1 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:39,480 I love you Jesus. Oh ya Mama Shiah. 2 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,080 Hallelujah. Oh we love him. 3 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:57,520 Where the word of a king is there is power, speaks into our 4 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,800 lives, brings harmony out of the chaos. 5 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:07,440 Amen. Love him tonight and want to 6 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:12,760 thank everybody for being on Church Sunday and inviting 7 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,640 people over the past four weeks and of course, continuing in 8 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,360 that vein of doing so. Amen. 9 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:23,000 From here on, of course, it's not just a four week endeavor, 10 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,760 it's a constant endeavor, Amen. So just be mindful of that. 11 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,480 The winners, the shepherd's flock, Please remember April the 12 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,240 18th. That's the date to remember for 13 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:38,280 your meal at login at 4:00 PM. All right, those that are here 14 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:42,640 and those that are listening online, the 19th, also of this 15 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,600 month, we'll have a missionary service in our PM service that 16 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,800 Sunday. Missionary, the Rhodes family 17 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,240 are going to be with us. They're out of Pastor Dan 18 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,200 Monday's church from Piqua. OH, and so they're going to be 19 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,800 with us. Our spring conference is coming 20 00:01:55,800 --> 00:02:01,440 up the 24th and 25th of April in Indianapolis, IN Brother Nathan 21 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,760 Cannon's church and guest Tim Hammond from Georgia will be 22 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,240 there. And so that'll be a great time. 23 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:11,480 Also, the 26th of this month, which is a Sunday, is a All in 24 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:15,040 Camp Focus Sunday, which basically means we plan to pray 25 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,760 for and pay for camp, pray and pay. 26 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,360 Amen. And so we're going to take an 27 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:23,280 offering that Sunday for camp meeting. 28 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:27,040 And then the 27th important date for all those that are going to 29 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:30,560 camp. The 27th is camp registration 30 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,640 day. All right, so that's very 31 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:36,400 important to remember. We're going to be turning to the 32 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:44,320 book of Romans chapter #8 Romans chapter #8 I'm going to read a 33 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,160 few verses of Scripture here to get started. 34 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:53,480 Night We're glad to have Mr. Earl with us tonight as he comes 35 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:58,040 by from time to time to be in service with us. 36 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:03,920 I know he's here just to see me, but it's OK. 37 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:09,600 Romans chapter 8 verse #5 The apostle Paul Speaking of the 38 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:14,680 Church of Rome, says, For they that are after the flesh do mind 39 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:18,560 the things of the flesh, they that are after the Spirit, the 40 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,200 things of the Spirit. Or to be carnally minded is 41 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:26,560 death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 42 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:31,160 Because the carnal mind is enmity or hostility against God. 43 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:33,800 But it is not subject to the law of God. 44 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,000 Neither indeed can be. Verse 8. 45 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,680 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 46 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,640 We're continuing talking about from a couple weeks ago, we've 47 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:46,800 been talking about the identity principle a little bit. 48 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,240 I'm continuing to talk about that with a little bit of the 49 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,160 application of that. We talked about a couple weeks 50 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:57,520 ago that basically if you don't, if you don't have a right idea 51 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,240 or understanding of who God is, it will just muttle everything 52 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:05,200 else in your Christian living. It's important to know who he is 53 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,960 that that that principle of identity is a distinction of 54 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,160 identity. So we want to talk a little bit 55 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,640 about that tonight. Ask the Lord's help. 56 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,399 We're going to pray. Father, we're thankful tonight, 57 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,760 Oh Jesus, for your spirit Lord, that we have felt, Lord, in just 58 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,840 a little bit of time, that we have sung praises this evening. 59 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,160 Oh Lord Jesus, you're nigh and you're near God. 60 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:33,040 We want to entertain that. We want to work in tandem God 61 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,680 with that today I pray Jesus anoint every mind, every heart. 62 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,800 God anoint Lord Jesus, this lump of clay. 63 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:43,160 Your word is already anointed, but God help us to lift it up 64 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,640 Lord, and exalt your word, Lord Jesus in this place. 65 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,960 And beloved, the name of Jesus Christ that I pray Hallelujah 66 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:52,520 and Amen and the church say Amen. 67 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,440 You may be seated tonight in Jesus name. 68 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,240 So Paul's writing here to the Church of Rome, and he's 69 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,040 explaining some things that basically spiritual people are 70 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:06,080 those who set their minds on, on the things of the Spirit and, 71 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,760 and carnal people are those who set their mind or mind the 72 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:13,000 things of the flesh. And verse number six tells us 73 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:17,720 plainly that to be currently minded as death and, and to have 74 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,880 hostility toward God and verse #7 or enmity against God is to 75 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,040 also have enmity against God. And that verse #8 those that are 76 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,320 in the flesh cannot please God. And so with all these things in 77 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,520 mind, then it should be pressed upon us that every believer 78 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:37,280 should be striving to set their mind on spiritual things or the 79 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:40,800 things of the Spirit, since the things contrary to that are not 80 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,120 pleasing to God. It's death, it's all these other 81 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:44,880 things, enmity or hostility toward God. 82 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,920 Then we should want to mind the things of the Spirit. 83 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:50,800 And so it knows without saying, we've looked at these verses of 84 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:52,840 Scripture a little bit. I got a lot of scripture up 85 00:05:52,840 --> 00:05:54,320 there, but Alex can attest to it. 86 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,400 I'll reference it a lot. I don't know if we'll go to 87 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:58,280 every verse. He might just flash it up there 88 00:05:58,280 --> 00:06:02,160 for me if he just follows along. But the Bible tells us we've 89 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,160 looked at these phrases before. It's in the Old Testament, in 90 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,920 the book of Leviticus. To be ye holy, for I am the Lord 91 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:13,080 your God, Peter, he echoes that in the New Testament in first 92 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:18,120 Peter chapter #1 and he says be holy, for I am holy. 93 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,600 And so if we just even take those two concepts and ideas, 94 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:24,840 Old Testament and New Testament, then we should start to 95 00:06:24,840 --> 00:06:27,720 understand that God's holiness should. 96 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:32,280 And I, that's the operative word should influence our thoughts 97 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:35,520 and our ideas and the state of our minds. 98 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:38,480 And that should be the case. And although that should be the 99 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:43,560 case, you and I understand that humanity still has a will. 100 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:48,480 Humanity still has a will that we must direct. 101 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,960 God is such a gentleman. He's not going to overpower your 102 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:58,680 personal will. He wants us to relinquish our 103 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:05,120 will to Him or bring our will in alignment with His desire and 104 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:07,000 purpose. And the reason why I say that, 105 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,560 that's the reason why we have other phrases in Scripture. 106 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,960 For instance, in first Peter chapter #1 that states, Brother 107 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,800 Fred, gird up the loins of your mind. 108 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,200 Or there's another verse that's found in Colossians 3 and two 109 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:27,400 that says set your affection, which is your mind on things 110 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:29,840 above, not on things on the earth. 111 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:32,600 And both of those phrases, if you read them, if you had 112 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,320 somebody in here that was somewhat of an English major, 113 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:38,720 they would tell you that those phrases, those phrases are 114 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:42,000 imperative. What that means is the subject 115 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,360 is understood to be you who's supposed to gird up the loins? 116 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:47,880 You are. Who's supposed to set the 117 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:50,600 affection you are. In other words, we're 118 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:54,320 responsible for the girding up and we're responsible for the 119 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,040 setting of the affection. In other words, no one's going 120 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:01,840 to do it for you. It's up to you, your will, your 121 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:05,960 choice, your decision. And so it's telling us we must 122 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:10,240 do this, the powers within our will, within our choice, within 123 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,440 our decision to gird our mind and set our affection. 124 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:17,520 And so we, we are an integral player in this dynamic. 125 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,520 You'll remember the passage and it's a popular passage from 126 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:24,320 Hebrews chapter #12 and we've already looked at it in this 127 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,240 series that's already went on for some time and we'll probably 128 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:32,559 still yet, but nonetheless, the passage that said follow peace 129 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:37,799 with all men and holiness that we're follows also interpreted 130 00:08:37,799 --> 00:08:41,840 as pursue peace with all men and holiness. 131 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:45,240 So we're pursuing peace with men and we're pursuing holiness. 132 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:49,080 The word they're follower pursue in the Greek is a very strong 133 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:52,120 word. It's a word that implies this. 134 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:56,960 It means seeking to possess something with the strongest 135 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:01,400 possible effort, determination and zeal. 136 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,360 And so man, that really kind of opens up the panorama of things. 137 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,760 When we talk about following peace with men and holiness, it 138 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:13,720 is a very strong possible effort, zeal, determination. 139 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:18,240 It is quite a pursuit. It's not a casual walk, all 140 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,600 right. It's not a little linger behind 141 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,240 typing. No, it's a pursuit. 142 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:25,920 The Bible tells us in Colossians 3 and 1, and this is what it 143 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:28,440 devises. I love the the the opening of 144 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:33,040 this phrase in this verse. It says if ye be risen with 145 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:41,880 Christ, if the condition, if ye be risen with Christ, seek those 146 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,800 things which are above. If you've been risen with him, 147 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:50,720 then the advice is based upon the, the the condition seek the 148 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:54,520 things which are from above. And it's from there. 149 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,560 It leads to that verse we've already looked at where he tells 150 00:09:57,560 --> 00:10:03,200 us then to set our affection on things that are above and not on 151 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:07,440 things that are below, right? But we just take like 152 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,760 Scripture's wonderful, right? Because Scripture interprets 153 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,640 Scripture, right? It's like symbols, you hit them 154 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:14,840 together and they make noise. It, it, it just happens. 155 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:18,360 And so when in order to accomplish this, that we have 156 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,200 other information from the Apostle Paul's, he wrote to the 157 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,880 Church of Corinth, for instance, in 2nd Corinthians 5, he says in 158 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:28,000 order to accomplish this whole idea of seeking those things 159 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,560 that are above or said even our affection on those things above, 160 00:10:30,680 --> 00:10:37,920 we must be able or we must bring into captivity every thought to 161 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:42,480 the obedience of Christ. So when we're talking about 162 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,600 setting our mind on spiritual things, that's, that's our goal. 163 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,600 That's what we want to do. In order to do that, Brother 164 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:52,120 Fred, then as an individual, I got to be able to identify 165 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:56,640 between which ideas that come into Paul Mcgee's head that are 166 00:10:56,640 --> 00:11:00,640 of the Spirit and which ones are of the flesh. 167 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:07,680 I'm going to have a hard time setting my mind if I can't 168 00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:15,280 distinguish what's his thought and what's man's thought, Amen. 169 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:19,440 And so with that, I got to understand this distinguishable 170 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,440 trait like this, this principle of identity, this principle by 171 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:27,280 distinction, even in the thought processes of my mind, this is 172 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:32,240 foundational to my holy living. This is foundational, Amen to a 173 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:33,960 part of the principle of identity. 174 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,920 If we could, because when we know who God is Bishop and we 175 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,520 know what his nature entails when we know it. 176 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,680 When I say know it, I'm I'm talking about knowing it on 2 177 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:46,640 levels. People can have an intellectual 178 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:50,120 knowledge about something and that's one thing, but it's 179 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:53,640 another thing to have an experiential or an experiencing 180 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:56,960 type knowledge of something because you've been there, done 181 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:59,000 that and bought the T-shirt, right? 182 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,680 It it's just like today I, I hear people talk about all the 183 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:03,920 time, you know, they're in the workplace and Joe Blow, he just 184 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:05,840 got his degree. He comes in, he has a working 185 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,560 textbook understanding of how things go. 186 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,280 And then you have someone that's worked in the practice for 2530 187 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,880 years and they have an experience type of knowledge of 188 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:17,400 everything goes well. Whenever we know God and his 189 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:20,600 nature both not just intelligently but be by 190 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:25,600 experience, we can begin to identify what is God's thoughts 191 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:30,760 and what is not God's ideas All right and the reason why this is 192 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:36,880 important because we live in the real world and we're inundated 193 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:44,160 with false teachings. The New Testament speaks in 194 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:47,760 their days still yet happening in ours, some that are coming 195 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:51,360 and and proclaiming what was called in the New Testament 196 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:56,160 damnable heresies or destructive heresies. 197 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,800 He said there was some that were teaching doctrines of devils. 198 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,600 That's pretty strong in it, doctrines of devils that there 199 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:07,080 were some that were pushing the agenda of the philosophies and 200 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:10,200 the traditions of men. This is all in your New 201 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:13,040 Testament. And so you you could hear them. 202 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:16,040 It was happening in that day. We still hear them today. 203 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,720 They're on the radio, they're on television, they're in churches. 204 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:25,840 Amen. And so we have all these things 205 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:27,560 that we're contended with. They're on the Internet. 206 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:35,880 I mean, Google's God, if you can find an article to support it, 207 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:42,600 it must be true. If ChatGPT agrees with you, it's 208 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:48,240 got to be true. Oh Lord, I'm not, I'm not 209 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,160 supposed to be getting in this thick right now. 210 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:56,640 But there's all these deceptive words and they're not just found 211 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,200 in per Southeast quote UN quote worldly places. 212 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,040 There's there's all of these deceptive words that can even be 213 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:03,480 found in your Christian bookstore. 214 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:12,120 Oh, Lord, help me Jesus, because today we have all kinds of 215 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,240 different forms of quote UN quote Christianity. 216 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:21,440 But as the last days approach, we can stand on God's word. 217 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:26,120 This situation is not going to get better, it's going to get 218 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:29,080 worse. And the disciples thinking about 219 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,840 a time of the end, they even questioned the Lord in Matthew 220 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,640 24 and said what? What shall be the sign of thy 221 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:38,680 coming? What shall be the end of the 222 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,920 world? And Jesus first warning number 223 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:48,800 one on the list was take heed that no man deceive you. 224 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:53,200 That's what he led with, That's what he led with. 225 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,920 He warned them that they would not be deceived, that no man. 226 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:01,920 Well then I would think knowing then what are is a God idea and 227 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,720 what isn't a God idea is pretty important. 228 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:12,000 If we're coming on the landscape of the end of time and Christ is 229 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:18,120 saying be careful about what you hear about what's taught by 230 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:24,600 what's under the label of being mine, then I would deem it's 231 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:28,280 pretty important that I know because this what he's, this is 232 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:33,800 not 4th or 5th tier information. He said this is #1 watch out for 233 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,000 the deceivers. Why? 234 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:38,040 Why is this so important? Because in the end, the world 235 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:42,120 overall, the Book of Revelation, tells us it's going to be 236 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:46,760 upended by a false prophet, a false religious system, and a 237 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:53,680 false Christ. It's pretty important to 238 00:15:53,680 --> 00:16:01,560 distinguish between what is his and what is not his when we come 239 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:05,640 to thoughts and doctrines and concepts and ideas, right? 240 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:08,320 Because New Test Scripture also tells us there are what so many. 241 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:13,360 There is a wind of doctrine that blows the wind of doctrine that 242 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:17,160 blows and dogma going through the minds of of the people. 243 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,400 And and so we're asking ourselves, and no doubt they 244 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:21,880 were in their day too. How do we sort all of this house 245 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:23,720 out? How can I keep from the truth 246 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:26,320 from the false, especially in our day, folks, even more so in 247 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:29,640 our day. Reese, I don't know how many 248 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,720 Times Now and I'm not on Facebook very often. 249 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:38,200 You can probably guess that I don't know how often now, even 250 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:43,400 when you read a article that is on a social media thing, that I 251 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,920 take it and Fact Check it because I've been duped. 252 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:54,360 Videos, huh. Oh, they just totally duped, 253 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:58,400 fabricated, or just got enough truth in there to make it 254 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:03,000 believable. See, that's the best way to 255 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,680 deceive and have a lie, have a little bit of truth all wrapped 256 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:11,480 up in fabrication. Oh, Lord, help me right now, 257 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:14,359 Jesus. So how, how do we do this? 258 00:17:15,319 --> 00:17:19,560 How do we do this? Well, number one, we got to 259 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,599 according to the Scripture and according as they did in the 260 00:17:22,599 --> 00:17:25,440 Scripture in Acts chapter #17 I'll state it like this. 261 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:31,920 We must be Berean God. The people of Berea are spoken 262 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,640 of in Acts chapter 17 and verse #11 It's Speaking of them and it 263 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:39,280 says this concerning them, that these were more noble than those 264 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:43,440 in Thessalonica and that they received the Word with all 265 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:47,560 readiness of mind and searched the Scriptures daily. 266 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:54,880 Whether those things were so way that they distinguish or knew 267 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:59,680 what was God really spoken of God about God and what was not 268 00:17:59,960 --> 00:18:05,520 is that they went to the word of God and they tried what was 269 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,280 said. They tried what was spoken and 270 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:13,680 they said let me see where that is in here because if it don't 271 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:20,720 say that if it can't be founded supported with this, then it 272 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:24,520 don't have a leg to stand on. So they would take everything 273 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:28,000 the Bible says they were they were noble more noble than those 274 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,320 in Thessalonica that the Greek word for noble means well born. 275 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:34,720 But this is speaking more than just about their nobility as as 276 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,400 their ancestry or their birth. Thayer's Bible Dictionary 277 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,720 defines it that they were noble minded. 278 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,720 In other words, these these were a kind of people that were noble 279 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,120 minded. They were keen Amen concerning 280 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:49,200 the things of God and the things of Scripture. 281 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:53,720 They were the kinds of people, and I did see a brother, Bishop 282 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:57,280 Brandon, back there in his dissertation on topsoil a little 283 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:01,760 bit today on Facebook. And they were a kind of people 284 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,720 that Jesus described in the parable of the sower. 285 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:10,040 The Bible talks about the sower having a honest and good heart, 286 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:11,520 another word for the word honest. 287 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:15,400 There is a noble and good heart, and here's what happened with 288 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:18,040 them. They were the ones who heard the 289 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:21,160 word and kept the word and the parable. 290 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:24,280 They were the ones that heard the word and kept the word and 291 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:28,640 then brought forth fruit. The Bible says with patience, we 292 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:33,800 need that type of nobility here that don't just hear, keep, 293 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:40,120 apply, repeat, huh and bring forth fruit for fruit. 294 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,360 He says they're they're they're contrast with those of 295 00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:45,440 Thessalonica who in Thessalonica, the Bible says 296 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:48,200 when they heard the word of the Lord, some of them believed, 297 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,840 some of them did not Some of them rejected the word and then 298 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:55,720 they threatened the apostle. They threatened to take his 299 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,560 life. The Bible says that those of 300 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:02,720 Berea were more open minded than them of the Thessalonica. 301 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,600 And so second of all, not only were they noble brother Reese, 302 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:09,320 but the Bible says Paul says that that they received. 303 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,800 His teaching with all readiness of mine. 304 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:17,360 The NLT says it like this. They listened eagerly to Paul's 305 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:22,360 message. Praise God, praise God when 306 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:25,160 people get on the edge of their seat to hear what thus say of 307 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:29,800 the word of the Lord. Everybody doing OK. 308 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:31,720 I don't know what's going on with me. 309 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:33,960 I remember years ago I was evangelizing. 310 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:35,800 There was a there's a latest SEC on the SEC. 311 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,760 If you she not my wife will remember this totally. 312 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,360 And man that the whole time I'm preaching, she's just writing. 313 00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:44,400 I'm thinking, my God, here's a great saying of ode. 314 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,480 She's she's writing down almost every word, probably verbatim. 315 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,680 I'm preaching. She's just I mean, tearing up 316 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,120 those pens and pencils, smoke flying. 317 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,880 She's just doing it. And she left her voter one night 318 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:58,880 whenever she left service and we were just snooped, had to go 319 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,360 over and see what she was writing the whole time. 320 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:03,920 She was doing like multiplication, division, 321 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,880 addition and subtraction the whole time that that might have 322 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:09,960 been her stem thing in order to pay attention. 323 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,440 I don't know, but she was. I mean, it's better than 324 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:13,880 clipping your fingernails, I guess. 325 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:20,320 You know, I thought God was really touching her and she was 326 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:22,760 going to fill up those pages with the revival that week. 327 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,720 No, she was trying to find out what 32 / 8 was. 328 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,480 I thought she was ready, Bishop. I thought she was eager to hear 329 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:36,680 the message. Maybe she was. 330 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:37,960 I'm not going to discount she wasn't. 331 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:43,400 She was a precious St. But these people were generally 332 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,720 interested in what what the preacher had to say because they 333 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:47,720 knew he wasn't Speaking of himself. 334 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:54,040 He was speaking from the authority of this book in a 335 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,640 world where preaching has just come to a good story that's 336 00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:03,520 personal. I'm feeling like I'm just 337 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,640 getting out in my deep. Wild Lord, what's going on? 338 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:08,200 Had a bad being, I guess, or something. 339 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,480 But these, these Bereans, they weren't just bored Pew sitters. 340 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:18,800 They, they had a zeal for the things of God. 341 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:23,600 The hearts were open. They were ready to receive Amen. 342 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,680 But with that, that doesn't mean brother Fred, that they were 343 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,760 just willing to swallow anything that come across the plate. 344 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:35,520 Just take a hook, line and sinker, right. 345 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,080 Let me tell you something and the book of Jude and also 346 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,120 Timothy in there. They warn of this because you 347 00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:46,040 got to be careful where you fall in love with a personality. 348 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:55,800 Come on, rather than falling in love with the word because 349 00:22:55,800 --> 00:23:01,240 people and personalities change, Bible talks about it. 350 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,120 I believe it's in Timothy or Jude right in there. 351 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:08,160 Talks about how they carried some away because they began as 352 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,160 a truthful voice. But somewhere along the way 353 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,960 there was a switch. But the people had their 354 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,320 allegiance to the person and not to the word. 355 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,760 Men will rise and fall, will fail. 356 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:28,440 You need to be sewn up in the Word because as personalities 357 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:32,760 come and go, the grass may wither and the flower may fade, 358 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,480 but the word of God, it's going to stand forever. 359 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:41,600 It is forever settled. The psalmist said men. 360 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,440 So it's it's not. Oh, well, Pastor McGee says it's 361 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,880 no. You better see if Pastor McGee 362 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:54,400 is saying what the Bible says, how do you do that? 363 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:59,120 We got to search the scriptures. Don't just take my word for Acts 364 00:23:59,120 --> 00:24:01,360 238. Search the scriptures. 365 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,480 Amen. A word that needs not be 366 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:06,840 ashamed. So McGee is up here quote 367 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:12,240 Scripture praise God, Amen. And so they they knew this about 368 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,920 Paul and so the Bible says they searched the Scriptures daily 369 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,480 what to find out whether whether these things that were being 370 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:21,320 spoken were so they searched them because they knew the 371 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:24,080 authoritative truth was the Bible truth. 372 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:28,240 So they checked everything that Paul had to say according and 373 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,880 against the scriptures. Paul buys something very similar 374 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,080 everybody doing OK in the book of Galatians. 375 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,520 He writes to the Church of Galatians, Galatians 1, and 376 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:43,120 verse #6 Notice what he says. He says, I marvel that ye are so 377 00:24:43,120 --> 00:24:49,120 soon removed from him that called you into the grace of 378 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:57,120 Christ unto another gospel which he puts in which is not another, 379 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:04,840 but there be some that trouble you and would pervert the gospel 380 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:10,080 of Christ. He says, but the we or an Angel 381 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:14,680 from heaven preach any other gospel which he already told us 382 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,440 there's not another unto you that which we have preached unto 383 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,520 you. Let him be a curse. 384 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,240 The word literally means excommunicated. 385 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:32,040 He says you don't need to have no dealings with that and I just 386 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,160 I'm just walking on water here tonight. 387 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,600 The Bible talks about one place scripture in New Testament. 388 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,560 We got to be careful what we bid godspeed. 389 00:25:43,360 --> 00:25:46,320 Be careful what we bid godspeed give our blessing and 390 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:54,080 endorsement to we just had just just here recently over the 391 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,800 weekend. I was in a board meeting for a, 392 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:03,760 a mission that that gives funds to people who are aspiring to go 393 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:05,680 on the mission field, perhaps for a trip. 394 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:09,680 And there was someone there and we were doing an interview and, 395 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,560 and such. And they were still somewhat 396 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:15,800 young in the Lord, but they, they desired God and to grow in 397 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:17,560 God. And they were, but they were 398 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:21,960 going to a lot of their campus ministries at their university, 399 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,840 probably more so than they were going to their church. 400 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:27,800 There was just a lot of campus ministry because the other days 401 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:29,520 of the week, they could fill their life with that. 402 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,160 And if we listen to everything, and I told the people that that 403 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,720 said on the board with me, I said, I appreciate the hunger. 404 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:40,880 I said, But for someone that is inexperienced concerning the 405 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:44,360 truth of God's Word, I said there could come some things 406 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:48,600 across the table that they'll just accept with open arms and 407 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,840 be indoctrinated by something that is false. 408 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,640 You got to be careful what you just bid Godspeed in your life. 409 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,520 It kind of goes back to the the old counterfeit story, right? 410 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,360 The only way that they know the counterfeits in the bank, as 411 00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:12,240 they say, they keep them familiar with the renal honey. 412 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,480 It's going to slide underneath your nose if you're not 413 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:20,480 familiar. And listen, I I read all kinds 414 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,040 of different versions of the Bible, but if you've never read 415 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,520 the King James Version all the way through, you need to just 416 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:35,080 steer clear because you won't know when a verse is missing. 417 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,400 Listen, I read almost a different version every year, 418 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,720 but I read the King James Version year after year after 419 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,360 year after year after year for several years and still make it 420 00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:48,280 a company, a part of my yearly stuff. 421 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:56,560 So I don't know what's God's thought and what's not his 422 00:27:56,560 --> 00:28:00,000 thought since sometime after, after he had fled from 423 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,960 Thessalonica, Paul wrote to those who accepted his teachings 424 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,280 and he reminded them this. This is in 2nd Thessalonians 425 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:08,520 213. He reminded this. 426 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:12,560 He says your salvation, you were saved through the sanctification 427 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:21,120 of the Spirit and belief of the truth and belief of the truth. 428 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,680 And so it is today our truth listen. 429 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,480 Our truth consists more than just the oneness of God and the 430 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:34,320 Acts 238 message this whole council of God. 431 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:39,760 Paul said he shall not to declare unto them the all of the 432 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:44,720 council of God. Listen, you're riding the 433 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,080 guardrail when you just want to cherry pick certain scriptures 434 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:50,480 and say, well, I'll take that one and that one. 435 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:52,000 That one supports what I believe in that. 436 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,840 No, no, no, no. You take Genesis 11. 437 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,760 You go all the way back to Revelation, the last verse and 438 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:01,880 the whole counsel of God, because there's going to be 439 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:03,960 harmony from Genesis to Revelation. 440 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:06,320 There's going to be enlightenment. 441 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,360 It's going to be brick upon brick and stone upon stone. 442 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,920 Somebody, OK, I mean, you don't want to get, you know, 3 legged 443 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:19,440 stool out there. And so in the book of 444 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,160 Philippians, he gives us a sample, right? 445 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,800 And I say a sample because I do not believe a Philippians 4IN 446 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,600 chapter #8 was to be an exhaustive list, but a sample 447 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:32,640 list that finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, 448 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:37,200 whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, 449 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:41,480 whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, 450 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,040 whatsoever things are of a good report. 451 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:47,480 If there be any virtue, if there be any price, think on these 452 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,000 things. That's a good starting place. 453 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,200 Think on these things. True, honest, huh? 454 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,000 Is, is this true? Is this honest? 455 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:01,200 Is it pure? I'm talking about qualifying. 456 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:06,680 Is it a God idea, huh? And when he summed it up, is it, 457 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,760 is it virtuous, right. Is it virtuous? 458 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:12,720 Is it praiseworthy? Think on these things. 459 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,480 And someone say men. So pick up the identity 460 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,920 principle and, and applying that then to the distinction of our 461 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:21,200 ideas, the distinction of our thoughts. 462 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:24,400 But then there's this distinction of our identity. 463 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:26,800 I'm trying to check time here because I frogged through the 464 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:31,280 path there a little bit. The principle of identity also 465 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:36,240 helps us identify what is distinctly male and female in 466 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:42,440 humanity. Prizes provides a framework how 467 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:46,840 God expects each sex to act and the roles that they serve in we 468 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:50,640 go back to the beginning, Genesis 127. 469 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,640 So God created man in his own image in the image of God 470 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:59,320 created he him male and female created he them. 471 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,440 And so while there's distinctions between each, they 472 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:08,640 were both created in the image of God, thus representing God. 473 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:14,520 And so when we start to muddle the distinctions of male and 474 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,200 female, we begin to misrepresent God. 475 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:20,400 I just want to pause here for a moment. 476 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:24,560 We misrepresent God. No other creature in creation 477 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:32,240 was given the privilege of being made in the image of God except 478 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,120 male and female made He and created He. 479 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,800 And so with this there's there's an equal value that they have. 480 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:41,800 They have a dignity in the worth, yes. 481 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,720 But when we look at the story in Genesis in the beginning and we 482 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:50,400 talk about headship, that's even within a marriage context. 483 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:54,240 Headship isn't something that was introduced after the fall. 484 00:31:56,360 --> 00:32:01,120 Headship of Adam and marriage happened before the fall ever 485 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,360 took place. It was not the result of sin. 486 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,440 It was there before sin ever happened. 487 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:11,800 It was at the origin place in the creative order. 488 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:15,440 Just walk with me OK? In the creative order. 489 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:22,440 According to Genesis, God created Adam first, then Eve. 490 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:26,320 The apostle Paul even affirms this in New Testament scripture 491 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:30,240 of first Timothy chapter 213. The Bible says for Adam was 492 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:36,280 first formed, then Eve. Now while that is true, and 493 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:39,680 please watch my wording here, that doesn't necessarily make 494 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,960 Adam superior to Eve, but it doesn't make him responsible 495 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:50,600 because we have a genesis. Interesting. 496 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:58,400 We have a genesis in the narrative that Eve sins first by 497 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:02,160 eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, of eating of 498 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:06,200 the forbidden tree, brother Fred, and then she gave to Adam 499 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:10,120 who was with her. But according to the book of 500 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:14,840 Corinthians, first Corinthians 15, we humanity inherits the 501 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:21,360 sinful nature and becomes guilty because of Adam. 502 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:27,800 The Bible says for as in Adam all died. 503 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:33,480 It didn't say an Eve although she ate first. 504 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:39,360 It says an Adam. Why headship, Responsible party. 505 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:46,480 And then later in Genesis chapter #3 God comes down after 506 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:50,360 the first transgression, His voice in the cool of the day, 507 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:55,240 and he speaks. Who does he call for first? 508 00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:01,320 He says where art thou? He's speaking to Adam. 509 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,360 He's responsible. He didn't ask Eve, although she 510 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,800 was the first in the transgression. 511 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:13,120 He went looking for Adam. Adam had said whenever that 512 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:16,520 woman was brought to him, he said in Genesis chapter 2 verse 513 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:21,679 23, she shall be called woman. He calls that title of woman 514 00:34:21,679 --> 00:34:23,320 over her. And when we take that 515 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:26,320 consideration, the grand panorama of Genesis 1 and 516 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:30,000 Genesis 2 and Genesis 3, everything that God called or 517 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:33,400 everything that God named in the first two chapters of Genesis, 518 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:37,679 the readers of that day and time would identify that this naming 519 00:34:37,679 --> 00:34:40,800 business, this calling business, the one who's doing the name in 520 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:44,000 the calling is the one that's responsible for what he's 521 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:48,560 naming, responsible for what he is calling. 522 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,360 And so this is the very same idea of headship that we see in 523 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:54,239 First Corinthians Chapter 11. The Bible tells us in First 524 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:56,719 Corinthians 11 that God is the head of Christ. 525 00:34:56,719 --> 00:35:00,440 Christ is the head of the man, Man is the head of the woman 526 00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:03,560 from. Let's even go this way. 527 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:09,040 You want to know how much your adversary wants to mess up the 528 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:13,080 distinction. It's because in the very 529 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:18,240 beginning, who did the serpent talk to? 530 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:30,600 Who did the serpent talk to? He addressed Eve, the Bible says 531 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,560 in Genesis 31. He's Speaking of the servant. 532 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:37,440 He said unto the woman. He spoke to Eve instead of Adam. 533 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,800 Why? Because he's wanting to tamper 534 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,640 with the creative order right from the start. 535 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:47,400 He's trying to circumvent the creative order of responsibility 536 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,880 and accountability by talking to her rather than the headship of 537 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:58,200 her. Everybody doing OK Genesis 128 538 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:02,760 and God blessed after create them male and female created he 539 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:06,680 them and God bless them and God send them. 540 00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:08,960 Be fruitful, multiply and replenish the earth and subdue 541 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,280 it and have dominion over the fish and seat, over the fowl of 542 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:14,720 the air and over every living thing that move up on the earth. 543 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:19,120 Then again that refers back to verse 27, the male and the 544 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:23,080 female of the previous verse. God created male and female and 545 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:33,680 blessed them, blessed them to be fruitful, multiply and 546 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:36,160 replenish. God made everything right. 547 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:37,560 He's making this so all it was good. 548 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,000 So all it was good. First thing that God didn't see 549 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:45,200 was good was what Brother Reese? That man was alone. 550 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:49,000 So God takes a rib. It indicates we've looked at 551 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:53,160 this in our Genesis study. Rib bone and flesh from the side 552 00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:56,600 took a rib, made a woman, brought her to man. 553 00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:01,960 And so God's answer to Adam's aloneness was this woman, And I 554 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:06,320 say this respectfully, God's answer to man's aloneness was 555 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,680 this woman. Not another man, not a group of 556 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,000 women, not animals, not anything else. 557 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:17,480 And God said concerning this dilemma of His aloneness in 558 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:22,400 Genesis 218, He said that I will make him and help meet for him. 559 00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:26,720 The classic Amplified amplified Bible says it like this, a 560 00:37:26,720 --> 00:37:32,520 helper meet or suitable adapted complementary for him. 561 00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:38,400 When Grudman says the word meet means a help corresponding to 562 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:45,480 him, he says and I quote she was created as one who differed from 563 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:49,640 him in ways that would exactly compliment who Adam was. 564 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:55,560 I footnote that with this, that applies not only 565 00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:59,360 psychologically, but physiologically. 566 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:04,880 In other words, that didn't just apply to to the emotional mental 567 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,120 constructs, but to the anatomical. 568 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:14,760 That's right. So in that the Bible supports 569 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:20,360 the idea that men should be masculine, women should be 570 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:24,680 feminine, and when a woman acts in a masculine way, she is 571 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:28,200 failing to live out her God-given identity as a woman. 572 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:31,440 This is unholy according to scripture. 573 00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:36,240 Likewise, if a man acts in a feminine way, he's failing to 574 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:38,120 live out his God-given identity as a man. 575 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:43,040 That too is unholy. Not only and everybody. 576 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:45,800 OK, I can feel the tension in the air right now. 577 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,840 But he's also putting his and they are putting their salvation 578 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:54,680 in jeopardy. Now, listen, I speak with love 579 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,920 here tonight. But the Bible says, and we'll 580 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:01,000 read it, the Bible says that both of those who are 581 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:06,080 effeminate, those who make make women of themselves, so to 582 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:11,560 speak, and those who are abusers of themselves with mankind, 583 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:17,840 they, and I'm just going to be forthright, all right, that they 584 00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:23,240 practice homosexuality. The Bible says that they will 585 00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:27,800 not inherit the Kingdom of God. Your Bible, listen, this is not 586 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,440 Pastor McGee, this is Bible, Your Bible says in First 587 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:34,560 Corinthians 6 and 9, Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not 588 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:38,320 inherit the Kingdom of God. Be not deceived, neither 589 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:44,680 fornicators, nor adulterers, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor 590 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:47,880 abusers of themselves with mankind, verse 10 nor thieves, 591 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:53,680 nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, 592 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:56,960 shall inherit the Kingdom of God. 593 00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:04,880 A note, you are a fornicator if you are presently practicing 594 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:08,520 fornication. Someone hear me right now 595 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:13,560 whenever we talk about. Thieves are those who presently 596 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:19,080 practice thievery. So these verses are referring to 597 00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:22,200 anyone who is presently practicing whatever it may be 598 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:27,560 listed in this context, those who presently practice idultery 599 00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:30,760 or idolaters. Right. 600 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,520 So with that being said, the reason why I'm saying that if 601 00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:37,720 any of these things are in your past, then you're not presently 602 00:40:37,720 --> 00:40:43,480 functioning as a fornicator, an effeminate. 603 00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,520 If you have availed yourself of the blood of Christ, this has 604 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:51,760 covered the old practice. That's no longer a practice. 605 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:56,040 You're not guilty. You're redeemed. 606 00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:59,720 And heaven's doors swing just as open wide to you as it is 607 00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:06,120 anybody else. OK, Years ago, Jordan Fry said 608 00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:07,600 this. I read a book. 609 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:11,560 It was years ago. Jesus the pastor, George George 610 00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:14,960 John W Fry said this and I've I've adopted as my own since 611 00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:17,320 then saying and it's leading into what I'm about ready to say 612 00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:19,720 next. Issues are issues and people are 613 00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:22,240 people. You got to deal with each issues 614 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:29,240 and love people. So I'm dealing with an issue, 615 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:31,920 right? Talking about issue 616 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:39,040 homosexuality is a violation of the principle of identity set 617 00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:45,240 from the beginning. God told the Israelites in 618 00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:52,280 Leviticus 1822, thou shalt not lie with mankind as with 619 00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:55,840 womankind. It is an abomination. 620 00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:02,640 In the next verse, he goes on to talk about how an individual 621 00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:07,480 mating with an animal, it says we shouldn't have to talk about. 622 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:09,040 They had to talk about them. We got to talk about now, 623 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:16,120 beastiality, that a person mating with an animal, it's 624 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:22,000 confusion. One of the other Bible 625 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,560 dictionaries calls it. It's perversion. 626 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:29,160 But a homosexual union he calls an abomination. 627 00:42:31,720 --> 00:42:36,920 OK, because a mate with an animal is perverting a natural, 628 00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:43,080 normal human function, whereas a homosexual act completely 629 00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:46,320 overthrows the plan of God for revealing Himself to mankind. 630 00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:50,040 And the reason why I stated like that, the reason why I stated 631 00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,600 like that, and we'll get to it later. 632 00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:53,680 Feel like I'm all over the place. 633 00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:58,640 But Ephesians 5 And God begins to talk about the merit 634 00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:02,760 relationship of a husband and a wife, and the love that that 635 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:05,680 husband has for his wife, and the respect that that wife has 636 00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:07,800 for a husband. He says this I speak is a 637 00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:15,800 mystery of Christ in the church. God ordained the unit of husband 638 00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:21,000 and wife, male and female, to be the very model for Christ in His 639 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:23,920 church. And when you tamper with the 640 00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:28,680 marriage, the male and the female, you tamper with the 641 00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:31,280 model. You confuse what it represents. 642 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:38,520 That's the reason why not long from Genesis 3, we got polygamy, 643 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:42,120 we got incest, we got adultery, we got fornication, we got 644 00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:44,520 everything homosexual, everything underneath the sun. 645 00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:47,000 Why enemy already had something targeted. 646 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:50,520 What I got to destroy people's concept of the model? 647 00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:55,520 Because if so, I can skew their mindset about the principle. 648 00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:59,400 It's pointing toward. Everybody doing OK. 649 00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:04,480 Paul explains the New Testament Romans chapter one verse 26. 650 00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:09,440 For this cause God gave them up into vile affections. 651 00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:12,080 These are people that didn't even want to retain God in their 652 00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:14,200 knowledge. The Bible says they went to the 653 00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:17,120 place that instead of worship, and you'd read all of Romans 654 00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:20,320 chapter #1 instead of worship the creator, they worship the 655 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:23,320 creation. And so they got to this, this 656 00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:26,000 downward spiral, to a place for this, 'cause then God gave them 657 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:31,400 over unto vile affections. For even their women did not did 658 00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:35,600 change rather the natural use into that which is against 659 00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:38,120 nature. And likewise also the men 660 00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:42,360 leaving the natural use of the woman burned in their lust one 661 00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:46,240 toward another, men with men working that which is unseemly 662 00:44:46,240 --> 00:44:49,520 or that which is shameful, and receiving in themselves that 663 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:53,520 recompense or that penalty of their air which was me or which 664 00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:55,680 was due. And so notice what the Apostle 665 00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:57,920 Paul's doing here. We looked at this maybe a couple 666 00:44:57,920 --> 00:44:59,960 weeks ago. It was just a couple weeks ago, 667 00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:02,880 Paul appealed again. He appeals to nature as a 668 00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:06,160 teacher. You remember this, the Eden 669 00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:08,240 model. He appears to nature as a 670 00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:10,160 teacher. A few weeks ago we looked at 671 00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:13,160 that word nature in the Greek fusus. 672 00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:15,960 That's the that's the Greek word fusus. 673 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:19,080 Again, it's where we get our word physical. 674 00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:23,000 Let me just re re remind you what all of that meant. 675 00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:26,800 That word refers to that which is brought forth and therefore 676 00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:30,480 means the original or inherent constitution of a thing. 677 00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:34,320 In other words, it pertains to created things in the original 678 00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:39,280 state before they were corrupted by mankind. 679 00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:44,920 He says they left their natural natural use. 680 00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:46,960 What was the original constitution? 681 00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:55,040 One man, one woman joined together in one flesh as the 682 00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:58,760 original constitution. And so here we have it. 683 00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:02,880 In this pre fallen condition, Adam was serving as a good 684 00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:04,960 representation of the image of God. 685 00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:08,160 Eve on the other hand was serving as a great 686 00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:11,720 representation of all humanity. The Bible says that she was even 687 00:46:11,720 --> 00:46:15,680 the mother of all living. That's what Genesis says. 688 00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:19,480 So in one respect, watch me here, one respect Eve. 689 00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:23,440 Eve is kind of demonstrating the reproductive aspect of the image 690 00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:25,720 of God. She was she was designed to 691 00:46:25,720 --> 00:46:29,200 receive Adam's seed and bring forth offspring. 692 00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:32,720 But on the other hand, there is Adam who is representing the 693 00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:36,960 generative aspect of God's image and he was designed to give seed 694 00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:39,240 and provide for children that were to be brought. 695 00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:43,520 And so together, male and female, giver and receiver, they 696 00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:50,240 these complementary aspects, they are in one the image the 697 00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:53,760 male and female created. He them to be the image of God. 698 00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:58,600 In other words, you can't get two women and get his image or 699 00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:02,600 two men in his image must be male and female to house and 700 00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:09,840 represent the image of God. So again, I get the Ephesians. 701 00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:11,560 We're we're we're doing all right. 702 00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:17,360 Don't sweat it, we're going to go to Ephesians 5. 703 00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:23,160 So why do you say that? Because I'm saying then the 704 00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:29,680 issue of homosexuality obliterates this fundamental 705 00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:32,680 purpose of mankind in these two sexes. 706 00:47:33,040 --> 00:47:36,320 Why? Because with that number one, it 707 00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,840 doesn't provide for procreation. It does not provide for 708 00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:43,640 offspring that God bless them for. 709 00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:51,600 It don't happen again. Another thing then it doesn't 710 00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:55,240 allow a male and a female to complement one another in the 711 00:47:55,240 --> 00:48:00,640 union. And I'm not saying always, but 712 00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:04,200 there's a lot of times it doesn't provide them for a 713 00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:07,560 single relationship, a monogamous relationship. 714 00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:13,120 And God said an abomination. Listen, in the Old Testament, 715 00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:15,280 there were things that were abomination into Israel in the 716 00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:17,480 ceremonial law, but then there are other things that were 717 00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:20,120 abomination unto the Lord. If you look back the Old 718 00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:22,680 Testament, what I'm talking to you about tonight is something 719 00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:25,120 that wasn't just abomination to Israel, it was abomination into 720 00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:27,920 God. It wasn't ceremonial. 721 00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:30,600 It doesn't change. What's that mean? 722 00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:36,080 It's still an abomination. Ephesians 531 For this cause 723 00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:39,480 shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to 724 00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:41,040 his wife. They too shall be 1 flesh. 725 00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:44,720 That's Genesis, that's Genesis wording, that's Genesis book. 726 00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:48,880 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ in the 727 00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:51,440 church. Again, folks, in Ephesians 5, 728 00:48:51,720 --> 00:48:54,920 Paul spends about the last 11 verses of Ephesians 5. 729 00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:57,880 He's discussing the family, and especially he's discussing 730 00:48:57,880 --> 00:48:59,760 marriage. And through these verses, he 731 00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:03,200 begins to draw parallels between Christ and the church. 732 00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:06,840 And so while he's talking about all the family dynamics, he's 733 00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:09,400 telling them this is a mystery. I'm really, I'm talking to you 734 00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:12,600 about the family, but what I'm really talking to you about is 735 00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:15,560 Christ in his church, the head and the body. 736 00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:19,120 All right. And so from the very beginning, 737 00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:22,720 we know, we've looked at it. Remember, before the foundation 738 00:49:22,720 --> 00:49:25,280 of the world, God had his church in mind. 739 00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:32,640 He created a small scale visible model that was tangible and 740 00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:35,840 representative of that in the beginning with Adam and Eve's 741 00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:42,480 union, Christ and his church mirrored by Adam and Eve's 742 00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:46,680 relationship. So again, you begin to blur the 743 00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:52,000 marital union and you misrepresent what it represents. 744 00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:55,920 Is already doing OK, stand with me. 745 00:49:55,920 --> 00:50:03,440 I know it's the. I wish all we ever had to talk 746 00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:06,480 about was just, you know, singing from Zion's Hill and how 747 00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:08,360 beautiful are the feet of them that carry the gospel. 748 00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:11,480 But if I'm going to be a full gospel preacher, I got to talk 749 00:50:11,480 --> 00:50:14,560 to you about all of it. And I'm not skipping any of it. 750 00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:20,520 It's whether you don't lose sleep overnight. 751 00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:25,120 I got to answer to God. I'm going to go sleep with clear 752 00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:31,640 conscience. So Paul makes it unmistakably 753 00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:34,800 clear 2 directions. There's flesh, there's spirit 754 00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:39,160 things that are governing our minds, but it's not just our 755 00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:41,440 inward thoughts alone. It's, it's, it's how, how we 756 00:50:41,440 --> 00:50:46,200 live, how we identify, right? What is God's, what isn't God's? 757 00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:49,760 I don't want a mind that's surrendered to the flesh because 758 00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:52,480 it's just going to produce confusion in my life, right? 759 00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:57,120 Not just in my behavior, but in my identity. 760 00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:00,960 Uh huh. But whenever I can yield to the 761 00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:04,760 Spirit and yield to the things of the Spirit, and align with 762 00:51:04,760 --> 00:51:10,640 the truth of God's Word and be as we sing what He called us to 763 00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:18,840 be, then something happens. I begin to discern that don't 764 00:51:18,840 --> 00:51:25,840 sound quite right and even if it's not in the words, my spirit 765 00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:31,640 bears witness and something just don't feel right about this. 766 00:51:32,080 --> 00:51:34,440 Have you ever had that time before when something didn't 767 00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:36,560 feel right and you didn't even understand it till it was all 768 00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:39,400 said and done and then they all? That's the reason. 769 00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:48,600 Just as much as we want that, we need the others as well. 770 00:51:48,600 --> 00:51:51,680 The identity folks, we could have spent a whole lot more time 771 00:51:51,680 --> 00:51:55,440 here and I did this all a favor by not just keep pouring over 772 00:51:55,440 --> 00:51:57,640 everything that we could have poured over in this because we 773 00:51:57,640 --> 00:52:02,880 got to finish this up sometime. What about keeping the identity 774 00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:08,200 of His church and himself online in order and doing it in such a 775 00:52:08,200 --> 00:52:12,440 way that we go back to the beginning and we pattern after 776 00:52:12,440 --> 00:52:15,640 that, which was to be even that which was before even the fall. 777 00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:21,520 And to see Bishop that the enemy was already rearing his head 778 00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:25,960 then to try to put a monkey wrench and everything. 779 00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:29,200 Then do I think that that's gotten better in all these 780 00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:33,000 thousands of years? No, Sir, Because as we hasten to 781 00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:36,600 the finish line, he said. Only got a little bit more time 782 00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:46,440 to try to mess this up. We can just bow our heads all 783 00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:50,080 across this place today. Father, I love you tonight. 784 00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:55,040 God, I pray, I pray, we'll pray. Lord, we cannot. 785 00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:57,760 Lord, I pray God, the people that are listening online are 786 00:52:57,760 --> 00:52:59,560 not just taking this solitary message. 787 00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:02,440 God, they're going to have to go back to the other 10 messages 788 00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:05,640 that even lead up to this one. Lord, the whole panorama of 789 00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:08,240 everything. I pray Jesus tonight, Lord, to 790 00:53:08,240 --> 00:53:10,560 be able to see, Lord, that the weaving. 791 00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:14,760 Lord Jesus of your word, God, you are a holy God. 792 00:53:15,080 --> 00:53:17,480 Lord, we submit ourselves to a holy God. 793 00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:21,600 Lord, it affects every area and aspect of our life getting Lord 794 00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:25,600 Jesus, your identity right God it helps us the Lord to discern 795 00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:28,840 Lord Jesus distinctions the Lord between right and wrong, true 796 00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:32,840 and false, Lord and even identity Lord Jesus aspects Lord 797 00:53:32,840 --> 00:53:37,280 in our own everyday lives. I pray O God tonight Lord, we 798 00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:40,320 want to humbly Lord bow before you God. 799 00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:43,400 There is nothing Lord God that was spoken about tonight. 800 00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:48,120 God that a heart of repentance God cannot influence and alter 801 00:53:48,120 --> 00:53:50,600 in change. God that a heart Lord of 802 00:53:50,600 --> 00:53:54,280 submission to the divine God cannot alter Lord Jesus in 803 00:53:54,280 --> 00:53:58,840 change God we can come Lord Jesus before you and the blood 804 00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:02,360 that you shed can become applied to our life and we can become 805 00:54:02,360 --> 00:54:04,760 new creatures in Christ Jesus. God. 806 00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:08,560 We can get the mind of Christ Lord inside of us and operated 807 00:54:08,560 --> 00:54:11,720 inside of us. We, O Lord Jesus can walk Lord 808 00:54:11,720 --> 00:54:15,760 God in the dimension Lord with you God as they from the 809 00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:19,840 beginning God I know there's so many concepts and ideas Lord in 810 00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:23,960 constructs Lord in our world today, God that it's vying Lord 811 00:54:23,960 --> 00:54:28,000 for people to identify with them join with them jump on the boat 812 00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:31,040 the bandwagon, whatever it is, but Lord help us to take the 813 00:54:31,040 --> 00:54:35,640 authority of your word God to daily Lord look at it to daily 814 00:54:35,640 --> 00:54:40,400 measure Lord things we come in contact with by the word of God. 815 00:54:40,680 --> 00:54:42,840 I pray, O Lord, it's going to stand. 816 00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:45,880 It's sure, it's steadfast, it's unmovable. 817 00:54:46,080 --> 00:54:48,360 I pray, O Lord God, bless you people tonight. 818 00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:52,720 Help them, Lord, to be Bereans. Lord Jesus, ready to hear God, 819 00:54:52,720 --> 00:54:56,720 to keep Lord Jesus to be fruitful God with the seed of 820 00:54:56,720 --> 00:54:59,040 the word of God in our hearts and lives. 821 00:54:59,240 --> 00:55:02,240 God will not fail to thank you and praise you, Lord Jesus, for 822 00:55:02,240 --> 00:55:05,160 what you accomplished. We honor you and treasure you 823 00:55:05,520 --> 00:55:09,320 And the lovely name of Jesus Christ that I pray Hallelujah 824 00:55:09,320 --> 00:55:13,320 and Amen and the church say Amen, Amen. 825 00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:16,080 God bless you tonight in Jesus name, Amen. 826 00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:20,120 Come back on Sunday, Hallelujah. Invite somebody to the House of 827 00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:22,560 the Lord and remember all of our announcements. 828 00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:23,000 Amen.