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I Echo the sentiments of David 
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the Saints of the land, they 
are, the excellent ones in whom 

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is all my delight. 
I'm delighted to be in the 

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presence of God's people this 
afternoon and I hope you are the

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same. 
We haven't been in the gospel of

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Mark for some time, but today we
continue and so open your Bibles

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with me and come to Mark, 
chapter 4, as we look at two 

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verses together, As a family, 
trusting that the Holy Spirit 

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has much to say even in these 
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And meet me at the words of 
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In verse 24 of Mark, chapter 4, 
If you're a person who does not 

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have a Bible, come see me after 
the service, want to give you a 

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Bible, I want you to have a copy
of God's word in your hand, 

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especially when you come to the 
house of God and more 

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importantly from Monday to 
Saturday as well. 

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Mark, 424 and he said to them, 
Pay attention to what you hear. 

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With the measure you use, it 
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still more will be added to you.
For to the one who has more will

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be given. 
And from the one who has not, 

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even what he has will be taken 
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Lord with these two verses 
before us, we ask for the spirit

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of wisdom and Revelation. 
Lord, protect us from confusion,

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guide us into Divine Clarity. 
And Lord may your word inspire, 

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obedience in our lives, and not 
just obedience out of Duty, but 

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Delight may cause us to worship 
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As we face with the living voice
of God, we ask Lord that as your

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words here were just read. 
You would give us the grace to 

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pay attention. 
And reap the great benefit that 

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these principles have to offer 
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We give you all praise and honor
in Jesus name. 

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Amen. 
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how much the Lord Jesus 
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Earth and even Beyond his 
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necessity of hearing. 
The careful reader of the Bible 

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will even remember that in the 
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Christ, himself repeats, the 
statement, and the charge to the

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churches that he had rest of 
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He who has ears to hear, Let Him
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the churches several times, he 
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The relationship between Jesus 
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his capability of making the 
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Again, The Miracle Worker that 
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teacher of teachers, he is the 
creator. 

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Yes, but he is also the 
communicator of divine 

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revelation and as the 
communicator of Truth, he also 

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has an expectation of how his 
audience should engage with the 

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truth that they come into 
contact with what you and I are 

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doing this afternoon. 
As we are sitting under the 

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preaching of God's word and what
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As you come face-to-face, with 
the written word of God is no 

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small thing. 
We should not be for one moment.

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Allowing ourselves to slip into 
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we are in such a place, whether 
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like today, we Hear that 
according to Christ receiving 

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the truth. 
Having that projected on us 

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requires a level of awareness 
and discipline that will 

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determine pay attention to this 
that will determine whether or 

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not. 
We will be rewarded with 

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spiritual riches or we will 
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It is all contingent upon one 
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hearing rightly that is 
essentially what Jesus is saying

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in these two verses Christ, 
wants us to know how you and I 

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can maximize absolutely 
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He has to offer. 
And yet at the same time, he 

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warns us how we can forfeit the 
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That is available to us in a way
that can change us and profound 

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ways. the maximizing or the 
minimizing of the manifestation,

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of God's insight and wisdom 
pertaining to the things of this

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life and the things that are 
unseen, Are wholly dependent 

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upon Jesus, instructions here 
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them. perhaps, you have 
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they're just some Christians, 
who have such a firm grasp on 

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the word of God, and more than 
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They seem to only go deeper and 
deeper and understanding Divine 

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realities. 
And at the same time, you can 

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look over just very closely and 
see Christians who are in that 

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same person's environment, who 
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resources. 
And the vessels that God use to 

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bring things to Clarity 
concerning his word and yet, 

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they An unskilled and they are 
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Over the years, concerning the 
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How does this occur? 
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We not all have the same, Holy 
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Do we not all have the same 
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we not all have access to 
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history and do we not also have 
the availability to receive from

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gifted teachers and preachers. 
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But even across the world, Jesus
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some seem to grow in Revelation 
While others, don't is plain and

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clear. 
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Come back with me to verse 24. 
And look at this, precious verse

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concerning this subject Jesus 
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hear with. 
The measure you use, it will be 

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measured to you and still more 
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ambiguous, but it's really clear
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It's very simple, essentially. 
What the Lord is saying is this 

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the standard of action The 
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that you give to anything will 
ultimately determine the level 

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of gain that you will receive in
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That's a law that applies to 
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what the Lord is trying to 
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related to how your spiritual 
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realized. 
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we can we can be grateful to 
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thought, but there are still 
questions that we need to 

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explore. 
Here's the question that I have 

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when I come, when I come to this
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well if that's what the Lord is 
saying, then one What is the 

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measure necessary for me to 
apply in order to no spiritual 

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success? 
What is it? 

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That is needed of me. 
What standard must I adopt and 

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practice in order to no greater 
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secondly which I kind of answer 
what exactly will be added to 

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us. 
If we use the appropriate 

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measure, that's what I want to 
answer this afternoon because my

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desire for you. 
Especially for those who were 

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eager to uncover gold, in God's 
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And to see precious realities 
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from there, to experience a 
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as a result of what you come 
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I pray will be a blessing to you
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Because this text here is a 
launching pad and it will launch

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us into other places in the 
Bible to discover exactly what 

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it is. 
That God requires of us in order

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to open more and more doors and 
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And I hope that that is 
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because today I want to present 
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Three measures three measures 
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Christ wants to get at and I can
assure you based on the 

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authority of the word of God. 
That if you if you Embrace what 

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I'm about to tell you and I will
reference it as much as I can. 

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With the scriptures, you will 
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course of Glorious growth. 
That will only increase until 

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you arrive into Glory itself. 
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three practices, whatever word 
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For the person that says, I 
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Christ anymore. 
I don't want to just drink milk 

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anymore. 
Give me meat, give me meat, all 

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this will bless you for those 
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content here, for those who 
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the ability to understand these 
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All of this is for those who are
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has to say. 
Three measures, let me give you 

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the first one. 
The first one is right here in 

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the verse that we just read. 
If you and I want to grow and 

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greater Revelation concerning 
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of God, and the ways of God, 
then you must do, this pay 

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attention, pay attention. 
That is the first instruction, 

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Jesus declared it pay attention 
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Pay attention to what you here 
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attention means that you and I 
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you are right now. 
You and I can even read the word

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of God in a way that I wish you.
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and still do so ineffectively if
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that, look at the Pharisees, how
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with the Pharisees and he says, 
have you not read only what an 

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insult. 
You're talking to The Experts of

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the law of the day and you're 
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obviously they read that 
industry. 

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They memorized large portions of
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Scriptures, and Jesus by asking 
that question is saying you 

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didn't really read the way you 
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You didn't really see what you 
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Absorb the information it was 
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you didn't really read it. 
In other words, you really 

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didn't pay attention to what God
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That's why he makes this clear 
call for you, and I to be 

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mindful of whatever is being 
presented before us, but what 

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does that really mean? 
Mean, what does it really mean 

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for me to pay attention, which 
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day, by the way? 
We can't pay attention to almost

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anything without checking a 
notification or checking this, 

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or scrolling to that. 
And then refreshing, this pay 

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attention. 
To pay attention is an act of 

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the will and it is a willful 
decision to ignore other 

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elements around you or within 
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put your attention on an object 
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an aspect of concentration, 
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silly almost giving you a 
definition of what it means to 

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pay attention and almost seems 
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But as I said for Jesus to give 
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how much more is it relevant for
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Distraction of so much 
saturation, pulling your 

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attention and so many different 
directions and I cannot think of

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a greater and stronger. 
Biblical example of how God 

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rewards, those who pay 
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Then a text in the Old Testament
that ironically was something 

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that the Lord opened my eyes to 
on a summer night. 

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While reading the, my Bible on 
my bed, I want you to go there 

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with me in Exodus chapter 3. 
Exodus 3. 

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And this is beginning there in 
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Exodus 3 verse 2. 
This is the chapter where Moses 

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is called by God to be the 
shepherd, and the leader of the 

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people of Israel to be the 
deliverer of those who are 

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oppressed under pharaohs 
tyranny, an exodus 32. 

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As you're there, listen to what 
I'm about to say, the Holy 

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Spirit does not waste one word 
and his word. 

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Now, one word, and you're going 
to see that. 

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I hope in this Exodus 3 verse 2 
and the angel of the Lord 

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appeared to him in a flame of 
fire out of the midst of a bush.

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Bush. 
He looked and behold the Bush 

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was burning yet, it was not 
consumed. 

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And Moses said, I will turn 
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Why? 
The bush is not burned. 

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I find it so fascinating, how 
the Holy Spirit records, the 

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very words that Moses spoke to 
himself as he in his peripheral 

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vision, saw something that was 
strange. 

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A burning bush but it was not 
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It just kept burning and perhaps
it wasn't a strange thing to see

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burning bushes in the wilderness
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It didn't stop. 
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it consumed the object that it 
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that this catches is attention 
and if you if you don't have the

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ESV, which we read from here on 
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If you have a King James, it 
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I will now turn aside if you 
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must turn aside whatever 
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What we're seeing here is that 
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curiosity. 
That is prioritized something 

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now Peaks. 
His curiosity and it is more 

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important than anything else 
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And he must seek to understand 
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I must, I will I need to see 
what this is all about. 

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And what's more significant 
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Moses decision to turn his 
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was the timing of it. 
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told in verse 1 of Exodus? 
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leading the Sheep real sheep, 
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that was his employment. 
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this flock. 
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Moses was at work, or maybe at 
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specific point. 
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enhances here, the great 
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strange sight and what he was 
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He would turn aside to see this 
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from a duty, an important duty, 
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This is what really blesses me 
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turned aside to see. 
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turned aside to see the Holy 
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confirm to us that the Lord 
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that Moses was willing to give 
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burning bush. 
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In order to tell you what Jesus 
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rewards, those who sacrifice the
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to what he desires to say to us.
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it just ministers to me so 
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always seeing, he's always 
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calculating. 
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He's always there. 
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manifesting through the burning 
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respond to this voiceless shrub,
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Searcher of Hearts was willing 
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greater revelation. 
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context of this Shepherd, God's 
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burning bush your context and 
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Moses is the same for us in the 
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to even pause on his duty or to 
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neglecting his duty but pausing 
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a portion of time of his day to 
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Bush and see what it's all 
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That kind of attendance and that
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It is no different with you and 
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and I the same eyes through that
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who sees what we do with the 
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do we walk by it in our homes? 
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attention away from it? 
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up? 
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give what we have left. 
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word, and we wonder why he is 
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God requires the necessary 
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he does. 
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Because he's a king, I read this
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ago and I put it in my phone, as
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It's a Wonderful feature in your
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What should we think of a 
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audience with a prince? 
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feather, catching a fly. 
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petitioner if while having an 
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be chasing a feather or catching
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simple and I thank God that God 
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The first thing that we must do 
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for God, to grant us greater 
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I will Exhilarate you and bless 
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We got to give him some 
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learn how to pause and say I'm 
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time to push away all these 
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with God's word, And God sees 
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some practical tips of how we 
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God, eliminate as many 
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Eliminate as many distractions 
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you're alone. 
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house of God, when you come to 
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the time, my ambition coming to 
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with somebody that I like I want
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position myself in a way in 
which I have as much of exposure

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to God's word with the least 
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I don't know what it is about 
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They're like afraid of the front
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That's my favorite spot to be. 
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people have the grace to be back
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I want to see the least amount 
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So that I can hear all that as 
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Now when you are alone. 
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As we all know, this is very, 
this, very simple, eliminate as 

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many distractions but here's the
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My brain is very loud. 
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away and I close the shades and 
I lock the door, this Cranium is

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filled with things and it 
doesn't, it doesn't hesitate to 

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remind me of my laundry and what
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need to take care of. 
Can I offer you a tip that helps

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me from time to time as you were
with God's word read it out 

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loud, read it out loud. 
Submit your senses to the 

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engagement of the word of God. 
Now that doesn't have to read it

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the whole time if you can then 
do it. 

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But I'm saying from time to 
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Time pause and declare it read 
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you something, fascinating 
oftentimes the most Revelation I

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get from God's word is when I'm 
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there is this shift of focus, 
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When you are not just reading it
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hearing it with your ears and 
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Now there are some times where I
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say anything my voice still 
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So I'm not saying I'm perfect at
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time I have done it in private 
or reading it with somebody 

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one-on-one, there's just this 
heightened experience of the 

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word of God. 
So do that, do that give a 

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realistic amount of time. 
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Don't Be Inspired from a message
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give three hours. 
I'm gonna wake up two hours 

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early and I'm going to read. 
That's a great great motivation.

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I'm glad you're excited, but be 
realistic. 

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It's better to give God 1530 
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than an hour and a half of you 
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As you're reading the word of 
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Let's not measure our success by
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Let's read and engage in absorb 
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brothers and sisters. 
We must pay attention. 

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If we can't go to that step. 
Then the rest of what I'm about 

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to say, is not going to help, 
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step. 
Number two, how do we receive 

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greater Revelation from God? 
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chapter 2. 2nd Timothy chapter 
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Let's look here at verse 4 
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Paul says to spiritual son. 
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civilian Pursuits. 
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one who enlisted him an athlete 
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competes, according to the 
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farmer who ought to have the 
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Think over what I say for. 
The Lord will give you 

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understanding and everything. 
Point number one, pay Attention 

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Now, what Paul does here is he 
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what the Christian experience is
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what. 
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it's like being an athlete. 
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soldier. 
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farmer and after giving these 
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instruction Timothy think. 
I think in the word there is to 

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reflect it is to ponder, it is 
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It is to sit on something until 
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consider. 
Its meaning Timothy consider its

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application in your life, in 
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Now, what I find so interesting 
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analogies, he does not give a 
detailed explanation of how they

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work and how they apply to you. 
Notice that it's almost like in 

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Rapidfire fashion yet like a 
soldier like an athlete, like a 

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farmer think. 
Well, it would help if you just 

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elaborate a little bit more. 
No, no. 

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I'm giving you these. 
I'm giving you enough. 

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But now you need to take it. 
Here's the Baton and run with 

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it. 
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relate to the Christian 
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Think about the realities of a 
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in the context of God's word and
the boundary of his word and now

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think about how this works. 
Now, I would make sense for Paul

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to say, think about these 
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That makes sense. 
Yeah, I obviously have to think 

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about it. 
It, but he attaches the charge 

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with a promise. 
Think over what I say, here's 

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the promise for the Lord will 
give you understanding and 

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everything. 
In other words polishers this, 

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man, he sure is Timothy if he 
does what he's supposed to do, 

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which is to ponder, then God 
will do what only he can do. 

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And that's give illumination we 
can't miss that. 

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This is a supernatural thing. 
This is a supernatural thing 

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because the latter experience. 
Is contingent upon our 

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compliance with the former 
exhortation. 

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In essence, God will not provide
insight to the person who does 

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not think about them. 
Who does not internally 

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investigate the interpretation, 
the implementation of it. 

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And the same way that God was 
looking for Moses to turn and 

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pay attention before. 
He spoke God at the same time, 

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looks into our hearts to see if 
we are thinking about his truth.

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Let me put it this way. 
Revelation comes not to just 

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readers, but the thinkers 
Revelation comes not merely to 

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readers, but the thinker's, the 
people who come to the word of 

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God. 
And ask the who, what, when, 

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where? 
How questions? 

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and it is those people who ask 
those questions not just to 

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themselves, not just as they 
bounce back and forth with the 

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word of God but even to their 
God, It is those people in which

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the promise is made, 
Supernatural guidance will come.

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And answers will be provided. 
This is a promise. 

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In that should encourage the 
student, who is fearful. 

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I remember coming to the Bible 
at one point early in my life 

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and not knowing where to start, 
I remember hearing other people 

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talk about the things of God, I 
remember not even being able to 

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know what books were in my 
Bible. 

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When the preacher said turn to 
this book and it can be 

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overwhelming and it can be 
discouraging, and it can be 

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frustrating to know yourself and
see how slow you are to grasp 

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certain things. 
But if that is you you remember 

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what Paul is saying here? 
The Lord will give you 

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understanding in everything 
everything. 

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Now he could have said in what I
just said well how Christian is 

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like this and like that? 
And I guess but he doesn't just 

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limited to what he just said. 
He says in all of the counsel of

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God's word, God is willing to 
teach you personally, God is 

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willing to become your personal 
tutor. when he sees that you're 

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willing to learn, But, hold on, 
brace yourself your because he 

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says, God will the Lord will 
give you understanding in 

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everything and he stopped there.
That's important. 

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You know why? 
Because many of us interpret it,

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the Lord will give you 
understanding in everything 

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immediately. 
He doesn't say immediately. 

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He's a good teacher, he's the 
perfect teacher, and he knows 

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exactly what to disclose to you.
At what time, remember what he 

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said to his own disciples, 
because I have so much more to 

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say to you, but you cannot bear 
them. 

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Now, see if I reveal this to you
will overwhelm you, it will 

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crush. 
You you're such a state of 

452
00:28:24,900 --> 00:28:26,900
sadness. 
You're so overwhelmed 

453
00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:29,500
emotionally that it's not going 
to benefit you right now if I 

454
00:28:29,508 --> 00:28:33,300
revealed these things to you. 
So the Lord knows exactly when 

455
00:28:33,300 --> 00:28:36,800
to make known what? 
But that is not our duty to 

456
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,000
determine it is our 
responsibility to Simply do what

457
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:44,600
he tells Timothy. 
And that is to think not as to 

458
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,300
think. 
And to realize that yes, there 

459
00:28:47,300 --> 00:28:50,300
might be a shell over the 
scripture as we read it. 

460
00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,700
But as we bring our thoughts to 
that, she'll and allow our 

461
00:28:56,700 --> 00:28:59,000
thoughts and our meditations, 
and our questions, and yes, 

462
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,500
sometimes even our righteous 
frustration to crack at that 

463
00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:05,900
Shell at the right time. 
The Lord will supply a Grace 

464
00:29:05,900 --> 00:29:09,700
that will break it open for you 
to enjoy the fruit. 

465
00:29:09,700 --> 00:29:15,300
They're in the Lord will give 
you understanding and everything

466
00:29:15,900 --> 00:29:21,500
and this is why you and I have 
to understand God, and many 

467
00:29:21,500 --> 00:29:26,200
things, works with people who 
are willing to work who are 

468
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,600
willing to work, even when the 
Lord calls many in the Bible, if

469
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:33,300
not all what you will find in 
the objects of his calling, is 

470
00:29:33,300 --> 00:29:35,800
that those people who are 
Servants of his in the ministry 

471
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:37,400
were found working when he 
called them. 

472
00:29:39,100 --> 00:29:42,600
And in the same way we come to 
this word and we must engage 

473
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,500
with it before, the Lord comes 
with the tools necessary to make

474
00:29:45,500 --> 00:29:47,300
it real. 
How does the Lord do it though? 

475
00:29:47,900 --> 00:29:51,400
How does he give understanding 
is the answer is simple, as he 

476
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,300
deposits Clarity in your mind 
and he provides the wisdom for 

477
00:29:54,300 --> 00:29:56,400
you to grasp it. 
I just had to know where 

478
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,000
Supernatural like an epiphany. 
You sure? 

479
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,100
You can do it that way. 
I don't think that's the only 

480
00:30:01,100 --> 00:30:05,000
legitimate Avenue though. 
He has many means by which he 

481
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,000
makes known these things and 
I'll prove to you want because 

482
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,100
some of this has happened to 
many of you when you've come to 

483
00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:13,800
the house of God, whether it's 
here or elsewhere and earlier 

484
00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:15,900
that week you read something or 
there's something that you've 

485
00:30:15,900 --> 00:30:18,400
been pondering about or a 
situation where you're trying to

486
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:22,800
see, how does God's word make 
this make sense and offer. 

487
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,900
Soon, as you come here 
unsuspectingly, you hear 

488
00:30:25,900 --> 00:30:29,200
something? 
And there it is, there's the 

489
00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:32,200
answer. 
It came forth, it illuminated 

490
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,900
shined light. 
And some of you even said, I've 

491
00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:37,200
heard you say, you said, you 
know, brother. 

492
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,000
I've been, I've been thinking 
about this for the past few 

493
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:40,300
days. 
I've been trying to wonder, I 

494
00:30:40,300 --> 00:30:43,100
need to know more about this 
subject and here I am. 

495
00:30:43,100 --> 00:30:46,200
I came this day and not knowing 
what you were going to speak on 

496
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:49,200
and you set it. 
And that's what I needed is that

497
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,200
coincidence, is it coincidence? 
When you go to another place or 

498
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,400
a conference, or whatever the 
case may be, and something 

499
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:58,700
happens in this transaction? 
No, it's the Lord, the Lord 

500
00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:02,900
giving you understanding. 
That's what happened with the 

501
00:31:02,908 --> 00:31:06,400
psalmist asaph If this man had 
so many questions about 

502
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,900
suffering, he didn't understand 
how the wicked could prosper in 

503
00:31:09,900 --> 00:31:12,000
the righteous. 
There who are faithful to God, 

504
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,900
are being punished. 
So, it seems, it is understand 

505
00:31:14,900 --> 00:31:17,900
how those who are wicked can be 
rewarded with life, and health 

506
00:31:17,900 --> 00:31:20,200
and families, and vacations, and
raises. 

507
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:24,500
And so, he was so overwhelmed 
wondering if he washed his hands

508
00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:28,700
in vain, if he's following the 
truth and obeying righteousness 

509
00:31:28,700 --> 00:31:34,200
in vain and so he says in Psalm 
73 16, but when I thought, how 

510
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:38,400
Now, to understand this, it 
seemed to me a weary, some 

511
00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:41,200
tasks. 
Let me say this ASAP. 

512
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:45,300
As much as he was and a place of
great frustration was a thinker.

513
00:31:46,500 --> 00:31:48,500
He meditated. 
He thought about it. 

514
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,500
He was wondering, he's trying to
put the pieces together. 

515
00:31:51,700 --> 00:31:56,300
He prayed he ached when he 
thought about this. 

516
00:31:56,300 --> 00:31:59,500
And how to understand, it was a 
weary, some task, and then, in 

517
00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:06,300
verse 17, until I went into the 
sanctuary of God, Then I 

518
00:32:06,300 --> 00:32:10,300
discerned their end. 
Until I came to the house of 

519
00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:14,200
God. 
We're God's laws being performed

520
00:32:14,300 --> 00:32:16,300
and God's word is being 
declared. 

521
00:32:16,300 --> 00:32:22,700
It was in that setting where the
lord gave me understanding But 

522
00:32:22,700 --> 00:32:24,800
before the Lord gave him 
understanding, he was already 

523
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,400
thinking. 
He was pondering. 

524
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,100
He was chewing the cud of the 
word. 

525
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:32,900
And God says, I see your 
thoughts. 

526
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:34,900
I see how it's a weary some 
tasks. 

527
00:32:34,900 --> 00:32:36,700
I see how you're seeking 
understanding. 

528
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,700
Here it is. 
Here it is. 

529
00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:42,300
The Lord can do it while you're 
in prayer. 

530
00:32:43,300 --> 00:32:46,500
The Lord can do it while you're 
systemically reading through the

531
00:32:46,500 --> 00:32:49,800
Bible and there is a portion of 
scripture that brings light to a

532
00:32:49,808 --> 00:32:52,000
mystery that you read early on 
in that month. 

533
00:32:52,900 --> 00:32:54,600
The Lord can do it and I've 
experienced it. 

534
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:57,500
Where you going out to lunch 
with a Spirit-filled brother or 

535
00:32:57,500 --> 00:33:00,000
sister in Christ? 
Nothing planned. 

536
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,600
But there you are talking and 
talking about the things of God 

537
00:33:02,700 --> 00:33:04,600
and there, they bring something 
up brother. 

538
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:08,000
I've been thinking about that 
for so long and you just gave 

539
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,000
the answer your brother. 
I've been going through this 

540
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,700
situation and you just brought 
light to it with that. 

541
00:33:12,700 --> 00:33:15,400
Reference with that story in the
Bible with that proverb. 

542
00:33:16,900 --> 00:33:19,600
The Lord can do it by putting a 
book in your hand with a 

543
00:33:19,608 --> 00:33:21,400
wonderful author who had 
insights in the word of God. 

544
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:24,600
The Lord has many means but the 
goal is the same and the promise

545
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:29,000
is the same, he will give you 
understanding and he will find a

546
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:32,300
way to give you understanding, 
but before you can even expect 

547
00:33:32,300 --> 00:33:35,300
for the Lord to do that, you 
heard it so many times but pay 

548
00:33:35,300 --> 00:33:39,000
attention. 
Not just pause and pay attention

549
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,700
but pause and Ponder or 
ponderize. 

550
00:33:42,700 --> 00:33:47,300
You go ponderize you go. 
And this is the Gateway of 

551
00:33:47,308 --> 00:33:50,500
experiencing truth and watching 
it make an imprint on our lives 

552
00:33:50,500 --> 00:33:54,700
and it I'm telling you it is one
of the most exhilarating things 

553
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:58,400
that when you wrestle with the 
word and God comes and brings 

554
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:03,100
relief, it's like just this Rush
of water to your soul, and as 

555
00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:07,300
much as it is invisible, The 
Sensation from that is the Lord 

556
00:34:07,300 --> 00:34:11,100
spoke to me here. 
God just revealed something to 

557
00:34:11,100 --> 00:34:15,100
me. whatever means he uses, you 
know what your thoughts are like

558
00:34:15,100 --> 00:34:18,000
you know, the prayers in your 
heart and God comes and he just 

559
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:24,000
Thunders it or you Whispers it 
and it blesses you Thomas Watson

560
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:31,300
Puritan, he says quote the 
reason we come away so cold from

561
00:34:31,300 --> 00:34:33,699
reading. 
The word is because we do not 

562
00:34:33,699 --> 00:34:39,199
warm ourselves at the fires of 
meditation and I think if we're 

563
00:34:39,199 --> 00:34:43,000
honest and I'm going to be 
honest with you, the coldest 

564
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,699
times that I've had with the 
word is when I rushed through it

565
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:49,199
or when I don't take at least a 
piece of it with me. 

566
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:55,699
To hold on to and to let roll in
my mind or to savor in my mouth.

567
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,400
Those are very very limited in 
their benefit. 

568
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,700
When I'm satisfied with this, 
checking off that, I read 

569
00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:05,500
something. 
So that is somebody at churches,

570
00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:07,700
when did you last week? 
So I read, two days ago. 

571
00:35:08,700 --> 00:35:11,200
That's not Christian. 
That's not what God wants us to 

572
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,900
do. 
Pay attention. 

573
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,600
Don't just pay attention, do 
take it further Ponder, Ponder 

574
00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:22,300
as much as you can ponder as 
much as you can. 

575
00:35:22,300 --> 00:35:25,800
When you're in that empty space 
of not having to engage your 

576
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:27,200
mind in something that requires 
so much. 

577
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:29,700
Whether it's work or helping 
your kids or whatever the case 

578
00:35:29,700 --> 00:35:32,500
me, just bring bring it to 
yourself and bring it before. 

579
00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:35,900
The Lord Lord, what is was that 
I don't get this. 

580
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:38,000
I didn't understand that. 
Fully. 

581
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,400
Could you help me? 
He might answer that. 

582
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,000
He might not. 
But he will. 

583
00:35:43,100 --> 00:35:47,100
That is the promise. 
Pay attention Ponder. 

584
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:50,100
Here we are in our final step. 
You have to meet me in John 14, 

585
00:35:50,100 --> 00:35:59,800
though to know it in John 14. 
John 14:21. 

586
00:36:12,700 --> 00:36:18,400
Hear the words of the master. 
Whoever has my Commandments and 

587
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:22,300
keeps them. 
He it is, who loves me? 

588
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:27,000
And he, who loves me Will Be 
Loved by my father. 

589
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:35,800
And I will love him. 
And here it is Manifest myself 

590
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:40,800
to him. 
We know one thing about this, 

591
00:36:41,300 --> 00:36:46,200
Jesus is not speaking about 
salvation and how to attain it. 

592
00:36:47,100 --> 00:36:53,000
Paul said in Romans 3:20 that it
is not by The Works of the flesh

593
00:36:53,100 --> 00:36:57,500
that we are Justified, no human 
being will ever be justified in 

594
00:36:57,500 --> 00:37:01,800
his side, by adhering to the law
as perfectly as possible. 

595
00:37:02,500 --> 00:37:05,700
So, knowing that with the 
concert of the rest of the word 

596
00:37:05,700 --> 00:37:08,400
of God, we can eliminate that 
interpretation. 

597
00:37:08,500 --> 00:37:11,200
In of what Jesus is saying here.
If you obey my Commandments, I 

598
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:16,800
will love you. 
The context, clearly suggests 

599
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:20,700
that Jesus is giving this 
instruction with a promise to 

600
00:37:20,700 --> 00:37:23,900
believers. 
He speaking to those who have 

601
00:37:23,900 --> 00:37:27,900
already believed on him and not 
just those who have believed on 

602
00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:30,800
him, but who have because of 
their submission to his 

603
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:36,000
lordship, his Commandments. 
And so from there he speaking to

604
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:40,600
those who follow him of what 
they ought to do with his 

605
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:46,500
Commandments in order to know a 
particular glorious reward, this

606
00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:51,000
is what he is saying. 
You, my people who have my 

607
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:56,700
Commandments, those who keep 
what they currently, no, Will Be

608
00:37:56,700 --> 00:38:00,400
Loved by my father and Will Be 
Loved by the Sun. 

609
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:08,600
That kind of scares people. 
Because I'm sure the first 

610
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:10,400
question that pops into our 
minds as well. 

611
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:13,800
Doesn't God. 
Love everybody is not his love 

612
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:18,600
available to all. 
Yes, that's true. 

613
00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:23,100
But not everybody experiences 
his love the same way. 

614
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:31,500
Not everybody, even among the 
children of God can enjoy that. 

615
00:38:31,500 --> 00:38:38,000
Holy Love. 
In the same way that others do. 

616
00:38:39,100 --> 00:38:43,900
The father and the son seek to 
Lavish and manifest their Love 

617
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:49,000
by the spirit, but his 
contingent again upon something.

618
00:38:50,300 --> 00:38:54,900
He says, those who have my 
Commandments who have access to 

619
00:38:54,900 --> 00:38:57,600
them who might even know them. 
So you can put that under the 

620
00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:00,400
category of your attentive of 
them. 

621
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:04,600
Maybe you know them but here's 
the third thing, we gotta go 

622
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:07,500
beyond paying attention. 
We got to go more than just 

623
00:39:07,500 --> 00:39:09,100
paying attention, we must 
Ponder. 

624
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:12,200
Here's Point number three, we 
have to put it into action. 

625
00:39:14,100 --> 00:39:18,400
Put it into action, those who 
have my Commandments and keeps 

626
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:22,300
them. 
Keeps them, cherishes them and 

627
00:39:22,300 --> 00:39:25,800
then exercises them with 
whatever Revelation that you 

628
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:30,700
have at this time on January, 
15th 2023, wherever you're at 

629
00:39:30,700 --> 00:39:34,900
right now what you do with that,
in terms of its application in 

630
00:39:34,900 --> 00:39:39,800
your life will determine a 
manifestation of Jesus in your 

631
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,600
life. 
This is what the Lord is looking

632
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:45,300
for. 
So here's what I'm trying to 

633
00:39:45,300 --> 00:39:48,100
say, and this is where honesty 
is so important. 

634
00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:49,900
It's important all the time. 
But especially with a point like

635
00:39:49,900 --> 00:39:55,400
this, it would be dishonest to 
claim that every Christian loves

636
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,800
Jesus. 
Same, I know it's hard to hear, 

637
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,700
but it would be dishonest to say
that and as a result that love 

638
00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:06,200
is proven It would be, it would 
be dishonest and unrealistic to 

639
00:40:06,207 --> 00:40:09,600
say that every Christian obeys. 
Jesus, the same. 

640
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:11,600
Now, are we willing to 
acknowledge that? 

641
00:40:11,900 --> 00:40:13,200
I hope we can all acknowledge 
that. 

642
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,900
It is not true. 
That every believer in this 

643
00:40:16,900 --> 00:40:21,800
world loves the Lord, the same 
and obeys the Lord, the same now

644
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:25,500
for willing to submit to that 
then we have to also accept the 

645
00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:29,000
last part if that is the case, 
that not every Christian 

646
00:40:29,100 --> 00:40:32,300
experiences Christ, in the same 
way. 

647
00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:35,400
And that is exactly what Jesus 
is doing here. 

648
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,700
He's making a differentiating 
mark. 

649
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,100
This is precisely what the Lord 
is communicating the 

650
00:40:42,100 --> 00:40:45,100
manifestation of God. 
Now, think about that. 

651
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:49,100
This is not theoretical. 
This is a real manifestation of 

652
00:40:49,100 --> 00:40:54,300
God is only reserved to those 
who not just read who, not just 

653
00:40:54,300 --> 00:40:58,900
understand, but who seek to 
implement, what has been made 

654
00:40:58,900 --> 00:41:04,300
known to them. 
And say Lord I want to I want to

655
00:41:04,300 --> 00:41:06,200
really see this lived out of my 
life. 

656
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,100
The Lord is not promising. 
Physical manifestation, I'm 

657
00:41:10,100 --> 00:41:12,000
sorry to disappoint you if 
that's what you were hoping for 

658
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:15,200
but he is promising. 
He is referring to a spiritual 

659
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:18,400
enlightenment. 
Something that can be just as 

660
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:21,000
real as something appearing 
right before you something. 

661
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,100
So real in the soul where he 
enlarges your knowledge of his 

662
00:41:24,100 --> 00:41:27,500
glory and his wisdom, and his 
power and his grace, and his 

663
00:41:27,500 --> 00:41:29,900
might with the eyes of your 
heart. 

664
00:41:29,900 --> 00:41:33,600
Now, begin to open and you 
perceive things Beyond this 

665
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:37,000
world and what has to offer? 
There's another dimension and 

666
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,500
Christ what he's promising. 
Here is I will be more real to 

667
00:41:40,500 --> 00:41:43,600
you in this world. 
The father will be more real and

668
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,700
the means by that is the Holy 
Spirit who might have sent will 

669
00:41:46,700 --> 00:41:49,900
be the the agent and making that
a reality in your life. 

670
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:54,100
What an amazing promise. 
I mean, take every other 

671
00:41:54,100 --> 00:41:59,400
treasure away and give me that 
the manifestation of Christ, not

672
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:06,300
just when I die but even as I 
live, he can intensify the 

673
00:42:06,300 --> 00:42:12,000
intimacy that my heart longs for
and he is perfectly wise and 

674
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,500
doing it. 
Exactly how he needs to do it. 

675
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:19,900
And I believe that includes 
making this word so loud. 

676
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:23,300
How else will Christ manifest 
who he is? 

677
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:27,500
Apart from his word? 
Surely not, but even as this 

678
00:42:27,500 --> 00:42:30,800
word comes alive, things around 
this world become more alive. 

679
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,600
As it is all connected and 
submitted to this. 

680
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:38,900
The psalmist said, something 
incredible and Psalm 25 14. 

681
00:42:38,900 --> 00:42:42,300
He says, the Friendship of the 
Lord, now the Hebrew word. 

682
00:42:42,300 --> 00:42:45,500
For friendship is the secret, 
the secret Council. 

683
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:51,900
The Friendship of the Lord, is 
for those who fear Him and He 

684
00:42:51,900 --> 00:42:55,000
will make known to them. 
His Covenant. 

685
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:59,700
The Friendship of the Lord is 
for those who fear Him you can't

686
00:42:59,700 --> 00:43:02,200
fear God. 
Unless you're willing to obey 

687
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:06,300
God that equation is settled the
Friendship of the Lord 

688
00:43:06,300 --> 00:43:10,100
friendship with almighty God 
friendship with Jesus Christ, 

689
00:43:10,100 --> 00:43:13,800
the resurrected King friendship 
with the Holy Spirit, who knows 

690
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:15,200
all things and can do all 
things. 

691
00:43:15,300 --> 00:43:19,100
Yes, the Friendship of the Lord 
is for those who fear Him and 

692
00:43:19,100 --> 00:43:23,100
then he says and he will make 
known to them his Covenant. 

693
00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:26,600
I don't think that means he's 
going to I introduce to you the 

694
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,400
way you can come into Covenant 
with him. 

695
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:32,800
I think it means that he will 
unravel and unwrap the layers of

696
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:37,700
the glories of the Covenant that
you're in with him already. and 

697
00:43:37,700 --> 00:43:40,300
so as you fear Him and you say 
I'm coming into Covenant with 

698
00:43:40,300 --> 00:43:45,600
you Lord, And I want to walk in 
your ways and I want to obey the

699
00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:48,500
commands of your Covenant. 
I may fail but Lord my heart 

700
00:43:48,500 --> 00:43:50,900
desires. 
It here's the promise of God let

701
00:43:50,900 --> 00:43:55,300
me reveal to you the glories of 
my Covenant now Can you begin to

702
00:43:55,300 --> 00:43:57,800
see things and you go deeper 
than just Jesus died on the 

703
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:00,000
cross, for my sins, as glorious 
as that is. 

704
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:05,100
But then you see the parts of 
that the details of that, the 

705
00:44:05,100 --> 00:44:07,600
implications of that, the 
promise of that, the Prophecies 

706
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:10,600
of that and your eyes begin to 
open and it will take n. 

707
00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:15,200
Eternity of Eternity, To realize
all of it. 

708
00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:19,400
And it can begin. 
Now, it can begin now. 

709
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:23,400
Pay attention Ponder, put into 
action. 

710
00:44:23,900 --> 00:44:26,300
And the promise of God is 
theirs, Revelation coming your 

711
00:44:26,300 --> 00:44:31,400
way. 
Perpetual growing more of me in 

712
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:34,700
your life. 
Now that's Mark 424 we still 

713
00:44:34,700 --> 00:44:42,500
have one more verse. 
So hang on Mark 425. we're 

714
00:44:42,500 --> 00:44:45,900
concluding with this verse not 
with this verse, but with the 

715
00:44:45,900 --> 00:44:54,900
thoughts of this verse Mark 425.
Jesus said, in first 24, pay 

716
00:44:54,900 --> 00:44:57,200
attention to what you hear with.
The measure you use, it will be 

717
00:44:57,200 --> 00:44:59,400
measured to you. 
We learn about three measures 

718
00:45:00,100 --> 00:45:01,800
and still more will be added to 
you. 

719
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:05,300
We know what, he's going to add 
to us more of the truth. 

720
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:10,300
Verse 25, he says for the one 
who has more will be given 

721
00:45:10,300 --> 00:45:12,900
that's repeated now of what we 
just heard. 

722
00:45:13,300 --> 00:45:17,900
And from the one who has not, 
even what he has will be taken 

723
00:45:17,900 --> 00:45:21,300
away. 
Okay, the first part of verse 

724
00:45:21,300 --> 00:45:23,700
25, we covered. 
We haven't touched on the second

725
00:45:23,700 --> 00:45:25,800
part. 
It seems cryptic. 

726
00:45:27,300 --> 00:45:30,800
What are you trying to say? 
Lord, from the one who has not 

727
00:45:31,300 --> 00:45:33,600
even what he has will be taken 
away? 

728
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:39,600
It's not as perplexing as we 
think for those who hear absorb 

729
00:45:39,700 --> 00:45:43,600
diligently, meditate on the 
truth that has been given to 

730
00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:45,700
them. 
More truth will be given to you,

731
00:45:45,900 --> 00:45:47,500
right? 
That is the promise. 

732
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:53,700
But for the person who is a 
here, He's Not absent from the 

733
00:45:53,700 --> 00:45:57,800
environment of hearing for the 
person who does here. 

734
00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:01,300
But as careless, they don't pay 
attention. 

735
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:05,200
They don't care to give a piece 
of even an ounce of real estate 

736
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:09,800
in their brains, those who have 
no desire to put the words of 

737
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:14,000
Christ into action. 
The opposite effect will take 

738
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:17,800
place. 
If the first part means, if I 

739
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:20,900
absorb those three measures, 
then I'm going to grow. 

740
00:46:21,100 --> 00:46:25,000
Then what Jesus is saying here 
is, if you don't and something 

741
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:27,500
else will happen. 
Careless. 

742
00:46:27,500 --> 00:46:29,300
Here's are in danger. 
This is what the Lord is trying 

743
00:46:29,300 --> 00:46:32,900
to say of not only failing to 
graduate in Revelation. 

744
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:39,500
But of blunting whatever truth 
they might possess even now. 

745
00:46:41,700 --> 00:46:44,400
That seems strange, right? 
That seems strange. 

746
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:48,500
But again, this law is an 
operation in the material world,

747
00:46:48,500 --> 00:46:53,700
think about physical exercise. 
If I give myself to working this

748
00:46:53,700 --> 00:46:58,100
body out and my goal is to be 
more in shape put on more 

749
00:46:58,100 --> 00:47:00,300
massive muscle and reduce fat 
that's going to require 

750
00:47:00,300 --> 00:47:03,400
discipline and the more I train 
myself. 

751
00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:05,200
What's going to happen? 
The more I'm going to be able to

752
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:10,500
lift over time, push-pull move. 
That is the trajectory. 

753
00:47:10,500 --> 00:47:14,600
That's the promise of those 
disciplines being adhered to 

754
00:47:14,700 --> 00:47:18,400
consistently. 
But what happens if I stop what 

755
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:20,500
happens. 
If I pause, what happens if I 

756
00:47:20,500 --> 00:47:23,500
neglect it? 
Now, if the answer in your mind 

757
00:47:23,500 --> 00:47:26,900
as well, you just kind of leave 
off where you stopped, that's 

758
00:47:26,900 --> 00:47:30,600
not the right answer for those 
who have exercised, you know 

759
00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:35,900
what happens, you not only pause
but you begin to lose. 

760
00:47:37,700 --> 00:47:40,100
Now your physique is taking a 
different shape and listen just 

761
00:47:40,100 --> 00:47:42,200
freeze when you stop and then 
you get the resume when you 

762
00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:47,200
want, that'd be wonderful. 
No, now you see a reversal 

763
00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:50,400
taking place and your body is 
taking a different shape and 

764
00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:53,100
you're losing your strength more
and more. 

765
00:47:53,100 --> 00:47:54,400
Let me borrow the words of 
Jesus. 

766
00:47:55,100 --> 00:47:59,700
You begin to what you have now 
removed from you. 

767
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:03,700
What about learning a language. 
I've seen this in my own life, 

768
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:07,800
I'll confess. 
My family, my siblings and I, we

769
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:10,100
grew up learning French up in 
Canada. 

770
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:12,900
Went to French. 
Elementary School is French high

771
00:48:12,900 --> 00:48:14,500
school. 
I'll be honest. 

772
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:16,800
I haven't practiced a language 
in years. 

773
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:19,700
And I used to be able to write 
essays in French and do 

774
00:48:19,700 --> 00:48:21,500
presentations and French, you 
know what's happening. 

775
00:48:21,500 --> 00:48:27,200
Now I'm losing a lot of it. 
I didn't just stop. 

776
00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:31,000
And now I'm at the grade 11 
level, where I left French, 

777
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,000
going went to an English High 
School in an English college. 

778
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:36,100
That didn't happen. 
I'm losing touch with grammar, 

779
00:48:36,700 --> 00:48:41,100
basic vocabulary, basic terms, 
my heads, getting cloudy. 

780
00:48:41,100 --> 00:48:45,300
And things are not evaporating 
more, and more, and more, and 

781
00:48:45,300 --> 00:48:47,800
for people who lose a language 
over time. 

782
00:48:48,500 --> 00:48:51,000
If they keep going in that 
direction, they if they have a 

783
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:54,000
revived concern and desire to 
relearn it, they got to go back 

784
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:56,500
to the basics. 
You actually got to go back to 

785
00:48:56,500 --> 00:48:59,100
the ABCs and rebuild the 
foundation. 

786
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:01,700
Here's what the Lord is saying. 
What happens with your body? 

787
00:49:01,700 --> 00:49:04,200
What happens with that language 
happens in the things of the 

788
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:10,600
spirit? 
When you pause and you neglect 

789
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:15,100
and you refuse to ponder pay 
attention and put into practice,

790
00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:20,600
what the Lord is saying, is not 
only will you stand still. 

791
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:22,900
That's actually category. 
And spiritual growth that 

792
00:49:22,900 --> 00:49:27,000
doesn't exist. 
You'll begin to revert. 

793
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:32,400
This actually happened to a 
group of Christians. 

794
00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:36,200
And this is my final text a 
group of Christians, that the 

795
00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:39,500
author of this book, wanted to 
take them deeper into spiritual 

796
00:49:39,500 --> 00:49:41,700
truths. 
But he knowing his audience 

797
00:49:41,700 --> 00:49:45,100
could not hold their hand and 
take them there because they did

798
00:49:45,100 --> 00:49:48,500
exactly what Jesus warned about 
Hebrews chapter 5. 

799
00:49:49,800 --> 00:49:56,300
In verse 11. 
This will now make sense. 

800
00:49:56,800 --> 00:49:59,900
What Jesus is saying in verse 25
of Mark for will now make sense,

801
00:50:00,100 --> 00:50:03,400
it actually happened to a group 
of Jewish Christians. 

802
00:50:08,100 --> 00:50:14,600
Hebrews 5 11 to 13. 
The debated author writes about 

803
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:18,000
this. 
We have much to say and it is 

804
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:23,000
hard to explain since you have 
become dull of hearing. 

805
00:50:24,900 --> 00:50:26,500
For though. 
By this time you ought to be 

806
00:50:26,500 --> 00:50:29,400
teachers, you need someone to 
teach you. 

807
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:37,400
Again, the basic principles of 
the Oracles of God, you need 

808
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:41,000
milk. 
Not solid food for everyone who 

809
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:45,200
lives on milk is unskilled in 
the word of righteousness, since

810
00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:51,000
he is a child, so much to stay. 
And to say about this passage 

811
00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:56,000
First point, these Christians 
have become dull of hearing 

812
00:50:56,100 --> 00:50:58,700
meaning, they didn't start that 
way at one point. 

813
00:50:58,700 --> 00:51:01,000
Their ears, their antennas were 
wide open. 

814
00:51:01,700 --> 00:51:03,100
They were eager. 
They were hungry. 

815
00:51:03,100 --> 00:51:05,900
They wanted to learn more. 
They want to see how Jesus 

816
00:51:05,900 --> 00:51:08,700
fulfilled these Jewish 
prophecies. 

817
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:11,300
They want to see how he was the 
substance of the Shadow. 

818
00:51:11,300 --> 00:51:15,300
They long for that, but over 
time they became dull. 

819
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:17,800
What does that mean? 
Dull. 

820
00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:23,300
Well. 
Very simple term is bored. 

821
00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:28,400
They became disinterested, they 
became distant. 

822
00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:31,500
They became satisfied with the 
level that they were at. 

823
00:51:32,700 --> 00:51:35,800
And here's the scary part, 
they're dull of hearing but 

824
00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:40,800
they're still hearing, they're 
still present, they're still in 

825
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:46,000
attendance, they're here, but 
they're uninterested, they're 

826
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:51,900
here, but they're inattentive 
their dull of hearing. 

827
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:55,500
And what happened to this group 
of Christians is like what 

828
00:51:55,500 --> 00:51:57,500
happens to you? 
And I when we get on a flight, 

829
00:51:58,900 --> 00:52:04,400
And like every flight the flight
attendants coming to the middle,

830
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:07,100
their aisle, and they do their 
safety protocol presentation, 

831
00:52:07,100 --> 00:52:10,900
right? 
I've been on many flights, every

832
00:52:10,900 --> 00:52:13,600
single flight, they did that. 
But be honest. 

833
00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:17,100
Do you really pay attention. 
Are you hearing it though? 

834
00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:19,800
Yes. 
But are you paying attention? 

835
00:52:20,300 --> 00:52:23,100
No, and I think that's a scary 
thing because they're giving you

836
00:52:23,100 --> 00:52:25,400
the exact instructions. 
If this thing goes down, this is

837
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:27,300
what you need to do. 
And here we are making sure we 

838
00:52:27,308 --> 00:52:31,300
can hold onto our data before we
take off and texting and that's 

839
00:52:31,300 --> 00:52:32,400
fine. 
And here there's people all 

840
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:39,500
these faithful preachers, right?
It's funny but how we listen to 

841
00:52:39,500 --> 00:52:41,300
that. 
Is how often Christians Listen 

842
00:52:41,300 --> 00:52:47,800
to the message every week. 
You're hearing it, but you're 

843
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:53,400
not really paying attention. 
This is exactly what it means to

844
00:52:53,400 --> 00:52:57,100
be dull of hearing. 
And I want to tell you 

845
00:52:57,100 --> 00:53:02,500
something. 
Because I love you. the moment 

846
00:53:02,900 --> 00:53:06,900
that you catch yourself being 
bored with the engagement of 

847
00:53:06,900 --> 00:53:10,500
God's word, whether it's 
personally or corporately, Is a 

848
00:53:10,500 --> 00:53:16,000
warning sign to a spiritual 
sickness that you might have 

849
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:19,300
caught. 
It is not a light thing to 

850
00:53:19,300 --> 00:53:23,700
become dull of hearing. 
You realize that these Hebrew 

851
00:53:23,700 --> 00:53:26,500
Christians were on the verge of 
apostasy? 

852
00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:33,400
And I think what played a role 
in that though not immediately 

853
00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:37,000
is that the beginning point was 
very much of this. 

854
00:53:37,700 --> 00:53:41,700
They became dull of hearing, and
we become dull of hearing become

855
00:53:41,700 --> 00:53:44,600
dull of affection, become dull 
affection, you become open to 

856
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:47,300
other things that can persuade 
you in a different direction 

857
00:53:47,300 --> 00:53:50,300
than Christ. 
And so we see here that these 

858
00:53:50,300 --> 00:53:54,600
Christians began to See, and 
hear the word as a tedious 

859
00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:58,400
thing, that's dangerous. 
Now, look at the secondly, the 

860
00:53:58,400 --> 00:54:00,800
same group of Christians who 
become dull of hearing, 

861
00:54:00,900 --> 00:54:04,300
according to the estimation of 
the Holy Spirit through the 

862
00:54:04,300 --> 00:54:07,700
author. 
This group apparently should 

863
00:54:07,700 --> 00:54:09,800
have reached the level of 
teaching others. 

864
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:14,600
That's significant. 
That's not to say that these 

865
00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:17,000
Christians should have occupied 
a position of a teacher in the 

866
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:17,600
church. 
No. 

867
00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:19,700
No. 
But it does mean that they 

868
00:54:19,700 --> 00:54:22,300
should have reached a level of 
maturity and fullness and 

869
00:54:22,300 --> 00:54:25,500
familiarity with the word of 
God, that they should have been 

870
00:54:25,500 --> 00:54:30,200
comfortable enough with giving 
that truth to someone else by 

871
00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:33,900
themselves. 
They should have come to a place

872
00:54:33,900 --> 00:54:36,600
where they didn't need to take 
somebody and bring them to 

873
00:54:36,600 --> 00:54:40,600
pasture every single time. 
They should have reached a place

874
00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:43,200
is so much time has gone by 
apparently, that they should 

875
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:46,300
have arrived where they could 
have comfortably discipled. 

876
00:54:46,300 --> 00:54:49,300
Another Soul based on the 
knowledge that they have 

877
00:54:49,300 --> 00:54:53,100
acquired concerning, the things 
of God, but they're not there 

878
00:54:53,100 --> 00:54:56,100
yet. 
And they should be there, which 

879
00:54:56,100 --> 00:54:59,900
tells me which tells me that 
this is really the goal for 

880
00:54:59,900 --> 00:55:02,600
every believer. 
Even now today, what the Holy 

881
00:55:02,600 --> 00:55:05,200
Spirit desires from you and I 
saw her arrive at a place where 

882
00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:10,200
we can, each of us become 
teachers, communicators of God's

883
00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:13,900
truth, to another person who is 
at a lesser level understanding 

884
00:55:13,900 --> 00:55:17,000
than us. 
But again, that doesn't seem to 

885
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:23,000
happen in many places, unskilled
stagnant and five years has gone

886
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:26,400
by 10 years, has gone by By 15 
years has gone by, it's like how

887
00:55:26,500 --> 00:55:29,300
well Jesus told us, how 
throughout that time, you 

888
00:55:29,300 --> 00:55:32,700
haven't paid attention, you 
haven't pondered, you haven't 

889
00:55:32,700 --> 00:55:35,000
put it into action. 
Therefore Christ couldn't give 

890
00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:38,100
you revelation. 
And so this group of Christians 

891
00:55:38,100 --> 00:55:42,400
are still drinking milk. 
And he's saying here you should 

892
00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:46,400
be teaching and what is he 
referring to it on your own 

893
00:55:46,400 --> 00:55:48,100
time? 
Go on your own, he just finished

894
00:55:48,100 --> 00:55:52,200
teaching about the priesthood of
Melchizedek and what he's ready 

895
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:55,300
to do in a little upset with the
Hebrew Christians because it 

896
00:55:55,300 --> 00:55:59,100
could have been expanded when he
was wanting to do, is show how 

897
00:55:59,100 --> 00:56:02,800
Christ is from the priesthood of
Melchizedek and how that 

898
00:56:02,800 --> 00:56:04,300
Melchizedek priesthood is 
superior. 

899
00:56:04,300 --> 00:56:07,800
To the one of Aaron, that is 
what the Bible calls meat. 

900
00:56:09,100 --> 00:56:14,100
Meat. 
Milk is read Hebrews chapter 6. 

901
00:56:14,100 --> 00:56:19,400
In the first few verses that's 
milk repentance Faith, Eternal 

902
00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:22,300
judgment. 
Baptism the doctrine of the 

903
00:56:22,308 --> 00:56:25,100
laying on of hands. 
Not that is insignificant 

904
00:56:25,100 --> 00:56:29,100
unimportant, but we need to move
on from that and we need to see 

905
00:56:29,100 --> 00:56:31,100
how these things are expanded in
different ways. 

906
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:32,700
And he says, I can't do this 
with you. 

907
00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:35,800
I can't because you're still 
there. 

908
00:56:36,100 --> 00:56:38,900
You become dull of hearing. 
Even if I do this with you, 

909
00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:40,500
you're not going to be able to 
understand. 

910
00:56:40,600 --> 00:56:43,000
So then what is He say, and 
here's the main point. 

911
00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:45,300
You need someone to teach you 
again. 

912
00:56:46,700 --> 00:56:50,900
They were taught the principles 
and the basic Oracles of God, 

913
00:56:50,900 --> 00:56:54,000
but he's like, because of this 
prolonged dullness of hearing, 

914
00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:57,100
we need to come back to the ABCs
of Christianity. 

915
00:56:59,400 --> 00:57:03,000
Because what you have can be 
taken from you. 

916
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:07,100
And there's a blur and there's 
an inability to be able to 

917
00:57:07,100 --> 00:57:11,700
articulate understand. 
The things that saved you in the

918
00:57:11,700 --> 00:57:15,000
first place and here's how I 
want to conclude. 

919
00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:20,100
There is no standing still 
spiritually. 

920
00:57:21,100 --> 00:57:24,800
That category does not exist in 
the kingdom of God. 

921
00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:28,400
There is either growing or 
dwarfing. 

922
00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:33,700
Those are the only two options. 
And sometimes we don't realize 

923
00:57:33,700 --> 00:57:37,200
that we're dwarfing until meat 
comes our way. 

924
00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:40,200
And it's a frustrating 
experience. 

925
00:57:41,100 --> 00:57:44,300
And we're angry, or maybe even 
worse were disinterested when we

926
00:57:44,300 --> 00:57:47,200
can smell the feasts, that God 
wants to put before us. 

927
00:57:48,600 --> 00:57:53,100
But here's the thing, the 
promise is not for Scholars, not

928
00:57:53,100 --> 00:57:57,100
for phds, not for seminarians. 
But for all who would just say, 

929
00:57:57,100 --> 00:57:59,400
I want to pay attention Ponder 
and put into action, the 

930
00:57:59,400 --> 00:58:03,500
promises you can go from milk to
meet Eat you saying, why is that

931
00:58:03,500 --> 00:58:05,500
important? 
There's many reasons and I won't

932
00:58:05,500 --> 00:58:09,400
keep you any longer can do a 
separate message on the joys and

933
00:58:09,400 --> 00:58:13,000
the peace and the glories of 
Greater Revelation. 

934
00:58:13,100 --> 00:58:17,000
But let me just give you one to 
end with the psalmist who only 

935
00:58:17,000 --> 00:58:21,400
had the law by the way, that 
psalmist in Psalm 119 didn't 

936
00:58:21,400 --> 00:58:23,500
have, John didn't have a 
fission, didn't have the Book of

937
00:58:23,500 --> 00:58:26,100
Revelation didn't have the 
Epistles, you know, what he was 

938
00:58:26,100 --> 00:58:31,900
working with Leviticus, 
Deuteronomy. 

939
00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:36,800
Numbers Exodus Christmas thing. 
I like Exodus. 

940
00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:38,500
I Genesis 9. 
Jesus is good. 

941
00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:43,200
And this is what he says. 
In Psalm 119 verse 162. 

942
00:58:43,500 --> 00:58:48,800
I Rejoice at your word, like, 
one who finds a great spoil. 

943
00:58:50,900 --> 00:58:54,600
I Rejoice at your word, like one
who finds a great swell. 

944
00:58:54,600 --> 00:58:59,600
Can I translate that in modern 
times, I have more joy. 

945
00:58:59,600 --> 00:59:01,800
When I discovered something in 
your word and the person who 

946
00:59:01,800 --> 00:59:05,700
realize they won the lottery, 
same way, is that just 

947
00:59:05,700 --> 00:59:07,600
exaggeration? 
Is that poetic license? 

948
00:59:07,600 --> 00:59:12,000
No, that's experiential. 
That's something so deep. 

949
00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:13,800
That nothing in this world can 
offer it. 

950
00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:17,900
And that's available to you. 
If you would just pay attention,

951
00:59:18,300 --> 00:59:21,200
Ponder and put it into action. 
Let's pray. 

952
00:59:34,500 --> 00:59:39,800
Lord with this practical message
before us, we now ask that you 

953
00:59:39,808 --> 00:59:42,600
would give us the wisdom with 
our work, with our 

954
00:59:42,600 --> 00:59:45,200
relationships, with the timing, 
with our schedules, to know how 

955
00:59:45,200 --> 00:59:49,400
to put these measures. 
And two methods. 

956
00:59:52,300 --> 00:59:54,400
Lord. 
If there is anything that should

957
00:59:54,400 --> 00:59:58,900
stir us into these directions, 
Let It Be The Joy. 

958
01:00:00,600 --> 01:00:04,600
The promises of Revelation and 
manifestation that awaits. 

959
01:00:07,700 --> 01:00:11,700
Well, we never want to come to 
this word because we feel 

960
01:00:11,700 --> 01:00:16,300
whipped to do it because we want
to impress someone around us. 

961
01:00:17,500 --> 01:00:20,700
Oh no, Lord. 
That kind of fear will not take 

962
01:00:20,700 --> 01:00:23,700
us very far. 
We know that, we just pray that 

963
01:00:23,700 --> 01:00:26,600
even now that you would energize
our hearts to be excited about 

964
01:00:26,600 --> 01:00:30,900
the Bible, and especially as we 
start this New Year to, to 

965
01:00:30,900 --> 01:00:35,000
recalibrate ourselves to say, I 
want to, I want to, I want to 

966
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:40,800
know meat I don't want to drink 
milk any longer, but we thank 

967
01:00:40,800 --> 01:00:43,800
you for these words. 
We thank you for the promise 

968
01:00:43,800 --> 01:00:46,100
that you will manifest yourself 
to us. 

969
01:00:47,100 --> 01:00:48,800
We cannot fathom what that 
means. 

970
01:00:48,800 --> 01:00:53,200
But Lord, we want it and we pray
o God, that as we ended this 

971
01:00:53,300 --> 01:00:56,500
time together with that, verse 
from the psalmist that we would 

972
01:00:56,500 --> 01:00:57,600
be able to. 
Amen. 

973
01:00:57,600 --> 01:01:00,900
It and say, yes. 
I know what that's like, I know 

974
01:01:00,900 --> 01:01:05,100
what it's like, when God speaks 
to me when God reveals something

975
01:01:05,100 --> 01:01:07,800
to me, when I've learned 
something new in my faith, I 

976
01:01:07,800 --> 01:01:11,400
know that Joy where I can't even
sit still. 

977
01:01:12,900 --> 01:01:15,900
Where I must tell somebody who 
also cherishes the truth about 

978
01:01:15,900 --> 01:01:19,700
what I know. 
May that be the caliber of 

979
01:01:19,700 --> 01:01:25,000
Christianity for this ministry. 
Oh Lord, we love you for your 

980
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:27,600
word. 
Has been made known and it was 

981
01:01:27,600 --> 01:01:30,500
clear now. 
Help us remember it. 

982
01:01:30,900 --> 01:01:34,200
We give you praise As we sing to
you out of the Overflow of our 

983
01:01:34,200 --> 01:01:35,600
hearts. 
Amen. 

984
01:01:35,600 --> 01:01:37,600
And amen. 
Let's stand and sing to the 

985
01:01:37,600 --> 01:01:38,400
Living. 
God.