 Ladies and gentlemen my brothers and sisters, so I got a word and it's gonna make some people upset But God put this in my heart this morning. I got a prophetic word for you guys today that I want to share with you I want to share with you guys one of the things that the Lord show me the Lord show me this way His name is in me not only like I said like in me Do you understand angels recognize who I am devils recognize who I am? Yeah, the voice of God I stand the waters fire the only ghost 85% Of Jesus's life. He was out of order, and I thank God that now I'm here who was the biggest Loser Satan no God this is what scripture meant by the great falling away We are told in the Bible that there's going to be a great falling away Jesus spoke about it Paul says it and his falling way is going to proceed before the coming of Christ The question is what exactly is the great falling away? But if we go to 1st Timothy chapter 4 it says but the spirit explicitly says that in the latter times Some will fall away from the faith paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons Now I want to focus on what the word says and what it doesn't say it comes from this Greek word that's listed here Apostles on tie, which is this falling way It's an intentional revolt or moving away from and I want you to notice what it's moving away from notice It's not moving away from a verb But a now not not moving away from having faith But moving away from the faith not a way not moving away from believing But moving away from the belief, which is what the tenets that we hold to what key essential Christian doctrine Is you're gonna find more and more people are moving away from that as a matter of fact You're not gonna find it You're already finding out you're seeing it more and more and we see it show up in a few areas in advance If this Paul gives us a warning and a combination to do something he says in 2nd of the chapter 4 He says that I'm charging you now obviously this speak to Timothy But this could also be applied to us to preach the word why he says be ready in season and out of season That's all the time because as he says people will not endure sound doctor They'll have itching ears and we see that now but notice what he tells us to do in verse 2 He says to reprove review Exort with great patience and instruction reprove that means we are going to have to necessarily tell people What's right and what's wrong? We are going to have to rebuke There are those that still won't listen and there requires a rebuking and we're going to have to exhort With all-long suffering in other words constantly. There's not a one-time deal We say it one time and move on we say it this time and let God have it No, that's not how this works. It's not that we pray for them and then keep moving We don't pray for the murderer to stop. We don't pray for the rapist to stop We don't pray for the the child abductor or anyone else to stop No, we actually take measures to stop it or at least to warn that's what we're supposed to do And as I said, it shows up in a few different areas Paul at his death bed stated that he has fought the good fight He's finished the course and he has kept the faith not the policy that he's kept believing But he's kept the faith What is this? Well, Paul rings up the fact that there's a person named Alexander who opposed their message and to be aware of We've got people out there that we ought to also be aware. There are people that are actually leading the charge For this great falling away falling away from not believing because if anyone is believing Then that person is going to continually believe because that's what the bible tells us But what are they going to fall away from from the very tenets of the faith the things that our faith are built on Is it dangerous to study too much theology in my opinion? Yeah said that the bible is the authority because the bible says the bible teaches the word of god because of that language Consequently most christians most thoughtful christians Believe what's in the bible. Are you ready for this? Because it's in the bible And you have to help them change that one of the first things that people are going to fall away from Or one of the first areas that we're going to see is this minimizing of the word The word is not as effective. It's not as useful as a matter of fact We don't think highly enough of it too much time in the word is a problem too much focus on the word too much adherence to the word Too much reliance to the word that is a problem that we've forgotten that god is still speaking And that everything heard by god cannot always be cross-reference in scripture I need to help somebody today There are some christians who say things like if it ain't in the book. It ain't real. What are you talking about? You mean to tell me you got the audacity to think that everything god wants you to know can only be found in the bible All of that runs counter to what the scripture says. As a matter of fact, paul tells us that all scriptures Have been inspired that it's been literally breathed out by the spirit of god Why because it's profitable for teaching for reproof for correction and for training in righteousness Why so that every man or woman of god may be adequate equipped for every good work? So when you see people telling others That it's not as important that we don't have to hide his word in our heart that we don't send against him When you see people minimizing that that is literally leading up to what jesus talking about what paul's talking about This great departure this Intentional withdrawing no one's forcing to do so but out of their own desire their own heart Their willingness to serve themselves and to move away from the things that god wants us to do They'll tell us that we don't have to follow the word There are other things that aren't in the word that we also ought to follow and who tells us that Who gives us the the cue the keys of what to follow since it's not in the word? Well, obviously them which leads to the next thing. This is where they are minimizing literally God in this case, they become the focal point. They have more power or god has less power That's right. Oh, that statement just stirred the devil up. That's right. That's right. I want to stir up your pastor I say you cannot credit the son of god for nothing He couldn't even make himself I've been preaching longer than jesus Jesus told his apostles Raider works in these Now in st. John chapter 14 and verse 12 Fairly, fairly, I say unto you A fool would say that blaspheme you can call it what you want Jesus blamed me said Fairly, fairly, I say unto you Truly truly I say to you He doesn't believe it's on me. He doesn't believe on me the works that I do the work that I do shall he do also He said I'm going to do also and greater work. Then he'll say I do greater work, which means more work That's right. I did more work than what he done Greater work because I did more work than the son of god They'll quote John 14 12 and they'll do so out of context to say that greater Works are greater things that we shall do than him. We won't do greater things There's nothing that we can do that is greater in terms of better He meant greater in terms of volume because as he says he goes to the father and the holy spirit is now in us And so rather than being relegated to one central location as jesus was In his earthly ministry Now all of us who are in him have the spirit and we're not just in one location. We're all over Doing the same work. We can't walk on water. We can't turn water to wine We don't raise the dead especially on the fourth day We don't do any of these things and we certainly can't die for someone sin or forgive someone of sin That's what he can do. Nothing that we can do Amount to what he has done and be better And so it's a need a desire for people to be better than what they think they are Their insecurities come out because they want to tell you how great they are and they want you to see how great they are For our warfare is not with flesh Another area where we see people falling away is where we see people minimizing holiness Meaning we're seeing more and more people Not separating or having a separate view of themselves versus the world. They want to be like the world But james tells us that being friends with the world is With god he calls people like that Adulters but we see people want to be as cool as they can use the same lingo act the same way To be important and other people's eyes were to be relevant to have their star shining bright So I said we're gonna go to the edge on this and they said pasta. How far on the edge are we gonna go? I said we're gonna do everything short of sin Oh y'all I felt the religious people they booty's got tight right there Which is why you go to a church nowadays and it doesn't seem like a church It seems more like a club more like a concert more like a social gathering than anything else And god is not reverenced We don't make it rain on booty cheeks We don't make it rain on strippers In Leviticus, Nate Abinabee who approached god with this strange fire We're not totally sure what it is But god is told or god tells most is to tell erin their father The reason why he says that those who approached me I will be regarded as holy We don't do that now the problem is because people aren't burned immediately We don't understand what's happening or that we don't think or remember that god is still Going to deal with that Because we have made christ because we have made the church because we've made the work because we have made our entire Faith just something that we can just enjoy casually. It could be something entertaining We have missed the severity of our sin We have missed the gravity of who god is and so we treat him like we treat everything else I would explain god as the creator a heavenly father of someone that wants to be in relationship with you Just um as somebody that's for you as a friend because we're so concerned about ourselves One of the other areas that we've seen this falling away occur in and even more so is this minimization of sin Most people already know what they're doing wrong and for me to get in here and just beat them down and talk down to them I just don't think that inspires anybody to rise higher. Is that being a pastor? Is that being dr. Phil or opa if someone does something wrong says something wrong We're told leave them alone as a matter of fact one of the famous words that are that are spoken by Heretics and false teachers alike is touch not the law is anointed leave them alone Do not judge why because they don't want anyone shining a light on that matter of fact We don't have to shine a light on people sin today. We don't have to shine a light on people's bad doctor It's bright it shows itself And so we don't have to do that, but they want us to look the other way However, john tells us in first john 3 9 that the person that is practicing sin The one that has this desire to do sin He he cannot do that. He's not god if he does that that means he's not god god see does not abide in that Now I understand there are those that will struggle But those that struggle with it their desire is different their desire as paul says in roman 7 Is not to struggle with the sin their desire is not to Be the sinful christian to be the homosexual christian to be the lgbtq christian To be the this christian or that christian to be the lustful christian to be the lying christian No, their desire is to be the christian who does not struggle with that But we've decided that sin is not that important or certain things that are happening socially God is not as concerned about it as we are or He's not that bothered by it. I'm not one of those that are out there to Bash homosexuals and tell them that they're terrible people and all that. I mean, there are other sins in the bible too I think sometimes the church and I don't mean this critically But we focus on one issue or two issues and there's plenty of other ones So the lgbt community and the black church can coexist. Absolutely How should the black church and lgbt community exist? I think it's going to be diverse from church to church Every church has a different opinion on the issue and every gay person is different And I think that to to speak the church the black church or white church or any kind of church You want to call it or all the same is totally totally not true and all gay people are not the same The types of relationships that are forwarded are based on the types of people in each individual case And lgbt's of wipes and sorts have to find a household of worship that reflects What your views are and what you believe like anybody else But thankfully we do have some past or some preachers that know better. It's a non-negotiable God is spoken on this issue and he hasn't stuttered You know that two answers every question god dance and everybody else is and everybody else is wrong when they disagree with him Because there's so much sin because there's so much bad doctrine because there's so much willingness to appease yourself And looking for an answer rather than going to the scriptures We'll come up with some sort of doctrine that tells people that it's not them It's something else and what that is is it's a minimizing of the power of the holy spirit to say that a person can be a believer And still have certain issues that are happening in them and call them demons If a person were to say that you can have the spirit of a living god in you And still have a demon in control of you that is a minimization of the power of the holy spirit We're told by jesus that if you have the son, he has come to make you free and to be free indeed He tells us in luke 4 that that is his ministry to set the captors free He's been anointed to do just that and then for someone to come back and say that no, you're not you're not set free not just yet You're gonna need me to touch you to wave my hand say some words and then you'll be free And oh by the way, if you're not totally free. Well, it's not us. It's still you I've heard people say, oh, I've went to an isaias out of our event and I got partially delivered And I've been like rebuking people saying yeah, that's not isaias fault. You partially repented So you it was a partial repentance. It is a partial breakthrough I have all power to cast out any demon. It's not the power of christ isn't limited through me It's uh, your repentance was limited. You know, you haven't totally submitted you haven't totally Repented it's still you which begs the question. What do we need you for? But you've got people that will tell you that you need them and not the word Not the spirit of the living god living in you. That's not enough. You are not free until I speak some words over you Lever in jesus name Be free and never return inside of him In the name of jesus Is your brother? Yes He is free forever It is a popular notion now where you see more and more people claiming To have some sort of demon in them or controlling or moving them But the bible is clear greater is he that's in you than he is in the world And so if something's in you that's controlling you that's demonic That simply means that there cannot be the holy spirit in you because if that were the case Then it would not be greater is he that's the spirit in you Than he that's in the world because that would mean that some demonic spirit satanic spirit has literally Done what jesus says that goes and bind the strongman in this case the holy spirit taken over and now is in charge That means a person either was not a believer or they don't have a demon Both of those can't be true meaning that a christian can also have a demon Ultimately where this comes from this great falling away and notice again, we're not talking about falling away from having faith We're not talking about falling away from believing We're talking about falling away from the belief falling away from the faith the core tenant Because one of the other things that we're seeing now in this falling away Is a minimization of jesus what he's done in his power on the cross The bible tells us that he canceled the debt and nailed it to the cross according to colossians 2 14 And so when someone comes and tells you that you still have a debt owed That is Counter to what jesus says. Does that mean that the person is unsafe? No, because there can be a misunderstanding or difference in and understanding when it comes to salvation As long as the person has placed their faith in christ They are saved the problem is when people come back and tell you that you placed your faith in christ But it was only good for monday now it's wednesday now We've got to do it again now you've got to rededicate yourself The lord has left you or the spirit has left you or you left him But the bible is clear in jeremiah 32 That he will not turn away from us And we will not turn away from him those who have the spirit And so if he won't turn away and we won't turn away from him How then then do we leave it? Is that because we can now be taken away by the devil by some other demonic force Well, jesus says no nothing can snatch you out of his hand But still we have a minimization of the power of the cross and what christ has done But jesus could not release it because it was trapped in their unbelief And there's one thing that even jesus can't do one thing that even the son of god can't do Even jesus cannot override your unbelief jude four says now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of his glory Blameless with gray joy. He's able to keep you. He's able to make you stand But he won't it's almost as though this passage that jude is saying that he's just teasing you I can do it, but I won't well We know better than that which is why jesus said earlier We should earnestly contend for the faith wife because certain people have crept in Someone notice some in plain sight some in full view But because people have as paul says these itching ears They want people to whisper or to say aloud to them what they want to hear Tell them that they're going to be great. Tell them that they're going to be rewarded Tell them that this is their best day. Tell them that they can decree and declare Tell them that they can say that themselves that they are god or they're just like god or they are little gods Don't you understand? That's what he's saying about us now Like right now you're looking at a person who is not just a person Somehow god is in me and there's a sense in which I am like god and man all You are not the identity of who your parents created you to be because god says that you have the dna of abba Yes, you see it. It's the divine nature of abba the dna Tell them though that the lord did not meet his full potential You can Jesus never reached his potential Now I know this is messed with a lot of people theola tell them that though the lord did not meet his full potential You can meet your full potential. Tell them that you can be your best self You can be whatever you want to be even if the bible is clear about being a preacher But you're a woman and you want to be one doesn't really matter Why because the word is not as important or we have simply misunderstood it Just like satan tries to get ebbed to believe In the garden that whatever god said no you have simply misunderstood his word Ladies and gentlemen, I submit to you that we don't have to look forward to the great falling away Because what we're seeing now is literally either the beginning stages or the early stages Maybe the middle stages it's going to get worse This great falling away these people moving away from the tenets of the faith It's going to happen more and more and more you name it You pick the doctrine paul says to teach what a course would sound doctrine You pick whatever sound doctrine that we have whatever it is you name it Doctrine a doctrine b doctrine c doctrine d whatever it is if it's sound Then you pick the unsound doctrine the sound doctrine is going to go down this way and the unsound doctrine is going to increase This is the way it's going to go Twist it around and get it to say what you want to you make bible say a thing you wanted to Think about what's happened with the identity of god the trinity Is jesus god more and more people are going to say no he's not Used to be that was just a jojoba witness thing it used to be that it was something that muslim would say But no now we've got people that confess or profess to be christians And we'll also disagree with that You know jesus is a thought and obviously people or jesus was a thought in gods My obviously people don't know their bible so the bible says what the word was wrapped in flesh In the beginning was the word right And the word was with god. Well, how was that word with god? It says it was a word A word comes from a thought what was held as essential And core to the christian belief for hundreds of years even almost two thousand years Now there are those that are saying that's not the case. That's not true anymore As though we've been waiting for them to show up and tell us what the truth is Reject those people these people are after a couple of things one their own star their own fame Money to do just what their god tried to do to be the god of this world Even so to get jesus to bow down to them They want you to bow down to them not necessarily physically But in a sense to where you show them honor where you have your allegiance geared to them Where you even give them money where you promote them and you want to be just like them These are people as paul says they see godliness as a means for gain instead of seeing godliness as the game Reject that person away from that person have nothing to do with them But also if you see it call it out. Why because Why because it's this gospel that we place our faith in It's that is how we are saved We're not saved by any other thing other than what christ did on the cross and faith in that alone