1 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:05,400 Well, crossing family, I have some great news to report, 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,960 especially to those of you who a while back, set your alarms for 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:12,920 3:00 PM in the afternoon. For those of you who don't 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,760 remember, on December 24th of last year, we launched our 5 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:20,200 campus in Weaver, Iowa. And so far they have held 46 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,600 weekend experiences. And thirteen of those 7 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,960 experiences, they've had over 300 people in attendance. 8 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:31,480 Yeah, which has been incredible. However, our prayer as a church 9 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:36,400 has been that they would have 300 people 4 weeks in a row now. 10 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:41,120 Their lowest attendance came on January 17th with only 161 11 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,600 people in attendance. Apparently people don't like 12 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,800 Jesus in January, which I get because it's cold around here. 13 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:51,520 But by the grace of God, ten of the last 14 weekends they have 14 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,200 been over 300. And I am pleased to announce 15 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,960 that this last weekend they had an attendance of 306. 16 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:02,680 God has answered our prayers. They have been a Church of 304 17 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,880 weeks in a row. That would make them by my 18 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,480 estimate. Yeah, my note. 19 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:11,720 Yeah. I was like, oh boy, that would 20 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,720 make them, by my estimation, the 7th largest Christian Church in 21 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,120 the state of Iowa and they are one year old. 22 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,680 We are so thankful for you guys in everything that you're doing. 23 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:23,960 I want to welcome all of our different locations, those of 24 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:27,160 you watching online and those of you who are part of the crossing 25 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,600 inside. I was going through McDonald's a 26 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:33,960 couple a week ago and the lady who was handing me my food said 27 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:39,120 I used to go to your church. I said, you did. 28 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,480 She goes, yeah, I go, why don't you come anymore? 29 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,240 She goes, well, I was locked up and I went to your church and 30 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:49,600 the crossing inside, I was like, well, now that you're out, you 31 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:54,000 can still come. And then last Friday, to our 32 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,040 online community, I was in a duck blind. 33 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,840 And after Daybreak, a guy drove in from Iowa. 34 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,680 He walked down into the pit and he gave me a really big hug. 35 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,680 And he said, I'm the guy that you mentioned in the sermon a 36 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,400 couple of weeks ago. Who's the chat host who said, 37 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:13,000 hey, I want to serve all three services to connect people to 38 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,360 our online ministry. So would you give Todd a big 39 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:21,600 round of applause? I will say once Todd got in the 40 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,160 blind, there were no more ducks. So Todd, you're not getting 41 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,680 invited again. But I love it every single time 42 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,880 I get to meet some of you who are part of our online community 43 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:31,800 and connect with you all. And so if you are watching 44 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,200 online, would you take advantage of the chat, say hi to Todd and 45 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,880 get a chance to meet some of our other incredible chat hosts? 46 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,560 Well, if you are new here, whether it's your first time or 47 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,920 your first time in a long time, we are so glad that you're here. 48 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,600 And I want to encourage you to swing by the new here booth and 49 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,800 all of our lobbies before you leave or if you're watching 50 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,920 online type. I'm new here and the chat and 51 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:51,920 some people will reach out to you. 52 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,680 But our mission as a church is to help people find an intimate, 53 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:57,480 personal relationship with Jesus Christ. 54 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,080 And at the crossing, we unapologetically believe that 55 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:05,400 there is absolutely no one who is too far gone or too much of A 56 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,440 Sinner, that Jesus cannot change them and save them. 57 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:12,320 But he does it in reverse order. He saves you and then He changes 58 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,360 you. And that is why our big faith 59 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,440 filled goal here at our church is to make this region where we 60 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,600 do life and ministry the hardest place on planet earth to get the 61 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,240 hell from. I got a message that there's a 62 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:27,400 lady who was a part of DBS and Weaver this week and she may her 63 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,880 goal is to make her cubicle where she works the hardest 64 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,600 place on planet earth to get the help from. 65 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,720 I'm like my girl, keep going. Well, if you've been going on 66 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,600 this Corinthians journey with us, we are in First Corinthians 67 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,960 chapter 14 and I got to be upfront with you. 68 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:47,800 This chapter is one of the most challenging and confusing 69 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:54,040 chapters in all of of scripture. In fact, there are more 70 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:58,000 denominations, there are more beliefs that are split and 71 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,400 divided over the chapter we are going to go through. 72 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:10,760 And so at the risk of being boring, I'm going to be clear. 73 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:13,640 So at least you know where we are. 74 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:18,120 And then if you don't like what I say, there's churches that 75 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:22,720 land differently free three, if you had parking problems, come 76 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,640 back next week. OK, it'll be all but the 77 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,200 handicapped spots will be available. 78 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,160 OK 3 pillars. When you're getting ready to 79 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,240 read Scripture, number one, you want to remember that God's way 80 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,760 is the best way. John chapter 10 verse 10 says 81 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:37,600 the thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy. 82 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,240 I have come that they may have life and have it to the full. 83 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,840 You will never regret trusting that God's way is the best way 84 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:46,680 in your life. Principle or pillar number 2 is 85 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,480 that all Scripture is useful, even the scriptures you don't 86 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,640 like. Why are they useful? 87 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:55,120 Because Second Timothy chapter 3 says all Scripture is God 88 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,520 breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, 89 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,880 and training in righteousness so that the servant of God may be 90 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:05,120 thoroughly equipped for every good work. 91 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,200 I've talked about this before. You cannot do the work of God 92 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,760 unless you've been filled by the Spirit of God and the Word of 93 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,560 God. And so the Word of God is useful 94 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:18,880 for you to be about the things of God and #3 obedience to God's 95 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,760 Word matters. Knowing the right thing to do is 96 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,240 different than doing the right thing that you're supposed to 97 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:26,720 do. We're not supposed to just know 98 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,200 the Word of God, but to live out the Word of God. 99 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:35,880 With that being said, I'm going to read all 40 verses of First 100 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:41,320 Corinthians chapter 14. And as I do, you're going to go, 101 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:47,680 Oh, my. All scripture is God breathe and 102 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:49,840 useful. God does not have bad breath. 103 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:55,360 This is good for us, but it's a tough one to swallow. 104 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,520 Are you ready? Here we go. 105 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:03,640 First Corinthians chapter 14 verses one through 40 in a 106 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,720 minute. That's my fault. 107 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,280 Oh, so, so sorry. My fault. 108 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,120 God bless you guys on the tech team. 109 00:06:11,840 --> 00:06:13,800 Yeah, please forgive me. That's all my fault. 110 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,360 OK, Follow the way of love and eagerly desire the gifts of the 111 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:22,960 Spirit, especially prophecy. What we'll get into it for 112 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,880 anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people, but to 113 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,560 God instead. No one, or indeed no one 114 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,120 understands them. They utter mysteries by the 115 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,920 Spirit. But the one who prophecies 116 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,920 speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging, and 117 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:40,800 comfort. Anyone who speaks in a tongue 118 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,000 edifies themselves. What? 119 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:47,480 We'll get into it, But the one who prophecies edifies the 120 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,520 Church. But I would like everyone of you 121 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,440 to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophecy. 122 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,120 The one who prophecies is greater than the one who speaks 123 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:01,400 in tongues, unless someone interprets so that the Church 124 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,680 may be edified. Now, brothers and sisters, if I 125 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,480 come to you and speak in tongues, what goodwill I be to 126 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,680 you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or 127 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:15,160 prophecy or word of instruction? Even in the case of lifeless 128 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:20,760 things that make sounds, such as a pipe or harp, how will anyone 129 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:25,280 know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in 130 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:27,960 the notes? Again, if the trumpet does not 131 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,760 sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle? 132 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,600 So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible 133 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,080 words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? 134 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,000 You will just be speaking into the air. 135 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,880 Undoubtedly, there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet 136 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:51,840 none of them is without meaning. If then I do not grasp the 137 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,880 meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the 138 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:58,200 speaker and the speaker is a foreigner to me. 139 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,120 So it is with you. Since you are eager for the 140 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:06,160 gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the 141 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,800 church. For this reason, the one who 142 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:11,200 speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what 143 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,320 they say. For if I pray in a tongue, my 144 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:18,200 spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. 145 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,160 So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but 146 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:23,840 I will also pray with my understanding. 147 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:28,080 I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my 148 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,960 understanding. Otherwise, when you are praising 149 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,400 God in the Spirit, how can someone else who has, who is now 150 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:40,600 put in the position of an Inquirer, say Amen or I agree to 151 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:44,760 your Thanksgiving since they do not know what you are saying. 152 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,960 You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is 153 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:52,600 edified. I thank God that I speak in 154 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:56,800 tongues more than all of you, but in the church I would rather 155 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:02,800 speak five intelligible words to instruct others than 10,000 156 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:07,120 words in a tongue. Brothers and sisters, stop 157 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,640 thinking like children. In regards to evil be infants, 158 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,800 but in your thinking be adults. In the law. 159 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,000 It is written with other tongues and through the lips of 160 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,440 foreigners. I will speak to this people, but 161 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,320 even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord. 162 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:27,160 Tongues, then, are a sign not for believers but for 163 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,800 unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for 164 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:34,680 unbelievers but for believers. So if the whole church comes 165 00:09:34,680 --> 00:09:37,760 together and everyone speaks in tongues and inquires or 166 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:42,320 unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your 167 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:45,360 mind? But if an unbeliever or an 168 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:48,600 Inquirer comes in, while everyone is prophesying, they 169 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:53,400 are convicted of sin and are brought under judgement by all. 170 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:58,720 As the secrets of their hearts will be laid bare, so they will 171 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:04,600 fall down and worship God, exclaiming God is really among 172 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,000 you. What then shall we say? 173 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,560 Brothers and sisters, when you come together, each of you has a 174 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:15,440 hymn or a word of instruction, A revelation, a tongue, or an 175 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,720 interpretation. Everything must be done so that 176 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:25,560 the church may be built up. If anyone speaks in a tongue, 177 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:30,240 two or three at most should speak one at a time, and someone 178 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,800 must interpret. If there is no interpreter, the 179 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:37,040 speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and 180 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:40,000 to God. Two or three prophets should 181 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,600 speak, and if the other should weigh and the other should weigh 182 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:45,520 carefully what is said. And if a revelation comes to 183 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,240 someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop. 184 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,720 For you can all prophecy in turn, so that everyone may be 185 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:58,680 instructed and encouraged. The spirits of the prophets are 186 00:10:58,680 --> 00:11:01,520 subject to the control of the prophets. 187 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:08,000 For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace, and in 188 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:12,880 all the congregations of the Lord's people, women should be 189 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,760 remained silent in the churches. What? 190 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,360 We'll get into it. They are not allowed to speak, 191 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,640 but must be in submission, as the law says. 192 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,440 If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their 193 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,680 own husband at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak 194 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:31,560 in the church. Or did the Word of God originate 195 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:33,720 with you? Are you the only people it has 196 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:35,200 reached? If anyone thinks they are a 197 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,840 prophet or otherwise gifted by the Spirit, let them acknowledge 198 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:42,520 what I am writing to you is the Lord's command. 199 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,000 But if anyone ignores this, they themselves will be ignored. 200 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,360 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be eager to prophecy. 201 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:52,720 Do not forbid speaking in tongues, but everything should 202 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:57,320 be done in a fitting and orderly way. 203 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:01,360 Well, if you didn't believe me, you'll believe me now. 204 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:09,240 This chapter is ripe, so I have broken down my sermon into 6 205 00:12:09,560 --> 00:12:14,240 points, and I've got a minute for each point. 206 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:21,360 Three big questions, three major conclusions. 207 00:12:21,680 --> 00:12:28,240 Question one, what is prophecy? I'll tell you one it's listed as 208 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:32,560 a gift to the church, but not everyone has this gift. 209 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,360 First Corinthians chapter 12, verse 7 through 11 says Now to 210 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,360 each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the 211 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,640 common good. To one there is given to the 212 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:44,640 Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge 213 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:48,040 by means of the same spirit, to another faith by the same 214 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:50,600 spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one spirit, to 215 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,920 another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another 216 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:56,920 distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different 217 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:59,800 kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of 218 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:01,920 tongues. All these are the work of the 219 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:05,920 one and the same Spirit, and He distributes them to each one 220 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:10,680 just as he determines. Prophecy is a gift that God 221 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:15,920 gives some people. To prophecy means to declare the 222 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:22,040 will of God, to make known the purposes of God, to proclaim the 223 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:27,280 truth about about God. Its primary purpose is to move 224 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:32,320 people into action. A prophet prophecies and the 225 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,840 people's job is to respond to the prophecy. 226 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,400 When you're reading the Old Testament, you had people show 227 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,920 up like Jonah goes to Nineveh and says get right with God or 228 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:43,320 else. And guess what the people did? 229 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,960 They got right with God and didn't have to find out or else. 230 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:50,800 That's the goal of a prophet, to get people to turn back to God, 231 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,560 to turn to God, to follow God, to pursue God. 232 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,440 And prophecy shows up in two ways. 233 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:06,680 One is 4th telling, the other one is foretelling. 4th telling 234 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:09,440 is when somebody proclaims a truth about God. 235 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,040 There are some people who would say that what I am doing right 236 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:17,560 now would be a form of 4th telling, that I'm telling you 237 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:20,440 the truths about God, making known the things about God. 238 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:24,120 I would tell you that I think that scripture favors 239 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,760 foretelling more than forth telling, although forth telling 240 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:29,480 what I'm doing could be included. 241 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:35,000 Foretelling is a prediction. It if you were sipping the wine, 242 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:40,120 it has notes of the future in it, which is why Jonas shows up 243 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:45,320 and says turn around to God or else they're coming to people 244 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,320 and saying unless you turn your ways, they have a specific 245 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:52,680 special revelation. What that means is some of you 246 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:56,400 may have encountered a profit. You may have interacted with 247 00:14:56,400 --> 00:15:00,280 somebody who has the gift of the prophetic and they would say 248 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:06,960 something along the lines of I have a word for you or I see 249 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:10,600 something in you. God has revealed something to 250 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:12,600 you. You may have interacted with 251 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:15,280 somebody who has a gift of the prophetic. 252 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,600 That being said, the third thing I want you to know about 253 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:24,320 prophets is a spiritual prophet desires testing. 254 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,440 They are not saying that when they speak that they are the 255 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:30,840 word of God. A lot of this is guardrails, 256 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,000 guys, so that way you don't get spun out by somebody. 257 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:37,720 First Thessalonians chapter 5, verses 20 through 22 say do not 258 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,960 treat prophecies with contempt. So if somebody has a prophecy, 259 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:45,440 don't throw it away, but test them all. 260 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:49,720 Hold on to what is good. Reject every kind of evil. 261 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:53,040 Not every person who thinks that they are a prophet or has a word 262 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:59,240 from you has a word for you. You're to test it and go, is 263 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,080 this right? Is this in alignment with God's 264 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:02,680 word? Is this in alignment with God's 265 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:05,880 will and purposes? Is this revealed in another way? 266 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:10,640 Just because someone says it is a prophecy does not mean it is a 267 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:13,400 prophecy. Some of you guys have seen all 268 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,360 the people who have predicted the end of the world. 269 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:22,080 As of right now, they are batting 0% on accuracy because 270 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:23,720 anytime you hear somebody say that the. 271 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:26,080 I think we had, didn't we have a recent end of the world? 272 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:31,960 Yeah, they were wrong. You want to know why? 273 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,440 Someone asked Jesus, hey, when's the end of the world? 274 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,400 He says, My father knows, you don't. 275 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,520 I don't. God knows If somebody tells you 276 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:46,280 that the end of the world is tomorrow, that person's a false 277 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:48,560 prophet. Delete them off your Twitter 278 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:52,400 account forever because they are not of God. 279 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:58,400 Next thing, both men and women can have the gift of prophecy. 280 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:01,640 We find this in Acts chapter 2, Joel chapter 2 in First 281 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,000 Corinthians chapter 11-5. If you missed that sermon, you 282 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:09,760 can go back and watch it #5 prophecy is designed to 283 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:13,560 strengthen and encourage and comfort believers, not make you 284 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:18,760 look super awesome. Look what it says over and over 285 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:20,760 again in First Corinthians. I'll just zero in on what it 286 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,960 says in verse 3 in chapter 14. But the one who prophesized 287 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:29,920 speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging, and 288 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:33,680 comfort. Many years ago I had surgery on 289 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:36,800 my vocal cords and it was super scary for me because just so you 290 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,800 know, if I'm not preaching, I'm pretty useless. 291 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:42,680 Like what job would I be good at? 292 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:46,000 If I can't talk? I'll be just I don't know. 293 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,840 I don't, I shudder to think, OK, And I had a lady come up and she 294 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:52,280 looked at me and she goes, I believe that God has revealed to 295 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,680 me that you were going to be just fine. 296 00:17:55,120 --> 00:18:03,200 I believe she prophesied over me. 6 I believe that prophecy is 297 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:08,040 a gift that is active today for the benefit of believers in the 298 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,560 advancement of the Kingdom for the cause of Christ. 299 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:16,960 I believe that God still uses prophets #2 what is speaking in 300 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:21,520 tongues? One, it is listed as a gift to 301 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,960 the church, and not everyone has this gift. 302 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:29,120 So if you grew up in a spiritual environment where they said that 303 00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:31,720 there was going to be a second baptism or a second 304 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:35,000 manifestation, and that if you were really saved you would 305 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:41,600 speak in tongues, that is false. It is a false teaching because 306 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:44,600 not everybody has the gift of speaking in tongues. 307 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:49,280 And where did we get that idea from the Bible? 308 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:54,960 This, This is why this is so important is I'm going to get 309 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,480 into this later, but anything that has godly power, Satan 310 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:02,000 tries to corrupt. And so you can find yourself 311 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,520 with a group of people that are expecting you to do a thing that 312 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,840 the Bible says does not happen. Paul says not everybody speaks 313 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:09,760 in tongues. But now all of a sudden people 314 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,680 have this weight pressed on them saying you got to speak in 315 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,160 tongues. So we know that you're saved or 316 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:17,160 that the Spirit's working in you and you're like, hold on a 317 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,040 second. What does the rest of the 318 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,400 chapter say? Which is why I always talk about 319 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:26,640 read stuff in context #2 speaking in tongues is primarily 320 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:32,080 the ability to speak in a known language that is unknown or 321 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:36,080 unstudied to the speaker. This will not come as a surprise 322 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:38,480 to you, but I don't speak French. 323 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,080 I hear like he is way too blue collar to be fluent in the 324 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,200 language of love and that is an accurate statement. 325 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:51,160 But I believe with everything inside of me that God through 326 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,480 His Spirit could make a way through the gift of speaking in 327 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:58,360 tongues for me to preach to someone or tell someone about 328 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:01,720 Jesus in French. I could be speaking English, 329 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,880 they could be hearing me in French, and they could hear me 330 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:07,840 in their own language. We see it happen over and over 331 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:11,000 again in the Bible and we see it, We hear stories of it 332 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,720 happening over and over again on the mission field. 333 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:18,800 Why the interpreter you ask? 2 reasons. 334 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:24,880 The goal of spiritual gifts. Is the unity, strengthening and 335 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:30,920 encouragement of the local body. So if a person is speaking in a 336 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,160 foreign language to another person in a multicultural 337 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:35,920 setting. So if we all went to a suit, we, 338 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,720 you guys were a bunch of English speakers here. 339 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,360 But if we were in the First Corinthian church, you might 340 00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:43,800 have 10 different languages represented. 341 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:48,200 And if I all of a sudden have the gift of speaking in tongues 342 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,520 and I'm speaking to the person who speaks French, which there 343 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,800 wasn't a French speaker in First Corinth, just stay with me, OK? 344 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:56,040 Because I don't know that many languages even by the name, OK? 345 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,800 And I speak and the person in French hears me, but the person 346 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,520 who speaks Spanish is hearing me do this. 347 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:04,440 They're going, hey, what's this person saying? 348 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:06,840 So then somebody interprets what's that person saying? 349 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:10,160 So that way everybody around can be blessed. 350 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,480 That is primarily what speaking in tongues is, and that's why 351 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:18,800 there was an interpreter needed. However, one of the questions 352 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,560 that might be burning in some of you who have a different 353 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:25,440 background than the crossing is what about a private prayer 354 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:33,840 language or an angelic tongue? I believe that the text opens 355 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:39,360 the door for this. I have been on both sides of 356 00:21:39,360 --> 00:21:48,000 this issue in my years as a Christ follower, so I believe 357 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,600 that there is reasonable and reliable evidence to support 358 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:55,440 both sides. But I believe that in First 359 00:21:55,440 --> 00:22:00,440 Corinthians 14 there are notes of at times God will give 360 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:04,320 somebody the ability to speak in a language that is known to them 361 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,160 and to God. Why? 362 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:10,480 I don't know. It'll be one of the 500 363 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:12,640 questions we ask when we get to heaven. 364 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:18,840 But hear me a private prayer language that does not have an 365 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:24,120 interpreter is a blessing for the individual, but it is not a 366 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:29,120 spiritual gift for the church. It becomes a spiritual gift for 367 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:32,240 the church only if there is an interpreter. 368 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:35,440 And so some of you may have grown up in a background where 369 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,240 you showed up at a place and a whole bunch of people were 370 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:38,640 speaking in all kinds of tongues. 371 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,680 And I want you to know that the very same verses in chapter 14 372 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,640 that they are affirming, there are other verses in First 373 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,440 Corinthians chapter 14 that they are disobeying. 374 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:52,160 And that kind of confusion. In that kind of confusion, Satan 375 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:59,800 is the only one who wins. As with any gift that God gives, 376 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,720 Satan tries to corrupt it and counterfeit it. 377 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:07,560 And that's why as Christians, we must constantly be committed to 378 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:12,520 maturing in Christ so that way we can handle the gifts that He 379 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:18,400 has given us in God honoring ways #3 is if you haven't had 380 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:25,720 enough fun yet, why are women to be silent in the church? 381 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:34,120 All right, stay with me. Paul tells 3 or tells people 382 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:38,400 three different times in chapter 14 to be quiet. 383 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:44,200 In verse 28, he says that if you're speaking in a tongue and 384 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:49,120 there is no one to interpret, keep quiet in the church and 385 00:23:49,120 --> 00:23:51,400 just speak to God and to yourself. 386 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,400 And verse 30, when somebody is prophesying, he says if a 387 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:00,080 revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first 388 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,520 speaker should stop talking, should be quiet. 389 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:10,360 And then in verse 34, he says that women are to be silent. 390 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:15,920 This cannot mean that women are not allowed to speak in church 391 00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:21,080 because in First Corinthians 11, the same book we've been 392 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:26,520 reading, we're told that women and men are prophesying in the 393 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,120 church. And if you remember, that was 394 00:24:29,120 --> 00:24:31,320 when we were talking about the issue of head coverings. 395 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,800 If you missed it, can't watch it online, but here's the verses, 396 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,720 Chapter 11, verses 4 through 5. Every man who prays or 397 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,600 prophecies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every 398 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,200 woman who prays or prophecies with her head uncovered 399 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:47,080 dishonors her head. It is the same as having her 400 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:49,840 head shaved. There are many different views 401 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,440 on how to best navigate this text, but I believe that the 402 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:57,000 very best one is that this is all about an issue of authority 403 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,320 in the church. This is about who is to 404 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,720 participate in the judging of the prophecy that took place. 405 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:08,560 In other words, just as God has given order for the home, He has 406 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:13,000 also given order for the Church. Men and women are equal in 407 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,600 value. Men and women are equal in 408 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,360 Christ. Men and women are unique in 409 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:25,640 their responsibilities. Now without doing a 15 hour 410 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,440 sermon, I can't do more on this, but I hope I gave you enough to 411 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:32,200 kind of put some roots down. You might be asking at this 412 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:36,600 point in time, why on planet earth did Paul include this 413 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,800 chunk of scripture in First Corinthians? 414 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,720 I'm guessing that none of the ladies in our church have 415 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,920 decorated their kitchen with the 1st Corinthians 14 Hobby Lobby 416 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,800 passage. I'm guessing husbands are 417 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:55,640 looking for it as we speak. Three major conclusions. 418 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:01,880 One, gifts are to build up the body of Christ. 419 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,760 Pay attention, please. Paul is riding to a messed up 420 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,040 church full of messed up people living in a messed up city in a 421 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,040 messed up world, and they want to make a difference. 422 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,360 And if they are going to make a difference for Christ, they are 423 00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:23,200 going to need to be unified. They are going to need the power 424 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:25,640 and the presence of the Holy Spirit. 425 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:30,480 And Paul's biggest point is that spiritual gifts are supposed to 426 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:36,080 edify others. And if your gift is not blessing 427 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:42,840 or strengthening or building others up, don't do it or find a 428 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:50,760 way to do it in a way that builds up others #2 love is to 429 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:54,280 be our guiding principle. That is why in the middle of all 430 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:59,440 this gift talk he does 1st Corinthians 13, he goes out of 431 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:03,320 his way to point people with these supernatural spiritual 432 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:07,560 gifts about how to operate in love. 433 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:13,240 Why? Because our love for God and our 434 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:17,720 love for others will drive us to unity and effectiveness for the 435 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,720 gospel. In our giftings and in our 436 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:24,320 relationships. We are to be people who prefer 437 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:29,320 the other for the unity of the church, and in doing so, we 438 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:31,960 create this beautiful interdependence. 439 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:36,760 If we all have the same gift, we wouldn't be a gift to our 440 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:41,520 community. If we only valued one gift, we 441 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:45,080 wouldn't be valuable to the mission of God in our region. 442 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:51,200 If we only desired one gift, we wouldn't use the gift that God 443 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,760 gave us because we'd be jealous of the gift that God gave 444 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:59,120 somebody else, which is why Paul says eagerly desire the greater 445 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:05,360 gift and he talks about love. If all you do is make it about 446 00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:09,160 your gift and your ability and what you want to do, what you 447 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:13,800 end up doing is creating chaos and division with the very gift 448 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:18,160 that God gave you to bring peace and unity. 449 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,800 At all of our locations we have incredible worship people and if 450 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,960 you sit close enough that you can see them, almost all of them 451 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,400 have something in their ears. They're in ear monitors and 452 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,240 going on behind the scenes while they're strumming the guitar, 453 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,680 banging on the drum, playing the keys, all that stuff. 454 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:35,960 Guess what's going on in their ear? 455 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:44,600 123412341234 course 234 Course 234 non-stop. 456 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,200 You're going. How on planet earth are they? 457 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,280 Here's why. If everybody shows up and wants 458 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:53,720 to play at their own tempo, we'd have a mosh pit. 459 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,520 And some of you, you're not, you're not young enough to be in 460 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,880 a mosh pit. You break a hip. 461 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:04,160 So if you have everybody show up and everybody's playing at their 462 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,920 own speed, you create chaos and confusion. 463 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,680 If everybody on our band shows up and all they want to do is do 464 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,400 their guitar solo and do their drum solo and do their cool 465 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,920 little runs with all their little cool vocal cordy things 466 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:21,040 that God gave them, we would not have meaningful worship because 467 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:25,000 there would be chaos and division instead of peace and 468 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:28,920 unity. For instance, right now we're 469 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:30,520 going to do something. This is going to stretch you 470 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,680 guys a little bit, OK? Just turn to your neighbor and 471 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:37,720 say be nice, OK? I want you to think of your 472 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:41,320 favorite song lyric. Take a second. 473 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,800 Think of like your favorite song lyric that you would sing if you 474 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:49,040 were in the shower. Got it. 475 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:51,360 Take a second. Get it. 476 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,040 On the count of three. We're going to sing it. 477 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,120 OK. Just just stay with me. 478 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:01,600 You're ready. No cussing. 479 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,600 If those of you listening to rap music while you're showering, 480 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:08,040 OK, don't. No, not OK. 481 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:12,880 I shouldn't give that one away. All right, on the count of 482 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,440 three, you're going to sing your favorite, just like 1 little 483 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:20,000 riff 123. That sounded horrible. 484 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,080 OK, OK, OK. Now I'm going to have John and 485 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:25,680 Emily come out here for a second. 486 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,240 We're going to here's here's your new lyric, the new lyric 487 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:31,560 that we're going to sing. I'm going to play the role of 488 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:35,120 the Holy Spirit for a second. I make a hefty looking Holy 489 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:40,600 Spirit. OK, here's the lyric. 490 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,440 God, you are so good. Just say that back to me. 491 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:47,960 God, you are so good 123. OK, we're going to elongate the 492 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,600 so just a little bit like God, you are so good. 493 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:53,360 And then we're ready. God, you are so good. 123. 494 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:56,960 Good, good, good. OK, now I'm going to try to be a 495 00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:58,480 quiet teacher. You're going to stay back. 496 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:00,000 And then I'm going to do that. And then. 497 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:00,840 OK. Ready. 498 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:02,400 Do you guys know what this part means? 499 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:03,760 Yeah. Hopefully you guys are smart. 500 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,760 If not, watch a YouTube video. OK, 123. 501 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:10,680 God, you are good job. All right. 502 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:20,240 Now you're this is you. OK on ladies, all the ladies 503 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,760 listen to miss Miss Emily, she's going to sing God, you are so 504 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:28,800 good 1234 God, you are so good. Oh perfect Loretta, God bless 505 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:29,720 you. You've been doing this for so 506 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,680 long. OK ladies you got your I want 507 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:33,680 you. We're going to do it again and I 508 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:34,680 want you to try and sing with her. 509 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:36,040 We're going to do it like 3 times in a row. 510 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:38,040 You've LED worship 1000 times. Just take him through it three 511 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:42,960 times in a row. Ready 12340 ladies, keep going. 512 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,680 You gotta do it again. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. 513 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:49,160 God, you are so all right. For just a second. 514 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:50,920 I'm going to be the choir director and we're going to hold 515 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:51,920 it out for just a second. Ready. 516 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:57,280 Do it again. OK. 517 00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:58,520 Perfect, Perfect. That was my moment. 518 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,280 All right. I need the wild hair now. 519 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:01,880 Fellas. All the fellas, All the fellas, 520 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,360 all the fellas. You're going to follow John. 521 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,600 Yeah. John, you're going to. 522 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,360 OK, 1234. God, you are so good. 523 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:13,720 Oh, good job, fellas. Every fella at every campus, 524 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:15,520 everybody you got to participate 48 through. 525 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,120 You got to be super loud so other campuses can at least, you 526 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:19,800 know, hear somebody beside me and John. 527 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:25,920 OK, 1234. OK, now ladies, you're just 528 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:26,760 going to do your part. Guys. 529 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:32,040 Shut up, ladies. That was OK, fellas. 530 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:35,720 This is what the Holy Spirit's trying to do. 531 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:37,800 He's trying to build something in his church. 532 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:41,880 And if everybody does their part in together, in unity instead of 533 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:45,120 chaos and division, He brings peace and power and unity. 534 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:46,760 So here's what we're going to do in just a second. 535 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,000 We're going to have the guys go. Then we're going to have, no, 536 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,120 we're going to have the girls go, and then we're going to have 537 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:52,600 the guys go. And then you got to pay 538 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:53,680 attention. You got to stay in it. 539 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:54,760 You got to be committed to your part. 540 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,320 If you don't know if you're a guy or a girl, look on stage and 541 00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:59,880 see who looks the most like you. That's where you got to stay. 542 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,440 And then what you're going to do is you're listen to me, you're 543 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,000 going to we're going to sing it all together. 544 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,880 All right, We got a full participation. 545 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:15,880 No losers ready. 1234 fellows, everybody. 546 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,760 You did it. That's harmony. 547 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:25,480 He brings something out of it. And when you and I bring our 548 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,040 gifts together for the advancement of the Kingdom of 549 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:33,080 God, the tune that He gives us, the word that He gives us said 550 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:37,280 at the timing that He says to do it, we do something beautiful. 551 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:41,240 And if you show up making it all about you or abusing your gift, 552 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,400 or using your gift in ways that God says not to use it, you can 553 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:48,000 be saying the right words at the wrong time and doing all kinds 554 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,920 of damage. Which is why as Christians, we 555 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:57,960 should be desperate for the Holy Spirit, desperate for Him, be 556 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:02,280 listening to him in such a way that if he whispers, we can hear 557 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,480 it. This is a spiritual mission that 558 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:10,480 requires spiritual power. And the Holy Spirit is always at 559 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,679 work. And the shame is we rarely join 560 00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:16,840 him. He is always moving, always 561 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:21,560 drawing, and we want to be a church that partners with him. 562 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,320 The Holy Spirit goes where he's wanted. 563 00:34:27,199 --> 00:34:33,280 And we want him to know that we want him here. 564 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:38,080 The Bible says that the Holy Spirit is a wind that blows 565 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:41,520 wherever he pleases. And we want to be a church that 566 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:47,679 raises the sail and says, blow on us, descend on us, fill us, 567 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:51,840 empower us so that when you wake up in the morning, you're going, 568 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,159 Holy Spirit, I can't do it without you. 569 00:34:54,159 --> 00:34:57,320 And when you lay to your bed on night and you're getting ready 570 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,280 to go to sleep, you're saying, Holy Spirit, I don't want to go 571 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:03,840 to sleep without you. That when you leave for work, 572 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:08,640 you're going, Holy Spirit, guide me as I go among my coworkers, 573 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,280 lead me as I interact with customers. 574 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:14,520 And when you come home from work, you're going, Holy Spirit, 575 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,280 guide me in the conversations with my wife. 576 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,960 Guide me in the conversations with my kids. 577 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,440 I want you. I want you to lead me and guide 578 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:27,200 me and equip me and empower me. I want you to lead. 579 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:32,280 I want to raise the sail and have you blow on me. 580 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:33,560 We're moving to a time of decision. 581 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,120 Hear me. If you are here today and you do 582 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:43,800 not have a relationship with Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit is 583 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:47,320 always drawing people to the Father. 584 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:52,200 John 1613 states that the Spirit will guide you into all truth, 585 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:56,080 and I'm here today to tell you that truth has a name and in the 586 00:35:56,080 --> 00:36:00,760 name is Jesus. And if you were here today and 587 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,400 you're going, I have not started an intimate personal 588 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,520 relationship with Jesus Christ, I can promise you with full 589 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:12,680 assurance that that is what the Holy Spirit wants you to do to 590 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:16,760 begin that relationship today. And in just a few moments, the 591 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,480 people around you are going to stand and sing and people are 592 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:19,760 going to come to the steps and pray. 593 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,640 And I want to encourage you to walk right over there underneath 594 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:26,040 that screen next to the baptistry and talk to somebody, 595 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,200 Ask the questions. Don't put it off any longer. 596 00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:31,400 And to those of you who already have a relationship with Jesus 597 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:34,120 Christ, I'm just going to ask you one question. 598 00:36:35,720 --> 00:36:40,840 And if you don't have an answer for it, don't leave here today 599 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:47,240 until you do. Where do you need the power of 600 00:36:47,240 --> 00:36:53,080 the Holy Spirit in your life? What is the area in your life 601 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:58,160 that has been off limits that you have not invited Him in? 602 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:03,480 Where is the place in your life where you are not trusting Him, 603 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:07,000 being guided by Him, being empowered by Him? 604 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:12,800 If you know what it is, beg Him to show up in that space. 605 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:19,560 If you don't know where that space is, beg Him to reveal it 606 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:21,880 to you. You won't regret it. 607 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:33,740 Would you stand with me, God? This Is Us raising our sail. 608 00:37:41,030 --> 00:37:47,510 Ever since the series on Jonah, I've been praying the prayer. 609 00:37:47,510 --> 00:37:50,950 God, do it again, and do it again in US. 610 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:58,440 Bring this region to revival and we stand no chance without you. 611 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:06,840 So God, This Is Us inviting you in, begging for your presence, 612 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:11,280 believing that life with you is better than life without you, 613 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:16,560 that there is no area of our life that will not be better 614 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:21,840 when you're a part of it. So, God, give us the courage and 615 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:25,160 the strength to invite you in and to follow your lead. 616 00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:26,440 In your name I pray. Amen.