{"id":4962,"date":"2018-02-09T00:03:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T00:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/?p=4962"},"modified":"2018-02-05T01:21:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T01:21:18","slug":"another-coffee-break-spiritual-hierarchy-authority-part-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/another-coffee-break-spiritual-hierarchy-authority-part-17\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Spiritual Hierarchy &#038; Authority, Part 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"307\" title=\"defaultblog1\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-400x269.jpg 400w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=WordSection1>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",\"sans-serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#747474'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#984806'>Spiritual Hierarchy &amp; Authority, Part 17<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>February 9, 2018<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#984806;mso-themecolor:accent6;\nmso-themeshade:128'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'>We have lots of territory to cover\ntoday, so let\u2019s get right to it.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\ndeath aspect of &quot;sound&quot; is exhibited in that which went forth when\nthe Serpent opened his mouth.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The very\nfirst thing we see of his &quot;sound&quot; is the questioning of God\u2019s\nmotives.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The first thing that comes\nforth from his onoma is lies, as he says to Eve,<\/span><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'> \u201cYe shall not\nsurely die.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\neffect of listening to the sound of the Serpent was deadly.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It raised questions in Adam and Eve --\nquestions which were<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>predicated on\nlies.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It caused them to question God's\nvery onoma.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It caused them to eat of the\nTree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/span>Listening to, and heeding the &quot;sound of the Serpent&quot; caused\nthem to &quot;know&quot; good and evil -- to begin making judgments based on <i>their<\/i>\ndetermination of what was &quot;good&quot; and &quot;evil.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Every\nsound which goes forth in the earth today which emanates from man, emanates\nfrom that spirit which resides within.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Because we are first and foremost &quot;spirit beings,&quot; that which\ncomes forth from us becomes the voice of that spirit which we allow to be in\ncontrol of our existence.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>There\nis another aspect of &quot;sound&quot; which most of us relate to much\nmore<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>readily: music.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Regardless of what kind of music is played or\nsung, that music comes forth from spirit -- whether it be the spirit of man,\nthe Spirit of God, or evil spirits who are directed by Satan.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Music, therefore, which comes forth from or\nthrough us as ministry to the Lord is motivated and orchestrated by the Holy\nSpirit.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This is a form of worship.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Jesus\nmade the statement that <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;God is a Spirit, and they that worship Him must worship\nHim in Spirit and in truth.&quot;<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Worship music --\ntrue worship music, that is -- flows through us by the Holy Spirit as we extol\nand exalt the Lord Jesus Christ.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>True\nworship need not have any words.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Consider that the worship which we have been experienced within our\nlocal Ekklesia is at times spontaneous, sometimes lacks words, and yet has a\nlife and power which defy rational explanation.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Music\nwhich we often refer to as &quot;Praise&quot; generally flows from our\nintellect.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That may seem contradictory\nto what has just been stated, so let me clarify.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Worship -- genuine worship -- bypasses the\nintellect<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>completely.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It is spirit ministering to Spirit.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We can better describe worship as <b><i>our\nspirit -- totally yielded to and motivated by the Holy Spirit -- ministering\npure love to the Lord Jesus Christ<\/i>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Praise\ncan operate in the realm of the spirit, but it has a totally different\nfunction.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Praise\nbegins in our intellect as a decision of our will to extol, to laud, to exalt\nthe Lord -- specifically to glory in the things which He has done.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It may continue into the realm of the spirit\nand may be addressed to the Lord, but it differs dramatically from\nworship.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Where worship ministers love <i>to<\/i>\nthe Lord, praise speaks <i>of<\/i> the Lord and His mighty works, and is often\nintended for specifically showing the world that which the Lord has done.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It is also used to conduct warfare.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>We\ncan liken Praise to ministry which goes forth from the Holy Place.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Worship is the exclusive domain of the Holy\nof Holies.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>One can praise without the\ninvitation or initiation of the Holy Spirit, (And, as we all have seen, there\nis a realm of praise which exalts and extols the works of Satan, and promotes\nthose works within men and women) but one cannot worship without the invitation\nand\/or initiation of the Holy Spirit.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Both praise and worship are <\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>onoma-<\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>based and have a\ndistinctive sound which separates and identifies the source <\/span><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>onoma.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>That\nsound which comes forth in the world today as popular music, rock music,\ncountry music, etc., has a spiritual origin and an <\/span><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>onoma<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'> <\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>which drives\nit.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>One of the tragedies of our society,\nand particularly the Body of Christ, is the sound which permeates it.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Our\nsociety is permeated by sounds which by only the broadest definition of the\nterm are classified as &quot;music.&quot;<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Without launching into an attack on any of the various kinds of\n&quot;music,&quot; it will suffice to say that every piece of music is\nmotivated by some spirit.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Every piece of\nmusic originates in some <b><i><span style='color:navy'>onoma.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b>Every piece of music has a\ndefinite and specific spiritual purpose<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>-- whether the &quot;writer,&quot; or &quot;composer,&quot; or\n&quot;author&quot; has any conscious awareness of that fact.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Much\nof what we have referred to as &quot;contemporary Christian music&quot; is also\nmotivated and originated by a spirit.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>It, likewise, originates in some <\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>onoma.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>It, too, has a specific purpose and goal in\nits going forth.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It is a sound and by\nspecific inference, conveys either life or death, power or weakness, authority\nor fear, health or sickness.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>A sad fact\nof life is that a substantial portion of the so-called &quot;Christian&quot;\nmusic is neither &quot;Christian,&quot; nor music.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It <b>is<\/b> a sound to be sure, but a sound\nwhich emanates from evil spirits.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>I\nknow that statement will raise a lot of eyebrows, so let me again clarify what\nI am saying.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Just because\n&quot;music&quot; has words which supposedly speak of the Lord, quotes\nscriptures, or allegedly &quot;praises&quot; Him, it does not necessarily\nindicate that this music emanates from the Spirit of the Lord.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>One of the most expert quoters of scripture\nis Satan, himself.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This is evidenced in\nthe way he quoted scriptures, attempting to trap Jesus and seduce Him into\nyielding to his design.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Just\nbecause a piece of music supposedly promotes the Lord, it does not\nautomatically follow that it is good, life-giving, or given to foster an\nintimate relationship with Him.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Throughout the Body of Christ today a multitude of the songs which are\nsung either promote a<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>religious doctrine\nof man which originates in Babylon (which is the spirit of the church system),\nor attempt to seduce God's people into a passivity designed to placate them in\ntheir spiritual state.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>What matters is\nnot nearly so much the words which are sung, but rather the spirit which is\nbehind the sound.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>It\nmay seem that I\u2019ve really gone astray from the principle of spiritual authority\nand hierarchy, but what I\u2019m trying to demonstrate to you is the fact that\nbecause we were and are created in the image of God, what we speak (or sing)\ncomes from an <\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:navy'>onoma <\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>which has creative authority.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Every word we speak has a creative element to\nit.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>There is creative authority in our\nvoices \u2014 and that is an authority we cannot get away from, like it or not!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Now,\nlet me get into some territory that may get me into trouble (in case I\u2019m not\nalready there!)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Two\ndifferent individuals can sing or play the very same piece of music and\ncommunicate two totally opposite things.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>It is not so much the series of words which have been strung\ntogether.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It is not so much the sequence\nof notes which are played, or even the instruments which are used.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The same instrument can be used by two\ndifferent musicians and still communicate two totally opposite <\/span><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>onomas.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>A\nguitar in the hands of one person can communicate and immerse the listener in\nthe presence of the Lord.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In the hands\nof another, it can subject them to a spirit of anger, hate, vengeance or fear.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And the two musicians can play the very same\nsequence of notes!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The difference is the\n<\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:navy'>onoma <\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>of the spirit which originates the sound.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Many\nof God's people are duped into accepting certain &quot;Gospel Songs&quot;<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>because they are categorized as such by the\nwords, or the individuals singing or playing them.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>What they fail to realize is that they are\nbeing systematically lulled into spiritual lethargy by religious spirits driven\nand motivated by Satan.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Because it\n&quot;sounds&quot; good to their mind, their emotions, or their flesh, it must\ntherefore be &quot;good!&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nobjective purpose of this music is not life, health, power, a sound mind,\nand\/or most of all, an intimate love relationship with Jesus Christ.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It is to keep people &quot;fat and\nhappy&quot; with their present spiritual state, to satiate the appetites of the\nflesh in the name of Jesus, and to lead people down a<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>primrose path which will deprive them of\never entering into the kind of love relationship with Jesus Christ which He so\ngreatly desires.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The whole objective of the &quot;Sound of worship&quot;\nmust be<\/span><\/i><\/b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>\n<b>so that the desires and purposes of our Bridegroom, the Lord Jesus Christ,\nare fulfilled.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It cannot and must not be\nfor what we get from that music, or from Him!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>True worship does not satiate the flesh: it ministers life.<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>That\nthe sound of many so-called \u201cgospel songs\u201d is driven and<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>motivated by an <\/span><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>onoma <\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>which is\nantagonistic to the purposes of our Bridegroom is evident in the fact that\npeople are <b><i>not<\/i><\/b><i> <\/i>drawn to follow the Lord Jesus Christ into\nthe furnace of affliction for processing and preparation.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They listen, they tap their feet, they clap\ntheir hands, they get \u201chappy,\u201d but they don\u2019t respond to the heart\u2019s desire of\nJesus Christ for intimacy.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>It\nis the sound which carries this music.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>That sound is motivated by spirits whose entire existence revolves and\nthrives to defeat the desires of the Bridegroom.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The same is true of the large majority of the\npopular music of the day.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>A\npreponderance of the entire rock or rap genre is not even passive about its\nopposition to the Spirit of the Lord.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>The substance of the sound is acid to one's spirit, and corrosively\ndestructive to one's whole being.<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Because,\nas we have previously noted, the sound is the &quot;voice&quot; of some <\/span><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>onoma<\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>, the purpose and\nintent of that &quot;being,&quot; whether it be life or death, is\ncommunicated.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>More than that, it has a\nforce which is either creative or destructive.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>No\nsound is passive.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>No sound simply\nentertains.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>No sound simply communicates\na thought or idea.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Life or death,\nstrength or weakness, faith or fear, hope or despair, blessing or cursing are\nliterally transmitted by the sound.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>One\nbecomes virtually immersed in the onoma which originates the sound.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This results in change -- for the better or\nfor the worse.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Observe,\nif you will, some examples recorded in scripture.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Mark\nrecords numerous incidents when Jesus came face to face with individuals under\nthe control or dominance of evil spirits.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>In Mark 1:21-26 an event is recorded in which Jesus was speaking in a\nsynagogue.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In this instance, sound is\ncoming forth.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Life is coming out of\nJesus' <\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:navy'>onoma.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Mark tells us that\nthose present were immersed in His authority.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>There\nwas a man present in the synagogue who had <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;an unclean\nspirit.&quot;<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The longer Jesus\nspoke, and the more His authority was manifested, the more fearful this spirit\nbecame until it could take Jesus' presence and spirit no longer.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>All evil spirits display fear in some<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>measure or another because it is a major part\nof the <\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:navy'>onoma<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>\nof Satan.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This occurrence was no\ndifferent.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The evil spirit could no\nlonger stand the power and authority being manifested and it screamed out in\nfear, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth?<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Have you come to destroy us?.....&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nsound of Jesus was power and authority.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>The sound of the evil spirit was fear.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Jesus had not even been speaking to either the man in whom the evil\nspirit resided, or the evil spirit.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The\nsound of His life was simply filling that room.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>When the evil spirit screamed out, Jesus spoke simple words of His\nauthority -- The Ultimate Authority!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;Be quiet, and come out of him.&quot; <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span>No doctrines, no preaching, no teaching, just\na simple address: <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;Be quiet, and come out of him.&quot;<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The result was instantaneous.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The man in whom the evil spirit had resided\nconvulsed, the unclean spirit screamed out again in terror, and departed him in\nhaste.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Consider\nthe many examples in the record of Jesus' deliverance of the Gadarene\ndemoniac.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Jesus has just been on the\nSea of Gennesaret (sometimes called the Sea of Chinnereth) with his\ndisciples.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>A storm, which was obviously\ncreated by Satan, arose and began filling their boat with water.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>(The Greek text describes this storm as a\ngreat &quot;shaking&quot; of the sea as though being moved violently by some\nexternal force.)<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It was an abnormal\nstorm, to be sure, and it caught the disciples off guard.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>They\nbecame fearful because of the cyclonic sound of the whirlwind (The Greek text\nuses the word, <\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:navy'>lailaps, <\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>for whirling wind or cyclone), and the sight of waves\nbreaking over the boat, and they cried out in fear, <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;Master,\ndo you not care that we are perishing<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:green'>?&quot;<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Jesus, being awakened from a peaceful sleep\nin the stern of the boat, simply looks at the storm and speaks peace, <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;Hush!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Be still!&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Once\nagain you have a sound.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This time it is\nnot an articulate sound as in speech, it is the sound of the onoma of\nSatan.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It is the sound of violence, and\nits obvious intention is the death and destruction of Jesus and His\ndisciples.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The sound of this great shaking\nof the sea, combined with the sound of the cyclone or whirlwind, produced\nexactly the desired effect in the disciples: <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'><i>fear<\/i><\/b>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And this is the\nsound which now comes forth from them.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Upon\nbeing aroused, Jesus also utters a sound.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Again, this sound is the sound of His onoma<i>,<\/i> and it is the sound\nof absolute authority.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He speaks three\nsimple words, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;Hush!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Be\nstill!&quot; <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span>The instantaneous effect is the proof of that <\/span><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>onoma: <\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>the winds ceased,\nand the waters were suddenly calm.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Consider\nthe fact that this storm would have easily been visible from both sides of the\nsea.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They were crossing from Galilee to\nthe district of Gadara -- a distance of roughly five to seven miles.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>A storm of the described magnitude would have\nswamped the entire region.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>When that\nsound of authority came forth from Jesus, it didn't just become calm where they\nwere situated: the entire storm -- from end-to-end -- ceased instantly.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Sound\nand light went forth at creation.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Authority manifested.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>My\nobjective in taking this direction in our sharing is to show you just how\nsignificant the authority is that was built into us and infused into our very\nmakeup, character and essence when we came into this world.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>We\u2019ve\nstill got a ways to go with this discussion, so let\u2019s pause here and pick it up\nnext week.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>For those of you\nwho\u2019ve participated during the past three years in our Monday night Healing\nPrayer Conference Call, this is just a reminder that the calls have resumed on\na once-a-month basis, the first Monday of each month.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you have a need for healing, or you have\nfriends in need of healing, here is the number to call: <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 775-7035.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>The Access Code is: <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>323859#.<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#002060'> <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span>For Canadians who have\ndifficulty getting in to this number, you can call <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(559) 546-1400<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>If\nsomeone answers and asks what your original call-in number was, you can give\nthem the 712 number and access code.<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>At the same time, in\ncase you are missing out on real fellowship in an environment of Ekklesia, our\nSunday worship gatherings are available by conference call \u2013 usually at about\n10:45AM Pacific.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That conference number\nis <\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 770-4160<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>, and the access code is <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>308640#.<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#002060'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We are now making these gatherings\navailable by Skype.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you wish to\nparticipate by video on Skype, my Skype ID is regner.capener.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you miss the live voice call, you can dial\n<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 770-4169<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>, enter the same access code and listen in\nlater.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The video call, of course, is not\nrecorded \u2013 not yet, anyway.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book 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The very first thing we see of his &#8220;sound&#8221; is the questioning of God\u2019s motives.  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