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INTERRUPTION
& DISTRACTION
Go with me in your bible to Luke the 11th.
chapter reading verses 27 and 28. (And it came to pass, as he
spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up
her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare
thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. ver.28 But he said,
Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and
keep it.)
Satan's
Purpose For Interruptions & Distractions
With God's help, and by the anointing of the Holy Ghost I want
to preach to you a message tonight about INTERRUPTIONS &
DISTRACTIONS. Things that satan brings your way to try and
get you away from the Word Of God.
How many of you here tonight, and you that are reading this
message by way of the newsletter have a red letter edition bible?
Now the reason I'm asking you this, is because there is something
I want you to see.
Look at verse 17 through verse 26. What color is the writing? RED!
Now look at verse 28 through verse 36, what color is it? RED!
(verse 29 the writer Luke is giving some helpful information
about what is going on, that's why it's in black writing.) Most
of us know what the red letters mean in a red letter edition
bible; but for you who my not know: every thing written in red is
Jesus speaking, it's Jesus teaching, it's Jesus preaching!
Here's what I want you to see: Right smack dab in the middle
of all that RED, (JESUS PREACHING) there's a BLACK
verse, and it happened to be that little woman that jumps up
right in the middle of Jesus' preaching and starts talking about
how blessed Mary's womb and breast are! Oh, what an INTERRUPTION
& DISTRACTION that was. Think about it. If you
were there listening to Jesus' Holy Ghost Filled message, when
all of a sudden someone jumps up and INTERRUPTS him and
starts talking about His mothers womb and breast. If there were
ever a INTERRUPTION & DISTRACTION of satan to ROB
the Word of God from the hearts of that people, that was one.
Have you ever had any INTERRUPTION & DISTRACTIONS in
your life? All of us have. Things that the devil brings your
way to get your attention off the Word of God and the Things of
God.
When you read from verse 17 through verse 26 it's clear to see
the reason for satan using that little woman to try and DISTRACT
the people from Jesus' message. I was telling the folks under
the Revival Tent in Bowling Green, Ohio just a few weeks ago
where the Lord had me to preach this message also, that it may
not be a little woman that satan uses to jump up in the middle of
the message all the time to INTERRUPT and to DISTRACT
you to get your mind off the Word of God. It may be a nat or
mosquito that that devil got into. Shout Amen. And just about the
time your ready to dig into the message and get what you need
from God; bizzzzzzzzz one of them flies right in your ear. Ah, I
can see that some of you all know what I'm preaching about. INTERRUPTIONS
& DISTRACTIONS! And satan will use anything he can to
draw your attention from the Word of God
Someone may say: now brother Mike all that woman was doing was
acknowledging how blessed Mary was to be the mother of Jesus, she
meant no harm. Yes and every thing that little woman said that
followed Paul and them around in Acts 16 was right too: BUT
PAUL STILL HAD TO CAST THE DEVIL OUT OF HER! Someone Shout
Amen.
Now I have seen some strange things in my time of preaching
God's Word, and I know that you other ministers have to. And I
have no problem with strange things IF GOD'S IN IT! But
when satan is behind the strangeness it's always out of order, it
never adds to what God is doing, it always takes away from that
which God is doing in the service. It will always draw away from
the Word of God, and from the LEADING OF GOD'S SPIRIT, and
focuses on the NATURAL and CARNAL!
Satan doesn't want you HEARING and RESPONDING to the
Word of God. Friend, there's POWER IN THE WORD OF GOD! Rom.1:16
says; (For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is
the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth;
to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.) Your SALVATION IS IN
THE WORD OF GOD, your DELIVERANCE IS IN THE WORD OF GOD,
your HEALING IS IN THE WORD GOD, your MIRACLE IS IN GOD'S
WORD, and that devil wants to draw your attention away from
God's Word, and get you DISTRACTED with the NATURAL and on the
CIRCUMSTANCES.
And this is what he is trying to do in this meeting Jesus is
having. Now the reason satan wants to DISRUPT and DISTRACT
the people from Jesus' message, is because Jesus is preaching to
them HOW THEY CAN BE SET FREE FROM SATAN'S POWER! If you'll
take the time to read from verse 17 through verse26 you'll find
Jesus telling the devil possessed that it takes the STRONGER
(which is JESUS) to cast out the strong man (which is satan).
Someone Raise Your Hands And Shout Glory To God.
Now the devil says; O no, I've got to stop this message some
how. He's stepping on my territory now. He's telling those folk
that they can have victory over me. He's telling them that they
don't have to put up with being bound by me any longer. He's
telling them that if they'll let God's POWER, (which is Greater
then the power of sin and darkness), come into their lives that it
will DELIVER THEM and set them free from my power. I've got
to do something to stop this quick: WOMAN GET UP AND SAY
SOMETHING. So right in the middle of Jesus' preaching this
little woman jumps up and hollers out. All heads turn to see what
in the world is going on. What could this woman have to say that
is so important she'd INTERRUPT the Lord?
You see, satan knows the power of God's Word. Praise God It's
an END TO SATAN'S POWER, AND WORK IN THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO
GIVE HEED TO THE WORD OF GOD! And he doesn't want you to
latch in on the Word. He don't mind you latching in on the
NATURAL, he don't mind you latching in on everything else around
you: but he doesn't want you latching in on the Word, because
when you latch hold of God's Word you'll find VICTORY OVER
EVERYONE OF SATAN'S DEVICES, VICTORY OVER EVERYONE OF HIS
STRONGHOLDS WHEN YOU LATCH HOLD OF THE WORD OF GOD!
I want you to know that it's not always BIG INTERRUPTIONS
& DISTRACTIONS that are used to keep you away from the
Word of God and the Work of God; sometimes all it took was a SMALL
thing to do it. If you know what I'm preaching, Shout Amen. It
could have been a fight broke out in the meeting, but it wasn't,
just a little woman used by satan to speak words of CARNALITY.
The devil doesn't just want to Interrupt and Distract you: HE
WANTS TO KEEP YOU INTERRUPTED and DISTRACTED! He wants you to
live your whole life in CARNALITY and after the NATURAL.
Now I know that we live in a natural world, and we must tend to
those things at times: but God never intended for the NATURAL
TO RULE AND DOMINATE THE SPIRITUAL! God show's us that all
through His word. It is those that are LEAD BY THE SPIRIT OF
GOD WHO ARE THE SON'S OF GOD! Not those who are lead by CARNALITY,
the FLESH, and the NATURAL.
Now when things arise in your life you don't go and confer
with the NATURAL any more; YOU NOW CONFER WITH THE WORD
OF GOD! The reason many are defeated, and missing out on so
many of God's blessings, is because they have been CONFERRING
WITH FLESH AND BLOOD.
WHEN WE LOOK BACk to when God brought the children of Israel
out of Egyptian bondage, what did He use? THE SUPERNATURAL!
When He got them out what did He use to keep them out? THE
SUPERNATURAL! And what was it that kept getting them in
trouble with God? THE NATURAL, THE CARNAL, THE
FLESH! If You Know It To Be The Truth, Shout Amen.
It was the SUPERNATURAL MIRACLE WORKING POWER OF GOD
that gave them VICTORY over all of their enemies, and that
kept them in VICTORY as long as they served and OBEYED
God. And even at times when it LOOKED LIKE they were going
to have to go back, as their standing on that side of the Red Sea,
and Pharaoh's army is closing in on them fast, every thing in the
NATURAL looked to be against them and many of them satan has
filled their hearts with fear; he's telling them this is it, your
done for, there's no way out of this trouble. But God says: IF
I BE FOR YOU, WHO CAN BE AGAINST YOU? I didn't bring you to
this place for you to let the NATURAL dictate the outcome.
I didn't bring you out here for you to confer with the natural,
nor to seek the advice of the carnal and fleshly, because
do you know what that red sea is going to say if you ask it: no
you can't come across! Oh, but when you get your eyes off the
NATURAL, and you get them on God and His Word, God will say to
the Red Sea: GET OUT OF THE WAY AND LET MY PEOPLE CROSS!
Shout Glory, Shout Glory, Shout Glory.
Now if there were every a time when things look bad; that was.
But as a child of God even when things LOOK their worse we
are not to ACT ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WE ARE TO SEEK
GOD, AND ACT ON THE WORD HE GIVES US!
Moses prayed, and the Lord said; Tell all the people to stand
still and SEE MY SALVATION. Take that rod I gave you and
stretch it out over the sea, because I'm going to use the
SUPERNATURAL to get you out of this. The ARM OF FLESH can't
get you out of this, but MY ARM is great enough to make a
way where there seems to be no way. And I've come to let you know
tonight, that the God that opened up the Red Sea for them to
cross, and delivered them form Pharaoh and his army, is the same
God that saved you, the same God that's WORKING FOR YOU, HE'S
NOT WORKING AGAINST YOU AS HIS CHILD: HE'S WORKING FOR YOU!
AND HE'S GOING TO MAKE A WAY FOR YOU TONIGHT! If you
believe it nudge your neighbor and tell them; GOD'S GOING TO
MAKE A WAY FOR ME! Here's what satan does; he uses the NATURAL
TO DISTRACT US. You see he doesn't always use things that are
themselves sinful to DISTRACT us from God's Word, and the Work of
God in our daily lives, it's when we give all our attention to
those things, and no longer PUT GOD'S WORD AND WORK FIRST IN
OUR LIVES! How many know that it's not a sin to have a
fishing boat? The sin is when THE BOAT HAS YOU! It's not a
sin to own a hunting guns and fishing poles, but when the guns
and fishing poles OWN YOU it becomes sin. This applies to
anything in our lives, our WORK, our FAMILIES, our PETS, our
LIVESTOCK, our FRIENDS, our MONEY etc.. now none of these things
are sinful by themselves; BUT IT'S WHEN WE ALLOW THESE THINGS
TO KEEP US DISTRACTED FROM THE WILL OF GOD FOR US IT'S THEN THAT
WE HAVE COMMITTED SIN!
God wants us to be LEAD BY HIS SPIRIT IN EVERY THING WE DO.
Did you know that as a child of God, your life now IS TO BRING
GLORY TO GOD? As God's people our lives SHOULD SHOW FORTH
THE POWER AND GLORY OF GOD! God says, I chose you so that the
world can see MY GLORY, POWER, AND STRENGTH IN
YOUR LIVES, TO BRING ME PRAISE, AND GLORY, AND
HONOR IN THE EARTH! We have not been called to SHOW FORTH
OURSELVES! One of the greatest hindrance to men and woman
coming to Jesus, is that all they have seen out of many churches
and so-called christians is FLESH, and CARNALITY. THE
GLORY OF MAN, AND THE ABILITY OF MAN! But God says, if
you'll move out of the way, if you get out of flesh,
if you get out of the carnal, and start OPERATING BY MY
SPIRIT, AND LET ME; I'LL GET SOMETHING DONE FOR YOU!
Jesus Brings
Them Back To The Word
Let's look at verse 28 again, (But he said, Yea rather, blessed
are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.) I
like the way Jesus handles INTERRUPTIONS & DISTRACTIONS. He
POINTS THEM BACK TO THE WORD OF GOD! Shout Amen Someone.
Satan tried to take their attention FROM THE WORD OF GOD by
having this woman jump up and cause an INTERRUPTION &
DISTRACTION to get their minds off the Son of God Jesus and His
message, and focus them on Mary the mother of Jesus. And how many
know that one of the greatest RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS in the
world, the Catholic Religion is doing the same thing today?
But heres what Jesus says about it: Hold up here, Do you want
to know WHO IS BLESSED? IT'S THOSE THAT HEAR THE WORD
OF GOD, AND KEEP IT! He brings them right back to the
Word. He gets them back on track. Church we must get back on
track, we can't let the INTERRUPTIONS and all of the
DISTRACTIONS KEEP US OFF TRACK; JESUS IS POINTING US BACK
TO GOD'S WORD!
I believe Jesus is calling to many in this hour that have
allowed all the INTERRUPTIONS & DISTRACTIONS to draw them
away from the Word of God and the Work of God, and He's calling:
HEY, MY PEOPLE OVER HERE, OVER HERE, BACK TO THE
WORD, BACK TO THE WORD, BACK TO THE WORD! You
have let the INTERRUPTIONS & DISTRACTIONS TAKE YOU FROM MY
WORD; BACK TO THE WORD! BLESSED ARE THEY THAT HEAR
THE WORD, AND KEEP IT!
In Mat.17 we read about Jesus taking Peter, James and John up
in the mountain with Him for him to be Transfigured. While their
watching Jesus being Transfigured before them, all of a sudden
Moses and Elijah appear beside Him. Now if you want to see a Jew
get blessed, just let Moses show up. If you want to see a Jew
really get blessed and excited, let Moses and Elijah show up. I
want to tell you they'll have church! Shout Amen.
I want you to see this. Moses and Elijah appear, and I believe
when Peter and them saw them they went: OH GLORY, OH
HALLELUJAH, OH PRAISE THE LORD! And they probably
danced a few steps. Moved with excitement. Now there's nothing
wrong with getting EXCITED and EMOTIONAL IN OUR PRAISE.
Just make sure your getting EXCITED and EMOTIONAL OVER THE
RIGHT THING!
Peter gets so excited about wants taking place, that he speaks
before he thinks. Hey Lord, we need to build three tabernacles up
here on this mountain. One for You, one for Moses, and one for
Elijah. Another INTERRUPTION, another DISTRACTION. Do you know
that some times it can be church folk? And some times it can even
be preachers. But just as soon as Peter speaks it, ver.5 says, (While
he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and
behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.)
God was saying to Peter in a nice way: Peter, be still. They
don't need to hear what you think about it, THEY NEED TO
HEAR MY SON JESUS! What is God doing? He's DIRECTING THEM
BACK TO THE WORD! Somebody ought to Shout, Somebody ought to
Praise The Lord.
I feel the Holy Ghost saying the same thing today; FLESH BE
STILL. Preachers, teachers, christians YOU BE STILL! THIS
GENERATION DOESN'T NEED TO HEAR US: THEY NEED TO HEAR
JESUS! And until we start SPEAKING LIKE JESUS, BE
STILL! Peter, Be Still. They don't need to hear what you
think about it, because your talking in the carnal. Your talking
in the natural, your not talking anything THAT'S WORTH
ANYTHING. OR THAT'S WORTH HEARING: BE STILL! This is
my beloved Son you HEAR HIM, YOU GET BACK TO THE WORD,
GIVE YOUR ATTENTION TO THE WORD, FOR IT'S IN THE WORD
THAT YOU HAVE LIFE, IT'S IN THE WORD THAT YOU HAVE VICTORY,
AND IF YOUR GOING TO GET EXCITED ABOUT ANYTHING: GET
EXCITED ABOUT JESUS AND THE WORD!
Many in this hour get more EXCITED ABOUT a CHICKEN DINNER,
BEING ENTERTAINED, CHURCH sports EVENTS. etc.. then they are
about JESUS AND HIS WORD! But I feel like Jeremiah when he said
in Jer.15:16, ( Thy words were found, and I did eat
them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of
mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.)
Beloved, you'll find that until God's Word once again becomes
your thrill and EXCITEMENT, the FLESH, CARNALITY, and the
NATURAL WILL HOLD YOU BOUND AND A PRISONER TO IT 'S DESTROYING
WAYS. But when you TURN BACK TO JESUS AND HIS WORD, HE'LL
LOOSE THE CHAINS THAT HELD YOU BOUND, AND OPEN THE PRISON DOORS
AND SET YOU FREE!
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