1 00:00:11,920 --> 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 --> 00:00:24,480 Now enjoy this message. Well, I am Brandon Hicks, Pastor 4 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:26,480 Brandon. I am the youth pastor here at 5 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,040 Anchor Bay Church. Everybody giving up for the 6 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:32,360 youth presidents do. Pastor Earl has been preaching 7 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:34,240 on pride. Is everybody been enjoying 8 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,880 these? Yep, one of the one of the 9 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,360 scriptures he gave him to get a little recap for him and it was 10 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,120 Second Peter chapter 3, verse three. 11 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,440 Say Second Peter chapter 3 verse 3. 12 00:00:46,540 --> 00:00:48,620 NLT says. Most importantly, I want to 13 00:00:48,620 --> 00:00:52,340 remind you. That in the last days scoffers 14 00:00:52,340 --> 00:00:56,820 will come mocking the truth and following their desires. 15 00:00:57,500 --> 00:01:00,660 This is not God's intent for his church, and I don't believe that 16 00:01:00,660 --> 00:01:02,460 this is a building full of scoffers. 17 00:01:02,860 --> 00:01:06,060 I'm encouraged to know that I am ministering to people who are 18 00:01:06,060 --> 00:01:09,340 hungry, who desire the word of God, who want to rightly divide 19 00:01:09,340 --> 00:01:11,380 the word of God, who. And I believe that you're going 20 00:01:11,380 --> 00:01:13,580 to be drawing on me because, you know, whenever a person is 21 00:01:13,580 --> 00:01:15,700 ministering, they can. Feel whether or not someone is 22 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:18,540 drawing on them or whether or not they're just waiting for 23 00:01:18,540 --> 00:01:20,180 lunch time. Just check, you know? 24 00:01:20,340 --> 00:01:23,260 But I believe that this house is a house that's ready. 25 00:01:23,260 --> 00:01:26,140 We have a desire and a hunger for the Word, and we want to see 26 00:01:26,140 --> 00:01:28,260 what God's going to have, because there's no scoffers in 27 00:01:28,260 --> 00:01:29,180 here. Amen. 28 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:33,140 Say I am not a scoffer. Amen. 29 00:01:33,140 --> 00:01:34,700 I believe that you said correctly. 30 00:01:35,020 --> 00:01:38,260 So tonight, this morning I I said tonight because it usually 31 00:01:38,260 --> 00:01:39,660 I'm ministering on a Wednesday night. 32 00:01:39,660 --> 00:01:43,500 So it is this morning still. I think it is morning still 33 00:01:44,540 --> 00:01:49,420 pierced by a choice say pierced by a choice. 34 00:01:50,620 --> 00:01:57,780 Now the Lord gave me this title before Pastor Earl asked me to 35 00:01:57,780 --> 00:02:01,470 minister on a specific subject. Because at first he said where 36 00:02:01,470 --> 00:02:03,070 other staff mean. He said pastor random, I'll have 37 00:02:03,070 --> 00:02:04,270 you do this Sunday. I'm not getting me. 38 00:02:04,270 --> 00:02:07,910 I'm like, OK, cool. You know, I played it cool. 39 00:02:07,910 --> 00:02:10,150 You know, I was like, awesome. Yeah, no problem, pastor. 40 00:02:10,430 --> 00:02:13,870 I'm thinking awesome. So what am I going to tell him? 41 00:02:14,030 --> 00:02:15,150 You know? So then you start asking the 42 00:02:15,150 --> 00:02:17,510 Lord, you know? And the last thing I want to 43 00:02:17,510 --> 00:02:19,590 give you is something that I've already preached in the current 44 00:02:19,590 --> 00:02:22,350 because they could be easy. I've been doing this for like 13 45 00:02:22,350 --> 00:02:23,710 years. So like I was a children's 46 00:02:23,710 --> 00:02:25,310 pastor. It was a youth pastor. 47 00:02:25,390 --> 00:02:27,110 So I'm like, it was easy. I have like. 48 00:02:27,870 --> 00:02:30,790 Encyclopedia is full of just notes of messages. 49 00:02:30,790 --> 00:02:33,670 I'm like, I could just pull something, but that's not what 50 00:02:33,670 --> 00:02:37,310 God had for you this morning because the word is alive and 51 00:02:37,310 --> 00:02:40,430 living and active and sharper than any two edges sword. 52 00:02:40,550 --> 00:02:44,790 So I know that God has a fresh rainbow word for you today, and 53 00:02:44,790 --> 00:02:47,110 if you'll have ears to hear, then you're going to receive 54 00:02:47,110 --> 00:02:48,510 something. You're going to leave here today 55 00:02:48,710 --> 00:02:51,230 better than you came in, right? Because that's the idea. 56 00:02:51,230 --> 00:02:53,590 When we come to church, we want to leave better than we were 57 00:02:53,590 --> 00:02:56,620 when we got here. We shouldn't be frowning after 58 00:02:56,620 --> 00:02:59,780 serving our lunch. When we eat lunch, our waiters 59 00:02:59,780 --> 00:03:01,460 and waitress were like, oh, I'm so sorry. 60 00:03:01,460 --> 00:03:02,780 Are you having a bad day? You know what? 61 00:03:03,300 --> 00:03:05,380 Seriously. We're children of God. 62 00:03:05,380 --> 00:03:07,140 We have joy with the joy of the Lord. 63 00:03:07,140 --> 00:03:10,300 We should get a ha ha ha up in our spirit everywhere we go 64 00:03:10,300 --> 00:03:12,300 because we left the House of the Lord. 65 00:03:13,460 --> 00:03:15,380 Amen. So Pierce by choice we have your 66 00:03:15,380 --> 00:03:18,220 bibles turn to revelation. I saw pastor. 67 00:03:18,300 --> 00:03:19,980 This is serious. Y'all laughing. 68 00:03:19,980 --> 00:03:21,900 I'm serious. I saw pastor. 69 00:03:21,900 --> 00:03:23,300 Earlier this once I was like. What? 70 00:03:23,750 --> 00:03:25,550 He started his message in Revelation. 71 00:03:25,550 --> 00:03:27,310 I'm like. I'm afraid to even read that. 72 00:03:27,310 --> 00:03:29,590 Book like it's kind of no, no, no. 73 00:03:29,590 --> 00:03:32,150 We're going to start. In your bibles in Revelation 74 00:03:32,150 --> 00:03:38,310 chapter 5, verse 12, say chapter 5, verse 12, the new King James 75 00:03:38,310 --> 00:03:43,190 Version says it this way, saying with a loud voice Worthy is the 76 00:03:43,190 --> 00:03:48,230 Lamb who is slain to receive power and riches and wisdom. 77 00:03:48,750 --> 00:03:53,890 And strength and honor. And glory and blessing. 78 00:03:54,410 --> 00:03:59,450 Because he was slain, He was worthy of honor, you understand? 79 00:04:00,090 --> 00:04:04,770 Jesus had a choice. He had a choice, he said. 80 00:04:04,770 --> 00:04:07,730 Do you not know that I could call down a legion of angels at 81 00:04:07,730 --> 00:04:10,850 anytime and rescue me from this cross? 82 00:04:10,850 --> 00:04:15,330 He didn't have to do that. He's not some suffering servant 83 00:04:15,330 --> 00:04:17,730 saved by grace. You know that the that the we 84 00:04:17,730 --> 00:04:21,250 all look, I'm just a suffering, you know, I'm just holding on. 85 00:04:21,329 --> 00:04:23,170 You know, God's going to get me through this. 86 00:04:23,170 --> 00:04:26,570 No, that is not the church that Jesus is the head of. 87 00:04:27,130 --> 00:04:28,970 He's the head of a victorious church. 88 00:04:29,130 --> 00:04:31,770 He's the head of a bold church. He's the head of a church that 89 00:04:31,770 --> 00:04:34,370 knows who they are because they read the word. 90 00:04:35,290 --> 00:04:38,210 So he was pierced by a choice. He had a choice. 91 00:04:39,130 --> 00:04:44,260 He said I would not even came. Had not my father sent me so the 92 00:04:44,260 --> 00:04:48,220 greatest thing he could do to? Honor, his father was do the 93 00:04:48,220 --> 00:04:52,860 thing that his father called him to do by his shops. 94 00:04:52,860 --> 00:04:55,900 We were healed. It's because of that. 95 00:04:55,900 --> 00:04:59,660 Piercing that he chose, it would have done. 96 00:04:59,660 --> 00:05:03,460 We could have had no power without him shedding blood. 97 00:05:04,020 --> 00:05:07,340 It's his blood that was shed, poured out for us, and he was 98 00:05:07,340 --> 00:05:09,700 pierced by a choice. He had a choice to made. 99 00:05:10,300 --> 00:05:14,510 He had a choice to make. The Strong's word for honor is 100 00:05:15,030 --> 00:05:19,710 to esteem at the highest degree. So that word honor that you see 101 00:05:19,710 --> 00:05:23,870 in Revelation means to esteem to the highest degree. 102 00:05:24,510 --> 00:05:28,150 If you honor something, you hold it of utmost importance. 103 00:05:28,350 --> 00:05:31,070 You are saying yes, this is what I choose. 104 00:05:31,230 --> 00:05:33,470 We should have this hunger and esteem. 105 00:05:33,470 --> 00:05:36,750 For the word of. God, it should be #1 on our 106 00:05:36,750 --> 00:05:38,630 list. It's not something that we'll 107 00:05:38,630 --> 00:05:42,190 get to if we're not too tired. It's not something that will do 108 00:05:42,310 --> 00:05:44,430 on days that it doesn't affect my schedule. 109 00:05:44,590 --> 00:05:47,510 No, it is something that we should have a high regard. 110 00:05:48,210 --> 00:05:50,650 The first thing that wakes me up in the morning, though, it 111 00:05:50,810 --> 00:05:52,770 should be the last thing I'm thinking about in the morning. 112 00:05:53,170 --> 00:05:55,450 Throughout my day. I should be saying, how am I 113 00:05:55,450 --> 00:05:58,450 honoring you today, Father? Because I'm showing everyone 114 00:05:58,450 --> 00:06:01,450 that I'm a believer. Because the number one thing 115 00:06:01,450 --> 00:06:04,610 that world the world calls unbelievable is a church that 116 00:06:04,850 --> 00:06:08,250 does that, hears something true and does something different. 117 00:06:08,650 --> 00:06:11,770 That's what unbelieving world finds simply unbelievable. 118 00:06:11,770 --> 00:06:13,570 Someone said that I have no idea who it was. 119 00:06:14,090 --> 00:06:17,340 It wasn't me. An unbelieving world calls that 120 00:06:17,420 --> 00:06:20,180 absolutely unbelievable to see people that call themselves 121 00:06:20,180 --> 00:06:23,860 Christians and go live church and they'll put their Jesus fish 122 00:06:23,860 --> 00:06:28,140 sticker or their or their Jesus crosses on you know on the 123 00:06:28,140 --> 00:06:31,100 window. But then they'll Hulk and flip 124 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:35,060 you the bird in traffic and acting all crazy and you know 125 00:06:35,100 --> 00:06:38,140 like getting irate it to drive through because they can't get 126 00:06:38,140 --> 00:06:40,300 your order right now see so we are believers. 127 00:06:40,700 --> 00:06:44,770 This is not the nature of God. So this should not be who people 128 00:06:44,770 --> 00:06:46,850 see when they see. That's a Christian. 129 00:06:47,530 --> 00:06:50,250 Really. People should not be surprised 130 00:06:50,490 --> 00:06:53,250 if if you're if you're people at your work, your associates at 131 00:06:53,250 --> 00:06:56,370 your workplace found out you're a Christian, would they be 132 00:06:56,370 --> 00:06:58,770 surprised? You don't have to answer. 133 00:06:58,930 --> 00:07:02,490 It's just it's a question for you to say you're right. 134 00:07:03,090 --> 00:07:06,570 I don't really represent God while I'm at work, but this is 135 00:07:06,570 --> 00:07:10,970 just personal. As a side note, Jesus is not a 136 00:07:10,970 --> 00:07:14,420 fad. You know, living a life for 137 00:07:14,420 --> 00:07:16,620 Christ is not a fad. It's not something we go 138 00:07:16,620 --> 00:07:20,260 through. You know, humanity operates in 139 00:07:20,260 --> 00:07:24,140 fads. For example, in the 70s, 140 00:07:24,140 --> 00:07:27,260 sixties, 70s, there were bell bottoms. 141 00:07:27,780 --> 00:07:30,420 That was a fad. You know, I don't know. 142 00:07:30,420 --> 00:07:33,820 I wasn't around yet. I'm an 82 baby holler for all 143 00:07:33,820 --> 00:07:37,260 the 80s babies in the house. So, so. 144 00:07:37,260 --> 00:07:40,980 But that was a fad they all had. Well, bottoms, that was just a 145 00:07:40,980 --> 00:07:46,420 thing Then they it faded out OK then and now my late 80s, early 146 00:07:46,420 --> 00:07:51,340 90s, I had a mullet haircut. I remember I have my elementary 147 00:07:51,340 --> 00:07:55,460 school pictures and I remember I rocked A mullet with the with 148 00:07:55,500 --> 00:07:57,620 with real short hair on the side. 149 00:07:57,780 --> 00:08:02,100 I had a spike haircut. So I had a mullet and a spike 150 00:08:02,100 --> 00:08:04,940 haircut. I went so far in this fad. 151 00:08:06,070 --> 00:08:10,270 Then I put a perm in my mullet because if you'll notice, I 152 00:08:10,270 --> 00:08:12,830 don't have curly hair, but I wanted curly hair because when a 153 00:08:12,830 --> 00:08:16,310 perm gets wet, you see the real curls, it activates the perm, 154 00:08:16,310 --> 00:08:18,630 you know, and it's real curly. So I would just get out of 155 00:08:18,630 --> 00:08:20,830 shower and wet my hair. And then me and Devin, my little 156 00:08:20,830 --> 00:08:22,990 brother, I don't even know if he's here today, but you know, 157 00:08:22,990 --> 00:08:25,790 me and my little brother here we were play and we were just, I 158 00:08:25,790 --> 00:08:27,630 would be like, you know, I'm like, I'm pretending to be Van 159 00:08:27,630 --> 00:08:29,110 Dam. And I'm like, he won this more 160 00:08:29,110 --> 00:08:31,030 of the movies. He had this real curly hair. 161 00:08:31,150 --> 00:08:32,429 And I'm like. Man, this is it. 162 00:08:33,070 --> 00:08:37,950 But that was a fad. Now you see, now you see that 163 00:08:38,870 --> 00:08:41,350 the 70s and 60s is coming back around. 164 00:08:42,470 --> 00:08:44,830 It's still in a circle. It's enter, it's coming in. 165 00:08:44,830 --> 00:08:47,870 But oh, I want what? Why would Why do we do these 166 00:08:47,870 --> 00:08:48,990 things? That's the question. 167 00:08:49,310 --> 00:08:51,990 Fads. I think a fads kind of short for 168 00:08:51,990 --> 00:08:54,550 fading away. It'll come and it'll fade out. 169 00:08:54,790 --> 00:08:58,470 The Kingdom of God is not a fad. The Kingdom of God is not going 170 00:08:58,470 --> 00:09:00,630 to fade away. It was the same. 171 00:09:00,630 --> 00:09:02,870 He's the same yesterday, today and forever. 172 00:09:03,330 --> 00:09:04,890 So in the beginning, he was the Word. 173 00:09:04,890 --> 00:09:06,850 Now he's the Word. And in the end, he'll be the 174 00:09:06,850 --> 00:09:08,490 Word. And when heaven and earth passes 175 00:09:08,490 --> 00:09:12,450 away, he'll still be the Word. A new heaven and new earth will 176 00:09:12,450 --> 00:09:13,770 come down. But he's still the Word. 177 00:09:13,770 --> 00:09:15,650 The Word will not change. You know, we're not going to get 178 00:09:15,650 --> 00:09:18,210 a new copy of the Bible. That's completely different. 179 00:09:18,290 --> 00:09:21,330 When the new heaven and the new earth comes down, it's the same. 180 00:09:22,210 --> 00:09:23,730 And it will always remain. Amen. 181 00:09:25,450 --> 00:09:27,050 Funny story before I really get into it. 182 00:09:27,170 --> 00:09:30,750 That was my intro. Buddy of mine Matt he's in the 183 00:09:30,750 --> 00:09:33,830 building this morning and you know he mean him we share some 184 00:09:33,830 --> 00:09:37,230 similar things that we liked as hobbies and one of them is 185 00:09:37,230 --> 00:09:42,790 talking and so so he he's like hey man he's like hey hey he's 186 00:09:42,790 --> 00:09:45,190 like hey I said I heard uh heard you got today's you got a word 187 00:09:45,190 --> 00:09:47,710 today I said yes. I said I've got something to say 188 00:09:47,710 --> 00:09:49,830 to him. I said worst case scenario, I'm 189 00:09:49,830 --> 00:09:51,390 just going to have you come up here and we'll just tell 190 00:09:51,390 --> 00:09:54,990 everyone who we are and that's 45 minutes in itself because the 191 00:09:54,990 --> 00:09:56,670 only. Person that likes to talk more 192 00:09:56,670 --> 00:09:59,270 than me. It's Matt Hunt and everyone that 193 00:09:59,270 --> 00:10:03,470 knows him is. He knows that one last story 194 00:10:03,470 --> 00:10:04,430 that I'm really going to get into. 195 00:10:04,430 --> 00:10:07,910 Last story, the first time I ever, the first time I ever 196 00:10:07,910 --> 00:10:14,950 preached in front of Pastor Earl was in Nicaragua and his 197 00:10:14,950 --> 00:10:16,670 Vladimir. Vladimir might be in here. 198 00:10:16,710 --> 00:10:18,190 Vladimir, He's in the back. I see him. 199 00:10:18,710 --> 00:10:22,070 He was probably there. I'm as a matter of fact, I know 200 00:10:22,070 --> 00:10:25,230 he was there. First time I ever preached. 201 00:10:25,230 --> 00:10:28,770 I was so nervous. Now you got to understand the 202 00:10:28,770 --> 00:10:52,010 demographics. Sit down until I asked them or 203 00:10:52,010 --> 00:10:32,010 told them You may be seated. I I'm in Nicaragua, there was at 204 00:10:32,010 --> 00:10:36,650 least 80 to 100 men, OK. In this group, it was a men's 205 00:10:36,650 --> 00:10:40,530 camp and they're all in there and they stood up to honor the 206 00:10:40,530 --> 00:10:46,850 speaker, and they have such great honor in this country that 207 00:10:46,850 --> 00:10:56,070 they would. They stood, So I'm up here and 208 00:10:56,070 --> 00:10:58,190 I'm so nervous. You know, Pastor Marcus, he just 209 00:10:58,190 --> 00:11:00,870 got done singing and then I'm getting up here and I'm like, 210 00:11:00,870 --> 00:11:02,550 OK, I've got my nose. I'm so nervous. 211 00:11:02,550 --> 00:11:04,590 Pastor Earl, sitting here, I'm in another country. 212 00:11:04,590 --> 00:11:05,790 It's really my first time preaching. 213 00:11:05,790 --> 00:11:09,150 And I'm like, I'm like, you know, I'm like, so I just, I 214 00:11:09,150 --> 00:11:11,270 just launched into, I just started, I introduced myself and 215 00:11:11,270 --> 00:11:13,270 I just started and they're still standing. 216 00:11:13,670 --> 00:11:15,230 I didn't notice. I'm just. 217 00:11:15,230 --> 00:11:16,510 No big deal. They're still standing. 218 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,680 So finally and I'm so and I'm and there's no microphone and 219 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:22,640 I'm in this loud building and it's just hot and there's a 220 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,120 metal roof and there's, you know, it's just so I'm 221 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,120 projecting my voice. So I'm like, really? 222 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:31,000 Yelling, I'm like, I'm like, you know, I because I knew I was 223 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:35,400 projecting my voice, you know? So then all sudden I see, I see. 224 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,640 Pastor. No, it was John. 225 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:39,920 It was his son Sean. Sean was on that trip. 226 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,600 So Sean, his oldest son, Sean, he walked over the back. 227 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:49,390 And Sean's doing this. I'm like, I must be talking too 228 00:11:49,390 --> 00:11:54,350 loud. So I start monotoning my voice 229 00:11:54,350 --> 00:11:56,150 down a little bit. I started, you know, I started 230 00:11:56,150 --> 00:11:58,910 talking a little lower. So finally now there's an 231 00:11:58,910 --> 00:12:00,350 interpreter. It may have been Ernie. 232 00:12:00,350 --> 00:12:02,590 Yeah, there's an interpreter. I'm sure it probably was there. 233 00:12:02,590 --> 00:12:04,750 Ernie was. He's interpreted for me because 234 00:12:04,750 --> 00:12:06,310 they have no idea what I'm saying. 235 00:12:06,310 --> 00:12:09,510 I mean, I'm Appalachian English. There's Appalachian English, and 236 00:12:09,510 --> 00:12:10,790 then the, you know, there's Spanish. 237 00:12:10,990 --> 00:12:12,590 So they have no idea what I'm saying. 238 00:12:12,590 --> 00:12:15,250 He's interpreting. To the best of his ability. 239 00:12:15,850 --> 00:12:22,570 And and finally Pastor Earl says have him sit down real loud and 240 00:12:22,570 --> 00:12:24,730 now they have no idea what he said. 241 00:12:26,490 --> 00:12:29,530 And then finally I was like you may be seated and then he 242 00:12:29,530 --> 00:12:31,330 interprets you may be sitting and they all sit down. 243 00:12:31,330 --> 00:12:35,690 I was like, so I was reminded of that account this morning 244 00:12:35,690 --> 00:12:39,370 because I just wanted to get you guys kind of the eyes, little 245 00:12:39,370 --> 00:12:42,810 icebreaker, because you know, the word of God is not heavy. 246 00:12:43,700 --> 00:12:46,500 The word of God sets us free. I'm gonna. 247 00:12:46,500 --> 00:12:48,540 I'm gonna step on some sacred cows. 248 00:12:48,740 --> 00:12:50,620 But I. It's not something for you to 249 00:12:50,660 --> 00:12:52,580 say. You know it shouldn't raw you up 250 00:12:52,580 --> 00:12:54,220 or man. It should set you free and 251 00:12:54,220 --> 00:12:56,940 should say OK, yes, I see that now. 252 00:12:57,100 --> 00:12:59,940 I see how your your love has done that for me. 253 00:12:59,940 --> 00:13:03,260 I can honor you by reading your word and doing your word, 254 00:13:03,260 --> 00:13:04,940 because that's the greatest form of honor. 255 00:13:05,100 --> 00:13:07,980 The greatest form of honor that Jesus could have done for his 256 00:13:07,980 --> 00:13:11,220 father was to do everything he sent him to do. 257 00:13:12,370 --> 00:13:16,250 He said he wouldn't have even. Had not God sent him? 258 00:13:35,770 --> 00:13:18,330 Chapter 13, verse 13. In other words, Jesus wasn't 259 00:13:18,330 --> 00:13:20,450 sitting up there saying, let me go, let me go, let me go, let me 260 00:13:20,450 --> 00:13:21,250 go. Get murdered. 261 00:13:21,370 --> 00:13:23,050 Killed, you know, Beard ripped out. 262 00:13:23,050 --> 00:13:24,650 Let me, let me. Just let me know. 263 00:13:24,890 --> 00:13:28,130 No. He was sent and he willingly 264 00:13:28,130 --> 00:13:30,570 obeyed. And it was his greatest form of 265 00:13:30,570 --> 00:13:34,730 honor, for his father was to obey that what the Lord asking 266 00:13:35,050 --> 00:13:38,130 so. This is where the message 267 00:13:38,130 --> 00:13:41,960 starts. Says whosoever despiseth the 268 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:46,680 Word shall be destroyed, but he that feareth the commandment 269 00:13:46,680 --> 00:13:50,840 shall be rewarded. That Word despise means to 270 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:54,560 disrespect. Fear of the Lord is more of 271 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:56,480 obedience, so let's try it this way. 272 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:01,720 Whosoever despises or disrespects the Word, shall be 273 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,480 destroyed. But he that. 274 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,040 Has obedience to the commandments of God will be 275 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:09,300 rewarded? Now that's a different way of 276 00:14:09,340 --> 00:14:13,900 reading it, because I know no one would ever say I I ain't 277 00:14:13,900 --> 00:14:17,220 reading the Bible. I I despise that no one's ever 278 00:14:17,220 --> 00:14:20,180 done this, even. Unbelievers have a have a 279 00:14:20,180 --> 00:14:23,060 reverence for the word of God, you know, because they know that 280 00:14:23,060 --> 00:14:24,620 it's sacred. They know that they know that 281 00:14:24,620 --> 00:14:27,420 it's right. They don't want to submit and 282 00:14:27,420 --> 00:14:30,100 crucify their flesh yet, but they know it's right. 283 00:14:30,100 --> 00:14:31,140 The other day they know it's right. 284 00:14:31,140 --> 00:14:34,220 My dad, my dad, all he raised me up. 285 00:14:34,380 --> 00:14:38,260 He just he was a great dad, but not a spiritual father. 286 00:14:38,340 --> 00:14:40,060 Father, because he wasn't born again. 287 00:14:40,220 --> 00:14:44,180 He taught me how to do things naturally, but he could never 288 00:14:44,180 --> 00:14:45,860 teach me how to do things spiritually. 289 00:14:46,140 --> 00:14:49,140 But at the end of the day, he knew on Sunday mornings I would 290 00:14:49,140 --> 00:14:51,300 try to go to him and that would be my way out. 291 00:14:51,300 --> 00:14:53,100 Dad, let me stay home from church. 292 00:14:54,060 --> 00:14:55,860 You know, I don't want moms making me go to church. 293 00:14:55,860 --> 00:14:56,860 Didn't you know I shouldn't have to. 294 00:14:57,260 --> 00:14:58,700 She shouldn't make me go to church. 295 00:14:58,900 --> 00:15:00,420 Dad, come up. Tell her I'm not going to go. 296 00:15:00,540 --> 00:15:01,580 You know she has to listen to you. 297 00:15:01,580 --> 00:15:06,100 Your dad Now, son, you need to go to church with your mom, even 298 00:15:06,100 --> 00:15:11,100 though he wasn't himself going. He knew that was right and 299 00:15:11,100 --> 00:15:15,580 thankfully he was able to get in by the skin of his teeth. 300 00:15:16,340 --> 00:15:18,420 You know, like he. Later, he passed away of cancer. 301 00:15:18,860 --> 00:15:20,860 That he did not have to. He could have, he could have 302 00:15:20,860 --> 00:15:23,580 received a word from God because there are other cancer people in 303 00:15:23,580 --> 00:15:25,060 here. Randy somewhere. 304 00:15:25,220 --> 00:15:27,460 Like he mentioned the Mayo Clinic during offering, Yeah, 305 00:15:27,540 --> 00:15:29,460 there's two different sides of cancer. 306 00:15:29,660 --> 00:15:32,420 There's a side that we just give into it and say, Oh my gosh, 307 00:15:32,420 --> 00:15:33,660 it's cancer. It's uncurable. 308 00:15:33,860 --> 00:15:36,860 Or there's a side where I'm going to believe God, and if I 309 00:15:36,860 --> 00:15:39,740 die, I'm going to die believe. God, because it is not his will, 310 00:15:39,980 --> 00:15:43,700 it is not his will for me to die and but my father never had 311 00:15:43,700 --> 00:15:48,700 revelation of that so peace or come to his illness but at the 312 00:15:48,740 --> 00:15:52,430 end of his Rd. He was able to confess with his 313 00:15:52,430 --> 00:15:55,350 mouth, believe in his heart, become born again. 314 00:15:55,470 --> 00:15:57,830 He was able to have water baptism, which we'll do here in 315 00:15:57,830 --> 00:16:00,990 a little bit by sprinkling water, because he wasn't even 316 00:16:00,990 --> 00:16:02,390 able to get out of bed at this point. 317 00:16:02,510 --> 00:16:05,150 He's they sprinkle water on him and water baptized. 318 00:16:05,310 --> 00:16:06,830 He got filled with a Holy Spirit. 319 00:16:06,830 --> 00:16:12,070 He spoke in other tongues, I mean, but it wasn't a revelation 320 00:16:12,070 --> 00:16:15,150 for him to change his life. It was just security of leaving 321 00:16:15,150 --> 00:16:17,790 the planet. But that's not God's desire for 322 00:16:17,790 --> 00:16:19,780 you. You don't have to get there. 323 00:16:19,940 --> 00:16:22,620 That's his desire is never for you to die. 324 00:16:22,700 --> 00:16:25,260 Ever. God's not putting a sickness on 325 00:16:25,260 --> 00:16:26,900 you, teaching you a lesson He's not. 326 00:16:26,900 --> 00:16:28,980 No. If you're sick, you need to 327 00:16:28,980 --> 00:16:30,860 fight the good or fight of faith and come out of it. 328 00:16:30,980 --> 00:16:32,540 Amen. All right, let's keep going. 329 00:16:33,420 --> 00:16:37,580 Proverbs, Chapter 13, verse 13 in the Passion Translation says 330 00:16:37,580 --> 00:16:40,820 despise the word, will you? Then you'll pay the price. 331 00:16:40,860 --> 00:16:44,260 And it won't be pretty. But the one who honors the 332 00:16:44,260 --> 00:16:48,060 Father's holy instructions will be rewarded. 333 00:16:48,510 --> 00:16:51,030 The fear of the Lord is directly related to honor. 334 00:16:52,110 --> 00:16:55,670 If you honor the word of God, then it'll produce life for you. 335 00:16:56,430 --> 00:17:00,310 It can't produce anything else if you have a high. 336 00:17:00,310 --> 00:17:03,990 Esteem and you honor the word of God as it was spoken and 337 00:17:03,990 --> 00:17:06,869 written, then it cannot fail, he said. 338 00:17:06,869 --> 00:17:10,470 My word will not return back to me empty or without power, but 339 00:17:10,470 --> 00:17:13,990 it will accomplish everything that I sent it to accomplish. 340 00:17:14,329 --> 00:17:17,450 So if you're wondering why God's word is not working for you, 341 00:17:17,609 --> 00:17:21,450 then is a question of you. It's not a question of the word, 342 00:17:21,890 --> 00:17:25,450 because if we fail to believe God at what he said, then we 343 00:17:25,450 --> 00:17:30,010 will fail to have its outcome. My dad failed to believe the 344 00:17:30,010 --> 00:17:32,170 power. I asked him one day. 345 00:17:32,290 --> 00:17:34,450 I asked him one day. Randy actually bought me a plane 346 00:17:34,450 --> 00:17:36,910 ticket to go up there. Because I wanted to. 347 00:17:37,190 --> 00:17:39,750 I wanted to be able to be with him and kind of walk him through 348 00:17:39,750 --> 00:17:41,910 this. Because I had gained such great 349 00:17:41,910 --> 00:17:43,870 revelation of the healing power of God. 350 00:17:44,030 --> 00:17:48,590 I knew this was easy, but I had to get his mind changed because 351 00:17:48,590 --> 00:17:50,750 Jesus said repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. 352 00:17:50,750 --> 00:17:52,230 Repent means to change your thinking. 353 00:17:52,430 --> 00:17:55,430 So I knew I had to get his thinking change because he's so, 354 00:17:55,430 --> 00:17:58,190 you know what little bit of church his mother did bring him 355 00:17:58,190 --> 00:18:00,110 up in was Southern Baptist, which was. 356 00:18:00,580 --> 00:18:02,780 Just being born again. That was it. 357 00:18:02,780 --> 00:18:04,740 If we're born again, that's all that matters. 358 00:18:04,740 --> 00:18:06,860 And every time we go to church, we're going to get born again. 359 00:18:06,860 --> 00:18:09,340 Again. Because that's the Hellfire 360 00:18:09,340 --> 00:18:11,860 brimstone preaching. Let me tell you today about a 361 00:18:11,860 --> 00:18:14,900 man named Jesus and how he died on the cross and how he rose. 362 00:18:15,620 --> 00:18:17,260 Come on, you'll ever been in one of these churches. 363 00:18:17,580 --> 00:18:21,260 It's exciting. It's exciting, It's exciting, 364 00:18:22,780 --> 00:18:28,060 but but it will not empower you to live the Kingdom on the 365 00:18:28,060 --> 00:18:31,990 earth. It will only give you a good 366 00:18:32,070 --> 00:18:35,870 night's sleep, knowing that if you die before you wake the 367 00:18:35,870 --> 00:18:37,910 Lord, your soul, he will take. That's it. 368 00:18:37,910 --> 00:18:41,470 That's all it'll do for you. And that's the level of 369 00:18:41,470 --> 00:18:43,630 understanding of the word that my dad had. 370 00:18:43,790 --> 00:18:46,230 So in the end, he was able to become born again. 371 00:18:46,430 --> 00:18:49,150 And I believe now he is present with the Lord because to be 372 00:18:49,150 --> 00:18:50,990 absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. 373 00:18:50,990 --> 00:18:53,470 I will see him again one day. Amen. 374 00:18:53,990 --> 00:18:57,070 The reverence for the Lord means deep respect. 375 00:18:59,310 --> 00:19:03,270 Obedience is a form of honor. If I am honoring if I deeply. 376 00:19:03,270 --> 00:19:05,910 Respect the word of God. Then I'm going to obey the what 377 00:19:05,910 --> 00:19:07,510 it says. I'm going to obey the word of 378 00:19:07,510 --> 00:19:10,470 God because if I have honor for the word, then I'm going to obey 379 00:19:10,470 --> 00:19:14,030 it. My son, who's honoring me by 380 00:19:14,030 --> 00:19:16,230 obeying, he's taking notes. I said, son, I want you to sell 381 00:19:16,230 --> 00:19:18,070 the front seat today. I want you to take notes and I 382 00:19:18,070 --> 00:19:20,310 want to read your notes and I'm gonna compare him to my notes 383 00:19:20,310 --> 00:19:22,830 and we'll see how well you did. Because I want to equip him to 384 00:19:22,830 --> 00:19:26,190 be a note taker. Pastor Mike coins this phrase he 385 00:19:26,190 --> 00:19:30,590 says on on the paper off the mind because it is impossible 386 00:19:30,590 --> 00:19:34,310 for you to remember everything that said when you leave, so 387 00:19:34,310 --> 00:19:37,350 become good note takers. You can take notes on your phone 388 00:19:37,470 --> 00:19:39,670 if you have your notifications turned off because the devil 389 00:19:39,670 --> 00:19:43,630 will distract you. Oh, Facebook post, oh, Instagram 390 00:19:43,630 --> 00:19:47,630 post, oh, grocery list reminder, Oh, there's all types of 391 00:19:47,630 --> 00:19:49,910 distractions. Take notes. 392 00:19:50,030 --> 00:19:54,110 Become a good note taker so that you can go back and read over 393 00:19:54,110 --> 00:19:55,750 your notes. Review your notes. 394 00:19:55,950 --> 00:19:59,350 I've got notes from every service I've ever said in here 395 00:19:59,910 --> 00:20:03,670 because it's just that important, because it's 396 00:20:03,910 --> 00:20:07,150 everything that I say to you and everything that Pastor Earl says 397 00:20:07,150 --> 00:20:09,550 from the platform is not in our notes. 398 00:20:09,750 --> 00:20:12,030 So it's not like we're going to say, Oh yeah, you missed 399 00:20:12,030 --> 00:20:13,430 something, I'll. E-mail you my notes. 400 00:20:14,270 --> 00:20:16,230 He did this once. He sent me his notes, he said. 401 00:20:16,230 --> 00:20:17,950 Here, I'm going to say I'm going to give you some notes. 402 00:20:17,950 --> 00:20:18,310 It's OK. Cool. 403 00:20:18,670 --> 00:20:23,150 It's just scripture references. I'm like, hey pastor, got your 404 00:20:23,150 --> 00:20:25,670 scriptures, send me your notes. Those are my notes. 405 00:20:27,190 --> 00:20:28,590 Great. It's awesome. 406 00:20:29,550 --> 00:20:31,510 Appreciate it. I'm going to read the Bible too. 407 00:20:32,710 --> 00:20:40,920 So James chapter one, verse 22. Say James chapter one, verse 22. 408 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:44,720 I make my teenagers do this because if you hear me say it, 409 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,640 but then you yourself say it, there's twice, twice to get a 410 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,280 chance that you're going to retain it. 411 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:52,280 Because it's not about me. I've got it here. 412 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:55,680 I need you to get it. Amen James chapter one verse 22 413 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:59,800 says don't just listen to the word of truth and not respond to 414 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:04,080 it for that is the essence of self deception. 415 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,840 Notice it doesn't say the devil's deceiving you. 416 00:21:07,820 --> 00:21:10,140 That's the essence of self deception. 417 00:21:10,340 --> 00:21:14,620 So always let his word become like poetry, written and 418 00:21:14,620 --> 00:21:17,900 fulfilled by your life. Response is an action. 419 00:21:18,780 --> 00:21:21,700 If you're doing the word of God, you're it's a response. 420 00:21:21,700 --> 00:21:23,340 That's an action. OK. 421 00:21:23,340 --> 00:21:25,300 I can't say that I'm going to do God's word. 422 00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:28,540 If you don't see me doing God's word, you understand because. 423 00:21:28,780 --> 00:21:30,860 And then it says that God's word will come to pass. 424 00:21:30,860 --> 00:21:32,700 He desires that it comes to pass through. 425 00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:35,180 So he said my word will come to pass. 426 00:21:36,060 --> 00:21:37,380 OK. And it's and it will. 427 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:41,400 Someone's going to do it. He desires it to come to pass 428 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:44,760 through you. He wants his word to come to 429 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,000 pass through. He wants to see his blessings 430 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,000 come and fulfilled being fulfilled in your life. 431 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,880 He wants to see his provision be provided to you in your life. 432 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,080 He wants to see health in your life. 433 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,160 He wants his word to come to pass through you. 434 00:21:58,360 --> 00:22:02,320 He wants your testimony to be that what will cause people to 435 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,560 overcome their situation, because someone may be going 436 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:07,360 through something that you already went through. 437 00:22:07,700 --> 00:22:11,340 So why don't you let them hear how God was faithful for you and 438 00:22:11,340 --> 00:22:14,380 help encourage him? My gosh, He says he's no 439 00:22:14,380 --> 00:22:16,940 respecter of persons. So if he'll do it for this 440 00:22:16,940 --> 00:22:19,660 little apple actually got from Kentucky, then he's going to do 441 00:22:19,660 --> 00:22:21,580 it for me. You understand what I'm saying? 442 00:22:21,580 --> 00:22:24,660 He, he, He loves to perform His Word. 443 00:22:25,180 --> 00:22:28,700 He loves it. It is a great honor for him to 444 00:22:28,700 --> 00:22:32,260 see you applying your faith in His Word and having it coming to 445 00:22:32,260 --> 00:22:33,380 pass in your life. Amen. 446 00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:38,190 It says your your life should be flowing like a beautiful poem. 447 00:22:38,630 --> 00:22:43,510 Now listen, I don't read poetry newsflash. 448 00:22:44,830 --> 00:22:48,390 But when I think of poetry, I think of something that just. 449 00:22:48,390 --> 00:22:51,870 Smoothly rolls off the lips when you're reading it. 450 00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:54,830 It just flows. It's just a good smooth flow. 451 00:22:55,390 --> 00:22:57,830 And that's how God desires your life to be. 452 00:22:58,230 --> 00:23:01,190 Your life should be just a good smooth flow. 453 00:23:01,670 --> 00:23:04,750 And now we live in a fallen world and there is an enemy. 454 00:23:04,750 --> 00:23:10,200 He's the devil and he does not want you to succeed, just to let 455 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:15,800 you know he wants you to fail. But it is up to you because 456 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:20,840 Jesus already conquered him. Jesus conquered death hell in 457 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:22,380 the grave. He conquered. 458 00:23:22,380 --> 00:23:25,500 He's gotten the keys to Hades. OK, so he's already fought the 459 00:23:25,500 --> 00:23:27,500 fight. It is up to you to fight the 460 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:30,700 good fight of faith that Paul talks about and have what Jesus 461 00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:33,180 did come to pass in your life. Because last time I checked, I 462 00:23:33,180 --> 00:23:36,220 am seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. 463 00:23:36,780 --> 00:23:39,260 So if Jesus could overcome something that says that he was 464 00:23:39,260 --> 00:23:42,400 tempted on all accounts. Which means well, now I'm 465 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,760 different. Pastor, this is not. 466 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,920 You know, they didn't have cell phones back when Jesus was 467 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:49,280 there. So how do we know he could have 468 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,640 overcome? No, he was tempted on all 469 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:53,840 accounts. That's what the word says. 470 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,960 So if he was able to overcome all temptation, then we can 471 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,000 overcome all temptation. That's it. 472 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,600 There's no temptation that will ever come to you. 473 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,360 That the blood of Jesus cannot overpower it is up to. 474 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:10,690 You say me. It's up to you to gain 475 00:24:10,690 --> 00:24:14,250 revelation through the reading of the word and say, OK, I'm 476 00:24:14,250 --> 00:24:16,970 going to apply this word to my life. 477 00:24:17,210 --> 00:24:20,290 That is my job. That's my job. 478 00:24:20,970 --> 00:24:22,730 Period. That is up to me. 479 00:24:22,730 --> 00:24:26,970 If I'm if God's Word is failing for me, then it is my fault. 480 00:24:27,210 --> 00:24:31,170 It is me failing to believe it and failing to apply that to 481 00:24:31,170 --> 00:24:34,980 apply it. I I mean if you're a first time 482 00:24:34,980 --> 00:24:37,620 guess, you cannot experience aggravate church in one service. 483 00:24:37,620 --> 00:24:39,980 You have to come at least go back at least five times. 484 00:24:40,020 --> 00:24:45,940 So just know I'm very passionate when it comes to word and when 485 00:24:45,940 --> 00:24:49,540 it comes to obeying the word, you have to be equally as a 486 00:24:49,540 --> 00:24:50,460 passionate. About it. 487 00:24:51,100 --> 00:24:53,180 Because it doesn't matter what you know. 488 00:24:53,180 --> 00:24:55,540 It says that you deceive yourself if you're doing. 489 00:24:55,540 --> 00:24:58,380 If you're not doing the word you know, then you're deceiving 490 00:24:58,380 --> 00:25:02,220 yourself right now. The sad thing about deception? 491 00:25:02,690 --> 00:25:05,850 Is that people that are deceived don't know they're deceived. 492 00:25:06,090 --> 00:25:07,850 Well, good news. I've got an answer. 493 00:25:07,850 --> 00:25:11,330 Read the Bible so you can realize that's me. 494 00:25:11,650 --> 00:25:13,530 I'm deceived. I need to repent. 495 00:25:13,530 --> 00:25:16,130 I need to change my thinking because there was, you know, 496 00:25:16,250 --> 00:25:18,690 like I said, my grandmother was Southern Baptist. 497 00:25:19,330 --> 00:25:21,570 Ain't no speaking in tongues at a Southern Baptist church. 498 00:25:21,570 --> 00:25:24,090 Y'all OK? And ain't having that died out 499 00:25:24,090 --> 00:25:26,250 with the apostles. They say, OK, let's talk. 500 00:25:26,290 --> 00:25:29,450 But that's false. That's there's no scripture to 501 00:25:29,450 --> 00:25:33,670 to to give the evidence of that. There is evidence of a spirit 502 00:25:33,670 --> 00:25:37,150 filled, tongue talking believing church that is in the planet 503 00:25:37,150 --> 00:25:38,950 today. We are a spirit filled 504 00:25:38,950 --> 00:25:42,030 organization. The word of God is is the He's 505 00:25:42,030 --> 00:25:46,030 the helper, He's my helper. He's the one that Jude verse 20 506 00:25:46,030 --> 00:25:48,270 says praying the Holy Ghost building yourselves up in your 507 00:25:48,270 --> 00:25:50,310 most holy faith. That's why I'm doing it. 508 00:25:51,150 --> 00:25:53,190 And Jude's the 2nd to last book of the Bible. 509 00:25:53,190 --> 00:25:55,950 So if it was supposed to be gone away with it and probably been 510 00:25:55,950 --> 00:25:58,590 the second book of the Bible, not the first book. 511 00:25:58,630 --> 00:26:01,350 But there's nothing from just as a revelation. 512 00:26:01,430 --> 00:26:05,350 Everything that's in there is applicable for today, and it is 513 00:26:05,350 --> 00:26:07,550 for you today. And if you'll receive it, you 514 00:26:07,550 --> 00:26:09,310 can grow by and be empowered by it. 515 00:26:09,350 --> 00:26:11,790 Amen. So I got four things that we're 516 00:26:11,790 --> 00:26:14,190 going to focus on this morning. Say 4 things. 517 00:26:15,030 --> 00:26:17,550 You need to write these down, Text them to yourself. 518 00:26:17,550 --> 00:26:19,550 Remind yourself. We're going to talk about four 519 00:26:19,550 --> 00:26:21,230 things. It's interesting when the Holy 520 00:26:21,230 --> 00:26:26,230 Ghost talks to other people that don't really know that someone 521 00:26:26,230 --> 00:26:28,030 else got it. Like Pastor Marcus this morning 522 00:26:28,030 --> 00:26:31,320 he talked about maintaining, you know, during praise the war 523 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:32,360 should be talked about a maintenance. 524 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:33,520 There's a maintenance and a maintain. 525 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:35,400 That's one of the four points that you're going to get. 526 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:39,360 So it's super exciting to see that God has went before us and 527 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:41,360 before we're. Before I ever even took the 528 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:44,400 first note, he already had a plan and a purpose because I'm 529 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:45,680 led by his spirit. Amen. 530 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,240 So number one, say #1. It's purpose. 531 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:51,800 You don't have to repeat everything. 532 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:53,200 Only if I Only if I tell you to say it. 533 00:26:54,470 --> 00:26:55,590 I get this a lot. I get this a lot. 534 00:26:55,590 --> 00:26:56,990 My teenagers, they did it on purpose. 535 00:26:56,990 --> 00:26:58,950 I don't think you guys did it on purpose, but they'll just keep 536 00:26:58,950 --> 00:27:00,990 your family like you're done. You don't have to repeat me 537 00:27:00,990 --> 00:27:04,630 anymore. Our lives should have purpose 538 00:27:04,750 --> 00:27:06,590 for God's Kingdom and His church. 539 00:27:06,590 --> 00:27:12,230 I'm gonna say it again. Our lives should have purpose. 540 00:27:12,990 --> 00:27:16,470 And those that purpose should be for God's Kingdom and for His 541 00:27:16,470 --> 00:27:20,030 church. This purpose drives us. 542 00:27:21,090 --> 00:27:24,730 This purpose is what we wake up. And I know that God has a plan 543 00:27:24,730 --> 00:27:26,890 for me. God needs me. 544 00:27:27,930 --> 00:27:31,850 You understand what I'm saying? He needs me, I said underneath 545 00:27:31,850 --> 00:27:36,210 the teaching one time for several years of my life. 546 00:27:36,610 --> 00:27:39,050 And I would constantly hear the person from the platform saying, 547 00:27:39,050 --> 00:27:43,370 God doesn't need you, you know? He's gonna and he that God 548 00:27:43,370 --> 00:27:44,930 doesn't need you. He's no he's going to do it 549 00:27:44,930 --> 00:27:49,170 anyway. God wants to do it through us. 550 00:27:50,110 --> 00:27:54,630 You know He needs us, He said. The earth is given to man, the 551 00:27:54,630 --> 00:27:56,270 heavens are the heavens of the Lord. 552 00:27:56,550 --> 00:28:01,190 But the earth He's given to man, He's given it to us to maintain 553 00:28:01,190 --> 00:28:03,230 it. He's given to us to be able to 554 00:28:03,230 --> 00:28:08,350 speak His word in it, half faith in it, as our our God's word 555 00:28:08,350 --> 00:28:11,070 through our mouth is just as powerful as God's Word coming 556 00:28:11,070 --> 00:28:14,500 out of his mouth. Because when I say I am healed 557 00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:18,780 by His stripes, that's the same power as when God said you are 558 00:28:18,780 --> 00:28:20,980 healed by my stripes. That's it. 559 00:28:21,060 --> 00:28:22,900 When I believe it, it's the same. 560 00:28:22,900 --> 00:28:24,540 It doesn't. It's the same. 561 00:28:24,540 --> 00:28:27,540 Amen. It says the same #2, say #2. 562 00:28:28,660 --> 00:28:30,900 Function. Say function. 563 00:28:31,220 --> 00:28:32,020 You're good. All right. 564 00:28:32,460 --> 00:28:34,740 And we'll get this. We'll get this before lunch. 565 00:28:34,740 --> 00:28:36,740 We'll get it. Function our lives. 566 00:28:36,740 --> 00:28:39,580 It should have a function for God's Kingdom in His church. 567 00:28:40,180 --> 00:28:44,530 Notice His Kingdom, His church. Our lives should have a 568 00:28:44,530 --> 00:28:46,890 function. There is a part we can play. 569 00:28:47,970 --> 00:28:53,090 We can do more than just here, we can do. 570 00:28:54,090 --> 00:28:58,250 If something has a function, that means it does something #3. 571 00:28:58,370 --> 00:28:59,930 Performance. Say performance. 572 00:29:01,090 --> 00:29:03,370 Our lives should be performing in God's Kingdom. 573 00:29:03,370 --> 00:29:12,810 In His church, our lives should be performing and #4 what Pastor 574 00:29:12,850 --> 00:29:14,890 Marcus was all over is maintenance. 575 00:29:16,410 --> 00:29:20,650 Our lives should maintain themselves in God's Kingdom and 576 00:29:20,650 --> 00:29:25,250 in His church. There's enough, if we're reading 577 00:29:25,250 --> 00:29:29,530 the word, praying in the Spirit, building ourselves up there is 578 00:29:29,530 --> 00:29:32,730 enough to maintain us. We shouldn't have to, you know. 579 00:29:32,730 --> 00:29:35,090 Oh, we're so we got no, there's enough. 580 00:29:35,090 --> 00:29:40,130 God's word is enough. Same in #1 we said was purpose. 581 00:29:40,130 --> 00:29:43,740 Let's talk about purpose. Our purpose should wake us up in 582 00:29:43,740 --> 00:29:47,900 the morning. Your purpose. 583 00:29:47,900 --> 00:29:52,140 When you wake up in the morning, it's like yes, yes. 584 00:29:53,100 --> 00:29:55,100 He didn't return last night, so I'm going to God. 585 00:29:55,100 --> 00:29:58,060 I got another day. He's got a purpose for me in 586 00:29:58,060 --> 00:29:59,540 this planet and I'm going to perform it. 587 00:29:59,540 --> 00:30:02,580 I'm going to do it. Our purpose should drive us 588 00:30:02,580 --> 00:30:06,020 through the day. Listen, we should be. 589 00:30:06,140 --> 00:30:08,860 We'll be going down the road. What am I going to get to do? 590 00:30:08,860 --> 00:30:11,640 Where am I going? Listening to the Holy Spirit, 591 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,000 the one that's alive, the one that's in the planet, the third 592 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,640 person, we've got God the Father, God the Son, God the 593 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,760 Holy Spirit. God is in heaven, on a throne. 594 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:21,960 Jesus is it, as at his right hand. 595 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,520 So he's in heaven. And now the Holy Spirit, that's 596 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,960 the third person, dwells on the inside of us who believe it and 597 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:32,200 received it by faith. Now he can let me know what the 598 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,780 will of my Heavenly Father is. And now if I'm in heavenly 599 00:30:35,780 --> 00:30:38,740 places in Christ Jesus, then this the holy I need that. 600 00:30:38,740 --> 00:30:42,180 We need the Holy Spirit. Say we need the Holy Spirit. 601 00:30:42,700 --> 00:30:46,940 He's our helper, our purpose. Our purpose should give us 602 00:30:46,940 --> 00:30:49,780 peace. When we lay down to fall asleep 603 00:30:49,780 --> 00:30:53,300 at night. My wife says that she hates it 604 00:30:53,300 --> 00:30:55,140 because I fall asleep before she does. 605 00:30:55,980 --> 00:30:57,540 You have ears to hears. Probably because that's the 606 00:30:57,540 --> 00:31:00,010 word. That's why she hates it. 607 00:31:00,290 --> 00:31:03,170 She doesn't hate it that her husband gets such good, restful 608 00:31:03,170 --> 00:31:05,890 sleep before she does. It's because if she doesn't race 609 00:31:05,890 --> 00:31:08,930 me to sleep, she's gonna have a hard time. 610 00:31:08,930 --> 00:31:12,250 She's gonna have to turn like no rain noises up or turn the A/C 611 00:31:12,250 --> 00:31:13,570 on or something. You know? 612 00:31:13,730 --> 00:31:16,330 I went on a men stripped with Duncan Daly one time. 613 00:31:16,330 --> 00:31:18,770 I don't know if we're Duncan that but Duncan Yeah, I was. 614 00:31:18,810 --> 00:31:20,730 He's in the best sound, but they have black shirts on, so I have 615 00:31:20,730 --> 00:31:22,330 no idea where he's at. I see a head. 616 00:31:22,610 --> 00:31:26,210 So Duncan Daly was my roommate. And Duncan was like, he's super 617 00:31:26,210 --> 00:31:27,690 nice as hey now, Pastor, he said. 618 00:31:28,180 --> 00:31:30,620 Now I'm gonna let you know he's like, you know, I tend to snore, 619 00:31:30,620 --> 00:31:32,100 especially when you know when I'm tired. 620 00:31:32,100 --> 00:31:33,900 I said, you know what, That's no problem. 621 00:31:33,900 --> 00:31:35,940 I snore too, especially when I'm tired. 622 00:31:36,340 --> 00:31:40,260 So when he said I snore, I mean, I didn't realize I was think, 623 00:31:40,260 --> 00:31:45,260 wow, he does snore. So, so, and I'm sure he thought 624 00:31:45,260 --> 00:31:47,300 the same thing about me, because, I mean, I have to sound 625 00:31:47,300 --> 00:31:50,300 like I'm trying to suck my nose through my skull like when I'm 626 00:31:50,340 --> 00:31:54,540 asleep anyway. Anyway, it was a race for us. 627 00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:58,080 We would get in our room at night and we knew we had to get 628 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:00,320 up early, so we wanted to get as much sleep as possible. 629 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:03,440 But if he fell asleep before I did, it's going to be rough. 630 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,160 It's going to be rough for me to fall asleep, but if. 631 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,880 You know, so we would race. All right, all right, good 632 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:10,200 night. And we like, we wouldn't even 633 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,160 say, yeah, we wasn't talking. We didn't say nothing like, all 634 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:17,040 right, man, I gotta say no more. And we just like try to fall 635 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,560 asleep. Try to fall asleep because we 636 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:21,040 knew that we need. To get some rest. 637 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,760 So our purpose should give us peace at night. 638 00:32:25,750 --> 00:32:27,510 We should. It should be easy for us to fall 639 00:32:27,510 --> 00:32:30,390 asleep, and if you're wrought up about something that's causing 640 00:32:30,390 --> 00:32:33,350 you to lose sleep, you got to give it to the Lord. 641 00:32:33,670 --> 00:32:36,710 You got to say, Lord, I'm going to cast my care on you. 642 00:32:37,030 --> 00:32:39,550 It's just your burden to carry, not mine. 643 00:32:39,710 --> 00:32:41,870 I'm a believer. I'm a tiger. 644 00:32:41,870 --> 00:32:44,870 I am a candidate for your blessings in my life. 645 00:32:44,990 --> 00:32:47,470 I should not be having a hard time sleeping at night. 646 00:32:47,630 --> 00:32:50,670 I don't need to medicate myself or take another pill to make 647 00:32:50,670 --> 00:32:52,310 myself fall asleep. I don't even care to take 648 00:32:52,310 --> 00:32:54,370 melatonin. Because that's something like a 649 00:32:54,370 --> 00:32:56,290 natural sleep aid. Well, you know, honestly, 650 00:32:56,330 --> 00:32:57,970 natural sleep aid is falling asleep. 651 00:32:58,490 --> 00:33:01,810 To me, that's that's the most natural form of sleep aid 652 00:33:01,810 --> 00:33:04,130 possible. I don't want to become so 653 00:33:04,370 --> 00:33:06,490 dependent on a melatonin. Then I get somewhere. 654 00:33:06,490 --> 00:33:08,370 I don't have melatonin, so I can't fall asleep anymore 655 00:33:08,410 --> 00:33:10,250 because I've just naturally medicated myself. 656 00:33:10,250 --> 00:33:13,730 No. The peace of God gives me rest. 657 00:33:14,250 --> 00:33:18,730 The peace of God gives me hope. It lets me know, yes, I'm doing 658 00:33:18,730 --> 00:33:20,450 your word. I'm doing your will. 659 00:33:20,650 --> 00:33:24,050 Your blessings are for my life. I am a candidate to have your 660 00:33:24,050 --> 00:33:25,930 Kingdom manifest in my life. Amen. 661 00:33:26,930 --> 00:33:28,690 Second thing we said was function. 662 00:33:28,730 --> 00:33:32,930 Say function. We must know our function in 663 00:33:32,930 --> 00:33:36,130 God's Kingdom and in His shirt. We need to know what our 664 00:33:36,130 --> 00:33:38,410 function is because there are things that we're good at. 665 00:33:39,540 --> 00:33:42,060 There are things that we're good at, and God did this on purpose. 666 00:33:42,060 --> 00:33:44,540 Listen, He is the beginning and the end. 667 00:33:44,540 --> 00:33:46,380 He knows the end from the beginning. 668 00:33:46,540 --> 00:33:49,380 He's Alpha Omega. He is all knowing, all seeing, 669 00:33:49,380 --> 00:33:52,740 all the time. And he has a plan for you in his 670 00:33:52,740 --> 00:33:55,260 church. So we need to know what our 671 00:33:55,260 --> 00:33:57,700 function is. Then the number one person asked 672 00:33:57,940 --> 00:34:02,930 about your function is God. You pray and you pray it out and 673 00:34:02,930 --> 00:34:04,970 you find out God. What would you have me put my 674 00:34:04,970 --> 00:34:06,770 hand do? What would you have me do? 675 00:34:06,890 --> 00:34:09,889 How can I bring honor? Our function will bring honor to 676 00:34:09,889 --> 00:34:17,690 God if if it's the right thing, because the most unsuccessful 677 00:34:17,690 --> 00:34:21,010 thing to be is successful in the wrong assignment, you know, 678 00:34:21,010 --> 00:34:23,850 because we can be successful in a lot of things. 679 00:34:24,210 --> 00:34:27,409 But if it is not what God has called you to do, it's the wrong 680 00:34:27,409 --> 00:34:30,179 thing. The rich young ruler Rich young 681 00:34:30,179 --> 00:34:32,219 ruler was very successful, had a lot of wealth. 682 00:34:33,139 --> 00:34:35,139 And he comes up to Jesus excited. 683 00:34:35,139 --> 00:34:38,260 Super excited. Like, hey, I'm so excited. 684 00:34:38,260 --> 00:34:40,300 I want to do what you're doing. I want to, I want to live for 685 00:34:40,300 --> 00:34:41,860 you. Jesus said, well, there's one 686 00:34:41,860 --> 00:34:45,100 thing you lack. It's like, what do you mean one 687 00:34:45,100 --> 00:34:47,060 thing I lack, I've done. I've done everything I've lived 688 00:34:47,060 --> 00:34:48,780 right my whole life. I've given to the poor. 689 00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:50,940 I've done this, I've done this, I've done this. 690 00:34:50,940 --> 00:34:53,540 I've checked all the boxes. Jesus, I'm ready. 691 00:34:54,139 --> 00:34:56,540 Put me in. Jesus said fine. 692 00:34:57,420 --> 00:35:01,810 So everything you own, give it to the poor and then follow me. 693 00:35:03,770 --> 00:35:06,970 The Bible says that he left troubled because he had many 694 00:35:06,970 --> 00:35:12,610 possessions, so he was deceived by thinking all the things that 695 00:35:12,610 --> 00:35:15,530 have been you know that I've acquired. 696 00:35:16,050 --> 00:35:18,090 Surely God's blessing is on my life. 697 00:35:18,850 --> 00:35:21,490 Surely? If I'm able to have all this 698 00:35:21,490 --> 00:35:24,930 stuff, surely God must be pleased with me. 699 00:35:25,890 --> 00:35:28,810 The Bible says he went off troubled because he had many 700 00:35:28,810 --> 00:35:31,370 possessions. You could have things. 701 00:35:31,410 --> 00:35:32,810 We're not against you having things. 702 00:35:33,170 --> 00:35:36,370 But you have to ask yourself, which has which? 703 00:35:36,970 --> 00:35:39,050 Do you have things or do things have you? 704 00:35:39,690 --> 00:35:41,530 Because there's the difference. Amen. 705 00:35:42,010 --> 00:35:44,530 I'm not go camp out there. That just came up, came out, and 706 00:35:44,530 --> 00:35:47,010 our function will always line up with our purpose. 707 00:35:47,930 --> 00:35:50,730 Your function will always line up with your purpose. 708 00:35:50,730 --> 00:35:54,010 I have a lot of tools. It's taken me years and years. 709 00:35:54,010 --> 00:35:57,140 I'm an electrician by trade. You know, Paul built tents. 710 00:35:57,140 --> 00:35:58,620 I'm an electrician. It's fine. 711 00:35:59,900 --> 00:36:01,740 Well, I have a lot of tools. Each one of those tools. 712 00:36:01,740 --> 00:36:03,580 My wife is. I've heard this for 20 years. 713 00:36:03,580 --> 00:36:07,060 Seriously. You buy another tool, usually 714 00:36:07,060 --> 00:36:08,940 comes up just like seriously, you buy another tool? 715 00:36:09,220 --> 00:36:14,420 What, $47 for a level? Why did you need a $47 level? 716 00:36:14,420 --> 00:36:16,140 Because it's a conduit bending level. 717 00:36:16,540 --> 00:36:19,740 It has a 30 degree bubble. It has a 45 degree bubble. 718 00:36:19,860 --> 00:36:22,820 It has a zero degree bubble. It is 4 bending condo and I 719 00:36:22,820 --> 00:36:28,150 needed it, you know. Come on, all the men should be 720 00:36:28,150 --> 00:36:31,750 like 1-2 three. Yes, because because you know 721 00:36:32,310 --> 00:36:38,270 tools have purposes. Well, we also, we also are a 722 00:36:38,270 --> 00:36:42,190 tool for God's Kingdom. We have a purpose. 723 00:36:42,190 --> 00:36:46,310 We have a function that level that costs $47. 724 00:36:46,310 --> 00:36:49,670 In my it was a torpedo level and I don't even think it's level 725 00:36:49,670 --> 00:36:50,910 straight now. It was like it didn't. 726 00:36:51,230 --> 00:36:54,960 It didn't last the test of time. Pray because I dropped it. 727 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:59,400 But anyway, it had a function and you have a function. 728 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:02,840 You know, I would have been ignorant of that function had I 729 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:07,040 not taken a chance to read. There's a 30 degree bubble on 730 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:08,880 it. I know that what that's for 731 00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:11,440 because I know how. I know how to bend conduit, so I 732 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:15,920 know why that would be helpful. You have a function in God's 733 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:19,940 Kingdom and the only way you can find out how your your purpose 734 00:37:20,100 --> 00:37:22,940 and your function can benefit God's Kingdom is to get in His 735 00:37:22,940 --> 00:37:24,900 word and find yourself in the word. 736 00:37:24,900 --> 00:37:27,460 Like Oh yeah, this is how God came through for this. 737 00:37:27,660 --> 00:37:30,540 This is how a person that that had those tendencies was able to 738 00:37:30,540 --> 00:37:33,140 be a blessing to God. This is Jesus. 12 itself. 739 00:37:33,140 --> 00:37:36,300 This is why that This is why Jesus kept this guy around, 740 00:37:36,380 --> 00:37:38,220 because, well, you know, I'm kind of good at things like 741 00:37:38,220 --> 00:37:39,620 that. You understand what I'm saying? 742 00:37:39,620 --> 00:37:42,740 You need to find out what your function is, how it can relate 743 00:37:42,740 --> 00:37:45,100 to your purpose so that you can be all that God's called you to 744 00:37:45,100 --> 00:37:46,980 be and advance the Kingdom. Because the Kingdom. 745 00:37:47,220 --> 00:37:49,700 Always advancing. Always. 746 00:37:49,700 --> 00:37:51,300 It's never looking back. It's always this. 747 00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:52,900 Never pausing, never taking a break. 748 00:37:52,900 --> 00:37:56,940 It's always advancing and He wants you to perform well in His 749 00:37:56,940 --> 00:37:57,540 Kingdom. Amen. 750 00:37:57,540 --> 00:38:01,900 And the number third, The third thing we said was performance. 751 00:38:02,620 --> 00:38:05,420 Now how well we perform in His Kingdom and His church will tell 752 00:38:05,420 --> 00:38:08,980 us how much honor we have for Him, I said. 753 00:38:08,980 --> 00:38:11,660 How much? How I said. 754 00:38:11,660 --> 00:38:14,100 How much we know or function? I said. 755 00:38:15,140 --> 00:38:17,340 My wife hates my do that, she said. 756 00:38:17,340 --> 00:38:21,420 Don't do that. I have the microphones. 757 00:38:21,700 --> 00:38:27,100 This thing, our performance is measurable. 758 00:38:27,900 --> 00:38:33,980 Your performance is measurable. Work on time, church on time, 759 00:38:34,380 --> 00:38:37,860 serving on time, reading your day or your Bible reading plan 760 00:38:37,980 --> 00:38:41,300 when it's due. Your These are areas that you 761 00:38:41,300 --> 00:38:43,540 can measure your performance. How well am I doing for the 762 00:38:43,540 --> 00:38:46,430 Kingdom of God? Do people constantly wait on me 763 00:38:46,430 --> 00:38:48,350 to show up when I'm scheduled to serve somewhere? 764 00:38:48,830 --> 00:38:51,910 Do do people this pastor have to? 765 00:38:51,910 --> 00:38:55,470 Do I have to say on my daily question like are you reading 766 00:38:55,470 --> 00:38:56,510 about when pastor asked me? Were you? 767 00:38:56,510 --> 00:38:57,830 Reading about well, I'm a couple days behind. 768 00:38:57,830 --> 00:39:00,470 Pastor, is this your? Usual response, or does it 769 00:39:00,470 --> 00:39:02,190 happen every now and then? I'm not saying it won't happen 770 00:39:02,190 --> 00:39:03,230 every now and then, because it will. 771 00:39:03,830 --> 00:39:06,390 Life happens. But catch back up. 772 00:39:07,510 --> 00:39:09,230 You need to see how you're performing. 773 00:39:09,270 --> 00:39:11,940 A Bible reading plan helps you measure that because if it's 774 00:39:12,140 --> 00:39:16,060 half empty and you know we're in December, like I'm not 775 00:39:16,060 --> 00:39:18,940 performing very well, my dad, that my daily Bible reading plan 776 00:39:19,100 --> 00:39:21,860 next year, I need to get this thing better. 777 00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:23,820 Because at that point, if you're in December and it's halfway, 778 00:39:23,820 --> 00:39:26,860 not field, just throw it away, start over. 779 00:39:26,980 --> 00:39:29,540 You're not going to make, you're not going to make it up. 780 00:39:29,540 --> 00:39:31,980 You're not going to shut down your life for the next three 781 00:39:31,980 --> 00:39:34,100 weeks and read the Bible because that's what it would take. 782 00:39:34,780 --> 00:39:36,700 Don't. Just don't focus on the past. 783 00:39:36,700 --> 00:39:38,300 It's OK. That's all right. 784 00:39:38,300 --> 00:39:40,260 I was. I was an OK Bible reader the 785 00:39:40,260 --> 00:39:42,020 last year. I'm going to be a better Bible 786 00:39:42,020 --> 00:39:43,620 reader this year. That's what you got to do. 787 00:39:43,620 --> 00:39:45,220 You got to be, you know, you got to be encouraged. 788 00:39:45,220 --> 00:39:55,060 Amen #4 we said was maintenance. There is a lot of value that we 789 00:39:55,060 --> 00:39:59,100 have to put on maintenance. This is an easy subject for me 790 00:39:59,740 --> 00:40:02,100 because I tend to be wired for maintenance. 791 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,440 I'm wired. That way I can see something 792 00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:10,200 that needs fixed and the Lord will just give me a way to fix 793 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:13,080 it. And if if I can't fix it, he's 794 00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:15,680 giving me people that can. You understand what I'm saying? 795 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,600 Like you, This is why we need the church. 796 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:20,360 It's why we need each other. We're never supposed to do this 797 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:21,800 on our own. We're supposed to do this 798 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:23,800 together. You know, when I if I get to a 799 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:27,800 plumbing issue, I'm like, hey Bill, bro, I need you. 800 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,480 I'm not going to tell his last name because all y'all be 801 00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:33,520 calling him for plumber. He can give you your number, his 802 00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:36,880 number, if he wants to. But we have to maintain our 803 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:40,200 daily seeking, His first, daily seeking first the Kingdom will 804 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,880 help us maintain. The reason it says seek first 805 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:46,400 the Kingdom and all of its righteousness is because that's 806 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:48,480 the number one thing we should be seeking. 807 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,280 The number one thing we should be thinking about when we wake 808 00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:55,840 up, stumble through the house, turn the coffee pot on, but be 809 00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:59,280 thinking about how I can maintain my life in Christ. 810 00:40:59,730 --> 00:41:02,730 How can today be better than it was yesterday? 811 00:41:02,970 --> 00:41:04,850 Because this is how advancing happens. 812 00:41:05,010 --> 00:41:07,610 This is the point of advancing. You're always better. 813 00:41:07,770 --> 00:41:08,930 You're going to be better tomorrow. 814 00:41:08,930 --> 00:41:10,290 I'll be better tomorrow than I am today. 815 00:41:10,330 --> 00:41:11,530 I tell my kids this all the time. 816 00:41:11,730 --> 00:41:14,610 I'm going to be a better dad tomorrow than I was today. 817 00:41:14,770 --> 00:41:17,170 I forgot we were supposed to go to the pool. 818 00:41:17,770 --> 00:41:20,120 I forgot. I did say we're going to the 819 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:21,200 pool. But you know what? 820 00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:22,720 Let's rain check. Let's do it. 821 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,240 I'm gonna be. I'm so sorry. 822 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,480 I'm gonna be a better dad tomorrow than I was today. 823 00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:28,400 You know, there's things that it will say, you know. 824 00:41:28,720 --> 00:41:30,600 We gotta be careful. We're not telling God to just 825 00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:32,760 what he wants to hear. Yeah, God, I'm gonna do this. 826 00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:34,720 Yeah, I'm gonna. Because that's what we we know 827 00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:36,600 he wants to hear. We just say no. 828 00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:39,160 This is my word. If your word is final, then my 829 00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:41,920 words gonna be final. And that's the best way I can 830 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:45,360 make sure that God's playing and purposes come through in my life 831 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:49,480 to maintain it. Failure to lose focus on any of 832 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:52,240 these four things will hinder your ability to bring honor to 833 00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:56,280 God. If you fail to take focus on any 834 00:41:56,280 --> 00:42:01,800 of those four things we just mentioned, they were purpose, 835 00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:06,000 function, performance, and maintenance. 836 00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:09,880 We have to focus on all four of these things in order to 837 00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:11,560 successfully live in God's Kingdom. 838 00:42:12,540 --> 00:42:16,620 They all for flow like poetry. They all work together. 839 00:42:16,940 --> 00:42:19,540 They all are just like whenever they're like a well oiled 840 00:42:19,540 --> 00:42:22,100 machine. We have to honor God, focus God, 841 00:42:22,100 --> 00:42:25,140 read the Bible. We have to read the Bible. 842 00:42:25,140 --> 00:42:28,340 Because if we're not reading the Bible then we are going to have 843 00:42:28,340 --> 00:42:32,940 a hard time having faith in it. You can't let you can't have. 844 00:42:32,940 --> 00:42:35,860 You can't live a life in the Kingdom successfully on. 845 00:42:35,860 --> 00:42:40,820 I've heard that before mentality you have to keep it in you. 846 00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:45,200 You have to keep stirring yourself up, you know, I know 847 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:48,560 some of it, like when I read through like some of the numbers 848 00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:51,600 and you know Deuteronomy, some of the this one, we got this 849 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:55,000 one, we got this one and these sons on these nations and I'm 850 00:42:55,000 --> 00:43:00,720 like really? But I have to remind myself no 851 00:43:00,720 --> 00:43:03,840 God. You chose to pin it in there, 852 00:43:04,540 --> 00:43:05,700 and I know it's going to produce. 853 00:43:06,460 --> 00:43:09,180 I know I'm going to be able to grow from it, so I'm going to 854 00:43:09,180 --> 00:43:11,420 read through it. Don't read your Bible when 855 00:43:11,420 --> 00:43:14,580 you're sleepy. Don't. 856 00:43:14,660 --> 00:43:17,420 Especially if you're in some of the Old Testament stuff because 857 00:43:17,420 --> 00:43:21,260 it's going to put you to sleep. It shouldn't. 858 00:43:21,260 --> 00:43:23,100 We should. I mean, if we have to stand up 859 00:43:23,300 --> 00:43:25,420 and read our read our Bible. You wanna read at night? 860 00:43:25,420 --> 00:43:26,540 Stand up. Doing it. 861 00:43:26,940 --> 00:43:29,300 He's like mom. What's that not on your head? 862 00:43:29,300 --> 00:43:30,980 When I fell down last night because I was standing up, read 863 00:43:30,980 --> 00:43:33,990 my Bible, I fell asleep. I'm kidding. 864 00:43:34,070 --> 00:43:35,470 You should read the word every day. 865 00:43:35,510 --> 00:43:41,630 Isaiah chapter 53, say. Isaiah chapter 53, verse five 866 00:43:42,990 --> 00:43:47,030 says he was pierced through for our transgressions. 867 00:43:47,870 --> 00:43:50,310 He was crushed for our iniquities. 868 00:43:50,990 --> 00:43:55,550 The Chast, the Chastening for our well-being fell upon him, 869 00:43:56,230 --> 00:43:59,990 and by his scourging we are healed. 870 00:44:00,830 --> 00:44:04,250 This is not just for salvation, This is for honor. 871 00:44:05,810 --> 00:44:08,770 Jesus made a choice to be pierced. 872 00:44:09,250 --> 00:44:13,570 He allowed them to Pierce his side because it was honoring his 873 00:44:13,570 --> 00:44:18,210 Heavenly Father the highest. Form of honor is obedience to 874 00:44:18,210 --> 00:44:21,050 His Word. It's the highest form of honor. 875 00:44:21,370 --> 00:44:24,810 If you want to live your life and say truthfully that you 876 00:44:24,810 --> 00:44:28,850 honor God, you need to be reading the Bible and doing what 877 00:44:28,850 --> 00:44:31,760 it says. That's not bondage. 878 00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:34,560 That's not rules. That's not law. 879 00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:37,080 That's life. That's freedom. 880 00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:40,480 Because the most freedom you'll ever have is knowing that you've 881 00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:42,520 done everything God asks you to do. 882 00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:45,720 That's what will get you a well done my good and faithful 883 00:44:45,720 --> 00:44:46,720 servant. Enter in. 884 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:49,720 That's not the goal. I'm not trying to get to heaven 885 00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:51,560 one day. The goal is to live heaven while 886 00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:53,500 I'm here. The goal is to have everything 887 00:44:53,500 --> 00:44:55,420 that God says I can have right now. 888 00:44:55,700 --> 00:45:00,220 Because you know, that's a that's a that is a a deceiving 889 00:45:01,060 --> 00:45:05,420 lie of religion that we're going to live for Jesus now, so when 890 00:45:05,420 --> 00:45:09,060 we die, we get to heaven. Heaven is a byproduct of living 891 00:45:09,060 --> 00:45:11,620 a life in the Kingdom. Heaven is awesome. 892 00:45:11,620 --> 00:45:15,020 I'm not devaluing heaven, but that's not the main focus. 893 00:45:15,630 --> 00:45:17,990 Jesus said OK, when you pray, pray this way. 894 00:45:18,110 --> 00:45:21,350 Our fathers are in heaven. Your Kingdom come, your will be 895 00:45:21,350 --> 00:45:24,110 done on earth as it is in heaven. 896 00:45:24,310 --> 00:45:26,630 So when I'm praying, I'm not praying like Lord just take me 897 00:45:26,630 --> 00:45:28,750 on into heaven because it's, you know, Lord, I pray that when I 898 00:45:28,750 --> 00:45:31,190 get to heaven, you don't know I'm going to have heaven while 899 00:45:31,190 --> 00:45:33,550 I'm living right now. That's what the Kingdom does. 900 00:45:33,550 --> 00:45:36,510 The Kingdom brings religion and it takes religion out of the 901 00:45:36,510 --> 00:45:38,630 equation and it makes it into life. 902 00:45:39,270 --> 00:45:41,990 He's not about a religion, it's about a relationship. 903 00:45:42,750 --> 00:45:45,290 Amen. God did not want you to be 904 00:45:45,490 --> 00:45:47,970 successful in the religion called Christianity. 905 00:45:48,130 --> 00:45:51,570 He wanted you to be successful with your relationship with him 906 00:45:51,570 --> 00:45:54,130 in his Kingdom. That's the key. 907 00:45:54,130 --> 00:45:59,530 That's the goal, John chapter 19, verse 34. 908 00:46:00,690 --> 00:46:06,610 John say. John chapter 19, verse 34 says. 909 00:46:06,610 --> 00:46:10,570 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with the spear, and 910 00:46:10,570 --> 00:46:12,730 immediately blood and water came out. 911 00:46:13,420 --> 00:46:17,220 This piercing was honor being manifested through obedience, 912 00:46:18,740 --> 00:46:21,900 You understand? He allowed them to Pierce him, 913 00:46:22,980 --> 00:46:24,260 you say? Well, he was nailed to a cross. 914 00:46:24,260 --> 00:46:26,500 He had no choice. He had a choice. 915 00:46:27,700 --> 00:46:31,220 At any moment he could have come down off that cross. 916 00:46:32,300 --> 00:46:37,380 Make no mistake. Please don't buy the lie that it 917 00:46:37,380 --> 00:46:40,140 was. He was sad that he was up there. 918 00:46:40,260 --> 00:46:43,620 No, he was fulfilling his purpose in God's Kingdom of when 919 00:46:43,620 --> 00:46:48,220 he was up there. That was a choice he made, he 920 00:46:48,220 --> 00:46:51,340 told Pilot. He said, you know you don't. 921 00:46:51,860 --> 00:46:54,380 You've only been given to me. You've only been given power 922 00:46:54,380 --> 00:46:56,740 over me. What's been given by my Father 923 00:46:56,740 --> 00:46:59,380 in heaven. In other words, make no mistake. 924 00:46:59,780 --> 00:47:02,780 Your position of authority did not, did not allow you to put me 925 00:47:02,780 --> 00:47:05,620 in chains. My Father in Heaven allowed you 926 00:47:05,620 --> 00:47:07,990 to put me in chains. Amen. 927 00:47:08,070 --> 00:47:12,910 You got to get this because we we have a years and decades of 928 00:47:12,910 --> 00:47:16,230 religion that we have to get out of our mind. 929 00:47:17,050 --> 00:47:20,490 Jesus constantly said repent, repent, repent. 930 00:47:20,490 --> 00:47:22,370 The Kingdom of heaven is a hand. Repent. 931 00:47:22,530 --> 00:47:25,290 Change your thinking, that word. Repent literally means change 932 00:47:25,290 --> 00:47:27,410 your thing. So take away the old way of 933 00:47:27,410 --> 00:47:29,890 thinking and put on my way of thinking. 934 00:47:30,090 --> 00:47:31,770 Put on the Kingdom way of thinking. 935 00:47:31,930 --> 00:47:34,330 You have to look the Bible through the lens of the Kingdom 936 00:47:34,330 --> 00:47:36,810 of God. A living, breathing book. 937 00:47:37,010 --> 00:47:40,770 It's a book that is a Rama book. It's a it is a book that was 938 00:47:40,770 --> 00:47:44,010 breathed by God. It's full of life, and 939 00:47:44,010 --> 00:47:45,970 everything that it produces is life. 940 00:47:46,610 --> 00:47:49,490 If you want life, get in the word if you want. 941 00:47:49,490 --> 00:47:52,210 Freedom, the Word, is the only place it's found. 942 00:47:53,170 --> 00:47:55,090 I mean God Bless America and the NRA. 943 00:47:55,250 --> 00:48:01,610 But the Word of God is the only place the the Word of God is the 944 00:48:01,650 --> 00:48:03,810 only place they'll edit this out. 945 00:48:03,810 --> 00:48:06,610 I'm sure the the Word of God is the only place. 946 00:48:08,090 --> 00:48:11,290 The Word of God is the only place that true freedom can be 947 00:48:11,290 --> 00:48:12,890 found. That's it. 948 00:48:13,290 --> 00:48:18,720 There's no other place, Ephesians say Ephesians chapter 949 00:48:18,720 --> 00:48:27,440 4, verse 2422 through 24. We're gonna read a few here that 950 00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:30,920 you put off concerning your former conduct, the old man 951 00:48:31,240 --> 00:48:35,240 which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lust, and be 952 00:48:35,240 --> 00:48:38,560 renewed in the spirit of your mind and that you. 953 00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:42,680 Put on the Newman which was, which was created according to 954 00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:46,560 God in true righteousness and holiness. 955 00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:49,680 It's the only it's only this kind of lifestyle that brings 956 00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:53,600 honor to God and His Kingdom. It is only this kind of living. 957 00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:55,920 We have to put off that old person. 958 00:48:56,520 --> 00:48:59,080 Well, I always do this well. I. 959 00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:01,960 Well, my dad did this well. My grandmother. 960 00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:03,440 It's just something we do in our family. 961 00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:08,080 No, that's a lie. I'm a new man in Christ Jesus. 962 00:49:08,580 --> 00:49:11,780 They said, behold, all things that were all were passed away 963 00:49:12,020 --> 00:49:15,900 and all things are made new. So the minute I became in Christ 964 00:49:15,900 --> 00:49:19,380 Jesus, I am brand new. From that point I started my 965 00:49:19,380 --> 00:49:22,660 life in His Kingdom. Everything that was behind that 966 00:49:22,660 --> 00:49:25,020 is irrelevant. It doesn't matter. 967 00:49:25,020 --> 00:49:27,980 It's of little importance. Some things can be used as a 968 00:49:27,980 --> 00:49:30,620 testimony, but not a place to camp at. 969 00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:32,500 You understand? I'm not going to camp. 970 00:49:32,660 --> 00:49:35,380 And the way I used to live, I'm gonna say no, thank God you 971 00:49:35,380 --> 00:49:36,980 delivered me from the way I used to live. 972 00:49:37,230 --> 00:49:38,990 I don't have to be that person anymore. 973 00:49:39,390 --> 00:49:41,470 You know, I'm a I have freedom in Christ. 974 00:49:42,190 --> 00:49:44,230 We're going to keep reading, but we're going to read this next 975 00:49:44,230 --> 00:49:47,710 section, same chapter in the in the Passion translation. 976 00:49:48,030 --> 00:49:50,790 So if he is chapter 4, we're going to read verses 25 through 977 00:49:50,790 --> 00:49:54,710 27. And the Passion says so. 978 00:49:54,710 --> 00:49:58,150 Discard every form of dishonesty, dishonesty, and 979 00:49:58,150 --> 00:50:02,470 lying so that you will be known as one who always speaks the 980 00:50:02,470 --> 00:50:05,830 truth, for we all belong to one another. 981 00:50:06,510 --> 00:50:10,230 But don't let the passion of your emotions lead you to sin. 982 00:50:10,750 --> 00:50:16,150 Don't let anger control you or be fuel for revenge, Not for 983 00:50:16,150 --> 00:50:20,590 even a day. Verse 27 Don't give the 984 00:50:20,590 --> 00:50:24,390 slanderous accuser that is the devil an opportunity to 985 00:50:24,390 --> 00:50:28,630 manipulate you. If you're honoring God, then you 986 00:50:28,630 --> 00:50:33,030 will not be dishonest. If you're if you're honoring 987 00:50:33,030 --> 00:50:34,710 God, you're not going to be dishonest. 988 00:50:35,580 --> 00:50:39,140 If you live a life of honor, you you will live an honest life. 989 00:50:40,260 --> 00:50:42,620 Look to the word. Look the word dishonest. 990 00:50:42,620 --> 00:50:44,980 It's completely the opposite of honor. 991 00:50:45,100 --> 00:50:47,300 Look at it. Dishonest. 992 00:50:47,460 --> 00:50:48,500 Is it up there? Where's it at? 993 00:50:48,660 --> 00:50:51,940 Yeah, Dishonesty. It's got the word honor mixed in 994 00:50:51,940 --> 00:50:54,220 there. So if you're living dishonestly, 995 00:50:54,220 --> 00:50:58,100 you cannot live honorably. You see that? 996 00:50:58,420 --> 00:51:02,140 You cannot live both a dishonest life and a life that honors God. 997 00:51:02,460 --> 00:51:03,660 You can't. It can't happen. 998 00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:10,000 Colossians say. Colossians chapter 3, verses two 999 00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:12,760 and four, two through 4, says yes. 1000 00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:17,240 Feast on all the treasures of the heavenly realm and fill your 1001 00:51:17,240 --> 00:51:22,240 thoughts with heavenly realities and not with the distractions of 1002 00:51:22,240 --> 00:51:27,200 the natural realm. Your crucifixion with Christ has 1003 00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:33,200 severed the tide of this life, and now your true life is hidden 1004 00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:37,040 away in God, in Christ, verse four. 1005 00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:43,400 And as Christ himself is seen for who he really is, who you 1006 00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:45,560 really are will also be revealed. 1007 00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:51,840 For you know for you are now one with him in his glory. 1008 00:51:52,480 --> 00:51:56,480 The choice Christ made to be pierced severed the tide of this 1009 00:51:56,480 --> 00:52:02,350 life, and we're in Christ. If Christ's flesh had to be 1010 00:52:03,150 --> 00:52:08,750 crucified, then so does ours. We cannot live successfully in 1011 00:52:08,750 --> 00:52:11,710 God's Kingdom without crucifying the flesh. 1012 00:52:13,070 --> 00:52:16,470 The flesh constantly sets its desires on itself. 1013 00:52:17,550 --> 00:52:21,110 The Spirit constantly sets its desires on others. 1014 00:52:22,150 --> 00:52:25,150 So if you. Live a life consumed with you. 1015 00:52:25,830 --> 00:52:28,910 You're going to miss what God wants to do through you and and 1016 00:52:28,910 --> 00:52:30,430 you're not going to be a blessing to His Kingdom. 1017 00:52:30,550 --> 00:52:34,470 Amen. Our choice to honor God will 1018 00:52:34,470 --> 00:52:38,990 keep our flesh pierced and our lives in Christ Jesus. 1019 00:52:40,190 --> 00:52:42,990 You know, I don't know where I can move on the cameras. 1020 00:52:45,030 --> 00:52:51,110 Our lives should honor God. Everything about our lives, 1021 00:52:51,830 --> 00:52:54,950 everything about our existence, should bring honor to Him. 1022 00:52:56,050 --> 00:52:59,810 If we're living our life according to His word, then 1023 00:52:59,810 --> 00:53:04,210 we're going to do that if we are obeying what we read. 1024 00:53:04,210 --> 00:53:06,490 Because remember, obedience is the key. 1025 00:53:07,050 --> 00:53:09,810 If you want to honor God, obey the word. 1026 00:53:10,930 --> 00:53:14,610 If you want to honor God, obey the you know. 1027 00:53:14,610 --> 00:53:16,090 Do the things you've been called to do. 1028 00:53:16,730 --> 00:53:19,130 If you don't know what they are, find it. 1029 00:53:19,850 --> 00:53:27,330 Get in the word. Honor is something that has been 1030 00:53:27,330 --> 00:53:40,610 fading out of society. When I was young, I remember my 1031 00:53:40,610 --> 00:53:46,370 grandparents would tell me, you know, give me certain 1032 00:53:46,370 --> 00:53:48,850 instructions. And now, looking back, I would 1033 00:53:48,850 --> 00:53:52,330 realize it's for honor. One of them, that's a little old 1034 00:53:52,330 --> 00:53:55,850 school. One of them was you're praying, 1035 00:53:55,930 --> 00:53:59,490 take your hat off. Now listen, God doesn't care if 1036 00:53:59,490 --> 00:54:01,210 your hat's on. OK? 1037 00:54:01,370 --> 00:54:04,730 But that was a form of honor, OK? 1038 00:54:06,210 --> 00:54:11,170 God does care if you honor him. So that was some honor. 1039 00:54:11,610 --> 00:54:15,130 She would say, you know, make sure you use your manners. 1040 00:54:15,930 --> 00:54:18,810 Make sure you say thank you. Make sure you say, you know 1041 00:54:18,810 --> 00:54:20,610 you're welcome. You know, do these, these are 1042 00:54:20,690 --> 00:54:22,130 kind things. And these are things that we 1043 00:54:22,130 --> 00:54:26,490 train our children because we want them to have honor It's all 1044 00:54:26,490 --> 00:54:30,090 form of honor but it's we're losing it as society goes on. 1045 00:54:31,530 --> 00:54:33,930 Now that's not know you know Jesus said be of good cheer. 1046 00:54:33,930 --> 00:54:37,330 I've overcome the world so it's not like well fine then we're 1047 00:54:37,330 --> 00:54:38,530 just going to be a dishonorable group. 1048 00:54:38,530 --> 00:54:43,330 No, the IT the buck stops here at choose that we choose to 1049 00:54:43,330 --> 00:54:47,210 honor God and we choose to bring those things that are God that 1050 00:54:47,410 --> 00:54:50,290 has godly character and make it come to pass. 1051 00:54:50,770 --> 00:55:00,430 Our phones sometimes can be tools of dishonor and it's 1052 00:55:00,430 --> 00:55:01,270 nothing. You know what? 1053 00:55:01,270 --> 00:55:02,750 Please. I told you I was I was gonna 1054 00:55:02,750 --> 00:55:06,190 kill some sacred cows today and as they were like cell phones 1055 00:55:06,190 --> 00:55:07,430 going to their pocket. No, I'm just kidding. 1056 00:55:07,430 --> 00:55:08,910 I have a phone. I leave a phone. 1057 00:55:08,910 --> 00:55:11,630 We all use their phones or phones are very useful tool. 1058 00:55:11,790 --> 00:55:14,510 OK, please don't get me wrong. They're a very useful tool. 1059 00:55:15,510 --> 00:55:19,790 However, they can also be very, very distracting. 1060 00:55:21,990 --> 00:55:25,310 So it's not popular because everyone has a phone. 1061 00:55:25,390 --> 00:55:28,870 Everyone has a phone. This is the society we live in. 1062 00:55:29,190 --> 00:55:34,710 When I was a kid, you know, in order to see certain things, I 1063 00:55:34,710 --> 00:55:39,150 had to like, go behind a counter when the cash register person 1064 00:55:39,150 --> 00:55:42,750 wasn't looking and tear a brown piece of paper off a magazine. 1065 00:55:43,110 --> 00:55:45,550 That's the only way I could ever be exposed to something like 1066 00:55:45,550 --> 00:55:51,110 that. Now it's free on every 1067 00:55:51,110 --> 00:55:55,510 electronic device. So we have to make a choice to 1068 00:55:55,510 --> 00:55:59,030 crucify our flesh. We have to make a choice to let 1069 00:55:59,030 --> 00:56:01,990 God empower it. He wants to empower you and 1070 00:56:01,990 --> 00:56:03,830 equip you, You know, don't be afraid. 1071 00:56:03,830 --> 00:56:05,150 Oh, my gosh. I'm gonna have to turn my phone 1072 00:56:05,150 --> 00:56:06,110 off. My kids got a phone with. 1073 00:56:06,110 --> 00:56:08,390 No. Teach them the right way. 1074 00:56:08,990 --> 00:56:11,790 You don't have to teach them, you know, Working in a bank. 1075 00:56:11,910 --> 00:56:13,230 Whenever you're working in a bank. 1076 00:56:13,510 --> 00:56:15,510 My motherinlaw. Who's right here? 1077 00:56:15,910 --> 00:56:17,070 Give a shout out Kim. Yep. 1078 00:56:17,750 --> 00:56:18,630 She's the mother. She's. 1079 00:56:18,910 --> 00:56:21,720 I call her the motherinlaw, because if you don't want to 1080 00:56:21,720 --> 00:56:23,920 have a Good Wife, is there going to be a motherinlaw? 1081 00:56:23,920 --> 00:56:25,240 There's just nothing you can do about it. 1082 00:56:25,240 --> 00:56:28,720 So we love so we so we love her. So we love her. 1083 00:56:28,720 --> 00:56:31,040 Well, so I brought her up. I brought her up because she 1084 00:56:31,040 --> 00:56:32,680 used to work in a bank. She used to do. 1085 00:56:32,680 --> 00:56:36,080 She's very well versed in banking and numbers, and 1086 00:56:36,520 --> 00:56:38,440 whenever you work at a bank, you are. 1087 00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:43,120 Taught money, not by counterfeit money. 1088 00:56:43,690 --> 00:56:46,690 You understand because there are counterfeit money that comes in 1089 00:56:46,930 --> 00:56:51,010 that looks really similar. The best thing they use to teach 1090 00:56:51,010 --> 00:56:54,650 you about counterfeit money is actual real money. 1091 00:56:55,290 --> 00:56:56,970 They don't bring Monopoly money in. 1092 00:56:56,970 --> 00:57:00,170 Now say now, Kim, if you ever get a person wanting to, you 1093 00:57:00,170 --> 00:57:03,970 know, put this $500 Monopoly money in there, we can't accept 1094 00:57:03,970 --> 00:57:06,050 this. It's not currency for us. 1095 00:57:06,290 --> 00:57:08,810 You know, they give her a real $100 bill, Kim. 1096 00:57:09,630 --> 00:57:12,550 This is the United States. These are the markings that you 1097 00:57:12,550 --> 00:57:15,870 have that lets us know it is not counterfeit, it is real. 1098 00:57:16,990 --> 00:57:20,230 So we they we have to find out the what is the truth? 1099 00:57:20,230 --> 00:57:24,830 Because the Word of God is the only real thing that exists in 1100 00:57:24,830 --> 00:57:29,550 the planet. It existed before the planet got 1101 00:57:29,550 --> 00:57:32,390 here. John won one in the beginning 1102 00:57:32,390 --> 00:57:33,790 was the Word. The Word was God. 1103 00:57:33,790 --> 00:57:36,550 The Word was with God. Then the Word became flesh. 1104 00:57:36,830 --> 00:57:44,160 So before the earth came was the word says heaven and earth shall 1105 00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:49,000 pass away, but my word lasts forever when the earth. 1106 00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:52,040 Passes away, the word will remain. 1107 00:57:52,880 --> 00:58:00,360 It is the only true factual evidence that we have of all 1108 00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:04,730 life in Christ. It's the only thing that leads 1109 00:58:04,730 --> 00:58:06,810 us to life. It's the only thing that leads 1110 00:58:06,810 --> 00:58:08,930 us to victory. It's the only thing that leads 1111 00:58:08,930 --> 00:58:10,970 us to healing. It's the only thing that leads 1112 00:58:10,970 --> 00:58:13,650 us to provision. It's the only thing that leads 1113 00:58:13,650 --> 00:58:15,290 us to walking in love with our brother. 1114 00:58:15,650 --> 00:58:17,530 Because look around you. There's a lot of different kinds 1115 00:58:17,530 --> 00:58:18,570 of people in here. Look around. 1116 00:58:18,570 --> 00:58:20,530 You have my permission. Look around at everybody. 1117 00:58:20,930 --> 00:58:23,490 Look around. There's a lot of different kinds 1118 00:58:23,490 --> 00:58:25,210 of people in here. Some. 1119 00:58:25,210 --> 00:58:28,730 Of them are easy to love, some of them are not. 1120 00:58:29,590 --> 00:58:31,350 I said, I know some of you. I'm like, I'm looking at 1121 00:58:31,350 --> 00:58:32,870 everyone. Some of you are not easy to 1122 00:58:32,870 --> 00:58:35,110 love. But God can give us. 1123 00:58:35,510 --> 00:58:38,190 God can give us the ability to love everyone. 1124 00:58:38,390 --> 00:58:41,990 Because it's been his love, His love has been shed abroad in my 1125 00:58:41,990 --> 00:58:45,270 heart. His love empowers me to love 1126 00:58:45,270 --> 00:58:47,550 each one of you with the God kind of love. 1127 00:58:47,790 --> 00:58:50,630 Amen. It's the Kingdom of God, and it 1128 00:58:50,630 --> 00:58:54,550 will not be shaken. It's the Kingdom of God that 1129 00:58:54,550 --> 00:58:58,550 will remain forever. You have to Pierce your flesh. 1130 00:58:58,590 --> 00:59:01,510 Every day when you wake up because you're not going to want 1131 00:59:01,510 --> 00:59:04,110 to read, you're not going to want to come to church, you're 1132 00:59:04,110 --> 00:59:06,150 not going to want to get up early and come to prayer. 1133 00:59:06,230 --> 00:59:10,350 Which is at 6:00 AM on Wednesday mornings, 6:00 AM. 1134 00:59:10,630 --> 00:59:15,990 This house is open every single week for prayer. 6:00 AM to 7:00 1135 00:59:15,990 --> 00:59:18,950 we pray for one hour, Jesus said. 1136 00:59:18,950 --> 00:59:22,280 You know, can you not pray for me for at least one hour? 1137 00:59:22,400 --> 00:59:24,720 So we at least do one hour. Now these this is vision 1138 00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:26,560 partners. If you're a vision partner Bank 1139 00:59:26,560 --> 00:59:30,800 of a church, this is the house is open for you to pray in now. 1140 00:59:30,800 --> 00:59:32,880 You should be praying other times also. 1141 00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:34,520 You can. You don't have to wait till 1142 00:59:34,520 --> 00:59:37,240 Wednesday morning to pray. You can pray often, Paul said. 1143 00:59:37,240 --> 00:59:40,040 I pray without ceasing, so he prayed all the time. 1144 00:59:40,040 --> 00:59:43,480 How can how can the Holy Spirit accurately say? 1145 00:59:43,880 --> 00:59:45,720 He said I pray in the Spirit more than you all. 1146 00:59:45,720 --> 00:59:49,000 Well, how do you know that? Because he lived a lifestyle of 1147 00:59:49,000 --> 00:59:51,810 praying in the Spirit. He lived a lifestyle of being 1148 00:59:51,810 --> 00:59:55,010 led by the Spirit that he was constantly dwelling on the 1149 00:59:55,010 --> 00:59:57,370 interest of his father. He was constantly seeking God 1150 00:59:57,370 --> 01:00:00,250 and everything he did. He was constantly about my 1151 01:00:00,250 --> 01:00:05,330 father's business. This is the church that he's 1152 01:00:05,330 --> 01:00:09,530 coming back for, the church that he's the head of, is the church 1153 01:00:09,530 --> 01:00:11,170 that seeks him and everything that they do. 1154 01:00:11,930 --> 01:00:15,970 The church that he's coming after is a church that has faith 1155 01:00:15,970 --> 01:00:19,670 in what he said. 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