1 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:24,080 Amen. Bless the Lord, O my soul, all 2 00:00:24,080 --> 00:00:26,600 that is within me, Bless His holy name. 3 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,720 And the next verse tells us to forget not all of His benefits, 4 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:33,120 Amen. It is beneficial to serve the 5 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:37,400 Lord, Amen, And give our time and attention to Him before we 6 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,480 get started today. In the month of October, we had 7 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:42,640 some baptisms and I was out of certificates, Amen. 8 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,320 And so I want to present a certificate today to James 9 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,480 Campbell. James JT Campbell, ladies and 10 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:51,120 gentlemen. Who was baptized on October the 11 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:53,080 15th? In the name of the Lord Jesus. 12 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,080 Christ, and we're so proud. Of him aren't we? 13 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:59,760 Amen. Hallelujah. 14 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:03,400 Nothing like getting the Lord's name on you, right? 15 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:08,280 But neither is there salvation in any other scripture tells us 16 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,680 today if you'll stand this morning. 17 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,440 So good to see. Each one of you folks, I feel 18 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:13,760 like I. Wasn't even here in the month of 19 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:18,480 November. I said it just we were gone and 20 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,560 then I had to get sick. I guess whatever that was all 21 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,520 about. It's usually like one time of 22 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,080 year. So I told the Lord, I already 23 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,480 did my 1, so I'm good for a year. 24 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:29,600 Amen. So, so good to see each of you 25 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,960 today. And with that in mind, then I'm 26 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:34,120 I'm reaching back. This is really poor planning on 27 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,680 my part in just a series of unfortunate events. 28 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,600 And that is, I talked about something at the beginning of 29 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,440 November about who owns you that I never got finished. 30 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,240 And I want to finish that today. And someone said I I've slept at 31 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,040 least three times since then. And so I'm just going to do 32 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,720 probably a review in 10 minutes of that thing and I want to move 33 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:55,160 forward. All right, from there. 34 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,320 Who owns you? Does anybody even remember that 35 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,480 at all? Some do. 36 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:01,400 All right, that really does my heart well. 37 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,600 I'm going to walk out of here with a smile on my face today 38 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,280 just because of that. Amen. 39 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,120 But I want to start from the same jump point of First 40 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:13,560 Corinthians chapter #6 and verse #19 My wife has already said the 41 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:17,880 next two Sunday nights we have other things besides our typical 42 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:21,360 customary service. And so today and the last Sunday 43 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:25,400 of the month are, are are are two Sunday, 2 Sundays that we'll 44 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,320 have two services just like we'll have today. 45 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,920 So just keep that in mind as you go through your holiday season. 46 00:02:30,920 --> 00:02:34,400 First Corinthians chapter 6. And I want to read from verse 47 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:39,440 #19 this morning and verse #20 today. 48 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:45,160 The Bible says what know ye not that your body is the temple of 49 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:50,440 the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which you have of God, and ye 50 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,840 are not your own for your bought with a price. 51 00:02:55,160 --> 00:03:01,280 Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which 52 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:03,880 are gods. Can you say those last three 53 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:08,600 words with me, which are gods again? 54 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,840 Look, and considering that question today, who owns you? 55 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,680 We'll do a little review and we'll get in it and we'll still 56 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:16,520 be able to have lunch today. Amen. 57 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,400 God bless Father, I love you today we're thankful, Lord for 58 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:20,600 your. Word, God. 59 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,160 It's a powerful word. It's a relevant word, Lord. 60 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,200 Jesus for our lives, I. Pray God you minister each and 61 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,040 every individual under the sound of my voice. 62 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,760 We pray God bring enlightenment and revelation. 63 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,640 God I pray Lord Jesus today and we'll thank you and praise you 64 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:39,280 for it in Jesus name by seeing. Man, you may be seated. 65 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:41,760 Today in Jesus thing. So let's do just a little. 66 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,720 Review this. Morning because whenever you 67 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:49,600 talk about being bought or you talk about someone else owning 68 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:51,200 you or we're bought with a price. 69 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:56,240 That really showcases the idea, an idea. 70 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,600 And a word that's in Scripture from Old Testament through the 71 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,280 New Testament. And it's the idea of redemption 72 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:03,120 when? We talk about the idea. 73 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:07,160 Of redemption of purchasing or buying something that's very 74 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,640 similar, but redemption even has a little step further because 75 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:14,280 redemption is is essentially buying something back that that 76 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:18,560 once belonged to you it once was yours in the past and so you 77 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,040 secure it again or you buy it back and. 78 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:22,440 We see that. That throughout the Old 79 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,840 Testament, even in the book of Leviticus, there were things 80 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:30,200 that were redeemed or bought back, such as houses and homes. 81 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,280 And the Bible also illustrates in the book of Leviticus that 82 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:35,240 there were people who were bought back. 83 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,440 Individuals could have got so deep in debt they didn't have 84 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,200 the money or the resources in order to take care of that. 85 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:45,280 And sometimes they sold out their own lives to another for 86 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:49,280 the purpose of a debt. And sometimes their family would 87 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:52,960 redeem them back and. That's where we get the idea 88 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:57,880 that's in the book of Ruth. And Boaz a Boaz being a kinsman 89 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:03,000 Redeemer for Naomi and her her daughter-in-law Ruth. 90 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:04,760 And if you'll remember, there were three. 91 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,240 Qualifications for a kinsman Redeemer. 92 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,240 Number one, that individual had to be related to the. 93 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,000 Family had to be related to the one that was going to be 94 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,080 redeemed #2. That individual had to be. 95 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:20,600 Able to pay the price and #3 that person had to be willing to 96 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,360 pay the price, which I think is where the real sweet spot is. 97 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,080 Amen. That we consider the. 98 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,640 Scripture in the word of God and why why that is meaningful to 99 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:31,760 you and eyes because the Bible tells. 100 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,720 Us in the New Testament. In the book of humans that we 101 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,240 were. Carnal that we were sold under 102 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:41,240 sin, the Bible. We understand that since Adam we 103 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,280 have been born into this condition of sin. 104 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:49,080 We are sinners at birth, right? David said that he was shapen in 105 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,960 iniquity and sin. Did his mother conceive him? 106 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,600 We were brought into this world as as sinners. 107 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,760 But the honorable thing about the Lord Jesus Christ our. 108 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:04,560 Redeemer, our kinsman Redeemer is that New Testament tells us 109 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,240 that whenever Jesus came in Bethlehem's Manger, which we're 110 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,160 going to celebrate this month, that. 111 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:13,840 Whenever he came, he came in the likeness of men. 112 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:16,840 He came in the. Fashion of a man He, he. 113 00:06:16,840 --> 00:06:19,440 Could have chose to come. A variety of different ways, but 114 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:24,440 he chose to come a part of mankind, the family, the family 115 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:28,480 of humanity, with purpose. And as a result of being kin, if 116 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:29,800 you will, to. Humanity. 117 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:31,920 Amen. God, having made him, made 118 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,520 himself a body. The Bible says in Corinthians 2 119 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,680 wit that God was. In Christ that he made himself. 120 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,640 A body, the Bible tells. Us that the apostle Paul said 121 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:44,560 clearly in Acts 20. That. 122 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:49,560 That Lord Jesus Christ purchased us, and he purchased us with his 123 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:53,760 own blood He purchased. Us with his own blood, the Bible 124 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:55,720 even says in another. Place of Scripture, First 125 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:58,800 Timothy. Two, that he gave himself a 126 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:03,720 ransom, a payment a. Price A purchase price for all 127 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:04,960 of us. Amen. 128 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,800 No one is excluded. From that there's not a race and 129 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,520 ethnicity, a nationality. No one is excluded from that and 130 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:12,720 so. Here we have the Lord. 131 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,960 Jesus Christ, Brother Pat, who is became a. 132 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:17,960 Part of the. Human family. 133 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,240 He, he, he. Has the price that's needed for 134 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:22,280 the payment. The. 135 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:25,360 Blood as a result of becoming a part of the. 136 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,240 Family, but the thing that. Touches my heart more than 137 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,040 anything. Not only does he have the 138 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:33,640 payment price, but he also Amen and that's. 139 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,960 Of his free will he gave Amen himself a ransom. 140 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:41,320 For all. And so that blood then became a 141 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,520 redeeming blood. He bought us back. 142 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,560 I don't know if you realize that, but he, he owns you in 143 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,440 many respects because He is the Creator. 144 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:54,880 Amen. He's the creator of the 145 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:56,760 universe. And of all things, And so he. 146 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:58,200 Owned us by. Virtue of just. 147 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,040 Even being a part. Of creation or a created. 148 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:02,160 Thing. Amen. 149 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,680 But He redeemed us with something precious, and that's 150 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:08,080 his own life's blood. The New Testament says that we 151 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:09,320 were not. Redeemed with. 152 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,120 Corruptible things such as silver and. 153 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:16,680 Gold, but by the precious. Blood of Christ as a lamb 154 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,560 without blemish and. So it took that precious. 155 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:23,680 Blood to redeem us and. Whenever that took place, there 156 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,640 was a transfer of. Ownership in our life. 157 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,880 I'm not owned by the same one that I used to be. 158 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:35,880 Owned back by. There's a transfer of ownership. 159 00:08:36,039 --> 00:08:39,679 See before under sin. Being a slave. 160 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:41,919 To sin, if you will. A servant to sin. 161 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,040 Then I did what sin wanted me to. 162 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:49,320 Do in my life sin was my. Master it said go here, do this, 163 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,240 participate in that. And those were the things that I 164 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,520 participated in. Those were the things that I 165 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:56,880 did. I I didn't have, of course, my 166 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,720 own. Will per SE because sin had a 167 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:01,840 hold on me. Sin. 168 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:06,640 Was the master and I was the servant, but whenever I was 169 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:08,880 redeemed. By the Lord Jesus Christ. 170 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,360 There was an ownership that took took place. 171 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:14,160 Ownership switch, Ownership change? 172 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,160 No. Longer am I then a. 173 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,800 Servant to sin. But I'm a servant. 174 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,520 To a new master. I'm a servant unto the. 175 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:26,440 Lord, and so then I. Live my life, Amen as my new 176 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:30,480 Master would desire. Amen for me to live that life. 177 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,040 And God even does this with the Old Testament. 178 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:34,160 Israel. Many. 179 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,720 Times he talks to them. Because he was. 180 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,600 Their delivered to get. Them out of the bondage. 181 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,600 That they were in in Egypt for all those years, generations of 182 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:44,840 people in. Bondage. 183 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:46,880 And he delivered them out of that. 184 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:49,320 They were slaves to Pharaoh. And they were. 185 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:51,920 Slaves to Egypt. But whenever he called. 186 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:55,720 Them out, he says. Now you are my people, right? 187 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:59,160 Hey man, he's possessive. Of them you're you're my people. 188 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:03,000 You're my servants now. And he oftimes reminded them, 189 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,760 because you are mine and he'll call their memory back to it. 190 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,440 He said. Remember you were bondsman in 191 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:13,560 Egypt, but you've been redeemed by me. 192 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,680 And he would go on then and begin to say, we even see this 193 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:19,320 with the 10 commandments. He told them to remember that I 194 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,680 brought you out and remember I took you out of the House of 195 00:10:21,680 --> 00:10:23,520 bondage. And then he starts going into 196 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,840 those commandments about thou. Shalt have no other gods. 197 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:27,680 Before me. Thou shalt not make. 198 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:30,280 Into the any graven image. Thou shalt not bear false 199 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:31,840 witness against. Your neighbor and all the 200 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,800 commandments. He begins to expect something of 201 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,600 them because he had purchased them. 202 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:42,160 They were his now. He men, and so with. 203 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,400 All of that being said and done today, there's something that 204 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:49,480 whenever I begin to read what God's redemption does for me, 205 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,400 what God's redemption does for me, let me. 206 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,720 Just hit if I'm still. In review, let me just hit a 207 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:55,840 few. Of them this morning. 208 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:59,360 What God's redemption does for me, the Bible says this is what 209 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,800 he did. He redeemed me from the curse of 210 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:05,680 the law. Let me explain that real quick. 211 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,200 Because the law, all the law could do is show me I'm a 212 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:13,760 Sinner. It's like a rule or a standard 213 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:17,120 that came up to my life and it it could mirror back to me where 214 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:20,840 I'm wrong, but the law could not correct the. 215 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:25,320 Wrong in my life the. Curse of the law is it told me. 216 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:29,760 It's horrible, but I can't do anything about it, the Galatian 217 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:31,600 says, Though. Then the law became our 218 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,800 schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, because whereas the law 219 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:40,120 couldn't do anything about your condition, grace and mercy and 220 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:43,080 Christ could. It could see what's wrong and 221 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:46,960 alter the wrong, change the wrong, repair the wrong. 222 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:50,400 Redemption took us away. From the curse of the law, it 223 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:51,560 also. Says that it. 224 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,920 Redeemed us from under. The law. 225 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:58,360 It says in Titus that it redeemed us from all that I love 226 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,840 all, because all's a big word in my dictionary. 227 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,760 All iniquity. And he called into himself a 228 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:06,960 peculiar people. He redeemed. 229 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,480 Us, we looked at this. Weeks ago from our vain 230 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:12,400 conversations. And when we talk about that in 231 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:16,400 the New Testament, conversations is not usually about talking 232 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,000 conversations. It's about conduct. 233 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,160 It's about behavior. He redeemed us from vain. 234 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:24,480 That's empty. Conversations that That's empty 235 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:26,920 behavior. That's meaningless, aimless 236 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,800 living, aimless conduct. Don't you know that some of us 237 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,720 prior to getting under new ownership, we had some conduct 238 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:38,840 that was just meaningless. We did some things, said some 239 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,600 things, acted some ways that were empty. 240 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:44,840 But he puts. Purpose now in your action. 241 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,440 He puts purpose now in the way. Amen that. 242 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:50,760 You live and so if you'll remember. 243 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,200 I made the analogy and there's no analogy that's. 244 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,080 Perfect. But I made the analogy. 245 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:57,200 About whenever my wife and I. Bought a. 246 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,880 Home, you remember that? Bought a home. 247 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,160 I bought the home. We we we paid a. 248 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,560 Price to to obtain the. Home. 249 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,040 And I emphasize to you that the home. 250 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:12,080 Didn't that the home didn't find me per SE but but and and the 251 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:14,400 home did not pay for me to live in it. 252 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:16,440 But as the owner, I. Bought the. 253 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:18,560 Home all right. And I. 254 00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:21,360 Paid the price to. Live in that home and as a. 255 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:24,400 Result of that it was my prerogative now being owner of 256 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:25,080 the. Home. 257 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:28,320 But we started doing things inside the home. 258 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,400 There were no furnishings there, but we started furnishing the 259 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:32,840 home. I told you about the. 260 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:35,120 Crazy wall colors we. Had in our kitchen. 261 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:43,480 That didn't represent us well, so we started. 262 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,320 Changing the paint color inside. We started. 263 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,440 We started fixing. Some things up in the. 264 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,680 In other words, some of the things that you would have found 265 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:53,920 inside that. Home under the previous owner. 266 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:57,520 You can't walk into that home today and find those same things 267 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,000 there were in our living room, these little cut. 268 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,200 Out niches between the two by fours. 269 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:04,400 Almost for like a little. Just a little niche. 270 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,120 There where? You can put in, you know. 271 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:10,560 Whatever that's no longer there. I put drywall over that finish 272 00:14:10,560 --> 00:14:13,360 that that's no longer there. That was indicative. 273 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:16,760 Of the previous owner. That was an indicative of these 274 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:21,840 owners. There's some of these things 275 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:23,520 that that that we did did in a home. 276 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,840 I mean the the type of curtains and the colors and all these. 277 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:28,600 Things and you know. There's an Old Testament 278 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,120 scripture in First Samuel 16 Seven. 279 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:35,600 Whenever Samuel goes to find David, really, that's who he's 280 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,320 going to find. He doesn't realize that's who it 281 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:41,680 is at first to anoint to be Israel's next king and Samuel's 282 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,360 going down the line of the different brothers of David and 283 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,280 Eliad and the different ones. There's a verse in Scripture 284 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,840 that says that the Lord spoke to him because he's seen the 285 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,960 stature or such of 1 and the spirit of the Lord said in first 286 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,560 Samuel 16 seven said man looketh on the outward appearance, but 287 00:14:56,560 --> 00:15:00,240 the Lord looketh at at the heart and and that's tremendous. 288 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:04,120 That's that's awesome because here's the thing about God. 289 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:06,800 This is the thing really, what the Scriptures are underscoring 290 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:10,960 about that He is the only one that can see both the inside of 291 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:16,520 you and the outside of you. Only man can see the exterior, 292 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,120 but God can see the inside of you and outside of you. 293 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:22,320 And so I asked. You several weeks ago. 294 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:26,640 What's the interior of your life going to look like? 295 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,440 Who's? Deciding your hopes and dreams. 296 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:33,160 Who? Who do you belong to? 297 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,000 Who? Who is your owner? 298 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:35,560 Who? Really. 299 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:39,080 Owns you when we talk about the inner man. 300 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,800 Of our lives. But ladies and gentlemen, here 301 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,280 we are now. To my lesson or a few minutes 302 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:47,440 in. I went a little over 10 minutes, 303 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,680 but. Here's the fascinating thing 304 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:52,480 about. Whenever we bought our home and 305 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:54,960 we did concentrate on the inside and majorly. 306 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,720 But when we got to that? To a certain level of 307 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,520 livability. On the inside you. 308 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:03,400 Know where we turned our attention? 309 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:08,720 The outside. When we first got our house, it 310 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:12,880 was a pale yellow. If you know my. 311 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,840 Wife. That is not indicative of Don 312 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,480 McGee. Not a pale yellow. 313 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:25,240 And we spent one fall day and I think she would, she would even 314 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:29,880 help, but we painted the exterior of that whole house a 315 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:33,640 Gray and, and, and. Because that was reflecting. 316 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,680 The new owners that was in the house. 317 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:40,000 We changed the way that the. Shutters looked on the House 318 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,800 when we first got that house. That house had a. 319 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:46,920 Patio in the backyard, but we didn't know it because it was so 320 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:48,440 overgrown with. Grass. 321 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,920 It was covered up. It had a feature. 322 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:56,480 You didn't even know was there because it was overgrown. 323 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:02,080 The Wild had overtaken it whenever I discovered there was 324 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:04,560 a patio back the other owners. Didn't care about that, but. 325 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:08,920 Whenever I discovered there was a feature here that could be 326 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:15,119 used to the profit and even the value of the home, I said let's 327 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:20,640 clear out the grass and what's wild on here and let's let's 328 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,000 bring some. Life Amen to this. 329 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,640 Amen. Can I tell you today that 330 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:28,359 there's some that they don't care about the. 331 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:32,800 Outside of their house. And again, not every analogy. 332 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,960 Is perfect, and there's probably some exception to this. 333 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,320 But I. Believe I'm safe in saying. 334 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,640 That at the outside. Of the house is in. 335 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:44,720 Ear repair with neglect it's. Probably a good indication how 336 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:52,400 the inside. What I'm saying is, I'm sure it 337 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,640 there's rare occasions that the outside just looks like. 338 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,560 It's unkept and the inside is pristine. 339 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:04,120 Everybody doing OK? Amen. 340 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,920 Because I don't care what Joe Bob thinks. 341 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:12,400 I don't. Care what mother neighbors 342 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:16,960 think. Listen, God knows you're inside 343 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,480 and God knows you're outside and. 344 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:29,600 God in scripture in our text says glorify me in our body and 345 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:34,960 in our spirit, which aren't both His. 346 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:40,120 He owns it both. He told us in one scripture that 347 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:44,800 there would be a cleansing of the filthiness of our flesh and 348 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:49,440 our spirit that's external and that's internal. 349 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,560 Why? Because again, they both. 350 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:55,240 Belong unto him. Listen to me before, whenever we 351 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:59,520 bought our house, I didn't just buy and secure ownership for the 352 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:00,640 inside. Of my house. 353 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:06,480 Whenever I bought my house, those shingles belong to me. 354 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:10,200 Those shutters let me go a step further. 355 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:17,200 There's a certain amount of land and acreage around my house that 356 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:21,600 I own. There's a certain sphere around 357 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,560 my house. Let me put it just in layman's 358 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:27,640 terms some. Of us are allowing. 359 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,000 Things in the. Sphere of what God? 360 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,920 Owns. That don't need to be there. 361 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:42,840 That's trespassing, you know, Tracy. 362 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:44,880 If somebody's on your land, that shouldn't be you're. 363 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,000 Going to get. One of those artillery guns you 364 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:51,480 got. And say hey I. 365 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:55,600 Own this land, man. I'm almost feeling the preacher 366 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:59,240 come in the building. Because sometimes we'll just 367 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,760 ignorantly allow. Things to tramp on, things that 368 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:07,480 God owns, that they have no reason, no purpose, no. 369 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:17,320 Benefit well glory. So I'm aware that someone drives 370 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:20,960 by and they see my grass tall and my door not painted and our 371 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,880 flower beds need weeded and all that stuff. 372 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,720 They're they're probably drawing some type of conclusion about 373 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,600 the inside of my house. And someone might say, well, 374 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,400 pastor, that's just not fair. Well, it may not be. 375 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,760 Fair, but man sees the outward appearance. 376 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:43,480 Even God recognizes that. So why? 377 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:46,560 That's why, folks. When he redeemed you, he didn't 378 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,880 just redeem your heart and your inner man. 379 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:56,160 He's redeeming your body. The. 380 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:01,080 Means by which you express your inward self through your. 381 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:05,440 Outward Self. So I don't want to. 382 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,760 Just be concerned. About about who decides what? 383 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:10,000 Will go on on the. Inside of me, but what's? 384 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,840 Going on on the. Outside of me? 385 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,080 And is what's going on in the outside of me reflective of what 386 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:16,920 has? Happened on the inside of me. 387 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:22,360 I glorify God in my body and in my spirit. 388 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,520 So the question then I posed then again to you this morning. 389 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:28,680 We said weeks ago, you know who decides about your interior. 390 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:30,360 Well, let. Me ask you who makes decisions 391 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:37,360 about your exterior? That part of you that man sees 392 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,720 you say, well, just listen for a moment. 393 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,200 Who determines? What words come out your mouth? 394 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,720 Do you do that or does your new owner do that? 395 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,280 Pastor, we liked your little three-week furlough, you know, 396 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:57,880 and this stuff. Amen. 397 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,800 Who determines how you interact with other people? 398 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:03,840 Who determines how you you treat your? 399 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,560 Spouse and your children, your parents and your friends and 400 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:11,160 your coworkers and your peers. Who? 401 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:15,680 Who determines how, how, how you you, you you dress yourself or 402 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,320 you adorn yourself or what you do with yourself? 403 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,680 Well, glory. Who determines what you do for 404 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:24,480 a? Living what you do. 405 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:32,200 With your money, whether you come to church or not, whether 406 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,840 you worship the Lord or not, who? 407 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:39,680 Who do you belong to? Do we decide these things for 408 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:41,880 ourselves? Or do you allow the one who who 409 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:43,480 owns you, the one who redeemed you? 410 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,480 Who, had it not been for him, you'd. 411 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,600 Still be under the old. Ownership the same condition, 412 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:55,240 the same sin, the same Rd. Or do I cause and stop for a 413 00:22:55,240 --> 00:23:00,880 moment and remember that I am the Lord thy God and I delivered 414 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:05,200 thee out of because some of you have brilliant testimonies here 415 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,160 today. I was the drunk, I was the 416 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,600 addict. I was this I was but not 417 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,520 anymore. Yes, such were some of us. 418 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:18,240 But we've been washed and we've been sanctified and we've been 419 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,520 redeemed. And so I'm going to glory 420 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:24,360 because I used to glorify something else with this body. 421 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,760 I used to glorify something else with the interior of my life. 422 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,400 But now I'm going to glorify God and I'm going to glorify him 423 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:36,160 inwardly and outwardly because I'm not my own, I belong to Him. 424 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:44,840 And if we did that to the NTH degree under 1 owner, we need to 425 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:46,080 the same. Level of degree. 426 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:50,080 To do it under our new. Ownership. 427 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:56,760 Amen. So I've been, I've been 428 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,360 redeemed, I've been born again. I I believe in the. 429 00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:01,560 Lord I'm we, we. I want to be accountable. 430 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:04,080 I don't think there's a single person in this but that would 431 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,000 not want to be accounted as one of his. 432 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,960 But if I want to acknowledge that I'm one of him and I've 433 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:12,480 been bought. With a price. 434 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,200 Then there are other things that go with that concerning his 435 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:24,440 ownership in my life. His ownership in my life means 436 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:29,360 I've given my rights over to him. 437 00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:34,960 Let me say it like this. You know what? 438 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,960 I'm I'm not a part of a homeowners association, OK, but 439 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,240 my neighbors are my neighbors. If my neighbors don't like my 440 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:48,760 Gray house, they can just live with that because they didn't 441 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:53,640 put 1 dime on that. House, but we'll. 442 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:58,160 Go through life sometimes. Worried about what other people 443 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:01,600 think of the way that we. Live our lives when it's being 444 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:07,040 lived according to our new owner and we'll let somebody that 445 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:10,480 doesn't have no ounce of blood for the purchase price of you 446 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:19,320 try to dictate. You didn't shed no blood for me. 447 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,520 You didn't Get Me Out of my addiction. 448 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:26,480 You didn't Get Me Out of my sin. Say what you will, what you 449 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:30,000 like, what you don't like. I feel a little bit like David. 450 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,600 David was dancing when he was bringing the Ark of the Covenant 451 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,280 back and even his own wife looked down upon. 452 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:39,640 He says this is not before you, it's not for your father, this 453 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,720 is for God. Because I understand who owns 454 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,840 me. I'm not trying to impress you. 455 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,160 I'm not trying to get on your good side. 456 00:25:47,560 --> 00:26:03,160 I have an owner in my life, you. Amen. 457 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:08,600 Amen. Because of him being my. 458 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,760 Owner Now I'm I'm obligated just to allow him to. 459 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:16,560 Reign over. Every area of my life. 460 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:22,520 Inwardly. Outwardly, and if I truly 461 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,240 profess. That I believe in him, yet 462 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:29,440 living something differently outside of the scope of my 463 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:34,280 owner. Then the truth is I don't really 464 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,360 live it. Then I really don't believe he 465 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:44,760 is my owner. There's a there's a controversy. 466 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:49,560 Between what I may profess and then what I do the Bible has a 467 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:57,800 lot to say about Jesus purchased us or house even with his blood. 468 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,920 Hebrews 3, Brother Mason, one that we will throw up there 469 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:07,640 today and verse #5 the Bible says, and Moses verily was 470 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,880 faithful in all his house, and that word house. 471 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:12,160 There is not a literal structure. 472 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,920 He's talking about the framework of his family, right? 473 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:17,440 His relatives. He was very faithful in all of 474 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:21,320 His house as a servant for a testimony of those things which 475 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,800 were to be spoken. After verse 6 says, But Christ 476 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:29,560 there comes a contrast. But Christ as a son over His own 477 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:34,360 house, and then it gives definition about His house whose 478 00:27:34,360 --> 00:27:40,520 house we are. Christ as the sun over His own 479 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:44,000 house, and it defines the house whose house we are. 480 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:48,960 This is the writer of Hebrews writing to say to people says 481 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:53,600 we, we, we are his house. Look now whose house we are if. 482 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,960 Conditional. Term If we hold fast the 483 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:06,960 confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end, that 484 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:12,960 means the same enthusiasm that I had of being his when I first 485 00:28:13,120 --> 00:28:17,280 experienced his spirit. I got a hope firm to that 486 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:21,760 enthusiasm, firm to that submission that I had in the 487 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:26,080 moment when I received the Holy Ghost for the, the, the my life 488 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:29,840 until the end, I became know ye not that ye are the temple. 489 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:36,120 You're the House of the Holy Ghost people. 490 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:38,160 God, we are the. House, we are the. 491 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,320 House in which God dwells. Which is a wondrous. 492 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:41,720 Thing right, ladies and gentlemen. 493 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:44,360 From the very beginning, the. Tabernacle and wilderness. 494 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,920 God's Spirit comes in in the form of a cloud. 495 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,320 He feels his house. Temple of Solomon, it's 496 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,080 finished. It comes in in the form of a 497 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,960 cloud. He feels his house, Heritage 498 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:56,800 temple. In the New Testament, Little 499 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,160 Jesus is brought to the temple at the age of 12. 500 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,600 He's in the temple. He told his mom and dad. 501 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,600 I must be about my father's business. 502 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:09,280 Hey, man, he's in the house on the day of Pentecost when 503 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:12,360 suddenly there was a sound from heaven as a rushing mighty wind, 504 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,520 and it filled all of those 120 where they were sitting. 505 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,800 You know what happened? Just what happened with the, 506 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:21,680 the, the, the, the Tabernacle of Moses and the temple of Solomon 507 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,960 and Herod's temple. God was once again getting 508 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:30,520 inside of his house and with all of those houses, God told Moses, 509 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,240 this is how big I want the the outer court to be. 510 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,080 This is what furnishings I want them in. 511 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,360 This is the materials I want made of them. 512 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,360 Told the same for Solomon's told you know what he's doing. 513 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:44,440 He said if I'm going to own it, I have prerogative about what 514 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:48,480 it's made of, what it's content is, what takes place inside of 515 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:51,840 there, no different than with us now being the Temple of the Holy 516 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:53,720 Ghost. If I own it, I'm going to 517 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:57,720 describe what's in it, how it's furnished, what takes place. 518 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:04,600 It's a marvelous thing. From Genesis on through 519 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:08,720 Scripture, Lord, He owns it. He bought it. 520 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:13,720 With his own blood, the psalmist said in in psalms 93 and five, 521 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,920 he said, Thy testimonies are very sure. 522 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:20,440 He said Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord forever. 523 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:24,240 The new King James Version. Says it like this, holiness 524 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:27,320 adorns your house. The word adorn not my 525 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:29,400 definition. But the word adorn means to 526 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:35,680 beautify or make pleasant. It's not ugly, it's not old 527 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:39,480 fashioned, it's what makes us beautiful in the eyes of our 528 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:41,280 owner. Amen. 529 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,240 God considers it to be a beautiful thing and. 530 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,560 He wants it just the. Same the Bible. 531 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:51,120 Tells the story in Second Chronicles 20 and verse 21. 532 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:52,400 I'm trying to keep track of time. 533 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:53,600 Amen. The Bible. 534 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaks of King Jehoshaphat that he saw this concept of holiness. 535 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,720 Amen that way as well. Remember, the Bible speaks of 536 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,440 God being holy. You have a holy Bible, you have 537 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,840 a holy God, you receive the Holy Ghost. 538 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:13,800 Amen, He said in the Old Testament, clarified New 539 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:16,240 Testament, Be holy, for I am holy. 540 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:18,680 And that makes sense. He's the owner. 541 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,120 You're going to see the. Fingerprints on the on. 542 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:26,640 Whatever the owner owns, going to see it through what he owns. 543 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:29,200 He's holy. You're going to see that then on 544 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,600 what he owns Haman. Jehoshaphat said this in Second 545 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,280 Chronicles 20 and 21. He says when they had consulted 546 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,760 the people, they were wondering how they were going to come up 547 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:39,760 and be. Victorious over an adversary and 548 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,400 the Long story short, they're going to sing out some praisers 549 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,120 and worshippers and. God was. 550 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,720 Going to send ambushments against their enemy, but know 551 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:49,240 what the scripture says here in particular and when he had 552 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,040 consulted. With the people he appointed. 553 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:52,960 Singers into the Lord, look what the the the. 554 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:56,880 Prescription is and that should praise the beauty of. 555 00:31:57,360 --> 00:31:59,680 Holiness Jehoshaphat says I want. 556 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:03,360 You to get out there and I want you to praise the beauty of. 557 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:06,840 Holiness in in one sense. Jehoshaphat, even at that stage 558 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:11,400 in Scripture, stinged holiness as something that was beautiful. 559 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,040 We're the bride of Christ. Scripture says there's a lot of 560 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:18,080 analogies to the church, the bride of Christ, the body of 561 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:23,520 Christ, the. House of Christ, the Bible. 562 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:28,280 Teaches us that someday the Book of Revelation, when time is no 563 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,240 more and there's the marriage supper of the Lamb, the marriage 564 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:35,640 supper of the Lord Jesus Christ, that he's going to present to 565 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,800 himself. Ephesians 5 tells us he's going 566 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:40,520 to present to. Himself a glorious. 567 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:45,360 Church or a glorious. Bride or a glorious body? 568 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:49,000 All the analogies. A glorious house without spot or 569 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,120 wrinkle or any such thing. And he? 570 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:53,280 Says. It's going to be holy and 571 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:56,760 without blemish. That's the house. 572 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,120 That's the house Scripture says he's going to present to 573 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:05,560 himself. Holiness makes the bride a 574 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:11,560 beautiful bride of Christ, so don't underestimate the power, 575 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:15,920 Amen, of your Holiness, internally and externally. 576 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:21,960 Oh, how meaningful that is to the One who owns us, the Bible 577 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:24,320 says in Psalms 29 and 2. Given to the. 578 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:29,680 Lord glory due to his name. Worship the Lord in the beauty 579 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:33,840 of holiness. There's nothing more attractive, 580 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:37,600 nothing more glorious, nothing more beautiful than an assembly 581 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:42,280 of holy people worshiping the holy God with pure hands, David 582 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:43,520 said. He said, who's going to send him 583 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:48,800 to the hill of the Lord? Those with clean hands external 584 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:55,880 and pure hearts internal, you need to. 585 00:33:55,880 --> 00:34:00,560 Pray every day as David. Prayed I'm a moving Psalms 19 586 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:04,480 and verse 14. David prays. 587 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,520 Let the words. Of my mouth. 588 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,400 It's not just in the mind, but it's something that's been 589 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:15,239 expressed. Outwardly let the words of my 590 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:18,960 mouth and the. Meditation of my heart, that's 591 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:21,120 inwardly, and we know this. Happens right? 592 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:22,840 Because. In New Testament, the Gospel of 593 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,440 Matthew, the Bible even says just to borrow a phrase, and 594 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:28,000 it's there. We love to use it, But from the 595 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:35,159 abundance of the the mouth, from the abundance of something 596 00:34:35,159 --> 00:34:39,440 that's on the inside of us comes an external expression. 597 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:46,639 David says, Let the words of my mouth, that external expression, 598 00:34:47,199 --> 00:34:52,440 and the meditation of my heart, that inward man, be acceptable. 599 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:58,320 In thy sight wait a minute, why she praises to God? 600 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:06,080 Because again, only God can see both the inward man and the 601 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:10,600 outward man. O Lord, my strength and my I 602 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:16,040 love how these Redeemer He ties this back Brother Fred to the 603 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:26,320 one who bought him. I said earlier in reality the 604 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:30,360 Lord owns us. Been born again of the water and 605 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:33,120 the Spirit for sure. The Lord owns you in two ways. 606 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:38,200 He owns you because he made you. The Bible tells us there in 607 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:41,720 Genesis. And yeah, Genesis chapter #2. 608 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,680 That the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and 609 00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:47,720 breathe into his nostrils. The breath of life. 610 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:50,320 And then that man became a living being. 611 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:51,600 You're saying, well, I'm not Adam. 612 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:52,840 You know what you're. Right. 613 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,400 You're not Adam. You're not the first man. 614 00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:58,720 But we find other places. In scripture like the Psalms, 615 00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:02,360 Psalms 139 is a great example where the psalmist is 616 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:03,440 describing. The. 617 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:09,560 Formation right of a a a body, a human being within the womb of a 618 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:13,080 mother. And it talks about how how God 619 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:16,840 had formed our inward parts and that he covered. 620 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:20,840 Us in our mother's womb. And that we should praise. 621 00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:24,560 Him for we are fearfully. And wonderfully made all. 622 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,000 Of this is within the context of a womb. 623 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:32,560 He made you. Nonetheless, let me tell you. 624 00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:34,560 What happens within the womb of A? 625 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:41,760 Woman is the design of a creator, and I could go on a 626 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:43,720 rabbit trail, but we don't have time for that right now. 627 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:45,080 Amen. But I think you know where. 628 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:47,600 I would go, but nonetheless. So the point is we've. 629 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:51,400 All been made by God, but in Genesis 3 through Adam, yes, 630 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,400 humanity then has been. Sold out to. 631 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:58,360 Sin and yes, God, as we've already looked at, has redeemed 632 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,520 us back. All right. 633 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,280 But here's the thing in the garden, when they sinned, and 634 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,800 they do, they did with sin what you do with sin. 635 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:13,160 When they hear the voice of God in the cool of the day before, 636 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:18,640 they're naked and unashamed. Now they're naked and ashamed. 637 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:22,000 The whole dynamic of the tree of knowledge, of good and evil 638 00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:25,080 having transgressed, done what God didn't do, change the whole 639 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:27,600 outlook. They're now ashamed. 640 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:31,080 And whenever God, they sense that God's presence is around. 641 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:38,880 I'm hiding among the trees. The Lord says, Where art thou, 642 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:43,440 Adam? He knew, but he wanted Adam to 643 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,280 take inventory. You never hid from me before. 644 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:52,960 And so the Bible even talks about them sowing fig leaves 645 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,280 together, right? What are they doing? 646 00:37:55,280 --> 00:38:00,000 They're trying to hide sin. Sin has that response. 647 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,240 In you that it causes. You want to hide. 648 00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:06,800 From a holy God. When you, you feel. 649 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,600 As though there are some places where you contradicted His 650 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:14,320 Holiness. Want to hide, but God says, 651 00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:17,240 Nope, the trees ain't going to do, the fig leaves ain't going 652 00:38:17,240 --> 00:38:19,280 to do. He says, I'm going to have to 653 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:24,080 kill an animal and I'm going to have to shed some blood and I'm 654 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:27,080 going to make some coats of skins for you. 655 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:29,880 Ladies and gentlemen, that was marvelous because. 656 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:31,840 That set a. Precedent for Scripture. 657 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:35,360 That for, for. The the the if you. 658 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:36,240 Will the. Outcome. 659 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:39,080 The condition, the pitfall that sin leaves us in. 660 00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:40,880 There's only a proper way for that. 661 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:44,000 To get covered and it requires shed blood. 662 00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:47,200 It requires shed blood in order for that. 663 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,040 To happen. And so God allowed notice, 664 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:52,520 though God even allowed Adam after that sin. 665 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:57,080 He allowed him to live after he had sinned, Amen. 666 00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:00,680 He gave Adam in essence a second chance, Amen. 667 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,760 But he did so though by blood being shed, Amen. 668 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:06,000 In a covering being provided, Amen. 669 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:09,840 And so here's Adam even in a sense, not only being gods by 670 00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:14,080 being created by him, but also because God provided shed blood. 671 00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:18,400 Amen for the dilemma. So the fact of the matter today 672 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:21,240 we've all, according to the Psalms, we've been created and 673 00:39:21,240 --> 00:39:25,600 formed in our mother's womb. God owns us because He is our 674 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:30,040 Creator, but even more so than that, because he came down in 675 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:34,560 the form of a man and he went to the cross and he gave his life 676 00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:38,360 and he shed the blood. That blood is a blood that can 677 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:42,600 redeem whosoever will, if they make them self available to the 678 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:45,200 blood. Amen. 679 00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:50,480 Then he also owns us. By our redemption. 680 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:53,640 Here's the fact of the matter, though. 681 00:39:53,840 --> 00:40:02,760 You have a choice to receive or reject early. 682 00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:08,200 On through Cain, huh? Early on, through Cain and Abel, 683 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:11,240 here God's given Adam and. Eve a second chance. 684 00:40:11,240 --> 00:40:13,800 He set them outside the garden. Yes, but they're still alive. 685 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:17,600 They're not dead. They have some children. 686 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:21,040 The Bible talks about how Cain brought brought a lamb or 687 00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:24,760 brought something with blood. Seems to be very proper 688 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:27,400 sacrifice. Came though the Bible. 689 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:29,840 Says in the process, in the process of time. 690 00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,400 Brought of the the fruit of the ground. 691 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:35,640 A bloodless sacrifice. The Bible says that God 692 00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:37,920 accepted. Abel's sacrifice, but he. 693 00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:41,400 Rejected. Cain's and then Cain Serves then 694 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:42,840 as an example. Through the rest. 695 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:46,600 Of his days, who by creation and even. 696 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:49,280 By the second chance. That was given to his family. 697 00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:54,320 A man that belonged to God. But he refused to live in accord 698 00:40:54,320 --> 00:41:02,520 with the reality of being his after his sacrifice. 699 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:05,560 Amen. Sin took captain of the Bible 700 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:13,720 says explicitly that Cain left the presence of the Lord stand 701 00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:16,560 for me today. I'll wrap up man I God's been 702 00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:24,260 with us today. My life is not my own. 703 00:41:27,060 --> 00:41:34,540 We are the people of God. We are the property of God who 704 00:41:34,540 --> 00:41:38,280 owned you. I hope you can clearly say he 705 00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:43,000 owns me and Sister Sheila, that it not just be a profession of 706 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:48,920 lips, right, but that it would be a demonstration of life. 707 00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:56,120 Now, if you're saying, well, Pastor McGee, I'm far from 708 00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:59,200 perfect, join the club. That's the reason why we have a 709 00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:03,640 church here at 1121 Cedar St. This isn't the perfect club. 710 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:08,960 This is the imperfect club. But I need a place like this to 711 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:13,880 go to so that in the following week hopefully I live out. 712 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:18,160 More. Of being his than living 713 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:21,520 contrary. This this this. 714 00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:22,600 Is my. This is my. 715 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:24,680 You know this is my pit stop. You you take. 716 00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:26,560 Those NASCAR's out. There on the track, you let them 717 00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:28,560 go and go and go. Tires are going to start. 718 00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:30,000 Popping and. Everything else that they never 719 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:33,240 have a pit stop things. Breakdown maintenance is. 720 00:42:33,240 --> 00:42:36,240 Required more grease more this folks, you can't just. 721 00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:38,880 Live life for the Lord going around the. 722 00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:40,680 Track and never stopping for a pit stop. 723 00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:45,800 Because your tires are going to get bald and. 724 00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:48,560 You understand the symbolism here. 725 00:42:51,240 --> 00:42:54,200 I want to, I want to, I want to touch base because I'm his. 726 00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:58,640 I don't even just show up on Sunday reaffirming that at the 727 00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:00,920 house. I have talks with him. 728 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:07,440 You know, sometimes my house talks to me. 729 00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:14,520 The hot water's cold. My wife just told me the other 730 00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:15,960 night, and this is not the season for it. 731 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:20,560 I hate it, she says. I ran out of warm water while I 732 00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:24,400 was taking a shower and my hair they'll I don't want to. 733 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:26,080 Empty the water heater right now in this cold. 734 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:28,160 Weather and dig out the calcium. From the Mount Carmel. 735 00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:37,320 Water but my house is telling me I need a pit stop because I'm 736 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:38,960 not going to be. Operating the way you as the 737 00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:40,000 owner would. Hope for it to be. 738 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,600 Operating. I need your hands on me. 739 00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:50,560 Oh. Lord, if you oh. 740 00:43:51,240 --> 00:43:53,640 I got to stop, all right? He's Jesus. 741 00:43:53,680 --> 00:44:01,400 Go ahead. I don't want you to be able to 742 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:05,000 live your life for the Lord just in that simple statement. 743 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:09,120 Live your life for the Lord. People sometimes live their 744 00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:12,840 whole lives for other people. They live their lives for their 745 00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:14,920 families. They live their lives for their 746 00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:16,800 business, their bosses. They live their lives for their 747 00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:23,160 supposed peers, never coming to the real moment of what they 748 00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:25,360 need, living their life for the Lord. 749 00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:30,920 Because on Judgement Day. No matter what, don't matter. 750 00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:33,440 And have every friend stack next to me don't matter. 751 00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:38,440 I'm judgement day. What's happened with the life 752 00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:42,600 I've given you? And can I see? 753 00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:44,880 The reflection of My Holiness in you. 754 00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:52,200 Grow up into the. Image of the stature of the Lord 755 00:44:52,240 --> 00:44:54,160 Jesus Christ. New Testament Scripture says 756 00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:59,840 whenever he sees me, I want him to be able to see himself in me. 757 00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:05,360 You know how it can go. Brother Reese has a certain 758 00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:09,320 style. If we were to take different. 759 00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:12,400 People's styles and just put them on mannequins and we had a 760 00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:14,240 little game be able to go by and say. 761 00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:17,600 Whose style is that? Some of y'all would be. 762 00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:20,760 Able to guess it hands. Down because that has the. 763 00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:29,400 Fingerprint of the one. I don't want it just to be 764 00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:30,920 Rapture Day. I want it to be in this life. 765 00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:32,600 You know what? Something different about that 766 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:38,880 guy, something different about those people. 767 00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:44,760 I feel something when I'm around them. 768 00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:56,840 That's not me, that's my owner. Because if you knew me when he 769 00:45:56,840 --> 00:46:03,560 found me, it's like the flip it, you know that they have all 770 00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:05,800 these home programs, man. They're flipping houses. 771 00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:08,720 You see them before and after, you're like, wow, that really 772 00:46:08,720 --> 00:46:10,520 had. They really did something that. 773 00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:12,480 Yeah, but some. It had to fall under new 774 00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:16,160 ownership for that to happen. The grass is cut, the roof is 775 00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:18,200 fixed. There's an addition the. 776 00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:20,080 Paint is pure it's. Clean. 777 00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:23,800 It's Pristina. God's done that for some of you 778 00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:28,560 all. Let's just raise our hands 779 00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:29,840 right? Now man, I feel still. 780 00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:33,440 Feel that undercurrent of God's presence in this place. 781 00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:37,320 Who owns you today? Who owns you today? 782 00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:40,600 Who owns you? Today I'm going to glorify God 783 00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:43,240 and my body and my spirit. I'm going to glorify him and my 784 00:46:43,240 --> 00:46:45,920 flesh and my spirit. Hallelujah. 785 00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:49,960 Would someone be willing to come today and just extend hands and 786 00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:53,200 say, God, hey man, don't just do because I'm asking, but if it's 787 00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:58,360 truly from your heart, God, you own every part of me, my heart, 788 00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:02,000 my mind. You own me externally and 789 00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:05,520 internally. My life belongs to you, Lord. 790 00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:09,520 My life belongs to you, Lord. I'm going to try to live, live 791 00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:14,040 and walk according to the, the, the the will and to the desires 792 00:47:14,040 --> 00:47:18,640 of the one who saved me and redeemed me and shed his blood 793 00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:22,080 for me and purchased me with something so precious. 794 00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:24,400 Silver and gold didn't redeem me. 795 00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:28,800 It was the blood of the lamb. It was the blood of the perfect 796 00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:33,040 sacrifice, Christ Jesus. It was Calvary that purchased me 797 00:47:33,240 --> 00:47:37,440 and I'm going to live in a way. Hey man, that's deserving of 798 00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:41,480 what took place on Calvary. Oh, help me Jesus today. 799 00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:44,600 Let your salvation be worked out in my life. 800 00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:48,880 Oh Lord, completely and poorly. Come on, somebody you said, 801 00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:50,360 McGee, I don't know if I'm there yet. 802 00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:52,400 That's all right. Just be honest with God this 803 00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:55,240 morning. God, help me in those areas, God 804 00:47:55,240 --> 00:47:57,320 that I'm unsure of, Help me in those areas. 805 00:47:57,640 --> 00:48:00,400 God that there's combating thoughts and contrary things. 806 00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:03,600 Help me God in those areas. I don't want there to be 1 room 807 00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:06,600 of this house that is off bounds concerning you. 808 00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:09,320 I don't want there to be 1 room of this house, God. 809 00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:12,520 I want you to have all spaces. I'm little by little gonna 810 00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:17,320 unlock new doors, God, to allow you to be the Lord of my life in 811 00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:23,360 every area, in every area. Hallelujah, Jesus.