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The Power Of The Truth, Part 1 | Keith Moore | Campmeeting 2025 | Monday PM
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Hi, I'm Nancy Dufresne. Welcome to our podcast channel. We know you'll be blessed by today's message.
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Hallelujah. I will always be glad. I will always give thanks.
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For the Lord has risen handsome me.
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I will never forget how the blood flowed down. I will never forget how he lifted me high. I will never, never.
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Stop praising him. He saw me when I was yet unmade. He saw my substance in the darkness.
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He knew every part.
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Every way and he formed me in my mother's womb. Though Satan tried to take me out.
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Again and again, the angel protected me. Though I acted foolish sometimes though I made mistakes. His mercy, mercy, mercy cover me.
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So.
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I will always give him thanks. Always lift my hands. He has save me in every way.
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Everybody say.
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I will always say thank you. I will always give you praise. You have saved me from every thing I said. You have saved me from every evil thing. Everybody say. I will always give you thanks. I will always give you praises. You have saved me from every evil way. I said you saved me. You have saved me every evil thing. From every evil thing.
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Yes, you did. Hallelujah.
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You saw the end from the beginning. And you plan everything in between. You have saved me every evil thing. Every time I started wrong direction.
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Every.
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Time I stumbled and fell. You have slain me every way. Now we rise higher and higher.
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Unto the ultimate place.
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That's why you save me, to lift me up. We're going from revelation to revelation, from faith to faith we rise. You have saved every way.
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So now the spirit of seeing and knowing.
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Yielding to the spirit and flowing, it's working in a greater way. Draw near unto the Lord your God. Draw near in reverence and all fear. And in the glory you'll see and hear.
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His word.
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What I tell you in the closet. Then you go out and proclaim to the world. You have saved me from every evil day. I will always thank you. Always thank you. I will always give you praise. You have saved from every v. Yes, you have. You have. You have sa. From every. One more time, Lord, you have saved me from every evil way. Oh, hallelujah. Lift your hands. Give the Lord praise. Give the Lord praise.
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Glory to God. Glory to God. Oh, Father, we thank youk. We thank youk. We thank youk. We thank youk. We will always thank youk. Thank youk. Thank youk. Lord, we're so thankful to be able to gather like this in this great place. Lord, we speak blessing and increase over the Dufresnes and their family and their staff and their. Their partners. Rise Higher and higher. In Jesus name, we agree together. The Lord is touching this, asking for utterance, anointing, direction, ears to hear, eyes to see. We only want what yout want and what yout are saying. In Jesus name. Amen. You can be seated. Thanks, guys. That's real nice. That's real tight up here on the platform. You can work with that. Thank the Lord. Well, thank you, Ms. Nancy. Thank you for everyone receiving us tonight and that we get to be a part of this great meeting. You know, these times are very special. They will not continue indefinitely. This is all for a short, short season and we'll be out of here. The Lord is going to wind things up. But the Scripture says what the Lord does is forever. And that His Word is incorruptible seed. And so what's planted in us in these times, it puts roots down and it starts to grow and develop. And it never stops past this life because it's His Word working in us. So some of the greatest miracles, miracles happen in times like this because it's the anointing that teaches, not men and women. It's the anointing. And that's why you can try to share a revelation with somebody, everything you know, and they just look at you puzzled. Because no man or woman can give a revelation to another human being. The Holy Spirit has to light on and enable you to see it and get it. Hallelujah. And so in times like this, the Spirit of God will put an incorruptible Word seed in you and give you revelation, or more revelation of it. And somebody sitting beside you might not even know it. And you maybe didn't just jump up and run around or anything, but what happened will change the trajectory of your life because you'll begin to think different, see things differently, speak different words, different actions.
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Oh, hallelujah.
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And it can be traced back to His Word. Glory to God. Would you go to John, please? The Gospel account of John and the eighth chapter. You're believing with me. Thank you. John 8:31. I've not ministered this before exactly like this. And there are some parts I think we should get to. But you know that I can't produce it. So you're believing with me, you said.
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Right.
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And some of these verses I know a number of you have heard before, but have you exhausted all the light and revelation out of any verse of Scripture? Half of it. Not yet. And this is one of them. In John 8, 30, 30, as he spake these words, many believed on him. And Jesus said to those Jews which believed on him. If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples Indeed, if you're a doer. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. That's my text. Hallelujah. What do you think? Have you ever heard that verse before? You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. The title of my message is the Power of the Truth. And the article is there. The the truth. You've heard people talk in today's society about their truth. My truth, your truth. That is a lie. That is not true. I was actually riding my motorcycle one day, and the spirit of God asked me a question while I was ripping down the road. He said, what's the difference between a belief and the truth? And so I rode for another hour, wondering about that. I thought, well, Lord, and then I just said, out, Lord, please show me. Help me out. And he went on, I'm not hearing a voice, but inside me. The light is coming from my heart where the Holy Spirit is to my head. He said, believing something doesn't make it true. You can believe anything you want to believe. It doesn't have to be true. It doesn't have to be reasonable. It can be crazy. Just look around and listen. People believe bizarre stuff, right? But now, here's the thing. A lot of them actually believe it. And that's what deception is. Believing that a lie is true, that's deception. And if you knew you were deceived, you wouldn't be. See, if you're deceived, you don't know you're deceived. And that's one of the great dangers James talks about. If you are not a doer of the word, you deceive, deceive yourself. So if you're deceived, do you know you're deceived? And who did it to you? You did it. You can't even blame the devil. You did it to yourself. Why? Because the Lord gave you truth. Now, light and truth, truth are used interchangeably. And darkness and lies and deception is used interchangeably. And the truth is light and the light is life. Hallelujah. And if the Lord gives you truth, light, word, and the enemy will try to get you not to ever see it, he'll do everything he can to keep you from seeing light. But if you see it, and it's too late for that, his fallback position is to get you to procrastinate, to wait and think about it and talk about it. Why? Because he knows if he can get you to do that for a While you will wind up deceiving your own self. Brother Hagin used to say this often. He would say, it's dangerous not to walk in the light that you have. When the Lord gives you light and you see something and you know it, tell me what you should do. What should I do? What should you do? When?
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When?
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Immediately. When the Lord shows you something and it's clear to you. A lot of times you're more in the Spirit on these occasions than you think you are. And I can prove it. Have you ever saw something in a time of service like this or a time of prayer or something? And, man, you saw it and it was so clear, And a thought raced across your mind, maybe you need to write this down or something. And you thought, oh, no, I will never forget this. I mean, this is life. You know why so many people are laughing? Because three hours later you're going, what?
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What was that?
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See, because you were more in the spirit than you realized you were. And then you got back more over in the flesh. And it's not in the flesh. It's not there. So when the Lord gives us something, we need to protect it. We need to treat it with the utmost importance. Write it down. Make a voice recording. Look up the verse. Come on, y' all listening to me? Do something to make sure that I'm going to have this. And when the Lord says something to you, the words he uses are important. Don't change the words. Don't rephrase it. Put it down exactly the way he told you, because it is truth. Every word out of his mouth is everlasting, perfect, unchanging truth. And tell me what the truth will do for you. It will make you free. It will make you free. It will make you free. It has the power. Actually, the word could also be translated liberate. It will liberate you, which is sometimes people misquote it and say it will set you free. But sometimes that misses the impact it will make you. It is a creative power force. The word itself will liberate you. The truth of whatever that word is will liberate you from the lie. And what he was talking about was bondage there. It will liberate you out of bondage. Let me give you a phrase the Lord gave me years ago. Lies blind and lies bind. The truth lets you see, and the truth makes you free. Lies, blind. The scripture says in 2 Corinthians 4 that the God of this world has blinded the minds of them that believe. Not millions on the planet believe lies. They believe there is no God. They believe there is no heaven. There is no hell. They don't believe Jesus raised from the dead. Millions of other people believe in false gods. They believe it. They're deceived and they're not saved. It's awful. But it's lies that have blinded them. And now they are in the bondage of darkness and death. Spiritual death that works in every area. And what will set them free is the glorious light of the truth of the gospel, the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Oh, hallelujah.
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Once you are enlightened to the truth of Jesus and the gospel, all the dark forces of hell cannot keep you.
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From being born again.
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They cannot.
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They cannot.
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Because their weapon was the blindness. Their weapon was the lie. And once you get free from the.
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Lie, hell cannot keep you. It cannot.
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Nothing else to hold you with. Which is why the job of the church is to go into all the world.
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Is that right?
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And do what?
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Proclaim the good news, which is called the truth.
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The truth of the gospel.
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The truth. Hallelujah.
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We're on a mission to tell the.
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Truth everywhere to everybody.
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And that is a direct assault on the kingdom of darkness. And everyone who sees light and responds to it is a casualty in the kingdom of darkness. They lost them, and the kingdom gains them. And our weapon is the truth. Somebody said, I thought it was the sword of the spirit. Same thing. That's what I said. I didn't finish saying. The Lord asked me that question. What's the difference between. Between a belief and a truth? And the first thing he brought to me was, just because you believe something, that doesn't make it true. And truth is true whether you believe it or not, whether you know it or not, whether you ever know it or not, the truth stands alone.
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Hallelujah.
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You don't have to protect the truth. That's like an ant standing up in front of a tank going, I'm going to protect this tank. The truth was here before you got here. The truth was here before the earth was here.
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Come on.
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Y' all listening?
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God himself is the God of truth. His word is the word of truth. His Holy Spirit is the spirit of truth who will guide you into all the truth.
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Truth. I saw some of these things years ago. And I just stopped, set my Bible down and I said it out loud. I said, I love the truth more than I love anybody or anything, including my own life. I love the truth more than anything. Somebody said, I thought you were supposed to love the Lord. That's what I said. Didn't Jesus say, I am the Way. The truth, the truth and the light. And I hate lies. Now, you need to become strong on this one. Many people are not. We live in a world full of lies. Lies are everywhere. I mean everywhere. Because the God of this world is the father of lies. And that's why everything around you is permeated with lies. Keep reading this passage because he says that. He said, you'll know the truth. The truth will make you free. The truth will liberate you. They said, we be Abraham's seed. We're never in bondage to any man. And how do you say, you shall be made free? So they're talking about bondage, and their mind is like literally being sold into slavery. And Jesus said to them, verily, verily, I say to you, whoever commits sin is the servant of sin. Now, the scripture warns us about the deceitfulness of sin. You remember this phrase? Man, I like this. A lot of times I'm not even having to give you a scripture or anything of reference or turn to it. You know what I'm talking about? You can move faster that way. The deceitfulness, what does that mean? Sin is a liar. Sin is a deceiver. There is temporary pleasure in sin. If it wasn't, it wouldn't be so popular.
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Oh, yeah.
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But it's very, very temporary. And the end of it is death. But there is a lie. I mean, this goes all the way back to the garden, right? The Bible said Eve was deceived. How? Well, the enemy told her he's trying to coerce them and tempt them into sin. And the sin is deceptive. And so he is showing them, showcasing the tree, how good it looks, how wonderful it must taste and smell. And he mentions the three things that first, John talks. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. And it will make you like gods and all this thing. And he just flat lied and said, you won't die. Well, he knew. They didn't even know what dying was. So you won't die. Die.
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Yeah, you will.
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But I'm saying that because it works exactly the same way today in every one of our lives, everywhere. When the enemy comes and he's making.
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His pitch, he's lying to you. I said, he's lying to you. It ain't going to be like he blew it up to be.
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And it's going to be over like that. And then the pain.
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And then the death.
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Sin is a deceiver. He warned us about the deceitfulness of sin. That's why the Lord Says here, they said, we're free, and they weren't. And he said, whoever commits sin and that commit is to practice it is the servant of sin. And the servant abides not in the house forever, but the Son abides forever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. And this word indeed has to do with totally free, completely free. One translation says, unquestionably free. Now that's free, right? Fully, completely, unquestionably free. Free. What will do that for you? Come on. What will do that for you? The Lord. That's right. His Word, his truth, his spirit, his anointing. You're talking about the same thing. But you wouldn't even know about it if it wasn't for the word of truth. You had to hear it to even know that it existed. He said, I know you're Abraham's seed, but you seek to kill me because my word has no place in you. Now you're going to see there is a, for lack of a better word, almost a frustration in the Master's voice. That may not be the right word, but he can tell they are not getting this at all. They are not understanding anything I'm saying to them. And these are the most educated, the most religious people of the day. And he says, I speak what I've seen with my father. You do what you've seen with your father. Now he's setting something up. They said, abraham is our father. Jesus said, if you were Abraham's children, parenthesis there, because you're not, you would.
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Do.
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The works of Abraham. But now you are seeking to kill me, a man that has what.
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Told you the truth?
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That's why they were so upset.
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Why are they so livid?
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They are so enraged. They are murderous. See, he keeps saying, you want to kill me, don't you? He could see it in their eyes. He could hear it in their tone. You want to kill me, don't you? Why?
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Why?
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Because he told them the truth. I said, he told them the truth. Why is that the case? Because of the spirits influencing them. It was the spirits behind them. Oh, how they hate the truth.
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Oh, they hate the truth.
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Because if the truth is manifested and people believe it and act on it.
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They completely lose their grip. They lose their influence.
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So these people are getting murderous. They don't even realize how the devil is playing them. It's not even reason, reasonable. It doesn't even make sense. But that's spiritual. Spiritual. He said, you seek to kill me because I told you the truth. So just know that when you're dealing with somebody and you tell them the truth and they just go off. Remind yourself we wrestle not with flesh and blood, but against principal. Don't get in a shouting match with them. No production there. And certainly don't get into a fist fight. It will not end well. Even if you win, it just doesn't end well. He said, you do the deeds of your father. He says it again. They said to him, we're not born of fornication. We have one father, even God. Jesus said to them, if God were your father, you would love me. He might as well slapped him with a wet dishcloth. Is that right? I mean, you would. If God was your father, you would love you some Jesus, you would love me, hey, because I came from God. I didn't come of myself. He sent me. When you say it's your father, he sent me, why do you not understand my speech even? Because you cannot hear my word. He said, you can't hear what I'm saying, can you? They just said, eyes full of rage, the wrath of man does not work. The righteousness of God getting all mad and upset will put you in such a stupor you can't even think straight. The truth is right in front of you. You can't even see it. Now hold your place here and go back to the third chapter of John, chapter three, verse 16 is my other text. You like it? These are good ones, right? See, you don't have to find something nobody ever heard of. For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. Friends, you and I should shout about eternal life every day. We don't really know what that means, but it is. The definition is age upon age. I think one technical definition is time out of mind. And that's the picture of infinity. But it's not just endless. It's the quality life as God himself has it.
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Oh.
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And with him where he is right.
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Now, this is as bad as it.
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Will ever be for you and me.
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Right now. Right now is as bad, is as rough as it will ever be. If you can just hold on just a little bit longer.
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It is joy, unspeakable and full of glory forever. Eternal life.
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Whoa.
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For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. He that believes on him is not condemned. And the power of the blood of the Lamb is the only thing that can cleanse a guilty conscience. Nothing else can. No amount of psychoanalysis. No amount of drugs, Come on, y'. All. No amount of denial. You can suppress it, you can ignore it, but it's still there. And Hebrews says, talks about the difference between the first covenant. How the blood of animals could only cover. Cover the sin, but how the blood of the lamb purges, washes, cleanses.
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So there is no sin stain, there is no remnant. You are completely free, Completely, completely free.
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Only the blood of the lamb. There is nothing else on earth or in the universe. There is nothing else anywhere that can cleanse a conscience and a spirit and a mind. Nothing else. Only the blood and faith in the blood. He said, verse 18. He that believes on him is not condemned, but he that believes not is condemned already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. Perhaps the biggest lie on the planet is that Jesus is not the Redeemer. He is not the Christ. Because, I mean, God will forgive you of things. And if you fail to receive your healing, you still go to heaven. Is that right? If you fail to get your bills paid, you still go to heaven if you're saved. Is that right? And like we said, this is a short, short thing. But if you believe a lie that Jesus is not the Christ, he's not the Redeemer, you stand, you are already condemned and judgment is pending. You are lost, and there is no hope for you if you reject Jesus. And a lot of folks don't like that. But is that truth or not? And this is the condemnation that light is come into the world. And men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. Well, you can put the word truth and lie in there because the truth is the vehicle that the light comes through, right? And the lie is the vehicle the darkness comes through. So people have. The light is coming to the world. Jesus is the light and he is the word of truth made manifest. And the light is manifest in the world. But the problem is, I've heard people say, if you know who God is, you'll love him not so well. If you really saw the Lord for who he is, everybody would love him. This is not true. I said, this is not true. Many have seen and heard real truth and they despise it. Many have seen, seen and heard manifestations of God's goodness, right? And they don't want it. They don't like it. Think about this. Now, Jesus said, when he walked the earth, if you've seen me, you've seen the Father. And he went on to say, he said, now they have Both seen and hated both me and my father.
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Didn't he say that.
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They didn't want it, they didn't want him. And sometimes people have not wanted to believe that. But it's the truth. Millions on the planet, they don't want God, they don't want the truth. And many times people have frustrated themselves by going, if I could just explain the truth to them. No, they already heard it and they don't like it and they don't want it. So no amount of explanation is going to fix it. And here's the problem, like we already talked about, it's dangerous if you don't walk in the light. If you see the truth and you don't like it and you don't want it, what else is there to believe? There is nothing else to believe but lies.
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But if you say, no, no, no.
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I don't want it that way. The devil says, okay, I have a choice here.
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What do you want to believe? No, we don't want that.
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Get out of here with that. Here we have a selection of your truths and their truths. We, them and they truths.
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Hey, pick whatever you want.
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Now here's the problem. Millions are doing this and so now they believe. Believe it. See, they believe we're wrong. They believe we're just poor ignorant folk that need the crutch of religion because we're so uneducated, so pitiful.
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Well, leave us alone, we're enjoying ourselves. Is that right? We're having fun.
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This is the condemnation that light has come into the world and what happened. Or you could say truth has come into the world and men loved. They loved darkness. They loved the lies rather than the light because their deeds were bad and they didn't want to change. And when they heard it for a moment, their spirit saw it and knew it was right. But they don't want that to be right. Because if that's right, that means I have to change. I mean, if God is real, I have to find out what he wants me to do. People don't want that. They want that so they are ready to believe the lies. There is no God or there are many ways to God, the list goes on and on. But the lie has blinded their minds and now they are self deceived, reinforced by wrong spirits. And if something major doesn't change, they'll be lost. It is so sad. And one of the prayers that we can pray over such individuals, as long as there's breath, there's hope. No matter how far down somebody goes or how far off they go, you Know, my wife Phyllis is a wonderful woman of God, and she's so great with. We've had people come up times, and they were all these messed up things and they were trying to shock her and. And we've had relatives that say, you know, they don't believe in God and they're this and that. And she just looks at them like she didn't hear a word of it. And she's like, yeah, honey, right. Okay, I'm praying for you. And we have seen the most amazing thing. People that talk, all this joy, you just treat them like they're a two year old that don't know how to talk. You know, you just go, yeah, baby, I hear what you're saying. Okay? But you don't give up on them. And one of the things you do, you pray in the spirit, Spend some time with the Lord, and He'll quicken you. And you say, I break the power of darkness over the mind of so and so in Jesus name. And now, Lord, I ask youk. Send laborers across there. You know who they will listen to. It might not be you, but you know who will get through. Send laborers across their path. Lead them to it or the people to them. Whatever it takes. You can be assured that will happen. Not might, it will happen. Now, they don't have to receive, but it will happen. It will happen. Darkness will come off of their mind at the right time and place, and a word will come into them and they will see it again. They will see it clear. They will see the truth. And at that point, it's up to them whether they receive. If they don't, what do we do? We do it again. As long as there's breath, right? We do it again.
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Do it again.
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Do it again. Everyone that does evil hates the light. Neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. You done or have some more time? That was point one. How do you like these verses, though? These are good verses, right?
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Yeah. Whoa.
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I'm liking these verses. You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. Hallelujah. Go with me to First John. Thank youk, Lord.
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I'm not ready for that. Go to Proverbs 12. Let's do this first. Proverbs 12. We touched on this, but I want us to camp on it a little bit more. We live in a world full of lies. And because of that, many churchgoing people don't take lying seriously enough. And Ephesians talks about lie, not one to another. Stop lying. One translation says, stop lying. Well, he's writing to the church at Ephesus, Right? Tongue talkers. Would you need to write to tongue talkers and say, quit lying? Come on, sir. Sadly, that's exactly what happened. Didn't you say and. Yes, and one of the reasons I'm saying is because lying is so pervasive, the enemy wants you to be desensitized to it so that you just a little white lie. Well, I loved them too much to hurt them with that. Like, lying is an option. And people say, don't make me lie to you.
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Now, I know.
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A lot of times people use these things jokingly and that's not a good idea. It's not a good idea. Lying is no joke. People are going to hell because they believe lies instead of truth. Right? And it doesn't stop. Christians are being robbed and hurt because of lies. Lying is so serious. We didn't finish, but maybe we will another point. But in that eighth chapter, he got to the point where he said, you are of your father the devil, and that he was a liar from the beginning. He didn't stay in the truth. He didn't abide in the truth. That means he wasn't created a liar. The Lord did not create a devil. He did not create a Satan. He created an anointed cherub, a beautiful, glorious being. And if you read Isaiah and Ezekiel, it talks about until iniquity was found in him. And so then in John 8, it talks about when he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own because he is a liar and the father of lying. This is the only thing we know that the devil begat, he distorts, he twists a bunch of things. But God did not create lying. No, he didn't.
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It is impossible.
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For God to lie.
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So where would he get a lie from? Not from him.
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There is nothing more devilish than deception. People get worked up about a lot of things, but I'm telling you, you should absolutely hate. Did you hear the word hate? I didn't say liars. I didn't say liars. I said lying and lies and deception. You should absolutely. I should absolutely fervently despise and hate a lie. Because it's taken millions to hell.
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It's destroying people's lives.
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It's the most effective tool of the enemy. And a little bit of it is not. Okay. Proverbs 12:17. He that speaks truth shows forth righteousness. What's right. Truth is right. Right. A lie cannot be consistent, cannot be, because it has no integrity. And that's why people tell a lie. And Then somebody asks them a question, okay, that don't work, right? And they tell two other lies to try to support this. But if somebody just examines, it's going to be holes in them.
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Other lies too, but the truth, you don't have to think about it. It's going to be right every day of the week, twice on Sunday. It's going to be right the rest of your life.
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You don't have to worry about somebody finding something wrong with it. It's perfect. He that speaks truth shows righteousness. But a false witness, deceit. Now, we've quoted this sometimes, but didn't have it in the context there is. That speaks like the piercings of a sword. But the tongue of the wise is health. He's talking about truth and lies. Lies are a weapon that injure. Where Was that? Proverbs 26:28. You don't have to turn there. But it says a lying tongue hates those it hurts. That's the NIV. The Amplified says. This is Proverbs 26:28. A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes. And a flattering mouth works ruin. Because flattery is also lies, right? Lying is an act of hate. Do you see why I'm taking some more time with this? People have not treated this seriously enough. Lying is an act of hate. And as I've learned more about it, that's become more and more important to me. And something came up the other day with staff and Phyllis was dealing with them and they were asking them about me. And she looked at him and she said, whatever you do, don't lie to him. Don't lie me to tell him you killed his dog and you burnt the house down, but do not, right? And do you know God is that way? If you come to him with falseness, he won't even listen to you. You might fool other people, but he sees right down in your heart and he knows you're not even trying to deal with this and you're being dishonest. And he hates it. Oh, he hates lying. Oh, he hates it. I'm quoting scripture. He hates it. And you can see why. Because the enemy of his soul is using it to destroy his beloved every day and night. He hates it. So when you lie to somebody, you attacked them. I mean, people throw the word assault around. They assaulted me. Verbal abuse, physical abuse, this is spiritual abuse. And it's more serious than any of the rest of them. And the worst thing is if you convince them that the lie is true, you have betrayed them, you have betrayed their love. You have betrayed their faith and trust in youn. And you'd have done to them what the enemy of their soul, the devil, tries to do to them every day of their life. You have volunteered for the Devil to use your mouth to do to him what. What he wants to do. As wonderful as the truth is in helping people, that's how horrible lying to people is. You become a minister of hate and unrighteousness, a betrayer. Because think about what you're trying to do. A lot of times this happens with family members. Members, Right. People you're in covenant with.
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Did you hear that word?
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People you're in covenant with. And they look at you when you're telling this lie. And so then you go, yeah, yeah. And you double down and go all in on it. And what you're saying is, trust me. Trust me that this lie is true. That's what Satan did in the garden. That's the devil. I want to hear you say it out. I hate lying.
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I despise a lie.
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Back to Proverbs 12. There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword. And he's talking about lies and truth. That's what a lie does. And especially when somebody realizes it's a lie and that you have betrayed them. Now, don't misunderstand me. It would be hard to find a person in this room that's never told a lie. So just go ahead and breathe. Breath of. Don't sit up here and tell another one. Do we need to give an altar call? It starts so young. Little one barely talk. You're doing something else. You hear the cookie jar lid rattle. Come around the corner, cookie jar lid sideways. Cookie crumbs on the counter, cookie crumbs on the floor. Chocolate smeared around little one's face and on their hands. You been in the cookie jar? Now listen. Sadly, that response you just saw, that's what happens. They laugh. They think it's cute. You won't think it's cute when they're 16 and you ask them, did they take money out of your purse? And it's the same thing. Now, I'm not saying you overreact, but right then, I mean, the music should stop and you should begin to talk to them. No, don't yell, don't scream. No, no. Just tell them how important the truth is. Is that right? And how that you and they can work through anything as long as we're dealing with the truth.
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Right?
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There's grace, there's mercy. But never, never lie to Mama. Never, never lie to Daddy. Whatever you need to do. And if later on more discipline is required, whatever, but it's got to be a giant deal in your life. My dad is in heaven now, and he and I had a great relationship and a wonderful dad. And he allowed me to do some things when I was quite young because he trusted me. I did good in school. I helped work around the place there. And he had a 1970 Mustang. Have you seen the one in the pictures? Yellow with the black stripes? He had one. He gave it to me when I was 16. But he sat down with me. He looked me in the eye. He said, now, boy, I'm going to trust you with this, but don't you drink and get behind that wheel and drive. He said, you give me your word. And I did. Y' all are looking at me strong. Why am I telling the story? Well, all was well for a few weeks. We'd go to the square, tiny little town and drive around, rev the engine, wave at the girls, you know, 16. And the guys wanted to see the car. They liked the car. And they had a bunch of cold beer iced down. And they're all drinking beer like big guys. And I didn't the first time or two. And they're like, what's wrong with you, sissy boy? Can't even drink a beer. I mean, one beer ain't going to hurt you. So you know what happened? I drank a beer. And two and three. Now tell me, what's the biggest problem with this so far? Help me out. Is it drinking beer? No, it's not drinking beer. What's the biggest problem here? I came in home after a Saturday night of that, and my dad was in his chair, and he looked at me. One look. I knew he knew, right? He just looked at me, and that look, I remember to this day. The music stopped. He didn't speak to me for days. Didn't speak to me. I'm 16. We grew up in our family. You didn't cry the tough thing and all like that. But finally, I don't know, after about a week of this, he was out at the barn doing something. And I came out, and I'm crying like a baby. I said, daddy, I'm sorry I lied to you. He said, I know it. Come here. And why am I saying that? I appreciate him doing this. Come on. Are y' all with me? He didn't say, oh, you know, everybody lies sometimes. You're young and you make mistakes. No, no. He was saying, you gave me youe word. Is that right? You gave me youe word. And I trusted you'd and let yout do these things because youe gave me youe word. And I tell you what, it did.
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Not happen again as long as he lived. Are y' all with me or not? No.
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And we had a great relationship through all those years and all those things. And I knew he wouldn't lie to me, and he knew I wouldn't lie to him. And that keeps the devil out. Oh, come on.
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Can you see that?
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That keeps the devil. People grow up in households. A lot of times people their parents weren't even saved and there was lying everywhere, every day. Lying, lying, lying. Just a way of operating in life. And you get used to that. And if you yield to it and what happens, Spirits are involved. That doesn't mean that you are possessed. But spirits come from the outside. And especially if you get scared.
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You.
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Get in fear about something, the enemy will come right immediately. Tell this lie and you won't have to deal with it or trying to impress people.
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Pride.
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Well, just take it a little bit further. It's just exaggeration. It's no big deal. And you yield to that. For years you are practiced and developed in it. And so you'll tell a lie before you even think. I'm talking about Christians. I've had pastors of substantial works look me in the eye and lie to me. They didn't know that I knew. One night we were ministering and the word of knowledge was flowing, and I mean through the whole service. And right after the service, some things came up, some money stuff. And he looked right at me and lied to me. And I thought 10 minutes ago it was word of knowledge flowing. You think it just stopped? That's what I thought. Somebody said, what do you do? Well, you can't always say anything because a lot of times they'll double down. Is that right? And now it's worse than it was before. What did you do? When I got in my car, I prayed for him. Because I saw if he didn't repent, he was going down, he was going to lose stuff. And he did. I hate lying. I despise it. I refuse to tell a lie. I love the truth more than anybody.
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More than anything, more than my own life.
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I love the truth. And what will the truth do for you, friend? It will make you free. There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword. But the tongue of the wise is help. A lip of truth will be established forever. But a lying tongue is but for a moment, like we said, lies can't be consistent so they can't last. Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil. But to counsellors of peace is joy. There shall no evil happen to the just, but the wicked shall be filled. Mischief. He's still talking about lying and truth. Verse 22. Lying lips are an abomination to the but they that deal truly are his delight. Or as the new living says, the Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in those who tell the truth. Do you want to make God smile? Do you want him to rejoice and take delight in you? Than when you are pushed and you are pressed and you are tempted and there's fear and there's this, and it's going to cost you, or maybe cost you a lot, and you back up and you say, no, get thee behind me, Satan. I will not tell a lie about this. God help me. I'm asking for grace and mercy. And you stand up and be a.
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Man of God, and be a woman of God. And you tell the truth.
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Grace will flow to you. Mercy will flow to you.
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Hallelujah.
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Help will flow to you and it will make you free.
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Glory to God.
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Stand on your feet, everybody. Lift up. Stand on your feet. Lift up your hands. Lift up your voice. Lift up your praise. Thank you, Lord, for the truth.
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Thank you, Lord, for the truth. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord.
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Thank you, Lord. Just lift your hands. Lift your voices. Give praise, give thanks. Close your eyes, if you would, for just a moment. Now. If you want your children and your grandchildren to not lie to you, you've got to quit lying. You can't pray and fuss at them and do it yourself. It will never work. Everybody, pray it out. Father, forgive me for every false thing I have said. Any lie, any deception that I have had any part in, I call it evil, I hate it, I despise it. And I say it has no place in me. No place in me. And I humble myself under your mighty hand and I yield myself to your Holy Spirit. And I lay hold of the cleansing and washing of the precious blood of the Lamb. I receive cleansing and forgiveness. Hallelujah. Thank youk, Lord. Thank youk, Lord. Now go further. Say, put your hand by your mouth. Say it out. O Lord. Set a watch at the door of my mouth, at my lips, and alert me lest I begin to tell a lie or something that's wrong. And by your grace, I will stop and not do so. Hallelujah. Thank youk, Lord. Lift your hands. Now pray in the spirit some about that, about the truth between you and your spouse, between you and your children, young or old. O Kore Prende Yes Lord. Yes Lord. Yes Lord. Yes Lord. Keep your eyes closed for just a moment. Telling lies and hiding things month after month, year after year can give place to the devil in your life, in your mind, depression, and in your body with problems. Oftentimes when people repent of lying and hiding and covering, healing comes because that was the thing. And that's why the person trying to believe for it, trying to believe for it. But the enemy had a notch, he had a place, a hook through the lie and the hide. So ask the Lord for direction to show you what to say and do. And in some cases you need to talk to people and you need to repent and you need to make it right and it will be connected to your freedom and to your the truth will do what it will make you free and to your restoration. And you need for this to happen quickly because some of these things left unfixed can shorten your life. That disease that just keeps staying in your body, it can shorten years off your life. And that's not God's will. He wants you to finish your entire course and to be satisfied with long life. Say it out by the Lord's grace, no lying, no deceiving, no hiding, no covering. In Jesus name, Hallelujah.
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