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Jesus' Job Description | Craig Field | Campmeeting 2025 | Wednesday AM
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Hi, I'm Nancy Dufresne. Welcome to our podcast channel. We know you'll be blessed by today's message. I had a sermon that I've been polishing for a while, and it's a good one. Boy. Preached it to myself in the mirror. I gave myself an offering. It was so good. Took it out of my wife's piggy bank. But still. And then when Pastor asked me last night, late last night, I might add, I'm not a whiner, but I went to the room. I went to the room full of joy because I had my sermon. Pastor, I'm ready. Because I had my sermon. I'm ready. I'm full of joy. As soon as I got to the room, the Lord said, that's not the right one. I said, I've been polishing this. And then I had a backup. Always have a backup. And so I got that one out. And he said, not that one either. And I said, I don't know what you're talking about. I can't stay up all night. I don't know what. I don't know. Yes, I could, but I never napped. Yesterday, I never napped. My son's birthday, I had to take him out swimming. So I thought, lord, I don't know what. And I just asked him, I said, father, if you. You don't want these. This main one and the backup, what is it? And I heard him speak so clearly. And he said, my job description. Jesus. Job description. So I've never preached on that to a normal group of people. When I say normal, I mean a regular group of people, because I taught on it in my own Bible school three years ago. And in a Bible school, it's a totally different setting. You got three hours to do that. I can take my time. There's, you know, it's very relaxed, it's very low key. And it just. It comes out differently when you're in a Bible school setting. I've never preached this other than a Bible school setting, and that was only once, three years ago. And I said, lord, are you? And he said, that's what I want. That's what I want. As you talk about my job description. And I think it would help us, pastors and ministers in general, if instead of focusing on all of our preparation, if we'd hear what the spirit of God is saying. Cause I think. Because some time ago, he said to me, he said, you're good at writing sermons and you're good at delivering those sermons, but if it's not what My spirit is saying at that moment, your church, he was talking to me as a pastor, your church won't be helped the way they could be helped because then it's just a great message and there's elements of truth and revelation and all that, and there'll even be an anointing on it. But if it's not what God picked for that at that moment, the people won't receive the same help. That's why being led by the spirit of knowing, like pastor always says, knowing to hear, hearing is everything. Hearing even what you're preaching as well as what you're believing for. So with fear and trembling, especially after the General of God last night and yesterday morning, the General of God, Pastor Nancy I'm just going to do my best this morning because I've never preached this. So I'm asking for your mercy. But I believe the Holy Ghost will help. Can you turn with me to the book of Acts? Chap. Acts, chapter 10, verse 38. Just give me a while. The chainsaw is just being lubricated right now, but just give me a little bit and then it will start. All right, I'm just trying to get into it. What did I say? Acts, chapter 10. Now, you know this scripture. This is a famous verse of Scripture and most of us have memorized this. Acts, chapter 10, verse 38. But I'd like you to start with verse 37 with me first. And it says that word which I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judea and began from Galilee after the baptism with which John preached. How God anointed. What word? This word is verse. The ver. The word referred to in verse 37 is verse 38. How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed of the devil, for God was with him. And this is a summary of Jesus Job description. Now, this was not written at the time that Jesus lived. This was written by Luke many years later. But it's a summary how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth. And he anointed him with two things, the Holy Ghost and power, who went about doing good and healing, which means sickness is bad because he did good and he healed, and sickness is an oppression. All that were oppressed of the devil, for God was with him. This word was published throughout all Judea, but began in Galilee. Well, Jesus started his ministry in Galilee. Do you remember the Bible says that after he had come out of the wilderness, Luke 4:14, he returned in the power of the Spirit and started preaching in their synagogues. Verse 15 of Luke 4 in Galilee. So we know that this started in Galilee and we know that this was preached to Cornelius, the first Gentiles that would be born again much later. Peter is preaching this. This is part of his Serm Cornelius later. But the summary statement I want you to notice the first thing is that it says he was anointed and then it talked about him healing. And really everything about Jesus Job description primarily is you need the anointing first, but it's about healing. So would you turn to Luke 4, that summary statement? Most of us have memorized that. But it's important that we understand what Jesus was doing in the book of Luke, Luke, chapter four. Now going to give us a little bit of a breakdown, a little bit more details, right? And it says, let's start at verse 14. And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee. And there went a fame of him throughout all the region round about. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as his custom was. So if the word of God had a habit of going to church, I don't think anybody has an excuse. And he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood up for to read that would imply that was his ministry of helps. He had something that he was regularly doing because they didn't seem surprised that he stood up and there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. When he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written. Now this is the Job description. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. He's quoting Isaiah because he's anointed me. Remember Acts 10:38, how God anointed him? He's anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. And he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted. Number two. And to preach deliverance to the captives. Number three, recovery of sight to the blind for and to set at liberty them that are bruised. And to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, gave it back to the minister, sat down, and the eyes of all of them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. Now we're going to pick that up in a minute, but I just. I'd like without making it too. I don't want to make it boring or anything, but I just want to give some breakdown here. Can I read you as well? Isaiah, chapter 61. Because this is what he's quoting. I'm just going to Read that scripture. And then I'm going to cross reference a little bit, if that's okay. Because I think this is important to study this. If we really want to know his job description, we got to know what's being said. And do you know, the wording in Isaiah is not exactly the same wording as Luke. It is a little bit different, but Isaiah, chapter 61, verse 1 and 2. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them that are bound to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God. And to comfort all those that mourn, Jesus is quoting Isaiah 61:1 2 in Luke, chapter 4, verse 18. And I want you to notice that I'm going to do some cross reference just to start. Okay. So we can see the differences. Both ones say, the Lord has anointed me. Now that anointing is what makes all the difference. So the job description of Jesus, number one and first and foremost, was that he was under the anointing. It seems to me, I'm not trying to be mean, but it seems to me that a lot of people today thank God not in our company, but there's a lot of people today that have replaced the anointing with other things because they want a big crowd and they want this and they want everybody to like them and they don't want to go against the grain and. And they've substituted the anointing for a lot of different things. A lot of it is charisma, and they trust their oration abilities or whatever. But the job description, and remember Jesus, job description is our job description. Whether we're a minister or whether we're a congregation member. This is our job. I had something else to preach, but I heard him say my job description. Talk about my job description, what I did, what I expect you to do, what I. What I expect the people to do. Because this is where the power is, number one. It's the anointing. Now we know that Isaiah 10:27, the yoke shall be destroyed because of that anointing. Did you know in Ezekiel 28:14 that Lucifer was called this before he became Satan? He was called the anointed cherub that covereth. And there's a whole teaching that we don't have time to get into right now, but really he was. Many believe he was over because cherubim were connected to worship. He was involved with worship. He had musical instruments built into him, the workmanship of thy tablets and thy pipes. I mean, there was a lot. There's a lot of descriptive words there in Ezekiel 28. But he was anointed. The devil understands the anointing. Can I just be real bold with you for a second? He understands the anointing upon because we have the anointing within. As an angel. They can't have an anointing within. But he had the anointing upon him as an angel, as one of the highest class of beings that has ever been created. He understands the anointing upon. Now we've got the anointing within for daily living and for being led. But the anointing upon is for acts of service. It's to preach the gospel. It's to do the job description. That's why Jesus said, the spirit of the Lord is upon me because he's anointed me. And the devil understands the anointing, and in many ways better than most preachers do, because he held a high office in heaven and he had that anointing. And we don't know for how long he was anointed, but it was a long period. The Bible doesn't specify. But he. For many, many, many millennia, we don't know how long. The Bible doesn't say. But he held that position. He understands the anointing. He hates the anointing. He will try his best to rob you of the anointing, which is why you have to protect the anointing, because the anointing is having nuclear power of the job description. That's why it's mentioned. First, let me tell you what Oral Roberts said. You've heard this, but I'll say it anyway. The anointing is a time when God separates you from yourself and fills you with his glory so that you may speak. So that when you speak, it's like God speaking, and when you act, it's like God acting. Oral Roberts knew something about the anointing. The anointing is a time when God separates you from yourself and fills you with his glory. So that when you speak, it's like God speaking, and when you act, it's like God acting. The spirit of the Lord is upon me because he's anointed me too. Both in Isaiah and Luke say the same thing. You know the word anointed in both scriptures, Greek and Hebrew. It means to rub with oil. It's rubbing us with oil. It also means to Set apart to consecrate, to make holy. That means when the anointing is on you, you're actually like set apart as a holy vessel to be used of God. In the Hebrew, it means to paint that God paints a little part of himself on you. When you're anointing. When you're anointed to preach the gospel and do your job description, that's why you're separated from yourself, because it's not really you. God is using you. But that factor that you can't quite put your finger on that makes all the difference is not how well you speak or your charismatic ability. You're separated from you, and God has painted part of himself on you. Hebrew is to paint, but the Greek in the New Testament, in Luke, it means to furnish what is needed. It's the idea of a channel, of something going through. Do you know one of the Greek pictures of the word anointing is a storm of pouring rain where you feel that power come down on you. You know it's not you. It's a holy thing that separates you. It's a channel that flows through you. It's a power that rests upon you. And this is what the devil hates, because that makes all the difference. Now he says he's anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek. That's Isaiah. And Luke says to preach the gospel to the poor. Now, I thought for years it meant poor in spirit. People that need to hear about Jesus, and it doesn't. It's got nothing to do with spiritual. This statement, poor here, the literal word in the Hebrew is depressed and needy. In the Greek, that's meek. The word poor in the Greek means a beggar, absolute dependent on public assistance and exclusively reliant on alms. This is not talking about poor in spirit, although we could apply it that way. But the actual word is talking about people that are financially destitute. Isn't that amazing? To me, the one message attacked more than anything is the prosperity message. And the first job description. Jesus says, talk about money, talk about money. Because those that don't got it, the only solution to them is you've got to be under the anointing and you've got to what? Preach the gospel. What did we learn from Brother Keith? The gospel is the truth. The reason they're poor is because they believed a lie. But the gospel truth under the anointing, when you talk about their finances. So we never, ever have to shy away from the subject of money or prosperity, because the very first Thing on the list under the anointing. What we're supposed to proclaim, preach with boldness is let's get into your wallet, let's talk about your supply. Don't ever shy away from that because we are anointed. The number one job description is to deal with finances because people are suffering and they don't have enough. And it's the truth of the gospel. Remember, you've got to preach the gospel to the poor. It's the truth of the word that is going to change their physical poverty, their financial lack into increase. But I like what Isaiah says because he says it a little differently. He says to preach same word, good tidings to the meek or to the needy or to the destitute. Good tidings. Good tidings. So what are we saying? We're giving them the truth of the gospel, but we're also saying something good is going to happen to you. We have a good message. You're poor. You're going to lose your house. You can't make your bills. But I got a good message for you. I got to talk about your money. Because Jesus told me, I'm anointed to deal with your money. So you got to listen to me. And the truth of the gospel will get you out of this poverty. But I've got a good news. I love that. Something we got to tell the poor. Something you got to get them to say, like what he taught us, something good is going to happen to me today. Something good is about to happen because the blessing is on me. The favor surrounds me, God loves me, and something good. See, what we're doing is we're preaching the goodness to the poor because there's a lot of pressure. I'm telling you, even I talk about tithing. There's so much against it. There's so much nonsense. And the Lord told me, you preach it stronger than ever before. This is a demonic power. There's a demonic force that is against the message about money. But if you notice, you use it every day. You need it every day. It's a tool. We don't covet it. But without it, we can't fulfill the plan. So we are anointed to talk about it. Then he says, I'm just trying to go fast here. He said, he's anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. And now Isaiah says, he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted. Luke says, he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted. Bind up, heal, same thing. Brokenhearted. What is brokenhearted? I'm talking about your job description. Your job description. You can talk to friends, you can talk to loved ones, but you have to talk to them about their money. Whether you like it or not, you're anointed to deal with finances. It's part of the job description. God wants them prospered. They can't get prospered if they believe a lie. Now, we know many people believe lies and prosper by their own hard work, but I'm talking about the blessing of Abraham making us prospered. It's going to take a renewal, renewed mind and right thinking with the word of truth, not lies. Now he says brokenhearted. Brokenhearted means in the Hebrew. It means to burst, be broken, crushed, or hurt. In the New Testament, that same word, brokenhearted, it means to repeatedly make a rut or a worn path. It means to gnaw. It basically means somebody that is so tired, they are worn out, they are overwhelmed. The devil has worn a rut, a track, annoying in their life. And this relates to the soul. I'm not saying demons can't exist in this category, but if you really study it, there's no reference anywhere in the original language or in English that refers to demons, although we know demons can certainly exasperate things. But this is a. The first is a financial area. The second is a soulish area. There are people that are just broken, that are wounded, that are exhausted, that are worn out. Their mind is tired, their bodies are tired, but it's because of their thinking. They are just. They're trying every day. They're trying to make ends meet. They're just barely making it. And we are told that we have the anointing to bring healing to these people. How do you primarily do that? Get them to think differently? If you can teach them how to think, you can heal that broken heart. But this is an emotional area. Are you still with me? Now it says the next phrase is to proclaim. Isaiah says liberty to the captives. Luke says to preach deliverance to the captives. Now, this is an interesting study because the word captive. Let me just jump to the next phrase and skip the sight part about the blind. Just go. He's proclaimed liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. That's one thought. Okay. And then of course, in the New Testament, it says to preach deliverance to the captives and to set at liberty them that are bruised. Little bit of different wording, but they basically mean the same thing. But interestingly, if you study what captive means, both of these categories are talking about demonic power. Okay, Both of them are talking specifically about people in bondage to the devil. But the word captive is a much stronger original word. And in the Hebrew, it means to literally be carried away, driven away, completely gone. In other words, they're not just here, they're gone. It literally means to be in the Greek language. In the New Testament, it means at spear point. It means a prisoner of war and a captive taken away. And the Greek picture is you weigh anchor and you sail away. These people are. These are serious cases of demonic oppression and. Or possession. Like the man in the Gadarenes, the ship's gone. He's not even in his right mind. And there's a lot of people like that today. Whether you realize it or not, they're not even in their right minds. The devil has so controlled them, and they've given place for so long, he has almost overtaken them. And in some cases, he has this word captive here, this phrase is talking about heavy cases where the anointing is going to what? We are going to deliver them and set these captives at liberty. But I want you to notice that this phrase is very interesting. To proclaim and to preach. It actually didn't say, although you could, but it didn't say that you have to lay hands or that you have to fight the devil or that you have to do all these things. It just says you have to say proclaim or preach. Proclaim is a much stronger word than preach. That word, proclaim in the original language in the Old Testament, it means to aggressively accost a person. It means to call them out by name and encounter them in a hostile manner. What it's saying is you are saying, in other words, you don't play games with the devil. These are captives. These are captives. And you have to. You have to name that and you have to specify that. And there is an aggression, because that anointing, when you're dealing with the devil, you're not Mamby pamby, there's an aggression, and you're not engaging the devil. You are declaring with aggression. I say you're free. And a lot of people have messed this up with this trying to get. It's a proclamation, it's not a fight. Now, the New Testament, Jesus, his job description, it says to preach. And that word means to herald. It means to publish. It means to proclaim. Now we see this, we won't turn for the sake of time. But Luke 13, if you want to reference it later, Luke 13, verse 10 to 17, is this woman that has 18 years. Spirit of infirmity. She's bowed over. And what does Jesus say? Woman, just call me Bishop T.D. jakes. Woman, thou art loosed from thy infirmity. Right. He has conferences called. Woman, thou art loose. But listen, there is a. There's a. This is what exactly what Jesus was saying when he said, I am to preach or proclaim liberty, deliverance to those that are. That are completely. They're under the devil's grip. And he. What did he say? He said, I say you're free. Other times he laid hands on people. Other times he told that devil, come out. There's different ways. We don't have to get legalistic. But I'm saying the job description is to proclaim. Jesus said to the woman, I'm proclaiming to you. I say, you are not. You will be. You are loosed from that because the anointing is present on you when you say it and when you say it under the anointing and you declare that they are already free, that anointing goes in to establish that freedom. And that thing leaves them. But it comes the way this is written in the job description is from such a place of dominion. There's no struggle, there's no fight. There's no. Let's see what we. How we're going to handle this. It is under the anointing, a declaration of power and of aggression. And you are saying, I say you're free. Whether you feel it or not. The anointing on me is going right now through my words, and it's making you free. That's my job description. That's your job description. Hallelujah. Praise God. Now, notice that it says here in Luke, it says, to preach deliverance to the captives and to set at liberty them that are bruised. Now, do you know that both words deliverance and liberty are the exact same original word? You can use them interchangeably because the Greek word is the same. But do you know what it includes? It doesn't just mean liberty. It doesn't just mean deliverance. It doesn't just mean freedom. It actually includes the idea of forgiveness and pardon. So when you are setting people free, you've got to. Part of the instruction is you've got to let them know Jesus, half the reason this thing came in is because of your sin and your wrong thinking about who you are. Jesus has set you free, but he hasn't just set you free from this. He has made you righteous. He has pardoned you. He has forgiven you. And now you're going free knowing that you're clean and that you're right and that your mind about yourself, your thinking about yourself is right. Because half the reason they're in that mess is because of their sin, but also the way they think has opened that door. So it's not just saying you're free. It's also, it's the idea of righteousness is connected to the original word. It's to say they're free, but it's also to show them who they are. Christ. And remember, we got to get him saved. It's not a matter of just casting out devils or declaring people are free. Because Jesus said that things are going to come back and if it finds the house empty and if there's no word. So I'm not saying that we shouldn't minister, we should just be led by the Spirit who we minister to. But we should make sure that their hearts want to follow after God before we're too quick to set the captives free. Because just the concept of setting them free includes the idea of righteousness and forgiveness, which would imply that they are now right with God, which would mean that they barricade their life so that when that thing comes back, it cannot enter them again. Dr. Sumrall, when he cast the devil out of Clarita in the Bilibid prison in Philippines, she got born again, that Gadarene man. When Jesus cast the devils out of him, that man got saved, wanted to be with Jesus. Jesus said, no, go now and preach. We can't just be so quick to just do things because we've got anointing. We've got to understand the long game here, that the devil has a strategy to take that person back. So we're not just setting them free, we're making sure that they are saved and righteous. Sometimes that comes after they get free, but in the same moment they're supposed to come into pardon. In other words, deliverance from demons includes. I'm trying to say it the right way. It includes getting them understanding their righteousness because they have to understand who they are in Christ or it will come back. And the Bible says the state of that person is worse. So you just arbitrarily set people free. You're doing them a disservice. Let their hearts get right and then set him free. Because deliverance includes righteousness. That's what I'm trying to get at here. Are you okay? And of course, opening the prison to them that are bound or sitting at liberty, them that are bruised. This refers to if you do an in depth study which I won't take your time with all the in depth words, but if you look at this, this statement here about bound and bruised, it's more referring to. It's still demonic, but it's on a lighter level. It's people that are more oppressed, but it's not like a captive. That captive word is a serious word. This is still showing that people are oppressed, but it's not on the same level as that word captive. Because there's a variety of levels. When we're dealing with devils, not everybody is gone. In fact, more people are not gone, so to speak, but they're just under an oppression. They're under a bondage. It means this phrase here, it's talking about them being yoked. It means to be in bonds, to be oppressed, to be crushed, to be broken. And there is part of our job description is to set at liberty these people that are under oppression. We are to set free the captive that are completely overwhelmed. But we are also to set free those that are slightly overwhelmed. You know, see that word where it says to set at liberty? The word set is the word apostle, which is an interesting word. Why? It's apostolos in the. In the original. Why? Because apostles are sent ones. Do you know what this is actually saying? Set at liberty in the Greek is to send in liberty. The word at is actually the word in. So what God is saying, I've anointed you to set these people that are totally overwhelmed, totally free. But you do it by saying it and you make sure they understand righteousness or they're going to be worse. Now he's saying there's a whole bunch of other people that are not as serious, but they also need freedom. What I want you to do is speak, set them free. But what you're actually doing is you're sending them in liberty. It means to send out in liberty, to send them out free. They're supposed to join our church in bondage and they're supposed to be sent home free. And that don't come because you preach Reader's Digest or your opinions. That comes because you do the job description under a holy anointing that separates you from yourself. And like a mighty rushing pouring rain comes down upon you. And you know it's not you and you know it's God. And you begin to deal with these areas with preaching. Notice it's always words. Preach the gospel, proclaim it's always words. Deal with the ones that are really bound, deal with the ones that are not so bound, but all of them need to be free, and they all need to be sent out in their freedom. Just like Jesus sent the Gadarene man out his freedom and he went and got other people free. Hallelujah. To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. This means the delightful, good, pleasured year of the Lord. In the Greek, it means the advantageous year of the Lord. Remember, Jesus said, I gotta go. If I don't, I can't send the comforter. He'll give you an advantage. It's advantageous for me to go when the anointing comes. It's advantageous. Well, when we're preaching under this job description, there's an advantage that is given to these people because they were bound, they were poor, they were emotionally heartbroken. They were all these things. But now they're free. Notice there's another phrase here. It says, and recovery of sight to the blind. This is. All of these previous ones are categories. This one is specific about blind. It does refer to the category of physical healing. Yes, but there's a specificity about blindness. Why in all the other four was nothing specified. But in this one on the physical healing category, blindness was specifically referred to. Do you know why? Because the Jews back then believed that one of the main signs of the Messiah is that he would have the power to open physically blinded eyes. So Jesus knew that. And so when he's preaching and he's telling the categories of what he's anointed to do, he's including physical healing in these categories. But now he specifies it's not limited to blindness, it's any physical healing. But he's basically giving them a little bit of a hint here. He's saying, and by the way, I've come to heal the sick, but actually specifically to open blind eyes. Now, do you understand that when he said that, we wouldn't necessarily think anything of it, but those people would understand what that meant. And then he hands it back to that attendant and the Bible says he sits down. Well, what it doesn't say in the Bible, but if you study that time of history and how the Jews lived back then, there was always an empty seat called the Messiah seat in the synagogue. Nobody was allowed to sit in there. The Bible doesn't specify. But most scholars agree that when he said, because it's specified, he sat down, if he was just sitting down anyway, it wouldn't specify it. For them to take the time, for Luke to take the time and record he sat down, that means it was an event, a momentous moment. It was an Event that he sat down. Because otherwise, if he just sit in his regular seat, it wouldn't matter. It would be a waste of a sentence. But they specified he sat down. That implies. It implies strong implication that Jesus had just said, I'm anointed to do these five categories. And by the way, on the healing category, I'm going to open blind eyes, which is me saying to you, I'm the Messiah. And then he sits down in the Messiah seat. And that's why. That's why they're looking at him. That's why they're. Whoa, whoa. Nobody ever has ever said that before. So what are the. Before I go, what are the five categories? What are our job description? Number one, we need the anointing, and it's not for sale. And your lifestyle can cause it to increase or decrease. But we're anointed to preach and proclaim. The anointing is on our words, ministers, and as Christians, to do five things, Help people's money. I just love the fact that the first thing on God's heart was their finances. Set them free when they're bound in poverty. That's why there's such a fight against it. That's why there's such a fight against it. Because the devil hates people being blessed. And it was on his number one list of job description. I'm anointed to proclaim and preach what? Number one, help people financially. Number two, heal the brokenhearted. That's emotional. Number three, to proclaim this liberty to those totally captivated and demons taken over. And we are anointed to do that. But we got to get them into righteousness. Number four, those that are oppressed. Not quite the same intensity as the fourth category, but still, there's a lot of people and we are to send them out free because of what we're preaching to them, because of that anointing that will destroy that yoke. And number five is physical healing of all types. Jesus just specified blindness because he's giving them a covert statement. Through that statement, he's saying, I'm the Messiah. Five categories. Five categories. I just love it. I'm trying to picture. I'm trying to picture Jesus. You know, I had the privilege last year of going to Nazareth, preached at an Arabic church who hated Jews. Hated them. And somebody, an Arab, witnessed to him about Jesus and he got born again. And he said, pastor Craig, the same day I got born again, I've been raised from birth to hate the Jews. He said, but the moment Jesus came into my heart, didn't take 24 hours, he said. Within minutes of Jesus coming into his heart, he said, an overwhelming love for the Jewish people filled my heart. And he is an advocate all over Israel to mediate between the Arabs and the Palestinians and the Jewish people. Because when Jesus comes in, love comes in. So I was preaching in his church in Old Nazareth. There's New Nazareth and there's Old Nazareth. Where Jesus grew up was Old Nazareth. Obviously, that was way back then. And there was only one synagogue in Old Nazareth. So when they. When they look, you know, sometimes you go there, they don't. They tell you, this is something. And they tell you that's something. But you never really know if the guide knows what they're talking about or not, Right? So they took me to Mount Precipice where they were going to cast Jesus off after he just preached this. And I'm standing there and I'm thinking, wow, that's a pretty long way down, my God, you know, wow. And I'm picturing Jesus pass through the crowd right here. And then I realize later that that's not the place at all, because the guys half the time don't know what they're talking about. That's why you should go with people that know what they're talking about. But this Arab pastor explained to me. He said there was only one synagogue. And he said, we know exactly where it is, and it's just by my church. Would you like to go visit where Jesus preached? I just preached. So I walked over and it's, you know, you got to go down, because it's kind of down in the ground. But. And they know that this is the only synagogue that Jesus could have preached at, is the only one that existed. So there's no discrepancy about it. And then he said, and you know that place they take you? That's not where they took him. Because there was Jewish law that said you couldn't walk. But certain number of feet on the Sabbath day, they had limitations. And if you go from that synagogue to where they take you on the tour, it is way outside the limitations. But there is a small cliff. It's very small. Nothing like the grandeur of the other. But he took me there, and he said, now this place, this is where they would have thrown him off. And when they did that, they didn't. The fall wouldn't normally kill you because it wasn't that high, but they would take rocks and they would stone you after you fell. And so he took me, said, he just preached this here. And then he came over here. And now he. We don't know if he vanished or what happened, but something happened. Maybe like on the platform in India. Maybe they went like statues. The Bible doesn't say he spun like a top. I don't know. But maybe they froze and he walked through them. Maybe he vanished and he walked through them. But the point is, he preached. I'm trying to get to where I really wanted to get here. I've given you some, you know, systematic things, but I want you to see something. I want you to see something. It's burning in my heart. Jesus. Jesus is preaching this message. He's quoting Isaiah. He's saying, I'm anointed. He tells them through a covert way of saying it, I am the Messiah. He sits down. Most everyone believes in the Messiah seat. Could you pick up the story, please, with me now? Would that be okay? Can you look there with Luke? You're okay, right? You're not. Where are we again? Luke 4:18. He's just preached this job description. He said, this is the acceptable day of the Lord. He closes the book, gave it to the minister, sat down. The eyes. The eyes. The eyes of all of them that were in the synagogue are fastened on him. I could add. You can hear a pin drop. There is a moment. Are you listening? I want you to catch the spirit of something. There is a moment when you preach under the anointing. Because even though he's talking about his job description, he's still preaching. It's a short sermon, but he's still preaching. And he's under the anointing when he's saying it. And when you do that and you're bold about it and you don't apologize for it, sometimes people don't like it, and they're looking at you. Now, I'm trying to picture. I was in that synagogue, so I kind of can picture it. But here's Jesus. He's just preached this, and he sat down, and now they're staring at him. And this is an opportunity. This is an opportunity for him to make an excuse, negotiate, play it down. I didn't mean to hurt anybody's feelings. Don't mean to offend anybody, because they're engaged now. He's touching the seat. He's saying, you know, words that would imply he's a Messiah. And all of a sudden, I mean, this is the moment to back down. But Jesus is so different. He feels their eyes, he feels their ire. He knows what's going to happen. And what does he do? He just pauses for effect. Let the atmosphere start to charge. And then he says, today, this scripture has been fulfilled in your ears. And what the Lord said to me when I was preparing this last night, he said, don't just talk to them about what the job description is. That's simple. That's just. You got to read it, you got to study it, you got to understand what the categories are. That's not really as much the point. This morning he said, don't just tell them what it is. Tell them how to execute it. It's not just knowing what it is. It's how you do what it is that makes all the difference. Jesus did the job description, but the way he did it. Come on. He. Just looking at him, they're looking at him. He can see their. Their. Their chests are starting to heave. I'm just picturing it in my mind. And he says, this is his moment for diplomacy. Today, what I just did, my job is. I just preached it to you. It's fulfilled, okay? They haven't freaked out yet. Verse 22. They all bore witness and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, is this not Joseph's son? They're not mad yet. They're just. They don't know what's going on. And he said unto them, this is where Jesus sealed his own fate. Here. But I want you to notice it's not just what you say, it's how you say it. Jesus said unto them, you will surely say unto me this proverb. Physician, heal thyself. Whatsoever we have done before in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. And he said, verily, verily, I say unto you, no prophet is accepted in his own country. But I tell you of a truth. Now he's getting to rolling here. He's meddling. Now I tell you of a truth, because what is he doing? He's proving that a prophet is not welcome in his own place. Now I tell you the truth. Many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up. Three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land. But unto none of them was Elijah sent, save unto Zarephath. That's your favorite story, Pastor Debbie. Unto the city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. What's he saying? He was sent to strangers because his own did not receive him. Jesus, that's enough now, okay? You've already. You knocked him once. You don't need to hit him twice. They're against the ropes. He goes for the Knockout punch. But unto none of them. Okay, verse 27. And many lepers. He goes again. Jesus, just please stop. You've already. You're going to. We want a nice service. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them were cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. His people would not accept the anointing. Elijah's people, Elisha's people would not accept. And you're not accepting my anointing because a prophet has always honor, except when around people that know him. And you know me, because we're where I grew up. And that's why you're saying, who is this? Joseph's son. And Mark six said that they were offended and he marveled at their unbelief, because offense will produce unbelief. Now watch this. Now he's just told them I'm the Messiah and he's really messing with them. He said, this is fulfilled today for you. And then he said, but you're not going to receive it because you got no honor for me. And just like those two great men that you revere so much, the Israelites didn't receive it from them either. And they had to go outside to another place that would receive them. What he's saying is, I'm going to have to go somewhere else for this anointing to be received. And when they heard that what happened here, it says verse 28. And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath and rose up and thrust them out of the city and led him into the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. But he, passing through the midst of them, went on his way. Let me tell you something. It's not just that I know what I'm supposed to do, it's the way in which I do it that is very important to God. And the way that Jesus executed the job description was boldness. He did not back down. He knew there was going to be fluff and ruffled feathers, but the anointing wanting will break through that. And I'm telling you, we are in need today in our society as this thing wraps up. And like Brother Keith said, it's not going to be very long before we're going home. Nobody knows when, but it's not going to be very long. And we need. In this day, in this age, in this dark society, we need people that first of all do the job description because nobody wants to talk about money, because they're so Afraid we'll send you to the psychiatrist for your emotional breakdown, but we won't proclaim freedom to you under the anointing. A lot of people don't even do the job description. And when we find demons, most patches will walk away. I don't understand that. No. We are to get into the fray, but not fight, not struggle. This is not a fair match. I say you're free and you're righteous. And those that are just bound and in bondage, I say you're free. I send you out of here in your freedom. And if you're sick, no matter what the ailment, that anointing is on me to hear for God anointed Jesus. Now with the Holy Ghost and power, who went about doing good and healing all, all, all, all, Healing all who are oppressed. Five categories. Do people even do these job descriptions? We do. We're trying to. But I'm telling you, a lot of people today don't. But then, not just that we do it, but how do we do it? How do we do it? Impresses Jesus, because I'll be honest with you, sometimes I get to rolling is what I call it. And my people know me and love me, I hope. But I'll see somebody there that I know is doing things that are. Or I'll see somebody that come the week before try to control me. If you don't preach, if you don't preach in that, I'm not coming back. Yeah, like that's gonna work, Brother Ricky. Right. But a lot of pastors, it does work on, and you can see them, and you have to make a decision. You know, if you keep going on the job description, they're gonna leave. It's not going to be tidy. Persecution for the word's sake will come, and you have to make a decision. And I love Jesus because he just said, today it's fulfilled. And by the way, you don't honor me. And by the way, your two heroes didn't honor God. The people didn't honor them either. And there was a kerfuffle and they tried to kill him. But the power of God got into action and Jesus went through the midst of them. I'm not saying that our goal should be people trying to kill us, because that's not what we want. But I will say that Brother Wigglesworth said, when you preach, you must cause a reaction. If there's no reaction, either people should be happy or people should be angry. But if your preaching does not produce any kind of response, you're not fully Preaching the Gospel. You're not fully doing the job description. It's how we do it, not just that we do it. And he comes down, he goes through. Now we're 31. He comes down to Capernaum, city of Galilee. Taught them on the Sabbath days. And they were astonished at his doctrine, for his word had power. And in the synagogue there was a man that had an unclean spirit. And he cried out with a loud voice. Today we usually say, usher, take them out. And there's a time and a place to take them out. But I just want you to know, Jesus didn't have any ushers, evidently. Let us alone. What do we have to do? Thee, Jesus of Nazareth, we know you come to destroy us. I know who they are, the Holy One of God. They're preaching. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, be quiet, hold thy peace and come out of him. Now watch now. Jesus said, proclaim freedom with the woman of the 18 years. He said, I say you're free. But with this guy, he said, come out. So you've got to be led by the Spirit in how you. But notice it was words. It's always words under the anointing, words the Holy Ghost has to show you. In this case, do you say, I say you're free, or do I say, come out? Because we have scripture for both. But their words. Notice Jesus was bold. This is part of the job description. This is somebody that has got an unclean spirit. This is category four, somebody oppressed, possibly category three, possessed, I don't know. But Jesus did not shy away. He did it, but he did it boldly. We've got to get back to boldness. And they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, what a word is this. For the authority and power commandeth the, even the unclean spirits. And they come out. And the fame of him. Oh, that job description mixed with boldness goes into every place. The country roundabout. And he arose from the synagogue and entered into Simon Peter's house. He's going for dinner. They're having ribs, fried chicken. And Simon's wife's mother. We don't know if he liked her or not, but we assume that he did because he asked for help, was taken with a great fever, and they besought him for her. He's a good son in law. What did Jesus do? Guys, listen, I'm eating now. This is my personal time. I'm at home. I'm not in the synagogue. This is not office hours. This is my time, my time. I'm watching my show. This is my time. But there's an opportunity for the job description that will present itself in the office, in the church, in the streets, outside the streets, in the houses. There's often opportunities. And Jesus, with that boldness, he took the opportunity and what did he do? He stands over her and he rebukes the fever like it's an entity. He says, you come out. I rebuke you. I say, you're free. And it leaves her. Notice the boldness. She rises and ministers to them. Now he's probably tired, so the sun's down and he's having his alone time. But then all of a sudden, everybody heard about the mother in law. And all the people that were sick with all kinds of diseases come to the house. And he lays hands on the entire city. And he heals all of them. And devils also come out. Verse 41 of Many Crying, saying, thou art the Son of God. And he rebuked them and did not allow them to speak, for they knew he was the Christ. He's fulfilling the job description. He's ready in season and out of season, and he's doing it boldly. And then what does he do to recharge? And when it was day, he departed into a desert place and the people sought him. Why he's departing to pray, to fellowship with his Father. Because that fellowship produces hearing. He said, I can only do what I see the Father do and say what I hear the Father say. So he has to be in fellowship with the Father and in order. This is such an important point. We all know this. Because you've got to hear. You've got to be in the right place and be at the right time. And when that opportunity comes up, you've got to be hearing, what is the Father saying? How do I deal with this case? What do I proclaim in this situation? Because it's going to be different in different ones. And if you don't take apart time to pray, you're not going to hear. That's how you make mistakes. Hallelujah. Okay, just two chapters over. Mark. Chapter. Well, Mark. Sorry, not two chapters. We're in Luke. Mark, chapter three. Just read this with me for a second. And he entered again. Listen, I had another sermon, but God said, talk about job description. So I'm just trying to obey, best I know how. And he entered again into the synagogue. He's in church. And there was a man there with a withered hand. I love it. And they watched him. They watched him whether he would heal on the Sabbath. They watched that they might accuse him. So he has to do the job description. But how is he going to do it? And he says unto them, with a man with a withered hand, stand forth. Jesus is so bold, he sees it. Stand forth. Says that loud and strong. Everybody can hear him. And he knows they're watching him and he knows that they want to accuse him. And he still says, stand forth. That's called boldness. And he said unto them, is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil to save a life or kill? And they held their peace. They didn't answer. Now watch this. And when he had looked up round about on them with anger. This is holy anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts. The Holy Ghost is grieved when the hearts of people care more about the rules and the legalism and the religion than the job description. Because the job description is to heal all oppressed of the enemy. And these legalistic people only care about the rules and they don't have the heart for the freedom of the people. And Jesus was angry with that. Why he wants the job description to be fulfilled. The Holy Ghost was grieved at their religious hearts. He knows that they want to hurt him. He knows that they're angry. He knows they're staring at him. And he's grieved. And what does he say? I just. I can just picture it. I mean, the pressure, the atmosphere is crackling. So much stress. Everybody in church hates him. We're so used to preaching to people that like us. Have you ever preached to people that hate you? A couple times. I have in other countries and it's not fun. And here Jesus is preaching to a group. The whole group does not like him except the man. And there's this moment of pause. What's he gonna do? He's gonna back down. Anybody in their right mind is gonna back down. And Jesus says. He looks at them, he's angry. And he says, stretch forth your hand. Talk about bold execution of the job description. This is number five, physical healing. No demons involved here. But there's a man that doesn't have something working right. And Jesus is not just fulfilling his job under the anointing, but he does it with panache. He does it with. He does it with a growl, he does it with a roar. He does it with an attitude. Can I tell you what that is? It's called the spirit of faith. The spirit of faith is a sound. It is an attitude. We know the mechanics of faith. We know the law, the word of faith. But we now having the same spirit of faith. The spirit of faith grunts. The spirit of faith charges. Are you listening? Jesus had it. It's called boldness. David had the spirit of faith. When that giant, he's talking to him. The giant's sitting down, if you read it. And that anointing comes on him and he goes, I'm not going to kill you. I'm going to kill all of y'. All. Read it. He said, I'll kill the whole army. One guy saying he killed the whole army. You've got to have the gift of faith on you to do that. And then the giant stands up. He's sitting while he's talking. And he stands up nine and three quarter feet tall. And I can just picture David looking up at him, looking up at him. But then, because that bold spirit of faith, the Bible says, he starts to run toward him. He charges him. See, that's doing the job with that extra. It's that spirit of faith. Hey, Shadrach and Benny, we're going to cook you for lunch. We have no thought to be given to the answer to that question, O King. If you change your mind, we're not bowing. And if you throw us in, we're not bowing. And our God will deliver us. No question, no argument, just a bold spirit of faith. Boom. The devil hates this stuff because he listen. It's easy to back down when you don't preach nothing. Most preachers today, not here, I'm talking about in Christendom, they don't have much to say. So there's not much pushback. When there's not much pushback, you don't need boldness. But you also probably aren't doing the job description. But if you've got something to say and you're gonna mess with people's lives because there's devils that are oppressing them and wrong thinking that has put them in bondage. And if you're gonna. If you're gonna do that description, I'm telling you, you cannot do it apart from boldness, because you're gonna have to have. The way you do it is going to have to have a punch to it. It's called the spirit of faith. And I'm telling you we need it more than ever in the body of Christ. And it looks to me like. I'm not trying to get. I don't get political, but it looks to me like California is fast approaching Canada's standards in terms of its liberalism. I'm telling you and in our society to have a voice to say things that Go against the grain that people don't like. I'm not talking about making a fight for no reason. I'm talking about doing the job description of preaching and proclaiming under the anointing. That's what I'm talking about. But there's people that are not going to like it. I know there's people where I live that do not like it. But it's not just that you do it, it's how you do it. And there's got to be. There's got to be push to that. Gotta be a push to that. I'm trying to get that sign back. I want my sign back. I gave it away for a while. I want it back because I put up there. Do you have devils question mark? Big sign for everybody to see? I'm in the green room. I've just preached a Wednesday night. I'm tired. The usher comes and goes, pastor, we need your help. I said, get somebody else. I'm tired. No, Somebody saw the sign and I thought, whoa, hold on a second. What sign? What's on that sign? I can't remember what's on it. Do you have devils question mark? Jesus can set you free. This man is driving. His daughter is out of her mind, trying to kill him. Every night he has to barricade his door in his house with locks because she tries to break the door down and kill him in his sleep. She's in the backstage growling like a lion on the seat. He's driving just to get her out of the house because the wife said, I can't take it. Get her out. He's driving around the city, hopeless. And he sees the sign and he pulls in. And I come out and I'm thinking, why did I put that sign up? I shouldn't have put that sign up because I didn't feel the boldness. I didn't feel it in the moment. And I'm looking and she's staring at me like this from the back seat. I don't know what to do. Remember that, Jenny? I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. So I said, well, Lord, do I get in the backseat with her? I don't know what to do because I need the Holy Ghost in that situation of what to do. And so I said, I just heard the Lord say, roll the window down a bit. I said, just roll the window down but a bit. I don't want her coming through it at me. So he rolls it down. And the Lord said, put your hand. So I put My hand through the window. And as soon as I did that action, because she couldn't get to me, but I could get to her, that anointing, that boldness came on me. My God, I'm telling you, when that anointing comes on you, we are to preach under the anointing. But that anointing will produce boldness. That anointing, I could feel it like a blanket boom. It came, I turned, it turned you into a different person. You're not yourself anymore because you got to do the job description. And I looked and out of that gift of faith came on me. And I said, you shut up. Because she was growling. I said, shut up. I wasn't being mean. It was under the anointing. I said, shut up, in Jesus name you in real quiet. And I said, you foul spirit of murder, come out of her. See, that's how God led me to do it that time. But I don't always say come out. Sometimes I say, I say, you're free, but you need the Lord to know you in the moment. And she just went completely quiet and flopped down. The man called me the next day. He said, this is the first night she didn't try to kill me in my sleep. There was other things that they needed deliverance for. But that main thing, that murderous things spirit came out that night. So then I took that sign down real quick and then I put the one that Pastor Nancy referred to, God's not mad at you. I thought that would be better. But every Christian around called and threatened us. How dare you say God's not. You don't know anything about God, they'd say. I said, well, evidently I know something that you don't. The Muslims didn't mind it. The Hindus didn't mind it. Nobody minds it but the Christians. So I took that one down. I can't win for losing. Every time I put something up, people get upset, Lord, now what do. How do I preach the job description? What do I say? And where's the boldness to say it? And then he spoke to me. I fought him on it hard. He said, put something up about Allah. I said, lord, I'm not doing that. We live in the. There's Muslims all around us. They'll kill us. So I. Oh, God. I submitted the sign and it says, if you're seeking Allah, you can find Jesus instead because he loves you. The president of the sign company called me and he said, reverend Field, we're afraid of threats against the company. He said, I have to have a board meeting about this sign, I said, do it, but it's going up. If you'll give me permission. They voted, very close vote, but they voted to allow it. So we put it up and the phone started ringing. The Christians didn't seem to care, but boy, those Muslims came out of the woodwork, man. But you know, about 80% of them gave us death threats, but about 20% of them said, could you explain it to us? What do you mean? Because in the Quran, if you study it, there's no mention of love. They're serving a tyrant. That's really what it is. But Jesus is full of love. They don't understand the concept of love. And we got Muslims saved through that sign. I didn't mean to share all that. I'm simply saying that if you're going to preach the gospel under the job description, you got to find out in your life and in your world what that looks like. Because if you're a banker, it's going to look different to me. If you're a truck driver, it's going to look different to me. If you're a preacher, if you're a pastor versus a traveling minister, everybody is supposed to preach that job description. What does it look like for your life? How do you get this message out? He wants to prosper you. He wants to heal your broken emotions, he wants to set you free from all forms of darkness, and he wants to heal your body of all sickness. How do you do it? Find out how you're supposed to do it. Because the job description is not just for preachers. It's for everybody. What is your. In your world, how do you execute it? But how you execute it, not just that you execute it matters because the boldness is what Jesus is also looking for. Stretch forth your hand and he knew they're gonna be mad at him and he did it anyway. Brother Ricky, I just. Boy, I tell you, Jesus is like my hero. He is so bold and he stretched it out and his hand was restored whole as the other. Acts 4, 13. As I close Acts chapter 4, verse 13, oh, Lord Jesus, I hope you're pleased this morning. And now when they saw, remember Peter and John just got that man that gave beautiful up. And there are some ruffles about that. They did the job description, they did it boldly. Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men. So your education doesn't have much to do with your boldness. They marveled the religious people, the ones that are attacking them, they Marveled. And now they took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus. Now what does that mean? They said, these people are so bold. They connected dots. Well, they obviously had to have been with him. They would never say that if Jesus wasn't even more bold. The fact that Jesus was so bold caused them to equate in their mind. When they saw boldness, they thought, Jesus, it's not just that we do it, it's how we do it. The anointing will work better with you and better for you if you are unafraid. Unafraid. But you got to know God a little bit to be unafraid, especially in today's society. What did he say to Joshua? Be strong and courageous. The Hebrew phrase is hazak de amatz. It means strong and courageous. Now if you study there in the Book of Acts, you don't have to turn there, I'm done. But in the Book of Acts, I'll give you the scripture for reference. 23, verse 11. Jesus says to Paul, who was being persecuted as an apostle, he says, be of cheer. But that word cheer is not really the English word. The way we think cheer or happy. In the Greek language it means be courageous. You study that. See, they don't always translate everything according to the original. It looks like he's just saying be happy. But what it really means is he's saying, paul, you're doing the job. You're being persecuted, but be courageous. You know what the root word means on that? Have daring, boldness. Paul, you're preaching good. I'm proud of you. You got the spirit of faith about you. They're trying to kill you. Don't worry about it, boy. What I want you to do is I want you to be more courageous. And I want you to have daring, boldness. Everything with God is advancement. You can't advance if there's not a strength and a power and a courage. You got a man up. There's got to be a manning up quality. We're going to do this no matter what they say, no matter what the devil says, no matter what religion says, no matter what the government says. We're doing this. We're going to do the job. We're going to do it under the anointing and we're going to be led. We're not going to pick unnecessary fights, but we're going to be led by the spirit and we're going to do the job. And how we do it matters to God. Jesus was bold, Paul was bold and told to be bolder. Peter And John were bold. Everywhere Jesus went, he was marked by a bold, daring boldness. It's not just that we get them saved and healed and delivered. It's how we get them saved. Are we doing it kind of with an attitude of fear and shame and let's do the behind closed doors, or is there something in us that goes, come on, I'm telling you. Dr. Dufresne laid hands on me at Pastor J's church. I'm just standing there now, sweet, like everybody else, waiting. He's down about 10 people this way. He's coming this way. I know I've got a couple minutes before he comes. So I'm just quiet, praying under my breath, quietly in tongues. I'm not expecting what's about to happen because he changed the rules. You're supposed to come one at a time like this. So with my eyes closed, I know I can hear when he's coming. When he's one or two people away, you know, you know, I'm ready. But Dr. Didn't always follow the rules. And he takes off running from behind. I don't know where he. I don't, I don't know that. And he comes behind me and he hits me as hard as he can on my back shoulder blades. And when he does, he screams boldness. And when he did, I didn't know he was coming. So it kind of shocked me in the natural. But more than that, something shot through my body, I mean, and I fell forward and I lay there for a while and I actually couldn't move. At first I thought, something has hit me. I knew it was doctor, but it felt like a truck hit me. It was not just human hands. It's like something ran over me and I felt, oh, my God. At first I thought, am I injured? That's my first thought. I thought, am I injured? Because I couldn't move. I'm lying face first on the ground and I can't move. And I'm thinking, oh, my God, he broke my back. That's what I thought. He broke my back. I'm just being honest with you. But the Lord spoke to me and he goes, no, you're physically fine. He said, but you've received an impartation. And he said, that's what's paralyzed you. For a moment. Just, just, just stay quiet. Just stay still. Let me work on you. After a few minutes, I was able to move and I got up and I noticed. From that day forward, from that day forward, I can't, I can't explain it to You. But it's like something comes over me. And I've often said, lord, what is going on here? Sometimes I'm dealing with difficult people, sometimes sinners, sometimes in dangerous situations, other times just in my own congregation, sweet people that love me. But there'll be that. And the Lord will say, that's an impartation you got. It's a courage. We need courage today because of the darkness, we need courage. Jesus is coming soon and not everybody's going to like us, agree with us, or just bow down before us. There will be people that withstand the job description. Now, if you don't really preach much of anything of value, nobody going to oppose you. But when you got something to say and there's an anointing on you to do it, there is going to be. I know nobody likes this, but there's going to be measures of persecution. Could even come from your own visitors, in your own congregation. But you've got to do the job description being led by the Spirit despite it. And that spirit of faith has to come on you. It has to come on us. It has to come on us. I'm telling you, Lord, I don't know if I'm saying it the right way this morning, but you said job description. There are five job descriptions we have an obligation to fulfill. Money, emotions, demonic and healing. Two in the demonic, we're obligated to do it, and we're obligated to do it boldly. Bold, bold, bold execution of the job description. Jesus loves boldness. The anointing will work better with you if you're strong and courageous, if you have daring, boldness, Hallelujah. Hallelujah. My God, heavenly Father, I thank you for your precious ministers and people today. Lord, every one of us live in our own world, so to speak. We have our own jobs, we have our own life. And Lord, every one of us are required to fulfill the job description. And the lady who's the secretary and the man who's the Uber driver and the dentist and the engineer, their worlds all look a little different. But the job description applies to every one of them the same. Lord, help them to see how to fulfill the job, how to minister these five categories under the anointing, even as a. Not as a minister, but just as a layman, as a regular believer that has the anointing and the Commission of Mark 16. Help them catch this. And, Lord, give them that bold anointing, that help from heaven, that when they feel afraid and when they feel intimidated, and when they look at the face of that person and they feel like I can't say something, I can't witness to them. I'm afraid. I don't know if they're going to reject me or hit me or what. I don't know. Lord, let that boldness come on them, that courage to execute the job description with honor. Father, let every minister that stands in a pulpit, whether they traveling or pastoring. Lord, let them do that job description in their world and not just limited to the church, but in the bank and in the grocery store and everywhere we go. Ready. Ready at a moment's notice to execute the job description. Because there are many people that need it and that are hurting for it. And it's our job to help them. But Lord, let us as ministers, cut away from us this, this, this diplomacy, this fear of offending people. There is a measure where it's right, but there's a measure where it's wrong. And sometimes we will use this prudence as a convenient disguise for fear. We're afraid, and so we back down instead of charging forward. And we need that bold anointing to be able to confront evil, confront difficult people, confront religious spirits, confront political powers. We need that boldness to do the job and to do it in a way that Jesus would have done it because he was known for being bold. Father, you know, I had something completely unrelated today, but I heard you as loud as I'm speaking, you said preach about my job description. I've endeavored to do that to the best of my ability with clay lips. But with your anointing, I thank you for the impartation that goes from my words into every listening heart, whether they're a preacher or not. Let that impartation go into them. Let them think about it, bring it back to them in their dreams. Let them meditate on it. Let them realize they've got a job to do and we've got to do it in boldness. We've got to advance the kingdom. We've got to win souls. We've got to grow this church, We've got to grow our churches. We've got a job to do, and we can do it because we've got the mighty Holy Ghost. We've got the mighty Holy Ghost that is ever with us, that gives us the spirit of faith, that drapes that blanket of boldness over our shoulders, and it turns us into a different man and a woman. And we don't even recognize ourselves sometimes because that power comes on us to do the job. It's that mighty anointing. And I give you praise. We trust you've enjoyed this message. Visit us at defrainministries.org to learn of our upcoming meetings, share your testimony, become a partner or visit our online store. This program has been made possible by the friends and partners of Dufresne Ministries.