#8 - God Is Fighting for You - Pr. William Lee | August 12, 2026
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The sermon titled "God Is Fighting For You," delivered by Pastor William Lee, centers on the spiritual reality that believers are engaged in a cosmic battle not against flesh and blood but against principalities, powers, and rulers of darkness. Drawing from Ephesians 6:10-12, the pastor emphasizes that while humanity faces an enemy named Satan who wages war for every soul, God is actively fighting on behalf of His children even when they are sleeping or unaware. The message reassures listeners that although the devil seeks to steal, kill, and destroy, believers possess a greater power within them through Christ. This divine protection extends to unseen forces; Pastor Lee shares an anecdote about narrowly avoiding a fatal car accident due to angelic intervention, illustrating how God guards His people behind the scenes during life's most dangerous moments.
A significant portion of the teaching addresses the critical importance of guarding one's mind against the enemy's influence through media and social platforms. The pastor explains that Satan targets human intellect specifically because controlling the frontal lobes allows him to cloud judgment and prevent individuals from making decisions for God. He warns young people in particular about becoming addicted to devices and consuming content that feeds foolishness, noting that anything controlling attention inevitably influences behavior and affections. To counteract this spiritual warfare, believers are called to be peculiar—a chosen generation distinct from the world—and must actively resist temptation by submitting themselves to God daily so that they can flee when faced with evil.
The sermon powerfully illustrates these truths through the biblical account of Jesus healing a man possessed by demons in Mark 5:1-20. The pastor describes how this individual, living among tombs and unable to be tamed like an animal due to his possession, ran to worship Jesus at His approach despite being out of his mind. This reaction demonstrates that even demonic spirits recognize the authority of Christ and bow before Him. Upon encountering Jesus, the man was not only freed from over 5,000 demons but also restored physically by receiving clothes and mental clarity, symbolizing how believers are clothed in the righteousness of Christ when they come to God. The transformation highlights that while old things pass away, new life emerges through a personal relationship with Jesus, who replaces destructive desires with His Spirit's power.
Ultimately, Pastor Lee concludes that victory is assured for those who call upon the name of Jesus, referencing his own experience where he felt demonic hands choking him until he invoked Christ's name and was instantly delivered. He encourages everyone to reject negative labels like depression or failure by embracing their identity as children of God destined for victory. The message ends with an urgent invitation for listeners to surrender their lives to Jesus now, trusting that the Lord is a strong tower providing safety and strength against all enemies. By living in this intimate relationship with Christ, believers can break generational curses, overcome personal struggles, and walk confidently in the light of God's marvelous love without fear for the future.
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Praise God today. What a blessing
blessing that song was minister to my
heart today.
I'm going to invite you to bow your
heads with me as we go to God in prayer.
Let's pray together. Eternal Father in
heaven,
God, we are so grateful that you have
brought us to this midday service to
worship your holy name.
Now God, we do ask that you would indeed
move in this place through the preaching
of your holy word. God, give us ears to
hear, minds to understand, and then the
will to be able to walk in your will and
in your way. We thank you, oh God, for
your word today that is a lamp unto our
feet and a light unto our path. Speak to
us, God, even now, for we do ask it in
Jesus' name. Amen. Amen.
I invite you to take your Bibles with me
to go with me to the book of Ephesians
today, Ephesians chapter 6.
I'm going to begin to reading beginning
at verse number 10. Ephesians chapter 6.
And beginning at verse number 10, our
sermon today is entitled God is fighting
for you.
God is fighting for you. Ephesians
chapter 6. And beginning at verse number
10.
The word of God says today, Bible says,
Paul says, "Finally, my brethren,
be strong in the Lord, and in the power
of his might. Put on the whole armor of
God, that you may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and
blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of
the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places.
Again, our subject today is entitled God
is fighting for us.
Beloved,
if the cosmic curtain could be removed,
you would see today that there is a war
that is going on for every single last
one of our souls. The Bible tells us
that we don't wrestle against flesh and
blood. That is, we don't wrestle against
each other. But, the Bible says that we
wrestle against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of this
world, against spiritual wickedness in
high places. The Bible is clear today
that we have an enemy, and the enemy's
name is the devil and Satan. There's a
battle that is going on for every single
last one of our souls. This earth that
we live in right now is the center stage
of a drama between Christ and between
Satan. The Bible says in John 10 and
verse 10 that the thief cometh only to
steal, kill, and destroy. But, I've come
that you may have a life and have life
more abundantly. There is a battle that
is raging right now. You see, ladies and
gentlemen, the devil believes that he
can destroy every single last one of us.
He has waged a war against our children.
He's waged war against the church of the
living God. He's waged war against every
single last one of us, but I thank God
today that our God is more powerful than
the devil is. Who says, "Amen?" Our God
is fighting for us every single day of
our lives. Matter of fact, I read one
time that that while we were sleeping at
night, that there was a warfare going on
for our souls. But the reason we were
able to wake up and be in our right mind
is because God sent his angels to keep
us all throughout the night season. What
a powerful God we serve. God is fighting
for us right now. God desires that we
will submit to his holy will and his
holy way every single day. The Bible
says that the angel of the Lord
encampeth around those that fear him. I
thank God for his Holy Spirit and his
angels. God is always working behind the
scenes right now to be able to deliver
us from the hands of the enemy. Hear me
today. I want to specifically preach
today to all of us, but definitely our
young people on today. Young people,
hear me again. There is a war that is
going on for your soul. The devil wants
your mind because he understands if he
can have your mind, he can have your
entire body. But the Bible says,
"Greater is he that's within us than he
that's within this world." In other
words, we as the people of God can have
more power than the devil has. How many
of y'all can say amen?
We are more than conquerors according to
the word of God. The devil does not have
power over us. We can have power over
the enemy.
Take your Bibles right now. Go with me
to Revelation chapter 12. Let's look
this morning at the origin of the great
controversy. Revelation chapter 12 and
beginning now with verse number seven.
This battle that is going on for the
human soul, Revelation 12 and verse 7
through 9, the Bible says these words.
The Bible says, "And there was war."
There was what, everybody?
War in heaven. Michael and his angels
fought against the dragon and the dragon
fought and his angels. Now, stop right
there. The Bible says there was war
where, everybody?
In heaven. Michael, which is the warrior
name for Jesus. Whenever you see the
word Michael in scripture, it shows us
that it is Jesus that is fighting for
you and I. Matter of fact, the word
Michael, that word L, that if you look
at L, E, L, it means God. And in
Michael, Mike means who is like. So, in
other words, who is like God? This is
the warrior name for Jesus. Jesus and
his angels fought against the dragon and
the dragon fought and his angels. Now,
speak to me, somebody. Who is the
dragon?
Satan is. And the Bible says in verse 8,
"And prevailed not. Neither was their
place found any more in heaven." "For
the great dragon was cast out, that old
serpent called the devil and Satan,
which deceiveth the whole world. He was
cast out into the earth and his angels
were cast out with him."
Look at the word of God today. Where was
the devil cast out? The Bible says that
he was cast out into the earth, planet
Earth right now. How many angels were
cast out with him
that are now living on Earth. Well, the
Bible says in Revelation chapter 1
that 1/3 of the stars of heaven, the
stars equal angels, they were cast out
onto the Earth. Now, I want you to
understand this somebody because while
God has sent his angels,
we also understand that there is demons
on this Earth as well.
The enemy, amen, the enemy has allowed
for his angels to roam to and fro up on
the Earth. Hear me today, the devil does
not live underneath the Earth. Are you
hearing me somebody?
The devil does not live underneath the
Earth. The Bible says the devil was cast
out onto the Earth. He is walking about
as a roaring lion seeking who he may
devour. Now, if there are and I believe
this that every last one of us have
guardian angels. How many of y'all
believe that today? You believe that?
That God has given us guardian angels. I
say hallelujah for that. That God has
angels that are standing beside us every
single day. Well, let's do some math
right now. If there are around I believe
it's around 8 billion a little over 8
billion
humans on Earth right now. And all of
these angels, there are these 8 billion
that we know about angels that are
guardian angels even now. 1/3
of those angels in heaven were cast out.
That means this, that there are billions
and billions of fallen angels that are
walking around on planet Earth.
And they're not just walking around
casually, they are trying to destroy the
people of God. The Bible says that there
appeared another wonder in heaven, and
behold a great red dragon having seven
heads and 10 horns and seven crowns upon
his head, and he drew the third part of
the stars of heaven and did cast them to
the earth. And the dragon stood before
the woman which was ready to be
delivered for to devour her child as
soon as it was to be born. Planet Earth
is the center stage of a drama between
Christ and between Satan, and you and I
are in the midst of that battle right
now.
There's a war that's going on. That's
why the Bible tells us today hear the
word of God. 1 Peter 5 and verse 8. The
Bible says, "Be sober.
Be vigilant because your adversary the
devil as a what everybody? Roaring lion
walketh about seeking in whom he may
devour." The enemy is trying to devour
every single last one of us. Hear me
today young people somebody that we need
to be careful what we yield our minds
to.
When I was growing up in the church, we
used to sing a little song that said,
"Be careful little eyes what you see. Be
careful little ears what you hear." And
the reality is is that one of the main
avenues that the enemy comes in is
through the avenues of media, through
the things that we watch, the things
that we hear, and I want to tell you
right now in the name of Jesus,
everybody be careful on how we open
ourselves to hands of the enemy.
I want to tell you this right now that
Look at the screen right now that social
media
and I believe all of us at some point
are on and have been on social media.
While it is a great tool to connect with
people, how many of y'all know that so
many of our young people are addicted to
social media?
They're always on cell phones, are
always on a tablet playing games. You
can hardly keep their attention today
because the enemy is always trying to
get and capture our minds.
Hear me. The last battleground
that the enemy is coming after, he's
coming after our minds.
Our frontal lobes. Why? Because that is
where we make decisions for God or
against God. And the enemy says, "If I
can cloud your mind with so much
foolishness and nonsense, then you will
not make a decision for Jesus Christ."
That's why the Bible says, "Let this
mind be in you that is also in Christ
Jesus." You've got to be careful what
you allow to come into your mind. Come
on, say amen somebody.
Anything that controls your attention
can influence your behavior. Can I say
it again? Anything that can control your
attention can influence your behavior.
In other words, anything that constantly
feeds your mind can influence your
affections.
Anything that repeatedly tells you who
you ought to be can make you forget who
God says you are.
First Peter, oh I love this. First Peter
chapter 2 and verse 9. Look at the word
of God. First Peter 2 and verse 9, the
Bible says, "But you
are a chosen generation,
a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a
peculiar people that you shall show
forth the praises of him that called you
out of darkness into his marvelous
light." Church, we are a chosen
generation.
We are a royal priesthood. We are a holy
nation. We are not to be like everybody
else.
GOD HAS CALLED US TO BE PECULIAR. GOD
HAS CALLED us to be different. And I
thank God for the Seventh-day Adventist
Church that understands that we cannot
be like everybody else.
We cannot drink everything that
everybody drinks. We cannot wear
everything that everybody else wears. We
cannot behave like the world. God has
called us out of the world to be light
for the world. God has called us to be
light in these last days. And I thank
God for the light of Jesus Christ. There
is a controversy that is going on around
us. And I want to look at it right now.
There's a story that I want to look at
from the word of God. It is one of the
most powerful stories in the Bible. And
I want you to hear me right now. Mark
chapter 5, go there right now. Mark 5
and beginning at verse number 1.
I want you to see just how evil the
devil is and just how good our God is.
Mark chapter 5 and beginning now at
verse number one, the Bible says this,
"And they came over
on the other side of the sea into the
country of the Gadarenes. And when he,
Jesus, was come out of the ship,
immediately there met him out of the
tombs a man with an unclean spirit."
Verse three says, "Who had his dwelling
among the tombs.
And no man could bind him, no, not with
chains.
Because that he had often been bound
with fetters and chains, and the chains
had been plucked asunder by him, and the
fetters broken in pieces. Neither could
any man tame him. And always, night and
day, he was in the mountains and in the
tombs crying and cutting himself with
stones. But when he saw Jesus afar off,
he ran and worshipped him.
And he cried with a loud voice and said,
"What have I to do with thee, Jesus,
thou son of the most high God? I adjure
thee by God that thou torment me not."
For he said unto him that demons come
out of the man, thou unclean spirit. And
he asked him, "What is thy name?" And he
answered and said, "My name is legion,
for we are many."
And he, the demons, besought him that he
would not send them away out of the
country. Now, there was nigh unto the
mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
And all the devils besought him, saying,
"Send us into the swine, that we may
enter into them."
And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And
the unclean spirit went out and entered
into the swine. And the herd ran
violently down a steep place into the
sea. And there was about 2,000 and were
choked in the sea. And they that fed fed
the swine fled and told it in the city
and the country. And they went out to
see that which was done. Verse 15. And
they come to Jesus and see him that was
possessed with the devil that had the
legion sitting and clothed in his right
mind, and they were afraid.
And they that saw it told them how it be
fell him that was possessed with the
devil and also concerning the swine. And
they began to pray him, Jesus, to depart
out of their coasts. And when he was
come into the ship that had been
possessed he had that been possessed
with the devil prayed him that he might
be with him. Two more verses. Howbeit
Jesus suffered him not, but said unto
him,
"Go home to thy friends and tell him how
great things the Lord has done for thee
and have that compassion on thee." Last
verse. And he departed and began to
publish in Decapolis how great things
Jesus had done for him, and all men did
marvel. Who says amen to God's word?
Oh, don't miss this today. The Bible
says that there was a man
that was a literally out of his mind.
Bible says that he lived in the hill
countries amongst the dead.
His physical address is the graveyard.
This man is being possessed
by demons.
This man in our text today has yielded
himself to an unclean spirit. He now
begins to have self-abusive behavior.
He's cutting himself. He's screaming at
the top of his lungs. He's out of his
mind in the text today. And the Bible
says that while he is living there in
the country in the graveyards, that he
is not only abusive, but he's violent.
His mind is gone. He's lost his senses.
He has supernatural strength. He cannot
be tamed by anybody. No man can tame
him. Matter of fact, you don't tame men,
you tame animals.
SO, WHAT THE BIBLE IS TRYING to help us
see was that this man was more like an
animal than he was really a man.
Uh, but the Bible says this. Bible says,
"But when he saw Jesus
afar off,
oh, I feel like preaching somebody right
now. He ran and worshipped him."
Now, I don't want you to miss this right
now. This man is out of his mind. This
man is being possessed by demons. BUT
THE MOMENT THE man sees Jesus,
the Bible says the man begins running to
Jesus. That is, the man is running, but
the demons are running and the Bible
says that they fall down and begin to
worship Jesus.
Oh, church of the living God, the demons
know who Jesus is.
And the demons are SUBJECT TO THE POWER
OF OUR GOD.
OH, I love this today somebody that when
they saw Jesus afar off, they ran and
worshipped him. Even
the demons have to bow down to Jesus.
Power in the name of Jesus. Let me tell
you something somebody, I don't care
what you are facing in life right now.
There is nothing too hard for our God.
God can restore your mind. God can give
you intelligence beyond belief. God can
save your soul. There is nothing too
hard for our God. Oh, every single day
of our lives, when we wake up in the
morning, we ought to run to Jesus every
single day. Every day we ought to run.
Uh, you know why? Because the Bible says
in James 4 and verse 7,
the Bible says, "Submit yourselves then
to God. Resist
the devil and he will do what? And he
will flee from you." Every single day
you have to die to yourself. Every day
you must say, "God, empty me of myself
and fill me with the Holy Ghost.
Fill me with the Holy Ghost. Fill me
with the Holy Ghost. Help me to be more
than a conqueror through the name of
Jesus." Young people,
I want you to hear me right now and
everybody today, we have more power than
we really understand.
See, we have a secret weapon.
And our secret weapon is not guns and
knives. Our secret weapon is not just
some some some kind of stash of power,
but our secret weapon is the Holy Ghost.
When God comes in, the devil must walk
out.
But we have to guard the avenues of our
minds and of our hearts. The Bible says
this, "And he cried with a loud voice
and said, 'What have I to do with thee,
Jesus,
the son of the most high God? I adjure
thee by God that thou torment me not.'"
Now, understand this, church.
This
is not the man speaking.
This is the demons that are speaking
through the man.
And the demons say to the The demons say
to Jesus, they call him the son of the
most high God.
Because even the demons know that Jesus
is the Messiah.
THEY MUST BOW before him. And they say,
"Please, God. Please, have you come to
torment me before time?" Because they
know that their time is going to come to
an end one day. And the Bible says in
verse 8, "And he said unto them," the
demons, he says to them, he says, "Come
out of the man, thou unclean spirit."
And verse 9 says, "And then he asked
them."
Don't miss this.
He says, "What is your name?"
Now, names have power.
Huh?
Alten- Alteniro? Did I say it correctly?
Born in night, help me out. Born in the
night.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got it. Yeah, yeah,
born in night, right? Names have power.
When you name somebody, you give them
power. Well, in this text right here,
Jesus says, "What is your name?" And he
answered and said, "My name is legion,
for we are many." Again, this is the
enemy speaking right now. Let me tell
you right now.
There's power in a name.
Uh-huh.
Don't ever let somebody call you a name
that your mother did not call you.
Sometimes we subject ourselves to a name
CALLED DEPRESSION.
WE SUBJECT ourselves to a name called
less than. But, can I tell you that that
is not who we are? We are the children
of God. We have been bought with a
price. We are the head and not the tail.
We are above and not beneath. My name is
victory. Matter of fact, turn to your
neighbor and say, "Neighbor, my name is
victory. My name is victory. My name is
victory. I am who God wants me to be."
Who is thy name? He says, "My name is
legion, because we are many." In other
words, legion is a Roman army.
This man, you know the story, has been
possessed by over 5,000
demons on the inside of his life.
And I wish
that the Bible would have told us
how he allowed for all of these unclean
spirits to enter on the inside of him.
I WISH THE BIBLE HAD OF TOLD us that
that maybe he was playing with Ouija
boards. Maybe he had opened the door to
some kind of unclean spirit. Maybe he
was online and watching a site that was
filled with uncleanliness. The Bible
does not say, BUT THE BIBLE DOES TELL us
that we need to guard the avenues of our
eyes.
Guard the avenues of your ears. Look at
verse 10 now. And the demon besought him
that he would not send them away out of
the country. Verse 11, now there was
unto nigh the mountains a great herd of
swine feeding. And the Bible says that
with Jesus now with just one word.
Jesus commands that the demons begin to
leave. And the Bible says that the
demons are evacuated,
they are expelled, they are cast away
from this man. Let me tell you right
now, you need to understand that God has
the power.
Oh, I don't know if you hear me today.
God can deliver anybody.
I don't care how hard it is. Our God is
a delivering kind of God. He loves to
deliver his children. Now understand
this, in our text today Jesus speaks a
word
and the demons must be subject to God's
word. He speaks a word and they begin to
flee. Now hear me right now. The Bible
says this.
Uh God, speak to us.
That this man
was completely out of his mind.
Church, we are living
in a pandemic
of unstableness
as relates to the human mind.
I want to say it again, guys, that that
there is a battle that is going on. Even
Paul said it like this. Paul says, "The
things that I don't want to do are the
very things I find myself doing."
And the very things that I tried to give
up are the very things that I'm doing.
There is a tug of war for the human
soul.
But I thank God that every single day of
our lives that there are unseen forces.
Church, we have God the Father,
we have God the Son, we have God the
Holy Ghost, and we have angels that are
fighting on our behalf.
We have angel armies that you cannot
even see.
I like this because I will never forget
it. One time I was I was driving down
the street with a with my kids in the
back seat of my car.
And as I was driving there, I could not
see just a little bit in front of me.
And I was getting ready to turn left,
and there was a car that was speeding
right at my direction. We were coming
head-on
for a head-on collision.
And as I was sitting there, I braced
myself, and I said, "Jesus!"
And at that very moment, that car that
was flying down the road, and my car
that was going fast, we both slammed on
our brakes, and our cars came this close
together.
We didn't hit one another.
I pulled into the parking lot, and I
know you may judge me, but I had a
praise and Thanksgiving celebration in
that parking lot.
I begin to say, "God, thank you. Thank
you. Thank you." My kids saw everything
that was going on, and I thank God that
even when the enemy tries to take us
out, that God will send an angel to keep
us in the nick of time.
God is there for us. This man was
struggling
because he allowed
for some kind of demonic spirits
to come inside of us.
Now, I I I want to pause
cuz I don't want to I I speak fast and I
get energetic and and and and passionate
when I preach, but I want to hear me one
more time. Hear me one more time.
We wrestle not
against flesh and blood.
There is a war for your family. I
believe that there are sometimes
generational curses that exist amongst
our families.
There There are patterns of behavior
that exist in our families. There are
some families that have curses of of
always having divorce.
Curses of alcoholism.
Curses of drug abuse. But my Bible tells
me that our God is a chain-breaking
God.
He can break every curse. He can break
every chain. He can guide and guard your
mind that when the devil comes tries to
come in,
God will raise a standard up against the
enemy.
He will raise a standard against enemy.
Jesus looks at that spirit, and Jesus
now says, with all power in his hands,
he says, "Come out of that man, thou
unclean spirit." Oh, church,
every last one of those demons were
subject to the name of Jesus.
They all came out and entered into the
swine.
And the Bible says that the swine now,
THEY RUN VIOLENTLY down this cliff and
they all choked themselves in the cliff
and died.
And now, all of a sudden,
they want to know who is this Jesus.
Who is this man that is messing up OUR
ECONOMY? WHO IS this man who is causing
havoc in the land? And they begin to
pray that Jesus would leave.
Oh, but the Bible tells us something
interesting in verse 15. Bible says
this, "And when they come to Jesus,
they see him that was possessed with the
devil and had the legion, he is sitting
and clothed in his right mind, and they
were afraid."
Now, you missed something in the text
because the Bible tells us earlier that
he was naked,
he was cutting himself, he was literally
out of his mind.
But when he met Jesus,
Jesus
changed
his entire life.
Church,
I can tell you today
with 10 toes down that when Jesus comes
in, he will change your life.
He'll give you power.
He'll give you strength.
He'll give you victory even over the
sins that you've been battling. And can
we be honest today?
Every last one of us have been battling
with something in our lives.
All of us have something that God is
convicting us of that we must break in
the NAME OF JESUS. GOD has something
that he's been telling us that listen,
if you don't let go of it, it is going
to control you and possess you. But hear
me today, when Jesus comes in, he is
able to take the taste out of your
mouth. He's able to take the desires out
of your soul and he will replace them
with the power of his spirit. So the
things that you used to like, you won't
like them anymore because God has now
replaced them with the power of his
spirit.
You'll become more loving and more
graceful and more powerful. The Bible
says that he was possessed with a devil,
the legion, but now he's sitting there
and he's clothed in his right mind. Now
church, the Bible says that he has some
clothes on. And the question I have for
you today, look at that. He that was
coming to Jesus, they saw him that was
possessed with the devil and the legion,
he was sitting clothed and clothed and
in his right mind.
Church,
he was naked a few moments ago.
Where did the clothes come from?
Oh, you missed it today.
He he he did not have clothes on at all,
but when he met Jesus, the Bible says
all of a sudden now, he was running
naked, he was out of his mind, but now
he has clothes. Can I tell you what I
believe the clothes are?
He was clothed with the righteousness of
Jesus Christ.
You see, whenever you come to God, our
righteousness is as filthy rags. The
Bible says there is none righteous, no,
not one. But when we come to Jesus, he
takes his perfect righteousness and he
puts it on our filthiness and then God
accounts US AS RIGHTEOUS.
OH, WHAT A MARVELOUS God that is. He
says that you can be righteous because I
will clothe you with my white robe of
righteousness.
He's clothed and sitting in his right
mind. And the Bible says, "And when he
was come into the ship,
he that had been possessed with the
devil,
he prayed that he might be with him."
You know why he did that? Because
whenever Jesus changes your life,
the natural proclivity
is that you want to be with Jesus.
My junior year of high school, I met
Jesus for myself.
I was born in the church. I said it
before, I was an Adventurer, Pathfinder,
AY.
I was just like these little little ones
right here. I was the perfect little
church kid, but I did not know Jesus for
myself.
I knew the hymns. I knew the aim, the
motto, and the pledge. I could keep a
level eye. I could be courteous and
obedient. I could walk softly in the
sanctuary. I KNEW ALL THE RIGHT STUFF,
BUT I DID NOT KNOW Jesus for myself.
But when I began to know Jesus,
I began to know the power of his love,
the power of his grace.
And from those days from my when I met
Jesus, my junior year of high school,
from that day to today, my life has
never been the same.
I've got joy, unspeakable joy. I live
for God. I want to serve God. And the
Bible says that this man, he prays and
says, "Jesus, can I walk with you now?
Can I be with you?"
And the Bible says that Jesus says, "How
be it? No, no, no." He says, "Suffer him
not." But he says to him, he says, "Go
home
to your friends
and tell them how great things the Lord
has done for you and has had compassion
on you." And verse 20, the Bible says,
"And he departed." Hear me, y'all. "And
he began to publish in Decapolis how
great things Jesus had done for him, and
all men did marvel." You see, church,
when you have been touched by Jesus, you
want to go and tell everybody else.
When you've been touched by Jesus, you
can't help but share the gospel with
somebody else. What God wants from us is
a personal, intimate relationship with
himself.
Jeremiah 33:3 says, "Call to me, and I
will answer you.
And I will show you great and mighty
things which you do not know."
What has God done for us?
Revelation 1:5,
he has washed us, he's a loved us,
washed us from our sins,
he's cleansed us from all
unrighteousness.
He has made us kings and priests. That's
why my name is not just Dr. Lee, but
it's Prince Lee. Come on, somebody
Prince Lee. Amen.
I'm a king. You are queen in the eyes of
God. And Philippians 2:9-11 says,
"Wherefore God
has highly exalted him
and given him a name
which is above every name. I'm sorry
that the name of Jesus every knee shall
bow of things in heaven and in things on
the earth
and that every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory
of the Father."
Our last text says, "Therefore
if anyone
be in Christ
he is a new creature.
Old things are passed away. Behold, all
things become brand new." Who says amen
today?
We can have victory in Jesus.
I want to share one last story with you
today. Victory in Jesus.
I don't know if you could play very,
very softly right now. Just uh see very,
very softly.
I want to share with you young people
and everybody a story that happened to
me.
Real soft very soft.
There was Hear me. Please hear me.
My first year
of university
I had a roommate
whom the enemy
was doing everything he could to destroy
him.
My roommate
at the time
was living a life
that was outside of the will of God.
I'm living with him every single day in
the dorm.
And oftentimes he would not come in
because [music]
he was really
he I was a freshman, he was a junior. He
was living with his girlfriend.
He was living outside of the will of
God.
Church, I'll never forget [music] it.
One night
I was in my bed.
And when I was there inside of the bed
he came into the room. God help us.
He walked into the room
and he got inside of his bed.
I wasn't asleep.
And he asked me, he says, "William,
are you asleep?" I said, "No."
He says, "I have a question for you."
He said, "William, should I break it off
with my girlfriend? You know what I'm
doing. Should I Should I start living
right? SHOULD SHOULD I GIVE MY LIFE TO
GOD?
WILLIAM, I KNOW." Real soft and and and
I said to him, "Listen, man.
You need to get right with God."
And the moment I said get right with
God, I felt two hands around my neck.
I'm lying in my bed on one side of the
room. He's lying in his bed on the other
side of the room. And the moment I said,
"Come on now, get right with God." I
felt the room go cold.
Two hands are around my neck.
I'm choking right now because the devil
is trying to take me out because my
roommate is being wrestled by the enemy.
And when I'm lying there, I'm saying,
And my roommate says, [music] "Quit
playing, William. Quit playing. What do
you think? SHOULD I BREAK IT OFF?" AND
I'M SAYING,
>> [screaming]
>> "UH!"
BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT GOD.
When you grow up in THE CHURCH
AND KNOW GOD FOR YOURSELF,
GOD WILL BRING BACK TO REMEMBRANCE THE
POWER OF HIS SPIRIT.
AND WHEN I'M LYING THERE ON MY BED
feeling hands over my neck and the
enemy's trying to take me out, the
thought COMES MY MIND, "YOU better call
on the name of Jesus."
And when I lay there on that bed, I
said,
"IN THE NAME
OF JESUS."
AND WHEN I CALLED UPON THAT HAND on the
name of Jesus, those hands released
themselves from me. The room came back
warm and I told my roommate THAT THE
DEVIL IS AFTER YOU AND THE DEVIL WANTS
TO KILL YOU BECAUSE HE TRIED TO KILL ME,
BUT GOD GAVE ME POWER TO BE ABLE TO CALL
UPON HIS NAME because there's victory in
Jesus.
We have nothing to fear for the future
unless FORGET HOW GOD HAS LED us in the
past.
God wants to give us his spirit.
If you hear nothing else I say,
understand this.
You better learn how to call on the name
of Jesus.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower
and the righteous can run to it and are
safe. Who believes God's word today?
You believe there's power in the name of
Jesus? Come on, you believe there's
power in the name of Jesus?
I want you to do one thing for me right
now.
Just call this name. Say Jesus.
Say say Jesus.
Come on, say Jesus.
Son of the living God.
Lord, save me right now.
No, no, save me right now.
Give me power over the enemy.
And may I live for you.
In Jesus' name.
Amen.
Amen. God bless you today. God bless
you.
God bless you. As the singers come,
there may be someone today
that simply wants to say yes to Jesus.
You may need special prayer.
You may simply want to say, I want to
surrender my life.
In the 60 seconds that we have, just
just simply ask God right now. That's
you.
Won't you wave just raise your hand
right now. Just wave your hand. You
don't have to come. God bless you. I see
you right there. God bless you. Look at
the children there. God bless you,
children.
Is there someone else today that wants
to say, Lord, I'm coming back home?
I want you as my Lord and savior.
Oh, I see you, my children. I see you,
young people. I see you.
God bless you.
Let me pray one more time for you.
Father, Lord, God, see every hand.
And Lord, [music] save every single last
one of us.
Thank you, God, for your word today.
May we live in power. May we live in
strength. And may the enemy [music] have
no authority in our lives. In Jesus'
name. Amen.