1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:04,400 This is City Post Church, we're about three things, build 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:09,000 equipped and send all under the lordship of Jesus Christ, a 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,300 small Church Plant in Fort Worth Texas, who decided to do things 4 00:00:12,300 --> 00:00:16,000 a little differently. I would almost I had to Crystal, 5 00:00:16,500 --> 00:00:19,000 I love City Post because of the people. 6 00:00:19,300 --> 00:00:22,100 It's where I belong, we truly preach the word. 7 00:00:22,100 --> 00:00:24,100 I love City Post because of the community. 8 00:00:24,100 --> 00:00:25,800 We've been able to build to do ministry. 9 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,800 Like Jesus perlite to push back Darkness. 10 00:00:30,100 --> 00:00:39,100 This is City, Post podcast. You're being first John chapter 11 00:00:39,100 --> 00:00:40,500 2. We're going to look at just four 12 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:45,100 quick versus this morning. So I'm going to go ahead and 13 00:00:45,100 --> 00:00:48,400 read those and then we'll we'll dive in to the text. 14 00:00:49,100 --> 00:00:54,000 So, starting in verse 24. This is a continuation from last 15 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,500 week. This is what the word of the 16 00:00:56,500 --> 00:01:01,000 Lord has to say. It says, as for you see that 17 00:01:01,100 --> 00:01:04,599 what you have heard from the beginning remains in you? 18 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:09,000 If it does you will also remain in the son and in the father, 19 00:01:09,500 --> 00:01:14,100 and this is what he promised us eternal life, I am writing these 20 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:19,300 things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray as 21 00:01:19,300 --> 00:01:23,800 for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you 22 00:01:24,100 --> 00:01:26,500 and you do not need. Anyone to teach you. 23 00:01:26,500 --> 00:01:31,600 But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that 24 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,400 anointing is real, not counterfeit. 25 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,900 Just as it has taught you remain in Him. 26 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,700 Father we thank you so much for this time of worship that we 27 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:44,800 had. Thank you for this worship team. 28 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:48,500 Father, truly a blessing to this church and Lord we thank you for 29 00:01:48,500 --> 00:01:52,300 your word and God, I pray that you help me to stay focused. 30 00:01:52,300 --> 00:01:55,200 Father, collect my thoughts and any of these ideas. 31 00:01:55,300 --> 00:01:57,000 Has are not from me, but from you. 32 00:01:57,300 --> 00:02:00,800 So Lord, we praise you for today, you know, probably seems, 33 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:04,300 amen. So it being spring break, we 34 00:02:04,300 --> 00:02:08,500 decided to take Elena and livie to this magical place called 35 00:02:08,500 --> 00:02:11,300 epic Waters. Anybody who I'm talking about. 36 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,600 Epic water, is not in Fort Worth, but it is an indoor water 37 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,900 park in Grand Prairie and pretty much they opened at 8:30. 38 00:02:20,100 --> 00:02:23,200 And you can spend all day there if you want to, and it is just 39 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:27,100 Madness. So, Me living in Atlanta and 40 00:02:27,100 --> 00:02:28,800 rage. We decided to get there early 41 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,900 set up shop because if not, you won't get a table and then we 42 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:38,200 release the hounds. So we put the floaties on and as 43 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,900 they were going to the kitty area. 44 00:02:41,900 --> 00:02:46,300 I think like a kid, like took a dump in the pool so it was like 45 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,800 whoa and then they're like stop everybody stop and then you see 46 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:54,900 somebody come with a net so you know it went down so it's like 47 00:02:55,300 --> 00:02:58,200 Man. So as we're waiting for this 48 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,700 pool area to open up, living in a layer is so excited just like 49 00:03:02,700 --> 00:03:06,000 running everywhere. They want to go swim and the 50 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,500 whole time, I'm there, I am Rach. 51 00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:11,400 Kind of took Elena because the latest more laid-back, she's 52 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,900 wants to go on the slides. So I had living with me and Livy 53 00:03:14,900 --> 00:03:18,700 was so pumped and she just kept going everywhere. 54 00:03:18,700 --> 00:03:22,200 She just wanted to see what this place was and the whole time. 55 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,200 I'm chasing ladylike living way for Better Living. 56 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,600 A close to that. Uh, let me wait for dinner, stay 57 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:29,700 close the data, even like in the water. 58 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,200 You know, we're likes playing and swimming and then she'll 59 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,300 like go and Wade somewhere else only livie stay close to that. 60 00:03:35,300 --> 00:03:38,500 I please like please stay close and the thing is, you know, 61 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:41,300 she's not a professional swimmer, so I don't know. 62 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,700 Even though she has floaties, you don't know, but then there's 63 00:03:43,700 --> 00:03:46,700 so many people. You don't know about that, are 64 00:03:46,700 --> 00:03:48,200 there? I mean it was packed like the 65 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:52,500 water got like smoggy, you know towards the end of the day or 66 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:55,100 last time to go, you know, look like old-school Forest. 67 00:03:55,300 --> 00:04:00,100 Park Pool. So we're in high school, like, 68 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:03,700 it's like oily at the top, like, wait a second, what's going on. 69 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:08,000 But, but the whole time I'm there, and I'm like, Levi, stay 70 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,200 close to Dad at least a close. It Dad livie stay close to the 71 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,500 data. And and, you know, when John 72 00:04:14,500 --> 00:04:17,899 talks about the anointing, well, we're going to see today is that 73 00:04:17,899 --> 00:04:19,899 he's like, Ricky stay close to data. 74 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:23,100 Ricky, stay. Close to data abide in me. 75 00:04:23,100 --> 00:04:25,200 Stay close to Dad, I don't run off. 76 00:04:25,300 --> 00:04:28,000 Don't know what's out there. I'm trying to pull you in and 77 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,000 John is going to reiterate this over and over again is like if 78 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,200 you have the anointing then you understand what the word of God 79 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:39,900 is telling you. So therefore remain in me, abide 80 00:04:39,900 --> 00:04:44,600 in me and last week we talked about what the anointing is. 81 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,500 I know that word was hijacked by Western Christianity. 82 00:04:49,100 --> 00:04:51,700 I'm sorry where people say, well I got the anointing so I'm going 83 00:04:51,700 --> 00:04:54,400 to tell you something that you don't know for yourself and it's 84 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:56,400 like know, if your Believer in Christ. 85 00:04:56,700 --> 00:04:59,900 You have the Holy Spirit, you're able to know what his word says. 86 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,700 And if you don't know what his word says, that means that you 87 00:05:02,700 --> 00:05:05,800 do not have the Holy Spirit. Therefore you're not a follower 88 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,300 of Christ is black and white y'all. 89 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:12,600 So we talked about that how the Holy Spirit kind of acts as a 90 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,200 guardian. So when truth tries to come in 91 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,300 your life it serves like that's not going to come in. 92 00:05:18,300 --> 00:05:22,700 That's not truth like a little bouncer but also shout out Zach 93 00:05:22,900 --> 00:05:25,100 you know something that it also protects us. 94 00:05:25,300 --> 00:05:28,400 Is, is that people that claim to know Christ and they claim it 95 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,500 with their mouths? But their lives don't show it. 96 00:05:31,300 --> 00:05:34,500 So in some ways like yeah, like I'm a Believer but yet they live 97 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:37,400 totally off the charts and you're like, wait a second, the 98 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:39,600 Holy Spirit helps you to guide that. 99 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:44,200 But also, it serves as what we like to call a BS alarm, you 100 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,600 know, the biblically sound alarm, right? 101 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:50,300 So as things are not biblically sound, your BS alarm goes off. 102 00:05:50,300 --> 00:05:54,500 Like, wait a second, that's not God's word and it just gets 103 00:05:54,500 --> 00:05:56,800 louder and louder. Louder, as people throw the BS 104 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,200 at you, and that's not biblically sound. 105 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,900 All right. So, So let's go ahead and, and 106 00:06:02,900 --> 00:06:05,000 jump into the text. And this is kind of where we're 107 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,400 taking we're continuing here in verse 24. 108 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,100 This is what John is telling us. He's like as for you see that 109 00:06:14,300 --> 00:06:18,100 what you have heard from the beginning remains in you? 110 00:06:18,700 --> 00:06:23,100 If it does, you also remain in the son and in the father. 111 00:06:23,900 --> 00:06:26,700 So, look at verse 24. Look at the first couple of 112 00:06:26,700 --> 00:06:28,100 words. What does it say? 113 00:06:28,100 --> 00:06:34,900 It says, as for you, Important. That's a direct correlation to a 114 00:06:34,900 --> 00:06:38,900 Believer. So, it's pretty much saying you 115 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,400 like that's hard for you to remember. 116 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,800 Just think a soldier boy you, I mean, you know what I mean? 117 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:48,400 Like just you like, he's pointing at you, he's talking to 118 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:52,200 the children, he's talking to the Believers in Christ. 119 00:06:52,500 --> 00:06:56,700 He's like as for you. So, this is way different than 120 00:06:56,700 --> 00:06:58,900 what we just read the last couple weeks where he's 121 00:06:58,900 --> 00:07:02,100 addressing the false teachers. And The false prophets. 122 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,400 He's like I was talking to them but I'm talking to you right 123 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,200 here to you claim to follow Christ. 124 00:07:09,900 --> 00:07:13,900 See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in 125 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:15,200 you? What have you heard from the 126 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,500 beginning? He's talking about the gospel 127 00:07:17,500 --> 00:07:20,000 message. He's talking about the message 128 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,300 of Salvation like like it is like God is a holy and 129 00:07:23,300 --> 00:07:26,000 righteous. God, we have sinned, we deserve 130 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,800 his wrath, we deserve separation. 131 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:32,800 But Jesus, Even in our failure to I did the come and say I will 132 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,000 take God's Wrath for you. So that way you don't have to 133 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,600 work for it anymore. You just got to believe 134 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,100 surrender your life to me. And you will be forgiven, that's 135 00:07:40,100 --> 00:07:42,900 the good news of the Gospel. That's incredible. 136 00:07:43,900 --> 00:07:46,400 And that's the message that is from the beginning. 137 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,600 And what John is saying, is like that, message that you heard 138 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:54,100 that word remains actually means abides if you look at other 139 00:07:54,300 --> 00:07:57,800 commentaries or other translations, but then abide 140 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,800 actually means remains, so it's kind of the same way. 141 00:08:00,900 --> 00:08:07,300 Word here. But if that remains in, you AKA 142 00:08:07,300 --> 00:08:10,900 like, it doesn't go in one ear and out the other like it stays 143 00:08:10,900 --> 00:08:15,200 in your life, like there is an A Heart Change like God has given 144 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:16,500 you. The anointing is giving you the 145 00:08:16,500 --> 00:08:19,500 Holy Spirit. You have accepted his word. 146 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:22,800 So that means that you are changed. 147 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:28,600 So if that remains in you, If it does, you also will remain in 148 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:32,200 the son and in the father Christian truth. 149 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:34,600 He's saying that Christian truth. 150 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,500 It's fixed. It doesn't shift. 151 00:08:37,500 --> 00:08:39,900 It's not cultural. Like there's no conditions to 152 00:08:39,900 --> 00:08:41,700 the gospel. Like yeah, Ricky. 153 00:08:41,700 --> 00:08:48,200 But like I had a bad month, so I might not know if it remains in 154 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,900 you. It's going to stick but look 155 00:08:51,900 --> 00:08:55,800 what it says if it does you also will remain. 156 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:00,500 In the Sun. So we got to look at how John 157 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:03,800 writes here because this is really interesting here. 158 00:09:04,300 --> 00:09:09,600 John the right translation and says if it does it is not you 159 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:17,200 also well it's you must you must remain in the sun, you must 160 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:22,200 remain in the Sun and I love this because the word must what 161 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,100 we call in scripture. When you studied, this is an 162 00:09:25,100 --> 00:09:28,800 active voice. Voice what John is writing here 163 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:36,100 is like this is an active statement AKA You must actively 164 00:09:36,300 --> 00:09:40,900 remain in the Sun. How do I do that through his 165 00:09:40,900 --> 00:09:44,800 word? So it doesn't mean like I'm I 166 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:48,500 come to know the gospel. I give my life to Christ and 167 00:09:48,500 --> 00:09:50,700 then I don't have to do anything else. 168 00:09:50,700 --> 00:09:54,500 Now, I'm not saying you work for your salvation, you don't lose 169 00:09:54,500 --> 00:09:57,600 your salvation. But what John is saying is like, 170 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,100 you must remain in the sun. If you're going to remain in the 171 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:01,700 Sun, that means that you need his word. 172 00:10:01,700 --> 00:10:04,200 And if you have his word, that means that you must put some 173 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,800 effort and work into having a relationship with Christ. 174 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:12,600 It makes sense, nobody gets into a relationship and be like we're 175 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,100 married. All right cool, see you later, 176 00:10:15,500 --> 00:10:19,000 whenever you don't talk, you don't hang out, you know like 177 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,600 that makes no sense. So I made a commitment to rage 178 00:10:23,100 --> 00:10:25,100 and then I don't talk to her, I don't hang out with her. 179 00:10:25,100 --> 00:10:26,400 I don't we just do it. Own thing. 180 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:40,900 You don't give me trouble, man. I'm like so like yeah you can't 181 00:10:40,900 --> 00:10:45,100 do that, it's not relationship. That's like high school dating, 182 00:10:45,300 --> 00:10:48,700 right? So so John he's pushing forward, 183 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,200 an active voice. So Row, three quick things about 184 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,100 God's word that I just want to throw out there about remaining 185 00:10:56,100 --> 00:10:59,200 in the son and in the father based on the anointing and 186 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,200 having God's word in your life, it's not going to be on the 187 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,900 screen by I wanted to mention these three quick things about 188 00:11:04,900 --> 00:11:07,900 God's word. Number one, you meditate on it, 189 00:11:08,700 --> 00:11:12,000 you know, a lot of us we kind of come on Sunday, we hear the 190 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,600 sermon. We go back and we don't read our 191 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,200 open our Bibles ever again until next Sunday. 192 00:11:16,900 --> 00:11:20,500 And that's not how this works. So when you read something, you 193 00:11:20,500 --> 00:11:24,000 hear something you you learn something you want to meditate 194 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:28,500 on it, you know, I picture like a cow eating grass just just 195 00:11:28,500 --> 00:11:31,600 chewing on it. Then you regurgitates it, chews 196 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,300 on it, some more swallows, it regurgitates. 197 00:11:34,300 --> 00:11:37,400 It keeps getting the nutrients out of that grass. 198 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:39,800 We should do the same thing with God's word. 199 00:11:40,300 --> 00:11:42,700 So whenever you hear something, whenever you read something you 200 00:11:42,700 --> 00:11:45,900 meditate on it, you know, if you work in an office man, just type 201 00:11:45,900 --> 00:11:48,800 in Bible, Gateway and read some. You know, whenever you have time 202 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,900 look, On your phones. I mean there's so many options 203 00:11:51,900 --> 00:11:54,200 for us. We're so spoiled, but yet, we 204 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:57,300 don't take advantage. You want to meditate on God's 205 00:11:57,300 --> 00:11:59,200 word. Number two, you want to memorize 206 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:03,800 God's word worked to memorize it, try to learn it. 207 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,400 I mean, we learned song lyrics, we learn everything else. 208 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:09,800 We couldn't memorize God's word, just keep hearing it. 209 00:12:11,100 --> 00:12:13,700 Put it on a cute card. Just start small, Jesus. 210 00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:15,000 Web, there. You got a verse. 211 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,700 Congratulations, you know, John 10:35. 212 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:23,400 I mean, start small, just work to memorize God's word, meditate 213 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:27,800 on it, memorize it and in number three, mention it mention it you 214 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:30,100 know the more that you talk about something the more it 215 00:12:30,100 --> 00:12:34,100 sticks with you. So when you go home you take 216 00:12:34,100 --> 00:12:36,700 what you learn and you just start talking about it, you 217 00:12:36,700 --> 00:12:40,000 mention it, you pass it on, you pass it forward and it always 218 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,600 comes back to you. And on Sundays we have like our 219 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,800 family devotional time. And we always ask Olivia and 220 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,000 Elena, what they learned and killed. 221 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,400 Children's church and of course you know laying on might tell us 222 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,600 live. You would be like I like shoes, 223 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:57,600 I don't know like but we talked about it and there's a reason 224 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,300 for it because we want it to stick. 225 00:13:00,900 --> 00:13:04,300 So those are just three quick easy things that we can do as 226 00:13:04,300 --> 00:13:10,000 Believers to help remain in the sun through his word meditate 227 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,800 memorize and mention it. So let's keep moving. 228 00:13:15,100 --> 00:13:20,100 So we look at verse 25 and from verse 24, John gives us a 229 00:13:20,100 --> 00:13:24,100 promise like the reason why you want to buy, the reason why we 230 00:13:24,100 --> 00:13:28,300 remain in the son and in the Father, which sorry I have to go 231 00:13:28,300 --> 00:13:31,200 back. One second here, in verse 24, in 232 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,000 the son and in the father, you can't have one without the 233 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,100 other. You can't get Jesus wrong in 234 00:13:37,100 --> 00:13:39,600 God, right? If you get Jesus wrong, then you 235 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,000 can't get God. They're linked together. 236 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:47,000 We learned that in John, chapter 1, So, you got to get the sun 237 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:51,600 correct? Then look at verse 25, and this 238 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:55,000 is what he promised us eternal life. 239 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:59,600 So we know that those who are found in Christ. 240 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:03,200 We get, thank you. We get eternal life. 241 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:08,800 We get life with him. But what John is pointing out to 242 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,200 his, like, you just don't get life. 243 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:15,600 When you pass away and go to heaven, you get heaven in this 244 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:20,000 life because God comes down in his spirit and he lives in us. 245 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:24,800 It's heaven and on Earth. So your life is lived with 246 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:29,200 Jesus. Day in and day out. 247 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:35,000 It's an amazing thing, but we do get eternal life as Believers. 248 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:39,100 But growth happens in his word and we talked about this a 249 00:14:39,108 --> 00:14:42,200 couple weeks ago. So you grow spiritually, the 250 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:47,200 sanctification happens through the word of the Lord and your 251 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,800 relationship with God is only going to be as strong as your 252 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:54,500 relationship with his word. So if you want to grow in your 253 00:14:54,500 --> 00:14:57,200 faith, if you want to grow in Christ, man, you got to be in 254 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,000 this thing. You got to dig in his word. 255 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,900 You got to read the Bible. This is how he speaks to us. 256 00:15:02,300 --> 00:15:03,600 Now. A lot of people are like well 257 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:05,800 Rica. If I go somewhere if I yell loud 258 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:10,000 enough, if I just cry on the Lord, if that's emotionalism, 259 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:15,200 I'm talking about real spiritual growth that goes with you 260 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:19,600 through the years that indoors. And the music is great. 261 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,000 But what happens when they don't play your jam that Sunday, 262 00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:27,700 You're not going to be able to feel it that makes no sense if 263 00:15:27,700 --> 00:15:32,200 the power where the shutdown in this place and Eric just sings 264 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,900 acapella was that still means something. 265 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,800 But if we have God's word, this is what sustains us. 266 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:42,600 This is the meat, this is how you grow spiritually. 267 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:47,300 As a Believer, this is where sanctification happens and you 268 00:15:47,300 --> 00:15:49,900 only go as further as your time in the word. 269 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:55,100 So, verse 25, John gives us a promise of eternal life, but 270 00:15:55,100 --> 00:15:58,400 he's also throwing this out because even though eternity 271 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,400 set, you still need to grow in the faith. 272 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,300 And that is something that you need to do. 273 00:16:03,300 --> 00:16:07,400 Actively look at verse 26 and I'm just kind of running through 274 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,600 this, but I just want to make sure we get through it all in 275 00:16:10,608 --> 00:16:14,000 time. Verse 26 says, I am writing 276 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:18,900 these things to you about those who are trying to lead you 277 00:16:18,900 --> 00:16:23,300 astray? Why is John mentioning all this? 278 00:16:23,300 --> 00:16:28,200 It kind of sounds repetitive so that word Lead, You astray 279 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:32,600 actually means deceiving Means that there is somebody who's 280 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,400 trying to deceive you, he's trying to pull you away. 281 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,600 He's trying to trick you. And remember, John is writing to 282 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:43,100 the church because there are these gnostics who are spreading 283 00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:47,200 this false gospel and because they're spreading this false 284 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,800 gospel. John is saying, hey, these guys 285 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:56,300 out here are trying to pull you away from the real truth of God, 286 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,000 they're throwing these ideas out there, they're doing everything 287 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:04,800 they can to yank you. Away to lead you astray, but 288 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,300 it's not only false teachers that lead us astray. 289 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:09,200 I mean, we know that there's an enemy. 290 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:13,300 So anything that pulls us away from God's calling on our life, 291 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:16,599 which is to know him, and make him known. 292 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:19,800 I know a lot of us kind of see like, mess. 293 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,599 He's trying to destroy. He don't need to destroy you. 294 00:17:23,300 --> 00:17:26,700 All you have to do is plan a barbecue on a Sunday morning for 295 00:17:26,700 --> 00:17:30,100 some of us. That will pull us away. 296 00:17:30,900 --> 00:17:32,900 It's something as simple as making. 297 00:17:32,900 --> 00:17:35,600 You stay up just a little bit later on a Saturday night with 298 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,900 friends. So that way you don't wake up. 299 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,900 It's to lead you astray and we've got to guard against that 300 00:17:42,900 --> 00:17:45,700 you know. And I say one of my greatest 301 00:17:45,700 --> 00:17:50,600 joys of Sadie post. I love seeing when Joseph walks 302 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:55,900 in with a monster in his hand. I tell them this all the times, 303 00:17:55,900 --> 00:17:59,000 like when I see guys with red bulls in there and I'm like, 304 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,800 praise God. That means they could have 305 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:06,900 stayed sleeping. But regardless of how many hours 306 00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:10,600 of sleep, somebody got, they decided to be here and that's a 307 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:13,800 choice that they made because I ain't going to call him. 308 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,300 I'm not your parent but they're here. 309 00:18:17,700 --> 00:18:19,500 And I'm like yes man, that's awesome. 310 00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:22,200 Praise God. Like man that is a discipline. 311 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,700 That is incredible. So what you do is that you are 312 00:18:25,700 --> 00:18:29,300 fighting the deceiver with Red Bull, I mean there's so many 313 00:18:29,300 --> 00:18:32,800 things that are trying to keep you in bed and Lead You astray 314 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,600 and you're like, no man. I'm and it's Not about church, 315 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,300 like don't hear me wrong. But there's some of us like, man 316 00:18:39,300 --> 00:18:40,600 we need. This is the only time we get 317 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:45,200 God's word, but it's about the small things in life. 318 00:18:45,700 --> 00:18:49,500 It's about the things that lead us away from, from our Brothers 319 00:18:49,500 --> 00:18:53,500 and Sisters in Christ and things that lead us away from our faith 320 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:58,000 ideologies and philosophies that kind of like pull us away from 321 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:03,100 what God is calling us to. And we decide, you know what, 322 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:06,000 we're going to follow this. Instead of God's word, you just 323 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,200 got LED astray. And what to say in use, we 324 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,500 talked about this, a couple weeks ago, the lust of the eyes, 325 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,600 the lust of the Flesh and the pride of man. 326 00:19:16,700 --> 00:19:19,900 It's too easy. So what he's saying he's like 327 00:19:19,900 --> 00:19:24,800 listen you gotta remain in me, you got to remain in Christ and 328 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:28,500 if the gospel remains in you then you will remain in the son 329 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:32,300 and in the father he's given us eternal life but you still got 330 00:19:32,300 --> 00:19:34,800 to grow, remember? There's like that active voice, 331 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,300 so that means you got to put in some work in this. 332 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,000 And the reason I'm telling you this, because there's going to 333 00:19:40,008 --> 00:19:42,100 be so much out there, that's going to try to pull you away 334 00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:45,700 from this, it's happening. It happens to me all the time 335 00:19:45,700 --> 00:19:47,600 where I have to stop and have to pray. 336 00:19:47,700 --> 00:19:50,400 There's been situations where I was like in a place, I just 337 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,700 left. I like, I don't know if I'm 338 00:19:52,700 --> 00:19:57,600 going to do this because I'm worried about my own self about 339 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:01,900 being led astray. And then look at verse 27. 340 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,700 So we know that there's an enemy, he's trying to pull us 341 00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:07,200 astray. We got to fight it. 342 00:20:07,900 --> 00:20:11,600 We lead you off then verse 27 as for you. 343 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,800 There's that term. Again, remember that you write 344 00:20:14,900 --> 00:20:21,200 as for you The anointing, you receive from him, remains in you 345 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,300 and you do not need anyone to teach you. 346 00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:28,700 All right, so there's a lot going on here. 347 00:20:29,900 --> 00:20:33,900 The anointing that you received that word received as in a past 348 00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:36,800 tense. So what he's talking about is 349 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:41,000 what we see in First Peter were where when God presented the 350 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,900 gospel to you, Open the Eyes of your heart to his, the beauty of 351 00:20:43,900 --> 00:20:48,200 the Gospel you received it, he gave you his spirit and that's 352 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:49,800 how you live out the Christian life. 353 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:55,000 Now you're able to understand things and he's like I'm praying 354 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:59,200 that it remains in you. And you do not need anyone to 355 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:02,500 teach you. Now, what is John saying here? 356 00:21:03,100 --> 00:21:07,100 I don't need like pastors and I don't need gifted people to 357 00:21:07,100 --> 00:21:10,200 teach me God's word. That's not what he's saying, 358 00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:14,400 what he's saying, he's remember the context here, he's talking 359 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,000 about the gnostics, they were the guys going around saying I'm 360 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,400 enlightened. You should listen to us. 361 00:21:20,700 --> 00:21:22,800 I even see that we're like there's other pastors. 362 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,600 Like, you know what? I have to tell you this because 363 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,400 you're not going to understand what this says, you're not 364 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:33,300 trained like me. You have to do what I say and 365 00:21:33,300 --> 00:21:35,100 what he says, like if you're a follower of Christ, you have the 366 00:21:35,100 --> 00:21:37,100 anointing of Christ. You could read this for 367 00:21:37,100 --> 00:21:41,100 yourself. So you don't need these guys out 368 00:21:41,100 --> 00:21:44,300 here, claiming stuff to teach you, you could teach it 369 00:21:44,300 --> 00:21:47,600 yourself, you could read the Bible for yourself. 370 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:53,800 But as his anointing teaches you about all things and that 371 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,700 anointing is real. Not counterfeit. 372 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:01,400 Just says it has taught you remain in him, you see? 373 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,600 So he's talking about the he brings up the anointing twice 374 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,800 here. One is in past tense where it 375 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,300 says you receive and now he's like the anointing teaches you 376 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,500 which is present tense, he's talking to so you got it in the 377 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:17,200 past it's going to be with you in the present is going to teach 378 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:22,100 you now and it's Going to continue to teach you, the 379 00:22:22,100 --> 00:22:24,100 anointing is also in the future as well. 380 00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:26,400 To listen to Holy Spirit, doesn't leave you. 381 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:29,400 This is not like a Genie in a lamp. 382 00:22:30,100 --> 00:22:35,200 This stays with you, it stays with you, it walks with you, it 383 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,400 helps you. But you got to be active in it, 384 00:22:38,700 --> 00:22:43,500 you got to be into his word. And then I love how John throws 385 00:22:43,500 --> 00:22:45,500 this a little jab in there. He's like no, this thing is 386 00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:50,500 real, it's not counterfeit. Y'all ever seen like some 387 00:22:50,500 --> 00:22:56,500 counterfeit Nikes? I have some of y'all like I got 388 00:22:56,500 --> 00:23:01,500 a it look like You know, the counterfeit stuff it looks like 389 00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:03,900 it, but when you check the label, it says, like Fruit of 390 00:23:03,900 --> 00:23:08,400 the Loom, but it is like Gucci and it's like a little bit 391 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,500 crooked, right? I mean like, I mean, we go, 392 00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:13,300 that's what we'd look for on mission trips, right? 393 00:23:13,300 --> 00:23:14,600 It's like, got to get the good stuff. 394 00:23:15,700 --> 00:23:21,100 See it counterfeit means. It looks like it, but the maker 395 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:23,700 is not the authentic creator of it. 396 00:23:24,500 --> 00:23:28,600 And what John is saying is like, listen guys are going around 397 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:33,000 claiming that their anointed by the Holy Spirit saying things. 398 00:23:34,300 --> 00:23:38,600 But because of what they are saying and and showing their 399 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:42,800 counterfeit, that means that whatever spirit is in them is 400 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:46,000 not from the maker. So if it's not from God, it's 401 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,800 got to be from somebody else. And I'll let you take a guess. 402 00:23:49,700 --> 00:23:53,500 So that spirit is not from Christ. 403 00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:57,600 And we talked about this, in the last passage, is that Spirit of 404 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,200 the Antichrist, the one who opposes Christ. 405 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:06,400 So the counterfeit Spirits, the ones that don't claim God's 406 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,600 word. Those are not from the Lord, 407 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,400 that's from Satan himself. That's the Antichrist, the the 408 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,700 poser. And then I love how this passage 409 00:24:16,700 --> 00:24:23,000 ends, just as it has taught you remain in him. 410 00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:25,500 I love that. Remain in him. 411 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,400 You see John ends this with a new imperative. 412 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:34,500 He starts it with an imperative saying, hey, this is you must 413 00:24:35,100 --> 00:24:37,300 get the, you know, you must know. 414 00:24:37,300 --> 00:24:40,700 God, you must know his word and he's ending it with a new 415 00:24:40,700 --> 00:24:44,200 imperative, which is like a new command and that you command is 416 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:50,000 Pain in him, remain in Christ abide in Christ, Walk With 417 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,800 Jesus, talked with Jesus follow Jesus. 418 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,500 Don't let the riches and the deceitfulness of this Whirlpool 419 00:24:56,500 --> 00:24:59,100 you away. You must remain in Christ. 420 00:24:59,100 --> 00:25:04,100 I love that word abide in the Old Testament means that's where 421 00:25:04,100 --> 00:25:07,300 you, like, pitch your tent and you're going to make that place 422 00:25:07,300 --> 00:25:10,400 your dwelling. So when it says that Christ 423 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:16,200 abide in me, it's like God, make your dwelling in my life and 424 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,800 John used that same word is used in this passage. 425 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,500 He's like remain in him abide in him. 426 00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:26,800 That means you plant your life with Jesus. 427 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,200 You pitch your tent. There you make your dwelling in 428 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,900 Christ. Everything about your life is in 429 00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:37,200 Jesus, and that's what he's talking about. 430 00:25:37,900 --> 00:25:42,600 Now with the last just couple 10 minutes that we have, I started 431 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,000 thinking about this statement, how John ends it, how do you 432 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:50,100 abide in Christ? How do you abide in Christ? 433 00:25:50,700 --> 00:25:53,200 And what I would like to do is just kind of give just a couple 434 00:25:53,200 --> 00:26:00,200 of suggestions based on the text or some truths from the text and 435 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:04,200 I started thinking about our culture, like our culture, Our 436 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,300 Generation, how we live our lives. 437 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:12,200 How do we Abide in Christ based on the passage that was giving 438 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:13,400 to us. And I know some of you are like, 439 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,100 Well, Ricky get this, you just read it, like, read your Bible. 440 00:26:16,100 --> 00:26:19,200 Pray as too easy. Let's peel the onion back a 441 00:26:19,208 --> 00:26:23,000 little bit like let's let's let's be able to implement this 442 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,300 in our lives. And before I dive into it, there 443 00:26:26,300 --> 00:26:29,600 used to be a book that came out called Eat This. 444 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:34,100 Not That you guys remember, that was in Barnes and Nobles. 445 00:26:34,100 --> 00:26:38,100 These huge books so it'd be like, you know, I want to eat a 446 00:26:38,100 --> 00:26:41,200 Burger, King Whopper but instead eat like in and out because it's 447 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:46,300 healthier, you know, or you know, don't eat Pizza Hut but 448 00:26:46,300 --> 00:26:49,800 eat, you know, Little Caesars because it's less calories, I 449 00:26:49,808 --> 00:26:53,500 don't know, just make stuff up. Even in the Christian World, 450 00:26:53,500 --> 00:26:56,700 they would have these CCM magazines that would do that. 451 00:26:56,700 --> 00:26:59,400 Like if you like listening to Corn, listen to Jeff Moore in 452 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:03,500 the distance, you know? Like it would be these like 453 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:07,000 compare and contrast things. And that's kind of what I want 454 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:11,500 to do today. Day is instead of options. 455 00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:15,200 We need obedience. So how do we invite in Christ 456 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,400 instead of our instead of living in options? 457 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,600 We need obedience. What are you talking about? 458 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:26,200 Re-listen, we live in a culture, where options are key. 459 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:31,400 We Love Options. Like the more schools that want 460 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:36,000 me the the more food options that I have, the more friend 461 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,500 options that I have some y'all like relationships, like the 462 00:27:38,500 --> 00:27:42,200 more like options. I got instead of me committing 463 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:47,800 to one, I need options and we're living in this life where we 464 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,800 love our options. Why? 465 00:27:51,500 --> 00:27:56,400 Because we tie options to Opportunities and then we tie 466 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:02,400 opportunities to success And that carries on to our spiritual 467 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:07,800 lives as well. So if I go through life, 468 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,900 thinking I need options. Like it could be true. 469 00:28:11,900 --> 00:28:14,500 Like it's good to have options for education is good to have 470 00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:18,000 options for like eating out. It's good to have options. 471 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,000 Like if you have like three or four jobs that want you to come 472 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,200 work for them, that's not a bad thing. 473 00:28:24,700 --> 00:28:29,800 But what we see in verse 24 is that the only option is to 474 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:33,400 remain in Christ. There is no other option except 475 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,500 Jesus here. And a lot of us like we do that 476 00:28:36,500 --> 00:28:37,900 though. We're like, man in a church that 477 00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:41,000 gives me like all these things to do and it's like no like just 478 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,100 find one that preaches. The gospel and going serve be 479 00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:51,700 faithful like our option is Jesus period. so in a world 480 00:28:51,700 --> 00:28:55,600 where we equate options to Opportunities actually when 481 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:59,800 you're obedient the opportunities come to you, Like 482 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:02,500 what we say that don't chase clout you, chase Kingdom because 483 00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:04,800 if you chase Kingdom clouds going to chase you. 484 00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:09,400 So whenever I surrendered my life to the Lord is a god, like, 485 00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:14,900 I, I want the gospel to remain in Me based on verse 24, and if 486 00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:21,000 I remain in the sun, I am actively creating my options to 487 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,400 only be one option, which is Christ. 488 00:29:23,900 --> 00:29:26,800 So that means all my priorities are off the table. 489 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:31,300 If Jesus is not a part of it, Even my work options. 490 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,100 Like I remember like looking for jobs after my previous job at 491 00:29:35,100 --> 00:29:37,100 Blue zones. I'm like man, who's gonna want 492 00:29:37,100 --> 00:29:41,200 to hire a faith-based manager like iron were talking to Rachel 493 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:42,500 about this? Like how am I gonna get my 494 00:29:42,500 --> 00:29:44,100 resume out there? Like, what am I going to do 495 00:29:44,100 --> 00:29:47,600 after this? But as long as I was able to 496 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,600 serve the Lord, as long as I was able to help plan a church, I'll 497 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:55,700 go work anywhere. and God provided You see? 498 00:29:55,700 --> 00:29:57,800 So whenever we are obedient to him. 499 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:02,000 God is not just like man-made opportunities. 500 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,000 It's like, God made opportunities, which make no 501 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:06,200 sense. And all of a sudden you're gonna 502 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:10,000 see start seeing Kingdom happen. And all I'm doing is being 503 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,800 obedient to what God's called me too. 504 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,400 And you're gonna watch the Lord work. 505 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,700 And you know what? Success in God's kingdom faith? 506 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:22,500 That's all they know about numbers. 507 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:29,400 It's like, hey, you decided to take a step of Faith, you're 508 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:33,200 successful, but God, only like eight people showed up. 509 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,900 Congratulations, you do what I ask you to do your successful, 510 00:30:37,700 --> 00:30:41,500 doesn't matter what it looks like success comes when you take 511 00:30:41,500 --> 00:30:44,900 a step of faith, when you walk in faith, God deems, that 512 00:30:44,900 --> 00:30:49,000 successful, and because it's successful opportunities are 513 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,200 going to follow your way because God's in it. 514 00:30:52,300 --> 00:30:53,900 Because he could only do the supernatural. 515 00:30:55,300 --> 00:30:57,800 So number one, obedience over options, we got it, we got to 516 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,600 fix our perspective on that when it comes to the things of God. 517 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:06,600 Number two, Jomo over fomo. Like what? 518 00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:11,100 Something I'll texting - Jomo mean, right? 519 00:31:12,300 --> 00:31:15,400 So we use that term a lot fomo fear of missing out. 520 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:20,400 We have fomo We all we want to be a part of everything. 521 00:31:21,300 --> 00:31:24,700 We our culture has a fear of missing out on everything. 522 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:27,300 We want to be a part of that party. 523 00:31:27,300 --> 00:31:31,000 Want to be part of the, we want to be a part of everything, but 524 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:36,800 the problem is that sometimes our fomo comes at the expense of 525 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:41,100 our obedience because we're so worried about missing out on the 526 00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:43,800 culture. And we need to shift our 527 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:47,300 perspective because if I'm obedient to God, I don't get 528 00:31:47,300 --> 00:31:51,500 fomo, I get Jomo, which is joy of missing out, man. 529 00:31:51,500 --> 00:31:57,300 It like it's exciting because I said know, When couple of months 530 00:31:57,300 --> 00:32:00,800 ago, I would have said yes. And then that would have been a 531 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,900 disaster and I would have like jacked up relationships and he 532 00:32:04,900 --> 00:32:06,300 see, I was like, the fear of missing out. 533 00:32:06,300 --> 00:32:09,800 I was like, oh, but I got to be there, but in your spirit, you 534 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:14,400 know, it's not a good idea. So instead of saying I'm scared 535 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:18,500 of missing out, I say no. And I'm like, thank you. 536 00:32:18,500 --> 00:32:23,100 Jesus, that I have the power to say, no, because I am no longer 537 00:32:23,100 --> 00:32:27,200 a slave to my sin. I'm able to walk free. 538 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,500 And then people are going to be like, well we got to come, you 539 00:32:30,508 --> 00:32:32,800 got to come to this and then you're like, man. 540 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:37,100 It's all good man. You guys have a great time, but 541 00:32:37,100 --> 00:32:40,000 I have so much joy in my life because of the obedience that I 542 00:32:40,008 --> 00:32:41,600 have that. I don't have a fear of missing 543 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,200 out with the world stuff. I have a fear of missing out 544 00:32:44,300 --> 00:32:46,900 with the spiritual. It's like, man. 545 00:32:46,900 --> 00:32:50,000 Like man, I want to see what God is going to be a part of. 546 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:51,500 I want to see what he's going to do. 547 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,500 So listen, I'm going to what I'm going to say, like, don't get 548 00:32:55,500 --> 00:32:59,400 offended. But this goes to my kids, too. 549 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:03,600 I'm going to train my kids to have Jomo and not fomo. 550 00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:07,000 So, leave your later like, how dad I gotta go? 551 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,000 Because they're gonna do it. And I got else. 552 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,100 Like listen, we're busy that weekend. 553 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,600 It's okay. We're gonna have a better time 554 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,700 over here. I promise. 555 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,900 Because you want to build that joy in their lives. 556 00:33:19,900 --> 00:33:23,200 So don't worry about phone, while you get Jomo in your life 557 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,500 you're going to see God move. Where does that come from in 558 00:33:25,500 --> 00:33:28,700 verse 26? He's telling you. 559 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:31,100 He's like the reason I'm writing these things is because there's 560 00:33:31,100 --> 00:33:33,500 some stuff out there that's going to try to lead you astray. 561 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:38,100 And if your fomo kicks in, you're going to get LED astray. 562 00:33:39,300 --> 00:33:41,200 But if your jumbo kicks in, you're not going to get LED 563 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,500 astray because you're going to be, you're gonna have so much 564 00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:48,400 joy abiding in Christ, right? Where you are at That there's no 565 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:52,000 worldly happiness, that could take your joy. 566 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:57,700 And then the last thing, and we'll end with this, Is we have 567 00:33:57,700 --> 00:33:58,400 to? So go ahead. 568 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,100 Number 3. We have to start thinking 569 00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:06,100 presents over productivity presence over productivity. 570 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:09,400 Memory key. Where does that come from? 571 00:34:10,100 --> 00:34:13,500 Verse 27? What does verse 27 say? 572 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:20,699 Remain in him. What John is pushing here. 573 00:34:21,500 --> 00:34:25,800 When you abide in Christ, you are in his presence. 574 00:34:26,699 --> 00:34:29,900 It's more important to be in his presence than anything else. 575 00:34:29,900 --> 00:34:33,699 You got going on in life. That is the number one priority 576 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:37,600 for you is wherever I go God better. 577 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:41,699 Be there in like like most says, in Exodus, if God's not there, I 578 00:34:41,699 --> 00:34:46,400 don't want to go. Because his presence is key and 579 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:49,699 his presence comes through his word and his word is activated 580 00:34:49,699 --> 00:34:52,900 because we have the anointing the Holy Spirit when you connect 581 00:34:52,900 --> 00:34:55,500 anointing and God's word, you better watch out. 582 00:34:56,500 --> 00:35:03,000 His presence is key. But we are a culture that loves 583 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:07,700 productivity because we think if we're productive, then we're 584 00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:13,900 able to show our value. The more I do, the more society 585 00:35:13,900 --> 00:35:18,300 looks at me, and says, hey this guy, we need to get him on 586 00:35:18,300 --> 00:35:23,800 board, that ain't it though. Because when we focus on God's 587 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:29,000 presence and Kingdom opportunities coming in his 588 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,300 presence, what it's going to do is going to activate your 589 00:35:31,300 --> 00:35:34,200 passion, it's going to activate our passions in life. 590 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:39,800 So when I go to work and I focus on his presence in my office, 591 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,600 I'm walking around a lot different than everybody else. 592 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:47,600 I have this passion in my life to do this job that God has 593 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:51,000 placed me in and it's gonna blow everybody away. 594 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,300 And it's not because I have an incredible skill set is because 595 00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:55,900 God is blessing. My hands. 596 00:35:56,600 --> 00:36:00,600 He's blessing me because I have his presence in my life and 597 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:05,300 there's nothing greater than the presence of God, but when you 598 00:36:05,300 --> 00:36:10,700 focus on productivity, you're going to focus on your 599 00:36:10,700 --> 00:36:14,900 accomplishments and your accomplishments are only going 600 00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:19,800 to take you so far in life. Because there's only things that 601 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:23,600 God can do in the Supernatural that you can't do in the 602 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,300 natural. So when you focus on his 603 00:36:26,300 --> 00:36:31,100 presence, it unlocks the Supernatural, and you become 604 00:36:31,100 --> 00:36:34,300 greater because your passion in life and even your 605 00:36:34,300 --> 00:36:36,600 accomplishments. So whenever like, you do this, 606 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:39,300 some Great accomplishments, either at work or school or 607 00:36:39,300 --> 00:36:43,500 wherever you're at, it's going to be have a greater impact 608 00:36:43,500 --> 00:36:46,900 because God's presence is tied to it and not just your own 609 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:51,900 abilities. Nice thinking about this like 610 00:36:51,900 --> 00:36:58,300 man, you know, I want my kids. To know that I was faithful. 611 00:36:59,100 --> 00:37:04,500 So if I were to pass away, if I were to like die tomorrow, I 612 00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:08,100 want my kids to know me. Like, man, my dad. 613 00:37:08,500 --> 00:37:11,900 He had Jomo. There was a Joy about him. 614 00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,600 Man, he was like a faithful man of God. 615 00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:18,700 That's what I want my kids to. They're not going to like man. 616 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,000 Dad got us a bunch of cool stuff. 617 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,100 That's for the uncles in that Willows. 618 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:26,500 No. Say let them do it but as a 619 00:37:26,500 --> 00:37:30,000 father, I want my kids to know me as a faithful man of God. 620 00:37:30,900 --> 00:37:34,800 Somebody that that had Joy. Somebody that prioritize, the 621 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,900 Lord Smite that led prayer. Dinner time somebody that 622 00:37:37,900 --> 00:37:42,100 protected us and provided for us and he was a pretty like, like 623 00:37:42,100 --> 00:37:44,700 he played with Us. That's what I want my kids to 624 00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:51,300 know me by So I want to just kind of ask you, where's your 625 00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:55,500 focus? Where's your focus and your 626 00:37:55,500 --> 00:37:58,300 focus? Only shifts when you decide to 627 00:37:58,300 --> 00:38:04,500 abide in Christ, plant your tent in his presence, say no to the 628 00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:06,300 things that pull you away from it. 629 00:38:08,300 --> 00:38:12,500 And focus on obedience. And when you start doing that, 630 00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:14,700 you're going to start seeing some crazy stuff in your life. 631 00:38:14,700 --> 00:38:18,200 You start seeing some shifting in our lives and in your life as 632 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:20,100 well. That's my prayer for you today. 633 00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:23,200 So let's pray together. Father, we love you and we are 634 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:29,100 so grateful for what you are doing here. 635 00:38:29,100 --> 00:38:35,200 Lord. So Lord I pray father for every 636 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:40,700 single person in this room. Lord, I pray that you help us to 637 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,700 to lean on your presence. Father, help us to see the world 638 00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:47,900 through Kingdom lens. Not just through this worldly 639 00:38:47,900 --> 00:38:51,100 lens. Father God help us to be 640 00:38:51,100 --> 00:38:54,700 obedient to you Lord. Help us to say no to the things 641 00:38:54,700 --> 00:38:58,000 that are going to pull us away and lead us astray and help us 642 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,800 to focus on your presence, father, because we know that 643 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:05,300 your presence is going to push our passions And our 644 00:39:05,300 --> 00:39:08,500 productivity is going to look a lot different because you're 645 00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:11,900 involved. So Jesus, we pray all these 646 00:39:11,900 --> 00:39:14,200 things in your name. Amen, this worship together.