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The Holy Spirit: Your Guide to the Abundant Life
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Well, good day everybody.
I am so excited because today,on Dimensions, I'm going to be
talking to you about the HolySpirit, your guide to the
abundant life.
You're not going to want tomiss this.
This whole week, we've beentalking about the importance of
being thankful for what it isthat we have.
You know, the person of theHoly Spirit is so important to
us.
And listen, what if I told youtoday that your key, your ticket
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to the abundant life is yourrelationship with the Holy
Spirit, and as he leads you,guides you and directs you, you
will walk in a land filled withpromises.
All that and more coming up.
Next, right here on Dimensions,I'm J Anthony Gilbert and I am
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so excited that you have takentime out of your schedule to
come and hang out with me here,in the presence of God, to shift
your life from one level ofglory to the next level of glory
.
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You're never going to miss outon anything that the Spirit of
the Lord is saying.
So I am really excited today.
You know, yesterday throughoutthe week actually I was talking
about the importance of beingthankful and how important it is
for us, as believers, to bethankful in every area of our
lives.
This is a season that I believethat when the praises go up,
the blessings are going to comedown, that your spirit of
thanksgiving, what comes out ofyour mouth, can open the windows
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of heaven and God can pour outblessing, or can close the
windows of heaven and, as aresult, it can shut down your
blessing.
See, rain doesn't mean much tothose that don't have seed in
the ground, but when you've gotseed in the ground, you are
waiting for the rain.
Rain is a nuisance if you're onvacation.
Rain is a nuisance if you'vegot a picnic, but if you've got
seed in the ground, you're goingto need yourself some rain.
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And this is the season that Godis saying be thankful out the
blessing of his latter rain uponyour life, which causes those
areas that you have sowed tobegin to sprout up and to begin
to grow.
So we've been talking aboutthat, but in the meantime, I was
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talking about the Holy Spirit,yesterday and today, talking
about the person, the presence,the power and the passion of the
Holy Spirit in our lives, andtoday I want to talk about the
Holy Spirit as our guide to theabundant life.
So listen, I want you to gowith me, if you would, to John,
chapter 14.
I wanna read to you a couple ofpassages of scripture here,
because I believe these aregonna really be a blessing to
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you.
It's very, very important.
Look at this here.
Now you have to remember Johnchapter 14, 15, and 16 are all
scriptures where Jesus begins togive his, if you will, his,
benediction before he goes tothe cross.
He's given him the last words.
He's getting ready to tell themof the things to come.
You know, that's what I loveabout the Lord he talks to you
about the things that are coming.
He knew he was getting ready totransition.
He knew he was getting ready todie on the cross.
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He knew something was coming.
He knew there was a changecoming.
He knew that this current erathey were in it was about to be
a previous era and about to stepinto something new.
And so he begins to talk to themabout the person of the Holy
Spirit and how he's going tocome along.
He said listen, I'm about toleave.
Y'all are going to be sorrowful, but, listen, your soul is
about to be turned into joy.
So he's letting them knoweverything that's coming, do you
realize?
That's why it's so important tobe connected to the Holy Spirit
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.
He lets you know what is coming, he lets you know and he always
gives good cheer.
He always brings encouragement,he always brings help and hope
and faith and an outlook.
He lets you know what thefather is up to.
So then, therefore, listen, godwill never let you see
something that's coming and notprepare you for it, hallelujah.
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God will never let you seesomething that is coming and not
prepare you for it and give youwhat you need, so then you can
overcome and be victorious in it.
This is what the whole purposeof dimensions is as well, is God
is speaking to us in theprophetic now, letting us know
what the spirit of the Lord issaying today.
Give us this day our dailybread, and therefore he gives us
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what he already knows.
Listen, he's already been whereyou're going.
He's already been at 12 o'clocktoday, two o'clock today.
He's already been there andhe's already worked everything
out for your favor and it'sworking for your good.
This is why the Holy Spirit isso paramount in our lives is
because he knows the mind of thefather and he lets us know the
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mind of the father.
Come on, somebody, matter offact, let's go John 14, 15, 16.
It's very important, but I wantto go here to first Corinthians
, chapter number two.
I want to go here real quickly.
I want to mention this to you.
It's one of my scriptures I'vejust been delving into lately
that God has really beenspeaking to me about.
If I had time, I talked to youmore about I ministered in our
church about the importance ofpredestination and what that
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means.
You know, people get caught upin predestined and election and
you know, did God choose us, didwe choose him?
And all these types of things.
And you know, I realize that'sa valuable debate and I have my
stances concerning it.
But the reality is one of thethings I've realized about
predestination is this Rememberthis election, when God elected
people, he elected them.
That deals with the person.
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Predestination deals with thedestiny.
It deals with where they'regoing, what's going to happen to
those people Because they'reelected.
This is what's going totranspire and one of the things
that the Bible clearly says thatif we have been predestined,
we've been justified and we'vebeen glorified.
And that's why it says inRomans, chapter eight what shall
we say to all these things?
If God is for us, who can beagainst us?
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Why, if all things are workingtogether for our good, if God's
already been into our future, ifhe's already called everything
to work together for us?
He said neither height nordepth, nor angels nor
principalities, no powers, northings present, nor things to
come shall be able to separatefrom the love of God.
Pretty much what he's sayingabout the predestination is that
God's already been to whereyou're going.
He's already worked it out, healready knows what you're going
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to walk into.
There's never been a troublethat you have faced that took
him by surprise.
He's already given you theanswer, and this is the reason
why I'm sharing is.
This is why the Holy Spirit isour guide to the abundant life,
is because, even though you maybe facing trouble, you may be
facing hardships.
God knew it from thefoundations of the world and
he's already made provision foryou.
And listen to me, the provisionis waiting for you to catch up
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to it.
So you need to begin to rejoice, because if God's word is true
which we know that it is.
That means he's already workedit in your favor.
There's a song I've beenlistening to lately by Vashon
Mitchell, turning Around For Meand he says sooner or later it's
going to work in my favor.
He's turning it around for meNow.
Look at this here 1 Corinthians2, verse number six.
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How be it?
We speak wisdom among those whoare mature?
Oh, that's very important.
Yet not the wisdom of this age,nor the rules of this age, who
are coming to nothing, but wespeak the wisdom of God in a
mystery, the hidden wisdom whichGod ordained before the ages
for our glory.
That means now you have to takethis whole thing in context.
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He's talking to us about hiddenwisdom.
He's talking about all right,we speak this amongst those who
are mature.
He's saying it's a hiddenwisdom in the form of a mystery
that God ordained before theages, before time began, for our
glory.
Look at this which none of therulers of this age, speaking of
the principalities, the powers,the demonic principalities, all
those things which none of themknew For, had they known, now
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watch, they would not havecrucified the Lord of glory.
Now listen to this.
The devil's thinking in thatmoment that he's got Jesus right
where he wants him.
He's got him up on the cross.
It's over, it's done.
He had no idea that the mind ofthe Father, the will of the
Father, was that Jesus would dieand at that death it would
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actually bring Satan underneatheveryone's feet, and everybody
that put their faith in JesusChrist would now have authority
over Satan.
He had no idea that, the mindof the Father.
What am I saying to you?
If you only knew why you're inwhat you're in, you'd look at it
differently.
As a matter of fact, it says inHebrews, chapter 12, let me go
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there.
Let me go there real quickly.
We'll come back to 1 Corinthians, 2.
Hebrews, chapter number 12.
I want you to see this here.
Look at this.
It says therefore, since we aresurrounded by so great a cloud
of witnesses, verse number onelet us lay aside every weight in
the sin, which so easilyensnares us, and let us run
endurance, the race that is setbefore us.
Look at this, looking untoJesus.
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He's already finished his race.
He's already done, he'saccomplished it.
It is finished, the author andthe finisher of our faith.
So that means he wrote it andhe'll make sure that you finish
it of our faith.
So that means he wrote it andhe'll make sure that you finish
it.
Who, for the joy that was setbefore him, endured the cross,
despised the shame, and has satdown at the right hand of the
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throne of God Hallelujah.
Now look at this here.
Why is that important?
Where did Jesus get, said whofor the joy that was set before
him?
He looked beyond the cross.
He endured the cross.
He looked beyond it, despisedthe shame.
He understood there wassomething on the other side of
this.
When did he get that?
Do you remember?
In the garden of Gethsemane,when Jesus goes in, he's talking
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to his disciples.
He said listen, my soul isexceedingly sorrowful, even into
the point of death.
And he went into prayer and theBible says he prayed once and
he came back out, found hisdisciples sleeping, said can't
you tarry with me?
Gone the second time, can't youtarry with me?
Come back the third time.
He was, he pressed in.
He said he was sweating greatdrops of blood because his soul
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was in anguish.
He pressed, he pressed, hepressed.
When he broke through on thatthird time in prayer, ladies and
gentlemen, he saw beyond thecross.
He saw the purpose of the cross, he saw the glory of God.
He saw the resurrection power.
He saw your family being saved.
He saw the devil being underhis feet.
He was already under his feet,but under your feet he saw
everything.
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He took total dominion.
He understood he was winning itall back and that's why it says
here who, for the joy that wasset before him, he was willing
to endure it because heunderstood there will be glory
after this.
The Holy Spirit in you gives youthe ability to see beyond where
you are.
Come on somebody to where youare going, that, even though
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what you might be in may seemunpleasant, god has a plan for
you.
Now go back to 1 Corinthians 2.
All right, now let's jump downhere.
It says in verse 8, which noneof the rulers of this age knew,
for had they known, they wouldnot have crucified the Lord of
glory.
Now look at verse nine.
This is important as it iswritten.
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Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,nor has it entered into the
heart of man.
The things that God has notthis is what's been striking to
me has prepared for those thatlove him.
Now think about it for a minute.
He's already prepared.
I think we have to really wrapour minds around this.
There's something that God hasprepared for you.
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Have you ever thought the reasonwhy you're in what you're in is
the devil's trying to detouryou from what has been prepared
for you?
That if you stay on this path,he's got to put something in
front of you to try to roadblockyou, to get you to take a
detour, to deviate from the planof God for your life?
Do you understand that?
That's why you're beingattacked.
That's why you're under attackright now.
That's why the devil isdiscouraging you.
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That's why you're being hit onthe left and on the right, in
every area.
But he doesn't understandsomething.
The natural eye may not haveseen, the natural ear may not
have heard, it may not haveentered into the natural heart
of man the things that God hasprepared.
But you got to remembersomething Whenever the devil
brings something into your life,you got to throw your big butt
at him.
Let me show you this, verse 10,.
But God, come on somebody, yougot to have a big butt.
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God, look at what that hasrevealed.
But God has revealed them untous through his spirit.
But God.
But God, eye hasn't seen, earhasn't, and neither has the end
of the heart of man the thingsthat God has prepared for those
that love him.
But God has revealed them untous through his spirit, for the
spirit searches all things.
Yes, the deep things of God.
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Now jump down to verse number14.
But the natural man does notreceive the things of the spirit
of God, for they arefoolishness to him, nor can he
know them, because they arespiritually discerned.
But he who is spiritual judgesall things.
Yet he himself is rightlyjudged by no one.
For who has known the mind ofthe Lord that he may instruct
him?
But we have the mind of Christ.
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How do we have the mind ofChrist?
We have the mind of Christ byway of the person of the Holy
Spirit, hallelujah.
And so therefore, look at thishere in verse number seven of
John 14.
Let's go back over there, and Ifeel like somebody needs to hear
this right now that you've beenfaced with something in your
life right now that's beencompletely catastrophic to you,
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and you're facing somethingright now that you don't know
how you're going to get around.
You're facing this mountain.
You're wondering God, how am Igoing to get through this?
Somebody's received a doctor'sreport.
Somebody's received bad news.
Somebody has received news thatyour husband has walked out.
Your wife has walked out.
They told you that they wanteda divorce.
You found out that you've gotto die and cannot live.
You found out that you can'thave any children.
They just sent you anunexpected bill.
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Your car broke down and there'smore month than there is money.
And now you've got this extrabill and you're wondering listen
, god has things prepared.
I could come Look at this hereIn Psalm 23,.
Thou preparest a table before mein the presence of my enemies.
Enemies are not necessarilypeople.
Enemies aren't necessarily justSatan himself.
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It can be anything in your life.
It can be debt, it can bediscouragement, it can be any of
those things.
But God has prepared a tablebefore you in the presence of
your enemies.
My good God Almighty, he'salready prepared.
That means it's already waitingfor you.
But why is this important?
That's why we have the personof the Holy Spirit.
He's our guide to the abundantlife.
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That's why it says I as hasseen, he hasn't heard, hasn't
entered the heart of man thethings that God has prepared.
But God, come on somebody.
You got to have a big butt inevery situation.
You got to throw your big buttat it.
You got to say, but God hasrevealed them unto us.
What the things he's alreadyprepared.
It's not hidden from you, it ishidden for you, it's hidden in
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the mind of Christ Jesus.
That's the reason why, whenyou're in the middle of the
trial, you've got to seek theface of God.
When Jesus was getting ready togo against the cross, he went
into Gethsemane.
He needed to get the mind ofthe Father.
He came out with his faceshining like the noonday sun and
he understood things were goingto be different, that there
would be glory after thisHallelujah were going to be
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different, and that there wouldbe glory after this Hallelujah.
Now look at this here.
Let's look here.
Verse number 15 of John, chapter14.
If you love me, keep mycommandments and I will pray the
father and he will give youanother helper, hallelujah that
he may abide with you forever.
Now look at this.
It's very important that weunderstand something here If you
want the Holy Spirit to be yourguide, you've got to keep his
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commandments.
See, we miss stuff like this Ifyou love me, keep my
commandments and I'll pray theFather and he'll give you
another helper that he may abidewith you forever.
So there's something aboutwalking right, talking right,
living right.
That releases the Holy Spiritin our lives.
He will give you another helperthat he may abide with you
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forever, the spirit of truthwhom the world cannot receive
because it neither sees him norknows him.
But you know him, for he dwellswith you and will be with you
and in you, and I will not leaveyou orphans, but I will come to
you by way of the person of theHoly Ghost.
Hallelujah, now look at it.
Jump down to verse 25.
These things I've spoken to youwhile being present with you.
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But the helper come on,somebody type in.
The helper is with me, help ison the way.
The Holy Spirit, whom theFather will send in my name, he
will teach you all things, bringto your remembrance all things
that I have said to you andtherefore, my peace, I live with
you.
My peace I give to you, not asthe world gives, do I give it to
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you.
Let not your heart be troubled,neither let it be afraid.
You have heard me say I'm goingaway and coming back to you.
If you love me, you wouldrejoice, because I said I'm
going to the Father, for myFather is greater than I.
Look at this here in versenumber 31.
All right, actually I'm sorry,I'm not even going to go that
far.
If you look at that, they'rethe helper, the Holy spirit
verse 26, whom the father willsend in my name.
He will teach you all things,bring to remembrance all things,
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that of which it is that I havesaid unto you.
Now let's go to John, chapter 16.
Again, I want, I want you tocatch this here.
I want you to catch this here.
I talked a little bit aboutthis yesterday because I'm going
to take you somewhere.
He's our guide to the abundantlife.
Now look at this here in versenumber 13 of John, chapter 16.
However, when he, the spirit oftruth, has come, he will guide
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you into all truth, for he willnot speak on his own authority,
but whatever he hears, he willspeak and he will tell you
things to come.
Now let's go ready to Matthew,chapter number seven.
Matthew, chapter number seven.
I hope you're getting somethingout of this today.
This is the reason why you'vegot to get up in the morning and
pray.
This is why God has spoken.
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He said tell my people keep oilin their lamps.
Keep loving your heart.
Sin 11 in your life.
Oil, symbolic of the Holyspirit.
Keep oil in their lamps, keeploving your heart.
Sin 11 in your life.
Oil, symbolic of the HolySpirit.
Keep him in your hearts, abidein him, dwell with him, be with
him, let him lead you, guide youand direct you.
Now, how do we get to the eventof life?
Now listen, a lot of peoplehave an issue with prosperity.
I do not Listen.
Prosperity.
There's nothing wrong withprosperity.
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This is where prosperity getswrong.
What's the road you take to getto it?
The devil.
Now watch this Before I giveyou the scripture.
The devil will always removethe premium for the abundant
life and for the blessed life,but he will also remove the
penalty for sin.
The problem that I have withprosperity preachers, as they
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call them, is that they will sayyou can have all of these
things, but it doesn't cost younothing.
If they say you can be blessed,you can have it, but you've got
to live on a certain path.
I'm all for it.
The road paved to prosperity isa difficult one in the kingdom,
and those that walk on thatroad will be blessed.
Those that do not will not beblessed, and so my point in
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saying this is that I believeprosperity is a great thing.
God wants you to have theabundant life.
God wants you to be anovercomer.
This is the key, even the HolySpirit, the helper.
He will come, he will guide youinto all truth.
He will tell you of things tocome.
He will lead you, he will bethe spirit of truth that will
reveal to you truth.
He will bring all things backto your remembrance prophetic
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words that God has spoken.
He will do all of that.
But listen, this is what'simportant here.
If he's going to be your guide,where is he taking you?
When you have a guide, theyhave a path that they take you
on.
Now, watch this is what theHoly Spirit will do.
This is the guide.
The Holy Spirit is the guide.
But watch this.
This is the road map paved inthe kingdom to the abundant life
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.
Look at here, matthew, chapterseven, verse number 13.
Enter by the narrow gate, forwide is the gate and broad is
the way that leads todestruction and there are many
going in by it.
Why?
Because verse 14, narrow is thegate and straight and difficult
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is the way, which means it'scompacted by pressure that leads
to life, to the abundant life,the zoe, the life of God, and
there are few that find it.
Why life of God?
And there are few that find it?
Why?
Because of the broad way.
It's so much easier to live anyway you want to live, do what
you want to do, operate how youwant to operate.
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But if you are going to abide inthe Holy Ghost, you have got to
learn to live a narrow life.
What does that mean?
It's not mixed with the world,it's not what the world does,
it's not being like the world,it's not compromising like the
world.
It's things you say, theconversations you keep, the
things you allow in your life.
That is the world.
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That does not promote godliness.
Those are the broad way thedevil wants you to always.
Broaden it.
Bring a little bit of the worldinto your life.
Bring a little bit ofcompromise into your life.
Why?
Because then he can have accessto you.
This is the narrow way, ladiesand gentlemen.
This is the way that we get tothe abundant life.
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Now go back over to John 14again.
I want to go back here againbecause this is very, very
important.
Now go back to verse 15, john,chapter 14, verse number 15.
If you love me, keep mycommandments and I will pray the
father and he will give youanother helper.
Keep my commandments in thenarrow way, not the broad way
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and the dangerous part.
If you read on in Matthew 7, itbegins to go right into after
verse 14, goes into 15, all theway through the end of the
passage talking about how peoplewill build their lives one way
and another.
But that will be false.
Prophets will come to you.
And what do false prophets do?
False prophets always endorsethe broad way.
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It's easy.
God understands, he gets us.
It's all good.
There's no premium for theblessing.
There's no penalty for sin.
Let me tell you what I mean bythere's no premium for the
blessing and for the abundantlife.
It doesn't take all of that.
You don't have to be inlegalism.
You can do.
You know God understands.
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No, no, no, no.
There's a premium that thatroad.
That's why G said there aren'ta lot of people that'll find it
A lot.
Why?
Because that price, when that,when you got to get into that
narrow gate and go through thatnarrow way, that flesh is going
to be crucified.
There are things that God'sgoing to take out of you.
There's things that he's goingto purify.
A lot of people are like man.
I don't want that, but that'sthe premium for the abundant
life.
Salvation is free.
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The abundant life will cost youeverything.
I want to say that againSalvation is free, but the
abundant life, it'll cost youeverything.
And that's why Jesus said thereare a few that will find it.
And that's why he's saying alsoif you want the guide to the
abundant life, keep mycommandments and I'll pray to
the father.
He'll send a helper to you.
He'll help you get that if youkeep my commandments and he will
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help you to keep mycommandments.
But the reality is that is theway, ladies and gentlemen, to
the abundant life.
Hallelujah.
And this is the reason why it'sso important Be careful of the
false prophets of our day andhour that say you can live any
way you want to live, you can doanything you want to do, it's
all good.
Now what is what will pass?
Yeah, I fell short.
I messed up, I made a mistake.
That's okay, get back up, getback in line.
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My point is what false prophetsdo they excuse it?
There's no penalty, there's nopremium.
There's no penalty for sin,there's no premium for the
abundant life.
God wants you to have theabundant life, but there is a
premium and that is what yourflesh and that's what the broad
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way false prophets say.
It's okay.
You know what?
All the things that you thinkare sin?
God just winks at it and justkeeps it moving.
No big deal, no penalty, noconsequence.
I talked about this before.
If you read in Genesis chapterthree, what is the thing that?
Let's go there real quickly,just for time's sake.
Hallelujah.
Genesis chapter three.
Look at this here, when Eve isbeing tempted by the serpent,
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let's see how he removes thepenalty for sin, which means you
can do what you wanna do.
It ain't gonna cost you.
But, matter of fact, before wego there, let's go to Genesis
chapter two.
Okay, you have to remember nowthey're in the garden of Eden,
they're in the abundant life.
I mean there's gold there.
You can read through it.
I mean it's the most beautifulplanet.
I mean, my goodness, god hasgiven them the abundant life.
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They're walking in the presenceof God.
They hear the voice of God inthe garden each and every day.
They're walking with him.
I mean they are just flowing inthe presence of God, in the
glory of God.
But look at this here.
And it says here in Genesis 2,verse number 8, let's start here
Now.
The Lord God planted a gardeneastward in Eden.
There he put man, whom he hadformed, and out of the ground
the Lord God made every treegrow that is pleasant to the
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sight for food and good for food.
The tree of life was also inthe midst of the garden, and the
tree of the knowledge of goodand evil.
Now jump down to verse number15.
Then the Lord took man and puthim in the garden of Eden and
told him to tend it and to keepit.
The Lord commanded now, look atthis, the Lord.
What did Jesus say?
Keep my commandments, keep mycommandments and I'll send you
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the helper.
What did, oh my goodness, whatAdam and Eve lost?
You're going to see whathappened here.
And Lord God commanded.
The man said of every tree ofthe garden you may freely eat,
but of the tree of the knowledgeof good and evil you shall not
eat of it, for in the day thatyou eat of it you shall surely
die.
Okay, now jump over to Genesis,chapter three, and I want to
show you something here.
Remember Now.
I want to show you somethinghere.
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Remember.
Jesus said keep my commandments, I'll send you the helper.
Okay, now you have to remember.
In the garden of Eden they werewalking in the glory of God.
Genesis, chapter three, inverse number one.
Now, the serpent was morecunning, deceiving, than any
beast of the field which theLord God had made.
And he said to the woman hasGod really said you should not
eat of the tree of the garden?
The woman said to the serpentwe may eat of the fruit of the
trees of God, but of the fruitof the tree which is in the
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midst of God, god has said youshall not eat of it, nor shall
you touch it, lest you die.
Now, look at this, let me showyou.
This is the way he works.
And the serpent said to thewoman you will not surely die.
He removed the penalty.
Watch this, for God knows thatin the day that you eat of it,
your eyes will be open and youwill be like God, knowing good
and evil.
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And we know the story here.
Eve takes to the fruit, thengives to Adam.
He eats of the fruit.
Their eyes come open.
They know they're naked.
What were they clothed with?
Watch this, the Holy Spirit.
What did he say?
Keep my command.
He said, if you keep my command, go back to Genesis two.
Let's look at this one moretime, just so.
Then you get it all here.
It says here, verse 16,.
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And the Lord God commanded theman, of every tree of the garden
you may freely eat, but of thetree of the knowledge of good
and evil, you should not eat ofit.
From the day they eat of it, youshall surely die.
You won't walk in the abundantlife, you'll walk in abundant
death.
So he said.
And what did Jesus say in John,chapter 14?
He said if you keep mycommandments, I chapter 14.
He said if you keep mycommandments, I will pray to the
father, he will send the helper.
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Now watch this you don't getthe glory of God without the
commandment of God.
And so what happened?
Adam and Eve had the glory ofGod on their life, but they had
to keep the command.
When they didn't keep thecommand, they got naked, the
glory lifted off of their lifeand, as a result, jesus had to
come back and redeem us and giveit back.
And now he's telling us if youwant to walk in the abundant
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life, live on the narrow path,keep my commands.
The commands are not going tohave you tasting the world,
living in the world, operatingin the world and listen.
The further away you ready forthis, the further away you get
from the world, the further awayyou will experience the decay
of the world.
I'm going to say that again thefurther away you get away from
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the world, the further awayyou'll get from the decay, the
effects of the world.
The more you ingest of theworld, the more it will affect
you, the more you'll experiencethe impact of the world and the
decay of the world and thethings that sickness is.
But the further you get awayfrom the world, the decay of the
world and the things thatsickness is.
But the further you get awayfrom the world, hallelujah, the
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further away the decay of theworld.
It can't touch you becauseyou're living on another level.
So listen, today I wannaencourage you.
Live the narrow life, live inthe straight gate, live in the
narrow gate and God willsupernaturally bless your life.
So, father, I bless your peopletoday From the tops of their
head to the soles of their feet.
Father, I declare, father, thatthe blessing of Almighty God
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will be upon them from this dayforward.
Be with them, anoint them,bless them and keep them.
Father and Lord, I thank youthat, as they walk in the
presence, the person and thepower of the Holy Ghost, their
life will be blessed like neverbefore.
In Jesus' name, amen, amen,amen.
Well, I hope that you haveenjoyed today's episode and that
you will take a momentsubscribe to the podcast that
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you will like follow.
Share all that good stuff andlet's continue to keep riding in
the abundant life.
Live the narrow life, live thestraight gate, because that is
where the life leads to.
God gave him a command in thegarden.
He said if you keep it, you'llstay in my presence.
You'll stay in the garden.
The moment they broke that,they left the garden and they
lost the anointing, the powerand the dominion.
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Remember this in closing thefurther away from the world that
you live, the further away thatthe decay of the world will
come into your life.
God wants to bless you, walkwith the Holy Spirit and
experience the abundant life.
God bless you, thank you.
Well, good day everybody.
I am so excited because today,on Dimensions, I'm going to be
talking to you about the HolySpirit, your guide to the
abundant life.
You're not going to want tomiss this.
This whole week, we've beentalking about the importance of
being thankful for what it isthat we have.
You know, the person of theHoly Spirit is so important to
us.
And listen, what if I told youtoday that your key, your ticket
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to the abundant life is yourrelationship with the Holy
Spirit, and as he leads you,guides you and directs you, you
will walk in a land filled withpromises.
All that and more coming up.
Next, right here on Dimensions,I'm J Anthony Gilbert and I am
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come and hang out with me here,in the presence of God, to shift
your life from one level ofglory to the next level of glory
.
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Now what is God saying today?
Give us this day our dailybread, and that's exactly what
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So I need you to get this outso everybody else can get in on
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And guess what's going tohappen?
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You're never going to miss outon anything that the Spirit of
the Lord is saying.
So I am really excited today.
You know, yesterday throughoutthe week actually I was talking
about the importance of beingthankful and how important it is
for us, as believers, to bethankful in every area of our
lives.
This is a season that I believethat when the praises go up,
the blessings are going to comedown, that your spirit of
thanksgiving, what comes out ofyour mouth, can open the windows
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of heaven and God can pour outblessing, or can close the
windows of heaven and, as aresult, it can shut down your
blessing.
See, rain doesn't mean much tothose that don't have seed in
the ground, but when you've gotseed in the ground, you are
waiting for the rain.
Rain is a nuisance if you're onvacation.
Rain is a nuisance if you'vegot a picnic, but if you've got
seed in the ground, you're goingto need yourself some rain.
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And this is the season that Godis saying be thankful out the
blessing of his latter rain uponyour life, which causes those
areas that you have sowed tobegin to sprout up and to begin
to grow.
So we've been talking aboutthat, but in the meantime, I was
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talking about the Holy Spirit,yesterday and today, talking
about the person, the presence,the power and the passion of the
Holy Spirit in our lives, andtoday I want to talk about the
Holy Spirit as our guide to theabundant life.
So listen, I want you to gowith me, if you would, to John,
chapter 14.
I wanna read to you a couple ofpassages of scripture here,
because I believe these aregonna really be a blessing to
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you.
It's very, very important.
Look at this here.
Now you have to remember Johnchapter 14, 15, and 16 are all
scriptures where Jesus begins togive his, if you will, his,
benediction before he goes tothe cross.
He's given him the last words.
He's getting ready to tell themof the things to come.
You know, that's what I loveabout the Lord he talks to you
about the things that are coming.
He knew he was getting ready totransition.
He knew he was getting ready todie on the cross.
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He knew something was coming.
He knew there was a changecoming.
He knew that this current erathey were in it was about to be
a previous era and about to stepinto something new.
And so he begins to talk to themabout the person of the Holy
Spirit and how he's going tocome along.
He said listen, I'm about toleave.
Y'all are going to be sorrowful, but, listen, your soul is
about to be turned into joy.
So he's letting them knoweverything that's coming, do you
realize?
That's why it's so important tobe connected to the Holy Spirit
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.
He lets you know what is coming, he lets you know and he always
gives good cheer.
He always brings encouragement,he always brings help and hope
and faith and an outlook.
He lets you know what thefather is up to.
So then, therefore, listen, godwill never let you see
something that's coming and notprepare you for it, hallelujah.
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God will never let you seesomething that is coming and not
prepare you for it and give youwhat you need, so then you can
overcome and be victorious in it.
This is what the whole purposeof dimensions is as well, is God
is speaking to us in theprophetic now, letting us know
what the spirit of the Lord issaying today.
Give us this day our dailybread, and therefore he gives us
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what he already knows.
Listen, he's already been whereyou're going.
He's already been at 12 o'clocktoday, two o'clock today.
He's already been there andhe's already worked everything
out for your favor and it'sworking for your good.
This is why the Holy Spirit isso paramount in our lives is
because he knows the mind of thefather and he lets us know the
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mind of the father.
Come on, somebody, matter offact, let's go John 14, 15, 16.
It's very important, but I wantto go here to first Corinthians
, chapter number two.
I want to go here real quickly.
I want to mention this to you.
It's one of my scriptures I'vejust been delving into lately
that God has really beenspeaking to me about.
If I had time, I talked to youmore about I ministered in our
church about the importance ofpredestination and what that
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means.
You know, people get caught upin predestined and election and
you know, did God choose us, didwe choose him?
And all these types of things.
And you know, I realize that'sa valuable debate and I have my
stances concerning it.
But the reality is one of thethings I've realized about
predestination is this Rememberthis election, when God elected
people, he elected them.
That deals with the person.
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Predestination deals with thedestiny.
It deals with where they'regoing, what's going to happen to
those people Because they'reelected.
This is what's going totranspire and one of the things
that the Bible clearly says thatif we have been predestined,
we've been justified and we'vebeen glorified.
And that's why it says inRomans, chapter eight what shall
we say to all these things?
If God is for us, who can beagainst us?
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Why, if all things are workingtogether for our good, if God's
already been into our future, ifhe's already called everything
to work together for us?
He said neither height nordepth, nor angels nor
principalities, no powers, northings present, nor things to
come shall be able to separatefrom the love of God.
Pretty much what he's sayingabout the predestination is that
God's already been to whereyou're going.
He's already worked it out, healready knows what you're going
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to walk into.
There's never been a troublethat you have faced that took
him by surprise.
He's already given you theanswer, and this is the reason
why I'm sharing is.
This is why the Holy Spirit isour guide to the abundant life,
is because, even though you maybe facing trouble, you may be
facing hardships.
God knew it from thefoundations of the world and
he's already made provision foryou.
And listen to me, the provisionis waiting for you to catch up
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to it.
So you need to begin to rejoice, because if God's word is true
which we know that it is.
That means he's already workedit in your favor.
There's a song I've beenlistening to lately by Vashon
Mitchell, turning Around For Meand he says sooner or later it's
going to work in my favor.
He's turning it around for meNow.
Look at this here 1 Corinthians2, verse number six.
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How be it?
We speak wisdom among those whoare mature?
Oh, that's very important.
Yet not the wisdom of this age,nor the rules of this age, who
are coming to nothing, but wespeak the wisdom of God in a
mystery, the hidden wisdom whichGod ordained before the ages
for our glory.
That means now you have to takethis whole thing in context.
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He's talking to us about hiddenwisdom.
He's talking about all right,we speak this amongst those who
are mature.
He's saying it's a hiddenwisdom in the form of a mystery
that God ordained before theages, before time began, for our
glory.
Look at this which none of therulers of this age, speaking of
the principalities, the powers,the demonic principalities, all
those things which none of themknew For, had they known, now
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watch, they would not havecrucified the Lord of glory.
Now listen to this.
The devil's thinking in thatmoment that he's got Jesus right
where he wants him.
He's got him up on the cross.
It's over, it's done.
He had no idea that the mind ofthe Father, the will of the
Father, was that Jesus would dieand at that death it would
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actually bring Satan underneatheveryone's feet, and everybody
that put their faith in JesusChrist would now have authority
over Satan.
He had no idea that, the mindof the Father.
What am I saying to you?
If you only knew why you're inwhat you're in, you'd look at it
differently.
As a matter of fact, it says inHebrews, chapter 12, let me go
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there.
Let me go there real quickly.
We'll come back to 1 Corinthians, 2.
Hebrews, chapter number 12.
I want you to see this here.
Look at this.
It says therefore, since we aresurrounded by so great a cloud
of witnesses, verse number onelet us lay aside every weight in
the sin, which so easilyensnares us, and let us run
endurance, the race that is setbefore us.
Look at this, looking untoJesus.
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He's already finished his race.
He's already done, he'saccomplished it.
It is finished, the author andthe finisher of our faith.
So that means he wrote it andhe'll make sure that you finish
it of our faith.
So that means he wrote it andhe'll make sure that you finish
it.
Who, for the joy that was setbefore him, endured the cross,
despised the shame, and has satdown at the right hand of the
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throne of God Hallelujah.
Now look at this here.
Why is that important?
Where did Jesus get, said whofor the joy that was set before
him?
He looked beyond the cross.
He endured the cross.
He looked beyond it, despisedthe shame.
He understood there wassomething on the other side of
this.
When did he get that?
Do you remember?
In the garden of Gethsemane,when Jesus goes in, he's talking
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to his disciples.
He said listen, my soul isexceedingly sorrowful, even into
the point of death.
And he went into prayer and theBible says he prayed once and
he came back out, found hisdisciples sleeping, said can't
you tarry with me?
Gone the second time, can't youtarry with me?
Come back the third time.
He was, he pressed in.
He said he was sweating greatdrops of blood because his soul
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was in anguish.
He pressed, he pressed, hepressed.
When he broke through on thatthird time in prayer, ladies and
gentlemen, he saw beyond thecross.
He saw the purpose of the cross, he saw the glory of God.
He saw the resurrection power.
He saw your family being saved.
He saw the devil being underhis feet.
He was already under his feet,but under your feet he saw
everything.
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He took total dominion.
He understood he was winning itall back and that's why it says
here who, for the joy that wasset before him, he was willing
to endure it because heunderstood there will be glory
after this.
The Holy Spirit in you gives youthe ability to see beyond where
you are.
Come on somebody to where youare going, that, even though
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what you might be in may seemunpleasant, god has a plan for
you.
Now go back to 1 Corinthians 2.
All right, now let's jump downhere.
It says in verse 8, which noneof the rulers of this age knew,
for had they known, they wouldnot have crucified the Lord of
glory.
Now look at verse nine.
This is important as it iswritten.
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Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,nor has it entered into the
heart of man.
The things that God has notthis is what's been striking to
me has prepared for those thatlove him.
Now think about it for a minute.
He's already prepared.
I think we have to really wrapour minds around this.
There's something that God hasprepared for you.
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Have you ever thought the reasonwhy you're in what you're in is
the devil's trying to detouryou from what has been prepared
for you?
That if you stay on this path,he's got to put something in
front of you to try to roadblockyou, to get you to take a
detour, to deviate from the planof God for your life?
Do you understand that?
That's why you're beingattacked.
That's why you're under attackright now.
That's why the devil isdiscouraging you.
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That's why you're being hit onthe left and on the right, in
every area.
But he doesn't understandsomething.
The natural eye may not haveseen, the natural ear may not
have heard, it may not haveentered into the natural heart
of man the things that God hasprepared.
But you got to remembersomething Whenever the devil
brings something into your life,you got to throw your big butt
at him.
Let me show you this, verse 10,.
But God, come on somebody, yougot to have a big butt.
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God, look at what that hasrevealed.
But God has revealed them untous through his spirit.
But God.
But God, eye hasn't seen, earhasn't, and neither has the end
of the heart of man the thingsthat God has prepared for those
that love him.
But God has revealed them untous through his spirit, for the
spirit searches all things.
Yes, the deep things of God.
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Now jump down to verse number14.
But the natural man does notreceive the things of the spirit
of God, for they arefoolishness to him, nor can he
know them, because they arespiritually discerned.
But he who is spiritual judgesall things.
Yet he himself is rightlyjudged by no one.
For who has known the mind ofthe Lord that he may instruct
him?
But we have the mind of Christ.
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How do we have the mind ofChrist?
We have the mind of Christ byway of the person of the Holy
Spirit, hallelujah.
And so therefore, look at thishere in verse number seven of
John 14.
Let's go back over there, and Ifeel like somebody needs to hear
this right now that you've beenfaced with something in your
life right now that's beencompletely catastrophic to you,
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and you're facing somethingright now that you don't know
how you're going to get around.
You're facing this mountain.
You're wondering God, how am Igoing to get through this?
Somebody's received a doctor'sreport.
Somebody's received bad news.
Somebody has received news thatyour husband has walked out.
Your wife has walked out.
They told you that they wanteda divorce.
You found out that you've gotto die and cannot live.
You found out that you can'thave any children.
They just sent you anunexpected bill.
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Your car broke down and there'smore month than there is money.
And now you've got this extrabill and you're wondering listen
, god has things prepared.
I could come Look at this hereIn Psalm 23,.
Thou preparest a table before mein the presence of my enemies.
Enemies are not necessarilypeople.
Enemies aren't necessarily justSatan himself.
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It can be anything in your life.
It can be debt, it can bediscouragement, it can be any of
those things.
But God has prepared a tablebefore you in the presence of
your enemies.
My good God Almighty, he'salready prepared.
That means it's already waitingfor you.
But why is this important?
That's why we have the personof the Holy Spirit.
He's our guide to the abundantlife.
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That's why it says I as hasseen, he hasn't heard, hasn't
entered the heart of man thethings that God has prepared.
But God, come on somebody.
You got to have a big butt inevery situation.
You got to throw your big buttat it.
You got to say, but God hasrevealed them unto us.
What the things he's alreadyprepared.
It's not hidden from you, it ishidden for you, it's hidden in
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the mind of Christ Jesus.
That's the reason why, whenyou're in the middle of the
trial, you've got to seek theface of God.
When Jesus was getting ready togo against the cross, he went
into Gethsemane.
He needed to get the mind ofthe Father.
He came out with his faceshining like the noonday sun and
he understood things were goingto be different, that there
would be glory after thisHallelujah were going to be
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different, and that there wouldbe glory after this Hallelujah.
Now look at this here.
Let's look here.
Verse number 15 of John, chapter14.
If you love me, keep mycommandments and I will pray the
father and he will give youanother helper, hallelujah that
he may abide with you forever.
Now look at this.
It's very important that weunderstand something here If you
want the Holy Spirit to be yourguide, you've got to keep his
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commandments.
See, we miss stuff like this Ifyou love me, keep my
commandments and I'll pray theFather and he'll give you
another helper that he may abidewith you forever.
So there's something aboutwalking right, talking right,
living right.
That releases the Holy Spiritin our lives.
He will give you another helperthat he may abide with you
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forever, the spirit of truthwhom the world cannot receive
because it neither sees him norknows him.
But you know him, for he dwellswith you and will be with you
and in you, and I will not leaveyou orphans, but I will come to
you by way of the person of theHoly Ghost.
Hallelujah, now look at it.
Jump down to verse 25.
These things I've spoken to youwhile being present with you.
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But the helper come on,somebody type in.
The helper is with me, help ison the way.
The Holy Spirit, whom theFather will send in my name, he
will teach you all things, bringto your remembrance all things
that I have said to you andtherefore, my peace, I live with
you.
My peace I give to you, not asthe world gives, do I give it to
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you.
Let not your heart be troubled,neither let it be afraid.
You have heard me say I'm goingaway and coming back to you.
If you love me, you wouldrejoice, because I said I'm
going to the Father, for myFather is greater than I.
Look at this here in versenumber 31.
All right, actually I'm sorry,I'm not even going to go that
far.
If you look at that, they'rethe helper, the Holy spirit
verse 26, whom the father willsend in my name.
He will teach you all things,bring to remembrance all things,
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that of which it is that I havesaid unto you.
Now let's go to John, chapter 16.
Again, I want, I want you tocatch this here.
I want you to catch this here.
I talked a little bit aboutthis yesterday because I'm going
to take you somewhere.
He's our guide to the abundantlife.
Now look at this here in versenumber 13 of John, chapter 16.
However, when he, the spirit oftruth, has come, he will guide
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you into all truth, for he willnot speak on his own authority,
but whatever he hears, he willspeak and he will tell you
things to come.
Now let's go ready to Matthew,chapter number seven.
Matthew, chapter number seven.
I hope you're getting somethingout of this today.
This is the reason why you'vegot to get up in the morning and
pray.
This is why God has spoken.
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He said tell my people keep oilin their lamps.
Keep loving your heart.
Sin 11 in your life.
Oil, symbolic of the Holyspirit.
Keep oil in their lamps, keeploving your heart.
Sin 11 in your life.
Oil, symbolic of the HolySpirit.
Keep him in your hearts, abidein him, dwell with him, be with
him, let him lead you, guide youand direct you.
Now, how do we get to the eventof life?
Now listen, a lot of peoplehave an issue with prosperity.
I do not Listen.
Prosperity.
There's nothing wrong withprosperity.
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This is where prosperity getswrong.
What's the road you take to getto it?
The devil.
Now watch this Before I giveyou the scripture.
The devil will always removethe premium for the abundant
life and for the blessed life,but he will also remove the
penalty for sin.
The problem that I have withprosperity preachers, as they
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call them, is that they will sayyou can have all of these
things, but it doesn't cost younothing.
If they say you can be blessed,you can have it, but you've got
to live on a certain path.
I'm all for it.
The road paved to prosperity isa difficult one in the kingdom,
and those that walk on thatroad will be blessed.
Those that do not will not beblessed, and so my point in
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saying this is that I believeprosperity is a great thing.
God wants you to have theabundant life.
God wants you to be anovercomer.
This is the key, even the HolySpirit, the helper.
He will come, he will guide youinto all truth.
He will tell you of things tocome.
He will lead you, he will bethe spirit of truth that will
reveal to you truth.
He will bring all things backto your remembrance prophetic
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words that God has spoken.
He will do all of that.
But listen, this is what'simportant here.
If he's going to be your guide,where is he taking you?
When you have a guide, theyhave a path that they take you
on.
Now, watch this is what theHoly Spirit will do.
This is the guide.
The Holy Spirit is the guide.
But watch this.
This is the road map paved inthe kingdom to the abundant life
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.
Look at here, matthew, chapterseven, verse number 13.
Enter by the narrow gate, forwide is the gate and broad is
the way that leads todestruction and there are many
going in by it.
Why?
Because verse 14, narrow is thegate and straight and difficult
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is the way, which means it'scompacted by pressure that leads
to life, to the abundant life,the zoe, the life of God, and
there are few that find it.
Why life of God?
And there are few that find it?
Why?
Because of the broad way.
It's so much easier to live anyway you want to live, do what
you want to do, operate how youwant to operate.
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But if you are going to abide inthe Holy Ghost, you have got to
learn to live a narrow life.
What does that mean?
It's not mixed with the world,it's not what the world does,
it's not being like the world,it's not compromising like the
world.
It's things you say, theconversations you keep, the
things you allow in your life.
That is the world.
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That does not promote godliness.
Those are the broad way thedevil wants you to always.
Broaden it.
Bring a little bit of the worldinto your life.
Bring a little bit ofcompromise into your life.
Why?
Because then he can have accessto you.
This is the narrow way, ladiesand gentlemen.
This is the way that we get tothe abundant life.
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Now go back over to John 14again.
I want to go back here againbecause this is very, very
important.
Now go back to verse 15, john,chapter 14, verse number 15.
If you love me, keep mycommandments and I will pray the
father and he will give youanother helper.
Keep my commandments in thenarrow way, not the broad way
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and the dangerous part.
If you read on in Matthew 7, itbegins to go right into after
verse 14, goes into 15, all theway through the end of the
passage talking about how peoplewill build their lives one way
and another.
But that will be false.
Prophets will come to you.
And what do false prophets do?
False prophets always endorsethe broad way.
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It's easy.
God understands, he gets us.
It's all good.
There's no premium for theblessing.
There's no penalty for sin.
Let me tell you what I mean bythere's no premium for the
blessing and for the abundantlife.
It doesn't take all of that.
You don't have to be inlegalism.
You can do.
You know God understands.
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No, no, no, no.
There's a premium that thatroad.
That's why G said there aren'ta lot of people that'll find it
A lot.
Why?
Because that price, when that,when you got to get into that
narrow gate and go through thatnarrow way, that flesh is going
to be crucified.
There are things that God'sgoing to take out of you.
There's things that he's goingto purify.
A lot of people are like man.
I don't want that, but that'sthe premium for the abundant
life.
Salvation is free.
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The abundant life will cost youeverything.
I want to say that againSalvation is free, but the
abundant life, it'll cost youeverything.
And that's why Jesus said thereare a few that will find it.
And that's why he's saying alsoif you want the guide to the
abundant life, keep mycommandments and I'll pray to
the father.
He'll send a helper to you.
He'll help you get that if youkeep my commandments and he will
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help you to keep mycommandments.
But the reality is that is theway, ladies and gentlemen, to
the abundant life.
Hallelujah.
And this is the reason why it'sso important Be careful of the
false prophets of our day andhour that say you can live any
way you want to live, you can doanything you want to do, it's
all good.
Now what is what will pass?
Yeah, I fell short.
I messed up, I made a mistake.
That's okay, get back up, getback in line.
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My point is what false prophetsdo they excuse it?
There's no penalty, there's nopremium.
There's no penalty for sin,there's no premium for the
abundant life.
God wants you to have theabundant life, but there is a
premium and that is what yourflesh and that's what the broad
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way false prophets say.
It's okay.
You know what?
All the things that you thinkare sin?
God just winks at it and justkeeps it moving.
No big deal, no penalty, noconsequence.
I talked about this before.
If you read in Genesis chapterthree, what is the thing that?
Let's go there real quickly,just for time's sake.
Hallelujah.
Genesis chapter three.
Look at this here, when Eve isbeing tempted by the serpent,
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let's see how he removes thepenalty for sin, which means you
can do what you wanna do.
It ain't gonna cost you.
But, matter of fact, before wego there, let's go to Genesis
chapter two.
Okay, you have to remember nowthey're in the garden of Eden,
they're in the abundant life.
I mean there's gold there.
You can read through it.
I mean it's the most beautifulplanet.
I mean, my goodness, god hasgiven them the abundant life.
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They're walking in the presenceof God.
They hear the voice of God inthe garden each and every day.
They're walking with him.
I mean they are just flowing inthe presence of God, in the
glory of God.
But look at this here.
And it says here in Genesis 2,verse number 8, let's start here
Now.
The Lord God planted a gardeneastward in Eden.
There he put man, whom he hadformed, and out of the ground
the Lord God made every treegrow that is pleasant to the
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sight for food and good for food.
The tree of life was also inthe midst of the garden, and the
tree of the knowledge of goodand evil.
Now jump down to verse number15.
Then the Lord took man and puthim in the garden of Eden and
told him to tend it and to keepit.
The Lord commanded now, look atthis, the Lord.
What did Jesus say?
Keep my commandments, keep mycommandments and I'll send you
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the helper.
What did, oh my goodness, whatAdam and Eve lost?
You're going to see whathappened here.
And Lord God commanded.
The man said of every tree ofthe garden you may freely eat,
but of the tree of the knowledgeof good and evil you shall not
eat of it, for in the day thatyou eat of it you shall surely
die.
Okay, now jump over to Genesis,chapter three, and I want to
show you something here.
Remember Now.
I want to show you somethinghere.
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Remember.
Jesus said keep my commandments, I'll send you the helper.
Okay, now you have to remember.
In the garden of Eden they werewalking in the glory of God.
Genesis, chapter three, inverse number one.
Now, the serpent was morecunning, deceiving, than any
beast of the field which theLord God had made.
And he said to the woman hasGod really said you should not
eat of the tree of the garden?
The woman said to the serpentwe may eat of the fruit of the
trees of God, but of the fruitof the tree which is in the
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midst of God, god has said youshall not eat of it, nor shall
you touch it, lest you die.
Now, look at this, let me showyou.
This is the way he works.
And the serpent said to thewoman you will not surely die.
He removed the penalty.
Watch this, for God knows thatin the day that you eat of it,
your eyes will be open and youwill be like God, knowing good
and evil.
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And we know the story here.
Eve takes to the fruit, thengives to Adam.
He eats of the fruit.
Their eyes come open.
They know they're naked.
What were they clothed with?
Watch this, the Holy Spirit.
What did he say?
Keep my command.
He said, if you keep my command, go back to Genesis two.
Let's look at this one moretime, just so.
Then you get it all here.
It says here, verse 16,.
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And the Lord God commanded theman, of every tree of the garden
you may freely eat, but of thetree of the knowledge of good
and evil, you should not eat ofit.
From the day they eat of it, youshall surely die.
You won't walk in the abundantlife, you'll walk in abundant
death.
So he said.
And what did Jesus say in John,chapter 14?
He said if you keep mycommandments, I chapter 14.
He said if you keep mycommandments, I will pray to the
father, he will send the helper.
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Now watch this you don't getthe glory of God without the
commandment of God.
And so what happened?
Adam and Eve had the glory ofGod on their life, but they had
to keep the command.
When they didn't keep thecommand, they got naked, the
glory lifted off of their lifeand, as a result, jesus had to
come back and redeem us and giveit back.
And now he's telling us if youwant to walk in the abundant
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life, live on the narrow path,keep my commands.
The commands are not going tohave you tasting the world,
living in the world, operatingin the world and listen.
The further away you ready forthis, the further away you get
from the world, the further awayyou will experience the decay
of the world.
I'm going to say that again thefurther away you get away from
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the world, the further awayyou'll get from the decay, the
effects of the world.
The more you ingest of theworld, the more it will affect
you, the more you'll experiencethe impact of the world and the
decay of the world and thethings that sickness is.
But the further you get awayfrom the world, the decay of the
world and the things thatsickness is.
But the further you get awayfrom the world, hallelujah, the
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further away the decay of theworld.
It can't touch you becauseyou're living on another level.
So listen, today I wannaencourage you.
Live the narrow life, live inthe straight gate, live in the
narrow gate and God willsupernaturally bless your life.
So, father, I bless your peopletoday From the tops of their
head to the soles of their feet.
Father, I declare, father, thatthe blessing of Almighty God
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will be upon them from this dayforward.
Be with them, anoint them,bless them and keep them.
Father and Lord, I thank youthat, as they walk in the
presence, the person and thepower of the Holy Ghost, their
life will be blessed like neverbefore.
In Jesus' name, amen, amen,amen.
Well, I hope that you haveenjoyed today's episode and that
you will take a momentsubscribe to the podcast that
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you will like follow.
Share all that good stuff andlet's continue to keep riding in
the abundant life.
Live the narrow life, live thestraight gate, because that is
where the life leads to.
God gave him a command in thegarden.
He said if you keep it, you'llstay in my presence.
You'll stay in the garden.
The moment they broke that,they left the garden and they
lost the anointing, the powerand the dominion.
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Remember this in closing thefurther away from the world that
you live, the further away thatthe decay of the world will
come into your life.
God wants to bless you, walkwith the Holy Spirit and
experience the abundant life.
God bless you, thank you.
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