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Mimi and Mark chapter 6. 
What a mighty God we serve. 

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Mark, 6 together. 
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Is an exciting session for many 
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And one of those reasons is 
that, as we come to the word of 

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God, and as you've been with us 
week after week after week, We 

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are now entering into a new era 
with the ministry of Jesus 

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Christ. 
We have spent many weeks and 

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months. exploring and beholding 
through handful of chapters, 

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Jesus Christ, preaching healing 
Delivering rescuing rebuking 

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with a variety of people before 
him and with a diversity of 

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scenarios and situations, but as
we come to, what we're going to 

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read today, for the first time, 
we are going to witness, and we 

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are actually going to see the 
closest Disciples of Jesus 

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Christ. 
Being commissioned to multiply 

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and expand what exclusively 
belonged to Jesus for so long. 

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After being sorely rejected in 
Nazareth, the Lord now is ready 

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to delegate, his disciples to 
give him a portion of his power 

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and to send them out on a 
short-term Outreach to really 

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replicate the activity that you.
And I have become so familiar 

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with And they are going to take 
what Christ was doing. 

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And reflect it in different 
parts within the boundaries of 

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Israel. 
Now you and I hearing that my 

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think to ourselves, okay, that's
great and that might make up for

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a great Bible study, but it's 
very difficult for that kind of 

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subject to hold applicable 
truths, right? 

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And I would say not, right 
because all scripture is 

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breathed out by God and it is 
profitable, all of it, including

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Jesus giving Specific 
Instructions to his disciples as

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they are prepared to head out on
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For the first time in this way. 
And the only group who really 

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will not benefit from what is 
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on is for those who do not have 
their life set on seriously 

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serving God. 
I'll tell you up front that this

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will have no relevance to you. 
If you are a person who has not 

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prioritized playing your part in
God's Grand drama of redemption 

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in our world. 
But if you are a person who has 

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this Burning Desire, who is 
orchestrated your life around 

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everything, serving the purpose 
of you serving God, then I can 

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assure you that as we draw from 
this, well of Truth, it will 

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enrich Each that Holy ambition, 
you will feel blessed because 

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what we're going to read in a 
moment is actually in some way 

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directions for us as much as 
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And these directions are for 
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serve God and I want to read it 
first and I want you to see it 

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first and then we're going to 
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things that you can apply to 
your life. 

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If you have this ambition to 
say, Lord with my life, I want 

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to be as effective as possible 
because these principles will be

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applied and can be applied, no 
matter what you do for the Lord.

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No matter where you go for the 
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are in his body. 
All these things are sufficient 

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and they're good and you will be
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I'm sure, again for those who 
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different desires, this will be 
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even if you are in this place 
and you are in that place, 

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something would touch your 
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You know, we just pray but I 
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really want to pray because I 
believe in prayer. 

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And one of the things that a 
preacher fears is coming on the 

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pulpit, without the help of the 
Holy Spirit. some might be able 

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to depend upon their oratory 
skills or the charisma, not this

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leadership. 
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when he would get up from the 
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would say to himself. 
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believe in the Holy Spirit, I 
believe in the Holy Spirit, I 

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believe in the Holy Spirit, 
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the Holy Spirit and I want you 
to just join with me as I ask 

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God that just anoint this time 
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Lord, we do ask in reverence 
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time, lord. 
We believe in the Holy Spirit 

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and we believe that the Holy 
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sake of demonstrating power and 
that the message heralded would 

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not be heralded void of that 
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with everything in our hearts, 
please bless this delivery and 

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may the reception be equally 
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Lord help us see the beauty of 
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and let it be something that 
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We set aside any confidence in 
the flesh and we look to you now

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in desperation in Jesus name we 
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Amen. 
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Verse 7, here's what God's word 
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And he called the twelve and 
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two. 
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unclean spirits. 
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nothing for their Journey except
a staff, no bread, no bag no 

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money in their belts, but to 
wear sandals and not put on two 

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tunics and he said to them 
whenever you enter a house, stay

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there until you depart from 
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And if any place will not 
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listen to you when you leave 
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your feet, as a testimony. 
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So they went out and proclaimed 
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And they cast out many demons 
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were sick and healed them. 
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Christ for the serious servant 
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And the first observation that 
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And I'm going to organize it 
that Servants of God will do 

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number one, a serious servant of
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And cherish Christian 
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cherish Christian partnership. 
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when Jesus sends out the 12, He 
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He did not send them out 
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he releases them. 
As six different partners. now, 

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you would think Lord if you 
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and cover more ground, send them
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do so much more that way. 
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implies that, there is a 
foundational philosophy at work 

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here. 
If you and I want to be serious 

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about Kingdom work, and here it 
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Christian service. 
Must be performed with Christian

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company. 
Christian service must be 

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performed with Christian 
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This is Christ idea, and that 
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Listen carefully, there is no 
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servant of God. 
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companionship and the co 
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believers. 
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God has given to Believers in 
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through the local church, a body
of Believers that someone can 

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connect and serve with that is 
his means of which you and I can

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come as a home base and the from
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blessings that come by going to 
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two, but the idea of partnership
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somebody who is flimsy with 
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with the local church, it's 
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And one of the things that it's 
synced signals that is that this

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person is not serious about 
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This person is clearly not 
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And you might say, well, no, 
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who really made great efforts to
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consistent with their fellowship
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believers. 
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true. 
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is how gifted they are, how 
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person's labor will be limited. 
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The Holy Spirit tells us in the 
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Better Than One. 
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And when he says that statement 
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follows that statement with the 
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When a person trust in God's 
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is, always lesser than doing it.
With the way God intended you to

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do things, including how you 
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And so, I want you to turn 
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Quickly, Ecclesiastes. 
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And I want you to see how Two Is
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The serious servant of God will 
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partnership. 
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Two are better than one. 
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because they have a good reward 
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The first thing that partnership
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your labor, greater fruit in 
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And I think for those who are 
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of the strongest examples of 
that is understanding how the 

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mechanics operate here. 
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the things that are occurring 
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participation of every single 
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Everybody knows that including 
the Declaration of God's word. 

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So many things need to happen in
the background for this to 

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happen more than once a week but
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practicality of Helping Hands 
being present, when you choose 

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to be a part of a body of 
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access to that, you have access 
to wisdom and support And 

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Council and encouragement and so
many other things resources and 

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creativity that will only 
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God, and who God called you to 
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And so as iron sharpens iron, 
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When we come into this place 
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one, another consistently, there
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cannot be known if you do this 
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And I can expand on these things
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go from one to the next. 
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The holy spirit says in verse 
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lift up his fellow but woe to 
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Who is alone when he falls and 
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Here's the second gift that 
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and if we do fall, we will be 
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argument is made is brilliant, 
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way you and I can expect Swift 
assistance from other people who

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have Christ like convictions is 
that if you fall in their 

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presence, If you tumble in close
proximity because it's possible 

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to be alone and fall and there 
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who deliberately distance 
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for whatever reason that are 
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And such people have no right to
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coming to their aid. 
If they do fall, because they 

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made the decision long ago to be
distant, this blessing is only 

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secured when you have a firm 
conviction, that you will stay 

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close to the fold. 
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It is to know that what I 
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when I lock arms with other 
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overcome in any way, emotionally
physically, physically, I praise

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God, for the moments, where 
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few months, I've had surgeries 
or different things, and they 

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were able to come here with 
Believers and Believers are able

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to help them in practical ways. 
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physically, emotionally 
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When you have this two-by-two 
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blessing. 
I mean, I know we're in 

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Ecclesiastes but just come with 
me quickly to acts and put your 

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hand there and Ecclesiastes for,
but go to the other side of your

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Bible and acts for. 
I want you to see something. 

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So wonderful. 
So precious to me. 

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In Acts 4. the church was being 
introduced to persecution very 

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early on in there is in its 
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Peter and John were before the 
council they were arrested and 

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they were warned, they were 
warned by the religious Elite, 

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not to go out and to preach in 
this name anymore. 

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So after being arrested, look 
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In verse 23 of chapter 4, when 
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their friends. 
They went to their friends and 

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reported what the chief priests 
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Isn't it incredible? 
These Mighty Apostles after 

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being in a very hostile 
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New as a reflex, we must go to 
the Brethren and we must share 

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what had happened to us. 
We must open our hearts and 

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declared the threats that are 
looming over us and the dangers 

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that await us, Apostles did this
my friend, do you have friends? 

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Do you have a group of 
believers? 

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That you can come to when there 
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When there are trials that are 
overcoming you and to spill your

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soul and say this is what's 
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Well I think I'm okay. 
Oh really you're better than the

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apostles you're stronger than 
Peter and John obviously. 

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No. 
They came to their friends and 

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they open their hearts and I 
want you to see what their 

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friends did and verse 24. 
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lifted their voices together to 
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Peter and John come in. 
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saying, this is what the 
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trouble. 
And here's what true friends do.

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Here's what to buy, two 
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All right. 
All right, let's pray, let's 

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pray. 
Let's seek God. 

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And they lifted their voices to 
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shook that place. 
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They were emboldened to continue
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Do you have that believer? 
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This is this true in your life? 
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we see a third blessing that 
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Ecclesiastes 411 again, if to 
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But how can one keep warm alone?
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partnership offers it promises 
comfort and Company. when you 

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have the presence of other 
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people, it keeps us from 
emotional mental and spiritual 

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hypothermia. 
It's very difficult for you to 

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feel your Zeal crystallizing or 
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discouragement. 
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those whose hearts are alive in 
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presence of people in your life,
you will know warmth a warmth 

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that will cause your heart to be
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That will give you hope for 
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that you are loved and cared for
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are sporadic. 
That cannot be realized. 

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If this is not a discipline that
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are consistent. 
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promised. 
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churches practice, constant 
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When you study the book of Acts 
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to minister and to different 
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there was partnership, there was
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local churches. 
It was just that was the nothing

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was done individually. 
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And so you have to understand 
something that there is warmth 

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there is warmth. 
And you know what happens in the

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most simplest of ways. 
Can I tell you how it happens to

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me? 
I can walk through those doors. 

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Come into this place on a 
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just the presence of believers. 
It's enough to awaken my faith 

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and to bless me is that not 
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Is that not true? 
Thank you for agreeing with me. 

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Isn't it true that you just the 
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at walk to now 2:00 on on a 
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It just rejuvenates. 
Me it blesses me. 

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And then add on top of that when
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when this place fills up with 
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Oh, You can't get that on 
Instagram. 

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You'll never get it. 
Because warmth comes from close 

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proximity. 
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yourself on a fire on a screen 
that you project from your 

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phone. 
No matter how realistic it is, 

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we'll never be able to deliver 
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and you put locks together in 
light that thing of flame. 

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Same goes with church, watch on 
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be real, it can be HD. 
And now with this goggles, that 

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you'll be able to put on and be 
an avatar and show up to service

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God help us There's a fourth 
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You think I'm done? 
Look at verse 12 of Ecclesiastes

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for, and though, a man might 
Prevail against one who is alone

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to will withstand him. 
A three-fold cord, is not 

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quickly broken. 
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limited to this blessing, 
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partnership. 
There is a greater resistance 

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and warfare You know, I know 
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are becoming more and more bold 
and Reckless, but I think some 

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of them still have sense that if
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between attacking a crowd or 
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alone in the night, they're 
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we think about spiritual 
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The scriptures prescribes the 
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up to us how we experience 
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And one of the ways in which you
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when you do this thing with 
fellow soldiers, Your mind is 

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less vulnerable, your emotions 
are less accessible when you are

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constantly surrounded by eyes 
and hands and hearts who will go

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to war with you when they know 
that you are out in the field. 

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and when you are in a trench and
bullets are whizzing by your 

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head, who's in your Foxhole, the
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value and cherish Christian 
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Mark and we realize Point number
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Principle number two. 
Found in verse 8, He charged 

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them not to take nothing. 
For their Journey, except a 

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staff, no bread, no bag no money
in their ballots, but to wear 

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sandals and not put on two 
tunics. 

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The serious servant of God. 
We'll learn how to continually 

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depend on God. 
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charges unique to the disciples 
in this instance because of the 

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uniqueness of the mission and 
the brevity of the mission there

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is, there was no time to 
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There is no time to make 
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But that doesn't mean that there
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Truth tucked in here for us. 
Why would Jesus specifically 

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order them not to look back and 
not to reach anywhere to add 

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anything to their inventory? 
But to Simply, Wow out 

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immediately. 
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they were to learn absolute 
confidence in God to provide for

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them as they committed to 
serving his son. 

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They would learn absolute 
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absolutely determined to serve 
the Glorious, Son of God. 

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And that is what the Lord wants 
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My kingdom, I'm going to show 
you how I'm going to provide for

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you along the way. 
Now, listen, when you make it 

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your ambition, to live for the 
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those who are in full-time 
Ministry, that endeavor can be, 

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very daunting for many reasons. 
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reason, is that serving God will
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To wait on God and to look to 
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certain seasons in serving God 
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And this is not just for the 
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As for any servant of God, you 
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turn your attention, your 
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God, and on something else for 
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And in those moments where you 
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necessities of life, even here's
my charge to you based on this 

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principle and 100 different 
promises. 

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God will honor you. 
As you honor him, God will honor

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you as you honor him and it is 
quite amazing how he finds a way

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to not just keep you afloat, but
cover every need that you have. 

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And if you don't think that, 
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turn quickly to Luke 22 and look
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This is at the end of Jesus 
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instructions and preparation for
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And when he looks at his 
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clearly preparing them for this 
transition in their own lives. 

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Look what he says in Luke 22, 
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And he said to them when I send 
you out with no money bag or 

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knapsack or sandals, did you 
lack anything? 

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They said, nothing. 
Nothing. 

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And then he goes on to tell him.
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actually equip yourself, write 
the following verse gives him 

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new sets of instructions, which 
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initial set of instructions is 
not just permanent Universal, 

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rule that you and I as 
Christians need a pledge 

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ourselves to self-induce 
suffering or lack, Right. 

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There's context here. 
This was a teaching moment and 

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this is what he wanted to teach 
them when I sent you out and 

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deliberately told you not to 
accompany yourself with any 

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other Advantage. 
Practically speaking did you 

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lack nothing? 
And here's what I want to tell 

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you, your confession will be the
same if you serve God long 

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enough, Serve him long enough 
and be willing at any moment for

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him to send you where he would 
want to send your keep you where

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he would want to keep you and 
you will have this glad 

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confession when you look back 
lord, I lacked nothing. 

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Absolutely nothing. 
I'm telling you, when you serve 

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God, there will be many. 
Who will discourage you, you can

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make more money. 
You're more gifted. 

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You can go into this Avenue, you
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But I have to tell you. 
There is no greater Adventure 

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than serving the lord Jesus. 
It's an adventure, it is not 

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stale. 
It is not predictable. 

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It is not routine. 
You can make it that way. 

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But oh, when you daily say, 
Lord, just let me let me be used

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by you. 
What a joy it is to see how he 

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authors your life, what a joy it
is when he brings like-minded 

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people with you, what a joy, it 
is when he provides a work for 

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you. 
Do you know how I know that he 

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will give you a work if you're 
desperate to serve him because 

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he told us that the laborers are
few the Harvest is great. 

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It's right. 
The laborers are few. 

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And so we see here that there 
was a call to trust and as we 

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are about to look here, one of 
the means, if not the main means

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by, which God does come through 
is through people is through 

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other people directly and 
indirectly. 

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Look here at verse 10 and he 
said to them wherever you enter 

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a house, stay there until you 
depart from there whenever you 

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enter a house, stay there until 
you depart from there. 

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This may seem like a strange 
command but it is a beautiful 

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hint at the humility and the 
careful wisdom of the master. 

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And it brings us to our third 
point, the serious servant of 

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God. 
Will value and cherish Christian

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partnership. 
The serious servant of God will 

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learn how to live dependently on
God. 

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Three, the serious servant of 
God will pursue contentment. 

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Will pursue contentment. 
Here's a lord, essentially 

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saying, the following whatever 
lodging Providence, leads you 

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to, as you go out and serve me 
and my name, Ensure yourself 

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that you will remain there and 
refused to seek another place. 

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No matter how much more 
appealing or luxurious other 

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options, Maybe this may seem 
like a petty thing but it's very

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important as a principle because
it holds two purposes one for 

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the messenger and two for the 
message that such Behavior would

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convey. 
And when we think about the 

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first Purpose By staying still, 
you know what would happen for 

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the disciples, they would learn 
contentment and not get caught 

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up in the pursuit of things that
would ultimately distract them 

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from their main focus which was 
to preach the word of God. you 

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know, naturally when these guys 
would have the authority of 

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Christ on them, casting out 
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they would attract people and 
they might even attract host and

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invitations to something that is
more Prosperous. 

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Something that is more honorable
somebody that is more beneficial

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materially speaking and what the
Lord is saying. 

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No, wherever you go, wherever 
Providence leads, you park there

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and stay there and don't get 
caught up looking for the next 

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best thing wherever you go learn
to be content and learn to 

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focus. 
Your efforts on Ministry Above 

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All Else. 
And though this is specific 

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again zoom out, understand the 
principle serving God. 

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Without contentment being 
satisfied with your lot, as 

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god-ordained is an extremely 
difficult and disorienting 

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thing. 
You rob yourself of joy. 

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You you cut your Effectiveness 
and so many pieces and so many 

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limitations and there are other 
problems that come with that. 

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The Lord wanted these people his
disciples to be single-minded 

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single died, focused. 
And listen, contentment is not 

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her natural disposition you and 
I know that. 

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That is why Paul says, I can do 
all things through him. 

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Who strengthens me? 
Do you know what that means in 

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context? 
It's not, it's not meaning that 

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you can bench a certain amount 
of weight Or that you can, you 

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know, make a certain amount of 
money in your business. 

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God will help you. 
He will bless you in all things.

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But the context, there is Paul, 
just finished saying I have 

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learned the secret of being and 
facing plenty and hunger, 

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abundance and need. 
I can do all things through him.

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Who strengthens me. 
Because of my inner restlessness

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to continually covet and to 
organize my life, to be driven 

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by comfort and pleasure. 
It requires the power of Jesus, 

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in me to be satisfied in all 
seasons. 

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To actually tangibly feel a 
bleed be content. 

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And that is really a secret to 
effective service to God. 

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Because even the most faithful 
of God's servants can be driven 

453
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,300
off course, when they allow 
discontentment to take the 

454
00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:12,500
driver's seat. 
And to determine their decisions

455
00:31:12,500 --> 00:31:15,300
and their planning and what they
do with their time, be careful. 

456
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:22,000
If you were easily distracted by
toys, Or by experiences. 

457
00:31:23,300 --> 00:31:27,500
If you are ultimately motivated 
by upgrades and all these 

458
00:31:27,500 --> 00:31:31,700
trivial things, I have to tell 
you boldly, you will be of 

459
00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:36,600
little use for God's work. 
You will not be cut out for the 

460
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:41,500
maximum potential of God's work.
It is not to say that we can 

461
00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:44,600
enjoy things, that is not what 
Jesus is trying to convey. 

462
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:50,300
It's a more about distraction 
than anything else and you, and 

463
00:31:50,300 --> 00:31:53,600
I cannot profess a desperation 
for God to use us in any way 

464
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:55,500
that he would want to use this. 
If we're not ready to go, where 

465
00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:58,400
you want us to go or stay, where
you want us to stay, or give up 

466
00:31:58,400 --> 00:31:59,600
what he would want us to give 
up. 

467
00:32:00,900 --> 00:32:03,700
And sometimes Jesus will tell 
you to travel light and 

468
00:32:03,700 --> 00:32:09,000
sometimes like in Luke 22, he'll
say, be wise and prepared and 

469
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:13,300
save up. 
And be careful how you go about 

470
00:32:13,300 --> 00:32:15,300
this. 
It's all about, being sensitive 

471
00:32:15,300 --> 00:32:20,300
to his holy spirit. 
But pursue contentment, but 

472
00:32:20,300 --> 00:32:22,000
there's something else to this 
command. 

473
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:25,600
In verse 10. 
This charge communicates 

474
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,400
something. 
About the manner in which the 

475
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:30,900
servant of God must conduct 
himself. 

476
00:32:31,300 --> 00:32:33,200
Think about it this way. 
Imagine going to somebody's 

477
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:34,500
home. 
You enter into a village, you 

478
00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:37,200
greet it, right? 
Matthew 10 says you greet them 

479
00:32:37,300 --> 00:32:39,300
and you stay there, if they are 
worthy and if they are worthy, 

480
00:32:39,300 --> 00:32:42,500
you remain there until you 
depart from that town, what 

481
00:32:42,500 --> 00:32:45,900
would it look like if after 
being invited and hosted by 

482
00:32:45,900 --> 00:32:50,600
somebody who is worthy to get up
and leave when you get an 

483
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:54,600
invitation to go elsewhere? 
It's offensive. 

484
00:32:55,700 --> 00:32:59,700
It's rude. 
And more than that, if you stay 

485
00:32:59,700 --> 00:33:03,100
in that Community long enough 
and you have this habit of 

486
00:33:03,100 --> 00:33:07,000
bouncing one place to the next. 
And dismissing people's 

487
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:08,900
hospitality and their care for 
you. 

488
00:33:08,900 --> 00:33:13,100
You risk, muddying. 
Your testimony and planting in 

489
00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:15,600
people's minds that you might 
have different motives. 

490
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,700
You might be doing this for 
something else. 

491
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:24,200
And so Jesus, here is brilliant.
Jesus Lord, we love you. 

492
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:29,200
This is amazing because the Lord
here, cares about social 

493
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:35,100
etiquette, He actually cares 
about how you interact with 

494
00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:40,100
people in different context. 
How you enter into a place? 

495
00:33:40,100 --> 00:33:45,300
How you exit a place? 
All these little intricacies are

496
00:33:45,300 --> 00:33:48,900
important to the Holy Spirit 
especially for the person who 

497
00:33:48,900 --> 00:33:52,000
cares about their testimony for 
the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

498
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:56,100
The true servant of God does not
limit their witness to the depth

499
00:33:56,100 --> 00:33:59,300
of their Doctrine. 
Or their theology. 

500
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:04,600
No people who care about their 
witness are also disciplined and

501
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,200
educated and how to interact 
with people. 

502
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,199
They are not unnecessarily 
offensive. 

503
00:34:12,500 --> 00:34:16,600
They are not people who are just
powerful orders. 

504
00:34:16,699 --> 00:34:21,100
Know, they actually they think 
about how they communicate what 

505
00:34:21,100 --> 00:34:25,000
to say, what not to say. 
And sometimes you meet some 

506
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,500
people who are extremely 
insightful, spiritually, they 

507
00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:30,800
seem to have a colossal 
intellect but they stink with 

508
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:34,100
pride. 
And they have a sense of 

509
00:34:34,100 --> 00:34:37,400
superiority. 
And what happens with all that 

510
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,199
knowledge, what happens with all
that Vigor, what happens with 

511
00:34:40,199 --> 00:34:43,199
all that, amazing ability to 
present something, it just 

512
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,800
dissipates. 
So, the true servant of God will

513
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:52,000
avoid the appearance of evil. 
They will they will ensure that 

514
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,800
their steps are led by God's 
wisdom has provided here. 

515
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,700
And I challenge you to read the 
Bible and to look deeper into 

516
00:34:58,700 --> 00:35:01,000
see that God does. 
In fact care about what I'm 

517
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:05,200
seeing. 
What I'm saying he does So there

518
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:09,000
is a pursuit of contentment, if 
you want God to take you far, if

519
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,700
you want God to keep you long, 
then there needs to be this 

520
00:35:12,700 --> 00:35:15,800
settled learning. 
Lord and all things. 

521
00:35:16,500 --> 00:35:19,500
Help me believe that I have a 
beautiful inheritance and helped

522
00:35:19,500 --> 00:35:22,100
me more than that to trust that 
there's nothing that will 

523
00:35:22,100 --> 00:35:24,600
satisfy me more than doing the 
will of the father. 

524
00:35:25,700 --> 00:35:27,900
You will go far for God's 
kingdom. 

525
00:35:28,100 --> 00:35:32,000
If that is something that you 
apply, but it's not just 

526
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:35,800
contentment. 
Nor is it just conduct that the 

527
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,200
Christian will exercise, if they
are serious servant of God? 

528
00:35:39,500 --> 00:35:43,300
No, Jesus instructions here. 
Require the disciples to apply 

529
00:35:43,300 --> 00:35:45,600
something else look here in 
verse 11. 

530
00:35:47,700 --> 00:35:50,500
And if any place will not 
receive you and they will not 

531
00:35:50,500 --> 00:35:53,900
listen to you, when you leave 
shake off the dust that is on 

532
00:35:53,900 --> 00:35:56,000
your feet, as a testimony 
against them. 

533
00:35:57,300 --> 00:36:03,300
The serious servant of God, will
not just pursue contentment and 

534
00:36:03,300 --> 00:36:07,900
all places at all times, they 
will also apply and exercise 

535
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,400
discernment. 
Discernment. 

536
00:36:13,300 --> 00:36:17,300
This is what Jesus is saying, 
when you come to a place, you 

537
00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:20,000
need to be able to identify who 
is receptive. 

538
00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:23,400
And you need to be able to 
identify who is not receptive. 

539
00:36:24,100 --> 00:36:26,600
And this kind of awareness would
determine many things. 

540
00:36:26,900 --> 00:36:29,700
It would determine whom they 
would serve, where they would 

541
00:36:29,700 --> 00:36:32,400
stay. 
And when it was time to move on,

542
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:36,800
they were to expect rejection, 
right? 

543
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,400
We learned last week that they 
witnessed with their own eyes, 

544
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:44,400
Jesus is Hometown, kick him out.
And Jesus. 

545
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:47,500
He was preparing them that you 
too will know, resistance, you 

546
00:36:47,500 --> 00:36:48,700
too. 
Will know obstacles. 

547
00:36:48,700 --> 00:36:51,700
You will know opposition be 
prepared for that and by 

548
00:36:51,700 --> 00:36:53,500
informing them about that in 
advance. 

549
00:36:53,500 --> 00:36:56,400
They needed to be trained about 
how not to throw their Pearls 

550
00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:01,000
Before Swine. 
And the Lord listened, he 

551
00:37:01,100 --> 00:37:04,400
amplifies this principle in 
Matthew chapter 10. 

552
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:09,100
When he says the following in 
verse 11 and 12 and whatever 

553
00:37:09,100 --> 00:37:13,200
town, or Village you enter 
Matthew 10, 11, find out who is 

554
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:17,200
worthy in it and stay there 
until you depart, as you enter 

555
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,100
the house greet it? 
And if the house is worthy, let 

556
00:37:20,100 --> 00:37:23,000
your peace come upon it. 
But if it is not worthy, let 

557
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:29,300
your peace return to you. 
So they're discernment had to be

558
00:37:29,300 --> 00:37:32,800
Beyond just Their audience. 
Their discernment. 

559
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:36,500
Also need to be applied about 
their Association and Jesus 

560
00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:41,500
says, you need to be able to 
develop A screening. 

561
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,900
So that when you come into a 
place, you can determine who is 

562
00:37:44,900 --> 00:37:48,700
worthy to host you and who is 
not worthy to host you. 

563
00:37:48,700 --> 00:37:49,900
Now, what does that mean, 
worthy? 

564
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,800
Like, if they give enough of an 
honorarium if they have social 

565
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:56,300
status, absolutely not the 
worthiness here. 

566
00:37:56,300 --> 00:38:01,700
That Jesus teaching on is simply
this receptivity, Receptivity to

567
00:38:01,700 --> 00:38:04,300
the message of the Gospel 
receptivity, to the truth that 

568
00:38:04,300 --> 00:38:06,400
you want to declare receptivity 
to you. 

569
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:10,200
As a representative of Jesus 
Christ, you need to be able to 

570
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,500
see. 
Is this person a person of peace

571
00:38:12,900 --> 00:38:16,300
and if they are a person of 
Peace then stay there and more 

572
00:38:16,300 --> 00:38:20,000
than that are they worthy in 
terms of Integrity? 

573
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,600
What is their life? 
Like because you being in their 

574
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,700
home can again send a message to
others by your simple 

575
00:38:26,700 --> 00:38:29,800
association with them. 
Do you agree with their life? 

576
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:31,000
Do you agree with what? 
What they do. 

577
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:32,900
Do you agree with how they 
conduct themselves? 

578
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:36,400
You needed all to say, you need 
to be able to discern people. 

579
00:38:38,300 --> 00:38:41,000
And this again, reinforces that 
true servant of God. 

580
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:44,200
Servants of God are selective 
and discriminating. 

581
00:38:44,300 --> 00:38:47,000
I know discrimination is a bad 
word but if you understand his 

582
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:51,200
definition is simply to decipher
discriminating. 

583
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:57,400
Yes, we're supposed to be very 
careful with our associations 

584
00:38:57,900 --> 00:39:00,200
unless we put ourselves in 
compromising situations or 

585
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:01,900
positions that will weaken our 
witness. 

586
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:07,500
Now listen it's much easier to 
know. it's much easier to know 

587
00:39:07,500 --> 00:39:10,000
when to move on when you deal 
with a non-believer who is 

588
00:39:11,100 --> 00:39:15,700
either cursing you or saying all
these derogatory things to you 

589
00:39:15,700 --> 00:39:20,000
or simply just walk away from me
that doesn't require much right 

590
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:22,500
but there are people who still 
tempted to and I've seen it with

591
00:39:22,500 --> 00:39:25,800
my own eyes just continue to 
Hound on people that want 

592
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:28,700
nothing to do with the gospel, 
and they had a endangering 

593
00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:30,000
themselves in one way or 
another. 

594
00:39:31,100 --> 00:39:33,700
All that to say that our call to
discernment is beyond our 

595
00:39:33,700 --> 00:39:37,000
Evangelistic efforts are called 
to discernment is even within 

596
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,500
the household of God. 
Because as much as this is about

597
00:39:39,500 --> 00:39:42,000
going out there, you know this 
very well, people will come in 

598
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:45,300
here. 
They will come in here and when 

599
00:39:45,300 --> 00:39:48,400
they come in here we have to be 
equally careful. 

600
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:53,700
To be able to determine who is 
worthy and who is not worthy. 

601
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:57,100
Everybody is worthy. 
No, I'm not saying it like that.

602
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:03,200
who will be receptive and who in
fact might be a danger You might

603
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,200
not believe this, you might 
think that is Harsh. 

604
00:40:06,300 --> 00:40:09,300
Because there are some people 
who even in Christian circles 

605
00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:11,500
and I believe they're saying 
this from a pure heart 

606
00:40:11,500 --> 00:40:14,300
innocently, even out of a place 
of love and care. 

607
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:19,400
Brother, we can't give up on him
brother. 

608
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:23,200
We can't give up on her and yes 
that's true. 

609
00:40:23,500 --> 00:40:26,300
There is a there is a 
persistence in our love and 

610
00:40:26,300 --> 00:40:29,300
service. 
But that is not totally true. 

611
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,600
Because the same holy spirit 
that tells us to love and serve 

612
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:34,500
and reach out and, to be patient
as the same. 

613
00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:37,200
Holy Spirit, who says that there
are sometimes where enough is 

614
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:43,800
enough and you need to move on. 
Let me prove that to you Titus 

615
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:47,500
Chapter 3. 
And Titus Chapter 3 Verse 10. 

616
00:40:47,500 --> 00:40:50,800
Look at these simple 
instructions, one of many Paul 

617
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:54,900
says, as for a person who stirs 
up the vision after warning him 

618
00:40:54,900 --> 00:40:58,300
once, and then twice have 
nothing more to do with him. 

619
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:01,700
We're not talking about the 
world here, we're talking about 

620
00:41:01,700 --> 00:41:04,300
the church. 
We're not talking about the 

621
00:41:04,300 --> 00:41:05,900
streets, were talking about the 
assembly. 

622
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,700
Have nothing more to do with 
them knowing that such a person 

623
00:41:11,700 --> 00:41:15,400
is Warped and sinful he is 
self-condemned. 

624
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:20,100
You know what, that teaches me 
that I by the grace of God in 

625
00:41:20,100 --> 00:41:23,600
his word and through his holy 
spirit need to be Discerning it 

626
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:27,200
of to look at a person and to 
evaluate their life. 

627
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:31,100
Long enough to determine this 
person is so warped and so 

628
00:41:31,100 --> 00:41:36,000
sinful to the degree that they 
are no longer worthy to pursue 

629
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:41,600
at this time, I know that might 
sound shocking but it is true 

630
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:45,500
because here the danger is by 
tolerating such a person by 

631
00:41:45,500 --> 00:41:48,200
ignoring such a person. 
You put the rest of the 

632
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:54,000
congregation at risk of being 
hurt by such a person. and so 

633
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:58,800
again not just the preacher but 
the church as a whole must be 

634
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:03,200
able to understand what is being
said here because if we're not 

635
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:08,200
careful, Our limited time are 
limited efforts are limited 

636
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:12,700
energy. 
Can, in fact be wasted by 

637
00:42:12,700 --> 00:42:17,400
somebody or some people who have
no issue devouring all that you 

638
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:25,700
are with no intention to change.
So he says have nothing more to 

639
00:42:25,700 --> 00:42:29,100
do with this person. 
Have nothing more to do with 

640
00:42:29,100 --> 00:42:32,200
this person. 
This is a call to scripture 

641
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:36,800
saturated and holy spirit. 
Prompted wisdom to know when to 

642
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:40,500
shake the dust, off your feet 
and to leave people in God's 

643
00:42:40,500 --> 00:42:43,200
hands. 
Leave people in God's hands at 

644
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:46,300
the give ourselves to those who 
are worthy. 

645
00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,200
To those who will receive to, 
those who are more open. 

646
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:54,400
And I've seen in many ways where
people. 

647
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:59,100
Don't know how to just stop and 
Trust in the sovereignty of God 

648
00:42:59,100 --> 00:43:01,900
because they think that they can
actually do something to change 

649
00:43:01,900 --> 00:43:04,700
somebody. 
You can't, you can't and the 

650
00:43:04,700 --> 00:43:08,600
discernment part is, when do you
stop and when do you move on 

651
00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:10,600
that? 
Will make for an effective 

652
00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:14,300
servant of God? 
And we come to the last point. 

653
00:43:15,100 --> 00:43:20,300
The last point is pretty It's 
pretty obvious. 

654
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:22,500
But before we get there, 
depending on your translation 

655
00:43:22,500 --> 00:43:25,200
you might have seen something in
verse 11 that I didn't read. 

656
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:30,000
In verse 11, you'll find this 
more in the King James or the 

657
00:43:30,008 --> 00:43:33,400
new King James, it's added 
assuredly, I say to you, it will

658
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:36,600
be more tolerable for Sodom and 
Gomorrah in the day of judgment 

659
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:39,500
than for that City whose who has
that in their translation. 

660
00:43:42,300 --> 00:43:46,900
It's a manuscript difference. 
But when you go to Matthew, 

661
00:43:46,900 --> 00:43:50,200
you'll see that this very same 
truth, is added in the account 

662
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:52,600
that Matthew gives about the 
same instructions that Jesus 

663
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:55,700
gives to his disciples. 
So it's not completely omitted, 

664
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:58,100
but I think it's worth pausing. 
I think about that. 

665
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,500
Sodom. 
And Gomorrah is an example 

666
00:44:01,500 --> 00:44:05,400
throughout the Bible. 
Of an example of judgment that 

667
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:07,800
will come upon evil and 
perversion. 

668
00:44:09,500 --> 00:44:12,500
I mean think about the Judgment 
that Sodom and Gomorrah received

669
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:17,400
and yet Jesus can say that for 
the person or the town or the 

670
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:21,100
city that is exposed to the 
truth that is powerfully 

671
00:44:21,100 --> 00:44:24,900
presented and yet rejects it. 
Their judgment will be more 

672
00:44:24,900 --> 00:44:26,800
severe than that of Sodom and 
gomorrah's. 

673
00:44:31,300 --> 00:44:35,500
How can that be? 
It just goes to show what great 

674
00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:39,400
of a crime. 
It is to hear the gospel and to 

675
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:44,500
witness the power of the gospel 
and to still decline it in the 

676
00:44:44,500 --> 00:44:48,300
eyes of God. 
This is a severe violation. 

677
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:51,500
And in this specific 
dispensation, you had the 

678
00:44:51,500 --> 00:44:54,700
Apostle who that unusual 
authority over demons and 

679
00:44:54,700 --> 00:44:58,200
unusual authority over sickness 
which made this penalty. 

680
00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:02,400
Even more profound But he's an 
even says that at the final day 

681
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:04,800
of judgement, there will be 
degrees of punishment in the 

682
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:07,000
same way that there will be 
degrees of reward for the 

683
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:10,500
Believers. 
It will be more tolerable for 

684
00:45:10,500 --> 00:45:14,600
Sodom and Gomorrah. 
I don't think people understand 

685
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:19,200
just how serious the transaction
of truth is. 

686
00:45:20,300 --> 00:45:23,900
We look at a vessel of clay and 
we see probably his weaknesses 

687
00:45:23,900 --> 00:45:27,300
is stumbling of words, whatever 
the case may be, but understand 

688
00:45:27,300 --> 00:45:29,700
that the gospel is the most 
precious thing. 

689
00:45:30,100 --> 00:45:34,200
And it cost the blood of Jesus 
Christ and to be able to hear 

690
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:36,800
that, and then to turn your back
on that. 

691
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:43,100
Oh, God says, Sodom and Gomorrah
their judgment. 

692
00:45:43,900 --> 00:45:47,200
Will be tolerable more than that
person's judgment. 

693
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:54,300
The servant of God will exercise
discernment will know that they 

694
00:45:54,300 --> 00:45:57,700
are limited in many ways. 
And that people have different 

695
00:45:57,700 --> 00:46:01,700
heart, postures and conditions. 
So they know where to go, where 

696
00:46:01,700 --> 00:46:04,000
to stay who to deal with and 
when not to. 

697
00:46:04,100 --> 00:46:06,800
But lastly they will remain. 
They will remain 

698
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:10,200
compassionately, truthful and 
verse 12. 

699
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:14,500
Jesus says, Or is told of what 
happened to the disciples after 

700
00:46:14,500 --> 00:46:17,000
Jesus said. 
So they went out and Proclaim 

701
00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:21,500
that people should repent, and 
they cast out many demons and 

702
00:46:21,500 --> 00:46:24,600
Anointed with oil, many who were
sick and healed them. 

703
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:29,100
So, after all these practical 
instructions, Jesus now says go 

704
00:46:29,100 --> 00:46:33,300
and they go and the priority of 
their mission was a message. 

705
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:36,900
The priority of their mission 
was a message. 

706
00:46:36,900 --> 00:46:39,900
Right, the disciples were not to
get caught up in community 

707
00:46:39,900 --> 00:46:42,800
service. 
They were not to get overly 

708
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:46,700
involved with alleviating 
suffering or to providing 

709
00:46:46,900 --> 00:46:50,500
practical material needs. 
Now, there's no doubt. 

710
00:46:50,500 --> 00:46:53,500
They were to be practical. 
They were, they were casting out

711
00:46:53,500 --> 00:46:56,300
demons, they were Healing The 
Sick, they were actually 

712
00:46:56,500 --> 00:47:01,300
administrating help in that way.
But never at the expense of 

713
00:47:01,300 --> 00:47:04,100
eliminating, the presentation of
the truth. 

714
00:47:04,100 --> 00:47:06,000
That Rings. 
True Redemption. 

715
00:47:06,900 --> 00:47:09,000
And I think that's important for
many Ministries today. 

716
00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:14,400
Who have much more emphasis on 
practicality than the profession

717
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:17,200
of faith that we have. 
We have to be very careful. 

718
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:20,700
They went out with a message and
everything that they did was to 

719
00:47:20,700 --> 00:47:24,700
point to that message. 
And the message of hope, the 

720
00:47:24,700 --> 00:47:28,000
message of saving, the message 
of redemption and salvation was 

721
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:31,400
a word that you don't hear a lot
today. 

722
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:37,800
Repent. 
Repentance change the way you 

723
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:41,700
think about God, change the way 
you think about Sin, change the 

724
00:47:41,700 --> 00:47:44,400
way you think about eternity 
change the way you think about 

725
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,300
life. 
Change the way you think about. 

726
00:47:46,300 --> 00:47:49,600
In fact, just give everything up
and come to God's word and say I

727
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:52,500
agree with this. 
That's repentance that's 

728
00:47:52,500 --> 00:47:58,200
repentance. 
So, the disciples didn't just go

729
00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:00,800
into town and tell people about 
the love of Jesus. 

730
00:48:02,300 --> 00:48:05,300
No, they went into town to, they
told him about this Jesus. 

731
00:48:05,300 --> 00:48:09,900
And yes about his unusual. 
Kindness mercy and Grace. 

732
00:48:11,100 --> 00:48:15,900
But that, that would change you.
And this is what they preach and

733
00:48:15,900 --> 00:48:18,800
this is what they did, and that 
part should bless us, you know, 

734
00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:20,800
why? 
Because despite being warned by 

735
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:24,800
Jesus, right before this, that 
you will come against hostility,

736
00:48:25,100 --> 00:48:26,700
you will come against 
resistance. 

737
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:30,800
They still, they still dug their
heels and they said we're still 

738
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:33,100
going to obey you. 
And we're still going to preach 

739
00:48:33,100 --> 00:48:36,400
this message. 
How much more today? 

740
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:41,400
How much more today regardless 
of what the seculars are saying 

741
00:48:41,400 --> 00:48:46,100
that, you know, we're living in 
a post Christian world And what 

742
00:48:46,100 --> 00:48:51,300
people need, what people really 
need is messages on 

743
00:48:52,100 --> 00:48:55,200
self-healing. 
Inner healing. 

744
00:48:57,200 --> 00:49:02,000
And self-esteem. 
Because there is now this this 

745
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:06,600
wave of propagating mental 
health and Trauma. 

746
00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:08,800
And I'm not saying that those 
things are not true to some 

747
00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:11,800
degree, but it's come to the 
point where salvation is 

748
00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:16,100
apparently reflecting on your 
past and confronting things that

749
00:49:16,100 --> 00:49:18,400
had happened and to acknowledge 
it. 

750
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:20,700
And to realize that you were a 
victim in one way or another, 

751
00:49:20,700 --> 00:49:23,700
that's not the gospel. 
That's not the gospel. 

752
00:49:24,300 --> 00:49:26,500
This is what they preached 
repent. 

753
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:31,200
No matter what happened to you, 
no matter what you did, you need

754
00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:34,200
to repent and you need to come 
to Jesus Christ. 

755
00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:35,800
Will forgive you. 
Once you realize is that your 

756
00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:39,200
repentance is genuine and true, 
and these men were not 

757
00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:43,100
intimidated. 
Obviously, they could not, that 

758
00:49:43,100 --> 00:49:46,300
could not even think about the 
threats or whatever was coming 

759
00:49:46,300 --> 00:49:47,700
about their way. 
And we shouldn't be concerned 

760
00:49:47,700 --> 00:49:49,400
about the trends in the threats 
that they hold. 

761
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:53,000
Anyway, our message is not bound
to a certain time. 

762
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:55,600
It's not limited to this 
culture. 

763
00:49:56,800 --> 00:50:03,400
It's not any point open to be 
adjusted for any reason. the 

764
00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:09,200
serious servant of God will hold
firm to that for the time is 

765
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:13,800
coming when men will not endure 
sound teaching They will not 

766
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:16,300
endure it, but they will 
accumulate for themselves 

767
00:50:16,300 --> 00:50:20,100
teachers right to satisfy their 
itching ears. 

768
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:25,100
What a way of phrasing that they
will not endure sound teaching, 

769
00:50:25,100 --> 00:50:28,600
meaning, perhaps, at one point, 
they could have tolerated it. 

770
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:31,700
But now, at this point, there 
are no longer able to tolerate 

771
00:50:31,700 --> 00:50:35,000
it. 
This is to offencive it's too. 

772
00:50:35,300 --> 00:50:38,400
It's too controversial enough 
and maybe even for some this is 

773
00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:40,900
getting boring. 
The Bible boring to you. 

774
00:50:42,300 --> 00:50:48,800
Can you endure it? 
They cannot endure sound 

775
00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:52,100
teaching and so they accumulate 
for themselves teachers to 

776
00:50:52,100 --> 00:50:57,400
scratch their itching ears. 
And what's our motivation? 

777
00:50:57,400 --> 00:50:59,600
The same motivation as these 
disciples. 

778
00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:02,100
Whatever is before me, whatever 
is happening around me. 

779
00:51:02,100 --> 00:51:04,500
I'm going to just do what Jesus 
called me to do. 

780
00:51:04,700 --> 00:51:07,300
If he said go and preach 
repentance, I'm going to preach 

781
00:51:07,300 --> 00:51:09,200
repentance. 
That's it. 

782
00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:13,500
It's very simple to serve God. 
We have made it complicated. 

783
00:51:13,700 --> 00:51:17,400
And here's the conclusion that 
we can make notice verse 13. 

784
00:51:17,500 --> 00:51:21,800
And they cast out many demons 
and Anointed with oil, many who 

785
00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:24,000
were sick and healed. 
But you got to connect that with

786
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:26,300
verse 7. 
Again, and he called the twelve 

787
00:51:26,300 --> 00:51:29,900
and began to send them out, two 
by two, and gave them Authority.

788
00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:36,700
Gave them Authority on the 
short-term Mission, they needed 

789
00:51:36,700 --> 00:51:41,800
a special dose of authority to 
fulfill this particular part in 

790
00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:45,000
Christ plan and when it came to 
the Great Commission he says 

791
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:48,700
don't you dare go out until the 
gift of the father has bestowed 

792
00:51:48,700 --> 00:51:52,100
upon you. 
Wait upon the holy spirit which 

793
00:51:52,100 --> 00:51:54,000
tells me that any point in 
Ministry. 

794
00:51:55,700 --> 00:52:01,000
I and you are continually in 
need of God's grace, to 

795
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:04,700
strengthen us to equip us to do 
what he needs to do in us before

796
00:52:04,700 --> 00:52:10,100
we even do anything for him, 
Authority power, a touch from 

797
00:52:10,100 --> 00:52:13,900
God. 
Not just human Ingenuity, not 

798
00:52:13,900 --> 00:52:16,900
just my own efforts, but 
something that God grants from 

799
00:52:16,900 --> 00:52:20,500
his own hand. 
And that tells me with all the 

800
00:52:20,500 --> 00:52:23,300
things that I just heard and all
the things Beyond those five 

801
00:52:23,300 --> 00:52:28,500
directions, I will know a help 
from God, I will know some kind 

802
00:52:28,500 --> 00:52:31,900
of Grace that will lift me up 
and take me where I can't go in 

803
00:52:31,900 --> 00:52:36,200
my own flesh. 
And so what a way to cap off all

804
00:52:36,200 --> 00:52:40,300
of this, we need the authority 
of God, we need his help. 

805
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:44,100
We need something beyond the 
natural and this is something 

806
00:52:44,100 --> 00:52:47,300
that he is willing to provide my
friend this afternoon. 

807
00:52:47,500 --> 00:52:49,400
Are you a serious servant of 
God? 

808
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:52,600
I hope you are. 
If not I hope you'll be inspired

809
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:55,700
to be because there's no other 
way to live our dear brother and

810
00:52:55,700 --> 00:52:58,500
Pastor just mentioned that he 
has come to give us life and 

811
00:52:58,500 --> 00:53:02,000
life abundantly. 
And if you are a Sears servant 

812
00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:05,300
of God, you will cherish and 
value Christian partnership. 

813
00:53:06,600 --> 00:53:11,500
You will you will understand 
that there is a contentment to 

814
00:53:11,500 --> 00:53:14,900
be learned and understood. 
You also realize that there's a 

815
00:53:14,908 --> 00:53:17,500
discernment to be applied. 
You also know that there is a 

816
00:53:17,500 --> 00:53:21,200
Timeless truth that must be 
compassionately conveyed. 

817
00:53:22,700 --> 00:53:25,400
And finally, you also realize 
that there is something to be 

818
00:53:25,400 --> 00:53:29,400
known in the place of Reliance 
on God, In All Seasons at all 

819
00:53:29,400 --> 00:53:32,800
times. 
This is my message to you may, 

820
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:37,100
God help us follow him and honor
him, especially in these final 

821
00:53:37,100 --> 00:53:38,600
days. 
Let's pray. 

822
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:52,200
And worship team. 
I know you have songs ready, but

823
00:53:52,500 --> 00:53:56,500
if we can sing at some point 
that classic, I have decided to 

824
00:53:56,500 --> 00:54:00,300
follow Jesus. 
No turning back after a message 

825
00:54:00,300 --> 00:54:03,500
like this and even hearing those
statistics early on, I think, 

826
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:08,900
It's worth declaring to God. 
Again I will follow you, no 

827
00:54:08,900 --> 00:54:11,700
turning back so keep that in 
mind as we prepare to sing in a 

828
00:54:11,700 --> 00:54:13,500
moment, but our hearts are 
bowed. 

829
00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:17,600
In the presence of God Almighty 
who has reminded us of our 

830
00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:20,100
mission and purpose on Earth and
it was given us all that. 

831
00:54:20,100 --> 00:54:23,800
We need to be effective though. 
We do, pray in this place that 

832
00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:27,400
you would renew that ambition 
and that you would help us 

833
00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:30,500
indeed, wherever we are to apply
the things that we heard. 

834
00:54:30,500 --> 00:54:34,500
Lord, we ask for a fresh touch 
from the Holy Spirit. 

835
00:54:36,100 --> 00:54:37,800
Fresh touch from the Holy 
Spirit. 

836
00:54:38,700 --> 00:54:41,900
Lord, we do not dare think that 
this ministry will go anywhere 

837
00:54:41,900 --> 00:54:46,700
apart from his help. 
We will be succumb to so much 

838
00:54:46,700 --> 00:54:50,400
mess. 
Fears doubts. 

839
00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:56,000
Fleshly conflict. 
Unless your word. 

840
00:54:57,800 --> 00:55:00,900
Is embedded in our hearts, and 
your power is energized. 

841
00:55:00,900 --> 00:55:05,700
In our being Lord help us. 
Help us value this community. 

842
00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:11,100
Help us care about who we are in
every place that we find 

843
00:55:11,100 --> 00:55:13,700
ourselves in not just in this 
church. 

844
00:55:13,700 --> 00:55:15,800
But when we go to the restaurant
for lunch, and we deal with 

845
00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:19,800
waiters and waitresses, when we 
go and see her extended family, 

846
00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:22,400
when we go to work, Lord, help 
us. 

847
00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:27,000
Help us really know who to find 
that is worthy and went to move 

848
00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:28,400
on. 
When we need to move on, Lord, 

849
00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:32,300
determine our every step and let
it be effortless. 

850
00:55:32,300 --> 00:55:34,900
Let it be a Grace because your 
yoke is indeed easy. 

851
00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:38,500
Your burden is indeed light. 
And so Lord, if there is any 

852
00:55:38,500 --> 00:55:40,600
sense in which somebody feels 
overwhelmed by these 

853
00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:43,300
instructions, Lord, let them 
know that your powers behind 

854
00:55:43,300 --> 00:55:46,900
every command, ready to be 
dispensed and provided. 

855
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:50,000
And so we rejoice in you and we 
want to honor. 

856
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:51,900
You may you be blessed. 
Lord. 

857
00:55:51,900 --> 00:55:53,800
May you be blessed by our 
response. 

858
00:55:53,800 --> 00:55:57,800
Now as we sing together with one
voice in Jesus name, we pray. 

859
00:55:58,300 --> 00:56:00,100
Amen. 
Let's stand church. 

860
00:56:08,400 --> 00:58:22,700
I have this too far. 
I decided to follow Jesus. 

861
00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:42,300
No, not yet. 
I sincerely ask this, I'm not 

862
00:58:42,300 --> 00:58:45,500
trying to be corny. 
I'm not trying to feed off of 

863
00:58:45,500 --> 00:58:48,300
what was just song to play on 
your emotions but I'm sincerely 

864
00:58:48,300 --> 00:58:51,000
asking you as soberly as 
possible in this place. 

865
00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:54,000
Have you really decided to 
follow Jesus? 

866
00:58:54,700 --> 00:58:59,000
Sincerely genuinely. 
Can you recall a time where you 

867
00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:01,500
made a choice? 
I want to follow Jesus. 

868
00:59:01,500 --> 00:59:03,700
Now, you might be about person 
who says, I don't remember the 

869
00:59:03,700 --> 00:59:05,900
time where I made a decision. 
Well, that's fine. 

870
00:59:05,900 --> 00:59:08,600
Are you now following Jesus? 
That's more important than 

871
00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:11,400
anything else. 
But for the person who is not 

872
00:59:11,400 --> 00:59:13,900
concerned, the person who may 
not even thought about that 

873
00:59:13,900 --> 00:59:16,100
question and how it applies to 
their life. 

874
00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:19,100
Listen, everything is at stake 
with that question. 

875
00:59:19,100 --> 00:59:20,700
Being answered in one way or the
other. 

876
00:59:21,100 --> 00:59:25,900
Have you made a Conscience 
decision to say, this Jesus who 

877
00:59:25,900 --> 00:59:29,400
came into this world, 2,000 
years ago and who died on the 

878
00:59:29,400 --> 00:59:33,500
cross was, not an empty 
performance, was not something 

879
00:59:33,500 --> 00:59:35,700
that held no purpose or 
significance to me. 

880
00:59:35,900 --> 00:59:40,800
I now realize that he died for 
me that he was buried and rose 

881
00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:46,100
again for me and that he 
beckons, and he calls me to 

882
00:59:46,100 --> 00:59:48,700
himself. 
And now, I will decide to follow

883
00:59:48,700 --> 00:59:51,500
Jesus. 
This is how you follow. 

884
00:59:51,500 --> 00:59:54,000
You heard what was just preach 
you repent. 

885
00:59:54,600 --> 00:59:57,300
You make a decision today that 
you will now. 

886
00:59:57,300 --> 01:00:01,100
Realize he is Lord. 
He is savior, this is sin. 

887
01:00:01,300 --> 01:00:04,700
What I have been doing, how I've
been living, I turned from that 

888
01:00:04,700 --> 01:00:08,500
and I turned to God and I want 
to follow him and I want to live

889
01:00:08,500 --> 01:00:11,600
for him and I want to enjoy him 
and I want to see him and be 

890
01:00:11,600 --> 01:00:15,000
with him for all of eternity. 
I'm telling you today, make that

891
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:18,300
decision to follow Jesus. 
I'm calling you today because 

892
01:00:18,300 --> 01:00:20,900
tomorrow is not promised And you
don't know, if you'll have 

893
01:00:20,900 --> 01:00:23,100
another chance to receive this 
invitation. 

894
01:00:23,600 --> 01:00:26,300
I'm telling you this today, 
because the days in which we are

895
01:00:26,300 --> 01:00:29,300
living have been predicted by 
the prophets and the Apostles of

896
01:00:29,300 --> 01:00:33,100
old we are in the final seconds 
of human history. 

897
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:36,700
I don't know the date and nobody
has a right to give a date, but 

898
01:00:36,700 --> 01:00:38,800
I have been instructed in you 
have as well to look at the 

899
01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:41,300
signs of the times. 
And when you understand that 

900
01:00:41,300 --> 01:00:43,900
these signs line up with the 
truths of the Bible, to lift 

901
01:00:43,900 --> 01:00:47,400
your head up because your 
Redemption is nigh, but that 

902
01:00:47,400 --> 01:00:49,700
Redemption is only for those who
are redeemed. 

903
01:00:51,000 --> 01:00:53,600
You cannot look up with 
confidence and expect Christ to 

904
01:00:53,600 --> 01:00:57,200
come back in your favor. 
If anything you have every 

905
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reason to be terrified. 
Because he is a righteous judge 

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and he has been good to this 
world for thousands of years in 

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this time of Grace, this window 
of opportunity for the worst and

908
01:01:09,107 --> 01:01:13,300
the most filthy of Sinners to 
come and to be washed and to 

909
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have everything that was held 
against him, be eradicated by 

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one moment of confession that 
time is dwindling down and when 

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it comes to a finality the 
mission of Christ will be 

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changed and the change will be 
this you will be judged for 

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01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:30,500
rejecting my grace. 
And so I call you today to flee 

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from the Wrath to come. 
I call you today to understand 

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01:01:34,200 --> 01:01:38,100
that you have any mortal part of
who you are, you will live for 

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01:01:38,100 --> 01:01:41,700
eternity and you will either 
live in the presence of God's 

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pleasure or you will be under 
God's Wrath Without End. 

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And the way in which you can 
transfer one status to the next 

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is upon one thing and that is 
you acknowledging Christ as Lord

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01:01:53,100 --> 01:01:55,600
and you acknowledging that, if 
you come before him now and 

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repent and believe on his name 
that you will be closed. 

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In his righteousness, you will 
be forgiven of everything, the 

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Unspeakable things, the private 
things, the perverse things will

924
01:02:06,300 --> 01:02:10,200
in one moment be dealt with and 
you will be justified in the 

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01:02:10,200 --> 01:02:13,500
sight of God. 
And so today is the day of 

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01:02:13,500 --> 01:02:16,900
salvation, listen, hear me 
clearly. 

927
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This is not the time to play 
Church in America. 

928
01:02:20,400 --> 01:02:25,500
Our nation is crumbling. 
Souls are being sealed in their 

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faith of Disobedience and 
Rebellion with the culture in 

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The Narrative of our time. 
And so even if you are in this 

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place and you are a minister or 
you're planning to be a minister

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here, my heart from a fellow 
brother be bold, be Unapologetic

933
01:02:40,300 --> 01:02:43,500
Chic this Authority from heaven 
and let God clothes you with 

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01:02:43,500 --> 01:02:47,200
power so that when you go out 
into this world you will not be 

935
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able to easily ignored men and 
women. 

936
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See, this is a man who has met 
with something or someone apart 

937
01:02:53,300 --> 01:02:57,400
from this life and yes, we have 
met with someone who has created

938
01:02:57,400 --> 01:03:00,300
life and creating This world and
created you and created me. 

939
01:03:00,308 --> 01:03:04,000
His name is Jesus and he wants 
to save you. 

940
01:03:04,500 --> 01:03:07,700
He wants to deliver you. 
I pray to God that you are 

941
01:03:07,700 --> 01:03:11,100
unable to come into this place 
week after week and not even be 

942
01:03:11,100 --> 01:03:14,500
slightly convicted. 
May God have mercy on your soul.

943
01:03:14,500 --> 01:03:17,900
If that is the case we want to 
do everything that we can to 

944
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make sure that in these. 
I just was so stirred by those 

945
01:03:20,500 --> 01:03:22,500
statistics, that's why I'm 
keeping you here longer than I 

946
01:03:22,508 --> 01:03:25,300
usually do. 
It's just the times that we're 

947
01:03:25,300 --> 01:03:29,600
living in are unbelievable and 
then we can still find it in 

948
01:03:29,600 --> 01:03:34,500
ourselves to to minimize our 
church services to fast as 

949
01:03:34,500 --> 01:03:37,300
possible. 
TED Talks, it's just not going 

950
01:03:37,300 --> 01:03:39,100
to work. 
It's not going to cut it for 

951
01:03:39,100 --> 01:03:42,900
this generation. 
We do need a Revival and that 

952
01:03:42,900 --> 01:03:45,800
Revival has to come first from 
the preacher, who has been 

953
01:03:45,800 --> 01:03:47,900
baptized with power from on 
high. 

954
01:03:48,600 --> 01:03:51,100
And a knows, the word of God who
loves the word of God, and loves

955
01:03:51,100 --> 01:03:53,300
the people that he sees week 
after week and loves the 

956
01:03:53,300 --> 01:03:55,100
visitor. 
Who comes in and loves the 

957
01:03:55,107 --> 01:03:59,300
neighbor, and loves the persons 
who was on the streets, it's out

958
01:03:59,300 --> 01:04:03,300
of my system. 
Give your life to Christ. 

959
01:04:08,500 --> 01:04:13,900
Give your life to Jesus Christ. 
Stop playing the fool with God. 

960
01:04:13,900 --> 01:04:17,900
He cares for you and he wants 
you, and he has a purpose for 

961
01:04:17,900 --> 01:04:20,800
you, but more than anything 
else, it's for God himself. 

962
01:04:20,800 --> 01:04:26,200
He wants you in his bosom 
forever and ever Lord, I pray 

963
01:04:26,200 --> 01:04:28,900
with all of my heart and my with
my brothers and sisters who have

964
01:04:28,900 --> 01:04:32,600
been a menning, everything that 
was said, Lord pour out your 

965
01:04:32,600 --> 01:04:36,700
Holy Spirit, pour out your Holy 
Spirit, not just here, but in 

966
01:04:36,700 --> 01:04:40,100
every church, every Pulpit Lord 
in this crisis. 

967
01:04:40,100 --> 01:04:42,900
Our oh God. 
We pray that you would raise up 

968
01:04:42,900 --> 01:04:46,400
profits that you would raise up 
men and women who would take the

969
01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:48,800
call of God. 
Seriously, and who would take 

970
01:04:48,800 --> 01:04:52,100
the partnership of the ministry?
Seriously and say, oh God, I 

971
01:04:52,100 --> 01:04:56,900
will do what I need to do to 
play the 2 by 2 and to serve my 

972
01:04:56,900 --> 01:04:58,200
brother. 
And to be encouraged by my 

973
01:04:58,200 --> 01:05:00,700
brother for the sake of the 
greater, cause help us. 

974
01:05:00,700 --> 01:05:03,300
Lord, help us what we looked, 
and we thank you for this 

975
01:05:03,300 --> 01:05:06,900
glorious time in this place in 
Jesus name, we pray. 

976
01:05:07,300 --> 01:05:09,200
Amen, and amen. 
Be blessed. 

977
01:05:09,300 --> 01:05:09,600
See you