WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:07.919 I know that for many of you, you've not uh met me or have never seen me, and you were excited when I walked up because you thought I was T.D. 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:10.080 Jakes, but I am not. 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:14.160 Get ready, get ready, get ready. 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:20.480 Somebody give him some glory all over the building. 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:27.039 I'm another heavy set African-American preacher. 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:32.000 This church is unbelievable. 00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:35.520 Uh, you're you're uh just awesome. 00:00:35.679 --> 00:00:37.359 I'm very grateful to be here. 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:45.039 But because we don't know each other, I need to tell you a little bit about me so that you can just connect with me over the next few minutes that we're together. 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:53.280 Uh we are living in a very cynical time, a time that is very averse to people of faith, particularly the Christian faith. 00:00:53.439 --> 00:00:57.840 We have been under attack worldwide in the last year, like never before. 00:00:58.159 --> 00:01:09.519 And particularly in this culture and in our country, in this society now more than ever, what we believe is not welcomed and is now all of a sudden controversial. 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:14.799 But I have decided that I am no longer interested in apologizing for my beliefs. 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:18.959 I got one brother here. 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:23.120 Anyone else tired of apologizing for being a Christian? 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:27.040 Let me go ahead and shout it out loud at the 1045. 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:28.319 I am a Christian. 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:31.920 I believe Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God. 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:34.959 I believe he was born of a virgin named Mary. 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:39.519 I further believe that he is the fulfillment of the law and the prophets. 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:42.799 I believe that he lived a sinless life. 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:45.920 I believe he went to the cross for my sins. 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:51.680 I believe he loved me enough to die for me, but he loved me so much that he couldn't stay dead. 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:56.959 So he rose up three days later with all power in heaven and in earth. 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:00.159 And now he's seated at the right hand of the Father. 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:18.800 And I also believe that he's coming back again, just as the scripture has said that he will crack the spot at the last time, and the dead in Christ will rise first, and those that remain will be called up to meet him in the earth and fall. 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:28.080 And we agree with the Lord defeat my faith, and I will not apologize for it. 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:42.080 I am a Christian. 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:52.000 I don't believe that it's just a bunch of stories. 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:57.280 I believe that Jesus is as real today as he was in Jerusalem. 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:03.599 The world wants you to be silent about your faith, wants to mute your passion. 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:09.840 They want you to stream your passion towards carnal things and things of entertainment. 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:20.639 And we shout for our favorite teams and we shout for our favorite movies, but I have determined I will not shout louder for a team that doesn't know me than the God who saved me. 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:38.719 So this morning I want to talk to you from a subject that you've already been living. 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:48.000 I came out to this service with my boy because I wanted him to encounter worship. 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:52.560 I wanted him to get in an atmosphere of worship. 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:58.479 Looking at this church, I can see why the devil is so offended by Gateway. 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:13.120 Because I see black next to white, next to Indian, next to African, next to Hispanic, next to Mexican, next to all the other cultures that are represented across all the campuses. 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:19.120 And apparently the only color that matters in here is red, and that's the blood of Jesus. 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:21.600 Glory. 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:35.040 So I'm a little bit emotional because I never had an opportunity to worship standing next to my father. 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:39.680 I'm a product of a divorced home, but I had a mother that kept me in church. 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:45.120 She was the church pianist, and I was directing the choir at my church at seven years old. 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:52.160 And I went to a black church, so I wish there was a gateway in my city because y'all in and out in an hour. 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:54.000 This is the Holy Ghost. 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:57.600 Black church, we be there for three days. 00:04:57.759 --> 00:04:59.040 Can I please go? 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:02.879 Please, can I, please, Jesus, please? 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:10.160 I'm telling the truth. 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:12.879 All the black people in here will tell you, they ain't lying. 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:32.319 God is doing something significant in the kingdom, breaking down barriers, breaking past walls, breaking past denomination, breaking past preconceived ideologies, breaking past our fear to bring us together in the body of Christ in unity. 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:37.279 For the Bible says, where there is unity, the Lord commands the blessing. 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:41.759 And so your church is critical to what God is doing in the earth. 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:59.680 And the worship this morning invigorated me and reignited my passion and restored my commitment that for this gospel I will live and if necessary, I will give my life because he is worthy of whatever strength I have left until he returns or until my heart stops beating. 00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:02.079 I will serve the Lord. 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:08.160 How many people know that your worship this morning was not cosmetic? 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:15.120 In fact, it was the second part of a holy transaction, acknowledging our eternal King. 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:28.560 And in response to our acknowledgement of our King, we lifted our voices or we lifted our hands and we engaged in a mathematical equation of supernatural proportions. 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:34.639 For your worship is not simply the sound you make, but it is the life you live. 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:43.360 But for those who may not know and say worship was great, it was a great time of singing. 00:06:43.519 --> 00:06:47.920 I want you to know that your worship can do more than just make you feel good. 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:51.439 Worship can do more than make you feel closer to God. 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:58.160 In fact, worship in the hands of a believer can be a weapon against the attack of the enemy. 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:00.639 Oh, hallelujah. 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:03.120 Well, this 1045. 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:04.560 Well, y'all don't mess around. 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:06.959 I feel the presence of the Lord in here. 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:12.160 And I did at 9 30, and I did at 4 and 5:45 yesterday. 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:13.439 This church is just awesome. 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:14.959 But I want you to do me a favor. 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:17.839 I want you to go to Mark chapter 5. 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:20.560 I'm reading from the New King James Version. 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:31.040 Because I want to let you know, because some of you might say, hey, I don't, I don't sing very well, or I'm not uh I'm not the, you know, I'm not a demonstrative worshiper. 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:32.079 That's okay. 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:38.959 If you can, if you can just acknowledge God in the middle of your circumstance, things can change. 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:44.480 You know, sometimes people think you have to be a certain thing in order to worship God. 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:45.680 But guess what? 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:46.800 That's my son. 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:47.519 I'm sorry. 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:49.279 Be good, boy. 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:52.319 I can't spank you no more. 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:57.279 It's too much stuff going on on TV, but I'm in the suburbs. 00:07:57.360 --> 00:07:59.040 I'm gonna give you a time out. 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:04.079 Honey, I was getting knocked out. 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:05.279 Pray for me. 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:10.560 Where was I? 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:12.560 Worship. 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:19.040 Sometimes we feel like we have to do or be a certain thing in order to be received by God. 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:22.480 I heard Pastor Bobby say in the last service something it really blessed me. 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:32.480 He said sometimes uh when you're walking in relationship and you want to get right with God, you feel like you've got to start moving in the area of works, like you have to do something to please God. 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:36.159 But how many people know that your worship, you can worship right where you are? 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:41.200 Maybe you're a visitor today and you're saying, Well, I didn't know about communion and I don't feel like I'm worthy. 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:42.559 I've done a lot of bad things. 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:43.039 Guess what? 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:44.159 Welcome to the club. 00:08:44.320 --> 00:08:48.480 Just because you don't see our life on the big screen doesn't mean that we're perfect. 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:51.759 In fact, all of us have something we don't want people to know. 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:58.399 If they started playing the movie of our lives, we'd be trying to turn off every piece of electrical equipment in this church. 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:01.360 Turn that off, turn it off to please. 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:08.799 I want you to know for the people that feel like I'm right on the edge. 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:11.519 I came in with a smile, but my heart is breaking. 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:17.519 I'm here, but I'm struggling with some areas of identity, searching for purpose, trying to find destiny. 00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:22.720 Maybe there's some tension in your marriage, perhaps there's some things that are going on in the family dynamic. 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:26.879 Your children are not doing what you need them to do, and you need a breakthrough from God. 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:32.080 Perhaps you're seeking employment, or perhaps you're unhappy or unfulfilled in a key area of your life. 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:37.440 May I offer to you that your worship could do for you what your worry could never do. 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:40.720 Strange scripture. 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:42.159 You're in Mark 5. 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:44.480 I'm just gonna reference John chapter 4. 00:09:44.720 --> 00:09:52.879 Jesus speaking to a woman, and he says to her, Woman, the hour is coming, and now is when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. 00:09:52.960 --> 00:10:01.519 For the Father seeketh such to worship, for God is spirit, and those who worship must worship in spirit and in truth. 00:10:02.879 --> 00:10:15.519 I learned from a noted pastor in South Lake, Texas, that God is omniscient, he knows everything, and he knows it at the same time. 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:17.679 Nothing has ever occurred to God. 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:21.919 I heard Pastor Robert say that, and it has stayed with me ever since. 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:26.799 So isn't it a strange scripture that the Father is seeking anything? 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:35.279 How can a God that knows everything, has everything, made everything, how is it that that God is looking for anything? 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:37.759 But he's seeking worshipers. 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:41.360 And you may say, but there are churches open all over the world. 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:43.120 Plenty of crowds. 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:46.720 Well, what if a crowd doesn't equal worship? 00:10:49.039 --> 00:10:57.519 Maybe God is looking for something a little more intimate, a little more exclusive, a little more passionate, a little more desperate. 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:05.600 What if I offered that your whole life could change with one last worship? 00:11:06.799 --> 00:11:08.240 That's my title today. 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:11.360 One last worship. 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:13.519 Mark chapter 5. 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:17.600 Then they came to the other side of the sea to the country of the Gadderens. 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:37.360 And when he had come out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs, and no one could bind him, not even with chains, because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces, neither could anyone tame him. 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:48.080 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones. 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:53.759 When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped him. 00:11:53.919 --> 00:12:00.159 And he cried out with a loud voice and said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, son of the most high God? 00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:03.440 I implore you by God that you do not torment me. 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:06.879 For he said to him, Come out of the man, unclean spirit. 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:08.879 Then he asked him, What is your name? 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:12.879 And he answered, saying, My name is Legion, for we are many. 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:18.480 Also he begged him earnestly that he would not send them out of the country. 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:25.120 Now a large herd of swine was feeding near the mountains, and the demons begged him, saying, Send us to the swine that we may enter them. 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:27.360 And at once Jesus gave them permission. 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:30.399 Then the unclean spirits went out and entered the swine. 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:31.360 Watch this, y'all. 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:33.279 There were about two thousand. 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:39.679 And the herd ran violently down the steep place into the sea and drowned in the sea. 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:42.799 Skipping the 14th verse, going to the 15th verse. 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:52.000 Then they came to Jesus and saw the one who had been demon-possessed and had the legion sitting clothed and in his right mind. 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:53.759 And they were afraid. 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:59.840 I want to talk to you about the power of one last worship. 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:09.360 Here in Mark 5, we see Jesus encountering what uh biblical scholars call the demoniac. 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:12.240 I would just call him a maniac. 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:17.759 He lived in a cemetery, lived amongst the tombs. 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:26.240 When people came to see him, they didn't come to check on him, they only came to make sure the chains were still secure. 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:37.759 But if you travel back into Mark chapter 4 and the end of Mark chapter 3, you see that Jesus' public ministry had just been launched. 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:46.639 He had just chosen 12 disciples whom he would make apostles, who would start the church. 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:50.720 And so this was the beginning of his earthly ministry. 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:58.879 And in the fourth chapter of Mark, Jesus is teaching the multitudes on the edge of the sea. 00:13:59.039 --> 00:14:12.879 And he's standing on the shore, but the crowd becomes so numerous and so passionate that he has to get on the boat and begin preaching from the boat because he could no longer stand on shore. 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:15.200 So he's preaching from the boat. 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:17.519 Now he didn't have to stay in the boat. 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:26.799 He could have stepped out of the boat and preached while standing on the water, but then he would have had to stop preaching to heal the people who would have died of a heart attack. 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:30.399 So he stayed in the boat as he preached. 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:36.799 And more and more people showed up, and the crowd was so thick and the anticipation high. 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:56.879 And Jesus preached his heart out and he taught the words of his father and the disciples, newly minted as the go-to men to hang with Jesus, were watching this entire transaction, no doubt excited about the direction that their lives had just gone in. 00:14:57.200 --> 00:14:59.679 But Jesus had a surprise. 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:05.600 When he finished preaching to thousands, he says to the disciples, This was nice. 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:08.000 Fellas, let's get in the boat. 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:11.679 Let's cross over and go to the other side. 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:18.159 Now, if I'm Jesus, I'm good after preaching to thousands. 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:19.360 Hey, that was great. 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:21.679 High five to all the twelve. 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:28.639 But sometimes there's something missing in the crowd. 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:35.279 Something that the Father is searching for that the crowd can't provide. 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:40.879 And so after preaching to the masses, Jesus said, We got one more stop. 00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:45.519 Now I need you to kind of go into the minds of the disciples. 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:49.919 Right now, Jesus is in the bottom of the boat asleep on the pillow. 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:58.159 The disciples are probably talking amongst themselves, feeling real good, because they, out of all the people who had been following Jesus, got chosen. 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:00.559 So they were probably feeling real good, a little pride. 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:02.720 You know how to sneak in when you get blessed. 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:05.600 It's like, ha ha, I'm an apostle. 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:07.919 Did he call you? 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:08.320 Nope. 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:13.120 Yeah, this was great. 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:18.399 And I'm sure Peter, because you know Peter was the one always talking, he probably started a whole conversation. 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:21.360 Yo, James and John, did y'all see that crowd? 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:23.840 Yeah, man, that crowd sure was something. 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:26.639 Man, it's gonna be like this everywhere we go. 00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:28.960 We done made it to the big time. 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:33.440 We're moving on up to the east side. 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:35.519 Man, we made it. 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:36.960 Man, this is great. 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:38.639 We got thousands of people, man. 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:40.480 We're gonna be famous. 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:44.879 Man, you saw all of them folk. 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:46.799 Probably we're going to the other side. 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:50.879 It's gonna be about 20,000, maybe even 30,000 people. 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:52.320 What you think, Thomas? 00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:53.919 I doubt it. 00:16:57.279 --> 00:16:58.799 You always doubting something. 00:16:58.879 --> 00:16:59.840 Be quiet. 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:16.880 So, in the minds of the disciples, this is their first encounter after being chosen, and Jesus wanted to teach them a lesson about his true nature that Jesus was never committed to the crowd. 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:23.839 He loves the crowd, he'll preach to the crowd, but he's searching for a one-on-one encounter. 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:32.160 And so, as the boat is heading to the region of the Gatarenes, here comes the storm. 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:35.279 And you know how the disciples are, they're still new. 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:38.000 So the storm hits, they start screaming like girls. 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:39.920 Ah, we're gonna die. 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:43.200 Somebody help us, somebody go get Jesus. 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:45.359 Jesus, wake up, man. 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:46.319 We're about to die. 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:48.400 We drown and do something. 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.839 Oh, help me. 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:54.799 And so, you know, I've watched the movie, so I know Jesus has a British accent. 00:17:54.960 --> 00:18:13.680 And so sometimes we think Jesus is real dramatic, like the movies, like he got up and went to the edge of the boat with his hair and said, Oh, thou foul wind and filthy rain, why dost thou dishonor me? 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:24.000 Forthwith I declare for you to cease, foul wind, and halt, filthy rain, for I am the king of. 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:47.119 Walked to the edge of the boat. 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:49.279 Peace be still. 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:56.160 Because real power can whisper. 00:18:59.119 --> 00:19:01.440 Jesus was like, what y'all scared of? 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:04.160 Stop acting like you don't have any faith. 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:05.519 I'm going back to bed. 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:09.440 I told you it wasn't nothing gonna happen. 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:18.480 So now the storm has stopped, and they're heading towards the shore. 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:23.039 They're excited because they're about to see a big old crowd. 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:23.920 Amen. 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:25.279 We almost there. 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:27.039 Y'all see anybody? 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:29.039 Nah, man, I don't see nobody. 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:29.680 I don't. 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:31.839 Did Jesus give us the right coordinates? 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:32.319 I don't know. 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:33.440 He was tired, you know. 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:34.000 I don't know. 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:35.279 Maybe he made a mistake. 00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:35.839 I don't see. 00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:37.359 Do y'all see anybody? 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:38.319 Nope. 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:44.240 And then all of a sudden, the closer they get, all they see, amen. 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:47.440 Do y'all see somebody up on the hill? 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:50.960 They see one guy doing this. 00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:59.920 I don't want to go outside. 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:02.079 I've got a puppy in my pocket. 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:04.400 I want mayonnaise on my sandwich. 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:06.480 I don't want to be a dirty birdie. 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:08.319 They can hear you. 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.680 No, they can't. 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.880 Yes, they can. 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:19.119 They were probably on the boat talking about turn the boat around. 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.640 He's crazy. 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:22.480 He's gonna kill us. 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:24.319 Turn the boat around. 00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:27.039 Now that's not in your version, that's in the NIV. 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:29.359 That's the Negro International version. 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:34.240 You can find that in the lobby at my product table. 00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:55.359 Here's a man that was so broken that literally all he knew was bondage. 00:20:55.440 --> 00:21:02.160 It says night and day he was in the mountains and the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones. 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:04.640 Have you ever been in the mountains and the tombs? 00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:08.319 One day you're at the highest of the high, the next day you're at the lowest of the low. 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:09.680 You ever been one place? 00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:10.720 God, I love you. 00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:11.759 God, I bless you. 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:13.359 The next day nobody loves me. 00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.960 There's no way he can forgive me. 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:16.960 Next day, God, you are worthy. 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:19.519 I'm so grateful for a new lease on life next day. 00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:22.400 I'm still in bondage, there's no way for me to get free. 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:33.519 There are times when you have a heart for God and a desire for more, but the reality of your situation continues to call out to you, unworthy, you'll never get free. 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:36.400 This is all that will ever be in your life. 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:37.359 Just forget it. 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:42.160 Everybody in your family has struggled with this, and there's no way for you to get free. 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:46.880 The Bible says this man would cry out and cut himself with stones. 00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:52.880 The word stone there in the Greek would translate in the Hebrew tablet or law. 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:59.200 This man would cut himself with the law because the law only reminds you that you're not worthy. 00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:02.480 The law Reminds you that you can't do it on your own. 00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:07.039 The law frustrates you, telling you you're not able, you don't have the strength. 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:18.720 And this man was stuck in a tomb of the law, stuck amongst the relics of his broken dreams, stuck amongst the tombstones of the things that he could never accomplish. 00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:23.359 But the law must bow when grace arrives. 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:30.559 So Jesus comes in the form of grace. 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:41.920 And this man who had been stuck in the mountains and in the tombs sees Jesus from afar and he begins to walk gingerly. 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.920 Isn't that what it says? 00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:46.480 He ran. 00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:52.160 He didn't walk, he didn't skip, he didn't think about it, he ran. 00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:53.440 And what did he do? 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:55.920 He worshiped. 00:22:56.240 --> 00:23:05.119 Now, the next thing after he worships is we hear the voice of 2,000 demons saying, Ah, what am I to do with you, Jesus, son of the most high God? 00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:12.000 So people say, Man, that's a shame. 00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:14.319 No, no, no, you missed it. 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:21.279 Because we know that demons can acknowledge who Jesus is, but they can't worship him for who he is. 00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:24.000 Only we can worship. 00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:27.519 Angels can acknowledge they they're different from us. 00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:30.559 They they worship based on fact, they see him. 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:33.279 I worship based on faith, I believe him. 00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:38.400 My worship counts differently than the angels. 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:46.240 This man caught up in bondage, everyone else had given up, but he ran and fell at the feet of a man he didn't know. 00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:47.359 Nobody told him. 00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:49.839 Jesus had just proclaimed public ministry. 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.440 Nobody sent him a text. 00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.720 Nobody tweeted him. 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:54.960 Nobody sent him a Facebook message. 00:23:55.119 --> 00:24:00.240 There was something in him that said, Whoever that is has the key to my deliverance. 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:08.240 And with whatever humanity he had left, he took off in the direction of this man and fell at his feet. 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:13.599 And with the last bit of strength, he worshiped before the demons cried out. 00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:17.920 But that was the key. 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:21.839 He had one last worship. 00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:26.079 And he pointed his worship bullet in the direction of the king. 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:30.960 And then Jesus went to work and he said, What's your name? 00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:32.079 I'm Legion. 00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:36.079 Get out and leave this man alone. 00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:45.440 And here, this man who didn't know who he was, it was the demons that said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, son of the most high God? 00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:54.000 Why did Jesus go to the region of the Gaterenes, which translates reward at the end? 00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:56.880 Because this man was at the end of his rope. 00:24:57.279 --> 00:25:01.599 And how many people know Jesus still comes to you when you're at the end of your rope? 00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:06.720 When all hope is lost, when everyone else has given up on you, Jesus will come and look for you. 00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:09.759 He will leave the crowd to find one. 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:19.440 Jesus didn't come to cast out 2,000 demons, he came to free one worshiper. 00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:26.559 The power of one last worship is the power of intimate relationship. 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:32.160 The man didn't know who he was, but the demon said his name, and the man inside said, So that's his name. 00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:37.599 Because all you got to do is confess with your mouth and believe in your heart that Jesus is Lord and you shall be saved. 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:40.559 So the man heard the name because the demons gave it to him. 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:43.440 Let me give you a prophetic celebration moment. 00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:53.759 The enemy that's been messing with you and keeping you in bondage, Jesus has just given you freedom, and the enemy is gonna give you the key to your deliverance. 00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:58.799 The devil messed up and gave the man the name he needed to get free. 00:25:58.960 --> 00:26:05.119 And so God is about to free you, and everything that's kept you in bondage is gonna have to let you go. 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:16.079 Here's a man as broken as any man ever was. 00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:21.279 The Bible says after it was over, he was sitting clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. 00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:23.680 How come they weren't afraid when he had demons? 00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:26.160 How come they weren't afraid when he was in bondage? 00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:29.440 Maybe it's because they liked him better when he was broken. 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:40.559 Some people like you better when you're struggling, they're just gonna have to get over it because you are free, and whom the Son says free is free indeed, and you're about to live the life that God intended for you to live. 00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:48.640 This church is rooted in the word, strong in worship. 00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:58.480 But if you ever find yourself at the end, I encourage you to blurt it out, shout it out, scream out one last worship. 00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.440 Amen. 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.519 Let me pray for you. 00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:13.599 Father, I thank you for this church, and I thank you for the heart of these people, and I pray by the power of the Holy Spirit that you will ignite a passion in us and that you would spark a flame in us unlike anything we've ever experienced. 00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:22.480 And I pray that your will would be established in the hearts of your people, and I thank you that my worship can break chains that my worry never could. 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:26.640 I love, we love, and honor you today in Jesus' name. 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.440 Amen. 00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:29.039 God bless you, Gateway. 00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:30.079 Thank you so much.