1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:06,800 John chapter 21 records one of the times the disciples had went 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,640 back fishing. Lord comes to visit them, has 3 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:16,720 hot coals on the bank and fish to go to meet him on the shore. 4 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:22,400 And it's that fame spot where Jesus asked Peter about three 5 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:26,000 times, do you love me? He says more. 6 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,080 And once thou knowest the Lord thou knowest yes. 7 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:31,640 And do you love me? Do you love me more than than 8 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:37,840 these reference really being to the fish that was already on the 9 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:41,480 fire because having been a fisherman in the life about 10 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:47,440 fishing and time a lot of time absorbed in fishing. 11 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:51,080 Just want to know where he stood concerning something that he 12 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:56,080 knew that Peter loved. You love me more than these And 13 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,000 I don't know. It's probably not a fish that he 14 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,240 holds in the hand when he talks to us today, but there's 15 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,880 probably something that he has that he's squaring up with us 16 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,400 and asking you, do you love me more than this? 17 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:11,240 That that thing that maybe strikes our heartstrings, maybe 18 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,520 that we have an affection for. He wants to know how much we 19 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:15,840 love him. Amen. 20 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,440 And I want to be able to say emphatically, Jesus, I love you. 21 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:22,440 Amen. I love you today. 22 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,200 Hallelujah. Just a few announcements here. 23 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,640 I've already mentioned of revival next week also. 24 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,000 Then on that Thursday is Power Hour. 25 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,000 Also. This is the last Wednesday of 26 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:39,880 Genesis 18, but just next month we're going to be having a 27 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:43,920 course revival on one Sunday or Wednesday rather Wednesday going 28 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,920 to be interviewed for the Alex Mason on that Wednesday. 29 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,720 Wednesday after that brother Jerry Mason will be speaking 30 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,440 here in the Wednesday after that brother Zach McGee will be 31 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:57,200 speaking here and so we'll have a Wednesdays of of a break from 32 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,800 Genesis. Maybe you I don't know. 33 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,760 Nonetheless, a few a couple of those Wednesdays I'm not going 34 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,200 to be here anyway. So and give you a reprieve also 35 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:10,039 then on the June the 22nd, actually, I'm going to be back 36 00:02:10,039 --> 00:02:12,560 up on June the 15th, it's Father's Day here at First 37 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,880 Apostolic Church, Amen. Come bring someone, bring a 38 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:24,040 father or someone that you have as a Mason Sunday or all right, 39 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:25,880 and we're going to have Pastor Merrill. 40 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:27,720 We're here. It's going to be ministering the 41 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,000 word of the Lord on that day as well. 42 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:34,960 So again, plenty of things to be able to plug into. 43 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,520 In the month of June, we're going to be turned to Genesis 44 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,520 chapter. In the month of June, we're 45 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,080 going to be turned to Genesis chapter of Goldsmiths. 46 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:44,640 And so we're glad, so glad to have her. 47 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,240 I had to have Fred and Sheila McGee and we're glad to have 48 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,440 Samantha. I had to have Fred and Sheila 49 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,080 McGee, and we're glad to have Samantha and her family back 50 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,040 with us tonight. Amen as well. 51 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:01,120 Verse #12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, 52 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:05,240 After I am waxed old, shall I have pleasure, my Lord, being 53 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,720 old also? The Lord said to Abraham, 54 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:13,400 Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear 55 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,680 a child which I'm old? Is anything too hard for the 56 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:18,640 Lord? The time appointed, I will 57 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:21,000 return it to thee according to the time of life. 58 00:03:21,640 --> 00:03:26,600 Sarah shall have a son then Sarah denied saying I laughed 59 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,800 not for she was afraid. And he said nay, but thou didst 60 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,560 laugh. So I'm having just a little 61 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,680 overlap here tonight and I want to speak to you about this. 62 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaking of God, He knew her laugh, He knew his friend, He 63 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,840 knew her laugh, and he knew his friend. 64 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:46,840 Amen. Let's ask the Lord to help us 65 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:48,760 here in the next little while. Father, I come to you this 66 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,040 evening. Got to thank you, Lord, for 67 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,400 about the privilege of being in your house, the privilege of 68 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,520 being able to center our lives once again around Your word. 69 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,640 That's Lord. It's a settled word. 70 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,240 Having a nerve shall pass away, but your word shall not pass 71 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,320 away. Pray, O Lord, that you ever give 72 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:10,160 a spirit of revelation and light tonight, God as we look at it, 73 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,600 God as we try to apply it, thrown individual lives will not 74 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:17,040 fail to thank you for the lovely name of Jesus Christ that we 75 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:24,640 pray the church say Amen as we cure in chapter #8 their 76 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:28,440 household, their tent hold, I guess it would be called their 77 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:33,000 tent hold was visited by three men as the scripture describes 78 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,760 them. At least that's the way they are 79 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,840 introduced to us in the second verse of this chapter. 80 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:42,960 And they are in this area primarily for the announcement 81 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,640 to Abraham and Sarah. Some further details about the 82 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,400 birth of their son, their son Isaac, and that it would indeed 83 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,600 happen through Sarah, but they're also here to 84 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:59,000 investigate, investigate the the cry or the outcry that seems to 85 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,080 be coming from Sodom and Gomorrah. 86 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:04,720 And they have an intent of destruction on their mind after 87 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:07,240 their findings of Sodom and Gomorrah. 88 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:13,400 And so their dual purpose is to announce a birth and perhaps 89 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:17,480 announce judgement. And that's quite a contrast for 90 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:23,200 for their, their, their purpose. One's going to visit and bring 91 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,440 some news of miraculous life to one family. 92 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,000 And then on the other hand, there's going to be this 93 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,240 heralding of some potential destruction for an entire city 94 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:37,120 and actually cities of a particular reason, a region 95 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,840 rather. And so God is though involved in 96 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:44,960 both of these knowledge had God has the knowledge of the human 97 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,800 heart really in both of these respects. 98 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:52,720 And it's his prerogative to to intervene if he so desires. 99 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:55,880 And so where we left off last week, we kind of noted just a 100 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:58,200 little funny, or at least it was funny to me, I won't say to you, 101 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,480 but the funny little interchange of God and Sarah, how Sarah is 102 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,960 denying that she laughed and then the Lord's like, no, yeah, 103 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,000 you did laugh. You did. 104 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,760 And certainly that the Bible that she's in a tent. 105 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,640 So she's in a tent and she's laughing within herself and she 106 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:17,880 even has some internal dialogue with herself. 107 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:23,720 She says, after I am waxed old, shall I have pleasure, my Lord, 108 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,320 being old also? And we learned last week, and I 109 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:30,240 don't have time to go back and recap all last week, but we 110 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,640 learned that this laughter isn't just about her age, but it's 111 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,760 about where she should be in life, her age as far as biology, 112 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,840 alright. And, and it's though about 113 00:06:40,840 --> 00:06:43,040 really more than that. It's not about biology. 114 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,680 It's not about age. It's really about, about her 115 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,920 belief and her amusement or bewilderment with what is 116 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,280 occurring right here in, in this moment. 117 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,920 And so she, she chuckles. She she she's chuckling, she's 118 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:59,920 laughing and it's revealing really how deeply and her her 119 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:04,800 doubts or perhaps even amusement can be and how sometimes they 120 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:09,080 can hide some other things all right and what she discovers in 121 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,560 this moment that we all will realize very soon that there is 122 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:19,840 nothing internal inside of you that is hidden from eternal God. 123 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:24,360 The Bible says in verse 13 and the Lord said to Abraham 124 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:30,000 wherefore laugh saying shall I have a surety bear child which 125 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,840 am carrying comment on and it wasn't spoken out loud to 126 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:40,880 anybody that was around her. God was tuned into her internal 127 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,920 dialogue and he addresses it though openly. 128 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,960 All right, and this seems to be the the the way that God 129 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:52,360 operates at different occasions throughout the Old Testament. 130 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:57,040 It almost seems to be an aspect of God to know you'll remember 131 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:03,760 in the book of Samuel that who searches their lives, I guess is 132 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,240 what I'm saying. I guess is what I'm saying he 133 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:14,920 does he can discern what is of the thoughts of our mind. 134 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:19,200 Essence of the gospels like Matthew #9 and the diet Bible 135 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:23,200 describes their paralytic man is brought to Jesus and the Bible. 136 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,640 He never he never spoke out loud here in a sign. 137 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,080 Don't look at them as isolated events. 138 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,559 Amen. I believe they are revelations 139 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:39,799 that the God who heard Sarah in her tent is the same God who 140 00:08:39,799 --> 00:08:44,400 heard Simon silence sneer in the New Testament scripture. 141 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:48,080 What this tells me is this. It's not that Jesus possessed 142 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:54,120 some type of insight. Jesus was the divine the things 143 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:57,560 we see in the Old Testament that only God seemingly could do we 144 00:08:57,560 --> 00:09:00,960 see this man Christ Jesus doing the very same thing. 145 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,840 It's not that Jesus had a special right Amen and so the 146 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:08,960 ear of God is not stopped them by lips that were heart and 147 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:12,480 they're examples throughout Scripture we could look at Amen. 148 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,000 But again, the connection should be made the Old Testament God 149 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,920 that characteristic of God. We see that quality in the Lord 150 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:25,280 Jesus Christ because Jesus is God manifest in the flesh. 151 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:30,640 Jesus even told the Jews, he said, verily, verily, I say unto 152 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:36,160 you before and respond to something that hasn't been 153 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:40,560 verbalized. And there might be some sitting 154 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:43,720 here tonight. I start to ponder that. 155 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:48,360 God knows our minds and our hearts. 156 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:51,520 They might start to get a little spooky and you might feel like 157 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:53,160 you've been intruded on just a little bit. 158 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,760 God knows my internal dialogue. Oh, is he on for a roller 159 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:02,200 coaster ride today? Or maybe he's been on one with 160 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,880 you today. Right, here's the thing, we can 161 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:08,520 deceive each other. We can deceive a lot of people, 162 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:15,400 but we can't deceive God. But let's not look so negatively 163 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:17,640 at this. This should also be a source of 164 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:24,360 comfort to you, that God knows your heart, and he knows when 165 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:30,840 you're sincerely struggling. Yeah, even when we fell 166 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,680 outwardly, He knows whenever you're like, man, I'm such an 167 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:36,400 idiot. You say it in here. 168 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,440 Maybe you don't profess it outwardly, but you have a lot of 169 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:39,560 this. Enter God. 170 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,840 God hears that conversation as well. 171 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:47,880 He knows when you're trying, even when you stumble because he 172 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,480 knows what's going on here just as well. 173 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,200 He sees our motives, not just our mistakes. 174 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,840 And so there might be something. Yeah, I feel a little uneasy 175 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:00,000 about God, you know, hearing everything that's going on 176 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,160 inside my head. And some of y'all got some, a 177 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:05,480 lot of conversations going on, right? 178 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:09,240 I matter of fact, I don't know any of us as human beings that 179 00:11:09,560 --> 00:11:12,880 we are just odd, you know, hearing everything that's going 180 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,240 on inside my head. And some of y'all got some, a 181 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:19,800 lot of conversations going on even at this very moment. 182 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:25,160 And yet we have this assurance too, that when we can't express 183 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:29,280 it right, whether it's unspoken fears or hopes or thoughts. 184 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:41,160 And God hears it. There's some things I can't put 185 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,800 into words, it seems like, but I put a lot of thought into it. 186 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:48,360 Just, you know, I've, I've thought some things to have work 187 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:50,440 that I couldn't say or articulate. 188 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:56,400 God heard it. I've I've thought some things to 189 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:00,960 have work thread there that I couldn't say or articulate. 190 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:10,520 God heard it godly and full of inward groans. 191 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:17,040 The for groans and thoughts that seem to too deep even for words 192 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:21,160 and David tries to express that sometimes even in Romans 826 193 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,440 we're told that Paul writes that the spirit help you know what 194 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:28,680 that tells me It's God's way of saying I hear you when you even 195 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:34,520 don't know how to talk to me about that's powerful. 196 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,160 That's powerful things some truth think imagine how 197 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:40,320 frustrating it must be to understand the thoughts of 198 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:47,520 someone's hearts and mind. Let's put let's put it this way. 199 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,960 Let's consider how many friends you would really have if you 200 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:59,480 said everything you ever thought of or separate ways now. 201 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:05,600 Amen. Let's pick back up here. 202 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:10,200 Verse #16 The Bible says. And the men rose up from thins, 203 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:13,680 and look towards some Abraham. That thing which I do, seeing 204 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:16,960 that Abraham shall surely become a great nation and a mighty 205 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,520 nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in 206 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:22,800 him. For I know him that he will 207 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,720 command his children, his household after him, and they 208 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:29,160 shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that 209 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:33,000 the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoken of him. 210 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,880 And the Lord said, because the cry of Sodom, Gomorrah is great, 211 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,840 and because their sin is very grievous, I will go down now and 212 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,720 see whether they have done altogether according to the cry 213 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:47,440 of it which is coming to me. And if not, I will know. 214 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:51,440 And the men turned their faces from thence and went, well, I'll 215 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:52,880 stop right there with I will know. 216 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,280 And then we'll continue on here in just a little bit, accomplish 217 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:58,200 their first, the first mission here. 218 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,640 These men that have come, they've talked to Sarah, they've 219 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,320 talked to Abraham, they've they've, they've given the 220 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,800 message and the declaration. Their son would be Isaac. 221 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:10,160 It would come through Sarah. And now the men carry on. 222 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:14,120 Their eyes are fastened on Sodom, and Abraham is 223 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,400 accompanying them for a little leg of the journey. 224 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:18,760 They've been at his team. And so he continues in the 225 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:20,920 direction that they are going towards Sodom. 226 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,320 And as they walk towards Sodom, it seems like nothing's being 227 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:25,920 said. There's this stillness of 228 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:29,360 unspoken words. Except now we have God 229 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:35,560 deliberating, God's deliberating about sharing his intent of what 230 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:39,600 they plan on doing at sodomy. Thinking about should I share 231 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:44,720 this with Abraham and the Bible says that God says and even the 232 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,240 word said there can't even mean that it's that God spoke like in 233 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,680 his heart like giving us almost a a similar thing something that 234 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:53,960 happened within that God said in his heart. 235 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:58,360 Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do and I spoke 236 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,000 about this a few weeks ago on a Sunday morning in the in the 237 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:07,200 pool from the far message, but the transparency it's about 238 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,920 really trust. Shall I share with Abraham this 239 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,320 thing that I'm I'm about ready to do? 240 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,560 And yet the Lord is looking very introspectively and thinking 241 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:21,400 about Abraham and all this and he knew he knew Abraham and he 242 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:27,680 knew he could trust Abraham with this information about Sodom and 243 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:32,640 the plan for Sodom. And so he's considering all this 244 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:36,480 and God shares his purpose again, not just to inform 245 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:44,360 Abraham, but to involve Abraham. Because here's the thing for God 246 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:48,480 sharing with Abraham some divine revelation, it for sure wasn't 247 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:57,120 for gossip. It was a summons for 248 00:15:57,120 --> 00:16:05,320 involvement, really for change. So Abraham isn't just being told 249 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:10,880 the news, he's being invited really to be involved in 250 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:12,560 something that's going to be going on. 251 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,440 And so so we we have moments when we deliberate to right. 252 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:18,520 I know we do. That's part of that thinking 253 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,200 process. Do I share this information with 254 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,160 so and so? Do I share this information? 255 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:29,360 Do they need to know? Will it make a difference if 256 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:35,240 they do know or not? How will they react if I tell 257 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:42,320 them? Well, God knows. 258 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:44,680 Here's what God knows about Abraham. 259 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:50,920 God knows that Abraham nations and I love the first phrase in 260 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:55,200 verse #19 God says in this dialogue with himself. 261 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,120 For I know him as the leader of his family. 262 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,200 I know him as the leader of what will be his country. 263 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:02,760 And I know, look what the Bible says. 264 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:06,040 I know that he's going to execute justice and judgment 265 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:08,920 when necessary. He's going to commit command his 266 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:12,920 children well is what small thing he knows Abraham. 267 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:17,920 Furthermore, even trust Abraham and so with that trust, that 268 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:22,880 trust, though comes with a responsibility for Abraham God 269 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:26,040 trust him and with that trust God has in him comes a 270 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,800 responsibility. If Abraham's going to shape 271 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:32,400 nations, then he says I'm going to allow him to wrestle a little 272 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:36,280 and I50 righteous. Now this just side note this 273 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:44,680 just and I know school's over right now those let me tell you 274 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:51,160 this, God does math. They start at 50 and Abraham's 275 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:55,920 next request, he said, Lord, if they lack 5 righteous will you 276 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,160 destroy? And God comes back and says I 277 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,080 won't destroy them for 45. God did math. 278 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:12,600 OK, this is 550 -. 5 is 45 for anybody just ain't following 279 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:17,360 that right now. God did math and that's the 280 00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:19,600 reason kids, you need to stay in school and pay attention. 281 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:27,640 Amen. So when when Abraham asked about 282 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:31,160 the 10 he approaches God all along the way. 283 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,280 He's getting more humble and more you know he's approaching 284 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:35,680 God. You know, especially if he 285 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:37,960 started out in the way and near to God's face. 286 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:41,040 Will you destroy the right just with the way he's being very 287 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,080 kind. You know, he's like, oh, I come 288 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:45,920 to you again and I it's like almost, I hate to impose another 289 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,360 time and, and please hear me out. 290 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:51,880 I beckon to the let me lower my head in your presence and, you 291 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,360 know, speak and, and then it gets to the tent. 292 00:18:54,360 --> 00:18:58,640 He's like just one last time. He says, I will speak again only 293 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,280 this once. It's like this, this, this is 294 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,760 the last time, God, this is the last time I'm coming. 295 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:07,880 And there's a lot of people over the years, even scholars want to 296 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,240 criticize Abraham because he stopped asking. 297 00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:16,440 They say, well, he he he seized and he stopped asking before God 298 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:20,520 stopped giving. But this is what I personally 299 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:28,200 believe, that Abraham stopped at 10 because he trusted the judge 300 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:39,400 of all the earth to do right, quitting at trust you with the 301 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:50,000 rest. And God, please know God doesn't 302 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,040 leave. It's the very last verse. 303 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:54,760 God doesn't leave for him. Stop. 304 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:56,520 So they go there. So they go their respective 305 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:58,720 ways. I'm, I'm, I'm coming to a close. 306 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,480 I'm coming. Just got to find that nice 307 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:02,760 landing spot that we're not going to be together for a month 308 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:04,680 and everybody will forget everything about the 1st 18 309 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:10,360 chapters. So they go their separate ways. 310 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:13,320 God, God's going, no doubt, to to the Sodom region. 311 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:15,160 Abraham is going to the plains of Maine. 312 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,400 Ring where you come from, and you stand with me. 313 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:27,680 And so from the door of Sarah's tent to an essence, the gates of 314 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:33,840 the city of Sodom, we understand that God not only hears what's 315 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:38,480 hidden, but he also shares and reveals with us what matters. 316 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:43,280 And that God, he's not like sitting around eavesdropping to 317 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:48,480 expose, but he listens in Abraham's case, to involve him. 318 00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:54,000 And so it doesn't matter whether it's the laughter of a Sarah or 319 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:59,320 the groan of a intercessor like Abraham, God responds. 320 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,960 And your thoughts about the trout, they matter to God. 321 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:10,280 He knows them. Sister Brenda and like Abraham 322 00:21:11,120 --> 00:21:14,120 again, we're not just called to receive some type of revelation, 323 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:18,440 we are called to act upon what we have received. 324 00:21:22,120 --> 00:21:25,760 God listens to those things to involve us, whether whether it's 325 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:29,960 that whisper, whether it's that, that groan, whatever it is, but 326 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,920 we're to act. Compassion came from Abraham. 327 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:37,720 Boldness, unwavering recession. And so the God that hears in 328 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:43,840 secret is the same God who invites us by telling us, 329 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:47,960 wanting to include us and deliberate about us, to come and 330 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:53,200 stand in the gap, make up a hedge, be the intercessor for 331 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:59,000 our cities and our times. So can we bow our heads and 332 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,320 pray? And here's the fabulous thing. 333 00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:05,520 And this is not for sure telling us just to all pray in our heads 334 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:07,560 by no means. But even if you don't say 335 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:09,440 something with your lip, He's picking up on your thoughts 336 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:13,360 right now. Can we just begin to talk to 337 00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:16,320 God? Maybe. 338 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:18,760 Maybe you can be vulnerable right now, in the moment and the 339 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,680 things that He's already heard in your mind. 340 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:23,400 Maybe there's some things that you just need to speak out by 341 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,640 faith right now. Or maybe maybe there's some 342 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,560 things that you've been afraid to entertain outside of your 343 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:32,280 mind and heart that you need to just present before Him. 344 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,440 He already knows and He has already heard. 345 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,920 He has already heard. He is a merciful God. 346 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:40,640 Amen. Say, well, I don't, I don't want 347 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:42,560 God to judge me. He will give you mercy and he 348 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,760 will verify before there's ever any judgement. 349 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,920 We got some space of time. Maybe we need to ask God to 350 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,080 search us, look at us. Maybe, maybe we need to cling to 351 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,480 that mercy and we need to take advantage of that. 352 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,960 Not in the negative way, but we need to, we need to pull that in 353 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,560 close and understand the opportunity and the privilege 354 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,160 that's been extended to us by that. 355 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,800 Maybe there's something alone and in your heart. 356 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,560 You, you got lost family, you got lost family members. 357 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:08,840 You have people in your community, strangers you don't 358 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,800 even know, but you see them on a path to destruction of 359 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,360 wickedness and despair. And maybe you're standing 360 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:17,120 somewhere in the gap in your home, in your bedroom, you're 361 00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:20,760 crying out to God for the city of Mount Carmel and for your 362 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,760 family. And for those it's going to be 363 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:26,560 taken because they've they've rejected God's mercy and, and 364 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,800 everything that has been spoken about where they are has 365 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,560 BeenVerified by the Kingdom of heaven. 366 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,400 Maybe you need to be one that lifts up your voice and say, 367 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:38,920 God, Lord, Lord, trust me. Lord, with that, trust me. 368 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:42,960 With that agenda, trust me, Lord Jesus, with that scenario, God, 369 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:47,160 I pray, O Lord, intervene, Help us to go to God in prayer and 370 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:50,240 intervention, in giving of ourself, of our time, of our 371 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:54,040 resources, Amen. For the purpose of someone else, 372 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:56,880 God, you can trust me. Can someone say that tonight? 373 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:58,080 Amen. Toward heaven. 374 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,440 God, I want you to be able to trust me. 375 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:02,480 I want you to be able to trust me. 376 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:07,080 Oh Lord, you know me inward and outward, Oh Lord, you know, Lord 377 00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:10,520 Jesus, the things that my mind even fastens to, you know me, 378 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:12,920 Lord. You know what I've entertained 379 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:15,040 today? You know what I've entertained 380 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,920 in my heart today? You know, Lord Jesus, what I've 381 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,280 kept hidden from everybody else, but in my heart and mind, God, 382 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,240 I've cradled the Lord Jesus there. 383 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:28,480 You know God, you know God, You know God the Lord, You know Lord 384 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,320 Jesus the laughter and you know Lord Jesus. 385 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,600 God, I said I want to be accounted as your friend, Lord. 386 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,240 I want to be accounted as more than just an acquaintance. 387 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,120 I want you to know my name and I want to know your name, Lord 388 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,280 Jesus. God, I want there to be some 389 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:46,720 type of Lord equalization of a knowing Lord Jesus as much as we 390 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:50,520 can to one with the other. I pray, O Father, today God help 391 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:55,400 us Lord in this hour, help us O Lord to be known and to know God 392 00:24:55,800 --> 00:25:00,160 in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that I pray Hallelujah, 393 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,960 Hallelujah, Hallelujah, the church say Amen. 394 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:08,160 It is important tonight again remember revivals coming up on 395 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:13,200 Sunday when we start Sunday it don't end till Friday because 396 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,000 revivals till Wednesday. But then we got prayer on 397 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,600 Thursday, OK. And so it don't end till Friday 398 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:25,320 and so sleep when you can, right? 399 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:26,840 Be mindful. Be here. 400 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,120 Your regular times on Sunday. The other days of the week will 401 00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:32,040 be at 7:00 PM. They'll be consistent. 402 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,160 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, all of it will be 7:00 PM. 403 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,440 Come worship ready to praise, magnify the Lord. 404 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,760 Whenever your carcass is telling you to stay home this next week, 405 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:46,200 tell it to go to church. When it's saying you're tired, 406 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,080 put in your mind it's a hour and a half, two hours of time. 407 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,640 Even if you got to show up when it starts and leave when it 408 00:25:53,640 --> 00:26:12,320 ends. Also another side note, if 409 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:16,720 you're going to camp, whether on on site, off site, please sign 410 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,280 your name on the list in the back, there's 2 sheets of paper 411 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,560 on two different things because 1 sheet of papers almost already 412 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,280 full. So please sign your name just so 413 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,160 I know who is there. And I'm going to go on and put 414 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:26,480 this in here if this is all right. 415 00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:29,280 Brother Mason, again, I've had a question. 416 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:33,080 Come to me about Monday there will you cannot show up on 417 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,400 Monday. If you're going to camp, you 418 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:39,720 cannot show up on Monday. You'll show up on Tuesday, all 419 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,840 right. In years gone by, we've been 420 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:43,640 able to show up Monday, but you can't this year. 421 00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:46,480 It just, there's a lot of people that get there that's just in 422 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,880 the way of really set up, trying to be done and it just makes it 423 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,360 more difficult to be set up and ready for Tuesday. 424 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:54,840 So you cannot be there on Monday. 425 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,000 If you want to go to Frankfurt on Monday, fine, but you won't 426 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,480 be on the campgrounds. You're saying what I'm saying? 427 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,440 I'm not trying to be mean, I'm just trying to be blunt, all 428 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,240 right. And so you can't be there on 429 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,640 Monday, be there on Tuesday. You can get there and get 430 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:12,000 registered before the service begins there in the afternoon 431 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,760 time. So all right, just a reminder or 432 00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:20,360 public announcement and that will be coming soon, I think in 433 00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:24,120 social media direction to from from the Indiana district. 434 00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:27,560 But just a heads up for planned preparation, all those good 435 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,440 things. So you can keep some towels at 436 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,400 the house. You don't have to less towels to 437 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:32,640 bring.