September 15, 2025 • 52 mins
After returning from his sabbatical, Apostle Mike Signorelli delivers a prophetic and urgent word for the church in this powerful Homecoming message. Preaching from Acts 27, he declares that we are standing in a turning point - a moment where God is calling His people out of immaturity and compromise and into maturity, holiness, and boldness.
In this sermon you will learn:
- Why the season we are in is not left vs. right, but a battle between light and darkness
- How God conceals good news inside of bad news, using trials to position His people
- The dangers of cultural compromise and the urgent call to live under Christ’s Lordship
- Why this generation must move from milk to meat and step into spiritual maturity
- How to stand firm in identity when Luciferian deception seeks to redefine truth
This message marked a homecoming not just for Apostle Mike but for the church itself—a call to rise, put on the full armor of God, and step boldly into the turning point God has prepared for His people.
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Turning Point.
Can you say that with me?
It's a turning point.
And for those of you who areignorant enough, or you discern from
the soulless realm of yourfeelings, or you define what God's
doing through a cultural lensand miss the supernatural.
Can I just help you for a moment?
I was on a ship retracingPaul's apostolic journeys.
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I was going from island toisland and teaching the scriptures
that were literally written onthose islands.
And in the midst of thattravel, I'm on the ship.
And last Sunday, the HolySpirit said, mike, I know that you
have your sermon written, butif you would give me permission,
I'll give you the sermonyou're supposed to be preaching.
Hello.
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And he said, mike, I want youto just trash that sermon, and I
want you to name this sermonthe Turning Point.
And he began to download this message.
So before it was black versusWhite, before it was Republican versus
Democrat.
Oh, come on, somebody.
I'm gonna speak right into it today.
Before that ever happened, onSunday, before the assassination,
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the Lord spoke to me and said,I need you to preach this message
on a ship called the Turning Point.
How else do you explain thesovereign plan of an almighty God
that in his foreknowledgedownloaded to me the very language
now that has becomeinternational news?
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The Turning Point is the nameof Charlie Kirk's organization and
movement.
There's no way I would haveever made the connection, but God
was already on the move.
So if I could warn you, youshould have learned something in
2020.
You should have matured pastthe immaturity and the foolishness
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of racial division and pride.
If you.
I'm telling you, this is gonnabe a test of who's on the meat of
the word and who's still onthe milk.
This is gonna be a test of whoLearned in the 2020s or who is still
circling that mountain.
Why?
Because this is our finest hour.
Don't get so caught up onsomething that Charlie Kirk disagree
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with that you miss theprophetic symbol of what's happening
through Charlie Kirk's assassination.
Because guess what?
I love this country.
I love the United States.
But kings and kingdoms willall pass away.
There's a bigger plan.
And that plan is for the Lambthat was slain to be glorified and
magnified.
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And I'm telling you, heaven ismy destination.
Even if America is temporarilymy home, I'll never hide the cross
underneath the.
Flag of Jesus Christ.
So don't come into this churchwith your political propaganda.
Whether it's Republican orDemocrat, Jesus Ministered in the
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context of Rome.
Rome no longer exists.
Choose your battles wisely.
Jesus didn't fight Satan withpolitical propaganda.
He said it is written.
Oh, I'll tell you what kind ofchurch v1 church is.
I'm not gonna parrot somepolitician, but I'm gonna sound like
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my heavenly Father.
And if you want to know myopinion, you could read Genesis to
Revelation.
That's what I think about it.
I'm a Bible believingChristian and I'm here to tell you
the word of God.
It is, it is written.
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I learned my lesson in the2000 and twenties.
This is a church for those whowant to mature.
Go find another church that'llgive you milk and change your poopy
diapers.
But I'm not a hospital.
We're an army.
Come out the nicu.
Come out the nicu.
It's time to get on the meatof the word.
Come on, soldier, lock in.
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Put on the full armor of God.
It's time to do what he calledyou to do.
Stop playing games in thecomment section and start playing
warfare on the battlefield.
It's time to lock in.
Somebody shout It's a turningpoint, It's.
A turning point I'm turningfrom immature to mature.
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I'm turning from milk to meat.
I'm turning from perversion topurity or.
Oh, somebody help me.
It's a turning point.
It's a turning point.
People who never cared aboutrighteousness and holiness are suddenly
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buying Bibles.
Gen Z are now statisticallythe highest proportion of our population
attending church, which meansmany of them are going to church
without their own parents.
Listen, millennials, listen,Gen Xers.
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You can have your criticisms,you can be a naysayer, but God is
raising up a generation.
Who says I got a job to do?
I might only be 18, but howold was David when he killed a giant?
Come on, somebody, let's stopplaying games.
This is a JOL2 movement.
All of us got to be on that door.
Let Gen Z lead.
Come on, old folks.
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This is for all of us.
And I feel this in my spiritbecause before the assassination,
the Lord said, it's a turning point.
It's a turning point.
And that's how I know thatthis thing is greater than politics.
It's a spiritual battlebetween good and evil.
It's not left versus right,it's up versus down.
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Which one do you choose?
As for me and my house?
Come on.
The scripture says inDeuteronomy I present before you
today blessing or cursing, you choose.
It's a turning point.
It's a turning point.
Oftentimes God conceals goodnews inside of bad news.
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This is how the Father hasalways worked.
That's why we don't think it'sstrange when we hear these things
in the news, because he alwayshides good news inside of bad news.
It's when you hear the tauntsof Goliath, it's when he's literally
shouting, your God is not thetrue God.
That those shouts, thosetaunts are going to draw out a David
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who's been destined for that moment.
And so you don't get a Davidwithout a Goliath.
It's literally when the.
There's a famine in the landand it's.
It's this.
The economy is completelywrecked and people are starving to
death.
That God had been meticulouslyand miraculously moving a man named
Joseph through the structuresof an Egyptian prison for the right
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time at the right moment.
And if you don't have afamine, you don't have a Joseph.
So for those of you who arestill scared right now, can I just
remind you, is when fear getsbrought broadcast from Satan, all
it reveals is his desperation.
And Satan's desperation isrevealing God's mission in the earth.
What is the devil fighting sohard right now?
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What does he see getting readyto take place?
Could it be an international revival?
Could it be the generationsbeing won?
Could it be college campusescoming to him in droves?
Why is he so desperate?
He, God's always got good newswrapped up in bad news.
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Oh, Pastor Mike, it's soexpensive here in New York.
No, no, no, no.
The most expensive place youcan ever live is outside of the will
of God.
It's not expensive in New York.
It's expensive out of his will.
Because if you get into hiswill, if it's his will, it's his
bill.
He'll make a way where thereseems to be no way.
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He'll.
He'll open up a door thatnobody can shut.
There's good news inside ofthe bad news.
The bad news is it's expensive here.
The good news is your dad ownsa cattle on a thousand hill and everything
that's his is yours.
It's time to lock in church.
It's time to say it's aturning point.
And I made up my mind.
I will follow Jesus.
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Done.
None go with me if I gotta goalone on work.
I'm not drinking on my lunchbreak like they drink on their lunch
break.
I'm praying on my lunch break because.
I'm not at my work.
Alone.
He said he'll never leave menor forsake me.
And I take him everywhere I go.
Gen Z, put your Bible on top.
Of your textbooks this schoolyear so.
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That you shine your light inthe middle of that school and you
say, there ain't no spirit butthe Holy Spirit up in this school.
And I'm here to be a light inthe darkness.
Gen Z, are you with me?
If everybody else is comingout of the closet, why don't you
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come out, too?
Demons are real bold abouttheir doctrines.
Why don't you learn doctrine, too?
See, this is a.
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This is a dividing line.
It's.
I'm gonna get into the text,but I've been preaching scriptures
for those who have ears to hear.
This is a turning point.
This is the turning pointbecause, see, for a long time, the
grace of God was representedin an intellectualized middle for
a lot of pastors.
He gave pastors a lot of timeto figure out how they're gonna communicate
it.
He gave ministers a lot oftime to be on the fence.
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But I'm telling you, somethinghappened just days ago where it is.
You can't ignore this.
You can't not talk about it.
You can't act like it doesn't exist.
It's time to say the word of God.
It's time to say, I'm a man of God.
I know the truth.
And when they hear the truth,the truth will set them free and
the middle ground is over.
And let me just tell you,there's only two teams, according
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to Jesus Christ.
He said you were either a sonof Satan or you are a son of the
Savior.
You're a son of God.
There's only two teams here onLong Island.
You talk to people.
Are you a Christian?
Yeah, I'm a Christian.
I went to Catholic school.
Yeah, I'm a Christian.
I was baptized and wentthrough confirmation.
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Yeah, I'm a Christian.
I watch YouTube.
I watch Christian YouTube.
No, no, I didn't ask you your title.
I asked you your identity.
Christians have fruit.
And you will know them not bytheir subscriptions.
Come on, somebody.
And you will know them notbecause of their education.
And you will know them notbecause they're Sicilian Catholic
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family.
And you will know them bytheir fruit.
So the thing that I'm going tobe watching is who has love and peace
and patience and joy and longsuffering in the midst of the next
couple years, I want to knowwho's going to bear fruit.
Fruit.
So that the world can eat ofyour fruit.
Somebody shout, it's a Turning point.
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So let me jump into the text.
If you have your Bibles,please go to Acts, the 27th chapter.
And although I don't have theprivilege of being able to teach
all 26 chapters, to get youcaught up, I'll try to summarize.
Is that all right?
No.
You want to fast and just stayhere all day?
Okay, great.
We'll do that in the 27thchapter of the book of Acts.
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Paul has been going to regionto region, and he's been whooped,
bullied, persecuted.
He's been cast out from theirmidst, and he's on these apostolic
journeys trying to preach theGospel and establish the church.
And he's a prisoner of Rome.
He's a prisoner of Rome, andthey're taking him on this journey.
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And it's.
We're going to see how thisplays out.
Now that I got you caught up.
It says in verse eight.
So skip down to verse eight.
It says coasting along with difficulty.
Everybody say difficulty.
We came to a place called FairHavens, near which was the city of
Lycia.
So what happens is Paul is onthis journey that he's being forced
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on.
That's a really important partof the text.
And this journey is this difficult.
It's difficult.
Now, what does Crete, thisisland, represent for you?
Because for him, it was aphysical location.
But how many of you know thatthere's a parallel between the physical
and the spiritual?
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He says there's even a placethat's in this geography called,
look at the word Fair Havens.
Have you ever heard that termsafe haven't?
So what Crete represented wassafe, yet difficult.
The thing that I'm here toprophetically tell you, and this
is one of the most importantsermons you'll ever hear in your
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life, and I can bank on that,is that you are leaving the island
of Crete now.
Because up until now, yourlife has been safe but difficult.
I'm not undermining all of thesituations you've encountered.
I'm not undermining all of the difficulties.
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It is difficult.
But there was a turning pointdays ago that are now going to take
you by the sovereign God'shand into the next season of your
life, this next era.
And we are now going to shift.
Come on.
Do you feel the shift fromdifficult past this turning point,
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past Fairhaven, where it'ssafe, into something more perilous?
But remember, I alreadypromised you that God cloaks good
news inside of bad news.
Are you following me?
The assassination of Charlie Kurt.
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It represented persecution toChristians in the form of Physical
violence coming to America.
I have.
I did a news interview justtwo days ago that has almost half
a million views already on YouTube.
Because I have personally,even though I'm nowhere near the
influence of Charlie Kirk,I've personally sustained over five
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years of consistent death threats.
Not because of a politicalposition, if you follow my ministry.
I've been very politicallyagnostic, but because a biblical
stance in a world full ofsinners that don't know our Savior.
This book is foolishness tothose who are dead in their sin.
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And so I think we were in Crete.
I think we were in Crete.
Do you remember life before 9 11?
Those are.
There's these times in ourlife where it's difficult, but it's
safer than where you're headed.
So the Apostle Paul, some ofyou are saying, preacher, please
get to the good news.
You said there was good news.
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I'm going there.
Then in verse 9.
So Acts 27, verse 9.
Since much time has passed andthe voyage was now dangerous, everybody
say dangerous.
Because even the fast wasalready over.
Paul advised them, saying,sirs, I perceive.
Everybody say perceive.
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I perceive that the voyagewill be with injury and much loss,
not only of the cargo of theship, but also of our lives.
So what Paul is saying is.
Paul is saying, when we werein Crete, it was difficult sailing,
but it was safe.
But I perceive if we go tothis next destination, we're in a
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turning point.
And if you choose wrong, weare going to lose our ship and we're
also going to lose our lives.
And we've transitioned fromdifficult to dangerous.
There are demonized people whoare not okay with you having a biblical
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opinion.
It was difficult in thisnation to be a Christian before last
week.
It is now dangerous.
Mark my words.
Mark my words.
I got good news for you.
We were built for danger.
The kingdom of heaven suffersviolence, but the violent take it
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by force.
I may not be physically violent.
The weapons of my warfare arenot carnal, but they are mighty through
God.
To the pulling down ofstrongholds and Satan.
I'm here to take your neck.
I'm built for this.
Somebody shout unto God wewere built for this.
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We were built for this.
When I started V1 Church, Iused to pray every Sunday.
God, I don't want to build a21st century church.
The 21st century church isfull of consumers.
They need a cup of coffee anda bagel.
The 21st century churchdoesn't read their Bible.
They me to post it on the Internet.
The 21st century churchdoesn't give their finances because
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their God is mammon.
God, help me build a churchlike the first century church on
the blood of the martyrs.
And I'm here to tell you we'renot in a six million dollar building
because this is a prosperity church.
We're in this building todaybecause a sacrifice was poured out
and people said, God, I'm hereto serve you on this island.
And I will give and pour mylife to build your kingdom.
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That's what we're doing here.
When I you peel the stickerback that says V1 church, it better
say the kingdom of heaven.
And if it doesn't, I'll be thefirst person to leave the church.
Why, Pastor Mike?
Why are you so serious?
Let me tell you why.
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When Jesus first called hisdisciples, the first miracle was
what?
Come on.
Biblical scholars.
Turning water into wine.
Oh, that was a good time.
They were turning up.
It was probably sangria.
You know what I mean?
Probably sangria.
No.
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That'S how they started theirjourney with Jesus.
See, when you first startfollowing Jesus, there's this phase
that you're in of celebration,the joy of your salvation.
He turned water into wine for you.
But right before Gethsemane,something changes.
Jesus says, can't you juststay up one more hour?
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Can't you watch?
Can't you pray?
See, it's a different.
He's saying there's been a transition.
There was a turning point.
We're going from celebrationto concentration.
There's a turning point.
We're supposed to be shifting.
I mean, yeah, we started thisthing with wine, but we're gonna
end it with blood.
There's a transition.
There's a turning point.
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And I'm here to tell you, getout of the nicu.
Some of you have been in theinfant stage for too long.
Some of you gotta get off themilk of the word and shift into the
meat of the word.
Some of you have been nursingold wounds of church hurt.
And it's been 15 years.
It's time to armor up.
We're going into Gethsemane and.
And trade the wine for blood.
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It's a turning point.
Does anybody hear me?
Are you ready to be mature,lacking in nothing, unoffendable?
Are you ready to say, God, Iwill do what you called me to do.
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This is going off way betterthan I thought it would because I'm
preaching real mean and you'retaking it.
Y' all must be for real.
Everybody's like.
Wow, is he not coming back?
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For a bride without spot and without.
Wrinkle and without blemish.
God, do your work.
You got to do in me.
Get the wrinkles out, get thespots out.
I may have started wrong, butI'm going to finish strong.
God, I'm here for you.
You're bright.
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So they go from Crete, andthen from Crete they make the wrong
decision.
It wasn't Paul's fault.
Let me just tell you.
Some of you are subjected tosomebody else's bad decision, but
God will be sovereign in your life.
Your husband may not have madethe right decision, but God will
take a crooked way and make it straight.
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Come on, I'm talking to asingle mother right now.
Sometimes the people on theboat with you make the wrong decision,
but they can't control the wind.
God is still going to get youwhere he wants to get you.
And that's the story of Paul.
I wish you heard me today.
See, Paul gave them a warning.
Paul says in verse ninethrough 12.
Sirs, I perceived that thisvoyage will be with injury.
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But they didn't listen.
The centurion soldiers of Romewere more content with listening
to the pilot than they were Paul.
We pray for our president, butdon't listen to our president more
than you listen to Paul.
Oh, y' all don't hear me?
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Y' all don't hear me?
There's only one perfect.
There's only one that's perfect.
There's only.
Come on, I'm talking tosomebody right now.
There's going to be delusionin the last days.
There's going to be confusionin the last days.
But the saints that havediscernment are going to know.
They might have said it wrong.
But I'm standing on a solidfoundation upon this rock and I am
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stable.
I am certain I am not confusedbecause the lamp is actually lighting
the path.
This is all.
Come on.
So Proverbs chapter 14, verse12 says, There's a way that seems
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right.
There's a way that seems right.
There's a way that seems rightto man, but the end of it is death.
Pastor Mike.
Some of my earliest memoriesof attraction were same sex attraction.
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It seems right to me.
Heterosexuality doesn't seemright to me.
Pastor Mike.
I never felt like a man.
I felt like a woman trapped ina man's body.
It seems right for me to wearthese women's clothes.
It seems right.
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The Bible says, there is a waythat seems right, but the end of
it is death.
See, everything in scriptureis for human flourishing.
And the more you understandthe wisdom of God, you'll see that
he's doing nothing to hurt You.
His plans for you are notevil, but his plans for you are good.
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You have a hope and a futurethrough him.
But culture, lies, sexualabuse and trauma, confusing your
sexual identity.
Some people say, well, I wasborn with this.
You can be born under agenerational curse.
Demons coming to inhabit yourbody before you're even old enough
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to make memories.
Be born again.
Be born again.
Why would I say this so boldlyknowing that I could offend you?
I'll tell you why.
Because the cross of JesusChrist is.
Offense to those who are in sin.
It's offensive to demons.
But I have to tell you the truth.
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Because if you can hear the truth.
You can be free.
The man who killed CharlieKirk was.
A 22 year old who's in arelationship with a transgender man,
a 22 year old Mormon.
I don't know if you know this,but this is a demonic battle.
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This is a demonic battle.
Last night I was seeking Godand I was saying, God, you've been
so merciful to give me theright things to say when it needs
to be said.
And I said, I've cast demonsout of people all over the world.
And I feel like.
And I've studied historically,even from the archaeological record,
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demons and pagan gods.
And I'm struggling because youhear in the news that phrase senseless
murder, senseless act ofviolence, senseless.
And I know that it's.
It's seemingly senseless, butthere is a reason.
There is a principality, thereis a demon over America.
And I cannot fully discernwhat it is.
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Clear as day, the Lord spoketo me and he said, it's Luciferianism.
Luciferianism, Luciferianism.
Is it all right if I come upoff my notes for a little bit and
just speak from my heart?
I'll be honest, I thought,what a weird thing, especially with
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thousands in attendance totalk about Luciferianism.
And then I was watching myfriend Mark.
He has a Saturday night service.
And so as I was going throughmy notes, I had his sermon on just
watching him.
And all of a sudden he getstowards the end of his sermon and
he says, I asked the Lord toshow me what is the spirit, what
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is the demon that's over allof what's happening in our nation,
this murderous spirit, thisspirit of destruction.
And he said, the Lord spoke tome and said it was Luciferianism.
When those words came out ofMark's mouth, I. I mean, it dropped
my jaw.
And I literally, I was themost stunned I've been in a long
time because it was just likehow the Lord told me to actually
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preach a sermon.
The turning point two daysbefore Charlie Kirk's murder.
Or just like how he told me tochange the name of this sermon or
this service from IgniteSunday to Homecoming, not knowing
that many unsafe people would come.
It's like the Lord was doing something.
And I was texting Mark lastnight and I was like, mark, one of
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the greatest moments ofconfirmation in my life was hearing
you speak the phraseLuciferianism as the diagnosis for
what we're dealing with.
But there's many of you whoare confused about what that means.
And because of my in depthstudies of demonology, I started
to go back and review notesand rehearse and sort of refresh
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my memory.
And it's very simple.
That serpent that came intothe garden, way back in Genesis,
he looked at Adam and Eve andhe said, I know God gave you a command.
I know God gave you a plan.
But you can make your own plan.
And if you do, you won't die.
You can live life the way youwant to do it, and you're not going
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to die.
And so the question right now,it's not, are you a Republican or
are you a Democrat?
The question right now is notwhite versus black.
The question is this, do youbelieve in God or do you believe
that you are God?
It's not Christianity versus Atheism.
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It's Luciferianism versus Christianity.
And here's the difference.
Do you believe in the God ofAbraham and Isaac and Jacob, or do.
You believe that you are a God?
Transgenderism is a demonic spirit.
When you study the paganrepresentations of demons, you see
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that these demons chose torepresent themselves as transgender
throughout history.
But what is the root?
The root is my identity is not received.
My identity is achieved.
I achieve it with surgeries.
I achieve it with hormone replacement.
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I achieve it.
Come on.
I'm speaking into the core ofa demonic infrastructure structure.
And let me just tell you, forthose of you who are saying, well,
I'm not transgendered, whatdoes this have to do with me?
Depression and anxiety is alsoconnected to Luciferian thought.
Why?
One of the most Luciferianquestions you can be asked is very
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simply, what are you going tobe when you grow up?
See, Americans ask thatquestion in our public education
systems.
What are you going to be whenyou grow up?
What are you going to be whenyou grow up?
What?
And how many of us grew up andstill didn't know what we're going
to be?
Why is that elusive question?
Adam didn't have to figure outwhat he did with his life.
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Adam didn't have to figure outwhat was he going to be when he grew
up.
Identity was given to him byAbba, his father.
Assignment was given.
His wife was given.
His life was given.
And so what happens when youfeel like you are God with a lowercase
g?
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You feel the weight ofanxiety, of always having to figure
out how to be a good God overyour life.
But the gospel is that for allhave sinned and fallen short of the
glory.
And I was a bad God over my life.
It led to infidelity andadultery and alcoholism and shame
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and God, I'm done being in charge.
I want you to be my Lord and Savior.
Here's the thing.
Right now, the world wants a savior.
In your if you're on yourdeathbed with cancer, who wouldn't
want the cure?
If you're having an anxiety.
Anxiety attack.
That doesn't make sense.
Who wouldn't want it toimmediately stop?
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Everybody wants a savior.
But In Romans chapter 10,verse 9, it says that we must confess
with our mouth and believe inour heart that he is Lord and Savior.
And let me tell you the difference.
The difference is simply this.
I praise you when it works outthe way I want it to, and I praise
you when I don't understandwhat you're doing.
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I am not just here for yourhelp hand.
I am here for your face.
I want to know you.
I want to be submitted to you.
You are the Lord.
Let pure word.
I wish somebody would jump totheir feet and give them some pure
worship that says God, nomatter what, I worship you.
You're not just my savior.
My you're my Lord.
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Somebody shout, you're my Lord.
This is.
I believe that when Gen Z goesinto the school systems and they
see their friends dressed asfurries, when there's dog bowls in
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the corner to accommodate thatdemonic delusion.
We're at a turning point.
We're at a turning point.
Do I say this to condemn?
No, it's quite the opposite.
I say that the freedom of thegospel is that you will receive an
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identity that you could never achieve.
That you don't have to befilled with anxiety, you don't have
to be filled with fear.
You can simply say yes to Jesus.
But here's the thing.
Hear me.
You have to make him Lord.
What is Lord?
Lord is my heterosexual sin isgoing to send me to hell, just like
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homosexual sin will send me to hell.
And so I don't just need a savior.
I need to submit Lord and say,I'm not going to try to get into
the ring and fight a battlewith lust I'll never win.
I'm going to flee from sexual immorality.
I'm going to run in the other direction.
I'm going to findaccountability in a group, in the
church.
I'm going to show up to theBible studies.
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I'm going to show up to the meetings.
I'm going to go.
I'm going to be accountable.
I need a Lord over my life.
I've been a rebel my whole life.
But now it's time to submit tohim as Lord.
Somebody shout.
It's a turning point.
So to continue the story ofActs, chapter 27, they don't listen.
It's late fall, probably lateNovember, and they try to traverse
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an impossible distance ofwater out of sheer foolishness.
They wanted to go to another destination.
How many of you know some ofyour friends and family, no matter
how much you try to save themfrom destruction, keep heading in
that direction.
But I got good news for you.
The result is on God.
The obligation to tell themthe truth is on you, but the results
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on God.
There's going to be people who hear.
This message and want to end my.
Life, too, because of mystance on transgenderism.
And yet there's going to be others.
In the transgender communitythat the gospel of Jesus Christ causes
the scales to fall off.
And they say, I once wasblind, but now I see.
I once was lost, and now I'm found.
And the only way that happensis I got to be faithful not to give
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my opinion, but to give thetruth of the word of God.
There's a man in the Biblenamed Samson, and you don't know
this because you got thecoloring book version, but when he
pushed the pillars down, hewas in a temple of Dagon.
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It was a hybrid of a human anda creature.
See, these spirits are playingthe same playbook, and it's working
over and over again.
But when Samson pushed thepillars down of the temple of Dagon
and destroyed all the priestsof Dagon, what it was saying was
lust and perversion almosttook me out.
But God has given me grace totake this demon out, and he pushed
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those pillars down.
And I'm here to tell you,there's going to be people like Richard
that begin to rise up like a Samson.
In our generation that saysLGBTQ ia, you don't have to achieve
your identity.
You receive your identity as ason and daughter and push those pillars
down.
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It's a turning point, America.
It's a turning point.
Samson's are going to arise.
Esthers and Mordecai's aregoing to arise.
But the good news, cloaked inthe bad news, is it has to get darker
so that our light can shine brighter.
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I want to ask you this lastquestion as I end this sermon.
Acts 20:7.
Paul literally is in thismassive shipwreck.
The lives of those on boardwere preserved because we serve the
God of second chances.
Even though they listened tothe pilot and not Paul, Even though
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they could have stayed inCrete, but they intended to go to
another destination God didn't design.
I'm telling you, God wasmerciful and said, the ship will
be destroyed, but your liveswill be saved because He's God of
second chances.
There's many of you who, underthe sound of my voice, who have not
been to church in years andyears and years.
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And you should have stayed inCrete, but you went on a journey
and you've experiencedshipwreck after shipwreck.
But in God's mercy, he said,son, if you're not dead, it's because
you're not done.
Daughter, you may have leftme, but I will never leave you and
never forsake you.
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And I'll be with you to theends of the earth.
But the question I have foryou is, do you want to be saved from
a shipwreck, or do you want toreceive him as Lord of your.
Life and say, I now willsubmit to you?
Do what you will with me,break these demonic spirits off of
me and free me from this falseidentity so I can step up into the
real.
I want to be a part of theturning point.
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So on the count of three,here's what we're going to do.
And I don't care if you're up there.
I don't care if you're in theoverflow room.
We have to do this because theBible does not say, make a private
decision and do it from thecomfort of your seat.
The Bible says that if youwill deny Christ before man, that
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when you get to heaven forJudgment Day, he will deny you before
His Father.
So on the count of three, thequestion I have is, do you want to
receive Jesus as your Savior,but do you also want to submit to
him as Lord and say God, inthis turning point, I don't want
to miss what you have.
I'm ready to lock in.
I'm ready to submit to you.
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I'm ready to receive you, andI'm ready to come home for homecoming.
And I want us to run and fillthese altars on the count of three.
And I want you to do it infront of your friends and family.
And I want you to show themI've decided I'll never be the same
if that's you right now.
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Heaven has been waiting forthis moment.
Heaven has been waiting forthe moment where you stop being lukewarm
and you actually become fiery hot.
And you say, God, I'm goingall the way in one.
If that's you, God's dealingwith your heart.
Don't resist the Holy Spirit.
It's not about the emotion ofthe moment.
It's about him drawing you.
Two, if that's you, I want youto grab the hand of somebody with
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you.
Give them your courage.
Number three.
Come right now.
Just come.
Come, come, come.
Come on.
It's time.
If you want to.
If you want to receive Christas your savior, come.
Come on, church.
Just come up front.
Come on, young people, come up closer.
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Come on.
They're coming.
Come on.
They're coming.
Come on.
Heaven is rejoicing.
The angels are rejoicing.
Yeah.
Come on.
Every gener.
Come on.
I'm going to give a little bitmore time for those who are in the
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overflow if you need to come, come.
They're still coming, by the way.
People are still coming.
Wow.
Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
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Wow.
I'm proud of you.
I'm proud of you.
I'm proud of you.
Come on.
This man in the green.
This green and blue striped shirt.
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The power of God is all over you.
The power.
And I want to encourage you.
When you made the decision tocome up, the Lord told me, your entire
family is next.
Your entire family is next.
Your entire family is next.
The Lord said, it starts with you.
It starts with you, but itdoesn't end with you.
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Somebody help me.
Ask for me in my house.
Come on.
We're going to pray in a moment.
If you're watching online,this is for you too.
It's a beautiful thing thatyou would be right there with your
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children.
I got a vision of a motherjust holding their kids right now,
weeping.
If I'm talking to you rightnow, this moment is for you.
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I don't believe in accidents,whether they're digital or physical.
And God will take the blood ofhis son, Jesus, and wash us, make
us clean.
It's a turning point.
I want you to make acommitment to be discipled.
I want you to make acommitment to walk the narrow road.
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I want you to make acommitment to read your Bible.
Gen Z, are you ready to lock in?
Are you ready to lock in.
It's time.
This Luciferian spirit isgoing to be broken off of this generation.
And we're going to be free tosay, God's got this, God's in control.
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How many of you just feel thepeace of God just rushing over this
place right now?
We're going to pray.
We're going to pray in a moment.
Romans chapter 10 says,Confess your mouth with your mouth.
Believe in your heart that heis your Lord and Satan savior and
you will be saved.
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Tonight at 7pm we're gonnahave a revival service here.
It's gonna be different thanthe morning service at 5pm I'm gonna
be available.
I want to meet you, want totake a picture, wanna, you know,
just hang with you guys.
And there's gonna be somethingvery special that happens tonight.
But for every single one ofyou that accepted Christ today, I
want you to make a commitmentto go home, to get your friends,
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to get your family and bringthem back to tonight.
Because some of what God wantsto do, he wants to do it today.
This is the day of salvation.
This is the day.
How many of you believe that?
So tonight, get him back herefor 7pm it's the only service we
have that even has room left.
But come back here tonight at7pm let's reverence the presence
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of God.
He's here.
He's here.
I hear somebody's heart andyou've been crying out, God, when
is it going to change?
I can't take this anymore.
I can't live like this anymore.
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I see a woman silently cryingon her pillow.
And you have these late nighttears that nobody knows about.
I see you waking up at 2 and 3and 4 in the morning and just weeping,
crying.
You're on your phone, youcan't sleep.
And the Lord says, I give youmy peace.
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Peace that surpasses all understanding.
Some of you have been bearingthis heavy burden of your family.
And I see you weeping for yourfamily, weeping for your friends.
But I want to tell you it'sJesus Christ crying through you because
he's giving you a burden forthe lost.
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And your heart's going to bemoved with compassion for those who
are lost.
And you're going to feel whathe feels and you're going to think
what he thinks because you'vereceived the mind of Christ.
When we pray this prayer, theBible says that the old has passed
away and behold all, allthings become new.
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There's somebody that one ofthe biggest regrets of their life
was not being a virgin whenthey got married.
And you felt ashamed.
And you had made a promisethat you broke.
And I heard the Lord saying,daughter, behold, I make all things
new.
But also to the men, I makeall things new.
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There's some of you that yourpurity was taken by sexual abuse,
and it perverted and distortedyour identity.
And you've been saying, I justfeel like I can never be normal.
There's some of you that foundpornography at such a young age that
it destroyed your imagination.
And you've said, I just don'tknow that I could ever be normal.
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But God is not going to makeyou normal.
He's going to make you new.
And then you'll never benormal because you're a royal priesthood,
a chosen generation.
Come on.
And this is when.
This is the turnaround.
This is the transition.
This is the turning point.
Some of you got so hurt byanother church that one of the scariest
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things that you could do iseven step into a church.
And I honor the fact that youtried again.
And I honor Girl.
I know there's skepticism.
I know that there's a littlebit of skepticism.
But I also believe that Godwill take you to the place where
you were hurt to heal you.
And so this isn't aboutplaying church games.
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This is about destiny.
This is about the afterlife.
This is about eternity.
Are you ready to pray?
Because when you pray thisprayer, it's all going to be done
in a moment.
Lift your hands towards heaven.
Let's do this together.
From the front to the back.
This is the universal sign of surrender.
Everybody on the fringes here,everybody in overflow, and I want
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you to pray this becausethey're just weeping and there's
so many tears.
But these tears are like seedsthat fall into the soil of your life,
and they're gonna bear muchfruit, and you will reap a harvest
of joy.
So shout this out with me andsay it boldly.
Heavenly Father, I thank youfor the cross where my sins were
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forgiven.
I repent for every sin.
Wash me with your blood, Father.
I will follow you all the daysof my life.
I will serve you.
You are Lord and Savior.
I will walk the narrow roadbecause it's a turning point.
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And I turn to in Jesus nameSomeone shout Amen.
Come on, let's sing.
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Sam.
Turning Point.
Can you say that with me?
It's a turning point.
And for those of you who areignorant enough, or you discern from
the soulless realm of yourfeelings, or you define what God's
doing through a cultural lensand miss the supernatural.
Can I just help you for a moment?
I was on a ship retracingPaul's apostolic journeys.
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I was going from island toisland and teaching the scriptures
that were literally written onthose islands.
And in the midst of thattravel, I'm on the ship.
And last Sunday, the HolySpirit said, mike, I know that you
have your sermon written, butif you would give me permission,
I'll give you the sermonyou're supposed to be preaching.
Hello.
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And he said, mike, I want youto just trash that sermon, and I
want you to name this sermonthe Turning Point.
And he began to download this message.
So before it was black versusWhite, before it was Republican versus
Democrat.
Oh, come on, somebody.
I'm gonna speak right into it today.
Before that ever happened, onSunday, before the assassination,
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the Lord spoke to me and said,I need you to preach this message
on a ship called the Turning Point.
How else do you explain thesovereign plan of an almighty God
that in his foreknowledgedownloaded to me the very language
now that has becomeinternational news?
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The Turning Point is the nameof Charlie Kirk's organization and
movement.
There's no way I would haveever made the connection, but God
was already on the move.
So if I could warn you, youshould have learned something in
2020.
You should have matured pastthe immaturity and the foolishness
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of racial division and pride.
If you.
I'm telling you, this is gonnabe a test of who's on the meat of
the word and who's still onthe milk.
This is gonna be a test of whoLearned in the 2020s or who is still
circling that mountain.
Why?
Because this is our finest hour.
Don't get so caught up onsomething that Charlie Kirk disagree
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with that you miss theprophetic symbol of what's happening
through Charlie Kirk's assassination.
Because guess what?
I love this country.
I love the United States.
But kings and kingdoms willall pass away.
There's a bigger plan.
And that plan is for the Lambthat was slain to be glorified and
magnified.
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And I'm telling you, heaven ismy destination.
Even if America is temporarilymy home, I'll never hide the cross
underneath the.
Flag of Jesus Christ.
So don't come into this churchwith your political propaganda.
Whether it's Republican orDemocrat, Jesus Ministered in the
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context of Rome.
Rome no longer exists.
Choose your battles wisely.
Jesus didn't fight Satan withpolitical propaganda.
He said it is written.
Oh, I'll tell you what kind ofchurch v1 church is.
I'm not gonna parrot somepolitician, but I'm gonna sound like
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my heavenly Father.
And if you want to know myopinion, you could read Genesis to
Revelation.
That's what I think about it.
I'm a Bible believingChristian and I'm here to tell you
the word of God.
It is, it is written.
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I learned my lesson in the2000 and twenties.
This is a church for those whowant to mature.
Go find another church that'llgive you milk and change your poopy
diapers.
But I'm not a hospital.
We're an army.
Come out the nicu.
Come out the nicu.
It's time to get on the meatof the word.
Come on, soldier, lock in.
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Put on the full armor of God.
It's time to do what he calledyou to do.
Stop playing games in thecomment section and start playing
warfare on the battlefield.
It's time to lock in.
Somebody shout It's a turningpoint, It's.
A turning point I'm turningfrom immature to mature.
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I'm turning from milk to meat.
I'm turning from perversion topurity or.
Oh, somebody help me.
It's a turning point.
It's a turning point.
People who never cared aboutrighteousness and holiness are suddenly
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buying Bibles.
Gen Z are now statisticallythe highest proportion of our population
attending church, which meansmany of them are going to church
without their own parents.
Listen, millennials, listen,Gen Xers.
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You can have your criticisms,you can be a naysayer, but God is
raising up a generation.
Who says I got a job to do?
I might only be 18, but howold was David when he killed a giant?
Come on, somebody, let's stopplaying games.
This is a JOL2 movement.
All of us got to be on that door.
Let Gen Z lead.
Come on, old folks.
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This is for all of us.
And I feel this in my spiritbecause before the assassination,
the Lord said, it's a turning point.
It's a turning point.
And that's how I know thatthis thing is greater than politics.
It's a spiritual battlebetween good and evil.
It's not left versus right,it's up versus down.
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Which one do you choose?
As for me and my house?
Come on.
The scripture says inDeuteronomy I present before you
today blessing or cursing, you choose.
It's a turning point.
It's a turning point.
Oftentimes God conceals goodnews inside of bad news.
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This is how the Father hasalways worked.
That's why we don't think it'sstrange when we hear these things
in the news, because he alwayshides good news inside of bad news.
It's when you hear the tauntsof Goliath, it's when he's literally
shouting, your God is not thetrue God.
That those shouts, thosetaunts are going to draw out a David
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who's been destined for that moment.
And so you don't get a Davidwithout a Goliath.
It's literally when the.
There's a famine in the landand it's.
It's this.
The economy is completelywrecked and people are starving to
death.
That God had been meticulouslyand miraculously moving a man named
Joseph through the structuresof an Egyptian prison for the right
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time at the right moment.
And if you don't have afamine, you don't have a Joseph.
So for those of you who arestill scared right now, can I just
remind you, is when fear getsbrought broadcast from Satan, all
it reveals is his desperation.
And Satan's desperation isrevealing God's mission in the earth.
What is the devil fighting sohard right now?
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What does he see getting readyto take place?
Could it be an international revival?
Could it be the generationsbeing won?
Could it be college campusescoming to him in droves?
Why is he so desperate?
He, God's always got good newswrapped up in bad news.
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Oh, Pastor Mike, it's soexpensive here in New York.
No, no, no, no.
The most expensive place youcan ever live is outside of the will
of God.
It's not expensive in New York.
It's expensive out of his will.
Because if you get into hiswill, if it's his will, it's his
bill.
He'll make a way where thereseems to be no way.
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He'll.
He'll open up a door thatnobody can shut.
There's good news inside ofthe bad news.
The bad news is it's expensive here.
The good news is your dad ownsa cattle on a thousand hill and everything
that's his is yours.
It's time to lock in church.
It's time to say it's aturning point.
And I made up my mind.
I will follow Jesus.
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Done.
None go with me if I gotta goalone on work.
I'm not drinking on my lunchbreak like they drink on their lunch
break.
I'm praying on my lunch break because.
I'm not at my work.
Alone.
He said he'll never leave menor forsake me.
And I take him everywhere I go.
Gen Z, put your Bible on top.
Of your textbooks this schoolyear so.
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That you shine your light inthe middle of that school and you
say, there ain't no spirit butthe Holy Spirit up in this school.
And I'm here to be a light inthe darkness.
Gen Z, are you with me?
If everybody else is comingout of the closet, why don't you
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come out, too?
Demons are real bold abouttheir doctrines.
Why don't you learn doctrine, too?
See, this is a.
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This is a dividing line.
It's.
I'm gonna get into the text,but I've been preaching scriptures
for those who have ears to hear.
This is a turning point.
This is the turning pointbecause, see, for a long time, the
grace of God was representedin an intellectualized middle for
a lot of pastors.
He gave pastors a lot of timeto figure out how they're gonna communicate
it.
He gave ministers a lot oftime to be on the fence.
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But I'm telling you, somethinghappened just days ago where it is.
You can't ignore this.
You can't not talk about it.
You can't act like it doesn't exist.
It's time to say the word of God.
It's time to say, I'm a man of God.
I know the truth.
And when they hear the truth,the truth will set them free and
the middle ground is over.
And let me just tell you,there's only two teams, according
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to Jesus Christ.
He said you were either a sonof Satan or you are a son of the
Savior.
You're a son of God.
There's only two teams here onLong Island.
You talk to people.
Are you a Christian?
Yeah, I'm a Christian.
I went to Catholic school.
Yeah, I'm a Christian.
I was baptized and wentthrough confirmation.
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Yeah, I'm a Christian.
I watch YouTube.
I watch Christian YouTube.
No, no, I didn't ask you your title.
I asked you your identity.
Christians have fruit.
And you will know them not bytheir subscriptions.
Come on, somebody.
And you will know them notbecause of their education.
And you will know them notbecause they're Sicilian Catholic
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family.
And you will know them bytheir fruit.
So the thing that I'm going tobe watching is who has love and peace
and patience and joy and longsuffering in the midst of the next
couple years, I want to knowwho's going to bear fruit.
Fruit.
So that the world can eat ofyour fruit.
Somebody shout, it's a Turning point.
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So let me jump into the text.
If you have your Bibles,please go to Acts, the 27th chapter.
And although I don't have theprivilege of being able to teach
all 26 chapters, to get youcaught up, I'll try to summarize.
Is that all right?
No.
You want to fast and just stayhere all day?
Okay, great.
We'll do that in the 27thchapter of the book of Acts.
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Paul has been going to regionto region, and he's been whooped,
bullied, persecuted.
He's been cast out from theirmidst, and he's on these apostolic
journeys trying to preach theGospel and establish the church.
And he's a prisoner of Rome.
He's a prisoner of Rome, andthey're taking him on this journey.
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And it's.
We're going to see how thisplays out.
Now that I got you caught up.
It says in verse eight.
So skip down to verse eight.
It says coasting along with difficulty.
Everybody say difficulty.
We came to a place called FairHavens, near which was the city of
Lycia.
So what happens is Paul is onthis journey that he's being forced
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on.
That's a really important partof the text.
And this journey is this difficult.
It's difficult.
Now, what does Crete, thisisland, represent for you?
Because for him, it was aphysical location.
But how many of you know thatthere's a parallel between the physical
and the spiritual?
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He says there's even a placethat's in this geography called,
look at the word Fair Havens.
Have you ever heard that termsafe haven't?
So what Crete represented wassafe, yet difficult.
The thing that I'm here toprophetically tell you, and this
is one of the most importantsermons you'll ever hear in your
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life, and I can bank on that,is that you are leaving the island
of Crete now.
Because up until now, yourlife has been safe but difficult.
I'm not undermining all of thesituations you've encountered.
I'm not undermining all of the difficulties.
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It is difficult.
But there was a turning pointdays ago that are now going to take
you by the sovereign God'shand into the next season of your
life, this next era.
And we are now going to shift.
Come on.
Do you feel the shift fromdifficult past this turning point,
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past Fairhaven, where it'ssafe, into something more perilous?
But remember, I alreadypromised you that God cloaks good
news inside of bad news.
Are you following me?
The assassination of Charlie Kurt.
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It represented persecution toChristians in the form of Physical
violence coming to America.
I have.
I did a news interview justtwo days ago that has almost half
a million views already on YouTube.
Because I have personally,even though I'm nowhere near the
influence of Charlie Kirk,I've personally sustained over five
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years of consistent death threats.
Not because of a politicalposition, if you follow my ministry.
I've been very politicallyagnostic, but because a biblical
stance in a world full ofsinners that don't know our Savior.
This book is foolishness tothose who are dead in their sin.
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And so I think we were in Crete.
I think we were in Crete.
Do you remember life before 9 11?
Those are.
There's these times in ourlife where it's difficult, but it's
safer than where you're headed.
So the Apostle Paul, some ofyou are saying, preacher, please
get to the good news.
You said there was good news.
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I'm going there.
Then in verse 9.
So Acts 27, verse 9.
Since much time has passed andthe voyage was now dangerous, everybody
say dangerous.
Because even the fast wasalready over.
Paul advised them, saying,sirs, I perceive.
Everybody say perceive.
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I perceive that the voyagewill be with injury and much loss,
not only of the cargo of theship, but also of our lives.
So what Paul is saying is.
Paul is saying, when we werein Crete, it was difficult sailing,
but it was safe.
But I perceive if we go tothis next destination, we're in a
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turning point.
And if you choose wrong, weare going to lose our ship and we're
also going to lose our lives.
And we've transitioned fromdifficult to dangerous.
There are demonized people whoare not okay with you having a biblical
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opinion.
It was difficult in thisnation to be a Christian before last
week.
It is now dangerous.
Mark my words.
Mark my words.
I got good news for you.
We were built for danger.
The kingdom of heaven suffersviolence, but the violent take it
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by force.
I may not be physically violent.
The weapons of my warfare arenot carnal, but they are mighty through
God.
To the pulling down ofstrongholds and Satan.
I'm here to take your neck.
I'm built for this.
Somebody shout unto God wewere built for this.
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We were built for this.
When I started V1 Church, Iused to pray every Sunday.
God, I don't want to build a21st century church.
The 21st century church isfull of consumers.
They need a cup of coffee anda bagel.
The 21st century churchdoesn't read their Bible.
They me to post it on the Internet.
The 21st century churchdoesn't give their finances because
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their God is mammon.
God, help me build a churchlike the first century church on
the blood of the martyrs.
And I'm here to tell you we'renot in a six million dollar building
because this is a prosperity church.
We're in this building todaybecause a sacrifice was poured out
and people said, God, I'm hereto serve you on this island.
And I will give and pour mylife to build your kingdom.
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That's what we're doing here.
When I you peel the stickerback that says V1 church, it better
say the kingdom of heaven.
And if it doesn't, I'll be thefirst person to leave the church.
Why, Pastor Mike?
Why are you so serious?
Let me tell you why.
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When Jesus first called hisdisciples, the first miracle was
what?
Come on.
Biblical scholars.
Turning water into wine.
Oh, that was a good time.
They were turning up.
It was probably sangria.
You know what I mean?
Probably sangria.
No.
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That'S how they started theirjourney with Jesus.
See, when you first startfollowing Jesus, there's this phase
that you're in of celebration,the joy of your salvation.
He turned water into wine for you.
But right before Gethsemane,something changes.
Jesus says, can't you juststay up one more hour?
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Can't you watch?
Can't you pray?
See, it's a different.
He's saying there's been a transition.
There was a turning point.
We're going from celebrationto concentration.
There's a turning point.
We're supposed to be shifting.
I mean, yeah, we started thisthing with wine, but we're gonna
end it with blood.
There's a transition.
There's a turning point.
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And I'm here to tell you, getout of the nicu.
Some of you have been in theinfant stage for too long.
Some of you gotta get off themilk of the word and shift into the
meat of the word.
Some of you have been nursingold wounds of church hurt.
And it's been 15 years.
It's time to armor up.
We're going into Gethsemane and.
And trade the wine for blood.
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It's a turning point.
Does anybody hear me?
Are you ready to be mature,lacking in nothing, unoffendable?
Are you ready to say, God, Iwill do what you called me to do.
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This is going off way betterthan I thought it would because I'm
preaching real mean and you'retaking it.
Y' all must be for real.
Everybody's like.
Wow, is he not coming back?
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For a bride without spot and without.
Wrinkle and without blemish.
God, do your work.
You got to do in me.
Get the wrinkles out, get thespots out.
I may have started wrong, butI'm going to finish strong.
God, I'm here for you.
You're bright.
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So they go from Crete, andthen from Crete they make the wrong
decision.
It wasn't Paul's fault.
Let me just tell you.
Some of you are subjected tosomebody else's bad decision, but
God will be sovereign in your life.
Your husband may not have madethe right decision, but God will
take a crooked way and make it straight.
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Come on, I'm talking to asingle mother right now.
Sometimes the people on theboat with you make the wrong decision,
but they can't control the wind.
God is still going to get youwhere he wants to get you.
And that's the story of Paul.
I wish you heard me today.
See, Paul gave them a warning.
Paul says in verse ninethrough 12.
Sirs, I perceived that thisvoyage will be with injury.
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But they didn't listen.
The centurion soldiers of Romewere more content with listening
to the pilot than they were Paul.
We pray for our president, butdon't listen to our president more
than you listen to Paul.
Oh, y' all don't hear me?
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Y' all don't hear me?
There's only one perfect.
There's only one that's perfect.
There's only.
Come on, I'm talking tosomebody right now.
There's going to be delusionin the last days.
There's going to be confusionin the last days.
But the saints that havediscernment are going to know.
They might have said it wrong.
But I'm standing on a solidfoundation upon this rock and I am
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stable.
I am certain I am not confusedbecause the lamp is actually lighting
the path.
This is all.
Come on.
So Proverbs chapter 14, verse12 says, There's a way that seems
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right.
There's a way that seems right.
There's a way that seems rightto man, but the end of it is death.
Pastor Mike.
Some of my earliest memoriesof attraction were same sex attraction.
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It seems right to me.
Heterosexuality doesn't seemright to me.
Pastor Mike.
I never felt like a man.
I felt like a woman trapped ina man's body.
It seems right for me to wearthese women's clothes.
It seems right.
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The Bible says, there is a waythat seems right, but the end of
it is death.
See, everything in scriptureis for human flourishing.
And the more you understandthe wisdom of God, you'll see that
he's doing nothing to hurt You.
His plans for you are notevil, but his plans for you are good.
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You have a hope and a futurethrough him.
But culture, lies, sexualabuse and trauma, confusing your
sexual identity.
Some people say, well, I wasborn with this.
You can be born under agenerational curse.
Demons coming to inhabit yourbody before you're even old enough
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to make memories.
Be born again.
Be born again.
Why would I say this so boldlyknowing that I could offend you?
I'll tell you why.
Because the cross of JesusChrist is.
Offense to those who are in sin.
It's offensive to demons.
But I have to tell you the truth.
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Because if you can hear the truth.
You can be free.
The man who killed CharlieKirk was.
A 22 year old who's in arelationship with a transgender man,
a 22 year old Mormon.
I don't know if you know this,but this is a demonic battle.
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This is a demonic battle.
Last night I was seeking Godand I was saying, God, you've been
so merciful to give me theright things to say when it needs
to be said.
And I said, I've cast demonsout of people all over the world.
And I feel like.
And I've studied historically,even from the archaeological record,
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demons and pagan gods.
And I'm struggling because youhear in the news that phrase senseless
murder, senseless act ofviolence, senseless.
And I know that it's.
It's seemingly senseless, butthere is a reason.
There is a principality, thereis a demon over America.
And I cannot fully discernwhat it is.
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Clear as day, the Lord spoketo me and he said, it's Luciferianism.
Luciferianism, Luciferianism.
Is it all right if I come upoff my notes for a little bit and
just speak from my heart?
I'll be honest, I thought,what a weird thing, especially with
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thousands in attendance totalk about Luciferianism.
And then I was watching myfriend Mark.
He has a Saturday night service.
And so as I was going throughmy notes, I had his sermon on just
watching him.
And all of a sudden he getstowards the end of his sermon and
he says, I asked the Lord toshow me what is the spirit, what
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is the demon that's over allof what's happening in our nation,
this murderous spirit, thisspirit of destruction.
And he said, the Lord spoke tome and said it was Luciferianism.
When those words came out ofMark's mouth, I. I mean, it dropped
my jaw.
And I literally, I was themost stunned I've been in a long
time because it was just likehow the Lord told me to actually
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preach a sermon.
The turning point two daysbefore Charlie Kirk's murder.
Or just like how he told me tochange the name of this sermon or
this service from IgniteSunday to Homecoming, not knowing
that many unsafe people would come.
It's like the Lord was doing something.
And I was texting Mark lastnight and I was like, mark, one of
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the greatest moments ofconfirmation in my life was hearing
you speak the phraseLuciferianism as the diagnosis for
what we're dealing with.
But there's many of you whoare confused about what that means.
And because of my in depthstudies of demonology, I started
to go back and review notesand rehearse and sort of refresh
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my memory.
And it's very simple.
That serpent that came intothe garden, way back in Genesis,
he looked at Adam and Eve andhe said, I know God gave you a command.
I know God gave you a plan.
But you can make your own plan.
And if you do, you won't die.
You can live life the way youwant to do it, and you're not going
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to die.
And so the question right now,it's not, are you a Republican or
are you a Democrat?
The question right now is notwhite versus black.
The question is this, do youbelieve in God or do you believe
that you are God?
It's not Christianity versus Atheism.
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It's Luciferianism versus Christianity.
And here's the difference.
Do you believe in the God ofAbraham and Isaac and Jacob, or do.
You believe that you are a God?
Transgenderism is a demonic spirit.
When you study the paganrepresentations of demons, you see
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that these demons chose torepresent themselves as transgender
throughout history.
But what is the root?
The root is my identity is not received.
My identity is achieved.
I achieve it with surgeries.
I achieve it with hormone replacement.
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I achieve it.
Come on.
I'm speaking into the core ofa demonic infrastructure structure.
And let me just tell you, forthose of you who are saying, well,
I'm not transgendered, whatdoes this have to do with me?
Depression and anxiety is alsoconnected to Luciferian thought.
Why?
One of the most Luciferianquestions you can be asked is very
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simply, what are you going tobe when you grow up?
See, Americans ask thatquestion in our public education
systems.
What are you going to be whenyou grow up?
What are you going to be whenyou grow up?
What?
And how many of us grew up andstill didn't know what we're going
to be?
Why is that elusive question?
Adam didn't have to figure outwhat he did with his life.
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Adam didn't have to figure outwhat was he going to be when he grew
up.
Identity was given to him byAbba, his father.
Assignment was given.
His wife was given.
His life was given.
And so what happens when youfeel like you are God with a lowercase
g?
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You feel the weight ofanxiety, of always having to figure
out how to be a good God overyour life.
But the gospel is that for allhave sinned and fallen short of the
glory.
And I was a bad God over my life.
It led to infidelity andadultery and alcoholism and shame
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and God, I'm done being in charge.
I want you to be my Lord and Savior.
Here's the thing.
Right now, the world wants a savior.
In your if you're on yourdeathbed with cancer, who wouldn't
want the cure?
If you're having an anxiety.
Anxiety attack.
That doesn't make sense.
Who wouldn't want it toimmediately stop?
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Everybody wants a savior.
But In Romans chapter 10,verse 9, it says that we must confess
with our mouth and believe inour heart that he is Lord and Savior.
And let me tell you the difference.
The difference is simply this.
I praise you when it works outthe way I want it to, and I praise
you when I don't understandwhat you're doing.
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I am not just here for yourhelp hand.
I am here for your face.
I want to know you.
I want to be submitted to you.
You are the Lord.
Let pure word.
I wish somebody would jump totheir feet and give them some pure
worship that says God, nomatter what, I worship you.
You're not just my savior.
My you're my Lord.
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Somebody shout, you're my Lord.
This is.
I believe that when Gen Z goesinto the school systems and they
see their friends dressed asfurries, when there's dog bowls in
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the corner to accommodate thatdemonic delusion.
We're at a turning point.
We're at a turning point.
Do I say this to condemn?
No, it's quite the opposite.
I say that the freedom of thegospel is that you will receive an
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identity that you could never achieve.
That you don't have to befilled with anxiety, you don't have
to be filled with fear.
You can simply say yes to Jesus.
But here's the thing.
Hear me.
You have to make him Lord.
What is Lord?
Lord is my heterosexual sin isgoing to send me to hell, just like
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homosexual sin will send me to hell.
And so I don't just need a savior.
I need to submit Lord and say,I'm not going to try to get into
the ring and fight a battlewith lust I'll never win.
I'm going to flee from sexual immorality.
I'm going to run in the other direction.
I'm going to findaccountability in a group, in the
church.
I'm going to show up to theBible studies.
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I'm going to show up to the meetings.
I'm going to go.
I'm going to be accountable.
I need a Lord over my life.
I've been a rebel my whole life.
But now it's time to submit tohim as Lord.
Somebody shout.
It's a turning point.
So to continue the story ofActs, chapter 27, they don't listen.
It's late fall, probably lateNovember, and they try to traverse
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an impossible distance ofwater out of sheer foolishness.
They wanted to go to another destination.
How many of you know some ofyour friends and family, no matter
how much you try to save themfrom destruction, keep heading in
that direction.
But I got good news for you.
The result is on God.
The obligation to tell themthe truth is on you, but the results
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on God.
There's going to be people who hear.
This message and want to end my.
Life, too, because of mystance on transgenderism.
And yet there's going to be others.
In the transgender communitythat the gospel of Jesus Christ causes
the scales to fall off.
And they say, I once wasblind, but now I see.
I once was lost, and now I'm found.
And the only way that happensis I got to be faithful not to give
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my opinion, but to give thetruth of the word of God.
There's a man in the Biblenamed Samson, and you don't know
this because you got thecoloring book version, but when he
pushed the pillars down, hewas in a temple of Dagon.
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It was a hybrid of a human anda creature.
See, these spirits are playingthe same playbook, and it's working
over and over again.
But when Samson pushed thepillars down of the temple of Dagon
and destroyed all the priestsof Dagon, what it was saying was
lust and perversion almosttook me out.
But God has given me grace totake this demon out, and he pushed
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those pillars down.
And I'm here to tell you,there's going to be people like Richard
that begin to rise up like a Samson.
In our generation that saysLGBTQ ia, you don't have to achieve
your identity.
You receive your identity as ason and daughter and push those pillars
down.
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It's a turning point, America.
It's a turning point.
Samson's are going to arise.
Esthers and Mordecai's aregoing to arise.
But the good news, cloaked inthe bad news, is it has to get darker
so that our light can shine brighter.
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I want to ask you this lastquestion as I end this sermon.
Acts 20:7.
Paul literally is in thismassive shipwreck.
The lives of those on boardwere preserved because we serve the
God of second chances.
Even though they listened tothe pilot and not Paul, Even though
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they could have stayed inCrete, but they intended to go to
another destination God didn't design.
I'm telling you, God wasmerciful and said, the ship will
be destroyed, but your liveswill be saved because He's God of
second chances.
There's many of you who, underthe sound of my voice, who have not
been to church in years andyears and years.
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And you should have stayed inCrete, but you went on a journey
and you've experiencedshipwreck after shipwreck.
But in God's mercy, he said,son, if you're not dead, it's because
you're not done.
Daughter, you may have leftme, but I will never leave you and
never forsake you.
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And I'll be with you to theends of the earth.
But the question I have foryou is, do you want to be saved from
a shipwreck, or do you want toreceive him as Lord of your.
Life and say, I now willsubmit to you?
Do what you will with me,break these demonic spirits off of
me and free me from this falseidentity so I can step up into the
real.
I want to be a part of theturning point.
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So on the count of three,here's what we're going to do.
And I don't care if you're up there.
I don't care if you're in theoverflow room.
We have to do this because theBible does not say, make a private
decision and do it from thecomfort of your seat.
The Bible says that if youwill deny Christ before man, that
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when you get to heaven forJudgment Day, he will deny you before
His Father.
So on the count of three, thequestion I have is, do you want to
receive Jesus as your Savior,but do you also want to submit to
him as Lord and say God, inthis turning point, I don't want
to miss what you have.
I'm ready to lock in.
I'm ready to submit to you.
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I'm ready to receive you, andI'm ready to come home for homecoming.
And I want us to run and fillthese altars on the count of three.
And I want you to do it infront of your friends and family.
And I want you to show themI've decided I'll never be the same
if that's you right now.
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Heaven has been waiting forthis moment.
Heaven has been waiting forthe moment where you stop being lukewarm
and you actually become fiery hot.
And you say, God, I'm goingall the way in one.
If that's you, God's dealingwith your heart.
Don't resist the Holy Spirit.
It's not about the emotion ofthe moment.
It's about him drawing you.
Two, if that's you, I want youto grab the hand of somebody with
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you.
Give them your courage.
Number three.
Come right now.
Just come.
Come, come, come.
Come on.
It's time.
If you want to.
If you want to receive Christas your savior, come.
Come on, church.
Just come up front.
Come on, young people, come up closer.
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Come on.
They're coming.
Come on.
They're coming.
Come on.
Heaven is rejoicing.
The angels are rejoicing.
Yeah.
Come on.
Every gener.
Come on.
I'm going to give a little bitmore time for those who are in the
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overflow if you need to come, come.
They're still coming, by the way.
People are still coming.
Wow.
Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
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Wow.
I'm proud of you.
I'm proud of you.
I'm proud of you.
Come on.
This man in the green.
This green and blue striped shirt.
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The power of God is all over you.
The power.
And I want to encourage you.
When you made the decision tocome up, the Lord told me, your entire
family is next.
Your entire family is next.
Your entire family is next.
The Lord said, it starts with you.
It starts with you, but itdoesn't end with you.
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Somebody help me.
Ask for me in my house.
Come on.
We're going to pray in a moment.
If you're watching online,this is for you too.
It's a beautiful thing thatyou would be right there with your
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children.
I got a vision of a motherjust holding their kids right now,
weeping.
If I'm talking to you rightnow, this moment is for you.
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I don't believe in accidents,whether they're digital or physical.
And God will take the blood ofhis son, Jesus, and wash us, make
us clean.
It's a turning point.
I want you to make acommitment to be discipled.
I want you to make acommitment to walk the narrow road.
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I want you to make acommitment to read your Bible.
Gen Z, are you ready to lock in?
Are you ready to lock in.
It's time.
This Luciferian spirit isgoing to be broken off of this generation.
And we're going to be free tosay, God's got this, God's in control.
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How many of you just feel thepeace of God just rushing over this
place right now?
We're going to pray.
We're going to pray in a moment.
Romans chapter 10 says,Confess your mouth with your mouth.
Believe in your heart that heis your Lord and Satan savior and
you will be saved.
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Tonight at 7pm we're gonnahave a revival service here.
It's gonna be different thanthe morning service at 5pm I'm gonna
be available.
I want to meet you, want totake a picture, wanna, you know,
just hang with you guys.
And there's gonna be somethingvery special that happens tonight.
But for every single one ofyou that accepted Christ today, I
want you to make a commitmentto go home, to get your friends,
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to get your family and bringthem back to tonight.
Because some of what God wantsto do, he wants to do it today.
This is the day of salvation.
This is the day.
How many of you believe that?
So tonight, get him back herefor 7pm it's the only service we
have that even has room left.
But come back here tonight at7pm let's reverence the presence
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of God.
He's here.
He's here.
I hear somebody's heart andyou've been crying out, God, when
is it going to change?
I can't take this anymore.
I can't live like this anymore.
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I see a woman silently cryingon her pillow.
And you have these late nighttears that nobody knows about.
I see you waking up at 2 and 3and 4 in the morning and just weeping,
crying.
You're on your phone, youcan't sleep.
And the Lord says, I give youmy peace.
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Peace that surpasses all understanding.
Some of you have been bearingthis heavy burden of your family.
And I see you weeping for yourfamily, weeping for your friends.
But I want to tell you it'sJesus Christ crying through you because
he's giving you a burden forthe lost.
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And your heart's going to bemoved with compassion for those who
are lost.
And you're going to feel whathe feels and you're going to think
what he thinks because you'vereceived the mind of Christ.
When we pray this prayer, theBible says that the old has passed
away and behold all, allthings become new.
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There's somebody that one ofthe biggest regrets of their life
was not being a virgin whenthey got married.
And you felt ashamed.
And you had made a promisethat you broke.
And I heard the Lord saying,daughter, behold, I make all things
new.
But also to the men, I makeall things new.
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There's some of you that yourpurity was taken by sexual abuse,
and it perverted and distortedyour identity.
And you've been saying, I justfeel like I can never be normal.
There's some of you that foundpornography at such a young age that
it destroyed your imagination.
And you've said, I just don'tknow that I could ever be normal.
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But God is not going to makeyou normal.
He's going to make you new.
And then you'll never benormal because you're a royal priesthood,
a chosen generation.
Come on.
And this is when.
This is the turnaround.
This is the transition.
This is the turning point.
Some of you got so hurt byanother church that one of the scariest
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things that you could do iseven step into a church.
And I honor the fact that youtried again.
And I honor Girl.
I know there's skepticism.
I know that there's a littlebit of skepticism.
But I also believe that Godwill take you to the place where
you were hurt to heal you.
And so this isn't aboutplaying church games.
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This is about destiny.
This is about the afterlife.
This is about eternity.
Are you ready to pray?
Because when you pray thisprayer, it's all going to be done
in a moment.
Lift your hands towards heaven.
Let's do this together.
From the front to the back.
This is the universal sign of surrender.
Everybody on the fringes here,everybody in overflow, and I want
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you to pray this becausethey're just weeping and there's
so many tears.
But these tears are like seedsthat fall into the soil of your life,
and they're gonna bear muchfruit, and you will reap a harvest
of joy.
So shout this out with me andsay it boldly.
Heavenly Father, I thank youfor the cross where my sins were
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forgiven.
I repent for every sin.
Wash me with your blood, Father.
I will follow you all the daysof my life.
I will serve you.
You are Lord and Savior.
I will walk the narrow roadbecause it's a turning point.
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And I turn to in Jesus nameSomeone shout Amen.
Come on, let's sing.
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Sam.
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