In the Word #9

Folks, I want to tell you something. You better tighten your safety belt, we're moving in some powerful things. This walk with the Lord, I mean, He means business.

We're going to have to have a lot of grace to be able to take it. I believe this grace is moving us into a place where we can receive grace. It's been dark, folks.

Very, very, very dark. A lot darker than you can comprehend. The enemy so easily has deceived us.

So easily deceived us about so many things. And I want to give you an example of that. Do you know that the enemy, the powers of darkness, come and take the word out of your heart? Now, when the word's not too important, that's no big deal, see? Now, you think the most important thing that the powers of darkness want to do to you, I want you to hear what I'm saying, is take the word away from you.

If they keep the word away from you, they've got you. Now, if they get the word out of your heart, and I want you to know that that is the main attack of the powers of darkness, that you don't have this word in your heart. Turn to Mark 4, please.

Praise your name. Praise you, Lord Jesus. In Mark 4, we're going to look at the parable of the word.

We're going to come to a place, when we get down to verse 13, that the Lord asks in this parable, if you do not understand this parable, how are you going to understand all the other parables? In other words, if you do not understand the parable of the word, how are you going to understand any parable? Which makes this parable, which we're reading right here, the most important parable in the word of God. Now, Jesus came before one of the largest congregations that ever stood in front of him. He didn't try to coax them out of their flesh.

He spoke spiritual things. He spoke in a mystery. You either have ears to hear or you don't.

You don't hear if you don't come to God, if your heart's not turned to the Lord. As you see, these people didn't. Now, let's begin to look there in verse 1. And he began to teach Jesus by the sea and such a very great multitude.

A multitude's almost more than you can count, isn't it? But this is a very great multitude. That's like television in 14 states. And such a very great multitude gathered to him that he got into a boat in the sea and he sat down and a whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

Now, here's a good chance to build something right here. He had all these numbers right there that he had to get in a boat and get out in the sea. And all this great multitude.

I think in Matthew 13 he calls it multitudes. Were there on the shore. Verse 2. And he was teaching them many things in parables once said to them in his teaching.

Now, here begins the parable in verse 3. Listen to this. Behold, the sower went out to sow. It came about as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.

Do you have any idea who these birds are? Those are the powers of darkness. The seed is the word of God. They come and eat the seed up.

They take it away from people. Of course, this is a mystery right there. Other seed fell on the rock.

Now, later on when you get over to Luke 8, it calls it the birds of the air come and eat it up. Now, I've already told you about the beasts of the field. The birds of the air is a type of the powers of darkness.

And of course, Luke 8 is a good example. That's the same parable right here where it calls the birds of the air come and eat up the seed. All right.

Now, verse 4, and it came about as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road. The birds came and ate it up. Verse 5, other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil.

As the sun had risen, it was scorching because it had no root. It withered away. Other seed fell among the thorns.

The thorns came, and it choked it, and it yielded no crop. Other seed fell into the good soil. As they grew up and increased, he yielded a crop, produced 30, 60, and 100.

As he was saying, and he was saying, he who has ears to hear, let him hear. Well, everyone had ears, didn't he? Everyone had ears, but he was talking about spiritual ears to hear. Now, there is a chance right there, I mean, to get them joined up.

And the Lord Jesus Christ and all that great hundreds and hundreds of people spoke to him in the total mystery. Do you know what they understood? Do you know what they understood in the mystery and the parables he shared? Nothing. Not even one of the 12 disciples even understood what he was saying.

If the 12 disciples didn't understand what he was saying, none of the rest of all those hundreds understood what he was saying. But here's what he did. He took the disciples to his side.

Because disciples get to know the meaning of God's word. Now, it's important to see this. Verse 10, And as soon as he was alone, his followers, or disciples, along with the 12.

Now, I want you to know there's more than 12 disciples there, okay? But anyway, the disciples began asking him what? They were asking him about the parables. They didn't know what the parables meant. They wanted to know what the parables meant.

Now, here you had this great crowd. I mean, Jesus spoke the word of God. If you didn't have ears to hear, you couldn't hear it.

Did the Pharisees hear it? The Pharisees are not hearing it today. Verse 11, And he was saying to them, Here are the adsent disciples. Now, the multitude's are gone.

The Sunday morning crowd's gone. And he was saying to them, To you it has been given the mystery. The disciples have been given the mystery of the kingdom of God.

But those who are outside get everything in the mystery. This Bible's been made to understand. But disciples understand what the word of God means.

Verse 12, In order that while seeing they may see and they do not perceive. Now, that's exactly the way Jesus intended to be. He speaks this word in the mystery that while seeing you will not perceive if your heart is not a disciple's heart.

And while hearing they may hear and they'll not understand. They'll be ever learning, ever able to come to knowledge of the truth. Lest they repent, return, and be forgiven.

And he said to them, Do you not understand this parable out here? The parable of the word. How will you understand all the parables? All right, then he begins to the disciples. He tells them what this mystery is as he is today.

The sower sows the word. Now, I want you to begin to see, brother and sister, that the attack against you by the powers of darkness is to steal the word out of your heart. So that the word cannot work through you.

And if this word does not work in you, you will not bear fruit for God. And when you're not bearing fruit for God, God is not doing a bunch through you. When you're bearing fruit, you know you ask anything you ask, and it'll be given to you.

I mean, you're ruling rain, brother. I mean, God is working through you. But if he steals the word, you're not walking in covenant.

If you're not walking in covenant, you don't bear any fruit. Are you seeing this? Now, you're fixing to see right here in this parable the attacks against you to take the word out of your heart. This is one of the most important things I'll share with you these three days.

Put your fingers and see in the word. You'll see how the powers of darkness, their motives and their goal, the main thing is keep the word of God out of your heart. Steal it from you.

Now, let's see it. Verse 14, the sower sows the word. The word is, that's what I'm doing right now, isn't it? I'm sowing the word of God.

All right, now watch here. Verse 15, and these are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown. Is that you? And when they hear, when they hear the word of God, just as quick as they hear the word of God, immediately, bang! Satan comes and what? He takes away the word.

Will you underline that? He takes away the word which has been sown in them or in their heart. Now, let me tell you something. When it says Satan takes it, Satan can only be in one place at one time.

Do you see that? I don't imagine Satan's going to get too tied up with one of you. So when you're talking about Satan, you're talking about the powers of darkness. It's synonymous.

And we'll look at something about that later. You're talking about one, you're taking the other. He comes and takes the word out of your heart, the powers of darkness.

And we're going to see why the word's not in your heart. How he takes the word of God out of your heart. Verse 16, a similar way, these are the ones whom the seed was sown on the rocky places.

So when they hear the word immediately, they receive it with joy, joy, joy. And they have no firm root in themselves but are only what? They're temporary. And then here comes the first of attacks, affliction.

Affliction will come to take that word. Or what's the next thing? Persecution. Let me ask you something.

I'll tell you something, folks. If I kept my mind on all the things that's being said about me, I've had it. When I want to be eaten off the tree of knowledge of good and evil, boy.

When there's a good tree to eat out of. I like to eat out of the tree of life, not death. It don't matter what, it matters for folks what they're saying.

What really matters? Does it matter what God said or what folks think? Huh? Absolutely. Thank you, brother. Now, what's the difference in you and me? There's no difference.

God's God, isn't He? Whether it's you, me, I've got a part, you've got a part. Important things, you say what God says and do what He says. Walk in it.

Amen? The first attack on you is affliction to attack your body. That does kind of destroy a lot of your faith, won't it? Do you ever notice, Pastor, I'm sure some of you heard of, never got involved in healing. Let me tell you what's going to happen to your church.

If you never practice healing, you start in it. The powers of darkness are going to set up someone who they know they have so much ground in them and they have such a right to be there that you haven't gone to a place to know how to get that ground back. And they'll begin talking and moving to set this man up as an example right away.

And so, instead of just praying to this man and knowing him and you don't know what's in somebody's heart, I witness somebody but I can't save them. I don't stop witnessing. I'm not the Savior.

I pray for people to heal. I can't heal them. I believe everyone I pray for is going to be healed.

I don't know what's in their heart. Do you think everybody you baptize are saved? But then they'll set up a person. And then you'll make this a focal point.

And the powers of darkness set you up. And then the powers of darkness know they've got that person close to death right then. Close to, I mean, a breakdown.

They know. Well, I'm not going to get into some of the details of how you can know. But they know.

They know where they've got that body. And then, here you are. You've started preaching the Scripture.

And then, bang, right there, someone dies. And then the church bosses and terrors begin jumping up and down. And then the powers of darkness attack you, attack your wife, attack your family, and everything.

Such pressure on you. Back off! Back off that! It won't work. Back off! And all the intimidation and fear and everything's come on you because, see, you just didn't know.

You hadn't come to a place where you'd know or suspected and hadn't dealt with the things, how the powers of darkness would trick you and deceive you and set up a situation like that. So the affliction comes against someone. And when this affliction comes, it steals people's faith.

It steals the Word. And then they begin to listen about this another Jesus, that Jesus can't do nothing, see. And it steals the Word.

You know how they steal the Word in your heart? They replace it with something else, a lie, another gospel, another Jesus. So, see, what we do, you take what light you have, if it's that much, you're not going to get all the light at one time. You're going to get light as you walk in the light.

Pharisees wanted it all at one time, but they wasn't going to receive it. And they didn't get it. Neither would you.

You'll walk in what light you have because you're going to be tested. You'll be tested before you get home. We'll see where your heart really is, which headquarters your heart is really on.

Now, the first attack is steal the Word out of your heart, it's affliction. The second is persecution because, see, if your heart can become concerned about what people are saying about you and what your pride or things, see, you understand what you mean, it's going to sway. You start eating all those words.

Oh, God, I can't deal with that part of your Bible. It's hurting my ministry. God, I can't deal with that part of your ministry.

It's hurting my reputation and my image. Junk, deception. When a person can never do that with the persecution, everything has got to work, and you too.

Now, so affliction and persecution, but you want it to. When affliction or persecution arises because of the what? And it always comes. It's promised it will come to you.

If you've got an image or a reputation, forget about it. You're not going to walk in the Word. You're in the flesh.

Do you think they got it or not? Let's go in verse 18. And others are the ones in whom the seed was sown among the thorns. Wonder what the word thorns are.

These are the ones who have heard the Word. Now, can I tell you what you're looking at right there? You're looking at the ministry. You understand that the powers of darkness have a ministry? It's hell.

You're looking at the ministry of the devil here that comes against you. That's how he steals the Word. That's the war against the Word.

That is the blood. This is the blood that comes against you. This is the blood that comes out of Satan's mouth out of the church.

Now, look at it. Here they are. And here becomes the third thing that has stealed the Word in verse 19.

And the what? The worries of the world. Now, see, if your mind stays full, look here, if your mind stays full to get your heart going, see the lust of the flesh, that's the worries of the world. Where are you living at? What are you worried about the world for? That's the third thing, to get your heart going after the worries of the world is steal the Word.

And then the next thing, the fourth thing there is a deceitfulness of riches. Get all you can. Don't get what you need.

Get it all. Get that last quarter. Build you an empire.

Just let all your heart, just acquire all you can get, the deceitfulness of riches where you'll be at ease and Zion in the flesh. The deceitfulness of riches. And then the fifth thing right there is the desires for what? There are the thorns.

They enter in the desires for other things. Now, as a desires for other things besides the Lord. And I want to talk to you.

Listen, look at me. They talk to you about the worries of the world. That's what goes in your mind.

That's when you don't recognize it. It's flesh. Deceitfulness of riches.

For your carton, that's where the world is out there. The desires for other things, lust of the flesh. When you got your mind, they talk to you there and get your heart on that.

Hey, that word's not too important. And so when you've got your heart on those things, that word can't work in you for you to produce fruit for God. Are you hearing what I'm saying? And when you don't produce fruit for God, honey, there just ain't a whole lot of things that God's doing for you.

Because you know what they've done? They've deceived you up here and they got your heart going. All of these things are the lust of the flesh and getting your heart to live for temporal things instead of eternal things, which is the covenant you were called to. Is that clear? Let's continue.

They enter in and they choke the word and the word becomes what? See, you can't bear fruit for God. Well, what are you going to do? And James 4 said, you're going to ask and you're not going to receive. You're living in the wrong place.

You're walking in the wrong place. All your motives are all messed up. He's not going to cooperate with you, so your worries of the world are distinct from the riches and desires for other things.

For your flesh, he's going to provide your needs. I don't mean you have to go out here and live in a sage field or something. Are you hearing me? All right, now those things come and steal the word.

And those are the ones to whom the seed was sown on the good soil, they hear the word, they accept it, which means they do it. And they bear fruit 30, 60, 100 fold. And he was saying to them, now watch this lamp.

I mean, the lamp's the word now. It's not brought to be put under a peck measure, is it? Or under a bed, you don't hide it. If you've got it, let it shine.

Is it not put to be put on a lampstand? Now, you put it on a lampstand by acting on the word of God, don't you? Right? The light shines when you act on it. When you walk in it, you're letting your light shine. Is that right? Now, for nothing, 22, is hidden except to be revealed.

Now, we're still in the parable of the Word. For nothing is hidden except to be revealed, nor has anything been secret that it should not come to light. Now, who is this talks to you and say, when you start to do something, they're just not ready for that.

Ezekiel 34 talks about a shepherd who feeds himself and doesn't feed the flock. If they're not ready for the Word, they're ready for hell. Because nothing's hidden except to be revealed.

If you know something, you start down here and put it in there. Plant it. If you go ahead and hold that back, you can't get rid of your church bosses.

There's a man that got rid of some with the Word of God. 23, you know how demons... I want to ask you something. I want to show you how a church boss works.

Let me ask you. You ever get around a wreck? You ever been around a wreck, and before you could even get where you could see what's going on? Do you ever notice how fear is attacking you? You're fearful, and you don't even... Hey, you haven't even got where you can see. You don't even see what's going on, but for some reason, you're fearful, aren't you? Let me tell you a little secret.

When there's a wreck, the powers of darkness converge on that kind of a thing. You'd be amazed in a wreck situation that things that enter into the peace of people's bodies through fear. All the works of shock and paralysis and all these things like this, we want to make so.

Oh, dear me. Let me tell you something. You know, that's kind of what a church boss reminds me of, a wreck.

Let me show you how. This is how the powers of darkness. Have you ever seen a church boss? Sure you have.

Every time you get around him, they start putting fear on you. Isn't that correct? Huh? Do you ever notice that? You get around a church boss, some fear is getting on you, intimidation. Some say, it's better just to leave a thing alone than get involved with all that mess.

And that's exactly what they want you to do. Not to get involved in the mess. Just let the devil run it.

You know, I just looked over right here, Pastor. I was up there in Tulsa. I'm going to just share one quick story.

This man, a pastor up there in Tulsa, I went up there to be with, to visit with James there. And this man on a Saturday night, I thought it was going to be through on Saturday, and he asked me to come over. He's the interim pastor in the church.

Asked me to visit with him in the church. And he just said, you're a godly man. And boy, I'll tell you what.

And I told him I would come over there on Sunday morning. Never met him before. And I'd come over and share with him.

Because they decided to extend it another night. And I went over there, and just as quick as I walked in, see, see that's my part. I saw my heart broke.

Because when I was a little boy, in different times, see, I recognized when I walked in that the powers of darkness had to place. And I heard for those people, absolutely just broke my heart. And you want to go up to somebody and say, hey, listen, I know the answer.

Boy, I know how this place can be different if you just listen. I'll do it right here. If you just say, you can't do it like that.

If God don't do it, it don't get done. Now, that's the thing about it. And I want to tell you what, it's all up to God.

But as I sat there and I heard, my heart just broke. And Jeannie, who sings with James, she had asked me, you know, where I was going, and I told her I'd been invited to church, and asked her, you know, if she wanted to go. And so I said, well, Jeannie, why don't you bring two or three tapes and just sing when we go over there and everything.

And she said she would. And so Jeannie and I, we went over there to this brother's, where he was interim pastor. We went over to the, and so I sat down up front, and here Jeannie came up, and she, you know, Jeannie just wanted to kind of get things just a little louder, because, you know, it'd just kind of help everybody to hear the word of God if they just a little laugh, you know.

And so Jeannie there was bouncing around, and see, I'd just seen enough of this that I knew exactly what the power, I knew what they were telling, and I knew how they programmed them. They programmed those folks with labels and to see if they can get you, if they can intimidate you in a fearful way. If they get labels, and then they get you afraid of labels, they intimidate with labels, you know.

Excuse me, charismatic folks, gone charismatic or whatever, so forth. But deep end. Going off the deep end.

That's the deep end. You start, boy, if you start following God, you have sure enough gone off the deep end. And so anyway, she was up there, and I'm telling you, bless her heart, I saw her up there, and I just saw her, just know she just was trying, and I could, I knew, and I could just spot, I could just see what they were, how they, you know, they start talking to you, sit there, you come in, do your thing, talk to you, leave.

So when Jeannie got through, I walked up there, and, you know, I said, she's a little charismatic, isn't she? And these little grins begin to break out. He understands. He knows.

This isn't the same way I used to be. That's how I know. So, and she's just a little Pentecostal, too.

And I was really getting in good. Well, I'll tell you what was in my heart. I really knew that my part, I had truth with them, because when I was a little boy, this is the kind of a situation I grew up with, in such a jungle, in such a broken life that I lived, because I never could, I related that church to Jesus, and I knew, boy, if there's nothing that anything I saw when I grew up, and that thing could do it, then the problems that I ever had, and so I never did turn to Jesus for the 40-something, until 40-something years, 43 years old.

But anyway, I knew that I knew some truth, and I knew I might not come that way again that I wanted to impart it and live it there. I knew that some could hear, and some couldn't hear, and it was up to God. I was just going to see what God had.

So I began sharing here. I began sharing some things there, and you always know when you're getting to a place there, and it's kind of smacking a little bit, and so forth, and then when I'd get to these places where it'd just smack a little bit, I noticed all their eyes would, they would be cutting to this man over here on the front row. Here I'm talking, they're all looking at him.

You know, isn't that something? Here I'm the one doing the talking, and when I say things like this, they look to this man. And you know what I'm talking about, don't you, Pastor? He was living in it. And I kept on, and you know, this was a terrible distraction to try to share the Word of God.

You share some, and everybody would look and see what he thinks. And you know, I just finally figured it out. He's a church boss.

Isn't that something? So, is this right, brother? I just took my Bible, and I just thought, well, you know, in order to get them to look at me, I'll just stand here and hear what the church boss says. Is that right, brother? So I stood right in front of the man, and boy, he wasn't happy. And he just turned his head down.

He's red, and he's something like, shoot! Let me tell you something. Do you know something? That God used that situation, that there's some people come up after this over, and God used that. Now, see, it wasn't my cleverness or anything, but God, God, watch over me.

Boy, I could shout. And some poor little people that was in bondage there got three and tears came in their eyes, and they just so thankful. Isn't that right, brother? They came up there because there was something I couldn't do but the Spirit of God.

His Word. Let me tell you something. Church bosses aren't warred.

Aren't they, brother? I love you, brother. All right. Verse 23.

If any man has ears to hear, let him hear. And here's what it's saying, verse 24. And he was saying to them, please put this verse on the doorpost of your home.

Are you ready? Take care what you listen to. Folks, I don't recommend eating off the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Is this the power of the Word in that story? Take care what you listen to.

Have you got that circle? And over in Luke 8, another parable of the Word there, the same parable. It says, take care what you listen to. Take what you listen to, and how you listen to is Luke 8 is what I'm saying.

Take care what you listen to by your standard of measure and the way that you give it out, and it shall be measured to you. In other words, as you walk over there and walk in the light, and more shall be given you beside. Isn't that beautiful? The more you have, the more you get if you walk in it.

For whoever has, whoever has what? The Word, he acts on it, to him shall more be given. And whoever does not have or act on the Word, even what he has is going to be what? Who's going to take it away from him? The powers of darkness. That's who you just read there.

And you already know how they're going to take it away. They'll replace it with something else. Amen? Well, quickly in Matthew 13, just back up.

I just want to show you a little bit about what God says to a people like this. Matthew 13. This is 1 through 15, 18 through 23, but I'm not going to look at all of it.

This is so important, this parable of the Word, and that's the reason I want to look at it in two different places. It is important, isn't it? Okay. We see in verse 2 that we've got the same setting, the same thing.

Verse 2, And great multitudes... See, there's more than one multitude there. Great multitudes came to hear Jesus. We see in the next several verses He speaks the parable to them.

And then verse 10, And the parables came and said to them, Why do you speak to them in the mystery parables? And here's what Jesus said to the disciples, and this is what He's saying to you right now. Are you listening? Here's what He says. Is this the whole book of mystery? Let me ask you again.

Is this the whole book of mystery? All right. Now, this is why it's spoken in the ministry, mystery, and here's what He says to the disciples. If you're a disciple, here's what He's saying.

And He answered and said to them, To you, please circle to you. To you, disciples, it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. Now, disciples get to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.

But to them it's not being granted. They'll be ever learning, never able to come to the truth. What was their problem? Because their hearts lacked loaves and fishes.

Their hearts lacked signs and wonders. Their hearts lacked large numbers. But their hearts really didn't love the Lord.

But to them it's not been granted. For whoever has to Him shall more be given than he shall have abundance. Just what we read a while ago.

But whoever does not have, even what he has, he'll be taken away from him. We know who takes it away. The powers of darkness.

13. Therefore I speak to them in a parable because while seeing... Now, here's what He intends not to do. And this is the way it is today right now.

While seeing, they do not see. Put a little one there. He does not intend for them to see.

And then while hearing, number two, they do not hear. And number three, nor do they what? Understand, He doesn't intend for people whose hearts not turn to Him to hear, to see, or understand. And in their case, I want you to mark their case.

We're going to look at their case. The prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled. You're in the New Testament now, aren't you? That sure did get over here, didn't it? You'll keep on hearing, but you'll not understand.

Now, that is ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. That is that church or depraved mind that has a form of godliness, denies the power of God, and opposes the truth of God right there. They'll not understand.

They're ever learning, never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. You're going to keep on seeing, but you'll not perceive. For the heart of this people has become what? Dull.

And the powers of darkness have made it that way. And with their ears, they scarcely hear. They have what? Close their eyes.

You know what close your eyes mean? They go to sleep. They sleep. Alert people aren't asleep.

They're a lot of sleeping folks. They close their eyes, go to sleep. That's what it says.

Lest they should see with their eyes, and they would hear with their ears, and they'd understand with their heart, and then they'd return to repent, and then I should heal them, in that order. You see, hear, understand, repent, and get healed. He said, The disciples blessed your eyes because you see, and your ears because they hear.

And let's just look up there a little bit. Verse 18, Explain here then the parable of the Word. Verse 19, When anyone hears the parable of the Word of the kingdom, and he's hearing the Word.

Now, we've talked about people that could hear the Word, right? He hears the Word, and he does not understand it. Amen? He doesn't understand the Word. Well, isn't that interesting? The Word's made to be understood, right? But he understands it, and then the devil, the demons come, and what? They come and snatch the Word out of his heart.

Now, look at me right here. You've got a man that hears the Word of God, he can't understand the Word of God, and the demons come and snatch it out of his heart. I want you to show you one other man right there.

I'm not going to go through these same things. It's saying here's all the attacks against to get the Word out of your heart right there. Well, let's go down to verse 23.

And the one whom the seed was sown on the good soul, this is a man. Now, look at he. He hears the Word, he understands it, and he bears fruit.

Well, isn't that amazing? Here you have got one man that hears the Word of God, he can't understand it, and the demons come and take it out of his heart. You've got another man that hears the Word of God, he understands it, and he bears fruit. Now, what's the difference in those two men? One understands, the other doesn't understand.

One bears fruit, and the other doesn't bear fruit. Let me tell you the difference, this. Good soul.

The man in verse 23 has good soul. You know what that is? He's got a repentant heart, which is plowed up, foul of ground, to where he can receive. His heart is turned to the Lord where he can receive.

He's not got hard soul, a hardened heart. Now, did we look over in James 4, 6 through 10, if you want to write that out there, and you see what good soul is, that is good soul. Now, the man up in 19 does not have good soul.

He hears the Word of God. He can't understand it. Now, you know what I'm saying in all this? If you want the Word of God here to jump all over you, have good soul.

Go to James 4, 6 through 10, and get your, and obey that, and get your good soul, and I'm going to tell you what, you'll want to quit your job. Because you become so interested in the Word of God that nothing else will matter when you understand it. Because let me tell you something, folks.

I want you to understand it. When you're driving down the road, or you're reading everything, you don't figure out anything about God on your own. You don't figure out any spiritual things.

May I just go ahead and tell you, when you're driving down the road and something comes to you, that's God. That's the Spirit of God. He'll just show it to you.

Everything in this Word is revelation. It's not you. It's all grace.

It's all Him. It's all Him. Now, I've only told to you about adding Jesus to one of your idols.

You're lost when you're trying to add Him to one of your idols. So once the devil comes, he takes the Word out of the heart. And see, this person, the demonic attack on your mind, it gets you so indulgent in fleshly sins that you just become preoccupied and your heart goes after pride of position.

See, that's the world. Acquiring possessions, pursuing pleasures, and so your life's purpose becomes selfishness. Self-centeredness.

It becomes I, me, my. And the Word's not going to work in you. Are you seeing that? Now, turn to Jeremiah 23.

Jeremiah 23. Jeremiah 23. Now let me tell you how you scatter a flock.

You know you scatter a flock? You scatter a flock. Now, I hope you don't miss this. A flock is scattered.

And this, Jeremiah 23, is talking to shepherds who scatter the flock. You scatter a flock. Instead of them going on to bear fruit with the Lord, they are becoming, they're scattered back into the nations, which means they just become worldly.

Now, I'm telling you, a flock can show up on Wednesday and Sunday and still be scattered, which we'll see. But when something becomes worldly, it's scattered. It's scattered back in the nations.

It's worldly. Now, in Jeremiah 23, verse 1, Woe to the who? They're the shepherds who are what? Destroying and scattering the sheep of my pastor. Verse 2, Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning the shepherds who are attending my people.

You have scattered my flock. You have driven them away. You've not attended to them.

Behold, I'm about to tend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the Lord. Let's look at verse 10. Now, he's going to talk about this shepherd and his congregation.

Verse 10, For the land, the church land is full of what? Adulterers, they're in love with the world. And the land? Where's the land at? Look here. Here's the land.

There's the land. But you feel it mourns because of the what? Now, see, this is trampled ground. See, when you're worldly, I don't want you to know this is trampled ground.

There's a war against your body, your mind, your will, and emotions. And that's what being scattered is, become worldly and everything. That's the lust of the flesh.

You're wide open to it. Now, let's go on. It's clear.

The land mourns because of the curse. And the pastors, is that the pastors where you feed for the word? Is that right? I can't hear you. The pastors of the wilderness have what? Dried up.

Just no word. Tell us some nice stories, shepherd. Their course is evil, and their might is not right.

It's the wrong kind of might. Might be numbers. Leaven for both prophet and priest are polluted.

Even in my house, I've found their wickedness, the glory of the Lord. Now, what do I point out these things for? I need to tell you something. This is not talking about every shepherd.

And some of the shepherds, just like me, and just like you, are just with all their heart, just seeking the truth. And then there's some, I'm talking about the ones that don't want the truth. Say, imagine this kind of ones that already, already there, already arrived, see.

So let's be very careful with all the responsibility and things that's on shepherds, on them today and the impossible situation that these rotten traditions have put on them, that we'd be careful how we accuse our label because maybe we've got to hold of some truth before some of them have. Because I want to tell you, a shepherd's heart will come to the truth when he's given heart to it. But I imagine he'll kind of run, he'll come to the light, but kind of like what James said, he might not come with the light stuffed down his throat.

That's been a problem with the body of Christ today. We've got the light, and I'm going to run over here and stick it down his throat and say it means spiritual pride, see. That's all stopped.

So let's, see, when I say these things, let's be careful that we don't get in the business of judging. Let's let the Lord do the judging. You want to do that? We can judge for righteousness sake, can't we? Let's be sure.

So now as I pursue these things, we've got a lot to say about this kind of subject right here. But I want you to know there's a bunch of shepherds right here. And I'll tell you what, they didn't come here.

They didn't come here. There's a lot of shepherds that's come here in the midst of a whole lot of words and persecution. They didn't come here.

Do you understand that? It's not a popular place to come to some folks. It really is. I'll tell you what, you hear what I'm saying, aren't you? Okay.

For both the prophet and the priest are polluted. Even in my house I've found their wickedness, declares the Lord. Verse 14, here it is.

Now Jerusalem, that's the type of the church, we're in the heavenly Jerusalem, aren't we? And also among the prophets, Jerusalem, I have seen a what? What's God calling? It's a horrible thing, the committing of adultery, loving the world and walking in falsehood traditions, if you care to put it in there. You're walking in falsehood, you're walking in traditions. And they strengthen the hands of evildoers telling us stiff-necked and stubborn how righteous they are.

They strengthen the hands of evildoers that no one turns back, that no one repents, that no one is returned back from his wickedness. And all of them, watch this, they become to me like Sodom and are inhabitants like Gomorrah. What did he put on Sodom and Gomorrah? Fire, didn't he? May I just suggest to you right now, if I don't think I shared this with you, the Holy Ghost, is that the fire? The Holy Spirit? That's a fire.

I want you to know the spirit of the devil is a fire according to the Word. Now you have to just see how the script you use to initiate on which fire you're talking about. I'm telling you, he let fire come on Sodom and Gomorrah.

Gomorrah, he's letting fire come on Sodom and Gomorrah today. And that's what he calls a flesh church. I know you see it over in Jude and I know you see it in 2 Peter 2. Now, verse 16, Thus says the Lord, the host, Do not listen to the what? The words of the prophets who are prophesying, preaching to you, they are leading you into what? Futility.

That's what walking out of the flesh is, futility. They speak a vision of the what? On imagination. Now, when you start speaking beyond imagination, who's helping the imagination up here? Huh? You can get a lot of help from the imagination.

They speak a vision of their own imagination and it's not from the mouth of the Lord. In other words, it doesn't come from God. It doesn't come from God.

Now, I wonder what kind of congregation they have. Do you know, let me just tell you a little scripture. In the New American Standard, particularly in Psalm 81, 15, it says, Those, what is adulterous? Adultery is someone that pretends obedience to God, form of godliness.

It's those who hate the Lord, God says in Psalms 81, 15, you might write that in this next verse, Psalms 81, 15, Those who hate the Lord are the ones who pretend obedience to Him and their time of punishment will be forever. You like that as well? Let's just turn to it and read it. Back up, Psalm 81, 15.

Hurry. Well, amen. Do you know that Israel right here, we're the Israel of God today? I can't hear you again.

Oh, I appreciate that. Be alert and sober. He's got the Israel of God.

This is for us. This is the type of the, for the people of God right here. Verse 11, But my people did, verse 11, My people did not what? They don't listen to the Word of God and Israel does not.

The church does not obey me, so I've given them over to what? Stubbornness of what? Their heart. Isn't that what you saw in Romans 1? Give them over to a brave mind, over to stubbornness. Isn't that right? To what? They're going to walk in their own devices.

Let them just go ahead. I left that gloating spirit of sleep coming. Oh, that my people would listen to me.

That Israel, that the church would walk in my ways. If they do that, I would quickly, I'd quickly, I'd quickly subdue these enemies. I'd turn my hand against these adversaries.

But those who hate the Lord are pretending obedience to Him and their time of punishment is forever. Amen? Hath God said? Yes, sir. We just read it.

Now, this man who speaks a vision from his own imagination and leads them in a futility, I kind of have an idea this is the kind of congregation he's got that despise and hate the Lord. He's had ones that pretend obedience, really hate the Lord. They're the ones that really hate the Lord.

Well, let's go on and see right there. And verse 17, at the congregation, they keep saying to those who what? They despise the Lord. The Lord said the ones that love Him, obey Him.

Is that right? I can't hear you. The ones that love the Lord, obey Him. And the ones who pretend obedience to Him, what? Hate Him.

They despise Him. So he keeps saying to this congregation who despise me, the Lord, here he is, his own imagination, here it comes, the Lord has said you'll have peace. And every one of you just walks in the stubbornness of your heart, just keep on walking in that stubborn, stiff-necked, unrepentant heart.

Just keep walking there. No calamity is going to come on you. There are no demons.

You've already said your words. You're a good church member. Be a good this and be a good that and be a good this.

Be a good Pentecostal. Be a good Methodist. Be a good Baptist.

Be a good Charismatic. No calamity come on you if you be a good Baptist or Methodist. You're going to sit up here with me tomorrow, brother.

I'm going to take you home with me. All right, now, verse 18. No calamity come on you, but, 18, but who has stood in the counsel of the Lord, that's the counsel of the Holy Spirit, that he should see and hear his word, the word of the Lord? Who has given heed to his word and listen? And here they come.

The hedges down. Here they go. Verse 19.

Behold the what? There they are. The storm of the Lord has gone forth. And what's that word? Wrath.

I told you when there's wrath or anger, there they come. There they go. The storm has gone loose on this congregation.

Even the whirling tempest, it'll whirl down on the head of this wicked. The what? The anger of the Lord. Mark that right there.

You can always know when the anger or wrath of God comes up, they are right behind it. The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he's performed and carried out the purpose of his heart. And here it comes.

In the last days, you're going to clearly understand it. And you're understanding it, aren't you? That's what's saved until the last days. Well, there's a lot more to say to that.

Do you know something? Let me just tell you something. If this seems like such a strange thing to you, do you know that in that context right there, I can go back and forth in new and old, get it over here, tie it in new, take the old, tie it in new. We could stay right there in that thing right there for three days.

So if you think that's some strange thing, they're just bushels of it. Now, in the last days, you're clearly understanding it. 21.

I did not see these prophets, but they ran. I did not speak to them, but they prophesied, preached. If they'd stood in my council, put H.S. there, it's the Holy Spirit.

If they'd stood in the council of the Holy Spirit, then they'd be announcing my words to my people. They wouldn't be preaching form and social religion and flesh. And would have turned them back.

They would have repented if the word is preached. Oh, you see that? He says, when you preach my word, folks will repent. Would have turned them back from their evil way and from evil.

Now, what's the opposite of that? The opposite of that, back there is in 14, he says, I see a horrible strength. They strengthen the hand of evildoers and nobody turns from his weakness. Right over there, it says in 22, if you preach the word of God, he said they repent and they can turn back from their evil way.

People don't turn from their evil way with form of godliness and that sort of thing. Now, verse 28. The prophet who has a dream may relate his dream.

But let him who has my word speak my word in what? Paul says, we're not like many who peddle the word of God, but from sincerity and just from God. And we said, like God said, we say it, right? Now, he goes ahead and says, what does straw have in common with grain, declares the Lord? Now, I want you to look at me and I'll explain that to you. Straw is stubble, burns up.

Straw does not have any grain on it, fruit. That's what comes from words. Words produce straw.

The word produces grain, which is fruit. So that's what he says. What does straw have in common with grain? Now, verse 29.

It's not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer which shatters a rock. Therefore, behold, I'm against the prophets, declares the Lord, who steal my sermon from each other. If you're not getting it from God, you've got to get it somewhere because you have to look good.

Make a name for yourself with your glory. 31. Behold, I'm against the prophets, declares the Lord, who use their tongue and declares the Lord declares.

See, that's all the boasting and all the boasting and all the boasting draws attention and glory to a person. Behold, verse 32. I'm against those who prophesied false dreams, declared the Lord, related them, these false dreams, false prophesying, and then they lead my people where? Isn't that where you're warned about, being led astray with a craftiness like Eve? You're led astray by their what? Falsehoods.

Can I, can I, would you mind putting traditions there? You're led astray by falsehoods, traditions, and reckless what? Reckless what? Boasting. God warns us, that's a depraved mind that boasts. Isn't that what we saw? A depraved mind boasts.

What do we have to boast about? We don't have anything to boast about except calvary, understanding, grace. Let me tell you something about boasting, folks. If the enemy can put your mind full of your own works, if your mind stays full of your own works, then what you're doing, what we're doing, you know, just finding things, we did this, and they did this, and he did this, and that did, your mind said what? You're never thinking about the works of the Lord.

Your heart will never get to the works of the Lord because your heart is already on your own works. You've made your works an idol. But you've led them astray by your traditions and reckless boasting.

I guess in the last days he might have thought something might have been going on, right? Yet I did not send them or command them to do they furnish this people the what? I'm going to need that man to come up here and just when I say what, just tell me what I'm saying right there. I've never seen a group like you before in my life. The slightest benefit declares the Lord.

So what happens when you start talking about talks when we get our mind and our heart on our works and our work, all the conversation is about our works and we develop a little religious language about us, I, me, my, we, us, us, us, our church, our church, our thing, our denomination, I, we, me, my, us, us, us, me, me, my, my, we have this religious talk, religious talk, religious talk, a religious talk and this one has religious talk and this got itself some religious talk over here and this got itself some religious talk over here. There's some other religious talk in here. All got religious talk and then I leave and walk out the door and it been some kind of word of God and go out and leave and all the conversation is all mobile is our works and our son's school and our church and our preacher and our this and that and the other and go sit down at the table and eat and eat and eat and say us and me and mine, me and here this little child grows up right in the middle of it and you know gets 18 years old and leaves off to work and go to school and knows it's funny as a three dollar bill.

Never seen God do nothing. I know it's a personality change in these folks when they get down there inside their brick and stone. So, why don't somebody let's come out there and just on the way home and say hey, I want to ask you something.

You've been in there where you hear God. Haven't you? Isn't that where you've been? Sir, could you tell me what he said today? Uh, sure. We had high attendance today in Sunday school today.

God knew this was going to happen that's the reason he put 35 and 36 in there. Thus shall birth 35, thus shall each of you say to his neighbor and to his brother What's the Lord answer? What's the Lord spoken? What's he said today? 36, you will no longer remember the word of the Lord because every man's own words is going to become the oracle and in this way you have perverted the words of the living God the Lord of hosts of our God. Right there in one chapter we look at shepherds who scatter the flock of God to become more worldly.

Right there in this chapter we look at their might that's not right. They got the wrong kind of might. I told you numbers could be one of them.

They do not, in this way it's common with the congregation he does not preach the word but they preach their own visions and dreams. They pretend, this congregation pretends obedience to the word of God because they say they really hate the Lord or they despise the Lord. They are telling them peace, peace just keep walking in the stubbornness of your heart in this one chapter right here.

And they will not speak his word in truth and people are led to their traditions and boasting. In this own chapter we just read there that man's own words become the word of God religious language the word is perverted. So in God's wrath he says right here he's going to send a storm on them he said you're going to understand it in the last day.

Is that plain? By the way if you're offended by all that you're offended at the word of God. I tell you it was just in your Bible. It's just in the word of God.

Alright now will you please turn with me to Jeremiah 8. Jeremiah 8. Now Jerusalem and Israel is a type of the people of God a type of the church. Is that correct? As a matter of fact we are in the heavenly Jerusalem isn't that right? Thank you. Now verse 5. Verse 5 Why then had this people Jerusalem turned away the church turned away and continual of what? Continual of falling away from the word.

Amen? Well let's see what they're doing right here causes all this falling away and so forth. They hold fast to their what? You know what deceit is? A lamb has everything up front a deceitful wolf's figure and maneuver and scheme they hold fast to deceit and they refuse to what? Return look at me return means to change directions and repent. That's what return means repent.

Now they have listened I have listened and heard they've spoken what is not right no man repented of his wickedness they don't repent we just saw it in 23 saying what have I done nobody looks around saying what have I done here's what to do everyone just turns to what? His course his way they're like a horse charging in the battle planning for God even a stork in the sky knows her seasons and a turtle dove and a swift and a thrush observe the time of migration here it comes but my people do not know the ordinance of the Lord the church today the church of the word absolutely not verse 8 how can you say we are what?

Isaiah 29 says when you bear near with your mouth and not your heart your wisdom is taken away from you and how can you say we are wise and the word of the Lord is with us now this is how you this is how you think the word of the Lord is with you behold the lying pen of the writers literature books they make it into a lie twist the word of God and make it into something it's not explain the way the powers of darkness I read something in some literature the other day that where the evil spirit was set on Saul and that was called ego problem and said you'd have to understand now you've got to understand the deep dark complicated language of that day to understand as a matter of fact I'm going to say it just like it's in here alright Saul would not obey the word of God God moved ahead and

said sickle man if you look over there and second Simon you'll find out that every time he thinks and every time he says something he's thinking in murder he's thinking I'm telling you everything fear jealousy anger murder and everything come on him the powers of darkness was loosed on him the evil spirit and this is called the scripture describes the subsequent state of Paul as one in which he became possessed by an evil spirit oh lord this description needs to be understood for it is couched in the thought what's couched mean? for it's couched in the thought forms of that time the symptoms would appear to be mental seizures the symptoms would appear to be mental seizures in which the king was unable to perform his royal function effectively today though it's different we might describe

Paul's state in the thought forms of contemporary psychology please what does that mean? is that Hebrew? who's gonna get me? we might say that he manifested behavior consistent with some kind of neurosis well you know something you know people that's gospel to people ever learning never able to come to the knowledge of truth it's wrong headquarters bless god forevermore to know the difference the lying pen of the scribes has twisted the word into a lie to make people think the word of the lord are with them and they are wise you've used words about that long that makes you real religious Paul didn't although he's able to he kind of knew the difference didn't he? now nine the wise men are put to shame they're dismayed and caught do you see that? they're dismayed and they get caught behold

they rejected the word of the lord and what kind of wisdom they have you want to put in there James 3 14 and 15 you'll find that's the world the wisdom of the world the flesh and that's all demonic it's the wrong wisdom therefore I'm going to give their wives to others that invaded an army going to get him oh I tell you what when you find out who come and get these wives and then their fields to new owners they're going to lose their garden what field do you think they're going to get? folks tomorrow now this look at me I'm starting right down here can I tell you what field they're fixing to get? this field right here now that's you and you say oh that couldn't be honey just wait till tomorrow it'll get good tomorrow day three is better than day two day two is better than day one now I

give their wives to others their fields to new owners and if you want to see what these owners are right here you'll see and you'll think that that is the possessing ones look at your margin right there possessing ones because from the least even to the greatest everyone is greedy for what? their gain live for their cartons from the prophet even to the priest everyone practiced deceit and they healed the brokenness of my daughter and my people superficially they get healed superficially if I say peace peace they're healed superficially when there is no peace twelve were they ashamed because of abomination they done? they certainly were not ashamed they don't even know how to blush therefore they shall fall among those who what? well what about that? they fall at the time of their

punishment they're going to be brought up it's the wrong direction that's babbling you're looking at babbling hope I don't have a little time to start them babbling some today now who declared this? the Lord I got tore up and lost my place here praise Lord you meditate on that now if I'm not mistaken right here in one verse one chapter again we have seen continual apostasy again haven't we? can you hear me? continual apostasy and these people refuse to repent is that return? is that right? and everyone turns to whose course? their own course and these people are not a people of the word of God and the lying pens of writers of books and literatures have perverted the word of God amen? and whatever you hear from some other headquarters or something like that becomes a gospel instead of this

right here and it's developing theology of unbelief what kind of wisdom do they have? well we know that I told you right there is selfish ambition and jealousy and so it's controlled by the world, flesh and demons people share one end and on the glory of God everybody is greedy for gain they heal people superficially while they're saying peace, peace but they're not even ashamed they don't even know how to blush so they're going to fall and it's not into heaven now I just want to remind you of something that we've already looked at I just want to quote it and I don't want you to turn to it but you know in 1 John 2 where it says that we know him the one who says he knows him and does not keep his commandments is a liar we that walk in the same manner as the Lord Jesus Christ walked said do

not be deceived the one who practices righteousness is righteous is that what we read? and we also saw in 1 Peter 1 that obedient children are not conformed to the former lusts which were yours and your ignorance we also saw in 1 Peter 4 that Jesus suffered in the flesh when you walk as you walk you're going to suffer in the flesh and you suffer in the flesh and you cease from sin you're going to walk the same way and you die and the sons of God do die to the lust of flesh and no longer live for the lust of men but you live for the will of God and where I didn't look but shown you notice Mark 4 Mark 3 35 Jesus said in this verse said who are my brothers and sisters and mother the one who does the will of God is my brother sister and mother so if you're a brother of the Lord you're doing

the will of God now I want you to turn with me to Matthew 7 please Matthew 7 Matthew 7 verse 13 anybody with a narrow gate is this talking about heaven? it's a narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction and many of those are going to enter by it and for the gate is what? we mark that small and the way is what? narrow that leads to life and few few few few few are going to find it now let me ask you something did you just see there the gate is small and the way is narrow do you think we might have made that door a little wider than what it's supposed to be where wolves and devils and and everything else can get in it now verse 15 beware of false prophets boy they had a time back then who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly they're ravenous

wolves what's inside of them? got wolves in there and they come with you in sheep's clothing that means that's where angel like comes servants of satan who disguise themselves as servants of righteousness they come they come with credentials they come crying they come quoting crawling intellectual what kind of what do you like to hear whatever your flesh likes they come and said beware of them well what does it say in the next verse you're going to know them by their what you're going to know who by their fruits the false prophets grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles are now we run into the thorn bushes we see the worries of the world deceitments of riches and the pleasures of other things what about that even so if it's a good tree every good tree bears what

good fruit but the bad tree bears what kind of fruit bad tree a good tree cannot produce bad fruit nor a bad tree produce good fruit and every tree that does not bear good fruit is what it's cut down and it's thrown into the fire wonder who cuts it down when you bear bad fruit what is bad fruit lust of flesh and when you bear the lust of flesh you're in agreement with satan the hedge is down and they come in and they begin cutting down ok verse 20 so then you're going to know them by what ok you're going to start looking for a different way to know the prophets and the people that represent God is that correct because people who are fleshy will lead you what fleshy and lead you by the desires of flesh now 21 not everyone who says to me lord lord will live in the kingdom of heaven does

that sound like some people are going to be disappointed they're going to think they know the lord and they don't know him not everybody says lord lord will live in the kingdom of heaven but he who what does the will of my father we can't find it out doing the will of God the ones that say lord lord but the one that walks in his word does the will of God who is in heaven now let me ask you something do you think you could find a better scripture in the bible that tells who goes to heaven if i can read right there it says the ones that does the will of God is the one that goes to heaven is that what your bible says can you improve on that now then 22 many are going to say to me on that day lord lord did we prophesy in the name of Jesus in your name cast out demons and in your name perform

many miracles i don't know about the people who won't even believe in miracles or demons either we did all these wonderful works and seemed like the lord's word is working let's see what happens and then i'll declare to them i never knew you the saddest verse in the bible i never knew you i never knew you from the beginning depart from me you who practice lawlessness what is lawlessness sin is lawlessness does that kind of look familiar with over in galatians 5 that those who practice these things shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven that's all sin isn't it is that what your bible says but he's just doing these wonderful works here wasn't he i don't know you he lived after the flesh he didn't live after me i don't know you i don't know you well therefore now folks you're fixing to

look at two different men right here in the next scripture you're going to look at what god calls a wise man do you remember in the scripture it asks you over and over when it gives some revelation it says now who is wise that can understand this let me go ahead and tell you who is wise who god calls a wise man a wise man is someone who hears the word of god and he walks in it now you don't have to worry about he's going to win so and so that's part of it because he becomes a tree of life whoever hears this word of god and acts on it becomes a tree of life because the fruit of walking right in god's eyes the fruit of that becomes righteousness becomes a tree of life now the opposite of that is a foolish man a foolish man we'll see what a foolish man looks like you've got the wise and

prudent and now you're going to see these two men right here in this next scripture let's look and see what the word of god says about them verse 24 therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and number two he acts upon them is compared to wife he is a wise man you might write prudent there prudent or wise either one i think probably the king james calls this prudent who built his house upon the rock that's upon the word and the rain descended now here comes the water here comes the words here comes the powers of darkness and the rain descended the floods came and the winds blew there they are they come against his house but this man walks in the word of god and it burst against that house yet it did not fall for it had been founded upon the word of god is that what he says now

let's look at verse 26 and everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act upon them he's just a good analyzer speculator everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a wife now you've got the foolish man and a wise and a prudent man now do you remember the man the prophet over in 13 that preached from his own imagination and not seen anything you know he was a foolish prophet wasn't he huh? do you remember over in Romans 1 where their foolish heart is darkened huh? this is what a foolish here comes your foolish man right here he does not act upon the word of god he is a foolish man who builds his house upon the sand now I want you to know that the powers of darkness come against the foundation that's what you saw over in Zechariah 13 and if you're

not on this foundation you've had it now there's not but one foundation that man can build on is it? isn't that right?

I think it's over in 1 Corinthians 3 about 11 that you can not build on any other foundation but Jesus alright he's like a foolish man he built his house upon the sand he might have built his foundation upon traditions he built his foundation upon what Paul was teaching he built his foundation upon another Jesus he built his foundation upon another gospel and it gets tested and a rain descended and a flood came here they come and the winds blew and it burst against that house and it fell and great was its fall a foolish man has a very foolish foundation and he cannot stand against the powers of darkness they'll make him believe it bittersweet and he will substitute darkness for light