1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:04,440 This is City Post Church. We're about three things build, 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:08,119 equipped and sinned. All under the lordship of Jesus 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:10,200 Christ. A small church plant in Fort 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,360 Worth, TX. Who decided to do things a 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:14,120 little differently? I do. 6 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:18,440 Ramos, Ahesu, Christo. I love City Post because of the 7 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,440 people. It's where I belong. 8 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,520 We truly preach the. Word I love City Post because of 9 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:25,000 the community we've been able to build. 10 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,280 To do ministry like Jesus for light. 11 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:32,630 To push back Darkness, this is City Post Podcast. 12 00:00:37,350 --> 00:00:39,350 Hey so I want to start us out by. 13 00:00:40,110 --> 00:00:42,230 Just kind of. Seeing if you guys. 14 00:00:42,230 --> 00:00:45,830 Agree with me. With this statement here. 15 00:00:48,430 --> 00:00:51,950 So times have changed. If you agree. 16 00:00:51,950 --> 00:00:55,870 With me, raise your hand. All right, now hold your hands 17 00:00:55,870 --> 00:00:56,470 up. Hold. 18 00:00:56,510 --> 00:00:57,910 I know it's going to be hard for some of y'all. 19 00:00:57,990 --> 00:01:04,709 All right, hold your hands up. Thanks right now look around 20 00:01:05,069 --> 00:01:08,990 because when I said times have changed, there's. 21 00:01:08,990 --> 00:01:10,870 People from all you can put your hands up. 22 00:01:11,070 --> 00:01:12,950 There's people from all sorts of. 23 00:01:12,950 --> 00:01:17,670 Backgrounds, age groups, socioeconomic backgrounds, 24 00:01:18,030 --> 00:01:22,190 everyone kind of in this room agreed with that statement. 25 00:01:22,190 --> 00:01:26,010 Times have changed. Which is interesting, especially 26 00:01:26,010 --> 00:01:28,010 the age. Thing you know, because. 27 00:01:28,010 --> 00:01:30,010 Some of the older folks are like, man, what do you know 28 00:01:30,010 --> 00:01:31,290 about? That man, you know, like. 29 00:01:31,330 --> 00:01:32,770 Y'all. Barely lived. 30 00:01:33,090 --> 00:01:35,170 And then some of you younger guys are like they sure. 31 00:01:35,690 --> 00:01:38,130 Because thank God they've changed. 32 00:01:38,170 --> 00:01:40,890 I know so, so. Times have changed. 33 00:01:40,970 --> 00:01:43,050 That's that's a. Statement that everyone, Kind 34 00:01:43,050 --> 00:01:46,570 of. Agrees with and we could go to 35 00:01:46,610 --> 00:01:48,770 like. Culture we could talk about. 36 00:01:48,770 --> 00:01:52,130 Food, we could talk about. Dating we could talk about. 37 00:01:52,430 --> 00:01:57,910 How one generation manages a? Situation other than a different 38 00:01:57,910 --> 00:02:01,150 generation, we can even talk. About like Christianity and 39 00:02:01,150 --> 00:02:03,350 church things and. And we can talk about worship. 40 00:02:03,350 --> 00:02:05,830 Music we can talk about. All these things. 41 00:02:05,830 --> 00:02:07,710 But the truth is that times have changed. 42 00:02:08,310 --> 00:02:10,789 I'll give you an example the other day like we were out to 43 00:02:10,789 --> 00:02:13,430 eat. And I and I'm looking because 44 00:02:13,430 --> 00:02:16,550 I'm a nosy person when I go out to eat, I just. 45 00:02:16,550 --> 00:02:18,550 Don't like, stay on my phones. I like the people. 46 00:02:18,550 --> 00:02:21,960 Watch sometimes and. And I'm looking and I look. 47 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:25,400 At this table and there is a, a, a family. 48 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:26,560 That they're eating together. It's. 49 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:31,040 Just a husband and wife. Their young little son and. 50 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,960 The son has. An iPad and it has. 51 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:35,720 It's like the the massive purple. 52 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,600 Things on it, you know. Make sure they don't bang their 53 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,120 head with it and and then the then the mom and dad are also on 54 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,880 their devices. But then I see the mom put hers 55 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,080 down and she's telling the son like, you have to eat. 56 00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:50,460 Like you. Can't finish your game until you 57 00:02:50,460 --> 00:02:54,500 keep eating. And the sun ends up like putting 58 00:02:54,500 --> 00:02:56,940 down. His device kind of upset. 59 00:02:57,300 --> 00:03:00,300 And he looks at the mom and I could just hear he's like, this 60 00:03:00,300 --> 00:03:03,500 is stupid. Now that's not what shocked me. 61 00:03:03,980 --> 00:03:07,660 What shocked me was that Dad just kind of looked. 62 00:03:07,660 --> 00:03:10,100 Over and. Shrugged his shoulders. 63 00:03:10,100 --> 00:03:15,460 And just kept scrolling OK. Now let me put myself in the 64 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:18,420 that when I was that age, if I was a kid. 65 00:03:19,030 --> 00:03:22,310 And I'm meeting with my mom and dad, and my mom tells me to do 66 00:03:22,310 --> 00:03:25,310 something. And I look at my mom and I'm 67 00:03:25,310 --> 00:03:28,590 like, mom, this is stupid. You. 68 00:03:28,590 --> 00:03:31,550 Think my dad would just let that fly? 69 00:03:32,670 --> 00:03:36,830 No, it would be like boom. Like see you at the crossroads 70 00:03:36,830 --> 00:03:37,830 you I. Mean, I'm like, it would have 71 00:03:37,830 --> 00:03:41,510 done like, what happened to Kid Ricky, like, you know? 72 00:03:41,550 --> 00:03:42,910 He's like I. Think he moved back to South 73 00:03:42,910 --> 00:03:45,390 Florida? We never saw him again, I mean. 74 00:03:46,310 --> 00:03:49,780 It would have been over. You know, and and and I mean 75 00:03:49,900 --> 00:03:53,180 that's just an exact. Like times though, these days 76 00:03:53,180 --> 00:03:56,260 have changed. And when we look at. 77 00:03:56,420 --> 00:03:59,940 Even stuff in in Christianity with the culture that's 78 00:03:59,940 --> 00:04:05,060 happening, one of the things. That, I feel, is changing is our 79 00:04:05,060 --> 00:04:10,340 hospitality. You know, even back in like 80 00:04:10,420 --> 00:04:12,660 Elena calls it. The olden days. 81 00:04:14,220 --> 00:04:18,500 Which for hers, the 1980s. You know, even back in these 82 00:04:18,500 --> 00:04:21,019 times, I remember growing up as a kid. 83 00:04:22,300 --> 00:04:26,740 How people from the church would come over to our house just any 84 00:04:26,740 --> 00:04:30,620 day of the week, just show up. And my mom would be like, hey. 85 00:04:30,620 --> 00:04:32,180 Turn the TV off. We have, we have. 86 00:04:32,180 --> 00:04:34,650 Guests, we have company over, so turn it all off. 87 00:04:34,810 --> 00:04:37,130 And then they would make coffee and it didn't matter. 88 00:04:37,130 --> 00:04:41,250 What we had, it didn't matter who came at what time, it was 89 00:04:41,290 --> 00:04:43,530 always like this. Open door this. 90 00:04:43,530 --> 00:04:46,490 Welcomed the Inmanos from the. Church are here and if they had 91 00:04:46,490 --> 00:04:48,410 a. Kid with them or a friend, then. 92 00:04:48,410 --> 00:04:51,810 Then we were allowed to go outside or play Nintendo or, you 93 00:04:51,810 --> 00:04:54,650 know, just just leave us alone so the adults can hang out and 94 00:04:54,650 --> 00:04:56,380 visit. But there was just this. 95 00:04:56,420 --> 00:04:59,820 Open revolving door of hospitality it. 96 00:04:59,820 --> 00:05:02,060 Didn't matter what time, what day you were. 97 00:05:02,140 --> 00:05:05,580 Always. Welcome in here and I think 98 00:05:05,580 --> 00:05:08,260 that's just so rich that that's so like that's. 99 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:10,900 Awesome. It doesn't even matter. 100 00:05:10,900 --> 00:05:13,300 I know. You know, Rachel is is great 101 00:05:13,300 --> 00:05:16,460 with hospitality. And when we first got married, 102 00:05:16,860 --> 00:05:19,420 our apartment was 5. 150 square feet? 103 00:05:20,620 --> 00:05:21,660 Yeah, it. Was awesome. 104 00:05:21,660 --> 00:05:23,260 It was a. That's right. 105 00:05:23,260 --> 00:05:28,260 Cozy little place of happiness. But that didn't stop us like we 106 00:05:28,260 --> 00:05:31,020 loved hosting people. We would have like the youth 107 00:05:31,020 --> 00:05:33,740 over our house like. Eight or nine of us in in A. 108 00:05:33,740 --> 00:05:35,900 Small little apartment like you throw a. 109 00:05:35,900 --> 00:05:38,180 Rock in the window. Everybody has a bump underhead. 110 00:05:38,420 --> 00:05:41,140 I mean, it was like we were all. It was a small place, but we had 111 00:05:41,140 --> 00:05:43,420 host UFC fights. We have three guys. 112 00:05:43,420 --> 00:05:46,460 On the couch. 2 on this side, 4 on the floor. 113 00:05:46,900 --> 00:05:50,180 Not everybody could move at the same time, but but for us. 114 00:05:50,180 --> 00:05:53,020 Like, we really enjoyed it and we gave what we. 115 00:05:53,020 --> 00:05:56,800 Had and it was like if. We only had crackers and. 116 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:58,760 Peanut butter. We were going to hook. 117 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:00,880 Up some peanut butter cracker sandwiches for you. 118 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,640 For some of us it was like, man, if you give me. 15 minutes. 119 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:06,880 I'll make you the the greatest ramen ever. 120 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:09,680 Come on in. I got you. 121 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,320 Like, I know if I go to Joey's house, he's going. 122 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:18,160 To hook me up with. Weboscomwini No matter what, he 123 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,240 might not have tortillas. We're going to use Miss Berards. 124 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:21,920 It's all right. We use a piece of bread. 125 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:23,600 I know if I go to this house, he's. 126 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,480 Going to hook. Me up with that, No matter what. 127 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:27,440 See. Like So what? 128 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,200 What I'm getting at. Here is I think. 129 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,480 Some of us, we think hospitality has to do with the resources, 130 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:36,400 but the truth is hospitality is about the. 131 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:41,040 Resourcefulness of God. And us trusting in his resource 132 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,680 and. What I what I worry is that. 133 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:49,360 Our culture and our. Time. 134 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:54,270 The time that we. Are living in we've become so 135 00:06:54,270 --> 00:06:58,630 closed off we've. Become so selfish, we've become 136 00:06:58,630 --> 00:07:03,470 so like all about. Me and my plans and like my 137 00:07:03,470 --> 00:07:07,790 money and my resource, we've become so tight fisted that God. 138 00:07:07,790 --> 00:07:11,070 Is going to say. Man like there is a blessing in 139 00:07:11,230 --> 00:07:16,030 being hospitable and there's actually a calling for us to be 140 00:07:16,030 --> 00:07:19,830 hospitable that if we. Don't let go of ourselves, we're 141 00:07:19,830 --> 00:07:24,390 going to miss it. Now first John, in first John we 142 00:07:24,390 --> 00:07:27,710 talked about you know. John is is pointing out this is 143 00:07:27,710 --> 00:07:29,750 what it looks like to be a follower of Christ. 144 00:07:29,950 --> 00:07:32,350 You love the truth. You have the anointing. 145 00:07:32,350 --> 00:07:35,030 Of God in you, you. Love the things of God. 146 00:07:35,190 --> 00:07:38,030 You you know you are, you have righteousness in you. 147 00:07:38,230 --> 00:07:41,110 Then we go to 2nd. John and second John talks about 148 00:07:42,310 --> 00:07:45,070 because of that. Righteousness that you have. 149 00:07:45,990 --> 00:07:48,670 We have a specific hospitality that we share. 150 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:53,560 But when deceivers show up? Don't let them take advantage of 151 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,200 it. You better protect the truth. 152 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:01,240 Don't help push that foolishness down the road, so defend it. 153 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,480 But now we're getting to 3rd John and what third John is 154 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,840 going to say is hospitality is awesome. 155 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:12,040 Especially when it comes to. Other believers, and especially 156 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:13,800 if it's with other believers who are. 157 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,880 Helping move the gospel forward you. 158 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,540 Open your house to them, because you too could be. 159 00:08:19,540 --> 00:08:23,420 Involved in the movement of God And if you're not. 160 00:08:23,420 --> 00:08:25,900 Careful, you're going to miss. It and I and I. 161 00:08:26,380 --> 00:08:28,380 Man, when I was reading this, I was like, man, this is so 162 00:08:28,380 --> 00:08:30,420 encouraging to me. I love this. 163 00:08:31,340 --> 00:08:32,820 But what? I really hope that you guys. 164 00:08:32,820 --> 00:08:35,780 Take from today is that you leave here with. 165 00:08:36,140 --> 00:08:38,659 A. A different sense of hospitality 166 00:08:38,980 --> 00:08:41,940 because I I feel like we're we're starting to lose it as a 167 00:08:41,940 --> 00:08:43,740 culture because we're so worried. 168 00:08:43,740 --> 00:08:46,940 About our stuff. And our plans and our schedules. 169 00:08:47,860 --> 00:08:49,300 When God is. Like, man, there's a gift in 170 00:08:49,300 --> 00:08:51,540 this. So we're going to look at 8 171 00:08:51,540 --> 00:08:54,260 verses. Today there's 13 verses. 172 00:08:54,260 --> 00:08:56,740 In the book of third, John, we're going to be here about 3 173 00:08:56,740 --> 00:08:58,460 weeks and. Then we're going to go do 174 00:08:58,460 --> 00:08:59,940 something else. So let's go. 175 00:08:59,940 --> 00:09:03,540 Look at verse one. So let's look at the first 176 00:09:03,540 --> 00:09:06,220 couple of verses. Let's pray first, Father. 177 00:09:06,420 --> 00:09:09,380 Thank you so much for. Your word and Lord, we we pray 178 00:09:09,380 --> 00:09:12,220 that you help us. Understand your word, Lord, I 179 00:09:12,220 --> 00:09:14,540 pray that. You help me, father, to teach 180 00:09:14,540 --> 00:09:15,740 your. Word in its context. 181 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:20,360 That everything that comes. Out of my mouth is. 182 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:22,720 Pleasing to your ear and didn't pray all these things. 183 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:26,480 So let's go. Ahead and jump in this thing. 184 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,960 Look at verse one and two. This is the. 185 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:35,680 Elder to my friend John. John, My friend Gaius. 186 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:41,840 Whom I love and the truth, dear friend, I pray that you may 187 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:44,280 enjoy good. Health and that all. 188 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:50,420 May go well with you. As even as your soul is getting 189 00:09:50,420 --> 00:09:53,780 along well. So let's go ahead and and stop 190 00:09:53,780 --> 00:09:55,660 there, because this is setting up the letter here. 191 00:09:56,020 --> 00:10:00,180 In verse one we know that John is the elder. 192 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:03,860 He started the letter of 2nd. John with the same title. 193 00:10:04,300 --> 00:10:07,660 So he's he's. Coming from a pastoral role. 194 00:10:07,820 --> 00:10:12,980 As he's writing this letter out to his people now, who's the 195 00:10:12,980 --> 00:10:14,140 other character? Who is he? 196 00:10:14,140 --> 00:10:16,180 Writing this letter to. Well, it says. 197 00:10:16,180 --> 00:10:21,380 To my dear friend Gaius. Whom I love and the truth. 198 00:10:21,980 --> 00:10:24,220 Now what do we know about Gaius? Because it doesn't, really. 199 00:10:24,220 --> 00:10:26,940 Say much in this this passage, but what we? 200 00:10:26,940 --> 00:10:32,300 Can do is we could look at. Some context clues and who this 201 00:10:32,300 --> 00:10:34,860 is. We know that Gaius was someone 202 00:10:34,860 --> 00:10:37,380 that probably came from that that. 203 00:10:37,500 --> 00:10:41,780 Found Christ through John. He probably was discipled from 204 00:10:41,780 --> 00:10:44,180 John. He's probably. 205 00:10:44,180 --> 00:10:49,260 Serving in a church. That John helped start we. 206 00:10:49,260 --> 00:10:52,380 Also know that the name. Gaius is is a Roman. 207 00:10:52,620 --> 00:10:56,100 It's a gentile name, so Gaius was actually used. 208 00:10:56,100 --> 00:11:00,260 In the Roman culture, a lot of the males were named Gaius, so 209 00:11:00,260 --> 00:11:03,340 that was just. Kind of a normal name, but we 210 00:11:03,340 --> 00:11:07,900 also know that he was beloved by a lot of people, especially in 211 00:11:07,900 --> 00:11:10,140 the church. We know that he was really 212 00:11:10,140 --> 00:11:14,070 faithful. And we see that where he says my 213 00:11:14,070 --> 00:11:16,790 dear friend Guy is whom I love in the truth. 214 00:11:17,870 --> 00:11:20,430 So what he's saying is. That's something a believer says 215 00:11:20,430 --> 00:11:23,710 to another believer. You don't tell a non believer 216 00:11:23,710 --> 00:11:29,110 that, so look at verse. My dear friend, I pray. 217 00:11:29,110 --> 00:11:30,390 That you may enjoy. Good. 218 00:11:30,390 --> 00:11:33,070 Health and that all May. Go well. 219 00:11:33,070 --> 00:11:37,190 With you even as your. Soul is getting along well. 220 00:11:38,150 --> 00:11:40,070 Now we want to look. At a proper translate. 221 00:11:40,110 --> 00:11:43,020 A better translation here it would read. 222 00:11:43,020 --> 00:11:47,340 I pray that that you may enjoy good health and that. 223 00:11:47,580 --> 00:11:53,540 All may prosper with you, so that term may go well, actually. 224 00:11:53,540 --> 00:11:58,420 Translates better into prosper. Now how do I know this? 225 00:11:59,260 --> 00:12:01,580 Well, you gotta do some word studies, so if you look. 226 00:12:01,580 --> 00:12:06,740 At that word, prosper is. Actually reads in the text. 227 00:12:06,740 --> 00:12:11,680 It's there's a Greek verb called EO doe which. 228 00:12:11,680 --> 00:12:14,040 Means to succeed. It means to have. 229 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,360 Everything go well for you? To enjoy a favorable 230 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:20,680 circumstance. But look, look what John is 231 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:23,200 doing here. Because I don't want us to just 232 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:24,760 walk over this because there's a. 233 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:26,760 Really important lesson in verse 2 here. 234 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,240 I pray that. Everything, I mean. 235 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:31,880 That you may enjoy. Good health. 236 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,000 And that it all might. Prosper with you, that all might 237 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,760 go. Well, with you even as. 238 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,640 Your soul is getting along. Well too, which also translates 239 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:45,600 that your. Soul is prospering as well. 240 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:49,800 See what? John is getting at is that guys 241 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,360 is? Having some physical issues 242 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:54,320 here. So we don't know if it's a 243 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,520 sickness. We don't know if, if. 244 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,440 Something happened to him physically. 245 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:06,280 But what we do know is that John is saying, man, I I really wish 246 00:13:06,780 --> 00:13:10,540 your health physically was as good as your spiritual health 247 00:13:10,540 --> 00:13:11,780 is. Right now. 248 00:13:12,780 --> 00:13:14,820 So he's alluding, he's trying to say. 249 00:13:14,900 --> 00:13:17,740 Man, you're you're rocking it spiritually. 250 00:13:18,180 --> 00:13:20,180 You're. Doing amazing, like everyone's 251 00:13:20,180 --> 00:13:22,660 talking. About you and man we love to 252 00:13:22,660 --> 00:13:25,820 hear this, but you need to take care of yourself physically. 253 00:13:27,010 --> 00:13:28,930 So I so. We don't really know what's. 254 00:13:28,930 --> 00:13:31,970 Happening here with guys but. What we do know. 255 00:13:32,130 --> 00:13:34,170 Is that? John is trying to tell. 256 00:13:34,170 --> 00:13:37,370 Him like we want your physical health to be just as good as 257 00:13:37,370 --> 00:13:40,730 your spiritual health. Why is he saying that? 258 00:13:42,570 --> 00:13:47,610 Because he knows that if guys can. 259 00:13:47,610 --> 00:13:53,290 Serve God with an unrestrictive peace in his life. 260 00:13:54,090 --> 00:13:55,730 He could do so much for the service. 261 00:13:55,730 --> 00:14:02,250 Of the Lord and the Church guys. God cares a lot about your 262 00:14:02,250 --> 00:14:05,010 spiritual health, but he also cares about our physical health 263 00:14:05,050 --> 00:14:07,610 as well. And I think that there's. 264 00:14:07,610 --> 00:14:09,450 Something that we miss a lot in the in the. 265 00:14:09,450 --> 00:14:14,370 Church and and and just. To kind of say just one more 266 00:14:14,370 --> 00:14:19,490 thing about this as a pastor. You know with with John as a 267 00:14:19,530 --> 00:14:23,820 pastoral desire. You know you never want to see. 268 00:14:23,820 --> 00:14:27,340 Anybody in your in your as you shepherd. 269 00:14:27,660 --> 00:14:31,420 Go through physical pain or or just just kind of like. 270 00:14:31,420 --> 00:14:35,260 Being in and out of the hospital or or go through surgeries like 271 00:14:35,420 --> 00:14:38,340 that, that's difficult. That weighs on the heart of a 272 00:14:38,340 --> 00:14:41,420 pastor. So what we see here is that 273 00:14:41,420 --> 00:14:44,260 John. Is like man like I really hope 274 00:14:44,260 --> 00:14:48,260 that you get better physically, so that way you could continue 275 00:14:48,260 --> 00:14:53,170 to serve the God, serve your Lord effectively, so if you 276 00:14:53,170 --> 00:14:56,370 need. Some kind of motivation to take 277 00:14:56,370 --> 00:15:00,370 care of your health? For some of us it's not a six 278 00:15:00,370 --> 00:15:01,890 pack. For some of us it's not. 279 00:15:02,050 --> 00:15:03,490 I'm trying to get high school skinny. 280 00:15:03,770 --> 00:15:07,050 For some of us, it's not the summertime your. 281 00:15:07,050 --> 00:15:10,890 Motivation for being well physically should be to. 282 00:15:10,890 --> 00:15:13,130 Serve my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ better. 283 00:15:14,170 --> 00:15:16,530 To be more effective. In that to be more. 284 00:15:16,530 --> 00:15:19,530 Efficient in that. And I know this is something 285 00:15:19,530 --> 00:15:23,370 that I I share a lot with people that I've decided that. 286 00:15:23,370 --> 00:15:26,250 I I'm going to make sure that my health is good, the best I. 287 00:15:26,250 --> 00:15:28,770 Can make it because there's a lot. 288 00:15:28,770 --> 00:15:33,170 I want to do and if my health is not well, then I'm not going to 289 00:15:33,170 --> 00:15:35,490 be able to do it. So I got. 290 00:15:35,490 --> 00:15:39,490 To keep up this energy. All right, so that's verse two. 291 00:15:40,130 --> 00:15:42,130 So he's. He's he's telling his friend, 292 00:15:42,130 --> 00:15:45,010 guys, he's like, man, I I'm praying for your health and I 293 00:15:45,010 --> 00:15:48,690 hope that it's just as good physically as it is spiritually 294 00:15:48,690 --> 00:15:50,890 so that way. You could continue to serve the 295 00:15:50,890 --> 00:15:54,170 Lord. With not with any restrictions 296 00:15:54,530 --> 00:15:55,930 that you keep. Going and then look. 297 00:15:55,930 --> 00:15:59,050 At verse three and four. Now he's going to give him some 298 00:15:59,050 --> 00:16:02,330 props and this is something that all of us can learn from, he 299 00:16:02,330 --> 00:16:05,210 goes. It gave me great joy when some 300 00:16:05,210 --> 00:16:07,570 believers came and. Testified about your 301 00:16:07,570 --> 00:16:10,530 faithfulness to the truth, telling you how. 302 00:16:10,730 --> 00:16:12,450 You. Continue to walk in it. 303 00:16:13,810 --> 00:16:17,610 I have no greater joy. Than to hear that my children 304 00:16:17,610 --> 00:16:22,410 are walking in the truth. Man, I love what John does here. 305 00:16:23,490 --> 00:16:27,490 So John he he he talks. He's like he. 306 00:16:27,490 --> 00:16:30,570 Welcomes the letter. He's like, hey, guy is like, 307 00:16:30,570 --> 00:16:33,170 this is your dear. Friend man, I hope everything is 308 00:16:33,170 --> 00:16:35,010 good with you. I know you're struggling 309 00:16:35,010 --> 00:16:37,010 physically. But my prayer is that you get 310 00:16:37,010 --> 00:16:39,010 better. Physically, it matches your 311 00:16:39,210 --> 00:16:41,090 your, your spiritual health as well. 312 00:16:41,370 --> 00:16:43,330 And man, I've been hearing some great things. 313 00:16:43,330 --> 00:16:47,200 About you from other believers, people were talking about you. 314 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,200 How do we know they're talking? Because it says. 315 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:52,400 They came and they testified about you. 316 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:54,920 That word testified means that they've. 317 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,880 Witnessed something. They didn't just hear it, they 318 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,200 saw. It they've witnessed something 319 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,760 about your faithfulness to the truth. 320 00:17:04,319 --> 00:17:09,839 Man how? Many of us like isn't that what 321 00:17:09,839 --> 00:17:12,079 your story? Isn't that what you want? 322 00:17:12,079 --> 00:17:13,240 Your story? To sound like. 323 00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:17,380 Oh man, that's like if I leave this world, I would love. 324 00:17:17,380 --> 00:17:20,859 Someone to be like, man. The faithful. 325 00:17:21,060 --> 00:17:23,540 His faithfulness to the truth was incredible. 326 00:17:23,579 --> 00:17:27,099 Brought me so much joy. Like can you say that? 327 00:17:28,260 --> 00:17:32,580 Like this is something that should be so motivating and then 328 00:17:32,580 --> 00:17:35,380 it's just telling. How you continue to? 329 00:17:35,380 --> 00:17:38,700 Walk in it all. Right, so look what John's about 330 00:17:38,700 --> 00:17:42,420 to do here. Because I want you to see what 331 00:17:42,420 --> 00:17:45,370 John did not say. So what John is? 332 00:17:45,370 --> 00:17:48,690 Saying is that it brought him great. 333 00:17:48,690 --> 00:17:55,330 Joy in verse 4 To know that my children are walking in the 334 00:17:55,330 --> 00:17:58,130 truth. All right, look at verse four if 335 00:17:58,130 --> 00:18:00,050 you're gonna circle. Something you should circle 336 00:18:00,050 --> 00:18:02,610 walking in truth, because what he's doing he's. 337 00:18:03,010 --> 00:18:07,530 He's connecting belief. And conduct together, so he's 338 00:18:07,530 --> 00:18:09,210 not. Saying it brought me great joy. 339 00:18:09,450 --> 00:18:12,370 To know that my children are believing. 340 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:16,920 It brought me great joy to that my children know the truth. 341 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,920 He's not just saying knowledge, he's saying that you. 342 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:26,440 Know and that knowing. Gets you to acting so you don't 343 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,360 you're not just talking about. It you're actually. 344 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:34,280 Being about it, how do you know somebody's truly transformed by 345 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,240 the way that they live their lives? 346 00:18:37,230 --> 00:18:39,350 Anybody could give you the right answer. 347 00:18:39,350 --> 00:18:41,110 Anybody could fake it to you. Make it. 348 00:18:41,270 --> 00:18:44,470 You ask anybody the question. Are you a follower of Christ? 349 00:18:44,470 --> 00:18:46,390 You believe in Jesus and they'll give. 350 00:18:46,390 --> 00:18:50,070 You the right answers, but what do their lives look like? 351 00:18:50,870 --> 00:18:53,630 And that's. What John is getting at, he's 352 00:18:53,630 --> 00:18:58,310 like, man, it brings me so much joy that my children not only 353 00:18:58,310 --> 00:19:01,200 believe in the truth, but they believe to the. 354 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:05,520 Point where it has changed their lives and they continually serve 355 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,880 and they're. Continually walking in the 356 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:12,320 truth, that's where the joy. Stems from SO. 357 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:16,960 I want us to be real clear that when we talk about. 358 00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:19,960 Truth when we talk about. Faith when we talk about. 359 00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:25,320 It's more than knowledge. It's more than knowing. 360 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,760 It's again to the point where the Holy Spirit. 361 00:19:29,220 --> 00:19:31,620 Transforms your heart and you allow the holy. 362 00:19:31,620 --> 00:19:34,060 Spirit to. Live in and through. 363 00:19:34,340 --> 00:19:37,820 You, and that's how you continue to live this Christian walk. 364 00:19:38,860 --> 00:19:41,660 And what John is saying? Is like, man, it there's. 365 00:19:41,940 --> 00:19:44,220 No greater. Joy in my life. 366 00:19:45,020 --> 00:19:48,900 Than for me to look at my children to see that they are. 367 00:19:49,140 --> 00:19:55,020 Walking in the truth, I know a few months ago when we're 368 00:19:55,020 --> 00:19:57,140 talking, I mean. As for parents? 369 00:19:57,780 --> 00:20:01,740 I mean this is the cheat code right here like this should be 370 00:20:01,740 --> 00:20:03,500 your. Prayer for your own kids? 371 00:20:05,340 --> 00:20:07,540 Like your prayer for your children are not. 372 00:20:07,540 --> 00:20:09,740 That they go get into a great college. 373 00:20:10,300 --> 00:20:12,180 It's not that they find good work. 374 00:20:12,180 --> 00:20:14,340 It's not that. They make a ton of money. 375 00:20:15,340 --> 00:20:18,060 Your prayer for your kids is that they? 376 00:20:18,060 --> 00:20:23,940 Grow up walking in the truth of God, that they grow up knowing 377 00:20:24,140 --> 00:20:27,540 Jesus and following his lead. Because if they get that. 378 00:20:27,540 --> 00:20:30,140 Piece, right? Everything else is going to fall 379 00:20:30,140 --> 00:20:33,140 into. Place everything else is going 380 00:20:33,140 --> 00:20:35,260 to be. Taken care of this. 381 00:20:35,260 --> 00:20:39,900 Needs to be the focus of your life and learning how to. 382 00:20:39,900 --> 00:20:42,460 Kick a soccer ball is not going to get you here. 383 00:20:43,660 --> 00:20:46,260 This is going to be. Through discipleship. 384 00:20:46,740 --> 00:20:48,340 And that comes from you, mom and dad. 385 00:20:49,330 --> 00:20:50,810 So so. We've got it. 386 00:20:51,050 --> 00:20:53,930 Got to really focus on this and I and I'll, I'll say one more 387 00:20:53,930 --> 00:20:55,610 thing about this. I mean, that's why we're. 388 00:20:56,050 --> 00:20:58,090 Passionate about kids and making. 389 00:20:58,090 --> 00:21:01,730 Sure, that we teach them well. We saw this in Honduras. 390 00:21:02,410 --> 00:21:04,090 Like we're like, we're going to focus on these kids because 391 00:21:04,090 --> 00:21:05,170 these kids are going to lead people. 392 00:21:05,170 --> 00:21:07,890 To Christ. But they're also going to. 393 00:21:07,890 --> 00:21:11,930 Walk in the. Truth as they grow up, so 394 00:21:12,330 --> 00:21:15,450 there's no greater joy than to see that my children are 395 00:21:15,450 --> 00:21:17,970 walking. In the truth of Christ. 396 00:21:19,250 --> 00:21:24,010 And they look at verse five, dear friend, we are faithful. 397 00:21:24,010 --> 00:21:28,090 In what you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers 398 00:21:28,090 --> 00:21:31,930 and the sisters, even though. They are strangers to you. 399 00:21:32,410 --> 00:21:33,930 All right, so. You're like, well, Ricky at 400 00:21:33,930 --> 00:21:35,570 that, we're going to talk about hospitality. 401 00:21:37,010 --> 00:21:40,490 Keep coming, all right. So verse five, he says it again. 402 00:21:40,490 --> 00:21:42,850 Until he's talking to guys, he's like, man, you are. 403 00:21:44,730 --> 00:21:45,690 All right. So when you tell. 404 00:21:45,690 --> 00:21:48,750 Somebody that they're faithful, that means that they do it. 405 00:21:48,750 --> 00:21:52,070 More than one time. They're consistent with it. 406 00:21:53,030 --> 00:21:57,110 They do it the same time, just as good every single. 407 00:21:58,630 --> 00:22:00,070 They're faithful in what you are. 408 00:22:00,070 --> 00:22:04,150 Doing for brothers and sisters, even though they are strangers 409 00:22:04,150 --> 00:22:06,390 to you. Now what I want to make. 410 00:22:06,390 --> 00:22:08,830 Sure that we look at here too. He's. 411 00:22:08,830 --> 00:22:11,150 Talking about showing hospitality. 412 00:22:11,550 --> 00:22:15,070 To his brothers and sisters who are other believers in the 413 00:22:15,070 --> 00:22:17,150 faith. Some of you are looking at me 414 00:22:17,150 --> 00:22:18,990 like, man, we can. Talk about hospitality. 415 00:22:19,110 --> 00:22:22,870 People are crazy out there. I'm just not going to invite 416 00:22:22,870 --> 00:22:25,070 strangers in my house. Are you out of your mind? 417 00:22:25,070 --> 00:22:28,310 Understand the context. That's not the context. 418 00:22:28,310 --> 00:22:30,070 Says the context is talking about. 419 00:22:30,590 --> 00:22:32,470 Brothers and sisters in the faith in. 420 00:22:32,470 --> 00:22:35,310 Christ, he's talking about even like. 421 00:22:35,390 --> 00:22:39,990 Preachers, people who disciple, teachers, people are helping 422 00:22:39,990 --> 00:22:47,120 push the gospel forward and even that you don't know them, you 423 00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:50,760 have been faithful in taking care of them. 424 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:55,040 Look at verse 6. Because Paul's going to keep. 425 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:56,880 I mean, John's going to keep calling them out. 426 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,120 They have told the church about your love. 427 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:07,440 Please send them on their way in a manner that honors God for 428 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,520 seven. It was for the sake of the name 429 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:15,150 that they went out receiving no help from the pagans in inverse 430 00:23:15,150 --> 00:23:17,470 8. We ought therefore to show 431 00:23:17,470 --> 00:23:20,950 hospitality to such people, so that they so that. 432 00:23:20,950 --> 00:23:24,270 We may work together. For the truth. 433 00:23:26,230 --> 00:23:31,510 So John is telling guys. He's saying, hey, make sure that 434 00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:34,350 you send them out in a way that honors the Lord. 435 00:23:36,230 --> 00:23:40,150 Don't wing it, don't blow it. Don't give them like. 436 00:23:40,350 --> 00:23:42,270 Whatever you got left in the house. 437 00:23:43,550 --> 00:23:47,470 You give them your best. You do what honors God you make. 438 00:23:47,470 --> 00:23:49,430 Sure, they're good. They're well taken care of. 439 00:23:51,750 --> 00:23:53,790 Why? Because we're seven tells us why 440 00:23:53,790 --> 00:23:56,070 we. Have to do this because they're 441 00:23:56,070 --> 00:23:58,550 going out in the name of Jesus, and because they're going out in 442 00:23:58,550 --> 00:24:00,990 the name of. Jesus, Jesus, Pagans are not 443 00:24:00,990 --> 00:24:04,390 going to help them. Pagans are not going to help. 444 00:24:04,390 --> 00:24:08,630 Them so in Remember second John. How I talked about if someone 445 00:24:08,630 --> 00:24:12,230 with a different. Set of gospel or somebody that 446 00:24:12,230 --> 00:24:14,830 is a deceive. Or someone that is anti truth 447 00:24:14,830 --> 00:24:17,150 comes your way. Like you don't open your door to 448 00:24:17,150 --> 00:24:19,630 them, you don't help them push that down the road. 449 00:24:20,870 --> 00:24:23,030 Well, it kind of falls on the flip side. 450 00:24:23,030 --> 00:24:25,310 Too, because if you're going out there in the name. 451 00:24:25,310 --> 00:24:26,950 Of Jesus. Pagans are going to look at you 452 00:24:26,950 --> 00:24:29,310 and be like this guy's crazy. We're not helping him. 453 00:24:30,670 --> 00:24:32,190 I'm in a. Spiritual battle here. 454 00:24:33,590 --> 00:24:36,230 So who's going to help who? How's this going to? 455 00:24:36,230 --> 00:24:40,370 Work the body of Christ. So we're going to open our. 456 00:24:40,370 --> 00:24:43,170 Hearts, our doors, our resources, we're going to help. 457 00:24:43,170 --> 00:24:45,850 Each other out. So that way we move the name of 458 00:24:46,010 --> 00:24:48,210 Jesus forward and then Versailles. 459 00:24:48,210 --> 00:24:52,570 We ought to therefore show hospitality to such people, so 460 00:24:52,570 --> 00:24:56,770 that we. May work together for the truth. 461 00:24:57,290 --> 00:24:57,890 See you guys. It's. 462 00:24:57,970 --> 00:25:02,330 All We're all in this thing. Together as a church and I know 463 00:25:02,330 --> 00:25:05,210 so many people, we're like, man, Ricky, like I'm not called to 464 00:25:05,210 --> 00:25:06,650 that. You're. 465 00:25:06,650 --> 00:25:11,130 You're called to hospitality, especially if it comes to. 466 00:25:11,970 --> 00:25:17,410 Believers, your brothers and sisters in Christ, and the 467 00:25:17,410 --> 00:25:20,210 reason. Why we do this is because of 468 00:25:20,210 --> 00:25:24,770 what verse four told us. Because verse four talked about 469 00:25:24,770 --> 00:25:27,130 walking and truth connecting your. 470 00:25:27,130 --> 00:25:34,010 Belief with your conduct. So way people could see it, you 471 00:25:34,010 --> 00:25:36,370 know, the other night. I was reading a book. 472 00:25:36,370 --> 00:25:39,370 With Livy, you know we always do let you in books. 473 00:25:39,370 --> 00:25:42,530 Before we go to bed, sometimes it puts me to. 474 00:25:42,530 --> 00:25:49,570 Bed but but, but Livy has this. Little booklet that we started 475 00:25:49,570 --> 00:25:55,610 reading and and what I would do. Is it would be like so and so 476 00:25:55,610 --> 00:25:58,610 goes to the. Park John, You know, I would say 477 00:25:58,610 --> 00:26:00,410 John. John goes to the park. 478 00:26:00,410 --> 00:26:03,490 John has a picnic. John has plates. 479 00:26:03,810 --> 00:26:06,650 So what I'll do is I will point to the picture. 480 00:26:07,220 --> 00:26:09,220 And I tell. Livy, Livy, you have to tell me 481 00:26:09,220 --> 00:26:10,260 what? This word is. 482 00:26:10,780 --> 00:26:15,380 So I'm like John has she's like blades and then and I was like 483 00:26:15,380 --> 00:26:18,100 you're reading you know and and then so. 484 00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:19,340 We'll do the whole book like that. 485 00:26:19,340 --> 00:26:21,980 John has cups, John has a picnic. 486 00:26:22,260 --> 00:26:25,180 John is happy. And we'll just keep doing that. 487 00:26:25,660 --> 00:26:28,860 And then I remember like we finished the books like 7 pages. 488 00:26:29,180 --> 00:26:30,900 And I was like, Livy, you're so smart. 489 00:26:31,700 --> 00:26:33,540 How did you? Get so smart, you already know 490 00:26:33,540 --> 00:26:34,300 how to. Read and. 491 00:26:34,700 --> 00:26:38,120 She looks at me and she's like. Daddy, you can see it. 492 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:41,800 And I was like, thanks, thanks for shooting me down. 493 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:50,160 Awesome, but but it's. It's like she knows. 494 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,800 Because she's able to see it now if. 495 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,760 I were to just read. It to her, she wouldn't know 496 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,360 what's coming, she wouldn't know what I'm articulating. 497 00:26:58,360 --> 00:27:03,680 Because she can't see it. See, So what hospitality does is 498 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,800 that it alerts other believers because they're able to see it. 499 00:27:07,820 --> 00:27:10,060 So you don't have to like say anything like they know. 500 00:27:10,940 --> 00:27:13,100 I mean I I do this all the time, like when I see like. 501 00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:15,660 Friends that are. Pastors or people that I've met 502 00:27:15,780 --> 00:27:18,220 in other. States and and I look on social 503 00:27:18,220 --> 00:27:20,220 media and I know they're coming through like the DFW. 504 00:27:20,220 --> 00:27:22,580 I'm like bro, like come through Fort Worth, I'll show you a. 505 00:27:22,580 --> 00:27:23,620 Good time. Like I want you to. 506 00:27:23,620 --> 00:27:26,180 Come to my house like we'll. Put you in a hotel. 507 00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:28,580 Like man like you, you want to come preach at the church. 508 00:27:28,860 --> 00:27:30,380 Like we'll cook for you. I know some. 509 00:27:30,380 --> 00:27:32,460 People that could cook pretty. Good, right? 510 00:27:33,140 --> 00:27:36,950 Like come through, like it's exciting because we want to be 511 00:27:36,950 --> 00:27:37,830 a. Part of this we. 512 00:27:37,830 --> 00:27:40,670 Want to be a part of pushing the truth forward? 513 00:27:41,750 --> 00:27:44,030 And that's what hospitality does. 514 00:27:45,630 --> 00:27:49,150 So just to end our time today, I just want to just .4 quick 515 00:27:49,150 --> 00:27:53,630 things out based on this. Text about hospitality and my. 516 00:27:53,630 --> 00:27:56,150 Prayer is that we start having a different. 517 00:27:56,150 --> 00:28:01,270 View on hospitality that we. Start looking at our own own 518 00:28:01,270 --> 00:28:05,850 selves and we start looking at. The bigger picture of God, so #1 519 00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:08,650 hospitality. Shows your understanding of the 520 00:28:08,650 --> 00:28:14,170 Kingdom hospitality. Shows your understanding of the 521 00:28:14,170 --> 00:28:18,730 Kingdom. If we look at verse five, you 522 00:28:18,730 --> 00:28:20,810 know John is telling guys he's like, man. 523 00:28:20,810 --> 00:28:25,690 You are faithful because of what you're doing for the. 524 00:28:25,690 --> 00:28:29,090 Brothers for the brothers and sisters, even though they're 525 00:28:29,090 --> 00:28:34,900 strangers to you, unless you understand something, that's. 526 00:28:34,900 --> 00:28:37,460 Way bigger. You're not gonna just. 527 00:28:37,460 --> 00:28:39,700 Open your house up to strangers and believers. 528 00:28:39,700 --> 00:28:43,980 You don't. Know and what guys understands 529 00:28:43,980 --> 00:28:48,140 is that the Kingdom of God is. So much bigger than what's in 530 00:28:48,140 --> 00:28:52,780 front of him right now. The Kingdom of God is massive. 531 00:28:53,540 --> 00:28:57,580 And he's like, I want to be a part of this thing, so I want to 532 00:28:57,580 --> 00:28:59,980 ask. You What's your understanding of 533 00:28:59,980 --> 00:29:02,840 God's Kingdom? And can I tell your 534 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:06,080 understanding of God's Kingdom? By the way, you show hospitality 535 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:10,760 to people like, let me ask you, like, when was the last time you 536 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,480 had somebody come to your house? Like a? 537 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:16,160 Like maybe somewhere from the church. 538 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,200 I don't know. When was the last time you 539 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:22,600 offered something to somebody? Like like think. 540 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:27,360 About that like I want to be a. Of I want to be a part of God's 541 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:28,080 Kingdom. I want to. 542 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,560 I want to be. A part of God's stuff, like big 543 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,040 stuff. But if you're going to do that, 544 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,760 you've got to have a bigger view, a bigger picture, a bigger 545 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:40,440 perspective. In your mind that God's Kingdom 546 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,640 is bigger than myself. That God's Kingdom is bigger 547 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,920 than my resources. It's bigger than my. 548 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,360 Wallet and it's bigger than my refrigerator. 549 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,520 I will give you whatever I have in my house. 550 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,440 If I got fruit snacks, you can have my fruit snacks. 551 00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,720 If I got a little bit of orange juice. 552 00:30:00,390 --> 00:30:01,830 I'll put a little. Bit of water in it and give you 553 00:30:01,830 --> 00:30:07,670 some. Thank God for DoorDash, right? 554 00:30:07,670 --> 00:30:11,030 Like. Whatever it is I got, you could 555 00:30:11,030 --> 00:30:14,350 have it. Because God's Kingdom is bigger 556 00:30:14,350 --> 00:30:18,570 than my pride and I and I want you guys to understand I meant 557 00:30:18,570 --> 00:30:20,010 if. We could just get this through 558 00:30:20,010 --> 00:30:22,010 our minds and say it's not about me. 559 00:30:22,170 --> 00:30:27,010 It's about the Kingdom of God. It's about discipleship and 560 00:30:27,010 --> 00:30:25,090 growing people. It's about pushing the gospel. 561 00:30:28,330 --> 00:30:30,730 And even to the point, we could just have all my stuff. 562 00:30:30,730 --> 00:30:33,810 I don't care. Let the Lord use it. 563 00:30:35,290 --> 00:30:37,890 But you know the crazy thing about when you start? 564 00:30:37,890 --> 00:30:39,370 When you make up your mind and you're. 565 00:30:39,370 --> 00:30:41,490 Like it's about God's Kingdom and not my Kingdom. 566 00:30:41,970 --> 00:30:45,730 You also get God's Kingdom benefits and not World Kingdom 567 00:30:45,730 --> 00:30:49,600 benefits. Because in God's Kingdom, that's 568 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:53,280 where the supernatural lives. Here in this world is where the 569 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:56,120 natural. And there's some things that 570 00:30:56,120 --> 00:31:02,400 only God can do. That only God can do and until. 571 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:07,000 You take a step into the supernatural and say, Lord, I'm 572 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,480 going to trust you with my stuff. 573 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,080 I'm going to let any brother and sister need. 574 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:14,840 It I got you like I'm open my. Door to I don't know, I don't 575 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:16,960 have much but. Whatever it is you're going to 576 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,040 start seeing. God open blessing on your life 577 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,880 that you will never understand. And some of you guys are like, 578 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:26,200 man, Ricky, well, I'm always broke. 579 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:28,800 I was like, yeah, you are, because you're in the wrong 580 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,960 Kingdom. That's why you struggling. 581 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,800 Trust the Lord and watch him provide. 582 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:40,470 Alright #2, what else do we understand? 583 00:31:40,470 --> 00:31:44,670 Hospitality is not task driven, it is God honoring. 584 00:31:46,710 --> 00:31:49,270 Being hospitable is not about checking a. 585 00:31:49,270 --> 00:31:52,270 Box it's not about I'm doing this. 586 00:31:52,270 --> 00:31:56,110 Because I have to. I'm doing this because I must 587 00:31:57,710 --> 00:32:01,670 because when you do things. That are task driven, you only 588 00:32:01,670 --> 00:32:04,190 do the bare minimum to. Get it done. 589 00:32:05,590 --> 00:32:07,310 That's the culture we live in today. 590 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,920 Like, there's this weird culture right now of like, I'm worth 591 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:17,000 more than what you're giving me. Like like you earned something. 592 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:21,080 I'm like, you haven't done anything yet that that's that's 593 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,360 not a very good mentality to have. 594 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,920 But if I know that I'm honoring the Lord. 595 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:31,480 By how I welcome. Believers and how I serve 596 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:33,920 servants of the Lord and how I help. 597 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:37,600 Push the gospel forward. I'm actually honoring the Lord 598 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:41,800 by giving my best. Forward and my best efforts all 599 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:45,080 the time. And God will honor it back. 600 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,120 You know one of the. Reasons why we always have 601 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:52,320 breakfast here on Sunday. Because we don't have to. 602 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:59,000 Because it's God honoring. We bring the best every single 603 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,280 time, no matter the cost, no matter our resources. 604 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:06,000 Whatever it is, we do the best we can because we want to make. 605 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,280 Sure, that believers, brothers and sisters of Christ. 606 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,040 Come in this place. And you feel welcomed. 607 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,480 You feel that? Home and that you don't leave 608 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,080 hungry. That you don't have any. 609 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:21,320 Excuse there's. Food back there, We got you. 610 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:25,160 But we don't do it. Because we're forced to. 611 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:28,480 We do it because it honors the Lord and we want to honor the. 612 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,800 Lord, with our best effort every single time. 613 00:33:35,190 --> 00:33:38,270 If it's something I'm supposed to do, then I'll just. 614 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:42,070 Now if it was a. Go buy a box of Zebra cakes. 615 00:33:42,310 --> 00:33:52,070 And and put them back there. I like the people that say men 616 00:33:52,070 --> 00:33:56,150 are. Struggling, you know, they're. 617 00:33:56,230 --> 00:33:59,710 Struggling hard, man. They're like, whatever it takes, 618 00:34:01,630 --> 00:34:03,590 I mean, we'll make some Tang together like. 619 00:34:06,490 --> 00:34:11,090 Yeah, man, that's right. You see? 620 00:34:11,170 --> 00:34:16,330 Rita God honoring Rita. So you know it's not about the 621 00:34:16,330 --> 00:34:18,409 task. It's about the heart. 622 00:34:18,409 --> 00:34:20,929 Behind hospitality, so we want to honor God. 623 00:34:20,929 --> 00:34:21,850 What we have. All right. 624 00:34:21,850 --> 00:34:24,650 Next one. Hospitality shows your faith. 625 00:34:25,489 --> 00:34:31,290 Hospitality shows your faith. So verse six. 626 00:34:32,250 --> 00:34:35,830 So just to go back one. You know the the reason why we 627 00:34:35,830 --> 00:34:37,310 say it honors. God is because of verse. 628 00:34:37,310 --> 00:34:39,590 What verse six that says please? Send them their way. 629 00:34:40,429 --> 00:34:43,230 Please send them on their way in a manner that honors. 630 00:34:43,230 --> 00:34:49,070 God and then go to verse 7. Why does it show your faith? 631 00:34:49,830 --> 00:34:51,550 Because it says in verse seven it. 632 00:34:51,550 --> 00:34:55,830 Was for the sake of the name that they went out receiving. 633 00:34:55,830 --> 00:34:59,470 No help from pagans you see as these. 634 00:34:59,470 --> 00:35:03,070 Folks would go out as they would go and and preach the gospel and 635 00:35:03,070 --> 00:35:04,270 as they would. Go and spread. 636 00:35:04,700 --> 00:35:08,380 The word they weren't. Receiving any help from anybody? 637 00:35:08,380 --> 00:35:11,140 Else so as God would call them to go. 638 00:35:11,140 --> 00:35:13,260 Out and go to places and start churches. 639 00:35:13,500 --> 00:35:15,820 They had no idea how they were gonna get there. 640 00:35:16,260 --> 00:35:17,740 They had no idea where they were gonna. 641 00:35:17,860 --> 00:35:20,220 Stay with They had no idea where they were going. 642 00:35:20,380 --> 00:35:21,500 They had no idea how they were gonna. 643 00:35:21,500 --> 00:35:23,300 Eat, they went. Because. 644 00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:28,020 God called them to go. And what John is saying? 645 00:35:28,490 --> 00:35:30,970 Is that he's like because they're going in the name of? 646 00:35:31,090 --> 00:35:33,650 Jesus see that that in verse seven name is. 647 00:35:33,650 --> 00:35:36,930 Capitalized in the name of Jesus. 648 00:35:37,450 --> 00:35:39,850 They're not gonna receive any help from pagans. 649 00:35:41,410 --> 00:35:45,730 So if God is calling me to go to some town, I don't know if 650 00:35:45,730 --> 00:35:48,690 there's believers there or not. So where? 651 00:35:48,690 --> 00:35:50,850 Where am I gonna get my help? Where am I gonna stay? 652 00:35:50,850 --> 00:35:56,330 Where how am I gonna eat? So they're going in faith. 653 00:35:57,700 --> 00:36:00,580 You see, so as you show your hospitality, what you're. 654 00:36:00,580 --> 00:36:01,980 Doing is that you're actually showing your. 655 00:36:01,980 --> 00:36:06,340 Faith, you're not just showing. But you're also showing the kind 656 00:36:06,340 --> 00:36:09,740 of faith that you have, what kind of faith you got. 657 00:36:11,420 --> 00:36:13,260 Because hospitality is also tied. 658 00:36:13,260 --> 00:36:19,060 To generosity and if you. Struggle with giving you're 659 00:36:19,060 --> 00:36:20,580 going to. Struggle with hospitality 660 00:36:21,740 --> 00:36:22,820 because even though you might not. 661 00:36:22,820 --> 00:36:27,330 Have much physically. You do have time. 662 00:36:27,330 --> 00:36:29,050 You do have talents. You do have effort. 663 00:36:29,450 --> 00:36:33,730 And you do have. A way to offer hospitality even 664 00:36:33,730 --> 00:36:40,210 without the stuff. But that requires a faith that 665 00:36:40,410 --> 00:36:45,410 sometimes many of us. Need help with and in the last 666 00:36:45,410 --> 00:36:48,810 one and we'll. Close with this hospitality is 667 00:36:48,810 --> 00:36:54,410 used to move the gospel. Forward hospitality is moved to 668 00:36:55,590 --> 00:36:57,630 move is used to move. The Gospel forward. 669 00:36:58,830 --> 00:37:00,030 You know one of the. Greatest tools. 670 00:37:00,030 --> 00:37:04,510 I believe that that we do not. Utilize enough is hospitality. 671 00:37:08,230 --> 00:37:12,270 Because there are ways that you have people who are are are 672 00:37:12,350 --> 00:37:14,390 underway or they're doing something where they're. 673 00:37:14,390 --> 00:37:18,790 Preaching and and you could somehow connect them with non. 674 00:37:18,790 --> 00:37:22,270 Believers, because your hospitality is so good. 675 00:37:24,750 --> 00:37:30,630 Somebody might not come to. But you could grill the mess out 676 00:37:30,630 --> 00:37:37,070 of some meat, and if you invite them to your house, they will 677 00:37:37,070 --> 00:37:39,350 come. And if you. 678 00:37:39,350 --> 00:37:40,950 Invite other folks to your house. 679 00:37:40,950 --> 00:37:43,190 They will. Come, and if they happen to come 680 00:37:43,190 --> 00:37:46,510 at the same exact time, there might be some. 681 00:37:46,510 --> 00:37:55,280 Conversation starting. See guys, God uses this to bring 682 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,840 the non. Believers bring people who are 683 00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:04,600 lost and hurting and hopeless. To connect with hope, which is 684 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:06,200 the name. That they are. 685 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:11,080 Spreading throughout the nation. We need to start looking at our. 686 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,280 Hospitality in a different light. 687 00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:19,880 And if we can do that? We're going to start seeing some 688 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:27,540 shifts in our culture, so times have changed and I hope. 689 00:38:27,540 --> 00:38:29,580 That you do too. Let's pray. 690 00:38:29,580 --> 00:38:35,540 Together, Father, we thank you so much. 691 00:38:38,380 --> 00:38:43,180 Because you are a faithful God and Lord, we we thank you for 692 00:38:43,180 --> 00:38:45,220 this. This gift and this. 693 00:38:45,220 --> 00:38:53,640 Charge of of hospitality, Lord. Lord, we know that you use it to 694 00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:57,000 bring yourself glory. We know that you use it to move 695 00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,200 the gospel. Forward so, Lord. 696 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,880 I pray that you align our hearts with it. 697 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:06,240 I pray that you use this. Church, Father. 698 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:10,200 And that you use the hospitality in this room, Lord. 699 00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:14,760 So that way those who do not feel welcome, those who do not. 700 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:18,600 Feel that they are worthy. Find a place, Father. 701 00:39:19,530 --> 00:39:20,730 That they're able to connect with. 702 00:39:20,810 --> 00:39:24,970 Hope so. Jesus, we love you and we thank 703 00:39:24,970 --> 00:39:27,370 you so much. For all that you're doing, God 704 00:39:27,570 --> 00:39:28,690 and your name, we pray all these things. 705 00:39:28,730 --> 00:39:28,970 Amen.