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 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,440 I was thinking today we all Linda got me hooked on that 6 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:21,640 preaching to the choir. What I say sometimes the choir 7 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:23,520 forgets the words to the song, right? 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,720 But I got a new saying. I think I'm preaching to those 9 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:30,800 that are in the Wonder Years. Everybody ever heard that? 10 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,080 When you get old, it's called the Wonder Years. 11 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:39,160 Wonder where your glasses are? I wonder where your shoes are? 12 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,720 You wonder where the remote? Is sometimes you wonder where 13 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:45,560 your wife is a man or husband, but. 14 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,160 I did figure. Something out though when you're 15 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:50,280 when you're wondering where there is, find the glasses 16 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:56,080 first. It makes it a lot easier to find 17 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,920 the rest. Matter of fact, I got to find my 18 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:03,920 other ones right now. But but I get to be in the House 19 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:05,960 of the Lord tonight. Amen. 20 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,840 I I spend months sometimes on Mondays and to sometimes during 21 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:12,520 the week I. I go through a. 22 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,080 Cards or Landry sends them to me. 23 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,320 I text people that have come to church and man, it's been busy 24 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:20,520 lately, first time visitors and texting people just letting them 25 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,320 know we appreciate them coming and things and some reply, some 26 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:25,880 don't. And you know, I, we're getting, 27 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,280 I guess we're getting high tech now. 28 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:31,280 We get reviews. But yeah, we get reviews. 29 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,600 You know, you can go on Google and you can. 30 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,960 Review or give your. Opinion of the service I guess 31 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:40,520 on Google, not on our Facebook but on Google and Landry text me 32 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,440 the other night of man's name and I try to go by me to 33 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:45,120 everybody. I don't know if y'all noticed 34 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,880 that, but someday, you know, if I try to, I don't always get 35 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:48,440 there. Depends on. 36 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,080 What the spirits? Leading me that day, but try to 37 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,680 be friendly but. But she told me she said we had 38 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:59,720 a review this week that said the music was great but we were too 39 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:05,400 charismatic and. And I said yeah. 40 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:10,160 And I said, hey man, but. But you know, we were, you know 41 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:11,800 those. Devil comes into you want to 42 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,040 play, you want people to like you want people to like your 43 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:15,320 church. You know that? 44 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:16,720 And Lander said, do you know him? 45 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,040 I said, yeah, I don't know him, but I know who it was. 46 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,920 I could tell by fight, you know, when you operate in the spirit, 47 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:25,800 you walk in the spirit, you know what people feel sometimes. 48 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:27,840 I said I know exactly who it was and totally. 49 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,640 And and that's who it was. Anyway, we figured it out. 50 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:34,960 We we, we didn't do any creeping or nothing like that, but we 51 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:36,120 figured it out. But. 52 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,080 If I could post. I would just say this. 53 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:43,000 I don't know how you sit there. I may be charismatic, but I had 54 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:44,720 to. Look, that word, you know, it 55 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,640 got pinned on the on a lot of Pentecostal. 56 00:02:47,640 --> 00:02:51,120 Churches and and they. Call it the charismatic. 57 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:55,560 Movement, but when you. Look it up, it says this. 58 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,280 Webster describes it as exercising a compelling. 59 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:00,720 Charm. I'm charming. 60 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,280 Which inspires devotion in others. 61 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,640 Charismatic. 'S not a bad word. 62 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,440 Let you know, yeah, I mean. We need to all take care of 63 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:14,760 somebody. Well, what are you for so that? 64 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,040 Led me to this. Y'all ready? 65 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:20,000 Hang on. Because I have to ask the 66 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,120 question, you know, I think. It's a good thing. 67 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,840 But what I feel. Isn't charismatic. 68 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,960 It's called the Holy Spirit. It's called the Holy Ghost. 69 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,960 You know, because I'm glad tonight I'm not walking in a 70 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:36,440 live confusion. And you know, I, I, I challenge 71 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,360 you and I challenge people. And you know, I've had, I've had 72 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,840 people say, Oh no, no, no, non denominational church. 73 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:46,080 It's kind of a denomination now. And it is, I guess. 74 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:49,120 But if you've ever attended a church, I challenge you, go look 75 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:52,600 at some of the churches you've attended and go look at how many 76 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,960 different beliefs are in those. Churches. 77 00:03:56,440 --> 00:04:00,400 How many different conventions that are in the Southern Baptist 78 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,440 Convention there there's there's hundreds. 79 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:04,840 Of them and they're. Splitting every day, they're now 80 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,040 allowing them If you don't believe the way that this. 81 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,160 Denom we are this, but if you don't believe this, we will 82 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,800 review what you're believing. And what you're trying to do and 83 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:14,680 we'll let you form another convention. 84 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,360 And you know, to me. It's not biblical at all because 85 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,360 God's coming back for. One church he's sending. 86 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,680 Jesus back for one church, but let's stand and go the Lord in 87 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:28,720 prayer as we get started. But I titled this tonight. 88 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,640 What are you walking in? There's a lot of people walking 89 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:35,520 around. There's a lot of people walking 90 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:40,200 in doctrines, denominations, beliefs that they were taught. 91 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,080 The Bible's very clear. They were to know the Scriptures 92 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,200 and know whom we have learned them from. 93 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,520 But I ask you tonight, what are you walking in? 94 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,160 I think it's something we need to ask people around us. 95 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,280 What are you walking in? What authority in the spirit 96 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:58,600 realm are you walking in? Good question, Father. 97 00:04:58,600 --> 00:04:59,920 We thank you for this word tonight. 98 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:02,680 We pray that you'd anoint this word, Father, that I would be 99 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:04,840 ready to relay it the way that you showed. 100 00:05:04,840 --> 00:05:08,400 It unto me today, Father, that gets a powerful message that I 101 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,360 believe you give me for your people tonight. 102 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:11,760 And Father. I just pray you would anoint 103 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:14,240 this word. You would lead and guide my. 104 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,120 Lips and my. Thoughts as I preach. 105 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,400 Tonight, Father, we need. You as never before, Father in a 106 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,560 world that's that that's. Going down fast, Father, but 107 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,840 you're coming back and we thank you that you're. 108 00:05:24,840 --> 00:05:26,680 Coming back for a bride that's ready. 109 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,160 You're coming back for your people that's ready to go. 110 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,200 Be seated at the marriage supper of the Lamb. 111 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:32,440 And I pray tonight. Father you. 112 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,840 Would get us ready. You would help us to know where 113 00:05:34,840 --> 00:05:38,360 we're walking every step that the soles of our feet touch are 114 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,360 leading us in a. Path and I pray. 115 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,720 It's an upward path to Calvary. And then beyond the cross of. 116 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,160 Calvary to the risen Savior into eternal home called. 117 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,080 Heaven and we thank you for your love and your mercy. 118 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:54,360 See it's in your Son's name. We pray, Amen as we look. 119 00:05:54,360 --> 00:06:00,440 Around today I see a lot of God's children, people walking 120 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:06,840 around knowing about Jesus, knowing the Bible stories and 121 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:09,800 professing to know about the blood and the atonement and the 122 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,720 the meaning of the cross. So, you know, it's hard to find 123 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,520 someone that in America that doesn't know that you can find 124 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:16,800 them. I. 125 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,360 Found 1A. Few, few months ago after Bible 126 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,640 study and let him to the Lord of the gas station. 127 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:26,320 There are people that do not know about the the real meaning 128 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,720 of the cross. But yeah, we look around today 129 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:33,360 and we find a lot of people that are just wandering around and I 130 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:37,960 wonder what are they walking in? They say they know these things, 131 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:42,120 but the Bible is very clear that we are known by not what we 132 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:47,160 profess come home by, not what comes out of our mouth, but by 133 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,960 what's hanging off our tree, what's called fruit. 134 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:56,200 And when people are professing to be one thing, but yet their 135 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:02,000 actions show something else. Steer away if you're listening 136 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,160 to a preacher. That. 137 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:08,000 Possesses one thing, professes one thing, but lives another 138 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,720 way. I was never so amazed by those 139 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,440 that I that listen to TD Jakes. We all like some TD Jakes from 140 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,400 time to time and and and when he was called it a place he that he 141 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,280 shouldn't have been. We went to the church, went 142 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,440 through the actions of of what? What did he do? 143 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,280 How far did he go at these parties? 144 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:27,800 What was his role? It really doesn't matter. 145 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,640 I had the question, why was he there? 146 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,640 Because if you're not careful, that doesn't matter if you're. 147 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,240 Sitting on a Pew. Or standing behind a pulpit, you 148 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,640 will walk into the wrong place at some time or another. 149 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:46,480 But I see people that their actions do not line up with 150 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,320 maybe their doctrine, maybe the church they go to, and yes, even 151 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,720 the Bible can. I get an Amen that they read. 152 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,960 Their actions, the way they talk, the way they act, the way 153 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,480 they look. Hello, I can preach right there 154 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:02,320 the way they. Treat. 155 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:08,280 Other people, the way they think, the way they dress, the 156 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:11,520 way they love, the way they. Worry. 157 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:15,640 Well, that hurts, doesn't it? The way they doubt, the way they 158 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:19,640 keep their word. See, this reflects a different 159 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,280 life many times than than one of God's children. 160 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:27,640 It reflects a different life than than what we profess. 161 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:28,840 And what? We are living. 162 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,600 But what I read about in the written word of God that's 163 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,919 forever settled in heaven is much different when I look at a 164 00:08:34,919 --> 00:08:38,039 lot of people's lives. So I ask you today, what are you 165 00:08:38,039 --> 00:08:39,760 walking? In I want you. 166 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:41,320 To say that word with me tonight. 167 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,640 In in. It is a very important word in 168 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,400 tonight as we go through Scripture and 2nd Corinthians 169 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,880 chapter 5 and verse 17. The apostle Paul asked the 170 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,280 question. He says therefore, if anyone is 171 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:59,800 in say that word with me in Christ, he is a new creation. 172 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,240 He did not say because we prayed A sinner's prayer or got 173 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:06,320 baptized. The apostle Paul said he knew 174 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:11,000 that that wouldn't make you in Christ unless you had a personal 175 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,080 relationship and a killing of the. 176 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,120 Flesh and a selling. Out to Almighty God. 177 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,120 But he said therefore if anyone is in Christ, we're going to 178 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:23,560 look at this word. He is a new creation. 179 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:30,600 Old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become 180 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:32,480 new. Those that you're praying with, 181 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,960 those that you're witnessing to today when we pray time and time 182 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,920 again and they're struggling time and time again, I've been 183 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:42,000 there, hello, you've been there. But what is the problem? 184 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,960 They don't need to pray more most of the time they need to 185 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,320 get in Christ Jesus, say man, because you, when you get in 186 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,120 Christ Jesus, there's going to be a different, he said 187 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:52,960 difference. He says old things have passed 188 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,720 away and behold all things, Not some things, but all things 189 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:00,120 become new. We flip back over to Romans 8 190 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,440 and 1. The apostle Paul said there is 191 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:06,760 therefore no condemnation. Boy, I battled with that as a 192 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,440 young Christian because I had condemnation, because I hadn't 193 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,880 sold out. All things hadn't become new in 194 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:14,280 my life. Has anybody ever. 195 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,640 Been there, he said. There is therefore. 196 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:22,440 No condemnation to those who have repented. 197 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:24,160 That's not what he. Said. 198 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:26,760 He said there's that little word again. 199 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:30,640 There is therefore no condemnation to those who are in 200 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:35,000 Christ who do not walk. That's why I ask, what are you 201 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:39,520 walking in who do not walk according to the flesh, but 202 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:43,760 according to the Spirit. Galatians 5 and 16 declares that 203 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:47,760 if you will walk in the Spirit, you there it is again, walking. 204 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:51,240 What are you walking in? In the spirit you shall not do 205 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,080 what? Fulfill the lust of the flesh. 206 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,320 But when we begin to walk out of the Spirit, there's some bad 207 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,160 things happen. You know, I tell young people 208 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:02,040 that all the time. You got to walk in the Spirit. 209 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:05,480 You know, we had lunch yesterday with Tony's sister and she's a 210 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:07,520 unique individual. She's a neat lady. 211 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,040 And, and she, she had been through some stuff in her life. 212 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,400 And, you know, I've been called, I preached one time. 213 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,280 They told me I was a little shambok. 214 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:17,760 How many ever listened to RW Shambok? 215 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,920 And I took it as a compliment. But she went to one of his camp 216 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,760 meeting revivals and she said she was tired. 217 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,960 I love what she said. She said I was tired of who I 218 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:29,000 was. And she said, I went down for 219 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:32,120 prayer and she said, Shambok, come up to me at that tent. 220 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,440 Meeting and. He said he looked at me and he 221 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:36,920 said I know you. And she said he slapped, slap 222 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:40,240 me. She said I was, I wasn't going 223 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:41,960 to go back. I guess it was the next night 224 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,080 or, or shortly after she went back. 225 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,640 But he he slapped her. She had to go deal with it and 226 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,120 she got to know him after that. She asked him, she said. 227 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,880 And then she said she went back and went to altar and she said, 228 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:54,760 I want to tell you something. I was changed. 229 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:56,640 There was no holding on to nothing. 230 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,440 She said I was drunk on the Holy Ghost that night when God met me 231 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:02,680 there. I was a changed individual. 232 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:04,840 And Tommy said, yeah. Tony said, yeah, tell them about 233 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,240 the three cars or two, three cars you ran over in the parking 234 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:08,400 lot. She said I was drunk. 235 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:13,520 She said I was changed. And she said sometime later she 236 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:17,360 asked RW Schambach. She said she said what? 237 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:20,200 How did you know me? I did not know you, I had never 238 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,600 met you. And oh, Schambach as he was, I 239 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,920 can see him do it. And he said I wasn't talking to 240 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:27,600 you, I was talking to the devil that was in you. 241 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:31,280 That's who I was. Slapping Hey man. 242 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:34,680 I've been in those services and. And and and I. 243 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:36,560 Begin to reflect on the way home. 244 00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:38,440 I've never. Done that to an adult, but when 245 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:41,160 I had my teen ministry I did it to some kids. 246 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:44,840 I shook a boy one night real bad because he was he was being 247 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,200 unruly and I. Shook him and I tried to shake 248 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:48,760 the. Devil plum out of him and you 249 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:54,400 did that to a kid today what would happen the child abuse you 250 00:12:54,400 --> 00:13:01,640 have so we can bring but see when you begin to walk in the 251 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,560 spirit you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 252 00:13:04,560 --> 00:13:09,280 Let's look at this word INN the Greek definition of it. 253 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:11,120 It's. It says it's. 254 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:15,280 On at. By or with, look at your 255 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,720 neighbors. Say on at by. 256 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:25,960 Or with what are you walking in? I'm walking on or in the word, 257 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,400 right? I'm walking on the Word. 258 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,240 I'm being led by the Spirit. And what am I? 259 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:34,440 Walking at I'm walking. At goals of renewing the my 260 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:38,320 spiritual being of being a new creation in Christ Jesus and I'm 261 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:42,960 always walking beside the Father Amen and I'm walking either by 262 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:47,440 him or with him. The word translates into also or 263 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,840 in and it's motion towards. I love this boy. 264 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:53,520 I about threw my Bible off my desk and I read this today. 265 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:57,760 It translates into this motion towards a destination. 266 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,760 See, when we're walking with Christ, when we're walking in 267 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,680 Christ, we must never forget that we're headed to a 268 00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:05,560 destination. Can I get a witness? 269 00:14:05,680 --> 00:14:08,080 We're headed to a place called heaven where there's no 270 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,120 sickness, where there's no more transplants, where there's no 271 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:14,000 more heart disease, where there's no more cancer, there's 272 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,640 no more saying goodbye. We're we should. 273 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,760 We're in a forward motion toward a destination. 274 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:26,800 For so many people, this Christian walk of faith can be 275 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,640 like a new pair of shoes. Anybody. 276 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:29,920 I remember when I was a kid, you could. 277 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,240 Ask my mom, I get a new. Pair of shoes and man, I take 278 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:33,760 care of them. Suckers I slept by. 279 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,120 Them and I was proud. Of them anybody? 280 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:39,160 Ever been like that? I'd clean them up, I'd get some 281 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:42,600 mud on them and boy, I'd be over there cleaning them up for a few 282 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:44,400 days. And you know, I think a lot of 283 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:47,080 Christians are like that. We get this, we get, we prayed, 284 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:50,240 this prayer, we feel this condemnation leave us, leave 285 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,560 them for a little while. And then they have to put the 286 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:54,760 shoes on and go back out into the world. 287 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,080 And pretty soon that you're proud, they're proud of their 288 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:58,840 shoes and they're this pretty Christian. 289 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,920 But all of a sudden, somebody opens their mouth and begins to 290 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,480 begins to talk. Bad about them or? 291 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:08,520 Begins to offend them and we get all this dirt on us sometimes 292 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:12,240 get tired of shining the shoes right And we just wear the shoes 293 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,280 and well, I'm going to go to church today, but I can't go in 294 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:17,800 there and worship because I've been the places I've been going. 295 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,320 You're going to get dirty anyway. 296 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,440 And sometimes we just feel like man, why keep shining? 297 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,200 It won't keep polishing it. You know, a lot of people are 298 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,880 like that. But I challenge you, if you if 299 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,680 your spiritual shoes are a little dirty tonight, it's OK to 300 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:31,720 get them. Out every now. 301 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:35,400 And then and Polish them up and clean them up and, and shine 302 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,320 them off. I, I like looking at boots and 303 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:40,800 I, I find some older people that was Lee's age or maybe a little 304 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,440 older that the dollar was a little harder to come by. 305 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:44,720 Back in those days. Hey, man. 306 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:47,720 And they got pairs of boots that they've polished. 307 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,120 You know, Brother Randy's got to pair his hair for like 30 years. 308 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:50,760 He's. Tight. 309 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:53,600 And he polishes them boots. You know I. 310 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,280 Can't take the time. To Polish boots. 311 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:58,280 I wish Tony's got a pair, don't you? 312 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,000 That you polished. You got an old pair. 313 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,440 You polished for years. I've seen them. 314 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,320 But you don't see that, you think? 315 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,320 Can you imagine a millennial or younger people? 316 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,400 Than that Gen. Z, they're polishing their 317 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,040 boots. No, they say. 318 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:13,000 Now my son's good. At say it's cheaper to buy 319 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,480 another one, and some things it is. 320 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,720 It's cheaper to go buy another one than it is to fix it. 321 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,440 It's a mentality, but. The old timers, they would 322 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,160 Polish them boots up. You know, we need to be like the 323 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,520 old timer sometimes we need to, we need to take our soul out. 324 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,200 We need to take our spirit out. And we may say, it may have a 325 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,640 little dirt on it, It might have got a little dirty. 326 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:32,440 I might have did something I wasn't supposed to. 327 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,720 But guess what? The place I'm headed and what 328 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,440 Christ did for me. It's still worth taking out. 329 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:40,440 It's still worth polishing up. It's still worth putting the 330 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,360 shine on, and it's still worth. Wearing Amen. 331 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,040 We need to remember these things. 332 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:50,680 What are you saying? We need to take out our spirit. 333 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,440 Our souls sometimes. And just begin to wash. 334 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:56,720 It in the blood of Jesus and realize where we're walking. 335 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:58,920 To and what we're. Walking through and. 336 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:03,360 Because we have to stay in Christ no matter what happens. 337 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,240 I'm not getting out. Amen. 338 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:10,640 Let's look at this in John in John 15, Jesus gave a great 339 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:12,160 example. I'm telling you there's 340 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:17,400 something about this word called in because seeing in the body of 341 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:19,440 Christ you. Either in or you're out. 342 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,319 I'm the true Jesus said in John. 15 and 1, he said. 343 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,440 I am the true. Vine, and my father is the Vine 344 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:34,080 dresser. Every branch in there it is 345 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,360 again in me. That does not bear fruit he 346 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:39,640 takes away. And every branch that bears 347 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:43,520 fruit, he prunes that it may bear more. 348 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:45,440 Fruit. You know that answers a 349 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,400 question. For a lot of people right there. 350 00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:51,160 That verse, I was going through some hard things one time. 351 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,720 But can I read it again? It says that every branch in me 352 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,920 that doesn't bear fruit and Christ is into making his 353 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:58,360 children. In the likeness. 354 00:17:58,360 --> 00:18:02,640 Of him, that's his gold, right? If it doesn't bear fruit, he 355 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,640 takes it away. When you lose something that's 356 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,560 dear to your something that you're holding way too tight. 357 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:12,400 Think about that, because. Christ knows that that for you 358 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,160 to bear more fruit. And it's and that. 359 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:18,680 Place is not doing you any good. He has to take it away sometimes 360 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,960 and even. If it is bearing fruit, well, I 361 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,040 got out and I I prayed, I started a Bible study. 362 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,800 I even witnessed to somebody the other day. 363 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:30,920 I did these things and now I'm sharing the word of God. 364 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:33,360 The devil loves to trick people like this. 365 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,720 And now look at what all fell upon me. 366 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,120 Look at the bad things that have come upon me. 367 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,600 What's happening? Jesus said I'm going to prune 368 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,680 you a little more that that you may bear more fruit. 369 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:48,760 He said you're already clean because of the word which I have 370 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:52,680 spoken to you. So see this word in goes hand in 371 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:56,520 hand with this other word that's called abide if you're in 372 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,240 Christ. You'll be abiding you. 373 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:01,160 Need to be in Christ and you need to be. 374 00:19:01,360 --> 00:19:03,920 Abiding in Christ. He said if you. 375 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:08,840 Abide in me. Verse 4 isn't that powerful if 376 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,160 you abide in Me. And I in you. 377 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:14,880 Why is it important for me to abide in Christ? 378 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,160 Because when I abide in Him, He abides in me. 379 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:21,400 This Greek word comes from the word meno, which means to 380 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,480 remain, to continue a man Christians. 381 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:28,000 Need that today. They need to learn to. 382 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:33,200 Remain in Christ no matter what. We need to learn to continue in 383 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:37,400 Christ no matter what, and we need to learn to stay in Christ 384 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,560 because when you do, you'll be abiding. 385 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,840 See, there's a difference in just being in and really 386 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:43,880 abiding. See abide. 387 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:47,760 That was the Greek, the Hebrew. The word is is jaspa and it's to 388 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:53,040 sit, to dwell or. Remain to stay. 389 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,160 Continue. See, there's the why. 390 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,280 Why do we have to do this? I had this thought the other 391 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,040 day. I have to stay in Christ because 392 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:05,240 in in the plan of salvation and God's ultimate plan for our 393 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,560 eternal. Destinies, I never thought. 394 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:09,360 Of it this way, but there's no. Plan B. 395 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,480 Everybody likes to have. A Plan BA Backup plan an. 396 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,320 Ace in the hole. But you realize for your family, 397 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:20,440 for those that are lost around you, there's no Plan B. 398 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,880 You may be the only plan they have because they're watching 399 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:28,040 you and you have to stay and you have to abide and you have to 400 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:30,600 continue because there's no Plan B. 401 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,760 There's no Plan B for those that were trying to lead to Jesus 402 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:35,560 Christ. There's no Plan B for us. 403 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,560 If we don't stay in Christ, we're all going to the devil's 404 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:40,680 hell and we're not. And you know. 405 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:44,800 It's a great feeling. To hear someone to to say and to 406 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,160 make people feel like once they're saved, they're always 407 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:48,720 saved. But I have never read it in the 408 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,480 Bible. What you're walking in. 409 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:55,520 May be the only true thing, the only real thing. 410 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,120 That people ever see. That's why Jesus said I'm going. 411 00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:01,240 To prune you. Even though you're doing good, 412 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,280 I'm going to prune you some more that you can bear. 413 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,720 More. Fruit because so you get 414 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:09,160 comfortable at a place you're. Bearing fruit and you don't want 415 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:12,240 to, and you don't want to go any farther. 416 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:15,920 Sometimes IA. Guy come today to wash on or to 417 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:17,320 work on our washer. He lives. 418 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,680 Around here, I guess I didn't really know him and he asked. 419 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:22,880 How the church? Was and he said this and then 420 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,240 and it, you know. I I started this message. 421 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,480 Talking about the wonder years, I'm kind of getting into the 422 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:32,400 wonder years in my ministry. I fought a long time, 16 years. 423 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,920 We celebrate October the 9th, 16 years. 424 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,080 And he asked me said how long have y'all been out there? 425 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,480 And I said 16 years. He said wow. 426 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,200 He said that says a lot. You know, I appreciate that. 427 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,920 I never really thought about it. He said that says a lot. 428 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:50,000 And I, I begin to think because I knew some of his pastors and 429 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:54,320 they've been through 5 or 6, five or six. 430 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:58,920 And I thought, you know, maybe it does say a lot, but I still 431 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,280 have to abide. I still have to keep. 432 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:07,200 Going. But as we abide, he says in me, 433 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,000 and I in you. Why? 434 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:13,360 Because a branch cannot bear them in verse. 4 fruit itself. 435 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:18,360 Unless it abides, you can't bear fruit unless you abide. 436 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:20,920 That's what a lot of people, they try to show. 437 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:23,360 Up and without abiding all week. Right. 438 00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:25,560 Or without ever. Abiding but an hour on Sunday. 439 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:29,480 You abide is a. Constant setting, a constant, a 440 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:35,120 constant continuation, abiding in the vine, he said. 441 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:37,320 Neither can you. Let me read that again. 442 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:42,120 Abide in me, verse 4, and I and you, as the branch cannot bear 443 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:45,440 fruit itself unless it abides. In the. 444 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,800 Vine. And he says neither can you 445 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,240 unless you abide in me. I'm the vine. 446 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:53,160 You are the. Branches I think. 447 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:56,360 Of the fig tree, that Jesus. Walked by and it didn't have any 448 00:22:56,360 --> 00:23:00,160 fruit on it, and he cursed it. And a few days later his 449 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,480 disciples walked by with him and they said, look, Master, the 450 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:04,480 tree which you cursed a few days ago was dead. 451 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:05,760 And he said, oh, you have little faith. 452 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,120 Of course it is because I called it that way. 453 00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:12,240 And you know, I often think about that because, as I've 454 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,960 shared many times, it wasn't even a season for the fig tree 455 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,080 to have fruit upon it. But the fig tree should have 456 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,120 known that the Master was walking by. 457 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:24,440 How much more should we abide? I'm the vine. 458 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:28,920 Verse 5 you're the. Branches He who abides in me and 459 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:32,120 I and him bears much fruit, for without me you can do nothing. 460 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:34,960 If anyone does not. Abide in me. 461 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,600 He is cast out as a branch and he will wither. 462 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:41,720 I know a lot. Of people that are withered, 463 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:46,920 that life has withered them, sin has withered them, and as a 464 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:51,680 branch he is withered. And they gather them and they. 465 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,760 Throw them into the fire and they are burned. 466 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,400 Sad story, sad ending if you're not abiding, right? 467 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,080 Verse 7 if you abide. In me my words abide. 468 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:05,480 In you, you will ask. What you desire. 469 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:09,080 And it shall be done for you. Well, that's the cool reason to 470 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:13,560 abide right by this my. Father's glorified. 471 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:17,800 That you bear much fruit so you will be my disciples. 472 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,960 I ask you, what are you walking in tonight are you walking in 473 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,680 faith? Are you abiding in Christ 474 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:26,160 because. If you are, he's. 475 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:30,280 Abiding in you Psalms 91 it says as we go there. 476 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:34,480 It says He who dwells here, there that word is again he who 477 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:40,400 dwells in the secret. Place of the Most High shall 478 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,640 abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 479 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:44,640 Go home and read the rest of that. 480 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:48,640 It's one of the most encouraging verses of Scripture in the 481 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,040 Bible. Look at your neighbor and say 482 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:56,800 I'm abiding tonight. What this word also means? 483 00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:00,480 To to be present. What does abiding mean to be 484 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:06,840 present? To be present or wait for, Wait 485 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:08,240 for. Sometimes we're present, 486 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,680 sometimes we're waiting for. But if you're abiding in Christ, 487 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,200 He's abiding in you tonight. You're connected and that. 488 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:20,120 Leads to the ability to do what? To bear fruit we must bear. 489 00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:23,200 Fruit Christ has called us. To bear fruit. 490 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:28,960 But I think it's a good thing that we walk in Christ, that we 491 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,560 abide, that people say we're charismatic, that people, you 492 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,760 know what my question is, how do you sit there? 493 00:25:36,120 --> 00:25:39,400 When you look at what Jesus said, go to Matthew chapter 3. 494 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:44,560 We can read the things that happened when somebody abides. 495 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:55,000 You know, the I've got lots of Baptist friends that are good 496 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,560 friends of mine, but I tell them all the time, you're going to be 497 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:02,120 thoroughly surprised when you get to heaven because I said 498 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:04,840 there's going to be weeping, there's going to be praying, 499 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,920 there's going to be shouting, there's going to be, think about 500 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,000 that around the throne. The Bible says there's going to 501 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,080 be every kindred, every tribe, every nation, every. 502 00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:20,760 Tongue praising God and. In Matthew. 503 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,520 Chapter 3 I've always. Found it very intriguing what 504 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:28,000 the forerunner of Jesus Christ which was John The Who the. 505 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,760 Baptist, he said this. In the first 3 chapters of the 506 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:35,040 New Testament, he said, I indeed. 507 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,440 Baptize you with. Water unto repentance. 508 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,720 Water baptism is unto repentance. 509 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,960 But he said he. Who is coming after me is 510 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,120 mightier than I talking about Christ. 511 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,560 He said. He's so mighty, he's so great, 512 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,240 that even the sandals that he wears. 513 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:53,920 I'm not worthy to even carry them. 514 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:55,720 I'm not. Worthy to even latch. 515 00:26:55,720 --> 00:27:00,040 Them. And he said he'll baptize you 516 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:04,120 with the holy. Ghost and Fire Boy isn't that 517 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:07,440 cool. People call it charismatic. 518 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,080 I got news for you. It's not. 519 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,040 A charismatic thing. It's a Bible. 520 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:15,440 Thing and he said. In verse 12, he said his 521 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,320 winnowing. Fan, can you think about that? 522 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:22,960 What John's seen right there, he said I can, I can baptize you 523 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:24,280 into. Repentance and you can be 524 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,440 forgiven, but if you'll just begin to walk in the. 525 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,120 One that's coming after me. If you'll just begin to. 526 00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:34,600 Abide in Him, there's some cool things that will happen in your 527 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,520 life. He said he will baptize you with 528 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:38,960 the holy. Ghost and Fire and. 529 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,000 And then he went on in verse 12 to tell why it's important. 530 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,200 He said his winnowing. Fan is in his hand I believe. 531 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:50,840 Today, in 2025, as we approach 2026, I believe the winnowing, 532 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:52,360 the winnowing. Fan is in the. 533 00:27:52,360 --> 00:27:56,200 Hand of God today, and it says he's going to thoroughly clean 534 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,480 out his threshing floor and he's going to gather his wheat into 535 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,680 the barn and he's going to burn up the shelf with unquenchable 536 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:08,720 fire. What a powerful word I indeed 537 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:10,120 baptize with. Water. 538 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,720 But if you abide. In me and I abide in you. 539 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,080 There's no stopping the child of God. 540 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,400 We shouldn't be scared. We should know that we were 541 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:24,600 created for such a time as we live in. 542 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,600 But I ask. You to not realize. 543 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,880 Where you're walking to. Realize what you're. 544 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,560 Walking in. Most people don't have a clue 545 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:35,520 where they're. Walking. 546 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:38,560 Most people just don't. Want to go to hell, You ask? 547 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:40,160 Most Christians. They just don't want to go to 548 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,400 hell. I look around to say it today, 549 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,360 there's there's so much more to being a. 550 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:49,560 Christian than just not. Going to hell, it's going to be 551 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:51,400 great in. Heaven, but Jesus said, I come 552 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,280 that you might have. Life. 553 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:59,120 And have it more abundantly. But many people are walking in a 554 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,280 lie. Many people are walking. 555 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:08,840 In Confusion because Satan is the author of What Confusion? 556 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:12,720 Many are walking in a denominational doctrine that 557 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:17,120 they're hung up on. Many are walking in denial of 558 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,360 who they truly. Are in Christ Jesus and 559 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,680 therefore they never received their true identity. 560 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:28,280 I'm glad tonight that I'm walking in the way the truth and 561 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,360 the life. There's something about. 562 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:35,400 Walking in. If you keep walking in, you 563 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,120 won't walk out. Let's go to the Lord in prayer. 564 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,160 Father, we thank you tonight for this word. 565 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:42,400 Father, I pray. That you would help us. 566 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:45,480 That you would teach us, God, that that we have to abide in 567 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:47,560 you. Because there is no Plan B, 568 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:50,280 Father we. Have to abide in you, we have to 569 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:51,440 stay. In Christ. 570 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:53,840 Jesus, because you said. There's no condemnation. 571 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:55,720 For those. Who are in Christ? 572 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,880 Jesus, you said that that we will not fulfill the lust of the 573 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,800 flesh if we walk in the. Spirit. 574 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,880 Father, I pray tonight that you would teach us Let's stand and 575 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:09,080 closing prayers a song plays that you would teach us to. 576 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:13,120 Abide to stay constantly in your presence. 577 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:15,840 I could preach a long time on this. 578 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:17,000 A body. Because. 579 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:19,880 You know when you begin to. Abide in Christ. 580 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:25,880 Jesus, there's some places that that Holy Ghost and fire will 581 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,040 tell you that. You can't go. 582 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,640 There's some people that that Holy Ghost and Fire will tell 583 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:36,720 you that you can't be around. There's some things that'll be 584 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:39,800 coming out of your mouth that don't sound like the new 585 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,600 creation and that Holy Spirit will begin to convict you of it 586 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,840 and it'll begin to catch it and and see the reason. 587 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:50,000 I can't say, though I want to say those things what sometimes 588 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,720 we all do, but we got to realize when we say those things, I'm 589 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,640 not walking in, I'm walking out. Thanks for listening to the 590 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:01,000 Cross Powered Church podcast. May you know that true hope, 591 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,080 peace, and salvation can only be found in Jesus. 592 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:08,240 If you're near Campbell, TX, we would love for you to join us in 593 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,760 person. You can find service times at 594 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:12,360 crosspowerchurch.com.