Seven Steps to Victory: Episode 6
>> WELCOME TO A SPECIAL EDITION OF GOSPEL TRUTH WITH ANDREW WOMMACK, CELEBRATING 55 YEARS OF MINISTRY. THIS WEEK ANDREW CONTINUES TO BRING YOU A PORTION OF THE 2023 ORLANDO GOSPEL TRUTH >> CONFERENCE. DID YOU KNOW THAT THE LORD ISN’T HEALING PEOPLE TODAY, HE’S NOT SAVING PEOPLE TODAY, HE’S NOT DELIVERING PEOPLE TODAY, HE’S NOT PROSPERING YOU TODAY. AND SOME PEOPLE THINK, WELL MAN, I…I THOUGHT HE WAS. I NEED ALL OF THOSE THINGS. HE’S ALREADY DONE IT. >> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW. ALRIGHT, SO LET’S TURN OVER TO DEUTERONOMY, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 24. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT
WEREN’T HERE I STARTED TEACHING FROM DEUTERONOMY 2:24, AND THIS IS MOSES JUST A DAY OR SO BEFORE HE DIED REHEARSING EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAD DONE, REMINDING THEM OF WHAT THE LORD HAD COMMISSIONED HIM TO DO, AND TELLING THEM HOW TO ENTER IN AND POSSESS THE LAND. AND HE SAID IN DEUTERONOMY, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 24, HE SAYS, RISE YE UP, TAKE YOUR JOURNEY, AND PASS OVER THE RIVER ARNON, BEHOLD, I HAVE GIVEN INTO THINE HAND SIHON THE AMORITE, KING OF HESHBON, AND HIS LAND, BEGIN TO POSSESS IT, AND CONTEND WITH HIM IN BATTLE. AND JUST A
FEW WEEKS AGO I WAS READING THIS, AND BOY GOD JUST SHOWED ME THAT JUST SO MUCH OF WHAT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS ALL ABOUT IS INVOLVED IN THIS ONE INSTRUCTION IN THIS
SECOND THING WE TALKED ABOUT IS YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR JOURNEY. GOD HAS A SPECIFIC PLAN FOR EVERY SINGLE LIFE. THERE’S NOT A ONE OF YOU THAT’S A MISTAKE. WHETHER YOUR PARENTS KNEW YOU WERE COMING OR NOT, GOD KNEW YOU WERE COMING. YOU KNOW I WAS TEACHING ON TELEVISION ABOUT ABORTION AND… AND SHOWING SCRIPTURAL THINGS AND WE WERE DISCUSSING THINGS AND…AND I WAS MAKING THE POINT THAT THERE’S LESS THAN 1% OF ALL ABORTIONS THAT ARE PERFORMED ARE BECAUSE OF RAPE. AND LESS THAN HALF OF 1% ARE PERFORMED BECAUSE OF INCEST, AND YET SOME PEOPLE WILL
SAY, WELL I’M AGAINST ABORTION UNLESS IT’S FOR RAPE OR INCEST. BUT I WAS POINTING OUT THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT’S A TERRIBLE HARDSHIP ON A PERSON AND I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY WOULD WANT, YOU CAN’T SOLVE THAT PROBLEM BY KILLING A CHILD. THE CHILD DIDN’T DO ANYTHING TO DESERVE DEATH, I DON’T CARE HOW YOU WERE CONCEIVED. AND SO MY POINT IN SAYING THAT IS THAT YOU MAY BE A PRODUCT OF RAPE OR INCEST OR MAYBE YOUR PARENTS DIDN’T WANT YOU, BUT GOD KNEW ABOUT YOU AND HE HAD ALL OF
YOUR DAYS WRITTEN IN A BOOK BEFORE YOU WERE EVER BORN. MY MOTHER WAS ABANDONED AT BIRTH. SHE NEVER DID KNOW WHO HER PARENTS WERE AND SOME PEOPLE JUST WELL, THEY LIVE THEIR LI…WHOLE LIFE LIMPING THROUGH LIFE WITH A CHIP ON THEIR SHOULDER AND FEELING REJECTION BECAUSE THEY WERE REJECTED. MY MOTHER WHEN… WHEN MY DAD MARRIED HER HE WANTED TO GO FIND WHAT HER FAMILY WAS, AND THE YEAR AFTER SHE WAS BORN THE COURTHOUSE IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS, BURNED DOWN SO ALL OF THE RECORDS OF HER BIRTH WERE LOST. AND SO, SHE DIDN’T HAVE ANY RECORDS
AND… BUT HE WAS GOING TO HIRE A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR AND GO FIND OUT AND SHE SAID, WHY WOULD I WANT TO KNOW? THEY DIDN’T WANT ME. AND SHE SAYS, IT DOESN’T MATTER TO ME. PEOPLE WOULD MAKE FUN OF HER. SHE WAS BORN IN 1913. MY DAD WAS BORN IN 1907. AND…AND ANYWAY, SHE WAS MADE FUN OF WHEN SHE WAS A KID. YOU KNOW DIVORCE WASN’T NEAR AS POPULAR BACK THEN AND STUFF, AND SO SHE…SHE…IT WAS UNUSUAL FOR HER TO BE ADOPTED AND PEOPLE WOULD MAKE FUN OF HER AND SAY YOU’RE ADOPTED. AND SHE JUST RESPONDED
BY SAYING MY PARENTS CHOSE ME. YOURS HAD TO TAKE WHAT THEY GOT. SHE SAID, I’M SPECIAL. THE REASON I’M BRINGING THIS UP IS PEOPLE SIT THERE AND THEY MAGNIFY PROBLEMS IN YOUR LIFE. IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW YOU WERE CONCEIVED, IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT HAPPENED. GOD HAS A PURPOSE FOR YOU. DON’T LET ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN DERAIL YOU. REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR PARENTS THOUGHT ABOUT YOU OR ANYBODY ELSE, GOD THINKS YOU’RE AWESOME. HE CREATED YOU FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, AND YOU NEED TO GET OVER IT. AM I SAYING THAT YOU DON’T HAVE PROBLEMS?
AM I SAYING THAT THAT ISN’T A…A…A PROBLEM AND THAT BAD THINGS HAPPEN? NO, THAT’S NOT WHAT I’M SAYING BUT GOD’S SUPPLY IS SO INFINITELY GREATER THAN YOUR NEED THAT YOU DON’T NEED TO AMPLIFY THE NEED AND SIT THERE AND LET THAT DERAIL YOUR LIFE. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A SIDELINE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT’S A HOLY GHOST RABBIT TRAIL. GOD IS SPEAKING TO SOME PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE LET WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND YOUR CONTROL DESTROY YOU. THERE IS NO REASON FOR THAT. I DON’T CARE WHAT THE DEVIL HAS DONE.
I DON’T CARE WHAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT’S GOING ON IN YOUR PAST. YOUR FUTURE IS SO BRIGHT YOU GOT TO SQUINT TO LOOK AT IT… IF YOU WOULD FIND IT. SO YOU HAVE TO RISE UP, YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR JOURNEY, FIND OUT WHAT YOUR JOURNEY IS, THEN IT SAID YOU HAVE TO PASS OVER THIS RIVER ARNON INTO ENEMY TERRITORY, AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE JUST REFUSING TO GET ENGAGED. THEY’RE ONLY THINKING ABOUT THEMSELF. THEY ARE HIDING. THEY’RE TRYING TO HOLD THE FORT WHEN THE TRUTH IS WE SHOULD BE TAKING THE BATTLE
TO THE GATES OF HELL. WE NEED TO GET ENGAGED. AND THEN HE SAID, BEHOLD. THE WORD BEHOLD MEANS TO SEE, HE WAS TELLING HIM TO SEE SOMETHING THAT HADN’T HAPPENED YET. AND THERE’S MANY PEOPLE THAT JUST SAY, WELL HOW CAN YOU SEE SOMETHING IF IT HASN’T HAPPENED YET? THROUGH FAITH, THAT’S WHAT FAITH IS. FAITH IS THE ABILITY TO SEE SOMETHING THAT ISN’T REAL IN THE NATURAL OR PRESENT, AND YET, YOU CAN SEE IT WITH YOUR HEART. GOD GAVE EVERY ONE OF US THE ABILITY TO DO THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, MOST OF US ARE MORE ACCUSTOMED
WITH THE ABILITY TO SEE IN THE NEGATIVE. AND SO, LET ME JUST ILLUSTRATE THIS THAT THERE ARE SOME OF YOU THAT SEE YOURSELF A FAILURE, AND YET YOU HADN’T EVEN FAILED YET. BUT YOU COULD PUT A PERSON THAT SEES THEMSELF AS A FAILURE AND YOU CAN PUT THEM IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY’VE GOT EVERY REASON TO PROSPER, AND THEY WILL FIND SOME WAY TO FAIL. IT BECOMES A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY. THE DOCTOR TELLS YOU YOU’RE GOING TO DIE, AND MOST PEOPLE WILL SIT THERE AND START SEEING YOUR FUNERAL. YOU WILL THINK ABOUT YOUR FUNERAL. WHAT SONGS
ARE THEY GOING TO SING AT MY FUNERAL. THERE ARE SOME OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN DIAGNOSIS THAT YOU KNOW YOU GOT ALLERGIES THAT HAPPEN AT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE YEAR, OR YOU’VE GOT CHRONIC SICKNESS AND YOU PLAN YOUR VACATION AND EVERYWHERE YOU GO YOU SEE WHAT YOU… YOU SEE YOURSELF THIS WAY. YOU DREAM SICK, YOU THINK SICK. THAT’S THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF IT, BUT THE LORD WAS TELLING MOSES TO SEE SIHON WAS ALREADY DEFEATED. AND DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN DO THIS. AND WHAT I WAS SHARING IS THAT UNTIL YOU SEE VICTORY ON
THE INSIDE, YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO SEE IT ON THE OUTSIDE. YOU HAVE TO CONCEIVE MIRACLES. MIRACLES DON’T COME BY THE STORK. THEY DON’T COME BY YOU JUST… YOU KNOW THEY DON’T DROP OUT OF THE SKY. YOU CONCEIVE MIRACLES. MOST OF US UNDERSTAND THAT CHILDREN DON’T COME BY THE STORK AND THAT YOU HAVE TO CONCEIVE THEM. BUT DID YOU KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO MIRACLES, WE JUST EXPECT GOD TO TOUCH US SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER AND YET, THE IMAGE THAT’S ON THE INSIDE IS ALL DEFEAT, IT’S ALL NEGATIVE, AND YET YOU’RE WANTING A POSITIVE RESULTS. IT
DOESN’T HAPPEN THAT WAY. PROVERBS 23:7, AS A MAN THINKS IN HIS HEART SO IS HE. YOUR LIFE IS GOING THE DIRECTION OF THE WAY YOU SEE IT GOING. THAT USUALLY GOES OVER ABOUT LIKE THAT. PEOPLE DON’T LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY SAY, YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. IT WAS FORCED UPON ME, I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING. THIS JUST CAME UPON ME. THE BIBLE SAYS IN 1 PETER, CHAPTER 5, VERSE 8, THAT SATAN GOES ABOUT AS A ROARING LION SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR. SATAN CANNOT JUST DEVOUR ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY. HE HAS TO
FIND AN INROAD. AND IT MAY NOT BE THAT YOU’RE OUT LIVING IN SIN, AND THIS MAY NOT BE THAT YOU’RE SITTING HERE SAYING DESTROY MY LIFE WITH A CANCER, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT YOU ARE THINKING SMALL. YOU ARE THINKING THAT I’M ONLY HUMAN, THAT CANCER IS INCURABLE, WHAT CAN WE DO AGAINST CANCER? IF YOU’VE GOT FEAR, THAT FEAR WILL ALLOW THAT CANCER TO ATTACH ITSELF TO YOU. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU SATAN HAS TO HAVE SOME INROAD INTO YOUR LIFE. I HAVE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME TALK ABOUT MAN, SATAN IS FIGHTING AGAINST YOU AND SATAN
WOULD LOVE TO DESTROY YOU. AND PEOPLE ASK ABOUT WHO MY PRAYER WARRIORS ARE AND THINGS LIKE THIS. AND I KNOW THAT THERE’S PEOPLE THAT PRAY FOR ME AND I APPRECIATE IT, BUT DID YOU KNOW WHAT, I’M FOCUS…I’M FUNCTIONING UNDER THE MINDSET THAT AS LONG AS I’M SEEKING GOD WITH MY WHOLE HEART AND I’M NOT GIVING SATAN INROAD INTO MY LIFE, HE CAN’T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT MY CONSENT COOPERATION. I AM NOT SITTING HERE JUST BINDING THE DEVIL AND AFRAID OF THINGS. SATAN HAS TO GAIN INROAD INTO MY LIFE AND I’M NOT GIVING THAT CREEP ANY OPPORTUNITY
IN MY LIFE. AMEN. AND SO YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THINGS. AND THEN WHAT I WANT TO SHARE TODAY IS THAT HE SAID, SEE, BEHOLD, I HAVE GIVEN INTO THY HANDS SIHON THE AMORITE KING OF HESHBON, AND HIS LAND. HE SAID I HAVE GIVEN IT TO YOU. DID YOU KNOW IT HADN’T HAPPENED IN THE NATURAL. AND AGAIN, THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SO CARNAL, I DON’T MEAN THAT IN A BAD WAY BUT THAT’S WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS IT IS WHEN YOU’RE CONTROLLED BY WHAT YOU SEE, TASTE, HEAR, SMELL, AND FEEL, THAT’S
WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS CARNAL. THAT’S WHAT IT CALLS BEING OF THE FLESH, THOSE THAT ARE IN THE FLESH CANNOT PLEASE GOD. AND MOST PEOPLE ARE SO DOMINATED BY WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE PHYSICAL REALM THAT THEY CANNOT SEE ANYTHING THAT IS BEYOND JUST PHYSICAL PROOF. BUT THIS IS SAYING SEE, BEHOLD, I HAVE GIVEN INTO YOUR HAND SIHON THE AMORITE. IT WAS ALREADY A DONE DEAL. NOT IN THE NATURAL BUT IN THE SPIRITUAL. YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT GOD HAS ALREADY DONE EVERYTHING HE’S GOING TO DO. DID YOU KNOW THE LORD IS SEATED AT THE
FATHER’S RIGHT HAND IS WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. HE’S SEATED. THAT MEANS HE’S NOT WORKING. DID YOU KNOW THAT THE LORD ISN’T HEALING PEOPLE TODAY, HE’S NOT SAVING PEOPLE TODAY, HE’S NOT DELIVERING PEOPLE TODAY, HE’S NOT PROSPERING YOU TODAY. AND SOME PEOPLE THINK, WELL MAN, I…I THOUGHT HE WAS. I NEED ALL OF THOSE THINGS. HE’S ALREADY DONE IT. THE BIBLE SAYS YOU’RE ALREADY BLESSED. LOOK OVER HERE IN EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 1, AND LET…EPHESIANS, IS A GREAT BOOK. THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS ARE BASICALLY FOCUSING ON WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. THE SECOND THREE CHAPTERS ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT
THE RESULTS OF THAT IS AND HOW WE SHOULD LIVE BECAUSE OF IT. BUT IN THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS THERE ARE THINGS SAID THAT IF YOU WOULD READ IT AND USE YOUR HEAD FOR SOMETHING BESIDES A HAT RACK WHEN YOU READ THE WORD, IF YOU WOULD THINK, THIS OUGHT TO JUST TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE. LOOK AT THIS IN VERSE 3, HE SAYS, BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO HATH BLESSED US WITH ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS IN HEAVENLY PLACES IN CHRIST JESUS. HE’S ALREADY BLESSED US WITH EVERYTHING. GOD HAS ALREADY DONE EVERYTHING. WHEN
JESUS SAID, IT IS FINISHED ON THE CROSS, HIS PART OF THAT WAS TOTALLY FINISHED. WHEN HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD THEN HE SAT AT THE FATHER’S RIGHT HAND AND THE LORD HADN’T SAVED ANYBODY SINCE THEN. HE HADN’T HEALED ANYBODY SINCE THEN. IT WAS ALL DONE. THE POWER WAS RELEASED, AND IT’S NOW PUT ON THE INSIDE OF US. AND WHAT’S HAPPENING IS PEOPLE APPROPRIATE WHAT GOD DID 2,000 YEARS AGO. IT’S ALREADY DONE. I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE THINKING WELL, I CAN PROVE TO YOU I’M NOT HEALED BECAUSE I STILL HAVE THE PAIN OR HERE’S MY
DOCTOR’S REPORT. OVER IN 1 PETER, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 24, IT SAYS, WHO HIS OWN SELF BARE OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BODY ON THE TREE, THAT WE, BEING DEAD TO SIN, SHOULD LIVE UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS, BY WHOSE STRIPES YE WERE HEALED. YOU WERE HEALED 2,000 YEARS AGO. JESUS TOOK ALL OF THE SICKNESS AND DISEASE OF THE ENTIRE WORLD INTO HIS BODY. YOU KNOW I HADN’T GOT TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS BUT IF YOU WENT OVER TO ISAIAH, CHAPTER 52, IN VERSE 14, IT TALKS ABOUT THAT HIS BODY WAS SO MARRED IT DIDN’T EVEN LOOK HUMAN IS
THE WAY THE NIV SAYS IT. IT SAYS IN THE KING JAMES THAT HIS VISAGE WAS MARRED MORE THAN ANY MAN. VISAGE IS TALKING ABOUT YOUR FACE. YOU KNOW THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST SHOWED JESUS AND IT WAS BRUTAL. THEY RATED IT R RATING, BUT IT DIDN’T EVEN DO JUSTICE TO WHAT JESUS SUFFERED. HE TOOK EVERY SICKNESS, EVERY SICKNESS. I HAD A MAN COME ONE TIME THAT HAD A CANCER ON HIS FACE THAT HAD EATEN OUT HIS EYE, AND THIS CANCER WAS OVER HALF OF HIS FACE. DID YOU KNOW JESUS TOOK CANCERS LIKE THAT. I HAD
ANOTHER MAN COME THAT IT HAD EATEN OFF HIS LIPS, AND HIS NOSE, AND HIS FACE WAS OOZING ALL THIS STUFF, AND HE HAD A TOWEL TO COVER IT. YOU KNOW, THAT CAME INTO JESUS’ BODY. I’VE SEEN PICTURES OF PEOPLE WITH ELEPHANTIASIS WHERE THEIR LEGS ARE SWOLLEN AND… ALL OF THAT STUFF ENTERED INTO THE BODY OF JESUS SO THAT HE DIDN’T EVEN LOOK HUMAN. THE ROMAN BEATING WAS VICIOUS, IT WAS TERRIBLE, BUT THE SIN AND THE SICKNESS THAT HE SUFFERED IN HIS BODY WAS MUCH GREATER THAN WHAT ANY OF US CAN EVEN IMAGINE. AND HE BORE
THAT SICKNESS 2,000 YEARS AGO. HE DEALT WITH IT. HE HAS TOTALLY DESTROYED THE POWER OF SIN AND SICKNESS IN OUR LIVES. IT’S NOT A MATTER OF US SAYING OH GOD, WOULD YOU HEAL ME. BY HIS STRIPES WE WERE HEALED, AND YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT. YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE YOURSELF WELL. IF YOU CAN’T SEE IT ON THE INSIDE, YOU WON’T SEE IT ON THE OUTSIDE. AND YET MOST PEOPLE SEE THEMSELVES THE WAY THAT THEY ARE, THE WAY THE DOCTOR SAYS, THE WAY THEY FEEL. THEY AREN’T SEEING THAT IT’S ALREADY
DONE. BUT THIS SAYS YOU’RE ALREADY BLESSED WITH ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS IN HEAVENLY PLACES IN CHRIST JESUS. IN THE NEXT VERSE, ACCORDING AS HE HATH CHOSEN US IN HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. THIS IS MIND-BLOWING, AND I DON’T CLAIM TO TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IT BUT I ACCEPT IT. THAT I WAS CHOSEN IN CHRIST BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. PEOPLE WILL SAY THINGS LIKE MAN, I FOUND GOD. THE TRUTH IS GOD WASN’T LOST. GOD FOUND US, GOD SOUGHT US OUT. DID YOU KNOW IF YOU’RE HERE TODAY, IT’S BECAUSE GOD HAS TOUCHED YOUR LIFE. GOD HAS
DONE THINGS. GOD HAS ALREADY GOT PLANS FOR YOUR LIFE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO SEEK GOD, YOU DON’T HAVE TO GET GOD TO MOVE, AND YET THE MAJORITY OF THE BODY OF CHRIST IS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING TO MOVE GOD. YOU’LL HEAR STATEMENTS LIKE FAITH MOVES GOD. I WANT YOU TO KNOW GOD’S NOT THE ONE THAT NEEDS TO MOVE. GOD’S ALREADY MOVED BY JESUS. AND HE’S PROVIDED EVERYTHING. HE CHOSE YOU BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. HE’S ALREADY GOT A PERFECT PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. GOD HAS ALREADY RELEASED HEALING. HE’S ALREADY RELEASED PROSPERITY. HE’S COMMANDED PROSPERITY
OVER EVERY ONE OF YOU. I DON’T CARE HOW POOR YOU ARE. I DON’T CARE HOW BAD YOUR LIFE IS. THAT IS NOT GOD’S WILL FOR YOU AND GOD HAS ALREADY COMMANDED PROSPERITY UPON YOU. HE’S ALREADY COMMANDED HEALING UPON YOU. ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS COOPERATE. YOU HAVE TO RESPOND TO WHAT GOD HAS DONE. ONE OF THE SCRIPTURE… I’M NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME TO GET OVER THERE BUT EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 8, BY GRACE ARE YOU SAVED THROUGH FAITH, AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES, IT IS A GIFT OF GOD. NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY
MAN SHOULD BOAST. GOD MOVES BY GRACE. GRACE IS SOMETHING THAT GOD DID THROUGH JESUS. IN JOHN, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 16, AND OF HIS FULNESS HAVE ALL WE RECEIVED, AND GRACE FOR GRACE. AND THERE’S ALSO A PASSAGE RIGHT THERE IN… IN JOHN, CHAPTER 1, THAT SAYS THAT JESUS WAS FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH. GOD’S GRACE WAS RELEASED INTO THIS WORLD THROUGH JESUS. GRACE IS WHAT GOD DOES FOR US INDEPENDENT OF US. IT’S NOT BASED ON YOUR GOODNESS. IF IT WAS BASED ON ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU, IT WOULDN’T BE GRACE. GRACE MEANS IT’S INDEPENDENT OF YOU.
GOD BY GRACE SENT JESUS. HE TOOK YOUR SICKNESS TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO. HE TOOK YOUR POVERTY TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO. SECOND CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 8, VERSE 9, YOU KNOW THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST THAT THOUGH HE WAS RICH, YET FOR YOUR SAKE HE BECAME POOR THAT YOU THROUGH HIS POVERTY MIGHT BE MADE RICH. THAT HAPPENED 2,000 YEARS AGO. EVERYTHING THAT GOD DID HE DID THROUGH JESUS TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO. THAT’S GRACE. BUT GRACE DOESN’T AUTOMATICALLY WORK BECAUSE IT SAYS OVER IN TITUS, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 11, THAT THE GRACE OF GOD THAT BRINGS SALVATION HAS
APPEARED UNTO ALL MEN, TEACHING US TO DENY UNGODLINESS AND WORLDLY LUSTS THAT WE SHOULD LIVE SOBERLY AND RIGHTEOUSLY IN THIS PRESENT WORLD. GOD’S GRACE HAS ALREADY APPEARED. IT CAME IN JESUS. BUT NOT EVERYBODY IS SAVED BECAUSE, AGAIN EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 8, SAYS YOU’RE SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH. GRACE IS GOD’S PART. AND BY GRACE GOD HAS ALREADY GIVEN YOU EVERYTHING THAT YOU’LL EVER NEED. IT’S ALREADY DONE. BUT FAITH APPROPRIATES WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY PROVIDED. IT DOESN’T MAKE GOD RESPOND TO YOU. SEE MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT I GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO GET GOD TO
HEAL ME. I’VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO GET GOD TO MOVE IN MY LIFE. BUT NO, FAITH ONLY APPROPRIATES WHAT GOD’S ALREADY GOT. YOU KNOW WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID MY FAMILY ALWAYS SAT ON THE SECOND PEW DOWN HERE ON THE FRONT. WE WERE LIKE A SKUNK. WE HAD OUR OWN PEW, AND THAT’S WHERE WE ALWAYS SAT. THAT WAS OUR SEAT, BUT I WAS IN A VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL, AND I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD. AND THIS GUY… YOU KNOW THEY MARCHED US IN ACCORDING TO OUR CLASSES AND THERE WAS 600 PEOPLE IN THE AUDITORIUM
AND… AND I WAS SITTING ON THE VERY BACK ROW. AND THIS GUY STOOD UP AND HELD UP A DOLLAR BILL. NOWADAYS MOST KIDS WOULDN’T EVEN BE MOVED BY A DOLLAR BILL BUT BACK THEN A DOLLAR BILL WAS A BIG DEAL. AND HE HELD THIS DOLLAR BILL UP LIKE THIS AND HE SAID, I’LL GIVE THIS DOLLAR BILL TO THE FIRST KID THAT COMES UP HERE AND TAKES IT. AND I MEAN INSTANTLY THERE WAS JUST 20 OR 30 KIDS AROUND HIM, AND THEY WERE ALL YELLING I WANT IT, I WANT IT. AND I THOUGHT, OF ALL THE
TIMES TO BE SITTING AT THE BACK OF THE CHURCH, WHAT A TERRIBLE TIME. AND THIS GUY JUST KEPT HIS ARM UP IN THE AIR AND HE KEPT SAYING, I’LL GIVE THIS DOLLAR BILL TO THE FIRST KID THAT COMES UP HERE AND TAKES IT. AND EVERYBODY WAS WONDERING, WHAT’S HE TALKING ABOUT? THEY ALL WANT IT. AND HE JUST KEPT REPEATING THIS, AND FINALLY, IT HIT MY LIGHTNING FAST MIND WHAT THAT GUY WAS TALKING ABOUT. AND I GOT OUT OF MY SEAT AND RAN DOWN THE AISLE, PUSHED THROUGH THOSE OTHER KIDS AND HE HAD HIS HAND UP
LIKE THIS AND I GRABBED HIS ARM AND CLIMBED UP HIS SIDE AND I GRABBED THAT DOLLAR BILL. AND HE SAID, NOW ALL OF YOU WANTED IT BUT THAT’S THE FIRST KID THAT CAME UP HERE AND TOOK IT. AND HE USED THAT TO ILLUSTRATE THAT GOD HAS PROVIDED, HE’S HOLDING IT OUT, BUT YOU’VE GOT TO TAKE IT. AND DID YOU KNOW THAT THE LORD USED THAT TO SPEAK TO ME ABOUT SALVATION. THAT’S THE SAME… JUST IN A FEW WEEKS IS WHEN I WENT OUT AND TOOK MY SALVATION AND GOT BORN AGAIN. BUT SEE THIS IS THE
WAY THAT EVERYTHING IS. NOT ONLY FORGIVENESS OF SINS, BUT HEALING, PROSPERITY, JOY. THE BIBLE SAYS IN GALATIANS 5:22, THAT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH, MEEKNESS, AND TEMPERANCE. YOU’VE ALREADY GOT ALL OF THAT STUFF, IT’S INSIDE OF YOU. YOU DON’T NEED TO PRAY FOR JOY, YOU’VE GOT JOY. YOU NEED TO RELEASE JOY. YOU’VE ALREADY GOT ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND WHAT I’M SAYING IS A MYSTERY TO MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU’RE CARNAL. YOU’RE LOOKING AT THINGS THROUGH THE NATURAL EYES AND IF YOU CAN’T SEE IT, TASTE IT, HEAR
IT, SMELL IT, OR FEEL IT, YOU DON’T BELIEVE IT EXISTS. BUT I’M TELLING YOU IN THE SPIRIT REALM OUT THERE AS WELL AS INSIDE OF YOU, YOU’VE GOT ALL OF THESE THINGS. THEY’RE ALREADY DONE. AND THIS IS WHAT HE WAS TELLING MOSES. HE SAYS, BEHOLD, I’VE ALREADY DEFEATED SIHON. IT’S A DONE DEAL. YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH, YOU KNOW WHY IT’S A GOOD FIGHT? BECAUSE JESUS HAS ALREADY WON. ALL YOU’VE GOT TO DO IS STAND UP AND JUST ENFORCE THE VICTORY THAT JESUS HAS DONE. BUT YOU’RE GUARANTEED TO WIN
IF YOU DON’T QUIT. IF YOU DON’T QUIT TRUSTING GOD, AND IF YOU DON’T GET TO WHERE YOU’RE OVERWHELMED BY WHAT YOU SEE AND FEEL, YOU’RE GUARANTEED TO WIN. BUT YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE THIS MINDSET THAT IT’S ALREADY DONE. AND HE JUST KEEPS SAYING THESE SAME THINGS OVER AND OVER HERE IN EPHESIANS, IN VERSE 5, HE SAYS HAVING PREDESTINATED US. THE TERMINOLOGY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. HE SAYS HE’S NOT GOING TO PREDESTINATE US, HE HAS PREDESTINATED US UNTO THE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN BY JESUS CHRIST TO HIMSELF, ACCORDING TO THE GOOD PLEASURE OF HIS WILL, TO THE PRAISE
OF THE GLORY OF HIS GRACE, WHEREIN HE HATH MADE US ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED. THE ONLY TIME THAT THAT GREEK WORD IS USED, THERE’S ONLY TWICE AND ONE IS RIGHT HERE AND THE OTHER ONE IS WHEN THE ANGEL SAID UNTO MARY, HAIL THOU THAT ARE HIGHLY FAVORED. SO THIS WORD ACCEPTED WAS ALSO TRANSLATED HIGHLY FAVORED. YOU WERE ALREADY ACCEPTED. YOU’RE ALREADY HIGHLY FAVORED. YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO THINGS TO GET GOD TO FAVOR YOU. HE LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER UNDERSTAND OR EXIST. IT’S JUST A MATTER OF YOU REACHING OUT AND TAKING IT.
IT’S A MATTER OF YOU GETTING TO WHERE YOU CAN SEE SOMETHING WITH YOUR HEART THAT YOU CAN’T SEE WITH YOUR EYES. EVERYTHING IN YOUR EXISTENCE MAY BE SAYING THAT YOU’RE A LOSER. THAT NOTHING WORKS. IF I WASH MY CAR I KNOW IT’S GOING TO RAIN. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? THAT’S A…THAT’S A… A INDICATION THAT YOU JUST BELIEVE NOTHING WORKS FOR YOU. AND MANY OF US THIS IS THE ATTITUDE THAT WE HAVE, BUT THE TRUTH IS YOU ARE ALREADY BLESSED. YOU’RE ALREADY HIGHLY FAVORED. IN VERSE 7, IT SAYS, IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION. IT’S NOT
SOMETHING THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT THINK WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN WHAT A DAY THAT’S GOING TO BE. MAN, PIE IN THE SKY, BY AND BY. BUT I CAN TELL YOU YOU COULD HAVE STEAK ON THE PLATE WHILE YOU WAIT. >> YOU KNOW WHAT? WHEN WE FIRST GOT ON FIRE FOR GOD, IT WAS LIKE WE GAVE TO EVERYTHING. AND WE ACTUALLY SET GOALS FOR OURSELVES TO GIVE IN EXCESS OF WHAT WE’VE DONE BEFORE AND THEN WE PRAY AND WE ASK GOD ON WHERE TO DIRECT IT OR WHAT HE WOULD
HAVE US GIVE. >> AND WE JUST KEPT GIVING AND GIVING. WE NEVER EVER QUESTIONED, YOU KNOW, SHOULDN’T WE GIVE? BECAUSE THE MORE WE GAVE, THE MORE GOD BLESSED US AND WE WERE THRILLED TO BE GIVERS. WE UNDERSTOOD EARLY ON THROUGH ANDREW’S TEACHING AND OTHERS THAT IT WAS GOD’S MONEY AND WHATEVER CAME YOUR WAY, THAT WE WERE JUST TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THAT MONEY SO WE ALWAYS LET THE MONEY JUST FLOW FROM US TO WHEREVER GOD DIRECTED I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW YOU CANNOT OUT GIVE GOD! >> FROM HIPPIES TO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OWNERS, CHECK OUT
RICK AND MITZI PUDLO’S FINANCIAL STORY. FIND OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THE WORLD CHANGERS AT ANDREW WOMMACK MINISTRIES AND CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE >> TODAY. I WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL OUR HERITAGE GIVING COMMUNITY, AND THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GIVE AN END-OF-LIFE GIFT TO THE MINISTRY. YOU KNOW, MANY OF YOU HAVE JUST BEEN GIVING AND GIVING, AND ONE OF THE WAYS TO GIVE IS IN YOUR WILL, TO PUT THE MINISTRY IN THERE AND TAKE YOUR ASSETS AT THE END OF YOUR LIFE AND USE IT TO PROMOTE THE GOSPEL.
AND SO, WE NOW HAVE THIS HERITAGE GIVING COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER, AND IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTACT US. WE’LL HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN, AND THIS IS JUST A WAY OF YOU TAKING THE BLESSING THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU AND PUTTING IT TO WORK EVEN AFTER IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO GO AND BE WITH THE LORD. YOU’LL BE BLESSED. >> THIS IS A GODLY NATION. IT WAS FOUNDED UPON GODLY PRINCIPLES, >> GOD IS CALLING US TO REBUILD HIS HOUSE SO THAT HE CAN
MANIFEST HIS GLORY IN THE MIDST OF A CORRUPT AND PAGAN WORLD. >> I WOULD ARGUE THAT AMERICA HAS BEEN MORE PROSPEROUS, MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN ANY OTHER NATION BECAUSE WE’VE DONE MORE IN READING AND APPLYING THE BIBLE. >> IT IS THE HISTORY FOR CHRISTIANS TO SPEAK OUT AND TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE >> IN THIS NATION. >> ON TODAY’S PROGRAM, YOU SAW A PORTION OF ANDREW’S TEACHING SEVEN STEPS TO VICTORY FROM THE 2023 ORLANDO GOSPEL TRUTH CONFERENCE. LEARN HOW TO STAND AGAINST THE ENEMY WHEN YOU GET ANDREW’S TEACHING SEVEN STEPS TO VICTORY TODAY. ANDREW IS OFFERING THIS
BOOKLET, AS HIS FREE GIFT TO YOU TODAY. THIS OFFER IS LIMITED TO ONE FREE BOOKLET PER HOUSEHOLD. AND IS AVAILABLE IN THE US, UK, CANADA, AND AUSTRALIA CONTACT US TODAY TO RECEIVE YOUR FREE BOOKLET. ANDREW’S COMPLETE TEACHING, SEVEN STEPS TO VICTORY, IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS A CD OR DVD ALBUM, AND AS A USB RECORDED LIVE AT A MINISTRY EVENT. EACH OF THESE RESOURCES IS AVAILABLE FOR A GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT WHEN YOU CONTACT US. THIS ENTIRE SERIES IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR AUDIO DOWNLOAD ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM OUR WEB SITE. AT AWMI.NET. WHILE THERE, YOU CAN DISCOVER
MORE PRODUCT DETAILS AND DOWNLOAD ADDITIONAL FREE RESOURCES. YOU CAN ALSO ORDER RESOURCES OR RECEIVE PRAYER BY CALLING OUR HELPLINE AT 719-635-1111. OUR HELPLINE IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK. TO WRITE US, USE THE ADDRESS >> ON YOUR SCREEN.
