1 00:00:00,900 --> 00:00:02,600 I'm going to begin here in a moment, but I want to let you 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:04,900 know that I will not be preaching from Mark today. 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,400 And the reason why I'm not going to be doing that is because if 4 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,200 you've been following us, you know, that we have been in Mark 5 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,300 chapter 6, for quite some time. And we are about to enter into 6 00:00:15,300 --> 00:00:19,300 Mark chapter 7. And Mark chapter 7 is really 7 00:00:19,300 --> 00:00:24,400 about tradition and how Jesus speaks about the idolatry of 8 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:28,200 tradition and how people scripture twist to try to 9 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:32,100 justify their tradition. And I really want to take my 10 00:00:32,100 --> 00:00:36,700 time through that chapter to actually expound on things that 11 00:00:36,700 --> 00:00:39,500 is unfortunately confusing to many. 12 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:43,100 Not just to those who might hold two different expressions of 13 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:47,000 what we believe but even for those who do hold to the truth 14 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,600 but don't understand differences and don't understand why certain 15 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,100 places and people and institutions do things the way 16 00:00:53,100 --> 00:00:55,400 they do and why we do things the way we do. 17 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,100 So that's going to be a very different series within a series 18 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:01,200 that I want to really, really take My time on. 19 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:05,600 And so before we enter into Mark chapter 7 prayerfully, we're 20 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:09,800 going to step back. Take a breath, take a breath. 21 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,700 I'm going to address something that is relevant to what's 22 00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:15,600 happening in your life and the world around us. 23 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,300 And I pray, I've been praying that this would touch your heart 24 00:01:19,300 --> 00:01:23,400 as it did mine. And so I just have a question to 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,800 ask my question. In the beginning of the service 26 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,100 is how many of you in this place would say? 27 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:34,900 That more that any time in your life, you believe that the 28 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:38,100 return of the Lord, Jesus Christ is more probable than ever, 29 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,700 would you say yes to that? Yes, that's most of you. 30 00:01:42,900 --> 00:01:47,500 And if you do say yes to that honestly, then I would follow it 31 00:01:47,508 --> 00:01:50,200 up with another question. And my question is this, how 32 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,900 many of you who have just confessed that would be able to 33 00:01:53,900 --> 00:01:58,400 also say that as a motivation of the soon? 34 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,500 Return of the Lord, you have consciously attempted to 35 00:02:01,500 --> 00:02:06,300 strengthen certain aspects of your walk with the Lord. 36 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:12,000 And preparation to meet him. Has that been true in the past 37 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,000 few years? Has that been true? 38 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,400 In the past few months, has that been true as things seem to be 39 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:21,200 escalating week after week, is there any part of you in your 40 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,500 walk with the Lord, where you sense the need to say O Lord, 41 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:28,900 you can be coming. I need you to strengthen me 42 00:02:28,900 --> 00:02:33,900 here, I want to be ready. I want to be found ready when I 43 00:02:33,900 --> 00:02:37,100 see you. And when you meet with me, you 44 00:02:37,100 --> 00:02:40,200 know, there was a time in Evangelical circles, where the 45 00:02:40,300 --> 00:02:43,700 Teaching of the second coming was common and some of you who 46 00:02:43,700 --> 00:02:47,000 are more seasoned, remember those days, it wasn't very hard 47 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,200 to enter into a church where from time to time frequently, 48 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,200 you would hear a pastor get up and talk about Jesus coming 49 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,900 back. That seems to becoming more and 50 00:02:55,900 --> 00:03:02,400 more rare. for some reason, when it is, in fact, a pillar in our 51 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,900 belief system, if you do not believe in the bodily return of 52 00:03:06,900 --> 00:03:10,500 Jesus Christ, you're not a Christian. 53 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,100 Christian's whole to this. This is the hope of the believer 54 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:18,800 that is the completion of our salvation. 55 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:24,100 And unfortunate, you have people today who View the second coming 56 00:03:24,100 --> 00:03:27,000 of Jesus Christ. As a singular event that holds, 57 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,800 no bearing upon us who are saved by faith. 58 00:03:30,900 --> 00:03:33,600 But when you read the New Testament carefully, what you 59 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:38,400 will see is that there is much emphasis and many exhortations 60 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:43,000 given to not the world, but the church in what to do in order to 61 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,000 be prepared for the coming of the Lord. 62 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:51,200 It's everywhere. It's absolutely everywhere and 63 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,000 you would think that that's not relevant for us because we're 64 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,600 sealed with the Holy Spirit. We have Redemption, what do we 65 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:01,600 need to do? Apart from confessing him as 66 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:03,700 Lord and believe in our hearts, that God raised him from the 67 00:04:03,700 --> 00:04:06,500 dead. And I would say read your Bible 68 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:10,900 carefully, read your Bible carefully because you'll realize 69 00:04:10,900 --> 00:04:15,700 in your Bible that as much as the true church yearns with the 70 00:04:15,700 --> 00:04:18,800 spirit. And says come Lord Jesus. 71 00:04:18,899 --> 00:04:22,000 Oh yes that is true. At the same time the Lord Jesus 72 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,800 has desires from you upon his return. 73 00:04:28,300 --> 00:04:32,200 The Lord Jesus has expectations of us. 74 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:37,400 When he comes. And it is my desire. 75 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,400 My prayer today that as his word is delivered, you would have 76 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,300 much more clarity and understanding what it is, that 77 00:04:43,300 --> 00:04:48,300 your bridegroom wants from you? As he and the true church 78 00:04:48,300 --> 00:04:50,800 anticipates that Celestial wedding day. 79 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:56,000 Why is that important? Because of many reasons, and 80 00:04:57,100 --> 00:05:00,700 it's the duty of a pastor. If you want to know one of the 81 00:05:00,700 --> 00:05:04,200 job descriptions of a pastor is to prepare the people that God 82 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:05,800 has entrusted to them for eternity. 83 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:11,800 A pastor does much more than give you some holy advice or 84 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,200 spiritual insights or instructions of how you can 85 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,800 navigate through this life as painless as possible. 86 00:05:18,300 --> 00:05:23,300 Now, one of the things that a pastor does is in fact, train, 87 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,800 and exhort, and live in such a way, where the people who are 88 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,900 around him or have been brought to, his pasture, would be more 89 00:05:31,900 --> 00:05:35,000 ready to meet with the coming King. 90 00:05:35,900 --> 00:05:37,600 And if you want proof of that, let's just begin one. 91 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,700 Verse in 2nd Corinthians, 11, and verse 2. 92 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:47,600 Again. Good hearted Believers have a 93 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,600 one-dimensional view of the return of Christ. 94 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,000 The lord is coming to rescue as the Lord is. 95 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,900 Coming to redeem us. The Lord is coming to resurrect 96 00:05:56,900 --> 00:06:00,100 us. The Lord is coming to renew us 97 00:06:00,100 --> 00:06:02,100 and to reward us and all of that is true. 98 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:08,200 But Christ also wants to find something in us, he wants to 99 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,100 find us dressed in a certain way. 100 00:06:10,100 --> 00:06:12,600 He wants to find his posture din a certain way. 101 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:16,900 You might be wondering. Well then what is that of me? 102 00:06:18,100 --> 00:06:21,800 How can I be ready to be saved? A men be saved, but Christ goes 103 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,700 beyond that and Paul illustrates and communicates what it is that 104 00:06:25,700 --> 00:06:29,100 he desires from us and it's here in verse 2. 105 00:06:29,100 --> 00:06:31,300 Second Corinthians 11. He speaks to this church. 106 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:35,300 And he says, for I feel a Divine jealousy for you. 107 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,600 Notice not a personal jealousy. A Divine jealousy jealousy, 108 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,300 that's inspired by the holy spirit of jealousy. 109 00:06:42,300 --> 00:06:45,800 That is God word for, I feel a Divine jealousy for you. 110 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:51,400 Since I betrothed, you to one husband to present you as a pure 111 00:06:51,500 --> 00:06:57,100 virgin to Christ. You know what, phase in the 112 00:06:57,100 --> 00:07:02,200 relationship we are at, with our Jesus, we're in the be troll 113 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,300 stage. Wherein the engagement phase, 114 00:07:04,900 --> 00:07:08,400 there's a wedding to come and Paul speaking here as a friend 115 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,900 of the bridegroom and as the friend of the bridegroom, he 116 00:07:10,900 --> 00:07:14,700 senses this Duty as a leader. Over those that he has brought 117 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:21,300 the gospel to To do what he can, in order to prepare the people 118 00:07:21,900 --> 00:07:26,100 to meet with Christ. To protect her. 119 00:07:27,700 --> 00:07:32,100 To provide for her to do all these different things for the 120 00:07:32,100 --> 00:07:37,200 sole purpose of being pure. From when Christ comes to shoo 121 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:41,300 away, all different lovers. To confront when there are 122 00:07:41,300 --> 00:07:45,400 spiritual adultery, this is what a leader does. 123 00:07:45,700 --> 00:07:49,200 And I try to imagine what that would be like on that final day. 124 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,900 I wonder if there will be a segment there for the church 125 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:57,000 when Christ will call the leaders to one side. 126 00:07:57,300 --> 00:07:59,500 The all-knowing one understanding who it is, that 127 00:07:59,500 --> 00:08:02,100 these leaders have been commissioned to Shepherd and 128 00:08:02,100 --> 00:08:05,900 oversee. And then these leaders being 129 00:08:05,900 --> 00:08:08,800 called maybe one by one. I'm not sure how it's going to 130 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,000 happen but the feeling I had when reading this in meditating 131 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,800 on is that the leaders of this church and leaders of every 132 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:16,100 church will stand before the Lord. 133 00:08:16,100 --> 00:08:20,300 And say, Lord here, the people that you've brought to me. 134 00:08:21,100 --> 00:08:24,400 And here's what I've done in order to assure that they were 135 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,600 pure virgins on to you. How does a pastor do that? 136 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:33,900 Does he micromanage people does he walk over your shoulder as he 137 00:08:33,900 --> 00:08:37,200 stock you has? He become legalistic to assure 138 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:38,700 that. You don't do anything that might 139 00:08:38,700 --> 00:08:42,000 come to Breaking the Law. Know if you want to know how a 140 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,100 pastor does it just read the rest of the chapter and you get 141 00:08:44,100 --> 00:08:47,800 the heart of this man. He teaches he preaches, he 142 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:52,700 warns, he exhorts, he lives an exemplary life, he inspires 143 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:57,000 through him as a model, he causes others to want. 144 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,700 What? He has, that's why he can say in 145 00:08:59,700 --> 00:09:03,700 the book. Follow me as I follow Christ. 146 00:09:03,700 --> 00:09:05,800 He said that in First Corinthians the same church. 147 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,600 That's what a leader dies he wants. 148 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:12,900 The people not just to be able to face tomorrow, but the face 149 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,200 Christ and that's my Endeavor today. 150 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,700 Because one day I will have to give an account. 151 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:24,300 Like, I don't understand how anybody would assume ministry as 152 00:09:24,300 --> 00:09:27,600 a job. For a paycheck, you are out of 153 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:32,800 your mind. You are It has to be a calling 154 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,900 and it has tremendous tremendous responsibility. 155 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:37,900 And that's why I impart as a church. 156 00:09:37,900 --> 00:09:41,700 This local church we take candidates for elders. 157 00:09:41,700 --> 00:09:46,800 Very seriously, Elders are not an Advisory Board to the Head. 158 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:53,600 Pastor Elders are fellow pastors of a church, and it is 159 00:09:53,700 --> 00:09:56,600 absolutely vital that they qualify. 160 00:09:56,700 --> 00:10:00,100 And it's absolutely vital that they understand the Eternal 161 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:02,900 ramifications, Of their position. 162 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,000 So here's my desire for you. Here's my prayer. 163 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:12,500 Here's what I was able to just gather from the scriptures ways 164 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:15,200 to help us be ready for the coming of Christ. 165 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:18,300 I know a lot of people are preparing for many things. 166 00:10:18,300 --> 00:10:20,500 For all the turbulence has that have been forecasted in our 167 00:10:20,500 --> 00:10:23,200 nation and our world, but we are a different breed of people, 168 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,900 your pilgrims your sojourners, you're traveling by your 169 00:10:27,900 --> 00:10:31,900 citizenship is not just us. It's heaven. 170 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:35,300 And so, how do we prepare for the coming of Our Lord? 171 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:40,700 He's coming, he's coming soon. And when he comes, he wants to 172 00:10:40,700 --> 00:10:43,400 see us in a certain way. He wants to embrace us in a 173 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:46,000 certain way he wants us to be adorned in a certain way. 174 00:10:46,300 --> 00:10:49,100 So let me bring you to the first thing that Jesus wants to find 175 00:10:49,100 --> 00:10:53,300 in us as he prepares to come and grab us and take us home with 176 00:10:53,300 --> 00:10:55,100 him. First John 2:28. 177 00:11:02,500 --> 00:11:03,800 I'm sure there are many things today. 178 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,000 I just have three things to bring to your attention. 179 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:11,900 And the first thing that the Lord would want to find in US is 180 00:11:11,900 --> 00:11:16,800 to be in fellowship with him. Jesus wants to find you and 181 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:19,900 fellowship with him when he comes. 182 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:26,700 To meet with you first, John 2:28 and now little children 183 00:11:26,700 --> 00:11:31,600 abide in him so that when he appears we may have confidence 184 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:37,100 and not shrink from him in shame at his coming, let's just set 185 00:11:37,100 --> 00:11:39,700 the straight. John is not speaking to 186 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:43,100 unbelievers, he addresses his audience, even in this one 187 00:11:43,100 --> 00:11:45,600 verse, there's no confusion about it as little children. 188 00:11:45,700 --> 00:11:47,600 These are the ones that belong to God. 189 00:11:48,300 --> 00:11:51,100 These are those have been adopted by his grace little 190 00:11:51,100 --> 00:11:54,500 children that frames every other instruction in this verse. 191 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,900 He saying, little children, here's my call to you abide in 192 00:11:58,900 --> 00:12:01,800 him. What is it mean to abide in? 193 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,300 Other word is to remain. So, you can replace that word 194 00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:09,700 with remain in him. What that speaks of is close 195 00:12:09,700 --> 00:12:10,500 proximity. What? 196 00:12:10,500 --> 00:12:14,600 That speaks of his constant connection, it's the opposite of 197 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:17,500 visiting. It's the opposite of sporadic 198 00:12:17,500 --> 00:12:21,700 presence. It's to be concrete. 199 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:30,100 Close secure near in all things. And at all times, Abide in him. 200 00:12:30,900 --> 00:12:35,600 Stay close to Jesus and not just close to him but be in him and 201 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:39,200 let him be in you how much closer can you get that? 202 00:12:40,500 --> 00:12:45,200 And he says this, because to abide is necessary for so many 203 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,900 things, but it's especially necessary for confidence at his 204 00:12:48,900 --> 00:12:53,500 coming confidence. When you abide in Jesus, you 205 00:12:53,500 --> 00:12:57,100 have a clear conscience, that's one of the rewards of it is. 206 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,100 And what does that mean to okay remain but practically speaking. 207 00:13:01,100 --> 00:13:04,400 Well, it's very easy. It's the call to continually 208 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,600 recognize the Lord and your affections and your thoughts. 209 00:13:09,100 --> 00:13:11,700 It's depending on him for your source of strength, wisdom, and 210 00:13:11,700 --> 00:13:15,400 Grace, and all matters. And the means by which this 211 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,200 takes place is obvious right? You know what? 212 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,100 It's not, it's not rocket science. 213 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:23,500 You get his word in you. You bring it in you day after 214 00:13:23,500 --> 00:13:26,500 day, you meditate on it and then from there, you commune with 215 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:29,200 God, you pray, without speech, ceasing you speak to him. 216 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,800 You probably your heart to him. You give him size of concern. 217 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,600 You give him Outburst of Praise. It's just the sense of 218 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,600 continual. Unceasing Fellowship. 219 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,900 The way you do with people that you really love though, you may 220 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:45,200 be distant physically in your heart, you're with them and 221 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:46,900 you're able to communicate with them. 222 00:13:47,100 --> 00:13:48,700 And this is what the Lord wants from us. 223 00:13:49,300 --> 00:13:52,400 Now, those ideas may seem obvious one, Not foreign to us 224 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,000 as Christians. We know. 225 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,700 Pray read your Bible. Try to keep Jesus on your mind. 226 00:13:57,900 --> 00:14:01,000 But there's an aspect of abiding in Christ that we often Overlook 227 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,800 and it's found in Jesus own teaching about abiding. 228 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:07,300 I mean, John here is obviously borrowing from his master 229 00:14:07,500 --> 00:14:11,400 there's an entire chapter where Jesus gives us the call to abide 230 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,900 in him but we often skip his introduction and his 231 00:14:14,900 --> 00:14:18,000 introduction is absolutely insightful to what it means to 232 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,700 really remain in him and what that called looks like. 233 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,900 And so you know the chapter is John 15, but don't go to verse 4 234 00:14:25,900 --> 00:14:28,300 right away. Go to verse one and learn 235 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:31,500 something. I hope new if not new, as a 236 00:14:31,508 --> 00:14:38,300 refresher to your abiding in Christ in John 15:1 I am the 237 00:14:38,300 --> 00:14:42,600 True Vine and my father is the vinedresser. 238 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:46,100 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit. 239 00:14:46,100 --> 00:14:51,600 He takes away and every branch that does not bear fruit. 240 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:55,800 He prunes that it may bear more fruit. 241 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:01,200 How often do we associate abiding with pruning? 242 00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:05,200 Before Jesus even uses the word abide. 243 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,400 He prepares. The people with this idea that 244 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:13,100 if you are to be connected to the vine, you should expect 245 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:17,700 pruning. We have some gardeners in this 246 00:15:17,700 --> 00:15:19,800 place, we have some people with green thumbs, they know what 247 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:22,800 pruning is all about. It's eliminating, certain 248 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:26,600 things, elements, aspects from a plant from vegetation, in order, 249 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:31,800 to prepare it to grow even more it's to expand its ceiling of 250 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,200 potential. That's exactly what Christ does 251 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,400 to every single person who truly abides in him. 252 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,500 And what that means is, I mean, out of all the things you could 253 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:41,800 have alluded to you Lutz. This, something that cuts 254 00:15:44,100 --> 00:15:47,200 Something that eliminates something that removes something 255 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:51,400 that is painful. And this is so fascinating to me 256 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:55,300 because it shows me what abiding includes it includes more than 257 00:15:55,300 --> 00:15:59,600 just constant devotion and striving to obey the Lord Jesus 258 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:03,300 and all my ways. It also means that I willfully 259 00:16:03,300 --> 00:16:05,600 submit to his providential pruning. 260 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:09,500 And give myself over to him with joy. 261 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:15,500 When he comes to cut me to cut things from me to cut people 262 00:16:15,500 --> 00:16:18,600 out, cut things, ways habits, ideas. 263 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:24,500 Abiding includes pruning. Let me put it this way person 264 00:16:24,500 --> 00:16:26,700 who claims to abide in Christ, will be able to say. 265 00:16:26,700 --> 00:16:30,700 I will stay close to the Lord. No matter how painful it gets. 266 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,400 Because so easy to give up when it gets hard, so easy to give up 267 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:38,800 when your prayers, don't seem to be answered some so easy to give 268 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,000 up when people give up and when people disappoint you, who bear 269 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,000 the name of Christ, but a person who abide says I'm staying here, 270 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,100 even if it hurts my going anywhere. 271 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,900 I'm staying here and I will enjoy him no matter what it 272 00:16:52,900 --> 00:16:58,400 costs me here below. And the promise of daily 273 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,400 abiding, no matter what your fate is. 274 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:05,700 As I said earlier, you will know a confidence one that makes us 275 00:17:05,700 --> 00:17:08,599 bold to stand before the Judgment seat of Christ. 276 00:17:09,599 --> 00:17:13,700 One that will generate not just an expectation, but a desire. 277 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:17,599 I want to see the one in whom, my soul loves. 278 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,200 That's what abiding does. Because as you abide you, excuse 279 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,200 discover, as you discover you enjoy. 280 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:28,000 And as you enjoy your satisfied and as you're satisfied, you 281 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,700 want more. And you can come to a place in 282 00:17:31,700 --> 00:17:35,300 your walk with Christ, where it's not just him answering some 283 00:17:35,300 --> 00:17:39,100 prayers for your Provisions. But you want his glory Lord, 284 00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:42,500 I've reached so much here. You've done so much before me. 285 00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:47,000 I'm blessed beyond measure, but oh God, like Moses, Show Me Your 286 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:52,200 Glory. But we see a warning here 287 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,900 because the same people who can have confidence can also if 288 00:17:54,900 --> 00:17:57,800 they're not careful experience shame. 289 00:17:59,300 --> 00:18:01,900 He's not speaking to non-believers, he speaking to 290 00:18:01,900 --> 00:18:05,800 Christians, and it's possible for Christians to live in a way 291 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:10,000 in which they are not abiding. And because they're not 292 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,800 remaining, they don't have a confidence. 293 00:18:14,900 --> 00:18:18,600 And when the Lord does come the word shame, their denotes 294 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:24,000 embarrassment. It denotes your awkwardness 295 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:29,100 being uncomfortable. God doesn't want that for you. 296 00:18:29,900 --> 00:18:33,100 He doesn't want the first reunions with him to be like 297 00:18:33,100 --> 00:18:36,700 that. But it will require something on 298 00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:39,400 your part in mind and that is to abide in him. 299 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:44,900 So today I want to ask you as you believe more than ever that 300 00:18:44,900 --> 00:18:47,500 Christ can come. My question to you is are you 301 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:50,900 abiding in him? Are you very distracted? 302 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:55,600 Are you consumed with so much? That Christ is an afterthought. 303 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:58,600 Have you lost that Delight in him? 304 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:03,500 Check the pulse. Check the pulse of your devotion 305 00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:07,200 and be honest with yourself and say, how much of me in these 306 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,400 times where things are falling apart? 307 00:19:09,700 --> 00:19:12,500 How much of me says, Lord would you just come already? 308 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,300 And just take me from here and let me be in your presence 309 00:19:16,300 --> 00:19:18,300 forever and ever how much of that is true? 310 00:19:20,300 --> 00:19:24,400 Would you be amazed to know that Christ has an overwhelming 311 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,700 desire for you? Oh is so true. 312 00:19:27,700 --> 00:19:30,400 And so real, that even before his passion, he prayed to the 313 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:34,000 father, he said, father, oh would you bring them into my 314 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,800 presence that they might behold my glory forever and what did he 315 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:41,200 say to the very same disciples? I am going to a place to prepare 316 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,800 a place for you. That's why I'm going away. 317 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:47,300 What does that communicate? Let's not debate whether you're 318 00:19:47,300 --> 00:19:48,600 going to get a room or a mansion. 319 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,500 Okay. Let's look at the heart of our 320 00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:52,800 savior. He wants us. 321 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,900 You you want to you and he wants me. 322 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,300 And I'll can you imagine a bridegroom getting ready to 323 00:19:59,300 --> 00:20:01,800 marry a bride, who doesn't feel the same way about that wedding 324 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:04,100 day. I can't. 325 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:12,100 And we are his bride. And he wants us and he wants us 326 00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:14,700 to want him. But that doesn't just come out 327 00:20:14,700 --> 00:20:17,100 of nowhere that comes with a biting. 328 00:20:18,100 --> 00:20:21,900 And him revealing through that abiding where you just grow in 329 00:20:21,900 --> 00:20:25,900 love with him. This is what John said, at his 330 00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:29,300 coming, he wants to find you in Fellowship isn't want to find 331 00:20:29,300 --> 00:20:32,500 you as a stranger, doesn't want to find you embarrassed because 332 00:20:32,500 --> 00:20:36,000 you know, that you spoiled your life that you gave so much to 333 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:40,100 different things that you were limping back and forth between 334 00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:45,900 Mammon and the master. Worldly, carnal, entertainment, 335 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:50,700 and joy in the Holy Spirit. Oh me find us in fellowship with 336 00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:54,800 him but that's not it. We go to Luke chapter 12 337 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:59,200 together in verse 42. Luke 12:42. 338 00:21:01,900 --> 00:21:04,500 We are to be found in fellowship with him but we are also be 339 00:21:04,500 --> 00:21:08,200 found fulfilling what he ordained for our lives. 340 00:21:09,700 --> 00:21:12,900 And that is what Jesus says here in this chapter in these verses 341 00:21:12,900 --> 00:21:17,300 and verse 42 of Luke 12. And the Lord said who then is 342 00:21:17,300 --> 00:21:22,100 the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over 343 00:21:22,100 --> 00:21:26,300 his household to give them their portion of food at the proper 344 00:21:26,300 --> 00:21:29,500 time. Blessed, is that servant 345 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:31,600 blessed? Is that servant whom his master? 346 00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:34,400 Master will find so doing when he comes. 347 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:38,300 You see a trend here with the verses that I'm selecting, when 348 00:21:38,300 --> 00:21:42,800 he comes at his coming. Blessed, is that servant whom 349 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:46,700 his master will find so doing when he comes now, it's clear 350 00:21:46,700 --> 00:21:49,000 that Jesus is communicating to his disciples and he is 351 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,400 highlighting the role of a leader, right? 352 00:21:51,700 --> 00:21:54,100 Whom his master will set over his household. 353 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:58,300 And so those type of individuals are those who take care of the 354 00:21:58,300 --> 00:22:01,400 servants and take care of the members of a certain place and 355 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,300 these are clearly the disciples and leaders, that would follow 356 00:22:04,300 --> 00:22:07,600 them who are in charge of one main task to feed them. 357 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,400 To feed them. I hope you you're being fed here 358 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,500 because that's the goal that throughout the week. 359 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:15,900 Whoever occupies, this Pulpit has been putting together a 360 00:22:15,900 --> 00:22:19,500 recipe and Faithfully. Honoring the ingredients and the 361 00:22:19,500 --> 00:22:22,400 blueprint of God's word and then presenting that before you, so 362 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:26,100 that you can eat and that you can know fullness and you can no 363 00:22:26,100 --> 00:22:28,800 greater strength in your strides. 364 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,700 And this is what he's saying. Here blessed are those leaders 365 00:22:32,700 --> 00:22:35,300 who take care of the ones that I put under their care. 366 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:38,700 Blessed are those who are found preparing. 367 00:22:38,700 --> 00:22:43,400 Blessed are those who are found feeding when I come, but the 368 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:45,400 application goes beyond leaders who was beyond. 369 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,000 Evangelist it goes beyond profit goes beyond, pastors and Elders. 370 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,300 Know God, desires to find all of us in the capacity to which we 371 00:22:51,300 --> 00:22:55,000 have been called, to serve, him being found serving him and you 372 00:22:55,008 --> 00:22:57,500 might want to rebut, what do I do? 373 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:03,200 I mean, your job makes sense. You preach that person jobs make 374 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,600 sense that they have time to do these certain things. 375 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,200 But what about me? You know, I thought to myself. 376 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,800 There are so many examples throughout the word of God about 377 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,100 how God honors the things that we tend to not even think about 378 00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:17,100 as Ministry. And the think that came to mind 379 00:23:17,100 --> 00:23:19,900 out of all the examples and I'm just going to honor that is 380 00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:22,300 Samuel. The prophet you hear Samuel. 381 00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:24,800 What do you hear? A mighty man of God whose 382 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,600 prayers were answers? Who could just speak the word 383 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,900 and it would come to pass but that is not how we are 384 00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:32,200 introduced to Samuel. And that is not how we're 385 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,100 introduced to Samuel ministering. 386 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,700 Can I show you how the Holy Spirit identifies the ministry 387 00:23:39,700 --> 00:23:41,600 of Samuel before you understand them? 388 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:45,900 As that mighty, man of God, go to the third chapter 1st Samuel 389 00:23:45,900 --> 00:24:00,100 and see it with me. When I saw this it blessed me 390 00:24:00,100 --> 00:24:05,400 tremendously when I saw this with all honestly really refined 391 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:09,500 the way I view people service to the Lord. 392 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,000 In verse 1 of chapter 3 we are told. 393 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:16,800 Now the boys Samuel was ministering to the Lord do you 394 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,500 think that's an exaggeration? No, it's perfectly accurate was 395 00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:23,600 ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli and the word of 396 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:29,800 the Lord was rare in those days. Sounds like today, there was no 397 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:34,000 frequent vision. Samuel was ministering to the 398 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:38,900 Lord, this was before he was a prophet, he would be 399 00:24:38,900 --> 00:24:40,800 commissioned as a prophet in this very same chapter. 400 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:45,100 But this is before that, and yet he's ministering What is this 401 00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:47,900 young lad do for the Holy Spirit of say that he was ministering 402 00:24:47,900 --> 00:24:50,100 to the Lord? What could he have done? 403 00:24:50,100 --> 00:24:53,000 He was in the presence of a high priest and his sons who are 404 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,400 priests what else is left for you. 405 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,800 In the context of the Tabernacle for God to be able to highlight 406 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,400 that he was serving the lord. You know what's so interesting? 407 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,600 You get a glimpse of it in the very same chapter, you ready for 408 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,900 this? Go to verse 15 of the very same 409 00:25:06,900 --> 00:25:09,800 chapter, first Samuel 3:15. And what are we told? 410 00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:15,500 With this tender child, Samuel lay until morning, then he 411 00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:18,000 opened the doors of the house of the Lord. 412 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,700 And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli. 413 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:25,600 I think one of his responsibilities, one of the 414 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,400 things that Eli gave him as a child, is Samuel. 415 00:25:29,300 --> 00:25:33,100 Now, every morning, I'm going to need you to open the doors of 416 00:25:33,100 --> 00:25:36,100 the church so that the worshippers can come and give 417 00:25:36,100 --> 00:25:40,900 their sacrifices. How do you view the greeters? 418 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,900 How do you view the ushers that come here with the plates? 419 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,200 How do you view the person that puts on the lyrics, on the 420 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:49,800 screen here so that you can sing? 421 00:25:49,900 --> 00:25:52,300 How do you view the person that organizes these instruments so 422 00:25:52,300 --> 00:25:55,800 that there can be Harmony and quality? 423 00:25:57,300 --> 00:26:00,000 You know, the Lord use them as ministers. 424 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:07,100 Ministering to the Lord. It's as though God wanted us to 425 00:26:07,100 --> 00:26:12,000 see what he values. Ministering to the Lord. 426 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,800 And what did he do? You just made sure that there 427 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,500 was no obstacle to coming into the house of God. 428 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,200 Is that how you view your service? 429 00:26:21,900 --> 00:26:24,500 Is that how you view your contributions to this ministry? 430 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:27,000 Or have you fall into the Temptation? 431 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:31,200 What am I really doing here? What do I really have to offer 432 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,800 here? My really pleasing the Lord. 433 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:39,800 All let me tell you if it meant something to God, for Samuel to 434 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:44,700 open those doors, believe that the nature of your service is a 435 00:26:44,708 --> 00:26:46,700 blessing to him as well as long as you do it for the glory of 436 00:26:46,708 --> 00:26:50,300 his name and the nature of our service to him varies this and 437 00:26:50,300 --> 00:26:53,700 not but what stands out from Jesus words and Luke chapter 12 438 00:26:53,700 --> 00:26:56,900 is not necessarily what is being done but how long it's being 439 00:26:56,900 --> 00:27:01,700 done for What did he say? At the end of that blessed? 440 00:27:01,700 --> 00:27:07,100 Is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he 441 00:27:07,100 --> 00:27:10,800 comes. That's insightful. 442 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:14,200 That's important that tells me something about what Jesus wants 443 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,500 from me. He doesn't just want me to find 444 00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:19,100 him to be my everything and for me to be. 445 00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:22,600 So in love with him when he comes, he wants me to be busy at 446 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,600 work. That's what he desires. 447 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,500 Well, that's opening the door or holding a microphone. 448 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,100 He wants to find me busy at work. 449 00:27:32,300 --> 00:27:36,200 Now, let me ask you something in this time of history and this 450 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:40,500 time of chaos, confusion, and darkness, and Bible prophecy may 451 00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:45,600 I add, what's your assignment? What is your particular 452 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:49,200 assignment for the Lord? What is it? 453 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:53,000 That, you know you are doing and you could be confident, you will 454 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,900 be doing when he comes. Doesn't have to be grand. 455 00:27:57,300 --> 00:28:00,900 This have to be spectacular. It just has to be something that 456 00:28:00,900 --> 00:28:04,300 God asks of you and that, you know, is from him and that, you 457 00:28:04,300 --> 00:28:07,800 know, you're doing for him. Have you identified that yet? 458 00:28:08,100 --> 00:28:11,700 And if you haven't, where are you in your desire to identify 459 00:28:11,700 --> 00:28:14,200 it? And if you have, are you 460 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,100 committed to it, we heard last week about the disciples who 461 00:28:17,100 --> 00:28:19,300 were rowing and Rowing and Rowing though, there was so 462 00:28:19,300 --> 00:28:22,300 little progress and we drew from that. 463 00:28:22,300 --> 00:28:25,000 The commitment of these disciples, despite the fact that 464 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,900 was Fruit in their efforts. We need that. 465 00:28:27,900 --> 00:28:31,100 Again, if there's any motivation for commitment, It's the Return 466 00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:35,300 of Christ because what Christ wants to see when you and I are 467 00:28:35,300 --> 00:28:38,800 here, awaiting him is US serving him. 468 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:45,100 Samuel went from ministering in the presence of Eli to 469 00:28:45,100 --> 00:28:48,700 ministering to the nation and it's true that your service 470 00:28:48,700 --> 00:28:51,800 throughout your lifetime might evolve and that's fine. 471 00:28:52,100 --> 00:28:54,000 It might look different. It might be different gifting 472 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,100 that he puts in you at a different point in your life. 473 00:28:56,100 --> 00:28:59,400 But what is the same as this your participation in the work 474 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,800 of the kingdom of God? That's, that's something that 475 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:06,100 never changes, right? I personally don't believe in 476 00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:08,700 this idea of retirement for Ministry. 477 00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:11,200 If you disagree, let's talk about it. 478 00:29:12,700 --> 00:29:17,400 But the idea is, I will put my hands to the plow until he calls 479 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:19,400 me home or until I can't do it anymore. 480 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,300 Physically speaking. You know, I looked at this 481 00:29:22,300 --> 00:29:25,800 chapter and there's a verse that sprung out to me and this very 482 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:31,800 same context, that blew my mind. That blew my mind and I pray 483 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:37,200 that it blows your mind. Because in this short chapter, 484 00:29:37,900 --> 00:29:41,200 you have Jesus in a very, very close proximity. 485 00:29:41,900 --> 00:29:44,700 Rehearsing blessed is, the servant blessed is the servant 486 00:29:44,700 --> 00:29:47,400 blessed like he wants you to know the blessings that come 487 00:29:47,700 --> 00:29:52,200 when he finds you serving him. And one of those blessings is 488 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:54,900 following what we just read that he will give even more 489 00:29:54,900 --> 00:29:56,500 possessions, right? And that's what we're familiar 490 00:29:56,500 --> 00:29:59,900 with, but there is a reward tucked in these verses that 491 00:29:59,900 --> 00:30:02,900 amazes me more than any other reward that Christ can offer. 492 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,300 You ready for this? Scroll back a little bit and 493 00:30:06,300 --> 00:30:08,700 look at verse 37 of chapter, 12 of Luke. 494 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,900 Blessed, are those servants whom the master finds awake when he 495 00:30:14,900 --> 00:30:16,200 comes there? It is. 496 00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:20,200 Now look here in verse 38, before we complete verse 37. 497 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:24,700 Verse 38, he comes in the second watch or in the third and finds 498 00:30:24,700 --> 00:30:26,900 them awake. Blessed are those servants. 499 00:30:27,100 --> 00:30:30,100 So he starts out saying blessed and he ends by saying blessed. 500 00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:31,500 Well, what's the meet in the middle? 501 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,100 What are you telling me is going to be a blessing? 502 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,600 If I found, I found a way kind of found serving. 503 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:40,100 You blessed verse 37 are those servants whom the master finds 504 00:30:40,100 --> 00:30:42,200 awake when he comes? Is truly pause. 505 00:30:42,300 --> 00:30:44,400 You want to say. You can count on what I'm about 506 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:48,400 to say. You can take it to the bank, you 507 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,900 can assure yourself that. What I'm about to tell you is 508 00:30:51,900 --> 00:30:54,800 valid. Truly, I say to you, he will 509 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:59,100 dress himself for service and have them recline at table and 510 00:30:59,100 --> 00:31:05,500 he will come and serve them. Who's serving? 511 00:31:05,500 --> 00:31:08,700 Who here? Yeah, it's Christ. 512 00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:11,700 It's crisis. As you know, why you're going to 513 00:31:11,708 --> 00:31:14,600 be blessed. Those who are found serving me 514 00:31:15,700 --> 00:31:17,500 because we understand the sucking second coming. 515 00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:19,200 And what do we see in Our Minds Eye? 516 00:31:19,300 --> 00:31:23,000 We see Power, we see the elements melting, we see Cosmic 517 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,500 shifts, we see a white horse, we see a sword coming out of his 518 00:31:26,500 --> 00:31:28,500 mouth. We see the nation's bowing down, 519 00:31:28,500 --> 00:31:31,400 and all of that is true. But Jesus adds something that we 520 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:35,400 tend to overlook when he does come to redeem his bride and 521 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,000 evaluate their lives. And there are those who were 522 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,800 found serving him and we'll be found. 523 00:31:39,900 --> 00:31:44,700 Him what this says is that the King of Kings will remove his 524 00:31:44,700 --> 00:31:50,400 many crowns and put on a servant's garment, and will lead 525 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,100 those who've been found serving at a table and we'll look at 526 00:31:53,100 --> 00:31:54,500 them. In the eye says, what can I do 527 00:31:54,500 --> 00:31:58,400 for you? Almost sounds like blasphemy, 528 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,100 doesn't it? It's not. 529 00:32:01,100 --> 00:32:05,500 It's one of his promises. I think when that happens you 530 00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:10,500 and I will be crushed. Absolutely overwhelmed at the 531 00:32:10,500 --> 00:32:16,200 site and the thought of Christ. The coming King serving, those 532 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:19,400 who serve him. I don't even know how to 533 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,000 register that. I don't even know how to 534 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,500 contemplate. That what other king is like 535 00:32:24,500 --> 00:32:27,500 this King? What are the Lord is like this 536 00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:30,700 Lord. Jesus came not to be served but 537 00:32:30,700 --> 00:32:33,500 to serve he did come to do that, but I realized that when he 538 00:32:33,500 --> 00:32:35,400 comes again, he still going to be serving. 539 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,200 He will come and he will serve serve, those who have served 540 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:42,000 him. Yes, we will be worship. 541 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,400 Yes, you will be adored. Yes, he will be served but at 542 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,700 some point he's going to express his gratitude in this way. 543 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,000 I can't even fathom it. It's like hard to even breathe 544 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:57,300 when trying to understand it. But it's there, he will dress 545 00:32:57,300 --> 00:32:59,200 himself for serving and have them recline at table and he 546 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:02,600 will come and serve them. And if he comes in the second 547 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,800 watch, when the third and finds him awake blessed are those 548 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:08,300 servants blessed indeed. Maybe even now you feel. 549 00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:12,000 What Peter must have felt when Jesus in John 13 was wiping 550 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,900 their feet Lord. Do you wash my feet? 551 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:23,400 Do you wash my feet? The Lord here wants to find his 552 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,300 people serving. But there's another thing he 553 00:33:26,300 --> 00:33:29,100 wants to find in us and this is something that perhaps we have 554 00:33:29,100 --> 00:33:33,000 not considered and it's in James chapter 5. 555 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:53,200 And James 5 verse 9. Do not Grumble against one 556 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:57,600 another Brothers. So that you may not be judged 557 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:00,800 behold. The judge is standing at the 558 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:05,500 door. Who would ever associate 559 00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:07,800 grumbling with the coming of Jesus? 560 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,500 James does, why did you bring this up here? 561 00:34:11,900 --> 00:34:15,199 It's interesting because the context in James 5 is Believers 562 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:20,500 patiently, enduring suffering. And to await and to establish 563 00:34:20,500 --> 00:34:22,900 their hearts with the truth. That Christ will come and with 564 00:34:22,900 --> 00:34:26,199 him Eternal relief and recompense. 565 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,500 But that's precisely why grumbling is, brought up, 566 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:36,699 because if we're not watchful trials and difficult seasons can 567 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:44,199 morph us into critical edgy. Calloused unloving Christians. 568 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,000 That's why he brings up grumbling here in the 569 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:53,300 surrounding ideas of Trials and patiently navigating through 570 00:34:53,300 --> 00:34:56,199 them. And if that's true, that it 571 00:34:56,207 --> 00:35:00,300 makes you wonder, how does my personal suffering caused me to 572 00:35:00,300 --> 00:35:02,700 be a grumbler against other believers? 573 00:35:02,900 --> 00:35:06,400 That was my question. I understand here I'm tempted to 574 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,600 Grumble and complain to and about other Christians but how 575 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:15,000 does my own trial and Temptation encouraged me to do that? 576 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:17,700 I mean, think about it. There are many ways. 577 00:35:18,900 --> 00:35:21,500 And one of the ways is when through your trial, through your 578 00:35:21,500 --> 00:35:24,300 suffering, you experience discontentment with your life 579 00:35:24,300 --> 00:35:27,300 and with God's dealing your life, especially as you compare 580 00:35:27,300 --> 00:35:30,200 it to other Christians and you see that they're enjoying 581 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,000 something that you don't have, and they're celebrating things 582 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,600 that you wish you can celebrate and that they know some level of 583 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,900 blessing and prosperity that you've been asking God for for 584 00:35:36,900 --> 00:35:39,200 so long. And instead, you're carrying a 585 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:44,600 burden and that tends to lead to unnecessary friction and you 586 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:47,600 distancing yourself from others and you try to justify that by 587 00:35:47,700 --> 00:35:49,500 accusing them of different things. 588 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,200 So you have people like that, who look at other believers and 589 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:57,200 they mirror their lives and they say, and then it breeds all 590 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:01,600 these other ugly feelings. And then there's the idea of 591 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:04,900 looking at other Christians than mix of your pain and being 592 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,400 annoyed because they don't seem to be honoring their part as a 593 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,500 Christian, right? We have more expectations of 594 00:36:10,500 --> 00:36:12,300 Christians and we do have non-christians and that's 595 00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:16,200 appropriate to some degree. But you have people who desire 596 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:19,100 attention to desire care who have needs and when they feel 597 00:36:19,100 --> 00:36:21,200 their estimation that they're not getting what they think they 598 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:24,800 desire and need, they become grumblers. 599 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:29,500 And from there what stenting is that they just take off to 600 00:36:29,500 --> 00:36:31,700 another flock to express their woes? 601 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,600 Or within that same place they gather others that they can 602 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:38,900 Grumble with about Pastor about this person or about that lady 603 00:36:38,900 --> 00:36:42,900 or about sister. So and so, And so, they grumble. 604 00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:47,400 And there is a truth in which you and I do have an expectation 605 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:49,600 from those that we have committed to join our lives, 606 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,700 within the context of the local church. 607 00:36:51,900 --> 00:36:56,700 And even if there is negligence, even if leaders might not see 608 00:36:56,700 --> 00:37:00,500 something and miss, something is the solution to complain? 609 00:37:01,100 --> 00:37:04,600 I don't think so. The idea there is to confront 610 00:37:05,300 --> 00:37:08,300 and to humbly come and say, but I felt like I've been going 611 00:37:08,300 --> 00:37:12,100 through this and where were you? I mean, you know, you didn't 612 00:37:12,100 --> 00:37:14,000 see, you didn't hear, didn't you don't read? 613 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:18,400 Whatever the case may be. And so we have people who can 614 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,500 grumbling that way and then you just have people who find 615 00:37:21,500 --> 00:37:25,000 strange relief and projecting their frustrations on other, 616 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:27,900 especially those who are nearest to them, right? 617 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,000 They just lash out or they blame others for their problems that 618 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:34,200 happens. So often just easier to not see 619 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:37,300 you as a potential problem. It's easier to put it on other 620 00:37:37,300 --> 00:37:41,900 individuals and you find some kind of relief in that and it 621 00:37:41,900 --> 00:37:44,300 causes more pain than anything else. 622 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,300 You just need an outlet. So, you grumble. 623 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,000 Here's the thing. When I studied something like, 624 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:56,000 grumbling the more, I read my Bible from cover to cover, the 625 00:37:56,008 --> 00:38:00,600 more, I realize, God hates it, like, he really hates it. 626 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,400 It's not like it's annoying to him, he really hates it. 627 00:38:05,300 --> 00:38:07,600 And if I want the mind of Christ, then I want to, I want 628 00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:09,800 to see what he sees and I want to feel what he feels and I want 629 00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:13,000 to align myself with him. Do you want to know how much God 630 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,200 hates grumbling? It is convicting because as one 631 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,300 person put it there is respectable sins, right? 632 00:38:19,900 --> 00:38:23,000 They're like the obvious sins and then they're what we call as 633 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,700 Christians respectable sins. Like, they're not that big of a 634 00:38:25,700 --> 00:38:28,300 deal, we all do them. It's kind of like an unspoken 635 00:38:28,300 --> 00:38:31,600 thing. We all do it, but Gothic no, let 636 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:35,100 me show you. The first category of people 637 00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:39,600 that God will actually judge when he returns go to Jude, and 638 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:44,700 go to Jude verse 15, no chapter 21, chapter Jude 15. 639 00:38:45,900 --> 00:38:48,800 When Enoch the prophet prophesied about the coming of 640 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:50,500 Christ. Notice what he says here in 641 00:38:50,500 --> 00:38:56,600 verse 15. To execute judgment on all and 642 00:38:56,600 --> 00:39:00,100 to convict all the ungodly. I speak about the non-believer 643 00:39:00,300 --> 00:39:03,500 of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have 644 00:39:03,500 --> 00:39:05,300 committed in such an ungodly way. 645 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:07,800 And of all the harsh things that ungodly. 646 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:09,300 Sinners have spoken against them. 647 00:39:09,300 --> 00:39:11,300 Pause, how many times can you say ungodly? 648 00:39:12,300 --> 00:39:15,600 Ungodly ungodly. Ungodly ungodly Christ is coming 649 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,200 to judge the ungodly. Okay, and then he goes to 650 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,500 explain who the ungodly. Are you ready for this verse 16? 651 00:39:20,700 --> 00:39:27,400 These are who grumblers the first category of people that 652 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,800 Jesus is going to judge is complainers. 653 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:38,500 Hey, you asked me I would murderers drug dealers Warlords. 654 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:44,500 Grumblers. Why? 655 00:39:44,500 --> 00:39:48,100 Because grumblings are size of unbelief. 656 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:53,800 Grumblings are testifying that God isn't sovereign. 657 00:39:54,900 --> 00:40:00,900 Grumblings are accusations against his perfect authorship 658 00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:06,000 over our lives. Grumblings. 659 00:40:06,300 --> 00:40:08,300 And I think there's a difference between grumbling and 660 00:40:08,300 --> 00:40:11,400 complaining, and holy, agitation, when we see 661 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,600 unrighteousness and we see Injustice and we see sin being 662 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,300 tolerated, there is a sense of zeal that we should know, but 663 00:40:17,308 --> 00:40:20,600 that's not the same. It's not the same grumbling down 664 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:25,000 deep inside again. is a pointing of the finger towards the 665 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:28,400 heavens and saying, God, you're really not in control and that's 666 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:31,500 the first class of people that the Lord will will confront 667 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:34,100 Okay. But what does this have to do 668 00:40:34,100 --> 00:40:36,900 with Christians? What is this have to do not just 669 00:40:36,900 --> 00:40:38,000 with Christians? What does it have to do with 670 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,500 Christians and the return of Christ? 671 00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:43,100 Well, according to James, the Lord does not just care about 672 00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:46,500 her attitude in our heart towards him but our attitude and 673 00:40:46,500 --> 00:40:51,400 our heart towards our brothers, That Matters to the Lord and it 674 00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:54,500 matters to the Lord, because guess who else? 675 00:40:54,500 --> 00:40:56,500 You're going to be spending eternity with in heaven. 676 00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:02,400 Look around you. Not just Jesus. 677 00:41:03,300 --> 00:41:11,200 No, the church in perfect. T', impatient inconsistent 678 00:41:11,500 --> 00:41:14,200 Christians. That's who's going to heaven 679 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:15,400 with you because you're one of them. 680 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,900 As am I? Right? 681 00:41:18,900 --> 00:41:25,300 I didn't get any a men's but and I see something about the heart 682 00:41:25,300 --> 00:41:27,600 of Christ here. James is hinting that the Lord 683 00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:31,700 is not going to let us enter in without first, addressing the 684 00:41:31,700 --> 00:41:33,700 issues that we've harbored in our hearts throughout our 685 00:41:33,700 --> 00:41:38,200 journey on Earth. Not don't Grumble against your 686 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,600 brother's, right? Because the judge is at the 687 00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:44,300 door. Which assumes what that when the 688 00:41:44,308 --> 00:41:48,200 judge comes, he will actually deal with our grumblings if we 689 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:49,800 don't deal with them. Now, either we deal with them 690 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:54,000 now or we'll deal with them then I think the Lord prefers that we 691 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,500 do with them now. So there are entrance is much 692 00:41:56,500 --> 00:41:59,700 more glorious than having to deal with bitterness and envy 693 00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:04,400 unforgiveness. So what's the call in these in 694 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:06,300 these days? It's not just vertical, it's 695 00:42:06,300 --> 00:42:08,700 horizontal. It's to look around and to 696 00:42:08,700 --> 00:42:11,400 examine do some introspection and ask myself. 697 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:15,100 What is my what is my life like with other believers? 698 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:19,900 And then to really ask yourself is the grumblings of my heart, 699 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:24,300 justifiable are these complaints, are these annoyances 700 00:42:24,300 --> 00:42:26,600 something that I can actually qualify. 701 00:42:28,300 --> 00:42:32,300 If not bring it to the foot of the cross, say, Lord I want to 702 00:42:32,300 --> 00:42:33,700 have an attitude of Thanksgiving. 703 00:42:33,700 --> 00:42:37,100 When you come, I want to have a heart of gratitude heal me 704 00:42:37,100 --> 00:42:39,300 because I'm no different than an Israelite. 705 00:42:39,300 --> 00:42:41,400 In the wilderness, please forgive me and he will. 706 00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:44,100 And when you fall into it again, you come to him again and you 707 00:42:44,100 --> 00:42:46,200 can even bring your grumblings to him and he will deal with you 708 00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:49,100 gently. But if you feel like even after 709 00:42:49,100 --> 00:42:52,300 all that examination, no, I am justified, I have legitimate 710 00:42:52,300 --> 00:42:54,900 concerns, and complaints against this, and that or that. 711 00:42:54,900 --> 00:42:58,400 Okay, fine. Deal with it. 712 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,900 Go to her brother. Go to her sister with the 713 00:43:01,900 --> 00:43:05,600 motivation of the coming King. I don't know if that's really 714 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:09,800 the motivation for us but let it be now I know that the Lord is 715 00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:11,100 going to ask me about these grumbling. 716 00:43:11,100 --> 00:43:14,100 So I rather have the awkward conversation with a brother or 717 00:43:14,100 --> 00:43:16,700 sister that the stand before him and have to deal with it. 718 00:43:16,700 --> 00:43:21,900 Then make that call. And send that text message 719 00:43:22,700 --> 00:43:25,800 because I know you might not think it's a big deal, but this 720 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,300 is about the mind of Christ Christ. 721 00:43:28,300 --> 00:43:32,600 Wants us to be at peace with one another Christ wants our hearts 722 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,500 to be at peace, though. It may not even be verbalized. 723 00:43:34,500 --> 00:43:39,900 Our own Hearts to be a rest. Before he comes. 724 00:43:40,500 --> 00:43:43,400 So instead of grumbling, what is the Lord want to find instead of 725 00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:44,700 complaining? What does the Lord want to 726 00:43:44,707 --> 00:43:47,600 discover? I'll end it here back at Luke 727 00:43:47,900 --> 00:43:52,700 and Luke 18. Luke 18, verse 8. 728 00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:04,800 Jesus teaches on prayer, the unjust King, the persistent 729 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:11,000 Widow and this is how he ends. His teaching in verse 8, I tell 730 00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:13,200 you he will give Justice to them speedily. 731 00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:17,200 Nevertheless, when the son of man comes, will he find faith on 732 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:20,500 Earth? When he comes, will he find 733 00:44:20,500 --> 00:44:23,700 faith? Faith is the opposite of 734 00:44:23,700 --> 00:44:28,400 crumbling, right? Faith is absolute trust and 735 00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:31,500 Assurance in God's dealings. Even when everything looks like, 736 00:44:31,500 --> 00:44:34,500 it's out of control. The Lord is asking, well, I find 737 00:44:34,500 --> 00:44:36,700 that kind of faith and in the context here, the faith. 738 00:44:36,700 --> 00:44:40,300 He's speaking about is prayer, will I find a Praying people 739 00:44:40,700 --> 00:44:42,500 when I come? That's a whole different 740 00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:43,900 subject. Well, I find it. 741 00:44:43,900 --> 00:44:47,000 People who have really encapsulate, what abiding in him 742 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,300 really looks like and that's dependency on him and crying out 743 00:44:49,300 --> 00:44:51,500 them sure, but it goes beyond that if we consider the rest of 744 00:44:51,508 --> 00:44:54,600 the Bible, well, Many people whose heart believe me. 745 00:44:56,600 --> 00:45:00,600 Believe me. I'm going to end it here. 746 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:05,400 As I ended here, I'm going to trust that may be in your own 747 00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:07,700 walk. Now you have been stimulated to 748 00:45:07,700 --> 00:45:09,400 perhaps look further into the scriptures. 749 00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:13,400 Say if I really believe that the Lord is coming back, I really 750 00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:15,400 believe that these days are point, the things that I read of 751 00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:18,900 a my Bible Lord, what do you want to see me when you do come 752 00:45:20,700 --> 00:45:22,100 What you want to see? You want me to abide? 753 00:45:22,100 --> 00:45:23,900 I will abide give me the grace to abide. 754 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,300 You want me to serve Lord? Show me what my calling is show 755 00:45:26,300 --> 00:45:28,500 me what might give this in this season, I don't care if it's 756 00:45:28,500 --> 00:45:31,600 glamorous. I just want to be blessed by you 757 00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:35,600 and I want you to be blessed Old Orchard grumbling. 758 00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:40,700 Okay. Help me not Grumble or please 759 00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:44,300 this really means a lot to you. Then help me trust that in to 760 00:45:44,700 --> 00:45:48,700 submit my life to that. Do something in me and which 761 00:45:48,700 --> 00:45:52,500 comes out of me, the fragrance of Thanksgiving and Glory unto 762 00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:55,800 you. That's the kind of walk that 763 00:45:55,800 --> 00:46:00,100 Jesus wants from us now. That's what he wants from us and 764 00:46:00,100 --> 00:46:03,900 now I know you have a mortgage. I know you have your problems. 765 00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:05,400 I know, you have to finish your degree. 766 00:46:05,500 --> 00:46:09,200 I know, but look at the days that we're living in, and if 767 00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:14,300 it's going to excite anything he's coming, he can come and may 768 00:46:14,300 --> 00:46:16,800 we be found in him the way he desires to find us. 769 00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:30,200 Let's pray. You were so clear, undeniably 770 00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:33,900 obvious. We believe that you will come 771 00:46:33,900 --> 00:46:38,300 again. We believe that prophecy will be 772 00:46:38,300 --> 00:46:42,600 fulfilled. We believe that we will be saved 773 00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:47,300 for all of eternity. But Lord we see and we've just 774 00:46:47,300 --> 00:46:50,100 heard through this message, how relational you really are. 775 00:46:51,700 --> 00:46:54,200 And we've got a greater glimpse of what really blesses and 776 00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:58,800 pleases Your Heart Lord. We know that we can always 777 00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:01,900 become better and be stronger in our walk with you. 778 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:09,100 But we also know that in your grace all you ask of us is our 779 00:47:09,100 --> 00:47:11,300 hearts to be pastured in that direction. 780 00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:16,300 And so we know Lord that is a desires, not there than all that 781 00:47:16,300 --> 00:47:19,600 will happen from, this is being guilt-ridden and that will not 782 00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:23,700 last long. So father by your spirit, we 783 00:47:23,700 --> 00:47:27,400 pray that you would come inside as you do abide in us, but that 784 00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:30,800 you would come inside and do a deeper work, a work in which we 785 00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:34,500 are able to perceive all things in light of your return and also 786 00:47:34,500 --> 00:47:37,100 what you call us to do in preparation for that awesome 787 00:47:37,100 --> 00:47:40,200 event. Lord for those who ministered as 788 00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:44,200 Samuel ministered, we pray that they would know a Greater Grace 789 00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:48,800 and strength in their service that they realize that they are 790 00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:53,100 indispensable members of the body of iced loved and honored 791 00:47:53,100 --> 00:47:56,800 by you and Lord help us love and cherish and praise those who 792 00:47:56,800 --> 00:48:01,400 serve and less obvious ways. Lord for those who are easily 793 00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:03,700 distracted and they know that about themselves and it's 794 00:48:03,700 --> 00:48:08,000 difficult for them to know what it means to really enjoy Jesus 795 00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:10,900 Christ. They have convictions, they know 796 00:48:10,900 --> 00:48:13,600 right and wrong but Lord perhaps they don't know what it means to 797 00:48:13,900 --> 00:48:18,000 fellowship with you to actually no joy in you. 798 00:48:18,700 --> 00:48:23,000 Lord teach us teach us for those who have known that but have 799 00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:29,700 lost it. when us again, re-establish, our hearts And 800 00:48:29,700 --> 00:48:32,400 Lord, when grumbling comes and it's so easy to Grumble Grumble, 801 00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:34,800 during these times, help us catch it. 802 00:48:35,500 --> 00:48:40,100 Help us catch the Lord and help us not condemn ourselves to 803 00:48:40,100 --> 00:48:44,200 death, help us understand Lord, that you understand, and that 804 00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:46,800 you work with us. And what you cherishing, what 805 00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:49,800 you prize is a heart that is humble that walks in the light, 806 00:48:50,200 --> 00:48:53,500 acknowledges his word, his or her weaknesses, and believes 807 00:48:53,500 --> 00:48:54,800 that you are there to empower us. 808 00:48:54,800 --> 00:48:59,800 When we asked for it, Lord, in this place, we will stand And we 809 00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:03,800 will sing first for our Redemption and second because 810 00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:05,700 you've made known to us what you long from us. 811 00:49:05,700 --> 00:49:08,400 And that is our desire to please you. 812 00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:12,400 So we will sing with absolute Delight in our hearts, in Jesus 813 00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:14,100 name, we pray. Amen. 814 00:49:14,900 --> 00:49:17,500 Amen. Indeed let's stand and worship 815 00:49:17,500 --> 00:49:18,000 together.