TD Jakes - Let No Man Trouble Me
Watch this! I’m headed somewhere; I have to get there quickly. For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. It only matters that you are a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule—peace. There’s that word again. Lord, have mercy! As many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them. If you would stop trying to earn it and just receive it, you would have peace in your life and mercy upon the Israel of God. For, henceforth, let no man trouble me. He said, «I’m not going to let nobody—no, no, no.»
This is a little bit of Paul leaking out in this because they had always fought him. Everybody fought him—his scholars that he grew up with fought against him. They mocked him to shame because he believed in Jesus, and yet when he went to the apostles, the apostles never really fully accepted him because he didn’t walk the earth with them and Jesus. Anytime you didn’t come from among people, they have a way of letting you know you are not really one of us. You’re okay, but you’re not really one of us. You know how people can, what we call, throw shade? They have a way of throwing shade. They didn’t just talk about you; they threw shade, and they doubted him and his authenticity. But he says, «From henceforth, let no man trouble me.» He said, «I’ve gotten to the point now—I’m not going to let nobody get on my nerves.»
I want some folks who have reached the point that you are tired of trying to please people, trying to get accepted by people, trying to fit in. You’re not going to let nobody trouble you. Get out of my face! I don’t care what you write; I don’t care what you put in the comments; I don’t care what you say online. I am too old to let you get on my nerves, little strange person on the computer. I don’t know you; you don’t pay my bills; you don’t live in my house; and you are not my God. And if you don’t fall into one of those categories, I’m not going to let you trouble me. I’m not going to let you trouble me. I’m not going to let you try. I’m not going to spend my life trying to change your mind. From henceforth, let no man trouble me.
You know why? Are you going to let you trouble me? This is what Paul said: «For I bear in my body the marks, the marks of the Lord Jesus.» I’ve got too many scars to let you get on my nerves; I’ve survived too much to let your rolling your eyes bother me. You can sit there like a mummy all you want; I can preach on top of a casket; you’ll never bother me because I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Somebody shout up in this place! Let somebody tell them I’ve got the scars to prove it! I’m a grown man; I’ve got the scars to prove it! I’m a grown woman; I’ve got the scars to prove it! I’ve got the wounds to prove it! I’ve got the lacerations to prove it! I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
And then he says, «Amen!» Somebody say «Amen!» When you get through telling somebody off, say «Amen!» I’m not going to let you bother me. I’ve been through too much; I’ve crawled too long; I’ve cried too long; I’ve studied too hard. I’ve been through too many trials and tests. I’ve been faithful in the storm and faithful in the wind and faithful in the rain, and I kept on going while you were playing games, watching TV, shooting balls at the hoop. I was laying before God.
I’ve been through too much to get down here and back up because you don’t agree. I don’t care what you think; I don’t care what you say. I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus, and then look at them and say, «Amen!» I felt a good «Amen!» come in here. I felt a good «Amen!» Somebody got a good «Amen!» in their spirit. Somebody got a good «Amen!» in that spirit. Somebody got a good «Amen!» in their spirit.