AUDIENCE: Jesus!
JERAME: Jesus! And the direction that Jesus wants to go. Right? And so I love that because sometimes God will open these realms up for us so that we can be led of His spirit. And I remember that night, you know, I said all right I ditched the fire message and I preached on the joy of the Lord and you know what happened? More miracles than I had ever seen before! I’m telling you deliverances happened. People got saved. People, people were like set free from years of bondage! I mean what would have happened if I wouldn’t have followed the leading of the Lord, right? See that’s the key. Following the leading of the Lord. And I remember, you know, I remember THE first time that I ever smelt a supernatural fragrance. it’s actually hilarious because I, I was, – I met this man by the name of Bob Jones, and you know he’s a prophetic guy. And anyway people warned me that he’s like a country prophet and that he could, he could say stuff at any time that was crazy. And so I met him and I was in this room and he starts praying for people. And he gets, he prays for this whole line of people and I thought I’m going to get at the end of the line because God responds for hunger, you know? And so he prays and he’s praying for these guys. And he gets to me and right when I’m thinking All right! Here it is! I’m going to get prayer for impartation. He goes, Sit down boy, the anointing’s gone. Thinking what? So I sit down and I’m like thinking Man, what did I do wrong? You know? And He goes and grabs some chicken and he’s eating chicken in this green room. And, and then I, I feel stupid so I’m like I’m leaving and I get up to like leave and when I go to grab the door he goes, Come here boy, the anointing’s back!
AUDIENCE: [LAUGHTER]
JERAME: So I’m thinking What? And so I go and I, I’m like all right. So I stand over there. And he puts his chicken down and wipes his, his leg and he, and he looks at me and he goes You smell that? And I said Smell what? You know and he goes Do you smell that? And I’m thinking Chicken? And he goes No, sniff! And so I go [Jerame sniffs]. And he goes You smell that? And I go No. And he goes C’mon you’re dull. So you smell again. So I, I said to God, like Lord please let me smell something!
AUDIENCE: [LAUGHTER]
JERAME: I mean I already got rejected once. And so I go [Jerame deeply sniffs]. And when I said God, PLEASE let me smell something it activated. How many of you know we got to ask? And when it, when it activated the most beautiful fragrance came. And it was like overwhelming. I mean I just got hit! And, and I said Wow, I do smell that! And Bob goes, Yup! You’re a sweet smelling stench in your Daddy’s nostril. He said that’s your intimacy coming before the Father. Your prayers and, and your intimacy are like a fragrance to Him in, in the throne. And, and then he said a prophecy over me. He said 2nd Corinthians 2: 14, he said: Now thanks be to God who always causes us to triumph through Christ and through us diffuses the fragrance of Christ. And I’m telling you that was my first encounter with the fragrance of God but I learned something that day. There’s a fragrance to Christ. So if a fragrance shows up in our house or in church or wherever how many of you know our attitude should not be Oh, yeah, we’ve smelt that before. Cause if there’s a fragrance to Jesus and He shows up, what if it’s Jesus testing our hearts to see if we really want Him and if we’re discerning enough to realize He’s in the room. See this puts a whole different understanding together when it comes to the supernatural. God does the supernatural with a purpose! So if a fragrance were to show up here right now what, what should the response be? That response should be on our faces before God because the King just walked in.
AUDIENCE: Amen.
JERAME: And I’m telling you I was in Jacksonville Florida about two months ago sharing the same thing. And it was amazing because as I shared it there was a fragrance that came right through the right side of the room and I mean it filled the whole place like ten minutes after I started sharing. And I’m telling you I took one look at the pastor, he took one look at me and we all hit the floor. And you know what happened that night? There was at least, 4 different testimonies of people in a small church that had face to face encounters with Jesus. See sometimes when these senses open up there is a reality or an invitation from God that opens up for you to experience more. See anytime God does something supernatural it’s an invitation. Who wants to have an invitation from the Father?
AUDIENCE: Amen. [HANDS RAISED]
JERAME: Who wants to know more? Because He wants us to know more. And He wants to heighten our spiritual senses so, so that we can begin to recognize His voice when He speaks. And, you know I’ve been in meetings, we do a lot of healing ministry, I’ve been in meetings where if there’s a fragrance to the God side of things there’s a fragrance to the not-God side of things. And I’ve been in meetings where I walked to the right side of the room and I smelt a fragrance, that it, it just smells like you know, something that’s rotting and every time I’d walk over there I’d go What is that? And the Lord said somebody needs a miracle from cancer on that side. Just call a word of knowledge out. And I, I don’t necessarily say Hey, I smell the fragrance of something rotting. I just say is there someone with cancer over here and they raise their hand and then they get healed. And so sometimes, you know, it’s, it’s like God is heightening us and He’s, He’s trying to get us to be aware of things so that we can pray about ‘them. Right? How many of you know we should always be praying? Right? We should be quick to listen, slow to speak. Right? And, and always be praying about the things of God. And, and what God wants to do is, is God wants to train us up into walking in the things of the spirit. Now let’s talk about taste. That’s an interesting one. But the Bible’s full of stories. I mean you have Ezekiel in chapter, you know in Ezekiel 3, 1 through 3 you have a commissioning that Ezekiel goes through. Now I want you to understand something. Does God always do things that totally make sense to the mind? Not really. But what we got to look for is fruit. If there’s no fruit in someone’s life I don’t care what kind of encounter they had, if it hasn’t transformed their life then it’s not God. But if there’s a fruit and an evidence of His nature and His purity, His power, His, His goodness, His glory that’s reflected through the encounter into that person’s life or through that person how many of you know that’s of God. And so you’ve got Ezekiel. You know he’s probably hanging out and praying and an angel shows up and feeds him a scroll. I don’t know about you but that’s kind of strange. I mean if who’s ever been like Lord I love you and then, you know a scroll goes down your throat. Ha! I mean that’s kind of strange but you know what? I don’t mind strange as long as there’s the fruit. You want to know what the fruit was? He was a prophet of God from that moment on. Every word that he spoke forth we’re still seeing them come to pass today. And there was, there was, an activation of a gift and of an anointing that came in his life as a result of that encounter. I’m telling you today that can happen to you. You know we’ve, we’ve done activation times, in every time that we’ve taught this and we’ll do it corporately, we’ll get people to lay their hands on their eyes, and their tongue, and their nose, and their ears, and their hearts and it’s been amazing because we’ve had several people that have actually gone into open visions, of scrolls that open up with a life scripture on them. And they’ve testified to God giving them that scripture and then weeks after that they see it manifest. How many of you know that’s amazing, right? See if we’re really hungry to see and to hear and to feel then, then all we have to do is say God, please, I want to see, I want to hear, I want to feel, I want to know more. And, and it’s amazing because some of us are having encounters that are the same as others but we just don’t know it. Like for instance, I remember one of the first times I ever had an angelic visitation where I got activated to see in the spirit. It was because of another guy, a prophet was telling me about this angelic visitation that he had. And, and in this experience he had an angel come and he saw ‘them in a vision and he came with a blue ball and he put it in his belly and it was an activation of revelation and, and from that moment on he had all these dreams and these visions and at that point I had never had an encounter like that. And I remember I said God, I want that! How many of you know there’s a good jealousy and there’s a bad jealousy. Right? How many of you know that when you hear testimonies about the supernatural and the power of God it should provoke you to want more of God. Not discourage you and go God, that’s not fair. You’ll do that with them but not with me. See God wants to do it with you. You just got to realize that if people are walking in more of God than you are they’re an example to you of how much of God you can have if you will mature in relationship like they have. And so I’m, I’m looking at this guy and said God, I’ve never had an encounter like this. I really want one! And I remember the next day I said, God, I’m going to position myself. If you want encounters you’ve got to position yourself. How do you position yourself? Make time to pray. Make time to wait on Jesus. Make time to press into Him and, and worship Him. You know most of the major encounters I’ve had have come not when I am seeking encounters but I’m just in the middle of worship. And then, they happen. And, so that was what was happening. I was worshipping God and all of a sudden I became aware that there was an angel in the room. But here’s the thing. I didn’t see it, I felt it. And all of a sudden I felt this fist go into my belly and it like doubled me over and I went phew like this and I felt a release of heat in my stomach. And I remember thinking it’s, it’s funny how we are as humans, I remember thinking God, I want to see it, like as it’s happening! But I knew that I had the same encounter that my friend did. And you know what’s amazing though is from that moment on visionary experiences with God went to a whole other level. I mean they just heightened. They went to the next level. I began to have trances and visions and encounters and, and, and what was funny about it was afterwards when I prayed, I said God, what, what’s the deal? Like how come I didn’t see it? And this is what God said. He said You did see it. It’s the same. So I want you to understand something. Our five senses are heightened. And you know what? Just cause you hear something doesn’t mean that it’s less level, a lower level than someone that sees it or just because you feel something doesn’t mean it’s less of an impartation than the one that saw it. My friend saw it, right, and the activation happened. I felt it. The activation happened but the fruit was the same. See, why am I sharing this? Because some of us need to hear this because we’re frustrated. And, and what happens is sometimes we don’t like our gift and we don’t like the way that we’re wired in the spirit and we’re too busy chasing after everybody’s, everybody else’s rather than being secure in who we are in God. Does that make sense?
Tags: It's Supernatural, Sid Roth
Tags: It's Supernatural, Sid Roth