1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,960 Welcome to the Illuminate Church podcast. 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,520 We hope today's message is encouraging to you. 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,120 This summer we're starting a series called The Seven Habits 4 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:16,360 of Jesus People. Not joking. 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:22,000 This entire summer we are going to spend learning what it means 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,760 to be a Jesus person. I say Jesus, you say people. 7 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:33,160 Jesus, Jesus, Jesus people. Jesus people are empowered by 8 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:35,560 God to transform the world and all that live in it. 9 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,560 Everyone around them, everything around them can be transformed 10 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,040 by a Jesus person. When there's lost and broken 11 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,360 people, it is Jesus people that bring them from death to life. 12 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,840 When outcomes look impossible, it's a Jesus person that shows 13 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:56,640 up and brings forward what's possible, what all hope seems 14 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,240 lost. It's Jesus people that come in 15 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,320 and with their faith and with their prayer, their belief and 16 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:09,000 their activity in the things of the Kingdom, they turn the world 17 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,320 upside down. When Jesus excuse me, when 18 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:15,480 people are in need, when people are homeless, when people are 19 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:19,320 widowed, orphaned, imprisoned, you name it, it's Jesus people 20 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:23,840 that show up and make a lasting difference. 21 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:28,120 Jesus people carry the same power that raised Jesus from the 22 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,160 grave in their bosom. So wherever a Jesus person goes, 23 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:38,440 they bring the hope of God with them into every situation, into 24 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:44,520 every relationship, The power of God present through a Jesus 25 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,440 person. So this summer, let's be Jesus 26 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:51,640 people. And you say how the seven habits 27 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:56,800 of Jesus people, you ever had a Jesus person in your life? 28 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,400 Anyone. If my hand's up, and your answer 29 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:01,480 is yes, your hand should go up too. 30 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:03,040 Do you ever have a Jesus person in your life? 31 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:11,920 How about you online? Somebody who lifted you before 32 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:15,760 the Father, Somebody who gathered you to the Father. 33 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,360 Somebody who corrected you, rebuked you, prayed for you, 34 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,800 helped you, served you. When everyone else left, they're 35 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,400 still there, like you're still here. 36 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:33,160 Jesus people bless people. I married a Jesus person. 37 00:02:39,920 --> 00:02:43,600 I got many Jesus people. Many not multiples. 38 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:47,440 Well, three is multiple Jesus people that live in my house 39 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:52,960 with me, my kids. I work with Jesus people. 40 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:59,320 Can I get an Amen? I live my neighbors to my left, 41 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,240 my neighbors to my my right, my neighbors over there just a few 42 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,960 strand my neighbors over there and I can see them in my I live 43 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:11,600 near and do life with Jesus people and I say that to say 44 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:21,320 help us. And by the way, I when I read 45 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,800 the scriptures, I meet lots and lots of Jesus people. 46 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,920 My best friends I find in the Bible are Jesus people. 47 00:03:34,150 --> 00:03:38,230 I say all that to say, I know what Jesus people look like. 48 00:03:39,950 --> 00:03:45,030 I know what they smell like. I know how they operate. 49 00:03:46,310 --> 00:03:53,280 And when I get around them, I feel my life buoyed, abundant, 50 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,080 different than when I'm just banging around, bumping into the 51 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:04,160 world and it's empty promises and it's frustrations and it's 52 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,080 joylessness. But when I'm around a Jesus 53 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,720 person, it's it's different. So I say to you again, let's 54 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:15,160 learn how to be Jesus people. And you say how I'm glad you 55 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,600 asked the seven habits of Jesus people that we're going to be 56 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,000 looking at this summer. The first message in this series 57 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:28,320 is called peculiar people. Everyone say peculiar dads. 58 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,600 Today I want to invite you to be a peculiar dad. 59 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:36,840 What does that mean? Let's talk about it. 60 00:04:36,840 --> 00:04:40,200 The main idea of this message can be summed up in one verse 61 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,040 we're going to find in the book of Acts. 62 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,040 If you want to open your Bible, some of you got them on your 63 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:45,880 laps. We're going to be in Acts 64 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:47,560 chapter 2. If you need a Bible, raise your 65 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,840 hand and one of the ushers will bring one to you. 66 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,720 Acts chapter 2. The book of Acts is really the 67 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,720 story of the beginning of the church, the launch of the 68 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:03,880 church, the birth of that which we are still in today. 69 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:06,960 And Jesus did this. You'll never believe how he 70 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:08,920 birthed the church through Jesus people. 71 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,280 Peter, the rest of the disciples, Paul, Lydia, 72 00:05:12,280 --> 00:05:17,040 Barnabas, Priscilla, Timothy, Tabitha, all of these people in 73 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,040 the book of Acts are Jesus people. 74 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:25,080 And watch this 2000 years later we are swimming in the current 75 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:29,120 of what God started in the headwaters of the original Jesus 76 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,960 people. The movement still goes forward 77 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,360 because of Jesus, people. And if it's true then, it's true 78 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:40,360 now because God is the same yesterday, today and forever. 79 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:46,240 Would you believe with me that He can do now in our day and age 80 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:50,280 what He did 2000 years ago? Say yes, you better believe it. 81 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:54,360 He is doing it. The verse that summarizes series 82 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,280 has found the very day that the church is said to have begun. 83 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:00,160 It's called the Day of Pentecost. 84 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,840 It wasn't named Pentecost because the church began. 85 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:07,000 It was already Pentecost and then this happened on Pentecost. 86 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,400 Pentecost, also known as Shavout. 87 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:15,680 SHAVOUT is one of the festivals that the Hebrew people are 88 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,680 commanded by God to celebrate. This one happens to be 89 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:24,840 celebrating the end of the harvest. 50 days Penta. 50 days 90 00:06:24,840 --> 00:06:29,440 after Passover, there's to celebrate this feast. 91 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,000 It's one of the three pilgrimage feasts found in the Bible, which 92 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:38,480 means all of the Jews and all of the converts to Judaism would 93 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:42,160 gather together in Jerusalem to celebrate as a command from the 94 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,840 Lord. We still celebrate Pentecost in 95 00:06:44,840 --> 00:06:46,880 the Christian Church. It's 50 days after Easter. 96 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,640 It was last Sunday was Pentecost Sunday. 97 00:06:52,280 --> 00:06:55,600 As we read you're going to hear about of them and them are they 98 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:59,520 is this group of disciples of followers of Jesus who have 99 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:03,800 gathered together as God has commanded them, waiting for the 100 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,520 power of the Holy Spirit to arrive. 101 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:11,160 And in Acts chapter 2, the grand moment happens verse one when 102 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,840 the day of Pentecost came they were all together in one place. 103 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,640 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came 104 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,960 from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 105 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:28,360 I know hurricanes are kind of they're scary, they're daunting. 106 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,560 When you hear one's coming, everyone kind of clinches up, 107 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:32,280 runs to the store, we start whatever. 108 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,840 And then the night comes and the storm passes and you hear that 109 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,600 wind. I know in Florida, maybe more 110 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:42,720 than anywhere else, we know what a loud, violent wind sounds 111 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:43,440 like. Amen. 112 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,600 They're hearing this wind. They saw what seemed to be 113 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:51,040 tongues of fire. Look, it's all together and then 114 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,880 it separates. So one Spirit separates and 115 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:58,200 comes to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the 116 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,760 Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit 117 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,800 enabled them. Now they were staying in 118 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,200 Jerusalem, God fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. 119 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:10,240 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in the 120 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,080 bewilderment because each one heard their own language being 121 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,840 spoken. Utterly amazed, they asked, 122 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:20,680 aren't all these who are speaking Galileans, meaning 123 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,360 obviously they shouldn't be able to speak our language? 124 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,800 Like I can't speak Portuguese or Spanish. 125 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:30,040 I wish I could better, but these Galileans shouldn't be speaking 126 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,919 all these languages. Then how is it, verse 8, that 127 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:34,960 each of us hears them in our native language? 128 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:40,080 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia, Judea, 129 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:44,000 Cappadocious, Pontus, Asia, Persia and Pamphila, Egypt and 130 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,560 the parts of Libya near Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews 131 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:51,200 and commerce to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs and Oklahomans and 132 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:56,960 Texans, all of them we hear them declaring, declaring the wonders 133 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:01,920 of God in our own tongues. Amazed and perplexed, asked one 134 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:06,040 another, What does this mean? Some, however, made fun of them 135 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,240 and said they have had too much wine. 136 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:17,040 They drunk. And verse 13 is the one I want 137 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:21,360 to point out to you to begin there it is. 138 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,680 Something is so odd about the behavior of these Jesus people 139 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,520 that they categorize them into a group and then they begin to 140 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:34,680 make fun of them. They're so peculiar, so 141 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:39,440 different, and they say they are out of their minds. 142 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,600 I mean, they say they've had too much wine, which means they're 143 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:44,560 drunk, which when somebody's drunk, they're out of their 144 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:46,240 mind. They've lost control of their 145 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,480 faculties. They're out of their mind. 146 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:52,880 They're so odd, so peculiar, out of your mind. 147 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:57,120 You're drunk too much wine this morning. 148 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:01,160 I want to ask you if you've ever been accused of the same. 149 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:08,280 Yes. Has anyone looked at your life 150 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:15,240 and thought how odd, How peculiar is it that you pray 151 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:19,800 like you do? That's different. 152 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:26,320 How peculiar it is that you on every Sunday morning, instead of 153 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:33,280 going to the beach, going to Disney, going to the ball fields 154 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:37,920 on some sports tournament, they're there. 155 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,200 You decide to go to church. That's odd. 156 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:45,280 Remember when Owen was playing travel baseball? 157 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:47,480 We told him we're not playing on Sunday mornings and he wouldn't 158 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,240 show up and like, well, that's weird. 159 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,080 You drunk? Are you out of your mind? 160 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:57,760 Your account? Never look at you. 161 00:10:58,440 --> 00:10:59,720 You're like account, I don't got account. 162 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,800 I am the accountant. Do you ever look at you and say, 163 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,440 wow, it's really odd that we give this much money to the 164 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:12,640 church because we could do XYZ. It's odd. 165 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,320 You're out of your mind. You're peculiar. 166 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:19,720 The way that you speak is peculiar too, because the rest 167 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:23,440 of us use all sorts of language. You don't, or the rest of us 168 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:25,080 never talk about God, and you do. 169 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:36,440 How odd, how peculiar. Has anyone ever accused you of 170 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:38,480 such? If not, you're in the right 171 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,080 place. Don't take any condemnation. 172 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,480 Take invitation from the Lord. He's calling you higher. 173 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:45,880 Take me to the rock that is higher. 174 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,880 He's elevating you. He's growing you from glory to 175 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,480 glory. He's maturing you and inviting 176 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,960 you to be a part of the series, to become a peculiar person in 177 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:57,920 your schools, in your workplaces, all over the place. 178 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:03,280 But if you are already considered as odd, then let this 179 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:08,120 be affirmation and a recommitment from you to shine 180 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:11,840 like stars in the darkness so the world may see His glory. 181 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:17,360 What I want to show you here is what happens to you if you will 182 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:20,440 follow these 7 habits of Jesus people. 183 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:24,400 The outcome of it. And I'm going to put some puzzle 184 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,960 pieces together so they may seem not connected at first, but 185 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:31,000 follow along. Put your big brain on and follow 186 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:31,960 me. Are you ready to say yes? 187 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:33,720 You big brain on? Say yes. 188 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,080 I'm speaking that over you. There's a man named Jim. 189 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,200 Ron ROHN. Jim Rohn. 190 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,640 Somebody helped me in the first service and told me the right 191 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:46,160 way to pronounce it. And I've already forgotten. 192 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,720 It's either Ron or Rohn. It's ROHN. 193 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,240 Anybody know Ron? Ron. 194 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:58,120 I see not Jim Rome, that's a sports guy, Jim ROHN. 195 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:03,640 He's considered the godfather of personal development. 196 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:10,400 And to that I say they forgot about another guy named Jesus, 197 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:16,560 who is the father of all development of any human, but 198 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:19,400 he's considered he was, he's in the early 1900s alive. 199 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,960 He died in the 1900s, late 1900s, but he's considered this 200 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:24,600 godfather of personal development. 201 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:26,320 There's another man named Tony Robbins. 202 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:28,760 You might have heard of him. He was mentored by Jim Rome. 203 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:31,360 He learned what he learned from Jim Rome. 204 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:35,520 Jim Rome would speak in front of groups of five, then 10s, then 205 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:37,960 hundreds and thousands. He wrote so many books. 206 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:42,360 He he also inspired and mentored another guy named Jack Canfield. 207 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:46,040 Anyone remember this name? This guy was the guy who started 208 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,680 the empire known as Chicken Soup for the Soul. 209 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,840 Yeah, yeah, that guy, if, if you never heard of him, that means 210 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:56,360 you're just younger. This guy wrote or his team wrote 211 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,240 thousands and thousands of scenes of books and little tiny 212 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:02,440 parables and teachings, all called Chicken soup for the Soul 213 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:04,720 or Chicken soup for the mom, Chicken soup for the Dad, 214 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,000 Chicken soup for Teachers. You name it, they wrote it and 215 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:12,000 they sold them like hotcakes. All inspired by Jim Rohn. 216 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,440 I tell you all this to say, Jim Rohn has vast experience, 217 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:19,680 multiple layers of leading and teaching in the in the business 218 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:23,840 world and personal development. And he basically has this one 219 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:27,040 quote that summarizes almost all of his teaching. 220 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:30,120 If he could teach you one thing, this is be what he would teach 221 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,000 you. And you may have heard this 222 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,440 quote before. I had before. 223 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:36,480 I didn't know whoever it came from, but I did the research 224 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:37,960 clearly. Here's the quote. 225 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:42,320 You are the average of the five people you spend the most time 226 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:43,760 with. Anybody ever heard that before? 227 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:48,520 Yeah, he goes on to say there's no bigger life hack in the 228 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,680 history of the world from getting where you are today to 229 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:53,720 where you want to be than the people you choose to put in your 230 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,040 corner. So choose wisely. 231 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,160 The people around you most change everything. 232 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:01,880 It's a proven fact. But it's also biblical. 233 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:09,640 Biblical First Corinthians chapter 1533 says do not be 234 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:14,240 misled. Bad company corrupts good 235 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:18,320 character. We've turned this into the same 236 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,280 one. Bad apple ruins the bunch. 237 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:24,960 Anyone heard that before? Have you heard that before? 238 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:29,800 Right. If you put all this together, 239 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,280 what I'm trying to say is that what we can learn is in your 240 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:35,800 circle, that may be somebody in your circle who's bringing the 241 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,880 entire circles average down. And if you're part of that 242 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:44,160 circle, then your whole circle is going down and so are you. 243 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:54,880 A person is dragging you down. OK, this series, the reason I 244 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:59,240 believe God put it on my heart is to train up a church that 245 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,560 you're the kind of people that no matter what situation, no 246 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,160 matter what circle that you enter personally, you are the 247 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,400 kind of person that brings the average up. 248 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,320 Look at your neighbors say up, it's time to go. 249 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:17,000 Listen to me. Peculiar teachers bring their 250 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:22,280 classrooms up. Peculiar neighbors bring their 251 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:26,600 entire neighborhood. Yeah, peculiar employees or 252 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:30,240 employers bring their workplaces to kill. 253 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,520 Your dad's bring their whole families up. 254 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:43,720 Oddball drunk on Jesus Dads bring their families up. 255 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,040 So ask yourself this question at the beginning of the series, a 256 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:48,920 little bit of introspection. Again, this is not for 257 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:51,600 condemnation. This is just to check where you 258 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,040 are so the Lord can invite you deeper. 259 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,480 Are you the kind of person that when you enter a room, you bring 260 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:03,920 the average down or do you bring the average up And if you're not 261 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:10,079 sure, ask somebody and tell them don't lie to me when I enter the 262 00:17:10,079 --> 00:17:18,560 room is people like or people like, man, I'm so glad that you 263 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:27,240 showed up right and guarantee you eventually may not happen at 264 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:31,080 the beginning of it. People will be happy that Jesus 265 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:34,520 people show up at first, they may resist the first thing they 266 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,680 make fun of you say you're too drunk, you're on wine, you're 267 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,920 crazy, you're weird. But eventually it'd be like, I'm 268 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:46,720 so glad you're in my corner. What I want to show you today, 269 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:53,400 just briefly, is three ways and you could probably list hundreds 270 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:57,840 that peculiar people behave to give you a taste of what it's 271 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:00,880 going to look like at the end of Seven habits of Jesus. 272 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:05,960 People, how will we're different from the world when we follow 273 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,320 Jesus the way that Jesus people do? 274 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,840 Instead of degrading a relationship or a situation in 275 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:16,040 the chaos, you will enter the space and bring order as you 276 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,480 follow Jehovah Shalom, which means God of order. 277 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:20,960 We say God of peace, but it really means God of order, 278 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:26,080 everything as it should be. I want to share with you three 279 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,200 things and they come in the form of couplets. 280 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,400 The beginning of the couplet is what's normal, regular for 281 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,040 regular people in the world to do. 282 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,400 And the second-half of the couplet is the distinction that 283 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,800 peculiar people bring. Jesus, people bring. 284 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,120 Do you understand? Say yes. 285 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:43,680 And the mezzanine. Are we good? 286 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:48,760 Say hello. For instance, here's the first 287 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:50,720 one. The world will say this word. 288 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:52,040 I hope they say it. I forgive you. 289 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:55,720 We in the church, we say I forgive you. 290 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,480 That's fine. But what about the rest of it? 291 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:03,320 I forgive you and I won't hold this against you. 292 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:07,640 That's the distinction for a peculiar person. 293 00:19:09,360 --> 00:19:14,600 Ephesians chapter 4 verse 31. Get rid of all bitterness, rage, 294 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:20,400 anger, brawling, slander, along with every form of malice. 295 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,480 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other 296 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:27,240 just as in Christ God forgave you. 297 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,000 Paul saying there's a way that the world and humans give 298 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:35,800 forgiveness but don't forgive that way and there's a way that 299 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,680 our Father forgave us in Christ Jesus. 300 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:41,680 Forgive that way. Do it the way of heaven. 301 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,600 Humans, we say we forgive you, but later I'm going to rub your 302 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,480 nose in this when it's convenient for me to rub your 303 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:57,560 nose in this, God says I ain't got nothing to rub your nose in 304 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:59,840 because I have willfully forgotten it. 305 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,080 Psalm 113 as far as the East is from the West. 306 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,040 He's throwing our sin away from us. 307 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:13,800 Romans chapter, not Romans. Hebrews chapter 8 says that I 308 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:18,440 remember your sin no more. God's never going to sneak up in 309 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:21,480 you and say I know what you did last summer. 310 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,560 He's not making a list and checking it twice. 311 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:30,640 He has no list. It's erased when I do weddings, 312 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:33,920 of course, I speak about First Corinthians chapter 13, which is 313 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,400 the chapter of love, and it says love is patient and love is 314 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,400 kind. Except I take out the word love 315 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,600 and put in the name of God because God is love. 316 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:42,640 So anywhere you see love in the Bible, you can put the name of 317 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,840 God. So God is patient, God is kind. 318 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:52,390 I did your wedding and we did this at your wedding because I 319 00:20:52,390 --> 00:20:54,510 want the couple to know that this is what God's bringing to 320 00:20:54,510 --> 00:20:59,070 the relationship. If you call him to be a part of 321 00:20:59,070 --> 00:21:02,430 your marriage, the covenant marriage, this is who God is. 322 00:21:02,430 --> 00:21:05,200 And then we get to the part of the this verse that says, and 323 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:10,800 God keeps no record of wrongs. It's either true or not true. 324 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:18,680 And it's true. You've remembered more of your 325 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:22,920 sin than God has ever forgotten. You keep reminding God of things 326 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,160 he's forgotten. You keep stewing in the things 327 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,440 of the past. And God says, I've forgiven you. 328 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:34,200 I don't even remember it. I've forgotten it and Paul's 329 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:36,480 telling us in Ephesians forgive like that. 330 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:39,480 I don't have AI wrote it this way. 331 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:41,320 Peculiar people don't hold grudges. 332 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:46,640 Your friends are going to think you're drunk man. 333 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:50,280 He owes you because of this, this this this. 334 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:52,520 Remember that he did that wrong and that wrong and that wrong. 335 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:55,400 Or maybe you're looking yourself in the mirror like you did that 336 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:56,600 wrong and that wrong and that wrong. 337 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:00,680 You're a disqualified for anything ever in your life and 338 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,160 guys like I don't know what you are talking about. 339 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:10,560 I have plum forgotten on purpose and will not hold this against 340 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,640 you. That's what peculiar people do. 341 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:20,040 I forgive you and besides talking about this to learn and 342 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,920 how we can get better. I'm not going to mention it 343 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,400 again. I'm not going to bring it back 344 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:32,520 up later in a fight. It's forgotten #2 I'm sorry, 345 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,360 says the world. I hope you say I'm sorry, but 346 00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:38,840 peculiar people say, And here's the change that I'm making. 347 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:42,760 And notice it says making not here's the change I'm going to 348 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:46,160 make somewhere in the future and some Lottie doll time months 349 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,560 from now. Maybe if you're lucky, I'll 350 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:51,680 change. But right now, here's the change 351 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:56,320 I'm making. 2nd Corinthians Chapter 7 says godly sorrow 352 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:59,840 brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret. 353 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:03,560 But worldly sorrow brings death. Worldly sorrow is man. 354 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:08,920 I'm sorry I got caught, got to pay the consequences. 355 00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:11,680 Verse 11 See what this godly sorrow has produced in you. 356 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:14,440 What earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what 357 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,000 indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what 358 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,680 readiness to see justice done. At every point, you have proved 359 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,440 yourselves to be innocent in this matter. 360 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,560 When somebody's apologizing to me, I don't really want them to 361 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:33,440 feel sorry. Suffer, wallow and grovel, 362 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,280 right? It's it's kind of pointless to 363 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:38,480 me. What I really want when 364 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:42,040 somebody's apologizing to me is that they make the change so 365 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,200 that this don't happen again. Like let's not circle this 366 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,320 mountain again and be right back here next time. 367 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:53,320 And I'm a human. How much more, Heavenly Father? 368 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:55,880 I don't think the purpose is the pain. 369 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,640 Would you agree? The purpose is the 370 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:02,840 transformation. I'm not just going to say I'm 371 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,600 sorry. I'm going to do something so 372 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,640 that I don't return this evil upon you again. 373 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:12,000 Peculiar people repent until change. 374 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,920 They're going to think you're drunk when you actually change. 375 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,080 Well, that's weird. I thought you were set in stone 376 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:21,800 and all I was going to get is you the way that you are for the 377 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,880 rest of our lives. But here you are being 378 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:29,720 transformed in the likeness of Jesus Christ and it's beautiful 379 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:33,400 to see. Hey dads, it's one of the 380 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,680 greatest things you can do is apologize to your kids. 381 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:40,560 Say hey kids, I'm I messed up. Take ownership. 382 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,320 I'm not perfect. I spoke out of turn. 383 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:45,000 Haven't spent enough time with you. 384 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:50,600 I've been too focused on XYZ. It's one thing and an important 385 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:56,400 thing to go say Kell, I'm sorry. But more importantly is to make 386 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,320 a change. And the next time you're angry 387 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,520 at your kids and they're ready for the belt to come off and the 388 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:05,960 yelling to happen or whatever, instead they get a man sitting 389 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,760 before the children say, listen, there's some corrections we're 390 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:10,640 going to make in your life because I love you. 391 00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:13,240 So let's talk about them. We're not going to fly off the 392 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,920 hand and be shouting at you. Bit really dads, all parents, we 393 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,840 get angry and start yelling because we're afraid and feel 394 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:25,520 out of control. And then we like maybe just me. 395 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:26,560 You're perfect. I'm not good. 396 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:30,640 I got it. Or if you say, hey, I'm sorry, 397 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:34,080 we haven't been spending any time together 2 years from now, 398 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,280 we're going to take a trip. No, you got me by the handset. 399 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,800 We're going out right now. Yes, we're going to spend time 400 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,040 together right now, just you and me. 401 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,680 I'm going to put my cell phone in the bottom of the ocean and 402 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:47,240 pay attention to you. You're kind of giggling because 403 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:54,920 you're uncomfortable. Here's the last one. 404 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:56,720 I'm going to pray for you, says the world. 405 00:25:57,120 --> 00:25:58,920 Our thoughts and prayers are with the families. 406 00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:02,840 Have you heard that before? Peculiar people say I'm going to 407 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,000 pray for you and I'm going to do whatever God says to help you. 408 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,480 James Chapter 2 Suppose a brother or a sister is without 409 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,080 clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, go 410 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,560 in peace, keep warm and well fed, I hope you get some food. 411 00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:19,480 But does nothing about their physical needs. 412 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:24,960 What good is it? What goodwill we do? 413 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:26,280 I don't. Yeah, maybe I've been there. 414 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,600 You've probably been there too. You're in a rough spot. 415 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,880 You're going through something. You pour your heart out with 416 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,680 somebody and you're like, I'm going to pray for you. 417 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,200 You're like, all right, now listen to me. 418 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:44,080 I don't want to minimize prayer. The power of prayer, absolutely 419 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:48,560 pray for God alone is able and we need to invoke his name and 420 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,040 his power in every situation that we have in our lives. 421 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:56,240 Yes, pray, but also act without asking. 422 00:26:57,360 --> 00:27:00,040 Here's what I mean. If somebody's going through 423 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:03,720 grief, struggling in something and you say them, I'm going to 424 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,400 pray for you. And then we say this all the 425 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:09,760 time and let me know if there's anything you need. 426 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,400 Anyone ever said that? Come on, it's OK to confess. 427 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:15,760 Let me know if there's anything you need while you're going 428 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,200 through the worst part of your hot the entire life and your 429 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,280 suffering. Make sure that you are putting 430 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,000 the onus on you, the responsibility on you to do more 431 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,360 stuff in the midst of your suffering to call me with your 432 00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:26,760 list so that I can do something for you. 433 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:31,680 You're welcome. And then you go to your house 434 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:33,440 and like, I hope they don't call me and ask me for anything. 435 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,160 I was just kind of saying that to placate them, but I really 436 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,520 don't want to do anything because I got golf to watch. 437 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:50,600 If we pray to the Father who knows their needs before they 438 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:54,280 even ask them, don't you think he'd be able to tell us what 439 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:59,320 their needs are and I can do them without even asking them? 440 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:01,800 I'm just going to show up with the food. 441 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:04,440 I'm just going to show up and fix the thing. 442 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,480 I'm just going to show up and pay for the I'm just going to 443 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,960 show up. I know you didn't ask for me to 444 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:14,320 be here, but I'm here even if I'm in the waiting room for six, 445 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:16,480 7-8 hours. If that's what the Holy Spirit 446 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:20,320 when you pray says the do, then just do it. 447 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:26,920 Don't ask their permission. Put in a sentence to kill your 448 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:28,280 people. Don't do pleasantries. 449 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:29,480 They do. Acts of kindness. 450 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:37,840 Had a miracle happen this week. First service did not respond as 451 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,280 as I thought they might, so I'm giving you all a heads up. 452 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:51,760 I'm expecting Thursday, June 12th. 453 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:58,200 Little Peter James Molina was born at 2 lbs seven oz 11 weeks 454 00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,960 early. Here he is. 455 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,720 It's a miracle because baby and Mama might not have lived 456 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,280 without the miracle of medicine and God leading them to the 457 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:15,120 right people at the right time and the right answer. 458 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,680 And here's a picture of Mama and Baby next. 459 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,560 He's hanging out in the incubator there. 460 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:29,320 Zara. They had to take the baby 11 461 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,480 weeks early because of preeclampsia and all those 462 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,240 things. Some of, you know, very familiar 463 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,000 with all of that. And there was concern for mom, 464 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,080 there's concern for baby. And now both are healthy and 465 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,640 recovering and got to grow. Baby's got to stay in the 466 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,720 hospital. Peter James is his name until 467 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:49,160 he's viable on his own. Yep. 468 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:03,760 Here's the thing, Manny and Zara didn't know anybody when they 469 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:07,320 came to this church. And this week, Manny and Zara, 470 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,720 this is years ago. This week, Manny and Zara are 471 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:13,680 surrounded by people in this church who didn't ask, how can 472 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:15,680 we help you? What do you need? 473 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:23,480 They just showed up. They just food, presents, 474 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:27,840 prayers, all of it, taking care of the kids, whatever, whatever. 475 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:29,960 Not like, hey, is there anything we can do for you? 476 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:34,560 We just, they just did it. That's what peculiar people do. 477 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:41,920 That's what you oddballs who follow Jesus can and should do. 478 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:49,400 That first day the church began and Jesus people were arriving 479 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:50,720 on the earth. They're not arriving on the 480 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:52,520 earth, but they're becoming Jesus people. 481 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,240 An interesting thing happened first day. 482 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:03,000 They had a church service and they were preaching and no 483 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:06,160 matter what language they were preaching in, the language of 484 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,800 the hearer was being heard. So I could be speaking English 485 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:11,760 here and those of you that are Brazilian would be here in 486 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:24,910 Portuguese, Felice Gia dos Pais, that means Happy Father's Day in 487 00:31:24,910 --> 00:31:27,870 Portuguese. I practiced for hours to mess it 488 00:31:27,870 --> 00:31:31,960 up that bad. Thank you, Pastor. 489 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,920 Valdemar Obrigado. Does that mean thank you? 490 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:40,600 I am Brazilian. Thank you, Pastor. 491 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,160 I'm telling you, this is not a knock on Americans, but 492 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,600 Brazilians are the nicest, happiest people. 493 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:53,840 I don't know what it is so nice. Maybe I just know the Arnezi's 494 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:59,880 and that's enough. Where was I? 495 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:04,280 Oh so they had their first church service and they did an 496 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,400 altar call. If you read later in Acts 497 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:07,880 chapter 2 you remember what happens. 498 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:14,800 The first altar call in the church's history and 3000 people 499 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:22,400 get saved. 3000 lives changed from the damnation of hell to 500 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,840 the glory of heaven because of Jesus people. 501 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:33,080 That's the power of what Jesus people have done, are doing, and 502 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,280 can do. But I want you to know the 503 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,080 habits won't do that by themselves. 504 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,720 You personally can't forgive, you can't repent, you can't 505 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,800 serve others just through the habits. 506 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:51,000 There is one essential ingredient, ingredient that 507 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,720 makes all the difference. That's the beginning and the end 508 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:58,040 and the middle and all spaces of what it means to be a Jesus 509 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:04,920 person. It's the Holy Spirit, it's the 510 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,520 Holy Spirit. Jesus people are Jesus people 511 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,360 because of the Holy Spirit. Jesus people without the Holy 512 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,600 Spirit are just a bunch of people going to church. 513 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:18,120 And we don't want to be that kind of church where all we do 514 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:23,240 is show up for ourselves, show up to personally get something 515 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,960 from it, be educated, be rescued. 516 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,560 These are decent and good things. 517 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:34,080 But Jesus people take on the gift of the Holy Spirit that's 518 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:39,280 been given to us by God himself and are empowered by that Holy 519 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:42,280 Spirit. And everywhere they go, people's 520 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,720 lives are being changed from death to life. 521 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:49,760 The blind see, the lame walk, the deaf hear, the mute speak, 522 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,760 The hungry get food. The lonely are placed in 523 00:33:53,760 --> 00:34:00,640 families and the lepers are welcomed and not turned away. 524 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:06,960 Let's be a Jesus people full of the Holy Spirit kind of church. 525 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:12,000 Amen. Pastor Drew, you back there? 526 00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:15,840 This is kind of a surprise in the first service, but it's not 527 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:17,239 a surprise now. In the first service. 528 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:18,360 He didn't know I was going to do this. 529 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:22,600 Now you do. I want you to meet a strange 530 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:35,480 guy. What an odd ball. 531 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:42,040 What a what a what a peculiar man Pastor Drew is. 532 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:49,639 Something's different and and you may just think he's weird. 533 00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:58,240 I'll tell you the secret. It's not because he went to 534 00:34:58,240 --> 00:35:00,400 Bible college, been a minister all these years, not because 535 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:01,840 he's a pastor. It's not because he's got a 536 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:03,720 fantastic family. It's because he's friends with 537 00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:12,320 the Holy Spirit. And when you're a friend of the 538 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:17,280 Holy Spirit, you're going to start looking weird, talking 539 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:18,800 weird. Do you ever notice when Pastor 540 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,040 Drew speaks, he speaks passionately. 541 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,360 You ever notice that? You wonder why that is? 542 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:30,560 He's peculiar. He's drunk on spirit and because 543 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:32,120 of it, you're a fantastic husband. 544 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:36,800 But on Father's Day, I want to say you are in a very peculiar. 545 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:38,920 Can't get the words out. You are a very peculiar father. 546 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,320 Thank you. I see it in Tristan down there. 547 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:42,800 Look at this kid. He's beaming. 548 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:51,600 Liam Jackson. Is that for him or for me? 549 00:35:53,240 --> 00:35:54,880 That's for him. Can I get one too? 550 00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:03,840 It's a blessing. Can I say more? 551 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,120 Paul says follow me as I follow Christ. 552 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,520 And the way you can read is like, be weird, like I'm weird. 553 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,720 Be weird like he's weird. Amen. 554 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:16,840 I got more to say, but you can stay here. 555 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:17,960 You going to go? What do you want to do? 556 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:19,040 You going? He's OK. 557 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:20,920 That whole exchange was peculiar. 558 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:28,120 See you in a minute. Yeah, If you're the average of 559 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:31,000 the five people you hang out with, then let one of them be a 560 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,960 Holy Spirit. Because when you hang out with 561 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:35,800 Holy Spirit, your average is going to spike. 562 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:39,880 And as you're going up, reach out your hand and bring others 563 00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:42,240 along. You may hear the scriptures that 564 00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:45,560 says do not be misled, bad company corrupts good character. 565 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:48,360 And think to yourself, well, I need to cut everyone out of my 566 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:49,520 life. That's bad character. 567 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:54,360 Well, then who's going to help them right now? 568 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:59,680 Be smart, be wise, be careful. If someone's abusing you 569 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,200 mentally, physically, emotionally, there may need to 570 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:04,960 be some separation. But if you just got a guy that 571 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:09,040 kind of bothers you or a woman in your life, really, this is 572 00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:11,920 not license for you to say God said cut you back because I 573 00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:13,080 don't want my average to go down. 574 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:21,120 This is for you to walk with spirit, be LED of spirit and 575 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:25,080 bring everybody's average up. The Marines say best leave no 576 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,440 man behind. Is it just the Marines? 577 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:32,000 Is that a bunch of people? Army, Air Force, everybody? 578 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:36,520 Yeah. Dads, if there's any gift as a 579 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:38,720 church that we could give you today, it's the knowledge that 580 00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:41,920 you could father with the power of the Holy Spirit, which means 581 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:45,600 you have a chance to do it over. Maybe you've been fathering in 582 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:48,360 your flesh and you need to go to your children, whether they're 583 00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:52,680 10 or 60, and say to them, will you give me another chance To 584 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:57,800 father being led by the Holy Spirit to discipline you under 585 00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:01,280 the counsel of the Word, to discipline you with speaking the 586 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:04,880 truth in love, not speaking the truth at a volume that separates 587 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,200 your eyebrows. I guess they're already 588 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:08,240 separated. So whatever. 589 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:15,440 Let me father you in a way that I can express to you the love of 590 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:19,560 my Father, my heavenly Father to you. 591 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:23,760 And that just isn't for dads. That's for anybody here in the 592 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:27,680 room today to be led by the power of the Holy Spirit so that 593 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:31,080 the world will look at you and say you are out of your mind, 594 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:36,040 you are peculiar, you are drunk. And you say back to them. 595 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:42,680 Absolutely nailed it. And then finished with this one 596 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,400 last question. Want some? 597 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:50,400 You want to drink, Come on in, Let's pray. 598 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,280 Lord, we bless you. We thank you for your word. 599 00:38:55,480 --> 00:39:01,000 You are Father, and you are good, and all you do is good, 600 00:39:01,720 --> 00:39:06,280 and we honor you today. Father, I pray now that you 601 00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:08,640 would speak to every person in the room what it is that You 602 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:11,640 want them to do in this moment. For you have not brought us here 603 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:15,880 just to hear a flapping of words, but to be moved by Your 604 00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:20,000 word unto action. If you're here today, Church, 605 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,240 listen as you're praying, just with your heads bowed, your eyes 606 00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:24,120 closed, and you've never received Jesus. 607 00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:27,480 It means you've also never received Holy Spirit. 608 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:33,240 And so this power is a gift waiting to be received by you, 609 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:38,080 if you would receive the invitation of Jesus to allow him 610 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:42,080 to be your Savior, to save you from your sins for the 611 00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:45,000 forgiveness, the wiping away. I remember them no more. 612 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:51,040 I hold your sins not against you, no record of wrongs and to 613 00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:55,920 be saved unto eternity in the presence of Almighty God. 614 00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:58,520 If you want to be saved today, then pray this prayer out loud 615 00:39:58,520 --> 00:39:59,880 with me. In fact, church, the whole 616 00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:02,360 church, would you pray it with me, every voice out loud saying 617 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:09,120 Jesus, I recognize that I am a Sinner in need of a Savior. 618 00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:14,600 And I confess with my mouth and believe in my heart that Jesus 619 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:20,240 is Lord and Savior. I receive you today as my 620 00:40:20,240 --> 00:40:25,200 Savior. Come and take over my life and 621 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:28,360 help me to live according to your purposes. 622 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:32,280 Just take a moment. Let that sink in. 623 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:36,440 Speak your own words to the Father receiving salvation. 624 00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:40,200 If you've done that today for the first time, I'm going to ask 625 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:42,320 you to do 1 important bold thing. 626 00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:44,960 I'm going to count to 3. And if you prayed that prayer to 627 00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:47,480 receive Jesus as Savior, I'm just going to have you slip your 628 00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:51,960 hand up as high as it can go at the count of 3123. 629 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:53,120 Anyone here today? Come on. 630 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:56,160 Whole family's raising their hand right here as well. 631 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,280 Anyone else right here in the middle? 632 00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:00,280 I see you, my, my brother, we're coming to you. 633 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:02,160 Just keep your hand up back here in the back. 634 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:09,320 I see you right back here. Any others, just keep your hand 635 00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:10,960 up till we get to you. We're going to bring you a card 636 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:13,040 that's very important. And Pastor Drew, in just a few 637 00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:14,640 moments, we'll give you some instruction. 638 00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:17,240 You've made the best decision you could ever make in your life 639 00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:18,280 right here in the middle as well. 640 00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,040 We're coming to you. Everyone else, if you just put 641 00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:26,360 your hands on your lap, open in front of you, just repeat this 642 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:29,680 prayer after me. Father, I thank you for the gift 643 00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:36,400 of Holy Spirit that you gave me the day I put my faith in Jesus. 644 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:45,080 Today I open this gift and employ the power and the person 645 00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:53,280 of Holy Spirit. Guide me, prompt me, lead me to 646 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:59,920 be a Jesus people in Jesus name. Thanks for joining us today. 647 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:03,000 We hope God is speaking to your heart through this message. 648 00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:06,000 If you'd like to connect with us, you can text connect to 649 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:12,520 407-588-0115 or visit Illuminate dot church. 650 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:14,200 Have a great week.