1 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,480 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Love Quest International 2 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,600 Church podcast, where we seek to love all nations, equip the 3 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:17,560 church, mobilize the equipped, and serve all. 4 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:21,080 We're super glad you're joining us from whenever and wherever 5 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:23,760 you're at in the world. Welcome to the family to get 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,440 your Bibles ready, get some water, get some coffee, maybe 7 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,680 some tea, and get ready to receive. 8 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:45,360 Let's get into it. Not only are cemeteries filled 9 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:53,200 with dead bodies and hospitals filled with compromise health 10 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,760 and prisons filled with criminals. 11 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:07,480 In some prisons not criminals that did crimes or all are 12 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:12,280 guilty, but still. And yet prisons filled with 13 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:16,520 criminals. There is one theme that runs 14 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:20,600 through graves, prisons and hospital rooms alike. 15 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:28,440 The word is regret. The echo of shoulda, coulda 16 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:34,720 woulda still rings loud in the souls of 1,000,000 past, present 17 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:38,400 and future. And if shoulda coulda woulda 18 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:44,600 could be captured in a single question, it would be this What 19 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,480 if? What if I tried? 20 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:53,160 What if I obeyed? What if I just decided to trust? 21 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,480 What if I didn't let fear decide? 22 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:01,120 What if? Because fear, doubt, anxiety, 23 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:06,720 insecurity, sabotage, codependency, and unbroken 24 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:12,080 strongholds have kept far too many people standing at the edge 25 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,200 of destiny but never stepping into destiny. 26 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,760 And the greatest tragedy is this. 27 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:24,000 It's not failing. It's not lost. 28 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:29,040 It's not rejection. The greatest tragedy is this. 29 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,840 It is the tragedy of never finding out. 30 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:40,000 It is standing before God one day, realizing obedience was 31 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,200 offered. And I never found out what my 32 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:49,120 yes could have become. One day every life will be 33 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:54,920 weighed and every choice revealed and every yes or no 34 00:02:55,440 --> 00:03:00,400 accounted for. So today, go look at this story. 35 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:05,680 Through. Two lenses at the same time. 1 36 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:12,440 lens it is. What does this mean for my life 37 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,360 right now? This is existential lens. 38 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,680 This is asking who am I becoming? 39 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:23,160 Who am I becoming? What does this mean for my life 40 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,320 right now? Existential. 41 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,480 Who am I becoming? And then the other question is, 42 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:32,200 what does this mean when I stand before God? 43 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,800 What does this mean when I stand before? 44 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:40,960 God, this eschatological lens is who? 45 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:46,920 Will I answer to this? Eschatological is dealing with 46 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,120 eternity. I am thinking about when it's 47 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:57,160 all over, who will I answer to? Who will I stand before and what 48 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:01,560 will I say about my life when I stand before him in eternity? 49 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,800 Existential is because it confronts who I am, becoming an 50 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:11,080 eschatological because it confronts who will I answer to? 51 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:15,880 This is not just a message about today, it's a message about 52 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,480 forever. And the question that really 53 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:25,160 started all of this can be found in Matthew 19. 54 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:31,440 And someone came to him and said, Teacher, what essentially 55 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:37,880 good thing shall I do to obtain eternal life, that is eternal 56 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,880 salvation in the Messiahs Kingdom? 57 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:47,560 What good thing, what good essential thing shall I do or 58 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:54,720 obtain to inherit or get or walk into eternal life, that is 59 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:58,080 eternal salvation in the Messiah's Kingdom? 60 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:03,240 Before God speaks love quest, he often steals us. 61 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:10,600 He often quiets us, not because he is quiet, but it is because 62 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:17,760 we are loud, our lives are busy, we are loud, our lives are busy. 63 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:22,280 And This is why we've been looking at Psalm 46 where it 64 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:30,240 says let be and be still. And no, no, no, let be, let it 65 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:34,800 be. Stand down and be still and know 66 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,920 and know. What allows me to remain still 67 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:44,160 is because I know. Stillness is not calm. 68 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:50,000 Stillness is not inactivity. Stillness is the moment where 69 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:56,640 competing loyalties are exposed. Stillness is the moment where 70 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:01,960 competing loyalties are exposed. Stillness is where the noise 71 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:06,080 stops lying to us. And here's the danger. 72 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:10,560 Some people avoid stillness. I'm talking to this entire room, 73 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:15,160 including me. Some people ignore still or 74 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:20,080 avoid stillness, not because they're busy, but because 75 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:25,360 stillness would begin to ask a lot of questions. 76 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:32,800 Stillness would ask questions like what if you get to the end 77 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:38,560 of your life and realize you never actually try? 78 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:48,040 What if somebody say what if? What if obedience was the 79 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:53,560 doorway to the version of you heaven was waiting on? 80 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:59,920 What if the thing Jesus asked you to lay down was the very 81 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:06,880 thing blocking your peace? What if you didn't fail, but you 82 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:10,280 hesitated? What if your wealth wasn't 83 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:15,360 money, but it was control and busyness? 84 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:20,680 What if you were one surrender away from rest? 85 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:26,880 What if you kept everything but lost rest and peace? 86 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,640 What if you kept the commandments but you missed your 87 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:37,760 call? What if heaven had plans that 88 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:44,760 your comfort vetoed? What if your morality was on 89 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,960 point, but your availability was not? 90 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:55,280 What if you love the idea of eternal life, but you really 91 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,040 didn't love the cost of transformation? 92 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:07,280 What if your life ends responsibly lived but eternally 93 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:14,720 unnamed? What if you never find out who 94 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:21,920 you could have become? See, stillness doesn't force a 95 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:29,440 decision, it reveals 1. So what happens when Scripture 96 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:34,880 stands silent? What happens when there's an 97 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:39,960 unsolved mystery in the Bible? What happens when we see 98 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:44,039 tragedy, but we don't see redemption? 99 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,480 What happens when scripture stands? 100 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,520 Silence, right? Because in this passage, there 101 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:59,160 was no demons. There was no storm was no demons 102 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:03,080 to cast out. There was no storm to say be 103 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,840 still to. There was no crowd to ask hush. 104 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:13,000 There was just one man, one question, one invitation, one 105 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:17,200 man, one question, one invitation, one man. 106 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:23,560 Somebody say one question, one invitation. 107 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:29,240 Matthew 1917 says it like this. Jesus answered. 108 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:33,000 Why are you asking me about what is essentially good? 109 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:39,320 There is only one who is essentially good. 110 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:49,000 But if you wish to enter eternal life, keep my commandments. 111 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,920 Here's a man in the Gospels who does everything right. 112 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:55,960 You guys, we're used to reading scripture where somebody's sick, 113 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,840 somebody did something wrong, somebody was rebelling, somebody 114 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:02,760 did walk the other way, somebody cut somebody out, somebody said, 115 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:06,840 somebody committed adultery, Somebody, somebody, somebody, 116 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,320 somebody. But we're never looking at this 117 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:17,120 man had his morals intact, this man followed all the laws and 118 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:22,840 still and yet number 1, he is feeling unfulfilled, asking a 119 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:29,800 question, What else can I do? But Jesus is also not satisfied, 120 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,920 because there's one thing he has not done. 121 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:37,920 Although he's done everything, He has not just done everything, 122 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:45,480 He's done everything right. He is moral, He is disciplined. 123 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:49,760 He is sincere. He comes to Jesus respectfully. 124 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,680 He asked about eternal life. He wants assurance about his 125 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:57,280 future with God. This is not a rebellious man. 126 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,320 This is not a skeptic. He's not double minded. 127 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,960 This is someone who wants life. And in Jewish thought, in 128 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:08,560 inheriting internal life meant participating in the age to 129 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:12,680 come. He is not asking how to behave 130 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:15,200 better. He is asking. 131 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:21,360 Who? He will become How do I get this 132 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:25,240 life? What else do I need to do to get 133 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,280 this life? What else do This is the world. 134 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:33,480 What all do I need to do to find this rest in life, this peace in 135 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:37,160 life, to get bills off my back, to get people off my back, to 136 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:39,840 have a happy life? What else do I got to do? 137 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:45,400 Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo 138 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:50,360 wake up Doo go to sleep do eat do I am go do do. 139 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:56,880 All we do is do don't know how to be. 140 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,240 So we're in the world that is do do I. 141 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:09,720 Didn't even try that. That was spirit LED. 142 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:20,560 Watch this the greatest tragedy you guys in scripture is not 143 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:25,160 rebellion. It is unrealized obedience. 144 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:30,120 We are so focused on sin and rebellion that this one thing 145 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:34,640 right here the. Grave is full of unrealized 146 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:38,480 obedience, not unrealized talent, unrealized obedience 147 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:42,400 prisons filled with what ifs hospitals now you on your 148 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:46,560 deathbed now you sick now you got kids now you got and it's 149 00:12:46,560 --> 00:12:51,760 like man, what if and we spend all our lives somewhere 150 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:59,280 beginning to just alter doing to try and get this life that was 151 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,200 purchased by Jesus purchase life. 152 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:07,880 But we're still paying. Watch this. 153 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:15,080 People do not always go missing because they reject Jesus. 154 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,920 We go missing because we doubt Jesus. 155 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:24,520 We hesitate. We second guess Jesus. 156 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,120 And here's the tragedy, you guys. 157 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:35,640 It's a life unresolved. We get to the end and all the 158 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:39,280 stuff that you spent your young life trying to do, you get older 159 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:45,280 and like, Dang, now I'm 60, now I'm 50 and I'm like, what else 160 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,880 do I do? Because I've done all that I've 161 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:50,720 got. I've accomplished all that. 162 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:57,200 Now what? And Jesus, I'm assuming that the 163 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:01,520 answer he gave you at 20 is the same answer at 60. 164 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:07,800 If you still got the question, His answer never changes. 165 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:15,880 He is never going to say, next is go buy this, next marry that, 166 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:21,120 next invest in that. He is always going to point to 167 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:25,960 this one thing. And that's what we're here to 168 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:31,360 discover today. The reason this story is so 169 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,680 unsettling you guys is because nothing is wrong with this guy. 170 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,280 There's no scandal. Watch this. 171 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:44,120 There's no sin to expose. There's no demon to cast out. 172 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:46,200 There's no sickness to be healed. 173 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:52,200 Which means the question isn't what did he do wrong? 174 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:55,440 Wow. We're not asking what did he do 175 00:14:55,440 --> 00:15:02,240 wrong, what Sunday you went to church where we've preached not 176 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:06,440 about someone's sin or didn't use a scripture about somebody's 177 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,240 sickness or didn't use a scripture about somebody's 178 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:13,160 poverty. This is a wealthy man, a healthy 179 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,920 man, an obedient man. Everything is well. 180 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:21,280 He's disciplined and still. And yet there is something 181 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,280 that's missing. The question is. 182 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:31,360 What did he refuse to release up to this point in his life? 183 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:35,720 This isn't about what you've done wrong. 184 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,600 Jesus paid it all. So the question now is what are 185 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:44,240 you holding on to? We're so sin conscious. 186 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:48,840 We're so waking up every day. I'm a I'm a not smoke. 187 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:50,920 I'm gonna try not to do this. I'm gonna try not to sleep 188 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:52,520 around. I'm gonna try not to do that. 189 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:53,800 And I'm gonna try not to do that. 190 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,560 I'm gonna try not to do that. I'm gonna not go there no more. 191 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:57,800 It's all about what I'm going to do, what I don't need to do, 192 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:01,800 what I'm gonna stop doing is. Do, do, do, do, do and not once 193 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,560 Are you like, wait a minute, maybe I can stop it if I release 194 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,560 it. And releasing watch. 195 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:14,120 This is a lot simpler than stopping because some of you 196 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,520 stop, but you still got possession of it. 197 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:19,280 You still got possession of the habit. 198 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,960 You still got possession of the of the routine. 199 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:23,920 You still got possession of the thoughts. 200 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:25,720 You still got possession of the laptop. 201 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:27,880 So you're not watching porn no more, but guess what you're 202 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:29,520 doing? You still got the laptop. 203 00:16:40,590 --> 00:16:44,480 So you're not releasing the hurt, you're not releasing the 204 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:47,680 bondage, you're not releasing the habit, you're not releasing 205 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,720 the friends, you're not releasing the location, not 206 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:55,360 releasing what did he refuse to release, guys? 207 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:03,000 And that's why I feel like we got to kind of slow down and 208 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,160 look at what is the question here. 209 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:10,240 What is Jesus trying to reveal? What is Jesus trying to reveal, 210 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:12,839 Teacher? What? 211 00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:15,040 Good thing. Here's the question again. 212 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:27,640 What good thing shall I do to obtain eternal life? 213 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,320 What do I need to do to be a Christian? 214 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:38,280 What more do I need to do to get rid of this guilt and shame? 215 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:43,800 What do I need to do? This is not a trick question. 216 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:47,400 This is not cynicism. This is a man really seeking 217 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,000 assurance. He's he's he comes to Jesus 218 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,280 running. He comes to Jesus kneeling. 219 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,160 Authentic. Watch this authentic about 220 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:00,680 pursuing Jesus. His question is authentic. 221 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:05,920 There's no manipulation here. He even calls Jesus teacher. 222 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:11,200 He's honoring Jesus. Nothing about his posture 223 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:16,520 suggests rebellion, does it? Here it is. 224 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:24,080 He wants eternal life, but he wants control over how to get it 225 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,280 right. You want to be saved and you 226 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:33,040 want all the blessings that come with sewing and that comes with 227 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:36,680 following Jesus. But you want control of when 228 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,880 Ephesians 320 comes. You want control of when the 229 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:42,760 press down, shaken together, running over. 230 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:47,520 You want you want to suggest when the leprosy fall off, you 231 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:51,320 want control over when the marriage is going to start 232 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:54,120 clicking. You want control. 233 00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:59,480 So you like, what do I need to do? 234 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,640 A lot of people come to church to try to find what to. 235 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:08,720 Do to handle Monday to Saturday. How many people come to church 236 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:12,800 because you follow Jesus and you come to learn how to follow him 237 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,560 more? Or you come because you think 238 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,200 church is a good place? No different than people who's 239 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,200 full of guilt. They go find a Catholic Church 240 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:22,680 or a church that's open during the week and they sit down in 241 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,200 front, do the Hail Marys and they do all they do because 242 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:26,720 that's what you do to get rid of sin. 243 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:28,800 That's what you do to get guilt off of yourself. 244 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,640 I'm a give because I've been so stingy for so long. 245 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:33,520 I've sold dope. I've done these things. 246 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,200 So let me give to the church. Let me pay it forward. 247 00:19:37,360 --> 00:19:46,600 Let me right my wrongs dude. Is that what the blood did made 248 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:51,680 us do? He is not asking who do I 249 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,280 follow, he is asking what do I do? 250 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:56,760 And that's what a lot of people are here. 251 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:59,040 This is why we read our Bible. We looking for principles to 252 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:02,960 help us do more. OK, so I love Proverbs because 253 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:06,400 it showed me how to do peace. It showed me how to do wisdom. 254 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:08,920 I don't got wisdom. I just worked this principle, 255 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,080 right? You do 1 + 1 that should get 2. 256 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,760 And when you get 3, you like, how did one plus how did I get 257 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:22,270 3. You follow and watch this. 258 00:20:22,470 --> 00:20:25,870 You're following the formula. Formula You're not following 259 00:20:25,950 --> 00:20:34,990 Jesus following formula following law is not following. 260 00:20:35,110 --> 00:20:38,150 Jesus. Well, I did what you said. 261 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,280 Watch this you ready with their lips. 262 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:50,160 You serve me, but your heart is so far from me. 263 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:55,960 Jesus begins to expose the throne. 264 00:20:57,360 --> 00:21:01,720 Jesus redirects him from good deeds to God's goodness. 265 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,280 He said how you how you focus on what do you need to do good? 266 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,840 It's only one that's good. Let's not forget you nasty, you 267 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:13,640 filthy, you a Sinner and, and, and it's only one that's good. 268 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:16,080 And the only reason you even qualify to come into this 269 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:18,320 goodness is because of the blood of Jesus. 270 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,680 So let's not make it. You can't do enough good. 271 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:28,320 You can't out good the blood. If it was about doing good, then 272 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:29,560 Jesus. Wouldn't have never had to give 273 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:30,880 his life. Nobody had to die. 274 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:32,400 No lambs. He just do good. 275 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,520 Jesus going to give his life and then we going to start doing. 276 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:40,080 No, no, no. No, only one. 277 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:44,120 Once and for all. The Bible tells us Jesus shifts 278 00:21:44,120 --> 00:21:48,680 the question from achievement to allegiance and behavior to 279 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,720 belonging. We're an achievement, especially 280 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:55,920 here, achievement based culture. How much have you achieved? 281 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,960 What Bible school you went to? How many degrees you got? 282 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,680 Achievement, achieve, achieve, achieve. 283 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,040 You got so many achieving Christians. 284 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:10,080 And how many Christians does Jesus have their allegiance and 285 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,440 behavior to belong? He's like behavior to belong. 286 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:14,360 You belong your son and daughter, not an orphan. 287 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:21,160 Orphans think, do sons and daughters think belonging, 288 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:25,720 right? This is this. 289 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,840 What Jesus is dealing with and confronting is an orphan spirit 290 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:35,000 right now. Jesus consistently moves 291 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:40,240 conversations from performance to lordship, performance to 292 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:41,360 Lordship. Watch it. 293 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:46,400 Eternal life is the result of surrender, not the completion. 294 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:50,520 Of A to do list. No wonder we can't pray for a 295 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:56,320 long time because we go into prayer with A to do list and a 296 00:22:56,320 --> 00:23:00,720 Christmas list. Never a follow list. 297 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:05,240 Never I want to know you list. It's just a list and we turn it 298 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:09,200 into God bless my kids, heal my body, open this door, promote 299 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,760 me, close that door. It's all A to do that gets 300 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,480 tiring because it watch this your list is about. 301 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:20,160 You help me, help me change that for me, change that for me and 302 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,760 and and not once. Now imagine if you was in a 303 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:29,760 relationship, my wife, and it's just like, hey, Bobby this and 304 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,200 Bobby dad, or I'm asking her Bobby this, Bobby dad. 305 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,760 And I'm never like, man, how was it growing up in your life? 306 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:39,200 Tell me a little bit about your mom. 307 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,120 Tell me about your dad. Like I want to know about you. 308 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:46,160 Did that hurt your feelings? How can I do that better? 309 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,000 Because I want to be intimate with you. 310 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,640 I want to know you. I want to evolve with you. 311 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:55,440 I want to be transformed by our lives together. 312 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:02,800 But even when we get in marriages, they hit rock bottom 313 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:08,000 because really, you're doing a you're doing a belonging thing. 314 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,560 Sons and daughters get married, but then you turn it into a 315 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:18,440 orphan institute. Since it turns into orphan 316 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,480 university, the whole household orphan university is. 317 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:24,840 It's it's not our kids don't know how to belong. 318 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,880 They it's sons and daughters. It's like. 319 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:28,600 No, no, no. It's this big To Do List. 320 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:32,160 If if somebody come home after a long day of work and the laundry 321 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,480 is out, it's like, oh, why you didn't do this? 322 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:38,080 Oh, you didn't go to the store. Oh, you, you was out too late. 323 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,680 Oh, you doing this and you doing that. 324 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,120 And that's the picture of Mary and Martha. 325 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:48,640 She was being what was doing and Jesus said the the the one 326 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,960 that's being is doing the thing. That's the thing. 327 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:58,080 What you're doing is good, but but do not think because she is 328 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:03,800 sitting at my feet, she's doing less like belonging is less than 329 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:05,320 doing. No, no, I'm just at peace. 330 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,240 I know who I am. No, no, no, I am actually good 331 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,120 with a little bit. I don't got to work overtime. 332 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:12,480 I'm good with a little bit because I'm a sewer. 333 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:21,360 Bless you. Jesus is not investigating his 334 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:25,360 works. He is exposing his surrender. 335 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,600 He's like by about check, check, check, check, check, check, 336 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:34,000 check, check, check and Jesus is setting up a moment where he's 337 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,560 like buddy, I'm glad you came now we about to expose some 338 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:37,240 things. I'm glad you. 339 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,720 Came to church, But can I expose some things? 340 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:42,880 I'm glad you gave. I'm glad you got married. 341 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,800 I'm glad you enrolled in school. I'm glad you served at the 342 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:46,360 church. Now. 343 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:50,000 Now I can expose some things. Oh, you thought you was ready to 344 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,320 serve? OK, let's go. 345 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:53,760 Now I can expose some things. Now you're busy now. 346 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:54,880 No, no, no. What? 347 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:56,880 You what? What God is exposing. 348 00:25:57,120 --> 00:26:01,680 What you were excited to do in the beginning has hit this 349 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:05,680 moment where now you've ran out of excitement. 350 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,720 Now you're like, OK, if something don't change, I can't 351 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:10,680 serve. If something don't change, I 352 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:12,680 can't keep going In this marriage if something don't 353 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,440 change, right? You like, what do I have to do 354 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:20,000 to change this? And maybe I was serving but 355 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,840 wasn't following Jesus and serving. 356 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:25,200 Maybe I got married, but my marriage wasn't following Jesus. 357 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:31,120 We did church. But did we follow? 358 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,280 Matthew 1920 says the young man said to him. 359 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,840 I have kept all these things. Look at him, I've kept all these 360 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,920 things from my youth. So he has been disciplined from 361 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,520 his youth. He's like, what do I still lack? 362 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,720 Why am I still dealing with this dissatisfaction? 363 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,880 I, I left this church and went to that one. 364 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,760 Then I got, I loved it. Then I got dissatisfied again. 365 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,760 And then I worked in this ministry and then I served in 366 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:03,560 another ministry. Then that didn't make me happy 367 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:04,960 and I got dissatisfied. Again. 368 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,840 Ah, the reason you just keep ministry hopping, church 369 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:13,800 hopping, job hopping, man, a woman hopping, drug hopping, 370 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,760 whatever you hopping back and forth to is because there's this 371 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,760 dissatisfactory like, what do I got to do to get rid of this 372 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:21,720 stress? What do I got to do to get rid 373 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,480 of this anxiety? And God is so good. 374 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,720 He's going to let you just do you to figure it out. 375 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,360 And then one day you're going to come to this pig pen place. 376 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,080 You can come to yourself and you're going to say, what do I 377 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,360 got to do? He's going to say. 378 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:40,360 I've been here. I've been here the whole time. 379 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:45,280 I stay here like a bus stop. I'm right here. 380 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,920 It's not lying. This man, he's not lying at all. 381 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,520 He's been disciplined, super sincere, and totally devout. 382 00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:55,160 Truth of the matter is, you guys watch this. 383 00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:58,720 You can be sincere and still stalled. 384 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:04,320 You can be moral and still misaligned, and you can obey 385 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:17,480 rules and resist rule, but obedience to rules is not the 386 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:23,120 same as surrender to rule. Yeah. 387 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:28,960 Just because you obey does not mean that you surrender. 388 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:33,000 It does not mean that Jesus rules your life. 389 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,160 It does not mean that peace rules like an umpire. 390 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,960 He kept commands. Yes, you guys, but commandments 391 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,200 can shape behavior without ever touching authority. 392 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:52,320 Commands can shape behavior without ever touching authority. 393 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:59,640 Mark 10/21 says looking at him watch this guys is very 394 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:04,520 important. You can only imagine this 395 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:09,240 encounter like I I would come to Jesus boldly. 396 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,120 I'm not coming in shame because I'm I'm sick. 397 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,040 I'm not coming in shame because I was caught committing 398 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:15,240 adultery. I'm not coming in shame. 399 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:17,920 I actually I'm like Jesus I didn't did everything you told 400 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:25,440 me what next? Jesus looks at him, felt love, 401 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:30,080 felt high regard. This is a successful man. 402 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,520 Compassion for this man. Watch this. 403 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:39,480 Jesus exposes Thrones to free people. 404 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:45,560 Shame is not in his blood. When Jesus is having a 405 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:48,720 conversation with him, he is not trying to expose him to shame 406 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,480 him. Quite frankly, there's nothing 407 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:54,600 to really expose as far as sin and wrong. 408 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:59,160 It's not like he's at the well and he's talking to the woman at 409 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:02,360 the well and he's like, yeah, yeah, you have 5 husbands, Calm 410 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:06,120 down. He's not dealing with a woman 411 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,560 full of shame who's called in the act of adultery. 412 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,040 He's not dealing with the woman with the issue of blood who 413 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:15,240 feels filthy and she's scared because she touched a clean man 414 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,360 while she was filthy and she was not supposed to do that. 415 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:22,520 He's not dealing with a doubting Thomas. 416 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:24,600 He's not dealing with a denying Peter. 417 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:28,000 He is not dealing with a Judas who's going to betray him. 418 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:31,440 He is not dealing with the Pharisees or the Sadducees. 419 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,920 He is not dealing with bad doctrine. 420 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:42,880 He's dealing with someone who has seen all the commandments 421 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:47,200 not stealing. Not committing adultery. 422 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:53,320 Not put no other God before you. I'm doing all of these things. 423 00:30:54,440 --> 00:31:05,240 What else is there to do? And he said to him, you lack one 424 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:08,680 thing, Terrence. You lack one thing. 425 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:14,760 You lack one thing, Terrence. And I've been in this place in 426 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:17,360 my life where I'm like, yeah, man, I grew up in church, but 427 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:20,640 you lack one thing. I tithe with men. 428 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:22,840 You lack one thing. I serve. 429 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,040 I'm a pastor. I, I, I, I, I, I spend time with 430 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,240 your sheep, but you lack one thing. 431 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:30,760 I I love my wife. I treat her well, but you lack 432 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:32,840 one. I'm a good father, but you lack 433 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,160 one thing. You run into business, but you 434 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,760 lack one thing. You're a good steward of money, 435 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:43,760 but you lack one thing. He says this is the only way we 436 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:47,960 can get to the one thing. But I'm about to give you 437 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:51,400 instructions. Watch this without obeying the 438 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:55,360 instruction, the one thing is never revealed. 439 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:04,240 Watch this. Go and sell your property and 440 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:08,360 give the money to the poor, and you will have abundant treasure 441 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,120 in heaven. Oh, this is so good because this 442 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,360 is a What if this is? You and he, he, he. 443 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,480 You don't know what happens after this. 444 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:19,600 I was, I was messing around with somebody after this and I'm 445 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:25,400 like, man, I, I think I got a biblical right and a, a, a, a 446 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,720 legal imagination to be like, I think we going to see him in 447 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,280 heaven. Like don't you want to go to 448 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:32,240 heaven and find out where he went? 449 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:35,360 Right? I know where Moses. 450 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:39,280 I know how Joe, I know these guys, Peter, we, we know people 451 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:41,280 got beheaded. We, we know. 452 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,800 But this guy, I'm like, wait a minute, you did everything and 453 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:48,680 then you went missing. Like, like Jesus didn't want to 454 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:53,120 bring you back later. Like your life after you walked 455 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,800 away didn't have nothing worthy enough to tell us? 456 00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:03,480 Or was it the suspense that Jesus knew would preach more 457 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:08,280 than the redemption story? Because how many of us are here 458 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:11,360 a lot of times in our lives, It's one thing. 459 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:16,160 It's the life of getting, of, of being, getting wealth and 460 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:19,120 getting to your career and, and getting the family you want and 461 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,400 the white picket fence and all these things. 462 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:24,320 And then do you want to get to 60 and be like Jesus? 463 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:28,600 But I'm still not satisfied. What you mean I went all my life 464 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:32,440 forgetting this one thing? I went to church, I read my 465 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:38,880 Bible, I have the Bible app I served and then I'm like get 466 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:40,840 older and I have some sober time now. 467 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:43,680 Now I got time to think because things are slowing down and the 468 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:50,680 end is nearing and I'm like, reevaluate, reevaluate my life. 469 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,720 I have an empty nest now. So kids aren't the excuse. 470 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,440 Career is successful is set. I've hired people. 471 00:33:56,640 --> 00:34:00,400 That's not an excuse. I don't want to plant this 472 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,720 church. If God say transition to to do 473 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,400 something else or whatever. And then at the end, then I got 474 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,600 to be like, what else do I got to do? 475 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:18,820 God, I just think somewhere, no, well, I think him and Jesus ran 476 00:34:18,820 --> 00:34:23,020 into each other or even if they didn't, even I can see him after 477 00:34:23,020 --> 00:34:26,060 Jesus death and Jesus was revealed in a greater way. 478 00:34:26,060 --> 00:34:27,620 I can see the man selling his stuff. 479 00:34:29,060 --> 00:34:31,139 And because there's also principles in the Bible, when 480 00:34:31,139 --> 00:34:35,420 you sew and you leave houses, I can see him still multiplying 481 00:34:36,500 --> 00:34:39,060 because nowhere in the scripture says sell yourself and be broke. 482 00:34:39,679 --> 00:34:42,679 For the rest of your life, he says, sell it and give the 483 00:34:42,679 --> 00:34:45,120 profit. So God, Jesus didn't say just 484 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:49,120 sell it and save it. He says, sell it and sow it. 485 00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:55,280 And I don't know, but whenever God tell us to sow something, he 486 00:34:55,280 --> 00:35:00,400 has a harvest in mind. Come on somebody, every time. 487 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:06,760 Come on, he says, and come and follow me, becoming my disciple, 488 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:10,120 believing and trusting in me, and walking the same path of 489 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:17,080 life that I walk. Follow me, mirror me, reflect 490 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:20,680 me. Oh, that's the one thing. 491 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,120 Oh, I came to church, but I wasn't following. 492 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:33,200 I was adjacent. Proximity, not presence. 493 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:37,760 And watch this. There was other wealthy people, 494 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:43,920 but it was this man that Jesus asked this man so, so, so, so 495 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,920 you got to understand that there's some things that Jesus 496 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:50,120 is asking you to do and let go is not for everybody. 497 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:52,960 So you can't be like, why are you making this hard for me, 498 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:54,200 Jesus? Why you ain't making it hard? 499 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,240 Why you didn't ask somebody else to do it? 500 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:03,040 OK, so when you get blessed, are you like, bless somebody else 501 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:04,560 too? Why you blessing me? 502 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,840 Why you giving me promotion? Why you ain't giving them 503 00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:11,320 promotion? Oh, so you want a customized 504 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:17,600 blessing, but you want to share the cost of following Jesus? 505 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:22,360 Yeah, that's not how it works. Watch this. 506 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:25,880 Jesus always addresses rival king. 507 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,400 He always addresses the rival king within you. 508 00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:33,560 Mastery is being addressed. Money is not the issue. 509 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,440 Watch this. Jesus does not mind you being 510 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:41,760 Christian and wealthy. Can we get over that rich? 511 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:44,960 So don't be afraid of saying no. I want to be. 512 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,080 I want to look, I need a lot of money. 513 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,200 PT need a lot of money. And if you want to share that 514 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:50,800 with somebody, you want to post that. 515 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:55,920 I'll say it again for you, PT and the Richmond family and Love 516 00:36:55,920 --> 00:37:03,840 Quest needs a lie. A lot of money, yeah, because we 517 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:08,840 got a lot of vision and we got a lot, right? 518 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,920 We not just thinking. I got a generational mindset. 519 00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:18,080 I got to take in the city mindset and so, so understand my 520 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:20,440 request is based on what I'm pregnant with. 521 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,440 It is based on the vision that God has given me. 522 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:26,280 And it's not merely about me. God's going to take care of my 523 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:30,080 desires. But I understand that recreation 524 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:36,440 centers cost, multimedia centers cost, having your own film 525 00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:39,720 companies cost, right? It's time for the church to own 526 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:43,040 stuff where we're the lenders and not the borrowers. 527 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:46,720 In order to be a lender, you got to have something to what 528 00:37:47,720 --> 00:37:50,840 exactly? You can't loan broke. 529 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:54,680 OK, You can't loan broke. What's the interest rate on 530 00:37:54,680 --> 00:38:03,960 broke Broke exactly? Jesus is not confronting 531 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,400 possessions. He is confronting what is 532 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:10,840 possessing you. He is not removing wealth. 533 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:16,160 He is revealing rule. Wealth is the oppressor here, 534 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:19,920 not the object. Stillness is the moment where 535 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:24,280 competing loyalties are exposed. Remember that competing 536 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:29,520 loyalties. He stood still long enough to 537 00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:32,160 hear Jesus. Look, I'm going to say this. 538 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,640 I love my wife and I, I, I FaceTime her fifty times a day 539 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:42,360 when she's out of town. And then 35 when she in town. 540 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,480 OK, so, so I'm she been in Calgary. 541 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,120 I can't wait. First week of April, Richmonds 542 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:51,560 will all be back together. Mission accomplished. 543 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:55,000 We'll be back here. PJ and B y'all will have y'all 544 00:38:55,000 --> 00:39:00,280 Pastor Julia back. Yeah. 545 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:04,880 No one, no one considers what it's like for the first time in 546 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:09,920 22 years to do ministry without your partner on your side. 547 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,600 Some of the wind and some of the hits that we took, some people 548 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:18,280 don't even realize in the spirit was we were walking in separate 549 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:21,720 places for two years. Going on two years is it'll be 550 00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:26,320 short of two years and family is all over the place and having to 551 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:29,080 travel and having to make sure we're doing, making sure we're 552 00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:37,860 taking care of that ministry. But what I understand also is 553 00:39:39,020 --> 00:39:41,780 there are some things that happened within me when she 554 00:39:41,780 --> 00:39:49,280 ain't around that are necessary. So when my wife, I don't like, 555 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:53,440 I'm the only child, so I don't, I have to learn how to be alone. 556 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:57,360 I don't like being spending too much time by myself and I have 557 00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,360 to deal with that. When God took me from 558 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:03,680 California, I came here. So when my family ain't home, 559 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:07,440 I'm alone. Right, and so I'm not used to 560 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:09,160 that, but I'm I've grown in that. 561 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:12,960 But what I understand is I have learned to love when we're not 562 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:17,840 together because it's not that when we're together, God don't 563 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:21,760 get our time, but it's just a different attention when I don't 564 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,760 got to be husband like here, right here, right now. 565 00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:29,760 So my freedom from her is not spent on other idols and other 566 00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:35,040 things, right, Because here, here's what I'm dealing with is 567 00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:39,840 he's always exposing the king on your on the throne and some of 568 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:44,080 y'all your spouses, your kids and your career is on the 569 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:46,400 throne. And sometimes the only time God 570 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:50,360 can get the best time of you is when those things are removed. 571 00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:53,680 And so I've learned there's times where I'm like, babe, I 572 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:55,040 miss you too much. I'm hopping on plan. 573 00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:56,480 I'm coming to see you. I don't care. 574 00:40:56,680 --> 00:41:00,080 She's like, come on. And then I've learned, I've 575 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:03,880 learned to push past missing her like that and like, I need to be 576 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:06,400 here. And then I realized, and then 577 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:09,360 there's there's moments I need to be with Micah and what Micah 578 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:12,040 is getting from being with with his dad. 579 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:15,240 And then when I'm able to walk around the house and just be 580 00:41:15,240 --> 00:41:20,840 with the Lord. And, and look at look at myself. 581 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,640 And This is why people like, oh, I hate being lonely. 582 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:30,440 If you knew how to use lonely, you would be mature a lot 583 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:35,080 faster. Watch it. 584 00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:39,040 Watch this because looking within yourself is very 585 00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:42,560 entertaining. Watch this you a whole movie. 586 00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:48,000 You are a whole series. Your everybody life can find 587 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,160 itself on a Netflix series right within you. 588 00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:53,120 You are entertaining. So when you talk about I'm 589 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,040 bored. You ain't looking within. 590 00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:58,960 Next time you think you bored start thinking about yourself 591 00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:02,040 and how crazy you is. Promise you are entertainment 592 00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:03,920 for real. Have anybody ever made their 593 00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:05,480 self laugh? Yeah. 594 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:07,840 If you ain't laughed at yourself yet, you not living. 595 00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:12,800 You not living, you are not. Living Watch this What if you? 596 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:13,960 What if you? What if you? 597 00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:17,760 What if you? What if you walk away? 598 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:21,200 What if you walk away? Still good? 599 00:42:21,720 --> 00:42:26,840 But never free. He's like I'm good, but never 600 00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:29,080 free. Come on, help us Lord. 601 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:32,440 This young man said I have observed all these things from 602 00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:37,480 youth, what still do I lack? Jesus answered him, If you would 603 00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:41,280 be perfect or mature spiritually mature, spiritual maturity which 604 00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:43,400 accompanies self sacrifice and character. 605 00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:45,840 Jesus said if you would be perfect. 606 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:52,680 He said if you want to grow, if you want to be matured, you want 607 00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:57,440 to be perfected. Go and sell what you have and 608 00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:01,960 give to the poor and you will have riches in heaven. 609 00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:07,480 And come be my disciple, side with my party and follow me. 610 00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,360 Watch this. The first step wasn't follow me, 611 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:18,680 the first step was sell. And so if you can see yourself 612 00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:21,320 in the spirit, you got so many bags trying to follow Jesus, 613 00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:26,640 Jesus weighed up. And that's why I feel like 614 00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:30,680 sometime purpose feels like it's moving too fast, church doing 615 00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:33,120 too much. So you're trying to slow 616 00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:36,160 everything down because you're weighted down. 617 00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:41,160 And so you have not moving at the pace of grace. 618 00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:43,840 You're not leaning in, you're not getting disciple, you're not 619 00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:45,640 hungry enough. You're letting the obstacles 620 00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:48,320 come and you're like, oh, that cost that I'm not ready to pay 621 00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:49,680 that cost. So I'm going to walk away. 622 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:54,240 Watch this. But when the young man here it 623 00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:57,000 is. But when the young man heard 624 00:43:57,000 --> 00:44:01,240 this, what did he hear? Sell it, Sew it to the poor. 625 00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:06,080 Follow me. But when the young man heard 626 00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:07,640 this, you guys, he went away. What? 627 00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:12,520 Sad, grieved, and in much distress, for he had great 628 00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:20,200 possessions. What if you lived successful? 629 00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:26,760 But unfinished. He went away sorrowful, meaning 630 00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:29,080 deep distress. He was watch this. 631 00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:31,160 He was not angry. He was not offended. 632 00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:33,400 He was not bitter. He did not rebel. 633 00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:38,520 He walked away grieving. He walked away grieving. 634 00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:41,040 Here it is. Sorrow is the emotion. 635 00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:45,080 Someone who knows exactly what they are walking away from. 636 00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:52,960 You ever quit too soon? You like should have never did 637 00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:56,000 that. You ever beat yourself up? 638 00:44:57,640 --> 00:44:59,440 Scripture never mentions him again. 639 00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:03,880 You guys, this is the unspoken tragedy, no repentance 640 00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:08,160 narrative, no return story. We don't even know his legacy. 641 00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:17,200 Like we don't ever preach the we don't ever preach the the blank 642 00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:26,800 spot of the rich ruler. Obedience moves heaven, not mere 643 00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:30,680 works, you guys. It's following Jesus, not 644 00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:37,440 traditions, rituals, and laws. What if obedience is lighter 645 00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:44,960 than anxiety? What if surrender simplifies 646 00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:51,800 your soul? What if letting go creates room? 647 00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:56,680 Forrest, you ever you ever saw somebody stressing over 648 00:45:56,680 --> 00:45:58,720 something so bad? You was like, I promise you it 649 00:45:58,720 --> 00:46:00,080 ain't that bad. Just let it go. 650 00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:03,960 Like just let it go like and they not letting it go whatever 651 00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:06,480 it keeps them holding on. And then you see them one day 652 00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:11,880 and they let it go and they seem so lighter and happier and you 653 00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:13,640 like what happened? They like I let it go. 654 00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:19,360 Some of y'all in here the question you should ask 655 00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:22,200 yourself, why am I afraid of letting go? 656 00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:25,160 What will be exposed if I let it go? 657 00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:31,760 If I remove this Band-Aid? Because that's all it is, what 658 00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:39,490 will be exposed? Jesus wasn't. 659 00:46:39,810 --> 00:46:46,050 What if Jesus wasn't taking but in, but in inviting him, he was 660 00:46:46,050 --> 00:46:49,930 trusting him to walk with Jesus, for Jesus to ask you to follow 661 00:46:49,930 --> 00:46:54,120 him. I think sometimes we see that 662 00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:57,120 religiously. Let's look at it carnally. 663 00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:01,480 If your favorite star called you right now, your favorite movie 664 00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:03,720 star, favorite entertainer called you right now and say, 665 00:47:03,720 --> 00:47:09,960 hey, I was thinking about you, I'm about to go on tour. 666 00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:14,280 I want you to come with me and I'll pay for everything. 667 00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:24,280 Yeah, Giselle said. Yeah, I'll go, yeah, Come, come 668 00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:28,840 follow me while I'm on the road. And then all your first thing, 669 00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:31,640 if it was your favorite star, favorite entertainer, favorite 670 00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:34,960 businessman, favorite business, you'll be like, you'll begin to 671 00:47:34,960 --> 00:47:37,960 think about all the access you have, man. 672 00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:41,760 When I'm with LeBron, I get or if I'm with Denzel or if I'm 673 00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:45,920 with Tom Hanks or if I'm with I, I mean, I get to be on movie 674 00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:47,640 sets that mean I get to. Eat good. 675 00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:51,720 We get the shop at you start thinking of all the blessing. 676 00:47:51,720 --> 00:47:54,080 Jesus says follow you. You like religion. 677 00:47:58,360 --> 00:48:02,120 Religion. Well, you're going to have to 678 00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:04,000 make your mind up. And this is where he's at. 679 00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:09,120 What if the cross you avoid is the crown you delay? 680 00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:14,800 What if the cross you avoid is the crown that you delay? 681 00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:19,720 What if the thing you fear losing is the very thing killing 682 00:48:19,720 --> 00:48:23,920 your joy? What if stillness births 683 00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:27,400 courage? What if faith feels risky 684 00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:31,520 because it really is? What if you don't just inherit 685 00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:35,840 eternal life later, but abundant life now? 686 00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:41,480 What if peace is on the other side of your yes, and what if 687 00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:46,000 your bloodline shifts because you decided to obey? 688 00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:56,400 What happens if we just find out come to this part of scripture 689 00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:59,080 where he says and come be my disciple. 690 00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:05,160 Look at this transformation receives the invitation. 691 00:49:06,240 --> 00:49:09,400 Discipleship always cost something. 692 00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:17,080 It will never cost nothing. Talked about it earlier. 693 00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:23,280 You do not go to Louis Vuitton and ask them where the clearance 694 00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:27,880 section is. Just don't go to the store, OK? 695 00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:30,880 Don't don't go try nothing on. Don't don't do nothing. 696 00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:35,000 But this is the way we approach the cost of following Jesus. 697 00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:39,480 What's the discount? Where's the coupon for purpose? 698 00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:44,040 What what what's the discount called? 699 00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:52,280 The DM me Jesus like Jesus going to say type follow me in the 700 00:49:52,280 --> 00:50:00,920 comments and I'll put no, no, no, that's not how it works. 701 00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:05,880 Young man heard this. He left grieving and distress. 702 00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:11,200 You guys watch this. This is kind of I don't know. 703 00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:16,000 I mess around with these graphics a little bit and people 704 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:17,160 pay attention. People don't. 705 00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:20,440 It is what it is, but just off in the balance, man. 706 00:50:22,720 --> 00:50:26,560 You see this young boy, you see this son walking away from Jesus 707 00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:31,480 and Jesus is not chasing him. But watch this, this guy right 708 00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:38,000 here, that's the boy and Jesus. Jesus is not looking for 709 00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:44,120 followers like Hollywood is. Jesus is not trying to get a 710 00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:48,720 blue check. Jesus is just as sad. 711 00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:58,640 The Spirit is just as grieved when you get up every day and 712 00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:04,240 live below as a son or daughter, what he's called you and how 713 00:51:04,240 --> 00:51:07,960 he's called you to live. Don't let your life end in a 714 00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:11,040 question mark. Don't let destiny stop at 715 00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:17,160 hesitation. Be still long enough to hear, Be 716 00:51:17,160 --> 00:51:21,240 brave enough to obey, and be faithful enough to find out. 717 00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:24,560 Watch this guys. Here's the good news. 718 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:27,560 Here's what he may have not known. 719 00:51:27,560 --> 00:51:31,360 Maybe he did know, but this is a part of the narrative and this 720 00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:34,920 is a part of the story that Jesus teaches his his his 721 00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:38,520 disciples. This is what was preached when 722 00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:43,600 he walked away. What if Watch this if he sold 723 00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:46,960 everything he would have been a part of this conversation where 724 00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:50,200 Jesus they're wondering, wait a minute and Jesus says men for 725 00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:52,320 the rich to get through that. It's like a needle. 726 00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:55,040 It's like it's like going through that door. 727 00:51:57,640 --> 00:52:00,440 It's like a camel going through the the hat, the eye of a 728 00:52:00,440 --> 00:52:03,640 needle. Watch this Martin says this, he 729 00:52:03,640 --> 00:52:07,240 tells them truly, I tell you, Jesus said no one who has left 730 00:52:07,240 --> 00:52:11,520 house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or 731 00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:16,880 fields for me and the Gospel. So when we came to Canada, this 732 00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:22,880 was Matthew 633 and this right here was one of my, I was like, 733 00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:24,200 OK, God, I'm going to follow you. 734 00:52:25,520 --> 00:52:27,920 He's like, absolutely, I put this in the word for you to hold 735 00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:31,400 on to nobody. So no matter how hard it gets, 736 00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:35,000 no matter how much money I'm bleeding for the sake of the 737 00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:37,880 gospel or no matter how hard it is for the sake of the gospel, 738 00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:44,720 here is a promise. He says no one who has left 739 00:52:44,720 --> 00:52:50,800 house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children, 740 00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:58,520 parents or fields for me and for the gospel will fail to receive. 741 00:52:59,240 --> 00:53:01,240 What's this? This is real time stuff, guys. 742 00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:04,920 I can't wait to be in the house with my family in a couple 743 00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:07,320 months. But guess what? 744 00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:10,960 This scripture is real for us, but we also are excited. 745 00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:16,760 No one who has left father, mother, sister, brother, 746 00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:20,800 children, for my sake, we not just living in two different 747 00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:29,240 provinces for, for our sake, for for his sake. 100 times as much 748 00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:33,840 in this will fail to receive. Nobody will fail to receive 100 749 00:53:33,840 --> 00:53:35,640 times as much in this present age. 750 00:53:35,640 --> 00:53:37,480 This he didn't say when you get to the sweet. 751 00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:41,880 By and by this present age. Watch this And this is not just 752 00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:45,440 a promise for me, this is a promise for my bloodline. 753 00:53:45,640 --> 00:53:48,760 As long as Jesus has not returned. 754 00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:53,520 So I'm saying yes, I'll follow you. 755 00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:57,000 So my great grandkids are still benefiting from this. 756 00:53:57,000 --> 00:54:02,360 Follow, watch this. They may not follow him, but 757 00:54:02,360 --> 00:54:05,160 there's a harvest in the bloodline because I follow them. 758 00:54:06,720 --> 00:54:09,040 So I'm following when they can't follow. 759 00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:17,920 My follow is not just for me. If these disciples did not 760 00:54:17,920 --> 00:54:20,320 follow Jesus, we would not have the gospels. 761 00:54:23,520 --> 00:54:27,120 If Paul did not follow Jesus and let the Holy Spirit lead him, we 762 00:54:27,120 --> 00:54:28,920 would not have the letters to the church. 763 00:54:29,720 --> 00:54:33,960 What a what is on the other side of you following Jesus? 764 00:54:36,560 --> 00:54:38,320 And he said the longer persecutions. 765 00:54:39,280 --> 00:54:43,480 Keep you humble, put that little thorn right there and then you 766 00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:45,400 got a scripture like First Corinthians 2. 767 00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:48,360 This is why the scriptures say things never discovered. 768 00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:51,360 I have not seen, nor ear have heard, neither has it entered 769 00:54:51,360 --> 00:54:55,280 into the heart of man what God has in store for those that love 770 00:54:55,280 --> 00:54:56,760 him. Eyes haven't seen. 771 00:54:56,760 --> 00:54:58,000 Why? Because it's on the other side 772 00:54:58,000 --> 00:54:59,800 of obedience. Ears haven't heard. 773 00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:01,120 Why? Because it's on the other side 774 00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:04,840 of obedience what God has. What? 775 00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:06,600 Not even what? What is in your heart? 776 00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:08,360 It ain't even reached your heart I'm talking about. 777 00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:09,640 Yeah. How Can you believe for 778 00:55:09,640 --> 00:55:10,720 something that ain't in your heart? 779 00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:15,080 Faith starts in the heart. So he's talking about there is 780 00:55:15,080 --> 00:55:18,080 something that I ain't even put in your heart that I'm just 781 00:55:18,080 --> 00:55:20,360 going to blow your mind. My plan for you is so much 782 00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:22,400 bigger. And what we want is we want to 783 00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:24,360 know what it is. Lord, put it in my heart. 784 00:55:24,480 --> 00:55:26,840 Lord, give me a vision. That means put it in my heart. 785 00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:29,080 Lord, give me an idea. That means put it in my heart. 786 00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:31,600 Lord, give me a strategy. That means put it in my heart. 787 00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:33,840 Lord, send a word that means put it in my heart. 788 00:55:34,080 --> 00:55:36,120 But what about about those that distrust God? 789 00:55:36,320 --> 00:55:39,560 And there's an eye that hasn't seen, there's an ear that hasn't 790 00:55:39,560 --> 00:55:42,840 heard and there is neither has it entered into your heart. 791 00:55:43,040 --> 00:55:45,560 God has some things in store for you. 792 00:55:46,400 --> 00:55:49,680 OK, God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we can 793 00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:52,240 ask, think, or all the no, wait a minute, you can. 794 00:55:52,240 --> 00:55:56,360 Do you mean there is a blessing or blessings that I can't even 795 00:55:56,360 --> 00:55:59,800 fathom? There's no dream in the universe 796 00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:02,080 for me, so I'm not looking for it. 797 00:56:02,520 --> 00:56:07,320 Sometimes I get, I get not seriously, but I get mad when I 798 00:56:07,320 --> 00:56:10,440 think about it because I'm like, oh, I thought about it. 799 00:56:10,440 --> 00:56:13,520 I might not get it because he has things that I can't think 800 00:56:13,520 --> 00:56:16,520 about. But then on the flip side, I'm 801 00:56:16,520 --> 00:56:19,400 like, whoa, if I thought about that, if I dreamt about that, 802 00:56:19,520 --> 00:56:22,120 what does he have that I can't dream about? 803 00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:26,000 What does he have in the realm of impossibilities? 804 00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:33,880 Yeah, never doubt God's mighty power to work in you and 805 00:56:33,880 --> 00:56:37,360 accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more 806 00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:41,560 than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and 807 00:56:41,560 --> 00:56:46,320 exceed your wildest imagination. He's going to ask you to lay 808 00:56:46,320 --> 00:56:47,760 something down just so you can have some. 809 00:56:47,760 --> 00:56:51,720 Old, broke, boring life. The Bible is the most 810 00:56:51,720 --> 00:56:53,760 entertaining. Ain't no money the Hollywood 811 00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:56,360 can't put out a movie that got the monsters the Bible got. 812 00:56:57,400 --> 00:57:00,360 And I'm not calling angels with with eyes on their wings and all 813 00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:01,280 that. No, no, no, no, no. 814 00:57:01,280 --> 00:57:03,440 But the Bible, what Bible are you reading? 815 00:57:05,800 --> 00:57:07,840 He will outdo. Watch this, the Bible says He 816 00:57:07,840 --> 00:57:12,000 will outdo them all. He will outdo all your 817 00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:14,920 imaginations. He will outdo all your dreams. 818 00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:17,840 So this ain't just any man asking you to follow him. 819 00:57:23,960 --> 00:57:26,560 Oh, I follow my husband, I follow my wife. 820 00:57:26,560 --> 00:57:28,640 I follow my kids to the basketball game. 821 00:57:28,640 --> 00:57:31,000 I follow them. I thought, are you following 822 00:57:31,160 --> 00:57:45,850 Jesus with as much detail and anticipation in the scripture 823 00:57:45,850 --> 00:57:49,330 closed like this? I don't know about you, but I 824 00:57:49,330 --> 00:57:51,690 don't want to be a what if I don't? 825 00:57:51,690 --> 00:57:53,610 I don't want nobody at the end of my life. 826 00:57:54,240 --> 00:57:57,600 I don't want nobody to be like, Dang, what if he man? 827 00:57:57,600 --> 00:58:01,160 What if that that unknown potential, just like man, I 828 00:58:01,160 --> 00:58:05,640 wonder if PT would have. I'm playing basketball till I 829 00:58:05,640 --> 00:58:08,360 can't play basketball no more. I don't want to hurt nothing, 830 00:58:08,360 --> 00:58:10,360 but I'm going to get out there because I'm able. 831 00:58:12,240 --> 00:58:14,920 You know what I'm saying? It's like you Uncle Willy just 832 00:58:14,920 --> 00:58:18,080 turned, what, 7170 and he's still hooping like, like there's 833 00:58:18,080 --> 00:58:23,440 people in here with potential and you just like there's stuff 834 00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:26,120 that God has for you and you just make so many excuses. 835 00:58:26,120 --> 00:58:28,640 Rather it's trauma, rather it's people. 836 00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:33,040 God puts you in people's life and people in your life and you 837 00:58:33,160 --> 00:58:39,440 will make excuses. No, no what ifs. 838 00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:43,040 And there's people in here that we all need to repent, that 839 00:58:43,040 --> 00:58:49,600 we've come to the line of cost and we're still here counting 840 00:58:49,640 --> 00:58:55,240 it, not because we're being stewards, but because we're 841 00:58:55,240 --> 00:58:58,600 making excuses. We're right there. 842 00:58:58,600 --> 00:59:00,520 Why you going to walk all the way to the line? 843 00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:03,560 He Do you know what it took to find Jesus? 844 00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:06,280 How he going to come all the way to Jesus just to walk back? 845 00:59:07,360 --> 00:59:09,200 Watch this. He didn't even come. 846 00:59:09,920 --> 00:59:11,880 He didn't even walk away with what he came for. 847 00:59:21,200 --> 00:59:29,760 Now we offer up to God all glorious praise that rises from 848 00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:36,320 every church in every generation through Jesus Christ and all 849 00:59:36,320 --> 00:59:41,400 that will yet be manifest through time and eternity. 850 00:59:42,080 --> 00:59:43,760 Amen. It goes from a blessing to 851 00:59:43,760 --> 00:59:47,280 saying the response is glorious praise. 852 00:59:48,320 --> 00:59:52,360 It goes from blessing, right? We even do church, right? 853 00:59:52,520 --> 00:59:55,440 We even do church, right. We do church, I say something to 854 00:59:55,520 --> 00:59:58,120 everybody, Amen, Hallelujah, right. 855 00:59:58,120 --> 01:00:00,640 Even when we do announcements, it's we finish an announcement, 856 01:00:00,640 --> 01:00:04,040 announcements is cool. Amen, Amen, Amen, right. 857 01:00:04,040 --> 01:00:08,040 We just do church Amen, Amen, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. 858 01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:12,760 Watch this to where? We read the scripture. 859 01:00:12,760 --> 01:00:15,720 It ain't came to life yet because we're just. 860 01:00:16,080 --> 01:00:18,480 Reading scripture, I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do. 861 01:00:18,480 --> 01:00:23,280 I'm supposed to read the slide versus what the slide says 862 01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:31,200 becomes my reality after after I go from after I go from knowing 863 01:00:31,200 --> 01:00:36,560 I've been where this man has been to seeing what God has in 864 01:00:36,560 --> 01:00:39,160 store for those that cross the line. 865 01:00:40,920 --> 01:00:44,560 And then he says now the blessing has been released. 866 01:00:44,560 --> 01:00:52,920 Watch this verse 21 is not for when verse 20 shows up Verse 21 867 01:00:52,920 --> 01:00:57,240 is for after I read verse 20 yeah. 868 01:01:00,320 --> 01:01:02,200 Can you can you do me a favor and just turn on some praise 869 01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:04,120 music? I don't I'm I'm turned up right 870 01:01:04,120 --> 01:01:07,600 now and so I don't want I don't really is this scripture is in 871 01:01:07,600 --> 01:01:10,320 my spirit right now. Hey man, can you turn turn some 872 01:01:10,320 --> 01:01:12,320 music? Y'all can come get this because 873 01:01:12,480 --> 01:01:20,400 because this word changed me this week I've been at the place 874 01:01:20,400 --> 01:01:23,320 of where I've walked away because I'm like God it's not 875 01:01:23,320 --> 01:01:34,600 time to have all of me. I've let busy get in the way of 876 01:01:34,600 --> 01:01:39,600 call and then somehow in my mind I made what I'm busy doing my 877 01:01:39,600 --> 01:01:43,120 call. Like the Holy Ghost can't give 878 01:01:43,120 --> 01:01:50,200 me enough capacity to do call and what funds my life. 879 01:01:52,040 --> 01:01:58,000 Here's what I do realize a part of the cost is some of the cool 880 01:01:58,000 --> 01:02:02,280 things you want to do while doing purpose is some of the 881 01:02:02,280 --> 01:02:06,040 cool people you want to hang out with while doing purpose. 882 01:02:06,520 --> 01:02:09,680 But there is a flow and a rhythm in life where God is saying no, 883 01:02:09,680 --> 01:02:12,960 no, no, no, follow me, come, come to Canada with me. 884 01:02:13,800 --> 01:02:17,080 I don't care if it's 1020 years, if you go back, if you don't go 885 01:02:17,080 --> 01:02:19,720 back, just follow me. You're not like Lot's wife 886 01:02:19,720 --> 01:02:27,720 looking back, but you're just like, follow me and I promise 887 01:02:27,720 --> 01:02:29,360 you. From somebody that has done it 888 01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:35,080 and is raising a family to know how to do it, following Jesus is 889 01:02:35,080 --> 01:02:37,320 the greatest thing that any person in this room could do. 890 01:02:42,520 --> 01:02:46,480 Is there any other people that's a witness, my witness. 891 01:02:46,480 --> 01:02:49,360 The people that know that to be true should be praising God a 892 01:02:49,360 --> 01:02:53,160 little bit more. Yeah. 893 01:02:53,160 --> 01:02:57,240 There will be no tragedy in your life because we won't wonder 894 01:02:57,240 --> 01:03:01,320 what if Your, your, your, your eulogy will be full of all the 895 01:03:01,320 --> 01:03:05,000 things that was a result of following Jesus. 896 01:03:09,720 --> 01:03:18,960 Come on, take a few moments. No, no, no, no, no. 897 01:03:19,400 --> 01:03:24,880 My life was almost about to end with a what if, What if, What if 898 01:03:28,920 --> 01:03:34,280 this is the year? What if I follow Jesus? 899 01:03:34,280 --> 01:03:37,640 Well, today you make your mind up, you will follow Jesus. 900 01:03:38,520 --> 01:03:40,360 What? What if I stop the drugs? 901 01:03:40,360 --> 01:03:43,320 What if I stop the smoking? Well, there's no what if. 902 01:03:43,320 --> 01:03:45,840 I promise you if you stop, it gets better. 903 01:03:46,120 --> 01:03:48,320 It might be hard, but it gets better. 904 01:03:48,800 --> 01:03:53,200 Jesus is enough. What if I be faithful? 905 01:03:53,360 --> 01:03:55,640 I promise you He rewards integrity. 906 01:03:58,960 --> 01:04:01,920 What if we find out? What if we find out? 907 01:04:02,360 --> 01:04:07,200 What if we find out what I'm here to declare in 2026? 908 01:04:07,760 --> 01:04:12,320 We will see the rewards, we will see the fruit of those that 909 01:04:12,320 --> 01:04:16,160 choose to follow Jesus. And I'm not looking back. 910 01:04:19,720 --> 01:04:23,080 I will not look back. Come on, I need some 911 01:04:23,080 --> 01:04:30,520 intercessors, not spectators. There's somebody hanging in the 912 01:04:30,520 --> 01:04:45,160 balance. Come on, open your mouth because 913 01:04:45,160 --> 01:04:48,440 it's turning around for you. It's turning around for your 914 01:04:48,440 --> 01:04:50,520 coworkers. Turn around for your family. 915 01:04:52,480 --> 01:04:55,000 But everything gets better because you said yes. 916 01:04:56,200 --> 01:04:59,440 Your marriage gets better because you said yes. 917 01:04:59,760 --> 01:05:03,240 You followed. I follow you. 918 01:05:04,520 --> 01:05:10,560 I follow you. They get better because you said 919 01:05:10,560 --> 01:05:11,720 yes. I follow you. 920 01:05:13,400 --> 01:05:16,880 Come on, tell Jesus. I make a commitment today to lay 921 01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:19,200 it down. I lay it all down. 922 01:05:19,200 --> 01:05:28,160 I lay it all down. Thank you so much for tuning 923 01:05:28,160 --> 01:05:30,720 into this week's sermon. We pray you were challenged, 924 01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:34,320 equipped and encouraged. Make sure to follow us on all 925 01:05:34,320 --> 01:05:37,520 platforms. That's love quest intl church. 926 01:05:37,720 --> 01:05:39,960 We out here for real. We're really doing it. 927 01:05:39,960 --> 01:05:42,960 That's Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. 928 01:05:43,280 --> 01:05:45,400 You can find us anywhere you need to find us. 929 01:05:45,560 --> 01:05:47,440 But until next time you know the drill. 930 01:05:47,440 --> 01:05:50,680 You know the motto, get your love fixed man and we'll see 931 01:05:50,680 --> 01:05:51,320 y'all real soon.