1 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:14,480 Thanks for checking out the Anchor Faith Message podcast 2 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:15,880 from St. Augustine, FL. 3 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:23,400 Now enjoy this message. Well, if you have your Bible, 4 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,200 start Over Second Timothy chapter 3. 5 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:28,280 I haven't done a lot of Wednesday nights because Pastor 6 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:30,200 Marcy's had us in a series on the Holy Spirit. 7 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,560 Aren't you thankful for that? Again, I thank God for the 8 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:35,320 teaching gift that Pastor Marcy is. 9 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,520 And she said, look, I really feel like, you know, we've just 10 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:39,600 got a lot of new people and we really need to take some time 11 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:43,000 to, you know, minister on the Ministry of the Holy Spirit. 12 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,680 And I said that's fine, go. And so, you know, it frees me up 13 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:48,880 to be able to do some additional things that are necessary for 14 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,080 the vision on the Wednesdays. Again, thankful to God that I 15 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,240 don't have to do every service. But you know, it seemed right 16 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,520 with us that I would do this Wednesday instead of her since 17 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:01,720 I'll be out for a couple more and just want to actually come 18 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,599 back and do a leadership lesson. You know, cause when I was doing 19 00:01:04,599 --> 00:01:07,360 them consistently on Wednesdays, we will periodically jump in and 20 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:11,400 do a leadership lesson because it's important that the times 21 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:15,520 we're living in believers can take over because there are 22 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:19,520 principles that we are willing to apply that the world is not. 23 00:01:20,170 --> 00:01:24,690 And it will cause you to thrive and to to be exalted. 24 00:01:24,770 --> 00:01:26,970 Now, when I say that, I don't mean that in a negative sense 25 00:01:26,970 --> 00:01:30,850 because the Bible says he who humbles himself will be exalted. 26 00:01:31,010 --> 00:01:34,570 So it's a byproduct. If you're literally doing God's 27 00:01:34,570 --> 00:01:38,490 word, then he will elevate you so that your influence in the 28 00:01:38,490 --> 00:01:41,650 workplace will grow again. It's not for your glorious 29 00:01:41,650 --> 00:01:43,690 because you keep making him shine. 30 00:01:44,550 --> 00:01:46,750 Right, So again, it will exalt you. 31 00:01:46,750 --> 00:01:51,030 In essence, it will cause you to rise up within the organization 32 00:01:51,030 --> 00:01:54,350 that you work at. Because God wants his people to 33 00:01:54,350 --> 00:01:58,030 be the head and not the tail. To be above and not beneath. 34 00:01:58,030 --> 00:02:00,470 He's the wants them to be the blessed ones. 35 00:02:01,060 --> 00:02:03,620 And so he will cause increase again. 36 00:02:04,220 --> 00:02:08,220 You should be increasing in your life. 37 00:02:08,220 --> 00:02:11,460 If you look back five years or 10 years and you're no better, 38 00:02:11,620 --> 00:02:14,820 you need to be asking yourself, am I not applying the word 39 00:02:14,820 --> 00:02:17,380 properly? Because when you apply the word 40 00:02:17,380 --> 00:02:20,860 properly, you are going to be in different places, period. 41 00:02:21,100 --> 00:02:25,820 Because it's just a product of what God does to those who obey 42 00:02:25,820 --> 00:02:29,060 His Word and want to follow Him with their whole heart, soul, 43 00:02:29,060 --> 00:02:30,220 mind and strength. Amen. 44 00:02:30,990 --> 00:02:34,830 So in Second Timothy, chapter 3, verses one through 7, we've used 45 00:02:34,830 --> 00:02:37,470 this a few times, but you know, I I think it's a good place for 46 00:02:37,470 --> 00:02:40,870 us to launch out on, it says. But realizing this, that in the 47 00:02:40,870 --> 00:02:42,950 last days difficult times will come. 48 00:02:43,710 --> 00:02:47,030 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, 49 00:02:47,030 --> 00:02:52,830 arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 50 00:02:52,830 --> 00:02:56,070 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious, gossips without 51 00:02:56,070 --> 00:02:59,430 self-control, brutal haters of good, treacherous. 52 00:02:59,980 --> 00:03:04,220 Reckless, conceited lovers of pleasure, rather than lovers of 53 00:03:04,220 --> 00:03:07,380 God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have 54 00:03:07,380 --> 00:03:10,380 denied His power, Avoid such men as these. 55 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:15,060 Okay for among them are those who enter into households and 56 00:03:15,060 --> 00:03:18,340 captivate weak women, weighed down with sins, led on by 57 00:03:18,340 --> 00:03:22,460 various impulse, always learning, and never able to come 58 00:03:22,460 --> 00:03:25,380 to the knowledge of truth. So learning does not mean you're 59 00:03:25,380 --> 00:03:29,570 being taught. Okay learning does not mean 60 00:03:29,570 --> 00:03:32,170 you're being taught. And we know in our society. 61 00:03:32,330 --> 00:03:35,890 You know from the political side, okay and it's rampant. 62 00:03:36,250 --> 00:03:40,450 If there's a problem everyone touts, we just need more 63 00:03:40,450 --> 00:03:43,010 education. Well, we are the one of the 64 00:03:43,010 --> 00:03:45,730 most. We have the greatest opportunity 65 00:03:45,730 --> 00:03:49,970 for education than any other nation, and that's male, female, 66 00:03:49,970 --> 00:03:51,090 minority. Doesn't matter. 67 00:03:51,330 --> 00:03:53,610 Everybody has an opportunity to be educated. 68 00:03:53,930 --> 00:03:56,090 And we have so many universities, so many schools, 69 00:03:56,090 --> 00:03:59,410 public schools, right? You know, free education at the 70 00:03:59,410 --> 00:04:01,490 end of the day. And yet we are not a better 71 00:04:01,490 --> 00:04:04,050 nation because of education. So we're always learning, but 72 00:04:04,050 --> 00:04:07,370 we're never being taught. And so, you know, the Bible 73 00:04:07,370 --> 00:04:10,090 tells us that in these last days that there's going to be groups 74 00:04:10,090 --> 00:04:12,250 of people that are going to always be learning. 75 00:04:12,250 --> 00:04:15,330 And in essence, they're going to have title after title after 76 00:04:15,330 --> 00:04:18,329 title, meaning degree after degree after degree, which means 77 00:04:18,329 --> 00:04:22,370 they're going to be what's considered experts yet. 78 00:04:22,860 --> 00:04:27,340 It will be as if they never assimilate to something, Okay. 79 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:31,500 And so you know, they can't ever come to the knowledge of truth. 80 00:04:32,180 --> 00:04:36,580 And that's problematic because, again, if you're going to as 81 00:04:36,580 --> 00:04:41,980 believers, we are to be led by truth because he's a spirit. 82 00:04:43,020 --> 00:04:46,060 Are you hearing me? And so we don't want to be the 83 00:04:46,060 --> 00:04:48,340 ones that are always learning and not being able to know how 84 00:04:48,340 --> 00:04:52,480 to follow the Holy Ghost. And hear truth and understand 85 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:53,960 truth and then acquire knowledge. 86 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:59,440 OK, but the problem is, is that the more you know, the the more 87 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,000 one knows and is recognized for their knowledge. 88 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:06,050 The risk of pride is present. Now I do a teaching with our 89 00:05:06,050 --> 00:05:10,170 teachers at Washington and, you know, with treasure of a 90 00:05:10,170 --> 00:05:14,010 preschool, it applies a little more with Washington because of 91 00:05:14,010 --> 00:05:17,010 the content that they have to give with our students than it 92 00:05:17,010 --> 00:05:20,450 does with our preschool staff. Because you know, again, they're 93 00:05:20,450 --> 00:05:23,650 basically just teaching them how to figure out colors and numbers 94 00:05:23,650 --> 00:05:27,480 and shapes, right? And and they consider extreme, I 95 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,360 mean, it's preschool education, OK. 96 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,320 But when you get into Washington now, you know you're going on 97 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,640 into higher subjects. And what happens is they become 98 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,880 so inundated with the information that's out there 99 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:45,800 that you know you can get so much information that you have 100 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,680 knowledge of it, and you can begin to think more highly of 101 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:54,000 yourself than you ought, you know, because you could be like 102 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:58,220 you know. A Jeopardy person that knows a 103 00:05:58,220 --> 00:06:00,700 lot of stuff. But that doesn't mean your life 104 00:06:01,180 --> 00:06:05,260 is victorious, right? In fact, the Bible says 105 00:06:05,260 --> 00:06:10,860 knowledge alone puffs up. So the more you know OK, then 106 00:06:10,860 --> 00:06:13,540 the more at risk. You are at pride because you can 107 00:06:13,540 --> 00:06:19,060 rest on your knowledge instead of resting on the Lord and your 108 00:06:19,060 --> 00:06:22,420 purpose and assignment. Now knowledge that we acquire is 109 00:06:22,420 --> 00:06:24,550 to help our assignment. Okay. 110 00:06:24,830 --> 00:06:27,630 It's not so that we can impress people with how much we know. 111 00:06:28,670 --> 00:06:31,510 Okay, because again, what gives knowledge If you emotionally 112 00:06:31,510 --> 00:06:35,390 fall apart when the trial comes, are you hearing me? 113 00:06:36,270 --> 00:06:38,750 You know, I don't care if you know calculus, because if you 114 00:06:38,750 --> 00:06:41,990 fall apart the minute you know a bill you know goes and you can't 115 00:06:41,990 --> 00:06:44,230 seem to pay it, what's the what's the issue? 116 00:06:44,630 --> 00:06:47,390 This is simple arithmetic at this point, and you're 117 00:06:47,390 --> 00:06:49,590 emotionally falling apart because you can't figure out how 118 00:06:49,590 --> 00:06:53,680 you're going to pay that. OK, so you know, we have to put 119 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:55,200 ourselves in a different perspective now. 120 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:56,480 How many? You're doing your Bible reading, 121 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,320 playing with us? All right. 122 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:00,400 You know, we just read John Chapter 9. 123 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:05,000 This is a great context where we're talking about remaining 124 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,400 teachable. OK, And so obviously Jesus 125 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,680 passed by and there was a blind man from birth. 126 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,880 Correct. He heals the guy by, you know, 127 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,400 telling him he sped on the ground, put some clay in his 128 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,520 eyes, and he told him to go wash it in the pool of Salome. 129 00:07:20,550 --> 00:07:23,230 And then obviously once he came back, he could see right? 130 00:07:23,510 --> 00:07:26,030 Well, he does this on the Sabbath. 131 00:07:26,510 --> 00:07:31,870 So all the experts, the educated, the ones that had all 132 00:07:31,870 --> 00:07:36,350 the knowledge are miffed. They are upset. 133 00:07:36,710 --> 00:07:41,270 In fact, they are accusing Jesus as being a Sinner because he has 134 00:07:41,270 --> 00:07:44,270 to be a Sinner since he has done this on the Sabbath. 135 00:07:44,390 --> 00:07:47,070 Disregard. The guy has never seen a day in 136 00:07:47,070 --> 00:07:49,610 his life. OK, don't worry about the 137 00:07:49,610 --> 00:07:53,770 miracle we we're we're too hung up in our tradition and and our 138 00:07:53,770 --> 00:07:58,090 knowledge and who we are and and and what we've accomplished, OK? 139 00:07:58,370 --> 00:08:01,290 And because they've not healed anybody, ever, of being blind, 140 00:08:01,450 --> 00:08:03,970 you know they've got issues. This is a thing. 141 00:08:04,010 --> 00:08:05,970 This is the problem with education alone. 142 00:08:06,090 --> 00:08:09,410 You'll put your trust and information in your head, but 143 00:08:09,410 --> 00:08:14,930 you actually have no experience. But you can acquire a lot of 144 00:08:14,930 --> 00:08:17,850 knowledge about things but not actually have the experience of 145 00:08:17,850 --> 00:08:20,130 the things you're talking about. You understand you can give a 146 00:08:20,130 --> 00:08:24,970 class on how to run a business and never ran one and tell 147 00:08:24,970 --> 00:08:27,930 everybody how to run one until something falls apart in 148 00:08:27,930 --> 00:08:31,330 business like supply chain or something like that. 149 00:08:31,330 --> 00:08:32,770 And then you got issues going on. 150 00:08:32,770 --> 00:08:36,490 You got all the emotional strain that's going to help meet 151 00:08:36,490 --> 00:08:38,690 customers and stuff. But you know, they don't have 152 00:08:38,690 --> 00:08:40,530 that issue, They just get to teach it. 153 00:08:40,980 --> 00:08:43,020 OK. And so these guys here obviously 154 00:08:43,020 --> 00:08:45,340 are really aggravated about it because they want to look better 155 00:08:45,340 --> 00:08:47,060 than Jesus. They're really upset that he's 156 00:08:47,420 --> 00:08:49,940 created such a crowd and he has such authority. 157 00:08:50,340 --> 00:08:52,660 And so, you know, they won't even believe the guys actually 158 00:08:52,660 --> 00:08:55,940 was was blind from birth. So they have to pull the parents 159 00:08:55,940 --> 00:08:58,860 in, right? I mean, this is how skeptical 160 00:08:58,860 --> 00:08:59,900 they are. Can't. 161 00:08:59,900 --> 00:09:04,260 I mean, can't you just imagine the arrogance that's happening 162 00:09:04,260 --> 00:09:07,100 in this conversation? OK. 163 00:09:07,740 --> 00:09:09,940 That's happening at this particular point in time. 164 00:09:10,390 --> 00:09:12,990 You know, you know, cuz he says man, you know who he is? 165 00:09:12,990 --> 00:09:14,590 He well his name was, Gee, he's a prophet. 166 00:09:14,590 --> 00:09:19,150 And they are just utterly beside themselves over the statements 167 00:09:19,150 --> 00:09:21,030 this guy's making concerning Jesus. 168 00:09:21,270 --> 00:09:23,910 So they pull the parents in, as you know, in this 9th chapter 169 00:09:24,110 --> 00:09:27,310 and they're like obviously concerned about the Jews and you 170 00:09:27,310 --> 00:09:28,710 know how they're going to attack their family. 171 00:09:28,710 --> 00:09:30,790 So they're like, look, he's old enough, ask him yourself. 172 00:09:31,470 --> 00:09:33,630 So they're like, tell us, tell us how you got healed, he said. 173 00:09:33,630 --> 00:09:34,830 I already told you're not listening. 174 00:09:35,710 --> 00:09:39,710 This is the problem. When people are not teachable, 175 00:09:39,910 --> 00:09:43,710 they don't want to hear anything that doesn't fit their 176 00:09:43,710 --> 00:09:49,870 narrative. This is the problem that all of 177 00:09:49,870 --> 00:09:54,950 a sudden when people don't want to get, you know, understanding, 178 00:09:55,190 --> 00:09:57,510 you know, they have their thing where they're at. 179 00:09:57,510 --> 00:10:00,950 And they're, if it's not the way I look at it, only now, again, 180 00:10:00,950 --> 00:10:04,150 I'm not saying if you're rooted in Christ, in his word. 181 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,600 Cause you got to be conscious about this fact is that if you 182 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,080 know that you know the word says this, then that's one thing 183 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,720 you're standing on. But we're talking about people 184 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:16,160 who just has knowledge and opinions, OK? 185 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,600 It's their interpretation because this guy has obviously 186 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,320 had a miracle happen in his life, and instead of them 187 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:27,040 rejoicing and wanting to find out who, how and what, they're 188 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:30,160 disregarding it because it doesn't fit their narrative. 189 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:36,060 It's attacking their authority. Because the Pharisees know a 190 00:10:36,060 --> 00:10:39,260 king is coming, and you understand the Pharisees would 191 00:10:39,260 --> 00:10:44,420 have accepted Jesus if he would have bowed to him, If he would 192 00:10:44,420 --> 00:10:49,020 have bowed to them. OK, because again, it's easy to 193 00:10:49,020 --> 00:10:51,700 be a king as long as the king gets still submitted to someone 194 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:54,700 else, because people will accept kingship as long as you're 195 00:10:54,700 --> 00:10:55,540 actually bound. To me. 196 00:10:55,540 --> 00:10:59,340 But out front, it looks like this was the issue with Jezebel. 197 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:01,860 Well, you can be king, but at the end of the day, you're gonna 198 00:11:01,860 --> 00:11:04,580 do what I say. Right. 199 00:11:04,580 --> 00:11:07,540 And she checked him on more than one occasion and said, I thought 200 00:11:07,540 --> 00:11:08,980 you were king. I'll take care of this for you, 201 00:11:09,820 --> 00:11:12,620 OK? So at the end of the day, we 202 00:11:12,620 --> 00:11:15,660 know. That there's this huge argument 203 00:11:15,660 --> 00:11:19,340 that kind of takes place, you know, amongst them concerning 204 00:11:19,340 --> 00:11:23,020 him. And what I find interesting is 205 00:11:23,020 --> 00:11:27,500 that starting around, let's say 31, it says let's do a 30. 206 00:11:27,500 --> 00:11:30,140 And the man answered and said to him, well, here is an amazing 207 00:11:30,140 --> 00:11:33,340 thing, let's go back up further. Let's go to 27. 208 00:11:33,660 --> 00:11:36,220 And he answered them. I told you already, you did not 209 00:11:36,220 --> 00:11:38,020 listen. Why do you want to hear it 210 00:11:38,020 --> 00:11:39,940 again? You do not want to become his 211 00:11:39,940 --> 00:11:42,740 disciples to do you. And they are upset about that. 212 00:11:43,340 --> 00:11:46,660 They say you are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 213 00:11:46,660 --> 00:11:49,460 So again you know their university is better than his 214 00:11:49,460 --> 00:11:52,780 university. We know that God has spoken to 215 00:11:52,780 --> 00:11:55,340 Moses, but As for this man, we do not know where he's from. 216 00:11:55,500 --> 00:11:58,140 And the man answer and said to him, well, here's an amazing 217 00:11:58,140 --> 00:12:00,420 thing, you do not do not know where he's from yet. 218 00:12:00,420 --> 00:12:05,780 He opened my eyes. He says we know that God does 219 00:12:05,780 --> 00:12:08,420 not hear sinners. But if anyone is God fearing and 220 00:12:08,420 --> 00:12:11,220 does as well, he hears him. Since the beginning of time, he 221 00:12:11,220 --> 00:12:14,840 has never been heard. That anyone open the eyes of a 222 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,480 person born blonde, verse 33, if this man were not of God, he 223 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,480 could do nothing and they answered him said you were born 224 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,560 entirely incense and you are teaching us, so they put him 225 00:12:24,560 --> 00:12:29,600 out. The problem is, is when we 226 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:35,600 decide we're not going to be teachable anymore, then we're 227 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,120 not going to be willing to listen to anybody. 228 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,680 When you're teachable, though, you'll learn from anyone or any 229 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:49,120 experience that actually reveals God's Kingdom and righteousness. 230 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,080 So testimonies that are actually demonstrating God's Kingdom 231 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:57,680 you'll want to learn from. But if you want to be the one 232 00:12:57,680 --> 00:12:59,760 that the miracles work through, or that everybody looks at, then 233 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:03,280 you will disregard them. We've got to watch out that we 234 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:05,440 don't want to become people that we acquire. 235 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,000 Because again we say this in Kingdom Institute students is 236 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,840 that our second year students are our most dangerous students. 237 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:15,560 It's because they've developed some knowledge through first 238 00:13:15,560 --> 00:13:18,120 year. We're coming into second year. 239 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,640 If you don't watch out, you can get prideful about what you 240 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:23,200 know. We found this out with Rayma 241 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:27,920 graduates, Rayma graduates. And it's not just here, It's any 242 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:31,070 church. The risk when a pastor sends 243 00:13:31,070 --> 00:13:36,910 someone to go to Rayma that they graduated from Rayma, that that 244 00:13:36,910 --> 00:13:40,350 individual when they come back, acts like they know everything 245 00:13:40,350 --> 00:13:45,190 the pastor knows now. Well, you do know cause you were 246 00:13:45,190 --> 00:13:48,270 in the same classes and you were taught the same thing, but that 247 00:13:48,270 --> 00:13:52,390 doesn't mean you have the gift that we have, right? 248 00:13:52,750 --> 00:13:56,590 And again, if you're not called to be the overseer of the church 249 00:13:56,590 --> 00:13:58,670 that sent you and you're coming back to help. 250 00:13:59,050 --> 00:14:02,050 Well, now you can't presume that you would know how it's done 251 00:14:02,050 --> 00:14:03,850 because you don't have that actually anointing. 252 00:14:04,010 --> 00:14:05,690 And if you actually learn something, Raymond, you know 253 00:14:05,690 --> 00:14:07,850 that you should actually be submitting instead of acting 254 00:14:07,850 --> 00:14:09,650 like you're you could do it better than them. 255 00:14:10,130 --> 00:14:12,250 Because again, if you're called to actually lead a ministry, 256 00:14:12,290 --> 00:14:15,930 then leave and go do it, because I'm amazed at how many won't go 257 00:14:15,930 --> 00:14:20,530 and do it, but they'll want to critique the one who actually 258 00:14:20,530 --> 00:14:24,880 left and did it. And this is what happens. 259 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:27,240 Same thing happens. You know what jobs you know as 260 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:28,920 well as I do? Someone you know. 261 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:30,960 You're training them in a particular field. 262 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:32,280 Then they go and get some classes. 263 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:34,080 They come at. Now I they know as much as you. 264 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:35,920 Well, they may know as much as you. 265 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,560 But the question is, is can you still teach them something and 266 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,800 would they be willing to learn it if you learned it? 267 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:44,080 Because I don't mind learning from anyone. 268 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:48,920 Some of my greatest teachings that I received is from hearing 269 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:50,960 other people. In fact, I've got a great 270 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:55,000 message that I that I received and I say message I'm just 271 00:14:55,000 --> 00:15:00,280 saying a statement that a pastor Josh that we went to Alabama, 272 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:04,800 he's 23 years old, 2323 years old and he made a statement 273 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,760 about worship and his generation. 274 00:15:08,730 --> 00:15:12,090 And man, it was. I said, man, I am preaching that 275 00:15:12,410 --> 00:15:14,370 now. He just gave a statement, but I 276 00:15:14,370 --> 00:15:17,170 know there's a whole message there and I took notes. 277 00:15:17,610 --> 00:15:21,010 I said I am preaching that. I am preaching that I did not 278 00:15:21,010 --> 00:15:30,930 let my 30 years older experience and ministry that is 10 times 279 00:15:32,090 --> 00:15:38,210 the size and scope. Hinder me from receiving a word 280 00:15:38,530 --> 00:15:42,810 from that. That man, I'm like, bro, that's 281 00:15:42,810 --> 00:15:46,730 good. I have never saw that angle from 282 00:15:46,730 --> 00:15:48,730 there. I am preaching that. 283 00:15:49,690 --> 00:15:51,930 I asked if I could preach it tonight, but the Lord won't let 284 00:15:51,930 --> 00:15:53,170 me. So it's coming. 285 00:15:54,050 --> 00:15:55,530 I say it's coming. It's good. 286 00:15:55,690 --> 00:15:58,890 Oh my gosh, it's good. But you got to have a heart to 287 00:15:58,890 --> 00:16:01,410 hear. And I'm amazed at how fast 288 00:16:01,410 --> 00:16:06,190 people just disregard things. You know, the biggest challenge 289 00:16:06,190 --> 00:16:10,190 in all churches is what is the words. 290 00:16:10,190 --> 00:16:16,030 I'm saying having to filter through you because there are 291 00:16:16,030 --> 00:16:18,990 many things that can hinder us from being teachable. 292 00:16:19,350 --> 00:16:21,430 The first one, obviously, would be an offense. 293 00:16:22,030 --> 00:16:24,870 If you're in offense, you're going to not be taught because 294 00:16:24,870 --> 00:16:27,990 you're offended with anything that begins to challenge the way 295 00:16:27,990 --> 00:16:30,950 you're positioning yourself. That's going to be an issue. 296 00:16:30,950 --> 00:16:32,430 Unforgiveness will be another one. 297 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,000 Hardening your heart that's going to be another one. 298 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,480 So there are multiple things that can take place and some are 299 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:42,120 just perceptions. What some people perceive my 300 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:44,920 wife is always, you know, saying when they take pictures. 301 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:48,960 Man, you look you look mad. I said I can't do nothing about 302 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:51,960 my forehead. You know, I mean I'm. 303 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,320 I'm trying to smile even now here I am. 304 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:58,400 But you know when I'm because for me and I had to tell our 305 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,680 staff this at times if I'm thinking. 306 00:17:02,380 --> 00:17:05,020 And I'm really like intent trying to hear. 307 00:17:05,099 --> 00:17:08,900 I'm like in thought, like in my inner man, I look like this. 308 00:17:11,540 --> 00:17:13,980 I mean, I do. I'm like, what's what's he 309 00:17:13,980 --> 00:17:16,980 saying? Because I'm like trying to hear 310 00:17:16,980 --> 00:17:19,940 in my spirit. But if I'm walking down the 311 00:17:19,940 --> 00:17:23,180 hallway and I'm like, in this conversation with God, I'm 312 00:17:23,180 --> 00:17:25,980 trying to get something. Well, you know, pastor, why you 313 00:17:25,980 --> 00:17:27,579 mad? Not mad. 314 00:17:28,500 --> 00:17:31,420 This is not mad. This is thinking. 315 00:17:31,940 --> 00:17:33,220 I'm just thinking, I mean, I can't help. 316 00:17:33,220 --> 00:17:35,060 That's the way my I I can't think like this. 317 00:17:37,500 --> 00:17:40,020 I mean, it does. It's not natural, you know, I 318 00:17:40,020 --> 00:17:42,420 mean, I would have to start taping my eyebrows up, you know, 319 00:17:42,420 --> 00:17:45,220 when we're here, ministry, you know, and tape here. 320 00:17:45,220 --> 00:17:48,180 So I just always smile. Some people just have that, you 321 00:17:48,180 --> 00:17:50,620 know, But me, you know, when I start getting something out of 322 00:17:50,620 --> 00:17:53,220 the work, you know, you just start getting like here we go. 323 00:17:54,140 --> 00:17:57,140 And you know, it doesn't always translate well on film. 324 00:17:58,080 --> 00:17:59,360 Right. You look like you're being 325 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:00,680 upset. And then when you get really 326 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,360 passionate, you yell you about something, like, come on, you 327 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:05,600 know, that's like, wow. Then they catch that picture and 328 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:09,160 you're like, OK, just be in service. 329 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,680 It's going to be fun. The point is, is that if you 330 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:16,480 don't watch out, people starting to do things based upon outward 331 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:20,200 judgment, and then we start to hinder ourselves. 332 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:22,800 You know, when I get in a room, I don't care where it's at. 333 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,960 I'm always like there's something I could learn here. 334 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:27,880 And if it's here, I'm going to get mine. 335 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,920 I've always developed my relationships this way. 336 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:35,160 I'm going to get mine. Mean it, Whatever there is to 337 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:39,480 learn, I'm going to receive it. Now, I may be in the room and 338 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:43,160 could give out all kinds of stuff, but at the end of the 339 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:45,880 day, if they don't want to receive what I have, that's 340 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:49,200 fine. I'm going to receive because I 341 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,840 will remain teachable. I want to grow. 342 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,880 This is why every Vision partner I say I'll be a better pastor in 343 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,630 five years. Because I'm learning, I'm 344 00:18:57,630 --> 00:18:59,390 growing. That doesn't imply that I'm a 345 00:18:59,390 --> 00:19:03,030 bad one today. We're progressing. 346 00:19:03,510 --> 00:19:07,150 You know, I learn more, You know, I can apply the fruits 347 00:19:07,150 --> 00:19:09,230 faster. You know, there's just more 348 00:19:09,230 --> 00:19:13,030 revelation, knowledge. My IT continues to expand me in 349 00:19:13,030 --> 00:19:14,950 my capacity to be able to do things. 350 00:19:15,390 --> 00:19:17,470 Amen. So you're always learning. 351 00:19:17,470 --> 00:19:19,750 You're always growing. You're always you know, 352 00:19:19,750 --> 00:19:24,110 listening and and and I'm sensitive enough by the Holy 353 00:19:24,110 --> 00:19:27,790 Ghost to recognize when I'm in a room and conversations happening 354 00:19:27,790 --> 00:19:31,150 and things are starting to happen and it's coming from me. 355 00:19:31,150 --> 00:19:34,190 I'm like man, I'm hearing the Holy Ghost about how to handle 356 00:19:34,190 --> 00:19:38,750 these situations cause in the natural, I'm not trained to 357 00:19:38,750 --> 00:19:43,380 think that way. OK, but it comes because you're 358 00:19:43,380 --> 00:19:47,340 always trying to learn. OK, so you want to be teachable? 359 00:19:47,540 --> 00:19:49,620 OK. Second Timothy chapter 3, verse 360 00:19:49,620 --> 00:19:53,420 16 and 17 says this. All scripture is inspired by God 361 00:19:53,420 --> 00:19:55,980 and profitable for teaching. For proof for correction. 362 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,640 For training and righteousness, so that the man of God may be 363 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:00,840 adequate equipped for every good work. 364 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:04,000 The passion says it this way. Every Scripture has been written 365 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:08,440 by the Holy Spirit and breathe, breath, and the breath of God. 366 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,200 It will empower you by its instruction and correction, 367 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,200 giving you the strength to take the right direction and lead you 368 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,560 deeper into the path of godliness. 369 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:21,520 Then you will be God's servant, fully mature, and perfectly 370 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,440 prepared to fulfill any assignment God gives you. 371 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,080 So you have to then recognize what are some ways to be taught 372 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,600 and to remain teachable. Because at the end of the day, 373 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,600 we are supposed to be enlisted as pupils. 374 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,760 We're always growing. I mean, the more I do learn 375 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:41,200 about God, I immediately equally know how much I don't know. 376 00:20:43,430 --> 00:20:45,670 So it doesn't matter how much I know. 377 00:20:45,670 --> 00:20:49,710 And I could get into certain places because the revelation I 378 00:20:49,710 --> 00:20:52,350 have is different than the revelation others have. 379 00:20:52,350 --> 00:20:55,190 And again, anything that I have is because God revealed that to 380 00:20:55,190 --> 00:20:56,870 me. It's not because I figure that 381 00:20:56,870 --> 00:20:59,270 out on my own. I have enough wisdom to be able 382 00:20:59,270 --> 00:21:02,390 to have the mind of Daniel and Daniel when he stood before, 383 00:21:02,390 --> 00:21:04,270 Nebuchadnesser says. First of all, I just want to 384 00:21:04,270 --> 00:21:07,390 tell you I do not have an intelligence more than anyone 385 00:21:07,390 --> 00:21:10,470 else. So the reason this 386 00:21:10,470 --> 00:21:14,670 interpretation is going down is not because although I am 10 387 00:21:14,670 --> 00:21:17,110 times smarter than everybody based upon the test that got me 388 00:21:17,110 --> 00:21:22,110 here in the 1st place, because he did have that, he's letting 389 00:21:22,110 --> 00:21:25,030 them know. In this case, no amount of 390 00:21:25,030 --> 00:21:29,390 studying would be able to give this kind of information. 391 00:21:30,870 --> 00:21:33,630 Can't happen. So what I'm about to say, 392 00:21:33,870 --> 00:21:36,910 there's no way a natural person could have ever come to this 393 00:21:36,910 --> 00:21:39,630 conclusion, Could have studied it, period. 394 00:21:39,950 --> 00:21:44,790 So as far as education is concerned and natural knowledge, 395 00:21:45,710 --> 00:21:47,230 everybody in the room's the same. 396 00:21:47,310 --> 00:21:52,110 You just need to know that. But there is a God, and I have 397 00:21:52,110 --> 00:21:55,870 talked to him, and so here's your dream, right? 398 00:21:55,870 --> 00:21:58,430 Are you hearing me? So at the end of the day, we 399 00:21:58,430 --> 00:22:01,470 always have to have this acknowledgement that God is the 400 00:22:01,470 --> 00:22:04,630 one who gave us revelation. But Paul himself says that we 401 00:22:04,630 --> 00:22:07,950 are to live to the place we have attained. 402 00:22:09,850 --> 00:22:12,050 OK, so I'll give you a case of point again. 403 00:22:12,050 --> 00:22:13,850 I was raised in a denominational church. 404 00:22:13,970 --> 00:22:15,490 It was the Southern Baptist Church. 405 00:22:15,690 --> 00:22:17,410 And you know what truth they taught? 406 00:22:17,530 --> 00:22:21,250 They taught you must be born again, that you are Sinner, that 407 00:22:21,250 --> 00:22:23,810 you were going to be eternally separated from God, that Jesus 408 00:22:23,810 --> 00:22:26,730 paid the price for your sin, and that if you call on his name 409 00:22:26,850 --> 00:22:29,250 that he will save you, if you make him Lord of your life, 410 00:22:29,250 --> 00:22:32,570 you'll be born again. And that's the truth now. 411 00:22:32,570 --> 00:22:34,290 That's the only thing I learned there. 412 00:22:35,170 --> 00:22:38,770 And if I never left that church, it may still be the only thing 413 00:22:38,770 --> 00:22:44,010 that I would know. But I went to an assembly God 414 00:22:44,010 --> 00:22:46,450 church. And at the assembly God church. 415 00:22:46,450 --> 00:22:48,370 They taught me about the baptism, the Holy Ghost, 416 00:22:48,370 --> 00:22:50,810 whatever, speaking the tongues. You know what I did not abandon, 417 00:22:50,930 --> 00:22:52,930 I did not abandon. You must be born again. 418 00:22:53,330 --> 00:22:57,770 That truth's carried with me. So then I got filled with the 419 00:22:57,770 --> 00:23:00,530 Holy Ghost. Power came upon me. 420 00:23:00,530 --> 00:23:02,170 I received the language of the Kingdom. 421 00:23:02,170 --> 00:23:05,250 I speak an unknown tongue and I have power and man, It's way 422 00:23:05,250 --> 00:23:08,650 better. But that's all I learned at that 423 00:23:08,650 --> 00:23:10,370 church. Even though that pastor 424 00:23:10,370 --> 00:23:13,690 graduated from Rayma so I was full of the Holy Ghost could 425 00:23:13,690 --> 00:23:16,810 preach a powerful salvation message because I was raised in 426 00:23:16,810 --> 00:23:20,490 the Baptist Church, but I was not really competent at getting 427 00:23:20,490 --> 00:23:23,800 people baptizing. The Holy Ghost didn't even 428 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,400 minister on it because it wasn't in. 429 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:30,440 I received enough revelation to walk in it but to teach it whole 430 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,920 nother ball game. Then when I went to Rama, I 431 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,880 found out all kinds of subjects, all kind of trees were 432 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,060 available. But I didn't abandoned. 433 00:23:38,060 --> 00:23:40,500 You must be born again. I didn't abandon yet you. 434 00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:41,980 I was baptized The Holy Ghost. Whatever. 435 00:23:41,980 --> 00:23:43,940 Speaking of tongues, now there's healing. 436 00:23:44,060 --> 00:23:46,100 Now there's faith for everything. 437 00:23:46,180 --> 00:23:47,940 Now there's the authority of the believer. 438 00:23:48,020 --> 00:23:50,020 Now there's prosperity. And you're learning all these 439 00:23:50,020 --> 00:23:51,620 things. Well, guess what I've acquired? 440 00:23:51,740 --> 00:23:57,100 I could never go back to the Southern Baptist Church because 441 00:23:57,580 --> 00:24:00,460 I've attained somewhere, not because I'm smart. 442 00:24:00,540 --> 00:24:04,020 It's because the spirit of God revealed those truths that now I 443 00:24:04,020 --> 00:24:07,140 walk in, nobody would ever be able to come to me and tell me 444 00:24:07,140 --> 00:24:08,740 tongues are of the devil. I would laugh. 445 00:24:10,180 --> 00:24:13,100 No one could come and tell me that healing passed away with 446 00:24:13,100 --> 00:24:15,660 the last. I would laugh because I know 447 00:24:15,660 --> 00:24:18,420 it's a lie. I'm walking in the light of that 448 00:24:18,420 --> 00:24:20,940 truth. So Paul says you have to live to 449 00:24:20,940 --> 00:24:28,670 where you attain to, and if we do not, we can slip back. 450 00:24:30,310 --> 00:24:34,070 I said we can slip because the Bible is very clear, even what 451 00:24:34,070 --> 00:24:36,390 you have. If you're not exercising the 452 00:24:36,390 --> 00:24:40,230 revelation you have, then even what you have can be taken away. 453 00:24:43,110 --> 00:24:45,790 So you never want to compromise your revelation. 454 00:24:46,790 --> 00:24:48,870 I said you never want to compromise your revelation. 455 00:24:49,270 --> 00:24:53,630 Now revelation will only be knowledge if not mixed with 456 00:24:53,630 --> 00:24:57,150 faith. Are you hearing me? 457 00:24:57,510 --> 00:25:01,630 Revelation will always will only be knowledge if not mixed with 458 00:25:01,630 --> 00:25:04,070 faith because we are to live by faith. 459 00:25:04,270 --> 00:25:07,950 I am actively living in faith-based upon all the 460 00:25:07,950 --> 00:25:10,750 revelation that I have. So again, when I step out in a 461 00:25:10,750 --> 00:25:13,750 particular area, if if it's requiring the believers 462 00:25:13,750 --> 00:25:18,470 authority, well like the storm, I mean I'm asking the Lord now, 463 00:25:18,470 --> 00:25:20,030 Lord, I know we can speak to storms. 464 00:25:20,710 --> 00:25:23,510 What about Franklin? And what about? 465 00:25:24,870 --> 00:25:27,030 What was her name? That one? 466 00:25:28,990 --> 00:25:32,990 OK, Edalia, So what do you want us to say? 467 00:25:33,590 --> 00:25:35,350 Where? What are we speaking? 468 00:25:36,110 --> 00:25:37,990 What conversations are we having? 469 00:25:38,190 --> 00:25:40,470 But I'm now having an exercise revelation. 470 00:25:40,550 --> 00:25:43,150 I can't doubt that I have authority in the earth 471 00:25:43,150 --> 00:25:45,630 concerning winds and waves because Jesus said the works 472 00:25:45,630 --> 00:25:48,700 that I do in greater works will you do so There's some 473 00:25:48,700 --> 00:25:50,860 conversation that can take place. 474 00:25:51,180 --> 00:25:54,660 I would love to be able to get to that place of revelation that 475 00:25:54,820 --> 00:25:57,500 I could stop storms from ever going to anyone's house. 476 00:25:59,060 --> 00:26:03,620 But I don't know if you can do that because there are places 477 00:26:03,620 --> 00:26:08,260 that pull death to them. The wages of sin is, which means 478 00:26:08,260 --> 00:26:12,060 you pull things that can create separations in your life. 479 00:26:13,820 --> 00:26:17,490 I mean, it just happens. Whole communities are built on 480 00:26:17,490 --> 00:26:20,330 policies and and act and governing. 481 00:26:20,490 --> 00:26:23,730 That is against God, and you don't think it's gonna pull 482 00:26:23,730 --> 00:26:28,130 things to you. So you might be able to protect 483 00:26:28,130 --> 00:26:29,930 your own personal self in the community. 484 00:26:30,250 --> 00:26:32,650 You understand the community can get so bad that God won't even 485 00:26:32,650 --> 00:26:35,490 let you protect the community, but only yourself, because this 486 00:26:35,490 --> 00:26:37,370 is what he told Jeremiah, he said. 487 00:26:37,370 --> 00:26:40,290 Jeremiah, you and my covenant community called Israel. 488 00:26:40,570 --> 00:26:43,490 I know you're there, and I know you're gonna be speaking things 489 00:26:43,490 --> 00:26:46,140 about repentance to them, but they're not gonna do it now. 490 00:26:46,140 --> 00:26:49,020 I'm just going to let you know. Don't intercede for him because 491 00:26:49,020 --> 00:26:52,900 I'm telling you, we have come to the point that the wrath is 492 00:26:52,900 --> 00:26:55,780 coming and you're warning them and you're telling them to 493 00:26:55,780 --> 00:26:57,740 repent. But I know they're not, because 494 00:26:57,740 --> 00:27:01,460 it just allows me as the prosecuting attorney, to be able 495 00:27:01,460 --> 00:27:04,340 to bring the case before the father so that the thing's going 496 00:27:04,340 --> 00:27:05,780 to happen. Like it's going to happen. 497 00:27:06,700 --> 00:27:08,240 Are you hearing me? He said. 498 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,680 Cuz I'm gonna tell you right now, I don't care if Daniel was 499 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:14,040 there, I don't care if Moses was there, and I don't care if one 500 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,800 other person, I think he mentioned maybe it was Elijah. 501 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,880 If they were, they could not save this community. 502 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,640 They would only be able to save themselves. 503 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,450 Are you hearing me? So you have to be able. 504 00:27:26,450 --> 00:27:27,810 That's why I love the Bible so much. 505 00:27:27,970 --> 00:27:29,570 It's amazing how many people pick and choose. 506 00:27:29,570 --> 00:27:31,250 That's why. Like, well, Pastor Earl, if 507 00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:33,250 you're Speaking of storm then, and you got that throw, why 508 00:27:33,250 --> 00:27:36,170 don't you just tell it to be quiet and be still like the Lord 509 00:27:36,170 --> 00:27:38,610 did? Well, there's other factors. 510 00:27:41,610 --> 00:27:44,690 Some prophet showed up and was able to stand in the gap and 511 00:27:44,690 --> 00:27:46,650 keep the community from having issues. 512 00:27:47,090 --> 00:27:49,370 But there's other times that that's not the case. 513 00:27:51,740 --> 00:27:53,780 So once again, you have to hear God. 514 00:27:54,260 --> 00:27:57,860 That's the problem with people who only want to have knowledge 515 00:27:57,860 --> 00:28:00,420 without revelation. They'll go to the book, see 516 00:28:00,420 --> 00:28:04,220 something, and then try to immolate it, imitate it without 517 00:28:04,220 --> 00:28:06,580 actually having revelation. That's what the seven sons of 518 00:28:06,580 --> 00:28:09,380 Skiva did. They wanted to imitate it 519 00:28:09,380 --> 00:28:11,500 without actually having a revelation of it. 520 00:28:13,540 --> 00:28:15,540 And so they try something and you're not. 521 00:28:15,540 --> 00:28:18,580 You're trying something. I don't try anything. 522 00:28:19,070 --> 00:28:21,390 I ask the Lord. Then I'm firmly persuaded and I 523 00:28:21,390 --> 00:28:24,950 stand in faith on it. And that's what God's constantly 524 00:28:24,950 --> 00:28:26,910 wanting us to learn and be taught in. 525 00:28:27,190 --> 00:28:29,910 But in order to do that, we have to be constant studiers of the 526 00:28:29,910 --> 00:28:35,110 Word, and we have to always be learning and realize we've got 527 00:28:35,110 --> 00:28:38,350 to keep learning. I've been around quite a few 528 00:28:38,350 --> 00:28:41,510 pastors that are preaching messages that are 1520 thirty 529 00:28:41,510 --> 00:28:50,000 years old and they are informational because they're 530 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:55,920 not actually doing them. We should be having real time 531 00:28:55,920 --> 00:29:01,520 testimonies, not back here. Now we can talk about it back 532 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,320 here as long as we're still having some right here because 533 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,600 the back here is just keeping reinforcing the things that are 534 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,480 happening right here. So you got to look at your life 535 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:10,840 and say you know, am I progressing? 536 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:12,400 So what are some ways to be taught? 537 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:16,270 Well, the first thing is this. Again, you're wanting to remain 538 00:29:16,270 --> 00:29:22,110 teachable so that wherever you're at, you can expand. 539 00:29:22,670 --> 00:29:26,470 You can be used more. Because if you'll remain 540 00:29:26,470 --> 00:29:30,630 teachable in whatever place God has played, whatever sector of 541 00:29:30,630 --> 00:29:33,870 society God's placed you in, he will cause you to rise to the 542 00:29:33,870 --> 00:29:35,430 top. But you've got to be able to 543 00:29:35,550 --> 00:29:39,150 keep it a spirit of humility to be taught. 544 00:29:39,150 --> 00:29:42,470 And you don't care who's in the room, whether it's someone 545 00:29:42,470 --> 00:29:45,480 younger or whether it's someone older. 546 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:50,200 Wherever it comes you'll learn. Amen. 547 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:54,520 Number one, you wanna a way that to be taught is by studying the 548 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,920 scriptures personally. Now again when I say that, it 549 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,760 will help you even in the workplace because as you study 550 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:06,240 the scriptures personally then it allows you to hear and know 551 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,800 the voice of God. So when the Holy Spirit then 552 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,720 gives you an idea at work, you will know that was of God. 553 00:30:14,150 --> 00:30:18,470 So you second Timothy 215 says, study to show yourself approved 554 00:30:18,470 --> 00:30:21,030 unto God of workmen that need, if not be ashamed, rightly 555 00:30:21,030 --> 00:30:25,830 dividing the word of truth. So again, you can expect to 556 00:30:25,830 --> 00:30:32,070 remain teachable if you quit studying the word because who we 557 00:30:32,070 --> 00:30:37,510 are is is the word of God, and it will always carry over into 558 00:30:37,510 --> 00:30:42,030 the natural. Because if you'll seek God 559 00:30:42,030 --> 00:30:44,950 first, then anything that naturally needs a breakthrough, 560 00:30:45,270 --> 00:30:47,710 God can get it through you because you're spiritually 561 00:30:47,710 --> 00:30:52,830 sensitive to him and his waves. I'm sure if we took the time to 562 00:30:52,870 --> 00:30:55,550 actually look at some people in the earth who has some 563 00:30:55,550 --> 00:30:59,310 discoveries, you might find that they had a personal relationship 564 00:30:59,310 --> 00:31:02,070 with the Lord and God unlock their minds concerning some 565 00:31:02,070 --> 00:31:05,670 things that previously was not there. 566 00:31:06,750 --> 00:31:10,630 Are you hearing what I'm saying? I do know if you will do this 567 00:31:10,630 --> 00:31:12,590 yourself, you will open that door. 568 00:31:14,190 --> 00:31:17,070 Amen. So a way to be taught is by 569 00:31:17,070 --> 00:31:20,030 studying the scriptures personally. #2 Another way to be 570 00:31:20,030 --> 00:31:22,790 taught is by studying the scriptures from instruction. 571 00:31:23,870 --> 00:31:26,150 Look what it says in Hebrews 1317. 572 00:31:26,350 --> 00:31:32,350 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over 573 00:31:32,350 --> 00:31:34,750 your souls as those who will give an account. 574 00:31:35,100 --> 00:31:38,100 Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would 575 00:31:38,100 --> 00:31:41,060 be this would be unprofitable for you. 576 00:31:41,940 --> 00:31:45,620 So another way that you can be taught is by watching someone or 577 00:31:45,620 --> 00:31:47,420 someone's going to give you instruction. 578 00:31:47,740 --> 00:31:50,140 You can learn personally by studying all by yourself. 579 00:31:50,140 --> 00:31:52,940 The Holy Ghost is going to reveal things, but then someone 580 00:31:52,940 --> 00:31:55,740 can give you instructions by which the Holy Ghost will reveal 581 00:31:55,740 --> 00:31:58,340 what they are saying is truth. And then you can take it for 582 00:31:58,340 --> 00:32:00,050 yourself. Hey, man. 583 00:32:00,290 --> 00:32:03,210 Meaning you can get a direction that you never would have got by 584 00:32:03,210 --> 00:32:05,810 yourself because God gave you the direction through someone 585 00:32:05,810 --> 00:32:07,810 else. Just like Pastor Joshua in 586 00:32:07,810 --> 00:32:10,370 Moundsville, Georgia, He had a direction. 587 00:32:10,370 --> 00:32:13,490 Moundville. Sorry, Moundville AL. 588 00:32:13,570 --> 00:32:17,730 You're right, Moundville AL, They all run together up there. 589 00:32:19,170 --> 00:32:25,330 It's all red clay. But in Moundville, 23 years old, 590 00:32:25,690 --> 00:32:32,600 had a perspective of worship. Then I'm like, man, never saw it 591 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:34,400 that way. And it's simple. 592 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:38,080 It's not like, like super profound, but it definitely can 593 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:41,440 help the process when you see just that little nugget. 594 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:45,800 Like, man, come on, are you serious? 595 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:50,760 Are you serious? OK, but you have to hear the 596 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,200 instruction. Then it comes alive in your own 597 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,240 spirit, and now you can take it as your own again. 598 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,760 You know, Pastor Joshua Pennington got a lot of 599 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:03,180 Joshua's. He had the conversation with his 600 00:33:03,180 --> 00:33:07,500 wife about doing something with the women's ministry. 601 00:33:07,500 --> 00:33:10,700 I think it was or or school. I can't remember now. 602 00:33:11,300 --> 00:33:13,580 But he told her he wanted her to do something. 603 00:33:13,580 --> 00:33:15,420 She said, look, I don't think I have enough experience to do 604 00:33:15,420 --> 00:33:17,340 that. And out of that, the spirit of 605 00:33:17,340 --> 00:33:19,780 God said it may be beyond your experience, but it's not beyond 606 00:33:19,780 --> 00:33:22,380 your capacity. Now that resonated with me. 607 00:33:23,140 --> 00:33:25,940 So much so that God gave me a message out of that. 608 00:33:25,940 --> 00:33:29,330 Two of them, actually. Since then, he heard has heard 609 00:33:29,330 --> 00:33:30,810 that message. He was there at Camping and he 610 00:33:30,810 --> 00:33:33,050 goes, man, you got way more out of that than the statement I 611 00:33:33,050 --> 00:33:37,850 had, right? But because I was willing to 612 00:33:37,850 --> 00:33:42,810 learn and remain teachable again, he's 10 years younger 613 00:33:42,810 --> 00:33:45,130 than I am. Are you hearing me? 614 00:33:49,490 --> 00:33:52,730 There are things you could just say, well, we're you could make 615 00:33:52,730 --> 00:33:57,280 all kind of excuses why you won't listen instead of just 616 00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:00,240 saying, you know what, at any moment at anyone's mouth, I 617 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:07,760 could learn something I can learn from an enemy, Yeah, I can 618 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:11,639 learn from enemy. I can learn, you know, from 619 00:34:11,639 --> 00:34:18,679 friends what not to do. I mean, I learned from Pastor 620 00:34:18,679 --> 00:34:23,679 David EMA some things not to do based upon the way his 621 00:34:23,679 --> 00:34:28,929 organization was like, well, not sure I would do that, but he can 622 00:34:28,929 --> 00:34:30,770 do it. Whatever you're doing, that's 623 00:34:30,770 --> 00:34:31,889 your organization. I have. 624 00:34:31,889 --> 00:34:35,130 I'm just here to submit. But man, when I get over here, 625 00:34:35,650 --> 00:34:37,170 not sure that's going to happen. It. 626 00:34:37,210 --> 00:34:38,570 And you know what I learned from him? 627 00:34:39,010 --> 00:34:42,409 That's what I learned from him. Don't assume your staff's 628 00:34:42,409 --> 00:34:46,570 reading the Bible because he never asked me. 629 00:34:47,889 --> 00:34:51,090 Are you reading the Bible? Never. 630 00:34:51,810 --> 00:34:55,610 He assumed it. And I thought, I don't like this 631 00:34:55,610 --> 00:34:59,340 assumption because I know too many people can just pull stuff 632 00:34:59,340 --> 00:35:02,300 from anywhere and aren't actually reading the Bible. 633 00:35:02,740 --> 00:35:10,060 And it's an it is an epidemic among pastors, an epidemic of 634 00:35:10,060 --> 00:35:13,300 not having personal studies but going online and pulling things 635 00:35:13,300 --> 00:35:21,940 from other people and basically regurgitating knowledge with 636 00:35:22,660 --> 00:35:27,440 charisma. Alright, that doesn't mean 637 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,600 anointing. Running, shouting and screaming 638 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,760 is not an anointing. And there are some cultures 639 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:37,240 that, if you're not popping a vein, they don't think the Holy 640 00:35:37,240 --> 00:35:40,400 Ghost is there. Yet I could have some people 641 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,800 stand behind this pulpit, not break a sweat, and have more 642 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,880 anointing than someone running around and screaming. 643 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:49,360 Now they'll have everybody an emotional frenzy. 644 00:35:51,450 --> 00:35:55,650 But again, what do we do? We don't remain teachable when 645 00:35:55,650 --> 00:35:59,810 we only like certain styles, just like we don't remain 646 00:35:59,810 --> 00:36:01,450 teachable. We only like certain music. 647 00:36:04,610 --> 00:36:08,490 I can worship any style now. I may not like every style. 648 00:36:08,850 --> 00:36:11,410 You know, Pastor Marcy sends songs to Pastor Marcus. 649 00:36:11,530 --> 00:36:14,330 I send songs to Pastor Marcus. They are on two different 650 00:36:14,330 --> 00:36:17,850 spectrums. I mean, you really don't want to 651 00:36:17,850 --> 00:36:23,800 know what I like anyway. People be that pastor likes that 652 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:25,760 kind of music. I like that kind of music. 653 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:30,040 I like that sound. But at the end of the day, you 654 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:33,800 know, it is what it is. I mean, I like to get a little 655 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:39,240 more, you know, soul power up in here, but I just got to find 656 00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:42,160 somebody with a voice. So we still hadn't done it 657 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,720 because I got a bass player and a drummer who's playing it. 658 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:50,000 We just hadn't been able to get the rest of the team on board. 659 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:53,520 The problem is, is that people can assume because we have a 660 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:56,120 whole team, we don't need you. That would be a lie. 661 00:36:56,560 --> 00:37:00,800 We do not have gospel, and Pastor Marcus does his best job 662 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:05,560 as he can, but at the end of the day, we are not gospel now. 663 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:07,880 We're not here to be gospel to Showboat either. 664 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:13,240 I'll just throw that out. But there's some songs, man, I 665 00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:16,720 just wish we could pull off. And they're just not being some 666 00:37:16,720 --> 00:37:20,240 because we do not have the personnel that has that voice. 667 00:37:21,430 --> 00:37:24,030 Or if we do, you're holding out and you need to get with Pastor 668 00:37:24,030 --> 00:37:25,830 Marcus and get with the program so we can get on. 669 00:37:26,270 --> 00:37:29,670 And if you're playing in Oregon, you've been in rebellion long 670 00:37:29,670 --> 00:37:34,350 enough. That's all I'm saying. 671 00:37:34,750 --> 00:37:38,860 If you are an Oregon player and you're thinking, well we don't 672 00:37:38,860 --> 00:37:42,380 have one, you are not operating in faith, you should already 673 00:37:42,380 --> 00:37:44,620 believe God for that thing. Got that one. 674 00:37:44,620 --> 00:37:46,420 You know of two or three churches that have them and 675 00:37:46,420 --> 00:37:49,260 they're not using them and you can get them donated to us and 676 00:37:49,260 --> 00:37:50,620 you can get up here and let's go. 677 00:37:51,260 --> 00:37:52,620 And then I'll get a triple anointing. 678 00:37:53,900 --> 00:37:55,740 But I get a double anointing with a headset. 679 00:37:55,740 --> 00:38:01,420 I get a triple anointing with a with a a anointed organ player. 680 00:38:01,420 --> 00:38:07,700 Not just anyone trying to get your emotions up alright, but 681 00:38:07,700 --> 00:38:11,180 music does have power OK if done properly. 682 00:38:11,660 --> 00:38:15,500 So we can learn by studying scriptures personally #2 We can 683 00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:18,340 learn or remain teachable by studying scriptures from 684 00:38:18,340 --> 00:38:20,100 instruction. And again it says obey your 685 00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:23,100 leaders. I probably am at some point 686 00:38:23,260 --> 00:38:29,210 going to take on all the social media heretics Okay. 687 00:38:29,490 --> 00:38:32,410 There's probably going to come a day that that God's going to 688 00:38:32,410 --> 00:38:37,170 release me to come and minister on all the heretics that are out 689 00:38:37,170 --> 00:38:41,210 on social media. Okay, because there's a lot of 690 00:38:41,210 --> 00:38:45,810 stuff out on social media that is so utterly, absolutely. 691 00:38:46,130 --> 00:38:49,890 It is doctrines of demons so bad on steroids. 692 00:38:50,890 --> 00:38:53,370 And the problem is so many people get their little one 693 00:38:53,370 --> 00:38:54,650 liner. You let them run through their 694 00:38:54,650 --> 00:38:58,850 little 10 two-minute clip because everything sounds right 695 00:38:59,770 --> 00:39:02,410 until somebody proves them wrong. 696 00:39:03,210 --> 00:39:06,290 Okay. And again, you know, everyone 697 00:39:06,290 --> 00:39:08,810 here's, here's what I know when people aren't going to be 698 00:39:08,810 --> 00:39:12,930 teachable is that when you want to take a position and then you 699 00:39:12,930 --> 00:39:16,090 only want to find scripture to support your position, this is 700 00:39:16,090 --> 00:39:20,090 not God's. I said this is not God's. 701 00:39:20,730 --> 00:39:24,600 And you can always find when it said their position, because 702 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,560 what they're saying actually doesn't line up with scripture 703 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:32,640 all the way across the board. They avoid scriptures. 704 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:40,960 OK, I'm not gonna do it today, But you know, I'm like because I 705 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:42,320 know everybody's flipping through. 706 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:47,160 I know you are. And let me just tell you 707 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:48,840 something. You keep stopping on it, 708 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,650 listening to it. Then you're going to find 709 00:39:51,650 --> 00:39:53,050 yourself in a place where you're going to go. 710 00:39:53,050 --> 00:39:55,130 And I don't mind. I have no problem with 711 00:39:55,130 --> 00:39:57,250 somebody's thought process. Because here's the thing about 712 00:39:57,250 --> 00:40:01,410 truth. Truth will only get stronger and 713 00:40:01,410 --> 00:40:04,370 lies will fall apart. This is what's so awesome by the 714 00:40:04,370 --> 00:40:07,810 Holy Ghost is that you know, if you really are led by the Holy 715 00:40:07,810 --> 00:40:11,370 Ghost, you can't go off. You actually can't get wrong. 716 00:40:12,170 --> 00:40:13,730 Now, that's if you're led by the Holy Ghost. 717 00:40:13,730 --> 00:40:15,810 Remember, the Holy Ghost and the Word are inseparable. 718 00:40:16,490 --> 00:40:18,250 So Holy Ghost doesn't say something different than the 719 00:40:18,250 --> 00:40:19,890 Word. All right. 720 00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:24,200 OK, so with that being said, we'll have that sermon later, 721 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:26,720 maybe a series, and we'll just deal with it. 722 00:40:26,720 --> 00:40:28,720 That doesn't mean I'm going to bring them up here and let you 723 00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:30,640 see who's saying stuff. I'm not going to do that. 724 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:35,200 But I'll just say it's being said and then I'll show you why 725 00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:39,080 that's error, OK? Because it's not like Paul 726 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:49,950 didn't have to address error, error, error in the church. 727 00:40:50,750 --> 00:40:54,190 Hallelujah. Again, I would love for people 728 00:40:54,190 --> 00:40:56,830 to sit down with me if I was really in error because I would 729 00:40:56,830 --> 00:40:58,550 get correct. I would take the correction. 730 00:41:00,630 --> 00:41:03,390 No problem. Hallelujah. 731 00:41:04,150 --> 00:41:07,430 I have one particular individual that struggle with the subject 732 00:41:07,430 --> 00:41:10,150 of divorce. I'm like, okay. 733 00:41:10,230 --> 00:41:12,790 Well, let's go to Scripture, you know. 734 00:41:12,910 --> 00:41:17,100 So we start going to Scripture, you know, and they go to all the 735 00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:20,180 ones about, you know, don't get a divorce. 736 00:41:20,180 --> 00:41:22,540 All the stuff that supports, don't get in a divorce. 737 00:41:23,140 --> 00:41:25,380 God hates divorce. Got it? 738 00:41:26,180 --> 00:41:31,500 OK, no problem. But let's talk about Deuteronomy 739 00:41:31,500 --> 00:41:35,940 24. Well, now they're struggling. 740 00:41:38,860 --> 00:41:40,220 Amen. Then we get them over to 741 00:41:40,220 --> 00:41:42,800 Jeremiah. God divorces Israel. 742 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:47,520 Now we really haven't heart, heart palpitations because we're 743 00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:49,560 trying to figure out how to explain that one. 744 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:54,440 Amen. But I realized they just didn't 745 00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:55,960 want to know. So the OR so they'll never know 746 00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:57,000 this. So they know my love. 747 00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:59,960 So just always next time you meet, just talk about the talk 748 00:41:59,960 --> 00:42:02,120 about my love. So I started talking about love. 749 00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:03,480 They didn't want to talk to me about love. 750 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:06,840 Well, if you don't know love, then you'll never understand the 751 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:10,960 subject. Amen. 752 00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:13,560 Because some of our answers are not in the subject we're 753 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:15,080 studying. It's in a different subject that 754 00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:16,160 we don't have our understanding of. 755 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:19,680 And you got to remain teachable about those things. 756 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,840 Amen. Because believe you me, I've 757 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:25,680 gone through the seasons where I'm questioning everything I 758 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:28,480 even know. Not that I don't know it, but 759 00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:31,000 it's like I'll question it so that I'm stronger. 760 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:34,800 It's either going to be what I truly believe or it'll be a 761 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:37,480 fallacy. And if there's any tradition in 762 00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:39,280 what I believe, I want it rooted out. 763 00:42:40,500 --> 00:42:43,060 And all of us have some form of tradition somewhere. 764 00:42:44,420 --> 00:42:46,860 Either we brought it in from another church, we brought it in 765 00:42:46,860 --> 00:42:51,140 from some relative that was saying something, or we brought 766 00:42:51,140 --> 00:42:54,620 it in because we have some selfish ambition still and we're 767 00:42:54,620 --> 00:42:57,100 trying to make it fit how we're living. 768 00:42:59,380 --> 00:43:02,140 But the word will root it out. Amen. 769 00:43:02,140 --> 00:43:04,660 If things become more clear, just like we took the time at 770 00:43:04,660 --> 00:43:08,580 the beginning of the year to talk about love and what is not 771 00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:12,360 and what everybody else is saying, it is and there's no way 772 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:18,960 it can be Hallelujah. But yet we've all said it and 773 00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:20,920 then you realize, you know what? Can't say that anymore. 774 00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:24,400 That's just not true. Love Actually meets every 775 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:27,560 condition. Praise the Lord, and that's more 776 00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:30,200 powerful. But people want to hold to the 777 00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:34,080 other one so bad that they won't be taught. 778 00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:39,470 And there's fallacies in it. It actually falls apart the more 779 00:43:39,470 --> 00:43:40,670 you go out. Go after it. 780 00:43:40,790 --> 00:43:46,310 Amen #3A Way of being taught because you want to remain 781 00:43:46,310 --> 00:43:49,430 teachable is by demonstrations of scriptures or we call them 782 00:43:49,430 --> 00:43:53,150 experiences. John chapter 10, starting in 783 00:43:53,150 --> 00:43:56,550 verse 25 to 24 and 25, says this. 784 00:43:56,550 --> 00:43:59,230 And the Jews then gathered around him, and we're saying to 785 00:43:59,230 --> 00:44:01,990 him, How long will you keep us in suspense? 786 00:44:02,510 --> 00:44:04,950 If you are the Christ, tell us plainly. 787 00:44:05,550 --> 00:44:09,390 Jesus answered them, I told you, and you do not believe the works 788 00:44:09,390 --> 00:44:12,670 that I do in my father's name. These testify of me. 789 00:44:12,670 --> 00:44:17,110 Jump down to verse 37. If I do not do the works of my 790 00:44:17,110 --> 00:44:21,550 father, do not believe me. But if I do them, though you do 791 00:44:21,550 --> 00:44:25,070 not believe me, Believe the works, so that you may know and 792 00:44:25,070 --> 00:44:28,950 understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father. 793 00:44:29,790 --> 00:44:32,810 Hallelujah. So we could study the scriptures 794 00:44:32,810 --> 00:44:35,490 personally. It helps us to remain teachable. 795 00:44:35,570 --> 00:44:38,890 We can learn by instructions because again, God placed in the 796 00:44:38,890 --> 00:44:43,330 body the fivefold ministry for the equipping of the Saints. 797 00:44:43,490 --> 00:44:46,410 So they already give instruction by revelation of the Spirit, 798 00:44:46,410 --> 00:44:49,890 which then means you'll sit and sit in a service, or sit in a 799 00:44:49,890 --> 00:44:53,330 class or sit in a conversation and all of a sudden revelation 800 00:44:53,330 --> 00:44:55,570 to come on. Amen. 801 00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:59,080 Then you're like, wow, Because God's revealing, through the 802 00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:03,200 instruction of that person, that five full minister, that leader, 803 00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:08,240 that overseer, the one who's watching over your soul, that 804 00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:13,520 the Holy Spirit makes you that. And Jesus purchased with his 805 00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:15,840 blood, the church that he's made you an overseer of. 806 00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:18,560 OK. But then there's the side where 807 00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:24,000 you're seeing it because you're watching someone actually get 808 00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:28,600 what they're saying. It's manifesting. 809 00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:30,920 They're believing for healing, and they're healed. 810 00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:36,760 They're believing in some realm of additional provision for 811 00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:39,520 something God's called them to do, and it comes to pass. 812 00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:42,760 Are you hearing me? You you see them walk through 813 00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:45,160 the trial and they get the victory on the other side. 814 00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:49,720 And you're like then when you know that God's not a respecter 815 00:45:49,720 --> 00:45:52,660 of person, then you're like, well, praise God. 816 00:45:52,660 --> 00:45:56,260 You've given me that example. I realized about two years in to 817 00:45:56,260 --> 00:46:02,460 us believing God for the mall that it was became very aware to 818 00:46:02,460 --> 00:46:07,380 me that I am not just believing this for the sake of Anchor Bay 819 00:46:07,380 --> 00:46:12,620 Church anymore. We have to see this done for the 820 00:46:12,620 --> 00:46:15,620 all the other ministers that are going to find out if we did it 821 00:46:16,740 --> 00:46:17,820 because it's going to inspire them. 822 00:46:17,820 --> 00:46:21,900 In fact, I just got a text from a pastor in in Washington, the 823 00:46:21,900 --> 00:46:25,660 state of Washington, and he showed took a picture of his 824 00:46:25,660 --> 00:46:29,620 phone. He said you called me last year 825 00:46:29,940 --> 00:46:34,420 On this date and left me a message something about 826 00:46:34,420 --> 00:46:37,580 acquiring land. Are you hearing me? 827 00:46:38,380 --> 00:46:42,350 And so he's acquired the land and now he's, you know, putting 828 00:46:42,350 --> 00:46:46,190 together his presentation or what he wants to build so that 829 00:46:46,190 --> 00:46:48,950 then, you know, they can go and start raising money. 830 00:46:49,390 --> 00:46:54,030 But he's going back to that moment in time, you know, and I 831 00:46:54,030 --> 00:46:56,510 know that moment is a direct connection because that was 832 00:46:56,510 --> 00:46:59,030 2022. That's a year after we acquired 833 00:46:59,030 --> 00:47:02,910 them all that we were able to say because God did it here, got 834 00:47:02,910 --> 00:47:05,160 to do it there. He's not a respecter. 835 00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:08,680 So he has real time. He's not talking to a pastor 836 00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:11,800 that's been in ministry for 40 years and talking about a 40 837 00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:15,320 year faith project that I mean that happened 40 years ago and 838 00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:17,480 they got a victory. We're talking about right now 839 00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:22,800 that what seemed impossible, we pulled off by the word of God, 840 00:47:23,720 --> 00:47:25,680 by our faith, we got the victory. 841 00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:29,120 And so you understand your faith battles are not just for you 842 00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:34,360 because someone needs to know that you stood on the word. 843 00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:37,800 You studied yourself. You were submitted to the 844 00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:42,880 instruction and the the house that got assigned you to, you to 845 00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:45,200 and you glean from it. And then you move. 846 00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:47,840 Carlos, stand up in the back. Carlos. 847 00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:51,200 Carlos, you have a sailboat, correct? 848 00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:56,080 How big is that sailboat? It's 42 feet. 849 00:47:56,640 --> 00:48:01,840 Correct. 42 feet. This sailboat that he has, a 850 00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:05,040 gentleman was saying he was, you know, like he's going to give it 851 00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:06,880 to him, you know what, going to sell it to him. 852 00:48:07,240 --> 00:48:09,400 And but he wouldn't do anything, just dragging around. 853 00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:12,080 So he came out one day. How long ago was this? 854 00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:17,680 It's been a year. We were out in the foyer and he 855 00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:19,280 says, Pastor Earl, you don't know what to do. 856 00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:21,560 You know he's talking about I really want need this boat. 857 00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:25,040 You know I need this other because he lives on his boat and 858 00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:27,560 so he had a smaller one, but he knew he needed to get this 859 00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:29,920 larger one based upon purpose and things that he knew God 860 00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:33,360 wanted him to do. And I said, look, go give the 861 00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:37,640 man $500.00 cash and let him know you're serious about buying 862 00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:39,160 the boat so he can give you a price. 863 00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:47,120 So he grabbed $500.00 cash and gave it to him and the guy gave 864 00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:55,080 him the title. He bought a 42 foot sailboat for 865 00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:58,080 $500. Are you hearing me? 866 00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:02,480 The point is, is that he was. You know what he didn't do? 867 00:49:02,680 --> 00:49:05,640 He didn't say Passer. Old knows nothing about boats. 868 00:49:08,720 --> 00:49:11,200 I mean the, I mean the man builds boats. 869 00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:13,640 He's built yachts. Okay. 870 00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:17,400 He sell. He has, he has sailed and all 871 00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:19,960 over the world. He has navigated boats all over 872 00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:24,390 the world. Okay and I, my experience and 873 00:49:24,390 --> 00:49:26,190 knowledge compared to him, Forget about it. 874 00:49:27,150 --> 00:49:30,950 I mean, it's not even there. The point is, though he was 875 00:49:30,950 --> 00:49:34,870 willing to remain teachable and what seemed like he was getting 876 00:49:34,870 --> 00:49:40,910 nothing, he agreed in his spirit that the words I told him he 877 00:49:40,910 --> 00:49:45,430 should act on, and when he did, the impossible manifested. 878 00:49:47,230 --> 00:49:49,840 Amen. Hallelujah. 879 00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:53,320 So the point is, is that this these kind of moments that you 880 00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:57,320 want to always be listening. But again, if you're at odds or 881 00:49:57,320 --> 00:50:00,280 or you feel like you've arrived, you know, and that you know you 882 00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:04,560 know enough now and nobody can tell you anything you know or 883 00:50:04,560 --> 00:50:06,880 you know you you kind of got crossways somewhere. 884 00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:09,840 So now you don't want to listen. This is why the Bible commands 885 00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:11,520 us to love. I I don't have time to be 886 00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:16,920 crossways because there's too much of God to know that's going 887 00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:21,350 to help you with your destiny, to hinder being teachable 888 00:50:22,030 --> 00:50:24,310 because you know you're just upset about something. 889 00:50:24,990 --> 00:50:29,310 I mean, get over yourself, OK? Please get over yourself so we 890 00:50:29,310 --> 00:50:32,320 can actually go on and do something awesome because God 891 00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:34,840 wants us all to come to be together wants us all to bring 892 00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:38,840 our gifts and you have I remember one time someone when I 893 00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:41,840 was in youth ministry again I'm youth pastoring. 894 00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:45,640 You know we're growing the youth and they're just a leader and we 895 00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:49,040 were had grown enough that you know it it basically the 896 00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:52,880 students in the back could not see the screen so when we were 897 00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:54,680 putting the words on they couldn't see them at all. 898 00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:58,200 So this leader came to me and say, Pastor Earl, you know, the 899 00:50:58,200 --> 00:51:00,080 teens can't see back here at all. 900 00:51:00,590 --> 00:51:03,630 You know, I was thinking, what if you bounded a couple TV's on 901 00:51:03,630 --> 00:51:08,110 the side so that they could see the words, You know what I 902 00:51:08,110 --> 00:51:09,150 didn't do? I didn't go. 903 00:51:09,430 --> 00:51:11,470 You're not a youth pastor. You don't know Jack. 904 00:51:12,590 --> 00:51:14,390 I was like, what a brilliant idea. 905 00:51:15,670 --> 00:51:18,270 I mean, someone was a problem solver. 906 00:51:18,830 --> 00:51:20,590 And it wasn't against the vision. 907 00:51:20,590 --> 00:51:23,510 It was for the vision. And because you're willing to 908 00:51:23,750 --> 00:51:28,140 not out like you know it all, you end up saying what a great 909 00:51:28,140 --> 00:51:30,060 idea. Not only is a great idea, but 910 00:51:30,060 --> 00:51:32,460 then you let all the other leaders know who came up with 911 00:51:32,460 --> 00:51:36,100 the idea and you let the pastor know who came up with the idea. 912 00:51:36,100 --> 00:51:40,740 And you're not actually taking any credit for the idea because 913 00:51:40,740 --> 00:51:44,500 you realize every part is super important for this thing. 914 00:51:44,660 --> 00:51:48,980 And when you do that in the workplace, because most people 915 00:51:48,980 --> 00:51:52,900 won't say, well, who had the idea, because that means you 916 00:51:52,900 --> 00:51:56,450 might be promoted, you might get the raise. 917 00:51:56,450 --> 00:51:59,210 So they wanna be and you gotta be like nobody can take what 918 00:51:59,210 --> 00:52:03,770 God's got from me anyway. I mean, because your destiny is 919 00:52:03,770 --> 00:52:05,530 your destiny and nobody can take it. 920 00:52:05,890 --> 00:52:10,090 I don't care if you have a labor network, if you're Jacob, made 921 00:52:10,090 --> 00:52:13,290 no mistake about it. They can screw you over 10 922 00:52:13,290 --> 00:52:20,850 times, but in the end, you're gonna get the wage. 923 00:52:22,690 --> 00:52:26,760 You'll take over the company. Are you hearing me? 924 00:52:27,720 --> 00:52:29,280 Doesn't matter how much they mess with you. 925 00:52:30,080 --> 00:52:34,600 Doesn't matter how much they rob and steal from you, because if 926 00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:38,600 you'll just do it God's way. Hey, man, You all right? 927 00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:40,480 My wife's, you know, freaking out about my word up. 928 00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:44,040 Forgive me. You know I didn't mean it in one 929 00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:45,840 sense. I mean, you know, in the sense 930 00:52:45,840 --> 00:52:50,560 that all you took it, you can get messed up with somebody that 931 00:52:50,560 --> 00:52:54,380 will try to mess up your promotion, but don't you worry 932 00:52:54,380 --> 00:53:01,500 about that because God will highly y'all forgive me, OK? 933 00:53:02,340 --> 00:53:06,620 I mean, I'm teachable. Just using your own slang, 934 00:53:07,020 --> 00:53:12,300 Apologize. Amen. 935 00:53:16,180 --> 00:53:17,380 Nobody walked. I understand. 936 00:53:17,820 --> 00:53:19,380 Yeah, but people get offended over that. 937 00:53:19,380 --> 00:53:22,960 And that is true statement, you know, because, again, the pastor 938 00:53:22,960 --> 00:53:26,080 has to forgive everybody. But if he does something 939 00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:29,440 questionable, then at the end of the day, but I can. 940 00:53:29,440 --> 00:53:32,680 I ask for forgiveness. No big deal, you know. 941 00:53:33,960 --> 00:53:35,920 No big deal. Amen. 942 00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:37,920 No pride on me, man. I just fix it. 943 00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:40,440 I just fix it. All right? 944 00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:44,600 So you may get messed up by somebody multiple times. 945 00:53:44,920 --> 00:53:48,880 You just stay, Jacob, and you'll be promoted. 946 00:53:49,480 --> 00:53:54,450 At the end of the day, you'll be promoted because nobody can rob 947 00:53:54,970 --> 00:53:58,330 you. God will always promote you. 948 00:54:01,450 --> 00:54:04,410 But you're not going to get ahead in the workplace if you're 949 00:54:04,410 --> 00:54:09,610 not being teachable in the spiritual place, because that is 950 00:54:09,650 --> 00:54:12,010 A and I'll close with this thought. 951 00:54:13,210 --> 00:54:15,490 It is a sewing and reaping concept. 952 00:54:16,530 --> 00:54:20,240 You know, today in today's environment, people want to do 953 00:54:20,240 --> 00:54:22,720 as little as possible with the most amount of pay. 954 00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:25,800 Now some people say, well, that's smart. 955 00:54:26,280 --> 00:54:31,200 Well, at the end of the day, it's not purpose because again, 956 00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:35,120 if you're trying to barely be somewhere but get the most money 957 00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:38,000 so you can actually be somewhere else to do what you want, well 958 00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:42,600 then you know what? You're a slave because I'm where 959 00:54:42,600 --> 00:54:45,400 I want to be. And the time is not an issue 960 00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:48,090 because I'm in destiny. See, when you're doing your 961 00:54:48,090 --> 00:54:51,410 destiny, I mean, again, the thought process is to be able to 962 00:54:51,410 --> 00:54:54,330 make money, and yet you get to do what you want to do. 963 00:54:56,090 --> 00:54:58,730 That's how the world functions. I want to do what I want to do, 964 00:54:58,730 --> 00:55:01,970 but be able to make money. Well, I do exactly what I'm 965 00:55:01,970 --> 00:55:04,170 called to do. And God provides. 966 00:55:04,850 --> 00:55:07,610 That's amazing. And when, I mean again, how do 967 00:55:07,610 --> 00:55:10,650 you tell someone who wants to mountain climb all the time 968 00:55:10,730 --> 00:55:13,370 that, hey, we've already been doing this for four hours, let's 969 00:55:13,370 --> 00:55:17,050 go back, we've already been hired. 88, can we get a break? 970 00:55:17,050 --> 00:55:18,770 15 minutes. I mean, when you're passionate 971 00:55:18,770 --> 00:55:20,890 about something, breaks, are you already thinking about breaks? 972 00:55:21,210 --> 00:55:22,770 You're not thinking about that kind of stuff. 973 00:55:23,090 --> 00:55:24,570 But what do we do in the workplace? 974 00:55:24,570 --> 00:55:26,970 Because we really, it's not not what we're called to do. 975 00:55:27,010 --> 00:55:29,730 So we want to do as little as possible, get a lot of money so 976 00:55:29,730 --> 00:55:32,930 we can go do our own stuff. And I that's not impressive to 977 00:55:32,930 --> 00:55:35,090 me because really that's robbery. 978 00:55:35,930 --> 00:55:37,930 Because at the end of the day, you're really not giving your 979 00:55:37,930 --> 00:55:40,290 all to the place that's actually hired you. 980 00:55:41,840 --> 00:55:43,320 You're cheating them, you're robbing them. 981 00:55:43,320 --> 00:55:45,240 I mean, you are labing at that point. 982 00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:49,600 You wanna be the Jacob you wanna come in and serve, You wanna be 983 00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:51,480 there. You wanna cast ideas, You want 984 00:55:51,480 --> 00:55:53,960 it to prosper and be awesome. And it doesn't matter if it 985 00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:55,120 looks like they're making all the money. 986 00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:58,200 Because again, the Bible even talks about you can make all 987 00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:00,520 kind of money for unrighteous people and in the end gotta just 988 00:56:00,520 --> 00:56:03,720 transferred over to you. You know, some people aren't 989 00:56:03,720 --> 00:56:07,120 having companies today is because they were squandering 990 00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:09,520 their talents at a particular company. 991 00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:15,840 When we don't get in the word to grow ourselves personally, then 992 00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:17,080 guess what? You're not going to try to grow 993 00:56:17,080 --> 00:56:18,360 yourself naturally in the workplace. 994 00:56:18,360 --> 00:56:21,520 If you're not going to be able to receive instruction from your 995 00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:24,200 pastor and those that oversee you in the church, then you're 996 00:56:24,200 --> 00:56:26,400 not going to receive instruction of the ones that are overseeing 997 00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:27,840 you. If you're rebellious to us, 998 00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:29,160 you're going to be rebellious to them. 999 00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:31,120 And that's even if you're following Mammon. 1000 00:56:32,760 --> 00:56:33,960 I'll do anything, the manager says. 1001 00:56:33,960 --> 00:56:36,560 I want to get up a leg up. Now that's actually selfish 1002 00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:38,360 ambition. In your rebellion, even now, 1003 00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:42,320 although you're serving and you'll do whatever they say and 1004 00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:45,960 work however many hours and then they all ask someone and reaping 1005 00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:50,560 is the fact that you can see someone do something and learn 1006 00:56:50,560 --> 00:56:52,880 from that experience instead of shutting it down and just be the 1007 00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:56,520 only one who gets it done. But I can't learn from them. 1008 00:56:56,880 --> 00:56:59,920 I mean, that was the problem with the one talent guy instead 1009 00:56:59,920 --> 00:57:02,880 of going to the five and two guy and say how you doing this? 1010 00:57:04,040 --> 00:57:06,480 What do they do? Bury it. 1011 00:57:07,720 --> 00:57:12,310 Think about that. He's given a talent and he's 1012 00:57:12,310 --> 00:57:15,710 supposed to reproduce. What's he doing while the 1013 00:57:15,710 --> 00:57:17,310 master's gone? How's he eating? 1014 00:57:18,630 --> 00:57:21,790 Where's the food coming from? The master's table. 1015 00:57:22,230 --> 00:57:25,150 Where's the drink coming from? The master's table. 1016 00:57:25,590 --> 00:57:27,550 Where's the the lodging coming from? 1017 00:57:27,670 --> 00:57:30,710 The master's table. So he's squandering all the 1018 00:57:30,710 --> 00:57:34,150 master's resources and burying his very purpose. 1019 00:57:35,590 --> 00:57:37,870 So no matter. No wonder the masters upset 1020 00:57:38,030 --> 00:57:41,670 because you have squandered, you have taken all my resource and 1021 00:57:41,670 --> 00:57:47,670 then you won't even work. You want to do your you want to 1022 00:57:47,670 --> 00:57:49,790 take my stuff and do what you want to do. 1023 00:57:50,750 --> 00:57:53,710 And this might be the modern day US Christianity. 1024 00:57:56,670 --> 00:58:00,430 I want to do my stuff, but squander God's blessings. 1025 00:58:01,070 --> 00:58:04,190 Take them instead of saying, no, I'm going to remain teachable. 1026 00:58:05,550 --> 00:58:08,790 I'm gonna grow personally. I'm gonna receive instruction 1027 00:58:08,790 --> 00:58:10,870 and grow. And then when I see people 1028 00:58:10,870 --> 00:58:13,590 actually getting the faith done, I'm gonna learn from their 1029 00:58:13,590 --> 00:58:17,350 experiences so that I myself can learn from them and grow. 1030 00:58:17,350 --> 00:58:18,830 How did you do that? What were you doing? 1031 00:58:18,830 --> 00:58:21,910 And how does that apply to me? And how can I do that So that I 1032 00:58:21,910 --> 00:58:25,230 overcome, then we all overcome. And then you apply that over 1033 00:58:25,230 --> 00:58:27,590 into your workplace. The next thing you know, you're 1034 00:58:27,590 --> 00:58:30,350 getting the promotion. Or God may say, your time's done 1035 00:58:30,350 --> 00:58:32,990 here. Start your own stuff, whatever 1036 00:58:32,990 --> 00:58:36,810 the case may be. But when you remain teachable, 1037 00:58:37,450 --> 00:58:41,170 you're always going to excel because we can always learn 1038 00:58:41,170 --> 00:58:43,490 something no matter how old we get. 1039 00:58:44,050 --> 00:58:52,690 Hey, man, thank you. 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