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 --> 00:00:08,880 We pray. And. 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,680 Point you to the cross. Now let's join the service. 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,680 I was praying the other day and looking up at the store tonight. 6 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:19,960 We all have the thought of understanding. 7 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:27,440 You know, the enemy steals a lot of souls because of the word 8 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,040 understanding. I just don't understand the 9 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,200 Bible. I've tried to read it, but I 10 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,360 don't understand it. I've heard it over and over and 11 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:39,320 over. And it's not that hard to 12 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,840 understand. But when the author of Confusion 13 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,080 gets in your mind, it can become very hard to understand. 14 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:51,360 But the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said you don't have to 15 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:54,360 understand. You don't have to understand the 16 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:55,960 trial you're going through this morning. 17 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,840 You don't have to understand the hurt that's in you. 18 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:02,560 You don't have to understand. You just got to know that you 19 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:06,040 serve a God that at any moment is able to deliver. 20 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:09,560 You don't get caught up on the understanding. 21 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:13,000 I wanted to preach that, but I'm going to preach this in 22 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:22,800 Galatians chapter 6 and verse 6. It said let him who has taught 23 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:29,360 the Word sharing all good things with him who teaches verse 7 24 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:34,080 says do not be deceived who comes to deceive the enemy and 25 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,800 confuse and destroy, But he says do not be deceived. 26 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:42,640 If there's anything that's running rampant, not just in the 27 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:47,680 world, but I would say more so in the church, in the body of 28 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:53,880 Christ, people are being deceived because we're mocking 29 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,080 God. And and he says right here that 30 00:01:56,080 --> 00:02:00,040 God is not mocked. We have people running around 31 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,080 that think whatsoever they sow, they will not reap. 32 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:07,080 But he says here that whatever man souls that he will also reap 33 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:12,920 for he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap 34 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:15,720 corruption. But I love this next verse. 35 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:22,000 But he who sows of the Spirit, will of the Spirit reap. 36 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,680 Everlasting life isn't that good. 37 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,280 And let us this is what I want to preach to you today. 38 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:36,320 Let us say us not grow weary while doing good. 39 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:42,840 For in due season, when it's God's time, we shall reap if we 40 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:47,720 do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have 41 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:55,480 opportunity, let us do good to all, but especially to those who 42 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,720 are the household of faith. Father, we come before you today 43 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:02,400 and I just pray for those that are growing weary myself 44 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:07,360 sometimes and doing good when we listen to the misdirection of 45 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,360 the enemy. And Father, I pray today that 46 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:14,160 you would just get in our hearts and our minds and in our flesh 47 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:18,080 and all over us, that we cannot grow weary while doing good 48 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:23,600 because if we do not give up, if we don't give in, if we don't 49 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:29,520 give up, we will reap a harvest. We thank you for your love. 50 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:33,080 We thank you for the anointing to preach the gospel again in 51 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:38,880 Jesus name, Amen. I want to share with you 3 52 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:45,280 points today. The first one he says don't grow 53 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:52,960 weary, do not give in. I'm going to camp out on this 54 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:57,160 one for a little while because today there's too many people 55 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,200 that give in. And Matthew chapter 6 and 13, it 56 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:06,760 was part of Jesus prayer when he was teaching how to pray, he 57 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:12,120 said lead us not into temptation, but deliver us what 58 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:17,120 from evil didn't lead us not into temptation. 59 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:21,440 But yet Jesus knew what it was like to be LED into temptation. 60 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,520 So there was nothing. There's nothing wrong with 61 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,720 temptation. The wrong comes is when we yield 62 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:32,560 to it, when we what? Give in The first point I want 63 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:36,520 to share with you, Jesus tells his disciples in Matthew 26 and 64 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,800 41. He says to watch and pray so 65 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,480 that you will not fall into temptation. 66 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,920 Temptation is not a sin in itself, but when we yield to 67 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:51,800 that temptation and we give in, it becomes sin. 68 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,000 And as I begin to think about this, I thought, you know, 1 69 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:02,120 nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for 70 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:06,320 all, and proclaiming God as our Lord, as a sovereign nation. 71 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,240 It has brought us thus far. I believe there's only one 72 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,960 reason that we haven't received the famines and all the things a 73 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:18,200 lot of countries have is because we have declared that we are one 74 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,200 nation. But I recall under another 75 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,360 administration, I heard the president say that we are no 76 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,600 longer one nation under God, but many gods. 77 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:34,240 Hello, I heard a rodeo announcer on TV and I know he's a believer 78 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,600 and I love him. I know him personally and he 79 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:38,880 prays a great prayer and leads people to Christ. 80 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,280 But it kind of struck in my spirit the other day said let's 81 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:45,080 let's take our hats off and let's go to the God of our 82 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,160 choice. See that that speech can't enter 83 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,240 into me. Hey, man, it's not a God of 84 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:53,000 choice because if you, it's not another God at all. 85 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,920 There's one true God. But yet we give in. 86 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:03,280 We give in. How did one nation under God 87 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:07,480 fall as low, but yet we think we're high? 88 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:15,080 The Bible says take heed lest you fall, but we're messed up. 89 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,640 I was watching the news yesterday and I want to tell you 90 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,200 how messed up we are. And I know we have podcast. 91 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,960 I'm reminded very often of that, but I'm not changing. 92 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,360 I'm not giving in. Amen. 93 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:33,080 Podcast is a great thing. But if you elevate the podcast 94 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,760 and I start worrying about what I'm saying, if it's the truth, 95 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,800 hello. If it's the truth and I begin to 96 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,160 waver from what I really want to say that the Holy Spirit has put 97 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,880 down in my soul that I prayed and fasted and saw God about 98 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,120 that week. And I said, oh, because somebody 99 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,600 else is going to hear this that may not agree, Amen. 100 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,160 What am I doing? I'm giving in. 101 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:01,240 My ancestors, they did not care what you thought about how they 102 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:06,200 taught you and told you how you should live because it was in 103 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,520 the Bible. And if you didn't like it, 104 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:10,640 you're the one had to deal with it. 105 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,280 But Christians aren't that way today. 106 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,280 I don't know where we ever got this, that we can keep them 107 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,520 unoffended and we can pat them on the back and we can tell them 108 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:23,960 how good they are and not give in. 109 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:27,760 I want to give to you some statistics today. 110 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:32,200 How did we fall as low that I can turn Fox News on, and I know 111 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,920 it's on the podcast. I know there may be some 112 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:42,200 transgenders that I don't care, but they were showing a a Miss 113 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:51,600 Universe pageant and letting a man compete in it and he was a 114 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:56,200 pretty man, but he's still a man. 115 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:02,600 He looked like a woman. Hello. 116 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,680 I made some of y'all on the late night after a few drinks. 117 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:16,760 You would have probably went out with him, but I got news for it. 118 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:21,880 The truth is, he's still a man. I got news for the transgenders. 119 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,960 You will never be a woman. God placed the love and the 120 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:28,560 motherhood of a woman down deep in the soul of a woman. 121 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:32,120 And it doesn't matter how long long your hair gets, or what you 122 00:08:32,159 --> 00:08:35,559 add to your body or what you take away from your body, you 123 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:37,760 will never be a woman. Amen. 124 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:41,559 In God's eyes, it will never change and I'm not giving it. 125 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:47,320 And I shouldn't have to explain to a four year old why a man can 126 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:52,000 compete in women's sports, why a man can, can, can get into Miss 127 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,640 Universe beauty pageant and may let him win it because it's 128 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:57,520 going to offend them if he don't. 129 00:08:57,520 --> 00:08:58,920 I don't care. Amen. 130 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:04,240 I love them, I pray for them, but I'm not giving in. 131 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:12,440 Hello, I'm not giving in. I refuse to give in. 132 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,600 Well, Pastor, that's cost you. Oh, it's cost me some friends. 133 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,480 Hello. The story I give about Charlie 134 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:22,040 Sampson with a fake ear. And everywhere he walked up, 135 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:24,200 young people's looking at his ear that a bull stepped on a 136 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,480 ripped off because they'd heard about it. 137 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:28,120 Amen. Anybody ever felt like that as a 138 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,280 Christian, you go into a place, you're the only one not giving 139 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,520 in and you're the only one not participating in all the things 140 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:36,560 they're doing. And everybody's looking at you 141 00:09:36,560 --> 00:09:39,920 like you. I don't care overcome that a 142 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,720 long time ago because I know that the price that Jesus paid 143 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:47,920 at the cross of Calvary is way more than what I feel and way 144 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,720 more than the offenses that I take to the I'm not giving it. 145 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:58,080 Yes, it's cost me friends I got I thought they were friends, but 146 00:09:58,080 --> 00:09:59,800 you know what a few of them are coming back. 147 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,000 I get called sometime. Hey, you might have been right. 148 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,000 I said I wasn't right. I told you what the Bible said 149 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,040 and it's an unfallable word of God and it goes forth and it 150 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,080 will accomplish what it was set forth to do. 151 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,840 It's not about being right, it's about the truth. 152 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:19,640 The truth is always right. Y'all going to preach with me 153 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,640 this morning? You can always tell when you 154 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:24,040 ain't preaching to somebody in the house. 155 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,360 They're like, man you boy, I'll get on something in a minute. 156 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:30,240 Just give me a second. It's going to cost you some 157 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:34,760 family members. Didn't Jesus tell us that he 158 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,040 said I didn't come to bring peace on this earth. 159 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,920 I came to to turn a mother against a daughter, a father 160 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,760 against a son, a brother against a sister and, and and what he 161 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,240 was saying he wasn't doing. But he's the way the truth and 162 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,600 the life and it will happen. But I've come by to tell you 163 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:55,720 today, don't give in because someone's eternal destiny may 164 00:10:55,720 --> 00:11:00,880 depend on it. When we look at the church, the 165 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:04,840 body of Christ, when we refer to the church, you know, we're not 166 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,880 talking about this building. We're not talking about the 167 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,000 eight or seven that's in Campbell that I could throw a 168 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,960 rock and hit around here that all believe different little old 169 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:17,680 glitch in the end glitches in their believing and can't come 170 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:22,840 together and build 1 big church because we want to believe what 171 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:30,120 makes us feel good. But the mainstream Protestant 172 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:32,360 denominations. What does that mean for you? 173 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:35,760 The ones that believe in Jesus and believe that he died on the 174 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:40,920 cross for the forgiveness of our sins and went to the tomb and 175 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:44,680 rose again on the third day and ascended into heaven and sets at 176 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:49,000 the right hand of the Father. Yes, churches that believe that 177 00:11:50,920 --> 00:12:00,600 have also give in. They ordained openly LGBTQ plus 178 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:02,240 and now they got numbers on the end. 179 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,680 Every time they come up with another somebody that's that 180 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:08,320 wants to that develop their own lifestyle. 181 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,880 The enemy said Bible says in the last days we will invent ways to 182 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:15,240 sin because the old ways of sinning wasn't fulfilling 183 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:16,480 enough. Amen. 184 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:25,840 But we're inventing ways. Yes, they have ordained clergy 185 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:29,480 preachers and they say we're going to ordain them to serve. 186 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:34,040 My questions serve what? Serve what? 187 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:38,160 You're not serving God. You're not believing in the 188 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:41,840 cross that you profess to believe in because it's listed 189 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,840 in the sins that God hates his homosexuality much less trend. 190 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:47,760 You know, I don't I don't even know. 191 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,320 I don't know. Sometimes I wonder, as as 192 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:54,240 omnipresent and as omnipotent, if God is, could he really 193 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,040 phantom what his creation would do? 194 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,120 They wasn't doing near as much crazy stuff as we are today. 195 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:03,560 I don't believe in Sodom and Gomorrah. 196 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:05,040 I really don't believe they could have been. 197 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:12,280 But I'm going to name them the United Church of Christ. 198 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:16,600 Yes, they are ordaining. Gay, lesbian transgenders, I 199 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,640 suppose. I know it's gay and lesbian. 200 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:24,200 The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, yes, is ordaining 201 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:29,000 homosexuals. The Episcopal Church, yes, is 202 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,080 ordaining. I want you to hear this this 203 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:34,400 morning. The Presbyterian. 204 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:35,400 You know why I want you to hear it? 205 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:37,640 Because I know some folk going to this church that don't even 206 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:43,680 know the church is doing it. The Presbyterian Church. 207 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,480 Are you ready for this one? the United Methodist Church? 208 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:52,960 What would John and Charles Wesley do? 209 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,960 What would they think about it that founded that church? 210 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,960 The Christian Church call themselves disciples of Christ, 211 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:08,720 legalizing mind altering drugs. What happened? 212 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,080 I ask you what happened? What happened? 213 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:18,440 Somebody give in. I challenge you today, never 214 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:23,600 give in. Yes, clout. 215 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:29,440 That's OK. I know for many churches, hard 216 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,160 the kids don't want to go. I hear parents say if my kids 217 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:39,720 don't want to go, duh, my spouse don't want to go. 218 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:44,440 So what? Well, I can't take my dog. 219 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:49,800 You can bring him in here. If he does something, you're 220 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:56,560 going to clean it up. I'm not I've heard it all call 221 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,720 someone with us have been missing at church just checking 222 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:03,320 on you while I do laundry on Sunday only to found out they 223 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:06,760 didn't have a job. They had six days to do laundry. 224 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:12,240 What happened? We give in to a stupid enemy 225 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,120 that knows if he can cut your lifeline and you can't get fed 226 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:17,560 you're going to fall. But see you're a child of the 227 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,160 most high God. Hold the banner high. 228 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,880 Don't give in to the little worthless lies that are of the 229 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:28,720 enemy. I love you, I pray for you, but 230 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,080 I'm not giving in. I'm not accepting the lives of 231 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,280 the enemy. I'm not OK in things that are 232 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:40,200 blatantly in the Bible that says do not, don't give in. 233 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:45,080 Engage the enemy. Far too long believers have been 234 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:49,000 giving in in the church, and there's a way to do it in love. 235 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,400 I get it, but we can't give in. I'm preaching to the church 236 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:53,800 today. I'm not preaching to somebody 237 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,520 that needs love. I'm pretty to somebody that 238 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:56,880 knows, should know how to give love. 239 00:15:57,120 --> 00:16:00,360 Do it in a lovingly way, but don't give in. 240 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:04,920 Don't give in to the world just accepting the things. 241 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:09,960 I've got news for the devil. I'm not giving in and I want to 242 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:12,640 give you a heavy Revi. There's not a church that you 243 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:17,120 can attend that will help you if you don't accept the truth. 244 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,760 I didn't say it wouldn't make you feel good, but how many know 245 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:24,840 The feeling might be up here today, but it's leaving 246 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:27,640 tomorrow. Serving God is not about a 247 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,120 feeling. Somebody to pull their ear and 248 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,240 say sorry. God's not about how I feel. 249 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:34,680 I'll never forget when I got that. 250 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:40,160 It's about the good news. There's not a church that can 251 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,360 help you if it's not preaching the truth. 252 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,560 What do we stand before a judge and say the whole truth? 253 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:48,480 Nothing but the truth. So help me God, why can't we do 254 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:52,400 that in our spiritual life? Why can't we do it? 255 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:58,080 Because the truth is not being preached in a lot of places, and 256 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:01,240 the truth is all that will set you free. 257 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:04,560 How many want to see results in your spiritual life? 258 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,160 A lot of people don't. They just want fire insurance, 259 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,359 will know that they pray to sinner's prayer, and somehow 260 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:11,480 they're going to escape the tribulation and they're going to 261 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:14,480 wake up in eternity in a heaven with streets of gold and plenty 262 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,119 to eat and all needs met. That's kind of the mentality of 263 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:20,480 a lot of people. That's true. 264 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:24,560 But he says you shall know the truth. 265 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:26,960 Jesus said you shall know the truth and the truth shall do 266 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:31,320 what it shall make you free. So what if what if you walked in 267 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,400 one day? And a lot of Christians, this is 268 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,440 just such a good, good what parable or whatever you call it. 269 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:40,680 But you join a gym and you hire a trainer. 270 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:47,600 I see none of you done that, but somehow but you decide to hire a 271 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:52,000 trainer and you walk into this gym and he's my wife's got these 272 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,720 little weights. She gets in there little in her 273 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,320 in her swimming pool thing and they're just rubber. 274 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,120 I mean, they're the foam. There's no way to us. 275 00:17:58,120 --> 00:17:59,680 What are you going to do with these things? 276 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:02,440 She's a dummy. She calls me that something. 277 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:03,720 You got to stick them on the water. 278 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,280 When you stick them on the wall, they become a little heavy. 279 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:08,600 I get it. But suppose you walk in the gym 280 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:11,400 and the guy hand you this thing said and he's big and Buffy 281 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,640 says, oh, you want to look like this Here, pick up them little 282 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,560 foam dumbbells. I want you to give me 500 reps 283 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:18,920 every day. Boy, you're doing this. 284 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:20,160 You're doing that. You're doing. 285 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,400 What do you think would happen when you go look in the mirror 286 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:26,040 and go to flexing? What would happen? 287 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:28,480 You'll help me. What would happen? 288 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:29,600 What would you? What would happen? 289 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:34,280 But yet because he told you to do it, your mind would think 290 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:35,600 that you're going to see a result. 291 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:37,520 But yet you walk up there every day. 292 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:39,240 Well, I've been to church 1000 times. 293 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:41,720 I see no results. I ain't done nothing. 294 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:46,640 I mean, that's because you're lifting the fault, but you would 295 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:51,320 expect it because somebody told you that it would happen, right? 296 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:55,160 And then on the flip side of that, this big old buff guy 297 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,480 comes in there and he's been pumping out his arms are big and 298 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:02,200 he gives you some 100 LB dumbbells to give me 4050 curls 299 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:04,520 a day. And you begin to do it and you 300 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:06,200 know what? This arms going to get really 301 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:09,840 big. I promise, I promise. 302 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,040 You know, the older you got your rodeo crew, you don't worry 303 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:13,640 about anything that your right arm because you knew you could 304 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:14,760 hang on. So you just work your right on. 305 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:17,840 Forget the rest of it. I just want to work my right 306 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,400 arm, make sure I move my feet fast, forget about everything 307 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,000 else and pretty soon catch up to you. 308 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:25,040 But you lift this big old weight. 309 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:26,240 Come on, I'm going somewhere with this. 310 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:28,840 You lift this big old weight every day and you're tearing. 311 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:30,240 What? What happens when you lift 312 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:31,680 weight? You're really not pumping it up 313 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:33,680 that you're tearing it down. You're set. 314 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,520 You're tearing it down and it's heavy and you're tearing it 315 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:43,080 down, right? But you could leave that place. 316 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:47,840 And if all you ever do is it, and you go home and you stop by 317 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:53,320 the store on the way home and you go chicken fry, you eat some 318 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:56,080 French fries, some of them onion rings with a beer batter, They 319 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:58,720 call it on them. And you just eat that. 320 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,040 But I'm going back to gym tomorrow. 321 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,200 You getting it? Might even do some legs. 322 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,320 But you know what? There's a part of you that is 323 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,640 not going to. Change. 324 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:16,320 Men, women. It ain't going to change. 325 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:19,440 You can work it. You can. 326 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:20,120 You know. I'll go. 327 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:27,360 I'll go with my wife sometime before I get in trouble. 328 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:29,480 I didn't say nothing. I was feeling for my hankie. 329 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,600 It's up here. I thought it was back there. 330 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:40,400 There it is. It ain't going to change. 331 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,800 Why? Because you feeding it the same 332 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,160 junk. Come on, somebody that you was 333 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:48,040 feeding it. But I'm going to go over here 334 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,080 and I'm going to do this and I'm never going to change. 335 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:53,880 I'm going to keep feeding it the wrong thing. 336 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,120 The Spirit is no different. You can come to church, you can 337 00:20:57,120 --> 00:20:59,720 clap, you can praise. And if it's not coming from here 338 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:02,520 and if you're not feeding it the word of God, you know, there's a 339 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,480 lot of people, boy, they can, they can praise and they can 340 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:07,040 clap. But when it comes to reading 341 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:08,600 that Bible, no, I can't understand it. 342 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:10,680 Boy. You can jump and praise, but you 343 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:15,680 can't read your Bible then expect the big biceps and expect 344 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:18,440 the big old sins to keep following you and the angry 345 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:22,520 attitude and no peace and no joy and no love because you have not 346 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,680 put anything in it to nourish the Spirit, Amen. 347 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,000 So if you can lift all you want, you can praise all you want, but 348 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,800 if you don't put the word of God in it. 349 00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:34,920 But see, there's a lot of people telling church folk that just 350 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:36,960 come, just do this, you ain't got to do it. 351 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,360 And they got the big old biceps, so they got the big high in the 352 00:21:39,360 --> 00:21:42,200 Amen, they got the big belly. They ain't nothing changed in 353 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,240 their life. And then and then you follow him 354 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:46,840 around. You hear him say, well, I know 355 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:49,840 God can, but because they got their big butt in the way, you 356 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:53,240 got to get your butt out of the way and say that I'm referring 357 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:57,200 to a spiritual, but you got to get your butt out of the way. 358 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,680 I know God, but you know, I know God did it for them. 359 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,720 But we're good at putting the butt in the way. 360 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:05,240 There's no but when the word of God. 361 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:09,720 Hey man, my God will supply all of my needs according. 362 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:14,000 Let's get back in the word John chapter 8, chapter 32 before I 363 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:20,080 get in some more trouble. I'm glad I found that hanky John 364 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:29,760 chapter 8 and verse 32. Jesus said if you abide in my 365 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:31,640 word and you're my disciples indeed. 366 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:36,560 And in verse 32, he says, you shall know the truth and the 367 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:42,080 truth shall make you free. They answered him, I like this 368 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:44,600 right here. They was holding on to some old 369 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:51,200 doctrine just like church folk. They answered him, said we're 370 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,520 Abraham's descendants and we have never been in bondage to 371 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:59,640 anyone. How can you say that you will be 372 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:01,360 made free? They didn't know what freedom 373 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:05,400 was. They were keeping the law and 374 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,480 Jesus answered them. He said most assuredly. 375 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:11,400 I say to you, whoever commits sin as a slave of sin, anybody 376 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:15,720 ever been there? Whoa, you didn't want that 377 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:17,520 drink, but the enemy made you take it. 378 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,960 He didn't want that drug, but the enemy convinced your mind 379 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,080 you had to have it. You know he can't go. 380 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:25,520 He just, we become a slave to it. 381 00:23:29,360 --> 00:23:32,080 But most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits a sin is a 382 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,520 slave, and a slave does not abide in a house forever, but a 383 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:39,840 son abides forever. Therefore, if the son makes you 384 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,800 free, boy, I like that. How many remember the day the 385 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:46,040 son made you free? Hey man, it wasn't 12 steps, it 386 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,720 wasn't what somebody said, but the Son made you free, and you 387 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,920 shall be free indeed. Jesus told him that look. 388 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,760 And then he said, I know that you're Abraham's seed. 389 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:57,520 I know everything. Do you think I don't know who 390 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,880 where you come from? I created you, I know you're 391 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:04,600 Abraham's descendants, but yet you seek to kill me. 392 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,720 You believe in God, which I'm God in the flesh, but yet you're 393 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:13,120 trying to kill me. And he says it has no place in 394 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:14,920 you. But I speak what I have seen 395 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:19,600 with my father, and you do what you have seen with your father. 396 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,920 They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. 397 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,640 And Jesus said to them, I love this right here. 398 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,760 He brings it home. I'm a Christian. 399 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:36,920 You could put that right there. If you were Abraham's seed, you 400 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:41,320 would do the works of Abraham. What did Abraham do? 401 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:45,640 He set the blood covenant up right by offered up his only son 402 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:49,280 on the mountain. But now you seek to kill me, a 403 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:53,320 man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. 404 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,760 Abraham did not do this, but you do the deeds of your father. 405 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:02,120 Let's read the rest of this. Then they said to him, we were 406 00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:05,320 not born of fornication. We have one Father God. 407 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,640 Jesus said to them, If God were your father, you would love me. 408 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,680 We have people saying they love God but don't believe in Jesus. 409 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,160 We have denominations that are doing that trying to separate 410 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:22,880 the Trinity for I proceed forth and I came from God, nor have I 411 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:28,040 come of myself, but he sent me. Why do you not understand my 412 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,120 speech? Because you're not able to 413 00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:33,040 listen to my word. You are not of your fault. 414 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,720 You, you are of your father the devil and the desires of your 415 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:38,600 father. You want to do a lot of problem 416 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,840 right there, right? He was a murderer from the 417 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:43,920 beginning and does not stand in truth. 418 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:46,440 Because I like this. There is no truth in him. 419 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:52,480 When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he 420 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,720 is a liar and the father of it. But because I tell you the 421 00:25:55,720 --> 00:26:00,360 truth, you do not believe me. Which of you convicts me of sin? 422 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,640 And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 423 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,520 He who is of God hears God's words. 424 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,720 Therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God. 425 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,880 So you got to be of God to receive the truth, and to know 426 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:19,080 and let the truth set you free. But I challenge you, don't give 427 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:25,320 in #2 you ready for this? Don't give out. 428 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:30,360 Many give in because they give out. 429 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:35,240 Isaiah 40 and 29 and 31, it says trust in the Lord. 430 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:39,560 Those that trust in the Lord. One translation says wait upon 431 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,480 the Lord and you'll renew your what? 432 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,280 Strength? Those who wait upon the Lord 433 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:49,520 shall renew their strength, and they shall mount up with wings 434 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:52,920 like eagles. Why is it important to mount up 435 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,240 with wings like eagles? Because you fly above your 436 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:58,600 problems. I'm not denying I'm in the 437 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:02,600 problem, but have the attitude. I really can't believe it's with 438 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,080 this far because I know at any minute my God's about to speak 439 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,280 to my problem and he's about to fix my problem because he's 440 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,360 working all things out to my good. 441 00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:13,800 Because I'm called according to his purpose. 442 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:17,160 Wait upon the Lord, renew your strength and mount up with 443 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,000 eagle's wings. It says they shall run and not 444 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,160 be weary. We're supposed to run this 445 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,360 Christian race, but we're never to give in. 446 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:29,160 We're never to give out. They shall walk and not faint, 447 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,440 but wait up on the Lord, hear from the Lord. 448 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,760 Well, God doesn't speak to me. It's true, the Holy Spirit does. 449 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,000 I say that God don't speak to me. 450 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,120 It's true, the Holy Spirit does. God's in heaven, The Holy 451 00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:46,440 Spirit's run on this earth, right? 452 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,920 But they're three in one. Tell me when you figure that 453 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:56,200 out, do not grow weary and doing good. 2nd Corinthians 4 and 16 454 00:27:56,200 --> 00:28:00,480 Let's read this. Second Corinthians 4 and 16. 455 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,640 It says, therefore we do not lose heart, don't give in, don't 456 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:12,600 give out. Even though outwardly we're 457 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:20,200 perishing, yet the inward man is what being renewed day by day. 458 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,920 Oh buddy, I used to drill with, We were so busy all the time we 459 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,720 were doing that, you know, not a minute to breathe sometime. 460 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,400 And he called me every day. He said, what are you doing 461 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,560 today? I said some church stuff and he 462 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,720 says it's Friday, ain't doing no church stuff. 463 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,680 I said, man, every day. I'm about to father's business. 464 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:50,040 Well, what are you doing? I said I'm going to see an older 465 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,480 man his wife died and I'm praying with him. 466 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:59,320 See outwardly we're perishing, yet inwardly we're being renewed 467 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:03,200 What day by day You got to figure this out Your your light 468 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:06,720 and momentary afflictions is working for us a more 469 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:08,520 exceedingly and eternal weight of glory. 470 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:13,360 You like that while we do not look at the things Christians 471 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,920 can't do this walk around this week something to quit looking 472 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:21,240 at things what you're seeing. Hey man, quit looking at my ball 473 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:25,600 head and imagine me with hair. We do not look at the things 474 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:33,640 which are seen, but at the things which are not seen, for 475 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:38,000 the things which are seen or what temporary, But the things 476 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:43,000 which are not seen are eternal. There was a guy going to church 477 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:44,760 here one time. He had been eating the right 478 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:46,720 things. He had lost some weight and he 479 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,760 had got really buff. And that's why I give Scott such 480 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,080 a hard time all the time. So you say he says anything to 481 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,560 people used to. And he walked in and he's like, 482 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,200 man, I've been working out. Look, hey, so I've lost 30 lbs 483 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:02,440 and buffed up Scots to turn around and he turned around. 484 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:10,680 So I'm pretty sure I found it. I think he that might be why he 485 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:12,000 left. I didn't do what you did. 486 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:18,240 I got the blame. What am I talking about? 487 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,560 Seeing the invisible. It'll work in your marriage. 488 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,800 She walks in. Oh, I got a #5 now. 489 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,200 Good. You've lost a lot of weight, 490 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,080 honey. Just look and see the things 491 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:29,880 what you can't see sometimes, right? 492 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:35,720 That's what they do with us seeing the invisible. 493 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:39,440 We have to learn this, See, as a child of God, it says weeping 494 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:43,080 may do what? Endure for a night, but joy 495 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:46,720 comes in the morning. Don't give in, don't give out. 496 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:48,800 I ask you, have you ever give in? 497 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:50,480 Have you ever give out on something? 498 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:57,680 Someone walked up and boom, anybody have been turning on a 499 00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:00,560 boat, cranking on a boat for days And boy, you, you don't 500 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:03,800 have that sucker loose and somebody comes up and just gives 501 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:08,840 it a little quirky turn and you're like, man, why didn't I 502 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,640 just do it one more time? Your pride buffs up it. 503 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,760 It wasn't that they were strong. It's just that they didn't give 504 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:15,680 in. They didn't give out. 505 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:22,280 You did one more turn be cranking on that old jar and 506 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,520 then hand it to somebody not near strong. 507 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:30,200 You think, man, why didn't I just one more time? 508 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:37,200 But far too many times in our faith, we give in, we give out. 509 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:42,320 Which leads me to the third thing that we do that I see more 510 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:48,320 and more as we give up. When you give in, that's the 511 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:51,960 first step. And when you give out, you're 512 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:55,680 fixing to give up. You're fixing to give up. 513 00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:05,280 Many talk about revival and how we're entering into that phase 514 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:09,960 of the church, Church age maybe. But when I look at statistics, 515 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:14,160 you can Google them, I don't see revival. 516 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:18,600 I don't see the great things that the prophet Joel talked 517 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:19,760 about. Not yet. 518 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,120 Because it also says before that happens, there's a great falling 519 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:30,800 away. 1 eschatology preacher will tell you that that means 520 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:32,520 the rapture. We have fell away. 521 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:34,920 We have went on to be with the Lord, but it doesn't say falling 522 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:36,200 away. It says catching away. 523 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,400 It says first there will be a great falling away. 524 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,520 And I believe we're in that now because the enemy has disguised 525 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:45,480 our nation is that we're doing really good. 526 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:48,840 We have a great leadership. And I'm not saying we don't. 527 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:54,640 But the Bible also says that there's a great falling away 528 00:32:54,640 --> 00:33:00,400 that's coming. There's approximately 70 to 88%, 529 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:05,480 statistics say, of young people raised in an evangelical church 530 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,880 that believes in the cross, that believes in baptism, the 531 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:15,640 evangelicals that are leaving church after high school, 70 to 532 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:18,520 88%. This was the one I looked up was 533 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:26,680 2015, eleven years ago, leaving studies. 534 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:33,360 They, they, they're calling the nun the the NONES nuns, not like 535 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:36,960 a Catholic nun, but the nuns, they don't attend the church. 536 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:40,200 They don't even claim a denomination. 537 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:47,200 But in 23 and 24, it makes up 29% of our society. 538 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:52,160 In 2015, when I looked some of these studies up, it said for 539 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:57,200 every person that's coming into the church, every person that's 540 00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:02,440 accepting Christ for we're leaving the faith. 541 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:13,120 Now it says that 59 to 64%, nearly 2/3 from the ages 18 to 542 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:17,000 29 who grew up in church have give up. 543 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:22,360 And I've done some other research about how many are 544 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:29,080 converting from Christianity to something else. 545 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,000 Well, what is it? It doesn't matter. 546 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:36,800 It doesn't matter what it is. And I blame a lot of that on the 547 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:42,600 church because when you give in, young people can't find the 548 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:44,639 truth in something that they can hold to. 549 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,159 Because they look at us and they say they really don't know what 550 00:34:48,159 --> 00:34:51,800 they believe. On Sunday they believe this and 551 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:57,680 Friday night they do this right because we give in. 552 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:07,760 We give in or they know somebody that used to serve God, but they 553 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:13,240 give in, they give out and ultimately they will give up. 554 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,440 That's astounding. I've come by to tell you never 555 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:24,800 give up. I have left my house many times. 556 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:30,640 In 31 years I have known a man. He was very instrumental in my 557 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:32,760 first ministry of bucking bulls and horses. 558 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:36,560 He supplied the bulls and was not a believer. 559 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:40,840 We were unequally yoked for many years and our relationship was 560 00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:48,240 somewhat frayed at times because of I didn't give in. 561 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:54,440 But for 31 years, that's a long time older than some of you are 562 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:57,680 in here. I've called his name in prayer. 563 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,000 I've mentioned the Bible. I've mentioned the cross. 564 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:06,480 I mean, only to be just shut off and told another wild story. 565 00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:09,960 Money was never issued in his life. 566 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:14,280 No dependence. But his wife passed away a few 567 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:17,920 weeks ago and I I kind of let all that pipe wasn't the time 568 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:20,360 for me to go the enemy come and say, oh, you didn't go see him 569 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,360 in the two weeks. So there's a time frame it don't 570 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,120 do no good. Now the enemy goes to flood. 571 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,680 But all that time I was praying. I said, God, get that ground 572 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:30,040 ready. Get that ground ready. 573 00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:33,360 By the way, my friend that don't think you about the father's 574 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:37,960 business on Friday. This happened on Friday and 575 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:41,120 another guy that is a real prayer warrior and a believer 576 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,080 that knew him too. I told him I was going to be 577 00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,400 praying. I said I need it. 578 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:51,080 I went in that house and set for hours and waited for it to come 579 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:53,920 up, waited for the opportunity somebody else would come in. 580 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:55,160 And I said I'm not leaving today. 581 00:36:55,160 --> 00:37:04,160 Lord, 31 years before I left, I said I want to pray with you. 582 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,240 I look in the corner of my eye and I see no Bible over there. 583 00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:11,320 Never seen it before. I see you've been reading that 584 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:15,560 Bible, he said, but I don't understand it. 585 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:18,360 I said you ain't got to understand it. 586 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:21,680 Well, the subject started changing. 587 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,480 I said we're not changing today we're praying. 588 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:27,720 I stood, I said I want to pray for you. 589 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,240 Lord given him chance. After 10 took he can't walk 590 00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:34,040 anymore. He can get around but he had 591 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:37,760 paralyzation in the leg and thinking he was going to pass 592 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,800 first. His wife passed and it's just a 593 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:45,560 God thing. And I said I but I want to pray 594 00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,720 with you. But I, you know, I'm always 595 00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:50,240 said, I want you to want me to pray. 596 00:37:50,240 --> 00:37:52,120 I don't want to just pray this prayer. 597 00:37:52,720 --> 00:37:56,080 And I begin to pray about you don't understand what I've done. 598 00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,360 See the enemy's telling somebody here that you don't understand 599 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,080 what I've done. I said, no, I don't. 600 00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:04,400 But I understand that there's a man that was on a cross and I 601 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,600 said he bled and died for you. And the Holy Spirit just flooded 602 00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:12,360 the place and I said he hung between two thieves. 603 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:14,160 I said, you know what they had done all their life? 604 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,480 They stole. They was being crucified for the 605 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:20,600 crimes that they had committed. They were being crucified for 606 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:22,520 that. And I said, you know what they 607 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:25,560 had done to be good? What you're telling me you don't 608 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:27,840 understand what I've done? And I knew a lot. 609 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:31,720 I said, I don't have to. I said God don't want to 610 00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:34,120 understand it. Jesus don't even he don't even 611 00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:38,800 care. But I said he was between two 612 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:39,880 thieves. I said, you know what? 613 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:42,880 They had done absolutely nothing. 614 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:49,000 He just looked over at him and he said, Remember Me when you 615 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:52,640 get to your Kingdom today. And Jesus, what did he do? 616 00:38:53,240 --> 00:38:58,160 He said today you will be with me in paradise. 617 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:03,680 I said you want to go to heaven. I said you want to see me again 618 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:05,720 after this life? You want to see your wife again 619 00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:11,080 after this life. You want to go to heaven and I 620 00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:12,480 begin to pray the prayer with him. 621 00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:16,920 And I, I said you want to you want to take you want to meet 622 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,800 the man that that you may be hurt, but he can give you peace 623 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:24,720 in this hurt. Do you want to meet him today? 624 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:29,000 Are you tired of giving in? Are you tired of giving out? 625 00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:36,440 You know, I titled this don't give in, don't give out, but 626 00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:42,520 that last word I said never give up because there's times you're 627 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:45,560 going to give in. I said don't do it, but there's 628 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:49,720 times you're going to do it. There's times that I would say 629 00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:51,920 don't give out, but you're going to give out. 630 00:39:52,720 --> 00:39:57,640 Tell me on 31 years there was times I wash my hands after 631 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:04,240 talking and not getting in. 31 years planting seed after seed. 632 00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:08,280 Don't give up. Don't give up. 633 00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:12,000 Well, did you fat every day and pray for this individual? 634 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:17,120 You ain't got to do all that. Just remember, every now and 635 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:19,200 then, just remember, pray the prayer of faith. 636 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,280 I said God, God's going to get him. 637 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:27,440 But you know, I'll always believe if there would have been 638 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:32,440 times and I had plenty chances to give in, I had plenty chances 639 00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:36,640 to give up. But I never give in. 640 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,680 Though there were times in 31 years we didn't talk. 641 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:43,960 God will bring us back together. There's people like that in your 642 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:45,640 life, you know, you just, I'm done with them. 643 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:47,480 I ain't cat. I love that verse about casting 644 00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:49,960 your pearls before swine, man, I use that a lot. 645 00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:51,800 But God always takes me back there. 646 00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:55,960 Not sure what that man casting no pearls before God. 647 00:40:55,960 --> 00:41:00,440 I don't give them everything. But you know where we mess up? 648 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,160 We say I don't give and I ain't getting. 649 00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:07,320 God don't work like that. You give out of the abundance as 650 00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:09,080 you stand your feet of your heart. 651 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:15,560 You give. You give, you give. 652 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,680 Thanks for listening to the Cross Power Church podcast. 653 00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:23,640 May you know that true hope, peace, and salvation can only be 654 00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:27,040 found in Jesus. If you're near Campbell, TX, we 655 00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,200 would love for you to join us in person. 656 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,760 You can find service times at crosspowerchurch.com.