1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,440 Getting over why I am too, but that's all right because God is 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,560 good. Yes, definitely. 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:11,800 I just want to thank you for your prayers as I prepared for 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:13,040 this. I know a lot of y'all was out 5 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:15,040 there praying for me and I appreciate that. 6 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:18,400 I really, really do. And I just thank God for you. 7 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,800 I thank God for this church and I just, I just thank God that 8 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:26,960 you are just soldiers in this army that we have here. 9 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:35,600 And I appreciate that. And this morning, I know I, I 10 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,640 was asked to give a message this morning and I've heard other 11 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,280 people give messages up here. You know, I heard Jerry when he 12 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,120 gave his testimony, what a powerful testimony gave John 13 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:49,200 Morris when he goes up here, gave his testimony and powerful 14 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:55,640 testimony, You know, and God has given me this message this 15 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:57,040 morning. And I don't know if I'm going to 16 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:00,240 sprinkle in my testimony or whatever, you know, maybe here 17 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:04,239 and there, but God has given me this word here this morning too. 18 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:08,240 And I just think it's, it's irrelevant to what is going on 19 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:13,600 now in, in our lives, in this church, in this, in this world 20 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:18,760 that that God is just speaking to us right now. 21 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:24,040 And I just want to 1st I'm going to just open up in prayer. 22 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:28,160 OK, Lord God, I just thank you. I thank you for who you are and 23 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,160 and our life. Lord God, I pray, Lord God, that 24 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:36,120 you would just just your word would go forth this morning. 25 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,560 You were Lord, Lord, we just thank you for your word, Lord 26 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:45,120 God and Lord, this morning, I ask you just to remove me out of 27 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,080 this equation. And oh Lord God and just your 28 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:53,400 word come through Lord, and that you would that this church would 29 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,400 hear and just walk in your word this morning. 30 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,160 And we just thank you for what you're doing and in Jesus name, 31 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:08,800 Amen, Amen. So this morning I want to start 32 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:14,200 in the OK, normally, you know, you have you do that Calvary 33 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:18,000 Chapel way, you know, or you go verse by verse, line by line. 34 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:22,160 But we're not going to do that this morning, OK, because 35 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,920 because you know, it's we're going to go through the word. 36 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:30,120 We're definitely going to be word, OK, But I'm not saying 37 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,440 it's going to be because we're going to be using our Bible this 38 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,080 morning, OK, We're going to go through the word this morning. 39 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,640 All right. But I just, you know, I just, I 40 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:44,280 just pray. But God gives you the same 41 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:49,920 insight that he gave me when I'm preparing this, You know, when 42 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:53,840 you don't sleep at night because he's like in you, you know, 43 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,160 you're in and whatever, just, and just thoughts are coming to 44 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,880 you, you know, and you, I know there's many. 45 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:05,640 Amy was saying, Amy was saying you're still in front of that 46 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:07,200 table. You're still sitting there. 47 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,160 She gets up, you know, early in the morning, you're at that 48 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:16,480 table again. I said I am, I am I just have to 49 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:22,000 be so that's how God deals was dealing with me through this 50 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,680 through this whole thing. OK, but let's start let's go in 51 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:31,600 in Isaiah, OK, Isaiah 43. We're going to start there this 52 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:39,400 morning, OK? And and you know, the word is 53 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:48,400 given for, you know, it's for inspiration, OK, for it's to be 54 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:55,840 profitable, OK, for doctrine, reproof, for correction, for 55 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:59,960 instruction, all in righteousness, Amen. 56 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,080 And that's what God is dealing with me now. 57 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,440 It's going to be like I call it when I was thinking about this, 58 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:11,520 I said, it's going to be a me, we us thing this morning, OK, a 59 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:17,279 me because God is dealing with me right now, you know, and when 60 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:21,240 you do this, it's him speaking to me directly, like through his 61 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,800 word, through his word, OK, because this word is alive. 62 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:29,360 This is Christ itself and this word speaking to you, OK, 63 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,480 speaking to us. All right. 64 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:33,920 And that's him speaking to me. So this is what I'm going 65 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:35,880 through. So OK, that's there's a 66 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,080 testimony right there. This is what this is what I'm 67 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:47,240 going through. OK, so and in Isaiah 43, let's 68 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:52,040 start. It says, but now thus says the 69 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:57,400 Lord who created you, O Jacob, and he who formed you, O Israel, 70 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:03,000 fear not. I want you to just put 71 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,160 yourselves in this. OK, We know this is Isaiah and 72 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:12,240 he's given prophecy. He's already given prophecy of, 73 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:16,240 you know, what's going to happen to Israel, you know, and, and 74 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:20,480 he's speaking to Judah, the southern, southern kingdoms and, 75 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,320 and, but anyway, he's already because of their, because of 76 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,280 their sin and all the things that they've gone through and 77 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:30,680 serving idols and, and disobeying God and going their 78 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,720 own ways. OK, he's already, he's gave him 79 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:39,160 that prophecy and he's given this, he says, but all not only, 80 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:42,320 OK, because of that, not only that, but it says I'm bringing 81 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,960 you back. He's going to bring them back. 82 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,960 OK, And that's this is that prophecy here. 83 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,360 It says he and he who formed Joe Israel. 84 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,720 Fear not though, you're going to be out there though, you're done 85 00:05:55,720 --> 00:06:01,560 messed up. Fear not, it says, for I have 86 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:07,240 redeemed you. OK, now I want you to put 87 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:12,360 yourself in this place because I had to do this, put ourselves 88 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,280 here. And I know he's talking to 89 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:17,960 Israel and talking to them and and he's prophesying. 90 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:23,000 But when I read this and I I just, it just. 91 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:29,160 But now thus says the Lord, who created you, created us, O 92 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:37,120 Jacob, and we who formed you, O Israel, fear not you, it says, 93 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:44,400 for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name, OK, 94 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:52,240 just when you passed through the waters, I will be with you, and 95 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:56,000 through the rivers you shall not, they shall not overflow 96 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,680 you. When you walk through the fire, 97 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:03,400 you shall not be burned, nor shall the flames scorch you. 98 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:07,280 Now, when you think of that, you might, you know, you think of 99 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:12,680 maybe, you know, Israel coming outgoing through the Red Sea, 100 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:17,680 all right, or, and see the rivers and and when Joshua came 101 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:21,920 over to Jordan and how God pushed those rivers back 16 102 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,960 miles up, 15 miles up, so all those people can get through, 103 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,160 all right, you think of those things. 104 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,000 And when you walk through a fire, you might think of 105 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,000 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego when that fiery furnished and 106 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,120 and the Son of man was right there and nothing happened to 107 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:39,520 him when they came through that fire. 108 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:44,800 OK, But these floods, you know, that could be us, you know, the 109 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,400 troubles and the trials and problems we go through when 110 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:52,600 we're in a fire, OK, those troubles, those fires that that 111 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,920 things that seem like they consume you. 112 00:07:55,320 --> 00:08:02,360 OK, But then he goes on to say in three here he says, for I am 113 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:06,720 the Lord your God, the Holy one of Israel, your Savior. 114 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:13,200 He goes, I gave Egypt for your ransom and Ethiopia and see 115 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:21,520 before your in your place. OK So you know, he he's going 116 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:25,520 back after these people and and he's saying that Babylon will be 117 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:34,039 you know, we overtaken, OK, but he's given people for them, OK, 118 00:08:34,039 --> 00:08:37,320 for their ransom, it says. And for it says since you were 119 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:44,480 precious in my sight, you have been honored and I have loved 120 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:48,000 you. Therefore I will give men for 121 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:53,000 you and people for your life. I have loved you see, that's I 122 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,680 got to take that stuff personally, but you know, I have 123 00:08:55,680 --> 00:09:00,800 loved you. And if you look and and 124 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:08,640 Deuteronomy 7, Deuteronomy 7, Deuteronomy 7 and starting with 125 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:12,920 verse probably 6, it says for you are a holy people to the 126 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:16,240 Lord your God, the Lord and he's talking to Israel and he's 127 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:19,680 talking to you know of why? But listen to this. 128 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:23,280 It says For you are a holy people to the Lord your God. 129 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,800 The Lord your God has chosen you. 130 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:32,400 It says you to be a people for himself, a special treasure 131 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,000 above all the peoples on the face of the earth. 132 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:42,200 The Lord did not set his love on you, nor choose you, because you 133 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,080 were more in number than any other people. 134 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,760 All right. It says for you were the least 135 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:55,680 of all the people. But because the Lord loves you 136 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:02,840 and because he would not keep the oath which he swore to your 137 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,040 father, because he would let me read it again, Lord loves you. 138 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:10,880 And because he wouldn't keep, he wouldn't keep the oath which he 139 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:15,440 swore to your father's. The Lord has brought you out of 140 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:20,520 a mighty hand and redeemed you from the House of bondage, from 141 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:27,400 the hand of Pharaoh. OK, king of Egypt. 142 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,240 OK, So he's brought the knot. He said he didn't choose you 143 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:34,600 because you were all that, because you were large in number 144 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:39,120 or anything like that. He chose them, but they were the 145 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,960 least. They were nobodies, you know, 146 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:44,520 But he was somebody. They were somebody to him. 147 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,440 He says, because I loved. I loved you. 148 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:55,920 All right, let's go on here. And five it says, fear not, for 149 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:59,320 I am with you. I will bring your descendants 150 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,600 from the east and gather you from the West. 151 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:07,320 I will say to the north, give them up, and to the South do not 152 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:13,160 keep them back. Bring my sons from afar and my 153 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,240 daughters from the ends of the earth. 154 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:21,840 Everyone who was called by my name, whom I have created for my 155 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:26,440 glory, I have formed you. Yes, I have made you. 156 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:34,560 And see, I got take this literally. 157 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:38,880 And it's saying bring those people. 158 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,520 Now these people are scattered because of their their sins and 159 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:44,400 everything. They were scattered all over. 160 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,800 OK, But he's saying bring them back. 161 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:53,600 But and I think of us as a people, all right, and our 162 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:57,960 families that we have and all the loved ones we have and all 163 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:00,080 those friends that we have. OK. 164 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:05,360 And you want them to just come into the presence and the glory 165 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:10,560 of Christ and who he is and what he means and how he is with with 166 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:13,000 us. You know, and that now that we 167 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:17,400 have we have, you know, he's in our hearts and we have accepted 168 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,720 him as our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 169 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,880 And we have that that eternal promise. 170 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,800 That's what we want for those that are out there. 171 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,600 OK. And when it says our sons and 172 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:38,400 daughters, we want our children so badly just to receive him and 173 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:45,760 to just to know the glory, love that he has for him. 174 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:47,440 Amen. That's touchy. 175 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,600 That's touchy, right, dear? But let's go on. 176 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:55,280 It says, bring out the blind people who have eyes and the 177 00:12:55,280 --> 00:13:02,400 deaf who have ears. OK, Those people that, you know, 178 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:07,480 really didn't really believe, first of all, they sing, but 179 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,720 they, they're blind. They don't, they don't know. 180 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,240 They they just don't trust what's going on, OK. 181 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,960 And the deaf who have ears hear, you know, go in one ear and out 182 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:20,000 the other, you know, but that's those people that are hearing, 183 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,720 but they're, it's falling on deaf ear, you know. 184 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:27,200 Then he says, let all the nations be gathered together and 185 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:33,480 let the people be assembled. Who among them can declare this 186 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:37,320 and show us former things? And it's a question who among 187 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:39,320 them can declare this and show us former things? 188 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:43,200 Let them bring out their witnesses that they may be 189 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,320 justified. All those, you know, they, they 190 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:49,160 didn't know, you know, they didn't believe it. 191 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:52,640 They're seeing it and it's now and, and he's prophesying that, 192 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,320 you know, they're coming back and this is what's going to 193 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,280 happen when they come back. And when they come back, you're, 194 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:02,000 you know, they're not going to believe what they, what they're 195 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,600 seeing because they, they it fell on diff here before and now 196 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,040 they're going to see it. And let's go on here. 197 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,480 I don't want to like go far ahead of myself and show us 198 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:15,720 former it says who can declare this and show us former things? 199 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:19,000 Let them bring out their witnesses that they may be 200 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:26,920 justified or says let them hear and say it is true because 201 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:31,680 they're they're saying it. OK, they were dispersed out all 202 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,640 over the place. And now he's prophesying that 203 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:38,200 they're they're coming back. They're going to see that what 204 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:43,480 God prophesized through Isaiah is true. 205 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:48,440 And and he's saying, you know, they're going to be the witness. 206 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:51,480 They're going to be that witness of this. 207 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:56,800 It says you are my witnesses, says the Lord and my servant 208 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:02,640 whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and 209 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:06,280 understand that I am he before me. 210 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:10,600 There was no God form, nor shall there be after me. 211 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:13,800 You're the you're the witness, the witness. 212 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:19,240 Have you gone through something and you know, you just just 213 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,400 never thought it would would happen or whatever. 214 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,800 You know somebody, you just never thought it would happen, 215 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,560 but you've seen it. You witnessed. 216 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,840 Have you prayed for somebody and and they've gotten through 217 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:34,480 situations OK, You've seen it. You're that witness of, of God 218 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:40,600 and the power that he has. He says before me there was no 219 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,000 God form, nor shall there be after me. 220 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:47,440 I even I am the Lord and besides me there is no Savior. 221 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:53,640 I have declared and saved there. I have declared and saved. 222 00:15:53,960 --> 00:16:00,480 I have proclaimed it says, and there was no foreign God among 223 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:07,280 you. I told you it says I would. 224 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:13,160 Now it says that you see it and you, you see it and see what he 225 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:18,000 what he has done. And that witness, the foreign 226 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,480 gods, they, they're, that's that's what they went out there 227 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:22,920 for because they're idols and they're foreign gods that they 228 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:26,120 serve. But let's go on here and and it 229 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:30,280 says, therefore you are my witness, says the Lord that I am 230 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:35,800 God indeed, before the days was I am He all right? 231 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:42,320 Before the day was I am he. And there is no one who can 232 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:48,760 deliver out of my hand. I work and who will reverse it. 233 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,280 And he's prophesied this. He's telling them what's going 234 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,560 to happen. And OK, here it is. 235 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:03,280 You've seen it, you witness it, all right, and here it is, says 236 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,119 I'm God, who? Who can reverse this? 237 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:08,680 Who can doubt what God is doing? And fortunately he goes thus 238 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:13,119 says the Lord your Redeemer, your Redeemer, and the Holy One 239 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:15,880 of Israel. For your sake I will send the 240 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:21,560 Babylon and bring them all down as fugitives, the Chaldeans who 241 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,720 rejoice in their ships. And I am the Lord, your Holy 242 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,040 One, the Creator of Israel, your king. 243 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:31,600 But he's going to bring even Babylonians down and, and 244 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:35,880 they're, they're going to be, you know, overtaken by other 245 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:38,440 countries. And, and it says about their 246 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,400 ships. And that's their, their pride. 247 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:44,680 They use their ships for war and trade and commerce and you know, 248 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:49,120 all those things all right. But their pride, it says about 249 00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:52,000 their ships, it says who rejoice in their ships. 250 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,200 That's what was talking about. I am the Lord your God, the Holy 251 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,640 One, the Creator of Israel, your King, He says. 252 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:02,800 Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea and a path 253 00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:06,680 through the mighty waters, and he's coming back to this. 254 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:10,960 It says a path through the mighty waters, who brings forth 255 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:16,200 the chariot and the horse, the army and the power. 256 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:20,000 They shall lie down together, they shall not rise. 257 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:24,160 They are extinguished. They are quenched like a Wick 258 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:30,600 and in you know, I said about floods and going through stuff 259 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,720 and fire and all those things and it overtakes. 260 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:38,440 But in here in in the mighty waters, you know that coming 261 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:42,080 through the Red Sea and and they were saying, who brings who? 262 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:44,480 It says who brings forth that chariot in the horse. 263 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:48,120 And you can just imagine. I know back in for the kids 264 00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:49,800 classes. You know, when you see those 265 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:54,400 pictures, you know, they have the parting of the Red Sea and, 266 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:58,920 you know, the the Israelites coming through on dry land and 267 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,400 the, and the Chariots are, you know, racing after them, but 268 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:09,000 overtaking the Chariots. And I can just imagine, you 269 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,760 know, stuff floating, you know, like Chariots and people and 270 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:14,920 swords and chills and all that stuff. 271 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,200 And the Israel and the Israelites were on the other 272 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:22,200 side. OK, you know, but he's bringing 273 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:27,040 us through those problems, OK, And then, OK, it when you're in 274 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,520 something, right? You when you walk, when you're 275 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,360 in something, when you're in problems, you have no idea what 276 00:19:32,360 --> 00:19:35,200 to do or whatever. We still have to go through 277 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,240 that. And that's what you know, he's 278 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:40,120 bringing us through those situations, those problems, 279 00:19:40,120 --> 00:19:42,560 those those fires in our life, OK. 280 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:47,520 And if you're in it and you turn back from it, you're just 281 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:49,760 looking at it again, you look at it face to face. 282 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,800 You got to go through it again. And but if you're in it, it 283 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:58,360 seems like it's consuming you, you know, But if you walk, I 284 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:01,840 always say it's going to end one day. 285 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,360 It's going to end whether you know, when we go or we know 286 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:07,600 whatever, but you know, we got to go through that fire. 287 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:12,560 And God is he's that. Then he goes on here, do not 288 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,000 remember, this is the good part here. 289 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:20,680 He says do not remember the former things nor consider. 290 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:26,600 The things of old now he's brought these people here. 291 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,280 He's telling them that, you know, you're going to go through 292 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,640 all this, you know, because of your sin, you're going to be 293 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:34,640 scattered. You're going to you know, you're 294 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:36,880 and then he but he says, I'm bringing you back. 295 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,840 All right. And then when he brings them 296 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:43,200 back, he's going to be their Redeemer, their savior. 297 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:49,000 All right, And then he says don't remember it. 298 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:51,760 I don't remember those former things. 299 00:20:52,360 --> 00:20:56,400 And he says he says do not remember former things nor 300 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:01,440 consider the things of old. All right, can can we do that in 301 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:05,520 our life? I know some I just you, you 302 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:09,680 think of things that happened in the past, you go through 303 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,120 experience that happens in the past, right. 304 00:21:13,360 --> 00:21:17,680 Some of them things still sends chills down my back, you know, 305 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:20,800 but I remember, I'll tell you one story. 306 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:25,000 One time I went in in in college, this guy came back in 307 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,400 to school, he had graduated, came back in this brand new car 308 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,200 and he, you know, was showing his car and he gave me good, you 309 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,720 know, look in the car, whatever you just said, just sit and look 310 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,480 at it. So I started his help and took 311 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:42,040 off with it. And then when I came back, he 312 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:46,800 was mad. But he goes, you know what, you 313 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:47,880 could have somebody could have hit you. 314 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:50,040 You could have wrecked. I didn't even think of that kind 315 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:51,600 of stuff. But when I think about it, I 316 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:57,200 said, oh, my, if that would have happened, like that was crazy. 317 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:01,240 But things like that. But forget the past, those 318 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,560 former things. And this is what he's telling 319 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:07,880 you. He says, Behold, I will do a new 320 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:13,080 thing now it shall spring forth. Shall you not know it? 321 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,960 I will even make a road in the wilderness there. 322 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:20,840 Here it is, the road in the wilderness and rivers in the 323 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,360 desert. The beast of the fields will 324 00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:26,000 honor me, the jackals and the ostriches. 325 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:30,960 Because I give, because I give waters in the wilderness and 326 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:34,040 rivers. People I have formed for myself, 327 00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:40,000 they shall declare my praise. They shall declare my praise. 328 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,040 Look, you're going to go through some stuff in life. 329 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,400 We all, we all go through some stuff in life. 330 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:50,600 We do. But you know, God is there even 331 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,600 when it feels like it's never going to happen. 332 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:55,880 It's dry. God's going to give waters in 333 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,920 those dry places. You know, you just have to keep 334 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:06,320 moving, OK? And, and here this is the really 335 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,280 the title of I would, if I could get this title. 336 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:13,120 It's moving forward, OK, we're moving forward. 337 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:18,720 God has given us a new is doing a new thing in our life and this 338 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:23,200 when I was preparing for this this morning, even I was at home 339 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:27,040 and I was playing that song at home this morning and I the 340 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:31,640 first song that I hear is that song that I was singing this 341 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:37,400 morning. That's that is so I don't know. 342 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:43,360 So filling that it brought tears in my eyes that God knows what's 343 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:47,360 going on in our life. OK, and and in the men's study 344 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:50,160 this morning, the things that they're talking about, you know, 345 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:54,600 it's, it's right there, the things that we have to do, you 346 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,760 know, and just all that the songs in worship, you know, this 347 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,280 morning, it's just some of those songs had that the text that, 348 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:03,960 you know, that I was studying all week. 349 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:09,040 And it's just confirmation of, you know, that I just love just 350 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,840 being on the, you know, the right page. 351 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:18,360 I'll say put it that way, you know, but but it's all God and 352 00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:22,120 how he forms and fashions us and puts us together and, and that's 353 00:24:22,120 --> 00:24:27,480 the whole thing. And and, and it's just moving 354 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,240 forward. And I just think this is a new 355 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:35,080 time that's doing a new thing. And he wants us to move forward. 356 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,880 I I know he's speaking to me anyway when he says, you know, 357 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:43,720 and the whole reason, let me say this, OK, The whole reason that 358 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:48,680 I'm standing here today, we were at a men's a men's retreat out 359 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:54,680 in, in, in Ligonier, OK. And the guy was talking about 360 00:24:55,400 --> 00:25:00,520 your Christian comfort zone, OK. And I told pastor. 361 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:04,440 I said, Pastor, I thank you for bringing me out of my Christian 362 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:06,400 comfort zone. You know, I was talking about, 363 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,640 you know, the men's, the men's down to men's. 364 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:12,520 I'm sorry, but the, the, the, our prayer group, the second 365 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:14,880 Tuesday prayer group. And when we start, it was for 366 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,240 retired individuals, OK. And pastor was the head of it, 367 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:20,840 right? And then I think he went back to 368 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,120 work, right? So he's not retired anymore. 369 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:29,200 But he asked me, he asked me to, you know, to, you know, to, I 370 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:35,280 always say facilitate, ask me to, you know, facilitate because 371 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:42,440 the group is, it ain't about me. That's what I just love who, who 372 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:46,360 God is in that group, you know, and in a group of individuals 373 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:50,360 that come together and we get to know each other and we get into 374 00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:57,440 the word and, and we, you know, just, it's how that word is just 375 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,960 guiding and directing our life and how it applies to our life 376 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,000 right now. That's what it's about. 377 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:07,080 We pray for each other, We pray for people that we know. 378 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:11,520 That's what it's about. It's all about God in that 379 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,640 group. I'm going to tell you, I'm just 380 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:21,840 there, it's ours, it's ours and I'm saying ours. 381 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:26,760 I'm saying the churches, you know, ours and the group, the 382 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:30,320 people that come, I just, when I come in here and I just love to 383 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,880 see that. I just love to see them coming 384 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,480 and sharing God's word. And oh, there's some. 385 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,040 And like I always say, they're a lot smarter than I will ever be. 386 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:41,720 And I just, I just love it though. 387 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,160 But he's doing it, doing a new thing. 388 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:48,920 And I think he just wants us to come out of our our Christian 389 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:53,120 comfort zone, OK, in this Christian comfort zone. 390 00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:55,200 I told pastor, I said, thank you for bringing me out of that 391 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,000 Christian comfort zone. And he goes, oh, John, I want 392 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:02,720 you to to speak on one one Sunday in November. 393 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:11,280 And I said so much for comfort zone said I could just, And it 394 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:12,920 was that like that, you know what I mean? 395 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:18,080 He said you're not out in your comfort zone yet, John. 396 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:21,720 He didn't say that, but that's what I'm hearing. 397 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:28,040 You know, you're not your comfort zone yet, but did not 398 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:34,560 even tell Amy and she got but but God is good though. 399 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:39,280 But every comfort zone that we have and, and God wants to do a 400 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,920 new thing in our life and he wants us to move all right, and 401 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,800 he wants us to share. He wants to share this joy that 402 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:50,360 we have for Christ. He wants us to this, these word, 403 00:27:50,360 --> 00:27:54,040 these, these words in here. This is Christ speaking to us 404 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,560 directly. And he wants us to share his 405 00:27:56,560 --> 00:28:01,600 self OK with others, you know, and that's what I want that I 406 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:06,240 want that boldness, OK to no matter whom, no matter where I 407 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,200 want to. And that's what John was talking 408 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,880 about this morning, too, to show who we are in there in Christ, 409 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,880 no matter where we're at, no matter what situation that you 410 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:20,760 know, we want that boldness to speak, all right, to come out of 411 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:22,920 our Christian comfort zone sometimes. 412 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,360 And being in that comfort zone, we, we come to church, you know, 413 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:30,280 and then we, we go home. But we, we know, I'm not saying 414 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:31,840 that's a bad thing. That's not a bad thing at all. 415 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:36,120 But I'm saying, you know, sometimes we hesitate to speak 416 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:40,360 for it, but, you know, on his behalf or on Christ's behalf or 417 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,520 whatever, you know, but I just want, I want to be, I want to be 418 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,560 bold. I do, I want to be bold. 419 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,560 I want to come out of my Christian comfort zone. 420 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:56,640 I want to profess Jesus Christ. I want my family members, my, my 421 00:28:56,640 --> 00:29:00,680 children or my friends to know who Christ is. 422 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,880 It's not about me. It's not even about, you know, 423 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:06,960 me being bored. It's about who he is in our 424 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:08,520 life. Amen. 425 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,080 And that's what we, that's what we want to do. 426 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:23,800 OK, Part 2. Oh my, this is where we're going 427 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:25,080 to, we're going to get into the subscription. 428 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,240 Let's go to Psalms 100. You can turn there if you want 429 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,360 to or or not want to listen or whatever. 430 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:35,720 But Psalms 101 to 5, I just want to show and improve through 431 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:41,840 through the word what God is doing and why he's doing OK. 432 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:46,640 And Psalms 105, it says make a joyful noise. 433 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:52,120 It says, no, make a joyful shout, OK, Make a joyful shout 434 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,360 to the Lord. Oh, you land. 435 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:58,280 Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before his presence with 436 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:01,520 singing. Know that the Lord, he is God. 437 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:07,120 Now that that is bold. And when we have that, that's 438 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:10,080 going, that's going to equip us to do the things that we need to 439 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:14,600 do, OK? It says it is he who has made us 440 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:19,600 and not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep 441 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:24,920 of his pasture. Enter into his gates with 442 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:30,680 Thanksgiving. OK, Now enter in his gates with 443 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:34,520 whatever the gates. Enter his gates. 444 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:38,920 That's those steps we take. That's those moving forward 445 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:43,200 speaking to people. Those gates, When you see 446 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,640 somebody hurting, you're going to enter that gate and talk to 447 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,680 him or help him. Try to help him. 448 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:51,240 Are we going to enter the gate? See, enter that gate it says 449 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:54,000 with Thanksgiving and into his courts with praise. 450 00:30:54,440 --> 00:31:00,920 Be thankful to him and bless his name, for the Lord is good, His 451 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:05,440 mercy is everlasting and his truth endures to all 452 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:09,240 generations. See, that's the, we want to get 453 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:14,760 that message to people who he is in our life and who he can be in 454 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:17,960 others lives. OK, Those that we know that are 455 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,720 hurting, all right? And when they're hurting that we 456 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:27,760 can just say, well, let's pray. Do you know, do you know Christ, 457 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:32,640 do you have a relationship? You know, I, I just, I just want 458 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,800 to have that boldness. All right, let's go because 459 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,320 we'll never get done if I don't. Let's go. 460 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:43,680 Matthew 25. Matthew 25. 461 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:56,240 I hope that's the right one. Matthew 25. 462 00:31:56,240 --> 00:32:05,440 Wait a minute. Let's go to Matthew 20. 463 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,000 I'm sorry. Let's go to Matthew. 464 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:16,040 Wait a minute. Yeah. 465 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:20,000 Matthew 2514. I'm sorry. 466 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:30,960 Matthew 2514, it says this, OK? It says, OK, this is the parable 467 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,440 talents, OK, but let's get it. This is for the Kingdom of 468 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:42,160 heaven is like a man traveling to a Now just listen to this, 469 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:46,120 OK? Because it's about talent, OK? 470 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,400 It's about whatever, but listen to this. 471 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:53,680 This is for the Kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling 472 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:58,560 to a far country. It says who called his own 473 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:05,360 servants and delivered his goods to them to 1 he gave 5 talents 474 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:09,280 to another 1-2 another story to the other one one and it's to 475 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:15,120 each according to his own abilities. 476 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:17,520 See God's going here. He's not going to give you more 477 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:22,920 than you can handle. So we don't want to be nervous 478 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:32,200 or scared or scared when we go out, all right, because he's 479 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:34,520 he's not going to give you more than you. 480 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:38,960 Are you able to handle according to their abilities? 481 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,480 And immediately he went out on a journey. 482 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:45,840 Then he he who had received it OK, the five talents he got five 483 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,440 more than and the one they got two, he got two more. 484 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,880 And the and the one that received 1, he dug it hole and 485 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,960 and put the and put it in there, OK. 486 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:59,200 And and they were talking about monies, you know, silver await 487 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,720 whatever. And he dug a hole and put it in 488 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:02,440 there. OK. 489 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:08,440 So he who had received the five talents came and brought his 490 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:14,600 five talents to the Lord. But he says, and he says, OK, 491 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:19,320 let me read 19 He says, after a long time the Lord of those 492 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:23,800 servants came and settled accounts with them. 493 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:31,000 OK, he went away, He ascended into heaven. 494 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:36,360 All right. He distributed talents to the 495 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:40,480 people, OK, according to their abilities. 496 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:44,360 What are you going to do? You're saying, look, I'm giving 497 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,320 you these, what are you going to do with it? 498 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:53,639 And so two of them did something and one dug a hole, OK? 499 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:57,680 But he said to the, you know, to really the first two, he says, 500 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,960 he says his Lord said to him, well done, good and faithful 501 00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:06,040 servant. You were faithful over a few 502 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:09,320 things. I will make you rulers over many 503 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:15,000 things. OK, servant, then we know the 504 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:16,840 two. And he said to say, well done, 505 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:23,520 thy faithful servant. And that's that that ability 506 00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:29,880 that he gives us that first of first of all, yeah, when we come 507 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,080 in, you know, they go through worship and that really like 508 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:35,560 builds you up whatever and and this, you know, to receive the 509 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,160 word. But and and remember that verse 510 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:42,840 we said that, you know that come in with a shout of praise, a 511 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:47,360 shout to build you up. He's going he's going to build 512 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,600 you up. And but he equips you with his 513 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:52,080 word. All right. 514 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:56,840 And he's given us his word and some of us are in different 515 00:35:56,840 --> 00:36:00,320 situations, different work atmospheres, different whatever. 516 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:04,480 It made different people that we associate with different family 517 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:06,600 members that are going through different stuff. 518 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:14,560 But if we have that faithfulness, he says it says 519 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:20,520 good and faithful servant, you were faithful over a few things, 520 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:25,120 just a few things, you know, a few things. 521 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:30,160 But he's given that us that faith, that ability to go 522 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:33,600 forward, but we have to have that determination to do so. 523 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:45,760 OK, all right, it says. And then but that's that's the 524 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:53,840 what I wanted you to see there. But the last one, he buried that 525 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:58,280 talent, didn't do nothing with it, didn't reap the reward of 526 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,840 it, OK? Didn't use that talent that God 527 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:07,400 gave him, all right, that he didn't have increase in what 528 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,680 he's given them. OK, just bear it away. 529 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:16,800 That's when we don't, when we don't talk, when we don't say 530 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:21,080 anything, he's burying. We're burying that. 531 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:27,800 We're we want to be like Jeremiah, you know, that fire 532 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:32,720 shut up in our bones and we can't we can't retain it. 533 00:37:32,720 --> 00:37:37,840 We got to get it out. OK, All right, let's go. 534 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:45,800 OK. And all right, Matthew 24 and 535 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:47,720 three. Here's the 24. 536 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,800 Matthew 24. Three. 537 00:37:56,600 --> 00:38:04,240 All right, it says. Now, as he sat on the Mount of 538 00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:07,160 Olives, the disciples came to him privately saying, Tell us, 539 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:12,400 when will these things be? And what will the sign of your 540 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:17,760 coming in the end of the age? Listen? 541 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:22,680 And Jesus answered and said to them, Take heed that no one 542 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:26,880 deceives you. For many will come in my name, 543 00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:29,640 saying, I am the Christ, and will deceive many. 544 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:33,800 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. 545 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:38,120 See that you are not troubled, for all these things must come 546 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:42,200 to pass, but the end is not yet, it says, For nations will rise 547 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:45,560 against nations, and Kingdom against Kingdom, and there will 548 00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:49,480 be famines, pestilence, earthquakes in various places, 549 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:53,960 and all these are the beginning of sorrows. 550 00:38:55,280 --> 00:39:00,520 I don't know about you, that sounds familiar, it says. 551 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:05,520 Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and 552 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:09,880 you will be hated by all nations by mind that for my name's sake, 553 00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:15,760 and will hate one another. Offended will betray one another 554 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,800 and will hate one another. Says. 555 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:23,960 Then many false prophets will rise up and and deceive many, 556 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:28,320 and because of lawlessness will abound. 557 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:38,880 The love of many will grow cold, but but Pastor Lewis, he likes 558 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:44,520 that it's something good. But he who endures to the end 559 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:49,400 shall be saved. That's you know, you're going to 560 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,440 when you go out, when you go forward, when you go through the 561 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:56,440 gates, when you give that message, some people are going 562 00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,600 to receive it. Some people aren't. 563 00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:00,680 Some people are going to say you're crazy. 564 00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:03,120 I don't believe it. All right. 565 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:07,400 All right, and there's there's already all that lawlessness in 566 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:15,000 this nation, you know, and and all of those things seems like 567 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:21,120 it's going on right now. But he says, but he who endures, 568 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:25,760 see, we got to stay in fast to the end will be saved. 569 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:29,000 And this gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in all the 570 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:33,120 world as a witness to all the nations. 571 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:40,760 And then the end will come, OK, all the world, all the nations, 572 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:49,320 this gospel will be preached. Let's just be part of that 573 00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:55,240 around here or, you know, and your own, you know, environment, 574 00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:00,200 all the world. See back there when they were 575 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,880 talking about, you know, the Israelites and what they're 576 00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:05,640 doing and all the Babylon's all with it. 577 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:12,680 But you know, but it's all see and you put yourself, it's us 578 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:19,920 because there's there's no more Greek and Gentile or whatever. 579 00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:23,920 We're all one in Jesus Christ, all right? 580 00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:38,680 Let's go to, let's go to Ephesians. 581 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:46,360 All right, now, Ephesians, Ephesians 219. 582 00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:54,120 Now this is OK. Now listen 19 it says. 583 00:41:54,200 --> 00:42:00,200 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, 584 00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:04,360 but fellow citizens, with the Saints and members of the 585 00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:08,240 household of God having been built on the foundation of the 586 00:42:08,240 --> 00:42:13,040 apostles and the prophets. Jesus Christ Himself being the 587 00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:17,560 chief cornerstone in whom the whole building being fitted 588 00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:22,280 together grows into a holy temple in the Lord in whom you 589 00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:29,720 also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in 590 00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:32,920 the spirit. I always think of this when, 591 00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:36,520 when I'm reading this of with Christ being that chief 592 00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:41,640 cornerstone and, and the builder is, you know, has other stones 593 00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:43,960 around because they're all part of his Kingdom. 594 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:47,080 But we're all, you know, have different ministries and, and 595 00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:49,400 different responsibilities or whatever. 596 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,400 But he's going around and he's picking up those stones and he's 597 00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:56,560 form and fasten them, fitting them into the form of building 598 00:42:56,560 --> 00:43:01,000 to build a building. OK, but as he's we are part of 599 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:06,920 his, his Kingdom, all right, and he's fitting us together for a 600 00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:12,680 purpose is to, you know, to go out and and just to speak to 601 00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:16,400 whatever whatever that is that he wants you to do, to step 602 00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:21,040 forward out of our comfort zones into his, his gloriness. 603 00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:23,840 And you know, those things that he's given us to do. 604 00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:30,880 All right, it's a but we are in 21 in whom the whole building 605 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:37,960 being fitted together, grows into a holy temple. 606 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:46,040 We, us, all of us in that part of that building we are. 607 00:43:47,080 --> 00:44:02,760 OK, let's go to Romans. Romans 8. 608 00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:04,480 This is one of my favorite chapters. 609 00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:11,240 Romans 8 Start with verse 31. It says what then? 610 00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:14,600 OK, after reading all that right, it says, OK then what 611 00:44:14,720 --> 00:44:16,960 then shall we say to these things? 612 00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:20,120 If God is for us, who can be against us? 613 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:24,360 It says, He who did not spare his own Son, but delivered him 614 00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:29,880 up for us all, how shall not with Him also freely give us all 615 00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:32,320 things? It says we shall bring. 616 00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:36,080 It says we who? Who shall bring a charge against 617 00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:40,880 God's elect? It is God who justifies. 618 00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:44,400 Who is he who condemns? Who is he who condemns? 619 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:49,240 It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who 620 00:44:49,240 --> 00:44:52,200 is even at the right hand of God, who also makes 621 00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:56,480 intercessions for us, Who shall separate us from the love of 622 00:44:56,480 --> 00:45:00,560 Christ? So tribulation, you're going to 623 00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:02,880 have troubles, you're going to have tribulations in our life. 624 00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:06,840 Is it going to separate us from the love of Christ or distress 625 00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:11,680 or persecution or famine, All those things that we mentioned 626 00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:13,640 before. It says those things are like 627 00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:17,160 going on. You know, it's, it's, it's 628 00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:18,280 happening. It says so. 629 00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:23,240 Or nakedness or peril or sword as is written for your sake. 630 00:45:23,240 --> 00:45:27,680 We are killed all day long. We are counted as sheep for the 631 00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:31,840 slaughter, yet in all these things we are more than 632 00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:34,760 conquerors. Through him who loved us and 633 00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:42,640 says, For I am persuaded all right, I am persuaded that 634 00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:47,600 neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor 635 00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:51,480 power, nor things present, nor things that come, nor height nor 636 00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:57,280 depth, nor any other created things shall be able to separate 637 00:45:57,280 --> 00:46:00,960 us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 638 00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:05,840 OK, nothing. When those things, when you're 639 00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:10,600 out, when you're speaking, when God-given us that boldness to 640 00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:14,120 move forward, don't let nothing separate us. 641 00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:21,360 He's with us and he's saying that nothing, all right, nothing 642 00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:24,440 will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in 643 00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:28,360 Christ Jesus. All right, a few more here. 644 00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:42,320 Philippians 3, Philippians 3 and and 15. 645 00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:45,680 We'll start with 12. We'll start with 12. 646 00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:51,600 It says not that I have already obtained nothing. 647 00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:57,520 I've already taken when when Isaiah when he accepted that 648 00:46:57,520 --> 00:47:03,720 call. I got to go back to that one now 649 00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:08,200 and Isaiah 6. I just want to read this real 650 00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:13,040 quick. When he accepted that, he says, 651 00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:19,240 woe is me, for I am undone because I am a man of unclean 652 00:47:19,240 --> 00:47:23,840 lips and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips. 653 00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:28,800 For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. 654 00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:34,640 He didn't think he was, you know, he's what was me. 655 00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:37,040 He's he got unclean lips. He dwells with people with 656 00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:42,320 unclean lips. But he's seen, OK, He's seen the 657 00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:44,560 Lord of hosts, the King, the Lord of hosts. 658 00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:51,000 All right, not that I have already obtained. 659 00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:57,120 He didn't have it yet, but he was purged by by the Lord, OK, 660 00:47:57,240 --> 00:48:01,840 and he was able to do the things he says here am I send me. 661 00:48:02,240 --> 00:48:08,560 All right, it says or am already perfect, but I press on, press 662 00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:13,640 on that I might lay hold of that which Christ Jesus has also laid 663 00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:17,720 hold of me, brother, and I do not count myself to have 664 00:48:18,240 --> 00:48:24,800 apprehended but one thing I do forget those things which are 665 00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:30,400 behind and reaching forward, moving forward to those things 666 00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:34,480 which are ahead. I press toward the goal of the 667 00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:39,000 prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 668 00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:44,440 That prize, you know, that's that the prom, eternal life for 669 00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:46,320 all those that we know and love, don't we? 670 00:48:46,720 --> 00:48:50,280 That's that the promise of eternal life. 671 00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:56,560 And they brought him through the Red Sea, all those Israelites 672 00:48:56,560 --> 00:49:00,880 and they were looking for they were coming into the promised 673 00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:03,320 land, right? They came into that land. 674 00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:07,320 They're sinning, doing whatever and judges it's all about sin 675 00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:10,000 and turn away from God and going back and forth. 676 00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:13,440 All right, then they're looking for the coming of Christ and 677 00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:16,920 Christ is, you know, is coming. Now we're looking for the return 678 00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:20,280 of Christ. But all through that we've got 679 00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:24,440 in and out. You got, you know, sin and we're 680 00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:27,680 crying out and sin and trying out in times of trouble. 681 00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:31,200 And it's still going on, crying out in times of trouble and 682 00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:34,880 turning. But, you know, if be steadfast 683 00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:42,600 in him planted by that river of water, right, and not turning 684 00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:45,640 aside, nothing will separate us, as the other Scripture said, 685 00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:47,760 from us. But we're going to, we have to 686 00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:52,560 press on a head for that prize, all right? 687 00:49:57,720 --> 00:49:59,720 All right, let's go to a couple more. 688 00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:09,910 Hebrew 11. Hebrews 11/30. 689 00:50:11,910 --> 00:50:16,870 No. Hebrew 11:30. 690 00:50:16,870 --> 00:50:21,630 It's L Star that says by faith. That's that. 691 00:50:22,070 --> 00:50:27,760 That's faith. OK, it says by faith, the walls 692 00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:31,480 of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days. 693 00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:36,120 Now we talk about going in that, being in that fire and all that. 694 00:50:36,120 --> 00:50:42,920 Well, Joshua, all right, Joshua had to bring them over the 695 00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:49,240 Jordan. And here he's standing before 696 00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:51,040 the commander of the Lord's army. 697 00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:54,720 Remember that? And he said, he said, are you 698 00:50:54,720 --> 00:50:57,720 for us or against us? He's talking to the commander of 699 00:50:57,720 --> 00:51:01,360 the Lord's army, Christ itself. Are you for us or you against 700 00:51:01,360 --> 00:51:04,920 us? And he said I am the commander 701 00:51:04,920 --> 00:51:08,320 of the Lord's army. He didn't say it was for you or 702 00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:09,960 against them. He didn't say that. 703 00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:12,800 He said I am the commander of the Lord's army. 704 00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:14,680 And that was Jesus Christ itself. 705 00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:22,640 And I think of that and I think of, you know, as they brought 706 00:51:22,640 --> 00:51:27,760 them through and the things that that we do in life and the 707 00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:31,960 things that even looking back at the Israelites and in Judges and 708 00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:35,880 and crying out to God and doing their own thing and crying out 709 00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:42,520 to God and whatever, you know, and Joshua had to put up with 710 00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:47,680 with those things. But but and he was with Moses 711 00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:49,040 too. So he's seen it. 712 00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:54,400 OK, He's remember they held up Moses arms. 713 00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:59,480 You know, he was in a battle. So he knows. 714 00:51:59,640 --> 00:52:04,480 Oh, OK, but he was in the OK, but he listened to the the 715 00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:07,920 commandment of the commander of the Lord's army. 716 00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:11,680 He listened to what he said to do to capture Jericho. 717 00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:17,240 All right, OK, let's go on. It says by Faith, the harlot 718 00:52:17,240 --> 00:52:23,120 Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe when she had 719 00:52:23,120 --> 00:52:32,040 received the spies with peace Rahab the harlot, OK, Now, yes, 720 00:52:32,040 --> 00:52:37,440 she received and said by Faith, OK, she did these things. 721 00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:41,280 Now, if you listen to that story, the harlot Rahab, the 722 00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:45,840 spies came, she hid them, OK, And those soldiers came in, 723 00:52:45,840 --> 00:52:48,480 Where are they? She hid them right, but when 724 00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:51,640 they came down, the soldiers left and she told him to lie and 725 00:52:51,640 --> 00:52:58,480 whatever he knows well, but she told him she's I've heard how 726 00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:02,960 God has brought you through the Red Sea. 727 00:53:04,840 --> 00:53:08,000 I've heard how he took care of you all right, did all those 728 00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:10,520 things all right for them all right. 729 00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:18,200 He heard that she says I know that you're God is God. 730 00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:21,240 She had that faith. That's why she's mentioned here. 731 00:53:21,240 --> 00:53:25,720 She had that that faith because she knew she accepted all right 732 00:53:25,720 --> 00:53:30,040 and she she knew and she was saved because of her faith and 733 00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:32,120 who she knew God was all right, let's go on. 734 00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:40,040 It says it says and what more shall I say for the time would 735 00:53:40,040 --> 00:53:44,440 fill me to tell of Gideon. Gideon. 736 00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:49,320 He was in that time of judges. OK, and, and when the Angel of 737 00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:53,400 the Lord, OK, when the OK, when the Angel of the Lord, when the 738 00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:56,440 Angel of the Lord came to him, all right, the Angel of the Lord 739 00:53:56,440 --> 00:54:01,120 came to him all right. And he says he what he say he 740 00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:05,040 said the Lord is with you, my mighty man of valor. 741 00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:09,640 And he says, what are you talking about, mighty man of 742 00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:12,640 valor? He says, you know, if the Lord 743 00:54:12,640 --> 00:54:15,200 is with us, why is all these things happening to us? 744 00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:17,440 Didn't he? Why is all these things 745 00:54:17,440 --> 00:54:23,560 happening to us? But he believed he had faith and 746 00:54:23,560 --> 00:54:28,440 he went forward to do what he had to do with faith. 747 00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:32,120 He said he was the least of his house. 748 00:54:32,720 --> 00:54:36,040 He was the this tribe was the least in his father, was the 749 00:54:36,040 --> 00:54:38,680 least in his tribe. I mean, he, he was the least in 750 00:54:38,680 --> 00:54:40,240 his father's tribe. OK? 751 00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:42,640 But he went forward. All right, I got to get going 752 00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:46,040 here. Samson, we know about Samson. 753 00:54:46,040 --> 00:54:50,280 You know he loved his women whatever Jetha, he took the vow 754 00:54:50,280 --> 00:54:53,320 and he said when he comes back in peace that when the first 755 00:54:53,320 --> 00:54:55,200 thing that walks out of the house, you know that he was 756 00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:57,200 going to have a burnt, burnt sacrifice. 757 00:54:57,200 --> 00:54:59,920 But all of these are mentioned here because of their faith. 758 00:54:59,920 --> 00:55:03,440 David we know David and what he did and all that Samuel and the 759 00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:08,960 prophet prophets and it says who then faith and subdued kingdoms 760 00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:13,400 walk worked righteousness obtained promise, but they all 761 00:55:13,400 --> 00:55:17,400 through faith. All right, that's OK. 762 00:55:17,440 --> 00:55:20,480 One more, one more I got to quit one more. 763 00:55:20,720 --> 00:55:23,440 OK, I'm going to go to the book of Esther. 764 00:55:26,040 --> 00:55:34,360 All right, Esther chapter 4. And we know this story about 765 00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:39,720 Esther and Mordecai and Hammond conspired to kill the Jews, all 766 00:55:39,720 --> 00:55:43,200 right? And and he convinced the king 767 00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:47,200 that the Jews must die. And he did his signet on and all 768 00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:47,880 that. OK. 769 00:55:48,280 --> 00:55:52,600 But now Esther and Mordecai passing notes back and forth. 770 00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:56,600 Mordecai was saying, look, you got to go in and tell the king. 771 00:55:57,200 --> 00:55:59,680 You got to speak on our behalf, all right? 772 00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:01,200 And then. OK. 773 00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:13,120 And then listen to this. It says all and 11 all the 774 00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:17,600 King's servants and the people of the King's provinces knew 775 00:56:17,600 --> 00:56:21,360 that any man or woman who goes into the inner courts of the 776 00:56:21,360 --> 00:56:27,720 king who has not been called, it says they're going to perish, 777 00:56:27,720 --> 00:56:28,720 you're going to die, don't matter. 778 00:56:28,720 --> 00:56:30,720 It's the law, they're going to go. 779 00:56:30,720 --> 00:56:38,520 They haven't been called. All right, but this is what, OK, 780 00:56:38,840 --> 00:56:41,440 Mordecai told them. This is what I want to, it says. 781 00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:43,800 And Mordecai told them to answer Esther. 782 00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:48,960 It says, do not think in your heart that you will escape in 783 00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:53,560 the King's palace any more than all the other Jews. 784 00:56:53,920 --> 00:56:59,360 For if you remain completely silent at this time, listen to 785 00:56:59,360 --> 00:57:01,800 that. Don't think that you're going to 786 00:57:01,800 --> 00:57:04,000 be safe because you're up in there and you're Queen Esther, 787 00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:06,760 right? It says for if you remain 788 00:57:06,760 --> 00:57:11,120 completely silent at this time moving forward, speaking on 789 00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:15,040 behalf of God, if you remain completely sad this time, relief 790 00:57:15,720 --> 00:57:20,120 and deliverance will arise for the Jews from some other place. 791 00:57:20,120 --> 00:57:21,960 OK, they're, you know, they're going to get saved from other 792 00:57:21,960 --> 00:57:25,120 sources. But he said, but suppose whether 793 00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:33,320 you have come to the Kingdom for such a time as this, Did you, 794 00:57:33,360 --> 00:57:37,680 did you, did you hear that? When I heard this, I'm saying, 795 00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:43,480 but you and your father's house will Paris and says yet who 796 00:57:43,480 --> 00:57:45,800 knows? So when we're speaking and you 797 00:57:47,120 --> 00:57:54,880 can, you can come up now when you're speaking, you don't know 798 00:57:54,880 --> 00:57:59,120 what's going to happen, right? You don't know what, what's 799 00:57:59,120 --> 00:58:01,440 going to come out of your mouth that's going to help somebody 800 00:58:01,640 --> 00:58:07,120 who's going to save somebody who you can minister to, who you can 801 00:58:07,120 --> 00:58:12,480 strengthen. And it and I just think that 802 00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:17,200 this he's, he's calling us to get out of our Christian comfort 803 00:58:17,200 --> 00:58:20,720 zone, Amen, our Christian comfort zone. 804 00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:25,600 And in this church, we have all kind of ministries, all right, 805 00:58:25,680 --> 00:58:28,280 we have a prayer group that meets every Thursday night. 806 00:58:28,280 --> 00:58:30,640 You know, all this, our children's ministry, all we can 807 00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:34,040 help in those ministries and and just doing that even, but it 808 00:58:34,040 --> 00:58:40,040 builds up, builds us up so we can go out and minister to 809 00:58:40,040 --> 00:58:41,720 others. It builds our own personal 810 00:58:41,720 --> 00:58:47,360 ministries up that we can go out our talents, our abilities. 811 00:58:48,960 --> 00:58:52,600 I love it when I see Francis up here playing the organ that me 812 00:58:52,600 --> 00:59:00,200 that's like my goodness, like use what God has given us is 813 00:59:00,200 --> 00:59:03,880 what I'm saying, Use what God has given us to step forward 814 00:59:04,120 --> 00:59:06,680 into what he wants us to do Amen. 815 00:59:07,880 --> 00:59:09,480 Amen. Let us take communion. 816 00:59:10,600 --> 00:59:17,960 Hallelujah. No, we just, we just thank you, 817 00:59:17,960 --> 00:59:22,600 Lord, for just how you speak, how you want us to move, how 818 00:59:22,600 --> 00:59:27,120 you, yes, one has to not, not keep still, Lord God, but to 819 00:59:27,120 --> 00:59:30,040 keep moving forward and professing who you are in our 820 00:59:30,040 --> 00:59:38,760 life, Lord God. And it says, For I receive from 821 00:59:38,760 --> 00:59:42,320 the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord 822 00:59:42,320 --> 00:59:47,080 Jesus on the same night in which he was portrayed, he took bread. 823 00:59:48,040 --> 00:59:53,280 And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, take, eat. 824 00:59:53,760 --> 00:59:58,520 This is my body which is broken, for you do this in remembrance 825 00:59:58,520 --> 01:00:07,250 of me. In the same manner He also took 826 01:00:07,250 --> 01:00:13,210 the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in 827 01:00:13,210 --> 01:00:17,570 my blood. This do as often as you drink it 828 01:00:18,170 --> 01:00:26,400 in remembrance of me. For as ousting as you eat this 829 01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:32,200 bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until 830 01:00:32,200 --> 01:00:36,560 he comes. And that's we got to proclaim 831 01:00:36,560 --> 01:00:41,200 the Lord's death until he comes. We have to let's be bold. 832 01:00:42,360 --> 01:00:51,880 Let's us we be bold for what God is doing at this time, in such a 833 01:00:51,880 --> 01:00:56,200 time as this. We don't know when he's coming 834 01:00:56,200 --> 01:00:59,360 back. I know when I was a young boy in 835 01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:02,880 church, it's like and I heard them say, oh, this is troubled 836 01:01:02,880 --> 01:01:06,240 times and it's got to be the end times. 837 01:01:06,240 --> 01:01:09,280 We don't know when the end times are, but this is what we do know 838 01:01:10,680 --> 01:01:14,800 that we love the Lord and we want all those that we know to 839 01:01:15,120 --> 01:01:20,320 come to him and receive them to enjoy this life that we have. 840 01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:22,440 Amen.