Prayer
The sermon emphasizes the importance of righteousness, the power of prayer, and the need to break free from strongholds and give glory to God.
In this sermon, the preacher emphasizes the importance of recognizing and accepting the truth of God's word. He criticizes the tendency of people to attend church but not truly allow the word of God to have an impact on their lives. The preacher urges the congregation to understand that salvation is about being saved from the wrath of God and not just about pleasing the flesh or following traditions. He emphasizes the need for repentance and prayer of faith, as well as confessing sins to one another, in order to experience restoration and righteousness in God's eyes. The sermon concludes with a plea for everyone to make things right with God and to rely on the grace and mercy found in Jesus' sacrifice on the cross.
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and the prayer of faith and they will be restored not maybe, perhaps, or could be they will be restored they will be restored all those powers of justice tax, debt, disease and sin they've got to go therefore it says, now watch this in verse 16 confess your sins one to another get everything right because it's the effective prayer of righteous people that's going to avail us much and that's what we've been talking about tonight righteousness we've been walking in unrighteousness righteousness is what's right in God's eyes there's not about 1,400 different kinds of righteousness only one righteousness it's what's right in God's eyes and that's where Jesus can't lead us to walk right in God's eyes we follow that Jesus we'll fulfill the law in Christ do you hear a trumpet blowing? a
trumpet's a warning right now you're on your very last days today you're on your very last days it's about all over this gospel's going to be preached and then the end's going to come we have a lot more to get in the word and I want to pray Father I pray right now in the name of Jesus that all people will recognize your truth and your word that Lord we have been programmed in our traditions and our doctrines to come in and hear the word of God and walk out that back door, front door up there and just shake it off because we've been taught to resist the word of God we have not been taught to let the Lord, the word have place in it we have been taught to shrink back from the word of God we have been taught to please the flesh and pamper the character and nature of Satan and people so
they'll show up at a building and Lord I pray that every person here tonight will understand that salvation is being saved from the wrath of God I pray God that they will not let these strongholds that's in them talk them out of repentance I pray now in the name of Jesus that with a whole heart they'll turn to you now and they'll start confessing these sins and put them under blood and turn them from them with a repentance without regret not a worldly thought that leads to death but a repentance without regret they're not going to turn back to it I pray that this night will not pass till every person here will have everything right with you and I thank you for the grace and the mercy Lord to let us see truth to have understanding and Lord Jesus we don't have anything or anyone to give any
glory to or to boast in one thing except the cross and the grace that you become a sacrifice and a place for our sins we thank you we give you glory and I pray now I plead the blood of Jesus against any truth being taken from anyone's heart and that's your spirit right now I bind up in all the words of the powers of darkness all religious spirits I hold the word and the blood is ahead that you can't speak to these people right now but that you're sealed by the blood and bound right now and I pray God right now that you'll draw the hearts of each person and lead them by your grace and a godly repentance in Jesus' name
Sermon Outline
- The Importance of Righteousness
- The Power of Prayer
- Breaking Free from Strongholds
- The Blood of Jesus
- The blood of Jesus seals and protects us
- We must plead the blood against the powers of darkness
Key Quotes
“Righteousness is what's right in God's eyes, and it's only one kind, not 1,400 different kinds.” — Milton Green
“The prayer of faith can restore us, and we must confess our sins to one another.” — Milton Green
“We have not been taught to let the Lord, the word have place in it, we have been taught to shrink back from the word of God.” — Milton Green
Application Points
- We must turn to God with a whole heart and repent, and plead the blood of Jesus against the powers of darkness.
- We must confess our sins to one another and seek restoration through prayer and faith.
- We must give glory to God by acknowledging the cross and the grace that He provides.