Morning everybody. It's good to see everyone here
this morning and it's good to be here this morning, telling one,
brother this morning. I can't remember not coming to
Bakersfield. I was raised in LA and we always
either stop by here in the way up North.
The, we came here to see somebody and little bitty guy.
I remember coming here, told him I had my first hayride here, I'm
a city boy first hayride at dwell on Nancy's place when I
was a kid. So thank you for the memories
and thank you for being the good people that you.
Are you able to do those things for us?
We pray. That continues.
This morning, I'm going to have little baseball theme.
Hope that's okay. Call the Dream Team.
When I was a kid, I used to always like to follow baseball
up closer than I do. Now had baseball cards and
everything and even adults like to see how they get two teams
together, the beginning of the year.
How do you start picking folks, getting rid of folks doing those
kinds of things and every organization has her different
priorities. Christy all want to be in the
World Series every team does. That's what they're trying to
do. But are there batting averages
the PG&E Ras? All those different things and
every team us to recruit the best team.
They could have the Dream Team. I got to thinking about my dream
team. If I had a baseball team at
Dream Team, what would it be? The names of my team would
probably be different to some of the younger people here, names?
You had not recognized Maury Wills, people like that, that
are older folks, but in my day were very good, but you might
have a dream team. You might think about, not
follow this kinds of things, there's a player and went to
Fresno State. This alumni there, that I follow
him. Pretty close.
He's not on my favorite team, but I follow him because he'd be
one. That would be on my dream team.
Well, the second thing I think about We also thought about that
when I was working at the shop, I worked at a body shop for many
years. And then when the first idea,
first came up about a dream team was, when I was in the shop,
we're having some problems, some employees.
Some employers who just really didn't care.
They didn't like their trade. It's almost like we got by five
in spite of some of these people than be rather than, because of
these people in the shop. Got think what?
How much my coworkers are really light.
We sat down one day and thought about a dream team.
How would you like to have a dream team in the shop?
How much we could get done in the shop?
We had the right folks. Here you're talking about some
of our instructors from the trade schools.
We went to some of the painters who we knew some of these other
folks. Some of the guys that were
really good be encountered you know they could come and they're
just really make a really nice efficient shot.
Get quality work done. We used to wonder about that
their go home thinking about this some days.
I really wish we had some of these guys here so you guys we
have working with here just not You can say in they're not
really adequate. Some are good Craftsman, but
they just really weren't going to employees, you might say, but
in spite of everything, when I retired, many of them were still
there and they were still being inefficient, never still not
putting out as much as we should have always kept that in mind, a
dream. See how much it would have been
along with those thoughts also came Jesus?
When he prayed some time for some folks, one time he prayed
all night before he chose some people.
Luke records. Jesus been an entire night in
prayer before he chose the Twelve Disciples in Luke chapter
chapter 6. Verses 12 through 16, the Bible
says this, can it pass in those days?
Is he went out into a mountain to pray.
It continued all night in prayer to God, I wouldn't with stay he
called them to his disciples. The me.
Chose twelve whom also he named Apostles Simon.
Movie. Whom he also named Peter and
Andrew, his brother, James, and John, Philip, Bartholomew,
Matthew, and Thomas James, the son of alphaeus and Simon is
lotus. And Judas, the brother of James
and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
He's been all night in prayer before he chose these 12 people.
If you're to have a perfect sport, seemed a perfect
workplace. You might see a perfect
congregation congregation is the same way.
We sometimes wish we had different people, don't we,
which would be had more efficient people.
We wish these things. Look at each other, the same way
sometimes, even though we shouldn't, but we do, but think
about this, if you want to have a perfect church and people are
going to give the instructions, like the Great Commission did,
remember what Jesus told these people in Matthew, 28:19-20
going there for? And teach All Nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, the Son of the Holy Ghost,
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever.
I have commanded you and lo I am with you even all the way into
the end of the world. He prayed all night and the
people who prayed for, we're going to take this right here
when he left this Earth and never again, spread the gospel
throughout the world. What they did is because that's
what we have the church today because they were efficient Look
at what Jesus got, Luke. He had to deal with.
We're going to look at these guys real quick.
I think if we have sports cards needs guys, what would they say?
They would be empty. We know how the world looks at
things. This is wonder, he's 12 could be
an answer to any prayer. The Son of God prayed all night
and he got these 12, people is included included, a trailer,
which was Judas, Peter and impulsive person and sometimes a
hothead. You might say, who once was told
that Satan had a hold on him in Matthew. 8, + 33, the Bible,
says Peter reboot. Jesus Jesus said, get thee with,
get thee behind me, Satan So here you have a fellow here has
Satan following him around, trying to get him to go his way.
You see what happened? Then that Jesus was teaching
Garden would be. He was crucified then.
I've was crucified. Matthew the tax collector, whose
career is not. The most honest respected.
You wouldn't have good, attend your house.
That's beep of IRS over for dinner.
Invite some of the folks. See how many show up It's have a
Matthew. Did he had a nephews?
He catches over his house for dinner.
After you met Jesus, guess who came all those kinds of folks,
There are also a few fishermen are not usually known for their
scholarly credentials, Peter and Andrew they weren't really
Scholars, like Paul was were they really weren't that way.
A lot of the others you occupations and most of the
history is not even known. The way the world looks at the
be bunch of nobodies, that wouldn't be the people you would
choose. You're going to choose the world
as you choose 12 people right now to spread the gospel.
It wouldn't be a bunch of nobodies.
They'd be credentials or beanie, all kinds of different folks,
but that's not the way. Jesus looks at it.
If I, we've been given these 12, learn responsibility, there are
going to have I would have been worried.
Look at the backgrounds of who they were of all the people
available at that day and time, that Jesus could be used to
spread the gospel when he prayed.
He got these 12 as he lesson to all of us.
The Great Commission was to be in their shoulders.
It's you might say a bunch of minor Leaguers put in the major
leagues. That's kind of what it was but
you Benchwarmers putting the playing field but you know
that's that's the way it is. So we deal with inadequacy, you
know that's the others being up here.
I'm before preacher Frankie I'm a format these other people and
I'm just a retired blue-collar guy, you know but I'm doing my
best because that's what these people did.
These people did their best and look what happened just left the
responsibilities friending gospel to where it was left up
to these guys. And to me, that's the so
amazing. That's why I love the story
following these people. What they turned into this
should be a lesson to us. The Lord does not look at things
like we do. First Samuel, 16:7, the Bible
says, this is speaking of, when David was chosen to be Keen, but
the Lord said unto Samuel, look not on his countenance or on the
height of his stature because I refused him.
The Lord seeth, not as man seeth from, and look at the outward
appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Remember what they've done. They take all the Davis brothers
from paraded him before the prophet, because he was going to
anoint the king, their prey to all of them, except for the Runt
of the litter you might say except for David, he was
tending, the Sheep, they never dreamed it would be David.
But it was not as man seated. Finally, we got all diocese or
any more Sons, the way I got one over there, bring him and he was
to be the king, not as men looked at it.
They all thought the king would be like, this brother are like
this brother like this brother, that's not the way God looked at
it, all. That's why it says that first
Samuel 16 verse 7, we needed to save thing.
Jesus did the same thing when he got those twelve who looked like
Jesus does because he sees the heart.
He's who we really are. We see, we come here, we try to
be creative. It's good to each other.
We are it compassionate folks. Good Christian folks but Jesus
sees us away from here. He's is who we really are.
That's when you remember that. Cuz he did with these folks.
The ones that might not fit in. they did, they fit in exactly
right with Jesus wanted them to This always remember to view the
world has Jesus does not as the world does not this influence
that that's much this day and time.
The fluence of the world is a scary thing, but we have so much
information, fun of us. A lot of his faults, we have it.
All. There is really, really hard
that influence not to enter into our families, our personal lives
and even in the church since we have to just remember and do a
timeout take. Okay.
We need to stop and think stop and think just Take your time
out. Stop and think about where the
world is influencing your life where it might even squeeze into
the church. Your family think about those
things and be very careful. Look at things like Jesus would
look at things, like the world looks at things.
That's very, very important based on our day and time the
highest have the eyes of Jesus because world of politics would
have religion were to Hollywood and Gates and Buffett.
All these things they can influence us.
They can carry over sudden when we don't even Realize it because
it's so slow. But to be so careful, look at
things like. Jesus did not like the people
did when they were picking the king, the good things like
Godless There's an old saying that says you won't be judged
by. How intelligent or how
knowledgeable You Are by how well you will be.
The Bible says you be known by your works.
I'll bet you did. Think about that, God looks at
things. Much differently.
Not just knowledge intelligence by how well you obeyed the
fisherman. He chose think about that.
They weren't Scholars, were they?
It was a really good group of folks, here.
Good group of folks at home. It's refreshing to look out and
see the good group of folks. We have here we have at home
makes me feel good about the future of the church.
A lot of possibilities, you know, got Frankie working for
you. Here we got shot, he come to
force, a clovis, trying to work on these things really, really
hard. It's refreshing after flushing,
so we're going to use this, but we can't let Satan get in the
way. We just can't do that as he was
with Peter calling Peter. You think we're immune the, he's
Not following us like he was Peter be very very careful.
We all should be doing our best well in 3D wedges.
If anything happened to the world to prevent us from doing
these things. The apostles, these mid
12-member throwing, all kinds of things, run out of you, follow
their lives. You follow throughout the Book
of Acts. What they did?
You follow things with your, they're all kinds of things were
thrown at them, but they rebuked everything.
They had a tough time, did they? Yes, they did.
They had a real tough time, but did they do it yet?
The Satan try to get on way to progress.
She sure did But they still strove on and they strove on and
they strove on this work, we need to do it's amazing to me
what these men did. Because they did what they did.
Look how things turned out. This mismatch of common men
miss, you turned into fantastic leaders.
They were amazing men, but we have to remember too that they
weren't perfect. So now the acted just like, some
of us do they disagree? They had little spats.
It did those things. Matthew chapter 22 was
discussion about placing the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew chapter 20 verses 20 through 24.
The Bible says this, this is The Human Side of them.
The game behind the mother of zebedee's children with her
son's worshipping him and Desiring, a certain thing of
him. And he said, unto her, What?
Wilt thou? She said to him, grant that
these, my two sons me, sit the one on the right hand the other
on the left and the kingdom. Jesus answered and said, you
know, not what ye ask, are you able to drink of the cup that I
shall drink of and to be baptized with the baptism that I
am baptized with this. And then we are able.
He said to them, you shall indeed drink of my cup and be
baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with but to sit on
my My right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but it
shall be given to them. For whom is prepared for by
prepared of my father with ten heard it, they were moved with
indignation against the to Brethren You know, I visas.
They were displeased here, they had a discussion and they agreed
with currently. All of them are involved, And
the others were upset because they might get it just like us,
little difference, the human element of it there.
Yes, milk. So many today.
But what about me? What about me?
They're going to get it. What about me?
This. Like today we need to be very
careful about these things. Where the human?
Yes, did you overcome these things?
Yes they did. They got over these things
because he worked for Superior cause they came what they
overcame the incidentals for the important.
They learn to separate the sheep from the goats no more forget
when I was younger. I lied signs, the signs of
maturity, I learned this, I'll never forget it.
I used to worship the congregation Rose Hollywood, it
was a tree out front. Some brother liked and some
brother. And didn't one brother came and
trim that tree. And really didn't do a good job
of it. I remember that.
So, my other brother like the tree, he kind of got upset 84
doing it without talking to the brother and then not a conflict.
It had very heated discussion in might say about the who do that
future. The next Sunday, there was some
church issues. It's amazing to me how those
brother all of a sudden on the same page, but the serious
Church issues the tree. Yeah, they're upset about the
tree but they're like, that's, that's the tree.
But this is the church. This is different.
I never forget that as long as the sign of maturity, to be able
to separate things, from what happens to the trivial in your
lives. You might say or the small
things, the things that are really, really important effect.
The salvations of folks, the fact that family lives of folks,
Effective spiritual aspect of your lives, very important.
We understand those thing. Be able to separate one preacher
said that sheeps and goats. So it's really really important.
Realize what's really, really important trimming the tree.
Yeah, we can get over that. But this is what's really
important over here. I realized that I would remember
that is done be good. Through the years, you've looked
through the New Testament, the story, these men through acts.
You'll see, they went through these kinds of things and this
little things the same way they realized what was really
important. What's not?
And he tried to teach that. And your relationship,
everything. This lesson we have to also have
to learn to work with what we have that's hard to do some
time. But you really might be
surprised working with what you have.
So you don't know what it's going to turn into the also be
careful about swimming things about other people because
they're did this they're going to be like this, you think?
Because one thing that did they're going to be like the all
the time, be very careful about so many things about other
people because that's a very dangerous area to be explain why
in just a few minutes. For get to that.
I want to say one more another part here.
That's how much salt about with these 12, you ever think how
they felt when Judas betrayed them and betrayed Christ.
How they felt when he did that they've been together.
Obviously he had tricked him too because he wants to suspect any
of them. Judas was good.
He was slick. Think about the behavior of The
Garden of Gethsemane. What happened, if the Garden of
Gethsemane, they were in shock, all what happened?
Fact it says Iran. Shocked us astonishment,
depression, and fear. I have written down here.
We talked about Peter being the wonderful cook them, but let's
read this. Matthew chapter 26, verses 55.
And 56 of Bible says this the same, our Jesus said unto the
multitudes, it's when they coming to get them are you
coming out against as a are you come out as against a thief with
swords and staves for to take me a dataset with you teaching in
the temple and you lay your hand on me.
But all this was done that the scriptures of the prophets Might
be fulfilled, then all the disciples forsook him and fled.
As soon as Peter was it. That happened.
And the next stage, you just did after that, Judas killed
himself. The next day, Jesus was dead.
This all happened so fast doing. Jesus, remember they were at the
asking who beat this Kingdom sitting right hand?
The left hand of Jesus and not long after that.
Here. All of a sudden you have a woman
betrayed them, that person committed suicide.
Jesus Is Dead real quick. Let me take him like now what's
next? Their world was falling.
Apart is collapsing, just like what happened?
All the promises other things that Jesus said what happened,
all those, as many people today. They don't, they didn't get it
yet. When you complete a, don't get
it yet. There's a hint of this in the
store and the road to Emmaus. Now, Luke chapter 14, Luke 24,
excuse me, Luke 24. We're going to start reading in
verse 13. Bible says, is remember, this is
after these things happen. This is how some of these folks
felt it says, and behold the two of them, with the same way to a
village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore
furlongs and they taught together all talk together of
all these things which had happened came to pass that while
the commune together and reasoned Jesus himself Drew near
and went with him. But their eyes were holding that
they should not know him. And he said unto them, what
manner of communications are these that ye have one to
another as you walk and are sad. But one of them whose name is
cleopas. Answering said unto him art the
only a stranger in Jerusalem and has not known the things which
are come to pass their and these days, he said to them, what
things they said unto him concerning Jesus of Nazareth,
which was a prophet Mighty in deed and word before God, and
all the people and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered
him to be condemned to death. Have crucified him, but we
trusted that it had been, he who should have redeemed, Israel.
He said all this today is the third day since these things
were done. Yay.
In a certain women also of our company made its astonished
which early at the Sepulchre when he found not his body, they
came saying that they had seen a vision.
They also seen a vision of angels And said that he was
alive at certain of them. Which are with us once it's up
liquor and found it even. So as women had said but him,
they saw not need that. He said unto them o fools, slow
of heart to believe and all of the prophets have spoken.
I'm not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into
his glory and beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he
expounded unto them and all the scriptures, the things
concerning himself, they had that doubt the world's falling
apart. What?
Now you see supposed to happen, it They're confused and puzzles.
What to do next? It happened so fast, but what
did they do? It wasn't very long.
The overcame would it be ever overcame the overcame and they
rebounded, This is many other folks did Abraham and Isaac
Abraham was asked to kill the son.
Think about where he went after that.
Think about Job Jonah, David Moses think my inadequacies I
took it less than ni cohesive story of Moses when he felt, he
wasn't good enough. He contributed God God's.
I want you to do is to go the people with whom either.
Get listen to me. He went on and on and on
everything that Moses had a complaint about God had it.
Rebound to know there's Moses you have no excuse, you feel,
you're not a good but you can do it.
Well I can't do because of this or God would give them a reason
I can't do. Because of this God would give
them a reason. And you feel you're inadequate,
go read the story of Moses, how he really felt.
I want. God told him, send me these
guys. Would Jesus died.
How they feel? They really get it all yet, they
did soon after. But the time they didn't, Listen
for us when my world is collapsing.
Hang in there. Don't give up.
Don't leave to go back and go to fishing and repeat. 100 did they
went back and they went fishing but they come.
They came back from that didn't make it.
When they books, these folks realize that Jesus was still
with them. He reassured them and acts. 1:3
says, when he came back, he spent 40 days with him when he
came back, he thought would have had someone come back from the
dead but he's guys Road to Mass. Later on after that Jesus
revealed himself to them, and they knew who it was here.
Jesus said, spent 40 days with them.
When they see that / preparation did a lot.
That cleared up many things. They got it.
Then after that, they got it. They're finally ready to go here
at the Greg commission, the world.
It's amazing what he's unqualified and called
inadequate. Men went through until they
died. One example is next 4:13.
The Bible says this, now then when they saw the boldness of
Peter and John perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant
men, they marled, they took knowledge of them.
They had been with Jesus, Unlearned ignorant.
Men, in other words, these guys weren't Scholars and they're
doing these things, but there was a Jesus that made the
difference, that makes a difference in our lives,
wouldn't have to be Scholars. We would Jesus, that makes the
difference that made the difference with them because
they did what they did. They blazed the trail, they did
look where we're at today. They hadn't done that.
Obviously, those 12 were the right people but not once I can
see, we would have picked that's what the world thought of them
unlearned and ignorant people. But we remember what Jesus
thought of them, Satan. God thought of David Those guys
played a Trill, I guess a week only had three would respect at
all. Going through this, I think of
people in the church and my past never discount, our brother and
our preachers meta what the world rather think of them.
As many people like this congregation others are
hardworking, folks, many of them under the radar.
You might say, we don't ever hear about, even some preachers
to wonderful things. We don't hear about working on
the radar. You might say, trying to the
same thing. He's been were doing their best.
That's all we can in essence doing our best.
My best returns may not be what you think it should be.
Maybe sometimes I should do better.
I get in this morning, you might criticize my lesson.
Think I should have done better. I miss this, I missed that but
I'm doing my best. I'm up here, trying to do my
best to spread the word of God. Hopefully we will make an impact
on your life's. Not what I said.
But hard present, this hopefully will help you.
I'm doing my best to do that. We all should do our best to do
that. Not one is evident like right
now in our lives. Everything in allies was evident
Because God always knows what you're doing and he knows your
heart. That's what these men did.
It was 24/7 for these men. It wasn't just a certain times.
Next time you happy performs your life.
Remember when you pray for something, remember what Jesus
got, we always get what you want.
You made me give it. Jesus wants you to have may not
always be the same. When you pray for those 12,
remember that, that choice was preceded by night of prayer, we
chose your member prayer is important, prayer does wonders,
Peter was out of prison Acts chapter 12.
The story is told in 11 verses 11 through 17, they went out the
first place you went with stuff, the Christian ladies home which
he knew that was a safe place. He could go to and what do you
find him doing there? They're praying.
They'll definitely wrote it. Come to the door.
There are prey to the house of Mary.
Isn't that amazing? What they were doing and they
were praying? What would Peter Doug?
They thought he was going to die.
Also, he's out of prison knocking on the door.
Her prayers were answered, weren't they?
Prayers were answered. They're absolutely wanted him to
it that time but sometimes it's a little different, you're
praying for brother and danger and have need and it remember it
is never wrong to pray. Providence, teachers a bad time
to pray. Pray without ceasing.
Always, pray. As you know, they're probably
never quit. Praying.
It means you continue. Always pray everyday, you
continue praying, that's what that means.
Continue praying. Don't discount folks, like I
said, the Lord don't see folks like we do.
I know of as a young man or the teenager one fellow who spent
time in jail, And of another fellow had problems with alcohol
substance abuse and devotees brother.
And he got in trouble when they were young, And now that they're
older guys. Those people don't remember
those things I do. They also think about me when I
was young so we don't come on telling each other, we got too
much but their leaders in churches right now they have
children or good Christians or good family men but his young
men it brother would have discounted them of told him.
You're bad, is not dealt with them, we just got rid of them.
Think what would have happened to these Brethren?
Where would they be now? But because of brother and saw
these kids just don't despise the youth as a big meaning to
it. Don't despise the youth.
We can't discount folks like that.
You could have just gotten these fishermen do not need the other
guys, we know nothing about him, who are these guys would be
preaching? The gospel have the Great
Commission who are these guys. Jesus didn't discount him.
Did he? We don't need to Discount folks
is some of these kids that were two troublemakers and
rabble-rousers and cause problems in every young some of
them are other ones are leaders in the church.
Today doing a very good job. So we have to be careful like I
say, but thinking about those things, We can't do is try look
for something better. We're trying to convert people,
we have in our minds, sometimes we convert people, what they're
going to be, turn them into, where they come from, people
that come in the door, where the walk-ins, who they are, can
invent of mine, who would fit conversion, who wouldn't put
conversion. We think about these things.
Well, we need to rethink about these things because sometimes
we're trying to build our own dream team, but sometimes it may
look like the Bad News. Bears is that one movie is maybe
that way the sort of First Corinthians chapter 6 Three
verses 9 through 11. I'll have to read this because
it's very humbling of how some people perceive the church and
how the church really was. We all know that your to Corinth
had a lot of issues, but let's read this, little series is
scripted. First Corinthians chapter 6
verses 9 through 11. Know, ye not that.
The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Be not deceived neither. Fornicators nor idolaters nor
adulterers nor effeminate nor abusers of themselves.
With mankind, nor thieves nor Covetous, nor drunkards, nor
revilers nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God.
As such were, some of you, you're washed your Sanctified,
you Justified the a lord Jesus by the spirit of our God such as
summary year. I got to thinking who would I
sit by? Who would I have my kids?
Bye. Well, yeah, it's you think about
those things, but there's those folks were Christians such as
were some of you. You can become a Christian.
No one is immune from Christianity.
Everybody can become Christian good to very careful.
We think of who can't who can't become a Christian in our minds
because we just never know who can become a Christian.
My father was a baptized until he was after retiring, he's an
older guy at my sister called to tell me that he'd been baptized
first thing. She said, was she need to sit
down God, I never dream my dad lied, to my dad told Trent, I
never dreamed. He would be baptized, I never
did. I course I shouldn't shouldn't
have felt that way. That was wrong.
But I knew my dad pretty good. I never felt he would do it when
I found out he did. I was good thing.
I was sitting down. It was very emotional for me to
do that. I was wrong because I discounted
my My dad, but when I talked to him afterwards, he told me the
reason is not talk to Laverne lumps.
One, the baptized him, I talked to Laverne about these things,
it all made sense, it all kind of came together.
It's a lot of things that I didn't know that made it all
come together. I didn't know the stories are
brought it together and God bless laverna for doing what he
did because of him. My dad was a, be the gospel.
My dad's passed away. Now, we have some comfort.
That's what it's all about. That was my own father who I had
doubts about. We have people in our world, we
probably have doubts do all day. Bitcoin creation and went.
Hey wait time out. Time out, waiting Think Jesus
prayed all night. Look what he got.
Think about those kinds of things.
Don't discount these things. Look at this.
What it says in Corinthians here is his chapter verses 9 through
11. Look at those folks, we can't
discount people And I lie is you must remember the Lord might
have plans for us in our Circle. We might not know about Peter
and all them. They didn't know what their
future would be. Jesus said come follow me, they
didn't know what plans, he had at that moment in time.
They didn't know what the Great Commission.
They didn't all these things. When Matthew walked away, he
didn't know what was going to happen.
He didn't know what what places they would have in the Lord's.
Will you might say they had no idea neither do we?
That's what we think about. Think about that, need to keep
yourself ready. So if you do have a place in
Lord's, will is something comes up.
You're prepared to do it. That's what you need to do.
Keep yourself. Spiritually healthy.
But Jenna was alive and she had the MS.
He was so bad. The doctors always told her do
something cure for this but you're working get yourself as
healthy as you can. So if a cure does come, you're a
candidate for one. That's what kept her going so
many years, but she want to become be candidate for one.
We asked the doctors ever once wanted was something out there.
She could be a candidate for, that's what drove her to do that
as Christians. We kind of have to have that
same thing. Make sure we're able to fulfill
the will of God be ready for whatever.
It's not just be standing back. The baseball thing.
Again we're not to be in the bleachers.
We got to be in a field. We can be on the bench, it takes
people on the bench. Got to have a strong bench and
have bad boy too. Get up all kinds of different
books. Different roles.
Yes we do. It's all the way but we all got.
We all gotta suit up. Are going to be down there with
play that day or not. We got to be down there.
We never know what's going to happen.
Do we same thing in life? He's can have some things in
store for some of you and only he knows you don't.
Be ready. Disciples of all, we had to be
ready. Waiting, they're receptive to
God's word, that's important. Receptive to God's word, with
Johnny Omer, you stories, he uses was someone who would be
someone who is teachable. If you're not teachable, you got
a problem. He loved people who are teaching
the apostles were teachable, it listen to Jesus.
They learned faith comes by hearing hearing by the word of
God, I'm Tim 17, that's how it works.
That's how it worked in that is how it works.
And now we need the same kind of people today.
Brave people like that. Think about that.
You think baseball, analogy is maybe not fitting but you know
what, we're bought with the price was at least make a lot of
money, we're about with the price, we need to suit up.
We need to do these things. Doesn't matter what position we
fulfill. Your honor roster were, there
were about with the price we belong to him.
It's not all about me, me me, she Keepers keep him God and his
righteousness stuff, keeping the back your head, all the time,
all throughout the day. What kept me in on the
straightener, you might see throughout the day when I was
working, James 4:17, there him note to do, good, do it, and not
to him, to send, start your day, doing something.
Is this a good thing to do or not?
Replying to one of your co-workers, it does something
bad to you. You're falling back timeout
again. This is good thing to do or not
difficult to do good, and doeth Analysis in.
Do that with your lives. They did that.
They did good. They had to stop and think,
sometimes, but they did. That's what they did.
You're bought with a price. We've already been drafted.
Were there we need to remember this morning.
They'll never be another day in our lives were not live
somewhere. Will be alive somewhere over
our, the choice is ours. Jesus, when he died where he
went, he talks about this, speak to Dead coming up with a meeting
him in the air. We have a choice where we want
to be what we want to do. Like about the choice.
Generation has been that way since New Testament times, we
have a choice to make this morning this morning, hopefully,
you heard the gospel. It says, I said worked in Romans
10:17. Faith comes by hearing hearing
by the word of God. You have to believe he believed
in baptized shall be saved. Leave not shall be down Mark
16:16. Real important verse.
Let's hear your opinion shoot. You'll perish for 13 313 five.
That's pretty clear. Let's you repent.
You will all likewise perish confessed.
A great confession was done. When filled up in unique, Philip
baptized the unique about transmission of sins.
Acts 2:38, most of you are familiar with that.
Apostle Paul in his converted be baptized washing away.
Your sins calling on the name of the Lord.
That's what baptism does. If you've done those things and
you straight away from the Lord, You're not where you should be.
As some folks on the outside. Are you want starts with a clean
slate? You can become a Christian to
start with a clean slate. When you leave here, B is one of
those and meet him in the air. If you're Christian, you've
aired, you think you need to have that slate clean member
would it be a good thing this morning to come?
Make sure you have a clean slate.
They're him noted a good do, it's not time to send remember
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