What Happens When Grace Is Kept In Place? | Apostle Leroy Thompson Sr.

So what happen when grace is kept in place? Number one, you'll be full of grace wisdom, full of the wisdom of the cross and all the things that Jesus did. Grace can't fail for it has passed every test. Now when you're talking about grace, I want you to think about the cross. I want the blood, the burial, the resurrection, the ascension. All of that is in grace. So tonight you will experience an apostolic grace shifting. Grace is the rim of the finish. I'm not trying to get something done. It's already done. It's mine and I claim it by grace. [Music] Father, we thank you for the privilege of gathering around your word. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we yield to the Holy Spirit that we may learn how to walk with you. Thank you tonight. Reveal yourself in Jesus name. Amen. You may be seated. Apostolically uh the church will have to learn to flow in deeper dimensions of the spirit. A lot of things been put off on the church and uh we have scriptures we we praying but yet there's a lot of things that we we're not using and uh the Lord won't point some things out to us. um the apostolic structure heavens to earth government which open the porters of the supernatural so all those connected can enter in and benefit turn to Ephesians 4 I'm going to read out of the passion Bible Ephesians 4 verse 11 there there's an aspect of grace. I want to train you tonight under the subject what happened when grace is kept in place. What happened when grace is kept in place? That's one of the things the enemy don't want but that we going to do it. Uh in Ephesians 4:11 in the Passion Bible we see here and he has appointed some with grace to be apostles and some with grace to be prophet and some with grace to be evangelists and some with grace to be pastors and some with grace to be teachers. Notice he keeps saying grace in translation. And their calling is to m to neutral and prepare all the holy believer to do their own work of ministry. Isn't that something? Yes, sir. And as they do this, they will enlarge and build up the body of Christ. Now notice, notice this next statement. These grace ministries will function until we all obtain oneness in the faith. until we all experience the fullness of what it means to know the son of God. And finally, we become one into a perfect man with the full dimension of spiritual maturity with the full dimensions. Dimension is plural of spiritual maturity and fully developed in the abundant Christ. The abundance of Christ. All right. Turn up to first Corinthian. 1 Corinthians chapter 15. Verse 10. But God amazing grace have made me who I am. You got that? You got that? Yes, sir. Because when you when you talk about grace, you are talking about the cross and all that the cross provided for us. You you have to understand that grace and cross are exchangeable words. Grace and redemption are exchangeable words and you want to know about it. You want you want to be clear on it. Uh in this 10th verse, he shows us some things that we need to understand. But God amazing grace had made me who I am. That's a broad statement now. Yes, sir. Huh? So if I leave grace out, if I don't understand grace, I'm not who I am. And and I've seen that in the church at large. All these years I've watched it. Uh actually we're not living like we should live uh above everything abundantly sir at peace no matter what come up sir is because grace was snatched out of the teaching you say but God amazing grace have made me who I am so if I don't know about grace I don't know who I am that's Right. Right. Yes, sir. And his grace to me was not fruitless. Fruitless grace. Is it possible somewhere in our lives that grace had been fruitless? And that's what we're training and digging for tonight. We're going to dig so you'll know some more ways to yield to grace. Amen. In fact, I work harder than all the rest, yet not in my own strength. Notice that. But God's for his empowering grace is poured out upon me. His empowering grace there's an empowerment in grace that you won't be able to get from nowhere else. So what happened when grace is kept in place? Number one, you be full of grace, wisdom. Full of grace, wisdom. Full of the wisdom of the cross and all the things that Jesus did. And then here, hear it clearly. Grace can't fail for it has passed every test. Yes. That's good. Now, when you're talking about grace, I want you to think about the cross. I want to think about the blood. I want you to think about uh the burial, the resurrection, the ascension. All of that is in grace. So, grace can't fail for it passed every test. So, tonight you will experience an apostolic grace shifting. Now, listen very carefully. Grace is the rim of the finish. You didn't catch it. You didn't catch it. Yep. You didn't catch it. You didn't catch it. Yep. Great. It's already done. Grace is the realm. I'm not trying to get something done. It's already done. Yes, sir. It's mine and I claim it by grace. Yes, sir. Another aspect that we need to watch. Grace is in the realm of holiness. Christians supposed to be holy. Yes, sir. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yes, sir. We We supposed to live right. Hallelujah. Yeah. Thank you, sir. We're supposed to live right. Yes, sir. Grace is the realm of holiness. Uh you you live right. So, actually, grace is living in the finished work of Christ daily. Living in the finished work of Christ daily. And these things had to be taught over and over again. Uh the Holy Spirit keep inspiring me. Living in yesterday's dreams blind us today's reality. That's good. And to the possibility of tomorrow's hope. You can't live spiritually historically. You got to live in fresh grace. Living in yesterday dream blinds us to today's realities and to the possibilities of hope tomorrow. Faith keeps grace in the present. Yes. Making the power of the cross available at all times. Wow. Hallelujah. Faith. Come on. Keep grace in the present. Making the power of the cross available at all time. You imagine what your life would be like if the power of the cross is funking all the time. Yes, sir. The now listen to this. Good. Get it down. Good. The grace through faith lifestyle is what Jesus want us to live in victory, freedom, holiness, miracles, signs and wonders are waiting on the church to step in and to step out. All slipping and tripping in your life will be shut down by the power of grace. All slipping and tripping in your life will be shut down by the power of grace. Turn to Galatians chapter 2 verse 20. Galatians chapter 2 verse 20. All right, Lord. Look, look at the first statement in the 21st verse. Then we're going to read the 20th verse. But look at the first statement. I I didn't ask for no new Kang Jan version. Give me the K Jan version. and they'll get it straight. Galatians 2:20. Let me get Bessie out here. You see 21st verse says the first statement 21st verse says I do not frustrate the grace of God. Now I think at Lloyd that would have happened in the church because of not having the apostolic in place to keep grace in place. Right. All right. Grace teaching in place. You follow what I'm saying? Cuz because the pastor, the teacher, all us will be teaching the same thing. Sure. We're working for the same God. We got the same power. We just got to coordinate and work together. You follow what I'm saying? and said, "So to a large degree, what has happened in the average life, Grace had been frustrated, been trying to do it some other kind of way or try to make it happen, try to make something happen that God has already made happen." And so it's frustrate grace. And when grace is frustrated, you frustrate your faith also. Right? So he say in that 24th verse, I do not frustrate the grace of God. Let's go back up to the 20th verse. I'm crucified with Christ. Crucified as grace, you see. Nevertheless, I live yet not I, but Christ liveth in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. Then he said, I will not frustrate the grace of God. You see that? Yes, sir. Are y'all with me? Yes, sir. All right. Now, let's go back to that verse in the King James version in 1 Corinthian 15. Again, I want to show you something. You hold your whole first Corinthians 15:10 the 10th verse now and see and and grace is mentioned in that verse three times. Yes. uh three three facet of functioning of grace is mentioned in that verse. Uhhuh. You have to meditate long enough to grab those three things out there saying three different things about grace. Yes, sir. He says, "But by the grace of God, I am what I am." That's a broad statement, isn't it? Yes, sir. Uh-huh. and his grace was that which was bestowed upon me was not in vain. Now that's what it say in the book. But because of a lack of teaching and a lack of understanding at large the church in his second statement and his grace that was restored me was not in vain. It is in vain because if you don't know what it is, if you don't know how you don't know how to function and you don't know how great it is. You you're not dependent on on on on operate in grace and your faith really don't have nothing to work with. Yes, sir. Cuz your faith has to be grace based. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Follow me? Yes sir. And so what what I'm asking you to do is as we study uh make the adjustments but by the grace of God I am what I am. Okay? So uh I am not if I don't know grace. Yes sir. If I'm not functioning in grace I'm not what God want me to be. But thank God. Thank God. We functioning in grace. Let me read it again. But by the grace of God, I am what I am. So there's a I amness in grace. In the spirit world that not by emotion, it's a reality. It's it's a power. It's a position. It's it's it's a personal uh uh contact with God. It it make you above the world. It puts Satan under your feet because you're walking in a dimension that is higher than him. See, grace is is a high uh dimension of God that the believer can carry with them everywhere they go. Are you following me? Yes, sir. But by the grace of God, I am what I am. And and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain, but I labor more abundant than they all. Now watch what he said. Yet not I. But the grace of God which was with me. So it's three three aspect of of grace is taught there to cause you to function in another dimension. Listen what? Listen here. Let me give you number two. Uh limitations will leave your ministry and your life. Limitation will leave your ministry. Limitation will leave your life. You function in grace. Limitation will leave leaves leave your life. Yes, sir. Hebrews 12:1 and2. Hebrews 12. Now remember, we dealing with what happened when grace is kept in place. Now we're talking about limitation. We have to leave your ministry. And now notice I'm putting you in the ministry. Notice I said I'm putting you in the ministry. You not just a pure sea setter. All of us supposed to be ministering. Yes sir. You got people been in church 40 years never witness to nobody. Never asking about Jesus crossing the line. I I went I ministered to a young white boy 17 today and uh he said, "Sir, I don't know what you're talking about." I explained it to him and he got born again. That's our job. Think about it. How many people you witness to in your lifetime? How many people you brought to Christ? Yes. See, and and we we we what what happened is the standard method is the church doors are open. 99% of is Christian. You know what I'm saying? And they thought that's the way it's supposed to be done. But the Bible say different. The Bible say we supposed to be oneonone. You go to you go to get your hair fix, you go to the store, you ought to always be alert. Yes, sir. Can I bring somebody in? Yes, sir. Once you do it one or two time, then you going, "Oh, Lord, your whole life going to change." I I love it. I get on my golf car, I go looking for them. So So we have here uh in Hebrews 12:1 and 2, who who who is our example? Who's our example? Who's our example? I heard you. I heard a lady. Lady void, who is our example? Jesus. Jesus is our example. Yes, sir. And and uh uh I could say it this way. The Lord is good. Jesus lived a gracefilled life. Yes, sir. He was showing us how to live a grace life. Yes, sir. That works by faith. That's why he had so many miracle, right? Grace. Grace create miracle. because they got the power to do so. Grace create your help. Uh I was reading uh for this morning. We managing sickness. We supposed to be getting manifestation. That's good. Look at it. Look at it. We we actually managing sickness. Uh the medical world all they can do is manage sickness. They can help you but you can't stay there. Yes sir. But you see you become satisfied because the number went down but the organ ain't changed. And so you stop talking to God about it that I want my miracle. I want my grace miracle in my body. Yes sir. And so if you don't keep uh challenging God, uh asking God, uh the enemy going to keep you just managing sickness. That's right. Oo, that's something. Our days of managing sickness is over. Listen, listen to me. Listen to me. Listen to me. Uh if you need assistance, get the assistant. But don't live there every day. Say, I want to tell God, and you can get bold about it. I want my miracle. I want my miracle. I want this thing off my body. I want this organ working right. I want a new one. I want you to put a new one in there. Lord, what I want you I want you to create another heart. I want you to create another set of love. He can't give it to you unless you ask him. managing managing sickness and disease. And the church got right in the line with them. But you going to get your miracle. And don't don't stop talking to him. Don't stop talking to him till you show up. See, now you the boss, God. You going to be doing this. I'm here. You see what I'm saying? Yes sir. Yes sir. Thank you. Young the miracle. We got a miracle here. This young man wife stood. The other young man wife stood. They came to my house yesterday. He want to sew a seed in my hand. Uh he's he's supposed to be gone. But God turned it around. Glory to God. Glory to God. When Kennedy was in the hospital, they told him he wasn't had no be have no baby. But his wife didn't lie to his baby. You can look at him. Powerful man. And you see that second verse in Hebrews 12:2, looking unto Jesus, the art and finish of our fate, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross is spot and the shame and where you at now? So in your prayer time, don't ever stop. No matter no matter you took that pill and your blood pressure went down, you still not healed. Amen. Say, "I want my healing, Lord." You follow what I'm saying? I feel that, boy. That's that's that's precious there. That's real precious. Supernatural grace. What' I say? Supernatural grace that has provided everything through the cross. Supernatural grace has provided everything through the cross. So there's nothing you can ask for, you can't have because it's already provided for you. Grace is the provision of the cross in one word. Wow. That's good. Hallelujah. When you say grace, you're calling for all the provision of the cross. Lord, I want my health because of grace. Lord, I want my healing because of grace. It's already paid for. 2 Corinthians 12:9. 2 Corinthians 12:9. Supernatural grace has provided everything through the cross. Everything. Everything. Everything. Say, "Everything is provided for me." Everything is provided for me by the grace of the cross. By the grace of the cross. Glory to God. And he said unto me, "My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect in weakness." Good God Almighty. Most glad therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of God of Christ may rest upon me. Look at that. Look at that. So it's not not that you so strong. I I like what happened in Romans 8:26-28. It start out with infirmity. Then it goes to the mind of the spirit. Then it goes to the will of God. Then it goes to the Rom 8:26-28. It start out Let's look at that a minute. Yes, sir. See, you your your infirmities are a blessing. They get you out the way. Yes, sir. You you can't you can't do it. You recognize you can't do it. I need help. Help me, God. You say you said your word, you're going to help me. Help me. But if you if you're a manager and not a manifestor, you're not going to ask for the help cuz you're going to think it's normal. I feel better now. And you know, I got everything the numbers down. And you think you're right, but you're not. You hear me? What did I tell you, Tony? Yeah. I want you to read that that prayer 26 through to 28. You start out in infirmities. Then he goes to the mind of the spirit. Then he goes to the will of God. Then he goes on to his love of God. Then he goes on to the call of God. Then he goes on to the purpose of God. All in them three voices. And then all of a sudden the scripture say all things work together for good. Grace is the anointing of the cross. All the benefits of the cross is mine now. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Grace is the anointing of the cross. All the benefits of the cross is mine now. And these scriptures, you're familiar with them, but you need to look at them. Galatians chapter 3, verse 13 and 14. Galatians chapter 3, verse 13. Grace is the anointing of the cross. All the benefits of the cross is mine now. Not when I get to heaven. They're mine now. Yes, sir. Hallelujah. What what what what problem it is for God to give you a new set of loan? That's right. A new set of eyes. Let's see my son there. Ain't no problem. Just keep keep talking to him. God, what you going to do? I'm waiting on you. Don't ever give up. Are you hearing me? Yes, sir. I don't care what you're dealing with. Don't give up. Your miracle is there. Yes. Your sign is there. Your wonder is there. Your deliverance is there. Your victory is there. Your overcoming is there. Glory to God. Glory to God. Mature. Become a matured Christian. Yes, sir. Knowing that you have the right to have everything God say is yours. Don't sell her for it. Don't Don't sell her. My God. Look at Galatians 3:13. Christ have redeemed. See, redeemed redeem is is is a grace word. Christ have redeemed us from the curse of the law. All sickness, all disease is a curse. To be broke is a curse. To not be happy is a curse. Being made a curse. For as written, curse everyone hanging on a tree. So he hung on a tree. That's right. Look why. Look at the 14th verse. [Music] that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentile through Jesus Christ. That we might receive the promise of the spirit through faith. Woo. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Building by grace through faith a lifestyle of mercy and glory. What he said? What he said? What he said? What the scripture say in Hebrews 4:16? What the scripture say? There's a boldness in grace. I was meditating and God said, "Grace is bold. There's a boldness in grace." There's a boldness in the cross. There's a boldness in the blood. Boldness. I have a right to this. Not a weakness. A boldness. Hallelujah. And And listen, I haven't said nothing about your merit yet. Your merit. What? how good you live and how how good you can talk and how good you can pray. I haven't said nothing about that. No, because grace got it covered. Grace is going to help you live, right? But but but it's not on your merit. You can't Don't get on your knees and and and think you'll get it because of you. It's because of him. Here's some of the things that we must think about as we think about the greatest life. Revelation, anointing, impartation, activation, manifestation, demonstration. I'm going to go back over those. All those are grace impartation, revelation, anointing, impartation, activation, manifestation, demonstration. All that belong to you. I receive. Here's a statement that I want you to hear and and see what what the Lord going to say to you about it. You can't measure grace because it's so vast. Yes, sir. That's right. And full of doing the impossible. For it has, listen very carefully. For it has erased all impossibility. Grace has erased all impossibility. Oh my Lord. Grace has erased all impossibility. Let let let your soul and your spirit hear that. Grace has erased all impossibility. So Satan in the world and and psychology and science cannot tell me that it's something impossible for me to have. Hallelujah. I'm living in another dimension. I'm living in another realm in the realm of grace that operate by faith. Hallelujah. You can't measure grace because it's so vast and full of doing the impossible. For it has erased all the impossibilities. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Grace have ra erased all impossibility in my life. Say it. The word of God is the revelation of grace which is the foundation of faith. Grace is the father, son, holy spirit, and the kingdom all as one. Yes, sir. As I was writing and studying, he says, "Grace is the mystery of the kingdom, righteousness, peace, joy in the Holy Ghost." Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Now, now listen at this statement because I'm going to say, but I don't want you to miss it. I want you to hear this because what what you have to believe for, I want this to be in on it in your prayer. All right. Yes, sir. this statement here. Grace anointing organize and guarantee the victory at all time. Grace anointing organize and guarantee the victory at all times. Soak that up. Use it. Don't just come sit here tonight. Use it tomorrow. Use it the next day. Use it in your prayer time. Now, here here's another aspect. Grace enable you to travel at God pace in all situations. Grace enable you to travel at God pace in all situation. Wow. Now, here's what I was supposed to read to you in the beginning and at the end. He seemed to give me some prophetic words for these message. It's a short one, but this is a powerful one. Come and see. There's a kingdom way to stay free. Stand open to the flow of grace of my grace. Stand open to the flow of my grace. Open the benefits of the cross in everything. Yes, sir. Grace will keep my plan in your hand at all times. Are you listening? Yes, sir. Let's go back over a few things. What happened when grace is kept in place? Being full of grace and wisdom. Grace can't fail. for it pass every test. Hallelujah. Grace is the rim of the finish. I'm going back over some things. Grace is the rim of the finish. It is what Jesus said. It is finished. Your help is finished. The Bible promised you a long satisfied life. Yes, sir. Uh uh uh uh Miss Ostein died at 92. Uh she just slept and in her life she had many battles because told her she wasn't going to make it, but she stayed in faith. And and that's and that's the way you're supposed to die. You're supposed to go to sleep. You don't go through 15 months of trying to hold on. She give you a long satisfied life. And I'm going to die. I'm just die. I am. But I won't be hanging around. Come on. Let's explain the yesterday dream. Living in yesterday dream blind us to their reality. and the possibility of tomorrow's hope. That's why that's why I'm not a whole lot on uh the past. Uhhuh. I live in the present. Yesterday over tomorrow is to come. But I'm sitting in here right now. Thank God I'm here. [Music] Hallelujah. Again, let's go back. All slipping and tripping in your life will shut down by the power of grace right now. right now. Not only slipping and tripping, limitation. We had to leave your life tonight. You leave your unlimited. I'm an unlimited child of God. Because of what Jesus did for me on the cross. I release my faith now. I release my faith now. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Yes, sir. Worry and sorrow is not a part of my life. God has not given me the spirit of fear, but love, power, and a sound mind. Y everything provided. Go back to that scripture. Let me close in 1 Corinthians 15. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Before we got to that 10th verse, 1 Corinthians 15. Look back at the sixth verse. After that, he was seen of about 500 brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. How's that? He was seen of James then of all the what? Apostles. Apostles. And last of all, you seen of me also as one born out of due time. For I'm the least of the apostles that am not me to be called an apostle because I persecuted the church of God. Paul was talking about his life before he got converted. But by the grace of God, what I am. Why don't you say that? Say that all the power of glory become yours. By the grace of God, I am what I am. Uh-huh. And then this is where Satan come in to cut us out. And his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain. Now that's in the Bible. But what about your life? What about your giving up moment? Everybody had it. Discouraged. And then Satan say nothing going to work out. You sit down and talk to you. Nothing going to work out. You can pray all you want. Nothing going to work out. That's what he's trying to tell you. That's why you got to your That's why you got to uh come unto me all you that live in heavy land. I'll give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, learn me from rest, peace. I'm all that you need. Yes. Uhhuh. So there's a lot of vain grace in the church because the people don't know how to operate in it. They're good people, don't get me good people, but being good people ain't good enough. You You got to have some You got to have some training, some teaching. And that's that's why I'm not hooping hard. I'm not I'm not I'm not the black hooper. We need to learn some stuff. We need to know. We do at at Yeah. 3:00 in the morning. I don't need no hooping. Satan come in my bedroom and No, I don't need no hooping. I need to know what to tell him. I need to know how to pull out that soul. Yes, sir. Yeah. Like people people try to find See, people want one or two things. They want it neutralized without being challenged, about holiness and stuff like that. Or they want it emotionalized where they can jig and feel good all and uh go not knowing what to do when the damage trying to come. Ain't no such thing. And I know a lot of people listen to me. Ain't no such thing. No black church, ain't no white church, ain't no Hispanic church. Go ahead. Got them on one church. That's right. Well, they got them on one people. Those who are born again. I don't care what color your skin is. You a child of the living God. Yes, sir. I feel sorry for the people around here. A lot of them live around here missing. They're missing out on this type of teaching that the Lord is putting in this place. They have no idea what God is doing. You leaving here tonight gracefilled with gratitude and thanksgiving for what God is saying to me. It's not it's not on my merit is on Jesus. I'm blessed because of Jesus. Not not because of me. Not because I live so good. I for to live right. But my blessing is because of Jesus. Hallelujah. Glory to God. And say this right. I'm a blessed woman. I'm a blessed woman. I don't want no man move around. Say that. I'm a blessed man. That's right. Yeah. Don't get it mixed up. I ain't putting up with it. Men going to be men here and women going to be women here. Right. Yes, sir. And you get your own woman. Don't be messing with nobody else woman. That's right. That's right. I'm just straight. I'm from I'm from the old school. If if if I ain't going to play no game, you ain't going to play no game. [Music] That's right. Amen. Y'all just clean cleanliness and holiness is right. Come on y'all. Come on. Yes, sir. It's so good to come to a holy church. Oh Lord. Oh Lord. Every now and then somebody might act a fool. But we'll get them. Act like them boys been with me long. They've been with me. We'll get them. I had a man here messed up. He's working on my staff. Messed around mess with a woman. And I made him stand up before the whole church and apologize to the church. Yes, sir. Yeah. He was gonna stab. That's right. That's right. He messed up. So, he need to tell everybody he saw her. He left, you know, but I got him out. I got him out in the open in front of his wife and everything. I said, "Oh yeah, you going to talk. If you don't talk, I'm going to talk. Amen. Amen. Man, I'm kind of nervous right now. We were doing We were doing good by grace. Well, you telling me I better stay in my place. Come on, Junior. I'm [Applause] And and let me tell you, sew your way out. Just I sold my way out. Soul your way out. I don't care what nobody say about it. Your tithe and your offering is very important to you. Sew your way out. Pay your tithes in the offering. And ain't no begging will be done in this church. But every now and then I talk with you. I know how Carol and I did it. We sold our way out. We still uh the largest sore in this church right now. I got two check. Make me two checks. I got two checks. I got to pull up here tonight. Show your way out. What I say do? It works. It works. You got a lot of beggars. You don't have a lot of beggars and beggars discourage you. They're begging and reading 95 scripture to get you to give. No. God loves a cheerful giver. I give this because I want to give. Wow. What a powerful message. I know your life has been changed forever. Listen, if you want to give, it's real easy. Text the word so s to 22252302234. Once again it's so s to2252302234 or you can go to eiwm.org/give and give there. Also we believe in the power of connection. Everything that's happening in this ministry should be happening in your life. If you want to connect and become a partner, text the word connect to 2252302234 or you can go to eiwm.org. org/partnership and connect there. We're glad to have you. [Music]