In this sermon, the preacher emphasizes the importance of walking in the light and not focusing on one's weaknesses and abilities. He refers to the story of the 10 spies who gave an evil report about the land of milk and honey, highlighting their lack of faith and belief in their own abilities. The preacher shares examples of witnessing God's power to transform and raise the dead, emphasizing the need for faith in order to please God. He warns against the dangers of unbelief and encourages listeners to fully commit their lives to trusting in God rather than seeking miracles.

In my 50 years of ministry, I have witnessed the Lord's power to raise the dead. Who could be more dead than a drug addict or alcoholic walking on the streets and living on the streets? I've seen the dead, some of you have been raised from the dead. You're right now, we have Lazarus's all over this house. God's taken all the bandages off of you and now you're able to move and shout and praise His name. Wake up, oh sleeper, rise from the dead. You see, our eyes have seen things that God has prepared for us that the Jew couldn't see. He said, Paul the Apostle said, I have not seen, ear has not heard the things that God has prepared, the good things. But the Holy Spirit has revealed them unto us. We have a greater light, greater promises. There is a darkness that is of this world, but that's not the darkness Jesus is talking about. He's talking about the darkness that comes on His children who don't believe Him. Who will not walk in the gospel that they've received. Who will not appropriate the promises that have been offered through covenants. Wake up, oh sleeper, rise from the dead. There is a darkness that falls upon those Christians who will not mix the word they hear with faith and appropriate it in their daily lives. Wake up, oh sleeper, rise from the dead and Christ will shine. He said that the Holy Ghost abides in us. Your body, my body is the temple of the Holy Ghost. We hear that from the pulpit. We believe that passively. We believe it as a doctrine. But here is where darkness can come in. When we don't really believe, fully commit ourselves to the truth that we have heard. That the Holy Ghost in me will do what God sent Him to do. And then when lust arises, and you try to fight it in your own power, and you won't commit it until the Holy Ghost abides in you. You said, I've tried that and it doesn't work. Folks, it is faith alone that the Holy Ghost in you will do against the devil and every lust that God sent Him to do. That the Holy Ghost comes to work in you. Darkness comes when you say, I have to fight this by my own strength and my own power. And you do not rest and trust in the power of the Holy Ghost in you. You're saying, God sent the Holy Ghost, God ties me, He lives here, but He's silent. He's sleeping. It's the call of God a liar. The Lord doesn't show any pity for those who have doubts and unbelief. He has no pity whatsoever. He expects us to walk in the light that we've received, mix faith with, and lay hold of it and comprehend it. So there's a deep darkness that comes upon those who focus on their weaknesses and inabilities. I'm speaking of Christians who complain how stupid and how inadequate they are. Well, things are going to get a little quiet now. Do you remember the ten spies that brought back an evil report? They said, yes, it is a land flooded with milk and honey, it's filled with wonderful fruit, but there are giants there in the walled up cities. We are not able to go up. They're stronger than us. We compared ourselves to these giants and we appeared as grasshoppers. Now, you won't find them accusing God. There's nowhere here that they say, well, God is not able. They don't accuse God. They know better than that. So they say, we are not able. We are inadequate. We don't have the power. We don't have the ability. This is not humility. This is not humility. This is an affront to every promise in the book. When you put yourself down, you're not putting yourself down. You're putting down the almighty God who has revealed himself as the one who gives you strength in your weaknesses and makes you strong when you have no strength. You make God a liar. And I look around and I see God blessing everybody else. And I see them growing. And I see the gifts of people around me. I have no gifts. I have nothing. And we keep putting ourselves down, comparing ourselves to other people, saying, I'll never measure up. Folks, that is a sin against God. That's sin against the light. And that brings darkness. Oh, that brings darkness to the soul. Terrible, terrible darkness. The scripture says, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Hallelujah. He says, who will believe me? When will you ever come to the point in your life that you'll believe me? Now, I know there are scriptures racing through your mind right now that says, well, Paul said, I will most rather glory in my infirmities that the power of Christ may rest in me. I take pleasure in infirmities. But he was not speaking. He was speaking only of physical infirmity. He was talking about his thorn in the flesh. He was not talking about what we're talking about here right now. This constant deprecation of our flesh, this constant saying that I can't do anything. I have no talents. I have nothing. Oh, yes, you do. You have the great anointing of the Holy Ghost, because you could have been saved without that anointing. We have the idea that when we don't trust God that, well, I'm the only one that hurts. Nobody around me is getting hurt. I'm not wounding anybody. I just miss the blessings. Not so. You anger God. Anger. With whom was he grieved 40 years? Was it not with them that had sinned, his carcasses fell to wilderness? To whom swore he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? So we see they could not enter in because adultery, fornication, unbelief. They could not enter in because of unbelief. So it's not just a matter of you missing a blessing. It's a matter of provoking God to anger. Where there is unconditional faith in God's promises, there's complete rest. Rest is the evidence of faith. You say, well, I have no unbelief in me. Then why do you get so upset and disturbed when things go wrong? You say, there's no unbelief in me. Then why do you keep fearing that you're going to fall? Why do you have such restlessness in you? Why are you afraid of the future, afraid of losing your job, afraid that God's not going to provide for you? That's unbelief. But, hear me please, if you're not willing to deal with sin, if you're not willing to fully commit your life to confidence, full confidence and trust in Him, then forget the miracles. If that's your focus, if the miracle is your focus, that's the wrong focus. It's Jesus, the miracle worker. Listen to me please, those who have come forward especially. Scripture says without faith, it's impossible to please God. So, what that says to me, that's where I start. I have to start there, I have to deal with this issue of faith. Do I believe that God means what He says? Do I believe that God said that my body is a temple of the Holy Ghost? Do I believe that He's the one who overcomes the temptations of my flesh as I just trust Him and yield to Him? Do I believe that He's going to keep me from falling as He promised He would? Do I believe the covenant promises that He will put the fear of God in me and I won't have to work it up or invent it? Do I believe that He will keep me from falling and present me faultless before His presence with exceeding great joy? Do I believe that? Do I believe that if I confess my sins, He's faithful and just? Do I believe that if any man sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Risen. Do I believe this? Do I receive it? And will I walk in that light? Without faith it's impossible, so all of our prayers, all of our works, all of the good things we do for God are in vain if we do not believe that He, without faith it's impossible to please Him. And they that come to Him must believe that He is, that He is what? That He is God Almighty. And He is a what? A rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. And down into the plain, when kingdoms all crumble, this one remains. A faithful man, with our fathers we proclaim.