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Jesus alone qualifies us. This is the foundation of everything we are and everything we will become. No one on this earth is qualified to receive anything from God based on their own effort. Our qualification comes entirely through Jesus.
You may be wondering: "But what about all my work? What about my efforts?" Making effort is not wrong. But your trust cannot be in yourself—it must be in Jesus. Consider the publican and the Pharisee. The Pharisee boasted: "I fasted. I give my tithes. I give my offering. I'm a good person. I go to church regularly." But the publican came before God with empty hands, saying simply, "Be merciful to me." The scripture tells us that the publican went home more justified than the Pharisee.
You overcome not by your works, but by understanding what the blood of Jesus has already done for you.
There is a blood that speaks on your behalf every day. The blood of the everlasting covenant works continuously, like standing under a fountain where the water never stops. It washes you morning, afternoon, and night—cleaning you of both sins you know and sins you don't know.
"The accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night." (Revelation 12:10)
The devil's only job is to accuse you. He jumps on your shoulder and tells you how you have failed, how you are not qualified, how many times you have stumbled. But before God, you have no fault.
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Put your hand on your chest and declare: "I'm faultless before God." This is not confidence in yourself—it is confidence in what Jesus did. As long as you keep seeing yourself with fault, you will be limited. You will be defeated. You will not be bold to confront the devil.
The blood keeps washing us so that we can stay right before God. Even when your thoughts are bad, He washes them clean. This is the grace of God—His blood never stops speaking, never stops cleansing, never stops declaring your innocence before the Father.
We have too many Pharisees in the church today whose assignment is pointing out people's faults. This is not our business. We are driving people away from Jesus by telling them what they have done wrong instead of telling them what Jesus has done for them.
Listen to the natural chemistry: if you fill a glass with dirty water and then pour clean water on top, the clean water will wash out the bad water. This is exactly what happens in the spirit. The more we point people to what Christ has done in their lives, the more the dirt in their lives will disappear.
The reason for preaching is to show you your true identity so that you can give up the wrong one. We preach to show you what Christ has done for you, not to show you what is wrong with you.
What is wrong with you plus what you are already doing which is wrong will result in more wrong. But if I continue to show you what is right with you—what God has done right in your life, what God has made available to you—that will deal with what is wrong. That is why it is the gospel.
"And they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony." (Revelation 12:11)
It is not enough to shout "blood of Jesus!" The question is: what did the blood do for you? That is how to overcome—by making a declaration of what you have in Christ based on the blood that was shed, your rights and your privileges.
Here is how to overcome the devil: by declaring what He has done. Say it aloud:
You declare because it is not by your ability that you became these things. You became them because of the blood that was shed for you. You overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of your testimony—the testimony of what the blood did. It is time we started to receive what Christ died to give to us.
"And they sung a new song saying, 'Thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.'" (Revelation 5:9-10)
The blood of Jesus has made you a king and a priest. Declare it: "I'm a king."
Do you know what the Bible says? "Where the word of the king is, there is power." (Ecclesiastes 8:4) There is power in your mouth. A closed mouth is a closed destiny. When you close your mouth in the face of obstacles and challenges, you have allowed the devil to take you like a fowl.
Remember when the devil came against Jesus? What did He say? "It is written. It is written. It is written." Jesus already knew what was written about Him. The question is: do you know what has been written about you? Do you know what has been documented in the volume of books about you?
Being a king and a priest is a double-edged sword. In the Old Testament, the priest determines who is healed. Jesus said to the healed man, "Go and show yourself to the priest. Let the priest pronounce you healed." But now God says you are a priest. You can pronounce yourself healed.
You are not only a priest who can pronounce yourself healed—you are a king, and your word carries power. Your word carries power. What you say about yourself shall come to pass because you represent heaven.
"And we shall reign on the earth." (Revelation 5:10)
Stop waiting for heaven. This is where to reign. Reign in your atmosphere. Reign in your circumstance. Take charge.
Victory is yours. Deliverance is yours. Breakthrough is yours. Divine healing is yours. Marriage is yours. Prosperity is yours. It is already yours. These are not things you are hoping for—they are things that have already been purchased with the blood of Jesus.
"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing." (Revelation 5:12)
The Lamb has already been slain and He has already received all these things. We are the ones who need them. In Christ you can do anything. In Christ you are a billionaire because the earth is the Lord's and all the fullness thereof. In Christ, all of it is yours.
"If any man be in Christ, he is a new creation. Behold, all things are old; things have passed away; and all things have become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17)
You are a brand new species of being that has never existed before. When God looks down from heaven, He sees three kinds of people: the Jews, the Gentiles, and the Church. Outside of Christ, you are a Gentile. But God said, "Now I'm going to create something new, totally new, and that is the Church." He deals with us differently, and we are special. He is crazy about us.
You are the apple of His eye. You don't even know the forces that are behind you and fighting for you. You don't know the heavenly protocol you already have. But I am afraid of how the devil managed to come near you. Do you know why? Because you don't have the mentality you should have of being in Christ.
In Christ you have been exempted from the vicissitudes of life. You have an exemption anointing upon your life. Do not use another person's example to determine your own faith. Everyone can be in church, but it depends on what you believe.
"All things are possible to him that believes." (Mark 9:23)
It doesn't say "to him that comes to church." It says "to him that believes." Some people are turning up their noses at what I'm saying, and it doesn't bother me. People will do what they want to do. Even when you put food on the table for them, some will eat, some will refuse. People will do what they want to do.
But if you believe—if you dare to believe in this work of faith—it is you who will believe to become. You don't become to believe. No, you believe to become. Once you believe it, that is it.
Your life now is Christ. Put on the mind of Christ. Put on His mind.
"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 2:5)
The only valid way to see yourself is the way Christ sees Himself. Any other way you see yourself outside of how Christ sees Himself is invalid. It is not authorized. It is only valid when you see yourself the way Christ sees Himself. Don't see yourself any other way. Any other way is not allowed and is not authorized.
"For of him are ye made wise, and righteous, and he is made unto us sanctification, and redemption." (1 Corinthians 1:30)
Christ has been made unto you wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. You have wisdom. You are the righteousness of God in Christ. You are a new creation. You are sanctified. You are holy.
Put your hand on your chest and say: "I'm holy." Why would you not be holy when you are in Christ? Outside Christ, you are not holy. But if you are truly in Him, to say you are not holy is an insult to His finished work. It is like saying that a piece of paper is not inside your Bible when it is clearly inside. And when you want to describe that Bible, you don't say "bring out the paper first." You just say "bring the Bible, including the paper inside."
You are in Christ. Say it: "I am in Christ." Say it again: "I am in Christ."
You can't be defeated. There will be opportunities to be defeated, but it is now left for you, with understanding, to say: "I cannot be defeated. I can't be stranded. I can never go without. I can't die of this sickness. I can't."
The same spirit that raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you and quickens your mortal body—makes your body alive. If it means changing your body and giving you new spare parts, He will do it.
It has been scientifically proven that no one dies until they decide to die. Everyone who has died gave up the will to live. Even when you are dying and you still hold on, you still come alive.
Paul said:
"For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." (Philippians 1:21)
He said, "Whichever way I'm still okay, but I've decided not to die because I still have something to do." When he finished his assignment, he said:
"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness." (2 Timothy 4:7-8)
When Jesus said "It is finished," He was ready to go. But before then, He always told people, "It's not yet my time. I'm not yet ready. It's too early. I must finish the assignment that I have."
Simeon, who was waiting for the birth of Jesus Christ, said, "Now let your servant depart in peace, for I have seen the promise." God kept him alive all those years until he saw what he was waiting for. Don't let the enemy take you cheaply. Watch your mouth. Watch your mouth.
Speak life to yourself every morning. Speak life to yourself. Speak life to your family. Lay hands on the bed of your children and speak life to them. I don't care how they are misbehaving—it's irrelevant. Keep on speaking life: your vision, your dream, your aspiration for them. That is how they will turn out.
The assignment of the devil is to show you the negative side of things. He specializes in it and he will keep on showing you: "This thing will not work again. This thing is delayed. This thing is not happening." Your part is to stand. Having done all, stand. Stand on what God said, and it will never fail because we represent heaven.
Let your faith stand in Jesus.
"When I came unto you, I didn't come to you in excellency of speech or man's wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I'm determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ and him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and much trembling. My speech and preaching was not in the enticing words of man's wisdom but in demonstration of power, that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men and men's idea and philosophy, but in the power of God." (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)
Let your faith stand in the power of God—in what Christ did for you—irrespective of the way things look. Do you understand that the word of God is superior wisdom? It is superior wisdom above the wisdom of this world.
Sometimes an idea will come to you that you don't have any clue of how it will come to pass. And yet it's a divine idea. Some of you have dropped it, thrown it away, because you don't know how it will work. But the Holy Spirit that dropped it in your spirit will show you how it will work.
The Bible says:
"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth." (Colossians 3:1-2)
We should have the mentality of heaven. You have dual citizenship. You have both immortality and mortality together. When challenges come to you that naturally you cannot handle, you turn to your immortal being—your spiritual dimension.
Some of you are not where you should be. You should be a high flyer—not a local champion. You are not made for local league. You are global. Every little mentality ends now.
Every mentality of scratching the lower part of the ladder when you have been put in Christ by the authority of heaven—I command it to be destroyed. Come against the lie the devil has been telling you that it is for others and not for you. Others can have it, but not you. In the name that is above every name, I declare it stops now.
If anyone is to have it, you should have it. You are more qualified. Every delay is lifted now.
Many people have been mocking your faith and ridiculing you, saying that serving God is a waste of time. By the authority of heaven, I command a turnaround. Your story will not end in shame. It will never end in shame.
You have a portion. As long as you are breathing, you have a portion in the land of the living. I speak, and no power will stop you. In case you don't know, you carry an atmosphere that when you arrive in a place, something changes. It is called eternal life—the life of God in you.
"The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods." (Psalm 24:1-2)
"Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation." (Psalm 24:3-5)
This is the generation of them that seek Him, that seek thy face. Lift up your heads, O ye gates. Even lift them up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
Whatever the devil has been using to contradict the purpose of God for your life, today I command it to be destroyed. The devil is not the creator. He doesn't create anything. We have been mandated to take charge here on earth. Whatever he has used over time—whether in the water, whether in the heavenlies, whether in the grave—today I command it to be destroyed.
Every wilderness experience ends now. You will not end in the wilderness. You will not die in the wilderness. Wherever you step your feet, that ground will answer to you.
"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the wasteland cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them." (Amos 9:13-14, paraphrased)
Things are going to happen so fast your head will swim. One thing fast on the heels of another. You won't be able to keep up with it. Everything will be happening at once. Everywhere you look: blessing. Like wine pouring off the mountains and hills everywhere.
You will get there. You will get there. You will get there.
My friend, don't ever cancel yourself out. No matter the number that we have on earth, God knows you individually, and He loves you passionately. He knows your name. He knows your every thought. He sees each fall and hears you when you call. You have a Father. He calls you His own, and He will never leave you.
"He knows my name. He knows my every tear that I cry. He hears me. Oh, He knows. He knows my name. He knows everything about me. Yes, He does. He sees it."
You are never alone. Never feel alone. That is why we sing with meaning—not just for the music or the dancing, but for what is being sang. The Bible says we should worship Him in spirit and in truth. Worship in spirit and in truth.
I don't want anything to pollute my soul or spirit. I must have constant mind renewal. I will hear your testimony. I will hear your testimony. I will hear your testimony. Do you believe that?
If you are here this morning, we have been speaking about one Man. His name is Jesus. Everything we are and everything we will ever be is in Him. And if you have not met Him, this is your opportunity.
Everything I have said will be meaningless to you unless you have Him inside you, unless you receive Him. The only sin that will send you to hell is the sin of rejecting the offer that God made to you. Jesus has been offered. If you reject Him, you have already signed the warrant to be transported to hell.
But if this morning you are here, you have heard the word, and your desire is to receive Jesus, then in the next few moments, leave your seat and come. Let me pray with you.
If you are here and you want to invite Jesus into your life, pray this prayer with me. Say it aloud. Open your mouth and say it after me:
Almighty God, I come to you today. I know I am a sinner. I cannot save myself. No matter how I try, that is why I come to you. Today I denounce the devil and all his works. I invite you: come and live in me. You are my Savior. You are my Lord. From this day forward, I will serve you throughout the days of my life. I receive you now—your miracle of salvation. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus name. Amen.
Father, I stand upon the confession of their faith in Jesus as their Lord and Savior, and upon the authority of Your word. Standing in the blood that was shed for them on Calvary, I declare every sin in their lives forgiven. The power of darkness over your life is destroyed. The power of darkness over your life is destroyed. Let the miracle of salvation become a reality in your life. And from this day forward, they will begin to receive the benefits of the children of God in the light. Let them experience You in a way they have never known. In the name of Jesus, I declare it so. In Jesus name. Amen.
