1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,960 Welcome to the Liberty Baptist Sermon Archives. 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,040 The message you're about to hear was preached at Liberty Baptist 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:13,040 Church in Easton, MA. You can find out more about us 4 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:17,120 or contact us at mylibertybaptist.org or just 5 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,760 look us up on Facebook. And now we hope that this 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,080 message from God's Word will be a blessing to you it. 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:26,880 Judges chapter #7 We'll start with verse. 8 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:28,280 One, and we'll read through verse 7. 9 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,000 If I could just ask you, could we just stand as we read God's 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,000 Word this evening? Just out of respect of God's 11 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,360 Word? If you're, if you are able to 12 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,560 stand, of course. But Judges chapter #7 I'll read 13 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:40,960 verses one through 7. We'll pray and we'll get right 14 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:45,600 into it. Judges Chapter 7, verse one. 15 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:47,880 It says this. Then Jurubal, who is Gideon? 16 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,840 And all the people that were with him, rose up early, and 17 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,640 pitched beside the well of Herod, so that the host of the 18 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,360 Midianites were on the north side of them by the hill of 19 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:58,840 Moray in the valley. And the Lord said unto Gideon, 20 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,800 The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the 21 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,880 Midianites into their hands, lest Israel bought themselves 22 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,520 against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 23 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,920 Now therefore go to proclaim the ears of the people, saying, 24 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,680 Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return, and depart early 25 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,200 from the Mount Gilead. And there returned of the people 26 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:23,200 20 and 2000 and there remained. 10,000 And the Lord said unto 27 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,880 Gideon, The people are yet too many, bring them down unto the 28 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,160 water, and I will try them for thee there. 29 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,040 And it shall be that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go 30 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:33,640 with thee, the same shall go with thee. 31 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,040 And of the Whomsoever I say unto thee, this shall not go, with 32 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,560 thee the same shall not go. So he brought down the people 33 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,240 unto the water, And the Lord said unto Gibeon, Everyone that 34 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,600 lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth him 35 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,920 shalt thou set by him by himself. 36 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:52,280 Likewise everyone that boweth upon his knees to drink. 37 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,800 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to 38 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,560 their mouth, were 300 men. But all the rest of the people 39 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,120 bowed down upon their knees to drink water. 40 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,760 And in verse 7. And the Lord said unto Gideon, 41 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:09,120 by the 300 men that lapped, will I save you and deliver the 42 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:13,000 Midianites into thy hand. And let all the other people go, 43 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,400 every man unto his place. Let's pray and we'll get 44 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:17,440 started. Definitely, Father, we do. 45 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:18,720 Thank you once again for this evening. 46 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:23,160 Lord, you know how much prayer has been put into this service. 47 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:28,080 So Lord, please, as as much as we prayed into it, help us to 48 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,280 get something great out of it. Lord, I ask you, just please 49 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,360 speak through me now. Lord, let me be the the the 50 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,200 mouthpiece. Let me be the tool. 51 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,160 Let me be the vehicle that you would have for me to be for this 52 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:41,880 congregation at Liberty Baptist Church. 53 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,480 I do thank you again just for the opportunity to be able to 54 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:46,120 preach. And I actually just again, just 55 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,840 speak through me, Lord. And most importantly, let 56 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:50,920 everything that is said and done, let it be used for your 57 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:53,680 honor and for your glory. We thank you, love you prayer, 58 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,320 precious, holy and wonderful name. 59 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:56,640 Amen. You may be seated. 60 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:01,040 Thank you so much for standing. Just to give us a little bit 61 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,360 more context into Judges Chapter 7. 62 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,440 We look at Judges chapter 6 verse #1 it says and the 63 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,480 children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and the 64 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:15,440 Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian 7 years you read 65 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:17,640 through the book of Judges. You actually kind of see an 66 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:20,960 unfortunate cycle that goes upon for the nation of Israel. 67 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:24,960 It starts out with them in that first verse right there, it says 68 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:26,920 that Israel did evil inside of the Lord. 69 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:29,160 That's always where kind of the cycle starts for them. 70 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:34,000 They do evil inside of the Lord and the Lord has to punish them 71 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,600 in a sense by having them fall to an enemy nation. 72 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:38,920 And in this case we have, they are in the hand of the 73 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:42,800 Midianites for seven years and then they repent. 74 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,040 They are they obviously are realizing, no, we don't want 75 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:47,760 this Lord, please save us out of this. 76 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,560 So, so they so they sin, they're into captivity. 77 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,480 Then they they repent and they say, Lord, get us out of this. 78 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:59,200 Then God sends a deliverer, a judge, hence the book of judges 79 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,560 that delivers them Israel from their captivity. 80 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,080 And then guess what? They are released from their 81 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,000 captivity. But then unfortunately it goes 82 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,400 back to then they did evil in the sight of the Lord. 83 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,160 You read through the book of judges consistent. 84 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,360 You could even go literally to the last verse of the Book of 85 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:17,680 Judges and it just ends with that unfortunate cycle where it 86 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:21,079 says in those days there was no king in Israel. 87 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:25,640 Every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 88 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,520 It's unfortunate cycle. It's an unfortunate thing to not 89 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,520 learn from your mistakes and I pray Liberty Baptist Church that 90 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:36,400 we learn from our mistakes that we yes, yes, we make mistakes. 91 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,160 We are human, we are sinners, but when we are consistently 92 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:41,040 making our mistakes, the. Bible calls us. 93 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,760 As if we are a dog returning to our own vomit. 94 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:48,240 A very, very disgusting picture, but a very real picture. 95 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,880 Like you're like a dog returning to his own vomit. 96 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,560 That is what God sees when we continuously make the same 97 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,560 mistake over and over with no repentance and with no again, 98 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:02,000 just having that desire to do right and and just doing that 99 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,600 which is right in our own eyes. That's how God sees that. 100 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,240 But that's where we see here in the book of Judges this 101 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:11,720 consistent cycle. However, we do see that the Lord 102 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,400 does hear their repentance, and they do. 103 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:17,480 They do see the God's hand at work. 104 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:19,640 In this story, we see the Israelites fall into the hand of 105 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,200 the Midianites. And in verse #5 it's very 106 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:25,080 interesting. It says in Judges chapter 6, 107 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:28,040 verse 5, it says for they camp with their cattle and their 108 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:29,120 tents. Let's talk about Midian. 109 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:34,320 And they came as grasshoppers for multitude, for both they and 110 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:39,320 their camels were without number, and they entered into 111 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,640 the land to destroy it. It's, you know, you have some 112 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,440 big numbers, you have millions and you have billions and so on 113 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:47,440 and so forth. But when the Bible literally 114 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,320 says that they are without number, that's that that that's 115 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,640 scary that that there that God does not even give them a number 116 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:57,360 of how many are there. There is so many Midianites 117 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,440 here, but that's where it comes to God can do the impossible. 118 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:01,840 It doesn't matter what the number was. 119 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,160 God was going to be able to get this mighty victory because 120 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:07,120 again he heard the nation of Israel again saying, Lord, 121 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:11,120 please get us out of this mess and God being the wonderful just 122 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,560 an amazing God that he is is going to save them out of this. 123 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:18,160 So God calls a man named Gideon. We saw Girubal, whose name is 124 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,040 Gideon, but to deliver the nation of Israel and you could, 125 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:25,600 and through the Judges chapter 6, you could see he's Timothy. 126 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,200 At first he's not really sure if this is what God would have him 127 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:32,640 to do, whatever the case is, but then obviously God proved 128 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,800 himself to be who he was. Therefore, Gideon finally was 129 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:38,720 like, OK, I'm on board, let's do this thing. 130 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,080 How are we going to get it done? How are we going to make this 131 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:43,200 thing happen? So in Judges Chapter 7, they're 132 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,800 preparing for battle. They have 32,000 men getting 133 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,120 ready for battle. And Gideon, you know, at first 134 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,040 it took him a little bit to be convinced of this and he's just 135 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,880 like, all right, we don't know. We don't, we don't have a 136 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:57,400 number, we don't know how many are going to be on this other 137 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:58,720 side. But it seems like there's a lot. 138 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,560 However, God's going to do something great. 139 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,440 We've got 32,000 men. We're going to fight, we're 140 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:04,280 going to do something great. It's going to be awesome. 141 00:07:04,280 --> 00:07:09,480 It's going to be fantastic. Then God, he taps Gideon on the 142 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:11,520 shoulder there and he says, Gideon, can I speak to you for a 143 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,760 minute? And Gideon says yes, Sir. 144 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,560 Sir, what would you, what would you have us to do? 145 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:18,000 What do you, what would you want us to do? 146 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:22,400 US 32,000 men and God says, OK, that's, that's where we're going 147 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,240 to start. There's too many of you. 148 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:28,240 There's too many of you. I don't know if I'm if I'm 149 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,600 Gideon. My my heart's beating a little 150 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:35,680 bit faster after God says that because I'm not again, it 151 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,040 literally says that there are grasshoppers for multitude on 152 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,120 the other side, that they are without number. 153 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,520 I put a number on my group and I'm confident with the 32,000, 154 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:45,560 but you're telling me there's too many. 155 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:48,520 OK, OK Lord, then what would you have? 156 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:49,680 What would you have us to do then? 157 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,200 And the Lord says literally just tell them if they are afraid, if 158 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,760 they are afraid, if they are scared, tell them to go home. 159 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,600 And Gideon says. OK, that's fine. 160 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:01,720 That's 100%. OK. 161 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:03,200 You know what? Maybe, yeah, you know what? 162 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:04,680 Let's separate the men from the boys. 163 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:06,440 You know what I'm saying? Let's let's get rid of this. 164 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:08,760 The ones that are, you know, scared or whatever. 165 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,040 Maybe a few 100. I'll even give like 1000. 166 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,400 But like, no way it's going to be that much. 167 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,600 And then we read in verse #3 It says therefore to go to. 168 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,280 Proclaim the ears, whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him 169 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,800 return and depart from the Mount Gilead and their return of the 170 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:31,600 people. 20 and 2000. And there remained 10,000. 171 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,559 Gideon is just like that wasn't supposed to happen. 172 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,600 Well, how did I I lost 2/3 of my army right now just because 173 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,520 they're scared. Interesting. 174 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,720 OK, You know what, God. All right, I understand. 175 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:48,200 Like you. Like I said, you separate the 176 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,160 men from the boys. We got 10,000. 177 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:51,680 We're ready to go, God. All right, what do you? 178 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:54,240 Want us to do now, Gideon? The Lord says. 179 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:56,360 Gideon, we still have a problem here. 180 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:58,160 And Gideon's like, what? What? 181 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,640 What is it? We still have too many people. 182 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:06,240 OK. If I'm Gideon, I'm like, God, is 183 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:10,160 your calculator broken? Is it like, do you, Are you sure 184 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:13,320 that this is exact like, like we're getting, we're getting 185 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,280 risky, like losing the thousands here. 186 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,200 And I might even go into the hundreds. 187 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:18,400 If we're going to keep playing this game. 188 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:19,760 What? What is it that you'd have us to 189 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:21,480 do then? Lord, what would you have us to 190 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:23,960 do? So we go into verse four. 191 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,080 He has, he has his 10,000. And then God says there's still 192 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:28,920 too many. So why don't you go down to the 193 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:32,480 river with the men and watch how they drink? 194 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,920 And the reason for that is when you are in battle, obviously you 195 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,360 have yourselves and then you have the enemy. 196 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,560 And when you are, you know, when you're tired and you want to 197 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:46,200 take a rest, you have to still be alert of where the enemy is 198 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,400 coming from. Therefore you don't want anyone 199 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:53,960 to drink water such as as it says in in scripture there it 200 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,800 says as a dog laugh if you don't want to drink like this because 201 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:59,800 you have no idea where the enemy is coming from. 202 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:04,720 So what what God was looking for was these soldiers, these men to 203 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:08,000 be alert and be aware and what they would do is they take the 204 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:12,680 water and drink as so that way again, they are aware of what 205 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,480 the enemy if if the enemy might not be they're already. 206 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:21,800 Regardless of what is happening and how many of those soldiers 207 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:29,440 did that, Only 300. Only 300 soldiers ended up doing 208 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:35,000 the right thing. So 9700 had to go home because 209 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:39,080 they drank and but they were not ready for what was going to come 210 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,800 to them in battle. Therefore, we only see 300 211 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:46,720 people. And God had plans with those 300 212 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:49,600 people. In Judges Chapter 7, verse #16 213 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,640 it says, And he divided the 300 men into three companies. 214 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:57,600 And he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pictures 215 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:00,040 and lamps within them. Pictures. 216 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,200 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise. 217 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,880 You, whatever you, whatever I do, you follow me. 218 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,120 Wherever I go, you go, you follow me. 219 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,560 We'll do this together, and behold, when I come to the 220 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:16,000 outside of the camp, it shall be as I do ye, so shall ye do. 221 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:20,160 Verse 18 When I blow a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then 222 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,640 blow the trumpets also on every side of the camp, and they say 223 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:24,760 the sword of the Lord and of Gideon. 224 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:28,680 So Gideon and the 100 men were with him, and came unto the 225 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:30,160 outside of the. Camp at the beginning of the 226 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,840 middle of the watch. And they had newly set the watch 227 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,760 and they blew the trumpets and break the pitchers that were in 228 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:38,840 their hands. What is the significance of the 229 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:41,040 pitchers and the trumpets and and the. 230 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:44,440 Sort of the Lord of Gideon, what the situation is, is when you 231 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:50,200 have, usually you would have one trumpeteer in, in war that would 232 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,840 represent many thousand men. So when you have one trumpeteer 233 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:58,720 going off many thousand, so you have 300 trumpeteers blowing 234 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,680 their horns away and they're surrounding the camp. 235 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:05,080 Uh oh, that's a. Problem we're we're we're under 236 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:06,120 siege. That's an issue. 237 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,160 And they break the pictures and that also again, just represents 238 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,040 the clashing of the armor of them getting ready to prepare 239 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,240 for battle as they're about to charge in, if you will. 240 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:19,000 And again the lamps also you see the the lights of the lamps, 241 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,960 which also again, represent many thousand men, many thousand 242 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:25,200 soldiers. And it gets to the point where 243 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,240 the Midianites, they, they realize they're surrounded and 244 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,040 they realize, oh man, it's over for us. 245 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,160 And it gets to the point in verse #20 the three companies 246 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,040 blew the trumpets. They break the pitchers and held 247 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,040 the lamps in their left hands and the trumpet in their right 248 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,080 hand to blow with all. And they cried the sword of the 249 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:45,280 Lord hand of Gideon. And they stood every man in his 250 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:48,760 place round about the camp. And all the hosts ran and cried 251 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,280 and fled. And the 300 blew the trumpets. 252 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:55,240 And the Lord said every man's sword against his fellow, even 253 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,480 throughout all the hosts and the hosts of Beth Shida and, and the 254 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:02,880 Zaratha and to the the border of Abel Mawa and unto Tabath. 255 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:06,360 So it gets to the even the point where the Midianites are so 256 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,160 scared they're killing themselves because they're like, 257 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:13,400 I would rather die to us instead of be surrendered to the enemy, 258 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:16,480 which again was the Israelites. But it's only 300 men blowing 259 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,080 their trumpets and lighting their pictures. 260 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:22,040 And we just see the Midianites just crumble within themselves. 261 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,320 God saw a great and mighty victory with just three hundred 262 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:30,080 men. You know what's interesting 263 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:36,320 though? I just feel bad for the 31,700 264 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:42,320 men that God could not use. I just feel bad for those that 265 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:50,640 the 22,000 that were afraid. In my in my sermon, I have them 266 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:57,760 as the cowards. I have 9700 men that just didn't 267 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:01,480 think. I call those the careless and 268 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:07,080 then I have the 300 the ones that were there and they saw God 269 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:08,720 brought a great and mighty victory. 270 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,800 I call those the conquerors. That's the title of my message. 271 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:15,280 The the cowards, the careless and the. 272 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:19,080 Conquerors, easy outline. So you know when we get close to 273 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:19,680 the end. Amen. 274 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:24,200 The cowards, the careless, and the conquerors. 275 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:28,760 And we'll get to that point #1 the, the, the cowards in 276 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:33,160 Deuteronomy chapter 31, verse #6 I'll just turn there quickly. 277 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,800 Deuteronomy chapter 31, verse #6 it says this. 278 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,200 It said, be strong and of a good courage. 279 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:45,080 Fear not nor be afraid of them. For the Lord thy God, he it is 280 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:49,360 that doth good with thee. He will not feel thee, nor 281 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,160 forsake thee. I just want us to understand 282 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:55,160 something. There is nothing for us to be 283 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,960 afraid of when we know that we are on the right side. 284 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,320 And what is the right side? It is the Lord's side. 285 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:02,800 We have songs that we sing of the great hymns of the faith. 286 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,880 Who? Is on the Lord's side or we are 287 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,640 on the winning side and we have these, these great and mighty 288 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,480 songs. But sometimes when we're in the 289 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:12,440 battle, we kind of forget what side we're on and we allow 290 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,880 again, the anxiety, the worry, the, the anxiousness, if you 291 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:19,400 will, to, to, to sneak up on us. And it gets to the point where 292 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:24,320 we are unavailable or, or we are not being able to be used of God 293 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:28,000 because we're allowing the fear or allowing those things to stop 294 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,480 us from accomplishing what God already says we will have 295 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,880 victory over God is the mighty captain himself. 296 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,280 He is the greatest leader to ever exist. 297 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:40,640 He, he is losing, not in his character and he will never 298 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,440 lose. He is the all time undisputed 299 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:49,240 undefeated champion of Love but the 22,000. 300 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:53,960 Men did not experience that victory just simply because they 301 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:57,920 were chicken, because they were afraid, because they were 302 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:01,560 scared. Have a lot of, in a sense, 303 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,160 adjectives for these young people that were afraid, that 304 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,000 were scared. They were scaredy cats, if you 305 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,040 will. They were gutless, they were 306 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:10,960 wimps. They were babies. 307 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,200 Faint hearted yellow bellied Lily liver since. 308 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:15,800 I'm going Southern here. Watch out. 309 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:19,120 They were, they were intimidated, they were fearsome, 310 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,320 they were timid, they were frightened, they were panicked, 311 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:25,320 they were terrified. And when we read through this 312 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:29,440 story, they were afraid for no reason. 313 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,000 The victory was already theirs to claim. 314 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,080 There was nothing for them to be afraid of. 315 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,400 There was nothing for them to be like, as if, Oh no, how are we 316 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:40,480 going to get through this? How is this going to, how are we 317 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:42,360 going to get through the impossible? 318 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:46,040 Here again, God is the God of the impossible. 319 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:49,360 Trust in him. Just remember that you as as a 320 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:51,760 Christian, you have the opportunity to have faith in 321 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:55,960 God, not fear in man. And when we allow our fear and 322 00:16:55,960 --> 00:17:00,160 man to over seed or supersede our faith in God, that's where 323 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,000 us as Christians have a really big problem. 324 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:04,440 It's really where it's like, we're afraid of what? 325 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,319 People think of us when we already know what God wants to 326 00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:12,160 have in our lives, but it's just that person next to us that that 327 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:17,480 fear that that that that again, afraid Ness we have just because 328 00:17:18,319 --> 00:17:19,560 what are my neighbors going to think? 329 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:21,920 What are my Co workers going to think? 330 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,599 What's my what are my family members going to think? 331 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,880 What is my best friend? Whatever, whoever. 332 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:32,280 Why are you going to let that fear stop you from what God has 333 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:36,760 for you To see victory over these 22,000 men. 334 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:40,400 They were not inducted into the Hall of Fame but unfortunately 335 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:44,520 into the Hall of shame. Just want to grab your 336 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:48,400 imagination for a second. Can you imagine those 22,000 men 337 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:52,280 going back home? Could you just imagine an army 338 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:57,400 of feared soldiers going back home? 339 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:02,760 If I was, if I was watching the, the army men coming back, I 340 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,280 would think, wow, we got the victory. 341 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,120 It's over. We we've seen, we see the 342 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:10,040 victory, we see the men come. Hey, we got victory. 343 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:14,320 I could just imagine if, if I was, if I was a young person 344 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,160 too, like, and my father was a soldier. 345 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,640 He's like, Dad, what happened in the battle? 346 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:21,880 Hey, what happened in that? What happened in the fight? 347 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,520 Tell me what happened? Did you did you see anyone get? 348 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:25,240 Did you see? Did you? 349 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:26,400 Did you see? Victory. 350 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,120 My father would have to look at me dead in the face and say, 351 00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:33,880 sorry son, I didn't see any victory. 352 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:38,080 I was a coward. I was afraid. 353 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:47,120 I just think of how fear can just ruin Christianity. 354 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,560 And unfortunately in Christianity and in, in our 355 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:53,920 Baptist churches today, Liberty Baptist Church, we have a lot of 356 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:58,400 people that are afraid, a lot of Christians that are afraid. 357 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,760 What are you afraid of? Are you afraid of failure? 358 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,360 Are you afraid of giving something up? 359 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:11,520 You know what fear does it it, it stops it. 360 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:16,720 It paralyzes you. It paralyzes churches, paralyzes 361 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,440 ministries, it paralyzes people, it paralyzes productivity. 362 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,960 But in Second Timothy 17 For we are not given of the spirit of 363 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,560 fear, but of power. And of love and of sound mind. 364 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:35,040 That's what fear is. It has no part of love or of a 365 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:36,680 sound mind in any way, shape or form. 366 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:44,440 The thing is, this thing of fear is it's like as if the the devil 367 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:48,680 just whispered just a little something in your ear and it 368 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:53,160 just freezes you for a moment and it's just enough for you to 369 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:57,120 do nothing. It's just enough for you not to 370 00:19:57,120 --> 00:20:01,160 take that extra step of faith, but to take a step back in fear. 371 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,560 And then guess what? You just stay there and then you 372 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:07,800 don't do anything for the Lord and then you don't see. 373 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:09,640 It's like, why don't I see victory? 374 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:11,040 Why don't I see the blessings of God? 375 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:15,280 Because you're not allowing your step of faith to move you. 376 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:17,480 You're allowing the fear to hold to you. 377 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:25,920 Don't be a coward. 22,000 men. Let's say there's, let's say 378 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,040 there's 32 people here, 22 of you leave just because you don't 379 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,480 want to. That leaves a big gap, leaves a 380 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:37,120 huge gap. Think about it, 32,000 then 381 00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:42,240 boom, 22,000, The worst church split I've seen before the 382 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:46,760 church was even invented. Don't be a coward. 383 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:49,480 We're going right into it. Hey, we're going quick. 384 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:53,400 Praise the Lord, No, Amen #2 the careless. 385 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,800 The careless in Second Corinthians chapter 10. 386 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,560 I'll just turn there very quickly and then read the verse 387 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:03,120 that I have for that Second Corinthians chapter 10 verse #12 388 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:07,360 it says this. 2nd Corinthians 1012 It says, For we dare not 389 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:11,240 make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that 390 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,240 commend themselves, but they measuring themselves by 391 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,720 themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are 392 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:22,560 not wise. Are not wise. 393 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:26,400 This thing of being not wise, it's not a good thing. 394 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,400 God, God, God, we have a whole book of proverbs that talks 395 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:34,240 about the wise and the foolish, the wit, the, the prudent man 396 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:38,280 and the scorner and, and so many different of the, the righteous 397 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,560 and of the unrighteous, the, the, the, the good and the bad, 398 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:43,760 the, the, the holy and the wicked. 399 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:49,520 So much of that because it's geared toward you going for what 400 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,800 is the right, what is good, what is holy, But this thing of not 401 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:55,040 wise, this thing of wickedness, this thing of sin. 402 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,440 Yes, we are born with this thing called the sin nature. 403 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:02,560 However we have, we don't just have a sin nature, we have 404 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:06,880 available to us the Savior. And I'm very aware of I, I, I 405 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:08,680 want to say everyone here is accepted Christ. 406 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:10,720 But if you haven't, hey, guess what, today is a great day to 407 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:12,160 accept Jesus Christ, your personal savior. 408 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:14,360 Hey, guess what? You never will have to worry in 409 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:18,600 a day in your life where Jesus Christ, he, he, when he died on 410 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,600 that cross, he didn't have any exceptions. 411 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,600 He didn't just say, oh, sorry, I can't, not for you, brother Joe, 412 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,840 sorry about that. Maybe next time, but not this. 413 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,040 This time, no, no, no, no, no, there's nothing like that at 414 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:28,960 all. Hey, guess what? 415 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:30,680 When Jesus died on that cross, guess what? 416 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:35,360 All sins were paid for, all were covered under the blood, all 417 00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:40,080 because of a Savior who, who died for God, so loved the world 418 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,520 that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believe in 419 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,840 Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 420 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:47,600 That is the joy that we get to have. 421 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,200 That is where we get to continue to expand and continue to grow 422 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,080 and to continue to have a relationship with God. 423 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,800 When it comes to having a relationship with God, it starts 424 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:57,960 with Jesus Christ because guess what? 425 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,040 This thing of sin is separating you from your heavenly Father, 426 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,840 you, you do not have that excess until the mediator Christ. 427 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,520 He takes the sinner's hand and he takes God's hand and guess 428 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,120 what? Boom, you're back together. 429 00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:11,480 Hey, you have a relationship and then guess what? 430 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:12,920 You can talk to him through your prayers. 431 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,560 He talks back to you through the preaching of God's Word and you 432 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,960 reading the God's Word on your own and studying God's word and 433 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,160 getting involved and doing something great for God. 434 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:23,040 But hey, listen. Take advantage of the 435 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:29,720 relationship that you have. I wonder how often you talk to 436 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:34,000 people, you know, you maybe you have like a what is it on 437 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,480 Snapchat? You have these like snap 438 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,240 streaks, right where you just like send pictures to each other 439 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:39,800 every day and you have these streaks. 440 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:44,640 It's like I got a 500 day streak with my my cousin over in 441 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,240 Timbuktu. Whatever, I don't know. 442 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:52,680 But then it goes. I haven't opened my Bible ever 443 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,040 since last Sunday because the preacher told me to bring it. 444 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,440 Or I haven't even gone to church recently and I haven't opened my 445 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:01,840 Bible ever since the last time I've been to church. 446 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:03,840 Or maybe you don't even bring to church at all. 447 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:05,240 Maybe I'm just giving you too much credit. 448 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,440 But it comes to the point where it's like this thing of wisdom 449 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,560 and the foolish, 2 very different things and God does 450 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,800 not want you to delve into the foolish things. 451 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,440 And why am I going into that? Because. 452 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:19,240 We see here these 10,000 men that remain. 453 00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:22,720 They're not afraid. And that's great. 454 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,920 Hey, they're ready. They want, they are ready for 455 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:27,320 the battle. They they said, Nope, we're 456 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,720 going to stand our ground. We're here and we're going to do 457 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:31,120 something. OK, great. 458 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:35,720 However, God obviously knowing what is supposed to happen here, 459 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:40,000 knowing that the 300 is supposed to be the final number for him. 460 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:47,080 These 9700 men unfortunately did not continue simply because they 461 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,880 did not stop to think for a moment. 462 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,120 Remember, these are not just I, I believe these were men that 463 00:24:54,120 --> 00:24:56,160 were soldiers. These were people that again, 464 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,760 they were not afraid. So they had something in their 465 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:01,400 belt, if you will. They, they, they were not just a 466 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:02,520 fear. They weren't afraid. 467 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,720 They were ready for the battle. So I believe all of them had 468 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,080 this opportunity of training, getting ready for the battle, if 469 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:09,960 you will. So in a sense they had this 470 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:13,640 opportunity to this test for them to see if they are ready 471 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:18,480 for the battle. And then we see as a result, a 472 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:20,520 lot of them forgot their training. 473 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:25,600 A lot of them, they, they, they probably were again, they were 474 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,680 just, they were just so thirsty and they just, they were just 475 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:32,640 drinking instead of just being prepared because that was what 476 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:36,280 their training involved. And then I think again is the 477 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:41,160 9700 go back home. And they can't say they had 478 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:45,760 victory either, unfortunately, because simply they did not stop 479 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:51,400 to think. They were weak thinkers, if you 480 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,440 will. They were lazy brained, thick 481 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,920 headed in a sense. Some, I mean, I don't want to 482 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:58,120 swear on the pulp. They were dumb. 483 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,040 Sorry, I didn't mean to say that, but I pastor will forgive 484 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:03,280 me. No, he probably won't invite me 485 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:07,720 back if I say that again. No, but hey, I like it. 486 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:13,880 A preacher with integrity. No, no, unfortunately, these, 487 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,880 these men, they just forgot their training. 488 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:23,120 Hey, Liberty Baptist Church, I want to say you got some good 489 00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:25,520 training here. I want to say you have the 490 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,720 opportunity to know what God's word says. 491 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:33,000 I want, I want knowing Pastor Adam Rivero, I love, I love him 492 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,520 with all my heart. And I've and I've and I've seen 493 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,360 a lot of things that he's preaching, a lot of things he's 494 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:39,840 taught. And I've even snuck some notes 495 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,000 that I've gotten from one of my best friends that he's taught 496 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,360 him. And your pastor, he loves his 497 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:49,640 word and he tries to bring it to you so that you can have the 498 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:51,560 proper training in order to be ready for the battle. 499 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:55,520 And then guess what? When the test comes, it's on you 500 00:26:56,160 --> 00:27:00,760 to remember your training. It's on you to remember what you 501 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:06,440 got from God's word. However, a lot of you might just 502 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:10,680 forget your training. A lot of you just might not 503 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:15,120 remember. And we telling you right now 504 00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:19,960 we're we're in a battle today. We cannot afford to forget our 505 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:24,080 training. We cannot afford to in a sense, 506 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:29,160 leave what God has given to us. I bet some of those men were 507 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,200 just so disappointed in them saying saying, man, I knew 508 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,680 better than that. All I had to do was drink, 509 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:37,800 right? That's all I had to do. 510 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,680 But I, I, I I messed up. I failed the soldier. 511 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:45,560 SAT test, if you will. I should have taken time to make 512 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:49,160 the right decision. He just sent 22,000 of my 513 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:52,160 chicken friends home and I wanted to make the cut. 514 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:53,520 I was. I wasn't afraid. 515 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,120 I was ready, but just because I didn't. 516 00:27:56,120 --> 00:28:00,240 Think I'm not able to move forward just because I didn't 517 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:04,960 think in the moment, I wasn't able to see God do a great and 518 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:09,480 mighty victory through my life. When I was when I was a young 519 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:13,600 boy, I'd say, oh man, I can't believe I did that. 520 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:15,400 What was I thinking? And my mom would just say back 521 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,520 to me, you weren't thinking, Anthony. 522 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,200 You weren't. It was more Spanish. 523 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,920 I thought, you know, she I got a Puerto Rican mom, you know, So 524 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:26,400 it's, it's hard. It's hard. 525 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,280 You pray for me, you pray for me. 526 00:28:29,120 --> 00:28:36,120 But no, it's this thing of thinking, this thing of the 527 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,440 mind. Remember, God gave you that 528 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:41,400 thing of mind. But The thing is, however, your 529 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:45,760 mind unfortunately is the spiritual battlefield where God 530 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:46,920 wants your mind. And guess what? 531 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:49,840 Satan wants your mind as well. And he's going to, again, he's 532 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:51,360 going to try to put that fear in your mind. 533 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,880 He's going to try to put so much garbage, so much nonsense. 534 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:58,480 Hey, he's going to try to put so much of your past all up in 535 00:28:58,480 --> 00:28:59,840 there. You know why? 536 00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:03,240 Because he knows that'll paralyze you. 537 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,640 That'll stop you. That'll hey, listen, he bring up 538 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,440 the past and people get people get nervous. 539 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,400 People get nervous. However, it's God. 540 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,040 Remember who Christ saved you from? 541 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:21,640 It's not it's not again, it's just like, yeah, but God can't 542 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:27,800 use me because I did XY and Z. But remember it's XY and Z. 543 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,360 It's in the past. It's not ABC now what I have 544 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:34,920 moving forward now, it's not what is to be of me now. 545 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:42,360 We know that the Bible is the word of God and we know if we 546 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,480 follow the word of God that we will have no worries in terms of 547 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:46,840 following right. However, there are just still 548 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:51,200 times we decide to think on our own solutions instead of what 549 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:54,680 the Bible says in Proverbs 3. Five and six says trust in the 550 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:58,280 Lord with all thine heart and lean not to thine own 551 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:01,240 understanding. And all thy ways acknowledge him 552 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:06,000 and he shall. It's a promise He shall direct 553 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:10,040 thy paths again. Your pastor, he'll preach to you 554 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,800 on Sundays and tell you not to do something and be bold about 555 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:14,240 him. Be and be serious about it. 556 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:16,880 But then some people just are going out doing it the same 557 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,400 exact thing he told you not to do that next day. 558 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,560 We have this unfortunate thing in churches called Sunday 559 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,720 Christianity, where you come to church on Sundays and you and 560 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,800 you'd be the best Christian you could possibly be on Sunday. 561 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:29,480 But then guess what? All that gets thrown out the 562 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:32,080 window Monday morning. And then you just go back to 563 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,280 your routine and then you go in Tuesday and then Wednesday, hey, 564 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,720 you're here back in church. I'll still show a little bit of 565 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,680 Christianity and then guess what, You'll go back and then 566 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,480 Thursday and Friday and so on and so forth. 567 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:45,480 And it's like you're playing two sides of the field here. 568 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:48,160 God said he can't, you cannot serve both God and man. 569 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,920 There's, there's there's no opportunity. 570 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,960 God says he spews the out of the mouth this thing of a lukewarm 571 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:57,280 Christian or you just play both sides of the field here. 572 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:02,880 Listen, success is based on a series of good decisions. 573 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:07,680 So take your time to not just make the right decision, but 574 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:13,080 listen, the best decision, the best decision possible. 575 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,160 When I was younger, one of my biggest things was chess. 576 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,440 I love chess now I'm not great at it, but I, I like it. 577 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:26,800 I'm, I'm OK at it. I don't play it often, but 578 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,240 there's, there's one thing about making like the right move. 579 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,920 They they have like computer based programs that show you 580 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,720 what is the right move and then they show these moves that are. 581 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,360 Known as like. Brilliant moves which go even 582 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:43,440 further than the right move because it forces checks and 583 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,280 checkmates. If you know the game of chess, 584 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:48,760 if you will, it's it's better than just the right move in the 585 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,040 moment. It's the best move possible 586 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:54,680 which or which forces the opponent in in a sense to 587 00:31:55,720 --> 00:32:00,440 basically face defeat. And I want you to understand 588 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:03,800 when it comes to your decision making, we shouldn't just settle 589 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:05,480 with. I just know this is the right 590 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,720 thing. We shouldn't be so involved with 591 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,840 making the best decision possible so that God can use 592 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:16,640 this to the fullest capacity possible when it comes to you. 593 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:20,440 You just again thinking, well, I know this is right, so I'll do 594 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:24,440 it and that's and that's good. But you should want it. 595 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:26,960 You should have such a desire to do God's will that you just go a 596 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,320 step beyond saying no. I guess this is the right 597 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:30,480 decision, but I'm go even further. 598 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,280 Make the best decision I can possibly make. 599 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,520 Listen, think before you open your mouth. 600 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:42,760 Think before you cuss. Think before you steal. 601 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:47,360 Hey, think before you get drunk. Hey, think before you smoke that 602 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,480 last cigarette or think before you do drugs. 603 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,760 Hey, think before you participate with those friends 604 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:54,640 that you know you should not be involved with. 605 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,000 Hey, think before you go on social media and post something 606 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,040 that you know you're most likely to get in trouble. 607 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:02,680 For hey, think before you read that book. 608 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:06,000 Think before you take that job that makes you stop being able 609 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,080 to go to church on Sundays. Hey, think before you yoke up 610 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:13,200 with those unbelievers. Hey, think before you decide to 611 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,320 choose a different version of the Bible you're going to read. 612 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:19,440 Hey, think before you give up your virginity in a sense. 613 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:21,840 Hey, think before you date that guy or girl. 614 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:24,720 Hey, you better think before you marry the wrong person here. 615 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:27,960 Hey, you better think before you make decisions that will change 616 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,480 your life and your family's life and everyone that is involved in 617 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:33,040 your life. You better think before you 618 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,200 quit. You better think before you give 619 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:36,680 up. You better think before you run 620 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:38,280 away. You better think before you sin 621 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,080 against God. You better think before you mess 622 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:42,280 up the life that God has given you. 623 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:49,280 Think before you do anything. Think about what is moving 624 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,880 forward. What is the, the, the, the, the 625 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:56,000 domino effect, if you will, that will follow if you make that 626 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,840 decision. Right or wrong, who is it going 627 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,440 to affect? Every decision that you make 628 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,760 doesn't just affect you. I don't think any decision will 629 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,360 just affect you because guess what? 630 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:09,120 Your family, everyone again, that you're supporting, that 631 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,000 you're around your church every, they're all going to feel it. 632 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:13,960 They're all going. To feel it. 633 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,600 You say, hey, I'm not going to pass her. 634 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,239 I'm all set. I'm not, I'm not I'm not going 635 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:20,840 to be involved with the Sunday school anymore. 636 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:24,719 Hey brother, I'm very thankful for this. 637 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:26,920 I'm just not I don't want to be involved with the soul wedding 638 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:30,880 anymore. I, I appreciate it, but I just 639 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,360 sorry, church is just not for me. 640 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:35,880 I, I, I'll watch on the live stream. 641 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:37,679 You know that that'll be good for me. 642 00:34:37,679 --> 00:34:39,440 I'll watch on the live stream. Hey, it's still church. 643 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,080 I'm still, but I'm in the comfort of my home and I'm good. 644 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,719 I'm OK. Doesn't just affect you. 645 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,639 It affects everyone around you. It affects everyone. 646 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:53,480 You better make the right decisions or you're going to see 647 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:58,520 God tell you, sorry, can't use you because you just simply 648 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:03,480 didn't think. And if you read your Bible, 649 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:05,600 you'll see the right type of thinking. 650 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,880 In Philippians chapter 2 verse #5 it says let this mind be in 651 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:11,920 you, which was also in Christ Jesus. 652 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,520 What is that saying? It's saying you better think 653 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:18,240 like Jesus thinks. Remember we're Christians. 654 00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:20,320 What does that mean? It means little Christ, or 655 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,360 Christ like if you will. We are supposed to be like Jesus 656 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,480 and that. Verse Right there we ought to 657 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:27,800 have the. Mind of Jesus, because guess 658 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:28,880 what? Jesus never thought a bad 659 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:31,840 thought, never thought a wrong thought, and he always thought 660 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:35,440 the right things, the right way, the right time, all the time. 661 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,320 Think like Jesus Philippians chapter 4 verse #8 it says 662 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:41,840 finally, brother, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever 663 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,080 things are on is whatsoever things are just, whatsoever 664 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,640 things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever 665 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:49,040 things are of a good. Report if there be any virtue 666 00:35:49,240 --> 00:35:53,800 and if there be any praise. Think on these things. 667 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:58,760 And just a quick little insert here, whatsoever things are 668 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,040 true, you know it is true. The Bible, you know whatsoever. 669 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:04,880 Things are honest, the Bible, you know whatsoever. 670 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:06,760 Things are just the Bible whatsoever. 671 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:08,600 Things are pure, the Bible whatsoever. 672 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:10,520 Things are lovely, the Bible whatsoever. 673 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:12,160 Things are of a good rapport the Bible. 674 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,400 If there be any virtue and if there be any praise that comes 675 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,480 from the Word of God, think on these things. 676 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:21,040 We should consistently have the Word of God running through our 677 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:22,120 minds. Guess what? 678 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:23,480 You'll never get in trouble with that. 679 00:36:24,240 --> 00:36:26,560 You'll never get in trouble just constantly having the word of 680 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:30,600 God running through your mind. It says in Psalm 119 verse 11, 681 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,720 it says, let thy word, the word hid in my heart that I might not 682 00:36:33,720 --> 00:36:36,720 sin against thee. You're not going to have your 683 00:36:36,720 --> 00:36:38,320 Bible on you 24/7. You got it. 684 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:39,960 You got to have it in your mind and in your heart. 685 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:42,760 And guess what, when Satan tries to attack you, when the enemy, 686 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,480 when the opponent is coming at you, you could be like Jesus 687 00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,520 where he says no Satan, the Bible says. 688 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,600 This or it may be again, when it comes to your anger, when it 689 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,520 comes to your pride, when it comes to so many different 690 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:56,680 things that that again Satan will try to attack you with and 691 00:36:56,680 --> 00:37:00,120 try to hate your weak spots. You can say no Satan, the Bible 692 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:03,760 says this, no Satan, the Bible says this and then therefore we 693 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:07,800 get to again resist and resist the devil and he will flee from 694 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:12,320 you. Romans chapter 12 verse #2 Be 695 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:15,080 not conformed to this will be transformed by the renewing of 696 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:18,160 your mind. That you may prove what is that 697 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:19,960 good and acceptable and perfect will of God. 698 00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,680 In Proverbs 16, verse 3, it says, Commit thy works on the 699 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:28,560 Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established, said Corinthians 700 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:30,040 10/5. It says, casting down 701 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:33,720 imaginations and every high thing that exalted itself 702 00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:37,360 against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity 703 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:44,440 every thought to the obedience of Christ we ought to be. 704 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,880 Fearless. Not like the cowards. 705 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:51,120 We ought not to be careless, we ought to think, and we ought to 706 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:54,880 be like these 300 men, these conquerors, these conquerors 707 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,920 point #3 the conquerors. We either have the conquerors or 708 00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,680 the courageous. You know, when you're getting an 709 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:03,600 alliterated point or an outline, whatever, you just, you use 710 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:05,400 whatever. But I call them the conquerors. 711 00:38:05,720 --> 00:38:10,080 Romans 837. It says this Romans chapter 8 712 00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:17,800 verse #37 Romans 837. It says this, it says nay. 713 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:21,360 And all these things. We are more than conquerors 714 00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:29,280 through him that loved us. These 300 men, they saw those 715 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:34,280 22,000 just walk because they were afraid. 716 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:41,080 Hey, they saw those 9700 men go home just because they didn't 717 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:44,280 think right. So what were the two 718 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:46,840 stipulations just for these 300 men that they were not afraid, 719 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:51,400 that they just thought right. They just had a right thought 720 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,200 life and they just were not afraid. 721 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:57,120 They were courageous and they saw victory. 722 00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:59,840 They they were the conquerors of that nation as a result. 723 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:02,520 Again, they were just simply not afraid. 724 00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:04,960 And they thought before they acted. 725 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:09,360 They didn't necessarily have a 1000 IQ, but they trusted God 726 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,440 and they did not allow the devil to intimidate them. 727 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:14,520 You know what? You know what they had? 728 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:18,880 They had a story to tell. I bet when, when it was all over 729 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:23,520 and those 300 men got back again, 31,700 men, we're all 730 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:29,680 back and nothing to show for. But those 300 men, they were 731 00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:34,600 able to show, Hey, we saw God do a great and mighty work. 732 00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:38,640 We played those trumpets, we broke those pictures, we showed 733 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:41,600 those lamps and we shouted. The Sword of Lord Head of 734 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:44,120 Gideon. And we just saw those 735 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,760 Midianites, they were just, they were, they were afraid. 736 00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:48,960 They were scared, they were killing themselves. 737 00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:52,280 We didn't even do a thing. But we just, we just obeyed what 738 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:56,680 God had told us to do. And as a result, we saw God do a 739 00:39:56,680 --> 00:40:00,760 great and mighty victory through US, just playing our trumpets, 740 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,600 being obedient to God. They had a story to tell. 741 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:08,560 I bet they're children when they when they would ask him how was. 742 00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:11,280 What happened in the battle? They were just they had the joy, 743 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,360 they had the excitement they had they were ready to tell them 744 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:15,840 something great because guess what? 745 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:18,400 When you do the right thing, you can talk about it. 746 00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:20,480 Guess what? When you don't do the right 747 00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:25,040 thing, you keep to yourself. You don't like talking about the 748 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:26,760 bad things. You like it when hey, you like 749 00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:30,000 it when God saves you from the bad things and you get to tell 750 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:31,960 your testimony of what he saved you from. 751 00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:36,080 Hey, you love that. But when it's time to. 752 00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:38,920 If you did. Something wrong? 753 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:41,360 You're not, you're not putting that on the stage. 754 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,800 You're not showing that out for people to see. 755 00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:47,840 You're showing them, hey, God did something great. 756 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:52,280 Hey, God did a great work. I bet those, I bet those 757 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:54,800 soldiers, I bet they've got to keep those trumpets. 758 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:56,880 I bet they got to keep those things. 759 00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:59,840 And they probably put it on their trophy shelf next to their 760 00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:01,840 participant trophy. I don't know, whatever. 761 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:09,000 And they just look at that trumpet and I can see God did 762 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,960 something there. God did something great there. 763 00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:17,400 And I, and I just saying again, they were just simply obedient 764 00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:19,560 to God. You understand, they were going 765 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:21,320 into battle, they were going into war. 766 00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:23,560 So what does Gideon give them for war? 767 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,520 OK, here you get a trumpet, you get a pitcher, and here's a 768 00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:31,240 lamp. We're talking about war here. 769 00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:33,520 Where's my bazooka? Where? 770 00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:35,760 Where's my AK4? Why? 771 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:38,440 Why am I not getting weapons? What are we doing it? 772 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:43,120 Didn't it didn't say that they question any motive. 773 00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,760 Gideon say you do what I do, you follow what I do, and we're 774 00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,640 going to see God do a great work and they did it. 775 00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:53,880 That's just obedience. That's just obedience. 776 00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:56,960 Hey, listen. It's it's like. 777 00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:01,800 It's so crazy how often everyone is just continuously questioning 778 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:03,720 why do we have to do this? Why do we have to do that? 779 00:42:03,720 --> 00:42:05,680 Why does Bible say this? Why do we have to get involved? 780 00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:10,920 That what? Just obey, just obey. 781 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:14,960 It says Jesus said if they if you love me, keep my 782 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:19,040 commandments, just keep them. But why? 783 00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:22,080 Why do I have to? If you love me, keep my 784 00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:26,040 commandments. But I don't understand, what if 785 00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:28,120 you love me? It's just obedience. 786 00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:35,400 It's just knowing that there's no going astray when I follow 787 00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:39,360 what God has me to do. And then like I said, guess 788 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:40,360 what? You have something to tell 789 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:46,280 about. I wonder how often we just think 790 00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:50,480 about the great things that God has done in our lives. 791 00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:55,920 And we just pray that the next generation that comes up, they 792 00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:59,560 say, I want to serve God, but I don't know, I've never seen him. 793 00:42:59,880 --> 00:43:02,880 And then you could just jump on and say, hey, listen, serving 794 00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:06,360 God will be the greatest thing you ever do with your life. 795 00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:10,000 Why not? Just if I read it, I've 796 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:14,560 experienced it. Hey, I've seen the hand of God 797 00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:18,120 fall on my life and I've seen him do some great things in my 798 00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,080 life. The Bible, if it was just the 799 00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:23,160 Bible, hey, listen, that's good. And I pray, Listen, the Bible is 800 00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:25,840 the word of God. You'll never falter with it, but 801 00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:29,520 when you have a story to tell how God saved you from all the 802 00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:32,600 nonsense of the world and all the nonsense of the flesh and 803 00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:36,360 what Satan has gotten you involved and entangled with, 804 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:42,200 when you could say God took me from that, I'm in his hand. 805 00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:43,880 No one's going to pluck me out of his hands. 806 00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:47,240 I'm I'm secure, I'm safe. Salvation is only a one time 807 00:43:47,240 --> 00:43:48,840 thing. You don't need to do it 345 808 00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:51,240 times a week. You're in that hand and you're 809 00:43:51,240 --> 00:43:58,480 good to go, but then you get to see God in his hand, do some 810 00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:01,320 great and mighty things because you know you're safe, you know 811 00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:03,720 you're doing the right thing, and you know, as a result 812 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:07,640 there's nothing to be afraid of. And hey, what my thought life, 813 00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,400 it's in the right spot. Don't be a coward. 814 00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:16,480 There are many cowards, 22,000 cowards. 815 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:20,640 There are a good amount of careless people, but there are 816 00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:27,080 very few conquerors. Of the two crowds, which one 817 00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:32,200 would you be a part of the thirty 1700 that God couldn't 818 00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:34,280 use? Or do you want to be a part of 819 00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:41,480 the 300 that God was able to use and as a result have a great and 820 00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:44,800 mighty victory? Which side would you want to be? 821 00:44:45,720 --> 00:44:48,400 Thank you for listening to the sermon from the pulpit of 822 00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:51,320 Liberty Baptist Church. If this message was a blessing 823 00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:54,800 to you, or if there's any way we can serve you, please let us 824 00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:59,400 know by contacting us at info@mylibertybaptist.org. 825 00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:04,200 Or you can visit us this Sunday at 800 Washington St. in Easton, 826 00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:07,040 MA. May the Lord bless you as you 827 00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:08,240 grow in His Word.