1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,600 This is this is a very special service today. 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:08,360 Thank you for coming, watching online, listening on Grace FM. 3 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:13,240 This is a turning point in ministry of Calvary Chapel 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:18,360 today, as we are in the process of beginning to develop future 5 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:23,160 leadership for the church to continue on long after Pastor 6 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,480 Lewis and myself are no longer here. 7 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,600 We're not leaving yet. Hopefully we'll have some more 8 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,480 time here to be with you guys and to love you guys and to 9 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:36,240 teach you the Word of God. But we also realize that we're 10 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:37,800 not going to be here forever, right? 11 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,400 Charlie Kirk, unfortunately, was taken out at 31 years old. 12 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:46,400 No one anticipated that. Fortunately in your organization 13 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:50,880 they had leadership plan to continue that long after he was 14 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,960 gone and he was aware of the fact that he's his life could 15 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,120 have been taken and unfortunately it was. 16 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:03,200 So we're still grieving that. Pastor Bodie Bachmann, a 17 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:08,440 wonderful pastor, good friends with a lot of us in ministry. 18 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,400 He was very close with RC Sprole and John MacArthur. 19 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:16,440 He died at 56 years old. He had a, a minor surgery thing 20 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:20,640 and the Lord took him home. I'm driving up from Charleston, 21 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:26,400 WV on Wednesday, driving like I always do, 100 miles an hour, 22 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:31,000 now 665 miles an hour. And this thing came out like I 23 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,280 had no idea, like where it came from, what it was. 24 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:34,840 It sort of looked like a large dog. 25 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,120 It could have been, you know, a number of type of animals. 26 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:42,400 But I hit him and fortunately, George says it was good. 27 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,800 I didn't swerve because if I would have, I would have flipped 28 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:46,960 the vehicle and who knows where I'd be right now. 29 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,360 But anyway, the Lord spared my life. 30 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,560 So we're wise enough to know that we need to have depth in 31 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,480 every aspect of our ministry here for people to carry on when 32 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:58,800 some of us may no longer be here anymore. 33 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:03,840 So that's really important. And so I just wanted to to share 34 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,240 a little bit about the church itself. 35 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,240 I realized a couple years ago that it wasn't sustainable for 36 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,480 me to continue in the degree that I was 'cause I'm getting 37 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,920 older. So I asked Pastor Lewis to 38 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:19,920 consider becoming not an assistant pastor anymore, but a 39 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:23,520 Co pastor with equal responsibility with me. 40 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,560 And he took me up on that. And since he's done that, the 41 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,400 church has been so much healthier. 42 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,120 I've been more calm, less in the way of the Lord. 43 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,640 So if he teaches a month and I teach a month. 44 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:36,640 So this is my last Sunday this month. 45 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:40,320 So I'm excited to give it over to you, Lou, you know, for next 46 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:41,920 month. We're always kid each other. 47 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,240 Hey, it's your turn now. No, not yet. 48 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:48,280 But anyway, on Wednesday nights we have 5 wonderful men in the 49 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:53,440 church, lay pastors, lay leaders, not ordained formally, 50 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,120 but gifted teachers that teach on Wednesday night. 51 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,760 And I used to do it all myself, which wasn't again, sustainable. 52 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,280 But body life, we believe in team ministry here. 53 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,320 So everything we do is as a team, we, we don't have one 54 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:10,320 person making all the decisions, which is good for you and and 55 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,960 healthy for the church. And so we believe in body life. 56 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,680 And body life means when every part in the church does its 57 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:21,720 share, it makes increase of the body and to the edifying itself 58 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:26,240 together in love. And so not one person, but many 59 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,560 people serving the Lord together and serving one another. 60 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:35,720 So for the future of Calvary Chapel, 15 years ago, I met this 61 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,760 man named Lewis Harrell and Terry. 62 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:44,680 They attended a church picnic. And soon as I met Lewis, I said, 63 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,760 Lord, I'd love to serve you with him. 64 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:53,000 He didn't know that, but I was just hoping he might just choose 65 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,160 this church to come here. And he did. 66 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:00,880 And he walked into Calvary Chapel with his wife and his 67 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,960 family. Case and I believe was 13 at the 68 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:10,200 time. I first realized as I met Lewis 69 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,040 that he had giftings. But more importantly, he had a 70 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,000 love for people and a love for God. 71 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,839 And that's the kind of people you want to have in the church, 72 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:24,280 serving and leading people who love God and love you. 73 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:30,560 And so I had the same feeling when I met George Prentice and 74 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:36,400 John Morris and their families. And they've been with us forever 75 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:40,960 here in the ministry. And what's caused these long 76 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:45,920 term ministry relationships was their love for Jesus number one, 77 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:48,680 their understanding of the grace of God. 78 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,720 Not to judge people or criticize people or put people on guilt 79 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:58,120 trips, but just care for people and build them up and most 80 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,360 importantly their love for you is God's people. 81 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:07,240 Cason. When I met him as a young guy, I 82 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,000 could tell that there was something special about him. 83 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,600 And from the first day I met him, I knew he was a lover of 84 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:19,640 God and a lover of his church. He actually did some teaching 85 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,880 way back then. We had some of the young people, 86 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:29,040 Nathan Pace and Josh Susak and Cason and maybe one or two other 87 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,960 guys I can't remember now, that taught the youth on Wednesday 88 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,000 nights. And I could see even way back 89 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,080 then that the Lord had his hand on Cason. 90 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:43,560 I watched him excel in basketball in Hempfield, went to 91 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:47,000 many games and sat there with Lewis and Terry. 92 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:52,760 And also, I got to see him play in college at Indiana, Purdue, 93 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,960 and then online at Killister in Ireland. 94 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:00,000 And he was always pointing the fans to Jesus. 95 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:04,160 Every time he'd have a slam dunk or do this crazy 3 pointer, he'd 96 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:08,880 be like, like that man, one way. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus he. 97 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,880 He would be on his knees in front of the public praying 98 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:16,680 before games and he impacted the rest of his team as coaches. 99 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:22,560 And he always had a heart to be a servant at Calvary Chapel. 100 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:25,400 And he works with the kids right now. 101 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,720 And Pastor Chuck told us years ago that if you want to find 102 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,480 someone really called by God to go into ministry, start them in 103 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:36,480 a kids ministry. Most guys are too proud to do 104 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:37,160 that. Kids. 105 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,920 I'm I'm I'm supposed to be teaching adults. 106 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,120 And Chuck said if you can't teach kids and keep their 107 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,480 attention, you're not going to certainly be able to teach 108 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,040 adults and a lot of wisdom. So Cason actually be teaching 109 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,320 the kids this morning after he shares for a couple moments. 110 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,840 We spoke to him about pastoral ministry many years ago. 111 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:03,040 As we saw in his life God's anointing and calling today, 112 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:08,400 this call is now a new beginning for him and for us as a church. 113 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:14,760 Today he'll begin his training and he covets your prayers and 114 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:21,640 your encouragement as you help him to develop in this this 115 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,200 work. After I got done praying in the 116 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:28,000 hallways, we always pray before the service. 117 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,000 I came walking out and I saw him and the worship was starting and 118 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:35,400 he just took this deep breath. And I understand, you know, 119 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,800 every Sunday I come up here, I'm taking a deep breath like Lord, 120 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,560 just have your way and keep me out of the way, right? 121 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,760 But it, it's intimidating, right? 122 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:47,360 We can't do this without the Holy Spirit and without his 123 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,960 power, because if it isn't him, nothing's going to be good for 124 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,480 you guys. So Cason was no more words to 125 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:54,760 me. Come on up and share with the 126 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:58,520 church how this all transpired. When you began to think about 127 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:02,960 this, the the decision you had to make to retire early from 128 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,200 professional ball in Ireland and. 129 00:08:13,810 --> 00:08:17,370 Good morning. I'll be honest, it's weird being 130 00:08:17,370 --> 00:08:19,490 home right now. I'm not used to being home this 131 00:08:19,490 --> 00:08:21,210 late in September. I'm usually on a plane right 132 00:08:21,210 --> 00:08:24,930 now, so it's nice to be back home with you guys for good now. 133 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,280 Yeah. So, yeah, Pastor Clark and my 134 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:33,080 dad brought this to my attention couple years ago. 135 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:35,960 And at the time, like, I just felt like I was really just in 136 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,360 the prime of my basketball career and I just wasn't ready 137 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,039 to stop. Like, I just felt really good. 138 00:08:42,039 --> 00:08:43,880 And I was just, I wanted to keep going. 139 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:45,440 And of course, they didn't put any pressure on me. 140 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:46,960 They just kept, you know, telling me to just keep praying 141 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,240 about it, keep praying about it, which I did. 142 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:54,320 So this past year in Ireland, for some reason, I don't know 143 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:59,320 when it when it started, but I just really got very interested 144 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,800 in in studying the word a lot more deeper than I had years 145 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,200 past. So I started diving into Paul's 146 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:06,840 letters. I started in the Romans. 147 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:12,160 And for some reason I just like felt this like excitement about 148 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:13,080 it. And I'm just like, I want to 149 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,400 teach this. And I was just like, it started 150 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:17,840 really tugging in my heart at the time. 151 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,480 But again, I was still kind of back and forth to pick, 'cause 152 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,840 I'm in the middle of my season and I'm, I'm playing really 153 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:23,800 good. I'm like, I'm not ready to give 154 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,480 this up yet. So it was actually after we won 155 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:32,560 our national Cup where the feeling really started to, to 156 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:36,400 hit. And I remember like I wasn't 157 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:38,960 like depressed or something, but there was definitely something 158 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:41,360 on my mind after we won. I wasn't as excited about it as 159 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,520 I thought I would be. And I remember talking to my 160 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:47,000 parents because they can, they, they could always tell when 161 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,320 something's bothering me or something's like not right. 162 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:50,520 So they were just like, you know, what's going on? 163 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,440 I'm like, well, I'm not really sure if I want to keep doing 164 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:55,320 this. And they were just like, you 165 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,320 know, what do you mean? Well, I just, I've really been 166 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:59,760 like studying these letters from Paul. 167 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,120 And I'm just like, I really have like starting to have a heart to 168 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,560 like to teach. And you know, they just said, 169 00:10:05,560 --> 00:10:06,680 well, just keep praying about it. 170 00:10:06,680 --> 00:10:08,480 Keep praying about, you know, God will make it clear whether 171 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,720 something wants you to do so around like the last month of 172 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,440 our season, my dad actually brought to my attention about a 173 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,880 job that it opened up at, at the Hemfield Park where I used to 174 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,400 train all the time. So I told I, I prayed and I told 175 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,320 God, I said, God, if if you want me to stop playing, let me get 176 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:27,000 this job, I'll come home, I'll call it for good. 177 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,200 Literally last month of the season, I get a call. 178 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,720 They offered me the job. So at that point I was like, OK, 179 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,000 that's it. I'm done. 180 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:41,440 So I finished that year, came home, and even today I still get 181 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,600 a lot of questions like why, like, like, why did you stop? 182 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:45,200 Like you're at the primary career, You could definitely 183 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,080 keep playing. And I'm just like, well, you 184 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:48,720 know, God called me to something different. 185 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:52,600 And even when I came home for a little bit, I wasn't 100% sure. 186 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:54,800 And then Pastor Clark took me out to lunch last weekend and we 187 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,280 talked and we, you know, we kind of explained kind of what he 188 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,680 wanted me to do and just kind of just really just broke it down 189 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:03,400 in a way that that made it, you know, a lot easier to 190 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,920 understand. And I just, I felt like, you 191 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,880 know, it was time for me to answer this call and I couldn't 192 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:13,280 run from it anymore. And you know, I told, you know, 193 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:15,600 I told my dad my parents this morning, like I, you know, I was 194 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,080 nervous and everything. And I remember I saw a quote on 195 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:22,440 Facebook actually yesterday was God doesn't call the qualified, 196 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,840 He qualifies the called. And that just gave me a lot of 197 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,440 peace 'cause it's like, even if I'm, even if I don't feel like 198 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:33,200 I'm ready, I know that if I just keep my eyes on Jesus and just 199 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:37,560 lock in with him and just pray and just stay in his word and 200 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:41,720 just keep my focus on him, that, you know, when it's, when it's 201 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:45,200 time, I'll be ready. So big thing for me is just 202 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:49,200 prayers from all of you, please. Just that I keep my eyes on 203 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:53,960 Jesus, that I, I really step into this calling with faith and 204 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:57,160 that you know, when the time is right, that you know, God puts 205 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:00,120 me where he wants me to be and that I'm able to lead this 206 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,120 church whenever it's time or, or help leave this church the way 207 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,120 that God wants me to do it. But I, I thank you all for your 208 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:07,320 support. I thank you all for your 209 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:09,440 prayers. And I'm really excited for what 210 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,080 God has for not just me, but for all of us in the future. 211 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:21,440 So thank you. So stay up here for a couple 212 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:22,800 minutes. We're going to have some prayer 213 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,200 for you. I wanted to read from Second 214 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:29,400 Timothy chapter 2, and the whole chapter is all about being 215 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:32,120 called into ministry. So you can read a lot of it on 216 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:33,280 your own. I'm not going to read it all 217 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:37,120 today, but you therefore, my son, be strong and the grace 218 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:46,920 that is in Christ Jesus and the things that you have heard from 219 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:52,160 me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will 220 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:57,040 be able to teach others also. You therefore must endure 221 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,920 hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 222 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:04,400 No one engaged in warfare and tangles himself with the affairs 223 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,520 of this life that he may please him who enlisted him as a 224 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:12,200 soldier. And also if anyone competes in 225 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:16,480 athletics and you know about that, right, he is not crowned 226 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:20,760 unless he competes according to the rules, the hard working 227 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:24,560 farmer must first be a partaker of the crops. 228 00:13:24,560 --> 00:13:29,680 Consider what I say and may the Lord give you understanding and 229 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:31,040 all things. Amen. 230 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:35,720 So Pastor Lewis and Terry, if you could come up, I believe 231 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,760 John Morris is here today. I don't know if Lewis is here or 232 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:42,280 not Lewis, but George, but whoever's here, come on up. 233 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,760 And we're going to pray for Cason's calling. 234 00:13:56,940 --> 00:14:01,700 John, if you could lay hands on Cason and praise the Lord leads 235 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:05,340 you here. Here's thank you. 236 00:14:08,380 --> 00:14:12,140 We're going to pray in light of things that have happened in our 237 00:14:12,140 --> 00:14:16,260 country in the last few weeks. A man is coming to serve. 238 00:14:16,620 --> 00:14:19,640 And my question is, are you willing? 239 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:21,480 We know you're willing to live for Christ. 240 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:24,520 Are you willing to die? I figured that. 241 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:29,640 I figured that. So you know we're going to pray 242 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:35,000 that in his heart he has a heart like Joe, even if he slays me 243 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,280 yet will I trust in him no matter what. 244 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,600 So this is the kind of man you have standing before you today. 245 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:47,560 So let's pray, Father, you know Kayson's heart, his desire to 246 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,880 serve you. He's lived his life to glorify 247 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:53,920 you. And now he's going to endeavour 248 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:58,400 to to move into full time service, which he's always been 249 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,840 in full time service, Lord, but he's going to stand before your 250 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,760 body as a teacher. And Lord, we ask for your 251 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,840 guidance for him, for your wisdom upon his life. 252 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:11,280 Lord, protect him, watch over him, and not under physical 253 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:13,400 trouble, Lord, but spiritual things. 254 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:15,880 Lord, that you would guard his heart and you would make him 255 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:19,680 strong in you, then nothing would sway him, nothing would 256 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,440 move him. Lord, that he would be fearless, 257 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:28,040 kind and loving, but fearless, Lord, not fearing any man. 258 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,280 Our message, Your message goes against the world, the culture 259 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:37,200 of the world, and he needs to stand true to what you've given 260 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,680 us through your word. And Lord, I just pray that you 261 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:43,600 would strengthen him, that he would rely on his brothers in 262 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:48,040 the church to, to sharpen his iron against Lord and your word, 263 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,880 and that he would have unity with the brothers in the church, 264 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:53,880 Lord. And again, that you would guide 265 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:57,920 him and bless him as he, as he serves you in this body. 266 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:02,480 Lord, he's, he'll be the pastor of the church, which means he's 267 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,400 the servant of all. He's your servant, Lord. 268 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:09,840 So Lord, strengthen him and bless him in what he does in 269 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:14,520 Jesus name, Amen. And all God's people said, Amen. 270 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:19,960 So one of your one of your first duties is to dismiss the kids 271 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,120 and pray the Lords blessing on what you're going to teach them 272 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:23,200 today. Go ahead. 273 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,080 Lord, just thank you for all these kids. 274 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,120 I just thank you for the privilege it is to be able to 275 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,440 administer to these kids today. And Lord, I just pray that you 276 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,560 would just watch over them Lord, keep them Lord, against the the 277 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:38,640 darkness of this world. And I pray that they will just 278 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,560 keep their eyes on you and just keep their childlike heart for 279 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,360 you God and just continue to grow in the things of you. 280 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,600 In Jesus name we pray, Amen. Amen. 281 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:52,960 Thank you. Good job, Pastor. 282 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,360 Pastor, do you want to say any? You got to say something. 283 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:00,160 This is like a one time deal, right? 284 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:01,760 You have one son. I have none. 285 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:03,720 I have two daughters. Now, if they were sons, they 286 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,520 would have been doing this, you know, maybe my grandson someday, 287 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:15,560 but I. Have no greater joy. 288 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:19,200 Didn't see my children walking the truth. 289 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:22,119 Amen, Amen. Amen, brother. 290 00:17:31,120 --> 00:17:34,120 OK, we're in First Corinthians 13 this morning. 291 00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:38,200 If you have your Bibles, turn there and it won't be a long 292 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:43,600 message because I covered half of this book last week and that 293 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:50,000 we'll we'll complete it today. So First Corinthians 13 is not a 294 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,840 chapter just to read and hear words. 295 00:17:54,520 --> 00:18:01,440 I'm thinking as I was studying it today that this teaching in 296 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:06,280 First Corinthians 13 about what love is, you could put your name 297 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:11,240 in all these little definitions of of what it is and find that 298 00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:14,600 you have struggles with it. You have challenges of doing it 299 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:19,080 or living it out, and this isn't something you can do in your own 300 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:21,040 strength. This has to be done by the Holy 301 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:25,760 Spirit and when you find that you're a flawed and you're not 302 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,920 able to love this way, don't beat yourself up to say Lord, I 303 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:34,040 want you to do this in me because I can't do this apart 304 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:38,880 from you, from you. It's as though I speak with the 305 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:41,800 tongues of men and of angels, but have not love. 306 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,280 I've become a sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 307 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,200 And though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all 308 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:53,160 mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faiths that I 309 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,840 could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 310 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:03,240 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I 311 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,600 give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me 312 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,800 nothing. Love suffers long, so you can 313 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:13,480 put your name in there. Just quietly say to yourself and 314 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:21,880 to the Lord, I suffer long. Love is kind. 315 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:29,400 Love does not envy. Love does not parade itself, is 316 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:33,960 not puffed up, does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, 317 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:38,680 is not provoked, thinks no evil, does not rejoice in iniquity, 318 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:44,240 but rejoices in the truth, bears all things, believes all things, 319 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:47,720 hopes all things, and endures all things. 320 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,800 Love never fails, but whether there are prophecies, they will 321 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:54,160 fail. Whether there are tongues, they 322 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,000 will cease. Whether there is knowledge, it 323 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,360 will vanish away. For we know in part, and we 324 00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:03,560 prophecy in part. But when that which is perfect 325 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:06,560 is come, then that which is in part will be done away. 326 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,920 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, 327 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,160 I thought as a child. But when I became a man, I put 328 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:18,120 away childish things. For now we see in a mere dimly 329 00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:22,080 but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I 330 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:26,920 shall know just as also I am known and now abide Faith, hope, 331 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:30,480 love these three. But the greatest of these is 332 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:34,320 love. Father, we read this chapter 333 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:38,480 understanding it's about your love, your agape, your 334 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:42,320 unconditional undeserved love that you give to each of us. 335 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:46,440 And Father, I pray that you would help us to read this 336 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:52,880 periodically just to see how much we are either not becoming 337 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:56,480 more like you in our daily life, or we are encouraged, 338 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,280 understanding that you are causing us to begin to to live 339 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:04,440 our lives out this way, that we actually do these things by the 340 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:08,320 power of Your Holy Spirit. That we're not uptight. 341 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,280 That we're patient. That we're kind. 342 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:15,680 That we're loving, that we esteem others more highly, and 343 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:19,280 we do ourselves all the things that are all about you and how 344 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:22,240 you lived your life when you were on the earth and how you 345 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,520 taught your apostles and your followers. 346 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,880 And so, Lord, please bless your people today. 347 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,160 Encourage us. Do in US, Lord, what we're not 348 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,840 capable of doing in ourselves. For Lord, we want to. 349 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:37,640 Be these kind of people and we just ask these things in your 350 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:42,520 name, Jesus Amen. So some thoughts on this 351 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:44,360 chapter. Cindy and I read this when we 352 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:47,040 first got married because it meant a lot to us. 353 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:54,000 We were just young kids 20 and 18 coming out of the world. 354 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:58,360 I had long hair, former hippie got my hair cut off 1/2 an inch 355 00:21:58,360 --> 00:22:03,600 to please my father-in-law. My wife had a mini skirt on. 356 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,920 It was surrealistic. As I look the pictures by my 357 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:12,440 bedside, I look at it and I think about all the years God's 358 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:19,000 taken us through hard times, challenging times, times we 359 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:24,840 regret, times that we look back and smile and this thank God for 360 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:28,800 the experiences. But learning to live. 361 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:34,800 And be in. Love with God is a process and a 362 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:39,840 journey. Proverbs 817 says I love those 363 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:45,760 who love me and those who seek me diligently will find me. 364 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:48,960 I thought about that verse this morning. 365 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:55,840 The Lord loves us, but He really loves us when He knows we love 366 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:59,880 Him back. The Bible says we love Him 367 00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:04,520 because He first loved us. So the love relationship with 368 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,440 God begins with Him loving you and me. 369 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,200 While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 370 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:17,160 And so I was thinking about how much do I seek Him diligently? 371 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:22,960 I try to every day to start my day to seek Him. 372 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,600 But some days are crazy, right? You get up and you're so busy 373 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:30,040 and you got so much stuff to do that you find yourself taking 374 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:34,280 off in your life without seeking Him, without asking him for 375 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,600 direction, without asking him for help. 376 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,520 Maybe on the fly you do it. But it's it's, it's a difference 377 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:44,800 between diligently and superficially seeking him. 378 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,680 And sometimes we find ourselves not sensing God's presence in 379 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:54,840 our lives because we haven't been taking time to spend 380 00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:59,000 seeking him. And he said if we spend time 381 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:03,520 seeking him, we will find him. And there's nothing better than 382 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:07,600 having the presence of God in your life and experiencing that. 383 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:12,040 The thing you come to church for isn't to just get information. 384 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,120 You're praying. And I'm praying to God help us 385 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:18,960 find you today and the challenges of life in the midst 386 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,640 of the adversity and the struggles and the things we all 387 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:26,440 find challenging, the temptations, the setbacks, the 388 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:30,040 failings, whatever it might be, that we might come here and find 389 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:33,800 hope again and be reminded that God is with us and He'll never 390 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:38,520 leave us or forsake us. He's not like an earthly father 391 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:42,200 who can easily be disappointed. He's never disappointed because 392 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:49,600 he knows the way we are and and he expects our failings, but he 393 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:51,120 doesn't leave us in our feelings. 394 00:24:51,120 --> 00:24:55,080 He comes to our rescue to bring us out of the feelings and out 395 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:59,760 of the mistakes and out of the mock at times we find ourselves 396 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:04,960 in to restore us into that relationship with Him of love. 397 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:15,640 The Apostle John tells us in the 14th chapter about what the key 398 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,360 is in regard to this love relationship. 399 00:25:19,120 --> 00:25:22,000 And these are the words in your Bible, the red letter. 400 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,160 This is actually Jesus actually speaking. 401 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,680 He says, if you love me, keep my commandments. 402 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,440 And I used to read that. And I think this responsibility 403 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,880 I have to keep and do work harder. 404 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,840 And lots of times like I didn't want to like keep his 405 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,360 commandments. I didn't want to obey him. 406 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:50,440 I wanted to do what I wanted to do, I wanted to keep my plans in 407 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:56,040 place and at times in my journey is learning to be a follower of 408 00:25:56,040 --> 00:26:00,800 Jesus Christ. I found that I was disobedient 409 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:05,280 and yet He still loved me and He still loves you. 410 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:11,240 But that deep relationship that can be established and developed 411 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:17,240 with God is this internal desire that, Lord, I really want to 412 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:20,880 follow you because I love you, not because I have to. 413 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:27,080 I want to follow you because I'm learning how much you love me. 414 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,360 And if you love someone, you don't want to intentionally hurt 415 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:40,200 them or betray them, he says. Then knowing when He tells us, 416 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:43,760 we have to endeavor to keep His commandments, He says, and I 417 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:47,400 will pray the Father, and He will give you another helper, 418 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:49,760 that He may abide with you forever. 419 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,880 The spirit of truth. And the world can't receive, 420 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,240 because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. 421 00:26:56,360 --> 00:26:59,800 But you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 422 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,280 I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you. 423 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,040 Isn't that cool how God does that? 424 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,640 He tells us like this heavy thing. 425 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:08,840 If you love me, keep my commandments. 426 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,680 And then right away he realizes that we're not going to do it 427 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:17,160 without a helper, right? The Holy Spirit, that's his 428 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,560 grace. And he gives us the Holy Spirit 429 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,120 to do this work of obedience in our lives. 430 00:27:23,120 --> 00:27:30,440 Give us a desire to be obedient. So the whole Bible is full of 431 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,960 teachings on this love relationship that the Father 432 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:40,720 desires to have with us. And my wife tells me, and we've 433 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:45,480 been married a long time. The thing she cherishes most are 434 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:49,160 the times that we can just talk together and pray together. 435 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,560 It's not the stuff that I can get her do for her. 436 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:59,480 Whatever it's, it's deeper. It's heart to heart, right? 437 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:04,400 It's communicating your heart to your lover's heart, your bride's 438 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:09,200 heart. If you're married, and then the 439 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:15,040 same kind of love relationship to God is tender and precious to 440 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,040 Him. When you pour your heart out to 441 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:22,560 Him and want to talk to Him and share your dreams and your 442 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:26,760 desires and the longings you have and the vision that He's 443 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:32,280 given you as a family, for your marriage, for your home, for 444 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:36,640 your kids, your grandkids, everyone that enters into your 445 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:38,520 life, your workers, your coworkers. 446 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:42,720 This this love relationship. And the fun part for me in life 447 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:47,680 is to watch the people I know and I care most about initially 448 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:52,560 my family and then you guys. Watching how God uses you to 449 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:57,720 love people unconditionally. Seeing you forgive people for 450 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:01,520 things that most people would never even consider forgiving 451 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:06,240 anybody for. I watched Erica Kirk last Sunday 452 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:14,240 in her short eulogy on what her husband meant to her and this 453 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:20,600 woman was so empty of herself and so full of the grace of God 454 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:26,680 that she was able just to be a. Vessel of this love for 455 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:31,680 everyone, but also the person who killed her husband. 456 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:37,480 She forgave him. Now, maybe some of us would come 457 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:41,560 to that kind of place or conclusion down the road in our 458 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:48,080 life, but this is just a few days after her husband was taken 459 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:51,360 from her through that violent, senseless killing. 460 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,480 I listened to testimonies of people that serve in government. 461 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:03,400 Not all of them, but a lot of them that spoke from their heart 462 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:07,440 about their love for Jesus Christ and their love for their 463 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:11,040 country and their love for their fellow man. 464 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:17,000 That's rare, isn't it? You don't hear that in media, 465 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:22,760 you don't hear that in Hollywood, and usually you don't 466 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:27,040 hear it in everyday life and the people you run with or you work 467 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:36,920 with in Galatians and Ephesians. We learned these things when we 468 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:40,600 went to Bible college many years ago, and we're still trying to, 469 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:47,840 you know, submit and yield to the reality of these verses. 470 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:54,560 Ephesians 518. It uses the illustration of 471 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,800 alcohol and spiritual life, and there's nothing wrong with 472 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,120 someone having a drink, but there's something wrong when 473 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,720 someone has too much to drink. Because when they have too much 474 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,240 to drink, what are they controlled by? 475 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:09,840 The alcohol, right? And the alcohol then causes 476 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:15,640 problems in homes and drunk driving and abuse and all kind 477 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,640 of terrible things when it's not managed properly and maturely. 478 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:24,400 But Paul used an illustration that all the people could 479 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,080 understand because most people at one time or another have been 480 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:30,760 drunk and they knew what they would act like if they were 481 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:34,120 drunk. She says don't be drunk with 482 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:38,680 wine, where is an excess, but be filled with the Holy Spirit. 483 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,240 And if we're believers, we know the difference between 2 484 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:46,640 extremes. When we're filled with the Holy 485 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:51,960 Spirit, it's all about God first and everyone else 2nd. 486 00:31:52,920 --> 00:32:01,960 It's no longer about me or you. It's about this self selfless 487 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,440 kind of love that impacts the rest of the world. 488 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:12,360 Someone once said people don't care how much you know until 489 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:17,280 they see how much you care. And if there's no mention of 490 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:21,560 caring or loving others or illustration of laying your life 491 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,160 down for the sake of someone else. 492 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:28,160 And everything in the Bible is this words and messages, and we 493 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:32,160 come to worship and we just leave empty if we haven't 494 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:36,280 allowed these words to penetrate our lives and to change us. 495 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:50,360 Whenever we seek God with this depth of diligence, we begin to 496 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:57,640 cultivate a deep love for God. We're actively and earnestly 497 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,680 seeking God's wisdom and presence in our lives. 498 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:07,520 And we trust then that this diligently search will be 499 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,760 rewarded with God's presence and blessing. 500 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:17,840 And it's a fact that if we seek the Lord and love him this way 501 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,720 and seek him diligently will find him. 502 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:24,640 Like the U2 song says, you know, I still haven't found what I'm 503 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,720 looking for. You won't find what you're 504 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:33,280 looking for until you find your searches made complete in the 505 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,720 one that you were created to follow and to know, and that's 506 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:44,880 Jesus Christ. And then the book of Galatians 507 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:52,000 talks about the the fruit of the Spirit and the works of the 508 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:56,560 flesh. And when we were young 509 00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:01,160 Christians, we memorize these things, these chapters, Cindy 510 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:06,080 and I. And it says in verse 16 of 511 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,440 chapter 5, I say, then walk in the Spirit, and you shall not 512 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:11,760 fulfill the lust of the flesh. It's a command. 513 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:17,199 The, the, the Greek tense in that statement is that this is 514 00:34:17,199 --> 00:34:21,880 what you're to do, not a suggestion, but a commandment. 515 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,719 And why? He says the flesh lusts against 516 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:28,520 the spirit. So there's this battle between 517 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:32,000 our fallen nature and the new nature that we have that we've 518 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,719 been given when we got saved or born again. 519 00:34:35,639 --> 00:34:38,840 They're contrary to one another. So you can't do the things that 520 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:43,440 you want to do, and Paul talked about that in Romans 7. 521 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:45,760 Why do I do what I know I shouldn't do? 522 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:50,280 And why don't I do what I know that I really want to do? 523 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:55,360 That that conflict, that power of the flesh and the Spirit, but 524 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:58,160 it only can be overcome through the power of the Holy Spirit. 525 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:04,320 You can try and make promises and journal and hold, have 526 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:06,080 accountability partners, all that kind of stuff. 527 00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:10,720 Nothing's going to work until you're under the power of the 528 00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:13,400 Holy Spirit. And he says, if you're led by 529 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:16,000 the Spirit, you're no under the law. 530 00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:18,920 The law would be like, do this, don't do this. 531 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:22,760 And, and all the 10 commandments and, and you find that if you've 532 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,880 tried to live the commandments, you've broken them. 533 00:35:26,240 --> 00:35:29,160 That's why we needed a savior. That's why we needed Jesus 534 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:34,840 because he's the only one that could fulfill the law 100% and 535 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:38,400 give us his forgiveness and righteousness because he knows 536 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:47,640 we couldn't do it ourselves. And so he, he tells us then that 537 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:51,600 the works of the flesh, like if I'm under the compulsions of my 538 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:56,120 human fallen nature, they're going to be very clear. 539 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:58,960 And they could run into all kind of different sins. 540 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,280 Adultery, sex outside of marriage, fornication, 541 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:07,040 uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, 542 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:11,480 jealousy, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, 543 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:15,000 heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries and the 544 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:16,840 like. Of which I tell you beforehand, 545 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:20,160 just as I told you in time past, that those who practice such 546 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:21,960 things will not inherit the Kingdom of God. 547 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:26,040 So you read that and you say, well, you know, in my life I did 548 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:29,200 this, I did that, I did this. Well, that's why the cross is 549 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:32,640 there to forgive us, right? And to give us new life and, 550 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:37,200 and, and Jesus, he cleanses us from our sin through his blood. 551 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:41,520 And God says he chooses to remember our sins no more. 552 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:45,160 Isn't that awesome? I remember mine, but he says, 553 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,800 Clark, I'm not remembering him. So why are you remembering? 554 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:49,960 I don't know. I'm a knucklehead. 555 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:53,040 Lord, help me to think on the positive things that you've 556 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,800 done, not the negative things that I've done. 557 00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,360 Mercy, forgiveness, freedom, grace. 558 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:06,800 But we we find ourselves at times maybe not deep in the dive 559 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:11,200 at a flesh anymore of doing like the big bad ones, we think, but 560 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:15,080 like you're flipping out an outbursts of wrath, yelling at 561 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,360 someone just flipping out right. You ever do that? 562 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:19,840 Anybody ever flip out and yell at someone? 563 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,200 Raise your hand, every one of us. 564 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:25,720 We still don't Thanks, Dan. Dan's helping Jessica admit it, 565 00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:28,160 right? So he raises their hand for her. 566 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,960 But you know, we, we, we just do that, right? 567 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,760 We do it. But then what do we do? 568 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:35,720 Don't condemn. Just say, Lord, forgive me and 569 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:38,280 fill me with your spirits. And next time I'm going to be 570 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:42,320 cool and I may be calm and I may be collected and I'm going to be 571 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:48,160 under your control. So you still sin and that's why 572 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,600 there's repentance and confession before the Lord to 573 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,440 keep short accounts, get things right. 574 00:37:56,600 --> 00:38:00,600 But if we are doing this habitually and we could care 575 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:02,400 less, it's obvious we're not saved. 576 00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:05,560 We need a Savior. We need to get born again so 577 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:09,360 that our nature then begins to change into God's plan and not 578 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:12,600 our own. And then he says the fruit of 579 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:16,040 the Spirit and this correlates this First Corinthians 13 If 580 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,440 you're under the control of the Holy Spirit, the fruit of the 581 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:24,720 Spirit is Lovejoy, peace, long-suffering. 582 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:29,560 That's patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 583 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:36,880 gentleness and self-control. If you're, if you're honest and 584 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,840 you're a clear thinker, who wouldn't want to have that kind 585 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:46,440 of life, right, to be that way as much as possible in our 586 00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:49,360 lives? I mean, that's like the 587 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:54,200 ultimate, that's like the the goal of of human existence to 588 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:56,760 have that kind of demeanor and temperament. 589 00:38:56,760 --> 00:39:00,440 So you can live that way and and be that way in business and 590 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:03,840 neighbors and families and marriage of kids and craziness 591 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:07,000 stuff. And this have that gentleness 592 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:12,120 and that self-control. Against such there is no law. 593 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:17,160 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its 594 00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:21,240 passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us 595 00:39:21,240 --> 00:39:25,240 also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, 596 00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:28,120 provoking one another and envying one another. 597 00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:33,560 So we go back to first Corinthians 13 and all the 598 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:36,440 things there. Love suffering long, that's 599 00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:39,800 long-suffering, that's a fruit of the Spirit kind. 600 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,720 Doesn't envy. Love doesn't act like a big 601 00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:44,840 shot. It's not all about you or me. 602 00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:48,440 It's not puffed up and braggadocious, Does not behave 603 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:53,080 rudely, does not seek its own, has not provoked, Thinks no 604 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:57,080 evil, does not rejoice in sin but rejoices in the truth. 605 00:39:57,080 --> 00:39:59,880 Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, 606 00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:03,640 endures all things. So what happens is someone has a 607 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:07,160 failing or someone. Stumbles if someone falls and 608 00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:10,600 the human nature is, did you hear what happened to such and 609 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:15,120 such, right. And then we begin to tell 610 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:19,680 everybody about something that we have no business spreading 611 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:23,040 around about someone. If we really love someone. 612 00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:26,600 The Bible says love covers a multitude of sins. 613 00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:29,760 You want to cover the person's sins. 614 00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:31,960 You want to protect their reputation. 615 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,880 You don't want to destroy them publicly. 616 00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:38,040 Now you might have to talk to them and help them figure out 617 00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:40,280 how to get out of the mess they got themselves in. 618 00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:43,720 But love isn't like telling anybody else about someone 619 00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:48,200 else's dirty laundry or problems or failings. 620 00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:56,920 I loved how Jesus dealt with that woman caught in the act of 621 00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:01,800 adultery. Everybody knew about it because 622 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:06,840 of how people would talk about things and they wanted to accuse 623 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,160 her and they wanted to throw stones at her. 624 00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:18,160 And the way Jesus responded to this crisis was with his typical 625 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:22,640 long-suffering and love. He always behaved this way. 626 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:28,080 He always acted this way. He said you who are without sin, 627 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:35,800 let him cast the first stone. Guess what they did? 628 00:41:36,720 --> 00:41:41,040 They put their stones down and they walked away because who 629 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:44,480 were they to condemn someone else? 630 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:53,640 Love never fails. No matter what happens in your 631 00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:56,640 life or mine, God will never stop loving you. 632 00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:01,440 Everybody else might turn away from you, reject you, badmouth 633 00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:05,680 you, slander you, but at the end of the day, Jesus is always 634 00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:10,920 there with His arms. Come to me, all you labour and 635 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:14,920 are heavy laden and I will give you rest. 636 00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:19,160 Learn from me for I am meek and lowly of heart. 637 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:23,800 You will find rest for your souls when you feel everybody's 638 00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:27,000 betrayed you, abandoned you, There's no one that depends on 639 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:30,480 you, no one trusts you anymore. No one believes in you anymore. 640 00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:32,720 The Lord never stops believing in you. 641 00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:36,360 Isn't that awesome? That's the God we serve. 642 00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:41,640 That's the Jesus who saved us. And He's the one that wants us 643 00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:46,080 to tell everyone about who he really is, not who they might 644 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:50,840 think he is because of hypocrisy and self righteousness and 645 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:59,960 legalism and judgmentalism. That's not the gospel he talks 646 00:42:59,960 --> 00:43:03,040 about the giftings. And the giftings are still here 647 00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,360 today. But guess what? 648 00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:08,480 One day when he comes, they won't be needed anymore. 649 00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:16,120 You won't have to put up with inferior preaching from men like 650 00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:19,360 me or anybody else. We try to do the best we can 651 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:23,440 with whatever God's given us a gift and that's it. 652 00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,720 Like, you know, that's all, that's all I got right. 653 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,520 But Jesus, he has it all. And when he comes and preaches, 654 00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:41,440 it's going to be awesome. Whether there's prophecies, they 655 00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:43,440 will fail. Whether there are tongues, they 656 00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:46,280 will cease. Whether is knowledge, it will 657 00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:49,680 vanish away. For we know in part and we 658 00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:54,400 prophecy in part right now we're doing the best we can with the 659 00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:59,240 light that we have been given by God to teach the Word of God and 660 00:43:59,240 --> 00:44:03,320 to follow the Word of God. But when that is which is 661 00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:07,800 perfect has come, and that's Jesus, when he comes second 662 00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:10,720 coming, then that which is in part will be done away. 663 00:44:10,720 --> 00:44:15,200 Then won't need, there won't be any need for anything else but 664 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:19,000 Him. When I was a child, I spoke as a 665 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:23,240 child, remember? I had like this nostalgic thing 666 00:44:23,240 --> 00:44:26,600 couple days ago. I was working, I'm driving back, 667 00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:30,200 and the way the sun was setting that day just reminded me of 668 00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:31,920 what it was like when I was a kid. 669 00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:35,120 So I grew up in Irwin. So I drove down through the 670 00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:38,800 streets of Irwin and remembered things the way they were when I 671 00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:41,600 was a kid. Isley's was there, Murphy's 5 672 00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:45,440 and 10 was there. I remember going down into the 673 00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:48,880 five and 10 and when The Beatles came out, I they had those 40 674 00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:51,760 fives and and they had those little paper sleeves. 675 00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:54,800 If you remember, and I want to hold your hand was the, the, 676 00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:57,240 the, the big song that was on Ed Sullivan. 677 00:44:57,240 --> 00:45:00,040 It started The Beatles career. And I forget the other one. 678 00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:01,440 She loves me or something is on it. 679 00:45:01,720 --> 00:45:05,720 Well, I looked around and I put two of those in one one thing 680 00:45:05,720 --> 00:45:08,600 that was the kind of kid I was, you know, So I got 2 for the 681 00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:12,000 price of 1 I stole, right? I remembered that. 682 00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:16,080 I remembered walking down an Irwin and acting like a big 683 00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:17,960 shot, smoking my first cigarette. 684 00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:22,400 I remember going to the dance at the Methodist Church and I, like 685 00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:26,760 all these flashbacks, came back. I remember going down to the 686 00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:29,120 Irwin playground and it used to be packed on there. 687 00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:32,520 Kids playing basketball, tennis. I don't know where the kids are 688 00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:34,560 anymore. They're playing video games or 689 00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:35,320 something. I don't know. 690 00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:38,400 But we were down there playing until it got dark. 691 00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:43,960 And I remember as a kid, vaguely 3 years old, for whenever I was 692 00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:46,800 old enough to begin to walk around, I had this like 693 00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:49,800 adventurous spirit. So when my mom put me in for the 694 00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:51,240 nap, I didn't want to take the nap. 695 00:45:51,240 --> 00:45:55,160 So I figured out a way to lift the bedroom window up, climb out 696 00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:57,920 and get on the railing. And I had these pajamas on. 697 00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:00,400 I had these feet in, you know, didn't have any shoes. 698 00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:03,360 And I'd walk. I saw this alley going down to 699 00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:05,720 the Irwin playground and it just drew me. 700 00:46:05,720 --> 00:46:08,360 It was sun was on. It looked like the yellow brick 701 00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:11,240 road, right? And I just walked down there and 702 00:46:11,240 --> 00:46:13,280 I went down there. My poor Mama came out. 703 00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:16,360 Oh my gosh, where is he? And she would come down and she 704 00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:18,800 knew I was down there and she'd have a hair brush and she'd be 705 00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:22,440 beating my beat my butt the whole way up with me on her 706 00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:25,320 shoulder beating me. And I don't you ever do that 707 00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:26,880 again. Well, I, I still have that 708 00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:29,800 wanderlust kind of. That's why I like sails. 709 00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:32,320 I can be in different places at different times whenever I'm 710 00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:35,200 meeting new people, meeting new things, different experiences. 711 00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:37,160 That's that's what floats my boat. 712 00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:41,960 But when I was a child, though, I thought about all those things 713 00:46:42,240 --> 00:46:46,600 that I did as a child. I thought as a child, but when I 714 00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:49,000 became a man, I put away childish things. 715 00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:51,640 And I'm still trying to put away some of the childish things 716 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:53,960 because I'm still a kid at heart in a lot of ways. 717 00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:57,160 And I know, like, I like to have a good time and have fun too, 718 00:46:57,160 --> 00:46:59,320 you know? But there's certain things that, 719 00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:01,560 you know, I do differently now, I think differently. 720 00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:05,760 And maturity begins to develop in our lives as God grows us in 721 00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:08,840 his grace. But he says, for now, we seen a 722 00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:11,400 mirror dimly. So back then they had these 723 00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:13,200 bronze mirrors. They didn't have these like 724 00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:15,440 clear crystal mirrors like we have now. 725 00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:18,520 Maybe they would be better, especially as you get older. 726 00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:20,560 If you had a bronze mirror, you couldn't see the wrinkles, 727 00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:22,280 right? And say, well, I still look 728 00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:26,400 pretty good at whatever age, but that's the type of mirrors they 729 00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:28,320 had. So when they, when he said this, 730 00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:34,320 Paul, he, he talked about the, the ability or the lack of 731 00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:36,240 ability to be able to see clearly. 732 00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:41,920 But then he said one day we'll be able to see face to face. 733 00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:46,480 Now I know in part. So we know a little bit about a 734 00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:51,200 lot of things and not a lot of things about little things, but 735 00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:53,640 we know some things. And he says, I know in part, but 736 00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:57,000 then I shall know just as I'm also known. 737 00:47:58,240 --> 00:48:03,600 So one day we'll see Jesus face to face and he's not going to 738 00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:08,640 bring up a bunch of junk that's already been died for and 739 00:48:08,720 --> 00:48:14,640 cleansed and forgiven. He'll talk to us about our 740 00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:18,280 effectiveness or lack of it, maybe in regard to his calling 741 00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:21,600 on our lives that I really live fully for what He created me 742 00:48:21,600 --> 00:48:25,080 for. And that's the purpose of 743 00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:29,520 church, to help us all like sort of get on track to be reminded 744 00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:32,360 of what the big picture is because it's really about him 745 00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:35,120 and becoming more like him and living for him. 746 00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:39,640 Career success, all these things are all fine, but the most 747 00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:43,680 important thing is that one day when all that stuff's behind us, 748 00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:48,800 it'll just be us and him. And if we live as fully as we 749 00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:52,280 could by his grace for him, we'll hear those wonderful 750 00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:53,880 words. Well done, good and faithful 751 00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:56,760 servant, enter into the joy of the Lord. 752 00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:01,720 And may we help each other stay on track and keep pressing in 753 00:49:01,720 --> 00:49:07,720 deeper and deeper to Jesus is like Cason said this morning, he 754 00:49:07,720 --> 00:49:12,160 has this desire to press deeper into Jesus. 755 00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:19,160 May that all be our desires to and now abide faith, hope and 756 00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:23,160 love these three. But the greatest of these is 757 00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:25,120 love. The worship team can come 758 00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:31,880 forward. Love is what makes life worth 759 00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:38,240 living. To be loved by someone, there's 760 00:49:38,240 --> 00:49:44,560 nothing like it. To be loved by God is far 761 00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:51,160 superior than any human. Love can be given to us. 762 00:49:56,360 --> 00:50:04,440 Love sets us free. I think stings lyrics. 763 00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:08,080 One of my favorite musicians. He still doesn't know the Lord 764 00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:13,480 before he can write good music. If you love someone, set them 765 00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:20,240 free. Jesus proved us to us, He loves 766 00:50:20,240 --> 00:50:25,440 us, He set us free. He said you shall know the truth 767 00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:29,440 and the truth shall make you free. 768 00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:34,040 Amen. Nothing better than being free, 769 00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:40,320 is it? When I got saved, the night I 770 00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:43,760 got saved, I didn't know all the theology, I didn't know all the 771 00:50:43,760 --> 00:50:47,640 verses, but I knew I met Jesus and on my way to the Community 772 00:50:47,640 --> 00:50:51,240 College, I had a Volkswagen, a pale powder blue Volkswagen with 773 00:50:51,240 --> 00:50:55,400 a sunroof, and I had The Who on full blast. 774 00:50:56,160 --> 00:51:04,360 I am free. I am free, and my hair and 775 00:51:04,360 --> 00:51:07,800 freedom is thus a taste of reality. 776 00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:13,880 Jesus has set us free, and whom the sun is set free is free 777 00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:15,520 indeed. Let's prepare our hearts for the 778 00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:25,790 supper. Lord, we are grateful for this 779 00:51:25,790 --> 00:51:29,710 special day you've given us for your servant case and Harold, 780 00:51:30,910 --> 00:51:34,550 who will now begin to take the steps into the path that his 781 00:51:34,550 --> 00:51:39,320 Father has walked now for eight years and I've worked, walked in 782 00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:44,560 for 30 years. Lord, we do pray for him today 783 00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:47,640 and other men, young men that will be raised up in this church 784 00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:56,440 in days ahead to help lead it. You would protect him, keep his 785 00:51:56,440 --> 00:52:01,880 heart free, keep it joyful, keep it full of your Holy Spirit. 786 00:52:03,560 --> 00:52:09,560 And if you do, he will one day finish well as his dad and I 787 00:52:09,560 --> 00:52:13,880 desire to do. And along with George and John, 788 00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:18,080 thank you for everybody you brought here today. 789 00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:23,400 Thank you for those on the YouTube and the Facebook and 790 00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:27,320 Grace FM Lord, who are tuned in. We pray, O God, your blessing of 791 00:52:27,320 --> 00:52:32,040 First Corinthians 13 upon all our lives, that we would love 792 00:52:32,640 --> 00:52:36,840 others like you have loved us for You said by this people will 793 00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:40,280 know we're your followers, your disciples, by the love we have 794 00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:42,280 for one another. Thank you for the love in this 795 00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:46,760 church and the lives of these people, and may we just grow 796 00:52:46,760 --> 00:52:51,040 deeper in it. Now we celebrate once again, 797 00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:54,040 Lord, as we do every week, and remembering what you've done for 798 00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:57,120 us. On the night to Jesus, it's 799 00:52:57,120 --> 00:52:59,080 betrayed. He took the bread in his hands 800 00:52:59,080 --> 00:53:03,680 and he broke it, and he gave thanks and he said, Take, eat, 801 00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:05,840 this is my body which is given for you. 802 00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:19,750 Eat this in remembrance of me. The same manner, in the evening 803 00:53:19,750 --> 00:53:24,310 he took the cup, and he said, This cup is a new covenant, My 804 00:53:24,310 --> 00:53:27,870 blood which was shed for the forgiveness of sins of many. 805 00:53:28,630 --> 00:53:36,870 Drink this in remembrance of me. For as often as you eat this 806 00:53:36,870 --> 00:53:40,960 bread and you drink this cup. He show forth the Lord's death 807 00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:43,160 till he comes again. Amen. 808 00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:47,240 God bless you guys, love you, have a great week.