Reclaiming Authentic Christianity — Brian Guerin

Reclaiming Authentic Christianity — Brian Guerin

Thank you, Jesus. Wow, how are you guys doing this morning? How many of you were not here the earlier session? Okay, man a 20-foot angel stood right here. You don't he said He totally missed it gave out gifts from heaven.

No, but yeah honored. I'm excited as it's building and just want to honor this house pastor Jacob. He's incredible and drew and Josh man. You guys don't want to miss the sessions and the master classes.

They're gonna be epic. Just love Josh bro. What you carry. So you're with time to revive as well. You have none of those guys for a while man rock cities. Yeah, you got rock cities, bro. Did you lay hands on me?

And then I'm gonna tell you all update you the first group heard it but drew. Man, I'll tell you the fear of the Lord hit me last night. So we get to the hotel late. I came from another city and The way River of Life does things is just what with such a spirit of excellence I want to honor the leadership.

You don't always see that and So appreciate that. You can tell it right away in hospitality. And so we come to the hotel and That was greeted. So the hotel switched up the gift baskets. I Didn't know this they just gave me I went about it backwards.

I said man, this is epic. I'm hungry. We've been on the road from another city and there's like Wisconsin cheese and it all this great stuff. I'm like, no way. So I'm from Louisiana, by the way, you can hear the southern.

Yeah. We crawfish like they put them on our baby bottle. So we don't know any different. Yeah, I was up in Maine recently preaching and that lobsters the big thing there and I love them. I was like we eat those Two they're just smaller.

They're called crawfish, you know. But we're in Atlanta now, so I get to my room. I'm tearing into this give basket like cheese hanging out of my mouth. And I read the card and it's like Drew we're so happy you you visited us here was Drew's gift basket.

Fear the Lord hit me. I'm like, I'm eating Drew's gift basket. And thank goodness. They were gracious and merciful. I messaged my assistant right away. I was like look you got to email the leaders. I ate Drew's gift basket.

Heaven's gonna you know. Be on me sooner. I'm excited this morning. Not gonna keep much time because I really feel if it's okay that The Spirit of God just wants to move through this place if that's okay with you guys.

The Spirit Gives Life and Jesus Heals the Oppressed

I mean, you know, the Bible is pretty clear. It says the letter alone kills, but the Spirit brings life. And we serve a God who's alive and well and full of power and he's not shaken by what you might see that seems Prevalent in this hour.

He's moving really really powerful acts chapter 10 verse 38 says Jesus Went about doing good healing all that were oppressed of the devil and I'm just really into the fullness of who Jesus is and I really sense that in worship.

He wants to move through encounter Miracles healings if that's okay, and that's it was awesome. I was getting to catch up with pastor Jacob after the first session and just to hear his heart man. You guys that locally follow this house I want to encourage you go get full on board and on live stream as well behind this house, man.

He's an authentic man of God. It's refreshing to hear Jesus and and so forth and so I went to Brownsville revival school of ministry and there were a G, you know, and it's just awesome time but Want to build faith for a little bit may talk to you briefly about about intimacy like I did last session.

But I want to leave a lot of room if that's okay to let the Holy Spirit move through this place. How many of you know that Jesus loves to touch his people? Yeah, and I I'm gonna pray on mass at first because God can still touch you in your seats through live stream.

We've seen crazy things happen. But also if you want prayer like the laying on of hands if that's okay. Want to invite you to come as well and just so you know. The Holy Ghost is way more contagious than Kovac when I when I lay hands on you.

I'm just telling you. Yeah, man. So if I breathe on you you're gonna get the Holy Ghost. I'm just warning you that if you look at in the in the end of the book of John, it says that Jesus He breathed upon the disciples the Ruach breath of the Spirit man.

The Holy Ghost came on him and listen when the Holy Spirit comes on you everything changes. It says that the Bible says wherever the Holy Spirit is. There's complete liberty. Meaning sickness in your body doesn't stand a chance.

A mental breakdown. Josh picked up on that prophetically and earlier in worship depression oppression. Rejection. I saw that actually in this worship I'm reminded that there was words spoken against people that are really hooked put a barb in your soul the Holy Spirit plucks those out instantly in his presence and.

And also before I forget I believe there's by word of knowledge. There's somebody's son here. You don't need to raise your hand if you want to you can but I definitely want to pray for you. Somebody's son that either recently got locked up In jail, or there's a legal something going on with your son and the Lord really cares for them.

I want to pray for you. We've seen this things reverse legally because God sees after the fact the call on people's lives and he loves them. We saw this happen in Houston, Texas last year. But anyone want to build your faith for a little bit and then make room sometimes.

It's as simple as just making room for Jesus to move, you know. And so he can touch his people, but he still works and operates in miracles. We were just in a different city yesterday, Milwaukee and Yeah yesterday in the last two days Jesus was moving through it.

How many of you know God doesn't care what setting you're in what city what denominational? Umbrella, you're under a week before that. I was in a Baptist Church. Same thing. It's good old Jesus just flowing touching his people.

Young lady's leg grew out. It was shorter than the other. We're seeing deaf ears blind. It doesn't matter what your problem is. There's no mountain too big enough. Yeah that the blood of Jesus can't just pull thump out of the way, you know, so I want to build faith because As many of you have known the enemy's working overtime man in this hour to really press fear into the earth.

And I get it and I get the statistics and things but just to me. I'm very simple if it doesn't line up here I just don't adhere to it. Fully you guys talking with me and this word stands through the Covenant.

We've been given and live under and so I'm really believing here in a second. We'll make room if you want prayer that the Holy Spirit's wanted to move through this place touch people in bodies. Heal the sick.

I don't care how long you've had it what it is. But also there's something to do with like fresh encounter. Fresh and filling of the Holy Spirit that empowers us to follow Jesus in a precious way. And we see often in these type instances that people Begin to be taking into powerful dreams from God.

I mean you believe that God speaks through dreams in here. Okay, not a lot of people raise their hand. All right, or they're just lazy or no coffee. But I'll give a little scriptural background for that.

Joel’s Prophecy of the Spirit on All Flesh

So Joel chapter 2 verse 28 The Bible says that in the last days, how do you believe we're in the last days? Yeah, that's pretty obvious that kicked off actually when Jesus hit the globe and it's only escalated since but Joel 2 prophesied in the last days.

He'll pour out his spirit upon all flesh. How many of you are flesh in here? Okay. Yeah, we just got some lazy folks. That's fine. I got you. I got you. But anyway, if you are flesh the Holy Spirit can come upon you if you're hungry.

That's another thing. All you have to do is be hungry and I would encourage you you want to be Because the Holy Spirit looks for the hungry shall be fed and in those days, though, the Holy Spirit will come upon all flesh and some of the Byproduct of that that's produced is dreams.

Amongst old men. I take them both because I've got gray hairs now I go I take dreams from the old men young men will see visions. I still say I'm you know you can just you can go Old Testament you can trick the Bible and look at Enoch and like All the years that they lived him like man, I'm young still or you can say you're old.

But sons and daughters will prophesy and this is really a profound way that God's beginning to Has and ever ever increasingly spoken through his people and so you saw this kick off an axe chapter 2 you all remember on the day of Pentecost.

Sound of a rushing mighty wind hit the place tongues of fire. This really happened in our Bible, man. I mean, we need to get back to like full out the God of the Bible Encounter Fasting prayer miracles, man.

I don't know if you're not into it cool. But I just love this and I want to go back to repentance water baptism, man. You know just doing the Bible in this hour. I don't encourage you guys like don't care what people think right now now is not the time I was talking to pastor.

It's awesome. They've seen just a fresh charge of folks. Even after the shaken the shaking you're seeing going worldwide of the pandemic and all this stuff. With the body and the increasing of the hunger of people that just want authentic faith right now I can tell you our generation and younger.

How are you Josh? You mind me asking? Because you're younger than me though I can tell you look great. Oh, yeah. See you look amazing bro. So I'm 42. Yeah I know you're younger. But he'll tell you man, at least I can tell from our generation and younger.

They just want the authentic thing. Look, you don't even have to be a great orator and just you know polished. They just want Jesus I'm telling you and they can tell the fake. Real real quick. I remember a prophet that went went home to be with the Lord some time ago Bob Jones.

Man this guy was from Arkansas his grammar was horrible. He but yep I got born again back in like and he'd sit on a chair like his delivery was not some polished and again I love the honed-in gift who I say go for it.

The Bible says study to show yourself approved. But one thing he did care was the presence of God the accurate voice of God. You know Acts chapter 4 verse 13 says that the scholars of the day were kind of assessing Peter and John.

They were like man, but the Bible says that Peter and John spoke with power. Listen to me. We need substance backing what we're saying. We need it, man. I'm telling you if you don't have it just go for it.

Anyway, Jesus keep crying out. We need heaven touching the earth. The letter alone kills with the Spirit brings life. We need the presence and power of God. Moses says look if your glory. The manifest presence of who you are does not go with us.

I'm good I'm checking out right now because he realized we're helpless. Peter says you are the ones with the eternal words of life Jesus if you don't go with us I mean we have nowhere else to go and how many of you know, this is the only thing that sets us apart in the earth is our God is alive and The manifest presence of the kingdom lives in and through us.

We're totally a peculiar people every every other religion. Can't say that, you know many of you weren't here this morning to hear this. But I was in Planet Fitness right across it. I had no ideas right across the street from the church, and I totally forgot.

I just forgot to wear the mask, man I don't like wearing those when I'm working out. I don't like wearing them anytime, but I don't mind if you do I think they're great. They got some cool designs. I don't care, but when I'm doing cardio, bro I'm not trying to you know and breathe and so this this older man comes up to me and precious man.

He said bro love the camo in the back. I like that bro. What's your name? I don't mean to put you on the spot. What's your name? Saga Simon ah nice man. I love that camo though. That's sharp you from the area.

Yeah, why are you asking? No, that's awesome love to pray for you later if we can so I'm in the gym in this. This older man's like a mask and you gotta wear your mask. He was in fear and I get it man I don't they explain their story later, but also there's something we have of the kingdom of God within us.

It's real and alive and dot the most dominant power and source in the globe called the kingdom of heaven the power of the Holy Spirit Jesus Christ, and we need to figure that out pretty quickly you guys realizing that and I'm just convinced by this thing more and more.

I read this and I see the noise and statistics and things and they don't line up and I'm okay with them. I hear him, but they roll off like water on a duck's back, and I read this listen man. Listen to me Simon and these young men in here Pete Paul Powerhouse of the gospel that wrote two-thirds of this New Testament in here.

The Bible says in the book of Acts. You're just gonna see authentic people. There aren't into just high-fiving, you know church and God on the way to work. But this are falling madly in love with Jesus walking authentic power through signs wonders and miracles.

In love and humility and character and consideration. So Paul they shipwreck this happened in the Bible. They were about to wreck In a storm and an angel came to him in the night, so he predicted he says look we're gonna lose the ship boys.

Angel came to me. He's like grab your floaties. We're going for a swim. But none of us will lose our lives so sure enough it happened just as he prophesied as an angel came to him in the Night, how many know angels are real?

Angels, Miracles, and the Character of God

Yeah, um, oh, yeah. Cuz when I grab my books if you don't mind that they were somewhere. Sorry about that. I'll hand those out quick if you want more teachings. Thanks, buddy. And Man I want to give all these to my boy Simon if that's cool man, but now some quick so angels.

Mentioned over 270 times in Scripture. Hebrews 114 says aren't angels ministering spirits. Sent to assist those who are to inherit salvation. Jesus Christ flawless Lamb of God only recorded he even needed angels to assist him twice in his earthly ministry it says.

All throughout Scripture Peter in Acts 12 was freed from jail by an angel. Listen Peter got locked up in jail. It says an angel came into the jail and a light shown if you read closely. We've had this happen in meetings.

Sorry for freak some of you out, but how many know the spirit world is way more real than this one. That realm is forever. What you're seeing here is very temporal. And so lights we've seen things like this when the angelic realm get heavy a light shown in the cell.

And so the angel just touched Peter. He's bound in chain century guards all around angel just touches Peter. He don't mess with the chains. Heaven doesn't mess with lower realms of bondage. I love that pastor that was like man.

There's these little twines around your ankle as an elephant, but if an elephant sneezed he'd break it. They're so strong and big, you know, and that's how it is often in the spirit. They don't know he didn't even play on that frequency.

He's a higher realm and that's where I want to go here in a second. Maybe we get the worship team back up and just let the spirit move. So he touches Peter and he says that's all I do is touch Peter. This isn't even the Holy Spirit isn't an angel.

They're kind of the UPS men of heaven. They're messengers you understand, but they come from the glory of God. Touch Peter in the change just fell off of him instantly. This happened in your and I Bible.

And he says come on. We're going. Peter thought he was in a vision, but this really happened. They're leaving. It says if you read close, it says they walked by the century guards standing. Meaning they were awake the guards that were there to Keep Peter in jail meaning they were blinded.

They probably went blind or just they went invisible. Walked up to the gate to leave the city. The gate opens on its own. It's like a little bit, you know. Mystical here, but this is the Bible. Paul like I mentioned the book of Revelation was it was written from an angel sent by Jesus to John if you read closely.

So anyway, if you want to kind of tap more into that Godly character is big. How many of you know we need character? If the gifts of the Spirit are in operation, which I love that Josh is going there man.

That's what I'm really where I'm really going with this session. We've got to like you said the secret place has to come out public and touch this earth and it's not through the gifts. And I love how he's gonna defy demystify that practically but how powerful it can be.

But if the character of the Spirit is not matching up with the the gifts something's you know, really not right. And we've got to walk in the character of God purity integrity. Faithfulness loyalty humility honor and things like this.

So that's a big one God of wonders, how many of you know God speaks through signs and wonders super now so we're gonna believe for that here in a second Amen and Divine encounter that's also what I just really want to pray for here in a second divine encounter so Simon man, you mind grabbing these quicker.

You ready to come to you? I'll come to you buddy. It don't matter. How old are you man? 17 no wonders. My son's 17. Good to meet you, buddy. Love that. Hope those bless you. Feel drawn to my man Simon back there so look, I'm just gonna talk to you for a second build faith and I want to encourage you guys though that Jesus is alive and well, and he's wanting to touch people.

Evangelism, Conversion, and Sharing Testimonies

And I believe oh, yeah, so planet fitness. I'll tell you that story quick. Always period has to keep me on track. So he was awesome and in and he was saying that about the mass. But I'm like, man I'm good because I'm used to the planet fitness boss and I travel all over the nation.

To lately that you just have to wear him to get in the door and then you're fine. So I was like, no, I think we're good so he went right tattletailed on the on the head lady working on me and You know, I was like man.

Somebody's gonna get the gospel now. They just went too far. Somebody's got it in love. Okay in love. We're not trying to come back. We're trying to win people. And so she comes up and I'm like, I'm like, yeah, you don't cross that line.

Cuz I don't mind we'll do what we can but if you're coming in a poor thing I don't think she wanted to but he you know, she had to comply. But she was a sweetheart. So first I told her I said, yeah, so sorry about that.

We're from Georgia travel all over and it's different. She goes. Yeah state orders here, though. Or that we have to and sorry about that. No worries. So let me ask you something, though. Are you a believer in in what would you know what we would say Jesus Christ of the Bible and she was like, mm-hmm.

Right there right at that plant fitness. Not nuts, you know, I don't know you could tell she was on the fence about it hair dyed jet-black sweetheart, that's okay. Let me tell you real quick. You know where I come from, you know, but sorry about that I totally understand but there's God is alive and very very real.

I was lost hooked on drugs to the age of 20 addict Alcohol one of the funniest stories I love to tell is when I first got born again at 20. We then begin to go evangelize and I was bro I all I knew was like John 3 16 and I'm like, let's go win the world.

You know, I'm saying I don't know anything no scriptures, and I'm just zealous not a lot of wisdom. So I somehow Coerced the the the college group to come with me down into the streets that I just came out of to win people To the Lord and which I think still the Lord honored it didn't see a lot of fruit, but you know, we went for it.

But it was funny there's a four-way block like buffet for evangelism one one street you'd hop over. It's a drug dealers kind of the hood. That was my my area. I love them. You hop another block. It's down by LSU College Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

You'd have the fraternity boys coming all out with their button-up shirts and you know. Come out of the bars or whatever hop another block grunge punk Mohawks and all this stuff. So whatever you wanted the evangelism the harvest was there.

So I made a bad mistake that pulled up to the Circle K before we're about to just get out and minister and My old middleman that would run into the hood and get drugs for me. Alvin was he saw my car. He recognized my car.

So he pulls up on his bike. I have the like car my car full of the youth group and most of them had never been on the streets. They're all church their whole life. Yeah, so I was rolls up and I kid you not this happens like Brian what you need what you need.

I'm like, no Alvin. I got born again, man. I'm trying to tell him about Jesus. He's like, oh you just want some weed then I'm not kidding that literally happened. I'm like Alvin. No, no, no, you don't understand the youth groups.

Like what are we doing? Yeah, it was a train wreck. So I'm in Planet Fitness this morning, I'm telling her I'm like look I was hooked on drugs alcohol and Jesus I really like met him. He's alive. He's very very real so much.

So listen to me that two days ago I just came from another city. I'm not even from here. We saw a lady's deaf ear pop open by the power of God a lady. Yeah, come on Jesus. Lady could not walk we didn't share this on the live stream.

But she the doctor had messed up her surgery and for four months. She was in excruciating pain. How don't those fancy carts you have to roll and she couldn't walk on that foot totally healed walking up the stairs.

We're almost threw her cart off the stage. Yeah. Shoulder instantly healed and. And the lady's like wow, you could tell it was sitting in she's at Planet Fitness. Like I didn't I wasn't trying to get into all this this morning.

Yeah, I just wanted you to swipe your swab card and come in and. But she was sweet. I was like, I gotta get the old man. He's the one that ratted me out, you know, I Mean listen, we've got to be again in love, but you want to be filled with heaven.

The Kingdom of God as Light in Darkness

We're the dominant source in the earth. You understand in love joy humility. Pliability, we don't care. I don't care what the laws are, but I am light in darkness. You guys tracking with me. I feel this presence now light in darkness.

You you can turn on this the slightest little match little iPhone light in this full pitch-black place and. And you'll see it it'll light up the whole section of the place man and. So I sneak over to the guy on my way out and.

Yeah, you can feel something shift right there so I sneak up on him and hey, hey, how you doing he was like. He said man, sorry about that I You know, just you know, just the mask it's amended yet, no worries I Mean I'm getting kind of hammered up here.

I don't know if y 'all know. There's some verses in the Bible that Were Paul and Ephesians 5 he says he says don't be drunk on wine, but be filled with the Holy Spirit. He knew this correlation of what what often is referred to as the new wine of heaven.

Psalm 16 11. There goes my mother we go. Yeah, Psalm 16 11 read it when you get a chance, but it says in the presence of God. In the presence of God at his right hand. Which the Bible says Jesus ascended to?

Meaning where Jesus is Jesus ascended to the right hand of God. There's the fullness of joy. So if you ever thought something brought you some sort of joy here in this in by natural means. The fullness of that joy ever in its fullest capacity is right there in his presence and Pleasures forevermore in the presence of God.

Listen Acts chapter 2 Peter the most profound window ever. Joel twos prophecies being fulfilled sound of a rushing mighty wind. Tongues of fire and Peter had to make a disclaimer and say look they're not drunk as you suppose.

It's it's in there. It's in there. He says this is that which Joel talked about so you'll see that sometimes there's this Fresh joy poured out by heaven upon people. That's really liberating and it can be intoxicating and so If you begin to feel the Holy Spirit touch you I would just encourage you to receive and let him touch you so I'm talking to him and he.

Super kind super kind, but I said man same thing. You know he crossed the line and his wife came up and began to tell me how she also, sorry we. Okay. Yeah. And I'll end it here just feel the Holy Spirit.

I want to make room for him to come and touch us. Listen man when the Holy Spirit comes on you the Bible literally says wherever the Holy Spirit is. There's complete Liberty. Instantly he doesn't do progression.

It says suddenly the sound of a rushing mighty when he doesn't do slow introductions. I'm telling he comes in and he comes in quick in a fast. What's going on over here, so anyway? Ice I. Anyway, I preach the gospel him and his wife.

I'm not gonna keep going. There is awesome and. And yes, she received he thought I was like a nut and I don't really care what he thought. Because we need to be light in the earth and let Jesus be glorified whether whether you like it or not so.

A Fresh Outpouring for Healing and Deliverance

But want to encourage you guys we've seen. Just countless miracles. Barren wombs deaf ears. I don't care what your problem is. Lower backs shoulders. That heaven wants to move and touch you this morning.

But also I believe a fresh infilling of the Holy Spirit that will take you into a transition. I spoke of this door last session that the Lord's trying to take us through into a new chapter of life a new page being turned into destiny and.

Often the anointing is what does that of the presence of God through intimacy of course, but also in these corporate type settings we were just in Maine and a Military guy. Are you in from the military then or going into the military?

Okay? It's just straight swag. Okay. I got you. He couldn't sleep. Had voices. It was PTS to whatever from from war. PSD whatever you call it. What is it? PTSD. Yeah had his dog with him to comfort him the whole bit dogs in the meeting.

Beautiful husky. And but he was being tormented with voices couldn't sleep at night. Me and the pastor go to lay hands on him. That is beautiful pastor says listen to me. He spilled his whole story of all this torment this years and said the pastor said listen to me.

The anointing breaks the yoke. No profound prayer at all and all we did lay hands. Bam instantly he set free. He's been sleeping like a baby voices left. Listen, the Holy Spirit can liberate things. Those barbs that have been hooked into your soul from whatever people spoke wherever the news and the fears.

Sweeping through the earth, which I get it. It has substance, but it doesn't match up with the substance of the presence of the Holy Spirit. Also, what will happen is dreams will start to come in the night from God.

He'll speak to you really awaken your nightlife by dreams from God. The Holy Spirit will speak. I remember one couple we laid hands on the wife went into prophetic dreams for 90 days straight three months straight nightly bang bang bang bang.

God's really trying to come on and and move through his people in profound ways. Visions. You'll be in prayer and it just the the life of loving Jesus and walking him. Walking out what he calls you to do just comes alive.

It turns like a flat book into a pop-up book. This book turns into a pop-up book because the Holy Spirit penned it. It's it's God breathed you begin to read it like I never saw that before you become addicted to his presence and voice and so I want to invite you to stand maybe with the worship team could come please and We'd love to just minister at the river of life for flow through this place.

Some of you will be filled with joy listen to me just all you do is receive to that's what's amazing. The easiest thing to do is on your end you don't need to work anything up do anything. Sometimes there's manifestation.

Sometimes there's there's not it's not about that. It's about Jesus. But literally how you receive is you imagine yourself as a sponge and once you just set in the water you sit there the sponge takes it in.

You don't need to work it you just focus on Jesus and and We're gonna pray for a fresh just residue of glory hit this house. God, thank you. Many of you that have been fighting depression. It'll be obliterated awesome.

And yeah, just don't forget to want to pray for for Simon, man. There is no depression in heaven. It's not there the fullness of joy. I just told you Psalm 16 so his presence will come and totally liberate you.

Healing and bodies also whoever it was with the Sun and the legal trouble, please. Please come get me. Yeah, just begin to focus on Jesus. We're gonna let the Holy Spirit come now.