Awakening Audio

Job was a perfect man. God gave to Job liberally and he gave back to God. His life was complete and he had integrity, but he was overwhelmed with disaster. Job was slammed down into the dirt. But by faith he accepts what has happened, he sees that despair is at the center of every life and realized he must remain rightly related to God by faith alone. Job would soon see that his suffering was creating a greater glory. The flesh is the first area that Satan goes after. Job’s wife was the closest thing to himself and she tells him to curse God and die. Satan will even use our most intimate relationships against us. Job also experienced the loneliness of sorrow. His friends began to wonder if it would happen to them and they decided to criticize his mistakes. Job was left without one true friend and all forsook him as Christ was forsaken. All face the most agonizing trials alone; sometimes we should not speak but rather humble ourselves and pray. The theology of Job’s friends was placed before God’s sovereignty. Job did not understand what was happening to him, but he knew that God was in control. Job knew that God would make all things clear to him. Tragedy creates a great chasm between people and God. It is Christ alone that can reverse the cruse and restore a person’s soul! All must be born again! Job realized he would never rise above his situation if he remained self-centered in the dust. He acknowledged that he needed God. He knew that His Redeemer lives! Faith told him this! The only way out was redemption! Faith in the blood of Christ! Job could not save himself but he did not let his situation separate him from God. He was badly hurt but not destroyed. Will You Come Forth As Gold?

Christ came as the perfect example of one walking in the spirit, sanctified, anointed, and possessing power through the Spirit. In order to walk as Christ calls us to walk we must sacrifice the natural for the spiritual. It begins with repentance and finds its ultimate fulfillment in perfect love. The masses of humanity reject God and become allies of the Devil. Few experience what God wills for the Christian to experience, too many people use reason to understand what only faith can understand. This was the problem of the Pharisees. The only way one can understand the things of God is by the Spirit of God and bringing one’s life into subjection to the will of God. Common in the Church today are Pharisees that are not pliable in God’s hands. Religious and carnal people full of false religion with their minds on the things of the world. One must be born again to learn the things of God. There are two ways for people to live. One is in license, and the other is in love. Those who live according to license live without humility, they are full of pride and believe they can judge all things. They exalt the creature above God and look for personal gain. The other is love as seen lived out in the life of Christ. Christ was full of the Holy Spirit. It is not education, knowledge, works, or religion that one needs to know God. One must love God above all things to understand and know God. The Holy Spirit is given to all who ask for it. In order to understand the things of God one must be born again and continually desire to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Do you desire to know the things of God? Are you willing to receive the things of God? Knowing the Things of God

There are so many ways a Christian can find themselves in bonds and become captive to something. There are so many kinds of bondage we can fall into. Like legalism, works, trying to control your future, worrying about the future, or worrying about what other people think of you. We can also put pressure on ourselves to be something we are not. We can judge our walk with God based on how people react to you reaching out to them. We can try to finish in the Spirit what has begun in the flesh. But you can arise and be free from any of these things! You can be redeemed without money! There is no reason for a believer to be in the dust or in bonds. There is no reason for a Christian to be captive! God has put on strength, the power of His arm by the cross of Jesus Christ. He has overcome the enemy! He has made the way and given the strength of the Holy Spirit! He has prepared the garments of holiness and righteousness! He has purchased our peace and parted the Red Sea! Why would we not want to take advantage of these things He has made available to us? It is God’s will for His people to live in victory and freedom that is made available through faith! Do you want to be victorious? Look to Christ by faith! It is all in Him by faith! Our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption! But do you know His name? It is this truth in you and to you? Have you fallen into bondage? Are you lying in the dust? What rules over you? Rise up! Look to our Savior and be free! [By Faith]

Jesus tells His disciples that it is their will that will lead them closer to God or away from God. The will is defined as the part of us that makes decisions. It is how someone consciously decides things. All have the power to make assessments, determinations, and choices. Jesus only sought the will of Him who sent Him so He was in harmony with the will of God. He submitted His will to the Father and sought the glory of His Father alone. There was no possibility of unrighteousness. Those who desire their own pride and power desire their own will and not the will of God. A person will not be given the grace of God to overcome unless we are completely willing to do God’s will. We must be in full agreement with God, if so we can move mountains and nothing is impossible! If anyone wills to do His will he shall know concerning the doctrine. Many people wonder why it is so difficult for them to do what God wills them to do it is because there is unwillingness! A self-centered will fails at discerning God’s will. We must not place our own will before God’s will! If we do we will become nervous, fearful, and fretful. We must be willing to do His will as our will. This is the one who will know His will. Is your will the same as God’s will? Make sure your life is going in the same direction as His life. [What Direction Are You Going In?]

Christ is our hope and our Anchor behind the veil. One of the greatest blessings given to a Christian is hope. Before there is hope there must be a restored relationship that begins with repentance and faith. It is only through repentance and faith that a believer is given assurance. Only then can the Christian enter behind the veil through Christ. One must fully trust their life in the hands of Christ, without this there is no hope or faith. One will receive nothing from the Lord unless they trust God fully when they hear the Gospel. How can a Christian have faith? How can a Christian have assurance? By putting faith in Jesus Christ and living out their faith every moment of everyday. Never substitute anything for your relationship with Jesus Christ. There must be full hope, full diligence, and full assurance. When one turns to God the veil is taken away. The song of hope for eternal life must be the loudest sound. This hope we have is an Anchor of the soul. [Anchor of the Soul]

Mankind will be judged by the condition of our hearts. God is looking for a pure heart, sound mind, and clear conscious. All will give an account of what we have done with the message of redemption. What we were will no longer matter, but what we are that matters most. God will judge us by the image of His Son. How much have I been changed into the image of Jesus Christ? Have I lived according to God’s Word? I am a faithful servant? Am I still in firm possession of the treasure? Do I walk by faith or by sight? God will not allow anyone to be lost unless they deny the Holy Spirit. Sin must be separated from each person after they are born of God. Jesus heals the brokenhearted and sets free the oppressed. He came to deliver broken men and women. We must walk in the light as He is in the light. Christ does not leave anyone in sin; He sets us free from all our enemies that try to oppress us. This He did through the cross! Do you belong to yourself or do you belong to Jesus? We must support no hindrance to the Holy Spirit working in us. God must be formed in us. We must become a Bethlehem to the Son of God. [Nothing Is Secret]

The most important moment in our lives is when we become aware of the fact that we are deficient. Mankind has the ability to be summoned spiritually. When we are faced with the cross we become defenseless and our sin creates feebleness and weakness. Consciousness of the presence of God is unlike anything else we have every experienced. We are to be willing to eat His flesh and drink His blood. God brings to nothing the things that are. Abram realized God was calling him and he was in awe. It was a personal encounter with God. He realized he was undone as Isaiah was when he experienced the supernatural presence of God. Isaiah was in awe and was brought face to face with his own unworthiness. We must be convinced within ourselves that we have heard the voice of God. Are you hearing from God today? God is speaking, but are you listening? Ask the Lord to open His word to you. Admit your short fallings and ask God to help you. When you hear from Him act and believe! Consecrate all to Him and obey His Word! Are you hearing from God today? [Are You Hearing From God?]

What is Truth? No matter how fascinated someone is with the truth, unless they receive Jesus Christ as the truth they cannot be saved. Jesus Christ is revealed as the truth to those who receive the Gospel and repent of their sin. We must all be rightly related to God by living out His Word. We need personal conviction to be changed. Penitence is true sorrow for sin and it affects our attitude, but it means more than an attitude change. It is a divine work of God’s grace that takes place on the inside of an individual. It must upset our natural dispositions and disturbs our inner peace. He individual must experiences the inner workings of the Holy Spirit. Conviction of sin leads to remorse and this brings about repentance. This must continue all the way until the heart is changed. Penitence is the posture of the Christian. Our strength to stand will only be found in Christ, not outward conformity! We must be persuaded beyond every shadow of a doubt that Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Are you convinced that the truth is in Jesus? [Jesus Is the Truth]

Many in the Church lack faith and therefore lack life. Lifelessness in humanity is the result of one not being reunited with God through faith in Christ. Lifelessness comes from unbelief. Only if one believes in Christ can they receive life. No person by himself or herself has the power of eternal life living within them. One must act upon what Christ teaches us, these are those who have the work of Jesus Christ being done within them. If not one will fall into religious habit. No one has the life of God until they are born again from above. Unless the nature of Christ is birthed within a person they cannot live according to the life of Christ. Nicodemus could not bring himself to understand what Jesus was teaching. There are many in the Christian Church that have not entered into the life of Christ through faith and therefore they are living a law. But if one is born from above they have Christ living in them. Jesus always rebuked those who lived with a false religious profession. If someone wants the life of God they must come to Him on His terms. Have you made Jesus Christ lord over every part of your life? Redemption is only found through faith in the blood of Christ. [Life]

This sermon jam focuses on the story of Moses being called by God at the burning bush. Moses was seeking after God and responded by faith. He allowed God to change him. The burning bush is a symbol of a deeper work of grace in the life of the Christian. There comes a time that a deeper work must take place in the life of the Christian. The Christian must allow God to change them from within! God asked Moses to leave behind the things he was familiar with. Things from the past had to go! God was leading Moses into something completely different. We must stop doing things that occupy our time and focus on God. We must spend time with God! God speaks to us when we spend time with Him. Where do you stand today? Are you standing on holy ground? What is your answer to God in the burning bush? Will it be “here I am?” [Take Your Sandals Off]