Three Convictions of the Holy Spirit: Unbelief, Righteousness, and Judgment

Hey, so I want to um just say God is moving. I mean like moving, moving, moving in this place. And so I believe it he he's just getting started. Do you guys believe that Jesus is just getting started? And we hear testimony after testimony of God. He heals people physically. We hear testimony after testimony of God being faithful and providing for his people. And I mean, even we had 18 baptisms here on Sunday. Hallelujah. or uh Thursday. I mean, apolog That's amaz That's amazing, guys. People are committing their life to Jesus. And he does this and he heals and he draws people closer to him by the spirit of God. He heals because he is that's just who God is. That's because he loves you. He is the Jehovah Rafa.

That means the Lord healer. He is the Jehovah Gyra. That means the Lord provider. And he does these things because of his love for you and for me. Now I believe that uh today you guys get to encounter this beautiful, beautiful and amazing God here today in this room. You get to encounter the love of Jesus Christ. And he's actually encountered through the Holy Spirit. And right now the Holy Spirit is actually in our midst and is speaking here. I believe the Holy Spirit is speak is going to speak to each and every single one of you personally. And I believe right now the Holy Spirit, he's in this room. He's ready to to bring more understanding to the written word of God. And he's ready to heal some deep wounds and traumas.

And he's going to start bringing joy to areas that you haven't had joy in your life before. He's going to empower you to truly start living life and living fruitful for Jesus. I believe he's going to confirm his word through the working of his hand because that's just who he is. He loves to show up in tangible ways, too, because he loves you. Now, if you don't know me, I want to break some ice here for a second is I'm the pastor of outreach here at Journey Church. And so, what that means is I basically get to oversee all things outreach. I get to oversee loving like Jesus on a local level. I get to oversee teams that go over and love like Jesus on a national level and then on a global level sending missions teams to Uganda, Africa and things like that. But more

than just doing outreach, I believe my desire and my heavenly responsibility is not just what we do, but it's to point you to Jesus. is my responsibility and my heavenly desire to point you to a working and a close relationship with the Holy Spirit. And when you truly get to spend time with the Holy Spirit, he's going to transform you from the inside out. And when you spend time with the Holy Spirit, he is going to show you how much Jesus loves you. He's going to reveal Jesus to you more and more and more. Now, I also want to recognize that if you're here in this room, if you've never heard about the Holy Spirit and you're new to Jesus and you're like, "The spirit of what? What is that new

age stuff he's talking about?" I want to say that's totally okay. I've been in those shoes. And also, I've if it's a little weird, I won't tell you that talking about spiritual things is weird. That's okay. Now, I if you don't know my story, I want to tell a little bit about my story because I grew up in the church. And growing up in the church though, I uh was actually never properly taught about who the holy spirit is. I knew of the father, I knew of the son, and I knew of the holy bible, not the holy spirit. So I did not know the full Jesus. And therefore, life actually ended up pulling me away from Jesus Christ. But that's until I had an encounter with the Holy Spirit himself.

As a rebel teen, I ended up going to Uganda, Africa. And it's in Africa I actually encountered the love and the power of Jesus Christ through the person of the Holy Spirit. And it's here in Uganda that my life was transformed from the inside out and I was set free from spiritual bondage. So when the power of the Holy Spirit shows up, guess what? He's always gonna bring you closer to Jesus, not away from Jesus. And when this happened in my life, I actually ended up giving up my whole life to serve Jesus and love him in any way that I could. And I believe that today you actually get to encounter the same Holy Spirit.

And when you do today, when you encounter the Holy Spirit, he's going to reveal Jesus to you. And he's going to empower you to love like Jesus. Now, last week, you actually got to hear uh from Pastor Alex Mutubio, who is from the City Church in Uganda, Africa, and you got to hear about what we call the the Holy Spirit infused life or the the Holy Spirit empowered life. This is a life that's empowered by the Holy Spirit and is infused by the grace of Jesus Christ. And we see that living a life in the spirit. And in this grace, it thrusts us into the requirements of God and living this. On the contrary, we see that back in the Old Testament, the law was given and it only told us about what God had

required human to live by. But then by the Holy Spirit living empowered by the spirit, it actually allows us to live this life out as God designed it as he calls us that lives allows us to live in the requirements of God. Now there's so many things we can actually learn about the Holy Spirit today. And we see that the Holy Spirit himself, he's actually throughout the whole Bible from the beginning of creation of the earth down to the prophets in the Old Testament from Jesus Christ and now believe it or not to us right now. And the Holy Spirit is actually a part of our triune God. Meaning it's one God but in three persons. The Father, the

Son, and not the Holy Bible, but the Holy Spirit. So one God and three persons and we find that in the Bible, the whole Bible, the Holy Spirit is actually related to as a person. Now he's symbolized as many things, a dove and water and things like that. But he's related to as a person. He has a mind. He's got a will and he's got emotions. We can know the thoughts of the spirit of God. We can know his intentions because of Jesus Christ in our life. We can actually cultivate a relationship with the Holy Spirit and live in this grace as pastor Alex taught. We can also though grieve him by the way we live with one another and talk to one another.

So this understanding and this dynamic and this relationship the Holy Spirit is called the person of the Holy Spirit. But guess what? Today we're not actually talking about the person of the Holy Spirit, but we're actually going to talk about how the Holy Spirit speaks to us today. So, what we do is we're going to pick up our reading today from John chapter 16. So, if you got a Bible, feel free to wave it in the air like you love Jesus, that you got you're ready to dive into the word of God. It it is here where we see that Jesus in John chapter 16, he talks about the precious Holy Spirit. And is my prayer today for all of you is that you would hear from what the spirit is saying that

the Holy Spirit would open the ears of what he is declaring over your life and in the written word of God. that my prayer is that you would encounter and receive more understanding about who he is, who God is, and you would encounter the love and the preciousness and the kindness and the gentleness of Jesus. Because without the Holy Spirit, everybody, guess what? It's impossible to love like Jesus. So, what we're going to do is we're going to look at our main text, our main chunk for the day, and then we'll start breaking it up here together. So, we got a lot of scriptures to dive in here to this morning. And so please uh actually I want to do what Pastor Keith says. Let's stand for the reading of God's word. We're going to give God honor because this word is living and is active and it's alive.

So it's John 16 chap uh verses 1-15. It says, "I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he's doing a service to God." And they will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me. But I have said these things to you that when their hour has come, you may remember that I told them to you. I did not say these things to you from the beginning because I was with you. But now I am going to him who sent me. And none of you asks me, "Where are you going?" But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away.

For if I do not go away, the helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world. Concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment. Concerning sin because they do not believe in me. Concerning righteousness because I go to the father and you'll see me no longer. And concerning judgment because the ruler of this world is judged. I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears, he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

All that the Father has is mine, and therefore I said he will take what is mine and declare it to you. This is the word of the Lord. You guys can be seated. So now Jesus before he goes to pay for all the sins of humanity, he lets us know the things that are about to happen. He lets us know that what we can expect to come our way. And he tells us that because of your faith in me, because of our faith in Jesus as Lord, you will be hated by many. That's just the spiritual principle in reality in which we live. He tells us that because of our faith in Jesus as Lord, you will be hated at many. And that he is going to go to the

cross. And when he goes to the cross, he's going to die and raise up again. And when he raises up again, he's actually not going to stay with us, but he's going to ascend to the heavenly father. He's not going to be with us anymore. Now, how many of you, especially for those growing up in the church, have asked this question? I just wish Jesus was here right now. I just wish he was here face to face with me. I would ask him so many questions or lead me today. I want to tell you instead of being face to face with Jesus, Jesus is actually saying it's better that I go because the helper, the Holy Spirit will come to you. And it's better because the precious Holy Spirit is not just going to come to be with us, but now he's

going to dwell within us who believe in Jesus. It is truly better because we don't have to live enslaved to sin anymore and have no understanding who God is, who Jesus is, and what his will is for our life. We can now have him living within our soul. So because of our faith in Jesus, we are not just saved and have eternal life. No, it doesn't stop there. But you now have Jesus who is speaking to you and leading you and letting us know what is true and what is false in the world. We now have the spirit of Jesus who gives us wisdom and discernment for living in this day and age. Now, when the Holy Spirit lives within us who believe in Jesus, he then begins to start convicting us of unbelief in

righteousness and convicts us concerning judgment. And this is beautiful because the Holy Spirit, we can now know him. We can know his desires, the desires of the father, and we can hear directly from Jesus. Now today I do want to bring clarity to you about who the Holy Spirit is and help you understand and identify one of the major roles the Holy Spirit plays in our lives today. One of the major roles he plays in our lives today is just one word conviction. Can everybody say conviction? Conviction. In this passage we find that there are three ways the Holy Spirit con uh convicts. These are what we call the three convictions of the Holy Spirit.

And if you're a notetaker, you can always write these down. The first one is unbelief. The second one is righteousness. And this third is judgment. And what we're going to do, we're going to dive into these three here together today. Starting with conviction number one, unbelief. John 16:7-9 says, "Nevertheless, I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away. For if I don't not go away, the helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he'll convict the world concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment. Concerning sin because they don't believe in me. Stop here. In this passage, we see that the Holy Spirit's first and foremost conviction is to the world, not actually to believers.

He convicts the world of one major and predominant sin. And that sin is not just fornication. The sin is not just adultery. It's not just stealing or murder or homosexuality or smoking and getting drunk. It's not these things. Although these are all acts of disobedience to God. And we know if we start practicing and living in these things, we're not living in harmony with God. But the major sin, the sin of unbelief is the main sin the Holy Spirit wants to convict the world of. Or the fact that you do not personally believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation. It's the only way to the father. In John 14:6, it says, Jesus said to him, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me.

Some of you may have grown up in church and heard references about the Holy Spirit convicting believers of sin. While it is true that the Holy Spirit does convict believers of sin, but his primary conviction is to the world of unbelief because without faith in Jesus, nobody can have eternal life. Now, it's important to stay pure. It is important to stay pure. It's important to stay faithful in marriage and to not smoke, to get drunk, or steal or lie. But these moral acts in and of themselves are not going to give you an eternal relationship with God.

These acts can get you out of jail, but they can't get you out of hell. Trying to avoid sin or be better is not going to save your soul. The only thing that saves you is faith in Jesus. And it's only by turning to God that your sins may be taken away. Acts 3:19 says, "Repent, therefore, and turn back that your sins may be blotted out." So repent, it means to change the way we think and to change the way we behave. And there's only one way to the father, and that's by believing in Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins. Now with the Holy Spirit, it said that the Holy Spirit, it's like the navigation system in a car. It's advising the driver to take an immediate

turn towards Christ in order to reach the destination of being reconciled to the creator. And it is by the spirit of God that each person is drawn closer to God, resulting in eternal life. So the Holy Spirit, he begins to convict the world of sin, of unbelief. And then now he directs them towards faith in Jesus. We are saved because of our faith in Jesus, not our works, not anything we could do. Faith. John 3:18 says, "Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever doesn't believe in him is condemned already because he has not believed in the name of the only son of God.

Sadly, unbelief simply means that people don't trust in Jesus blood thou shed on the cross for them. And my plea to you, journey, is that you would choose to trust and believe in Jesus. I'm not preaching a be a better person message, but what I am preaching is a living and saving and true gospel and good news. The gospel is not just uh Jesus Christ is not just about behavior modification. It is about heart transformation. I've heard it said that attempting to please God with your good works and your deeds is like putting a suit and tie on a dead man. Yeah, he's going to look good, but he is dead. This is like religion. It gives no life.

Religion tries to make bad people good, but a relationship the Holy Spirit gives makes dead people alive. This is why the Holy Spirit convicts the world of the major sin unbelief through believing the gospel of Jesus Christ. The spiritually dead person becomes alive by the work of the Holy Spirit and is empowered to do the good works, empowered to love like Jesus. Once the Holy Spirit convicts us of sin, of unbelief, we want to now repent of how we view the Lord Jesus and place our total trust in him. But now this Holy Spirit who was with us initially to lead us to Jesus now comes to live within us to make us more like Jesus.

John 14:7 says, "Even the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him, for you know him and for he dwells with you and will be in you." So how great is that? Because of faith and belief in Jesus, we now know him and have received the gift of the Holy Spirit. So you don't have to stay the same and be a slave to sin any more because you now have a new and righteous spirit that lives within you and is redeeming you. The Holy Spirit now wants to transform you from the inside out to make you like Jesus. Which actually brings me to conviction number two. And that second one is righteousness.

John 16:7-10 says, "Nevertheless, I tell you the truth. It's to your advantage that I go away. For if I do not go away, the helper will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he'll convict the world concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment. Concerning sin because they do not believe in me. And concerning righteousness because I go to the father and you will see me no longer." So the Holy Spirit, he convicts the world of sin in order that they may believe in Jesus. And once we put our faith in Jesus, the same Holy Spirit was with us initially, now comes to live within us. And then now he continues to convict the the born again believers of righteousness.

And this conviction is totally different. Now instead of convicting the believers of sin, it's of righteousness, not condemnation. Now, conviction and condemnation are not the same thing. We tend to think that the Holy Spirit's conviction means that I feel bad about myself. But it's said that actually the conviction of the Holy Spirit versus condemnation. It's like water and alcohol. They look the same, but they achieve very different results. Conviction is specific, but condemnation is general. Conviction says you spoke harshly to your wife, but condemnation says you are a worthless husband. Now, the Holy Spirit, he's going to highlight specific behaviors that need to be changed. But guess what? The devil's going to throw you under the bus.

Conviction attacks the issue, but condemnation attacks your identity. Conviction is from the Holy Spirit, but condemnation is from the devil. The devil is going to use your occasional sin to tell you that you are a sinner. But now you got to start rejecting that lie. Romans 8:1 says, "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." [cheering] So journey church, you are in Christ and therefore condemnation is not your portion today. The spirit of Jesus might shine some light on the subject of your life that needs some repenting of. But the devil's going to try to put you back into the mindset of sinner.

No, you're not a sinner. You are a child of God. You are born again. So the issue is not the loss of your identity. It's the because your identity is in Jesus Christ. So when you feel the Holy Spirit start convicting you of your righteousness and what's in your life, you may start to actually feel some grief, maybe feel some sorrow, but that's okay. Second Corinthians 7:10 says, "For godly grief produces repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief just produces death." So conviction leads to repentance, but condemnation leads to remorse.

Let me say this again. Conviction leads to repentance, but condemnation leads to remorse. Repentance makes you better, but remorse makes things worse. It only produces shame and guilt and regret. So, I want to ask you all a question here today. When was the last time you listened and felt the conviction of the Holy Spirit in righteousness? And did you know that's the Holy Spirit speaking to you? And did you know that is the primary conviction the Holy Spirit uses to believers in Christ? But did you know that your righteousness is also much more than just getting to heaven? Your righteousness is much more than just being forgiven of sin.

It's actually a right standing with God that produces right living before men. And guess what? You are the righteousness through Christ. But be aware of this righteousness is not by your good deeds. Jesus says in John chapter 16 10 concerning righteousness because I go to the father and you will see me no longer. The righteousness that the Holy Spirit convicts us of is related to Jesus not our works. Jesus not only took his our sin upon himself on the cross, but also in 2 Corinthians 5:21 it says, "For our sake, he made him to be sin who knew no sin so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." So Jesus not only

took our sin upon himself, but he became our sin on the cross so we could become righteous. Let me make another connection here in John chapter 3. Jesus, he he's talking to Nicodemus, a religious elite person, and he says, "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the son of man be lifted up." Now, if you don't know this story, basically when the nation of Israel was in their wilderness season and wandering season, uh God sent some serpents to go ahead and bite them and infect them. And when they would cry out for help, God he instead of hurrying to rush and heal them, he says to Moses, "Craft a bronze serpent on a pole and raise it high in the air and whoever looked at this serpent would be healed." The reference is numbers 21:8-9.

And it says, "And the Lord said to Moses, make a fiery serpent on serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten when he sees it shall live." So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if the serpent if a serpent bit anyone, he will look at the bronze serpent and live. So likewise, Jesus, he was lifted up on the cross so that whoever looks at him with a believing heart shall live and be cured from the sin in the venom of sin and death. So Jesus, he paid for my sin, but as a serpent, he became my sin. So the cross of Jesus Christ is not just about salvation, but about sanctification. That word basically means being made like Jesus.

So if we glance at the cross of Jesus Christ, we find salvation. But if we continue to gaze at the cross, we find a heart transformation. Now, I've told you about two of these convictions that the Holy Spirit does. One of unbelief and two of righteousness. But lastly, I want to tell you about this third one, judgment. John 16:7-11. Now, nevertheless, I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away. For if I do not go away, the helper, the Holy Spirit, will not come to you. But if I go, I'll send him to you. And when he comes, he'll convict the world. Concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment. Concerning sin, because they don't believe me. And concerning righteousness because I go to the father and you'll see me no longer.

And concerning judgment because the ruler of this world is judged. So sin came through the first man, Adam, but righteousness came through Christ. But judgment came to Satan, not you. So the Holy Spirit, he convicts us of our enemy's judgment and defeat because Jesus defeated Satan when he rose up from that grave. Hallelujah. [applause] And Jesus, he actually boldly proclaimed that all authority is his. So the cross of Jesus, it pronounced judgment on the devil and his treason against the kingdom of God. John 12:31 says, "Now is the judgment of the world. Now will the ruler of the world be cast out?" So the devil right

now, he's in exile here on earth. And every time the gospel of Jesus is being preached, we pronounce judgment on the kingdom of darkness. Every time a demon is cast out, we are actually dealing another death blow against Satan, our enemy, a defeated foe. Jesus' victory is our portion. His triumph empowers us to fight this fight. And the Holy Spirit is using the victory of Jesus to empower us to fight Satan, a defeated foe. So, he's already been judged and he's a pig, though. And he still does the ways does the things he does and he still kills and he still steals and he still destroys because he knows his time is running out. But guess what? We fight from victory, right? Not for victory.

The enemy is on the run till this very day. But all we need to do is just resist when he starts tempting and flexing on you. James 4:7 says, "Submit yourself therefore to God and resist the devil and he will flee from you." Amen. We are not called to run from the devil. He's going to run from us. That's why Jesus says in Matthew 16:18-19, "And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I'll give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." So the gates of hell will not prevail.

So what do gates imply? Right? Means you're protecting something. You're trying to keep somebody from coming in. So Satan, he's just this defeated foe protecting himself from you storming in. We are victorious and on the offense and attacking the gates of hell. Amen. So, Journey, do you want to live in victory and start storming the gates of hell? It should be. Yeah. [laughter] Here's here's how. Have a true and working relationship with the Holy Spirit. Because guess what? Religion makes people afraid of hell, but a relationship with the Holy Spirit makes hell afraid of you. When you walk closely with the Holy Spirit, you will fight with spiritual weapons.

And is by the spirit that we live in are conquerors in Jesus Christ. Is by the spirit that we fight. 2 Corinthians 10:4 says, "For our weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but have divine power to destroy strongholds." So today, are you destroying strongholds or are you building them? Destroying Are you taking every thought captive in obedience to Christ? Are you or are you being tormented day and night with evil thoughts and desires? If strongholds are being built and evil thoughts are tormenting you day and night, today is actually your day to start living in freedom. You don't have to stay the same. You don't have to live like this. It starts with believing in Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins and receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Because who the son sets free is free indeed. So I leave you off with this here today journey. John 16 12 through 15 says still I have many things to say to you for you cannot bear them now. And when the spirit of truth he is all truth when he comes he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority but whatever he hears he will speak and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me for he'll take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the father has is mine. Therefore, I say he'll take what is mine and declare it to you. The Holy Spirit, let me tell you, the Holy Spirit will always glorify Jesus.

Nobody else. [snorts] Not any other spirit guide, not Muhammad, not Buddha, not anything. Jesus. And every divine encounter and touch from God, from the Holy Spirit, is always going to point you to the person of Jesus. He's not going to lead you away. And when he does this, you're going to see how loved, how cherished, how blessed, and how forgiven you actually are. Who you are in Christ. All that the Father has is now yours, Jesus. Receive it. The presence of God is your portion. The Holy Spirit empowered life is your portion and healing and freedom. It actually is your portion today.

So today we though we need to understand that every single one of us have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. That's just reality. The penalty for sin was eternal death. But out of God's compassion and love for us, he sent his one and only son Jesus Christ to come down in humility in the form of a servant. He lived a perfect and sinless life. He took our sin upon himself on that cross. And that what he did, he's he died and he rose up three days later and defeated the power of sin and death.

And what he did is now he rose up to the heavenly father at his right hand and he's actually praying. He's standing in the gap. He's advocating for you and for me right now. He's alive and well and in heaven. His heavenly ministry is fighting for you and me. Standing in the gap. So when the father looks at us in judgment, he actually sees his perfect son, Jesus. There's a perfect transaction of divine love and grace. Jesus paid this debt for us. And because of this, we now have eternal life and freedom in Christ. We're no longer under the penalty of death and the law, but of grace and the Holy Spirit and life [snorts] because of our faith in Jesus and belief that Jesus did this very thing for us.

Jesus Romans 8 1-2 actually says there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus in that second part now for the law of the spirit of life have set you free in Jesus Christ from the law of sin and death because of this God keeps no records of wrongs so today I ask you two questions one have you believed in your that Jesus is Lord and you know for a fact that when you die, you actually start living. And the second question is, are you walking closely with the Holy Spirit right now?

Are you walking in power and in your God-given potential? If you answer no to these questions here today, right now is your time. You do not have to wait another day. The opportunity is open right now. The door is open. Opportunity is provided. Are you going to take Jesus up on this offer and receive the gift of eternal life? Receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. You don't have to live the same way. Don't walk out of this room not being transformed by Jesus. The opportunity is right now. And it starts with changing the way we think and behave. That word repentance.

And there's one step that goes into repentance. And it's just this. We have to believe in our heart that Jesus is Lord. That God raised Jesus from the dead. And you'll be saved. You got to confess that part. So, in this moment, I'm going to ask that those who want to make this decision that they would raise their hand in the air and they would say, "Yes, I want to follow Jesus." But before we I do so, I'm going to ask that everyone in this room would maybe close their eyes and bow their head. There's for two reasons why. It's not a ritual, but one is it's to get distractions out of the room because I believe right now the Holy Spirit is going to come and convict in these three ways. The second one is that those who are putting their faith in Jesus, I want you to raise your hands so I could see who I'm praying for. God loves you.

So, with all eyes closed and heads bowed, on the count of three, I'm going to ask if you want to receive eternal life in Jesus, you would raise your hand. So, Father, right now in the name of Jesus Christ, would you begin to reveal and convict each and every single person in the room today? We love you, Jesus, and you are holy. So, right now, would you begin to bring up things that need to be brought to your feet and repented of? Thank you for your death on the cross and you rose from the grave so we can live with you. This is a holy moment. Do not let this moment go to waste. So on the count of three, one. Out of all the decisions in life, this is one you'll never ever regret.

Two, you do not know what tomorrow holds or even tonight holds. Receive eternal life now. You can have the hope of eternity right now. Do not wait another day. And three, for those who want to put their faith in Jesus, would you stick that hand up high because it's hard to see up here. Amen. Amen. Amen. Keep those hands up. Amen. Father, we thank you. The Lord sees you guys. He loves you. Some of you are in this room, especially for one of you who raised their hand that there there are some evil thoughts and tormenting thoughts, but today you don't have to walk out of here wrestling with those.

The Lord right now is bringing up certain things and you could bring that to his feet. Receive the freedom you have and the grace and the love. We don't want to make this let this moment go by right now. If you want to receive the gift of eternal life in Jesus, raise that hand. Don't let Satan steal this moment. Don't be discouraged. You can have hope. You can have confidence right now. I'm not going to do this. Amen. All right, you guys can put your hands down. Now, for those who want to rededicate their life or have not received the gift of the Holy Spirit or are making that decision for the first time today, I'm going to ask that we would all together as one body in Christ

pray a prayer out loud because now we've believed in our heart that Jesus is Lord. But now we need to confess that God has raised him from the grave. We need to put this into practice. And so from the bottom of your heart out loud in unity, would you say something like this? Would you say, "Jesus, Jesus, forgive me of all my sins. Forgive me of all my I choose to follow you. I choose to follow. I confess that you are my Lord and Savior. And God, you rose Jesus from the grave. I ask to receive the Holy Spirit. I ask in Jesus name. In Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Now, before you guys get out of here, I'm going to ask right where you're at, would you please stand up? If you're able, please stand up.

I'm going to ask in this moment while everyone's standing, if you're a part of prayer team to come to the front of the stage and just be ready and available. I want to pray over you guys and I want to bless you here today. If you're asking to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit today, now is your time. Believe in faith, come up and receive. If you need freedom today, come up and receive this freedom in Jesus name. Remember, it's not by our works. It's not by our power, not by our might, but it's by the spirit of the Lord, he says. And today, he will come in power. So, let's give all of God the glory. And I'm going to bless you and pray with you and then we we'll head out. And so, Father, we thank you in Jesus' name. Father, I thank you for this this family and this body in you. Jesus, I'm asking that

you'd protect them on all sides. Would there be an anointing that flows from the top of their head to the bottom of their feet? Holy Spirit, would you begin to slowly reveal Jesus more and more? Thank you, Father. You are gentle like a dove, as the word says. You whisper. And so, Father, would your whisper be louder and louder over the ears of the hearers in this room today? Father, I'm asking in the name of Jesus Christ, would you begin to convict even more? It's out of holiness for you. Thank you, Father. We are now the vessel of you, the temple of God. We carry you, Jesus. And so, Father, we thank you for what you have blessed us with. So, Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, would you fight for them?

Would you bless them? Would you use their hands in Jesus' name to walk out and love like Jesus, to love like you? Would you use their hands to cast out demons and heal the sick? Father, would you begin to heal any offense and any under misunderstanding about who you are in Jesus name? Father, we thank you. And so the church said, "Amen.