1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:03,400 Welcome to the Cross Power Church podcast. 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,800 You're listening to a service from our church in Campbell, TX. 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,480 We pray this message strengthens your faith and points you to the 4 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:12,840 cross. Now let's join the service. 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,120 Have your Bibles this morning going to be in a few places 6 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:19,120 here. And brother Brian Rayburn will 7 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:20,720 be here next week. We will be gone. 8 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,560 So you'll come worship with him and he's he's great, great 9 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,320 messenger of Jesus Christ. Amen. 10 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:29,760 I had someone hear him preach one time. 11 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,119 He said, pastor, you're supposed to get somebody worse than you 12 00:00:32,119 --> 00:00:33,640 when you're gone. That way everybody thinks you're 13 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:36,680 good when you get back. But I said, I'm not about me. 14 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:39,320 I'm about building the Kingdom. Hey man, so when I'm gone, I'm 15 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:40,960 going to bring you somebody good. 16 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:44,280 Hey man, but good to be in the House of the Lord. 17 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,800 Let's stand and read. I've preached this seems like 18 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,160 the last couple years prior to Easter because there was a lot 19 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:55,280 going on this week and the next week there was a lot going on 20 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,280 for eternity forever. Well, I want you to get the 21 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:03,040 mindset of this that today as I preach this, but I think it's 22 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,680 the body of Christ. If people can understand that 23 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,400 this life that we play so much value on, you know, Jesus 24 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,000 disciples, they didn't get it until he was gone. 25 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:18,760 But the life that we play so much value on, it's really only 26 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:22,320 a test. It's a test to get us stronger, 27 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:24,280 to get us to the end of this life. 28 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:27,880 And ultimately, if we obey Christ, it will land us in 29 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:29,840 heaven if we pass the test, right? 30 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:35,720 And in Deuteronomy chapter 8 and verse one, it says every 31 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:39,720 commandment which I command you today, you must be careful to 32 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:46,280 observe what we could preach, that today that you may live and 33 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:49,440 multiply. See the commandments of God and 34 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,360 the things that are written in the Word of God, they're not to 35 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:54,840 take away from us, they're to multiply us. 36 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,640 They're to add to us. And if you're careful to observe 37 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,360 them, you may live and multiply and go in and possess the land 38 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,080 which the Lord swore to your Father's. 39 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:09,160 You shall remember that the Lord your God LED you all the way 40 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,960 these 40 years in the wilderness, Anybody in the 41 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:19,120 wilderness this morning to humble you and test you. 42 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:24,800 I like that he always astounded me when I read this because he 43 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:32,040 it says he humbles us and he test us to know what was in your 44 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,320 heart. But wait a minute. 45 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:36,080 He's an all seeing, all knowing God. 46 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:40,240 Doesn't he already know I have those questions? 47 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,880 But He said to know what was in your heart, whether you would 48 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,640 keep His commandments or not. So He humbled you, allowed you 49 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:51,960 to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, 50 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:55,920 nor did your father's know that He might make known that man 51 00:02:55,920 --> 00:03:00,920 shall not say it with me. Man shall not live by bread 52 00:03:00,920 --> 00:03:05,320 alone, but man lives by every word that proceeds from the 53 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:07,800 mouth of the Lord. Who else said that? 54 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,160 Matthew chapter 4 and verse four, Our Lord and Savior Jesus 55 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,200 Christ quoted that to whom? To Satan when he came and 56 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,320 tempted him. He said man shall not live by 57 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,560 bread alone. Father, we come before you 58 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:21,480 today. We pray for grace today. 59 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,400 We pray for your strength to preach the word one more time. 60 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,200 Father, I, I pray that you touch my speech today. 61 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,080 I pray that you would touch each and everyone here, but most of 62 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,120 all, you would help us to realize that we're in a test 63 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,680 today. The trials, that and the 64 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:37,200 afflictions that come our way, they're to test us, to make us 65 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:41,160 stronger, to land us in the presence of our loving Savior. 66 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:42,960 We thank you for those that are here. 67 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:44,280 We thank you for those that are gone. 68 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,000 They're ministering this morning that you would touch the bikers 69 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,880 in a special way. It's in your son's name, we 70 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:55,600 pray, Amen. A test, a challenge. 71 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:02,680 It's designed to assess our character and our faithfulness. 72 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,320 We just read about that. God sent the test to those 73 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:10,600 children of Israel. A test is only what I preach. 74 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,720 This someone time part of this. A test is only a test, but it is 75 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,040 meant to elevate us, it not bring us down. 76 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,560 It's meant to build us up. And we've all been through tests 77 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:26,320 and trials in this life. Some have passed, some have 78 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:27,440 failed. How about you? 79 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,320 I like to think the older I get, I've learned more and I pass 80 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,320 more tests. But yes, we fail many times. 81 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,600 Maybe you're at a test today. Maybe you've just come through a 82 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:39,640 test. Or you could be headed to a 83 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:43,920 test, right? A place of testing, but a test 84 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:48,640 is set before God's children and we're always meant to pass the 85 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,160 test. When we look at this Bible, you 86 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,520 know, I think a lot of people they, they read the Bible and 87 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,280 separate their life from it many times. 88 00:04:57,280 --> 00:05:01,040 But the Bible is a book about broken people. 89 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,640 How many know that it's a book? Not everyone that's written in 90 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:09,160 the Bible, you're supposed to act like it was people that 91 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,960 failed test. It was people that passed a few 92 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,280 tests. But yet we are to learn from 93 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:16,200 every one of them that was tested. 94 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,240 And we're to humble ourselves and learn how to get through the 95 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,400 test. And the testing went all the way 96 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,280 through to the New Testament. And this is where I want to 97 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:27,760 preach to you. Really, today is about a man 98 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,160 named Judas. We sang about him last week. 99 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:34,840 How many know who Judas was? He was a disciple of Christ. 100 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:41,080 He was the one that betrayed Christ for 30 pieces of silver. 101 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,840 But I want to look back at some lessons we can learn. 102 00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:48,200 So we've learned that tests come not to be failed. 103 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,440 You know, there's there's preachers that will tell you. 104 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:54,840 Well, Judas was referred to in Zechariah 3 as what he was a man 105 00:05:54,840 --> 00:05:57,240 of perdition. He he was a man that was doomed 106 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:00,280 from birth. The Bible says Zechariah 107 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:04,080 prophesied him as that upon his life, that there would be a man 108 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,680 that would betray Christ for 30 pieces of silver. 109 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:11,200 And Jesus even referred to Judas which was going through a test. 110 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:15,280 So there's two different ways to look in John 17 and 12, Jesus 111 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:18,880 said he was talking and praying to God. 112 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:20,800 He said I kept them in your name. 113 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:25,880 Those you gave me I have kept and none of them is lost except 114 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:30,000 the son of say it with me perdition meaning doom for 115 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,760 destruction. He was talking about Judas here. 116 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:36,800 So Jesus knew, but yet he let Judas see it. 117 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:39,240 You know we get we can see churches today. 118 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,000 Well, you can't let these people do this. 119 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:45,040 You can't let them do that. But Jesus knew that how Judas 120 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:52,160 was, but yet in my opinion, he give him a chance, see someone 121 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:56,600 somewhere along the way. He knew that maybe Judas was in 122 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,040 an unredeemable state. As I said, it was at Zechariah 123 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,080 Chapter 11, not 3 that this was prophesied. 124 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,200 But see, Jesus had something different. 125 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,880 He could see a head. He knew how Judas would actually 126 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,360 end up. But I have always thought the 127 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:15,960 second thing about Judas, because if we believe that after 128 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:19,520 the cross of Calvary, after Jesus walked out of that tomb, 129 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:23,200 come on somebody and he he was returning to the right hand of 130 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,080 the Father and grace had hate planet earth. 131 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,400 I think it made things a little bit different. 132 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:32,880 We have to know that it did. And I think if Judas had not 133 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,920 have hung himself and took matters, had he went out and 134 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,240 prayed? Had he went out and sought God 135 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,520 because, see, Judas didn't do anything that we have not done. 136 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,720 He did not Christ, he failed Christ. 137 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:50,440 But yet if he hadn't took matters into his own hands after 138 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:54,640 the cross, would salvation have been available to him? 139 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:58,880 I believe it would because we read in the book of Jonah that 140 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:02,120 God changed his mind on a whole nation that he was going to 141 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,840 destroy. Just so Judas was labeled as the 142 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:10,960 man of perdition, the man that would ultimately be doomed and 143 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,320 betray Christ. But let's go to Matthew chapter 144 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,840 26. I want to read a few things 145 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,120 about this. I preached on it over the years 146 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,720 and always give give different takes on it. 147 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:23,520 But I want to look at some lessons we could learn from 148 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:27,000 Judas. Think about it. 149 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,800 Someone had been in the presence of Christ. 150 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,640 History tells that Judas had even cast some demons out. 151 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:37,640 He carried the offering for for Jesus ministry. 152 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:43,080 So Judas was a figure in the ministry of Jesus Christ and yet 153 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,560 he come out and he failed and he end up committing suicide and 154 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:48,800 hanging himself. So I think there's some lessons 155 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:54,040 we can learn because Judas was at a place that he was with 156 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:56,080 Christ. But what do you think the number 157 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,240 one thing was? I'm going to give you 7 things 158 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:03,640 here that Judas did not do that I think we could learn from. 159 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:12,160 And Matthew chapter 26 and verse 19, 26 and 19 it said. 160 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:16,120 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and they 161 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:20,080 prepared the Passover. When evening had come, he sat 162 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:25,120 down with the 12 and now as they were eating, he said assuredly, 163 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,240 I say to you, one of you will betray me. 164 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:33,200 He gives a warning and they were exceedingly sorrowful, and each 165 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:38,320 of them begin to say to him, Lord is said I didn't worry 166 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:42,280 about the betrayal, but the teaching automatically focused 167 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,920 on Lord is said I and he answered, and he dipped his hand 168 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:50,000 with them in the dish. He one who dips with me in the 169 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:54,480 dish will betray me. The Son of Man indeed goes just 170 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:58,280 as it is written of him, but woe to the man by whom the Son of 171 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,800 Man is betrayed. It would have been better for 172 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:06,160 him that he'd not have been born then Judas, who was betraying 173 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,120 him already in the process of it, He answered and he said, 174 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:13,040 Rabbi, is it I? And he said to him, you have 175 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:16,760 said it. So see, the deal here is Judas 176 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,160 knew that what was going to happen. 177 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:21,680 Christ had already revealed it to him. 178 00:10:21,680 --> 00:10:25,880 But the first thing Judas did is what I see today in the body of 179 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:29,200 Christ. He refused change. 180 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:34,600 He refused change. He knew who God was, but he was 181 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:40,120 never willing to really change. He started out a disciple and he 182 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:44,080 ended up to a devil. So many today accept Jesus 183 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,680 Christ. They're told they're saved, but 184 00:10:46,680 --> 00:10:51,120 they never say it. With me change many go to 185 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,480 church. We see this a lot today. 186 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:56,640 I just the Lord laid this on my heart in her in the people that 187 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,520 are looked up to that in the world today who are the number 188 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:01,480 one people that we that we look up to. 189 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:07,920 It's not preachers. What is it It's about worship. 190 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,720 It's Hollywood. We spend a lot of our time 191 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,480 watching Hollywood. We spend the rest of our time 192 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:18,560 for most people listening to secular music, right? 193 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,840 And now we are seeing what what was Satan when he was in heaven? 194 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:26,720 He was the leader of worship. He knows about singing. 195 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:30,560 He knows how a good song can get into your spirit, Amen. 196 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,960 He knows how something that somebody wrote in going to a 197 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,960 dark time of their life and a lot of music is good. 198 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:41,400 I'm not saying that, but I have never seen in my day and my 199 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:43,680 time. It would be no different than me 200 00:11:43,680 --> 00:11:47,640 standing up here professing to know Jesus Christ this morning, 201 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:48,240 right? Right. 202 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:52,400 And then going somewhere else that is worldly and doing 203 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:54,680 something different. But yet we keep listening. 204 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:00,280 I see all these videos of these these these people that have 205 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:05,120 wrote powerful songs, songs that you can feel the presence of the 206 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:09,240 Lord. And then my question is, why do 207 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:13,520 they think they have to go to somebody in the world to get 208 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:17,480 esteemed and share their song with what they wrote? 209 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,680 And we say, oh, well, it's heartfelt. 210 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:22,640 It's this. Well, when you look at the other 211 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:26,440 things that are posted about those people, they haven't 212 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:31,360 changed, Amen. If I own a strip club or a 213 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:34,680 nightclub and I profess to know Jesus Christ, and I'm going to 214 00:12:34,680 --> 00:12:37,920 sell out and I'm going to follow Jesus and I'm ultimately going 215 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:41,840 to end up in heaven, I think I would have to sell that and get 216 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:43,000 rid of it. Amen. 217 00:12:44,680 --> 00:12:48,320 But yet we see the world is refusing. 218 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,920 I'm not the world. The Christians are refusing to 219 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:55,560 change. And it is what it is, tearing up 220 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:59,560 the body of Christ because we think we can take. 221 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,520 I'm going to tell you something. You can't take the anointing of 222 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:04,880 the Holy Spirit and mix it with the world. 223 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:09,160 It will not work now, not ever. Judas is a great example of 224 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:15,000 that. He refused to change #2 We read 225 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:20,200 in John chapter 12 one through 7 it was Jesus. 226 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:25,440 He it was about the time that he was passing through Bethany and 227 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:30,760 it says 6 days before the Passover in John 12 and one it 228 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:34,560 says Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was. 229 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:39,120 I like this right here, Nick. Give me just a hair more volume 230 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:40,200 there. I'm having to strain a little 231 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:44,760 bit. When Lazarus, where Lazarus was 232 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:48,720 who had been dead, Jesus was eaten with a man that had been 233 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,800 dead because he'd raised him from the dead. 234 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:57,760 There they made him a supper and Martha served, but Lazarus was 235 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:00,720 one of those who sat at the table with him. 236 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:05,160 And I can picture Mary, she says she took a pound of very costly 237 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:07,520 sphinctered oil and anointed Jesus. 238 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,720 She began to take her hair and she began to wash the feet of 239 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:13,200 Jesus. And Judas is sitting in the 240 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,520 shadows. What did I say about Judas? 241 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:20,040 He refused to do what change. He began to see her washing with 242 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:24,120 a sphinctered oil and washing the feet of Jesus and and Judas 243 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,520 had it in his heart. He said, you know, this stuff is 244 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:30,280 worth a year's wages. It's worth a whole year's wages. 245 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:34,920 We could have sold it and went and give it to the poor, but the 246 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,200 Bible says that really wasn't what was in his heart. 247 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,720 He didn't care for the poor, but because he was a thief and he 248 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,560 had the Money Box and he used to take what was put in it. 249 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:48,080 But Jesus said let her alone. She has kept this for the day of 250 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:50,400 my burial. She she knew what was going to 251 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:54,240 happen for the poor. You have with you always, but me 252 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:58,640 you do not always have. See Judas wanted to give God 253 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:03,320 something but not everything. I ask you today, what are you 254 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,760 holding back? You're praying and you're 255 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:09,000 seeking God and and the things that you hold back from God 256 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:12,200 could be the very place that he's testing you in to get you 257 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,160 to what you're praying for. But you keep holding it back. 258 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:19,440 We keep holding back something from God and God cannot move 259 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:23,640 when we hold back. I'm not saying he can't, but he 260 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:25,440 won't. What are you holding back? 261 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:28,640 What you're holding back could cause your spiritual death. 262 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:34,280 The third thing, Judas, as we read this passage of Scripture 263 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:38,240 and I see this so prevalent in a lot of lives today, Jesus, Judas 264 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:44,320 thought worship was waste. Think about it, He thought 265 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:48,680 worship was waste. We see it all the time. 266 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:51,080 I don't, I don't clap, my church don't clap. 267 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:52,480 We don't see any need in clapping. 268 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:57,080 My church don't do that. The Bible says raise one hand 269 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,840 without wrath and another hand without doubting. 270 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,640 That is a commandment from God. We praise because he inhabits 271 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,280 the praise of his people, because he's worthy of our 272 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:08,600 praise. But I don't think Judas ever got 273 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,760 that in his spirit that worship was not waste. 274 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,880 If he would, he would have said, Mary, go ahead and wipe his feet 275 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:16,680 down. Go ahead and worship because 276 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,840 this could be the last time that we're in the presence of our 277 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:24,080 Savior, Jesus Christ. He never got that. 278 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:27,160 He never got that worship was not waste. 279 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:34,480 Can I tell you, any worship you do, God hears it #4 Judas knew 280 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:38,160 about Jesus, but he did not know him. 281 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:41,240 We have a lot of people like that. 282 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,800 They've read the book, they bought the best sellers. 283 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:50,040 They know about Jesus, but they they really, really don't know 284 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:53,400 him. In Matthew 26 and 25, when 285 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,800 everybody was saying, they was saying, they was saying teacher, 286 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,920 they was saying Lord, is it I Lord is it I? 287 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:01,760 That means he's, he's ABBA Father. 288 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:04,280 He's Lord of all. Judas never got that. 289 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:06,920 He still referred to him as rabbi, our teacher. 290 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:09,640 He never got that he was Lord of all. 291 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:11,599 He never got that. He was the one. 292 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,960 Judas knew about Jesus, but he did not know him. 293 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:20,800 All the others said, Lord, but I fear it's possible to attend 294 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:24,359 church and know about Jesus but yet not have a change in your 295 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:28,000 life. Jesus knew for three years that 296 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:32,400 that Judas would betray him, but he never exposed him until the 297 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,800 final hour. My prayer is in Philippians 3 298 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:39,800 and 10 that I might know him and the power of his resurrection. 299 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:43,120 Right. The fifth thing, Judas had 300 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:46,680 incorrect timing. How many times do we have 301 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,720 incorrect timing? What is incorrect timing? 302 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:54,240 We try to get God to operate on our time frame. 303 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:59,280 We spent countless hours in prayer because we haven't looked 304 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:04,080 back and we haven't really changed in our life. 305 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:07,400 We haven't wanted to give God everything. 306 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:11,360 We just give Him some things. But we still think that worship 307 00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:12,880 is waste. Many times. 308 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:17,800 We still only know about Jesus. But Judas had incorrect timing. 309 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,320 Many scholars believe, and I've heard all kinds of different 310 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,800 things when you look this up. But Judas, he believed that 311 00:18:25,120 --> 00:18:28,320 Jesus was the one that would overthrow all the bad kingdoms 312 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:32,560 of the earth, and that by by him betraying him, he could speed up 313 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:37,200 the end times and could speed up Jesus coming back to this earth 314 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:41,520 as the second coming. Many people believe that, but 315 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:45,520 that's not what the Bible says. See the he believed that the 316 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:48,320 nation of Israel could be won back from the Roman Empire, 317 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:51,840 maybe by speeding up the betrayal of Jesus and going 318 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,600 forward with it. But see, we can't press God to 319 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,320 do things and take things into our own hands. 320 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,720 Judas would soon learn this. I know when it will happen. 321 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,200 I've learned exactly when it will happen in my life. 322 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,560 The things I'm praying for. Have you learned that yet? 323 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:09,960 It'll happen exactly when God wants it to. 324 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:18,600 Judas had incorrect timing. The sixth thing, Matthew chapter 325 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:21,000 2648. I'm going to read a little bit 326 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:27,440 here. It said now his betrayer who had 327 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:31,680 given them a sign saying whomever I kiss, he is the one 328 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:36,840 sees him. And in verse 49, he said 329 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:40,360 immediately he went up to Jesus and he said, greetings, here he 330 00:19:40,360 --> 00:19:42,440 is again. He he's calling him rabbi. 331 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,240 He still thinks he's a teacher. He doesn't think he's the King 332 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:50,360 of kings and the Lord of Lords. And in verse 50, he says, but 333 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,040 Jesus said to him, friend, why have you come? 334 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,160 Then they came and they laid hands on him. 335 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,520 I wanted to ask you today when you, if you've ever got a hold 336 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:04,200 of Jesus, if you've ever got your hands on him, Judas was 337 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,160 right there. I challenge you. 338 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:11,080 Never let him go. Judas never learned this. 339 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,640 He was right there. He was in the ministry. 340 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,440 Man, this ought to be a wake up call for us today. 341 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:20,000 We prayed a simple sinner's prayer and been water baptized 342 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,680 and many have never went any farther. 343 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,760 Judas was way farther than that. He was involved. 344 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:27,520 He was with Jesus, but he let him go. 345 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:32,760 He let him go. I'm sure that Judas did not know 346 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:36,040 at this time that it would be the last time that he could let 347 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:37,920 him go. It would be the last time that 348 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:42,160 he's seen Jesus as he was. If you ever get lay hold of 349 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:46,280 Jesus, don't let him go. He won't let you go. 350 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,840 Don't let him go. People and religion will let you 351 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:54,600 down, but Jesus will never let you go holding fast. 352 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:57,520 One translation says never let him go. 353 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,240 If you ever get delivered from the things in this life, don't 354 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:06,080 let him go because there's seven other spirits the Bible teaches 355 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,200 that are waiting to come in and take you farther than you've 356 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,520 ever been in your life and keep you longer than you want to stay 357 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:14,840 and cost you far more than you can ever pay. 358 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:19,440 I said never let him go. If you've ever been saved and 359 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:24,400 cleansed, don't let him go, though sometimes you're broken. 360 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:26,920 Sometimes you're afraid, That's OK. 361 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,080 Don't let him go. Keep coming back. 362 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:34,960 Don't let him go. It may be a long journey, but I 363 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:41,080 challenge you, don't let him go. And the 7th most priceless 364 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:45,640 lesson, I believe of all of them that we can learn from Judas. 365 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:52,840 If you don't finish your assignment, somebody else will. 366 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:57,880 Think about that. Judas took the 30 pieces of 367 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:01,960 silver that which he had took in exchange for the betrayal of 368 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,920 Jesus Christ. Man, when I read that, I, I 369 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,400 think of all the people that have told what they have taken 370 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,760 in exchange for the blessings that God has given us, what 371 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:15,120 they've taken in exchange for the blood that covers every sin 372 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:18,280 we've ever committed. See, if we don't believe that 373 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:21,080 Jesus could be forgiven, then I can't believe that I can be 374 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:26,000 forgiven. But he took those 30 pieces of 375 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,120 silver and he went to the temple and he throw them out on the 376 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:34,800 temple floor because he had realized a moment too late. 377 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,160 He had realized what he had done. 378 00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:42,880 He betrayed many believe that it was about this time that he's 379 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:46,240 carrying the bag by money that Jesus had done been flogged and 380 00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:49,080 had done been beaten. Maybe even the crown of thorns 381 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:50,960 had already been placed on his head. 382 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:54,240 The the Bible says that you know that he was beaten beyond 383 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,680 recognition. The one that Judas had just 384 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:01,320 betrayed had been beaten, and I believe that Judas probably got 385 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,760 a glimpse of him. He had seen what he had done, 386 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,840 and he took the 30 pieces of silver, the very thing that he 387 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:12,520 had took in change in exchange for Jesus Christ. 388 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:16,000 Anybody ever been there? The very thing that you took in 389 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,960 exchange, you just throwed it down and you didn't want it in 390 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,200 your life anymore because you realize that it wasn't worth the 391 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,520 peace and the joy and the things that you had when you were 392 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:29,480 serving God. But he threw it on the ground. 393 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:34,440 See, whatever you take in exchange for Jesus, it will 394 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:38,120 become very costly. He took it and he threw it on 395 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:43,280 the floor of the temple, and he went out and he hang himself. 396 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,320 There's no way out. See, that's where the enemy 397 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,120 wants you this morning. I have no way out. 398 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:55,320 History tells that Judas took the sash from his robe and went 399 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,680 out on a Cliff and hung himself, and the sash broke. 400 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:00,720 You won't find this in the Bible. 401 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:04,280 This is what history tells. But people supposedly seen it. 402 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:08,880 And he fell down a Cliff and hit on rocks, and a wagon came by 403 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:10,760 and they couldn't stop. And they run over him with the 404 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,720 old wagon wheels and squashed his guts out on the ground. 405 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:21,280 See, the enemy does not stop. He does not stop, but he took 406 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:22,640 it. He threw it on the ground. 407 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:27,760 He took matters into his own hands and he hung himself. 408 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:32,040 See in Acts chapter 1 and verse 26. 409 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,200 This was after Judas was dead, after Jesus had ascended into 410 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:40,080 heaven. There was only 11 disciples. 411 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:46,000 Now think about that. There's only 11, only 11 412 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,440 disciples. Now they cast lots and it landed 413 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:53,400 on a man named Matthias. They had to pick the 12. 414 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:58,680 And as we go to Revelations, I'm going to close here in a minute, 415 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:05,840 But in Revelations 21, we read of what heaven will be like. 416 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,480 If you've never read Revelations 21, I want to read a lot there 417 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:13,600 this morning, but I'm I'm not going to be able to go home and 418 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,320 read about it. Go home and read about what 419 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:21,960 heaven's going to be like. But in Revelations 21, is John 420 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,840 the Revelator seen heaven, He said now the wall of the city 421 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,560 talking about heaven. Stay with me right here. 422 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,760 If you hear anything about Judas, you need to hear this 423 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:38,240 today had 12 foundations. Think about that. 424 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:42,120 Heaven is built on the on the 12 apostles. 425 00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:45,440 It has 12 foundations. Think about it. 426 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:50,320 The 12 apostles, I'm not going to name them all, but it was 427 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:54,320 built upon what they did for Jesus Christ and the truth 428 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,520 that's written in this word. And it says now the wall had 12 429 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:03,600 foundations and all them were the name of the 12 apostles of 430 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,920 the Lamb. Think about that. 431 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:13,640 Judas name could have been on one of those foundations, but 432 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:16,720 yet now I don't even know if we'll be able to see them but 433 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,960 it's possible there could be the name Judas with a line through 434 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:25,600 it and under it could be Mattheus. 435 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:31,240 If you ever lay hold of Jesus, don't let him go. 436 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,800 The wall of the city had 12 foundations. 437 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:39,400 Could it be that Judas name could have been on one of those 438 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:42,040 foundations and now it's etched out. 439 00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:47,440 But now we're preaching a gospel that says that no matter what 440 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,440 you do in this life, you're going to heaven. 441 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,720 If you prayed the sinner's prayer, yes, that's what's being 442 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:57,640 preached. It doesn't matter what you've 443 00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:59,320 done. But you just would have sure had 444 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:04,280 a entrance, wouldn't he? I want to look at what Jesus 445 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:06,600 said about it in Revelations chapter 3. 446 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,440 Out of all the verses in the Bible that you've ever read, 447 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:16,120 I'll promise you this is the most eye opening, the most 448 00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:19,640 spiritual eye opening scripture that you have ever read. 449 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:24,360 And Jesus was writing it, revealing it to John. 450 00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:29,000 John was writing it in Revelations 3 and he was writing 451 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:33,960 it to what he referred to as the dead church, the Church of 452 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:39,760 today, the church that's more involved in building programs 453 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:45,320 than they are saving souls. The church that resembles much 454 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,600 the life of Judas, if I really be honest with you today, 455 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,760 because they refuse to change. They have let the world change 456 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:53,640 them. They have not been transformed 457 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,760 from the world. They've been conformed. 458 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,200 The church has been conformed, whether you like it or not and 459 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,680 you want to believe it or not, the church has been conformed to 460 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:07,120 the world. Same thing I was talking about 461 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:10,720 Hollywood and all the singers that think they have to conform 462 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:14,160 to whoever because they're popular. 463 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,760 My Bible says what does a man gain if he profits the whole 464 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,360 world and loses his own soul? And then he says a comma. 465 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,520 He says or what? Will you give an exchange? 466 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:27,160 I'm just going to go ahead and say it. 467 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,240 I've listened to Brandon Lake, some anointed singing, some 468 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:34,280 anointed songs, but why was he worried about in an interview 469 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,360 that people was ridiculing him for singing with Jelly Roll? 470 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,720 If it was the right decision, why was he question himself? 471 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,320 When I hear from God and even though the world don't agree 472 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,440 with it, or maybe you don't agree with it, if I know it's 473 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,160 from God, I don't care because I know it's from God. 474 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,720 Now when I stagger from the past a little bit and I know that I'm 475 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,080 wrong and there's a little bit of doubt in there. 476 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:04,680 Amen. But it's called the almighty 477 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,200 dollar. Why was people that raised in 478 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:12,840 church that sing annoyed songs and then they have to go out in 479 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:16,280 the world and sing about sex, drugs and alcohol. 480 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,840 Why did they strike? Because they I've heard them say 481 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:21,920 I just couldn't make it in the gospel world. 482 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,120 There was no money. But there's eternity. 483 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:29,000 There's eternity. We better wake up because of 484 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:34,600 this verse right here. See, the world has changed the 485 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,280 church, but I want to recap these four clothes Judas refused 486 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,760 to change. Judas wanted to give God 487 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:45,960 something, but not everything. If you don't believe me, go 488 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:47,800 research it. Go read about Judas. 489 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:51,720 He did all these things. He thought worship was waste. 490 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,000 The church today thinks worship is waste. 491 00:29:56,280 --> 00:30:00,280 Judas knew about Jesus, but he really didn't know him. 492 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:05,360 Judas had incorrect timing. He thought he could force some 493 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:09,200 things. He never learned that if you 494 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:14,680 ever get your hands on Jesus, if you ever get close to him, never 495 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:19,320 let him go. But Judas would ultimately learn 496 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:23,960 if you don't finish your assignment, somebody else will. 497 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:31,120 But in a world that plays with the things of the Spirit and is 498 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:39,040 not serious about it, read Revelations chapter 3 verse one. 499 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:43,000 This is to the dead church. He said to the Angel of the 500 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:47,680 church and saw to write these things says he who has the seven 501 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,280 spirits of God and the seven stars. 502 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:57,600 He said I know your works, that you have a name, But what does 503 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:01,480 the church have a name today? Not only do they have a name, 504 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,080 but they're recognized by their name. 505 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:08,720 Hello. How weak is that? 506 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:13,760 I limit God by my name. Hello. 507 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,880 Because I'm a Methodist or Presbyterian, I ordained gay 508 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:18,560 ministers. That's your name now. 509 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:23,840 That's your name now. You recognize homosexuality is 510 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,640 OK in the body of Christ. That's your name now. 511 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,800 I'm of this, I'm of that. That means we don't operate in 512 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:33,800 the gifts of the Spirit. You can pick your church. 513 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,920 The church has a name. That's what Jesus said. 514 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:42,680 I know your works, that you have a name that you look alive, you 515 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,360 look like something's going on down there, but you're really 516 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:50,000 dead. Oh, come on, somebody, He says. 517 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:54,560 Be watchful and strengthen the things which remain. 518 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:58,200 See, it's never too late. As I said last week, if you've 519 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,920 if you, you got to take heed lest you fall. 520 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,680 If you fail, that means you were once standing, right? 521 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:09,680 So a righteous man may fall, but get back up, be watchful. 522 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:11,760 Strengthen the things which remain. 523 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:14,520 I may not have much. I've been in the places of my 524 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:17,200 life where I didn't have anything but obedience. 525 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:19,000 Amen. Everything it looked like that 526 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,280 I'd done for God was failing. But I had obedience. 527 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,320 I had a promise from God of what I was to keep doing. 528 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:30,120 All I had was obedience, and I kept obeying. 529 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:36,240 Strengthen that which remains within you that are ready to 530 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:40,600 die, for I have not found your works perfect before God. 531 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,560 Verse 3. Remember, as you stand to your 532 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:52,400 feet, remember, therefore have you have received and heard. 533 00:32:53,280 --> 00:33:00,800 Hold fast and repent. Therefore, if you will not 534 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:07,680 watch, I will come upon you as a thief and you will not know what 535 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:12,280 hour I will come upon you. Isn't that powerful? 536 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,600 You know, that's the most scary thing in America right now. 537 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:20,200 Under the other administration, I feel like a lot of people was 538 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:24,240 praying God change America, God help America. 539 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:27,240 Now it seems like that you, we feel like we've arrived. 540 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:35,520 We feel like everything's OK. I will come upon you as a thief. 541 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:42,880 This is Jesus talking, and you will know not what hour I will 542 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:45,720 come upon you. That tells me there's no time to 543 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:48,040 get ready. When Jesus, when Gabriel sells 544 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:50,880 the horn, there's no time to get ready. 545 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,200 You know at that time, it doesn't matter how many times 546 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:57,520 you failed, It doesn't matter how many times you've fallen. 547 00:33:57,920 --> 00:33:59,640 All that matters is that you're standing. 548 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,480 This is why it's important. You ready for the most powerful 549 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,000 verse in the Bible that should shake you and wake you As a 550 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:14,400 Christian, you have a few names even in Sardis, who have not 551 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:19,679 defiled their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, for 552 00:34:19,679 --> 00:34:23,080 they are worthy. He who overcomes shall be 553 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:26,800 clothed in white garments. Are you ready for this? 554 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:34,000 Are you ready for this? The Church ain't ready for this, 555 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:38,239 because everybody thinks they're saved, he said. 556 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:40,400 But if you, if you're found worthy. 557 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,120 And he who overcome shall be clothed in white garments. 558 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:50,960 And I will not blot out his name from the Book of life, but I 559 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:57,160 will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. 560 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:02,360 He who has an ear to hear, let him hear what the Spirit says to 561 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,000 the churches. Would you bow your heads? 562 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:07,600 I want to read this one more time. 563 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:13,280 He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I 564 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:17,200 will not blot out His name from the book of life. 565 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:23,720 Jesus has the power to do that. He had the power to save us. 566 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,280 He has the power to unrecognize us. 567 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:33,680 I didn't say it, the Bible did, but I know when I read that at a 568 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:40,440 young age it got my attention. But I ask you, would you take 569 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:43,360 these lessons from Judas this morning and would you learn from 570 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:46,680 them? Because the enemy's still 571 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,440 robbing us the same way that he did Judas. 572 00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:55,160 When we refuse to change, he convinces us to give God 573 00:35:55,160 --> 00:36:01,320 something, but not everything. He convinces us, as he did 574 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:06,360 Judas, to think that worshipping was waste. 575 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:13,160 Judas knew about Jesus, but he did not know him. 576 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:17,680 Oh, that I might know him in the power of his resurrection. 577 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:21,760 Don't have incorrect timing. Rely upon God's timing. 578 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:27,280 If you ever get your hands on Jesus, don't let him go. 579 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:29,240 Would y'all come and play something this morning? 580 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,960 I want to play that Amazing Grace one more time. 581 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:39,360 And if you don't finish your assignment, somebody else will. 582 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,600 As your heads are bowed, I want you to think about this message 583 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:50,400 this morning as we're leading up to Resurrection Sunday where we 584 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,920 will celebrate the resurrected Savior. 585 00:36:57,440 --> 00:36:59,520 I'll just give you one thing that come up. 586 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:07,360 There was another that would deny him named Peter, but yet 587 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:12,360 Peter went out and repented. And when Jesus walked out of 588 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:16,120 that tomb, as we will celebrate Sunday after next, what 589 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:22,400 happened, He wanted to make sure he said go get the others, but 590 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:27,640 make sure Peter comes. Man that touches my heart. 591 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:32,560 Make sure that Peter, he, he knew about me and he was part of 592 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:36,160 this ministry. And he even took a few steps on 593 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:41,440 the water that night. He took a few steps, but he got 594 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:43,520 his eyes off of me and he denied me. 595 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:45,640 But you know what, I can still use him. 596 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:52,400 Peter straight a little bit, but I can see Peter. 597 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:54,240 Maybe he's at the Garden of Gethsemane. 598 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:56,600 Maybe he's back on his fishing boat. 599 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,120 Peter had went back to his fishing boat. 600 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:08,960 He thought all was lost and then he's seen the Master. 601 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:14,600 If you ever have laid hold of Jesus, I don't care what you're 602 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:18,360 doing right now or what you have done, don't let him go. 603 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,800 How many is glad you didn't let him go? 604 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,360 And when you did let him go, he didn't let you go. 605 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:33,960 He didn't let you go. God, we thank you for your grace 606 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:38,000 today. We thank you for people in this 607 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:42,520 Bible that we can learn from. I don't want to be like Judas. 608 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:52,240 I want to know that this life is only a test, and if I pass the 609 00:38:52,240 --> 00:38:59,840 test, I can enter in. Don't refuse change. 610 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:05,160 Whatever God's trying to change in your life, I can promise you 611 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:08,840 when you give it to him, there's going to be something way better 612 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:14,720 that will come into your life. I can't promise you it's 613 00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:19,040 material, but I can tell you it's peace that surpasses your 614 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:24,040 understanding. If you could receive peace today 615 00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:28,200 that surpasses your understanding, your life would 616 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:33,000 be much easier. Peace that surpasses 617 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:38,360 understanding. Father, we love you today. 618 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:42,200 We thank you for this word. Most of all, we thank you for 619 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:46,480 your son Jesus and his Amazing Grace. 620 00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:50,600 Thanks for listening to the Cross Power Church podcast. 621 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:54,560 May you know that true hope, peace, and salvation can only be 622 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,960 found in Jesus. If you're near Campbell, TX, we 623 00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,120 would love for you to join us in person. 624 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,680 You can find service times at crosspowerchurch.com.