1 00:00:00,100 --> 00:00:02,100 I'm back to your tensions Book of Matthew. 2 00:00:02,100 --> 00:00:06,400 The 21st chapter. This is a very unique chapter, 3 00:00:06,700 --> 00:00:12,700 very unique circumstance that Jesus is again been faced with 4 00:00:12,700 --> 00:00:16,800 those who are opposing him. You know, the life of Jesus can 5 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:22,800 be chronologically divided into approximately 200 events. 6 00:00:23,700 --> 00:00:29,300 It depends on who's doing it but usually it's he upper 181 90s if 7 00:00:29,300 --> 00:00:31,600 different events in the life of Our Lord. 8 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:38,300 The one I use is 212 different events of give and take 200 9 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:41,500 events. This event right here, is what 10 00:00:41,500 --> 00:00:43,200 we're going to talk about tonight. 11 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:47,800 Matthew 21, please, let's begin at verse 23. 12 00:00:48,100 --> 00:00:52,600 Now, I'll be reading from the new King James version, Matthew 13 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:57,600 21, In verse 23. Now, when Jesus came into the 14 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:01,500 temple, the chief priests, and the Elders of the people 15 00:01:01,500 --> 00:01:05,300 confronting him as he was teaching and said by, what 16 00:01:05,300 --> 00:01:08,000 Authority are you doing these things? 17 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:15,200 And who gave you this Authority? But Jesus said unto them, I also 18 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:20,100 will ask you one thing, which if you would tell me I also would 19 00:01:20,100 --> 00:01:23,800 tell you by what Authority I do these things. 20 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:32,600 The baptism of John Where was it from from heaven or from men and 21 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:37,100 they reasoned among themselves. Saying, if we say from Heaven, 22 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,600 he will say to us. Why did you not then believe 23 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,800 him? But if we should say, from Men, 24 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,700 We Fear the multitude for all, hold John as a prophet. 25 00:01:48,300 --> 00:01:55,100 So they answered Jesus and said we do not know And he said unto 26 00:01:55,100 --> 00:02:00,100 them, neither will I tell you by what Authority I do these 27 00:02:00,100 --> 00:02:06,000 things. This story is a very masterful 28 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:13,500 piece of assistance to help me and you to grow spiritually to 29 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:16,600 make sure that our name is truly written in the Lamb's Book of 30 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,600 Life. If we will yield to the Lord's 31 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:24,700 and changing hand, it is a magnificent story because we 32 00:02:24,700 --> 00:02:30,400 find Jesus once again standing out of II and Toad and toe and 33 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,400 dealing with those who opposed him. 34 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:36,600 Now if you will find very few people today who will say, I 35 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:41,400 oppose Jesus like she did in the day that he lived on this Earth, 36 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,200 but bother actions, they oppose Jesus. 37 00:02:45,700 --> 00:02:48,000 They want to change the way he did things. 38 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:55,100 And this reading Matthew 21, 23 to 27, these Chief priests, and 39 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:57,800 these Elders. They've been brought in a 40 00:02:57,808 --> 00:03:02,600 variety of ways to try to get Jesus and trick him. 41 00:03:02,700 --> 00:03:08,000 Get him to say something that they would have just cause to 42 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:12,800 crucify him. So this time is interesting how 43 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:17,000 many different times they've tried but this time they asked 44 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,000 him they said the chief priests and the Elders of sitting there 45 00:03:21,300 --> 00:03:26,100 by what Authority do you do these things and who gave you 46 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:29,500 this Authority? Now I want you to know today, 47 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,000 that's not a bad question. Another one of those by what 48 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,600 Authority and he gave you this Authority. 49 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,600 And I encourage everyone here to keep those questions. 50 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:45,100 These four questions that we learn in Matthew 21, 23 to 27, 51 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,400 closing your heart and on the tip of your tongue. 52 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:52,400 That's a great way of having a discussion about of what what 53 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,800 Authority do you do these things and who gave you that Authority 54 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:01,300 when Jesus was not To answer their question, he could easily 55 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:07,400 answer their question. However, He chose to use another 56 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,000 approach. He's Auntie what I do boys. 57 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:15,600 I will ask you a question. You answer mine, I'll answer 58 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,899 yours now. Jesus did that quite a bit 59 00:04:19,899 --> 00:04:24,400 during his ministry whenever you read and study the life of the 60 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,900 Lord and you studied in chronological event or you just 61 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:30,400 read it through, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. 62 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,700 And you take take special attention to notice how many 63 00:04:34,700 --> 00:04:37,500 times. He has questioned numerous of 64 00:04:37,500 --> 00:04:39,800 times. He returned to question with a 65 00:04:39,808 --> 00:04:43,200 question. And Jesus said I want to ask you 66 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:47,900 a question and your lab sir mind, I'll answer yours, he said 67 00:04:47,900 --> 00:04:52,300 the baptism of John which is a prevailing teaching of the day, 68 00:04:52,700 --> 00:04:55,700 the baptism of John. Where did it come from? 69 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,300 Did it come from heaven or did it come from me? 70 00:05:00,700 --> 00:05:07,300 Again a very good question. They for question by what 71 00:05:07,300 --> 00:05:10,200 Authority who gave you this Authority? 72 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:15,800 Is it from heaven or in the from men is really a strong approach 73 00:05:16,100 --> 00:05:20,500 And discussing with what nearly any topic from a Biblical basis. 74 00:05:22,300 --> 00:05:25,300 What are the chief priests and the elders were stunned. 75 00:05:25,300 --> 00:05:28,400 By the Lord's response. They had to get over here and 76 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:34,300 kind of have a little huddle and tried to discuss what we can do 77 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:37,500 with that. You know, what's going to 78 00:05:37,500 --> 00:05:41,500 happen. If we say it is from Heaven, he 79 00:05:41,500 --> 00:05:44,000 will say, why did you not obey him? 80 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:47,100 That's what he's going to take. You don't want to go to say, you 81 00:05:47,100 --> 00:05:49,600 can say, why didn't you do it? Why don't you obey him? 82 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:54,400 If it's from heaven. And another gentleman no doubt 83 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:58,900 would have said but if we say it from man, look at all these 84 00:05:58,900 --> 00:06:01,700 people, this monster to young people. 85 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,500 They're likely to take our life and do us damage. 86 00:06:08,100 --> 00:06:10,500 We just gonna have to go out there and more or less played 87 00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:13,300 the fifth and just simply say we don't know. 88 00:06:14,900 --> 00:06:17,800 That's what conclusion of their little huddle. 89 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:23,200 So they go back to Jesus and they said, we can't tell they 90 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,200 knew well and good. The answer to their the 91 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:30,500 question, the Lord asked and he said, well, myth until are you 92 00:06:30,500 --> 00:06:32,700 but why don't thority I do these things. 93 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:40,000 It is very interesting. That Jesus knew exactly how to 94 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:45,900 be to show these Chief priests and these Elders to show them up 95 00:06:45,900 --> 00:06:48,400 and show. They were not been honest this 96 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:52,500 month to the people they need the baptism of John they knew 97 00:06:52,500 --> 00:06:58,300 where it came from but these people rather say we don't know 98 00:06:58,500 --> 00:07:00,900 than to give the true and honest answer. 99 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,900 He knew they were not honest therefore why did he do? 100 00:07:05,100 --> 00:07:09,300 He showed they were not honest before For the people, that is a 101 00:07:09,300 --> 00:07:13,900 great story and a great event. Jesus had to be on his toes 102 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:17,800 every step of the way in his preaching and his teaching 103 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:21,000 during his ministry. During his entire 33 years on 104 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:26,000 this Earth, people are always trying to tempt him trick him, a 105 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:30,200 put him into a bind and he was red and every occasion. 106 00:07:30,300 --> 00:07:34,000 It is so wonderful to read the life of Our Lord, in the four 107 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,200 gospels and the see how it is that he won. 108 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:42,700 Every time someone confronted him the new King James version 109 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,500 use the word they confronted him. 110 00:07:46,700 --> 00:07:52,200 Confrontation is not very nice. We don't enjoy being confronted. 111 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:57,000 Oh, but Jesus had to do it day in and day out he had to be on 112 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,500 his toes. But he was a man of God, he was 113 00:08:00,500 --> 00:08:04,700 the son of the almighty. God, he was coming to preserve 114 00:08:04,700 --> 00:08:07,200 us a way that we can reach eternal life. 115 00:08:07,300 --> 00:08:11,600 In heaven, he was tempted in all points like where you are yet 116 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:15,900 without sin. He preached many great sermons. 117 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,100 He gave many rape Parables. He did many great Miracles. 118 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:25,000 He my dear friend prayed many prayers and he gained a a 119 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:29,200 watchful eye and people wanted to go with him and wherever he 120 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:33,200 would go there be a crowd of people wanted to follow him and 121 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:37,100 time, teachers had to escape the crowd for a little while. 122 00:08:37,299 --> 00:08:43,700 Maybe just take a breather. Jesus had a mission and his 123 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:47,400 mission was, I want to save the people from their sins. 124 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:53,100 Matthew 1 and verse 21. I just absolutely personally, 125 00:08:53,100 --> 00:08:57,900 adore, the opportunity of reading these events in the life 126 00:08:57,900 --> 00:09:02,400 of Jesus and see how he responded to people who were his 127 00:09:02,700 --> 00:09:05,100 adversaries. Christian friends. 128 00:09:05,100 --> 00:09:08,800 Listen, you're going to have adversaries in this life. 129 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,900 They're gonna laugh at you and time to make fun of you. 130 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,600 You go to church every night for all a whole week. 131 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:21,600 You're going to go to church every Sunday, you're not gonna 132 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,500 miss any. I mean, you go 51 times a year 133 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:26,900 and you're going to make yourself. 134 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:30,400 I forgot about 50. Second time of the year, you 135 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,600 can't take me on vacation and not go to church if you're gone 136 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,000 on Sunday and people will laugh at you. 137 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:41,800 They'll make fun of you but you stand proud, not proud in a bad 138 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,400 way but you stand up being very distinguished and very 139 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:49,200 committed, I'm following Jesus, he Gave his all for me. 140 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:53,300 I'm going to give my all to him. It is so wonderful. 141 00:09:53,300 --> 00:09:56,500 So wonderful to see how Jesus responded. 142 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:01,200 We can learn a lot from that. Now I want to tell you why I 143 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:05,200 want everybody here to remember to memorize things for 144 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,500 questions. They're not hard by what 145 00:10:07,500 --> 00:10:11,000 Authority who gave you this Authority in the from heaven 146 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:15,500 from man, nearly any Bible topics you want to talk about in 147 00:10:15,500 --> 00:10:18,500 a home study? With your friends, family 148 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:23,300 community Prospect, you can talk with them and you can get to 149 00:10:23,500 --> 00:10:29,100 Matthew 21, 23 to 25 and when you get there, you can begin it. 150 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,300 By what Authority who gave you this Authority from heaven or 151 00:10:32,300 --> 00:10:33,700 from men. I love it. 152 00:10:33,700 --> 00:10:36,600 When people ask me about what Authority do you do? 153 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,200 What you do? Now that may worded differently, 154 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:42,400 they want basically know why do you do what you do? 155 00:10:43,500 --> 00:10:46,700 Now so what I'm glad you asking and if you don't mind I like to 156 00:10:46,700 --> 00:10:48,900 ask you the same thing by what Authority. 157 00:10:48,900 --> 00:10:51,600 Do you do, what you do? Oh, whether you're talking about 158 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,500 singing, whether you're talking about the communion, whether 159 00:10:54,500 --> 00:10:57,800 you're talking about preaching their rooms in the scriptures, 160 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,600 they're teaching in the New Testament where by, we want to 161 00:11:01,608 --> 00:11:05,400 submit ourselves to and we want to make sure that what we do. 162 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,500 We have Authority for it. We want to make sure we have the 163 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:11,900 authority from heaven, from the word of God. 164 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,000 We want to make sure it's from And not from Men. 165 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:19,600 The majority of the religious world today, follows the 166 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:23,100 teaching, a man rather than teaching the Came From Heaven, 167 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:28,600 yet the Bible said and Proverbs 3 verse 5 Solomon, who wrote 168 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,700 this great book and this is indeed a great book. 169 00:11:31,900 --> 00:11:36,200 When you think of Proverbs, most people think of proverbs 31 and 170 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:39,700 it is indeed a wonderful chapter about a virtuous woman. 171 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:44,000 But at this time, it's look at Proverbs 3 and verse Five. 172 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:49,900 The Bible said, trust in the Lord, lay not to your own 173 00:11:49,900 --> 00:11:54,200 understanding. Now, let's not puts us all in 174 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:59,200 place. Trust in the Lord do not lean to 175 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,900 whatever you think, what you think. 176 00:12:01,900 --> 00:12:06,500 And what I think does not make something right or wrong while 177 00:12:06,500 --> 00:12:10,800 makes it right or wrong is by what Authority who gave you that 178 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,000 Authority in the from Heaven's? It from me, that's make 179 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,700 something right or wrong. Now, if you had written the 180 00:12:16,700 --> 00:12:20,500 Bible, guess what you would have written it differently than what 181 00:12:20,500 --> 00:12:22,100 the Lord and through the apostles. 182 00:12:22,100 --> 00:12:25,500 And the Holy Spirit, did I would have written it differently. 183 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:28,200 I was sure. Are you but guess what? 184 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:29,500 You didn't? I didn't. 185 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,800 It is through the mighty will of God, and his Majestic plan that 186 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:40,100 the holy scriptures are written. By the inspiration of the Holy 187 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:42,700 Spirit. It teaches us, everything we 188 00:12:42,700 --> 00:12:44,900 need to know in our spiritual life. 189 00:12:44,900 --> 00:12:48,500 How to worship what we should believe all the great truths of 190 00:12:48,500 --> 00:12:51,500 scripture and we should be so excited to follow it. 191 00:12:51,500 --> 00:12:55,700 We can always go back to these four questions and we can always 192 00:12:55,700 --> 00:12:59,800 go to Proverbs and we can learn. Listen, it's not what I want the 193 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:01,600 matter. That's why does the Lord want? 194 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,100 And we've got to have that heart. 195 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,600 The heart that said is what the Lord wants. 196 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,400 That's what matters. It's not what I want. 197 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,000 I'm a would have done things differently. 198 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,200 I know I would have and you would have. 199 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,600 But listen, we are Servants of the Lord Almighty. 200 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,400 We're yielding to, his unchanging hand. 201 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,100 You know, we used to sing a song and it's been a long time that I 202 00:13:24,100 --> 00:13:27,700 remember it being in one of our selling books yield not to 203 00:13:27,700 --> 00:13:33,600 Temptation for yielding is sin. So many times we we read and we 204 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:40,300 study And we leaned over to the way of the world and we yield to 205 00:13:40,300 --> 00:13:45,700 Temptation This song said that so well and some of you may have 206 00:13:45,700 --> 00:13:48,800 never heard that song but but most of us my age around. 207 00:13:48,900 --> 00:13:51,000 We've heard it. Will you scared all the time? 208 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:54,700 Preachers used to preach on it and really made us think do not 209 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:57,300 yield to Temptation for yielding is sin. 210 00:13:58,500 --> 00:14:02,400 Dear friend, I want you to make sure that in your life in your 211 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:06,800 worship, wherever you may be move off to and attend a an 212 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:10,000 assembly somewhere else. You make sure that is a faithful 213 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:14,000 congregation that if worshipping by the authority of the Lord 214 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,800 Jesus Christ, their worship about things that came from 215 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:21,500 heaven and not from man, they're trusting in the Lord and not 216 00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:25,100 their own. Now, Proverbs 16 and 25 is very 217 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:29,400 similar to Proverbs 3 & 5 is It's worded a little bit 218 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:34,000 differently but it says the same basic truth and Proverbs 16. 219 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:40,300 And 25 Solomon, said the following He said there is a way 220 00:14:40,300 --> 00:14:46,400 that seems right unto man, but the end thereof is the way of 221 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:53,600 death. so, I understand if we engage and we embrace the way of 222 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,400 man, We're not going to be saved. 223 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:00,300 Our name is nothing to say written in the Lamb's Book of 224 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:02,600 Life. Our name is going to be blotted 225 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,700 out. If you want to make sure your 226 00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:08,800 name is in the Lamb's Book of Life, you know, the what the 227 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,400 Lord wants. And you do not yield a man's 228 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:17,400 way. Men and women have managed to 229 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:22,400 start a great number. 138 thousands of different religious 230 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:27,400 organizations. Every item of worship has been 231 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:32,000 changed the singing, the prayers, the communion, the 232 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,400 contribution. The teaching, all of that has 233 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:41,600 been changed by man, not by God. But by man, It is amazing. 234 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:46,000 How people embrace the ways of man rather than staying true to 235 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,200 the word of God? I do not understand. 236 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:55,200 I do realize that some people are deceived by smooth and fair 237 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:59,700 speeches. They're deceived because people 238 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:03,100 are very persuasive and what they teach? 239 00:16:03,500 --> 00:16:07,200 I ask of you to take your word of God with you and keep it 240 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,400 close. Ladies, keep it in your purse. 241 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,100 Keep it in the car and keep it handy, man. 242 00:16:12,100 --> 00:16:14,600 Keep it in your pocket. Keep it in your glove box of 243 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,000 your car. Keep it in your desk, at work, 244 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,800 whatever your circumstances. Keep it handy. 245 00:16:20,300 --> 00:16:23,300 And when someone has an opportunity, and they ask you a 246 00:16:23,300 --> 00:16:26,700 question, but ready to pull it out and say, well, here's what 247 00:16:26,700 --> 00:16:30,800 the Bible says. Says, or simply what does the 248 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:34,000 Bible say about that? You know, I love it. 249 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,500 When people say, how do you really believe whatever? 250 00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:39,400 I guess, you know what? I'm dealing with you, it doesn't 251 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,300 matter what I believe, but that doesn't make it right or doesn't 252 00:16:42,300 --> 00:16:46,200 make it wrong. What matters is what the 253 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,500 scriptures teach. That's what makes it right or 254 00:16:48,508 --> 00:16:51,200 wrong. Now it matters what I believe as 255 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:55,900 far as obeying the will of God, but I can say is wrong but that 256 00:16:55,900 --> 00:16:58,800 doesn't make it wrong. What makes it wrong is? 257 00:16:58,900 --> 00:17:02,000 If it violates the will of God, I can say. 258 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,500 It's right, that doesn't make it right. 259 00:17:04,599 --> 00:17:08,700 Unless it's supported by book chapter and verse in scripture 260 00:17:09,099 --> 00:17:11,700 and that is his thought and the message. 261 00:17:11,700 --> 00:17:14,099 We need to leave with people we have to play. 262 00:17:14,300 --> 00:17:17,800 Seized along the way. Give them food for thought and 263 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:23,200 my dear friends, listen, Matthew 21, 23 to 27 establishes, by 264 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,599 what Authority, and this little story. 265 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:30,400 And those few verses teach volumes of lessons that will 266 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,900 help people get committed to serving the lord. 267 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:37,200 And that's what it's all about. To make sure that our name is 268 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,700 really written in heaven. Well, you know, when you go down 269 00:17:39,700 --> 00:17:46,500 to John 8, verse 31, 32 Jesus, Preaching, one of his masterful 270 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:50,900 messages, he said in John 8:31-32. 271 00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:58,100 He said, if you continue in my word, Then are you my disciples? 272 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,600 And you shall know the truth and the truth shall set. 273 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:07,100 You free share with your friends, share with your family. 274 00:18:07,100 --> 00:18:11,000 Make sure you yield to the things that are true and you 275 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:16,800 will be saved. If if Jesus said if you continue 276 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:21,100 in my word then are you my disciples and you shall know the 277 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:25,100 truth and the truth shall set you free if they condition a 278 00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:28,800 word. And the condition that you 279 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:32,600 continue in my word, then you're my disciple and you will know 280 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:34,500 the truth and the truth will set you free. 281 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,600 My dear friends, you know, your life better than I do. 282 00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:40,500 You don't have to try to persuade me. 283 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:43,100 You're right, you need to know within yourself, you're right. 284 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:46,800 And you're right before God Almighty, and you can know that 285 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:51,600 if you continue following his word, if you continue in my 286 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:55,200 word, Jesus said, then you're my disciple. 287 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:59,800 Now, I'll tell you something. If you're not following his 288 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:03,200 word, you're not a faithful disciple. 289 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,400 Now that Might Sting but that is the truth. 290 00:19:09,100 --> 00:19:12,100 You there such a thing as the Bible talks about blotted out 291 00:19:12,100 --> 00:19:15,800 your name out of the Lamb's Book of Life, how terrible it would 292 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:20,000 be for you to have salvation in the palm of your hand. 293 00:19:20,100 --> 00:19:23,600 I wanted to let it just drift away and get away from you 294 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:28,100 because Satan is put something before you that you've chosen to 295 00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:32,300 yield to my new friends. Stay faithful to the end all the 296 00:19:32,300 --> 00:19:35,600 way to the end, eternal life. Your home. 297 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,700 Well, you know, as you continue to think, I don't want to follow 298 00:19:38,700 --> 00:19:42,000 men. You look at John 14 and verse 6 299 00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:44,500 and Jesus made it abundantly clear. 300 00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:51,200 No ifs, no ands, no buts. Jesus said in John 14 verse 6 at 301 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,200 this location. Speaking to his Apostles, he 302 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,600 said I want you to know, I am the way. 303 00:19:57,500 --> 00:20:03,500 I am the truth, I am the life. No man comes to the father but 304 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,900 by me Me. Wow, that's a powerful passage. 305 00:20:07,900 --> 00:20:13,900 I love John 14, John 15 and John 16 where Jesus is talking to his 306 00:20:13,900 --> 00:20:18,900 Apostles and he was really consoling them you know. 307 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:23,400 As a matter of fact if you take a look at John 14 verses 1 308 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,900 through 3. Those are the passengers you 309 00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:31,500 here at many or most funerals. And it's vital to haven't used 310 00:20:31,500 --> 00:20:36,500 had a funeral but the occasion that it was given with Jesus 311 00:20:36,500 --> 00:20:40,900 consoling, his Apostles about his departure, what Jesus said 312 00:20:40,900 --> 00:20:44,100 to them, let not your heart be troubled. 313 00:20:45,300 --> 00:20:50,000 Do you believe in God believe? Also in me in my father's house, 314 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,600 he said there are many mansions. If it were not so I would have 315 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:59,700 told you, I go to prepare your place and if I go, I will come 316 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:05,700 again that where I am there. You may be also Don't you know 317 00:21:05,700 --> 00:21:08,400 that automatically right off the bat? 318 00:21:10,300 --> 00:21:14,200 Relax, the apostles. They were very alarmed in that 319 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,400 kind of upset because Jesus and said I'm going to leave and 320 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:22,200 there's only very few verses that he said, I'm the way I am 321 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,700 the truth. I am the life you stay following 322 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:29,100 me and heaven will be your home and John 17. 323 00:21:29,100 --> 00:21:32,700 He prayed for those Apostles, I mentioned, I love reading John 324 00:21:32,700 --> 00:21:38,200 14, John 15, and John 16. Those are three chapters for the 325 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:42,200 Lord is consoling. His fossils about his departure 326 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:47,300 and then and John 17. He praised, he praised the 327 00:21:47,300 --> 00:21:50,500 mighty prayer and if many of your Bibles will have 328 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:56,200 subheadings Some version was say, Jesus prayed for himself. 329 00:21:57,300 --> 00:22:01,500 Geez, the pray for his current of disciple mean an apostle and 330 00:22:01,500 --> 00:22:06,000 then Jesus prayed for future Apostle, our future disciples 331 00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:09,800 but someone worded differently, but he, if you break that prayer 332 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,900 into three categories, he began for praying for himself. 333 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:17,300 He begins with O Father. Glorify, thou me with thine own 334 00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:22,200 self, which I had with thee before the world was Verse 5, 335 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:24,900 wow. Jesus said I'm ready to come 336 00:22:24,900 --> 00:22:26,900 home. Dad, I'm ready to come home. 337 00:22:26,900 --> 00:22:30,500 Father, I want to be with you. I wanted to be like he was 338 00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:34,900 between me and you before the world was I'm ready to come 339 00:22:34,900 --> 00:22:39,900 back. He was nearing his death and is 340 00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:45,000 ready. John 17 is truly The Lord's 341 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,700 Prayer. Many people like to go over to 342 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:53,400 Matthew 6, verse 9 through 13. Our Father, which art in heaven, 343 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:57,600 Hallowed, be thy name. Great passage of scripture and 344 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,200 they said, that's the Lord's Prayer. 345 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:03,700 And in school, I'm back in our days, in school back before you, 346 00:23:04,100 --> 00:23:06,300 you couldn't have a Bible and you couldn't have prayer. 347 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,100 We recited that prayer every morning. 348 00:23:10,300 --> 00:23:14,100 Stood up, we had to stand up beside our desk and we would 349 00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:17,400 recite that every morning and it wasn't a Christian School to the 350 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:22,500 puppet School. And then we would salute the 351 00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:26,400 flag, and that's just kind of a morning routine. 352 00:23:27,300 --> 00:23:31,200 My dear friends, listen times have changed, and you just can't 353 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:35,900 hardly do that anymore, not without some difficulty, but I 354 00:23:35,900 --> 00:23:37,800 love it. When I know that people are 355 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,700 still staying the course and talking to people about 356 00:23:41,700 --> 00:23:46,600 spiritual things. Well, in John 17 verse 20 and 21 357 00:23:47,100 --> 00:23:52,500 when Jesus was praying for The Apostle and fourteen fifteen 358 00:23:52,500 --> 00:23:56,200 sixteen, he spoke words of comfort and then pray to God 359 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,700 Almighty for his Apostles. He said I pray that you'll all 360 00:23:59,700 --> 00:24:04,100 be one as thou art with me. I want you to be one. 361 00:24:04,300 --> 00:24:07,400 He said I want my future disciple, the Hue. 362 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:12,400 And that is me that we're one that will tell you what a church 363 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:18,800 unified is priceless. Total Priceless a church in 364 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:23,300 constant disarray constant fussing and fighting and feuding 365 00:24:23,300 --> 00:24:26,400 and people mad at somebody for this, that of the other for 366 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,100 doing something or not doing something on and on it goes that 367 00:24:30,100 --> 00:24:33,200 can be disruptive to the growth and the maturity of a 368 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:38,200 congregation. Everybody get ahold of this now. 369 00:24:39,300 --> 00:24:42,900 Jesus, I pray that all the future decide would be one. 370 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,000 Just not the father and the son are one. 371 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,200 When tell you something, however, you whatever number you 372 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,800 place on your membership. However, number it is, that's 373 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,600 the number is great. I won't tell you sir, every 374 00:24:55,600 --> 00:25:01,300 member men and women, Boys and girls. 375 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,700 Everybody. It is their duty to promote 376 00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:13,500 peace and Harmony in the church. It takes everybody in the 377 00:25:13,500 --> 00:25:18,000 congregation to have the Oneness that Jesus talked about in John 378 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,000 17. And do you know what it takes on 379 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:26,200 a one person to file that up only one person, somebody got up 380 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,300 on the wrong side of the bed and they going to take it out on 381 00:25:28,300 --> 00:25:30,200 somebody else and and here they go. 382 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,800 Mouthing off and popping off and making somebody feel terrible. 383 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,900 And then you've dominoed one down to two and then it goes to 384 00:25:36,900 --> 00:25:40,600 3 to 4 and then people began to take sides and and he just 385 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:47,000 Begins to go downhill fast. It takes everybody to be 386 00:25:47,500 --> 00:25:52,700 peaceful and provide Harmony. One person is all it takes to 387 00:25:52,700 --> 00:25:57,800 create a division or problem. My friends, don't you ever dare 388 00:25:58,100 --> 00:26:02,100 become that one person? Keep your name written in the 389 00:26:02,108 --> 00:26:04,800 Book of Life. Keep your name written in heaven 390 00:26:04,900 --> 00:26:10,500 and make sure that you are not responsible for a problem Jesus. 391 00:26:10,500 --> 00:26:13,100 Pray that the Apostle will be one. 392 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,700 He prayed for future. Disciple would be one. 393 00:26:16,300 --> 00:26:19,300 Let's continue on here first rather than one of her sin. 394 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,800 Wow. And this passage of scripture, 395 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:28,300 the Apostle Paul is writing a troubled congregation The 396 00:26:28,300 --> 00:26:32,100 congregation a car rent. And before we thump on them too 397 00:26:32,100 --> 00:26:36,900 much, let us understand that church and car. 398 00:26:36,900 --> 00:26:40,200 Rent was a newly established congregation. 399 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:46,900 It was in a town of 600. Current thousand people over a 400 00:26:46,900 --> 00:26:49,900 half. A million people made up the 401 00:26:49,900 --> 00:26:52,800 city of car rent. And there are a bunch of 402 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,100 different cultures within that, but they didn't have not have a 403 00:26:56,100 --> 00:26:59,000 church that did not have a faith for congregation. 404 00:26:59,100 --> 00:27:02,200 And what Paul said, I'm a rotten heart of there and I'm going to 405 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,900 stab his church, they need the Lord. 406 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:11,300 And the first Trend in chapter 1, after Paul had established, 407 00:27:11,300 --> 00:27:15,300 this great work, you can read about that in Acts 18, we're not 408 00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:19,200 take the time to do that right now, they wrote them a letter 409 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,100 and there was division in the grouping. 410 00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:23,200 There's much. I can preach about First 411 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:24,600 Corinthians. What would you can? 412 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:29,600 Look at verse 10. if you're with me first thing the 110 this is a 413 00:27:29,608 --> 00:27:36,100 powerful passage now I beseech you therefore brethren In the 414 00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:39,900 name of the Lord, Jesus Christ that you all speak, the same 415 00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:43,600 thing. Get a hold of that same thing, 416 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:49,200 and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be 417 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:53,600 perfectly joined together and the same mind and in the same 418 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,400 judgment. Now, if you write in your Bible, 419 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:00,800 you might want to underline the same thing. 420 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:07,300 Underline, no division. Underlying perfectly joined 421 00:28:07,300 --> 00:28:11,300 together. Underlying saying, mind 422 00:28:11,500 --> 00:28:15,200 underlying science saying judgment, that one verse is 423 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,200 power packed. It really helps us to 424 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,500 understand. This is what the Lord's will is. 425 00:28:22,100 --> 00:28:26,000 It takes effort, genuine effort, it takes love and commitment to 426 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:30,100 the Lord to do that and then all throughout First Corinthians. 427 00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:34,000 You know, First Corinthian is One of the most practical books 428 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,500 of the New Testament. Really first strengthen, and 429 00:28:36,500 --> 00:28:40,300 James are considered to be the most to to most practical verse 430 00:28:40,300 --> 00:28:42,200 in the Bible. It does your problem and a 431 00:28:42,208 --> 00:28:45,100 solution, problem and solution. All the way through 1st 432 00:28:45,100 --> 00:28:47,000 Corinthians problem and solution. 433 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:50,000 And it's wonderful, but and preach out of is either. 434 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,600 But to breach out of I've held gospel meeting where every 435 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:57,000 sermon wasn't first strengths and where you went, you know, 436 00:28:57,100 --> 00:29:00,500 situation by situation and learn what we could. 437 00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:03,700 And reminded that a problem here with their solution. 438 00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:09,600 If we have that problem, we need the same solution Today, in 439 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,900 order to fulfill that prayer that Jesus, pray, we need to be 440 00:29:12,900 --> 00:29:15,100 of the same mind. The same Accord, the same 441 00:29:15,100 --> 00:29:17,900 judgment, and we need to really follow that now. 442 00:29:17,900 --> 00:29:23,700 Second Corinthians 13 and verse 5, the Apostle Paul wrote The 443 00:29:23,700 --> 00:29:28,400 Church of Corinth. First Corinthians, 16 chapters 444 00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:34,200 second Corinthians, 13 chapter. That's 29 chapters. 445 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,700 He wrote to the Church of car rent. 446 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:40,600 Now these letters were separate for shrimp is Sacrament. 447 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:42,800 The mm by the wasn't long after he wrote. 448 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:44,800 First one that wrote the second one. 449 00:29:46,100 --> 00:29:49,500 But he said in Chapter 13 Verse 5, which is the very last 450 00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:53,500 chapter of sankranthi and he said, examine yourselves, 451 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:58,800 whether ye be in the faith, prove yourself know yourself how 452 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:02,600 Jesus Christ is in you, except you be reprobate. 453 00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:08,300 The word reprobate, simply means unable to stand or passed the 454 00:30:08,300 --> 00:30:11,300 test. Examine yourself. 455 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:16,800 Prepare yourself, know yourself. Listen, you've got to examine 456 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:22,400 yourself and know yourself, prove yourself OPP, just get all 457 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:24,700 wrinkled up. She's anyway, you got to prove 458 00:30:24,700 --> 00:30:26,200 yourself. People. 459 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,200 Don't like that. But, you know what? 460 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:32,000 The Bible talks about that you need to take an inventory of 461 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,300 your life. Examine it. 462 00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:37,700 Prove it and know yourself. You know what before you can 463 00:30:37,700 --> 00:30:39,600 really ever really know yourself. 464 00:30:39,700 --> 00:30:42,100 Self. You've got exactly himself and 465 00:30:42,100 --> 00:30:44,200 prove yourself. Then you can really know 466 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,200 yourself. All right. 467 00:30:47,100 --> 00:30:50,900 Second, Peter 2, verse 1. Now we can turn to a another 468 00:30:50,900 --> 00:30:53,800 thought of what happens. When people follow men. 469 00:30:54,500 --> 00:30:58,200 Let's look at second Peter 2 1 and then when go to First Char 470 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:03,400 and 4 verse 1 and revelation 22 and I want to just simply show 471 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:08,200 you that the Lord addressed the fact that he was fully aware of 472 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:12,200 the fact and second They're 21. They're be false prophets out 473 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,500 there, he was. So, there should be false 474 00:31:14,500 --> 00:31:17,300 teachers among you second, Peter, 2 wine. 475 00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:23,100 And in first sign for one there to be false Spirits out there 476 00:31:23,300 --> 00:31:27,600 and revelation 22 verse 2. There will be false Apostles, 477 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:33,100 even during the day of the writing of John, he said to the 478 00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:36,600 church at Ephesus, there's false apostles who claim to be 479 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:41,800 Apostles that or not. And found those men to be Liars. 480 00:31:42,500 --> 00:31:45,800 My dear friends, you've got to stand up and be firm. 481 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:49,800 You've got to stand up and get a dust at the Lord, however, 482 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:54,000 rugged or however, a smooth, a person, maybe and explaining 483 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,300 whatever they want to explain you. 484 00:31:56,300 --> 00:31:59,200 Put you compare to book chapter verse in the Bible. 485 00:31:59,900 --> 00:32:01,800 I love it. When people ask me, why don't 486 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:05,900 you do this a lot to say, well, because of the authority given 487 00:32:05,900 --> 00:32:09,300 to us by the Lord. And it's from Heaven is not from 488 00:32:09,300 --> 00:32:11,300 man. Man, I love taking them right 489 00:32:11,300 --> 00:32:14,800 back to Matthew 21, many question. 490 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:19,800 I believe I could say most questions, people asked, I would 491 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,900 go to Matthew 21 and let's turn over here. 492 00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:25,600 Let me show you. You go to Matthew 21 and 493 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:29,000 established by what Authority and who gave you this Authority. 494 00:32:29,100 --> 00:32:32,400 I've got several lessons that when I'm preaching on 495 00:32:32,500 --> 00:32:36,800 establishing Bible Authority and such like I'm a began here but 496 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:40,800 then I take off down another path and and Can you own show on 497 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,500 the importance of scripture but that's not what this meeting is 498 00:32:44,500 --> 00:32:48,000 designed to do and so tonight will be the only lesson on that. 499 00:32:49,900 --> 00:32:54,700 Well where do people go? If they don't follow Heaven, 500 00:32:54,900 --> 00:32:58,500 that is God. And Jesus, and they go to 501 00:32:58,500 --> 00:33:03,000 following man. Many people say, well let all of 502 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,200 that. My current just be my God. 503 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,900 All right, look at that. 23 verse. 504 00:33:09,900 --> 00:33:13,900 Okay, let's take a look at that because what people say today, 505 00:33:13,900 --> 00:33:15,400 you've heard it, you've heard it. 506 00:33:15,700 --> 00:33:18,500 Most of you've all heard it. If you've been involved in 507 00:33:18,500 --> 00:33:20,800 personal work at all, you've heard it. 508 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:23,500 People saying we'll listen it doesn't hurt my conscience at 509 00:33:23,500 --> 00:33:27,300 all or do this or do that. The Apostle, Paul wrote these 510 00:33:27,300 --> 00:33:33,900 words and Paul lagrone heard about Paul I should say and Paul 511 00:33:33,900 --> 00:33:37,600 earnestly at 23, verse one right here. 512 00:33:37,700 --> 00:33:44,000 Here that's 23 verse 1 and Paul earnestly beholding the capsule. 513 00:33:44,300 --> 00:33:47,500 He said men and Brethren. I have lived in all good 514 00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:50,600 conscience before God until this day. 515 00:33:51,700 --> 00:33:56,300 Wow, if you take time to read out 23, you see Paul standing 516 00:33:56,300 --> 00:33:58,900 before the council defending himself. 517 00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:02,400 He said, I want you to know I've lived in all good conscience but 518 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,800 he's going to betray him to them how he has sinned. 519 00:34:07,300 --> 00:34:09,199 How he was wrong. Listen. 520 00:34:09,300 --> 00:34:14,199 Just because something does not bother your conscience does not 521 00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:19,199 mean it's okay. It doesn't mean that at all, you 522 00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:21,500 know why, the Bible talks about it? 523 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:25,600 And first 10242 that people can have their conscience seared 524 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:29,300 with a hot iron Them tell you something. 525 00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:33,699 Now, this is very pointed, very direct but I'm going to say it 526 00:34:33,699 --> 00:34:38,000 because this needs to be heard and you need to be reminded of 527 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,900 this. I'm sure you've heard it before, 528 00:34:40,199 --> 00:34:44,000 but you need to be reminded of this and I do too, if you commit 529 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,800 a sin, whatever that sin is something you say, something you 530 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:52,400 do places, you go, whatever the sin is the first time you do it. 531 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,199 I mean, they just all managers hurt your conscious and 532 00:34:55,300 --> 00:34:59,000 something terribly. But the next time it's not quite 533 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:02,100 as bad, the third time, not near as bad, and that's saying the 534 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:04,100 new. I could commit that sin and it 535 00:35:04,100 --> 00:35:08,300 doesn't bother me anymore. That's when you get really 536 00:35:08,300 --> 00:35:12,400 scared. Because I can commit sin, I can 537 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,500 lie and they don't bother me anymore. 538 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,100 I can be immoral and that doesn't bother me anymore 539 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:23,200 because I've done it so much. Whenever you get to the point 540 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:27,500 that you commit sin and it doesn't bother you anymore. 541 00:35:27,700 --> 00:35:30,400 My dear friends, you better get your ducks in order. 542 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:37,600 Are you going to go to hell? It is a problem and it's a 543 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:39,300 problem. We've got to come to grips with 544 00:35:40,100 --> 00:35:43,200 just two called the death of all that your conscious doesn't mean 545 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:48,200 God has said, oh good boy a good girl, know if you can commit a 546 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:52,700 sin and it doesn't bother you. You've got to stand up, and let 547 00:35:52,700 --> 00:35:55,500 the devil know you're not going to take me to hell. 548 00:35:55,700 --> 00:35:58,800 I'm going to follow Jesus and I want to repent of my sin. 549 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,200 I'm going to confess my faults and I'm going to have prayer. 550 00:36:02,300 --> 00:36:05,400 I'm a member of the family of God, I want my name right back. 551 00:36:05,500 --> 00:36:09,100 I can Outlast bugs of life. I want my name written in heaven 552 00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:10,700 and I'm going to turn my back on. 553 00:36:10,700 --> 00:36:13,000 Satan. I'm turn my back on sin. 554 00:36:13,100 --> 00:36:18,800 I'm turning my back on evil and I'm going to press on So, I 555 00:36:18,808 --> 00:36:23,300 asked if you examine yourself, like we've already read and make 556 00:36:23,300 --> 00:36:26,000 sure you don't have sin in your life that you think. 557 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,200 I'm just going to pretend it's not there. 558 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,400 No, no. You got to get rid of it, get 559 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:34,100 rid of it. Okay, some people. 560 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:37,600 So, I want to just follow the religion, my forefathers, my 561 00:36:37,700 --> 00:36:40,500 parents, my grandparents, my great-grandparents and whoever 562 00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:45,300 You know, the Apostle Paul laid out so abundantly, clear and 563 00:36:45,300 --> 00:36:48,800 Jesus. Did Jesus said in John Ford, 23 564 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:52,800 and 24. Paul did, and Galatians 1 and 14 565 00:36:52,900 --> 00:36:57,900 showing the other religion of your forefathers is okay, if it 566 00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:02,300 was okay, but if it was not okay, you got to make a change 567 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:07,500 when Paul and Grayson 114, he talked about how the religion of 568 00:37:07,500 --> 00:37:13,600 his forefathers, what he was doing Paul was not intending to 569 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:17,700 be mean spirited when they put Steve in the death or assisted 570 00:37:17,700 --> 00:37:20,800 in that, that's the first record we have a Paul. 571 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,900 He was known as Saul acts 7 + 58. 572 00:37:23,900 --> 00:37:27,400 When they were stoning Stephen to death, they laid their coats 573 00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:32,300 out of young man's feet back. 758 whose name was Saul. 574 00:37:32,700 --> 00:37:35,300 That's the first time we find him, mentioned in the New 575 00:37:35,300 --> 00:37:37,500 Testament. That's all later. 576 00:37:37,500 --> 00:37:40,800 Became the Apostle Paul and he said he's, I've lived in all 577 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,400 Good conscience before God until this day. 578 00:37:45,100 --> 00:37:49,600 But once he saw the light, literally saw the light and Acts 579 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:53,000 chapter 9, or did he ever make a change? 580 00:37:53,900 --> 00:37:57,400 And he was so quick to say, Lord, what we have me to do. 581 00:37:58,700 --> 00:38:03,300 He was ready not to follow the religion of it for fathers by 582 00:38:03,300 --> 00:38:10,500 default of God. I want you to know today, you 583 00:38:10,500 --> 00:38:14,000 need to believe what you believe because you know the Bible 584 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:19,700 teaches that Be thankful to your father in Heaven. 585 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:25,600 If you were raised in a Christian home, someone took the 586 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:29,800 introducing you to tell you the truth of the young person and 587 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:35,200 you obey the gospel. Stay the course to you and our 588 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:39,800 assembly who are first generation Christians. 589 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:45,600 And by that I mean your parents and your grandparents and maybe 590 00:38:45,700 --> 00:38:48,300 Aunts Uncles, nieces and nephew. They're not members of the 591 00:38:48,300 --> 00:38:51,900 Lord's church but you are congratulations. 592 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:56,600 You've taken a difficult path but you where you ought to be in 593 00:38:56,600 --> 00:39:00,900 the Lord's Church. And he's done, always easy 594 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:05,100 because your family may want to go do this or do that. 595 00:39:05,100 --> 00:39:08,400 You said well I can but I'll be home before on be home for the 596 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,800 Lord, stay on to be home for worship. 597 00:39:12,500 --> 00:39:16,000 You can always follow the religion of your family, is the 598 00:39:16,008 --> 00:39:20,900 religion of your family strong. Paul was Paul, the Apostle was 599 00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:25,000 an educated man. He was so educating. 600 00:39:25,700 --> 00:39:28,800 He was educated under doctor Gamaliel, who the doctor of the 601 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:32,700 law? But he was a wise man. 602 00:39:33,300 --> 00:39:37,300 And when he found out his wrong, he saw quick ways to change 603 00:39:37,300 --> 00:39:40,500 that. The religion, the majority old 604 00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:42,600 man. That's what some people want. 605 00:39:42,700 --> 00:39:47,700 Especially if their business medical doctors, I've heard 606 00:39:47,700 --> 00:39:51,100 medical doctor said, well, I go to the church Downtown, you 607 00:39:51,100 --> 00:39:54,900 know, the big whatever XYZ church because that's where the 608 00:39:54,900 --> 00:39:58,200 business is. He can draw businesses way. 609 00:39:59,100 --> 00:40:03,400 We had one telling us that before, that's why I go there. 610 00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:07,600 Jesus let me make known just cause majorities do. 611 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:12,000 It does not make it right. Most people be lost. 612 00:40:12,100 --> 00:40:16,400 Few people be saved, Matthew 7:13 and 14. 613 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:20,800 Oh many people follow Creed books, and catechisms and other 614 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:26,200 writings of, man. I don't follow who rises from 615 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:30,700 God. In Matthew 15 verse 9. 616 00:40:31,100 --> 00:40:37,200 In Colossians 2 verse 21 in Isaiah 55, verse 8, and verse 9. 617 00:40:37,300 --> 00:40:40,800 It teaches you that. Any other writers is not in the 618 00:40:40,808 --> 00:40:45,200 writings of God. Touch not taste not handle or 619 00:40:45,207 --> 00:40:49,000 not. Isaiah said my thoughts are not 620 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,000 your thoughts. Neither are your ways. 621 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,300 My ways saith the Lord as the heavens are higher than the 622 00:40:54,300 --> 00:40:56,400 earth. So are my ways higher than your 623 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:58,600 ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. 624 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,600 Don't follow man, that's your deal. 625 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:05,500 Do not follow man. Feel free to always ask. 626 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,200 Whoever the brother is is teaching. 627 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,700 You know, if there's some point that's made that you have never 628 00:41:11,700 --> 00:41:14,000 heard before or you want to think about About. 629 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,300 After the book chapter verse and make sure you stay true to the 630 00:41:17,300 --> 00:41:19,600 scriptures. We're establishing. 631 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,700 What is the authority Who Came From Above? 632 00:41:22,700 --> 00:41:27,200 Jesus Christ, is the solution. You remember that question and 633 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:31,300 are attached by what Authority do you do these things and who 634 00:41:31,300 --> 00:41:35,400 gave you that authority? Jesus said in Matthew 28 and 18. 635 00:41:36,700 --> 00:41:40,500 All authority is given to me in heaven and in Earth. 636 00:41:41,700 --> 00:41:44,800 That wasn't hard for the Lord of answered, but he knew at that 637 00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,000 moment, he needed to take a different approach. 638 00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:52,400 John 12:48 the words that I have spoken, they're going to judge 639 00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:56,900 you in the last day, you know, in your Bible. 640 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:04,800 Read it study it obey, it being a student of the word. 641 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,300 You may just read a few verses each day. 642 00:42:07,500 --> 00:42:12,000 But met at the Bible says, meditate upon them because in 643 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:17,700 the final day, we're going to be judged was written in this book. 644 00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:20,600 We're going to be judged by that, and if your name is 645 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,800 written, in the Lamb's Book of Life, if your name is written in 646 00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:29,000 heaven, it's because you've obey this word, if you Nah baby, it's 647 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:32,600 not there. I ask you today. 648 00:42:32,700 --> 00:42:36,200 Please consider your Eternal Soul of where you are. 649 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:41,700 Are you ready to meet your maker if today were then to the world 650 00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,600 would Heaven be your home of Jesus? 651 00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:49,000 Say to you, I'm sorry, but the part, I don't know. 652 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:52,200 You depart for me. I've never known you. 653 00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:59,900 Oh, how sad of Warriors that is. But on the flip side well done 654 00:43:00,300 --> 00:43:04,500 thou good and faithful servant you've been wise over a few 655 00:43:04,500 --> 00:43:07,000 things and I'll make you ruler over many things. 656 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,100 Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. 657 00:43:09,700 --> 00:43:11,800 I love that. But let me tell you what? 658 00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:14,200 Well done, thou good and faithful servant. 659 00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:17,400 The only way to ever hear that. It should be a good and faithful 660 00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:20,100 servant. It's overweight ever hear it? 661 00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:21,600 You're never hear. Jesus. 662 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:24,100 Say, well, he's a good old boy. Go ahead and say it. 663 00:43:24,100 --> 00:43:29,200 No, no, you've got to be good and faithful to stay in the 664 00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:31,600 Lamb's Book of Life. If you're ready to meet your 665 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:33,900 maker, God bless you. And if you're not get right 666 00:43:33,900 --> 00:43:36,400 tonight, you've heard the word today. 667 00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:38,900 Believe it. Repent of your sin to confess a 668 00:43:38,900 --> 00:43:41,900 beautiful name of Jesus. I believe that Jesus Christ is 669 00:43:41,908 --> 00:43:44,500 the Son of God. Be buried in baptism, washes 670 00:43:44,500 --> 00:43:47,300 away, your sins. The Lord added to the church 671 00:43:47,300 --> 00:43:52,300 daily, such as should be saved. 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