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Good morning. 
Oh man, I got to start with the 

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verse today. 
So Philippians 44 you guys 

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ready? 
Yes, rejoice. 

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I didn't get any joy out of 
that. 

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There was no rejoicing that 
happened. 

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Rejoicing who helped me out and 
the Lord how often always not 

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just in the easy seasons, but 
the hard seasons, right? 

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And I think about there's no 
great place to put your joy than

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in the Lord. 
If your joy is found in anything

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else, where was a marriage or 
kids or society or anything, 

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man, you're going to be a little
disappointed, a lot 

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disappointed. 
But rejoice found Lord. 

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Amen. 
And I'll just say it again, 

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Rejoice. 
Come on, somebody. 

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And so I want to celebrate 
today. 

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There's lots of a lot we can 
celebrate. 

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I think he already escaped. 
He's escaped somewhere. 

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So our new drummer, come on, 
somebody. 

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Michael Harbour, you might 
recognize there's like, who is 

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this guy? 
He's over here, the man, the 

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myth, the legend. 
Oh man, thank you so much for 

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Michael. 
That's awesome. 

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So it's fun. 
There's so many new guys come on

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team and and it's really praise 
the Lord. 

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You think about this. 
God is just good. 

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He is so, so good. 
Amen. 

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Hidden is faithful. 
He's so, so faithful. 

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He's a healer and he's got our 
back. 

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He protects us and he's the rock
we stand on. 

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He's our, everything is our 
substance. 

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And so often we, we forget like 
there is so much to be thankful 

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for and to rejoice for. 
And I was just sitting here 

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watching the, the, the worship 
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I thought, man, this, this is so
much fun. 

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The, the crew, they're, they're 
getting kind of lively nowadays.

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I'm telling you, they're getting
kind of close and like messing 

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around a lot. 
It's kind of fun to watch them. 

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But anyway, you got to be around
the behind the scenes to see it.

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But lots of things to rejoice 
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Number one, this never gets old.
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person to put their faith and 
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Amen. 
And that never gets old because 

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you always rejoice over the one,
right? 

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Like Jesus left the 99 to go 
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And I found this at churches and
I've noticed it a little bit in 

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our seat this last, this last 
season, our church a little bit.

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We really, really love to be the
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actually be the church that goes
after the one to be the church 

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that is pursuing and and and 
reaching and rescuing again, 

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your hands messy and inviting 
and and praying for and loving 

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on and it's just a it's a 
different world, right? 

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And I just know it's like we 
love to be in our circle kind of

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who's who, but ultimately God's 
cause to The Who cares and it's 

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caused the loss and and the 
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And I would encourage you guys 
in this season to really have 

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your one like that person that's
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Just be continuing to pray for 
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Invite and not just to Sunday 
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into your life and show the 
things of Christ, Amen. 

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Like be the hands of feet of 
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It's not about growing how big 
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It's about growing the King of 
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And you guys get to play a huge 
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But thank you, Jesus, Amen. 
He still works every single 

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Sunday. 
He's always working. 

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Last week was incredible. 
It's kind of maybe a little odd 

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to say this, but it was our 
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So we take out Mother's Day, 
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just a non, like an almost. 
I know we call it something just

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never note, but it was like the 
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There were 350 people last 
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Praise God, Amen. 
It's crazy. 

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It's amazing. 
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like I feel like my face is like
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So maybe I'll go over here. 
Can you see me now? 

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I have no idea. 
I'll preach in the dark. 

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It don't matter. 
Everything will fall apart. 

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We'll see preaching it anyway. 
So last week was incredible. 

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God just doing a move and 
there's just people. 

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I I'm showing I'm I'm the pastor
of the church. 

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I'm like, all right, who are 
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God help me remember the names, 
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It's so amazing. 
So I want to say thank you guys 

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have been coming out. 
Thank you guys been bringing 

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people and just something 
special happened this season. 

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No thing to rejoice on our life 
groups for summer actually going

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Live Today so you can go online 
and check them out. 

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Come on, praise God, Amen. 
You get connected. 

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I'm not going to give you a 
bunch on it 'cause you hear 

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about later, but I'm just so 
thankful for our leaders that 

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decide to open their homes and 
to pursue God and invite you 

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guys in to really just make the 
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community of people that are 
covered in prayer, that love 

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each other, that point to Jesus,
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all the things. 
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sticks out in the season for me 
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belt and SIM 8. 
I still can't get past this. 

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Like every time we we office 
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very next building. 
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over the whole time and I just 
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like Lord and we prayed for to 
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space. 
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like what we were praying for. 
So Lord, what would you have us 

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to do in this space? 
And so last night, I'll be 

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really honest with you, I 
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space and I don't know, I just 
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And you're probably going to 
recognize that as a priest today

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as we begin to dream about this 
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And it's like, Lord, what would 
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And it's not just to gather the 
church, but how can we scatter 

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the church through this space? 
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we use this as a hub to get the 
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lost, not not just even here in 
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And so there's all these ideas 
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I'm like scattering center like 
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How would this look like? 
How can I mobilize our people 

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that God has given us to take 
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broken people, not just here, 
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these crazy ideas. 
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And so I stay up all night. 
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like, OK, I got to go to bed and
the dog woke me up at like 1250.

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Come on, somebody. 
I don't know why I was like, I'm

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going to kill this thing right? 
And then it's like, maybe I was 

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going to leave it outside. 
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Maybe I should leave it outside 
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And that from like 12:50, it's 
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I'm like, what we can do with 
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pillow, rolling around just like
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Amen. 
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what God has given us. 
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you know, it's kind of the 
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of like, this is the best the 
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Like, here's this entertainment 
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Here's the greatest 
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arrangements of music played on 
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And now I got grace. 
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God and the very place that was 
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the gospel to a lost and dying 
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Amen. 
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And so I always encourage you 
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this space. 
We had to extend our due 

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diligence. 
They've got some work to fix a 

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few things. 
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going to make sure that gets 
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But man, we're just so excited 
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Amen. 
So today we're jumping into the,

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our serious thoughts. 
Best of us. 

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Last week we talked about how to
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Like what, what does it mean? 
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And today I'm going to take it 
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And how do we actually apply the
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And, and there's really three 
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Bible. 
There's really 3 results of 

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reading the Bible. 
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Anybody ever been confused with 
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Come on, show hands. 
Let's be if you didn't raise 

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your hand, you're a liar. 
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come on somebody right? 
And oftentimes as a pastor, like

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I'll read something like, all 
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Help me out. 
Like give me the whole whole 

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story. 
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And I like to find the gold. 
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understand it. 
I always like miss a great 

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opportunity to find out what God
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And so I have to search and 
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confused. 
That's maybe the level that a 

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lot of us can leave it out. 
It's like that didn't really 

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make any sense, but hey, OK, 
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Second level is we leave 
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We, we, we get smarter like we, 
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We, we showed up on Sunday, like
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How many guys are doing, by the 
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Some of y'all got the, the, the 
video deal and all that stuff. 

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And you're like you, you get, 
you get like man, sometimes you 

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don't apply it and it's just 
education and you get a little 

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smarter. 
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level of God wants us to leave 
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We we leave like a word from the
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We leave more obedient. 
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But I don't know about you. 
Have you ever met somebody that 

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could that knows the verses but 
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But like Jesus, he hasn't been 
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Somebody can quote the 
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they don't really know. 
They don't really know God the 

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way you never know because the 
way they treat people, the kind 

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of the right foot of Christian 
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It's really dangerous. 
Amen to study the scripture and 

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not let it change your life. 
It it is extremely dangerous to 

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go to Bible study and hear the 
word of God or read the Bible in

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devotion and not be obedient or 
submissive to what God is 

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showing you. 
It it's very dangerous for your 

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life and it just happens when 
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that there's so many friends 
I've had that have been to Bible

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college or or admit people went 
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And this is literally I was on a
trip to Egypt and I met this 

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lady and she's a missionary 
Cuba, but she was in Egypt and 

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she said the worst three years 
of my life is when I went back 

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to get my master's degree in, in
in my Mdiv because the Bible 

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became a textbook. 
And it is very easy to get the 

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spot where like, well, I know 
all the answers and I know what 

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this looks like. 
I know this looks like, and it's

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very dangerous for your life or 
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We're like, well, I got to do my
daily reading, not most from a 

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high, the highest or high old 
school, right? 

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Like you just check off the box,
just kind of go through the 

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motions or it's a religious 
obligation. 

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I don't know if you grew up in 
that kind of world was just you 

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just kind of did the thing, but 
you weren't being the thing. 

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And what happens is you've been 
gained knowledge, but your 

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pursuit is maybe not Jesus, your
pursuit of something else. 

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And as you pursue your life and 
your dreams, you're adding Jesus

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into your plan and your schemes 
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What ultimate is happening is 
you have somebody else in the 

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throne of your life, you're 
worshipping an idol, right? 

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And you add Jesus in and instead
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Jesus in, and we're on the 
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And so it might be the greatest 
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that we'd actually get to the 
word of God and leave the same 

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that they would sit down with 
the mule of Jesus and we still 

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leave hungry for the things of 
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I've seen this so often as a 
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And maybe it's just because the 
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of people that speak up, I don't
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good at preaching the gospel to 
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They're very good at pointing 
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this, I am the work of God. 
I'm not perfect, I make 

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and Monday ain't. 
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talking about nothing like 
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fellowship. 
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sticking a hand that they can't 
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you a little sideways and you're
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pastor is kind of sad, but I try
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the people that got a head full 
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of themselves and it's hard to 
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with lack of application. 
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says, woe to you, this is Jesus 
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These are red letters here. 
Woe to you. 

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Teachers of the law and 
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These are people that knew the 
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They knew the Bible. 
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memorized the entire Old 
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they could quote every 
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everything you said about the 
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But Jesus says, you what? 
Help me out, you hypocrites. 

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You, you say one thing, but you 
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Like in, in real honest, like 
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level, Amen. 
Like we, we, we all have a, a 

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tendency and a nature and a, and
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Like, well, I know what I should
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and I think this is the pursuit 
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are are you struggling towards 
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Is it going Oh Lord, I I really 
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pursue you, Lord. 
I want my life to be a different

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Lord change me. 
But man, I'm struggling the good

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that I would, but I should 
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I'm chasing down God, but I'm 
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But those it's like, well, I'm 
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I'm good. 
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I'll do my own life. 
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I've I've I've been to church 
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I, I always get tickled when 
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People come here and they're 
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enough. 
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graduated. 
I've, I've ran the course like 

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I'm spiritual enough. 
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It's like, who are, who are you?
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And you look at this, it's, it's
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And he says this, you're like a 
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in that time period of Jesus 
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obviously using the tomb, 
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outside of tombs, when you walk 
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signaled or or notified somehow 
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corrupted, like you couldn't 
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they actually go around with 
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outside of the tomb so you 
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wouldn't be corrupted by the 
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that's happening inside the 
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And so they walk by and they 
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tomb and they knew where it was.
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route. 
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whitewashed tomb and he explains
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are full of the bones of the 
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He says in the same way on the 
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how righteous you look the part,
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hypocrisy and he takes a no 
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This is interesting because you 
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intellectually, but actually not
know God You you, you can 

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actually mentally understand who
he is you, you can arrange the 

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facts. 
You can even do great things for

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God, for God, not through God. 
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Matthew Chapter 7, like 21. 
It's like Lord, Lord, we we cast

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out these demons and we do these
great things for you and Jesus 

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says depart from me. 
I do not know you. 

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You work of iniquity. 
They've been gnashing and 

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gnawing of teeth. 
You can actually go to church 

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your entire life. 
You can actually come on a stage

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and you can preach the gospel 
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Is that scary? 
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Amen. 
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these were the people that led 
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They had knowledge without 
application. 

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They knew truth without 
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They knew the things of God 
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You can study and not surrender.
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Come on somebody and know the 
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them. 
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the demons, right? 
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Scripture that they they even 
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The demons tremble, but they 
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God. 
It's real easy to get that spot.

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There's a lot of Christians that
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faith. 
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guess I've been around church 
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We've been thinking about this. 
Jason was talking about too. 

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He's done this before, but but 
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to go in and the seats are 
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Come on, somebody, they've got 
armrests. 

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You got place to put your coffee
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Come on, somebody. 
We might even keep the soda 

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found. 
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And the popcorn and it, it 
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it rocks a little bit, right? 
I've had recliners in Sunday 

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morning. 
I swear I'd appreciate nothing 

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but sleeping people. 
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Can you imagine sitting there? 
I'm going to cut the power to 

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this thing, you know what I 
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But it's going to be real easy 
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this is super comfortable and 
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Why? 
To be entertained. 

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It's so it's the, I can just 
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going to be very, very easy to 
be complacent and like, let's 

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come and sit and some let's go 
and tell. 

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Amen, an application like what 
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Looking at this, I would 
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why wash tomb that that's like 1
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and you leave unchanged, but the
but the other stream is like why

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wash tomb? 
The other stream is actually 

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being washed white as snow. 
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Like one you're dead on the 
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and there's corruption and 
there's brokenness and things 

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decay. 
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faith in Christ. 
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things on the inside and he 
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to life. 
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gives his righteousness and he 
gives his mission and he gives 

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his Holy Spirit. 
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opposite. 
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for grace. 
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disobedient matched in the 
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I, I got a man of my life that 
told me this one time. 

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He said, Sean, you're, you're, 
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I'll break it down, but you're 
orthodoxy has to match your 

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orthopraxy. 
What you know about God has to 

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match what your actions are for 
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And here's what happens when, 
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exceeds your practices, guess 
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You become a Pharisee. 
You're the guy goes on Facebook 

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and you can't help yourself, 
man, because you don't really 

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love other people right now, but
you sure know what they should 

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do. 
And you become really critical 

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of others. 
It's always interesting because 

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you can see humanity. 
You can see the good and the 

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bad, you can see the worst and 
the best and you can forget like

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I need to pray for these people,
like I need to lead these people

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and I can't help them, but God 
can at moments like it's not my 

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ability, it's God's ability, but
it's really just Christians get 

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really, really jaded because of 
truth and they forget about 

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love. 
They forget about the greatest 

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work that God is going to do is 
actually in your life. 

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If you're so consumed about 
others, you're going to miss 

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what God wants to do. 
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years or decades of their life. 
We'll talk about our parents and

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we'll talk about this thing in 
the past. 

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We'll talk about this and it's 
like, what about you? 

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What is God doing in your life? 
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And I think some people hide 
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it's just amazing to me. 
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practice is out. 
Seize your knowledge. 

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And so these are like 
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good deed doers. 
These are people that just do it

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in the name of love. 
We just care for people to care 

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for people, but Jesus is really 
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Like, well, maybe I'll bring the
gospel up or not. 

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I had a leader in our city that 
asked me to stop praying at 

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certain events because the 
culture just didn't want to 

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tolerate anymore. 
I was like, well, you probably 

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asked the wrong person. 
Wait till the next leader comes 

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in because I'm just going to 
keep doing it. 

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Amen. 
It's like, why am I apologizing 

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for this? 
It's crazy, but your orthodox 

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and orthopraxy should match. 
And here's a level which Paul 

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laid out in Philippians chapter 
3 says I want to know Christ and

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that this word for know is not 
the word of knowledge. 

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Gnosco. 
It doesn't mean to know an 

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intellectual sense when he says 
I want to know Christ, yes, to 

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know the power of his 
resurrection. 

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He's not talking about his sense
of like, well, I want to study 

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in a book and it I want to, I 
want to actually fly plane and I

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want to read the manual. 
I'm like, man, I'm so satisfied.

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That was so much fun. 
It's not what he's saying. 

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What he's saying is I want to 
experience the depth of 

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knowledge of God. 
It's not just intellectual 

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knowledge. 
It's an experiential type of 

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knowledge. 
Like I want to actually 

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experience the fullness of 
Christ. 

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I want everything that Christ 
has for me to be given to me and

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I want to walk through it. 
And he's ultimately said the 

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power is resurrection. 
By the way, when you knew Jesus,

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you experienced the power of the
resurrection. 

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Amen. 
Like there's something inside 

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you that was dead in that tomb 
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And Paul wanted that even with 
further he said in participation

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in his what suffering. 
He didn't want to read about the

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suffering he actually wanted to 
suffer like Christ. 

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I'll be honest with you in in 
American Christianity, I don't 

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find this very often, even in 
myself like I want to suffer for

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Christ. 
And yes, we come and step and 

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tear down. 
Not the same level of suffering,

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Amen. 
Not the same level participating

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in sufferings, becoming look at 
this even a further extent 

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becoming like him in his what? 
His death. 

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And so somehow, and it's just, 
it's just funny how I said this,

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somehow attaining to the 
resurrection from the dead. 

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Like he's like, not only do I 
know his power is resurrection, 

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like I want to experience the 
fullness. 

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I don't experience the 
suffering. 

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I don't experience the suffering
to his fullest all the way to 

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his death. 
I, I, I want to be martyred for 

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Christ. 
I'm gonna be treated just like 

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Christ. 
I, I want to be, I want to be 

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disowned by this culture. 
I want people that hate me. 

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I'm gonna be taken to trial. 
I'm gonna be falsely accused. 

450
00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,800
I, I want to be murdered for the
gospel. 

451
00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,840
Wow, that's a whole nother 
level. 

452
00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,520
Amen. 
And he didn't shy away from it 

453
00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:39,000
and he wanted to go full on and 
and his his mission like not 

454
00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,600
that he doesn't, he says somehow
attain the resurrection of the 

455
00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:42,960
dead. 
He's not like, man, I hope I can

456
00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,240
get there. 
Like maybe it work out if I do 

457
00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:47,200
all the right things. 
No, he's like, this is my 

458
00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,800
ambition, my goal and through 
all things like, oh man, this 

459
00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,400
would be the prize. 
That's what he's saying. 

460
00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:54,480
He's not questioning if he's 
going to be red or dead. 

461
00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,000
He's just talking about how the 
goodness of God is going to be 

462
00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,600
that he's going to be 
resurrected from the dead. 

463
00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:00,640
He's just so passionate about 
it. 

464
00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,600
And so the ultimate move we're 
learning here is not just what 

465
00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,800
I'm learning through Scripture, 
it's what I'm living out. 

466
00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,440
Do you see Paul? 
He's a man that's obedient and 

467
00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,040
submissive. 
Just as the Father sent me 

468
00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,920
talking about Jesus, so I send 
you the Father sent Jesus. 

469
00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:16,040
Jesus was submissive to the 
Father. 

470
00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:17,800
Amen. 
He didn't go. 

471
00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:19,800
I'll do my will. 
Let my will be done. 

472
00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,560
Thank you for sending me. 
I'll do my will now. 

473
00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,880
He was submissive to the Father.
And so last week, we'll walk 

474
00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:26,880
through this. 
Last week, we could talk about 

475
00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,440
how to read the Bible. 
And if I summarize last week 

476
00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,760
into two words, it'd be So what?
So what, when you open the 

477
00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,200
scripture and you get to any 
passage, you have to ask the 

478
00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,040
question, So what? 
So, So what is happening? 

479
00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,920
So who's who's writing this? 
Who, who's it written to? 

480
00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:45,600
What's happening around? 
What's the context of this? 

481
00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,040
So what is going on? 
And you have to really pursue 

482
00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:48,640
that. 
Amen. 

483
00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:52,360
You can talk yourself into some 
really, really crazy theology 

484
00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:56,000
and some really big mishaps with
scripture if you're not diving 

485
00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,800
deep into what is this actually 
mean? 

486
00:21:58,160 --> 00:21:59,720
So what is happening in the 
scriptures? 

487
00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:01,760
Look at context. 
The second thing you look for is

488
00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,040
authorial intent. 
Like what's the what's the 

489
00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,240
intention of the writer? 
We talked about burying his love

490
00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:07,640
note. 
He actually wrote a poem I found

491
00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,160
out about later. 
It was framed in the house 

492
00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:11,680
because that's how often he 
writes poems. 

493
00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,200
Come on, somebody. 
It was put on the wall like lots

494
00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,920
of thing, you know, and I still 
have, I need to get a picture of

495
00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:17,880
it. 
I'll put on the screen one of 

496
00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:19,320
these days. 
I don't know if he's around here

497
00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:24,800
or not, but no, no, we'll think 
less of you, huh? 

498
00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:28,840
Barry, is that you're worried? 
He does have a heart, maybe 

499
00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:30,840
more. 
That's the only way we can go. 

500
00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:34,120
Barry, I love you, but I'll 
thorough intent. 

501
00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:37,360
What is God saying through this 
writer to that audience that 

502
00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:38,320
this is where you're chasing 
down? 

503
00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:40,280
We talked about in depth last 
week, so I'm not going to dive 

504
00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,480
through it completely, but the 
big the biggest piece is when we

505
00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,360
go to scripture, we don't take 
our mean to scripture. 

506
00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,680
We actually find the meaning in 
the scripture, the, the, the 

507
00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:53,000
truth of God's word is actually 
found in the text where we're 

508
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,080
discovering what the author 
intent is, what what happened 

509
00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:58,280
here? 
Why is this happening? 

510
00:22:58,280 --> 00:22:59,960
Who wrote this, what, who 
they're writing to? 

511
00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:01,760
And there's so much more we 
could talk about. 

512
00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,320
We didn't dive into, but like 
historical context, like we talk

513
00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:07,200
about like a Roman soldier, 
right? 

514
00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,800
And, and, and armor of God and 
like what, what would that mean 

515
00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:11,920
to be an armor God and Roman 
soldier? 

516
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,280
Like what's going on in the 
Church of Philippi? 

517
00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:16,120
Like what what is he talking 
about in Corinth? 

518
00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:18,640
Have these footsteps of the 
prostitutes that lead all these 

519
00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,680
harlots houses like to know all 
these pieces helps you 

520
00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,360
understand what the scripture 
is. 

521
00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:25,600
You put some flesh to that 
culture and you really 

522
00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,560
understand like what is God 
really saying here? 

523
00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,520
And it's our job to do that kind
of work, Amen? 

524
00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,240
Like you just don't read and go 
well, that was that was good. 

525
00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,680
Like you got to study a little 
bit and ask these questions. 

526
00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,200
So let's assume you do that. 
That's education, Amen. 

527
00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,400
You got educated, you learned a 
little bit. 

528
00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:43,440
So they don't dive into how do 
you apply it? 

529
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:45,640
And, and, and this made me be 
underrated. 

530
00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:47,600
Like nobody talks about this 
whole lot, but how do you 

531
00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:48,880
actually apply what you actually
learned? 

532
00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,040
Let's say you, you, you run out 
some gold, you found some truth.

533
00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,600
You like saw that and you're 
like, OK, how do you actually 

534
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:56,440
apply this to your life? 
And I'm going to give you 2 

535
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:57,640
different words. 
So you had So what? 

536
00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:01,840
Say somebody say So what? 
OK, next part you say now what? 

537
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:03,960
Now what? 
So what now what? 

538
00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,280
Come on somebody. 
So what now what you can't skip 

539
00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,120
it if if you just a So what 
person I I've met a guy that 

540
00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:12,880
read the Bible in almost every 
version possible in the English 

541
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,040
language. 
I mean, had a whole case of it 

542
00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,680
and you'd wonder like, but has 
it made effect in your life? 

543
00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:20,480
Like you've asked the first 
question. 

544
00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,920
Quite quite frankly, you've 
asked it way too much. 

545
00:24:23,360 --> 00:24:24,600
You've not asked the second 
question. 

546
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,120
Now what do you want me to do 
with the Lord? 

547
00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,160
And every time you go to the 
table of God, I believe he wants

548
00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:31,320
to feed you. 
And by the way, I don't think 

549
00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:35,440
Jesus feeds us grits, Amen. 
I don't think you get in there 

550
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:37,000
and you're like, I'm going to 
eat this as fast as possible. 

551
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,240
We got here because it tastes 
terrible. 

552
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,200
I think we sit down with Jesus. 
He gives you a steak. 

553
00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:44,760
Come on, somebody. 
And who knows it's a sin to eat 

554
00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:48,680
a good steak quickly. 
Oh, I eat this steak so fast I 

555
00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:51,120
can't tolerate it. 
You savor it, Amen. 

556
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,080
You sit down and you dine, you 
listen. 

557
00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,400
This is what Jesus does. 
It says open the door, your 

558
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:56,840
heart, you knock, you know it's 
dying with you. 

559
00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,880
And you sit with me as we sit 
with Jesus and we sit there and 

560
00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:02,640
listen and spend time with 
Christ. 

561
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,440
He wants to teach you things and
show you things you have to 

562
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,520
leave changed. 
So now what? 

563
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,200
What's God asking me to do? 
What's obedience look like? 

564
00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:12,240
And by the way, we teach you 
obedience, Amen. 

565
00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,280
Like the, the point of knowledge
is not that you know, the point 

566
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,840
of knowledge is that you obey, 
that you find out in the Great 

567
00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,000
Commission, right? 
Matthew 2019 to, to, to, to 

568
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,920
teach obedience to all nations. 
This is how we learn. 

569
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:26,880
So it's not just, well, here's 
the truth. 

570
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,560
And I think a lot of the 
disciple making or Bible studies

571
00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:31,840
that they're really good at 
truth. 

572
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:33,840
And then it occurs. 
It's like a family fight. 

573
00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:35,760
I don't know if you've been 
around those groups where people

574
00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:37,440
fight about scripture. 
Anybody been around those 

575
00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,360
groups? 
There's been just fighting about

576
00:25:39,360 --> 00:25:40,960
different opinions. 
And it's like, was that the 

577
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:42,800
point? 
Is that why Paul wrote that so 

578
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,960
you could fight about it? 
I mean, it's like just, it's 

579
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:47,480
amazing to me. 
I've kind of seen it all, I 

580
00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:49,960
guess. 
But the question is what needs 

581
00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:54,840
to change in me to be more like 
Jesus by reading this what, 

582
00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:56,560
what, what, what do I do 
differently? 

583
00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:58,880
Like there's a surrender that 
happens. 

584
00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,680
What's what, How is God inviting
me to trust him more through 

585
00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,320
this? 
What step do I need to take 

586
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,800
today to look more like Christ? 
What what's God called me 

587
00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,640
surrender at his feet today and 
you find this it's not good 

588
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:11,880
enough just to read it. 
So John 1415, you might know 

589
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:16,160
this one if you love me, come 
on, somebody you keep my 

590
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,200
commands. 
It you know, it doesn't say if 

591
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:19,480
you love me understand 
Scripture. 

592
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,440
It doesn't say if you love me. 
Know my commands is if you love 

593
00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:27,800
me, you keep my commands that 
that means you follow him. 

594
00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:29,080
There's there's a submission 
there. 

595
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,040
There's no obedience. 
I I love it to say it this way, 

596
00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,680
the way that God spells love is 
OBEY. 

597
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,320
Come on, somebody like you, you 
see it with your own kids, 

598
00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:39,600
right? 
Like, Oh, I love you, Dad. 

599
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:45,120
Oh my God, do you I think you 
like the idea of me. 

600
00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:47,640
I don't know. 
I'm so sure you love me right 

601
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,000
now, right, But that's not 
personal. 

602
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,840
That's somebody else's story 
completely right. 

603
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,760
But did Jesus say if you love 
me, understand everything. 

604
00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,200
If you love me, just go to 
enough Bible studies. 

605
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:00,680
I don't know, there's so many 
Bibles. 

606
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,480
I'm not saying I'm not dogging 
about having a Bible study 

607
00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:06,320
because I think you need them. 
But Lord help us if we need 

608
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,360
another Bible study to get 
closer to Christ. 

609
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,040
Like we, we have so much 
knowledge that we've not 

610
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,840
applied, like to take action 
with what, you know, often 

611
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,880
times, let's say often there's 
seasons where somebody come in 

612
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,560
and say, Hey, pastor, like we 
really need preaching through. 

613
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:24,120
And they'll say like Daniel or 
like Revelation and May we kind 

614
00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:26,000
of like, and it's kind of like 
watered down. 

615
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,920
So like we need to go like a lot
deeper. 

616
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,360
And I'm like, have you read 
Revelation lately? 

617
00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,520
Oh, no. 
OK, so you're asking me to do 

618
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,640
something that you're not even 
doing and then you want me to 

619
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,560
preach this. 
And so often just have to 

620
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,080
contain my thought. 
But I'll tell you, my thought is

621
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,400
often this, it's like maybe 
we'll move on to the harder 

622
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,880
things of Scripture if we'd 
actually do the easy things of 

623
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,760
Scripture. 
Like if you can't obey the 

624
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:54,840
simple things, why would I go 
into these hard level post pre 

625
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,000
Trib amillennial? 
Why would I go into these 

626
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,240
difficult hard things in 
Scripture if we're not even 

627
00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:05,920
doing 1 + 1? 
Amen. 

628
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,960
I'm not saying it's everybody 
because we're all different 

629
00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,720
levels, but the people often 
tell me this and the people that

630
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:15,280
don't look much like Jesus, but 
they're really curious about all

631
00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,680
these things. 
And so the way it looks like if 

632
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,200
you love me, you obey. 
If you love me, you submit. 

633
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,160
If you love me, you surrender. 
And that that's an ongoing 

634
00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:24,440
thing. 
You don't, you don't. 

635
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,080
And it's really what happened at
the cross. 

636
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,360
You, you surrender to Jesus. 
Amen. 

637
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,640
Not my will, but your will be be
done. 

638
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,880
I'll obey you, I'll follow you. 
You never get past that prayer 

639
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,320
or confession. 
You never get past this hold on 

640
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,640
the old rugger cross. 
So the question to ask when you 

641
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:42,920
read Scripture is how is this 
verse or passage or the truth 

642
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,120
I've learned? 
How is it significant to my life

643
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,720
today? 
Somebody say significance, 

644
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,520
significance. 
It it it's you can say 

645
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:54,760
application, which is, you know,
because a lot of people say, 

646
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:56,000
well, it didn't really apply to 
me. 

647
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,160
And I kind of guess there's 
there's some nuance here. 

648
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,960
OK, but when you think of 
application, like you maybe read

649
00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,120
the woman kind of adultery and 
you're like, well, I'm not an 

650
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,480
adultery affair and so I'm not 
like her. 

651
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,560
And it's like, oh, it was good. 
One day I'll maybe know 

652
00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,760
something about it. 
OK, totally understand. 

653
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,960
But there is an infinite amount 
of significance to every 

654
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,320
scripture. 
That's why when you go back and 

655
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,840
read it a second time or third 
time or the 100th billionth 

656
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:23,560
time, you actually get something
new and different for your life.

657
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,120
Amen. 
So, so like this woman kind of 

658
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,720
adultery, like that's not my 
story at all. 

659
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:34,120
But if God can love her that 
much, and she's been through so 

660
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:39,360
much, how much must God love me?
And if God can be that merciful 

661
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:42,480
and that caring and that 
compassionate to somebody that 

662
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,840
most people would throw out the 
door, how should I be loving and

663
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,400
treating people? 
They're living a life that's 

664
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,400
complete apart from the gospel, 
but they need the grace of God 

665
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,840
to effectually touch their life.
I can, I can, I can have 

666
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:58,000
significance for that, Amen. 
And I could go on and on and on 

667
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,280
and on and on and on. 
Of all the significance, there's

668
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:04,960
millions of significance for 
every piece of Scripture in your

669
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:08,800
life. 
And I found that God often will 

670
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,000
give you the most significance 
where you have the biggest 

671
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:16,240
struggle or the biggest trial in
the season of your life. 

672
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,680
That's where God will speak 
through his word. 

673
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:20,240
You're like, man, I don't know 
where to start. 

674
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,840
Well, there's a lot of great 
places to start, but wherever 

675
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,160
you pick up, I believe that God 
will show you something for your

676
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:28,320
life through that scripture. 
It'll often speak to the hardest

677
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,440
thing you're walking through. 
God is not going to, like, take 

678
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,480
the medicine and apply it to a 
wound that doesn't exist. 

679
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,200
He's going to take the medicine 
and the Holy Spirit's going to 

680
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,920
speak through the trial that 
you're walking through, and it's

681
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:41,920
going to help you. 
That's why the Holy Spirit's 

682
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:46,400
called the comforter, Amen. 
He's going to lead you and walk 

683
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,560
with you even through the 
valley, maybe even called the 

684
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,520
shadow of death of the hard 
places. 

685
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:53,280
He's going to sit down in front 
of your enemies. 

686
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,520
He's going to make a table and 
he's going to relax and dine 

687
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,880
with him as your enemies 
surround you and nobody 

688
00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:01,080
understands you and you're feel 
like you're all alone, but 

689
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:04,000
you're in the presence of God 
and He has everything in his 

690
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:05,880
control. 
Amen. 

691
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,680
This is what the Scripture does.
This is who the Holy Spirit is. 

692
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:10,920
He gives you a word in the 
season. 

693
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,760
And I found that the word of 
God, the application that comes 

694
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:15,600
from God, comes at different 
levels. 

695
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,640
And there's more than I'm going 
to name, but I'll give you 

696
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,960
really the four that I think are
like the main levels that God 

697
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:21,320
will speak to you when you read 
Scripture. 

698
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:24,640
One is your identity. 
God will speak to who you really

699
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,280
are. 
And it's pretty fun in the life 

700
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,720
of a believer when you start 
exchanging like your version of 

701
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,400
who you are or maybe somebody 
else's version, because that's 

702
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:33,480
what people would usually live 
for. 

703
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,160
We actually start exchanging it 
for God's version of who you are

704
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:38,600
and you start rewriting your 
identity. 

705
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,720
And I believe that's probably 
the deepest level of God is 

706
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,680
speaking to you all the time. 
And if we let him shape it, God 

707
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,000
would shape it every single 
time. 

708
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,520
He doesn't want you to leave 
going, oh, I don't know what to 

709
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,640
do. 
He is speaking to who you are. 

710
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:52,600
How about your motives or your 
will, right? 

711
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,640
Like, why are you doing these 
things? 

712
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,280
And God will speak to you Like, 
is that for you? 

713
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:58,880
Is this, is this about Sean? 
Is this about accolade? 

714
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:00,440
Is this is this about 
accomplishment? 

715
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,880
What, what is the motivation for
what you do? 

716
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:06,600
And, and God knows that, Amen. 
I mean, he's, he's judged all of

717
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,040
humanity before just by the 
thoughts and motivations of the 

718
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:10,720
heart. 
Motives matter. 

719
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,840
And so Jesus is looking at what 
you're doing and Jesus doesn't 

720
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:17,400
want you to do a lot of stuff. 
He actually is more than you 

721
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,760
becoming someone else. 
He he doesn't want you to start 

722
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,440
adding on church and add on the 
Bible study and add on a life 

723
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,680
group and add this stuff. 
He actually wants you to be more

724
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,520
like Jesus. 
He he wants you to become 

725
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,760
somebody that you're not in his 
name. 

726
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:36,600
And how about this no level is 
emotions like God will speak to 

727
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,720
and through and about your 
emotions. 

728
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:42,440
Should you have felt that way? 
Should you have got so mad about

729
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,040
that? 
Should you be so unforgettable? 

730
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:46,800
She have that hot kind of 
hostility? 

731
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,120
Should you really be triggered 
that quickly? 

732
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:51,760
Is that grace filled? 
Is that merciful? 

733
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:56,400
And God will speak to that Amen.
Awful quiet. 

734
00:32:57,960 --> 00:32:59,680
And then he'll speak to your 
your actions. 

735
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:01,880
Like what are you doing with 
your life? 

736
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,480
Like is that obedience? 
Is that the direction he's 

737
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:06,320
calling you to go? 
And so let me just walk you. 

738
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:10,120
I'll just play it out for you. 
So Joshua one verse 7 and 9, 

739
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,800
I'll read a passage, Let me get 
a context and I'll apply it to 

740
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,600
my life and maybe God will speak
through it to your life because 

741
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,200
they're probably some 
significance from my 

742
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,880
significance to your life. 
That's fun, right? 

743
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,800
So Joshua 17, it says this. 
We'll, we'll back up. 

744
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:28,440
Give me some context. 
So Joshua's written Moses passes

745
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,720
away. 
Who was supposed to bring this 

746
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,840
Hebrew people into the promised 
land? 

747
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,160
And he sent in Joshua and Caleb 
and Bruce spent, he spent in 

748
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:39,840
all, all the the spies and 
Joshua killed the only two that 

749
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:41,920
said, no, we can do it, we can 
do it, we can do it. 

750
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,720
And those just like, let's take 
a vote. 

751
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,200
And they said, no, we can't. 
He said, yeah, we can't. 

752
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:51,200
And they wandered for 40 years 
because they spent 40 days as 

753
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,760
spies in the promised land. 
And so they wandered for 40 

754
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:57,600
years, but should have taken 
like 2 days to get to the 

755
00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:58,880
promised land. 
They just wandered. 

756
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,320
And while they're wandering, 
they remember the miracle of 

757
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:02,960
God, the Red Sea. 
And they got to the point the 

758
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:04,760
generations passed away. 
And they're like, where is the 

759
00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:07,360
God these miracles? 
You know, you see that with 

760
00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:09,840
Gideon, like where's this God 
that pards Red Sea? 

761
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,520
We don't see this anymore. 
Like they've forgotten all the 

762
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,960
power of God and the every 
person that was in that 

763
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:18,440
generation died except for Caleb
and Joshua, including Moses, 

764
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:20,560
because their unfaithfulness to 
God. 

765
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:23,679
And so here's Joshua, Moses 
passed away, wrote the book of 

766
00:34:23,679 --> 00:34:27,320
Deuteronomy the last 30 days of 
his life because he wants the 

767
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:29,920
mantle of the glory of God to 
move forward. 

768
00:34:30,159 --> 00:34:33,040
He's in the right place. 
He is humbled and he gives this 

769
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:34,679
mantle to Joshua. 
He's still alive. 

770
00:34:34,679 --> 00:34:37,080
Then we're going to read it, but
actually came through God to 

771
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:38,960
Moses before this actually 
happened. 

772
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:41,600
God's actually quoted himself 
through Moses. 

773
00:34:42,159 --> 00:34:43,840
And so he tells Joshua, you're 
going to do this man. 

774
00:34:44,159 --> 00:34:46,080
Like there's a time I'm I'm not 
leading the end. 

775
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:49,000
Like I'm, I'm, I'm out and 
you're going to demand and he 

776
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:54,400
sets up Joshua to like be the 
next leader of the Hebrew people

777
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,440
to go into the promised land. 
And so picks up verse 7. 

778
00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,120
This is God himself speaking to 
Joshua. 

779
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:02,280
He says, be strong. 
Come on somebody. 

780
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:06,920
And how very courageous. 
That's a good word for 2026, by 

781
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,880
the way. 
Be very courageous with your 

782
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:14,520
faith, like we're not called to 
be like this backseat silent 

783
00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:17,400
majority. 
We're called to be bold and 

784
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:20,560
courageous with what God has put
in front of us. 

785
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:24,640
He says be careful to what? 
Help me out, obey. 

786
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:29,600
There it is all the law my 
servant Moses gave you and do 

787
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:33,240
not turn from it to the right or
to the left that you may be what

788
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:37,080
success where we go so so if 
you're going to follow God, you 

789
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,760
want success in the Kingdom of 
God, then obey the things of God

790
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,000
and that would make you 
successful in the eyes of God 

791
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,160
and the Kingdom of God. 
Man, that's some gold right 

792
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,640
there Amen. 
Like what's driving my life. 

793
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:50,960
I'm going to follow Jesus. 
Verse 8 says keep this book of 

794
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:55,520
the law always on your help me 
out your lips. 

795
00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:58,600
Meditate on it day and night. 
So you be careful to do 

796
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:02,920
everything written in it. 
Then you will be what prosperous

797
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,360
and successful. 
So you just kind of dives even 

798
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:06,920
deeper. 
Put in your lips, put in your 

799
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,560
mind, let it become your life 
and then you become prosperous 

800
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,360
and successful. 
Verse 9 he just double s down 

801
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:17,040
have helped me out. 
I not commanded you. 

802
00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:21,080
What a great question that 
matters who is speaking to you. 

803
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:24,440
Be strong and courageous. 
He reminds me again and do not 

804
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:27,320
be afraid. 
Do not be discouraged for the 

805
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:33,120
Lord your God will be with you 
wherever you go. 

806
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,440
That's a passage, baby. 
That's a passage. 

807
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,080
Like I feel like when you sit 
down with people and they're 

808
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:41,480
like struggling with like, oh, I
got to be courageous and don't 

809
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:45,320
want to do they're freaking out.
This this Bible, you're like, 

810
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:48,000
this is like the mantle. 
Be strong and very courageous 

811
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,120
and you just stick in their 
chest, right? 

812
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,640
This is what I'm asking you to 
do, like put the law in your 

813
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:55,480
heart, follow God, be 
prosperous. 

814
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,520
He's with you wherever you go, 
step out of faith. 

815
00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:01,240
Amen. 
It's it's like a just a mantra 

816
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,920
and it looks really cute, like 
in the kitchen on the wall. 

817
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:09,200
Be strong, very courageous to 
make sourdough. 

818
00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:12,600
Maybe, you know, but this is 
marching orders to go to war. 

819
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,920
But you imagine the pressure of 
Joshua, like, OK, I'm going to 

820
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,960
leave this meeting. 
And then maybe like, all right, 

821
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:24,120
guys, I know we've been 
wandering for 40 years, but now 

822
00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:27,360
we're going to do it. 
And he's wondering like, are 

823
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,320
they going to follow? 
Are they getting mad or what's 

824
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:31,960
going to happen? 
And you start thinking about, 

825
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,960
well, this is a big risk. 
Like we could all die. 

826
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:36,800
Like, do I have? 
Are these people well trained 

827
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:38,840
military people? 
I mean, I saw who was in the 

828
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:42,880
last time we walked through it. 
But you know what Joshua did, he

829
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:44,440
obeyed. 
Amen. 

830
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,200
Matter of fact, as soon as he 
left the meeting, if you want to

831
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:51,200
read on your own, he turns 
around to his leaders and he 

832
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:55,240
tells them, hey, guys, just so 
you know, 3 days from now, we're

833
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:56,960
going to cross the Jordan and go
in that lane. 

834
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,600
So get your boys ready. 
We're going that's pretty good, 

835
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:01,720
Amen. 
Like he followed the Scripture, 

836
00:38:01,720 --> 00:38:04,280
be strong and very courageous. 
But I, I look at this and I 

837
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:05,920
think, man, how does this affect
my life? 

838
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,920
Like identity and that this word
I have commanded you. 

839
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:14,000
It matters who tells you, Amen. 
Like when, when Jesus says, I 

840
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:18,000
want you to go and I, I want you
to be my hands and my feet and I

841
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,080
want you to give up your degree 
like your your vision of your 

842
00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:23,800
life and I want you to exchange 
it for what I'm doing, which is 

843
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:25,480
far greater than anything you 
can dream of. 

844
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:27,800
It matters that that's Jesus 
talking, Amen. 

845
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,080
And as a leader, as a, as a 
pastor, as a, as a just a 

846
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,880
Christian, there's a lot of 
voices in our lives, Amen. 

847
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,840
Like we got family, we got 
friends, we got kids, we got all

848
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:39,760
the different people around us. 
And you know what, it seems like

849
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:43,080
everybody's got an opinion and 
that some people have a dream 

850
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:45,080
for your life. 
I love those people that have a 

851
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:49,240
dream for my life. 
I'm like, what, who are you to 

852
00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:51,760
have a dream from my life? 
Like, you know, what really 

853
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:55,560
matters to me is what God says, 
Amen. 

854
00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,240
So, so when I hear from God, 
then I'll follow it and 

855
00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:01,240
everybody else is just white 
noise, Amen. 

856
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,960
Like I hear you, I love you, I 
love our church, I love my 

857
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,880
family, I love it, I hear it, I 
hear it, I hear it, I hear it. 

858
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:12,040
But until the Lord tells me to 
do it, I'll file that and next 

859
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:15,080
to file 86, like I'm waiting to 
hear from God, Amen. 

860
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:17,640
Because the world that everybody
else just has a dream and a 

861
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,280
destiny that may not be from 
God. 

862
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,880
And so I'm going to follow the 
person that part of the Red Sea,

863
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:25,240
I'm going to follow the person 
that brought the mana down from 

864
00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:27,560
heaven to put a pillar of fire 
by night. 

865
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,440
I'm I'm going to follow that 
person, Amen. 

866
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:31,320
And this is what Joshua was 
thinking. 

867
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:34,240
If you look at scripture like 
your identity, like what is my 

868
00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:37,320
life really built on? 
Was it is this like my old man 

869
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:39,880
like reaction? 
Am I trying to like fill a gap 

870
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:43,840
or like a wound I'm trying to 
heal or, or is this truly from 

871
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,400
God himself? 
And I wrestled all those things.

872
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:48,360
Amen. 
Like I, I, I've been there 

873
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:51,240
going, man, who am I? 
Like seriously, you love me that

874
00:39:51,240 --> 00:39:53,240
much? 
And but your identity shaped by 

875
00:39:53,240 --> 00:39:56,920
Christ and Joshua obviously had 
had a season of walking with God

876
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,080
and what God says it's time to 
get up and go. 

877
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:00,760
He didn't say, guys, what do you
think about it? 

878
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:03,840
He didn't say, do you all agree 
we should go because that's a 

879
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,480
big task. 
I don't know if we can do it. 

880
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:10,160
I looked at you guys and I was 
like, right. 

881
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:13,440
I mean, I'd be feeling pretty 
good if I had like AB2 bomber or

882
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:15,480
something. 
Right, but you look around, 

883
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:19,200
you're like, well, but what we 
have is what the Lord Amen. 

884
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:22,560
And he's more than enough. 
And so it's all that matter to 

885
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:24,720
Joshua and that's all that needs
to matter for you. 

886
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:27,800
So that's the significance. 
Just it just sticks out to me. 

887
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:31,120
That was free motivation. 
So motive. 

888
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,080
Why do you do it? 
It says for the Lord, your God 

889
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:36,920
will be with you wherever you 
go. 

890
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:40,720
That's great motivation, Amen. 
Like when God calls you to start

891
00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:44,960
a church in the middle of Belden
Ray Moore, like not the sexiest 

892
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:51,320
thing to do, Amen. 
I mean, Kona, HI was great. 

893
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,480
Like that sounds like a great 
place for God to call me, Amen. 

894
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:57,680
I mean, I was like, we can name 
the church Wake Church. 

895
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,760
Like I love wakeboarding and 
water sports. 

896
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:02,840
Like this is God's call. 
We could be right there on the 

897
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:04,400
beach. 
Jesus, Jesus, do you need us 

898
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:07,280
there? 
Amen and even starting a church 

899
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:10,160
like that's kind of backwooded 
in 2026, like do we need 

900
00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:14,840
churches like people are just so
anti church, but who who's 

901
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:17,840
leading the way? 
Amen Jesus and matter of fact, 

902
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:20,120
he gave us this very command in 
Matthew 2020. 

903
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:22,800
He said low I'll be with you 
always, even to the end of the 

904
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,120
age. 
The most important thing about 

905
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:26,560
your motives, you're doing for 
the Lord, Amen. 

906
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:30,960
Like we, we, you said rejoice in
the name of the Lord, the name 

907
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,840
of God, Christ. 
And again you say rejoice 

908
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,080
because he deserves all glory 
and honor, Amen. 

909
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:39,280
Because he's the one that's 
making the way I'm stepping into

910
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:42,240
his plans that are already set. 
I'm not trying to make my own 

911
00:41:42,240 --> 00:41:44,200
plans. 
So what's your motivation to 

912
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:48,120
make his name great, Amen. 
To make his name and his renown 

913
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:50,520
famous throughout the earth. 
It's all about Jesus. 

914
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:54,120
Let's talk about a Jesus church 
and we're not going to be like 

915
00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:57,360
there's Pastor Sean in heaven. 
Pastor Sean, you got Jesus, 

916
00:41:57,360 --> 00:41:59,400
Amen. 
You don't need to go to Pastor 

917
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:01,000
Sean, like go to the feet of 
Jesus. 

918
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:02,720
You don't want to go. 
I'm going to talk to real life 

919
00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:04,680
church and there's no real life 
church in heaven. 

920
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:07,880
You are the church, the people 
of the Kingdom of God. 

921
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:11,600
You made it, Amen. 
You know, like, well, I'm, I'm, 

922
00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:14,360
I'm this denominations, there's 
no denominations in heaven. 

923
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:16,440
It's just like, what are we 
doing? 

924
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:18,000
Like we're doing it for the 
Lord, Amen. 

925
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:21,440
And that's our motivation. 
Or how about your emotions? 

926
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:24,360
Like Joshua felt it. 
That's why Moses told him in 

927
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:28,840
God, he says do not be afraid 
and do not be discouraged. 

928
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:32,680
Have we ever stopped a dream of 
God in our life because we're 

929
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:37,360
afraid or discouraged? 
I probably every day God has 

930
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:41,160
called us to do something. 
It's like, well, that's that's 

931
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:43,120
hard. 
People don't like it, you know, 

932
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:44,480
and we get afraid of 
discouraged. 

933
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:47,360
And what's really interesting 
about this passage is that David

934
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:51,640
actually repeats this very 
Scripture to his son Solomon 

935
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:55,400
when he commissions him and 
hands the mantle to him to 

936
00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:58,720
actually build the, quote, 
palatial structure of the 

937
00:42:58,720 --> 00:43:01,640
temple. 
There's something special about 

938
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:07,160
buildings where your head says, 
do not be afraid or discouraged,

939
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,560
Amen. 
I mean, you look at it, it's a 

940
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:12,560
daunting task. 
If you had, I talked to somebody

941
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:15,160
earlier that they're paying 
their house, that's a lot of 

942
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:17,160
work, Amen, To go around and 
paint your whole house. 

943
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:19,960
The interior is painful. 
Come on somebody. 

944
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:24,160
But if you drive it or you go to
the Belden Theater, it's 25,000 

945
00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:32,280
square feet of 32 foot walls and
they're concrete and there's 

946
00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:36,480
these stadium seating. 
How do you even get up there? 

947
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,520
If you can find a way, you could
beat me right after this 

948
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:43,240
gathering and you tell me about 
to get through a three O door 

949
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:46,960
with a 50 foot stenchion trying 
to figure it out. 

950
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:48,760
And maybe that's where I went 
last night a little bit in my 

951
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:50,840
mind, I don't know. 
But don't be afraid or 

952
00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:52,000
discouraged. 
Amen. 

953
00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:55,240
Like we're worried about the 
things in the future because we 

954
00:43:55,240 --> 00:43:59,600
have well, the way it went last 
time or the wounds of the past 

955
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:03,720
or the fear of failure or the 
voices that are around us and in

956
00:44:03,720 --> 00:44:07,440
spiritual warfare and demonic 
forces in that we've stuck in 

957
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,480
the Mary clay. 
We played the same song for 

958
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:12,200
15,000,000 times in a row and 
God's like, but there's a better

959
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:14,920
song and he picks you out of the
miry clay and he sets over here 

960
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,120
and he's going to hear it one 
time before we fall in love with

961
00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:17,560
it. 
Amen. 

962
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:20,280
Just break the habit one time. 
Like dude, God's grace is so 

963
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:21,720
much better than the story. 
I was right for myself. 

964
00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:23,720
So God just tells them, don't be
afraid. 

965
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:26,200
And if we get past that fear and
we believe this promise right 

966
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:29,480
here for ourselves, that if it's
if it's fearful and 

967
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:31,920
discouraging, it's not from the 
Holy Spirit. 

968
00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:34,800
It doesn't lie with Scripture. 
It's not from God himself. 

969
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:37,480
And if you could just put that 
in your mind every time you're 

970
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:39,880
facing a decision because is 
this from God or is this from 

971
00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:42,720
man or is this from somewhere 
else? 

972
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:46,720
And the fourth level was actions
that you may be success wherever

973
00:44:46,720 --> 00:44:50,120
you go, that that's the end 
result is like it, it really 

974
00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:52,040
matter where he went. 
It just matter. 

975
00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:54,720
The Lord was with him, Amen? 
Like he just travelled like a 

976
00:44:54,720 --> 00:44:57,040
nomad, like, well, we'll go in 
like we'll get to Jericho, 

977
00:44:57,040 --> 00:45:00,680
you're coming, you know, watch 
out, those walls will be mine. 

978
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:03,520
But we're going this way today. 
And God just is with him and he 

979
00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:05,320
takes care of it. 
I mean, how bold would your 

980
00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:07,680
faith be if you do wherever you 
step that Jesus with you and 

981
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:09,960
ahead of you, That's pretty 
amazing, Amen. 

982
00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:13,400
Like, is there any territory on 
this earth that God doesn't mean

983
00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:16,160
to walk and redeem? 
Is there any nation or place? 

984
00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:17,960
Is there any alleyway that 
should be afraid of? 

985
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:22,440
That's what he's saying. 
And so you look at what are my 

986
00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:24,080
actions? 
Is it, is it about me? 

987
00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:26,880
Is it, is it my money, is my 
powers and my stories about 

988
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:28,320
God's story. 
Because ultimately he gets the 

989
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:31,080
glory and He wants to walk in 
the safest place as a center of 

990
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:36,520
his will. 
So we'll continue three simple 

991
00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:37,800
practices. 
I'll just like how do you 

992
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:39,840
actually apply this? 
Let me give you 3 simple things 

993
00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:42,600
so you can take something home. 
1 is make time. 

994
00:45:43,240 --> 00:45:44,840
Make time to be with the be with
Jesus. 

995
00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:46,160
Make time to be in the 
scripture. 

996
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:48,560
We talked about this last week a
little bit, but Matthew 4 four 

997
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:51,280
man should not live on bread 
alone, but on every word that 

998
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:54,560
comes from the mouth of God. 
Let the Bible is your daily 

999
00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:56,040
bread. 
Amen. 

1000
00:45:56,880 --> 00:46:00,040
Let you you got to get into the 
Scripture and you have to make 

1001
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:01,520
time for that. 
So here's what I tell you. 

1002
00:46:01,720 --> 00:46:06,640
Pick a place, pick a time and 
pick a book in the Bible. 

1003
00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:09,440
Just do those three things. 
Just pick a place, pick a time, 

1004
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:12,200
pick a book and maybe it's the 
morning, maybe it's at your, 

1005
00:46:12,240 --> 00:46:15,240
your, your lunch break. 
Maybe like a, like a night owl, 

1006
00:46:15,240 --> 00:46:17,600
come on somebody and you just 
want to get in the Scripture, 

1007
00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:22,200
like do it like repeatedly over 
and over and over again. 

1008
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:25,800
Pick those three things and see 
what the Lord can do. 

1009
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:27,560
Just take 10 minutes. 
I would encourage you guys. 

1010
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:30,600
It's not about quantity, it's 
about quality. 

1011
00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:33,240
It's about quality time with 
Jesus. 

1012
00:46:33,720 --> 00:46:36,120
Like you can get more from one 
verse than you can get from 

1013
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:38,560
reading the entire book of the 
Bible back and forth. 

1014
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:43,000
If you ask the question, Lord, 
what we have me to do, practice 

1015
00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:46,560
the submission part of it, like 
sit there and think about what 

1016
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:49,480
you learned. 
Like meditate on it, which is 

1017
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:51,560
the second piece. 
So not only make time, but 

1018
00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:54,560
meditate. 
Don't just read it like have it 

1019
00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:57,400
read you. 
Like if you if you spend a 

1020
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:59,240
moment with Jesus a day, you've 
missed the point. 

1021
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:03,280
The idea is not that you take a 
moment and say OK, that was 

1022
00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:07,160
great got that done. 
Now I go do my other things 

1023
00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:08,520
right now I got all all these 
things. 

1024
00:47:08,720 --> 00:47:10,400
The world will not run without 
you, my friend. 

1025
00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:12,840
You got so much going on and so 
you got to run everything else 

1026
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:14,560
down. 
What you have to do is you take 

1027
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:18,440
a moment with Jesus and then you
meditate it on it all day. 

1028
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:21,640
You put it in your mind is so 
you see Joshua is is in there. 

1029
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:24,200
You can go so many places on 
this, but Joshua 18 read earlier

1030
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:28,520
says keep this book of law 
always on your what on your 

1031
00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:32,360
lips. 
Meditate on it day and night 

1032
00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:37,760
means contemplates. 
Think about it, chew it like put

1033
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:41,400
it on your heart all the time so
that you may be careful to help 

1034
00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:44,560
me out to do everything written 
in it. 

1035
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:45,960
Did you guys see how scripture 
moves? 

1036
00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:47,480
Do you guys see that little 
piece there? 

1037
00:47:48,160 --> 00:47:51,400
He said, put on your lips like 
we put it back up. 

1038
00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:54,400
We can go back just so you can 
see it, but put on your lips. 

1039
00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:57,320
It's your first thing you do. 
So you read it and you say it 

1040
00:47:57,320 --> 00:48:00,080
out loud and you're like, wow, 
OK, this is what here it is. 

1041
00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:03,480
And then you don't you moves 
into your mind, you meditate. 

1042
00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:05,160
That's that's where you do 
meditation in your mind. 

1043
00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:07,840
So when it Bible says take every
thought captive, make a be to 

1044
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:11,240
Christ and all day long you're 
like, OK, how am I going to put 

1045
00:48:11,240 --> 00:48:12,520
that thought captive? 
What's that mean? 

1046
00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:14,640
Like what's that look like? 
And you started this image of a 

1047
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:16,640
soldier with a sword and it's 
like sticking right there, the 

1048
00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:19,160
neck of a thought. 
I was like, Oh, this is good. 

1049
00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:22,040
And throughout the day you're 
learning from the Holy Spirit 

1050
00:48:22,040 --> 00:48:23,480
what he's showing you about the 
scripture. 

1051
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:24,600
You're learning and you meditate
on it. 

1052
00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:27,960
What happens is as you meditate,
because you're thinking about 

1053
00:48:27,960 --> 00:48:31,360
all day, because you renew your 
mind, it says that so that be 

1054
00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:32,560
careful to do everything written
in it. 

1055
00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:36,240
So boosting your lips to your 
mind to your becoming like 

1056
00:48:36,240 --> 00:48:38,640
Jesus, Amen. 
And if you skip those steps, 

1057
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:40,040
you're not getting a lot lot 
from the Bible. 

1058
00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:42,040
A lot of people read the Bible. 
It's like I'm not getting 

1059
00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:44,760
anything from the Bible. 
It's like maybe you're skipping 

1060
00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:48,880
the application, Amen. 
Like maybe you, you skip the 

1061
00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:52,000
whole make time, meditate part 
of the scripture. 

1062
00:48:52,240 --> 00:48:53,960
And the last thing I'll 
encourage you to do is to 

1063
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,640
memorize. 
So make time, meditate. 

1064
00:48:56,640 --> 00:48:58,960
And the last time I treated to 
memorize, I'll I'll tell you 

1065
00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:00,960
this. 
Every struggle has a scripture, 

1066
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:04,640
Amen? 
Every struggle has a scripture. 

1067
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:08,720
You, you have to find the 
Scripture that speaks to your 

1068
00:49:08,720 --> 00:49:12,040
deepest wound, that speaks your 
pain point, that speaks your 

1069
00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:15,080
habitual sin, that speaks to 
things broke in your life, that 

1070
00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:17,880
speaks to your triggers. 
You have to find a scripture. 

1071
00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:19,160
And by the way, there's a lot of
them. 

1072
00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:22,200
If you need some help, just ask 
me or look the person next to 

1073
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:23,520
you and say I'm jacked up, so 
are you. 

1074
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:24,800
What's the Scripture you've been
using? 

1075
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:27,240
Come on somebody, there's always
a scripture. 

1076
00:49:27,240 --> 00:49:28,760
You have to memorize that 
scripture. 

1077
00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:31,960
And you can see this in Psalm 
119, obviously super famous 

1078
00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:33,680
verse. 
I will seek you with all my 

1079
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:35,160
heart. 
Do not let me straight from your

1080
00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:37,000
commands. 
I have hidden your word in my 

1081
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:40,960
heart that may not sin against 
you like you're placing it right

1082
00:49:40,960 --> 00:49:42,400
here. 
Because here's the thing, the 

1083
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:45,920
word to memorize when there when
it's when there's peacetime 

1084
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:50,040
actually becomes your weapon 
when there's pressure and 

1085
00:49:50,040 --> 00:49:52,680
there's war. 
Like imagine this, no one shows 

1086
00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:55,800
up to the battlefield is like, 
oh, I forgot to sharpen my 

1087
00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:58,120
sword. 
Hold on, hold on. 

1088
00:49:58,400 --> 00:50:01,440
Just sharpen the sword. 
You, you're ready. 

1089
00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:03,160
Amen. 
And so when you show up, you 

1090
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:05,240
already have a scripture. 
So when you're in a battle at 

1091
00:50:05,240 --> 00:50:08,000
11:00 at night or there's 
something happened to your 

1092
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:09,160
family, like whoa, whoa, whoa, 
whoa, whoa, whoa. 

1093
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:13,840
I've already got this down. 
Like there's a verse like I've 

1094
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:17,280
memorized like Job and maybe 
it's pornography and you know 

1095
00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:20,360
you, I'd better cover my eyes or
not look lustly upon a woman. 

1096
00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:21,880
Great verse. 
Amen. 

1097
00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:23,840
I just gave a verse for all the 
guys in the house. 

1098
00:50:23,840 --> 00:50:26,440
Come on, ain't a lot of ladies. 
It's kind of crazy. 

1099
00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:31,480
But you should memorize the 
scriptures that attack the very 

1100
00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:33,680
thing that Satan and the world 
is trying to pull from you. 

1101
00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:38,960
And ultimately the true essence 
of applying the Bible or reading

1102
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:43,160
the Bible is that you actually 
add Jesus to your life and 

1103
00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:46,080
subtract yourself. 
That's the true essence of 

1104
00:50:46,080 --> 00:50:48,680
reading the Bible. 
It's not like, oh man, I didn't 

1105
00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:50,440
major up. 
I didn't finish my Bible reading

1106
00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:53,280
plan today. 
I didn't check the box on you 

1107
00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:57,360
version. 
You know I mean I'm not the 

1108
00:50:57,360 --> 00:50:59,680
pastor that's going to post like
here's the perfect breeding plan

1109
00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:03,160
I did everything was perfect. 
It's never perfect Amen. 

1110
00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:08,800
But pursuit and the ideas we add
Jesus to attract ourselves. 

1111
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:12,080
You see this in John 3/30. 
He must become greater and I 

1112
00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:15,560
must become less every time you 
go to Scripture, Lord, more of 

1113
00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:17,800
you, less of me, more of you, 
less of me. 

1114
00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:19,400
Galatians 220. 
Paul said this way. 

1115
00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:21,960
I've been crucified of Christ as
the only I that live, but Christ

1116
00:51:21,960 --> 00:51:25,720
lives in me, Amen. 
It's no longer my will. 

1117
00:51:25,720 --> 00:51:27,960
It's not in my direction. 
The life I now live. 

1118
00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:30,000
I live through Christ and Christ
alone. 

1119
00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:31,960
I'm a dead man walking. 
Amen. 

1120
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:34,400
There's a part of me that died 
with Christ and Jesus 

1121
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:35,800
resurrected. 
I have nothing else to do with 

1122
00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:38,160
my life but to serve and live 
for Jesus. 

1123
00:51:38,560 --> 00:51:41,400
How do you want me to live? 
It's no longer my will, I'm 

1124
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:43,880
living for you. 
Deal Media said this. 

1125
00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:46,840
He said God sends no one away 
empty except those who are full 

1126
00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:49,960
of themselves. 
So you have to ask the question 

1127
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:51,360
if you're reading the Bible. 
I'm like, well I'm not getting 

1128
00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:53,400
much out of it. 
I might have to ask the question

1129
00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:54,600
is it because you're full of 
yourself. 

1130
00:51:54,600 --> 00:51:58,160
There's no room for God because 
often times that's what happens 

1131
00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:01,840
because we're reading it to get 
some kind of intellect that says

1132
00:52:01,840 --> 00:52:05,400
in the second chronicle, second 
Chronicle 69 for the eyes of 

1133
00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:10,400
Lord range or roam throughout 
the earth to strengthen those 

1134
00:52:10,400 --> 00:52:13,520
two hearts are fully committed 
to him. 

1135
00:52:14,440 --> 00:52:16,560
Go back to KJVI. 
Love it like the eyes of Lord 

1136
00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:19,920
run to and to and fro. 
It's pretty amazing. 

1137
00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:23,200
He's looking for those people 
that their eyes are on the Lord 

1138
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:25,840
and they're submissive. 
Lord, I'm going to follow you. 

1139
00:52:25,840 --> 00:52:27,320
I want to have your plan. 
I want, I want to go your 

1140
00:52:27,320 --> 00:52:30,200
direction, whatever you want. 
Here's a blank contract you 

1141
00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:32,200
filled in. 
I'm all in. 

1142
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:35,640
I want that for my life. 
Lord, show me what it is. 

1143
00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:38,040
And God says I'm going to 
strengthen those people. 

1144
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:40,320
I'm I'm going to elevate those 
people. 

1145
00:52:40,320 --> 00:52:44,280
Those are the humble people that
that God's going to lift up is 

1146
00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:46,600
going to use. 
They're open handed and their 

1147
00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:50,680
glory bears for Christ. 
And ultimately I'll leave you 

1148
00:52:50,680 --> 00:52:52,080
this. 
There's a man in the Bible. 

1149
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:56,560
His name is Jacob and Jacob like
has a crazy story, but he stole 

1150
00:52:56,560 --> 00:53:00,360
his brother's birthright or is 
the the the blessing from his 

1151
00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:03,360
dad when his dad was passing 
away and he stole it and he ran.

1152
00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:05,960
He went to his uncle's place. 
He's coming back. 

1153
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:08,800
I'm summarizing a ton of here. 
He's come back home and he knows

1154
00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:09,880
he's got to face his brother 
Esau. 

1155
00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:14,960
His brother Esau is a warrior. 
He's hardened, like he's 

1156
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:16,960
thinking he's going to go home 
and he's going to battle, he's 

1157
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:19,840
going to die because no way he's
going to defend and beat his 

1158
00:53:19,840 --> 00:53:20,240
brother. 
You saw. 

1159
00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:23,960
And so he ends up by himself on 
purpose, sends his wife, his 

1160
00:53:23,960 --> 00:53:25,920
kids, all his belongings, all 
his stuff to other places. 

1161
00:53:26,200 --> 00:53:27,720
And he ends up, it's crazy 
enough. 

1162
00:53:27,720 --> 00:53:29,440
He ends up wrestling God 
himself. 

1163
00:53:30,280 --> 00:53:33,640
Pretty awesome story, Amen. 
And he wrestles God and God's 

1164
00:53:33,640 --> 00:53:36,440
like basically we just give up 
already, you know, And he says 

1165
00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:39,280
I'm not letting go you. 
He says it's just 3226. 

1166
00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:40,880
I'm not letting go unless you 
what? 

1167
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:45,040
Unless you bless me, I'm not 
letting go until you bless me. 

1168
00:53:45,280 --> 00:53:47,840
And so Lords like okay. 
And he boom, he hits him in the 

1169
00:53:47,840 --> 00:53:49,920
right hip and he, he just 
wretches. 

1170
00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:52,480
He just torques him down right, 
like God just would have killed 

1171
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:55,640
him, but just takes his hip out 
and he and he, he has to walk 

1172
00:53:55,640 --> 00:53:57,960
the limp from the on right, But 
he's just holding on to him. 

1173
00:53:57,960 --> 00:53:59,200
He gave him a new name. 
He did bless him. 

1174
00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:02,840
He gave him name Israel and he 
changed his name and he he 

1175
00:54:02,840 --> 00:54:04,520
blessed his lineage and he 
blessed the generation. 

1176
00:54:04,520 --> 00:54:06,760
And matter of fact, the 
immediate blessing was is that 

1177
00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:09,760
he went back home and he 
measured you saw and his he was 

1178
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:11,360
so nervous. 
He sent gifts out in front of 

1179
00:54:11,360 --> 00:54:12,440
him. 
Give him more, give him more, 

1180
00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:14,440
give him more three different 
times because that's what him 

1181
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:18,400
know like don't, don't hurt me. 
And he saw he's like just goes 

1182
00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:20,720
past everything and he runs up 
to his brother and gives him a 

1183
00:54:20,720 --> 00:54:23,560
hug and they're reunited because
of God's blessing. 

1184
00:54:24,720 --> 00:54:27,440
This is what Jacob was wrestling
and I just want to encourage you

1185
00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:30,000
when you get with Scripture and 
by the way, Jacob actually saw 

1186
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:32,000
it says he saw God's face and 
yet he lived. 

1187
00:54:33,360 --> 00:54:38,600
That's that's big to see God's 
face to know him fully if he 

1188
00:54:38,600 --> 00:54:40,840
sees that face as dead because 
the holy is the righteous of 

1189
00:54:40,840 --> 00:54:43,080
God, but he saw God's face. 
I would encourage you when you 

1190
00:54:43,080 --> 00:54:46,360
get into Scripture, you do not 
let go of what you're reading 

1191
00:54:46,560 --> 00:54:48,040
until you get something from 
God. 

1192
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:51,040
You do not let go of what God 
has put in your lap. 

1193
00:54:51,040 --> 00:54:54,000
It is too precious for you to 
dismiss or to go, well, that was

1194
00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:55,360
too complicated. 
I know what it means. 

1195
00:54:55,360 --> 00:54:57,000
Or it's like, well, that was 
good education. 

1196
00:54:57,160 --> 00:55:00,160
You do not leave there until 
you've got a meal from Jesus, 

1197
00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:01,960
Amen. 
You, you sit there and you look 

1198
00:55:01,960 --> 00:55:03,480
at that Scripture and you 
meditate on it and say, Lord, 

1199
00:55:03,480 --> 00:55:05,760
what do you have me to do? 
Even I'm reading Joel, the book 

1200
00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:08,320
of Joel, I could find something 
from Joel, Amen. 

1201
00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:10,840
Like you get something from the 
Bible and you hold on to it and 

1202
00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:14,000
say, Lord, bless me, show me, 
what should my life be like? 

1203
00:55:14,280 --> 00:55:15,480
What do you want to do with my 
life? 

1204
00:55:15,480 --> 00:55:17,720
How should I live what looks 
like, you know, be to you, I'm 

1205
00:55:17,720 --> 00:55:19,240
going to be very more glory for 
you. 

1206
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:21,840
It's amazing. 
God always shows up. 

1207
00:55:22,440 --> 00:55:25,600
He always shows up. 
He has not failed yet to show up

1208
00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:28,800
when you make time for him and 
you seek him diligently. 

1209
00:55:28,800 --> 00:55:31,000
Amen. 
And this is what we do as 

1210
00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:33,080
Christians. 
And it makes no sense. 

1211
00:55:33,080 --> 00:55:35,600
Like how do you do that? 
Because my power doesn't come 

1212
00:55:35,600 --> 00:55:37,920
from earth. 
My power comes from Christ. 

1213
00:55:38,760 --> 00:55:39,960
My peace doesn't come from 
earth. 

1214
00:55:39,960 --> 00:55:44,000
My peace comes from Christ. 
My identity doesn't come from 

1215
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:47,000
earth, it comes from Christ. 
My motivation doesn't come from 

1216
00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:49,880
myself, it comes from Christ. 
My emotions aren't built on 

1217
00:55:49,880 --> 00:55:52,160
myself, they're built on Christ.
My actions are built on self, 

1218
00:55:52,160 --> 00:55:54,760
they're built on Christ. 
That's what happens. 

1219
00:55:54,760 --> 00:55:56,080
You read the Bible and apply it,
Amen. 

1220
00:55:56,680 --> 00:55:59,080
And I feel as a church, as a 
people of God, we're really, 

1221
00:55:59,080 --> 00:56:01,920
really good at doing this 
because most people are waiting 

1222
00:56:01,920 --> 00:56:07,360
for somebody else to go. 
I don't want that. 

1223
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:10,400
You've got to feed yourself, 
Amen. 

1224
00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:16,360
If you just make this one tweak 
in your life with Christ, be 

1225
00:56:16,360 --> 00:56:19,160
amazing how far God takes you. 
So people say, Sean, I'll be 

1226
00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:20,200
like you. 
I want to be like these 

1227
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:21,720
Christian leaders. 
What should I do? 

1228
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:26,120
I just gave you the recipe. 
Get in front of God humbly and 

1229
00:56:26,120 --> 00:56:29,360
let him shape your soul. 
So finally God would come before

1230
00:56:29,360 --> 00:56:31,880
you got to ask a blessing on our
church. 

1231
00:56:32,160 --> 00:56:34,440
God that we be the church that 
applies not just be hearers, but

1232
00:56:34,440 --> 00:56:37,600
doers of the word and God. 
We become just like you. 

1233
00:56:37,600 --> 00:56:39,520
I'm praying for those people in 
the house that say, you know 

1234
00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:40,960
what? 
I need to get in the Scripture. 

1235
00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:43,280
I need to walk with Jesus 
deeper. 

1236
00:56:43,720 --> 00:56:46,120
I need to hold on to God until 
he blesses me. 

1237
00:56:46,120 --> 00:56:48,240
I need to get in my Bible every 
single day. 

1238
00:56:48,240 --> 00:56:50,000
If that's you that Jesus 
followed, we just raised you in 

1239
00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:52,880
highs, that's me, Lord, I need 
to follow you. 

1240
00:56:53,480 --> 00:56:56,080
Come surrendering now to your 
way and your will. 

1241
00:56:56,560 --> 00:57:00,040
God use me. 
God is no longer about Sean 

1242
00:57:00,040 --> 00:57:01,560
Petrie. 
It's no longer my will, it's 

1243
00:57:01,560 --> 00:57:04,440
your will. 
So God, help me to know you. 

1244
00:57:04,440 --> 00:57:05,480
God, I want to sit down with a 
meal. 

1245
00:57:05,480 --> 00:57:09,440
I'm so hungry. 
I'm tired of eating table scraps

1246
00:57:10,360 --> 00:57:12,760
in the world. 
My life built on sand. 

1247
00:57:13,240 --> 00:57:16,320
Lord I need to build a rock so 
God don't walk with you. 

1248
00:57:17,080 --> 00:57:19,200
I'll pray for one person 
individually. 

1249
00:57:19,360 --> 00:57:25,480
The 1 today that's come that God
has found that those you to 

1250
00:57:25,480 --> 00:57:30,640
recognize that Jesus loves you 
deeply and will shape every part

1251
00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:33,200
of you because the day they 
walked in and you realize 

1252
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:35,400
there's dead things in your life
and even the resurrection power 

1253
00:57:35,400 --> 00:57:37,720
of Christ. 
And so today if you need Jesus, 

1254
00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:40,880
the Bible says even called Jesus
be saved, forgiven and made new 

1255
00:57:41,120 --> 00:57:43,480
that he came in this world 
because he loved us and died for

1256
00:57:43,480 --> 00:57:47,600
us so that we could follow him. 
We not just because we're trying

1257
00:57:47,600 --> 00:57:50,920
because he's made us different. 
He has resurrection power to 

1258
00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:55,400
take the old self and kill it 
and resurrect the version of you

1259
00:57:55,680 --> 00:57:57,400
that he has created and called 
you to be. 

1260
00:57:57,920 --> 00:58:01,000
And so today if you need Jesus 
without any be looking around 

1261
00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:03,200
just our relationship with 
Christ. 

1262
00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:09,440
You want to hear from God, maybe
for the very first time be 

1263
00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:12,200
changed. 
It's why it's all happens. 

1264
00:58:13,080 --> 00:58:15,320
It's for you. 
If that's you, just raise your 

1265
00:58:15,320 --> 00:58:16,760
hand high and say, you know 
what? 

1266
00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:19,400
I need Jesus today. 
I need life in Christ today. 

1267
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:26,520
Make God's love today. 
If that's you, believe through 

1268
00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:27,720
prayer. 
The prayer does not save you. 

1269
00:58:28,960 --> 00:58:33,840
It's your heart, it's your 
belief, it's confession. 

1270
00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:36,240
Say Father God thanks so much 
for sending Jesus. 

1271
00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:39,640
You love me enough that I was my
worst, I was strained in sin, 

1272
00:58:39,640 --> 00:58:42,440
yet you love me God for unknown 
reasons. 

1273
00:58:42,440 --> 00:58:43,840
God, you have such a deep love 
for me. 

1274
00:58:43,840 --> 00:58:46,320
God, thank you so much. 
God, I want you to shake my 

1275
00:58:46,320 --> 00:58:47,920
identity, I want you to shake my
soul. 

1276
00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:49,840
I want you to change my 
emotions, I change my actions. 

1277
00:58:49,840 --> 00:58:52,800
God, I want to walk with you. 
So thank you God for coming to 

1278
00:58:52,800 --> 00:58:55,120
my life. 
God is saving me and finding me 

1279
00:58:55,640 --> 00:58:58,040
even my worst. 
God you're at your best so thank

1280
00:58:58,040 --> 00:59:00,080
you Jesus. 
I pray this in Jesus name, the 

1281
00:59:00,080 --> 00:59:02,760
church said, Amen, give some 
glory to God. 

1282
00:59:02,760 --> 00:59:05,240
Amen. 
You're a little rejoicing today.