The Dangers of Self Deception Part 1 - an Unbridled Tongue — Phil Beach Jr.

The Danger of Self-Deception in the Church

Thank you Lord. Father we look to you this morning. We ask you Lord that you would be pleased to give us the spirit of truth Lord. Help us Lord to be able by your truth Lord to experience the freedom that we want us to have that is available to us Lord through the truth.

Father we are asking for eyes that can see and ears that can hear. Lord we are walking on this and touch us Lord we pray for your honor and your glory for Jesus sake. Amen. Thank you Lord. Some of you know that last time we gathered together we brought the book of Job to a close.

In addition to that I gave an exhortation to fathers. We remember that the exhortation consisted scriptural warnings regarding the danger of being self deceived. I may remember if you were here on Sunday.

Well having spent a lot of time with these issues I felt it good to rather than just as we did last week just mention them real quickly to go through them one at a time. And as a result let the truth of God's word sink in very deeply.

Do you know that one of the greatest dangers that is currently facing the church here in America is self deception. Self deception. The greatest deception there is is self deception. And we want to go very slowly with no hurry and we want to let the word of truth go deeply into our hearts and into our minds very very deeply.

Something that I believe really grieves the heart of God in this hour that we live in. And this is not a grief that God has regarding the world. This is a grief that God has regarding his own house and that is this.

Truth is no longer loved and sought after in the house of God. Truth is no longer that which we embrace but rather lies. And beloved if you will remember the Corinthians great church founded by Paul. The scripture says that they were enriched with every possible gift.

The works and gifts of the spirit were working in their lives. They were taught by great teachers Paul, Apollos, Cephas and others. And yet amazingly the Corinthians were tremendously self deceived. We know this by reading the letter that Paul wrote.

Both letters actually 1st and 2nd Corinthians. They were dreadfully self deceived. And so we can draw the conclusion that even though we may have experienced salvation, the baptism in the Holy Spirit, the operation of the gifts, having been taught very very adequately by great teachers.

We can conclude that those spiritual realities in and of themselves do not preserve us. They automatically keep us from self deception. If they did the Corinthians never would have become self deceived.

Continuing in Christ's Word to Know the Truth

And so the question this morning is what is it that will preserve you and I from being self deceived? First of all I'd like to turn your attention to Matthew chapter 7. While you're turning there I'm going to read a portion of scripture in John chapter 8 verse 31.

Then Jesus said to those Jews which believed on him. If you continue in my word are you my disciples indeed and you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. Beloved there's only one thing that will free us and keep us free.

Especially in light of what is happening in the world today and particularly what's happening in the religious Christian church today. Truth. Truth. Becoming a lover of truth. That's it. Nothing else.

Jesus was talking to believers here. Those who believed on him. And here's what he said to believers. If you continue in my word. So number one. God is speaking to every believer. A believer is one who has come to know their sinner and has trusted Christ as Savior and has become born again.

But that's not the end. That's just the beginning of a journey. Listen to what God says to the believer. He says Jesus said if you continue in my word. So to every believer there is a call from the Spirit of God right now that is going to every family in America that calls themselves Christians.

And he's saying if you are a believer and if you continue in my word. The word there continue means to remain with. To abide with. Not to depart. How important it is for us to hear the Spirit of God's cry today.

If you believe. Do you consider yourself a believer today? You have to answer that's a rhetorical question. Do you consider yourself a believer? Is Christ your Savior? Are you sure that he lives inside of you and that your sins are forgiven?

Okay. If you are sure that you are a believer. Then hear the Spirit of God and the word of God calling us this morning. If you continue in my word. So there was a call this morning to continue in the word.

God's word. And that's what Jesus said. Then are ye my disciples. Now a disciple is a student. A pupil. One who sits and is taught by a teacher. A disciple is a student in school. So we're identifying believers.

Calling them to continue in God's word. Then are you my disciples or my pupils? And then what happens to pupils and disciples? Listen carefully. And you shall know the truth. And the truth shall make or set you free.

And so this idea of just simply becoming a believer in Jesus. Hallelujah I'm a Christian. Is dreadfully dangerous. It's dangerous because we go in our own way in God's word. And when we don't remain in God's word.

We fail to become disciples. Pupils. Students. Being taught by him. Being taught by his word. Being instructed. And then the result of that is we fail to know truth. Which alone sets us free. And listen that is the door by which self-deception enters.

Jesus' Warning About Hypocrisy and Spiritual Blindness

Matthew chapter 7. Listen to the words of Jesus. We want to take our time and systematically go through this. And this will continue for several weeks. As God is willing. The scripture says. In chapter 7 of Matthew.

Judge not that you be not judged. But with what judgment you judge. You shall be judged. And with what measure you meet. It shall be measured to you. Again. And why beholdest thou the note. Or the twig.

That is in thy brother's eye. But considerest not the beam. That is in thine own eye. Or how wilt thou say to thy brother. Let me pull out the note out of thine eye. And behold a beam is in thine own.

Thou hypocrite. And listen to what Jesus said. Cast the beam out of thine own eye. And then thou shalt clearly see. To cast the note out of thy brother's eye. Listen. There are three major effects. We're trying to lay a foundation now.

Three major effects. To being self deceived. Number one. A self deceived person. Does not see themselves properly. Number two. A self deceived person. Does not see others properly. And number three. A self deceived person.

Does not see. Or understand or hear the Lord. Properly. Revelation chapter three. We remember. We've heard it many times. The words of Jesus. To the church in Laodicea. Chapter three verse fourteen. It says unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceas.

Write. Verse fifteen. I know thy works. That thou art neither cold nor hot. I would thou work cold or hot. Listen to this. So because thou art lukewarm. And neither cold nor hot. I will spew thee out of my mouth.

Because thou sayest. Now this is what the Laodicean church is saying. Listen to what she says. I am rich. And increased with goods. And have need of nothing. Now notice these words. And knowest not. And knowest not.

What does that mean right there? And knowest not. Self deception. Right there it is. Self deception. The Laodiceans did not know. The true condition. Not only that. But they weren't hearing the Lord. Because they were saying.

I'm increased with goods. I'm rich. And I'm in need of nothing. But here's what the Lord was saying. Thou knowest not. That thou art wretched and miserable. And poor and blind and naked. So the self. The self deceived Laodiceans.

Did not know their true condition. And they were not properly hearing the Lord. They weren't properly hearing him. Brothers and sisters this is a dreadful state. To be in. And we must pray. Earnestly.

That God will preserve us. From self deception. Self deception will always. Lead. Into spiritual darkness. Bondage and destruction. Self deception. Listen carefully. Is the root. Self deception is the root.

To all. Sin. Self deception is the root. To all sin. Before we go into the scriptures. And begin to identify. What self deception is. There's a few. Spiritual. Things that must take place in our life.

Four Steps Toward Freedom From Self-Deception

If we are to be free. From self deception. Listen carefully. Be free from self deception. And to experience victory. Number one. We must recognize. Our vulnerability. To be deceived. If you or I. Don't acknowledge the fact that we can be deceived.

Then if or when we become deceived. There's no hope. Because we've already determined. That we can't be deceived. So number one. We must recognize. Listen. You and I must recognize this morning. There is a possibility.

That we have become self deceived. In some area of our life. Now listen. If that's true. There is a distortion. Happening. In how we view ourselves. How we view others. And how we hear God. This is of major importance.

Beloved. How many want a true. True. Ability to hear God. And properly hear him speaking through his word. Of course we do. How many want to be able to have true judgment and discernment. About what's going on in the world.

What's going on in your life. What's going on in the life of others. You want true discernment. Of course you do. Of course I do. But true discernment will not be present. If self deception is present.

And that's what we're going to learn. Over the next several weeks. Number one. We recognize our vulnerability to be deceived. Number two. We identify the specific area. That is under the power of self deception.

We identify the specific area. Number three. We confess. Our deception. To God. And then number four. We seek. Deliverance. By the application. Of truth. The application of truth. Listen. The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all our sin.

But it's only the power of truth. The truth of God's word. The truth renewing our mind. The truth acting as a two edged sword. Delving into the depths of our being. Slaying us. Exposing every area. Every nook and cranny of our life.

The power of truth. That's the only means by which we can be free from self deception. Simply claiming the blood of Jesus is not going to free you from deception. It didn't free the Corinthians. Simply saying I'm a Holy Ghost filled Christian.

So what? That's a wonderful thing there's a place for. But that doesn't free you from deception. Some of the greatest deceptions in the last century. Have been engaged by men who were Pentecostal preachers.

And some of the greatest deceptions going on now. In the church world. Is through Pentecostal. Spirit filled. Tongue talking. Gifts experienced. Preachers. It is only. The effect of truth. In our life.

Being hold of truth. The searching of truth. Submitting to the spirit of truth. Crying out to the God of truth. Surrounding our life with truth. Truth. Truth. Truth sets us free. You want. To know. The truth.

Not the truth that will simply give you assurance that your sins are forgiven. That's wonderful I thank God for it. I'm talking about the truth. That will expose you. In every area of darkness. And self deception in your life.

Do you want to walk with the truth? To that extent. It means to hang out with Jesus. It means you guys just walk together and have a good time. Huh? It means to hang out with Jesus. It means. To be exposed.

To the truth to such an extent. That your life. Is devastated. And you see how. Other he is. Than you. And how corrupt. You are. And how your best. Falls short. Of what God expects. It devastates you to the point.

Where you are reduced. To one who cries out. Oh God. Change me. By your truth. Change me. By your truth. Eight areas. Of self. Deception. Can be broken down into four categories. Each of these categories.

Have the potential. To be brought under the power. Of self deception. Number one. I'm just going to give you the categories and then. We're going to deal with each category. Somebody. Somebody help me get this please.

Just bring this over here so we can. These four categories. It's good thank you. These four categories. First. That's the first category. Number two. Our actions. Number three. We'll just make it we'll keep it our.

Number three is our attitude. About. Ourself. And number four. Associations. These four categories. Basically represent. The totality of our life. Our words. Our actions. Our attitude. About ourself. And our associations.

The scriptures. Address. Each one of these categories. And show us. How. To detect. Whether or not. Self-deception. Is working in our life. And so all we have to do now. Is ask God to give us. A heart.

That will respond to his word and his voice. And let him be the rest. Let him be the rest. Okay. The first. Scripture. That we want to look at. This morning. Is found. In James. Chapter one. Verse number 26.

The Tongue as the First Test of Self-Deception

James chapter one. Verse number 26. We are going to begin to look. Into. Insight. From God's word. Which will answer the question. Am I. Self-deceiving. Parents. If I were you. I would take. Very meticulous notes.

I'd get the tapes. And I'd make it a point. To gather my children. And teach them. These things. If you want to leave a legacy. If you want to leave an eternal. Contribution. Into the lives of your children.

Tell them. The truth. Tell them the danger. Of being self-deceived. Show them the way they can know. They're self-deceived. And then bring them to Jesus Christ. And tell him. His truth alone will set you free.

James. Chapter one. Verse number 26. If any man among you. Seem to be religious. And bridle with not his tongue. But deceiveth his own heart. This man's religion. Is vain. James. One. Twenty six. The first test.

That we need. To submit to. With grace. And humility. And brokenness before God. Is the test of James. Twenty six. The scripture says. If any of you. Seems to be religious. That word religious means. A devout.

Person. A devoted person. So that could. Very easily. Mean. If you consider yourself. To be a devout Christian. One who loves Jesus. I would think. That automatically. Now we get. Every one of our attention.

Because I would think. That most everyone in here. Would consider yourself. In some form or another. To be a devout person. A devoted Christian. Do you consider yourself. To be a Christian this morning.

And bridle with not his tongue. James says. This man deceives. His own heart. That is self deception. Now let's define some terms. Before we. Expand on this. And brothers and sisters. Listen I have to remind you.

That it's truth that sets us free. Listen. Truth. Sets us free. Truth. Leads us to Christ. And the word exposes you and I. It's to lead us to Christ. So that we can be free. The word bridle. Comes from the word meaning.

To restrain. Something. So. Ask to lead it. To restrain something. So ask to lead it. An example. Is. We put. A bridle. In a horse's mouth. And our intention. Is to. Restrain the animal. From going his way.

So ask. To lead him. Our way. That's what a bridle does. It restrains the horse from going his own way. And keeps him. On the path that we want him to go. The Holy Spirit uses this word bridle. The thing that should be walking.

In the tongue. Or on the tongue. Of the religious person. If there's no bridle there. If there's no restraint. In the tongue. There's a presence of self-deception. In that life. You know. What I've been doing.

Last night at three. Three thirty. Four o 'clock in the morning. Everybody says. I'm not sure I was sleeping. I wasn't. I was up. Here's what I was doing. Which I've been doing. For several weeks now.

Going through. Every. Single. Word. That I'm going to be speaking to you. Every. Every scripture. Every point. Every paragraph. I'm begging. God. To make. True. In my life. His word. This stuff. Brothers and sisters.

It'll change your life. It'll haunt you. It'll attack you. It'll slay you. You'll wake up. Hustling at night. You will not be able to. Settle. For anything less. Than a transparent heart. Before God and others.

This is what Jesus. Is looking for. Disciples. Followers of him. Those who will continue in the truth. To where the truth gets in them. And devastates them. So. What does it mean. To have an unbridled tongue.

The Works of an Unbridled Tongue

Well. Once we define what it means to have an unbridled tongue. We have to come to a conclusion. An unbridled tongue. Presupposes or means. Self-deception is present in our life. I'll say that again.

An unbridled tongue. There is self-deception working in our life. And so those that have self-deception. Is working in our life. We have a distorted view about ourselves. We have a distorted view about others.

And we're not hearing clearly the Lord. My God. What a dreadful position to be in. It's better to know that you're in that position. Than to cry out to God for mercy. Than not to know it.

And think everything is okay. An unbridled tongue. Is defined.

In Ephesians. Just write these scriptures down. I'm not going to read them. But we're going to go through them systematically. Ephesians 4 .25. Then verses 29 through 31. 4 .25. Ephesians. Then 29 through 31.

Ephesians 4. 29 through 31. Then. Ephesians 5 .4. And Colossians 3 .8. These scriptures identify the works. Of an unbridled tongue. Listen carefully. As we slowly begin to go through this list. Young children listen.

Teenagers listen. Young adults listen. Listen. Let God's word get into your heart. Let it get into you. Let it get into the depths of your being. Let it get so deeply in you. That you leave here driving home in your trouble.

I thought we were supposed to feel happy. I thought church was supposed to make us feel good. Reading the list that can be found in these scriptures. That I have here. 5 .4. And Colossians 3 .18. I'm just saving time by not reading them.

But you can read them. But this is a systematic list. This describes an unbridled tongue. Number one. An unbridled tongue lies. The definition of lying according to Ephesians 4 .25. Is a falsehood. To utter or speak an untruth.

Or attempt to deceive. By either speaking or acting falsely. Unbridled tongue lies. You seem to be religious. And bridleth not his tongue. He deceives his own heart. He is in the throngs of self-deception.

Believer in Jesus Christ. Should tremble. Tell of lying. Lying opens up our life to self-deception. Must place holy fear back into us. You say, brother, is this what grace is all about? Yes, grace is never a license to sin.

Grace is never the idea that. Well, now that God accepted me by his son. It's okay. Doesn't matter what I. Brothers and sisters. The spirit of truth. Will convince you of lying. And an unbridled tongue will lie.

Number two. An unbridled tongue. Will engage in. Corrupt communication. Number one. Lying. Number two. Corrupt. Communication. The definition of corrupt communication. Is. Worthless. An unbridled tongue.

That engages in corrupt communication. Speaks the truth. That which is corrupting. That which is putrefying. That which is of no value. And that which. When it's heard. The hearer in a worse state. Than what there were before the word was spoken.

Of corrupt communication. Beware. Of learning. The habits of an unbridled tongue. That is engaged in corrupt communication. Nearly every talk show program. That you listen to on the radio. Engages in corrupt communication.

Nearly every program on TV. Every movie that you watch. Listen carefully. Every movie that you watch. Just about. Has some form of corrupt communication. And guess what you're going to start doing. If you sit in front of that boot tube.

And fill your mind with that. You are going to start. Engaging in corrupt communication. To affect your speech. And if that happens. Self deception. Has crept in. Number three. Evil speaking. An unbridled tongue engages.

In evil speaking. Those who love the truth. Die for truth. Evil speaking. This is the worst kind of slander. Gossip. Or backbiting. Evil speaking. Is slander. Gossip. And backbiting. Against another person.

In one moment bless God. In another moment curse someone. Beware brothers and sisters. Beware. I warn you in the love of God. Beware. When you can just slander someone. And it doesn't bother you. And it doesn't smite your heart.

And it doesn't cause you to fall down on your face and cry out. Oh God have mercy. I opened up my mouth to the devil. And he spoke through me. Evil speaking. A person's reputation. By falsifying information.

About that person. And spreading evil reports. Not based on truth. This kind of preacher never does get many amens. That's okay though. Because you know where the amen is coming from? Heaven. Amen. Amen.

Amen. That's the heart. That's the heart of God. Let me say that again now.

Burning a person's reputation. By falsifying information. About that person. Evil reports not based on truth. Number four. Now do you see why? We can be a Christian. We can be filled with the Holy Spirit.

We can know the gifts of the Spirit. And we can even have sat under excellent teaching. And yet we can fall prey to self-deception. What preserves you from this stuff brothers and sisters? Continue in my word.

Then are ye my peoples. And then being my people. Sitting at my feet. Hearing my word. Day and night. Being governed by my word. Acknowledging my word is final authority. And God is committed to change me.

So that the truth of the world is what is inside my heart. Then you'll know the truth. And the truth will then set you free. You can be free from this. By truth. The truth. And the Holy Spirit. And the power of grace.

Foolish Talk, Jesting, and Evasive Speech

Next we come to foolish talking. Foolish talk. This actually means a type of speech that shows how foolish a person really is. It can also mean foul, polluting words. So foolish talk is simply uttering out that which reveals more stupidity.

Job's wife engaged in foolish talk. What did she say to Job? That's what foolish talk is. Speech that reveals how much of a fool a person is. Now isn't that a foolish thing to say? Job has been afflicted.

There's no human explanation why. He's sick. He lost his family. He lost his goods. He lost his reputation. He lost everything. He was sitting on a pile of ashes. He was nearly dead. And Job's wife looks at him and says, Job, why don't you just curse God and die?

It's not worth it.

And open our heart to self-deception. Jesting.

I want you to pay close attention, children. Listen. Pay close attention to this. Jesting. The ability to extricate oneself from difficult situations with witty or clever words. The word extricate means to free or disentangle.

To free or disentangle. God knows how much jesting goes on in our life. How, when we are, when the spotlight of God shines on us and we are found out and we stand in need of having to acknowledge that we've sinned, we've broken, we did something wrong.

But immediately our mouth starts talking and words start coming out of our mouth and we graciously try to disentangle ourselves and to free ourselves from the position of being caught. And we use witty words and clever words and try and undo the need to just simply say, I am wrong, I sinned.

How many have ever been guilty of such a thing? Parents, I can't do this. This is something you need to teach your children because one of the things I've seen in children that really grieves my heart, it's the ability to use clever and witty words to try and escape the need to acknowledge their guilt about a certain thing they've done.

When this is present in our life, self-deception is there. Remember Acts chapter 5? You don't have to turn to it. Here's an example. A certain man named Ananias with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession and kept that part of the price his wife also being privy of it and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles feet.

And Peter said to Ananias, why have you filled thine heart, while I say you filled your heart, to lie to the Holy Ghost and to keep that part of the price of the land? While it remained, it was not thine own and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power?

Why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? Thou hast not lied to man, but to God. And after Ananias heard this, he fell dead. And not long after, his wife came. Listen. And Peter asked her, tell me whether you sold the land for so much or not?

And she said, yes, for so much. She lied. The situation is this here. These people were willingly, willingly selling their property and their lands and then they were giving all the proceeds to a fund that was then used to care for the needy saints in the church.

But what Ananias and Sapphira did is this. They sold their property, but they deceived Peter and told him that they sold it for a thousand dollars when in fact they sold it for two thousand. And they gave a thousand to the church giving the impression that they gave all the money to the church when in fact they kept back a thousand for themselves.

And Ananias died because the Lord judged him. And then when Peter, listen, then when Peter questioned Ananias, he gave her a chance. He said, Ananias, he said, tell me, how much did you sell your property for?

And she said, well, I just sold it for a thousand dollars, Peter. That's what jesting is right there. It's using words to disentangle yourself out of a situation where you need to acknowledge your guilt.

A police officer. I see your license and driver's license and registration and insurance, please. According to my radar unit, you were going 75 miles an hour. Well, sir, my speedometer really didn't say that.

You start with your clever words and speech to try and disentangle yourself. Lastly, this is sounding Galatians. We're not going to turn there. Bite and devour one another. When words bite and devour, that means we eat and devour one another by destructive rules.

Destructive rules. Eat and devour one another. Paul said, take heed that you be consumed, that you be not consumed if you do this. You can consume and destroy each other by such words. Now that's an expanded commentary on one scripture, James 1, 26.

If any man among you seemed to be religious, but whiteneth not his tongue, he deceives his own heart,.

And his religion is empty vain.

Confession, Deliverance, and the Call to Examine Our Lives

Now we're not going to go on any further. We're going to stop there. This brings us to our next real way through which self-deception can come. We'll look at that next time we get together. But now we want to go back, which is what we're going to do after each one of these.

We're going to go back. In our closing now, we're going to go back to our original statement. How do we become free from self-deception? Number one, we recognize our vulnerability to be deceived. Number two, we identify the specific area we are being self-deceived in.

Brothers and sisters, we just dealt with a number of areas through which self-deception can get a foothold in our life. Has the Holy Spirit spoken to you? Number two, confess to God. Forgive me for lying.

Forgive me for lying, Lord, because I'm afraid. I'm afraid of the consequences of being caught. Forgive me, Lord, for lying, because I seek the honor of man more than I seek the honor of God.

Evil speech, foolish talk, chastity, acknowledge before God. As I have said last Sunday,.

Every single family, every single family, and this was specifically said to fathers. It was the Father's Day present. Every single father should take responsibility and go through every one of these scriptures and pray and travel and thank God to cleanse his heart by truth and then take it to his family and show these areas of self-deception.

Every father. And then lastly, after we confess them to God, we seek deliverance by the application of truth. The truth of God's Word. Because it's the truth that sets us free. Okay, beloved, that's all we're going to do this morning.

Prayer for Healing From Self-Deception

I'd like to just give us a few moments to spend time asking the Lord to speak to you in honor. Asking the Lord to speak to you in honor. It is my prayer that the result of this series of messages.

Might alert us.

This is the title of this series, the dangers of self-deception. You might be alerted to the danger of self-deception and seek to be free. We just want to open our hearts to you for these last few minutes.

Lord, we thank you for your Word. We thank you for the Spirit of Truth. There's deliverance from self-deception. We can acknowledge our sin, confess it to you, and seek to be free. Lord, thank you for teaching us an unbridled tongue will resolve when being self-deceived.

Heal us, Lord. Guard our tongues. By you have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee. Give truth to us today and heal us, we pray. Heal us. Let us join our hearts together, beloved, in the presence of the Lord Jesus.

We don't want to undo anything that the Holy Spirit is saying. We just want to pray. If someone would like special prayer, I always want to make it available for you to come forward. You don't have to, but if you feel that you need to, come forward and we'll pray for you.

Father, we thank you for your Word. Lord, we see we are in such need of truth and the truth inspires us. Truth shines such bright light. We thank you, Lord, for the truth that sets us free. We pray, Lord, today that by the power of your truth and the power of the Holy Spirit heal us from any form of self-deception that is currently in our life that has been revealed because of our unbridled tongue.

Lord, I beg you not to let any person leave this auditorium having heard the Word, having seen an unbridled tongue in a careless way. Push it aside. Knowing there's self-deception in that life and knowing that that self-deception is blinding that person's ability to see clearly.

God, I pray that no one will just push this off but will take to heart and wrestle with it and wrestle until victory, assured victory, has come to the power of truth. I pray that this Word will get into people's heart and mind and talk to them when they're driving their car and when they're eating dinner and when they're laying in bed at night.

Lord, I pray the truth will talk. The truth will be like a hound dog discovering everything we say. The truth will talk to us in all of our speech convicting us of an unbridled tongue and yelling us that we might be brought to the place where the psalmist said I have placed a guard over my mouth.

A guard to look to you to perform this Word in our hearts.

Jesus be with you. Jesus be with you. Jesus be with you. Jesus be with you.

He's here right now. Just hold steady for a few seconds. He's here right now. Listen, He's here with His power to deliver. His power to set free you. Listen, the Word has come forth like a hammer. I know.

It hammered me for hours and hours and hours and still hammers me.

Receiving Freedom Through Truth and Faith

My brothers and sisters, with the hammer of God's Word comes the willing and He's present today. He's present today. Who wants healing today? Who wants healing today? Thank You, Lord.

Thank You, Lord. Father, You see the heart. Listen, listen, have faith. Be bold. Be bold with the Word today. Don't, don't, don't, don't draw back in fear and condemnation and fear. Be bold. Claim your inheritance now.

I claim my inheritance. To be set free from self-deception. Put a bridle on my tongue. The power of the devil in the name of Jesus set me free today. Let's all stand and sing this song. He's here. He's here.

Listen, He's here now. He's here now. Come on together. With hands lifted up. Come on. Come on, let's be free from self-deception this morning. Let's be free. He's here now. Lord, we thank You for the power of the Holy Spirit.

Set us free, Lord, in the name of Jesus. Set us free in the name of Jesus, Lord. Set us free, Lord, in the power of Jesus' name. Set us free, Lord, by the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank You, Lord. Lord, we stand against the powers of darkness.