1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:02,600 Morning everybody. It's good to see everyone here 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:07,400 this morning and it's good to be here this morning, telling one, 3 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,200 brother this morning. I can't remember not coming to 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,900 Bakersfield. I was raised in LA and we always 5 00:00:12,900 --> 00:00:14,500 either stop by here in the way up North. 6 00:00:14,500 --> 00:00:17,400 The, we came here to see somebody and little bitty guy. 7 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,400 I remember coming here, told him I had my first hayride here, I'm 8 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,600 a city boy first hayride at dwell on Nancy's place when I 9 00:00:23,608 --> 00:00:26,100 was a kid. So thank you for the memories 10 00:00:26,100 --> 00:00:27,900 and thank you for being the good people that you. 11 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:29,600 Are you able to do those things for us? 12 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:30,900 We pray. That continues. 13 00:00:32,900 --> 00:00:35,300 This morning, I'm going to have little baseball theme. 14 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:38,500 Hope that's okay. Call the Dream Team. 15 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,600 When I was a kid, I used to always like to follow baseball 16 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:46,700 up closer than I do. Now had baseball cards and 17 00:00:46,700 --> 00:00:49,800 everything and even adults like to see how they get two teams 18 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:51,300 together, the beginning of the year. 19 00:00:51,700 --> 00:00:54,100 How do you start picking folks, getting rid of folks doing those 20 00:00:54,100 --> 00:00:57,200 kinds of things and every organization has her different 21 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:58,900 priorities. Christy all want to be in the 22 00:00:58,900 --> 00:01:01,300 World Series every team does. That's what they're trying to 23 00:01:01,300 --> 00:01:03,500 do. But are there batting averages 24 00:01:03,500 --> 00:01:06,100 the PG&E Ras? All those different things and 25 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:09,100 every team us to recruit the best team. 26 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:12,900 They could have the Dream Team. I got to thinking about my dream 27 00:01:12,900 --> 00:01:14,800 team. If I had a baseball team at 28 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,700 Dream Team, what would it be? The names of my team would 29 00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:20,300 probably be different to some of the younger people here, names? 30 00:01:20,300 --> 00:01:23,100 You had not recognized Maury Wills, people like that, that 31 00:01:23,100 --> 00:01:26,700 are older folks, but in my day were very good, but you might 32 00:01:26,700 --> 00:01:29,100 have a dream team. You might think about, not 33 00:01:29,100 --> 00:01:31,900 follow this kinds of things, there's a player and went to 34 00:01:31,900 --> 00:01:33,900 Fresno State. This alumni there, that I follow 35 00:01:33,900 --> 00:01:34,800 him. Pretty close. 36 00:01:35,100 --> 00:01:38,100 He's not on my favorite team, but I follow him because he'd be 37 00:01:38,100 --> 00:01:40,000 one. That would be on my dream team. 38 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:44,000 Well, the second thing I think about We also thought about that 39 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,900 when I was working at the shop, I worked at a body shop for many 40 00:01:46,900 --> 00:01:49,200 years. And then when the first idea, 41 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,000 first came up about a dream team was, when I was in the shop, 42 00:01:52,700 --> 00:01:54,300 we're having some problems, some employees. 43 00:01:54,300 --> 00:01:56,200 Some employers who just really didn't care. 44 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,200 They didn't like their trade. It's almost like we got by five 45 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,600 in spite of some of these people than be rather than, because of 46 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,100 these people in the shop. Got think what? 47 00:02:05,100 --> 00:02:07,600 How much my coworkers are really light. 48 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:09,900 We sat down one day and thought about a dream team. 49 00:02:11,100 --> 00:02:12,900 How would you like to have a dream team in the shop? 50 00:02:12,900 --> 00:02:14,800 How much we could get done in the shop? 51 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,800 We had the right folks. Here you're talking about some 52 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:19,900 of our instructors from the trade schools. 53 00:02:19,900 --> 00:02:23,000 We went to some of the painters who we knew some of these other 54 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,200 folks. Some of the guys that were 55 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,000 really good be encountered you know they could come and they're 56 00:02:27,700 --> 00:02:30,300 just really make a really nice efficient shot. 57 00:02:30,300 --> 00:02:33,000 Get quality work done. We used to wonder about that 58 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,600 their go home thinking about this some days. 59 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:38,100 I really wish we had some of these guys here so you guys we 60 00:02:38,100 --> 00:02:41,300 have working with here just not You can say in they're not 61 00:02:41,300 --> 00:02:43,400 really adequate. Some are good Craftsman, but 62 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:47,100 they just really weren't going to employees, you might say, but 63 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:50,000 in spite of everything, when I retired, many of them were still 64 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,400 there and they were still being inefficient, never still not 65 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,700 putting out as much as we should have always kept that in mind, a 66 00:02:56,708 --> 00:02:58,300 dream. See how much it would have been 67 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,300 along with those thoughts also came Jesus? 68 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,600 When he prayed some time for some folks, one time he prayed 69 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,100 all night before he chose some people. 70 00:03:09,500 --> 00:03:11,500 Luke records. Jesus been an entire night in 71 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:15,000 prayer before he chose the Twelve Disciples in Luke chapter 72 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:20,500 chapter 6. Verses 12 through 16, the Bible 73 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:23,200 says this, can it pass in those days? 74 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,500 Is he went out into a mountain to pray. 75 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:29,900 It continued all night in prayer to God, I wouldn't with stay he 76 00:03:29,900 --> 00:03:32,500 called them to his disciples. The me. 77 00:03:32,500 --> 00:03:37,300 Chose twelve whom also he named Apostles Simon. 78 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:40,600 Movie. Whom he also named Peter and 79 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:45,300 Andrew, his brother, James, and John, Philip, Bartholomew, 80 00:03:45,900 --> 00:03:50,500 Matthew, and Thomas James, the son of alphaeus and Simon is 81 00:03:50,500 --> 00:03:54,400 lotus. And Judas, the brother of James 82 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,600 and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor. 83 00:03:58,500 --> 00:04:02,100 He's been all night in prayer before he chose these 12 people. 84 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:06,000 If you're to have a perfect sport, seemed a perfect 85 00:04:06,700 --> 00:04:08,500 workplace. You might see a perfect 86 00:04:08,500 --> 00:04:11,600 congregation congregation is the same way. 87 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,300 We sometimes wish we had different people, don't we, 88 00:04:14,300 --> 00:04:15,800 which would be had more efficient people. 89 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,300 We wish these things. Look at each other, the same way 90 00:04:18,300 --> 00:04:22,100 sometimes, even though we shouldn't, but we do, but think 91 00:04:22,100 --> 00:04:25,500 about this, if you want to have a perfect church and people are 92 00:04:25,500 --> 00:04:27,900 going to give the instructions, like the Great Commission did, 93 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:32,200 remember what Jesus told these people in Matthew, 28:19-20 94 00:04:32,700 --> 00:04:34,900 going there for? And teach All Nations, baptizing 95 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:37,300 them in the name of the Father, the Son of the Holy Ghost, 96 00:04:37,700 --> 00:04:39,700 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever. 97 00:04:39,700 --> 00:04:42,900 I have commanded you and lo I am with you even all the way into 98 00:04:42,900 --> 00:04:48,500 the end of the world. He prayed all night and the 99 00:04:48,500 --> 00:04:50,800 people who prayed for, we're going to take this right here 100 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,700 when he left this Earth and never again, spread the gospel 101 00:04:53,700 --> 00:04:57,100 throughout the world. What they did is because that's 102 00:04:57,100 --> 00:05:02,500 what we have the church today because they were efficient Look 103 00:05:02,500 --> 00:05:05,500 at what Jesus got, Luke. He had to deal with. 104 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,900 We're going to look at these guys real quick. 105 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:11,100 I think if we have sports cards needs guys, what would they say? 106 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:15,600 They would be empty. We know how the world looks at 107 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,300 things. This is wonder, he's 12 could be 108 00:05:19,300 --> 00:05:22,300 an answer to any prayer. The Son of God prayed all night 109 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,800 and he got these 12, people is included included, a trailer, 110 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:31,500 which was Judas, Peter and impulsive person and sometimes a 111 00:05:31,500 --> 00:05:34,500 hothead. You might say, who once was told 112 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:38,500 that Satan had a hold on him in Matthew. 8, + 33, the Bible, 113 00:05:38,500 --> 00:05:41,900 says Peter reboot. Jesus Jesus said, get thee with, 114 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:47,300 get thee behind me, Satan So here you have a fellow here has 115 00:05:47,300 --> 00:05:50,100 Satan following him around, trying to get him to go his way. 116 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:53,700 You see what happened? Then that Jesus was teaching 117 00:05:53,700 --> 00:05:55,400 Garden would be. He was crucified then. 118 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:59,400 I've was crucified. Matthew the tax collector, whose 119 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,500 career is not. The most honest respected. 120 00:06:02,300 --> 00:06:03,900 You wouldn't have good, attend your house. 121 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:06,100 That's beep of IRS over for dinner. 122 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:09,800 Invite some of the folks. See how many show up It's have a 123 00:06:09,808 --> 00:06:11,700 Matthew. Did he had a nephews? 124 00:06:11,900 --> 00:06:14,100 He catches over his house for dinner. 125 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,900 After you met Jesus, guess who came all those kinds of folks, 126 00:06:20,300 --> 00:06:23,800 There are also a few fishermen are not usually known for their 127 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,300 scholarly credentials, Peter and Andrew they weren't really 128 00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:30,000 Scholars, like Paul was were they really weren't that way. 129 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,100 A lot of the others you occupations and most of the 130 00:06:33,100 --> 00:06:36,500 history is not even known. The way the world looks at the 131 00:06:36,508 --> 00:06:39,900 be bunch of nobodies, that wouldn't be the people you would 132 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:42,900 choose. You're going to choose the world 133 00:06:42,900 --> 00:06:45,400 as you choose 12 people right now to spread the gospel. 134 00:06:46,300 --> 00:06:47,700 It wouldn't be a bunch of nobodies. 135 00:06:47,900 --> 00:06:50,800 They'd be credentials or beanie, all kinds of different folks, 136 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,900 but that's not the way. Jesus looks at it. 137 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:58,000 If I, we've been given these 12, learn responsibility, there are 138 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,800 going to have I would have been worried. 139 00:07:01,900 --> 00:07:04,200 Look at the backgrounds of who they were of all the people 140 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,200 available at that day and time, that Jesus could be used to 141 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,200 spread the gospel when he prayed. 142 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,100 He got these 12 as he lesson to all of us. 143 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,600 The Great Commission was to be in their shoulders. 144 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,600 It's you might say a bunch of minor Leaguers put in the major 145 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:22,900 leagues. That's kind of what it was but 146 00:07:22,900 --> 00:07:25,900 you Benchwarmers putting the playing field but you know 147 00:07:25,900 --> 00:07:30,100 that's that's the way it is. So we deal with inadequacy, you 148 00:07:30,100 --> 00:07:32,100 know that's the others being up here. 149 00:07:32,100 --> 00:07:35,600 I'm before preacher Frankie I'm a format these other people and 150 00:07:36,100 --> 00:07:39,100 I'm just a retired blue-collar guy, you know but I'm doing my 151 00:07:39,100 --> 00:07:41,000 best because that's what these people did. 152 00:07:41,300 --> 00:07:45,100 These people did their best and look what happened just left the 153 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:47,500 responsibilities friending gospel to where it was left up 154 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:50,200 to these guys. And to me, that's the so 155 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:51,900 amazing. That's why I love the story 156 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,900 following these people. What they turned into this 157 00:07:55,900 --> 00:07:57,800 should be a lesson to us. The Lord does not look at things 158 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,600 like we do. First Samuel, 16:7, the Bible 159 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:05,800 says, this is speaking of, when David was chosen to be Keen, but 160 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,000 the Lord said unto Samuel, look not on his countenance or on the 161 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,700 height of his stature because I refused him. 162 00:08:12,300 --> 00:08:15,700 The Lord seeth, not as man seeth from, and look at the outward 163 00:08:15,700 --> 00:08:18,600 appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. 164 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,400 Remember what they've done. They take all the Davis brothers 165 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,700 from paraded him before the prophet, because he was going to 166 00:08:23,700 --> 00:08:28,800 anoint the king, their prey to all of them, except for the Runt 167 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,000 of the litter you might say except for David, he was 168 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,600 tending, the Sheep, they never dreamed it would be David. 169 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,200 But it was not as man seated. Finally, we got all diocese or 170 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:41,299 any more Sons, the way I got one over there, bring him and he was 171 00:08:41,299 --> 00:08:43,700 to be the king, not as men looked at it. 172 00:08:44,100 --> 00:08:47,000 They all thought the king would be like, this brother are like 173 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,700 this brother like this brother, that's not the way God looked at 174 00:08:50,700 --> 00:08:52,300 it, all. That's why it says that first 175 00:08:52,300 --> 00:08:56,000 Samuel 16 verse 7, we needed to save thing. 176 00:08:56,700 --> 00:09:00,000 Jesus did the same thing when he got those twelve who looked like 177 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,100 Jesus does because he sees the heart. 178 00:09:02,100 --> 00:09:06,000 He's who we really are. We see, we come here, we try to 179 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,400 be creative. It's good to each other. 180 00:09:07,900 --> 00:09:11,700 We are it compassionate folks. Good Christian folks but Jesus 181 00:09:11,700 --> 00:09:14,300 sees us away from here. He's is who we really are. 182 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,600 That's when you remember that. Cuz he did with these folks. 183 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:24,600 The ones that might not fit in. they did, they fit in exactly 184 00:09:24,700 --> 00:09:28,200 right with Jesus wanted them to This always remember to view the 185 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,500 world has Jesus does not as the world does not this influence 186 00:09:31,500 --> 00:09:33,500 that that's much this day and time. 187 00:09:33,500 --> 00:09:37,900 The fluence of the world is a scary thing, but we have so much 188 00:09:37,900 --> 00:09:41,100 information, fun of us. A lot of his faults, we have it. 189 00:09:41,100 --> 00:09:43,600 All. There is really, really hard 190 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:47,700 that influence not to enter into our families, our personal lives 191 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,000 and even in the church since we have to just remember and do a 192 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,000 timeout take. Okay. 193 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:56,200 We need to stop and think stop and think just Take your time 194 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:58,100 out. Stop and think about where the 195 00:09:58,100 --> 00:10:01,700 world is influencing your life where it might even squeeze into 196 00:10:01,700 --> 00:10:04,400 the church. Your family think about those 197 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,700 things and be very careful. Look at things like Jesus would 198 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:10,800 look at things, like the world looks at things. 199 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:14,100 That's very, very important based on our day and time the 200 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:17,500 highest have the eyes of Jesus because world of politics would 201 00:10:17,500 --> 00:10:21,400 have religion were to Hollywood and Gates and Buffett. 202 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:23,200 All these things they can influence us. 203 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,200 They can carry over sudden when we don't even Realize it because 204 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:30,000 it's so slow. But to be so careful, look at 205 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,400 things like. Jesus did not like the people 206 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,900 did when they were picking the king, the good things like 207 00:10:34,900 --> 00:10:40,300 Godless There's an old saying that says you won't be judged 208 00:10:40,300 --> 00:10:41,600 by. How intelligent or how 209 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,700 knowledgeable You Are by how well you will be. 210 00:10:46,100 --> 00:10:47,600 The Bible says you be known by your works. 211 00:10:47,700 --> 00:10:51,500 I'll bet you did. Think about that, God looks at 212 00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:52,700 things. Much differently. 213 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,800 Not just knowledge intelligence by how well you obeyed the 214 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:58,500 fisherman. He chose think about that. 215 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:01,000 They weren't Scholars, were they? 216 00:11:02,900 --> 00:11:04,700 It was a really good group of folks, here. 217 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:07,600 Good group of folks at home. It's refreshing to look out and 218 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,400 see the good group of folks. We have here we have at home 219 00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:12,500 makes me feel good about the future of the church. 220 00:11:13,100 --> 00:11:15,800 A lot of possibilities, you know, got Frankie working for 221 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:17,300 you. Here we got shot, he come to 222 00:11:17,300 --> 00:11:20,700 force, a clovis, trying to work on these things really, really 223 00:11:20,700 --> 00:11:22,800 hard. It's refreshing after flushing, 224 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:26,400 so we're going to use this, but we can't let Satan get in the 225 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,300 way. We just can't do that as he was 226 00:11:28,300 --> 00:11:32,100 with Peter calling Peter. You think we're immune the, he's 227 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,800 Not following us like he was Peter be very very careful. 228 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:39,100 We all should be doing our best well in 3D wedges. 229 00:11:40,300 --> 00:11:42,500 If anything happened to the world to prevent us from doing 230 00:11:42,500 --> 00:11:44,600 these things. The apostles, these mid 231 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,100 12-member throwing, all kinds of things, run out of you, follow 232 00:11:47,100 --> 00:11:49,100 their lives. You follow throughout the Book 233 00:11:49,100 --> 00:11:50,100 of Acts. What they did? 234 00:11:50,100 --> 00:11:52,100 You follow things with your, they're all kinds of things were 235 00:11:52,100 --> 00:11:54,900 thrown at them, but they rebuked everything. 236 00:11:54,900 --> 00:11:57,100 They had a tough time, did they? Yes, they did. 237 00:11:57,100 --> 00:11:59,900 They had a real tough time, but did they do it yet? 238 00:11:59,900 --> 00:12:01,700 The Satan try to get on way to progress. 239 00:12:01,700 --> 00:12:05,600 She sure did But they still strove on and they strove on and 240 00:12:05,608 --> 00:12:08,700 they strove on this work, we need to do it's amazing to me 241 00:12:08,700 --> 00:12:14,600 what these men did. Because they did what they did. 242 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:17,900 Look how things turned out. This mismatch of common men 243 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:20,600 miss, you turned into fantastic leaders. 244 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,900 They were amazing men, but we have to remember too that they 245 00:12:24,900 --> 00:12:28,000 weren't perfect. So now the acted just like, some 246 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:32,100 of us do they disagree? They had little spats. 247 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,200 It did those things. Matthew chapter 22 was 248 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,300 discussion about placing the Kingdom of Heaven. 249 00:12:37,900 --> 00:12:41,000 Matthew chapter 20 verses 20 through 24. 250 00:12:41,300 --> 00:12:43,900 The Bible says this, this is The Human Side of them. 251 00:12:45,700 --> 00:12:48,000 The game behind the mother of zebedee's children with her 252 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,200 son's worshipping him and Desiring, a certain thing of 253 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,100 him. And he said, unto her, What? 254 00:12:52,100 --> 00:12:54,100 Wilt thou? She said to him, grant that 255 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:56,700 these, my two sons me, sit the one on the right hand the other 256 00:12:56,700 --> 00:12:59,700 on the left and the kingdom. Jesus answered and said, you 257 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:02,400 know, not what ye ask, are you able to drink of the cup that I 258 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,800 shall drink of and to be baptized with the baptism that I 259 00:13:04,808 --> 00:13:07,400 am baptized with this. And then we are able. 260 00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:10,700 He said to them, you shall indeed drink of my cup and be 261 00:13:10,700 --> 00:13:14,800 baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with but to sit on 262 00:13:14,808 --> 00:13:18,000 my My right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but it 263 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,300 shall be given to them. For whom is prepared for by 264 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:24,900 prepared of my father with ten heard it, they were moved with 265 00:13:24,900 --> 00:13:30,000 indignation against the to Brethren You know, I visas. 266 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,800 They were displeased here, they had a discussion and they agreed 267 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,600 with currently. All of them are involved, And 268 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:40,800 the others were upset because they might get it just like us, 269 00:13:41,300 --> 00:13:43,100 little difference, the human element of it there. 270 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,300 Yes, milk. So many today. 271 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:47,400 But what about me? What about me? 272 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:48,700 They're going to get it. What about me? 273 00:13:50,500 --> 00:13:52,100 This. Like today we need to be very 274 00:13:52,100 --> 00:13:54,400 careful about these things. Where the human? 275 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,300 Yes, did you overcome these things? 276 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,500 Yes they did. They got over these things 277 00:13:59,500 --> 00:14:03,300 because he worked for Superior cause they came what they 278 00:14:03,300 --> 00:14:05,800 overcame the incidentals for the important. 279 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:10,500 They learn to separate the sheep from the goats no more forget 280 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:13,500 when I was younger. I lied signs, the signs of 281 00:14:13,500 --> 00:14:15,400 maturity, I learned this, I'll never forget it. 282 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,700 I used to worship the congregation Rose Hollywood, it 283 00:14:18,700 --> 00:14:21,200 was a tree out front. Some brother liked and some 284 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,900 brother. And didn't one brother came and 285 00:14:23,900 --> 00:14:26,000 trim that tree. And really didn't do a good job 286 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:26,900 of it. I remember that. 287 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,700 So, my other brother like the tree, he kind of got upset 84 288 00:14:29,700 --> 00:14:33,000 doing it without talking to the brother and then not a conflict. 289 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,600 It had very heated discussion in might say about the who do that 290 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,000 future. The next Sunday, there was some 291 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,900 church issues. It's amazing to me how those 292 00:14:40,900 --> 00:14:43,400 brother all of a sudden on the same page, but the serious 293 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,500 Church issues the tree. Yeah, they're upset about the 294 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:49,000 tree but they're like, that's, that's the tree. 295 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,600 But this is the church. This is different. 296 00:14:51,900 --> 00:14:54,800 I never forget that as long as the sign of maturity, to be able 297 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:58,700 to separate things, from what happens to the trivial in your 298 00:14:58,700 --> 00:14:59,900 lives. You might say or the small 299 00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:03,200 things, the things that are really, really important effect. 300 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,200 The salvations of folks, the fact that family lives of folks, 301 00:15:07,300 --> 00:15:10,400 Effective spiritual aspect of your lives, very important. 302 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,700 We understand those thing. Be able to separate one preacher 303 00:15:12,700 --> 00:15:16,100 said that sheeps and goats. So it's really really important. 304 00:15:16,300 --> 00:15:19,000 Realize what's really, really important trimming the tree. 305 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,200 Yeah, we can get over that. But this is what's really 306 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,200 important over here. I realized that I would remember 307 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,100 that is done be good. Through the years, you've looked 308 00:15:28,100 --> 00:15:31,000 through the New Testament, the story, these men through acts. 309 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,600 You'll see, they went through these kinds of things and this 310 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,700 little things the same way they realized what was really 311 00:15:35,700 --> 00:15:36,900 important. What's not? 312 00:15:36,900 --> 00:15:41,300 And he tried to teach that. And your relationship, 313 00:15:41,300 --> 00:15:44,700 everything. This lesson we have to also have 314 00:15:44,700 --> 00:15:48,800 to learn to work with what we have that's hard to do some 315 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:49,800 time. But you really might be 316 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:51,700 surprised working with what you have. 317 00:15:52,700 --> 00:15:55,300 So you don't know what it's going to turn into the also be 318 00:15:55,300 --> 00:15:58,000 careful about swimming things about other people because 319 00:15:58,300 --> 00:16:00,400 they're did this they're going to be like this, you think? 320 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:02,600 Because one thing that did they're going to be like the all 321 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,800 the time, be very careful about so many things about other 322 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:09,600 people because that's a very dangerous area to be explain why 323 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:14,400 in just a few minutes. For get to that. 324 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,300 I want to say one more another part here. 325 00:16:16,300 --> 00:16:20,800 That's how much salt about with these 12, you ever think how 326 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:23,900 they felt when Judas betrayed them and betrayed Christ. 327 00:16:24,500 --> 00:16:27,400 How they felt when he did that they've been together. 328 00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:31,100 Obviously he had tricked him too because he wants to suspect any 329 00:16:31,100 --> 00:16:32,900 of them. Judas was good. 330 00:16:32,900 --> 00:16:36,900 He was slick. Think about the behavior of The 331 00:16:36,900 --> 00:16:39,600 Garden of Gethsemane. What happened, if the Garden of 332 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:43,100 Gethsemane, they were in shock, all what happened? 333 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,400 Fact it says Iran. Shocked us astonishment, 334 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:48,400 depression, and fear. I have written down here. 335 00:16:48,700 --> 00:16:51,800 We talked about Peter being the wonderful cook them, but let's 336 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,200 read this. Matthew chapter 26, verses 55. 337 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,800 And 56 of Bible says this the same, our Jesus said unto the 338 00:16:58,808 --> 00:17:01,800 multitudes, it's when they coming to get them are you 339 00:17:01,808 --> 00:17:05,400 coming out against as a are you come out as against a thief with 340 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:09,400 swords and staves for to take me a dataset with you teaching in 341 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,200 the temple and you lay your hand on me. 342 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,099 But all this was done that the scriptures of the prophets Might 343 00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:17,400 be fulfilled, then all the disciples forsook him and fled. 344 00:17:19,300 --> 00:17:23,200 As soon as Peter was it. That happened. 345 00:17:23,300 --> 00:17:26,000 And the next stage, you just did after that, Judas killed 346 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,000 himself. The next day, Jesus was dead. 347 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:33,100 This all happened so fast doing. Jesus, remember they were at the 348 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:35,500 asking who beat this Kingdom sitting right hand? 349 00:17:35,500 --> 00:17:38,100 The left hand of Jesus and not long after that. 350 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:40,200 Here. All of a sudden you have a woman 351 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,900 betrayed them, that person committed suicide. 352 00:17:43,100 --> 00:17:47,600 Jesus Is Dead real quick. Let me take him like now what's 353 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,400 next? Their world was falling. 354 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,500 Apart is collapsing, just like what happened? 355 00:17:52,500 --> 00:17:55,800 All the promises other things that Jesus said what happened, 356 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,800 all those, as many people today. They don't, they didn't get it 357 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:00,600 yet. When you complete a, don't get 358 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,900 it yet. There's a hint of this in the 359 00:18:02,908 --> 00:18:11,100 store and the road to Emmaus. Now, Luke chapter 14, Luke 24, 360 00:18:11,100 --> 00:18:14,000 excuse me, Luke 24. We're going to start reading in 361 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,400 verse 13. Bible says, is remember, this is 362 00:18:17,900 --> 00:18:20,000 after these things happen. This is how some of these folks 363 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,900 felt it says, and behold the two of them, with the same way to a 364 00:18:23,908 --> 00:18:27,200 village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore 365 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,900 furlongs and they taught together all talk together of 366 00:18:30,900 --> 00:18:34,000 all these things which had happened came to pass that while 367 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,600 the commune together and reasoned Jesus himself Drew near 368 00:18:37,700 --> 00:18:40,200 and went with him. But their eyes were holding that 369 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,800 they should not know him. And he said unto them, what 370 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:46,600 manner of communications are these that ye have one to 371 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:51,000 another as you walk and are sad. But one of them whose name is 372 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,800 cleopas. Answering said unto him art the 373 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,500 only a stranger in Jerusalem and has not known the things which 374 00:18:57,500 --> 00:19:00,900 are come to pass their and these days, he said to them, what 375 00:19:00,900 --> 00:19:04,400 things they said unto him concerning Jesus of Nazareth, 376 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,100 which was a prophet Mighty in deed and word before God, and 377 00:19:07,100 --> 00:19:10,500 all the people and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered 378 00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:14,200 him to be condemned to death. Have crucified him, but we 379 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,700 trusted that it had been, he who should have redeemed, Israel. 380 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,600 He said all this today is the third day since these things 381 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:22,400 were done. Yay. 382 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:26,200 In a certain women also of our company made its astonished 383 00:19:26,500 --> 00:19:30,100 which early at the Sepulchre when he found not his body, they 384 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:32,400 came saying that they had seen a vision. 385 00:19:32,500 --> 00:19:36,500 They also seen a vision of angels And said that he was 386 00:19:36,500 --> 00:19:41,700 alive at certain of them. Which are with us once it's up 387 00:19:41,700 --> 00:19:45,300 liquor and found it even. So as women had said but him, 388 00:19:45,300 --> 00:19:49,300 they saw not need that. He said unto them o fools, slow 389 00:19:49,300 --> 00:19:53,300 of heart to believe and all of the prophets have spoken. 390 00:19:53,500 --> 00:19:56,700 I'm not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into 391 00:19:56,700 --> 00:20:00,000 his glory and beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he 392 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,700 expounded unto them and all the scriptures, the things 393 00:20:02,700 --> 00:20:07,000 concerning himself, they had that doubt the world's falling 394 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:07,600 apart. What? 395 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:11,600 Now you see supposed to happen, it They're confused and puzzles. 396 00:20:13,700 --> 00:20:16,800 What to do next? It happened so fast, but what 397 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,400 did they do? It wasn't very long. 398 00:20:19,900 --> 00:20:24,300 The overcame would it be ever overcame the overcame and they 399 00:20:24,300 --> 00:20:29,600 rebounded, This is many other folks did Abraham and Isaac 400 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,600 Abraham was asked to kill the son. 401 00:20:32,500 --> 00:20:34,000 Think about where he went after that. 402 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:41,300 Think about Job Jonah, David Moses think my inadequacies I 403 00:20:41,300 --> 00:20:44,100 took it less than ni cohesive story of Moses when he felt, he 404 00:20:44,100 --> 00:20:48,100 wasn't good enough. He contributed God God's. 405 00:20:48,100 --> 00:20:50,000 I want you to do is to go the people with whom either. 406 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,500 Get listen to me. He went on and on and on 407 00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:55,300 everything that Moses had a complaint about God had it. 408 00:20:55,700 --> 00:20:59,400 Rebound to know there's Moses you have no excuse, you feel, 409 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:00,600 you're not a good but you can do it. 410 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:03,000 Well I can't do because of this or God would give them a reason 411 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,900 I can't do. Because of this God would give 412 00:21:04,900 --> 00:21:07,700 them a reason. And you feel you're inadequate, 413 00:21:07,700 --> 00:21:10,000 go read the story of Moses, how he really felt. 414 00:21:10,500 --> 00:21:13,000 I want. God told him, send me these 415 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,200 guys. Would Jesus died. 416 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,300 How they feel? They really get it all yet, they 417 00:21:18,300 --> 00:21:23,500 did soon after. But the time they didn't, Listen 418 00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:25,000 for us when my world is collapsing. 419 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,100 Hang in there. Don't give up. 420 00:21:30,300 --> 00:21:34,500 Don't leave to go back and go to fishing and repeat. 100 did they 421 00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:36,800 went back and they went fishing but they come. 422 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:38,200 They came back from that didn't make it. 423 00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:42,300 When they books, these folks realize that Jesus was still 424 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:45,700 with them. He reassured them and acts. 1:3 425 00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:49,700 says, when he came back, he spent 40 days with him when he 426 00:21:49,700 --> 00:21:52,500 came back, he thought would have had someone come back from the 427 00:21:52,500 --> 00:21:56,900 dead but he's guys Road to Mass. Later on after that Jesus 428 00:21:56,900 --> 00:21:59,700 revealed himself to them, and they knew who it was here. 429 00:21:59,700 --> 00:22:01,400 Jesus said, spent 40 days with them. 430 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,800 When they see that / preparation did a lot. 431 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,800 That cleared up many things. They got it. 432 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:14,500 Then after that, they got it. They're finally ready to go here 433 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:15,600 at the Greg commission, the world. 434 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,300 It's amazing what he's unqualified and called 435 00:22:18,300 --> 00:22:20,200 inadequate. Men went through until they 436 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:24,400 died. One example is next 4:13. 437 00:22:28,700 --> 00:22:32,400 The Bible says this, now then when they saw the boldness of 438 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,200 Peter and John perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant 439 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,100 men, they marled, they took knowledge of them. 440 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:42,800 They had been with Jesus, Unlearned ignorant. 441 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:44,800 Men, in other words, these guys weren't Scholars and they're 442 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:47,400 doing these things, but there was a Jesus that made the 443 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,400 difference, that makes a difference in our lives, 444 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,500 wouldn't have to be Scholars. We would Jesus, that makes the 445 00:22:54,500 --> 00:22:57,600 difference that made the difference with them because 446 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,900 they did what they did. They blazed the trail, they did 447 00:22:59,900 --> 00:23:03,000 look where we're at today. They hadn't done that. 448 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,700 Obviously, those 12 were the right people but not once I can 449 00:23:06,700 --> 00:23:09,700 see, we would have picked that's what the world thought of them 450 00:23:09,700 --> 00:23:12,800 unlearned and ignorant people. But we remember what Jesus 451 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:17,300 thought of them, Satan. God thought of David Those guys 452 00:23:17,300 --> 00:23:20,400 played a Trill, I guess a week only had three would respect at 453 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:24,900 all. Going through this, I think of 454 00:23:24,900 --> 00:23:29,300 people in the church and my past never discount, our brother and 455 00:23:29,300 --> 00:23:32,100 our preachers meta what the world rather think of them. 456 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,300 As many people like this congregation others are 457 00:23:35,300 --> 00:23:37,900 hardworking, folks, many of them under the radar. 458 00:23:37,900 --> 00:23:40,600 You might say, we don't ever hear about, even some preachers 459 00:23:41,100 --> 00:23:43,100 to wonderful things. We don't hear about working on 460 00:23:43,100 --> 00:23:45,600 the radar. You might say, trying to the 461 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,400 same thing. He's been were doing their best. 462 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:50,600 That's all we can in essence doing our best. 463 00:23:51,300 --> 00:23:54,000 My best returns may not be what you think it should be. 464 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:55,800 Maybe sometimes I should do better. 465 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,400 I get in this morning, you might criticize my lesson. 466 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,900 Think I should have done better. I miss this, I missed that but 467 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,400 I'm doing my best. I'm up here, trying to do my 468 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,300 best to spread the word of God. Hopefully we will make an impact 469 00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:07,700 on your life's. Not what I said. 470 00:24:07,700 --> 00:24:10,100 But hard present, this hopefully will help you. 471 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,500 I'm doing my best to do that. We all should do our best to do 472 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:15,800 that. Not one is evident like right 473 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:19,400 now in our lives. Everything in allies was evident 474 00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:22,300 Because God always knows what you're doing and he knows your 475 00:24:22,300 --> 00:24:24,500 heart. That's what these men did. 476 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:28,600 It was 24/7 for these men. It wasn't just a certain times. 477 00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:35,100 Next time you happy performs your life. 478 00:24:35,300 --> 00:24:40,200 Remember when you pray for something, remember what Jesus 479 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,400 got, we always get what you want. 480 00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:45,700 You made me give it. Jesus wants you to have may not 481 00:24:45,700 --> 00:24:49,100 always be the same. When you pray for those 12, 482 00:24:49,900 --> 00:24:54,400 remember that, that choice was preceded by night of prayer, we 483 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:58,500 chose your member prayer is important, prayer does wonders, 484 00:24:59,100 --> 00:25:01,500 Peter was out of prison Acts chapter 12. 485 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:05,400 The story is told in 11 verses 11 through 17, they went out the 486 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:09,800 first place you went with stuff, the Christian ladies home which 487 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,800 he knew that was a safe place. He could go to and what do you 488 00:25:12,808 --> 00:25:15,300 find him doing there? They're praying. 489 00:25:16,500 --> 00:25:18,200 They'll definitely wrote it. Come to the door. 490 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,400 There are prey to the house of Mary. 491 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,100 Isn't that amazing? What they were doing and they 492 00:25:24,100 --> 00:25:25,500 were praying? What would Peter Doug? 493 00:25:25,500 --> 00:25:26,700 They thought he was going to die. 494 00:25:26,700 --> 00:25:28,800 Also, he's out of prison knocking on the door. 495 00:25:29,500 --> 00:25:30,900 Her prayers were answered, weren't they? 496 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,700 Prayers were answered. They're absolutely wanted him to 497 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:40,000 it that time but sometimes it's a little different, you're 498 00:25:40,008 --> 00:25:43,800 praying for brother and danger and have need and it remember it 499 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:48,200 is never wrong to pray. Providence, teachers a bad time 500 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,300 to pray. Pray without ceasing. 501 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,000 Always, pray. As you know, they're probably 502 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:53,700 never quit. Praying. 503 00:25:53,700 --> 00:25:56,300 It means you continue. Always pray everyday, you 504 00:25:56,300 --> 00:25:57,900 continue praying, that's what that means. 505 00:25:58,300 --> 00:26:05,100 Continue praying. Don't discount folks, like I 506 00:26:05,108 --> 00:26:06,900 said, the Lord don't see folks like we do. 507 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:12,400 I know of as a young man or the teenager one fellow who spent 508 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:16,500 time in jail, And of another fellow had problems with alcohol 509 00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:18,500 substance abuse and devotees brother. 510 00:26:18,500 --> 00:26:22,000 And he got in trouble when they were young, And now that they're 511 00:26:22,100 --> 00:26:23,900 older guys. Those people don't remember 512 00:26:23,900 --> 00:26:26,900 those things I do. They also think about me when I 513 00:26:26,900 --> 00:26:29,400 was young so we don't come on telling each other, we got too 514 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:34,200 much but their leaders in churches right now they have 515 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:38,600 children or good Christians or good family men but his young 516 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,700 men it brother would have discounted them of told him. 517 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:46,100 You're bad, is not dealt with them, we just got rid of them. 518 00:26:47,100 --> 00:26:48,600 Think what would have happened to these Brethren? 519 00:26:49,500 --> 00:26:52,500 Where would they be now? But because of brother and saw 520 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:56,700 these kids just don't despise the youth as a big meaning to 521 00:26:56,700 --> 00:26:58,000 it. Don't despise the youth. 522 00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:00,300 We can't discount folks like that. 523 00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:03,900 You could have just gotten these fishermen do not need the other 524 00:27:03,900 --> 00:27:06,800 guys, we know nothing about him, who are these guys would be 525 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:08,000 preaching? The gospel have the Great 526 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,400 Commission who are these guys. Jesus didn't discount him. 527 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:13,200 Did he? We don't need to Discount folks 528 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,500 is some of these kids that were two troublemakers and 529 00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:20,800 rabble-rousers and cause problems in every young some of 530 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:22,700 them are other ones are leaders in the church. 531 00:27:22,700 --> 00:27:26,100 Today doing a very good job. So we have to be careful like I 532 00:27:26,108 --> 00:27:31,400 say, but thinking about those things, We can't do is try look 533 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:35,100 for something better. We're trying to convert people, 534 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,900 we have in our minds, sometimes we convert people, what they're 535 00:27:37,900 --> 00:27:41,000 going to be, turn them into, where they come from, people 536 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,900 that come in the door, where the walk-ins, who they are, can 537 00:27:43,900 --> 00:27:46,300 invent of mine, who would fit conversion, who wouldn't put 538 00:27:46,300 --> 00:27:48,300 conversion. We think about these things. 539 00:27:49,300 --> 00:27:51,800 Well, we need to rethink about these things because sometimes 540 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,900 we're trying to build our own dream team, but sometimes it may 541 00:27:54,900 --> 00:27:57,500 look like the Bad News. Bears is that one movie is maybe 542 00:27:57,500 --> 00:28:01,500 that way the sort of First Corinthians chapter 6 Three 543 00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:04,900 verses 9 through 11. I'll have to read this because 544 00:28:04,900 --> 00:28:09,600 it's very humbling of how some people perceive the church and 545 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,100 how the church really was. We all know that your to Corinth 546 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:14,900 had a lot of issues, but let's read this, little series is 547 00:28:14,900 --> 00:28:16,600 scripted. First Corinthians chapter 6 548 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,600 verses 9 through 11. Know, ye not that. 549 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:22,100 The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 550 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,100 Be not deceived neither. Fornicators nor idolaters nor 551 00:28:26,100 --> 00:28:28,900 adulterers nor effeminate nor abusers of themselves. 552 00:28:28,900 --> 00:28:32,300 With mankind, nor thieves nor Covetous, nor drunkards, nor 553 00:28:32,300 --> 00:28:35,500 revilers nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God. 554 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:40,000 As such were, some of you, you're washed your Sanctified, 555 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:44,100 you Justified the a lord Jesus by the spirit of our God such as 556 00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:46,500 summary year. I got to thinking who would I 557 00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:48,700 sit by? Who would I have my kids? 558 00:28:48,900 --> 00:28:51,000 Bye. Well, yeah, it's you think about 559 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,600 those things, but there's those folks were Christians such as 560 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:58,000 were some of you. You can become a Christian. 561 00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,600 No one is immune from Christianity. 562 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,200 Everybody can become Christian good to very careful. 563 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:06,000 We think of who can't who can't become a Christian in our minds 564 00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:08,200 because we just never know who can become a Christian. 565 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,700 My father was a baptized until he was after retiring, he's an 566 00:29:12,700 --> 00:29:16,200 older guy at my sister called to tell me that he'd been baptized 567 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:17,500 first thing. She said, was she need to sit 568 00:29:17,500 --> 00:29:21,600 down God, I never dream my dad lied, to my dad told Trent, I 569 00:29:21,608 --> 00:29:23,700 never dreamed. He would be baptized, I never 570 00:29:23,700 --> 00:29:25,700 did. I course I shouldn't shouldn't 571 00:29:25,700 --> 00:29:27,100 have felt that way. That was wrong. 572 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:31,600 But I knew my dad pretty good. I never felt he would do it when 573 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,500 I found out he did. I was good thing. 574 00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:36,000 I was sitting down. It was very emotional for me to 575 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,000 do that. I was wrong because I discounted 576 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,000 my My dad, but when I talked to him afterwards, he told me the 577 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:43,700 reason is not talk to Laverne lumps. 578 00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:46,400 One, the baptized him, I talked to Laverne about these things, 579 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,500 it all made sense, it all kind of came together. 580 00:29:48,700 --> 00:29:51,400 It's a lot of things that I didn't know that made it all 581 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:53,200 come together. I didn't know the stories are 582 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,100 brought it together and God bless laverna for doing what he 583 00:29:56,108 --> 00:29:58,800 did because of him. My dad was a, be the gospel. 584 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:02,200 My dad's passed away. Now, we have some comfort. 585 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,900 That's what it's all about. That was my own father who I had 586 00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:08,000 doubts about. We have people in our world, we 587 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,200 probably have doubts do all day. Bitcoin creation and went. 588 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,700 Hey wait time out. Time out, waiting Think Jesus 589 00:30:13,700 --> 00:30:14,900 prayed all night. Look what he got. 590 00:30:16,300 --> 00:30:17,700 Think about those kinds of things. 591 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:19,000 Don't discount these things. Look at this. 592 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,500 What it says in Corinthians here is his chapter verses 9 through 593 00:30:22,500 --> 00:30:24,800 11. Look at those folks, we can't 594 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:29,500 discount people And I lie is you must remember the Lord might 595 00:30:29,500 --> 00:30:34,800 have plans for us in our Circle. We might not know about Peter 596 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,100 and all them. They didn't know what their 597 00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:38,300 future would be. Jesus said come follow me, they 598 00:30:38,300 --> 00:30:41,700 didn't know what plans, he had at that moment in time. 599 00:30:41,700 --> 00:30:43,100 They didn't know what the Great Commission. 600 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:45,500 They didn't all these things. When Matthew walked away, he 601 00:30:45,500 --> 00:30:46,900 didn't know what was going to happen. 602 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,000 He didn't know what what places they would have in the Lord's. 603 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,300 Will you might say they had no idea neither do we? 604 00:30:54,100 --> 00:30:56,700 That's what we think about. Think about that, need to keep 605 00:30:56,700 --> 00:30:59,200 yourself ready. So if you do have a place in 606 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:00,600 Lord's, will is something comes up. 607 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,600 You're prepared to do it. That's what you need to do. 608 00:31:03,700 --> 00:31:05,400 Keep yourself. Spiritually healthy. 609 00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:08,300 But Jenna was alive and she had the MS. 610 00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:10,200 He was so bad. The doctors always told her do 611 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,100 something cure for this but you're working get yourself as 612 00:31:13,100 --> 00:31:16,000 healthy as you can. So if a cure does come, you're a 613 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,100 candidate for one. That's what kept her going so 614 00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:22,300 many years, but she want to become be candidate for one. 615 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,100 We asked the doctors ever once wanted was something out there. 616 00:31:25,100 --> 00:31:28,100 She could be a candidate for, that's what drove her to do that 617 00:31:28,100 --> 00:31:29,600 as Christians. We kind of have to have that 618 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,100 same thing. Make sure we're able to fulfill 619 00:31:32,100 --> 00:31:34,200 the will of God be ready for whatever. 620 00:31:34,500 --> 00:31:39,000 It's not just be standing back. The baseball thing. 621 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:40,400 Again we're not to be in the bleachers. 622 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,300 We got to be in a field. We can be on the bench, it takes 623 00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:46,700 people on the bench. Got to have a strong bench and 624 00:31:46,700 --> 00:31:49,800 have bad boy too. Get up all kinds of different 625 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:51,200 books. Different roles. 626 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:53,600 Yes we do. It's all the way but we all got. 627 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:57,300 We all gotta suit up. Are going to be down there with 628 00:31:57,300 --> 00:31:58,600 play that day or not. We got to be down there. 629 00:31:58,600 --> 00:31:59,800 We never know what's going to happen. 630 00:31:59,900 --> 00:32:04,900 Do we same thing in life? He's can have some things in 631 00:32:04,908 --> 00:32:08,400 store for some of you and only he knows you don't. 632 00:32:09,500 --> 00:32:12,500 Be ready. Disciples of all, we had to be 633 00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:14,400 ready. Waiting, they're receptive to 634 00:32:14,408 --> 00:32:20,100 God's word, that's important. Receptive to God's word, with 635 00:32:20,100 --> 00:32:23,300 Johnny Omer, you stories, he uses was someone who would be 636 00:32:23,300 --> 00:32:26,600 someone who is teachable. If you're not teachable, you got 637 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,300 a problem. He loved people who are teaching 638 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:32,700 the apostles were teachable, it listen to Jesus. 639 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:35,800 They learned faith comes by hearing hearing by the word of 640 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:38,300 God, I'm Tim 17, that's how it works. 641 00:32:38,900 --> 00:32:41,000 That's how it worked in that is how it works. 642 00:32:41,100 --> 00:32:43,800 And now we need the same kind of people today. 643 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,800 Brave people like that. Think about that. 644 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,200 You think baseball, analogy is maybe not fitting but you know 645 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,900 what, we're bought with the price was at least make a lot of 646 00:32:53,908 --> 00:32:57,000 money, we're about with the price, we need to suit up. 647 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,400 We need to do these things. Doesn't matter what position we 648 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,100 fulfill. Your honor roster were, there 649 00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:04,900 were about with the price we belong to him. 650 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,300 It's not all about me, me me, she Keepers keep him God and his 651 00:33:09,300 --> 00:33:11,800 righteousness stuff, keeping the back your head, all the time, 652 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:17,500 all throughout the day. What kept me in on the 653 00:33:17,508 --> 00:33:19,500 straightener, you might see throughout the day when I was 654 00:33:19,500 --> 00:33:23,400 working, James 4:17, there him note to do, good, do it, and not 655 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:27,100 to him, to send, start your day, doing something. 656 00:33:27,100 --> 00:33:28,500 Is this a good thing to do or not? 657 00:33:29,500 --> 00:33:31,900 Replying to one of your co-workers, it does something 658 00:33:31,900 --> 00:33:33,900 bad to you. You're falling back timeout 659 00:33:33,900 --> 00:33:36,500 again. This is good thing to do or not 660 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,300 difficult to do good, and doeth Analysis in. 661 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:41,900 Do that with your lives. They did that. 662 00:33:41,900 --> 00:33:44,600 They did good. They had to stop and think, 663 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,000 sometimes, but they did. That's what they did. 664 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,200 You're bought with a price. We've already been drafted. 665 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:52,200 Were there we need to remember this morning. 666 00:33:53,100 --> 00:33:56,400 They'll never be another day in our lives were not live 667 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,700 somewhere. Will be alive somewhere over 668 00:33:59,700 --> 00:34:03,800 our, the choice is ours. Jesus, when he died where he 669 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,900 went, he talks about this, speak to Dead coming up with a meeting 670 00:34:06,900 --> 00:34:09,800 him in the air. We have a choice where we want 671 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,300 to be what we want to do. Like about the choice. 672 00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:15,600 Generation has been that way since New Testament times, we 673 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,300 have a choice to make this morning this morning, hopefully, 674 00:34:18,300 --> 00:34:21,199 you heard the gospel. It says, I said worked in Romans 675 00:34:21,199 --> 00:34:22,800 10:17. Faith comes by hearing hearing 676 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:26,000 by the word of God. You have to believe he believed 677 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,699 in baptized shall be saved. Leave not shall be down Mark 678 00:34:28,699 --> 00:34:31,900 16:16. Real important verse. 679 00:34:31,900 --> 00:34:36,100 Let's hear your opinion shoot. You'll perish for 13 313 five. 680 00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:38,100 That's pretty clear. Let's you repent. 681 00:34:38,100 --> 00:34:40,699 You will all likewise perish confessed. 682 00:34:40,699 --> 00:34:44,400 A great confession was done. When filled up in unique, Philip 683 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,300 baptized the unique about transmission of sins. 684 00:34:47,300 --> 00:34:49,699 Acts 2:38, most of you are familiar with that. 685 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:55,199 Apostle Paul in his converted be baptized washing away. 686 00:34:55,199 --> 00:34:57,500 Your sins calling on the name of the Lord. 687 00:34:57,500 --> 00:35:01,400 That's what baptism does. If you've done those things and 688 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,900 you straight away from the Lord, You're not where you should be. 689 00:35:04,500 --> 00:35:07,600 As some folks on the outside. Are you want starts with a clean 690 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:10,200 slate? You can become a Christian to 691 00:35:10,207 --> 00:35:13,000 start with a clean slate. When you leave here, B is one of 692 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,300 those and meet him in the air. If you're Christian, you've 693 00:35:15,300 --> 00:35:18,600 aired, you think you need to have that slate clean member 694 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,300 would it be a good thing this morning to come? 695 00:35:21,700 --> 00:35:23,100 Make sure you have a clean slate. 696 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,800 They're him noted a good do, it's not time to send remember 697 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,200 that this morning. We thank you for listening to 698 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:34,000 our podcast, put on by the Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. 699 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:37,500 Road in Bakersfield, if you would like any additional 700 00:35:37,500 --> 00:35:40,800 information, or you would like to receive a free Bible 701 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:46,300 correspondence, course by mail. 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