Keion Henderson - Get Up

Acts chapter number 9 Acts chapter number 9 we’re gonna skip right over the Damascus Road don’t worry about it let’s go down to verse 32 Acts chapter 9 verse 32 if you got to say man we’re still looking say wait a minute action chapter 2 excuse me chapter 9 verse 32 the Bible says in verse 32 of Acts chapter 9 it says and it came to pass as Peter passed throughout all quarters he came down also to the Saints which dwelt at Lydda and there he found a certain man named Aeneas which had kept his bed eight years and was sick with palsy and Peter said unto Him Aeneas Jesus Christ maketh the whole arise and make thy bed and he arose immediately and all that dwelt at little and Sarang saw him and turned to the Lord now there was at Jaffa a certain disciple named Tabitha which by interpretation is called Dorcas this woman was full of good works and alms deeds which she did and it came to pass in those days that she was sick and died don’t don’t miss this she did not fall into a coma she was dead hoom when they had washed her she had already washed her body and they had already put her in the casket and they had already laid her in an upper chamber and for as much as little was not to Joppa and the disciples had heard that Peter was there they sent unto him two men desiring him that he would not delay to come then Peter arose and went with them and when he was come they brought him up to the upper chamber and all the widows stood by him weeping and showing the coats and the garments which darkus made while she alive but Peter put all of them out he got down on his knees and prayed and turning him to the body said Tabitha arrives and she opened her eyes and when she saw Peter she sat up and when he gave her his hand and lifted her up and when he had called the Saints and the widows presented her alive and it was known throughout all Joppa and many believed in the Lord she was dead Jesus is already gone back so you can’t call him but to them gave he power are you guilty of calling somebody to do what God gave you the power to do they said she needs to get up and none of us have been given that kind of power because you got to know what power he gave you so they sent after Peter and Peter came and said enough get up get up just touch on them and said you’ve been there long enough get up you know what I want that’s what I want to change the name of the sermon to get up get up get just high five five people and tell them get up get up get up get up get up get up get up get up get up and this time stay up I was gonna name this sermon help is on the way but that would put you in their frame of mind that somebody else can do this other than you comes a time in life well you just got to do it how many people have just been laying in wait whatever the circumstance is and you’re just waiting on you know something to change something to give you a clue a sign from God that it’s time for you to get up truth is is that it is never a good time to stay down there’s somebody here to tell you even when I’m down I’m not down when I’m down I’m not out when I’m down I’m not finished in fact I’m more dangerous down than I am up I fight better when I’m down I think better when I’m down I pray harder when I’m down so sometimes God will put you in a situation we’re down looks up but there’s an old country-western singer that says rock bottom is solid ground and see what you need to understand is is if you are down right now this is good news because you can’t go any further than the bottom of the pit the only direction you can go from here is up do I have anybody who knows that up is in your future in the book peace in the valley which would be a good read for some of you the author Vance harvest said this he said the business of the preacher is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable every Sunday I preach a schizophrenic word therefore some of y’all you find peace in it and others you find conviction and it is my job to find all of you all who are afflicted and tell you that there is a more excellent way while at the same time to find those of you all who are comfortable and tell you to get up and so you know some people only want to work that matches what they feel like doing but it is not my job to make you comfortable the two that I’ve been given for the job has been demarcated as a double edged sword which means it’s designed to cut you no matter which way you take it and I wish the church would get back to the place where they loved not only the pastor that told him to give that neighbor high five and say a miracle is on the way but I missed today’s where when we were rebuked we knew it was because the pastor loved us one of the things that you should know about me and any other leader is that you should not be worried when he is talking to you you should be worried when he has stopped oh I just gave I just gave you all a million dollars the person you’re in relationship with as long as y’all arguing there’s a chance but when you get to the place where they stop talking to you baby honey child baby you are in trouble when they walk in the house and you going off and they say don’t worry about it baby you need to pray because this thing is almost over because the only person you invest verbal equity in it’s somebody that you still care about and the fact that God continues to talk to you what do you mean he keeps talking to you he keeps giving you a word every time you come to church don’t you say that where it was for me what God is telling you is I’m still on your side I still got so bad you and me we are still in this thing because I’m either going to comfort the afflicted or I’m going to afflict the comfortable Peter went to a place called literally he went there this is what the Bible says and when he got there he found a certain man he found a certain man and this man aeneas he finds him there but but let’s go back for a second because I don’t want to give you this without any background conjecture you have to go back to chapter 5 to find out that there was something going on in the church see the church exploded the church had a revival and everybody thought that because the revival happened that from their own everything was going to be smooth they thought that because they had two good days of service on Monday and Tuesday that that everything was going to be well they thought that that that the revival meant something and so the devil knew that because the church had had a revival remember everybody was speaking in tongues and everybody was happy and everybody caught the gift of the Holy Ghost and they thought who we finally made it now get ready for double portion and that’s when the devil came and introduced Ananias and Sapphira it was two people in the church who had a piece of property and God told them to sell it and give all the goods away but they kind of did a little financial finagling and they kept a little bit of the money for themselves and the Bible says you see BC because people who have never had prosperity don’t have habits to cheat cheatin ain’t necessary woody ain’t got nothing it’s not necessary when you know but but once you you have to be able to fight the temptation that that greed offers when you go from nothing to something and so they went from nothing to something and all of a sudden now they find ways to finagle and and so now this evil comes into the church and the Bible says that just in a basic conversation the disciples asked the man who said why in the world did you could have had everything you you God intended for you to have all of the profits but you tried to cheat and and all of a sudden the Bible says that he failed dead and he died then they went to the wife and went to her and said you know what we just finished talking to your husband and and we confronted him with some news who want to find out what you got to say she kept the story bonnie-and-clyde the Bible says that she died and they wouldn’t bury her right next to him you got to be careful when God has given you life but you take advice from people who are dying and you got to make sure that your consequences are not those of your neighbors sometime in life when life is going in a different different direction you got to find out where you got to separate from god help me in this place it’s it’s it’s it’s true and so now the church has had a revival but but the devil he doesn’t he doesn’t come after a church that’s not in revival no he he you you never saw the enemy come until the day of Pentecost cuz you didn’t see the enemy come until there were tongues you didn’t see him come until the church was on one Accord and at first the church was built on the law but then all of a sudden there’s a new doctrine that’s introduced called unity and purity and now that the church has come together and people are now repenting of sin now the devil comes in because as long as you’re in sin and you’re not in repentance the devil is not a threat because he understands as long as you’re in sin he’s got you in bondage y’all not talking to me and so so now that you recognize that there is a more excellent way and now you’re repenting and now you have the gift of the Holy Ghost now the attack comes now the attack comes now now laziness sets in now you cease to be a champion and you don’t know how to repeat because you were good for a season but you don’t know how to come back and be good again you were good last Sunday but you don’t know how to repeat y’all not gonna help me in here and you got to understand that when you are the champion you always get the enemy’s best game you ain’t seen the devil’s best shot yet because you had never won before you haven’t seen this worst demon yet because you had never won before you have not seen the worst of its empty yet now that you’re winning now that you’re expanding now that you are going through greater here comes the devil so now we get to the church and now all of a sudden that church where there was no sickness God says yeah I know you were shouting when I was healing cancer I want to see what you’re gonna do when nobody comes with a testimony I know you were shouting when student loans were disappearing I want to see what you do when yours don’t go nowhere I know you were shouting when when when barren wombs were popping out babies but I want to see what you do and when Elizabeth comes for years I want to see if you’ll still trust me a Sarah when it takes me to your ninety years old to do it I know you’ll bless me when your miracle looks like Mary’s when it comes in in 14 years when it comes at a relatively early time but I want to know will you worship me when I make you wait on me mmm yeah come on I want to know I want to know if your worship me when I make you wait I want to I want to know if I’m still good when the loan is denied I want to know if I’m still good when you get evict it from the house I want to know if I’m still good when you leave the apartment and then they send a bill six months later talking about you owe us for something that she thought that was over and you don’t have them I want to know because tough times really show you how you feel so now the church is being tested and I came to tell you today oh you thought and we were just gonna walk in the greater and weren’t gonna be no valleys no shadow of death he did say he had to prepare the table in the presence of enemies so as you go up the mountain you must understand there will always be enemies Ananias he’s gone Aeneas and little we’re here and he meets this man and this has been on his bed for eight years this ain’t no new problem he’s been unable to walk for a decade which lets us know he wasn’t born like this something happened paralysis set in because he was bedridden for eight years and sick with palsy that means he was paralyzed right so so he’s he’s bedridden now you got to understand now pair paralysis today doesn’t shock you like that because I was watching a clip on on Instagram yesterday there was a lady who did hair they got this they had a chair and the lady literally lifted the chair up so she could stand up now she’s paralyzed from the waist down she was turning the wheel it stood her up she was able to do the hair she was able to push the wheel back to whatever position she needed to be in to do the person’s hair what’s your Excuse she couldn’t stand but she had a job that she could have to stand and and and here she is whatever position she needed to be in to do the people’s hair she was doing it see paralysis today we’ve got all kind of wheelchairs we’ve got all kind of contraptions and that day you couldn’t walk you couldn’t walk what no hover around no hover nothing what what no what no no electronics scooter it wasn’t you know that scooter commercial wasn’t none of them what they weren’t gonna give it to you you know insurance could cover it there was nothing no stem-cell research no no no doctors that could perform a surgery there was nothing if you Elaine either had I’ll have to have a man to carry you about the gay car beautiful are you a lay in your bed for 38 years so it was about relationship it was about relationship he laid in this bed for eight years everybody say eight years and he was paralyzed for eight years and the reason why I am reading it from the book of Acts is because it is imperative that you understand that the writer of Acts is Luke and Luke by trade was a physician so Luke has properly assessed the situation because he has passed the exam he has surpassed the Hippocratic oath he is he has now bonded to make sure that people are healed he is the one who gives us the best account for the woman with the issue of blood and now he gives us the details the man is not only paralyzed he has now diagnosis issue he asked pawsley he cannot walk he cannot talk from the legs down that’s to say and if he’s going to get anywhere he has to be carried he cannot get around he’s not that there is nothing that can help him there is nothing that they can do no doctor if the doctor could do it it would already be done no nurse if it could be done it would have already be done he is in this condition because he has not yet met the only doctor I’m taking my time because y’all gonna wait on me I wait on you all the time he has not yet met the doctor who could help him and the problem is is that the doctor who could help him a few chapters ago has gone back home he’s gone he’s checked out of the office he’s gone he’s not there he can he’s taking no more earthly appointments you can’t come into his office he’s not showing up to your wedding and turning water to wine he is not showing up to your bedside and tell you to pick it up and walk he’s not coming to stretch out your hand he is gone if there are any more miracles left to be done in the earth they’re going to have to be done by the people who are in it you’re not getting this if anything else miraculous is going to happen it is not going to be because Jesus walked on water to the other side and called demons if demons are going to come out of people in that day and time it has to be done by Peter not Torrance about Jason rocky on by Keith Vaseline y’all getting this you are waiting on God to do something that he has already given you the power to do and the person you have been waiting on is yourself the office is closed no more waiting rooms no more to fishing five levels if you’re gonna eat you gonna have to go fish every day see this is what the children of Israel had their problem because when they were in the wilderness Manor was fallen from heaven God was bringing water out of Iraq and then he says all right miracle season is over y’all going into Canaan it’s flowing with milk and honey if you’re gonna eat you got to grow it if I’m not turning bit of water sweet anymore so you’re gonna have to figure out a filtration system I want to talk to you about why we’re always waiting for miracles when work will do everything has to be maracas I’m waiting on God to do some miraculous go get two jobs I’m in the house not yelling saying stop sitting back here talking about I’m too educated to work for that well if you were that educated you need to do something you are not too smart to go and get a job that will put some food on the table and stop thinking that you too good to do something that’s beneath you you know you don’t waiting on no miracle a man that don’t work don’t eat you got to get up and do something well y’all they gonna say man we’re always waiting on God to perform a miracle sometimes you got to work from 9:00 to 5:00 and 4:00 5:00 to 9:00 sometimes you got to burn the midnight oil sometimes you got to own the company and still have a job come on talk to me somebody sometimes you’re gonna have to make it happen you’re gonna have to learn to bake you some some some cupcakes and start your business and and package them in and wrap them up you gonna have to figure out how to do something because the miracle season has come to an end here as a related to the miraculous as it involved God and now it has to be spoken through a man where Peter showed up he said in the name of Jesus make your bed you didn’t know you could speak to it did you you didn’t know you could go right up to your choice and lay hands on it say in the name of Jesus I pray that attitude offer you so you waiting on a miracle but you are the parent come home talk to me somebody I don’t know I’m just gonna take my time and tell you I’ll get it but but but you’re waiting on God to do something miraculous up here when the power greater is He that is in me I’ve sent you to do greater works come on talk to me watch what he says he says he says I am getting ready to make you whole pick up your bed and walk pick up your bed don’t call nobody you’re the only window pick up yo bed mind your business and you won’t stop judging everybody else’s steps pick up your bed and you are stop worrying about everybody else’s relationship pick up yo bed and you are stop worrying about what everybody else got and what everybody else is gonna pick up your bed and you walk all y’all here with me today and when Peter said to him he says Jesus Christ make you whole the emphasis is placed on the fact that Peter was the transportation for the miracle but notice the Bible says that when she was when when the man could not walk Peter was the only one that could speak to him in this chapter we see Peter tell a man to walk and raise a man from the dead now I’m wondering why is it that Peter is the only one who can do this because the other disciples know that we have an anointing is just not a healing anointing the Bible said they sent for Peter you didn’t see the other disciples lando hands see the reason why some of y’all haven’t gotten up yet is because you have people praying over you that don’t have that anointing the reason why you are not seeing development in your life is because you have people involved in your life who don’t have an anointing to end that curse that you’re going to you got to make sure that you’re under somebody who has an anointing for your issue god help me in this place your mama might have a good advice but she may not be anointed in that area your best friend might have good advice but they may not be anointed in that area you need to stop letting people deal in your life who are not anointed over that area you don’t let your contractor fix the transmission just because you can fix something on me you can fix everything oh that’s gonna be good I ain’t even got started yet Peter said in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus not in the name of Peter and he could have been arrogant cuz you remember he preached Pentecost 3,000 people joined church in a day that could do something you go am i right about it he preached 3,000 people joint 1 sermon Peter could not you man I’m about to be the best preacher of all time Peter went up there he didn’t say the name of Peter he said in the name of Jesus I’m getting ready to help you because what he understood is that if God worked through him he could do anything some of y’all need to get out of your name get out of your feelings get out of your opinion and started working through the name of the Lord you can do more through God’s name then you can through your name and your name you get fired at the name of Jesus every knee must bow and every tongue must confess I want you to take the equity out of your name and put it in the name of Jesus something happens when you call on that name oh sure so I wish I had somebody you know what I remember at church we used to do this sometimes we would say call on the name and people just say Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus why because there’s something about the name of Jesus that’s what you need to do when you are talking to your children don’t