Bill Winston - Don't Be A Copy
And most of the saints, your stuff is on the other side of your fear. Peter was there fishing. Came in was washing his net. And then he heard Jesus came and asked him could he use his boat. Peter said, «Yeah». So he used his boat and he pulled out and uh and sat down in the boat told him to push out a little from the land. Sat down and taught the people. Then he turned to Peter and said, «Now launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a drop». Peter said, «Well, wait a minute now. We’ve fished all night».
The word he used was toil. All night and taken nothing. Nevertheless, at thy word, I’ll launch out into the deep. And he did that, and enclosed so many fish till the net broke, the ship was about to sink, called for his partners, they filled up theirs. I’m I’m I’m I want to make a point here. Then Peter fell down at Jesus’s knees, saying, «Away from me. I’m a sinful man, O Lord, for he was astonished and all that were with him at the drawn of fishes which they had taken». This reading is in Luke chapter 5. Now, why am I bringing this? Then Jesus said to Peter, he said, «Uh, now you follow me cuz I’m going to make you a fisher of men». And Peter left everything he had and followed Jesus.
All right. Now, as far as I can find in the scriptures, this was Peter’s first faith conference. this this as far as I can see and I’m saying in one meeting, in one sermon, Peter’s financial condition got totally reversed in one meeting. Now, you’re here for how many? Six, seven meetings. How many days you’re here? But one meeting? One afternoon, one morning, one one session. And I’m saying that God says he’s no respector of persons. What he did for Peter, he’ll do for those attending KCM’s believers convention.
Now, I’m saying that because you shouldn’t be thinking that I’m going to get here and get some word and go back home. No, you when you go back home, it should be a testimony. That’s right. When Peter went back to the house, let me come over here. When Peter went back to the house, I can guarantee you every debt was wiped out. Now, I’m I’m going to tell you something. I used to think that it was one year’s catch in one hour. But you need to look it up. Some people look that up. That was much more than one year’s catch. I’m saying today that out of one session, God can make it so that there is a reversal. That whatever you’ve been going through, this is the last afternoon you’re going to go through.
Now, give God some praise on that. Okay, let’s get in here. Now, I’m I’m doing that cuz you’re going to have to expect. I said you’re going to have to expect. Faith is the substance of things. Hope for earnestly expected. Come on. As a matter of fact, there’s a scripture in here in Psalm chapter 62. And in Psalm chapter 62, he says in verse 5, «My soul wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from him». He said, «My expectation is from him». Now, here’s what I have in my notes. When God is not the only source of your expectation, you’ll end up in frustration. Glory to God.
God wants you to totally trust in him. Trust in him with all thy heart. Now, I’m saying that because we’re talking up here about miracles. We’re talking about the supernatural. Yes, sir. He said, «And ye shall receive what»? Power. Dunamis. Miracle working abilities. And I’m saying when you’re talking about miracles, you’re not talking about something you got to wait on. That’s right. You’re talking about something’s going to happen right now. You You don’t You don’t need to be at the house for Ed to show up. Whatever Satan has been holding back in your life, is going to be released at this conference. Come on, get your expectation up.
Now, some of y’all, you know, you might be casual. Well, I think so. Well, you you you going to get some, too. Yeah. It’s going to be so much it’s going to spill over into your lap. And I’m telling you, you you got to really believe the Bible. The Bible is a miracle working book. Numbers chapter 23. And let’s look verse 24 and uh I said Numbers, pardon me.
Let’s go to Exodus. Exodus chapter 23. Yeah. Oh, I’m telling you, we going to have to get our thinking up. In verse 20, behold, I sent an angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the land to place where I have prepared. Beware of him now, and obey his voice. Provoke him not, or he will not forgive you or pardon you your transgressions, for my name is in him. But if you shall indeed obey his voice and do all that I speak, then I’ll be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries. For my angels shall go before you, and bring you in unto the land, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Parizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and the Parasites. No. Uh and and I will cut them off.
Sometimes you have some parasites hanging on. You know what I mean? He named some things. He named parasites. Parizzites. Hebrew means smallness. He’s a spirit sent to make you think small. Every one of these is a type of spirit. Uh hit types, spirits of fear. Their design, their their mission is to come on you when this opportunity comes and put fear in you so you won’t touch it. That’s right. And most of the saints, your stuff is on the other side of your fear. Right over there. So I’m saying that all these strong men, all these spirits are designed, seven of them are designed to keep you from your inheritance. And this earth is your inheritance. This is it. Yes, you are a joint heir with with Christ. Yes, he has inherited, the Bible says in Hebrews chapter one, all things and you’re a joint air with him.
Now, let’s look at this. I’m going to kind of work my way through this, but I want you to see it. I just want to start off because somehow God’s people somehow haven’t desired. I think for not everybody but haven’t desired what God wants them to have. And one of the reasons for them coming back with the grapes and all of that from the promised land when they came back in the wilderness and showed the congregation, one of the reasons for it was to actually get the desire up of the people so they’d want to go in. Are you following what I’m saying? And so this desire piece we’ve got to work on. Remember? Oh, I didn’t introduce my wife. She’s on the end. Stand up, wife. My sister Veronica, stand up. Praise God. So they could see you. Amen. Amen. Amen.
We’ve been married about 36 30 3630 years. And uh so so when this this man was by the pool of Bethesda, this is John chapter 5. And at the pool of Bethesda, here he was. And he was around this pool. And he had been there about 38 years. And sometimes when that water was stirred up, he everybody would go and rush for the water for that pool and whoever’s first stepped in would be made whole of whatsoever disease he had. And this particular man tried every time to get into the pool. And so Jesus comes on the scene. So he comes and crosses all these people hanging around this pool that were lame and brine so forth and so on. He said, «Do you want to be made whole»? The man said, «Well, I have no man when the water is troubled to put me in the pool, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me».
All right. Now this is interesting because Jesus next comment to the man was rise take up your bed and walk and the man did but notice what he had to attack first this man’s desire. The Bible says the desire of the righteous shall be granted. He said he will give you their desires of your heart. Desire is not a casual I’ll take it or leave it. A desire is next to craving. I got to have my healing. I got to have my deliver. I’ve got to have this thing taken care of. And what they was trying to do, Jesus, God was trying to do is get their desire up. And I’m saying in the church right now that we got to get these desires up because there’s stuff that the giants are holding that belong to the saints of God. They belong to the people of God.
All right. Let’s just keep going. Let’s go over if you will Romans. Romans chapter 5 verse 17. He says, «If by one man’s offense death reigned by one, much more they which receive the abundance of grace and of the free gift or gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ». Amen. So reign in life. In the in the amplified it says, «Reign as kings». Reign as kings. A king lives by decree. A king lives by decree. Now, I wrote something down here because I wanted to make sure people understood the word decree. It’s a judicial term. And decree means to legislate. Decree means to resolve by sentence. Decree means to order. It means to edict. It means to make law. Decree.
All right. Let’s just back up here. See where we’re going. You and I were chosen. Amen. You were chosen. In other words, you didn’t choose him. He chose you. Now, the Bible says in Ephesians that he chose you before the foundation of the world. You with me? Now, you’ve been chosen. Now along the way you came into the earth and let’s say something happened person went to jail or something happened a person you know flunked out of school or something happened person got uh you know a child so forth so hey God said this well I chose him. See he didn’t change his mind cuz you got in trouble.
Now this this is this is key now cuz he he he knew he knows the end from the beginning. He knew but he chose you anyway. Say amen to this. Amen. So as he chose you, not only did he choose you, but he gifted you. Yes, sir. He said, 'Now, I tell you what I’m going to do. I’m going to give her him a talent, skill, gift, whatever you’d like to call it, that nobody else has in the world. All the way back to Adam and Eve. Look at your fingerprints. Nobody’s got them. All the way back to Adam and Eve. Amen. They can take your fingerprints right now and track you down over years. I’m talking about centuries cuz nobody’s got them. You know what he’s trying to do? He’s trying to send a message to you. Nobody’s got what you got. That’s right. Amen.
Come on, brother. Now once you say that my Lord you automatically come on know that you’ve got value. Come on now. Let’s let’s look at an example now. Let’s say you go into a store, a discount store, and some dresses are on the rack or some suits or something and you’re looking through them sketch. You’re looking through the suits and so forth, dresses, but notice how they all look alike. Cuz they were mass-produced. You weren’t That’s right. All these were mass-produced. But you are what I call one of a kind. Come on. Nobody’s got what you’ve got.
Now, we got to get this in our thinking now because one man said this. You know, we born, we are born unique, but die a copy. Why? Cuz we’re trying to imitate somebody else. I am not brother Copelan. I am not brother Hagen. I am not Jerry. I’m not Jesse. I’m not. I am BW. Amen. And when I began to get my own voice, my ministry exploded. Hallelujah. There have to be somebody else. There’s nobody like you in the world. Watch this. And God does not make anything without value. Amen. You are extremely people in jail got gifts. people. It makes no difference where they are. If they came into this earth, a gift was put inside of them. Amen. Amen. Amen.
So, you’re custom made, sir. That’s right. Watch this. And born for such a time as this. Hallelujah. Amen. Amen. Now, you got to know that. Yes, sir. Good work. Because when you don’t see yourself as God sees you, that the devil will make you see yourself as somebody else. We are in our own sight as grasshoppers. They weren’t grasshoppers. Amen. They weren’t grasshoppers. I ran across scripture here.
Deuteronomy chapter 28 and verse one. And it shall come to pass that thou shalt hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments, which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee high above all nations of the earth. Today I am giving you the laws and teachings of the Lord your God. always obey them. And the Lord will make Israel, this is you now, the most famous and the most important nation on earth. And he will bless you in many ways. You’re going to be the most famous and what else? Blessed people on the face of the earth.
Genesis 12:2. And I’ll bless those who bless you, who confer prosperity or happiness upon you, and curse him who curses or uses insolent language toward you. In you will all the families and the kindreds of the earth be blessed. Now, that’s the AMPC. Uh, give me another amplified. and I’ll make you a great nation. And I will bless you abundantly and make your name great, exalted, distinguished. Glory to God. And you shall be a blessing, a source of great good to others. Say amen to that.
Why am I doing this? Because I think the reason why we don’t do the word is part of it is how we see ourselves. I mean h how do we see ourselves? Because if we see ourselves like God sees us, guaranteed the we’ll function like God made us. We have to see ourselves. He said I’m making you in my image and what else? My likeness. So, we have to see ourselves like God sees us. When we see ourselves like God sees us, then uh it’s going to be easy to do the things that God’s called us to do.