Standing Steadfast in Christ - Part 2 — David Wilkerson

The Holy Spirit's Call and a Burden for Lost Souls

That's the work and call of the Holy Spirit that wasn't done just in a committee meeting that was done because God laid it on the hearts of the pastors. And it's call. Those folks there has to be a purpose to it.

The Word of God Produces Soul Winners

Out of it has to come a new burden for lost souls and that hunger for the word and The addiction to this Word of God should ultimately produce in me and in you a new fresh burden for the lost. That's what I'm crying for and praying that my last days would be mightily used to win the lost.

Seeking God Personally Rather Than Depending on the Crowd

That I won't just curl up in this Bible and Not see the need but when I open this I'll let the Holy Spirit show me what he's saying about Feeding Lord. Thank you For your presence this morning Lord thank you that you will be here all day speaking from this pulpit speaking the word.

But Lord, let us take this to heart every one of us say I will have my own experience. I'm not going to give up the battle. I'm not going to just depend on what happens in this auditorium. But I'm going to seek God at my own and ask him to open my eyes.

A Church Called to Win Souls

The Lord make us soul winners. Make this one of the greatest soul winning churches in America. Make it one of the greatest soul winning churches so that everyone in this house can say I I have reached somebody.

Turning Personal Problems Over to Jesus

I have not been thinking and talking about my own problems. Now I turned that all over to Jesus. Folks, I'm not going to preach my sermon over. I just want to give you an invitation to if if God has spoken to you in any way.

Fresh Fire, Anointing, and Spiritual Warfare

You said pastor David I I Need I Need fresh fire. I need a fresh anointing. I Don't know if you've discouraged. Maybe you haven't given up but you. You've come to a place where the enemy has you just open up your mind to a lot of doubts a lot of fear.

And you want God to just encapsulate your mind so to speak and and Put you back in the spiritual warfare. You can come and I'll pray for you and we'll believe the Lord to touch you in the first way. God bless you in the annex.

If you just move in between the screens. You can move forward and stand between the screens and I'll pray for you. And the church will pray for you and we'll believe the Lord to do a fresh work in your heart this morning.

While they sing you can gather. Apostle Paul said examine yourselves. Will you be in the faith prove yourselves? No, you're not your own selves how the Christ is in you except to be reprobates. He's not accusing being reprobates at all.

Examining Ourselves for the Life of Christ

He's saying you know your heart. He said just examine it. You know it. You know that Christ lives in. You know that Christ does not manage you. You know, the Christ is alive in you. You know folks I preach but the law of nature illustrating the law of the Spirit.

But you see we as few free moral agents. We cannot produce the resources. We cannot produce the water. That's the word. We cannot produce the Sun. That's God's part. Our part is to open up just open up.

Psalm 121 and God's Promise of Preservation

He said I will keep you. I'm reading from Psalm 121. Lift up your eyes to the hills. From whence cometh my help. My help cometh from The Lord which made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved.

He that keeps you will not slumber he that keeps Israel. So neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper. The Lord is thy shade from the right hand. The Sun shall not smite thee by day nor the moon by night.

The Lord shall preserve you from all evil. He will preserve your soul. The Lord shall preserve you're going out. You're coming in from this time forth even forevermore. Do you believe that I will keep you.

Fruitfulness Requires Christ's Resources

I will preserve you. And I'll make you fruitful is what Jesus said. I'll make you fruitful. Accept the love of Christ accept his loving tap on your shoulder and he said just one thing by the way remember this.

You need my resources. Don't neglect going to the source. Don't neglect that and don't think that just been saved is enough. Just being safe is not enough. Can you remember that? Being safe is not enough being fruitful safe and fruitful.

Bearing fruit. That's the feeding of the sheep. Can I pray for you Lord we thank you for these that have come. I Promise to pray for them and we do right now in faith and those in the annex gathered between the screens.

Casting Every Care on Christ and Standing on His Promise

Holy Spirit. Thank you that we can live without fear. We don't have to doubt The day that we're going to stand before you but Lord we want to stand before you bringing with our sheaves with us. Bringing our fruit to lay at your feet Lord Jesus.

By an act of faith, we turn over every care. You said cast your cares on me because I care for you Lord by an act of faith right now. Let us cast. Just throw it are your feet and say here are my financial problems.

Here is my relationship problem. Here is my marriage problem. Here. Here is my pain. Lord take it. Lord, I'm gonna trust you. You've promised to preserve me and keep me keep my feet from falling. And Lord, we're going to stand on that promise now and believe you and accept it.

Raise your hands and begin to thank Jesus for his promise to keep you from falling present you faultless before the throne of God. Hallelujah.