1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,240 Welcome to the official podcast of Rock Hill Baptist Church 2 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,480 where we are focused on glorifying God, spreading the 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:11,840 gospel, and making disciples of Jesus Christ right here in the 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:16,520 heart of Greenville, SC. Each week we bring you a life 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,600 changing word from our Senior Pastor, Pastor Matthew D Long 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,760 Junior, or one of our anointed guest speakers. 7 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,920 We pray this message strengthens your faith, deepens your 8 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:32,479 understanding, and empowers you to elevate in every area of your 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,840 life. Let's join the service already 10 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:45,240 in progress. We've come to give glory to his 11 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:52,320 name, the Luke chapter 1, Luke chapter 1, praise the Lord. 12 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,760 Luke chapter one. I'm actually going to call your 13 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,240 attention to something I don't normally do. 14 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,320 We're going to be in two books. Hallelujah. 15 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:08,200 Luke chapter one. Start at verse 60 and then hold 16 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:12,560 your finger and jump over to John chapter 1. 17 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:21,750 John chapter 1. They gonna see. 18 00:01:22,030 --> 00:01:27,790 We gonna see what the Lord does. Luke chapter 1, starting at 19 00:01:27,790 --> 00:01:29,590 verse 60. I'm gonna give you some time. 20 00:01:29,590 --> 00:01:33,920 I know and then tricked you with this 122 books today. 21 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:50,840 Luke chapter one, verse 16, Luke chapter 1, then John 22 00:01:50,840 --> 00:02:08,720 chapter 1. Hey Mama, Luke chapter 1, then 23 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:10,639 John chapter 1. I'll give you some time. 24 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:21,240 Yes, thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah. 25 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,720 Glory to God. Thank you, Lord Jesus. 26 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:32,840 Nobody like you, Jesus, you're amazing, Lord Father, you're 27 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,720 magnificent. Glory to God. 28 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:45,240 Luke chapter 1 starting at verse #60 says and his mother answered 29 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:51,480 and said, glory to God. Not so, but he shall be called 30 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:55,000 John. And they said unto her, There is 31 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,600 none of thy kindred that is called by this name. 32 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:04,280 And they made signs to his father how he would have, how he 33 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:09,600 would have him called, 63. And he asked for a writing 34 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,840 table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. 35 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:18,720 And they marvelled all, 64. And his mouth was opened 36 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,680 immediately, hereby say immediately. 37 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:27,040 And his tongue loosed, and he spake and praise God. 65 And 38 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,640 fear came on all that dwelt round about them. 39 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:35,320 And all these sayings were noise abroad throughout all the Hill 40 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:39,280 Country of Judea. Now let's flip over to John 41 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:48,080 chapter one verse #19 John chapter one verse #19 And if 42 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,280 you're driving, you probably going to find that it ain't too 43 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,600 far away. We just going to go one book on 44 00:03:54,640 --> 00:04:02,360 over John chapter one verse #19 says And this is the record of 45 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:07,080 John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to 46 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:11,840 ask him, Who art thou? Verse 20 And he confessed, and 47 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:18,720 denied not, but confessed, I am not the Christ. 21 And they 48 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:23,680 asked them, What then art thou Elias? 49 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,080 And he answered, and said, I am not. 50 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:34,920 Art thou that prophet? And he answered No 22 Then said 51 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,800 they unto him. Who art thou? 52 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,480 That we may give an answer to them that sent us. 53 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:50,800 What sayest thou thyself? 23 He said, I am the voice of 54 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,040 one crying in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the 55 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:58,760 Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah, the word of God for the 56 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:03,280 people of God. Thanks be unto God as you take 57 00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:04,280 your seed. Help me out. 58 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:08,320 Turn to your neighbor and say, Hey neighbor, are you OK? 59 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:16,360 Turn to another neighbor and say, Hey, neighbor, are you OK? 60 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,560 All right, All right. My dear brothers and sisters, 61 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:24,920 I'm going to preach from the thought this afternoon. 62 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:29,400 Break the line. Lord, I don't know what happened 63 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:30,800 to you. I thought you were still with 64 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,160 me. You was doing all that talking. 65 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,680 One more time, I'm going to preach from the thought. 66 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,720 Break the line. Break the line. 67 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:42,440 My dear brothers and sisters, when I was growing up, there was 68 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,960 this one kid in the neighborhood. 69 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,720 I'll call him Blake. Everybody like Blake, but he was 70 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:52,320 the kind of kid who didn't always follow the rules. 71 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:57,160 Now, now, if you grew up like me, there was nothing more 72 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,880 exciting at school than pizza day in the cafeteria. 73 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:07,360 Everybody knew the smell before you even made it through the 74 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:14,520 double doors. That cheesy greasy rectangle of 75 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,240 goodness with pepperoni or sausage. 76 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,920 And, and I don't, I don't know about you, but, but, but we had 77 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,400 sometimes that little square of chocolate cake on the side. 78 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,960 Or if you went to Dutch Fork in Irmo, SC, we had the uncooked, 79 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,280 the undercooked cookies and a little red and white paper 80 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:35,240 boats. Well, one particular Friday the 81 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,280 line was long. All my friends were way ahead of 82 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:41,480 me and I could see the lunch lady scooping out the last of 83 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:45,440 the good pieces of pizza. I started to panic and then I 84 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:49,600 saw a gap in the line. Nobody was paying attention. 85 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,480 So guess, guess who would slid right in between those two kids. 86 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:56,280 No, it wasn't Blake. It was me. 87 00:06:56,280 --> 00:06:58,320 It was me. I got away. 88 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:02,200 I got away that day. But but but another Friday, this 89 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:07,960 same thing had occurred that nobody had said a word, but 90 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:14,720 somehow, somehow Blake this time found the gap and cut the line. 91 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:20,280 It was until one of the kids he had cut in line, cut in front of 92 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,800 realized begin to shout with a high pitched voice. 93 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:28,960 Hey, he skipped me. Suddenly the teacher on duty 94 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:30,640 spotted Blake and called them out. 95 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:32,880 Blake, go to the back of the line. 96 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,560 So, so my dear brothers and sisters, everybody really, they 97 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:40,680 really did, they saw this Deacon Davis, Deacon Glenn. 98 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,080 Some even laughed, and then and and Mother Gordina. 99 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,960 A few of them shook their heads as Blake made his way all the 100 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:52,120 way to the back of the line. That that day, that day, that 101 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,600 day that it happened to Blake stuck with me. 102 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,040 Because despite my little faith in getting the pizza I wanted, 103 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,160 it taught me something. You ready? 104 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,680 It taught me that breaking the line gets you notice, and 105 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:05,640 sometimes it'll get you in trouble. 106 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,760 But sometimes breaking the line is the only way to get to what's 107 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,920 waiting for you. Well, I am not advocating for 108 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,840 any kids to break the line at lunch tomorrow. 109 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:21,320 I am expressing that's where we find ourselves in between the 110 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,880 black and white pages of the book before you or the 111 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:26,640 electronic device from what you are reading from. 112 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:29,840 And Luke chapter 1, verses 60 to 65. 113 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:35,679 And your Bible introduces us to Elizabeth and Zechariah, two 114 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:40,120 individuals who are breaking the line, not a lunch line, but a 115 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,440 line of tradition. Everybody say tradition, 116 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,360 tradition. Everybody expected them to name 117 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:51,360 the baby after the pappy because that's how it has always been 118 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:55,080 done. But God, God, God has given them 119 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:59,240 a different word. God gave the word that the name 120 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,200 should be John. I know it's kind of early in my 121 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:03,760 preaching. I put a lot of time on the 122 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:07,640 clock, but sometimes you got to break the line to birth the 123 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:12,240 promise because if you don't, you're just up a disaster called 124 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:16,600 a tradition and forfeit the destiny God had with your name 125 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,080 on it. It's from this moment in 126 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:22,680 scripture we find 3 movements worth exploring together. 127 00:09:22,680 --> 00:09:25,560 You ready? The very first movement in this 128 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:29,800 text worth exploring is that you have to deny the default to 129 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,240 declare destiny. I must say it again. 130 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,760 I know you're writing notes. I said you have to deny the 131 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:41,640 default to declare destiny. I'm gonna write it a third time. 132 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:46,960 I still see you writing You have to deny the default to declare 133 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,200 destiny. Check this out. 134 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:54,960 Luke chapter one verse #60 says And his mother answered and 135 00:09:54,960 --> 00:10:00,640 said, Not so, but he shall be called John. 136 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:06,120 Verse 61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred 137 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:12,120 that is called by this name. Verse 62 or Luke chapter 1 says, 138 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:17,400 And they made signs to his father how he would have had him 139 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:22,400 to be called. And he asked for a writing table 140 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:25,280 and wrote, saying His name is John. 141 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:29,600 And they all marveled. The very first thing is you got 142 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:34,400 to defy the demand. You have to find the demand. 143 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:43,240 Elizabeth opens her mouth and says no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 144 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,000 no matter fact You got the King James. 145 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:53,560 It says not so she's not being polite. 146 00:10:53,560 --> 00:10:57,560 She's rejecting the family and cultural pressure to keep 147 00:10:57,560 --> 00:11:01,640 tradition alive at the expense of God's Word. 148 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,200 Hear me, my dear brothers and sisters. 149 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:08,240 Elizabeth is between 40 and 60 years old, and she had been 150 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:12,000 barren for decades. She had been called by her 151 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,360 condition. She had been labeled by her 152 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,000 liability. She had been known by her 153 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:21,000 inability. And in this moment, she refuses 154 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:26,680 to let the voices around her overpower the voice of God 155 00:11:26,680 --> 00:11:30,400 within her. She refused. 156 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,960 She refused. She refused to let the voices 157 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:37,080 around her overpower the voice of God within her. 158 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,400 Even though the voices, the voices might have sounded 159 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,000 churchy, it didn't line up with God's order. 160 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,760 Even though sometimes the voices sounded spooky but had no 161 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,080 substance. She didn't allow her to 162 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:55,000 overpower her, even though the voices had sound that sounded 163 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,440 like the past but had no resemblance to the future. 164 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,400 She didn't allow it. She didn't allow it. 165 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:04,240 She didn't allow it to overpower the voice of God within her. 166 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:08,240 And minding brothers and sisters, when Elizabeth refuses 167 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:13,840 to follow the voice of tradition Sister Walker, the conversation 168 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:17,200 shifts from the mother to the father. 169 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,760 Ain't that interesting, huh? Look at this minding brothers 170 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:24,240 and sisters, I think I better get ahead and state the obvious. 171 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,800 You got to declare. I'm the definite. 172 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,120 You got to declare. You got to declare Zechariah, 173 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,440 who hasn't been able to speak since Luke chapter one, verse 174 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:37,040 20. Ben Gabriel, the Angel told him 175 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,280 he'll be silent until the promise came to pass. 176 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:45,920 He motions for a writing table and and he begins to write, but 177 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:51,200 he does not write his name. Ruby, you got your Bible open, 178 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:55,360 right? He does not write we're thinking 179 00:12:55,360 --> 00:13:01,320 about, but he writes his name is John. 180 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,240 I'm going to tell you the truth. I struggled with this title 181 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:07,040 because I almost preached my name as John. 182 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:11,840 Because here, here he tells us in present sense, in a subtle 183 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:15,120 fact, that the name of the boy is John. 184 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,360 Ain't no questions about it. And it's in this moment 185 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:21,840 Zechariah's confession matched God's command. 186 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:27,000 But that's good to me. Verse 64 says his mouth was 187 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,920 open, his tongue loosed and he began to praise God. 188 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,600 Heaven didn't wait on a particular calendar date. 189 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,280 It waited on Zacharias confession. 190 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,600 Can I tell you something? Thank you for talking to me, 191 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,880 Deke. When your lips lined up with the 192 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:48,400 Lord's language shackles don't even stand a chance. 193 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:51,040 I think I better say that for myself. 194 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,600 I, I, I said, I said when your lips lined up with the Lord's 195 00:13:54,600 --> 00:14:00,280 language shackles don't even stand a chance, Mind your 196 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,440 brothers and sister. He says his name is John. 197 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,280 His name is John. His name is John. 198 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,680 The name John in Hebrews, Johann and Johann. 199 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:12,600 And which means the Lord is gracious. 200 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:18,720 The Lord is gracious. Psalms 145 and eight says the 201 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:24,040 Lord is he's gracious, the Lord is John and full of compassion, 202 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,360 slow to anger and of great mercy. 203 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:32,800 My dear sister Shirley, every time this name John or Johann 204 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:36,000 and shows up in the Old Testament, we find that it is 205 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,520 doing a moment of divine turning. 206 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,840 I feel like preaching. I'm sorry, jump on board. 207 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:49,240 In First Chronicles chapter 3 verse 15 during Josiah's reform, 208 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:54,200 it was a moment of turning. In First Chronicles chapter 12 209 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:58,760 and verse 12, it was a warrior warrior by the name of John who 210 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:04,480 was sent to help for a turning. Even in Ezra chapter 10 verse 6 211 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:08,520 during a covenant renewal, it was a time of turning. 212 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,480 OK, you don't like that? Nehemiah chapter 12, verse 22 213 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:17,080 and 23, during a national restoration became a time of 214 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:18,120 turning. Help me out. 215 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,720 Turn to your neighbor. Say neighbor, It's a time of 216 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:25,600 turning, a time of turning, time of turning. 217 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,760 And Elizabeth and Zechariah obeyed the Angel and named him 218 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:31,960 John. They weren't just picking a 219 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,960 name, but they were announcing. They were announcing a new, I 220 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,480 better say that again. They were announcing, hey, I 221 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,160 hear you, Lord. They were announcing a new 222 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:46,480 season of grace in Israel. If I can say it more plainly for 223 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:50,200 you and I in the room, Deacon Davis, they were announcing a 224 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:55,560 new grace for a new space. Let me give you a quick 225 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:59,000 homiletical highlight. When God shifts your season, He 226 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:04,200 sends the grace before He gives you the ground because every new 227 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,280 space demands a fresh supply from heaven. 228 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:11,400 And I'm and I'm and I'm. And I was a boy growing up at 229 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:15,480 1:27 Country Town Drive in Columbia, SC. 230 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,280 I found myself going to Crossroads Middle School. 231 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:22,280 Deacon, Deacon Glen, It's now called Crossroads Intermediate 232 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:26,360 School. I didn't take the bus at this 233 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:28,840 school. I walked Deacon House. 234 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:34,000 I walked to school and and right in front of our house next to 235 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:38,240 the Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church on the hill at the edge 236 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:41,560 of the street were train tracks. Sister Shirley. 237 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:46,240 So every morning and evening I had to cross these train tracks. 238 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:50,800 The thing about these tracks was you couldn't see how far in 239 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:54,360 either direction because of the curves and the trees. 240 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,640 You never knew when the train train might come, but but I 241 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:01,040 learned real quick, if you waited until you saw the train, 242 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:04,839 you might be in trouble before you ever saw that. 243 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,040 You can feel the rails hum under your shoes. 244 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,560 Anybody know about that? You hear the little rumble 245 00:17:12,079 --> 00:17:15,440 building in the ground, and then the whistle would blast through 246 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:19,920 the air and that was your sign not to panic, but to position 247 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,480 yourself. I'm preaching better than you 248 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,599 talking to me. If you only move when you see 249 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:28,680 it, you're already late. You got to respond. 250 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:34,280 Check this out when you sense it, you got to respond. 251 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:36,920 When you sense it, I better keep going. 252 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:38,320 I'm trying to give you some time back. 253 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:43,160 So we find ourselves now in the second movement of this text. 254 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:49,120 It's in John, John chapter one, verse 19 and 23, to which we 255 00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:53,720 find ourselves. But it says here, who? 256 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,400 Who who, who are you? Who are you? 257 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:57,360 Who are you? John? 258 00:17:57,360 --> 00:18:02,760 Chapter one verse 19 says, and this is the record of John. 259 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:04,280 OK, I'll make sure you still with me. 260 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:12,480 When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask 261 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:19,320 him who are you? Verse 20 It says, And he 262 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:24,880 confessed, and denied not, but confessed, I am not the Christ. 263 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:26,960 Verse Verse. Verse 21. 264 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:30,120 Verse 21. And they asked them, What then 265 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:36,280 are you Elias, Elijah? And he said, I am not. 266 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,680 But they said, But art thou the prophet? 267 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:45,680 And he answered, no. Verse #22 Then said they unto 268 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:51,760 him, Who art thou, that we may give an answer to them that sent 269 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:56,760 us, What sayest thou thyself? Verse 23 and I think I'm going 270 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:00,440 to park right here. He said, I am the voice of one 271 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,040 crying in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the 272 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,520 Lord. I said the prophet Isaiah, 273 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,200 Isaiah, Isaiah. Here, the second movement of the 274 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:13,480 text is you got to declare the design before displaying the 275 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:18,080 delivery. I know that that one, that's a 276 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:22,280 little, that's a little. I, I said you got to, you got to 277 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:27,440 declare the design before displaying the delivery. 278 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:33,520 You got to display the the design by defining the duty 279 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:37,480 before John talks about what he does, he talks about what he's 280 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:40,240 not. Come here, scoot to the edge of 281 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:41,640 your seat. I don't want you to fall asleep 282 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:43,720 on me. I think we got a couple already, 283 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,920 he says. I'm not the main attraction, he 284 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,120 says. I'm the main announcement. 285 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,120 Come here. Isaiah chapter 40, verse three 286 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,000 had already declared his role centuries earlier. 287 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:01,320 And John says that's me, that's my lane. 288 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:03,000 Come here. Can I give you a quick 289 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,040 homological highlight? Why you refocus yourself real 290 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:07,680 quick. I'm going to let you know that 291 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:11,520 if you want God's oil, don't chase another man's assignment. 292 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,400 You got to stay in the lane he crafted for your calling because 293 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,360 grace won't cover. But God didn't Commission. 294 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:24,240 Thank you for talking to Michelle. 295 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:28,200 I I know it's good baby let you know that that that you've got 296 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:33,080 to demonstrate the divine design and God's Kingdom. 297 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,600 The announcement always comes before the arrival come here 298 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:38,240 because I think I better prove it to you. 299 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,160 You got your Bible Genesis chapter one verse 3. 300 00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:46,720 The Bible says and God said he said before there was have a 301 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:48,600 light. Deacon Glenn OK, how about 302 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:53,200 Ezekiel 37 and seven. There was a noise before the 303 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:57,440 bones had ever came together. I ain't gonna make you flip too 304 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:01,960 much, but remember this. On John 11 and 43, he calls out 305 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:06,840 Braylon Lazarus. Come forth before He ever comes 306 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,800 out. OK, Luke chapter one verse 13, 307 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:13,280 John's name was given before conception. 308 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,880 And then John chapter 1. John chapter one, verse 26. 309 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:21,440 Among you stands one who do not know before Jesus was ever 310 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,360 revealed. That was Luke 1 and 13. 311 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:27,760 John's name was given because God declares the design before 312 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:31,280 He displays the delivery. I'm gonna say it one more time 313 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,320 to get into your spirit. I said God declares the design 314 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,960 before he displays the delivery. I feel the need to give it to 315 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,760 you a third time, Sister Sherry. I said God declares the design 316 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:46,200 before he displays the delivery. Doctor Travis Jennings says your 317 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:50,400 voice is the echo of your soul, the divine method, message and 318 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,720 melody that connects you to others. 319 00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:56,800 I'm about to get out of here. John's voice wasn't just noise, 320 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:00,360 it was Heaven's method, message and melody. 321 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:06,840 Before God showed the vessel Jesus, who we see later on in 322 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,120 his public ministry, he sent the voice. 323 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:15,680 He sent the voice to get people in position, many brothers and 324 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:17,400 sisters. The voice comes before the 325 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:22,120 vessel because God uses sound to shape what he's about to feel. 326 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:27,080 That's why that's why I'm so incensed about your voice. 327 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:31,520 That's why I'm so crazed about how how much you don't use your 328 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:36,480 sound when becoming God's house, because the voice always comes 329 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,600 before the vessel. And God's just trying to use 330 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:47,240 your voice, my voice, to shape this space so that he can feel 331 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:49,880 it, so he can feel it. I better move on out of here. 332 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,280 I think I'm able to put some more time on the clock for you. 333 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:58,240 Is that all right for you? It's here we find ourselves in 334 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:02,760 the third movement of the text. The third movement of the text 335 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:06,920 is that you have to deliver with the time and direction. 336 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,280 You have to deliver with determined direction. 337 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:15,560 Let's let's read it again, a John chapter 1, but let's go to 338 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:22,480 verse #23. He says, I am the voice of one 339 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:29,320 crying in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the 340 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:33,560 Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah. 341 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,040 I want to let you know that you got to declare boldly. 342 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,600 You got to declare boldly. Check this out because it's your 343 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:43,720 reason. Doctor Travis Jennings in his 344 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:47,560 book says every voice has a reason, the why for the what. 345 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:51,920 And before John ever lifted his voice, God had already written 346 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,840 his why into the scroll of eternity. 347 00:23:56,360 --> 00:23:58,240 Sit up one more time before I get into my hoop. 348 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,800 I said. Before John ever lifted his 349 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:06,480 voice, God had already written his why into the scroll of 350 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:09,920 eternity. John's reason wasn't self 351 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:13,520 promotion, it was Kingdom preparation. 352 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,920 That's good. So Isaiah 40 and three had 353 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:23,680 already set John's purpose and stone centuries before he was 354 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:25,600 born. Come here because I don't think 355 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,320 you trust me. So I better read the scripture. 356 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:31,480 It says prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the 357 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:37,360 desert highway for I'm God. That meant his assignment was 358 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:43,000 not to entertain nor to impress, not to make people like him. 359 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:48,800 But it was clear that his purpose was to clear the pathway 360 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:53,080 for the king. And notice where God put him at. 361 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,800 He didn't put him in a palace, nor did he put him in the 362 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,480 temple. But Ben, Ben, Ben. 363 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:06,680 God had put him in a wilderness. The wilderness is a wild place. 364 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,240 That brings one back to the original design. 365 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,880 Yeah. And I'm so glad that the 366 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:18,520 wilderness may not have much of an audience, but it didn't 367 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,920 muffle his authority. I think I better get on out of 368 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,000 here now. See, some of us think that our 369 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:29,560 platform determines our power, but God shows us it's our 370 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,760 purpose that determines the power. 371 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,600 Because you can't measure boldness by the size of the 372 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:39,720 crowd, but you got to measure by the size of your obedience. 373 00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:43,080 Come here, Jeremiah, I feel like preaching now. 374 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:48,320 And Jeremiah chapter one, verse 7, it's God who tells the man of 375 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:53,240 God. Say not I am only a child, for 376 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:57,880 thou shall go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever 377 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:01,640 I can. Mandy, Yeah, thou shalt speak. 378 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,520 Because boldness is not arrogance. 379 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,800 Boldness is confidence in the cover. 380 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,400 I better say it because I got lost in my mouth. 381 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,120 I said boldness is not arrogance. 382 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,240 Boldness is confidence in the caller. 383 00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:22,040 And I just came on this second Sunday to remind the Saints of 384 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:25,320 God. Don't forget who called you. 385 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:34,880 Hang on, you may feel like life has a strong wave of pulling and 386 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:40,560 sucking out of you, but I just came here now to remind you, 387 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:46,920 Don't forget the one who created you before there ever was time. 388 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:53,160 Don't forget the one who had already envisioned you and had 389 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,320 you on his mind. Don't, don't, don't, don't. 390 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:02,440 Don't forget the one who has called you for such a time as 391 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:09,880 this, because now. Now, now is our time. 392 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:15,080 I'm reminded in the book of Acts chapter 4 and 13. 393 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:20,040 I mean, the rulers were astonished at Peter and John's 394 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:24,160 boldness because they realized they had been with Jesus. 395 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:31,120 Boldness isn't just being loud, but it's being clear when the 396 00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:35,040 world is confused. I like the writings of Howard 397 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:40,320 Thurman, the great theologian who said and there is something 398 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:46,040 in every one of us that waits and listens for the sound of the 399 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:52,680 genuine, he and ourselves, and that's the only true guide that 400 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:57,840 we ever will have. John had found the sound of the 401 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:04,640 genuine one in him, and that genuine sound was the voice of 402 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:05,520 God. He. 403 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:10,160 Yes, Sir, I'm sorry. He didn't live to the echo of 404 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:13,880 the culture. He lived to amplify the Kingdom. 405 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:21,400 And when you know your why, you won't get distracted chasing the 406 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:27,360 what's because the what's I have nothing to do with your calling. 407 00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:32,520 When you know your reason, you won't need everybody's 408 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,640 recognition. Because you know why you keep 409 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:41,360 working when nobody's watching. I've got to get out of here for 410 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,280 real. I'm starting to eat up my time. 411 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:49,440 But I want to let you know that you got to deliver faithfully, 412 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,760 faithfully, the rhythm of your voice. 413 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,360 Because every voice has a rhythm. 414 00:28:56,400 --> 00:29:00,480 Not the beat of the crowd's applause, but the cadence of the 415 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:05,720 caller's command. Young voice, he is not a random. 416 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:10,840 It's deliberate. It's a divine timing wrapped in 417 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:14,840 human breath. It's the rhythm of your voice 418 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:17,800 that must match the rhythm of God's heartbeat. 419 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:23,600 So John didn't let the culture dictate his tempo. 420 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:27,600 He didn't let criticism throw from off beat, too. 421 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,000 He wasn't dancing to the drum of the Sanhedrin. 422 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,680 Neither was he swaying to those of the synagogue. 423 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:39,440 But his rhythm, Deacon Glenn, was repentance. 424 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:44,200 His rhythm Deacon Hauser, was readiness. 425 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:51,120 His rhythm, Mother Gordine was righteousness and never retire. 426 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:56,320 We find John. Yeah, we find him in heaven. 427 00:29:56,480 --> 00:30:01,000 Score. Delivering faithfully means you 428 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:05,720 don't skip measures. You don't improvise, Yes, God, 429 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:10,760 because the crowd looks bored. You don't water down the message 430 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:16,240 to make it palatable for people who don't even want to change. 431 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:22,440 But faithfulness is holding the note heaven gave you and to the 432 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,560 one who wrote the song says release it. 433 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:30,320 It's staying in your while the enemy tries to push you into the 434 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,440 wrong pitch. It's marching to the temple, the 435 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:40,960 temple of truth, when lies are trying to speed you up or slow 436 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:46,320 you down. This is why some people burn 437 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:51,640 out, because they're trying to keep up with a beat God never 438 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:55,040 gave them. They're exhausting themselves 439 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:59,360 chasing the the rhythm of relevance instead of the rhythm 440 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,400 of revelation. But when you're faithful to 441 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:08,000 God's rhythm, you'll find yourself refreshed even in the 442 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:12,840 wilderness. And your discount that the right 443 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:21,320 rhythm will sustain you when resources alone and results are 444 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:25,520 slow. Because faithful delivery is 445 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:29,320 about consistency. I think I better get on out of 446 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:32,640 here now. Grab your neighbor real quick. 447 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,960 Make sure you wake him up for me and say neighbor. 448 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:42,040 Faithful delivery is about consistency. 449 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:46,760 It's about waking up every day and tuning you're here to 450 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:51,320 heavens much alone. It's about clapping your life in 451 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:55,960 time, but God's yes and pause against up with his weight. 452 00:31:56,520 --> 00:32:02,920 It's when you live like that, when your rhythm aligns with God 453 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:08,720 storms who won't throw you off. Haters. 454 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:14,080 Who won't stop your song and seasons? 455 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:20,200 Who won't silence your sound? Because the truth is, when you 456 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:27,480 keep God's rhythm, your voice, but carry Father, but He, it 457 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:33,520 would hit deeper and it'll last longer than anything the world 458 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:39,080 tries to manufacture. As I was writing this out, the 459 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:42,560 Lord gave me something else. Deacon Glenn, I don't even know 460 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:46,800 if I seen this before, but I want you to see that not only 461 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:53,640 must you make sure that you declare boldly the reason that 462 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,920 you deliver faithfully the rhythm, but you got to make sure 463 00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:58,960 you direct intentionally the war. 464 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:05,240 Because every voice has a war. Yeah, not just one sound, but 465 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:11,880 every voice has substance. The war is the weighted word 466 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:17,640 that carries heaven's authority into the Earth's atmosphere. 467 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:23,160 John's warmth was not about echoing what the crowd wanted to 468 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:27,200 hear, but it was about declaring what Heaven had already decided. 469 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:29,920 I think I'm boring you. I better get out of here. 470 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:36,360 When the priests and Levites came asking who he was, he could 471 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:40,920 have inflated his profile and expanded his resume. 472 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:48,120 He could have exaggerated his role in this world, but instead 473 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:55,560 his war shipped away the confusion and pointed them to 474 00:33:55,560 --> 00:34:00,560 Christ. His war was firm. 475 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:09,159 His war was focused. His war was freeing. 476 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:13,440 Did y'all go to sleep on me? I want to let let you know that 477 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:19,880 John's war was aimed. Every declaration had a 478 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:25,239 destination. Every word was a wave pushing 479 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:28,360 people toward the shore of salvation. 480 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:32,679 He broke the line of self importance, the line of 481 00:34:32,679 --> 00:34:38,199 inherited tradition, the line of shallow expectation, because his 482 00:34:38,199 --> 00:34:43,520 voice was on assignment. And here's the power. 483 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:51,040 A true war clears the way. It removes what blocks, and it 484 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:54,719 dismantles what distracts. Can I go higher now? 485 00:34:55,679 --> 00:34:59,920 Now it redirects what's been misaligned. 486 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:04,320 The war doesn't compete with Jesus. 487 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:11,920 The war announces him. The war doesn't steal the 488 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:16,720 moment, but the roar sets the moment. 489 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:22,280 If you're going to break the line, you can't just be loud. 490 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:28,320 But you got to be laser focused. I've got to go for real now, but 491 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:34,240 you got to know your words have to carry weight, not for 492 00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:39,360 applause, but for alignment. Lord, what happened to you? 493 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:43,800 I'm preaching harder than you. Looking for the student in the 494 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:49,720 room? You might be standing up for 495 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,960 somebody in your class for every professional in the room. 496 00:35:54,520 --> 00:36:01,040 You might be refusing to bend the truth on the reports. 497 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:05,400 For everything you're saying in the room, you're right. 498 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:11,920 Might be telling the next generation I've. 499 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:15,640 Been through the fire and I've. Been through the flood? 500 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:22,160 But I felt even sin Breakers China conquer my. 501 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:26,880 Soul. But the Lord brought me out. 502 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:31,840 I got to get out of here now because you may not understand. 503 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:35,920 That. Your voice was never built to be 504 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:41,720 a destination. My voice is just a compass. 505 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:46,120 And. God plans a voice in the midst. 506 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:51,640 Of chaos. Support people back to Christ. 507 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:56,240 So when your. Reason fires your rhythm. 508 00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:00,360 And your. Rhythm releases your roar. 509 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:06,720 The sound. You carry breaks the line. 510 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:12,920 Bypasses the noise. And the ashes saws into the 511 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,360 presence. I'm the Lord. 512 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:20,960 I gotta go now. But I remember one time I was at 513 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,960 the airport and. As I was dead. 514 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:28,200 Catching an early flight. The gate area. 515 00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:31,120 Was crowded. Noise was everywhere. 516 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:38,080 People were talking, luggages was rolling, kids were crying 517 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:41,400 and. Boarding announcements were. 518 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,360 Coming all. Over the terminals and. 519 00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:49,760 Simon Lehman Over the speaker, I heard a clear voice. 520 00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:56,160 Saying Flight 237. To a Lima is not. 521 00:37:56,200 --> 00:38:01,080 Boarding passengers. I didn't know the. 522 00:38:01,240 --> 00:38:04,080 Person. Speaking, I couldn't even. 523 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,680 See them? But I knew the. 524 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:11,640 Voice wasn't talking for. Themselves, but they were. 525 00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:15,520 Talking for the airline? How about to? 526 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,960 Go for real now. The one job. 527 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:23,320 Was to get people on the right plane. 528 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:29,560 Nobody capped for them, nobody took the picture, but every 529 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:34,400 person who heard and obeyed. Give it. 530 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:38,000 Up exactly where they were supposed to be. 531 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:44,000 And that's what John. Was not the pilot, but the 532 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:50,720 announcer, not the destination, but the direction, not the 533 00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:55,000 vessel. Only the voice and when you 534 00:38:55,000 --> 00:39:00,720 commit to delivering but the. Discernment Direction. 535 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,200 You don't. Need the spotlight? 536 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:09,760 You just need to make sure people get to Jesus. 537 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:17,320 That's all I came to say. Your voice still matters, your 538 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:24,920 assignment still has weight, and your obedience still has power 539 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,200 because of charm. Can. 540 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:29,760 Break the line. Of. 541 00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:35,960 Tradition. If Elizabeth can break the line 542 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:44,280 of expectation, if Zach Ryan can break the line of silence, did 543 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:56,600 Shirley, Shirley, Shirley, by the power of the Holy Ghost, you 544 00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:59,080 can break the line. That's. 545 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:03,880 Been holding you back. You can break the line that's 546 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:08,720 been holding you down. You can break the line that's 547 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:13,320 kept you in fear. You can break the line that's 548 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:17,840 kept you in sin. You can break the line that's 549 00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:21,760 kept you in silence. And when you break the line. 550 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:29,480 You don't just move forward, but you elevate, you go high up, you 551 00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:37,240 rise up, you step into a new grace for a new space. 552 00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:45,160 God break back through. You break the line 'cause I am 553 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:49,600 John. Break the line because I am 554 00:40:49,720 --> 00:40:53,920 John. Break the line because I am 555 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:57,000 John. Thank you for tuning in to the 556 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,320 Rock Hill Baptist Church 2 Podcast. 557 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,040 We pray today's message planted something in your spirit and 558 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:06,480 gave you the strength to keep growing here at the Rock Hill 559 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:09,640 Baptist Church 2. We're a growing church, and 560 00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:13,120 growth starts with one step. If you're ready to go deeper, 561 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:19,560 visit us online at www.myrockhill2.org and click 562 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:23,480 Next Steps to get connected, join a ministry, or give your 563 00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:27,160 life to Christ. 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