus Christ, without the name of Jesus Christ, we cannot do it.
04:40 That is why we keep falling into sin. Those who do not invoke the name of Jesus Christ everywhere they can every incident they can keep falling into sin. When you keep declaring the name of Jesus Christ, when somebody asks you to do something and
say I am sorry, I cannot do because I got a covenant with Jesus Christ that kills the spiritual forces straight away by you humbling.05:04 Humble. Because grace, humble, not humble. God opposes you.
05:08 Pride means God opposes you. God who made the heavens and the earth opposing you. So don’t do that.
05:13 Humble. Humble. Even the people ask you to do something wrong.
05:16 Humble, you say, I Cannot do. Because I got an agreement, a covenant. I took an oath with Jesus Christ, the son of the living God not to do that.
05:23 And so I don’t want to be punished. So brother society, please leave me. I cannot do this.
05:28 Humble, humble. Now having said that brothers and sisters, I must deny myself. Willing to deny myself now.
05:38 Next thing, take up his cross. That is expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come. Endure.
05:47 Willing to endure whatever may come. Because I am willing to follow Jesus commands. I am willing to follow Jesus Christ means the word of God is Jesus Christ.
05:59 I’m willing to follow his word. I’m willing to keep his commandments. I’m willing to endure whatever may come to follow him, to follow his word, to keep his word.
06:08 Deny myself first. All my self seeking must go and follow him means believing in him, conforming to his example in living and if need be suffering or perhaps even dying because of faith in Him. That means whatever it will come.
06:23 So where the problem is, I’ve seen this when I’m ministering over the years. One of the problems when people don’t take a stand to follow Jesus like this, many, many will keep on falling, falling into sin. And this way troubles come.
06:35 And all that because the devil knows you have not taken a stand to follow Jesus Christ. No matter what comes. No matter what comes.
06:44 Now that you can take a stand if you begin to understand. Hey, from dust I came, unto dust I returned. Because I suffered so much, I was going to die anyway.
06:52 So now in Christ, die, die lah. That’s the attitude I take. Die die lah.
06:59 After all I would have died without Christ and gone to hell. I would have already held for me in life. Now in Christ I got peace, joy and righteousness, peace and joy.
07:08 And he gives me peace straight away that peace I want God. God said guard the peace of God in your heart and guard your heart with the peace of God. Guard it.
07:17 No, that means we don’t want to go and do anything that he says don’t do now. So I decided die die Ra. Because after all I was going to die.
07:24 I was going to die the day he gave me new life. So whatever anybody die Rai rah. Just follow the truth.
07:32 Follow what he says. Yes, blindly. Yeah, blindly.
07:35 Why I couldn’t understand so many things. Now of course over the years God has opened my spiritual eyes to understand so many scriptures. This way, that way.
07:43 But that time I couldn’t understand. I just reading it. What is this dire? I don’t want to look at that.
07:50 God says willing to die, willing to die, finish. After all, from dust we came, unto dust I returned. And I want to go back to Jesus.
07:57 Jesus, I die. It’s okay. I just want to hang on to your feet and reach home.
08:01 Reach home. My home is not here. My home is heaven.
08:04 These are the things you got to keep talking to your heart to come to that understanding. Now, that’s the one you’re willing to lose it. The man loses his life, gains it back.
08:13 Jesus says, so if you, sister, if you brother, if you are willing to lose your life, then you’ll gain it back. But if you’re not willing to lose your life, now the trouble comes. Why? The devil now knows you are not willing to lose your life.
08:27 So he knows that is your weak point. He’ll keep attacking there, attacking there. Your life will be one misery.
08:32 Why? Because the devil knows, the enemy knows. Jesus said, your enemy, the devil, the adversary. The devil walks about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.
08:45 Devour means. Means swallow the devil walking around. So when he knows you’re not.
08:50 When it comes to certain following of Jesus words, your heart is. You’re not able to control your heart. You’re not able to control your heart.
08:55 You’re not trained your heart to follow the word of Jesus. The devil knows that is your weak link. That’s your weak defense.
09:01 He’ll keep coming, attacking there, attacking there. For instance, let’s take some issues now regarding holy customs. God said, no more customs in Christ.
09:11 There’s no Jew, no gentile, no unbeliever, no Chinese, no Indian, no Malay, no, no Greek, no all, nothing. Only Christian. Now you must take your life like that, stand like that.
09:23 Therefore, in the congregation I minister, there are different. Different races. They came from initially.
09:30 The ones who come, they struggle because like the Indian will be struggling to be mixing with the Chinese. Then they see my example. I treat all the same.
09:39 Why I follow Jesus Christ. I correct all the same. I rebuke.
09:43 When need to rebuke, rebuke the same, rebuke anybody and everybody who needs to be changed. Because that’s my job. If I don’t do my job, God will punish me.
09:51 I’ll have double condemnation. Ministers and servants have double condemnation. That means you don’t correct somebody’s sin.
09:57 So first of all, I’m in sin. Why God told me, you have to correct somebody’s sin and tell this is sin. If you don’t want to follow, it’s another matter.
10:04 But you still have to voice it out humbly and say, brother, it will harm you. It will harm you, sister. It will harm you.
10:10 Don’t do this. This is wrong. This sin against God’s word.
10:13 And it’ll harm you. And God put the word there for your protection. You have to wash it up.
10:18 If you don’t wash it up because you’re afraid they will leave, you have no voice it up because they get angry with you, or they won’t love you anymore, or they won’t support anything, or don’t they show a long face or whatever, then you’re afraid of
them. Then the fear of God is not there. Fear of God means you don’t love Jesus enough to do the right thing.10:34 And you don’t even love them. If you love them, you’ll tell them the truth. Because that truth, if not followed, they will be harmed.
10:41 Now. So when they begin to see my example, they also change. They begin to.
10:45 Because I’ll tell them this. No, no, no races here, all are Christians. Love one another as I have loved you.
10:51 That’s one area. Then if they don’t follow, then of course you’re not denying your son because of the cross. Now, next thing, next thing that I remember, case your family, the family.
11:04 God said, I did not come to put peace between family members, but give sword, he says, sword between mother and daughter and mother in law and daughter in law. All the swords will come. Why? Because if you decide to follow Jesus Christ and others
want to follow Jesus Christ, all kinds of objections will come.11:24 All kinds. Because there are only two worlds here. Light and darkness.
11:29 Light is in Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is a light of the world. I am the light of the world.
11:34 The other one is darkness. So those who are in darkness, not because they are maybe willingly bad, because they are captured, they are captives like I was, I was a captive. So I was in darkness.
11:44 So they are in darkness. In darkness, you cannot understand the words of God. Only when you’re willing to admit I’m a sinner, then only the veil comes out.
11:52 But many don’t admit they are sinners. They sin generally. Yeah, yeah, we all sin like that.
11:56 True repentance is not just saying, I sinned against God, I sinned. That comes when God opens our eyes. Nothing we can do.
12:04 So when God allows the opening of that. I want Jesus. When I want Jesus, when I turn to Jesus, the veil will drop.
12:11 But turning to Jesus, me, I came from default. I suffered so much. Then I turned to Jesus.
12:18 So it’s okay. Then after that I came to Jesus. Why stop the suffering and then change one by one, we change.
12:23 Then that would be a problem. For instance, one example, one young mother, you know, I think 30 something years old the time. And this about this about 15 years ago, maybe 30 something years old.
12:37 And this is a professional real estate professional. And she was doing well, but struggling with some issues now and. And the businesses are being affected.
12:46 So she came to see me, my wife and I sitting down and telling her this and tell her, look, you have you in the women your business, you cannot do the wrong things. She agreed to that, then said, look, you have to follow Jesus. And Jesus are these.
13:00 These are the commandments of Jesus, some of the commandments. And then she said, oh, I cannot because my mother is alive. I made an oath to my mother that when she dies, I will perform the ceremony, the funeral ceremony.
13:14 So therefore I cannot follow Jesus. Because I follow Jesus, I give away the tradition. Yeah, that’s one I say, Dhawan, you cannot because your allegiance to be Jesus, the son of the living God, who created you, who gave you power, who gave you blood
to save you.13:29 Your mother also allegiance should be to him. But if he’s not dead, nothing you can do. But you cannot go and pay homage to the dead.
13:38 Because a man is destined to die once and then thereafter judgment. So the body only in the coffin and then her soul is returned. And the soul has been for judgment.
13:51 How God judges is he judges justly and perfectly. No, I cannot. So I’ll wait until he got a lot of problems, you know.
13:59 So that is one of the reasons why people now other thing is reputation. Let us say they are holding some position in some place. And then if they want to declare Jesus Christ immediately, that organization will throw them out.
14:11 Like for instance, there was a brother in Christ who was a board member of four temples, Hindu temples. Four board members of four. I think one, but two temples.
14:24 Committee member or something. Four temples he was involved with and for involved with. And it’s very high reputation in that group for years when he was born again.
14:31 Finally after following Jesus Christ, I was telling him after a couple of years, I was telling him earlier, no, he was not doing it. He was struggling with it. Then after a few months, then I told him, brother, because you’re struggling again with
some issues, I think you have to declare Jesus.14:47 Unless you don’t like Jesus. Unless you don’t want to follow Jesus. Unless you like the world and all the reputation you have more than Jesus.
14:55 Then he declared it, no thank Jesus Christ of Nazareth. He wrote a memo and sent to everyone. I follow Jesus Christ now, so I cannot come and do these things anymore.
15:05 I now know the truth. I can pray. Even the bathtub.
15:09 That was a big issue for him. He was shocked one day and I tell him, you bury the bathtub. And he cannot move because he’s not well.
15:14 Also another brother. And he passed away a couple of years back in the mother. He was shocked.
15:20 I prayed to this God anywhere He loves me. It’s an issue, brothers and sisters. The other things could be.
15:25 What? Willing only. No, even willing. Willing to die.
15:29 You declare it. Tell your heart and mind, I’m willing to die. When.
15:32 When people ask me to choose between Jesus and other things. I’m willing to die, Lord, you take care of me. Take care of me.
15:39 Just like Stephen. They’re going to stone him. They’re stoning him.
15:43 One stone waxed his head. He waxed him and he falls to the knee. And then, of course, I was wondering how he takes the pain, these apostles, how he takes the pain.
15:54 Then Jesus appeared. Then he said, then he’s asking Jesus, forgive them, Lord. They don’t know what they’re doing.
16:00 Can you imagine? How is he able to speak this? Isn’t there no pain in his body? So much bones are breaking and all Jesus intervenes. Then I realized Jesus intervenes. When you’re standing for righteousness, he intervenes and settles it.
16:14 And then you’re able to even die. He allows you to die, but you don’t. He will stop your pain or not.
16:19 He’ll take you home. Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Now, Job, let’s say you’re working in a pub or working in a lottery or gambling place, and the people are all suffering and all this.
16:29 You have to leave, brother and sister. You have to trust your Jesus Christ and leave. You’re causing harm to others.
16:34 But then what? Will get another job? Hey, trust your Jesus. He’ll give you probably a better job. But don’t look for that.
16:41 Your stand is, I don’t want to sin anymore. I don’t want to harm people anymore. I don’t want to be the cause of harm for anybody else.
16:48 These are the things you have to look out for. Brothers and sisters, today, make the decision to follow Jesus Christ under anyone and believe him to set you free, to take you home. In Jesus name I pray.
17:00 Amen.
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False Belief-Take Up Your Cross 2 (Tamil)
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Scriptures Referenced
Matthew 16:24 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
Matthew 16:24 Amplified Bible (AMP)
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple],
he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and
take up his cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and
follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and,
if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me].
2 Corinthians 12:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
A Thorn in the Flesh
7 Because of the surpassing greatness and extraordinary nature of the revelations [which I received from God], for this reason, to keep me from thinking of myself as important, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, to torment and harass me—to keep me from exalting myself!
James 1:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
James 4:6 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE) 6But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says,
“God opposes the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.”
2 Corinthians 13:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
5 Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith
and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves
Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience]
that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected?
Galatians 6:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
1 Corinthians 8:2 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
2 Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should.
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Luke 10:26-28 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?”
27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.” -
False Belief-Take Up Your Cross – I had a fear
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Scriptures Referenced
Matthew 16:24 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
Matthew 16:24 Amplified Bible (AMP)
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple],
he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and
take up his cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and
follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and,
if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me].
2 Corinthians 12:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
A Thorn in the Flesh
7 Because of the surpassing greatness and extraordinary nature of the revelations [which I received from God], for this reason, to keep me from thinking of myself as important, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, to torment and harass me—to keep me from exalting myself!
James 1:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
James 4:6 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
6 But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says,
“God opposes the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.”
2 Corinthians 13:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
5 Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith
and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves
Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience]
that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected?
Galatians 6:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
1 Corinthians 8:2 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
2 Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should.
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Luke 10:26-28 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?”
27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”
AI-generated transcript below — please excuse any errors
00:01 Praise Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Brothers and sisters, today the power of Christ Daily 7th November 2015. Take up your cross. Take up your cross.
00:02 Brothers and sisters, today, as I said, today starts from yesterday night. Before we go to sleep, all the spirits are cast out in the name of Jesus Christ. We have asked forgiveness from our Lord and Master for things we have done.
00:24 We have determined we are meditating on the bed. Be still in the bed and meditate in the still of the night. In the bed you meditate.
00:31 There’s a scripture, Psalm 44 is written sometimes differently, but overall the meaning is in the bed, in the night, while you are there, be still and meditate on the things. Now, when you talk to your heart, talk to your heart and say what you have
done. And we clear the deck, we clear the issues for the day so is can start the next day fresh.00:56 Fresh, brothers and sisters in the spirit, fresh. And with all our past baggages for the day gone, we ask for mercy for Christ. And then when we, when we meditate, we’ll know we may have to next morning we have to call somebody and say sorry.
01:10 Sorry. Learn to say sorry. It’s good for me.
01:14 Good for me. Learn to say sorry. Remember, people were healed when, when they loved.
01:20 People were healed when they loved, when they felt love. People were healed when they believed. So, brothers and sisters, so if we have things in our heart, we cannot be healed.
01:33 Of course 80% is all this, 20%. Of course the physical, other rules, you know, the EMF, electromagnetic force, your phone is whacking us, cellular phones, water, we drink, you know, the food may have nutrition, the food may have actually rubbish
inside there. You know, some people use fertilizers that are feces, feces, you know, dung, dung, human waste.01:55 Also they use. This is a problem of this world that has become very profit motivated, you know, very greedy. And in the process we are taking the food and eating and then we don’t wash or we unable to wash completely.
02:07 Some vegetables, you know, like there are layers, layers of like cabbages. Like for instance, other, other. Other vegetables.
02:14 So sometimes hard to wash. So. So better to put some vinegar inside there and wash.
02:19 Or if you got an ozone, use ozone to clean the thing. If you don’t have that, use a vinegar and soak it for a while. Make sure you stir.
02:25 And all these other things can cause 20% comes from there. But 80% comes from the spiritual problem, spiritual roots. Now brothers and sisters.
02:33 And the 20% can be also taking too much sugar, Herited waters, junk food and all that now even this, as I grow older, now I realize that I have to cut down certain foods because my organs are not as strong as before. Now I’m going to reject that
what I just said. Although I got to inform you this.02:52 In the name of Jesus Christ, I command my organ, every organ, every organ. My lungs, my lungs, my heart, my liver, my kidneys, my spleen, my pancreas, every organ in the body, including my skin. Because the skin, the greatest organ, that largest
organ, that takes out waste.03:12 Every perfect health, with perfect health. In the name of Jesus Christ, Lord Jesus. I don’t want to be walking here, limping away or breathing this kind of thing.
03:21 I need good breath. Therefore I believe I have good breath, healed 2,000 years ago. I begin to command my heart and mind like this command, changing the way I’m thinking.
03:32 Because remember I told you long ago, it happened already. So lung, lung, lung means big issue. Forget about it.
03:39 Having faith in Christ, having, believing what he said means after praying, after thinking. We don’t think about that anymore. Don’t think the damage anymore.
03:47 Whatever we’re thinking of real life, real good life. Working well, breathing well, speaking well, thinking well, doing work. Everything well.
03:55 Well, in Christ, my soul is well. First of all, my soul must be well. In Christ.
03:59 I get rid of all the sins, ask forgiveness. If I want to deal with some people, ask for forgiveness, I have to do that. I just can’t go and forget about it and continue my life.
04:08 Oh, it’s all right. They don’t know. Many times our heart to tell this, no, no, they didn’t mean anything.
04:13 But when you go and ask for forgiveness and if they say they didn’t mean anything, it’s good. Thank Jesus. But brother, I have to do it because I was wrong, sister, I’ll do it.
04:22 I was wrong. So that humbleness has to come. Humbleness, grace will come.
04:26 All these things are given by God. It’s written down. But many of us are not doing it because we may not have known it.
04:32 Now you will know it because I’m quoting scripture for you every morning if you’re listening to this, I’m quoting scripture. Some of you tell Jesus your work is like that. I was told that they sometimes listen the night or evening when they come
back one day because no WI fi or Internet connection where they’re working and all that.04:49 Thank Jesus. But today I’m recording, I’m seeing the number is 160. 160 recordings as of today.
04:56 So much of scriptures have been taught and all that go there, meditate, and what I thought is little brothers and sisters, because the 15 minutes I’m just trying to say whatever I. I’m led in the Spirit to say. But you can meditate on scripture.
Meditate before you fall asleep, very critical.05:12 And then if you need to do the breath of God while you are lying down, breath of God. And go and sleep peacefully, peacefully. Even with this lung thing I was facing or the spirit, I’m of course overcoming in the name of Jesus Christ.
05:29 The things may be in the flesh, but I believe my God to have complete healing and to be able to work, do the work that he given me as an ambassador of Christ on earth. Now I sleep well, thank Jesus. And only get up means that I know I want to do
something.05:46 Thank Jesus Christ. Brothers and sisters, today start like that, you know, it’s very important. Today is a Saturday.
05:52 Now let’s look at it. Take up your cross. Just take up your cross.
05:55 Also has become a false thinking, false thinking. They, you know, for instance, I’ve heard people say over the years, let’s say somebody is sick. On and on they say, this is my cross to carry.
06:07 This is my cross. They actually mean it. They actually don’t understand scripture.
06:07 This is my cross to carry. This is my cross to carry. That means they’re sick.
06:15 You know, they got something like the lung issue. I’m telling you, the fibrosis have happened long ago. Of course, that portion of the lung, as they say, that small portion, lie, you know, it’s probably, probably about 2, 2 or 3 centimeters.
06:30 But that causes a lot of problems. So the cells are dead. Supposed to be.
06:35 So you cannot recover. So if you don’t, if you don’t do anything, the, the. The cell cellular dying will continue increasing the lungs.
06:42 That’s what they say. I want to listen to this. So in the name of Jesus Christ, I command it.
06:47 Fibrosis. I curse you in the name of Jesus Christ. Spirit of fibrosis, get out of me.
06:51 In the name of Jesus Christ and Lord Jesus, I’m asking you for a renewing miracle. A miracle, recreational miracle. To recreate all these cells and give me good breath, Lord.
07:01 Good lungs, good breath. I believe in good breath, good lungs, good health, in Jesus name. And when you want me home, Lord, I’m sure you will take me home.
07:11 And that’s it. But there are people who are believing this is a cross they carry, okay? And then the others will say, okay, they got some job, terrible job, tough job, or bullying. People are bullying in the job or the boss is unkind, or the factory
is unkind or whatever.07:26 Then they say, this is my cross to carry. Then they have a wife or husband who is not listening to them and they’re doing wrong things and all. Sometimes they say, this is my cross to carry.
07:37 Then they say if a child has done something, a son or daughter become bad, wicked and doing wrong things and all, or don’t want to humble their child does not humble. And they, and they say. Then they say, it’s my cross to carry.
07:52 Brothers and sisters, please don’t say like this anymore. It’s not true. Let me read the Scriptures.
07:59 Don’t say like this. It’s wrong. Actually we’re going against Christ.
08:02 We’re actually grieving the spirit of God. We’re grieving Jesus Christ. Because what Jesus said is this Matthew 16:24.
08:10 I’m reading from the Catholic version, 16:24. Then Jesus told his disciples, if anyone, any, if any, want to follow my, become my disciples. If any want to become my disciples or my followers here as followers, if anyone, if any, want to become my
followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.08:33 Now I’m reading the same thing from amplified version. Now amplified version, it says Matthew 16:24. Then Jesus said to his disciples, if anyone wishes to follow me as my disciple, he must deny himself, set aside selfish interest and take up the
cross.08:51 Expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come and follow me, believing in me, conforming to my example in living and if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in me. Brothers are way, way different. It’s way, way different.
09:10 Why? Let’s look at this. Let’s look at this. Brothers and sisters, follow me.
09:21 Anyone wants to follow me, they must deny themselves. Deny what? Deny themselves. The issue was not put on them.
09:27 You know the disease has come, right? There’s nothing to deny the disease. The husband or wife is not doing right things and all. There’s nothing to deny themselves.
09:33 The husband or wife are doing nothing. The husband or the wife is not doing wrong things to them means nothing. To deny themselves nothing.
09:45 They are not causing it. If you under act act against them, then you have to deny. Why? Because we have to act according to the word of God.
09:56 If the job is so bad that the bosses are bullying and all that you just accepting the job and continuing there. It’s not denying yourself and taking up the cross. So let’s take the first example.
10:08 First I have diseases. Come. God will not contradict his own word.
10:13 God is not a liar. Jesus Christ is the truth. He cannot lie.
10:17 So brothers and sisters, today, let’s look at this. He said, on the cross, by my stripes, you were healed. That’s also speaking to me right now on the cross.
10:28 I was healed. You were healed. I was healed.
10:30 You were healed. It says so. I’m healed by the cross, by sacrifice.
10:37 The sacrifice he did 2,000 years ago. I was healed. I was healed.
10:41 So you were healed. He said all the diseases he carried on the cross, all my curses he carried on the cross. Curses he carried on the cross.
10:50 He carried my sins on the cross. If I believe, my sins go on to him and they are destroyed, washed away. My sins are washed away.
10:58 And he takes everything. My diseases, my problems, my pain, my sadness, my anguish, my sorrow, my heartbrokenness. Everything he takes, he has taken on the cross.
11:11 Now I cannot say, keeping the anguish and sorrow in me is my cross. Keeping the sorrow, keeping the disease in me is my cross. No, he wants you to be in perfect health.
11:23 He wants you to be in good health. He is not. There are 80% spiritual, these diseases.
11:30 I’ve told you all enough Christian Science have checked it here in the Christian medical science of people, of course, statistics and all that. Medical doctors and all Christian doctors. And 20% is from other causes.
11:41 What we saw. So what we saw means if you’re showing something and getting this, and then I say, it’s my cross to carry. You are grieving Jesus Christ.
11:51 If you say the disease is disease I suffer here with my cross to carry, then you are grieving Jesus Christ. If you say, I am married and my wife is like this, my husband is like this, it’s my cross to carry. You are grieving Jesus Christ.
12:07 He didn’t tell you to marry. You put yourself inside there. So now what is this cross? Cross is to deny ourselves of our own selfish interest.
12:16 Supposing somebody is doing something and we decide, okay, I will go and take revenge. That is not denying yourself and not taking up the cross for them, what do we do? We deny ourselves. Say, lord Jesus, vengeance is yours.
12:29 I will love even my enemy. That is my command you have given me. I will love all my enemies, even in the name of Jesus Christ.
12:35 I command my heart and mind to love my enemies. In the name of Jesus Christ, I command my heart and mind to let go of all this and focus on Jesus Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ, I worship Jesus Christ and get righteousness, peace and joy.
12:47 I worship and get joy full of joy. I forgive. In the name of Jesus Christ.
12:51 I cast out the spirit of unforgiveness and I forgive Everybody in Jesus name. And I walk right. And then, Lord, give me another job.
13:01 Give me another job, Lord. And then begin to apply, begin to do things. Begin to study some other course in the night.
13:08 Start studying being a new course. You study a new skill set. If you are just mechanical side, maybe you want to go and learn some welding.
13:12 If you are attendant in a bus, you may decide that I better learn to have a driving license and go and get a driving one. Oh, I don’t have money. Then you cry out God for money for this.
13:30 Jesus Christ for money for training yourself in Jesus name. So you begin to do things to get out of this. Instead of sitting down there and telling, this is my cross, this is my cross.
13:39 It grieves. Jesus Christ is the cursing. He loves you.
13:44 And he says, why is my son? Why is my daughter saying these things? And then when you are ill, you say, this is my cross, this is my cross. It hurts him, it grieves, sin. You say, why, why? Why is my son my daughter? Why don’t you check my words?
I’ve spoken my words.13:58 Please check my words. Read my words. Use the words to come out of this.
14:02 You are a child of God. You are the head and not the tail. I’ll make you the head and not the tail.
14:06 There’s a promise, but you have to take the steps and move. Brothers and sisters. And then if husband or wife, very simple.
14:13 If the husband is not a believer, if he wants to live with you, he is willing to take care of you. You are supposed to keep the marriage. Keep the marriage.
14:21 In Corinthians, very clear. Keep the marriage. No, no, I’m now a Christian.
14:25 He’s not a believer. I must leave. That is sin.
14:28 Sin. You keep the marriage unless he is hammering you or torturing you or adultery, like what I done before. The wife has a choice in God, in Christ.
14:41 She has an option if she wants to leave the husband and divorce or whatever. If they’re going to harm you and you can be harmed and your children can be harmed, yes, you have to leave because you don’t keep there and let him harm you and kill
everybody. Nonsense.14:55 That’s nonsense. But if you support this giving money for his booze, then you are insane. You are out of fear.
15:03 You are giving. You are still insane because Jesus Christ gave you sound mind, boldness. You can cry out.
15:07 You can cry out and make some decisions. And there are groups of women organizations in every country. Mostly if there is access or get to the congregation, church, ask for help and God, some organization won’t give you the help but God.
15:24 But because you follow. Then God said you cry out to Jesus Christ. Your faith is in Jesus Christ.
15:29 But you cannot keep on saying sitting down there, this is my cross. This is my cross. If a man is coming and you decide to keep the marriage, good for you.
15:36 That is your choice. And it’s a hope you are walking that one fine day this man may change. That happened to my wife and me.
15:44 Now, if you cannot take it or not, you still have a choice. God understands. Your heart is broken, broken, broken.
15:50 Then finally they don’t listen. You have a choice. If they hammering you.
15:53 I cannot love sister. It is too dangerous. Now.
15:55 At the same time, they find torn in the side. Sometimes they say given torn in the side. Then 2nd Corinthians 12:7 clearly says.
16:03 Apostle Paul says I was given a thorn in my side. A messenger of Satan. It’s not illness, you know.
16:10 People think the thorn inside is illness. For Paul, no. A messenger of Satan to buffet me.
16:15 To keep on doing things to me. Why? So that I will not exalt myself. Why? Of a great revelations that have been given to me.
16:24 Thorn in my side that been given to keep me in check. So, brothers and sisters, today we put aside this. Denying yourself becomes the cross.
16:31 That anything also telling you the cross is not right. Seek the word of God. Meditate on the word of God and examine your circumstances.
16:39 And you will know these are things that we have cost ourselves most of the time. And the other thing is. You cry out to Jesus Christ, he still forgives you.
16:47 He still do something for you. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray, Amen.
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False Belief-Take Up Your Cross (Tamil)
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Scriptures Referenced
Matthew 16:24 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
Matthew 16:24 Amplified Bible (AMP)
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple],
he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and
take up his cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and
follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and,
if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me].
2 Corinthians 12:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
A Thorn in the Flesh
7 Because of the surpassing greatness and extraordinary nature of the revelations [which I received from God], for this reason, to keep me from thinking of myself as important, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, to torment and harass me—to keep me from exalting myself!
James 1:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
James 4:6 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE) 6
But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says,
“God opposes the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.”
2 Corinthians 13:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
5 Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith
and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves
Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience]
that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected?
Galatians 6:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
1 Corinthians 8:2 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
2 Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should.
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Luke 10:26-28 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?”
27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”
