1 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,760 Amen. Good morning everybody, the 2 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:09,600 House of the Lord and I kind of concur with Sister McGee. 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,160 I hope everybody just feels more rested at that extra hours 4 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:14,400 sleep. I told him in the back and 5 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:16,760 leadership prayer this morning. But the problem with that is 6 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,280 you'll start getting hungry while I'm not finished. 7 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,520 Amen. So what a responsibility upon me 8 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,080 today, Amen for that and it is good to see the different ones 9 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:31,760 Amen back. We're so good to have Jeanette 10 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:36,160 and Tatum and and the Reagan and Chase and everybody back with us 11 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:37,960 today. Amen the house. 12 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:42,040 Lord, good to have Holly with us years ago with the first church. 13 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:48,280 I was probably a senior or so in high school and teaching like a 14 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,880 preteen class at at at Kingsburg and Holly was one of the 15 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:57,920 students in my class along with like, let's see here, Alyssa 16 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,920 Sutton and Tyler Sutton and some others. 17 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,520 Probably I'd I'm not thinking about right now in the moment, 18 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,840 but they, they their family did just live right across from the 19 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,800 church or Sophie for her and her mom and dad were some very 20 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:15,080 precious people. They had the sweetest, sweetest 21 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,840 disposition and spirits about them and have a lot of treasured 22 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,640 memories Amen from them in those years. 23 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:25,600 And I know she does as well. Amen. 24 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,760 Thankful today for that going to be turning to the book of first 25 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:33,720 Corinthians, First Corinthians chapter #6 Amen. 26 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:36,240 This morning go to the word of the Lord. 27 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:38,000 You know what I love about the Lord? 28 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:42,760 He's just the Lord. I know that sounds whatever 29 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:47,640 cliche, but what it is is I, I don't, I don't have to like pump 30 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,840 God up. I don't have to scream at you 31 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,280 spit or anything like that. God can just be God. 32 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:59,200 But one thing I do know, when he enters a place, you know he's 33 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:05,440 there. You know, He's there, Amen, 34 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,320 Without a doubt, Amen. So I'm thankful for His spirit 35 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,920 and His presence. First Corinthians chapter #6 and 36 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:15,400 I'm going to read verses 19 and verse #20 today. 37 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,320 I am confident I will not get through everything I want to say 38 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,200 today. All right, I got, I probably got 39 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,040 more up here than what we're going to get through today. 40 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:27,840 As a matter of fact, I was several years ago, I was tasked 41 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,520 with writing something for like a symposium type thing for 42 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:33,080 organizations. So I did that. 43 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,200 And in the moment that I did that, I also got an app that 44 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,880 would just check my grammar just to make sure I was on, you know, 45 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,840 point because I am not a, you know, a doctorate in English or 46 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:44,800 anything of that nature or grammar. 47 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,480 And so I held on that for all these years and I just celebrate 48 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,920 I think 7 years with it here. And it told me that I have, I 49 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:55,440 have typed about 10 million words in those seven years 50 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,800 because week in and week out, Sunday morning, Sunday night, 51 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,960 Wednesday is easy for me, 6 to 8000 words a week. 52 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:09,360 And so I'm not going to spare you all of my words today. 53 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,240 Amen. First Corinthians 6 and verse 54 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:18,960 #19 The Bible says What Know ye not that your body is the temple 55 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:25,800 of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which he have of God, and 56 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:32,040 ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a price. 57 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:40,120 Therefore, glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which 58 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:45,120 are gods. This may be the first of other 59 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,000 things that will go along with it along the way here and there. 60 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,560 But just for a little while this morning, I want to minister and 61 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:55,520 speak to you in in title question form today. 62 00:03:56,040 --> 00:04:01,560 Who owns you? Who owns you? 63 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,480 Amen. Let's ask the Lord to help us 64 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,360 today. Father, we're so thankful, God, 65 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:09,080 for your house, for your presence, for the joy of the 66 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,520 Lord that we have felt, God, the experience of your power, God 67 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,560 that has testified, Lord, your spirit is bore witness with our 68 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:19,279 spirit today, God, that you are here and that you have Lord 69 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:22,200 inhabited. Lord Jesus, God summoned this 70 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,240 place this morning. We're thankful for that. 71 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,360 I pray, O Lord Jesus, help us to learn of you. 72 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,600 God, in this moment will not fail to thank you God, for what 73 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,280 you accomplished in this place. In the lovely name of the Lord 74 00:04:34,280 --> 00:04:37,200 Jesus Christ that I pray Amen and Amen. 75 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,240 Everybody say Amen, Amen. You may be seated this morning 76 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:45,680 in Jesus name, Hallelujah. I want to talk to you just a 77 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,560 little bit this morning, start to talk to you about this 78 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,480 biblical concept of what we call in Scripture redemption. 79 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:55,440 You read about it the Old Testament and you read about it 80 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:59,000 in the New Testament. This idea of redemption or 81 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,920 having been redeemed and throughout Scripture from Old 82 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:07,520 Testament to New Testament, the idea of redemption has to do 83 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:10,600 with ownership. It has to do with ownership. 84 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,600 For example, in the Old Testament. 85 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:14,920 We have a lot of verses today, don't we, Brethem Alone. 86 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:16,360 Yeah, he's shaking. You're going to track with me, 87 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:17,520 aren't you? Amen. 88 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:21,960 In Leviticus chapter 25 and verse 29, the Bible states these 89 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:29,000 words that and if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, 90 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:33,880 then he may redeem it within a whole year. 91 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:40,880 After it is sold within a full year may he redeem it. 92 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:45,280 Choosing that word redeem a couple of times and the word 93 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:48,480 redeem has has similar meanings to when you think of redeem, you 94 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,120 might be thinking about buying or you might be thinking about 95 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,920 purchasing something, which in these cases that is indeed what 96 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,680 it is saying. But redeem takes something a 97 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,040 little further or a little deeper than just buying 98 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,000 something or purchasing something. 99 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,240 In the Bible. It's used in the sense of buying 100 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:10,680 something back that once belonged to you or purchasing 101 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,520 something back that once belonged to you. 102 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,840 And that is how it's used here in the book of Leviticus chapter 103 00:06:16,840 --> 00:06:20,920 25. A man has sewed his home and he 104 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:25,520 has now the the privilege after year to buy it back or if you 105 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:30,080 will, to redeem it because it was his before to redeem it unto 106 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,600 himself. And so whenever we talked though 107 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,000 about buying something back or purchasing something back, which 108 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:41,920 is redemption, that also relayed to people who had been servants 109 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:45,320 or sold into slavery. That same terminology of 110 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:49,600 redemption or redeeming even someone is used in Old Testament 111 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,800 Scripture as well. For instance, in the same 112 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:56,600 chapter, Leviticus 25 and verse 47, the Bible reads like this. 113 00:06:56,840 --> 00:07:02,560 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy 114 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:08,040 brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, he says, and sell himself 115 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:13,000 unto the stranger or sojourner earner by thee, or to the stock 116 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,520 of the strangers family. What this is convey and is there 117 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:20,240 would be times whenever people lacked money or means for their 118 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:24,280 own lives and so they would virtually sell themselves out to 119 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:29,200 another for purposes of their means of just their home and 120 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,080 their family. And so this is what's taking 121 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:33,400 place. It says in verse 48, after he is 122 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:37,320 sowed, he may be redeemed again or bought back. 123 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:41,920 He may be redeemed again. One of his brethren may redeem 124 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,120 him and we'll see this in the Testament. 125 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,000 I think this is important this morning whenever concerns 126 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,760 individuals, individual could not redeem themselves. 127 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,200 No Testament Scripture, an individual could not redeem 128 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,240 themselves. They had to be redeemed by 129 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,240 another. And that's where we get this 130 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,800 idea that's in Scripture, oh Testament and New Testament, of 131 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:06,200 a kinsman or a relative Redeemer, a kinsman Redeemer. 132 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:10,840 We see this, a man in the Lord Jesus Christ, in his earthly 133 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:14,520 ministry, coming to be a kinsman, Redeemer for all of us. 134 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,920 But the Bible tells us, and we understand this, that every 135 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,840 single one of us that was born into this world, we were born 136 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:26,480 into a world of bondage. We were born into a place of 137 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:30,560 being a servant to sin or a slave to sin. 138 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,280 The apostle Paul wrote concerning himself. 139 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,480 This is what he said about himself in Romans 714. 140 00:08:37,039 --> 00:08:41,679 He said I am carnal, sowed under sin. 141 00:08:42,039 --> 00:08:45,600 That meant sin owned him. He was sowed under sin. 142 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:49,240 Sin was his master. But the problem with that, that 143 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:53,960 servanthood, or the problem with that slavery that Paul was under 144 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:58,720 is again, he was not then in a position to free himself from 145 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,320 that slavery. He was not in a position to free 146 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:05,400 himself from that bondage. He had to be set free by 147 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,640 somebody else. Someone else had to do the 148 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:12,200 redeeming for him. And we read in Scripture that 149 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:19,120 our great God and Savior became our kinsman, Redeemer by the God 150 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:22,600 who the Bible says in John 424, who is Spirit. 151 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:27,080 Timothy tells us that God was manifest in the flesh. 152 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:32,760 He became, if you will, one of us of like manner, and He came 153 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:38,360 for the purpose then to redeem mankind from that oppressive 154 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:42,920 power of sin that we were sold under, that that we were owned 155 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,600 by. We see this if you've ever read 156 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:49,680 the book of Ruth in the Old Testament, it depicts quite well 157 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:53,800 man by the name of Boaz. That shows and showcases all of 158 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,760 the qualities and qualifications of a kinsman Redeemer. 159 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,360 The Bible just real quick. And again, I know, I know I'm 160 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,920 not going to get through, so I'm not going to get in a rush, OK. 161 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:07,440 But the Bible tells the story there in the book of Ruth, a 162 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,640 lady by the name of Naomi and Elimelech. 163 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:14,520 During a time of famine that was in Judah, they sought refuge 164 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:16,640 somewhere else. And the Bible says they went 165 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,480 down to Moab. She and her husband and their 166 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,320 two sons, Malone and Chilean, went down there. 167 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:25,640 And while they were in Moab and they were there for 10 years, 168 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:30,320 her, her sons, you know, got sweet on a couple of the Moabite 169 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,880 girls and they got married. And then after a period of time, 170 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:38,160 Naomi's husband passed away. Her two boys even passed away. 171 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,600 And so she decides that she's going to move back home to 172 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,560 Judah. And whenever she does, one of 173 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:48,520 her daughter in law's, Ruth, decides to go with her. 174 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,160 Those famous words that you have in the wedding ceremonies of 175 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,960 I'll go where you go, I'll lodge where you lodge. 176 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:56,920 All of that comes from the book of Ruth. 177 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:00,040 What, what, what Ruth said dead unto Naomi. 178 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:03,920 And so whenever they came back, a man here is Naomi, here is 179 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:06,120 Ruth, they their the husbands are dead. 180 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:09,480 And so there was some land as a result of that that needed to be 181 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,680 redeemed. And Ruth even being being having 182 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:16,800 been the wife of one of Naomi's sons, needed to be redeemed and 183 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,920 and seed raised up into the deceased husband's name. 184 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,440 But in order to do that, in order for anyone to be able to 185 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,080 redeem them, there were some qualifications. 186 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:29,560 And the first qualification was they had to be related to them. 187 00:11:29,560 --> 00:11:33,120 They had to be related to them. The second qualification was 188 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:37,160 there was a certain price that they had to be able to pay for 189 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,560 the redemption. But the last one, which is 190 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:43,040 really my favorite, is that they had to be willing to pay the 191 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,680 price. It's one of my favorite because 192 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:49,680 you can be related and you can have the means but not want to. 193 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:55,240 And that's what touches my heart more than anything because in 194 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:59,200 the image in the picture of the Lord Jesus Christ, we see that 195 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,920 he met all of those qualifications in order to 196 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:06,080 redeem you and buy back you and me from under the sin that we 197 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,400 were born into. The Bible Speaking of Jesus says 198 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:14,720 in Philippians 2 verses 7 and 8, it says and speaks to us how he 199 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:20,920 was made in the likeness of men that he was found in fashion as 200 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,720 man. He took upon him that the the 201 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,680 nature and the image of the seed of Abraham. 202 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:31,320 He didn't come down as an Angel, but he came down as man for this 203 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,760 purpose. He came to be related with you 204 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:38,440 and I who had been sowed in this because he had to be a kinsman 205 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,480 in order to qualify as the Redeemer. 206 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,440 But it doesn't just stop there. We understand through Calvary 207 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:50,400 and the death on the cross that we were purchased then by the 208 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,040 act that took place on the cross. 209 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:59,840 Acts 2028 says that we were purchased with his own blood. 210 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,200 The Bible even then tells us. In the book of Colossians 211 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,200 chapter #1 and verse 14, the writer writes. 212 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,000 The apostle Paul writes to the Church of Colossians and says 213 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:15,440 that in Christ we have redemption buying back in Christ 214 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:21,080 we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins. 215 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:23,720 Amen. And so we understand the blood 216 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,960 then being the purchase price, if you will, for that 217 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,240 redemption. So not only was Christ then 218 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:33,160 related, He became our kinsman, but he also then as virtue of 219 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:37,640 becoming a man, He had the blood necessary for the purchase price 220 00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:41,440 of mankind under sin. But again, here's my favorite 221 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,720 one. In First Timothy 2 and six, the 222 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:51,480 the Bible says that he gave himself a ransom for all. 223 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:57,480 Now when you give something that's an act of your will, that 224 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:02,440 means not only was he my kin, not only did he have the price 225 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:07,880 that was needed to pay, but by His will He willingly offered 226 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:11,040 that blood. He willingly offered that life 227 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,920 so that you and I could be purchased or redeemed from under 228 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:19,600 the sin and slavery of sin that we were born into. 229 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:23,720 Something interesting this morning in Colossians 114, where 230 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,920 it says we have redemption through His blood, the 231 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:29,680 forgiveness of sins. I think it's important to see a 232 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:34,200 connection between the redeeming blood and the forgiving blood. 233 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,760 Amen. Because you cannot have one 234 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:43,200 without having the other. The redeeming blood and the 235 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:47,520 forgiving blood I, I want, if we want the forgiveness that comes 236 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,560 through the blood, and I do. I don't know about you. 237 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,880 I'm in need of forgiveness even from day-to-day. 238 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,920 But if we want the forgiveness that comes through the blood, 239 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:01,040 then we also must accept the responsibilities of being 240 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,960 redeemed, what being redeemed brings with it. 241 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:06,600 Amen. We're born again. 242 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:10,320 We're born again of the water and the Spirit, but we are also 243 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:14,240 both forgiven and we are purchased in by the blood of 244 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:18,320 Jesus Christ and we love that. I love, I love my personal 245 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,560 redemption story. I love the redemption story this 246 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:25,000 morning that happened today. I love that redemption story. 247 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,600 Amen. Because we've been bought at a 248 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,200 price. That price was not money. 249 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:34,360 Noted that price was not money as they would use in the Old 250 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,560 Testament times for redeeming somebody back. 251 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,360 That wasn't money. It wasn't a certain amount or 252 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:44,120 allotment of diamonds, rubies or or precious gems. 253 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,160 It was none of that. The apostle Paul said to us in 254 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:52,080 first Peter 118 that we were not redeemed with corruptible things 255 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:55,600 such as silver and gold. And then he goes on to tell us 256 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,600 about with the precious. Everybody say precious, but with 257 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:03,160 the precious blood of Christ as a lamb without blemish and 258 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,440 without spot. Folks, you should feel 259 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,880 privileged today that this isn't pennies that's been exchanged 260 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,280 for you. This has been life's blood of a 261 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,280 purpose, perfect lamb that's been exchanged for you. 262 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:21,160 And in that you have value. In that you have value. 263 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,800 And so, yes, it took the blood of Christ to redeem us right 264 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:26,720 from our sins. So I wouldn't suffer in a 265 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:31,840 devil's hell someday. And let's just note here, hell, 266 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,920 that's just exactly who it should be for just the devil. 267 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,000 Amen. So I don't have to suffer in 268 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:41,960 that one day. But let's think about this for a 269 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,000 moment. What does this really mean? 270 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,520 Consider this. Just walk with me here a little 271 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:47,920 bit today and I'll keep track of time. 272 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:51,080 I know we're a little later and you know, if I hear a stomach 273 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:52,920 growl, I'll for no sure. No. 274 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,560 Amen. But whenever a slave is redeemed 275 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:03,960 or a servant, his his relationship, his connection 276 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,839 with the previous owner is severed. 277 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:16,480 Whenever a servant is bought back from underneath the hand 278 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:20,800 and the power and the authority of another, then that 279 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:25,480 connection, that relationship is severed. 280 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:32,600 What that means is that servant no longer has to obey what that 281 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:38,800 owner dictates, says or wishes or desires, because he does not 282 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:44,040 belong anymore to that individual, that person, that 283 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:49,480 power, that sin, that practice. Amen. 284 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:54,920 He was redeemed from that. He was released from that. 285 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:59,080 The price has been paid so that he no longer has a say. 286 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,280 So in that individual's life, he is free. 287 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,760 But we must understand this, that that that servant's 288 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:10,440 freedom, though now is not just for his own purpose of whatever 289 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,040 he wants, because he's been bought by another. 290 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:19,280 He's not bought himself. He's been bought by another now 291 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:24,000 for that one's purpose. Oh, yeah, that I know it's hard 292 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,960 maybe to, to, to, to processing this in your mind, but what's 293 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:30,400 really happened is you've just changed owners. 294 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,760 You've just changed owners, you know, example in the Old 295 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:40,920 Testament scripture. And to see that whenever we're 296 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:44,280 redeemed, then we're redeemed for the purpose of the one who 297 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:45,960 has redeemed us. Hey, man. 298 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:49,120 Or for the will and desire of the one that has redeemed us in 299 00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:51,520 the Old Testament. Whenever you read about the 300 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,680 children of Israel being an Egyptian slavery for you know, 301 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:59,000 4/4 centuries as it were, harsh slavery taskmasters. 302 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:04,080 They, they were made to make those Sphinx and things in Rome 303 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:07,280 historically Amen. That we can even see and read 304 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,160 about. And they went through a lot of 305 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:13,280 slavery type of activity and servitude unto Egypt. 306 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:18,680 But whenever God sent Moses into that arena to be the deliverer 307 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:23,800 for God's people, Israel, and they brought them out of Egypt 308 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:27,720 and they cleared Egypt and he had them prepared them to enter 309 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:31,240 into the Promised Land before they entered into the Promised 310 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:36,120 Land, this is what God had Moses speak to them in Deuteronomy 311 00:19:36,120 --> 00:19:39,640 1515. He said, and down he's speaking 312 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:43,360 to the nation of Israel, the people that he had set free 313 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:46,160 redeemed. He said unto them, and thou 314 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:52,600 shalt remember that thou that thou was a bondsman in the land 315 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:56,960 of Egypt, and the Lord thy God. Here's the the verbiage we've 316 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,880 been talking about redeemed thee. 317 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:05,280 He said therefore I command thee this thing today. 318 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:07,840 So Moses was was spoken to by God. 319 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:11,160 He says before they cross into the promised land, I want you to 320 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:14,080 remind them that I'm the one that redeemed them. 321 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,920 I'm the one that paid the price to buy them back. 322 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,960 I'm the one that purchased them. Had it not been for my purchase, 323 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,800 they would still be in slavery. Had it not been for my 324 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,680 redemption, they would still be making a straw per, or bricks 325 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:32,160 perhaps without straw, making the cities for, if you will, the 326 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:37,000 Egyptian kings, he says. But I redeemed them to be my 327 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,720 people. I redeemed them to be mine. 328 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,680 I claim them as mine. I own them. 329 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,080 I own them and so they're no longer under Egyptian 330 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,640 taskmasters. They're no no longer under the 331 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:53,120 dictates of them. And but now that they are free, 332 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,000 that doesn't mean that they can just go gallivanting around 333 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,800 whatever they want to do. I own them and I have a pleasure 334 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:04,280 and I have a purpose and I have a future and I have a plan and a 335 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,200 dream and a vision. That's for them. 336 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:11,320 They don't have to do what Egypt says anymore, but they're under 337 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:15,840 new ownership. And he says, I've redeemed you. 338 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,640 And notice what the Bible says. He says God redeemed you. 339 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,560 Therefore I command thee this, this thing of you. 340 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:25,120 The thing that was talking about right here in this this context 341 00:21:25,120 --> 00:21:28,880 of Scripture is that he was then commanding them to release some 342 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,320 of the servants that they had had at the end of six years and 343 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:35,680 and not to send them away empty, but but to bless them as they 344 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,120 sent them away. But there's several other 345 00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:42,400 places, even in God's Word, where he often uses the reminder 346 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:46,200 of him having redeemed his people for a springboard, then 347 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:50,680 of what he expected from them because now he was their master. 348 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:56,640 Everybody doing OK, for instance, how many remember 349 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,960 maybe just a few of the 10 commandments in the Bible. 350 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,080 Maybe you haven't You put them in your lawn at certain seasons, 351 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:04,480 I don't know. But the 10 commandments in 352 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:08,040 Exodus chapter 20, you read the 10 commandments and you know 353 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:10,840 you'll read the start of it typically in verse #3 thou shalt 354 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,640 have no other gods before me. And they go on, so on and so 355 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:15,800 forth. But before the 10 commandments 356 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:21,520 begin, we have verse #2 of Exodus 20 and verse #2 of exodus 357 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,600 #20 says here, it is a reminder for Israel. 358 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:32,760 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the 359 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:36,040 land of Egypt, out of the House of Bond. 360 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:37,880 What is he doing? Reminding them of the 361 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:42,280 redemption, Reminding them that you're my people. 362 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:47,040 And after he reminds them that they are his, then he starts 363 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:51,360 laying out some expectations. Thou shall have no other gods 364 00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:53,280 before thee. Thou shall make into the any 365 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:56,600 graven images. It's all just in harmony because 366 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,440 now I belong to someone else and so on and so forth. 367 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,160 It's not just an Old Testament story, it's a New Testament 368 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,720 story as well. You look in the book of Romans, 369 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,040 the apostle Paul, right into the church at Rome. 370 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,360 And again, folks, we have a lot of Bible today, Romans chapter 371 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:16,040 #6 and verse 20, the Bible says Paul wrote, he says for when ye 372 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:21,920 were the servants of sin, servants, you're in bondage to 373 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:22,760 that. That's what you were 374 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,720 incarcerated to. When you were the servants of 375 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,960 sin, you were free from righteousness. 376 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:30,960 Righteousness wasn't part of the game plan. 377 00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:34,600 Righteousness wasn't part of the dream and vision for your life. 378 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,520 When you were a servant of sin, you did what sin wanted you to 379 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,320 do. Sin said go here, you went 380 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,440 there. Sin say say that. 381 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,080 You say that since they acts like that, act like that. 382 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:47,480 You did what sin wanted you to do. 383 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,440 You were free from any type of righteousness. 384 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,760 Hey man, you didn't have anything to do with 385 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,960 righteousness because you were a servant of sin. 386 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,680 But verse 22 tells us of this same of the same chapter. 387 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:02,200 But now everybody say, but now we all want a but now moment. 388 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:09,400 That's the redemption moment. But now being made free from sin 389 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:14,800 and become look at the verbiage here, servants to God, wait, 390 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:19,240 wait. I have not ceased to being a 391 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,520 servant. I've just seized who I'm a 392 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:27,400 servant too. I was a servant to sin, but now 393 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:31,400 I'm a servant to God. And he said, being a servant of 394 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:35,480 God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, all right, or 395 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,160 righteousness and the end everlasting life. 396 00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:41,040 And so here's the fact of the matter. 397 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:43,840 Every individual up on the planet of the earth are in 2 398 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,960 categories. You're either a servant to sin 399 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:50,680 or you are a servant to God. We're born into the world as a 400 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:53,920 servant into sin. We followed the dictates of sin. 401 00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:57,520 We follow the, the, the, the, the plan that sin has for our 402 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,440 life. But if you ever have a 403 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:03,920 redemption moment, the one that came to be your kin, the one 404 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,360 that was able to pay the price, the one that paid the price and 405 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:10,960 you receive his spirit and redemption happens, you're no 406 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:14,680 longer a servant to sin. You don't have to practice the 407 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,000 same old ways. You're a servant to God and 408 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,920 you're going to walk a different path. 409 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,520 And I love and I love being a child of God. 410 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,000 I love being a Christian. I love to be an Apostolic 411 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,720 person. I love to shout about my 412 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,480 redemption. Hey, man, I love to do that. 413 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:39,040 Yeah. Set me free. 414 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:44,040 But equally, as much as I want to shout about being set free, 415 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:48,360 are we equally excited about shouting about belonging to God 416 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:54,800 and following the plan that he has for us, Sister Ray? 417 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,760 Because in reality, my questionable sermon here today, 418 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,760 not questionable in the sense that it's a question title, He 419 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:04,840 owns us. Who owns us anyway? 420 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:11,800 Who do you belong to? Let's look at a few of these 421 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:13,560 things. Let's look at that, a little bit 422 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,520 of God's ownership here. Let's think exactly about the 423 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:20,200 New Testament, about what it says he redeemed us from. 424 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,640 Again, a lot of Bible here. Brother James is, I hope he's 425 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:24,840 doing OK. I'm not checking on him. 426 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:27,080 Is he doing OK? Hey man, we'll have a talk with 427 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:28,480 him after church. If not, we'll get him. 428 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:31,320 You know, we'll start letting him do finger exercises and 429 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,800 clicks with mouse and stuff. But nonetheless, Galatians 430 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:38,480 chapter #3 and verse 13 says Christ hath redeemed us from the 431 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:43,800 curse of the law. Hey man redeemed us from the 432 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,600 curse of the law. And by virtue of that, that 433 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,960 makes a way, a venue whereby we can receive the gift of promise 434 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,120 or the Holy Ghost. I want to celebrate that 435 00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:57,720 rhetoric that I've been, I've been set free. 436 00:26:57,720 --> 00:26:59,320 I've been delivered from the curse of the law. 437 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,640 Galatians 4 verses 4 through 6. You can read it. 438 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:06,080 The Bible says that in the fullness of time that Jesus 439 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:11,880 redeemed them who were under the law and he sent forth his spirit 440 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,280 whereby we grab ABBA, cry ABBA, Father. 441 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:18,120 It was a spirit of adoption. He adopted us, Amen, into his 442 00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:20,080 own man. That sounds like something worth 443 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:24,000 shouting about and celebrating. We read in the book of time this 444 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:29,200 chapter #2 verses 13 and 14. We read that Jesus redeemed us 445 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,000 from all. Everybody say all. 446 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:33,960 I like that, brother Fred. I know it's just a three letter 447 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,520 word, but I like it. It's a big word in my 448 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,440 dictionary. He, he redeemed me from all 449 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,360 iniquity. He wasn't selective. 450 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:48,560 He wasn't selective from all iniquity to purify for himself a 451 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:54,880 peculiar special. Different people. 452 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:58,920 Zealous of good works, folks. That sounds Brother Pat. 453 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:01,360 That sounds like something worth celebrating. 454 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,560 I like the idea of being called one of God's special. 455 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:09,240 Peculiar, huh? That makes me feel good, Missy. 456 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:11,040 He looks down there and says, Paul, me. 457 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,880 Guess that's one of my special ones in the right way. 458 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:19,360 I know where some of y'all were going. 459 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,920 Fool me first. Peter 118 tells us that Jesus 460 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,400 has redeemed us from our vain conversations. 461 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,720 And here in the book, the Peter the word conversation is not 462 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,480 talking about your talk. He's talking about your 463 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:37,520 behavior, your conduct, your lifestyle. 464 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,280 He says he's redeemed us from vain conversations. 465 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,720 He, he's redeemed us from aimless conduct, from empty 466 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:49,120 conduct, purposeless conduct, feudal lifestyles that I was 467 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:52,520 living whenever I was a servant to sin, He's redeemed. 468 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,800 Don't you know when I was sin, I did a lot of vain stuff, 469 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,560 worthless stuff, empty stuff, purposeless stuff. 470 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:02,960 But whenever I came to God, he gives purpose to my life. 471 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,920 He gives purpose to my talk. He gives my God. 472 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:07,800 I feel the Holy Ghost right here. 473 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:17,880 Well, yes, that's the reason why the Rider in Ecclesiastes, he 474 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,200 goes through all Ecclesiastes. He's talking about life under 475 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,760 the sun. He's really describing Solomon 476 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:27,920 in a backslidden condition is considering living life under 477 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:31,880 the sun apart from God with a God absence in his life and he 478 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:36,440 says I did everything I built gardens, I I had empires, I had 479 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:41,000 money, I had anything I want he said, but it was all vanity and 480 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,800 vex station of the spirit. The word vanity there just 481 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,520 meaning empty. He was saying I went to discover 482 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:50,200 everything I could discover in this life without God and it was 483 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,800 all purposeless and meaningless folks. 484 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:55,280 That's what life is, being a servant to sin. 485 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,840 But when you find God, you'll put a purpose in your life. 486 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,040 You'll bring peoples out here wondering today, what is the 487 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,200 meaning of life? That just proves to me they 488 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:07,280 don't know my Savior yet. Because once you know him, 489 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:17,880 glory, why didn't you even look at the Book of Revelation? 490 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,320 We just did a little tiptoeing through the epistles a little 491 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:23,600 bit been Revelation 5 and 9. We read that Jesus has redeemed 492 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:29,320 us of every kindred tongue and people and nation. 493 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:40,280 That is a broad swath of people. But he redeemed me out all that 494 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:42,600 so that I could be made into him. 495 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:48,280 The Scripture says I could be made into our God, kings and 496 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:52,400 priests, that we should reign on the earth. 497 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:58,240 I don't know about you brother Fred, but going from Paul McGee 498 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:04,840 as I am assuming some Roe of kingship, pardon my robe, 499 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:12,680 kingship sounds pretty good. So not only were we redeemed 500 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:19,440 slaves of sin that now belong to God, but the Bible also 501 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:24,040 displaced that we have been in our scripture text this morning 502 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:30,280 that we have been bought and purchased then as God's house. 503 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,360 Know ye not that ye are the temple? 504 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:42,640 God has bought himself a house. God's bought himself a house. 505 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,920 He's purchased a place where he wants to do well. 506 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,200 I'm his. We are his Tabernacle, his 507 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,800 temple, his house, his habitation. 508 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,320 Am I doing OK? I won't hold you much longer. 509 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,160 I know where we're at. Is anybody getting hungry? 510 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:09,640 I wasn't until you brought it up, Brother Fred. 511 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,680 Years ago. Now see. 512 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:16,360 Trevor will be 17 in March. The summer before Trevor was 513 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:20,880 born, we moved into our house. Matter of fact, I think it was 514 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:24,200 the night or the night before the first night, the first night 515 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,520 that we stayed in our house, we learned that we were pregnant 516 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:29,680 with Trevor. To some regard, it means 517 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,680 Trevor's name. Trevor's name means home. 518 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:34,520 That was the first house we ever bought. 519 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:39,320 We, we had a trailer when we were younger, married and then 520 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:42,480 we went on this grand thing called evangelizing, going all 521 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:44,880 over the world and preaching in different churches for like 7 522 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,440 years. And then we came back home. 523 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,440 So we started late as far as having a house. 524 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:52,080 So we, we find out we pregnant, we got her home. 525 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,760 Trevor's name means home. And if you know Trevor, that's 526 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:56,360 Trevor's preference. He'd like to be home. 527 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,720 So if we were walking like in tandem with Old Testament people 528 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:02,440 that whatever you name your child is giving them their 529 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:03,720 destiny. We did it for Trevor. 530 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:11,520 That's where it's at. But Brother Fred, at that time 531 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:15,240 and all of you that are homeowners, you know that at one 532 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:20,400 time you went to the trouble of purchasing a house so we'd have 533 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,160 somewhere to live. For a while. 534 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:26,520 We lived in room #3 over here, my wife and I, and Mariah, room 535 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:31,080 number 3 was our home. Mariah got baths and Rubbermaid 536 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:34,880 containers because there isn't a shower or anything like that 537 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,080 around here. Matter of fact, one time, I'll 538 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:38,680 tell it again if I told her before we was going through 539 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,280 Walmart one time, she was young. She's only like a year and a 540 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,000 half, two years old. And we're in Walmart and we're 541 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:45,840 going where all the rubber make containers are. 542 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:49,040 And she's Mariah and her voice was lying and she's oh look, my 543 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,640 bathtub. And I'm thinking these people 544 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:56,080 that don't know are wondering whether we use a lid or not. 545 00:33:56,440 --> 00:34:07,440 And I'm just. And now you're wondering whether 546 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:09,679 we did or not. And you see, Mariah, and you're 547 00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:11,080 wondering more. Now I'm joking. 548 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:14,800 I love you, Mariah. I know you're hearing it right 549 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:16,040 now. So I'm just saying. 550 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:22,360 But just for analogy purposes, no analogy is perfect. 551 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,880 But just for analogy purposes, Sister McKinney, I went and 552 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:29,480 looked all at different houses, all across Mount Carmel, 553 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,760 different houses. And when we finally decided upon 554 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,560 the house, we chose the house. The house didn't choose us. 555 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,560 Matter of fact, we paid the price in order to obtain the 556 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,400 house. The house didn't pay me to live 557 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:48,600 in it. And that meant when we walked 558 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:50,880 away that day and the papers were slid and the keys were put 559 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:54,800 in our hands, Brother Fred, that we owned that house, that house 560 00:34:54,800 --> 00:35:00,280 didn't own us. And once we purchased the house, 561 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:04,920 the house became subject to the will of Sister McGee and I. 562 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,680 When we first bought the house, the previous owners, I can't 563 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:14,200 remember all the colors, but in the kitchen, one wall was bright 564 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:18,120 blue, another one was yellow, and 1 was like a Peach color. 565 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,840 Folks, if you want to wake up in the morning, you come in our 566 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:22,120 kitchen, you eat yourself some egg. 567 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:30,360 But Tracy, it didn't take us long to talk for that because 568 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:32,000 that wasn't the previous owners house anymore. 569 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:35,800 Yeah, come on. We were living inside those 570 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:37,680 walls in every morning and eating at that kitchen. 571 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:41,800 That is our house. We we, we kind of started 572 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:48,520 fashioning stuff to our catering to our liking with that house. 573 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:52,320 But you know, if I wanted to, if I really wanted to, since it was 574 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,200 a subject to my will, if I wanted to, you could go by there 575 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:56,800 today and that house could be painted purple. 576 00:35:58,240 --> 00:36:01,080 That's my house. I didn't paint it purple, by the 577 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:01,960 way. I did not do that. 578 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:04,800 If you know my wife, I would not paint that. 579 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:06,680 We'd be the Barney house on the block. 580 00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:08,120 You know what I'm saying? I love you. 581 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:13,760 You love me where? But the house didn't decide what 582 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,960 color it was going to be. We did the previous owners. 583 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:20,400 When we first got that house, it was a pale yellow. 584 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,480 That was the previous owners. You go buy it now and it is a 585 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:27,600 Gray color because it was under different ownership before it 586 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:32,720 got to us. The ownership now that has it 587 00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:38,240 reflects the people who own it. And again, I know every analogy 588 00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:42,240 is not perfect, but as a as a homemaker, then brother Fred, as 589 00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:46,680 a home home owner, I have certain responsibilities toward 590 00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,880 my house. If something breaks in the 591 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:54,120 house, I fix it or I make sure it gets fixed. 592 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:58,880 If there's something that the house needs, that's on me 593 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:03,320 because I own the house. I'm responsible for providing 594 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:05,520 for that house. Someone needs to be real 595 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:07,120 comforted right here in the moment if you have a 596 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:11,280 relationship with the Lord, because if there's something 597 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,760 fixed, He's, He's responsible. If there's something you need, 598 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:26,120 my God, we'll supply all of your needs according to His riches in 599 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:29,640 glory. Amen. 600 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,720 Amen. And so, yes, but, but, but let 601 00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:35,440 me be clear. I make the decisions for the 602 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,840 house that the house doesn't make the decisions for me. 603 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,600 And whenever I moved my house, yes, Sister Kristen, we were, we 604 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,960 were kind of intentional about the very own side of the house. 605 00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:49,120 All right, wall colors. The house didn't have any 606 00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:54,840 furnishings had to furnish. The house had to be attended to. 607 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:57,560 Amen. And at that point, when we first 608 00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:59,600 moved in, I really wasn't concerned about the outside the 609 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:01,920 house and concerned about the inside the house because that's 610 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:10,740 where I'm living. So we did what we could do, 611 00:38:11,060 --> 00:38:13,820 being the occupant of the house. We did start painting some walls 612 00:38:13,820 --> 00:38:16,500 and just Mcgee's, you know, putting up some pictures, you 613 00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:18,860 know, here and there. And what kind of curtains would 614 00:38:18,860 --> 00:38:21,500 there be and where would the furniture go? 615 00:38:21,660 --> 00:38:27,380 After all, it was our house. The Lord says. 616 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,520 The Lord says, and I won't hold you much longer. 617 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:31,280 I won't. I know. 618 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:36,640 What are you laughing about? That was my sister, by all 619 00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:38,920 things. I'll call her out right here. 620 00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:40,840 I'll say her name. Let me spell it for you. 621 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:44,560 It begins with an R. That could be several of them. 622 00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:52,880 First Samuel 16, seven this, this is a scripture that often 623 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:55,160 people bring up. It's, it's whenever David is 624 00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:58,880 going to be anointed as Israel's next king and, and the prophet 625 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:00,960 has come and he's looking at all the different sons. 626 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,240 He's like, surely the Lord's anointed is before him, Eliab 627 00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:04,960 and the different ones before him. 628 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:10,360 The Bible says first Samuel 16 and seven that that man looketh 629 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:12,400 on the phrases. That man looketh on the outward 630 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:14,600 appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. 631 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,160 If I could state it just another way, the owner looks at the 632 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:23,720 interior. But let me just pose some 633 00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:26,920 questions again, though, to you in concern of everything I've 634 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:30,120 said thus far to you about redemption and who owns us, Who 635 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:33,240 does own you and who decides what your interior is going to 636 00:39:33,240 --> 00:39:38,200 look like? Bringing it maybe to a little 637 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:42,360 bit more application for us personally as individuals. 638 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:44,600 Who determines what your attitudes going to be? 639 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:49,680 Who decides what your desires are going to be? 640 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:52,920 Who decides what your hopes and dreams are going to be? 641 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:56,400 What are your motives going to be? 642 00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:59,160 I'm just wanting us to think here a little bit this morning. 643 00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:02,000 Who, who, or what are you going to think about? 644 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,320 What are your opinions going to be? 645 00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:08,440 Is it your owner, huh. Is it the owner? 646 00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:10,520 Is it the occupant, or is it you? 647 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:15,680 Amen. Who determines what's important 648 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,520 to you? Who, who who determines what 649 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:20,160 your values are? Who determines what your 650 00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:23,440 passions are? Who who determines what your 651 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:26,240 view is of what is right and wrong or good and evil, truth 652 00:40:26,240 --> 00:40:29,080 and error? Is it the owner? 653 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,080 Amen. So we got to consider all this. 654 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:37,840 Who really does own me? And you understand that that'd 655 00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:39,120 be a good. That's that's just a good, a 656 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,000 good place to stop where we begin. 657 00:40:41,240 --> 00:40:48,400 Who who owns you, man? I tell you what, there's already 658 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:52,880 been enough that I've discovered what I've been redeemed from 659 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,400 that I'm starting to feel good about being under a new owner. 660 00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:02,960 I'm starting to feel good about being under a new owner. 661 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:07,000 Amen. And if you, if you are still 662 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:13,000 living life under being a servant, as Paul said to sin or 663 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:22,040 sold under sin, that there can be an eviction note to put on 664 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:27,200 your heart's door and a new acquisition, a new owner, come 665 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:31,800 in. Amen, Hallelujah, someone say 666 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:33,400 Amen. Who owns you? 667 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:35,680 I want you to leave here today. I want you to think upon that 668 00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:39,280 Amen for the next few weeks and days about who owns you and 669 00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:43,320 think about if you will, the dictates and the plans of of the 670 00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:46,320 each individual owners that we have in this life that is only 671 00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:49,880 to sin of the Lord. Amen to consider that. 672 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:51,760 Let's bow our heads here this morning. 673 00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:56,720 Father, I love you today, God, I love your spirit God, it is 674 00:41:56,720 --> 00:42:02,120 sweet Lord Jesus, it is kind and his merciful, oh Lord Jesus, but 675 00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:06,440 it is also a leader. It is also a teacher that guides 676 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:09,920 and leads and instructs Lord and we want it to have that type of 677 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:13,600 Lord sway and influence in our lives. 678 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,280 I pray, O God, today help us Lord to just rhetorically if 679 00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:20,840 nothing else. Lord, consider who owns us. 680 00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:23,960 God, I don't want to try to usurp the authority of the new 681 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:26,160 one who has ownership of me in my life. 682 00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:31,000 Help me God, just to Lord, obey Lord and just be in love, Lord 683 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:34,880 Jesus, with being under new, new, new command, new new, new 684 00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:39,040 direction, new New Hope and vision and dream God for my 685 00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:40,480 life. God bless you people this 686 00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:42,440 morning. God, we're thankful for what you 687 00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:44,840 have done here today. Lord, your fingerprints have 688 00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:48,160 been upon us and in our lives in this service, we glorify you in 689 00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:53,680 the name of Jesus Christ. Hallelujah and the say a man, a 690 00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:56,400 man who owns you today. Hallelujah.