1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:05,440 There was a a pasta and his car broke down and so he decided I 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,400 need to get the bus to work today. 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:11,080 So we got on the bus and I don't know how much it cost but let's 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:15,480 say the the bus driver said it's £3.00 please 3 English pounds 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:19,520 which would be worth about two 250 in dollars. 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:24,400 So he he he gave the money over to the bus driver so he gave him 7 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,320 a £5 note. And then what did the bus driver 8 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:32,479 do? The bus driver gave him £20 back 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:36,880 in change and the pastor just took the money and sat at the 10 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,920 back of the bus at the back. He's he's, he's in a kind of 11 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,880 turmoil going through his mind thinking what should I do about 12 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,080 this? I mean those bus companies, 13 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:48,280 they're huge. They're not going to miss this, 14 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,000 this money. And you know, money is a little 15 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,040 bit tight at the moment. I could really do with that, 16 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,040 that little bit of extra money to help fix my car for those 17 00:00:58,040 --> 00:00:59,600 bills that are going to come through. 18 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,960 Anyway, when his stop arrived, he got off the bus and he looked 19 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:08,320 at the bus driver and he said, Sir, you do realize that you 20 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:13,320 gave me 20 lbs interchange. You gave me far too much money. 21 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:19,080 And the bus driver smiled at him and said, I know exactly how 22 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:23,720 much money I gave to you. You see, Sir, I recognized you 23 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,880 when you got on the bus. I've been listening to your 24 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:32,200 sermons online, and I wanted to know if Christians are really 25 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,440 honest friends. The reality is this. 26 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,680 There's many people out there and they won't read this book in 27 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:43,080 my hands, but they'll read the book of your life. 28 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,840 There's many people who want to see Is your Christianity the 29 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,720 real deal? Do you really mean it, That 30 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,240 Jesus Christ is precious to you and you want to live out what he 31 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:58,240 says and obey his commands? So perhaps you've never done 32 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,080 this before, but I'm going to ask you to do something. 33 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,320 I think every single one of you needs to take a pen and a piece 34 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,520 of paper. You need to write out certain 35 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:13,520 principles, certain things that you know you should hold to as a 36 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,120 Christian. If you're seeking to be a man of 37 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:20,320 God or a woman of God, you need to have these and you need to 38 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,560 hold to them. Because let's be honest, in this 39 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,760 culture that we live in, you can't lie to me. 40 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,920 You can't pretend that this culture hates this book. 41 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:33,920 In my hands, it hates the God of the Bible, the God who created 42 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:35,840 them. And they will do everything to 43 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:40,400 try and make you, to grind you down, to make you stop believing 44 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:44,120 in the gospel. We've got communities, we've got 45 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,440 ideologies, we've got employees, we've got friends, we've got 46 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:52,520 family members who will all try to make you waver on your 47 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,200 principles, but you must not waver. 48 00:02:55,640 --> 00:03:00,520 As Elijah said to the people of Israel, choose this day who you 49 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,680 will serve. If the Lord is God, we'll serve 50 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,840 him. But if Baal is God, well, then 51 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:12,120 serve him. And so often, we need to not 52 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,040 jeopardize the things, the beliefs that we hold. 53 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,400 We need to stand on them and not waver. 54 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,240 And let us all be men and women of conviction. 55 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,200 Now we'll say this. If you do pick out some 56 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:30,600 principles and if they are rooted in the word of God, know 57 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,960 this. They might just cost you 58 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,360 everything. You've heard of David and 59 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:37,960 Bathsheba. Of course you have. 60 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,160 I know you have. You know the story. 61 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,880 Well, there was a man, a king of Israel, David, and he saw a 62 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,600 beautiful woman. The Bible doesn't pretend she 63 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:51,280 was beautiful. And David saw that woman and he 64 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,680 wanted her. So what did he do? 65 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,200 Because he was the king of Israel, he could do anything he 66 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,160 wanted. So he had his servants come and 67 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:04,800 bring that woman, Bathsheba to him and he had relations with 68 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:09,480 that woman. Now Bathsheba is rather quiet in 69 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:13,320 this section of scripture, but she says 2 words. 70 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,399 What does she say? I'm pregnant. 71 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:23,640 So in other words, David had another baby that was going to 72 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:27,200 come through this woman and David went into panic mode like 73 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,240 we often do when our sin is uncovered. 74 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:33,040 We we get scared and we we drive all these things into our minds 75 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,080 and we're blind to everyone else. 76 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,320 And we only think about preserving self. 77 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:42,280 So what did David do? He thought, if I can get 78 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:48,160 Bathsheba's husband Uriah to go in and be with his wife, then no 79 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,680 one will be able to tell that this is my baby. 80 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,520 Everyone will just think it's Uriah's child. 81 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,800 So he called Uriah. Now Uriah, this is the important 82 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:02,000 bit. Uriah was a mighty warrior. 83 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:07,080 He was a soldier and he called Uriah to the palace and he said, 84 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:10,280 Uriah, I want you to do something for me now. 85 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:15,080 We need to go home, and I want you to spend some time with your 86 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:19,800 wife. This is what Uriah replied. 87 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:24,360 This is what he said back to David, and Uriah said to David. 88 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:30,120 The Ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my Lord 89 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:34,280 Joab and the servants of my Lord are encamped in the open fields. 90 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:40,680 Shall I then go to my house to eat and drink and go on, he goes 91 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:42,800 on to saying, and be with my wife? 92 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:47,480 How can I do that? In other words, this man Uriah 93 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:52,080 was a man of principle and he was saying I'm not going to 94 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:57,360 choose my pleasures over my duty to my fellow kinsmen, to my 95 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,640 fellow soldiers. No, my heart should be with 96 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,720 them. I have principles and I will 97 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,160 stand with them whilst they are are in a difficult time. 98 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,720 I can't go off and just have some fun. 99 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,880 No, I need to be serious right now. 100 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:17,600 But David was persistent and he said come on now. 101 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,560 OK, OK, I tell you what, you're right. 102 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:25,160 Come and eat at my table, have some lovely food with me and 103 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,080 have something to drink. And David kept filling up 104 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:32,680 Uriah's glass over and over again until what happened? 105 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:38,080 Uriah got drunk. And then again David repeated 106 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,720 himself. Go now, go and be with your 107 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,520 wife. Go and spend some time with her. 108 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:48,760 And what did Uriah say? Well, instead of going to be 109 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:53,640 with his wife, he went and he found a door where all of the 110 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,840 soldiers were sleeping. And he went and he led down and 111 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:02,720 he slept with those men on the floor, on guard, waiting in case 112 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,960 some kind of trouble should come to him and his men. 113 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:11,320 Why is that so moving? Because here is a man who's 114 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,760 drunk. He has very little inhibitions. 115 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:19,240 His mind is not sound. And yet that man who was drunk 116 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:23,640 had more principles. And the king of all of Israel 117 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,960 and friends, you and I need to be like Uriah. 118 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:33,640 Our principles must go so deep inside of us that no matter what 119 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,920 circumstance comes before us, we stand on them. 120 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:41,000 And we are immovable. Nothing can shake us because we 121 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,400 stand on them. There was another person in the 122 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,080 Bible, and you know who I'm going to mention now? 123 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:52,560 The Lord Jesus Christ. And Jesus was someone who knew 124 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:54,920 that his principles would cost him everything. 125 00:07:55,760 --> 00:08:00,280 His Father. It was his will for him to go to 126 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,280 the cross. His Father wanted him to go to 127 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:04,400 the cross. And Christ laid down his life 128 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,640 willingly as a sacrifice for you and me. 129 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:09,960 Because we cannot earn our way to heaven. 130 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,040 We are not saved by any good work that we can do. 131 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,640 It is only the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ that can wash away 132 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:18,640 our sins. And Christ knew that. 133 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,560 He knew he was the innocent one, and he knew what he had to do. 134 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:28,240 And yet on the cross many people said to him, come on, just prove 135 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,400 yourself. Bring yourself down from that 136 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:36,760 cross if you really are God, come on, send lots of angels to 137 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:39,880 to save yourself. And Jesus knew that within a 138 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,640 second I could call all these angels to come, and I'd be 139 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,960 delivered from this horrible death that I was about to do at 140 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,960 those worst points. When the nails were there, when 141 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:53,880 he was being spats on, when, when the wrath of God was poured 142 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:55,560 out on him, He could have just turned away. 143 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:57,840 He could have left it, but he didn't. 144 00:08:58,160 --> 00:08:59,840 Why? The Bible tells us why. 145 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:06,320 I'll show you, Hebrews 12, verse two says, looking unto Jesus, 146 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:11,440 the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was 147 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:16,800 set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and 148 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:21,320 has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 149 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:26,680 You see, he saw that there was a joy in keeping this principle. 150 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:30,600 He knew that the joy was he was going to bring a people to 151 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:35,240 himself, a people that would come and worship the Lord Jesus 152 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,520 Christ, worship him and his Father, be there with the 153 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,000 Trinity, worshipping them for all of eternity. 154 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,120 You and I would be there one day with him. 155 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,800 And even though all of the shame was there and all the pain was 156 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:48,960 there, he stood on that principle. 157 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,200 I've said I will go to the cross. 158 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:55,200 When I was up in heaven, my spirit said I would step into a 159 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:59,720 body because I needed a body to save all the bodies on earth. 160 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:03,040 I needed to take on a flesh so that I might be the Saviour of 161 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:06,160 all flesh that has gone the way of Adam, that has gone and 162 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,320 fallen away from God. I knew I had to sacrifice 163 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:13,120 myself, and he stood on that principle and he did it. 164 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:17,480 And right now I'm sitting before you as a man who was rotten in 165 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,600 all of his sin. But I've been saved by Jesus 166 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,480 because Jesus did not go back on his word. 167 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,800 And you, I think probably you're watching this video. 168 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,720 You're probably a Christian too. And you also have been saved 169 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,840 because Jesus did not go back on his words. 170 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,880 So I wonder, will you go back on your word? 171 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:40,920 Will you be a man or woman of principles? 172 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,720 Or will you follow the almighty God even though it will cost you 173 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:49,400 greatly, but you know you'll be rewarded, just like Christ was 174 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:53,520 rewarded, just like I believe Uriah will be rewarded in 175 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:57,520 paradise with the Lord. And I believe that you and I 176 00:10:57,960 --> 00:10:59,640 will be rewarded if we honour God. 177 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,520 Because the Bible says those who honour me, I will also honour 178 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,920 them. I don't know if you what you 179 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:10,400 think of these videos. These are my sort of Christian 180 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:12,520 videos. I started out on off the Curb 181 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,280 Ministries if you want to know the story. 182 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:18,400 I made videos St. preaching videos where I was just 183 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:20,600 basically sharing my faith on the streets. 184 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,400 And then eventually I came to the point where I started making 185 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,840 videos for Christians. And then in 2020, when we're all 186 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:31,800 stuck indoors and my channel blew up and those are the kind 187 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:36,200 of videos I made. And then I realised I am an 188 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:39,720 evangelist at heart and I should be making videos for 189 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,200 unbelievers. So I went back to that on my 190 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:43,840 channel. And then a lot of people were 191 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,720 kind of like, oh, Joe, I miss your old videos where you're a 192 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:48,920 Christian. I don't care about celebrities. 193 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,920 I don't care about all of these, you know, crazy things like the 194 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,200 deepest holes or and, you know, different things that are 195 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,200 happening in the world. I'm not bothered about that. 196 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:58,720 Just give me the word of God, Joe. 197 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:03,040 So I thought I should start making videos on this channel 198 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,720 that you're on now that are just for Christians. 199 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,160 And so really, that's what this video's about. 200 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:09,960 And they're very much unscripted. 201 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,920 We're very just sort of talking to you heart to heart with very 202 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,720 little editing. And I just want you to tell me 203 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,960 how you're finding these things. I can edit these videos more if 204 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,080 you want and and keep them as Christian messages. 205 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,040 I just want to know how you're feeling about it all and if 206 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:26,760 you're interested, perhaps you've seen what, what? 207 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:29,760 What are you sitting on, Joe? Well, I came here and I didn't 208 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:31,840 realise that it was all going to be very wet. 209 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,400 And here's another interesting fact for you about my week. 210 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:40,800 My wife has washed about 3 pairs of jeans this week and one of my 211 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,080 little babies. I was holding my little baby 212 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,080 girl and you can imagine what she did on me. 213 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:51,000 And then there's been various other reasons why my pants have 214 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,600 got dirty this week. I can't remember why. 215 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,080 I think we went somewhere really dirty and got them all muddy. 216 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,640 Anyway, I thought, I cannot get these jeans muddy today. 217 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:03,280 I can't get these dirty. So I realised I had some tracks 218 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,920 in my pocket and I thought, well I'll sit on the tracks. 219 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:11,160 I know that's not very good use of them, but don't forget Black 220 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,080 Friday's coming up and I wrote this track to a couple of years 221 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:17,880 ago and it goes to the gospel where Jesus Christ as you know, 222 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:23,440 he died on a Black Friday as the light of the world went out, as 223 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:27,200 darkness fell on the land. On that Friday, Jesus died for 224 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:30,760 us and yet this deal is free. I'd really love it if you get 225 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,600 some of these and give them out to your family and friends on 226 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,200 the 24th of November this year, Black Friday. 227 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,480 If you're watching this in the future, they'll still be 228 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:42,440 available at at tenofthose.com. None of us get any money from 229 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:43,720 this. Ten of those doesn't get any 230 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:45,240 money. I don't get any money for it. 231 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:47,040 We just want you to give out the gospel. 232 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:51,680 So maybe this was the Lord trying to get me to to plug 233 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:54,800 these tracks if you like. So please get hold of these. 234 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,080 And if you want to see more videos where I'm sort of just 235 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,840 talking to Christians in a rather sort of casual manner 236 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:05,840 like this where we can just talk about all kinds of things, just 237 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,320 check out this video here. It might just bless you too. 238 00:14:08,680 --> 00:14:10,880 God bless you all and thank you for watching.