1 00:00:02,639 --> 00:00:05,380 Thanks for checking out the anchor faith message podcast 2 00:00:05,380 --> 00:00:07,660 from St Augustine, Florida. Now 3 00:00:07,660 --> 00:00:17,520 enjoy this message. So it's kind of my title. The 4 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:21,600 message today is called the power of a day, the power 5 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:23,900 of a day and it's extending your reach, 6 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:29,280 extending your reach. And it's been a full day for 7 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,060 me. Hallelujah. And there's power in every 8 00:00:33,060 --> 00:00:36,000 day if we handle things right. I 9 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,460 want to open up with this thought. Your 10 00:00:37,460 --> 00:00:43,660 life is composed of your choices, constructed by your 11 00:00:43,660 --> 00:00:49,340 words and revealed by your character. I'll 12 00:00:49,340 --> 00:00:51,220 say that again. They should have that on the 13 00:00:51,220 --> 00:00:54,480 screen for you. Your life is composed of your 14 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:58,360 choices, constructed by your words and revealed by your 15 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,940 character. Now compose means to form or 16 00:01:01,940 --> 00:01:05,940 to put together or to fashion. So 17 00:01:05,940 --> 00:01:07,700 when you're composing something, you're putting it 18 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:09,820 together, you're fashioning it. It 19 00:01:09,820 --> 00:01:11,900 makes me think of the symphony when they compose 20 00:01:11,900 --> 00:01:15,620 music, right? It's in harmony and it's in 21 00:01:15,620 --> 00:01:20,520 unity if they're all together. If 22 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,460 they're all together. If one instrument is off, 23 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:28,580 guess what? There's disunity or disharmony. But 24 00:01:28,580 --> 00:01:31,900 your life is composed of your choices. So 25 00:01:31,900 --> 00:01:34,920 if you want your life to be in harmony with God, if 26 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,760 you want it to be fashioned for God and you 27 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:39,400 want God to be putting your life together, you got 28 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,320 to make the right choices. And 29 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:47,220 all of us every day have multiple opportunities to 30 00:01:47,220 --> 00:01:51,780 make different choices within a day. And 31 00:01:51,780 --> 00:01:54,640 a choice is the act of selecting or making a 32 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:58,280 decision when you're faced with two or more options. 33 00:02:00,180 --> 00:02:03,120 Alright? It's really a choice 34 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,220 considering and deciding what you're going to do. 35 00:02:06,919 --> 00:02:08,639 Joshua in his book, the 24th 36 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,940 chapter, he said, As for me and my house, we choose 37 00:02:11,940 --> 00:02:14,860 to serve the Lord. So guess what? He 38 00:02:14,860 --> 00:02:18,080 just composed part of his life by making the right 39 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:19,640 choice. You make the wrong choices, 40 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:21,700 you're going to have the wrong results. If 41 00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:23,400 you make the right choices, you're going to have the 42 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,460 right godly results. It's also constructed by your 43 00:02:27,460 --> 00:02:29,700 words. Construct means to build up or to 44 00:02:29,700 --> 00:02:33,120 put something together or to make something whole, W 45 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,280 -H -O -L -E. Your life is constructed by your 46 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:37,920 words. What are you saying? We 47 00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:41,200 know this in Genesis. In the creation of the world, 48 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,300 we know that God spoke it into existence. You 49 00:02:44,300 --> 00:02:46,920 can see the pattern in Genesis chapter 1. It 50 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:50,680 said, God said it, then he saw it, and it was good. 51 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,400 God said it, so he constructed 52 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:58,660 the world by his word. The Bible says in Genesis 53 00:02:58,660 --> 00:03:01,120 chapter 1 verse 28 that we're made in his image. 54 00:03:02,340 --> 00:03:03,980 So we know there's power in 55 00:03:03,980 --> 00:03:06,420 our words. So if you're saying, I'm never 56 00:03:06,420 --> 00:03:08,560 going to mount anything, guess what world you just 57 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:10,780 created? Or I'm never going to get 58 00:03:10,780 --> 00:03:13,540 past this situation. I'm never going to get past 59 00:03:13,540 --> 00:03:18,660 this hurt. You're constructing your world by 60 00:03:18,660 --> 00:03:21,920 the words that you speak and the choices that you 61 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:26,080 make. And it's also revealed by your 62 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,400 character. That revealed means to open up 63 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:33,720 or to make known publicly, to bring into full display. 64 00:03:33,860 --> 00:03:36,020 Your character is really going 65 00:03:36,020 --> 00:03:39,600 to manifest publicly over time. And 66 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,420 you can only perform in public to the degree you're 67 00:03:42,420 --> 00:03:45,980 willing to practice in private. So 68 00:03:45,980 --> 00:03:47,700 your private life matters. What 69 00:03:47,700 --> 00:03:50,860 you do at the house, what you do in the car, what 70 00:03:50,860 --> 00:03:54,100 you do in the marketplace, matters because it's your 71 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:56,260 character. Matter of fact, I'll say this 72 00:03:56,260 --> 00:03:58,980 when you're called, and everybody's called to a 73 00:03:58,980 --> 00:04:00,720 certain assignment with the body of Christ. Your 74 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:03,560 call and your character line up, you have a thing 75 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,340 called credibility. If you're called and your 76 00:04:07,340 --> 00:04:10,460 character don't match, there's no credibility. If 77 00:04:10,460 --> 00:04:14,020 there's moral failure, that's a character issue, 78 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:18,740 guess what? It diminishes your credibility. 79 00:04:18,940 --> 00:04:19,940 Can it be restored? Thank 80 00:04:19,940 --> 00:04:22,440 God for second chances. Thank 81 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,020 God for his redemptive work. Thank 82 00:04:24,020 --> 00:04:26,780 God for forgiveness. But how much better just to 83 00:04:26,780 --> 00:04:28,500 make the right choice, speak the right word and 84 00:04:28,500 --> 00:04:32,100 have the right character? Your 85 00:04:32,100 --> 00:04:36,740 life is going to be formed by these three things. So 86 00:04:36,740 --> 00:04:38,180 we're talking about the power of a day. It's 87 00:04:38,180 --> 00:04:41,700 important as you go on in your life with the Lord, 88 00:04:41,820 --> 00:04:44,540 your journey with Him, is to make sure that you're 89 00:04:44,540 --> 00:04:46,560 making the right choices, speaking the right words 90 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,700 and developing the right godly character. I 91 00:04:49,700 --> 00:04:58,240 want to launch out as an appetizer, hallelujah, cheese 92 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:02,040 sticks with marinara sauce. I 93 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:03,400 don't eat like that too often. Or 94 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:08,080 if you like spinach artichoke dip with organic 95 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:13,220 blue corn chips, our appetizer's going to be 96 00:05:13,220 --> 00:05:18,300 Moses. But Moses, when we look at 97 00:05:18,300 --> 00:05:21,820 this man's life and we're talking about the power of 98 00:05:21,820 --> 00:05:24,940 a day and extending your reach, the reason we're 99 00:05:24,940 --> 00:05:28,280 going with this is to stay in the theme of the 100 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:30,400 prophetic word that was spoken to Pastor Earl by 101 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:33,120 Marvin Yoder, which he's been talking about for 102 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,680 several Sundays about the branches video, right? And 103 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,720 so, you know, branches extend in different 104 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:44,300 directions from the main part, but they spring out 105 00:05:44,300 --> 00:05:47,580 and they have an impact and an influence. And 106 00:05:47,580 --> 00:05:48,920 we want to extend our reach. Your 107 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,400 reach is you stretching out in a specific direction in 108 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:56,340 order to touch or grasp something. Your 109 00:05:56,340 --> 00:05:59,260 reach is your hand reaching out to make an impression 110 00:05:59,260 --> 00:06:03,360 or influence. And so it takes all of us, 111 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,960 this branch is prophecies just not for one person. 112 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:07,860 This is for the anchor fate 113 00:06:07,860 --> 00:06:10,500 church. So you need to ask yourself 114 00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:12,640 as you're listening to Pastor Earl as we're going 115 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,520 over this tonight, what is my assignment within this 116 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:17,280 branch? Because it takes all of us working 117 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:20,220 together to make a maximized impact for the 118 00:06:20,220 --> 00:06:22,340 kingdom of God in the earth. And 119 00:06:22,340 --> 00:06:24,260 when you're not in your assignment, you're not 120 00:06:24,260 --> 00:06:25,340 making the right choice. You 121 00:06:25,340 --> 00:06:29,460 just put the symphony out of order and we need to 122 00:06:29,460 --> 00:06:31,760 find somebody, a replacement player to come in and do 123 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:33,460 your part. God's called you to do something. 124 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:34,900 The question is, are you going 125 00:06:34,900 --> 00:06:37,560 to cooperate and participate with Him in what He's 126 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,420 called you to do? And never despise a day of 127 00:06:40,420 --> 00:06:42,160 small beginnings. So we launched out with Moses 128 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:46,240 tonight and Moses lived three 40 year period, a 129 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:51,600 total of 120 years on the earth. 120 years. So 130 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,260 I'm just trying to get you to think in the concept 131 00:06:53,260 --> 00:06:55,620 and the scope of time. God is infinite and beyond 132 00:06:55,620 --> 00:07:00,080 time, but yet we're finite and we live in time. So 133 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,000 God knows how to work with humanity even though He's 134 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,600 infinite. And my question is to you, are 135 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:09,580 you maximizing every day? Are 136 00:07:09,580 --> 00:07:13,000 you maximizing every day with the assignment and the 137 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,000 purpose and the plan that God has called you to? 138 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:20,600 Don't get stuck on repeat. Move 139 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:25,240 on with God. So Moses lived 120 years on 140 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,860 the earth and God said about Moses, if we go to 141 00:07:28,860 --> 00:07:33,340 Joshua, the shortest eulogy I've ever heard, when Moses 142 00:07:33,340 --> 00:07:38,020 passed away, he said, Moses, my servant is dead. 143 00:07:39,700 --> 00:07:41,060 That's it. But 144 00:07:41,060 --> 00:07:45,800 there's no greater compliment and honor that 145 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,220 God could have gave to this man who lived 120 146 00:07:48,220 --> 00:07:52,200 years for the Lord than to say my servant is dead. We 147 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,840 know the greatest in the kingdom is what? Servant 148 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:56,960 of all. So basically he's saying he 149 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,900 gave 120 years of his life to me. He 150 00:07:59,900 --> 00:08:02,300 didn't deviate. He started right. He 151 00:08:02,300 --> 00:08:07,820 stayed right. And so the first 40 years of 152 00:08:07,820 --> 00:08:12,320 Moses' life, he was in Egypt. And 153 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,180 really during this time, he learned how to be somebody 154 00:08:15,180 --> 00:08:18,620 was trained as Pharaoh's son, Pharaoh's daughter's 155 00:08:18,620 --> 00:08:22,980 son in all the culture and education in the Egyptian 156 00:08:22,980 --> 00:08:25,360 life. But then after 40 years, he 157 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:27,940 understood what his mission was, what his assignment 158 00:08:27,940 --> 00:08:30,400 was. And he tried to make things 159 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,780 happen on his own at that time. And 160 00:08:32,780 --> 00:08:36,140 he actually ended up slaying or killing an 161 00:08:36,140 --> 00:08:40,220 Egyptian who was harming another Israelite. And 162 00:08:40,220 --> 00:08:41,720 the thing became publicly known. So 163 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:43,059 he tried to force the issue. He 164 00:08:43,059 --> 00:08:45,160 kind of knew what God had called him to do. But 165 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,420 the timing wasn't quite right yet. So 166 00:08:47,420 --> 00:08:49,480 all of a sudden he had to flee Egypt because Pharaoh 167 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,940 said you just killed one of our citizens. Now 168 00:08:52,940 --> 00:08:54,260 you're going to have to pay the penalty. So 169 00:08:54,260 --> 00:08:57,160 he fled on the backside of the desert. So 170 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:58,860 in Egypt, he learned how to be somebody. But 171 00:08:58,860 --> 00:09:01,380 then 40 years on the backside of the desert, he 172 00:09:01,380 --> 00:09:04,700 learned how to be nobody. And 173 00:09:04,700 --> 00:09:08,720 God has a way in his plan to make sure that we walk 174 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:12,380 a humble existence on the earth. Some 175 00:09:12,380 --> 00:09:14,520 people say about Moses because he wrote about 176 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:16,740 himself that he was a meek man or one of the meekest 177 00:09:16,740 --> 00:09:19,120 men on the earth. Well, he had a 40 year breaking 178 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:23,860 cycle to learn how to depend upon God. So 179 00:09:23,860 --> 00:09:26,720 I don't mind his quote because it was inspired to 180 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:28,480 write it. There was a meekness about him, 181 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,040 but there was a process how he learned how to be 182 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,020 meek and depend on God. His 183 00:09:33,020 --> 00:09:36,580 last 40 years was his best 40 years. Say 184 00:09:36,580 --> 00:09:40,800 my next 40 years are going to be my best 40 years. 185 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:44,000 Say to get my next 40 years 186 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:48,780 are going to be my best 40 years. He 187 00:09:48,780 --> 00:09:51,080 did more in his last 40 than he did in the prior 188 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:53,460 80. And the last 40, he led the 189 00:09:53,460 --> 00:09:55,980 children of Israel out of Egypt through their 190 00:09:55,980 --> 00:09:59,140 wilderness into the brink of the promised land. Not 191 00:09:59,140 --> 00:10:01,080 only that, but he got the blueprint and the plan from 192 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,600 God for the Tabernacle from Exodus chapter 21 all the 193 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:06,100 way to Exodus chapter 40. He 194 00:10:06,100 --> 00:10:08,800 got the plan for the Tabernacle where God's 195 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,620 presence dwelt in the Old Testament. I 196 00:10:11,620 --> 00:10:14,580 bring all that up because we go to Moses wrote two 197 00:10:14,580 --> 00:10:17,920 Psalms out of the 150 Psalms that we have, two 198 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,580 of those he authored. And I should give a test right 199 00:10:21,580 --> 00:10:23,120 now. Does everybody know what one of 200 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:28,960 those Psalms was? This is participation time. We 201 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:35,840 don't get much of this in the sanctuary. Christopher 202 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:39,600 LaRoch, BAM! Psalm 91. Thank 203 00:10:39,608 --> 00:10:43,580 you. Good job, Chris. Awesome 204 00:10:43,580 --> 00:10:52,800 job. And he also authored the Psalm 205 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,280 before that Psalms 90. And there's one verse in there 206 00:10:56,280 --> 00:11:01,280 I want to highlight. Verse 12. So 207 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:05,580 we think about him 120 years and Moses said this 208 00:11:05,580 --> 00:11:11,360 in Psalms 90 verse 12. He said, So teach us to 209 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:18,520 number our days. Teach us to number our days that 210 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:26,439 we may apply our hearts to wisdom. Another 211 00:11:26,439 --> 00:11:28,900 translation, the New Living translation reads it like 212 00:11:28,900 --> 00:11:31,160 this. Teach us to number our days and 213 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:35,740 recognize how few they are. Now 214 00:11:35,740 --> 00:11:37,940 a lot of people think 120 years, that's a long time. 215 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:42,160 And the scope of eternity, it's 216 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:46,240 not long. Teach us to recognize how few 217 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:48,580 they are and help us to spend them as we should. 218 00:11:50,740 --> 00:11:52,340 The Amplified says it like 219 00:11:52,340 --> 00:11:55,160 this. Teach us to number our days that 220 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:58,680 we may cultivate and bring you a heart of wisdom. 221 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,120 Someone to counteract the world 222 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:11,820 philosophy, which I think is YOLO. Did 223 00:12:11,820 --> 00:12:16,720 I say that right? I got IDK years ago, I 224 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:18,360 didn't know what that was, I had to put in a Google 225 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:25,800 search engine. I don't know. I 226 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:31,560 think it's your only, you only live once. Now 227 00:12:31,560 --> 00:12:33,940 you could take that in the wrong way and do some 228 00:12:33,940 --> 00:12:38,380 stupid things. You could take that in a 229 00:12:38,380 --> 00:12:44,560 kingdom perspective and do some great things. You 230 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:47,940 know, when I was younger, sometimes we'd go to 231 00:12:47,940 --> 00:12:50,420 Cumberland Lake and you could jump off a certain 232 00:12:50,420 --> 00:12:52,760 height into the lake, right? And 233 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:54,720 you didn't think much about hitting the wrong way when 234 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:59,920 you're 18 years old. When you're going on 50 like I 235 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:01,880 am though, you know, it may make you stop and 236 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:09,440 think twice. Do I want to do this? No, 237 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:09,488 I don't want to do this. So, 238 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:13,080 but we are to number our days that we would gain a 239 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,540 heart of wisdom. And it's unwise if you don't 240 00:13:16,540 --> 00:13:19,520 recognize, Lord, you put me on the earth for a certain 241 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:23,160 amount of time. And thank God for Psalms 91, 242 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,220 what he authored, he's going to satisfy you with 243 00:13:25,220 --> 00:13:27,200 a long life and show you his salvation. So, 244 00:13:27,620 --> 00:13:30,360 unless martyrdom happens and you're taken out early for 245 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:33,420 an assignment, you can expect from God to live a 246 00:13:33,420 --> 00:13:36,820 long, healthy, full life. But 247 00:13:36,820 --> 00:13:39,060 still in that, I want to make sure every day is 248 00:13:39,060 --> 00:13:41,820 maximized. And Moses is telling us, teach 249 00:13:41,820 --> 00:13:44,420 us to number our days that we could bring a heart of 250 00:13:44,420 --> 00:13:46,080 wisdom. You're not wise if you don't 251 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,780 recognize God. Every day is a gift from you. 252 00:13:49,100 --> 00:13:50,160 The Psalmist said, this is the 253 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:51,720 day the Lord has made. This 254 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:52,860 is the day the Lord has made. When 255 00:13:52,860 --> 00:13:55,420 you wake up tomorrow, God, you've given me 24 hours 256 00:13:55,420 --> 00:13:58,320 today, 168 hours this week. I 257 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,160 want to maximize. I don't want to spend time 258 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,320 on the unimportant. I don't want to be offended. 259 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:03,260 I don't want to be 260 00:14:03,260 --> 00:14:05,400 distracted. I want to be on point. I 261 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,300 don't want to be on purpose to what you've 262 00:14:07,300 --> 00:14:10,680 called me to do. Sometimes when I counsel people, I 263 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:12,700 say, don't ever say you're killing time. Even 264 00:14:12,700 --> 00:14:16,340 if you're resting, rest on purpose. Don't 265 00:14:16,340 --> 00:14:20,240 kill time, you invest time. And 266 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,380 so if you're not numbering your days and recognizing 267 00:14:23,380 --> 00:14:25,500 that every day is a gift from God, you're never 268 00:14:25,500 --> 00:14:27,320 going to have this thing called wisdom in your life. 269 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:28,580 But if you understand in the 270 00:14:28,580 --> 00:14:32,540 kingdom of God that you've been born again, he's put 271 00:14:32,540 --> 00:14:35,120 his spirit in you, and now there's an assignment, an 272 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,620 assignment, and task that he has for me, I want to 273 00:14:37,620 --> 00:14:40,040 maximize those. When you have that mindset every 274 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,440 day, there's going to be a thing called wisdom that 275 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,140 shows up in your life. Now wisdom is shrewdness, 276 00:14:46,700 --> 00:14:51,940 prudence, and skill. Wisdom is shrewdness, prudence, and 277 00:14:51,940 --> 00:14:55,080 skill. Shrewd means you're able to 278 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,260 understand and judge a situation quickly, you're 279 00:14:57,260 --> 00:15:01,420 sharp. Prudence means you have the ability 280 00:15:01,420 --> 00:15:05,300 to govern and discipline yourself. Hallelujah. 281 00:15:05,780 --> 00:15:08,500 Prudence means you have the ability to govern and 282 00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:13,880 discipline yourself for use of reason. Prudence 283 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:18,280 means you have management of affairs. And 284 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:22,660 good management attracts resources, but bad managers 285 00:15:22,660 --> 00:15:28,700 just put at bay resources. When 286 00:15:28,700 --> 00:15:30,740 you manage your life, understand every day is a 287 00:15:30,740 --> 00:15:33,600 gift from God, guess what, you maximize your day. When 288 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:38,760 you mismanage, God can't work with that. He 289 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:42,040 also, when you're wise, you have skill, which means you 290 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:45,160 have the ability to use one's knowledge effectively 291 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:49,740 and readily in execution or performance. So 292 00:15:49,740 --> 00:15:51,800 when you're wise, you have shrewdness, prudence, and 293 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:53,840 skill, but that only comes with understanding that each 294 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,200 day is a gift from God. Let's 295 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,760 jump over to Ephesians chapter 5 and look at a 296 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,120 similar verse in the New Testament the apostle Paul 297 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,620 wrote in verse number 16. Ephesians 298 00:16:04,620 --> 00:16:08,300 chapter 5 verse number 16. It 299 00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:10,480 says this redeeming the time because the days are 300 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:14,400 evil is how the new living translation reads it. The 301 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:17,060 amplified says this make the very most of your time 302 00:16:17,060 --> 00:16:20,900 on earth, recognizing and taking advantage of each 303 00:16:20,900 --> 00:16:24,680 opportunity and using it with wisdom and diligence 304 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:28,880 because the days are filled with evil. The 305 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:33,760 JB Phillips says it like this, live life then with 306 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,840 a due sense of responsibility, not as men 307 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:38,800 who do not know the meaning and purpose of 308 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:42,600 life, but as those who do. Make 309 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:48,220 the best use of your time. Despite 310 00:16:48,220 --> 00:16:51,680 all the difficulties of these days, don't be vague 311 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:56,200 but firmly grasp what you know to be the will of 312 00:16:56,200 --> 00:17:03,680 God. What wonderful verses of 313 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:09,079 Scripture to chew on and think on. Now 314 00:17:09,079 --> 00:17:12,480 the meat of the message I want to give you today is 315 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:17,780 that the greatest example of leadership and manhood 316 00:17:17,780 --> 00:17:21,579 we could have which is the Lord Jesus Christ. There 317 00:17:21,579 --> 00:17:25,460 is no greater example that we could live up to or 318 00:17:25,460 --> 00:17:31,380 look to as far as trying to imitate how he operated 319 00:17:31,380 --> 00:17:33,880 and how he moved. And this is why the gospels 320 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,540 are so important because you get to see his life 321 00:17:36,540 --> 00:17:39,580 and how he interacted and how he was on a mission. 322 00:17:39,700 --> 00:17:40,720 We know that he lived 33 323 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,640 years, but really his ministry is only 3 years 324 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,140 from 30 to 33. So I want to go to Matthew 325 00:17:47,140 --> 00:17:50,360 chapter 9 and I just want to look at this because 326 00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:56,220 this is a day in the life of Jesus. So 327 00:17:56,220 --> 00:17:59,480 I'm going to read and I'll have you stay with me. 38 328 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:01,500 verses, this could help some of you with your 329 00:18:01,500 --> 00:18:08,480 Bible reading plan. Because we're going to read a 330 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:13,560 whole chapter together to see a day in the life of 331 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:15,380 Jesus. What did a day look like for 332 00:18:15,380 --> 00:18:46,160 Jesus? So starting in verse 1, But 333 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:52,940 Jesus, knowing the scribe's thoughts, said, Why do you 334 00:18:52,940 --> 00:18:54,260 think evil in your hearts? For 335 00:18:54,260 --> 00:18:57,920 which is easier to say your sins are forgiven you 336 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,540 or to say arise and walk? But 337 00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:04,560 that you may know that the Son of Man has power on 338 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,520 earth to forgive sins. Then Jesus said to the 339 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:13,100 paralytic, Arise, get up, take up your bed, go to 340 00:19:13,100 --> 00:19:16,580 your house. And this paralytic arose and 341 00:19:16,580 --> 00:19:21,180 departed to his house. Now when the multitude saw it, 342 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:24,640 they marveled and glorified God who had given such 343 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:29,560 power to men. As Jesus passed on from there, 344 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:34,380 he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office 345 00:19:34,380 --> 00:19:38,260 and he said to him, Follow me. So 346 00:19:38,260 --> 00:19:41,140 Matthew arose and followed him. Now 347 00:19:41,140 --> 00:19:48,060 it happened as Jesus sat at the table in the house 348 00:19:48,060 --> 00:19:50,540 that behold many tax collectors and sinners came 349 00:19:50,540 --> 00:19:54,340 and sat down with him and his disciples. And 350 00:19:54,340 --> 00:19:56,620 when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Jesus' 351 00:19:56,820 --> 00:19:59,520 disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax 352 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:04,400 collectors and sinners? When Jesus heard that, he said 353 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,360 to them, Those who are well have no need of a 354 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:09,860 physician, but those who are sick. But 355 00:20:09,860 --> 00:20:11,320 go and learn what this means. I 356 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,300 desire mercy and not sacrifice, for I did not 357 00:20:14,300 --> 00:20:18,180 come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 358 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,720 I came to call sinners to 359 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:27,780 repentance. Then the disciples of John came 360 00:20:27,780 --> 00:20:30,900 to him saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast 361 00:20:30,900 --> 00:20:35,260 often, but your disciples do not fast? And 362 00:20:35,260 --> 00:20:37,060 Jesus said to them, Can the friends of the 363 00:20:37,060 --> 00:20:40,560 bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with 364 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:42,840 them? But the days will come when 365 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,100 the bridegroom will be taken away from them and 366 00:20:46,100 --> 00:20:48,260 then they will fast. No one puts a piece of 367 00:20:48,260 --> 00:20:51,620 untrunt cloth on an old garment for the patch pulls 368 00:20:51,620 --> 00:20:53,740 away from the garment and the tear is made worse. 369 00:20:54,300 --> 00:20:55,800 Nor do they put new wine in 370 00:20:55,800 --> 00:21:00,300 old wine skins or else the wine skins break and the 371 00:21:00,300 --> 00:21:02,680 wine is spilled and the wine skins are ruined. But 372 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:06,460 they put new wine into new wine skins and both are 373 00:21:06,460 --> 00:21:10,780 preserved. While he spoke these things, to 374 00:21:10,780 --> 00:21:13,020 them behold a ruler came and worshiped him saying, 375 00:21:13,180 --> 00:21:16,480 My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand 376 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,760 on her and she will live. So 377 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:26,620 Jesus arose and followed him. And 378 00:21:26,620 --> 00:21:29,500 suddenly a woman who had a flow of blood or an issue 379 00:21:29,500 --> 00:21:32,920 of blood for 12 years came from behind and touched the 380 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:35,900 hem of his garment. For she said to herself, If I 381 00:21:35,900 --> 00:21:39,840 only may touch Jesus' garment, I shall be made 382 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,680 well. But Jesus turned around and 383 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,620 when he had saw her, he said to her, Be of good 384 00:21:45,620 --> 00:21:48,720 share, daughter, your faith has made you well. And 385 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,700 the woman was made well from that hour. Then 386 00:21:51,700 --> 00:21:54,000 when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the 387 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,900 flute players and the noisy crowds wailing, he said to 388 00:21:57,900 --> 00:22:00,900 them, Make room for the girls not dead but sleeping 389 00:22:00,900 --> 00:22:04,200 and they ridiculed him. But when the crowd was put 390 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,700 outside, Jesus went in and he took her by the hand 391 00:22:07,700 --> 00:22:11,000 and the girl arose. And this report of this went 392 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,280 out into all that land. When 393 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:16,900 Jesus had departed from there, two blind men came 394 00:22:16,900 --> 00:22:19,300 and followed him crying out and saying, Son of David, 395 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:23,760 have mercy on us. When he came and when he had 396 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,800 come into the house, the blind men came to him and 397 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:28,960 Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I'm able to 398 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,880 do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord. 399 00:22:32,620 --> 00:22:33,660 Then he touched their eyes 400 00:22:33,660 --> 00:22:37,660 saying, According to your faith, be it unto you. And 401 00:22:37,660 --> 00:22:40,740 their eyes were open and Jesus sternly warned them 402 00:22:40,740 --> 00:22:43,620 saying, See that no one knows it. But 403 00:22:43,620 --> 00:22:45,620 when they had departed, they spread the news about 404 00:22:45,620 --> 00:22:47,820 him in all that country. As 405 00:22:47,820 --> 00:22:52,160 they went out, behold, they brought to Jesus a man, 406 00:22:52,860 --> 00:22:55,360 mute and demon possessed. And 407 00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:58,160 when the demon was cast out, the mute spoke and 408 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:00,560 the multitudes marveled, saying it was never seen 409 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,740 like this in Israel. But the Pharisees said he cast 410 00:23:03,740 --> 00:23:06,620 out demons by the ruler of demons. Verse 411 00:23:06,620 --> 00:23:10,400 35, Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages 412 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,600 teaching in their synagogues, preaching the 413 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:17,680 gospel of the kingdom and healing every sickness and 414 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,900 every manner of disease among the people. But 415 00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:23,280 when Jesus saw the multitudes, he was moved 416 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:27,140 with compassion for them because they were weary and 417 00:23:27,140 --> 00:23:30,200 scattered like sheep having no shepherd. Then 418 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:34,940 he said to disciples, The harvest, the harvest, the 419 00:23:34,940 --> 00:23:43,500 harvest, the harvest is plentiful or abundant, but 420 00:23:43,500 --> 00:23:48,780 the laborers are few. Therefore, 421 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:54,580 pray the Lord of the harvest to send out 422 00:23:54,580 --> 00:24:03,320 laborers, workers into his harvest a day in the life 423 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:12,720 of Jesus. How busy is your day? I'm 424 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,780 going to make some points from how many people we 425 00:24:15,780 --> 00:24:18,600 interacted with in just a second. But 426 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:25,040 I want to cue in on verse number 36 quickly. He 427 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:29,960 saw the multitudes. He was moved with compassion, 428 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:35,020 not just empathy. Empathy can say, I know you have 429 00:24:35,020 --> 00:24:38,420 a problem, I sympathize with you, but compassion is 430 00:24:38,420 --> 00:24:41,360 a hand of truth that's going to pull you up, 431 00:24:42,340 --> 00:24:47,180 stabilize you, get you strong, and get you on the 432 00:24:47,180 --> 00:24:50,200 mission for God. The model of Jesus Christ's 433 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:56,440 ministry was coming, come, follow. And 434 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:59,060 follow is an invitation, really it's an authoritative 435 00:24:59,060 --> 00:25:02,440 command where you're saying, I'm siding with your party. 436 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,780 I'm choosing to learn. That's 437 00:25:05,780 --> 00:25:06,920 really the second model. Jesus 438 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:11,880 not only come, follow you, but learn of me. And 439 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,960 really in the rabbitical style of teaching or rabbi, 440 00:25:16,620 --> 00:25:20,140 the disciples wanted to know what their master 441 00:25:20,140 --> 00:25:23,300 know, but lived the way that he lived. And 442 00:25:23,300 --> 00:25:26,180 so there's always a learning process in kingdom 443 00:25:26,180 --> 00:25:30,320 education that you're never going to graduate from. You 444 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,760 should know more about God now than you did last 445 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,480 year. Next year this time you should 446 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,000 have greater revelation and intimacy about who he is. 447 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:39,800 Ten years from now it should 448 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,380 be even richer, the lead in his spirit should be 449 00:25:42,380 --> 00:25:44,520 even sharper, and you should have even more 450 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:46,820 influence. I believe in the kingdom of 451 00:25:46,820 --> 00:25:50,800 God we don't retire, we refire. I 452 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,900 believe in the kingdom of God that your best years 453 00:25:54,900 --> 00:25:56,840 are ahead of you if you make the right choices, 454 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,200 speak the right words, and develop the right character, 455 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,520 and live every day and maximize potential. I 456 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:06,140 believe in the story of Smith Wigglesworth, who did 457 00:26:06,140 --> 00:26:09,080 many great things for the kingdom of God. Over 458 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,800 23 people erased from the dead in his ministry. I 459 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,100 believe in his 80s when nobody else was seeking him 460 00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:15,980 out. There was a man named Lester 461 00:26:15,980 --> 00:26:20,200 Somerall that traveled to England to search him out 462 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:25,320 to be mentored by him. And at 80 a younger man was 463 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,340 seeking him because there was still fruit in his 464 00:26:28,340 --> 00:26:29,880 life and impact and influence. And 465 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,700 Lester Somerall, because he gleaned from, received 466 00:26:32,700 --> 00:26:36,140 instruction and amortization from Smith Wigglesworth, 467 00:26:36,260 --> 00:26:38,440 guess what? He was able to go out and 468 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:40,520 get his ten thousands where only he got his thousands. 469 00:26:42,020 --> 00:26:43,460 And I know this for a fact, 470 00:26:43,620 --> 00:26:46,300 when Lester Somerall was later in life, he had an 471 00:26:46,300 --> 00:26:48,460 impact on the dean of our Bible school when we were 472 00:26:48,460 --> 00:26:52,179 going there in 2000, Dean Crow. Because 473 00:26:52,179 --> 00:26:54,920 Reverend Crow went on a mission trip with Lester 474 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,740 Somerall, and Lester Somerall was in his 60s at 475 00:26:57,740 --> 00:26:59,680 that time. And Dean Crow was probably in 476 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:01,820 his late 20s, early 30s, and he said, the guy wore 477 00:27:01,820 --> 00:27:06,920 me out. So I do believe your greatest 478 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,360 years are ahead of you and your most fruitful years 479 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:13,720 ahead of you if you maximize every day. But 480 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:18,000 going to this verse, he said he was moved with 481 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,660 compassion. Compassion is a hand of truth that 482 00:27:21,660 --> 00:27:24,400 gets you up, supports you, gets you strong because 483 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,140 Jesus wants you to come unto him, fall of him, 484 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:28,960 learn of him. The third thing was go ye. 485 00:27:29,460 --> 00:27:31,240 Come ye, learn of me, go ye. 486 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,580 There was activity and action in 487 00:27:35,580 --> 00:27:37,700 the ministry of Jesus' life that he expected his 488 00:27:37,700 --> 00:27:40,340 disciples to go out and make a difference in the 489 00:27:40,340 --> 00:27:43,700 world. Listen, the world shouldn't impact 490 00:27:43,700 --> 00:27:47,160 us, the kingdom should impact the world. The 491 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:51,420 world should not impact us, the kingdom should impact 492 00:27:51,420 --> 00:27:54,780 the world. The question is, are you 493 00:27:54,780 --> 00:27:56,780 getting sucked too much into the culture of the 494 00:27:56,780 --> 00:28:00,860 world, or are you renewing your life to the culture 495 00:28:00,860 --> 00:28:04,020 of the kingdom? Because the kingdom came to take 496 00:28:04,020 --> 00:28:06,820 over, the king's domain. And 497 00:28:06,820 --> 00:28:09,280 God wants to use you. We are his body and the 498 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,920 earth. So this verse is vitally 499 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:15,420 important because he saw that people were wary and 500 00:28:15,420 --> 00:28:19,060 scattered like sheep having no shepherd. And 501 00:28:19,060 --> 00:28:25,140 this is important because Jesus understood through the 502 00:28:25,140 --> 00:28:27,780 Father and the lead in the Holy Ghost that he was 503 00:28:27,780 --> 00:28:31,040 going to assign the five -fold ministry in his body. 504 00:28:31,780 --> 00:28:33,440 So if we go to Ephesians 4, 505 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:35,220 we're going to come back to Matthew 9 in just a 506 00:28:35,220 --> 00:28:40,280 second. Ephesians chapter 4, hallelujah, thank 507 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:47,400 God for His Word. Ephesians chapter 4, we're going to 508 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:53,880 start in verse number 8. And 509 00:28:53,880 --> 00:29:00,540 it says this, let's start in verse number 7. But 510 00:29:00,540 --> 00:29:03,100 to each one of us grace was given, to each one of 511 00:29:03,100 --> 00:29:06,760 us, to each one of us, that includes everybody 512 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:08,420 that's born again in the body of Christ. To 513 00:29:08,420 --> 00:29:11,660 each one of us grace was given according to the 514 00:29:11,660 --> 00:29:13,040 measure of Christ's gift. Therefore, 515 00:29:13,380 --> 00:29:16,180 he says, when he ascended on high, he led captivity 516 00:29:16,180 --> 00:29:18,960 captive, he gave gifts to men. Now 517 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,980 this he ascended, which does mean, but that he 518 00:29:21,980 --> 00:29:24,380 also first descended into lower parts of the earth. 519 00:29:24,380 --> 00:29:26,520 He who descended is also the 520 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:29,300 one who ascended far above all heavens, that he might 521 00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:33,200 fill all things. And he, Jesus himself, gave 522 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:37,520 some, not all, he gave to all a gift, but to some, 523 00:29:38,380 --> 00:29:42,980 he gave to be apostles, some prophets, some 524 00:29:42,980 --> 00:29:46,420 evangelists, some pastors and teachers. This 525 00:29:46,420 --> 00:29:51,000 is what we call the five -fold ministry. The 526 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,060 five -fold ministry are those that God has ordained 527 00:29:54,060 --> 00:30:00,820 and appointed to be placed in His body to equip the 528 00:30:00,820 --> 00:30:04,540 saints. If we read this, it says they 529 00:30:04,540 --> 00:30:06,840 were given for the equipping the saints. Number 530 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:10,100 two, for the work of the ministry, number three, that 531 00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:13,880 the body of Christ would be edified or built up. So 532 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,180 this five -fold ministry is giving for the equipping, 533 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:22,140 the furnishing, the setting, the position of the saints 534 00:30:22,140 --> 00:30:25,800 in the body, so that you would have everything you 535 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:28,760 need to do what God's called you to do. He 536 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,820 equips you. God is not putting unequipped 537 00:30:30,820 --> 00:30:33,800 merchandise on His market. Let 538 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:38,140 me put it this way. Jesus and Matthew nine had the 539 00:30:38,140 --> 00:30:40,180 ability of the word of wisdom to see beyond where 540 00:30:40,180 --> 00:30:43,100 he was at. He operated all twelve or nine 541 00:30:43,100 --> 00:30:45,900 gifts of the Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12, but he's 542 00:30:45,900 --> 00:30:48,480 able to say people are like sheep without a 543 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,500 shepherd. They're feigning, they're scattered. 544 00:30:51,620 --> 00:30:52,760 That means they're exhausted, 545 00:30:52,940 --> 00:30:55,620 they're worn out, they're tired, they're getting flung 546 00:30:55,620 --> 00:30:57,840 down and thrown down quickly. They 547 00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:59,300 have no stamina, no strength. And 548 00:30:59,300 --> 00:31:00,680 so what do you say? They're 549 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,780 like sheep without a shepherd. And 550 00:31:03,780 --> 00:31:06,260 I bring up Ephesians four because one of the gifts 551 00:31:06,260 --> 00:31:10,380 that he gave the pastor is like a shepherd over the 552 00:31:10,380 --> 00:31:12,820 sheep. God assigns local body churches, 553 00:31:13,420 --> 00:31:15,160 and this is why it's so important for you to come 554 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:16,860 on a Wednesday, a Sunday. This 555 00:31:16,860 --> 00:31:18,660 is why it's so important to come to discipleship 556 00:31:18,660 --> 00:31:21,180 classes. Why? Because God cares about 557 00:31:21,180 --> 00:31:22,120 you. He doesn't want you to be 558 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,260 fainted and scattering. If you're not connected to a 559 00:31:25,260 --> 00:31:30,240 local body church that has a true shepherd and that 560 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:31,540 anointing that goes with it, you're going to be 561 00:31:31,540 --> 00:31:33,960 scattered, you're going to be fainted. You're 562 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:35,300 going to be tired, you're going to be exhausted, 563 00:31:35,820 --> 00:31:38,240 you're going to be all over the place. You're 564 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,380 going to be a yo -yo Christian. Fruit 565 00:31:41,380 --> 00:31:49,000 loops, scattered. I've seen some interesting 566 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:56,720 Christians. Right? But a true pastor is going 567 00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,740 to say, you're doing great, or no, that's not right. 568 00:32:03,260 --> 00:32:04,580 Listen, a pastor is going to help 569 00:32:04,580 --> 00:32:09,320 oversee your soul. And if they see you getting 570 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:11,340 off a few degrees, they're going to say, course 571 00:32:11,340 --> 00:32:15,640 correction. Why? Because if you're off just 572 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:17,740 a few degrees, when you leave Orlando on a plane 573 00:32:17,740 --> 00:32:19,500 trying to go to Los Angeles, you're off a few 574 00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:22,360 degrees by the time you are meant to reach your 575 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:27,180 intended destination, you're way off. And 576 00:32:27,180 --> 00:32:29,660 a true shepherd is going to have that anointing and 577 00:32:29,660 --> 00:32:31,900 that...you're not going to get this off a TBN. Thank 578 00:32:31,900 --> 00:32:34,960 God for a TBN, but they ain't calling your house, 579 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:38,200 they're envisaging the hospital. They're 580 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:41,020 not doing face -to -face counseling meetings. I 581 00:32:41,020 --> 00:32:47,020 like Christians tackling the airways, but a local body 582 00:32:47,020 --> 00:32:53,480 church is the stake. These other things are 583 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:57,120 supplements. They can add some enrichment, 584 00:32:57,260 --> 00:33:01,520 but you can't live off of vitamins. Hallelujah. 585 00:33:06,879 --> 00:33:09,560 So, he loved you so much. Matter 586 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:11,700 of fact, it puts way that the fivefold ministry is 587 00:33:11,700 --> 00:33:14,820 God's love gift to you. Thank 588 00:33:14,820 --> 00:33:18,240 God for those that are called and those that are 589 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,900 living out. Now in the body of Christ, 590 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:22,700 we've had some that weren't called. We've 591 00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:24,340 had some that were called that didn't live it out, 592 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,120 their character failed. But we've had some that have 593 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:29,640 lived it out and are living it out. And 594 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,240 thank God for those people. I 595 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,960 personally have been in three churches in my...in 596 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:44,300 my 24 -year walk with God. I'm 597 00:33:44,300 --> 00:33:49,879 trying to do the math. 97, yeah. And 598 00:33:49,879 --> 00:33:51,700 three churches. The only reason I left the 599 00:33:51,700 --> 00:33:53,280 church is not because I was offended, because God 600 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:55,480 said when I was in Ramah Christian Center in 601 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,620 Columbus, Ohio, He said, you need to go to Bible 602 00:33:58,620 --> 00:34:00,860 school. So, I listened and left on a 603 00:34:00,860 --> 00:34:05,480 good note. How you leave determines how 604 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:09,260 you enter. You leave today offended, you 605 00:34:09,260 --> 00:34:12,840 enter tomorrow offended. The Bible says, be angry. Don't 606 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,480 let the sun go down your anger. You 607 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,179 want to live a maximized day, you better live an 608 00:34:17,179 --> 00:34:23,179 unaffended life. If you lie to offense or 609 00:34:23,179 --> 00:34:26,460 unforgiveness, one of the devil's major tools and 610 00:34:26,460 --> 00:34:29,320 strategies is to get you sideways some way. You 611 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,520 know how divorce happens? You 612 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:35,100 know how somebody leaves an employer? You 613 00:34:35,100 --> 00:34:37,900 know how somebody leaves a church? Typically, 614 00:34:38,060 --> 00:34:40,320 because they get offended. Something 615 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:44,239 said, they get rubbed the wrong way. And 616 00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:46,100 you don't want to let that happen. Be 617 00:34:46,100 --> 00:34:50,300 man enough or woman enough to get a backbone of love 618 00:34:51,860 --> 00:34:54,280 and let things go. Has God forgiven you for some 619 00:34:54,280 --> 00:35:00,180 things? We're dealing with humanity. And 620 00:35:00,180 --> 00:35:04,920 all humans are human beings, not human doings. 621 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:07,100 And they're a pro to 622 00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:11,700 malfunction at times. But as you grow on with God, 623 00:35:11,900 --> 00:35:15,220 you should have a thing of maturity that comes. And 624 00:35:15,220 --> 00:35:18,800 there should be perfection in your life. Now 625 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,640 let me define perfection real quick. Perfection 626 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:23,720 does not mean that you're without fault. If 627 00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:26,100 you look at this up in the Greek, it means fully 628 00:35:26,100 --> 00:35:28,540 developed. Or we could put this way, 629 00:35:28,580 --> 00:35:31,860 mature. When I didn't get my way when 630 00:35:31,860 --> 00:35:35,600 I was a kid, you didn't get your way when you're a 631 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,400 kid. How did you respond to those 632 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,220 who didn't let you have their way? You 633 00:35:40,220 --> 00:35:42,580 would throw a thing called a temper. Temper, 634 00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:48,900 you may cry. You may throw a fit. Now 635 00:35:48,900 --> 00:35:52,640 it's one thing to do that at eight. It's 636 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:54,320 another thing when you're married to do that at 38. 637 00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:02,740 I'll let that soak. The 638 00:36:02,740 --> 00:36:04,440 marriage conference for those that signed up is 639 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:10,480 Friday night. It's one thing for you to wet 640 00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:11,880 your bed at three years old. It's 641 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:13,820 another thing for you to wet your bed at 53 years 642 00:36:13,820 --> 00:36:19,420 old. All right? But 643 00:36:19,420 --> 00:36:24,640 maturity means that I'm taking responsibility. And 644 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,340 I'm becoming more mature, so I have more of the 645 00:36:27,340 --> 00:36:30,260 word in me. I'm more led by the spirit. I 646 00:36:30,260 --> 00:36:34,240 have better control of my emotions. When 647 00:36:34,240 --> 00:36:36,380 you're young in Christ, guess what? It's 648 00:36:36,380 --> 00:36:39,940 like you're an infancy. And we're going to have people 649 00:36:39,940 --> 00:36:44,080 coming to this church that are all different seasons 650 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:48,680 and stages of the walk with God. But 651 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:51,480 to whom much is given, much is required. So 652 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,220 it's one thing for somebody who's one year old in the 653 00:36:54,220 --> 00:36:58,740 spirit to spit up on you. It's 654 00:36:58,740 --> 00:37:00,460 another thing for somebody who's been walking God for 655 00:37:00,460 --> 00:37:03,140 20 years to throw up on me. We're 656 00:37:03,140 --> 00:37:05,100 going to have a conversation. And 657 00:37:05,100 --> 00:37:11,620 you're buying me new clothes. Hallelujah. 658 00:37:13,340 --> 00:37:16,600 Are you with me? So perfect means that you're 659 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,800 just growing. You're taking responsibility. Don't 660 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:28,440 do the blame game. Don't do the blame game. Adam 661 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:32,320 did this with Eve. Well, it's the woman you gave 662 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,340 me. He is basically blaming God. 663 00:37:36,720 --> 00:37:38,060 No, take responsibility. What 664 00:37:38,060 --> 00:37:39,800 would happen if Adam would have said, you know what, 665 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:42,420 Lord? I blew it. There's 666 00:37:42,420 --> 00:37:44,400 a man in the Bible when he was confronted by a 667 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:48,300 prophet, had done wrong. God 668 00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:50,240 restored him because he took responsibility. His 669 00:37:50,240 --> 00:37:55,000 name was King David. Nathan the prophet, out of the 670 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:59,780 love of God, the love of God, the love of God. This 671 00:37:59,780 --> 00:38:02,660 guy broke the six and seven commandment. Something 672 00:38:02,660 --> 00:38:06,360 that King Saul never did. But 673 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,580 he had such a heart for God, and he never did it 674 00:38:08,580 --> 00:38:12,200 again. That's maturity. Psalms 675 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:17,900 51 is his psalm of repentance. And 676 00:38:17,900 --> 00:38:19,760 he got right before God and stayed right before 677 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:22,340 God. But when he was confronted with 678 00:38:22,340 --> 00:38:29,140 a word from God, he said, I am that man. Took 679 00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:32,720 full responsibility, and God's able to work with a 680 00:38:32,720 --> 00:38:34,780 person that takes full responsibility. And 681 00:38:34,780 --> 00:38:38,640 that is perfection in the sense of maturity. An 682 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:41,840 immature person passes the blame, passes the buck, 683 00:38:42,260 --> 00:38:44,920 blames others. Always isn't a victim mentality. 684 00:38:45,300 --> 00:38:47,920 Always is woe to me. I'll 685 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:49,560 put it this way. The proverb says they're a 686 00:38:49,560 --> 00:39:00,060 leech. They suck. Hallelujah. 687 00:39:00,060 --> 00:39:03,960 Hallelujah. So he loved you so much, 688 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,840 though, that he put a pastor, an apostle, a 689 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:08,780 prophet, a teacher, an evangelist, in the body of 690 00:39:08,780 --> 00:39:11,480 Christ so that you're not scattered and that you're 691 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:14,640 not faint -hearted. Because God wants you stable, 692 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,220 strong, and on the mission for him. Now 693 00:39:17,220 --> 00:39:18,720 let's go back and look at the day in the life of 694 00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:21,980 Jesus. Because I'm talking about the power 695 00:39:21,980 --> 00:39:24,020 of the day in extending your reach. If 696 00:39:24,020 --> 00:39:33,160 nobody reaches, nobody gets touched. If 697 00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:41,120 nobody reaches, nobody gets touched. So 698 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:43,940 let's just go back. In this day, Jesus has 699 00:39:43,940 --> 00:39:47,660 interactions with about 17 people or people groups. 700 00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:49,220 And we're just going to 701 00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:53,420 highlight some of this. The first thing I love about 702 00:39:53,420 --> 00:39:56,500 this is in verse 1 it said, He came to his own 703 00:39:56,500 --> 00:40:00,580 city. And I like that because our 704 00:40:00,580 --> 00:40:05,260 vision is to ignite the city, impact the nation, 705 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:07,740 and influence the world. And 706 00:40:07,740 --> 00:40:09,480 the pastor just said this on Sunday. There's 707 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:12,040 nothing like, he loves being at Anchor Faith 708 00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:14,520 Church. Now does he impact the nation, 709 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:16,980 influence the world? Yeah, but home base is always 710 00:40:16,980 --> 00:40:20,660 most important. And I'll say this, how are you 711 00:40:20,660 --> 00:40:22,020 going to influence the world if you're not taking 712 00:40:22,020 --> 00:40:25,900 even care of your own house? In 713 00:40:25,900 --> 00:40:28,260 Acts 1, 8, if we look at this, it says they were 714 00:40:28,260 --> 00:40:30,060 filled with the Holy Spirit. The 715 00:40:30,060 --> 00:40:32,320 Spirit of God came upon them and do them with 716 00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:34,520 power from on high. And then it says they were 717 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:38,420 witnesses, first to Jerusalem, their own 718 00:40:38,420 --> 00:40:42,120 hometown, their own home. Then 719 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:46,340 Judea, then Samaria, then to the other most parts of 720 00:40:46,340 --> 00:40:48,200 the earth. How are you going to touch the 721 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:49,560 other most parts of the earth if you're not 722 00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:54,280 impacting your own home? So I believe it starts in the 723 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:58,520 house. Being a real man, being a real 724 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:04,640 woman of God, being real parents, bringing your kids 725 00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:09,780 to church, living it out the house, the atmosphere 726 00:41:09,780 --> 00:41:12,780 you permit is the atmosphere that's produced. 727 00:41:14,900 --> 00:41:16,940 You let discord, division, 728 00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:20,540 frustration, lack of communication, lack of the 729 00:41:20,540 --> 00:41:22,860 word in your house. It's going to trickle down to 730 00:41:22,860 --> 00:41:24,000 your kids. I don't care how much you 731 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:25,920 tell them about Jesus. They're 732 00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:31,500 always going to imitate you. When 733 00:41:31,500 --> 00:41:33,600 Abby was little, I was outside working, she was a 734 00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:38,720 chatterbox. And I was doing something, and 735 00:41:38,728 --> 00:41:41,080 she's young, you know, she's in the princess 736 00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:43,860 phase. And I remember I spit, so she 737 00:41:43,860 --> 00:41:48,520 spat. Your kids will not always listen 738 00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:53,100 to you, but they'll always imitate you. If 739 00:41:53,100 --> 00:41:55,920 you're a jerk of a husband, marriage conference 740 00:41:55,920 --> 00:42:01,740 is Friday. Registration is passed. But 741 00:42:01,740 --> 00:42:02,940 those who are coming, get ready. Put 742 00:42:02,940 --> 00:42:08,780 your seatbelt on. If you're a wife that's riding 743 00:42:08,780 --> 00:42:20,500 on a broomstick. See you later. See 744 00:42:20,500 --> 00:42:22,940 you later. The Bible says a wise woman 745 00:42:22,940 --> 00:42:27,180 builds her house, but a contentious one. The 746 00:42:27,180 --> 00:42:31,940 guy wants to get on the roof, a little corner, out 747 00:42:31,940 --> 00:42:36,940 in the elements instead of being at the house. So 748 00:42:36,940 --> 00:42:39,500 the question is your house a home? Because 749 00:42:39,500 --> 00:42:45,500 not every house in the kingdom is a home. So 750 00:42:45,500 --> 00:42:49,740 Jesus came to his own city. And 751 00:42:49,740 --> 00:42:54,340 I believe ministry really starts in the house. And 752 00:42:54,340 --> 00:42:56,460 a real man and woman of God that has kids is going 753 00:42:56,460 --> 00:43:02,600 to live it out day by day. I'm 754 00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:03,720 just giving you a little taste of the marriage 755 00:43:03,720 --> 00:43:06,980 conference. I won't linger too long. But 756 00:43:06,980 --> 00:43:10,360 you know, we've lived this out before our kids. Others 757 00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:12,920 have lived it out before their kids. And 758 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:17,460 the word of God does not fail. It 759 00:43:17,460 --> 00:43:20,560 works every time. Jeremiah said he watches over his 760 00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:24,500 word to perform it. You know, we've had to go to 761 00:43:24,500 --> 00:43:28,320 our daughters at times. If I'm on the phone too much 762 00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:34,340 or I've had a little more intense day and I feel the 763 00:43:34,340 --> 00:43:37,480 edge and I realize in my parenting that that wasn't 764 00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:40,440 really the way I set it in line up with what they 765 00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:42,600 did because there was intensity carried over from 766 00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:44,140 maybe someone on the day. I've 767 00:43:44,140 --> 00:43:47,780 literally had to go say I'm sorry. Why? 768 00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:49,100 Because I want to be perfect. I 769 00:43:49,100 --> 00:43:50,900 want to take responsibility. Now 770 00:43:50,900 --> 00:43:52,120 do I do that every day? No. 771 00:43:52,900 --> 00:43:55,440 But there's been seasons where I said, listen, I'm 772 00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,120 sorry or we've been I've recognized I've been on the 773 00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:00,860 phone too much. I need to slow down and 774 00:44:00,860 --> 00:44:04,440 spend time with you. Hallelujah. 775 00:44:05,700 --> 00:44:09,600 You know, body context has a lot even in the 776 00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:12,980 marriage. And if if your spouse trying 777 00:44:12,980 --> 00:44:14,400 to talk to you on the phone, your kids are trying 778 00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:16,600 to talk to you on the phone and there's no eye 779 00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:19,960 to eye at some point. You're 780 00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:21,320 really communicating. I don't care what you're 781 00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:23,960 saying. You know, interesting thing 782 00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:25,380 about this. So one of my daughters some 783 00:44:25,380 --> 00:44:29,520 years ago asked her to take out the trash and she 784 00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:32,260 took it out and she came back to me and said, Dad, 785 00:44:32,300 --> 00:44:34,580 I'm sorry. I said, what? Well, 786 00:44:34,580 --> 00:44:36,060 he told me to take out the trash, but my heart 787 00:44:36,060 --> 00:44:43,040 wasn't really in it. Why? Because you live it out 788 00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:46,720 before them and the atmosphere you permit is 789 00:44:46,720 --> 00:44:49,640 the atmosphere that's produced. So 790 00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:52,580 back to Jesus, how busy was his day? How 791 00:44:52,580 --> 00:44:56,820 busy is your day? If nobody reaches, nobody gets 792 00:44:56,820 --> 00:44:59,540 touched. So the first thing he 793 00:44:59,540 --> 00:45:01,620 encounters when he comes is somebody that's sick of the 794 00:45:01,620 --> 00:45:06,480 Palsy. And this is a paralytic. And 795 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:09,280 when you have paralysis, it's either complete or 796 00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:13,220 partial loss of a function of your body and it 797 00:45:13,220 --> 00:45:16,040 involves motion or sensation. This 798 00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:18,560 guy obviously was on a bed so he was really confined. 799 00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:20,700 But the first thing that 800 00:45:20,700 --> 00:45:24,060 happens is, guess what? There's 801 00:45:24,060 --> 00:45:26,200 going to be a gift of healing that takes place 802 00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:28,700 with this man. It's important to stay built up 803 00:45:28,700 --> 00:45:33,520 in the things of God. And so they bring him this man 804 00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:36,800 that's a paralytic. And the first thing Jesus said, 805 00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:39,620 he mixes some doctrine or teaching in with it. Not 806 00:45:39,620 --> 00:45:41,320 only is he going to do a gift of healing, but he 807 00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:44,780 mixes some teaching because instruction helps you with 808 00:45:44,780 --> 00:45:47,000 life. If you have no instructions, 809 00:45:47,140 --> 00:45:49,180 you're going to perish because people perish for a 810 00:45:49,180 --> 00:45:51,340 lack of knowledge and knowledge comes through 811 00:45:51,340 --> 00:45:54,260 instruction or truth coming to your life. And 812 00:45:54,260 --> 00:45:56,700 so he said, son, your sins be forgiven. Well, 813 00:45:56,780 --> 00:45:58,900 the second group being crowned as his ascribes, 814 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:03,040 well guess what? This made the scribes mad. Now 815 00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:04,860 they didn't know that he knew what they were 816 00:46:04,860 --> 00:46:10,900 thinking. The scribes in their heart were 817 00:46:10,900 --> 00:46:15,260 complaining. Have you ever had to deal with 818 00:46:15,260 --> 00:46:19,700 complaining people before? And 819 00:46:19,700 --> 00:46:21,640 the scribes who were supposed to be interpreters 820 00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:28,360 of the law said he blasphemes because he said 821 00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:29,320 your sins were forgiven. They 822 00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:31,540 said, who can forgive sins? And 823 00:46:31,540 --> 00:46:33,340 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, why are you 824 00:46:33,340 --> 00:46:37,200 thinking evil in your heart? And 825 00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:39,780 then after this, the multitudes, after the 826 00:46:39,780 --> 00:46:43,320 paralytic was healed, the multitudes, so multitudes 827 00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:46,580 saw the interaction between the paralytic and the 828 00:46:46,588 --> 00:46:47,880 paralytic. And they saw the interaction 829 00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:52,060 with the scribes and the multitudes glorified God who 830 00:46:52,060 --> 00:46:54,960 had given such power to men. So 831 00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:58,000 we see in this first section of the day in life 832 00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:00,980 of Jesus that he healed somebody and he brings 833 00:47:00,980 --> 00:47:05,960 correction and doctrine. The next encounter he has is 834 00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:11,400 with Matthew, who actually pinned the gospel of 835 00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:18,320 Matthew. Now Matthew, whose name was 836 00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:22,020 Levi, was a tax collector. And 837 00:47:22,020 --> 00:47:26,520 listen, tax collectors were despised by Jewish people 838 00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:32,000 because this was a Levi from the tribe of Levi who 839 00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:36,620 worked for the Roman government, part of St. 840 00:47:36,700 --> 00:47:41,160 John's County tax collectors. We 841 00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:47,420 could put this way, Matthew worked for the IRS. And 842 00:47:47,420 --> 00:47:50,500 in that day, the tax collectors not only could 843 00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:53,480 demand the money of the government, they would take 844 00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:58,700 additional money to line their own pockets. This 845 00:47:58,700 --> 00:48:00,060 is a well -known practice. So 846 00:48:00,060 --> 00:48:06,200 they were rich people who got their riches by unjust 847 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:09,640 means. So it's bad enough that the 848 00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:12,020 Roman government did this, but when one of your own 849 00:48:12,020 --> 00:48:16,900 nationality born a Jewish person is collecting from 850 00:48:16,900 --> 00:48:20,380 other Jewish people and pocketing their own 851 00:48:20,380 --> 00:48:23,540 pocketing your money with extra taxes, guess what? 852 00:48:24,300 --> 00:48:27,860 You're going to be upset. But 853 00:48:27,860 --> 00:48:33,520 when Jesus saw Matthew, he said, follow me. So 854 00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:35,280 Matthew arose and followed him. Now 855 00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:38,500 it happened as Jesus sat at the table in the house 856 00:48:38,500 --> 00:48:42,480 that behold many tax collectors, many tax 857 00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:45,120 collectors. So guess who Matthew hung out 858 00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:50,020 with? Those like him. And 859 00:48:50,020 --> 00:48:53,360 sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his 860 00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:56,120 disciples. And the Pharisees were really 861 00:48:56,120 --> 00:49:00,660 happy about it. No, they said, why? So 862 00:49:00,660 --> 00:49:03,940 encountering once again another group of religious 863 00:49:03,940 --> 00:49:06,380 people already dealt with the scribes. You're 864 00:49:06,380 --> 00:49:09,100 going to have to deal with people in the course of 865 00:49:09,100 --> 00:49:13,820 your day. So don't get frustrated. Don't 866 00:49:13,820 --> 00:49:16,740 get fussy. Don't think everything's an 867 00:49:16,740 --> 00:49:20,500 interruption. Not everything's an interruption. 868 00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:21,500 Some things are divine 869 00:49:21,500 --> 00:49:24,780 appointments. Have the discernment to know 870 00:49:24,780 --> 00:49:27,640 this can wait till later or I need to address this 871 00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:28,680 now. Well, how do you know that? 872 00:49:28,740 --> 00:49:30,140 Because he's given you the greater 873 00:49:30,140 --> 00:49:33,400 one on the inside, the Holy Ghost to lead you. 874 00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:36,840 And this can be something we're 875 00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:38,040 setting up in the future. We 876 00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:39,320 don't need to talk about this now. It 877 00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:41,660 could be a Holy Ghost prompting that says you 878 00:49:41,660 --> 00:49:46,220 need to deal with this person now. I 879 00:49:46,220 --> 00:49:48,780 try to plan my day, but I always plan for some 880 00:49:48,780 --> 00:49:51,680 interruptions. I learned years ago if I try 881 00:49:51,680 --> 00:49:54,580 to plan everything, it gets me frustrated because 882 00:49:54,580 --> 00:49:58,580 there's interruptions during the day. Now 883 00:49:58,580 --> 00:50:00,000 I'm in the season discerning. Does 884 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:03,020 this need to be addressed now? Is 885 00:50:03,020 --> 00:50:07,320 this an emergency or can this wait? Hallelujah. 886 00:50:09,040 --> 00:50:12,920 So the Pharisees said, why does your teacher eat with 887 00:50:12,920 --> 00:50:15,300 tax collectors and sinners? If 888 00:50:15,300 --> 00:50:22,320 nobody reaches, nobody gets touched. I'm 889 00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:27,000 in the church all day. I expect sanctified, saved, 890 00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:30,260 spirit filled, bloodbought, tongue talking people to be 891 00:50:30,260 --> 00:50:35,100 around me. Matter of fact, the other day, 892 00:50:35,180 --> 00:50:39,840 one of our employees in his pocket had a little 893 00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:43,940 round look like a can. I went up and grabbed the 894 00:50:43,940 --> 00:50:47,140 thing real fast and said, what is that? And 895 00:50:47,140 --> 00:50:52,840 it was actually electrical tape. We 896 00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:58,120 saved, still sanctified, filled with the Holy Ghost, 897 00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:05,360 tongue talking. Now guess what? I 898 00:51:05,368 --> 00:51:06,860 don't know if I'm out in Walmart and I see somebody 899 00:51:06,860 --> 00:51:09,580 with that in their back pocket. If 900 00:51:09,580 --> 00:51:15,560 nobody reaches, nobody gets touched. But 901 00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:17,980 I could see by what you're carrying in your pocket, 902 00:51:18,900 --> 00:51:25,160 you're serving the wrong God. Right? 903 00:51:26,600 --> 00:51:29,000 So I can address that person, not so much dealing 904 00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:33,480 with that, but dealing with our Redeemer and what his 905 00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:35,620 truth will do in your life. So 906 00:51:35,620 --> 00:51:37,500 the Pharisees got mad because he was around tax 907 00:51:37,500 --> 00:51:39,140 collectors and sinners. How are people going to get 908 00:51:39,140 --> 00:51:43,540 saved? Come to truth. Come 909 00:51:43,540 --> 00:51:45,440 to the knowledge of Christ if you don't touch anybody. 910 00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:50,040 Listen, you got an hour and a 911 00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:52,140 half on a Sunday, two hours, you got an hour and 912 00:51:52,140 --> 00:51:53,460 a half, maybe an hour and a half on a Wednesday. 913 00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:55,580 We're in the community primarily, 914 00:51:56,160 --> 00:51:59,520 or predominantly most of the time. And 915 00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:01,460 that's where mission works takes place. We 916 00:52:01,460 --> 00:52:06,160 are to ignite this city. I'm 917 00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:07,460 at the gas station sometimes. I 918 00:52:07,460 --> 00:52:09,700 hear some very choice music, but it doesn't move 919 00:52:09,700 --> 00:52:11,980 me. They're sinners. I 920 00:52:11,980 --> 00:52:14,080 don't jump in my car, put my hands in my finger and, 921 00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:17,140 or my fingers in my ears and start praying in the 922 00:52:17,140 --> 00:52:20,360 Holy Ghost. That's what they do. Lord, 923 00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:23,319 do you need me to say something to them? Some 924 00:52:23,319 --> 00:52:27,460 people, some sow, some water, but it's God that 925 00:52:27,460 --> 00:52:30,740 gives the increase. You could be at the gas 926 00:52:30,740 --> 00:52:33,820 station and you hear that and then God may say, you 927 00:52:33,820 --> 00:52:36,040 may as well ask them how you're doing today. Is 928 00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:42,320 everything all right? If nobody reaches, nobody gets 929 00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:44,240 touched. Well, the Pharisees got mad just 930 00:52:44,240 --> 00:52:47,320 because Jesus was around. Tax 931 00:52:47,320 --> 00:52:49,800 collectors and sinners. And he said to them, I didn't 932 00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:50,900 come to call the righteous. And 933 00:52:50,900 --> 00:52:53,000 what he was saying, you Pharisees, all you do is 934 00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:55,200 an outward show of self -righteousness. I 935 00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:59,060 really came to call people that truly repent. And 936 00:52:59,060 --> 00:53:01,140 that's the first word in the kingdom's repent. Turn 937 00:53:01,140 --> 00:53:03,400 the way from where you're going and head the other 938 00:53:03,400 --> 00:53:05,460 way. But the Pharisees just put on 939 00:53:05,460 --> 00:53:07,720 a show. They didn't really live it out. 940 00:53:08,300 --> 00:53:10,200 And then after this, the next 941 00:53:10,200 --> 00:53:13,380 group he encounters are the disciples of John. And 942 00:53:13,380 --> 00:53:16,640 real quick, the disciples of John got mad because 943 00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:22,180 Jesus was eating and they were fasting. And 944 00:53:22,180 --> 00:53:25,960 they start asking questions about why aren't your 945 00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:28,560 disciples fasting? You're all over there enjoying a 946 00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:30,720 meal with the tax collectors in the center. 947 00:53:30,720 --> 00:53:32,080 So what's Jesus do? He 948 00:53:32,080 --> 00:53:38,760 brings more instruction. Is there room in your day? Is 949 00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:41,000 the Holy Ghost leading you in your day to reach 950 00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:45,600 people? This house should be packed. 951 00:53:46,560 --> 00:53:48,800 This sanctuary. This 952 00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:50,900 church, because you are going out in the community. 953 00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:53,480 And you're doing like Jesus 954 00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:57,060 did. And impacting and influencing 955 00:53:57,060 --> 00:53:59,740 the lives of people. And then you're saying, don't 956 00:53:59,740 --> 00:54:02,100 be scattered and don't be faint anymore. Come 957 00:54:02,100 --> 00:54:04,560 get under a good church. Come 958 00:54:04,560 --> 00:54:07,000 get connected so you can get equipped. So 959 00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:08,580 you could do the work of the ministry so the body 960 00:54:08,580 --> 00:54:11,380 of Christ could be edified. After 961 00:54:11,380 --> 00:54:13,160 the disciples of John complained that Jesus' 962 00:54:13,400 --> 00:54:16,380 disciples weren't fasting, the next thing said that 963 00:54:16,380 --> 00:54:18,800 their ruler came to worship him saying, my daughter has 964 00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:22,900 just died. But come, lay your hands on 965 00:54:22,900 --> 00:54:25,880 her and she will live. So Jesus arose and he followed 966 00:54:25,880 --> 00:54:27,860 the ruler and his disciples. But 967 00:54:27,860 --> 00:54:30,240 suddenly there was an interruption. He's 968 00:54:30,240 --> 00:54:32,260 on his way to the ruler's house. But 969 00:54:32,260 --> 00:54:35,940 this woman with an issue of blood, she was had a 970 00:54:35,940 --> 00:54:43,980 cycle for 12 years did not quit bleeding. She 971 00:54:43,980 --> 00:54:46,320 spent all she had. She didn't grow any better, but 972 00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:48,660 she grew worse. But she heard something about 973 00:54:48,660 --> 00:54:53,500 Jesus and said, if I could just touch, connect with 974 00:54:53,500 --> 00:54:55,560 him. I will be well. So 975 00:54:55,560 --> 00:54:58,400 Jesus is on his way somewhere else, but he felt 976 00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:01,600 power go out of him. And he said, who touched me? 977 00:55:02,320 --> 00:55:04,120 And he said, be a good share 978 00:55:04,120 --> 00:55:08,360 daughter. You are made well. And 979 00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:10,180 then when Jesus came to the ruler's house, he saw 980 00:55:10,180 --> 00:55:13,800 the flute players and the noisy crowd wailing. Another 981 00:55:13,800 --> 00:55:16,420 encounter with a different group of people. I 982 00:55:16,420 --> 00:55:19,980 call this professional mourners. They 983 00:55:19,980 --> 00:55:31,960 were wailing, crying, snotting, complaining. And 984 00:55:31,960 --> 00:55:36,260 Jesus had to deal with these people. And 985 00:55:36,260 --> 00:55:39,280 you know what he did with them? He 986 00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:41,780 told them the girl's not dead, she's just sleeping. 987 00:55:41,840 --> 00:55:42,720 They laughed at him. He 988 00:55:42,728 --> 00:55:47,640 said, get out. What do you say? I 989 00:55:47,640 --> 00:55:49,700 don't need any distractions for what I'm about to do. 990 00:55:51,840 --> 00:55:53,260 And I don't need your doubt, 991 00:55:53,380 --> 00:55:55,780 your unbelief in the room when I'm getting ready to 992 00:55:55,780 --> 00:55:59,460 do a miracle of God and show a demonstration. And 993 00:55:59,460 --> 00:56:01,420 there's some things you need to get out of your 994 00:56:01,420 --> 00:56:06,180 life that are hindering you. And 995 00:56:06,180 --> 00:56:11,840 professional mourners, complainers, backbiders, 996 00:56:12,320 --> 00:56:14,580 seditious people will ruin your life. They 997 00:56:14,580 --> 00:56:18,820 ruin your walk. The devil undermines. So 998 00:56:18,820 --> 00:56:22,300 when you're undermining authority, guess whose 999 00:56:22,300 --> 00:56:30,540 territory you're in? You're in the devil's territory. 1000 00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:33,080 There's some things you got to put 1001 00:56:33,080 --> 00:56:36,060 out if you're going to operate in the fullness of 1002 00:56:36,060 --> 00:56:38,260 what God wants you to do. So 1003 00:56:38,260 --> 00:56:41,200 he went in, he touched the girl, picked her up and 1004 00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:44,760 she arose. Then when Jesus departed from 1005 00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:46,880 there, two blind men followed him, crying out 1006 00:56:46,880 --> 00:56:49,480 and saying, Son of David, have mercy on us. And 1007 00:56:49,480 --> 00:56:51,780 when he had come into the house, the blind men came 1008 00:56:51,780 --> 00:56:53,580 to him and Jesus said to them, do you believe that 1009 00:56:53,580 --> 00:56:57,340 I'm able to do this? And they said yes. And 1010 00:56:57,340 --> 00:57:01,220 he said, according to your faith, be it unto you. And 1011 00:57:01,220 --> 00:57:04,160 when their eyes were open, Jesus sternly warned them 1012 00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:06,780 saying, make sure no one knows this, but when they 1013 00:57:06,780 --> 00:57:10,040 departed, they spread his fame all over the place. 1014 00:57:12,140 --> 00:57:15,240 As they went out, behold, they 1015 00:57:15,240 --> 00:57:17,680 brought to Jesus a man, Mute and demon possessed. 1016 00:57:18,100 --> 00:57:19,400 And when the demon was cast 1017 00:57:19,400 --> 00:57:21,960 out, the Mute spoke and the multitude marveled, 1018 00:57:22,040 --> 00:57:24,540 saying it was never seen like this in Israel. But 1019 00:57:24,540 --> 00:57:27,720 the Pharisee said he cast out demons by the rulers 1020 00:57:27,720 --> 00:57:32,440 of demons, a day in the life of Jesus. It's 1021 00:57:32,440 --> 00:57:38,300 a good homework assignment for you to look at how 1022 00:57:38,300 --> 00:57:41,300 many people's lives he impacted that day and how 1023 00:57:41,300 --> 00:57:45,300 he impacted them. Two were healed by their own 1024 00:57:45,300 --> 00:57:48,900 faith. One, there was an operation of 1025 00:57:48,900 --> 00:57:54,020 miracles, a gift of faith. I'm 1026 00:57:54,020 --> 00:57:55,920 just trying to whet your appetite so you go study 1027 00:57:55,920 --> 00:57:58,680 the word yourself. There were several doctrine or 1028 00:57:58,680 --> 00:58:01,500 teaching moments that he used when it came to 1029 00:58:01,500 --> 00:58:03,040 helping the lives of people. There 1030 00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:05,640 were things that he corrected when somebody was 1031 00:58:05,640 --> 00:58:09,640 misspeaking what was being, what truth was. But 1032 00:58:09,640 --> 00:58:14,320 this is a day in the life of Jesus. But 1033 00:58:14,320 --> 00:58:16,460 he's our greatest model, and I want to end with 1034 00:58:16,460 --> 00:58:21,080 this thought that he says in verse 35, because after 1035 00:58:21,080 --> 00:58:24,940 he did all this in one day, it says in verse 35, 1036 00:58:25,060 --> 00:58:28,360 Jesus went about the simplicity of the kingdom 1037 00:58:28,360 --> 00:58:31,780 action of this man of God came down to three things 1038 00:58:31,780 --> 00:58:35,660 that he did he taught in the synagogue. He 1039 00:58:35,660 --> 00:58:40,160 preached the gospel of the kingdom, and he healed 1040 00:58:40,160 --> 00:58:45,500 every manner of sickness and every manner of 1041 00:58:45,500 --> 00:58:49,080 disease. The Bible says that we will do 1042 00:58:49,080 --> 00:58:53,380 the same works as Jesus and greater works because 1043 00:58:53,380 --> 00:58:56,380 the Holy Ghost is in us. So 1044 00:58:56,380 --> 00:58:58,820 if Jesus was teaching, preaching and demonstrating, 1045 00:59:00,340 --> 00:59:04,960 guess what we're doing in the community? Teaching 1046 00:59:04,960 --> 00:59:08,040 is explaining the kingdom of God. Preaching 1047 00:59:08,040 --> 00:59:11,140 is proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of 1048 00:59:11,140 --> 00:59:14,700 God, the redemption, being taken out of darkness and 1049 00:59:14,700 --> 00:59:17,000 being brought into the light. And 1050 00:59:17,000 --> 00:59:21,180 listen, there was also demonstration of the kingdom 1051 00:59:21,180 --> 00:59:23,720 of God. It says he went about healing. 1052 00:59:23,900 --> 00:59:26,060 The word healing is a therapy 1053 00:59:26,060 --> 00:59:29,860 where we get the word therapy from. And 1054 00:59:29,860 --> 00:59:32,820 the kingdom of God will bring therapy to your life. 1055 00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:34,820 If you've ever been injured, 1056 00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:39,740 hurt, you've ever had a joint out of place. Guess 1057 00:59:39,740 --> 00:59:41,540 what? It needs to get put back into 1058 00:59:41,540 --> 00:59:45,680 place. Some of those injuries or hurts 1059 00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:51,900 require a PT to restore range of motion and 1060 00:59:51,900 --> 00:59:54,300 strength. So what I'm saying is you 1061 00:59:54,300 --> 00:59:55,740 come to church, guess what? There 1062 00:59:55,740 --> 00:59:58,580 should be some therapy going in your life. Well, 1063 00:59:58,600 --> 01:00:00,740 that thought wasn't right, or that was out of 1064 01:00:00,740 --> 01:00:04,020 alignment, or that needs healed. You 1065 01:00:04,020 --> 01:00:06,560 know, James chapter 1 says, receive with meekness the 1066 01:00:06,560 --> 01:00:09,400 engrafted word which is able to save your soul. 1067 01:00:09,540 --> 01:00:10,560 That book was written to the 1068 01:00:10,560 --> 01:00:13,600 church. They were saved, but he said 1069 01:00:13,600 --> 01:00:16,900 your soul still needs saved, meaning your mind, 1070 01:00:17,060 --> 01:00:17,960 your will and motions. There's 1071 01:00:17,960 --> 01:00:21,620 still some therapy that your range of motion isn't 1072 01:00:21,620 --> 01:00:24,520 where it needs to be in your thinking. So 1073 01:00:24,520 --> 01:00:27,980 let's renew our mind to truth, right? So 1074 01:00:27,980 --> 01:00:30,780 therapy doesn't, and that always isn't done in one 1075 01:00:30,780 --> 01:00:36,180 session. If you've had major trauma or 1076 01:00:36,180 --> 01:00:40,560 major injury, that could be a while of therapy sessions 1077 01:00:40,560 --> 01:00:44,180 until there's enough strength to whatever was 1078 01:00:44,180 --> 01:00:48,360 injured is back to strong enough to operate 1079 01:00:48,360 --> 01:00:52,340 functionally on a daily basis. It 1080 01:00:52,340 --> 01:00:59,680 also said that he came to heal every sickness, and 1081 01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:05,000 the word sickness means this, a disease or sickness 1082 01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:09,980 or infirmity. Any disorder, unsoundness or 1083 01:01:09,980 --> 01:01:17,300 weakness, your day, your maximized day should have 1084 01:01:17,300 --> 01:01:20,460 some of these elements in it. As 1085 01:01:20,460 --> 01:01:23,160 you grow up, as you mature in the things of God, you 1086 01:01:23,160 --> 01:01:25,060 should be able to lay your hands on somebody. You 1087 01:01:25,060 --> 01:01:26,740 should be able to bring a word and do a season to 1088 01:01:26,740 --> 01:01:28,860 somebody. You should be in the 1089 01:01:28,860 --> 01:01:30,700 marketplace somewhere and let the Holy Ghost lead 1090 01:01:30,700 --> 01:01:33,540 you and prompt you to talk to somebody about Jesus, to 1091 01:01:33,540 --> 01:01:35,780 proclaim the kingdom, maybe to bring healing to 1092 01:01:35,780 --> 01:01:39,040 somebody's life. Maybe something's disordered or 1093 01:01:39,040 --> 01:01:42,280 weak that needs healing, right? And 1094 01:01:42,280 --> 01:01:45,040 the last thing that Jesus did, it says that he cured 1095 01:01:45,040 --> 01:01:50,500 every disease. Now this word disease in the 1096 01:01:50,500 --> 01:01:59,680 Greek means softness or effeminate. When 1097 01:01:59,680 --> 01:02:02,920 you look this up in the root word, it actually 1098 01:02:02,920 --> 01:02:11,020 means a catamite or a boy that has been penetrated by 1099 01:02:11,020 --> 01:02:13,640 an adult man. I'll keep it at that in the 1100 01:02:13,640 --> 01:02:19,400 Roman culture. That's created a softness. You 1101 01:02:19,408 --> 01:02:23,960 could look it up, Strong's 3119, for you Bible 1102 01:02:23,960 --> 01:02:26,040 students, and then you can look up the root word from 1103 01:02:26,040 --> 01:02:30,420 there. But I bring this up because we 1104 01:02:30,420 --> 01:02:35,000 are living in a day today, and I'm closing with this, 1105 01:02:35,560 --> 01:02:40,760 where the family unit is under attack like never 1106 01:02:40,760 --> 01:02:47,320 before. And because of this, Dad's 1107 01:02:47,320 --> 01:02:54,920 fathers, I'm beseeching you, know your role and be in 1108 01:02:54,920 --> 01:02:58,020 it. Malachi, last book in the Old 1109 01:02:58,020 --> 01:03:01,900 Testament, very last chapter, says this, if the 1110 01:03:01,900 --> 01:03:04,200 hearts of the fathers are turned towards the children, 1111 01:03:04,900 --> 01:03:06,980 then the children's hearts will be turned to the 1112 01:03:06,980 --> 01:03:08,820 fathers. It doesn't say anything about 1113 01:03:08,820 --> 01:03:11,600 mothers in that verse. But there's a great 1114 01:03:11,600 --> 01:03:16,360 responsibility to Dad's and husbands to be the 1115 01:03:16,360 --> 01:03:23,220 spiritual leader and pace setter in the house. Why 1116 01:03:23,220 --> 01:03:24,300 do I bring this up? Because 1117 01:03:24,308 --> 01:03:25,920 the children's hearts are never going to be turned 1118 01:03:25,920 --> 01:03:28,100 to the fathers if the fathers' hearts aren't 1119 01:03:28,100 --> 01:03:30,060 turned toward the children. Now 1120 01:03:30,060 --> 01:03:32,420 moms and wives have their role and it's vitally 1121 01:03:32,420 --> 01:03:34,960 important. But I bring that all up 1122 01:03:34,960 --> 01:03:40,760 because a devil, you can go to church Monday, 318, 1123 01:03:40,960 --> 01:03:42,300 you can come Wednesday and go Sunday. But 1124 01:03:42,300 --> 01:03:47,140 if you're not living this out at the house, if 1125 01:03:47,140 --> 01:03:56,980 you're not being an example in the home, there's going 1126 01:03:56,980 --> 01:04:00,200 to be dysfunction. And right now in our society, 1127 01:04:00,300 --> 01:04:03,720 people are confused. There's gender identification, 1128 01:04:04,900 --> 01:04:09,300 confusion. There's confusion in what marriage 1129 01:04:09,300 --> 01:04:14,880 is according to what the kingdom says. But 1130 01:04:14,880 --> 01:04:21,860 I believe a lot of this stems from broken homes. Or 1131 01:04:21,860 --> 01:04:25,060 homes that are dysfunctional, where a 1132 01:04:25,060 --> 01:04:28,840 husband and a wife aren't in the right position. But 1133 01:04:28,840 --> 01:04:31,180 there's good news tonight. There's 1134 01:04:31,180 --> 01:04:33,520 course correction tonight. Even 1135 01:04:33,520 --> 01:04:38,420 if you came out of that and you're later in life, 1136 01:04:38,580 --> 01:04:40,460 there's still good news because Jesus says He heals 1137 01:04:40,460 --> 01:04:45,940 every disease. So even if you came out of a 1138 01:04:45,940 --> 01:04:50,040 broken home, God can still touch your heart, turn you 1139 01:04:50,040 --> 01:04:55,520 around, strengthen you, get your mind renewed and your 1140 01:04:55,520 --> 01:04:59,120 feet heading in the right direction. So 1141 01:04:59,120 --> 01:05:01,920 church, I just admonish you. There 1142 01:05:01,920 --> 01:05:04,940 is power in every day. 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