1 00:00:02,280 --> 00:00:04,840 Thanks for checking out the Anchor Faith Message podcast 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:06,200 from St. Augustine, FL. 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:16,040 Now enjoy this message. In our Bible reading. 4 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,840 Plan We just, you know come out of Second Chronicles, right? 5 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,840 So you you came across this scripture but Second Chronicles 6 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:26,600 chapter 2 verse five. This struck struck my spirit 7 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:31,050 yesterday actually. Says the house which I'm about 8 00:00:31,050 --> 00:00:38,010 to build will be great for greater is our God than. 9 00:00:38,010 --> 00:00:42,930 All the gods. Let's see. 10 00:00:42,930 --> 00:00:48,690 Let's say that again, the house which I'm about to build will be 11 00:00:48,690 --> 00:00:49,850 greater. Great. 12 00:00:49,850 --> 00:00:54,530 Yeah, that's good. For greater is our God than all 13 00:00:54,530 --> 00:00:58,090 the gods. Now you can probably go back on 14 00:00:58,090 --> 00:01:04,450 our podcast and hear a message that I ministered once called 15 00:01:04,970 --> 00:01:09,690 someone greater than. Solomon is here, OK? 16 00:01:09,690 --> 00:01:11,930 And if you hadn't heard that, I encourage you to go find that 17 00:01:11,930 --> 00:01:15,610 message and listen to it. You know, Solomon is the one who 18 00:01:15,730 --> 00:01:18,730 announces I'm going to build a house with the Lord, and 19 00:01:18,730 --> 00:01:21,690 obviously his father wanted to do so, but the Lord's like 20 00:01:21,690 --> 00:01:24,970 you're not building the house. He says you're a man of blood 21 00:01:25,050 --> 00:01:28,170 shed. And now again David's bloodshed 22 00:01:28,530 --> 00:01:32,570 was authorized, but he says you're not going to build that 23 00:01:32,570 --> 00:01:36,290 house. And so he, you know, delegated 24 00:01:36,290 --> 00:01:40,250 that to his son Solomon. And in his lifetime he began to 25 00:01:40,250 --> 00:01:43,850 accumulate resource for the temple. 26 00:01:44,370 --> 00:01:47,250 Not only did he accumulate it from the nation of Israel, but 27 00:01:47,250 --> 00:01:53,370 from his own personal account. Did he put towards the building 28 00:01:53,370 --> 00:01:55,850 of this temple? And you know you can take time 29 00:01:55,850 --> 00:01:58,210 to go through for your own personal history lesson and see 30 00:01:58,210 --> 00:02:03,970 all the wealth that was stored for this building. 31 00:02:04,770 --> 00:02:07,850 And so now Solomon, and again, if you just jump over a chapter, 32 00:02:08,050 --> 00:02:12,330 you'll begin to read him starting this particular temple 33 00:02:12,690 --> 00:02:17,650 and the the main floor. OK, the main floor. 34 00:02:17,810 --> 00:02:20,580 Build out a cedar. But you don't see cedar when 35 00:02:20,580 --> 00:02:25,940 you're walking on it because the whole floor is overlaid with 36 00:02:25,940 --> 00:02:31,220 pure gold. The whole thing, I mean this is 37 00:02:31,220 --> 00:02:33,940 extravagant. And then they got precious 38 00:02:33,940 --> 00:02:38,100 stones and then they hand carve palms, you understand? 39 00:02:38,100 --> 00:02:41,540 He definitely loved the state of Florida and so. 40 00:02:41,980 --> 00:02:45,180 They were thinking of us when he was carving out the temple, but 41 00:02:45,580 --> 00:02:49,220 all gold. I mean, we really can't fathom 42 00:02:50,460 --> 00:02:52,740 what this place looked like, this house. 43 00:02:53,260 --> 00:02:58,660 And notice Solomon says this. He says, Now listen, I'm going 44 00:02:58,660 --> 00:03:03,860 to build a house for the Lord, for God, and it's going to be 45 00:03:03,860 --> 00:03:06,140 great. Now why is that? 46 00:03:06,380 --> 00:03:10,430 Because he's a greater God. Than all other God. 47 00:03:10,630 --> 00:03:15,310 If I'm going to build a house that we can see, that this world 48 00:03:15,550 --> 00:03:22,350 can see, then there's no way some other temple dedicated to a 49 00:03:22,350 --> 00:03:25,710 false God can be more impressive. 50 00:03:27,430 --> 00:03:30,990 I mean, Solomon was like, there's no way that another 51 00:03:30,990 --> 00:03:35,110 nation's going to come and see the temple dedicated to the 52 00:03:35,110 --> 00:03:37,950 creator of heaven and earth. And they go that ain't got 53 00:03:37,950 --> 00:03:40,810 nothing on our God. Oh, that's a shack. 54 00:03:41,330 --> 00:03:44,050 Oh, wow. That's not a big deal. 55 00:03:45,290 --> 00:03:48,450 Are you hearing me? Sodom was like, there's no way 56 00:03:49,210 --> 00:03:54,370 that I'm going to build a house that can be publicly seen by 57 00:03:54,370 --> 00:03:58,050 this nation or any other nation, and somebody would have the 58 00:03:58,130 --> 00:04:05,410 audacity to come into this place and act like their temple to 59 00:04:05,410 --> 00:04:08,500 their false God. Could even compare. 60 00:04:08,500 --> 00:04:11,100 Do you understand? Solomon had this mindset? 61 00:04:11,700 --> 00:04:19,540 Are you hearing me that when you see the House of the Lord, when 62 00:04:19,540 --> 00:04:23,020 you see the House of the Lord that I'm about to build, you're 63 00:04:23,020 --> 00:04:27,740 going to be in awe Now Solomon was someone who could clip 64 00:04:27,740 --> 00:04:30,190 people in awe? In fact, the Queen of Sheba, if 65 00:04:30,190 --> 00:04:33,630 you read about her, she came to see Solomon one day because she 66 00:04:33,630 --> 00:04:36,270 heard about all of his wisdom. Now you understand why Solomon 67 00:04:36,270 --> 00:04:39,190 has the wealth that he has anyway is because all he wants 68 00:04:39,190 --> 00:04:43,950 to do is take care of God's people, which is a whole another 69 00:04:43,950 --> 00:04:48,630 message by itself. When the king decides that all 70 00:04:48,630 --> 00:04:53,430 he wants is the rule God's people well, in essence be able 71 00:04:53,430 --> 00:04:56,750 to rule before the people well. Are you a little king? 72 00:04:57,150 --> 00:05:00,350 Are you rulers? Then you should desire to want 73 00:05:00,350 --> 00:05:04,110 to rule well before the people and because all he said, give me 74 00:05:04,110 --> 00:05:08,270 wisdom and knowledge to rule well before your people. 75 00:05:09,030 --> 00:05:14,750 And man, God came down and says wow, because you did not ask for 76 00:05:14,750 --> 00:05:18,990 the heads of your enemy because you didn't ask for wealth. 77 00:05:20,110 --> 00:05:22,870 He didn't even ask for long life, a legacy where your name 78 00:05:22,870 --> 00:05:25,470 would be remembered. Oh, he said. 79 00:05:25,470 --> 00:05:31,950 You're all you were concerned about is leading my people, he 80 00:05:31,950 --> 00:05:34,590 said. Son, I will give you that 81 00:05:34,590 --> 00:05:36,870 wisdom. But guess what comes with that 82 00:05:36,870 --> 00:05:38,390 now? What comes? 83 00:05:38,390 --> 00:05:41,790 What is happening? Hallelujah. 84 00:05:41,790 --> 00:05:44,670 Is it me? OK, Somebody scratching on a 85 00:05:44,670 --> 00:05:45,750 mic? Man, I'm going to be rapping 86 00:05:45,750 --> 00:05:49,030 here in a minute. Hallelujah. 87 00:05:50,010 --> 00:05:54,850 I think Meridas over there, going over there. 88 00:05:56,770 --> 00:05:59,850 Watch her now, because I'm going to start beatboxing here in a 89 00:05:59,850 --> 00:06:05,010 minute. OK, So what was I talking about 90 00:06:05,010 --> 00:06:07,330 before I was rudely interrupted by her beatbox? 91 00:06:07,330 --> 00:06:12,210 Over here, Wisdom. You get the wisdom. 92 00:06:12,210 --> 00:06:14,370 Guess what? Guess what follows Wisdom. 93 00:06:15,170 --> 00:06:18,890 Well, your enemy. And be at peace with you. 94 00:06:19,890 --> 00:06:21,410 And everybody's going to remember your name. 95 00:06:22,170 --> 00:06:24,810 Are you hearing me? So again, if we just put the 96 00:06:24,810 --> 00:06:27,330 order right. So here's Solomon. 97 00:06:28,250 --> 00:06:31,050 He's at his Kingdom. The Queen of Sheba comes, and 98 00:06:31,050 --> 00:06:35,090 she does not come to not be impressive because when she 99 00:06:35,090 --> 00:06:39,410 showed up, because you don't come to a king empty handed, she 100 00:06:39,410 --> 00:06:41,250 shows up. I'm going to say that again. 101 00:06:41,250 --> 00:06:45,010 You do not come to the king. And if you've come to this 102 00:06:45,010 --> 00:06:48,530 house, the king is here. His name's Jesus. 103 00:06:48,930 --> 00:06:53,010 I hope you did not come emptyhanded, but she comes with 104 00:06:53,010 --> 00:06:58,010 the most spices that have ever rolled in to Israel. 105 00:06:59,130 --> 00:07:02,610 The most. I mean, she has an entourage of 106 00:07:02,610 --> 00:07:05,370 so much wealth. Are you hearing me okay? 107 00:07:05,650 --> 00:07:12,330 And so with that being said, she in turn goes and sees the people 108 00:07:13,410 --> 00:07:15,610 all right? And before she even sees the 109 00:07:15,610 --> 00:07:22,260 king, she's like. Wow, look at his servants. 110 00:07:23,300 --> 00:07:28,060 Look how they're dressed. I mean, they're not dressed like 111 00:07:28,180 --> 00:07:33,140 slaves, although they were slaves. 112 00:07:34,340 --> 00:07:41,340 They were so dressed so well. The order of his house, the 113 00:07:41,340 --> 00:07:45,900 amount of wealth that it took her breath away. 114 00:07:47,750 --> 00:07:53,590 Just the natural sight of his house and his servants struck 115 00:07:53,590 --> 00:07:57,070 her in awe. Now you understand when Solomon 116 00:07:57,070 --> 00:08:01,950 wants to build a house for the for God, the God that's greater 117 00:08:01,950 --> 00:08:05,430 than all gods, He's like, it's going to take their breath away. 118 00:08:05,950 --> 00:08:08,510 Now here's the thing. What he's building is not his 119 00:08:08,510 --> 00:08:12,750 own, because the plan has come from the Lord. 120 00:08:13,750 --> 00:08:16,950 The Lord is the architect, designer of what this temple 121 00:08:16,950 --> 00:08:19,940 looks like. And so it's my, it's mighty 122 00:08:19,940 --> 00:08:22,100 impressive. It's mighty impressive. 123 00:08:22,700 --> 00:08:25,340 And you know, so again, this statement just struck me. 124 00:08:25,620 --> 00:08:29,060 The house which I'm about to build, who's building it? 125 00:08:29,780 --> 00:08:32,140 Solomon is. Who's building it? 126 00:08:32,419 --> 00:08:35,140 Solomon is now. He's not personally building it. 127 00:08:35,220 --> 00:08:38,860 He's, you know, because again, it's an architectural project 128 00:08:39,659 --> 00:08:42,460 and he's is, is enlisted all kinds of people. 129 00:08:42,460 --> 00:08:45,860 I mean, there's like 150,000 people that he's, you know, are 130 00:08:45,860 --> 00:08:49,400 working. And 36,000 are foreman and he's 131 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,720 getting, you know, supply from all over the regions. 132 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,080 But ultimately, once it's built, then he does this massive 133 00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:01,640 sacrifice, which was a lot of resource just to sacrifice 1000 134 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:03,040 bulls. Wow. 135 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:08,440 And all of a sudden God's present showed up in that house. 136 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:13,640 So much so, the Bible says that the priests that were inside it 137 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:20,310 couldn't even stand up. They couldn't even stand up the 138 00:09:20,310 --> 00:09:24,630 weight of the glory of God his presence that when it filled it 139 00:09:24,630 --> 00:09:26,470 is says his train filled the temple. 140 00:09:26,510 --> 00:09:31,030 His glory filled the temple so full that the the measure of 141 00:09:31,030 --> 00:09:36,430 that presence of God's spirit put them all down on the ground. 142 00:09:38,190 --> 00:09:41,630 They couldn't even stand. Are you hearing me? 143 00:09:42,230 --> 00:09:44,070 And he said, man, I'm about to build a house. 144 00:09:46,190 --> 00:09:49,710 It's going to be great for greater as our God than all the 145 00:09:49,710 --> 00:09:51,550 others. And then the Lord reminded me of 146 00:09:51,550 --> 00:09:57,190 First Corinthians chapter 6 and 1st Corinthians chapter 6 will 147 00:09:57,190 --> 00:09:59,710 start in verse 19. It says. 148 00:09:59,710 --> 00:10:07,390 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy 149 00:10:07,390 --> 00:10:12,270 Spirit? Who is in you, whom you have 150 00:10:12,270 --> 00:10:17,790 from God, and that you? Are not your own verse 20 for 151 00:10:17,790 --> 00:10:19,550 you have been bought with a price. 152 00:10:20,350 --> 00:10:31,710 Therefore glorify God in your body. 1st Corinthians 3 verse 16 153 00:10:31,710 --> 00:10:36,150 says it this way. Do you not know that you are the 154 00:10:36,150 --> 00:10:43,270 temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 155 00:10:44,070 --> 00:10:49,790 Do we have the same attitude as Solomon that when we got born 156 00:10:49,790 --> 00:10:55,190 again and the Spirit of God came to live inside us, that when we 157 00:10:55,190 --> 00:10:59,950 look in the mirror we're saying, Lord, I am going to build you a 158 00:10:59,950 --> 00:11:07,890 house because greater? Is he that is in me, then he 159 00:11:08,090 --> 00:11:11,810 that is in the world? How in the world could I not 160 00:11:11,810 --> 00:11:20,170 build this house so that when it walks around in society that all 161 00:11:20,170 --> 00:11:23,450 of a sudden people are like, there ain't no way I'm better 162 00:11:23,450 --> 00:11:28,930 than that. Are you hearing me? 163 00:11:29,890 --> 00:11:32,310 I mean. All we are, we have. 164 00:11:32,350 --> 00:11:38,030 It's like we are not taking thought that God did not want to 165 00:11:38,030 --> 00:11:43,150 move in a gold house. He did not want to move into a 166 00:11:43,150 --> 00:11:47,750 natural home. He always wanted to be back in 167 00:11:47,870 --> 00:11:51,070 man. And now that he's showing up, 168 00:11:51,310 --> 00:11:54,990 what are we showing the world that's housing God? 169 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:02,400 I mean, are we allowing the gods of this world to showcase more 170 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:06,040 in those bodies than what God can do in us? 171 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:18,520 Because at the end of the day, God came to the house that 172 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:24,210 Solomon built. And at the end of the day, God 173 00:12:24,210 --> 00:12:28,690 made man, and through the dust of the earth he ultimately howls 174 00:12:28,690 --> 00:12:32,410 this suit. But when you make Jesus Lord, 175 00:12:32,530 --> 00:12:41,330 you're asking him to move in. And since he's moving in, what 176 00:12:41,330 --> 00:12:48,410 is he moving into? And he's giving you the tool to 177 00:12:48,410 --> 00:12:52,410 renovate. Are you hearing me? 178 00:12:52,750 --> 00:12:55,110 He's giving you the tools to renovate. 179 00:12:55,510 --> 00:13:00,030 He's giving you the tools to the renewing of your mind and to the 180 00:13:00,030 --> 00:13:07,830 point of keeping your body subject so that there's no 181 00:13:07,830 --> 00:13:10,670 excuse that when someone in the world would look at you, they 182 00:13:10,670 --> 00:13:20,130 would be in awe, OK? Well, now the Spirit of God, you 183 00:13:20,130 --> 00:13:22,370 can't see it. You may not be able to see it, 184 00:13:22,450 --> 00:13:27,130 but you can sense it. In fact, Smith Wigglesworth 185 00:13:27,130 --> 00:13:32,170 worked on his temple, so much so that when he was sitting on a 186 00:13:32,170 --> 00:13:34,530 bus, it was. It was testified to him that 187 00:13:34,530 --> 00:13:36,650 when one man was getting off a bus, he says. 188 00:13:36,650 --> 00:13:39,210 Your mere presence convicts me of my sin. 189 00:13:42,580 --> 00:13:45,500 Cause you understand, when the Holy Spirit or when the Spirit 190 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:49,940 of God came down in Solomon's temple that day, they couldn't 191 00:13:49,940 --> 00:13:54,140 stand in his presence. When the power of God came down 192 00:13:54,140 --> 00:13:57,820 upon the mountain, they were in fear and trembling. 193 00:13:58,620 --> 00:14:02,900 I mean the presence of God and pure holiness is something to be 194 00:14:02,900 --> 00:14:06,540 with, be to behold. And it will put all of us on our 195 00:14:06,540 --> 00:14:09,220 face. I said it will put all of us on 196 00:14:09,220 --> 00:14:10,340 our face. Are you hearing me? 197 00:14:11,170 --> 00:14:14,770 But with that being said, we ourselves have a responsibility 198 00:14:15,050 --> 00:14:23,970 to take care of the house cause we've been housed, we've been 199 00:14:23,970 --> 00:14:30,610 housed, so we shouldn't be sick like the rest of the world all 200 00:14:30,610 --> 00:14:35,490 the time. We shouldn't be, you know, beat 201 00:14:35,490 --> 00:14:37,290 down all the time like the rest of the world. 202 00:14:37,290 --> 00:14:40,610 We shouldn't be come, you know, there shouldn't be creaking 203 00:14:40,610 --> 00:14:43,490 coming from our temple. You know what creaking is? 204 00:14:43,490 --> 00:14:55,210 It's complaining and whining. Now that don't mean we're not 205 00:14:55,210 --> 00:14:59,330 going to have problems, but we overcome them so fast that 206 00:14:59,330 --> 00:15:05,950 people think we don't have them. They don't see depression 207 00:15:05,950 --> 00:15:09,870 associated with you because that's other God's temples. 208 00:15:11,470 --> 00:15:13,990 They don't see you walking around in fear, that's other 209 00:15:13,990 --> 00:15:17,550 God's temples. You understand because Jesus 210 00:15:17,550 --> 00:15:19,750 said you are of your father, the devil. 211 00:15:21,230 --> 00:15:24,710 And some of those temples, those bodies, they not only are they 212 00:15:24,710 --> 00:15:30,710 dead spirits in them, they're housing evil spirits and we 213 00:15:30,710 --> 00:15:35,060 should look nothing like this. Now you understand Solomon built 214 00:15:35,260 --> 00:15:38,420 a building. Anybody can build a building. 215 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:41,940 Anybody can build architecture. You know, he's not the only 216 00:15:41,940 --> 00:15:43,700 person who can put gold over wood. 217 00:15:46,460 --> 00:15:48,500 But there's something about this house. 218 00:15:50,340 --> 00:15:52,660 And man, there was something about that ark. 219 00:15:53,910 --> 00:15:56,390 That he brought into that house because that art, before it even 220 00:15:56,390 --> 00:15:58,630 had that house and it was stuck in a tent. 221 00:15:58,830 --> 00:16:01,310 But that was one fine looking tent people. 222 00:16:01,470 --> 00:16:04,510 I'm telling you, the wealth of the tent itself, you understand 223 00:16:04,510 --> 00:16:08,110 religious, religious Christianity can't handle the 224 00:16:08,110 --> 00:16:11,830 tent or the temple because that would go against their 225 00:16:11,830 --> 00:16:14,030 stewardship. They can't. 226 00:16:14,030 --> 00:16:16,470 Handle that now, Pastor. We are definitely not going to 227 00:16:16,470 --> 00:16:19,150 have gold floors in our church. That is way too extravagant. 228 00:16:20,630 --> 00:16:21,990 Well, I guess you're not going to heaven. 229 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,960 I mean, we'll complain about how much we pay for carpet. 230 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaking of carpet, we bought the rest. 231 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:40,400 You know, we asked for $45,000. We've got $41,000. 232 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:41,720 I'm like we're buying the rest of the carpet. 233 00:16:42,460 --> 00:16:44,540 So if you're like, oh, I still want to get in that field and 234 00:16:44,580 --> 00:16:47,340 and so towards it, you absolutely can because. 235 00:16:47,380 --> 00:16:49,180 But I we bought the rest of the carpet. 236 00:16:49,300 --> 00:16:52,300 So our goal is to have that all the way in by the end of 237 00:16:52,380 --> 00:16:54,540 October. All carpet in the mall, all 238 00:16:54,540 --> 00:16:57,500 right. Then we can move to continue 239 00:16:57,500 --> 00:16:58,860 projects. And if you haven't been to the 240 00:16:58,860 --> 00:17:01,220 front of the mall, we got a little sneak peek on the white 241 00:17:01,220 --> 00:17:03,020 columns. They're disappearing. 242 00:17:04,700 --> 00:17:07,619 A couple of them have disappeared, right? 243 00:17:08,220 --> 00:17:13,690 We just laid hands on them. And they're gone. 244 00:17:15,609 --> 00:17:18,569 It did take a couple days. And I think now that we know 245 00:17:18,569 --> 00:17:20,290 what we're doing, we can do the next one in a day. 246 00:17:20,970 --> 00:17:24,530 Hallelujah. But with that being said, what 247 00:17:24,530 --> 00:17:29,570 is your temple? Do you have the same attitude as 248 00:17:29,570 --> 00:17:32,970 Solomon that you're like, I'm telling you, when the world sees 249 00:17:32,970 --> 00:17:37,610 me, they are not going to mistake me with their temples? 250 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:47,000 This is why this temple's not full of debauchery, right? 251 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:52,080 I mean, this is not a dumping ground for toxic material. 252 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:58,200 I don't feel this temple full of toxic material that messes my 253 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,600 mind up. That starts to play with it 254 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,520 because there's plenty of other temples in the world. 255 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:10,100 Are you hearing me? I understand we're going to look 256 00:18:10,100 --> 00:18:14,220 the same to a degree. We're human, but you can begin 257 00:18:14,220 --> 00:18:19,340 to walk in the power and purpose of God so much that people will 258 00:18:19,340 --> 00:18:22,540 say something about you, something about you. 259 00:18:23,180 --> 00:18:25,780 I've been in multiple places where my wife where people have 260 00:18:25,780 --> 00:18:29,100 said you're glowing and it's not because she just had a facial. 261 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,120 It's not that. It's not because she's, you 262 00:18:34,120 --> 00:18:36,800 know, just came away from the sun. 263 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:40,160 It's not that something else. They're starting to sense 264 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,720 something else. Amen. 265 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:45,200 And you can walk in again. It's the inside. 266 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:51,160 It's the Spirit of God radiating through your soul and your body 267 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,880 that you decide I'm going to live such a pure life according 268 00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:01,620 to scripture. That the other gods temples 269 00:19:02,380 --> 00:19:05,260 don't look nothing like mine. Are you hearing me? 270 00:19:06,100 --> 00:19:07,860 So what type of house are you building? 271 00:19:08,700 --> 00:19:13,420 All right, Does it reflect God? Look at Hebrews chapter 6 verses 272 00:19:13,420 --> 00:19:16,620 one and two. Hebrews chapter 6 verse one and 273 00:19:16,620 --> 00:19:18,180 two. Therefore, leaving the 274 00:19:18,180 --> 00:19:23,900 elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to 275 00:19:23,900 --> 00:19:27,600 maturity. Not laying again a foundation of 276 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:32,800 repentance from dead works and faith towards God, of 277 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:37,080 instructions of instruction about washings and laying on of 278 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,320 hands and the resurrection of the dead in eternal judgment. 279 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:45,520 Notice Hebrews chapter 6 here lets us know that if you're in a 280 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:49,400 place that only preaches repentance from dead works, 281 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:52,410 that's being born again. Okay. 282 00:19:52,650 --> 00:19:55,090 Faith towards God. That's being born again. 283 00:19:55,090 --> 00:19:58,090 That's one and the same repentance from dead works and 284 00:19:58,090 --> 00:20:01,850 faith towards God, that's salvation of instruction about 285 00:20:01,850 --> 00:20:07,090 washings again, baptisms. Okay to be baptized in water. 286 00:20:07,090 --> 00:20:12,130 All the laying on of hands. And most of that has to do with, 287 00:20:12,610 --> 00:20:14,410 you know, receiving the baptism, the Holy Spirit. 288 00:20:14,410 --> 00:20:16,650 And there's some places don't even get their foundation 289 00:20:16,650 --> 00:20:19,250 finished. OK, but then you lay hands on 290 00:20:19,250 --> 00:20:21,850 the sick even, and then the resurrection of the dead, which 291 00:20:21,850 --> 00:20:26,210 is the catching away, right? And then eternal judgment, which 292 00:20:26,210 --> 00:20:29,370 is the final judgment, those that are going to go before the 293 00:20:29,490 --> 00:20:32,610 great white throne judgment and be thrown into the lake of fire. 294 00:20:32,810 --> 00:20:36,050 All of those are elementary teachings. 295 00:20:39,090 --> 00:20:42,890 And if that's all you know, you have to say I am an elementary 296 00:20:42,890 --> 00:20:49,960 student and all you have at best, is a foundation. 297 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,440 And we don't live only on a foundation. 298 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:02,880 You have a great foundation. But when the storm comes, you're 299 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:07,880 exposed. And This is why modern Christian 300 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:11,880 religion has you on the foundation of salvation. 301 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:19,900 Water baptism, right? Eternal judgment, the catching 302 00:21:19,900 --> 00:21:22,460 away. But when the storms of life 303 00:21:22,460 --> 00:21:26,420 come, they're completely exposed and they're begging out to God 304 00:21:26,420 --> 00:21:27,940 do something. He's like, why don't you build 305 00:21:27,940 --> 00:21:30,780 some walls? Why don't you get a roof on that 306 00:21:30,780 --> 00:21:32,740 thing? Why don't you get central heat 307 00:21:32,740 --> 00:21:35,260 and air in there? You know, why don't we build you 308 00:21:35,260 --> 00:21:36,780 some protect? Why don't you come into the 309 00:21:36,780 --> 00:21:39,020 House of the Lord? Why don't you get some other 310 00:21:39,180 --> 00:21:41,020 truths? Because he says we need to go on 311 00:21:41,020 --> 00:21:47,030 to maturity. And here's the thing, you are 312 00:21:47,030 --> 00:21:52,350 not going to look different from the temples that house other 313 00:21:52,350 --> 00:21:57,390 gods if you haven't gone beyond a foundation. 314 00:22:00,030 --> 00:22:03,830 In fact, Paul, according to First Corinthians chapter 3, 315 00:22:04,030 --> 00:22:07,350 says to the church there. He says now I cannot speak to 316 00:22:07,350 --> 00:22:10,350 you as spiritual people. I'm going to have to come and 317 00:22:10,350 --> 00:22:13,960 talk to you as babes again. I want to come and give you some 318 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:17,600 spiritual meat. I want to give you some some 319 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,360 things that can move on to maturity. 320 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:23,320 But I cannot do it because you have identified yourself through 321 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:26,720 your words and actions that you are carnal. 322 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:33,680 You are acting like mere men. In essence, you have the Holy 323 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,920 Ghost in you, but you look like the other temples of people that 324 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:42,660 aren't even born again. You're carnal. 325 00:22:42,660 --> 00:22:46,700 You're led by your flesh. You say what you want to say. 326 00:22:46,820 --> 00:22:49,900 You're led by your emotions. You're moved by your emotions. 327 00:22:49,900 --> 00:22:55,780 You respond by your emotions. You let the situations dictate 328 00:22:55,780 --> 00:23:02,100 how you feel. You're jockeying for position. 329 00:23:04,060 --> 00:23:05,740 You're doing everything the world does. 330 00:23:06,660 --> 00:23:08,900 Now you're born again. That's true. 331 00:23:09,180 --> 00:23:13,290 But man, I can't tell your temple from theirs. 332 00:23:13,530 --> 00:23:16,770 And Solomon said I will not build a temple that you can 333 00:23:16,770 --> 00:23:21,970 mistake that it's not greater, not going to do it. 334 00:23:22,850 --> 00:23:26,570 And in the church today, I'm telling you God is in the 335 00:23:26,570 --> 00:23:30,170 business of building you to maturity. 336 00:23:32,050 --> 00:23:35,450 He's. He never sent Jesus so that you 337 00:23:35,450 --> 00:23:41,590 could only have that one teaching of repentance from dead 338 00:23:41,590 --> 00:23:44,710 works and faith towards God. So when you die, you go to 339 00:23:44,710 --> 00:23:48,390 heaven. That was just the door. 340 00:23:50,390 --> 00:23:53,950 It doesn't bring maturity. Are you hearing me? 341 00:23:54,390 --> 00:23:56,110 Let's go over to Luke, chapter 14. 342 00:23:56,110 --> 00:23:59,390 Luke chapter 14. Once again, nobody. 343 00:24:00,110 --> 00:24:02,470 When I say nobody, I don't mean that literal, you know, it's 344 00:24:02,470 --> 00:24:07,230 just that too often because of religious Christianity, OK? 345 00:24:07,230 --> 00:24:09,430 And I say religious Christianity, and I mean that 346 00:24:09,730 --> 00:24:12,850 because at the end of the day, if you take God's word and you 347 00:24:12,850 --> 00:24:16,530 decide how you're going to apply it and never console God, that's 348 00:24:16,530 --> 00:24:20,010 religion. That is religion. 349 00:24:20,570 --> 00:24:24,430 And what we've done is we've done a disservice, OK? 350 00:24:24,430 --> 00:24:30,230 Our our ministers have by communicating that you know the 351 00:24:30,230 --> 00:24:32,950 word by itself. You know, if you try to do it, 352 00:24:32,950 --> 00:24:36,470 you know it's law, law, law. And now we're under grace and we 353 00:24:36,470 --> 00:24:38,870 have to do anything because we couldn't do anything. 354 00:24:39,110 --> 00:24:44,350 Well, that's not what law was. We're confusing law with 355 00:24:44,350 --> 00:24:52,010 religion and and the Pharisees were religious because they took 356 00:24:52,010 --> 00:24:55,570 God's word and then they interpreted it on their 357 00:24:55,570 --> 00:24:58,250 understanding what they wanted it to be. 358 00:24:58,250 --> 00:25:00,810 That's why Jesus said why do you forsake the commandments of God 359 00:25:00,810 --> 00:25:05,250 for the sake of your traditions? You are telling people that this 360 00:25:05,250 --> 00:25:08,370 is what I meant by that when I did not mean that this is what I 361 00:25:08,370 --> 00:25:12,100 meant. And the same thing happens after 362 00:25:12,100 --> 00:25:14,980 you're born again. We will try to fit scriptures to 363 00:25:14,980 --> 00:25:18,620 fit our emotions when it's not about fitting your emotions, 364 00:25:18,620 --> 00:25:21,500 it's about you changing your emotions to go to the word, 365 00:25:22,300 --> 00:25:24,820 renewing your mind to God's way of doing. 366 00:25:24,900 --> 00:25:27,740 And you do that by faith that His way. 367 00:25:27,740 --> 00:25:30,620 If I do it his way then I'll get the result of his way. 368 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:36,040 OK, but in Luke chapter 14, verse 25 to 30 and then we'll 369 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,040 jump to 33, it says as massive crowds and read out of the 370 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:42,880 Passion follow Jesus. He turned to them and said, When 371 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:48,480 when you follow me as my disciple, you must turn aside 372 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:53,400 your father, your mother, your wife, your sisters, your 373 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:58,960 brothers, yes, you will even seem as though you hate your own 374 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:04,250 life. This is the price you'll pay to 375 00:26:04,250 --> 00:26:07,210 be considered one of my followers. 376 00:26:07,810 --> 00:26:12,690 And anyone who comes to me must be willing to share my cross and 377 00:26:12,690 --> 00:26:17,770 experience it as his own. And he cannot be considered or 378 00:26:17,770 --> 00:26:22,890 or he cannot be what considered to be my disciple. 379 00:26:24,210 --> 00:26:29,010 So don't follow me without considering what it will cost 380 00:26:29,010 --> 00:26:36,000 you for who would construct a house before first sitting down 381 00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:38,720 to estimate the entire cost to complete it. 382 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:45,800 Otherwise he may lay the foundation and not be able to 383 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:52,000 finish and the neighbors will ridicule him saying look at him, 384 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,000 he started to build but couldn't complete it. 385 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,760 He couldn't complete it. Then verse 33 says likewise. 386 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:05,520 Unless you surrender all to me, giving up all you possess, you 387 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,760 can not be one of my disciples. Now what I love about the 388 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:12,280 passion translation put it back on the 25 to 30 is there's a few 389 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,360 things we want to say. Other translation says this. 390 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,760 Unless you hate your father, your mother, your wife, your 391 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:20,230 sister, the brothers, you know to come follow me. 392 00:27:20,230 --> 00:27:23,230 Now, it's not literally saying, husbands, you have a right to 393 00:27:23,230 --> 00:27:25,910 hate your wife. Now wives, you have a right to 394 00:27:25,910 --> 00:27:27,750 hate your husbands. Now, that's not what it's 395 00:27:27,750 --> 00:27:30,190 saying. What it's saying is it's 396 00:27:30,190 --> 00:27:32,030 literally saying this. If you're going to be my 397 00:27:32,030 --> 00:27:36,230 disciple, then you cannot. You got to put aside what daddy 398 00:27:36,230 --> 00:27:38,870 says. You got to put aside what Mama 399 00:27:38,870 --> 00:27:40,830 says. You got to even put aside what 400 00:27:40,830 --> 00:27:44,760 your wife? Says cause what your sister says 401 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,360 your brothers have said. In fact, you got to put aside 402 00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:55,000 your own thoughts to the point that you even hate your own 403 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,920 thinking when you know it doesn't line up with mine. 404 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:04,880 In essence, a husband saying, honey, we're going to go to 405 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:06,640 church. Well, I don't want us to go. 406 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:09,840 Well, honey, I might have to put aside that thought. 407 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:11,520 I'm going to church. You can stay home if you want 408 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,740 to. But As for me and my house, 409 00:28:15,500 --> 00:28:20,820 we're going to serve the Lord. I got to put aside that, I said. 410 00:28:20,820 --> 00:28:24,660 I got to put aside that. I got to put aside that. 411 00:28:25,020 --> 00:28:27,060 There's Mamas out there. Some of the kids need to put 412 00:28:27,060 --> 00:28:29,540 aside Mamas. I'm talking about, you know, 413 00:28:29,540 --> 00:28:30,540 ones that are a little bit older. 414 00:28:31,340 --> 00:28:35,480 But again, even then, if you don't watch out, you know we 415 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:39,720 should condition our children, our own lives, that we're what 416 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:41,840 does the word say? What is the Father say? 417 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,320 And he say, listen, if you're going to be my disciple because 418 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:50,200 he's He's, this is what's crazy is that God clearly communicates 419 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:54,880 what a disciple looks like, just like He clearly communicates 420 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,040 what the church looks like. And I got this while I was 421 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,120 cutting grass. The Lord's like, you know what? 422 00:29:00,140 --> 00:29:02,060 You know, people. It's amazing how people throw 423 00:29:02,060 --> 00:29:04,460 church around and just run church through the ground. 424 00:29:04,540 --> 00:29:06,660 It's, I mean, they drag church through the ground and. 425 00:29:06,660 --> 00:29:07,900 Right. I mean, the church has been 426 00:29:07,900 --> 00:29:10,260 attacked the most than anything. OK. 427 00:29:10,900 --> 00:29:13,140 But here's The thing is what? And I don't know, it's so 428 00:29:13,140 --> 00:29:15,940 amazing because of the illiteracy of believers. 429 00:29:15,940 --> 00:29:18,180 Why? Because they have a foundation 430 00:29:18,260 --> 00:29:23,740 that they never build, OK. And as a result of that, they're 431 00:29:23,740 --> 00:29:25,980 ridiculed. But here's the thing. 432 00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:28,980 The Lord's like, you know what everyone knows? 433 00:29:29,470 --> 00:29:31,630 You know the religious Christians, that there's God, 434 00:29:31,790 --> 00:29:35,590 only one true God, and that there are false gods. 435 00:29:37,230 --> 00:29:41,070 Well, if there can be false gods, then there can be false 436 00:29:41,070 --> 00:29:45,070 churches. But because we assumed church is 437 00:29:45,070 --> 00:29:49,070 only our name, well, you know God's not the only God. 438 00:29:49,070 --> 00:29:53,390 Now when I say that, I know he's the only God, but the world has 439 00:29:53,430 --> 00:29:58,190 other gods and we even acknowledge that they have them. 440 00:29:59,570 --> 00:30:01,810 We can go to like out. We'll be going to India in 441 00:30:01,810 --> 00:30:03,770 November. And I can say, well, that's 442 00:30:03,770 --> 00:30:06,810 their God. Now we it's no God. 443 00:30:07,250 --> 00:30:10,010 And I would love for God to let me just start ripping down idols 444 00:30:10,010 --> 00:30:11,450 in India. That would be amazing. 445 00:30:12,170 --> 00:30:15,210 The amazing practice of the Lord would just say tear it down, 446 00:30:15,530 --> 00:30:17,770 take it to construction team. Maybe we'll let us do it. 447 00:30:17,970 --> 00:30:19,690 I mean, they won't let us back. I get it. 448 00:30:19,690 --> 00:30:21,330 They ever catch us. But you understand what I'm 449 00:30:21,330 --> 00:30:24,570 saying. I mean, you know, you want to 450 00:30:24,570 --> 00:30:29,960 have one of those, like knock it over, grind it up moments, You 451 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:32,360 know, you wish you could go back to some of that old covenant 452 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,280 stuff. But with that being said, you 453 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,520 know, well, here they are, That's that God, that God. 454 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:40,520 And we know they're not gods, but we say that. 455 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:45,160 But then we use church and we think church is only Jesus. 456 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,720 Well, Jesus clearly defines what his church looks like. 457 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:51,760 So then, if it doesn't look like that, I would say, well, that's 458 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:55,840 a false church. That's really not his shirt. 459 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:57,520 Oh no, that's it's not his church. 460 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:06,000 Just like I can say you're not his disciple now, I'm not saying 461 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:10,400 you're not born again. I'm just saying you're not a 462 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:15,640 disciple. And Jesus never came or never 463 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:20,240 commissioned us to go make converts. 464 00:31:22,490 --> 00:31:24,610 He says. You need disciples and disciples 465 00:31:24,610 --> 00:31:32,170 go beyond foundation. So look what happens, he said. 466 00:31:32,170 --> 00:31:34,610 Now listen, if you're going to be my disciple, you're going to 467 00:31:34,610 --> 00:31:38,650 have to put aside everybody else's thoughts, their way of 468 00:31:38,650 --> 00:31:40,610 doing it, Their thoughts. This is my parents. 469 00:31:40,610 --> 00:31:43,530 You got to be wiser than this. You got to say okay. 470 00:31:43,530 --> 00:31:46,850 Well. How does the the Lord want me to 471 00:31:46,850 --> 00:31:52,420 respond to these situations? And then you got to correct some 472 00:31:52,420 --> 00:31:53,420 stuff. You know, when you've been 473 00:31:53,420 --> 00:31:55,180 saying stuff wrong and you got to go back and say, you know 474 00:31:55,180 --> 00:31:57,700 what, I got to correct that one thing that parents need to 475 00:31:57,700 --> 00:31:59,660 correct right out the gate is telling your kids you can't 476 00:31:59,660 --> 00:32:01,900 afford nothing. You need to stop that. 477 00:32:02,620 --> 00:32:06,500 Now, it may not be in your account, but you know, when 478 00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:08,500 somebody hey, can we go? Don't say, well, we can't afford 479 00:32:08,500 --> 00:32:10,420 to go there. Say, well you know what? 480 00:32:10,420 --> 00:32:13,980 Let's see if the Lord wants us to do that, you know, because if 481 00:32:13,980 --> 00:32:15,620 the Lord wants us to do it, he'll supply it. 482 00:32:17,020 --> 00:32:20,540 Now that's more accurate. Now you're not promising them to 483 00:32:20,540 --> 00:32:24,540 go, nor are you telling them you have the means today to go, but 484 00:32:24,540 --> 00:32:27,260 what you are doing is acknowledging that if the Lord 485 00:32:27,260 --> 00:32:29,220 wants it, then it had come to pass. 486 00:32:29,340 --> 00:32:31,740 But at the end of the day, God doesn't do everything just cause 487 00:32:31,740 --> 00:32:38,220 we want all right. And it begins to give them this 488 00:32:38,580 --> 00:32:40,780 thing that you know, we're just talking with the Lord. 489 00:32:40,780 --> 00:32:42,660 It's like a regular conversation. 490 00:32:42,660 --> 00:32:44,860 Cause I didn't know you wanted to go to universal. 491 00:32:45,580 --> 00:32:47,900 And now you're saying, hey, this summer, let's go to universal 492 00:32:48,620 --> 00:32:52,600 and we're just conversing. But maybe we can and maybe we 493 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,680 cannot. And there may be a legitimate 494 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:59,880 reason why we would not. But just say, well, we can't 495 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:02,280 afford. Well, then you say, well, I'll 496 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:06,080 go to a place that I can always afford, and we're acting like 497 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:11,680 God can't, so we can't. These thoughts, we have to put 498 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:13,800 them aside, he says. And then he says this, he said. 499 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:17,280 Now listen at the end of the day, and if you don't position 500 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,120 your life, close again. You are the temple of the Holy 501 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:24,330 Ghost. You're building a house that 502 00:33:24,330 --> 00:33:26,730 you're like. You got full liberty to give me 503 00:33:26,730 --> 00:33:30,130 all the instructions necessary for this house to be glorifying 504 00:33:30,130 --> 00:33:33,050 you, that through me you'll be glorified. 505 00:33:33,050 --> 00:33:38,170 And he says this is the price you'll pay to be considered. 506 00:33:41,850 --> 00:33:45,330 Now you may say on such and such day I ask Jesus into my heart, 507 00:33:46,090 --> 00:33:48,210 but that doesn't mean God's considering you a disciple. 508 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:53,360 He may accurately be saying, well, your carnal they can't 509 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:56,960 really do nothing with you. You're just a babe because 510 00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:59,240 you're not being trained in righteousness. 511 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:02,200 I can't even give you mature stuff yet. 512 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:06,080 I got to keep giving you milk because you won't get off the 513 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,520 foundation, You won't build on the foundation. 514 00:34:10,679 --> 00:34:12,880 And again, if all you have is a foundation that keeps getting 515 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,719 exposed to the elements, what do you think's going to happen to 516 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,420 your foundation? It's going to erode. 517 00:34:18,420 --> 00:34:21,260 It's going to crack, and you have to continually do 518 00:34:21,659 --> 00:34:24,219 foundation maintenance. That's why all of those 519 00:34:24,219 --> 00:34:26,820 religious Christians are always having to come back and 520 00:34:26,820 --> 00:34:35,820 rededicate their life. I'm gonna do a rededication. 521 00:34:35,820 --> 00:34:43,780 I've come to fix my foundation because they constantly be 522 00:34:43,780 --> 00:34:45,460 exposed. They won't go on the maturity 523 00:34:45,540 --> 00:34:47,100 and they're not counting the cost. 524 00:34:47,489 --> 00:34:49,889 And so This is why it goes on and says if anyone's wanting to 525 00:34:49,889 --> 00:34:53,330 come come after me, must be willing to share my cross, What 526 00:34:53,330 --> 00:34:55,010 does that mean? It doesn't mean you literally 527 00:34:55,010 --> 00:34:58,250 carry a cross. It means you do what's Christ 528 00:34:58,250 --> 00:35:00,970 did. It's not my will, but your will 529 00:35:00,970 --> 00:35:04,050 be done. Even death on the cross, My 530 00:35:04,050 --> 00:35:08,050 purpose was to die for you. So you're going to have to have 531 00:35:08,050 --> 00:35:12,090 the same thing. You're going to die to your will 532 00:35:12,290 --> 00:35:17,690 and do the will of the Father who sent who who calls you to be 533 00:35:17,690 --> 00:35:20,930 born again and knew you before the foundations of the world, 534 00:35:20,930 --> 00:35:22,210 before you and your mother's womb. 535 00:35:22,290 --> 00:35:25,970 He knew your destiny. And I came into this world to 536 00:35:25,970 --> 00:35:27,290 only do the that's what Jesus said. 537 00:35:27,290 --> 00:35:32,850 He said, look, as the Father has sent me, I send and he only came 538 00:35:32,850 --> 00:35:34,850 to do the will of the Father. So he's saying same things 539 00:35:34,850 --> 00:35:40,610 required out of you. And let me tell you a few 540 00:35:40,610 --> 00:35:42,770 things. That's not on God's top ten list 541 00:35:42,770 --> 00:35:47,100 for you. A good job it's not on his top 542 00:35:47,100 --> 00:35:53,820 ten list. Well, for retirement it is not 543 00:35:53,860 --> 00:36:01,380 on his top ten list. It's not what college you go to 544 00:36:01,380 --> 00:36:05,060 is not on his top ten list, because you should already be 545 00:36:05,060 --> 00:36:07,700 enlisted in his university the day you got born again. 546 00:36:10,540 --> 00:36:14,980 Because what all professors fail to know is what the Holy Ghost 547 00:36:14,980 --> 00:36:17,900 already knows. Because he was there when it all 548 00:36:17,900 --> 00:36:20,940 started. He was the power that caused it 549 00:36:20,940 --> 00:36:23,500 to come to pass. Now, I'm not saying you can't go 550 00:36:23,500 --> 00:36:25,300 to college. I'm just saying we have this 551 00:36:25,300 --> 00:36:27,380 mindset. Got to get a good job, got to 552 00:36:27,380 --> 00:36:29,900 get a nice house, got to get good retirement, got to get good 553 00:36:29,900 --> 00:36:32,500 benefits. The Lord's like, I've took care 554 00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:34,060 of the benefits. I put you in the Kingdom. 555 00:36:34,820 --> 00:36:38,780 I got your education covered. I just need you to do my will. 556 00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:44,260 That's all I'm concerned about. You to seek First, the Kingdom 557 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,000 and his rights and everything else. 558 00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:52,680 I mean, it's not complicated. Where's our kids going to go to 559 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:54,680 college? You know, after they have you 560 00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:56,320 even asked the Lord, should they even go to college? 561 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:04,400 Have you even? Maybe the Lord's like, they 562 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:08,280 don't have time for that. Don't waste, don't waste four 563 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,240 years on a piece of paper. I go ahead and do them with 564 00:37:10,240 --> 00:37:12,240 power and I got a whole another project for them to do. 565 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,640 I'll tell you them all over the world, you understand the 566 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:17,840 wealthiest people do not have college degrees anyway. 567 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:21,920 But I'm just saying it's not necessary. 568 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,440 But what's the enemy do? He gets us bond lives to 569 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:25,600 distract. Why? 570 00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:30,520 So we won't build. So we got to take the cross 571 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:32,640 again. We learn the parenting 572 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:34,200 conference. The best thing you can ever tell 573 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:37,680 your children is you need to discover why. 574 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:39,880 What God's plan is for your life. 575 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:44,280 It's the greatest thing you could ever do, because if you 576 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,720 don't do that, you can't even be considered as disciple. 577 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:55,000 I'll just even be more bold if you've never asked the Lord and 578 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,640 what I do. Am I what I am? 579 00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:58,760 What I am doing currently right now? 580 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:03,320 Is this even your will? If you've not even asked that 581 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:09,200 question, then you're probably not a disciple, even though you 582 00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:11,920 may have informational knowledge about scripture. 583 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:20,520 Because applying God's word to your will, that's right. 584 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:26,320 Is religion. Is religion. 585 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,320 Is everyone going to be called the pastor? 586 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:30,240 No. Is everyone going to be called 587 00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:31,560 to be a prophet? No. 588 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:35,640 I mean, he tells us this very specifically that not all are 589 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,640 the fivefold ministry. I get it. 590 00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:41,160 But again, why are you in the sector of society that you're 591 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:44,420 in? And are you doing what you need 592 00:38:44,420 --> 00:38:47,660 to do in that set? Are you walking with the Lord? 593 00:38:48,620 --> 00:38:53,460 And are you walking in a way that when you're at work, people 594 00:38:53,460 --> 00:38:56,540 are like, your temple's different now. 595 00:38:56,540 --> 00:38:58,420 They're not saying that, but you understand there's just 596 00:38:58,420 --> 00:39:01,620 something about your atmosphere that's all of a sudden different 597 00:39:01,620 --> 00:39:03,980 than everybody else. You know, I've never heard you 598 00:39:03,980 --> 00:39:05,060 cuss. How was that? 599 00:39:06,340 --> 00:39:09,260 You know, you did not get upset when we heard they were going to 600 00:39:09,260 --> 00:39:11,460 do cuts. Why is that? 601 00:39:13,380 --> 00:39:17,620 Because the great, the God in me is greater than all gods. 602 00:39:18,820 --> 00:39:21,700 And this house I'm building, it's going to be great. 603 00:39:21,700 --> 00:39:24,580 It's going to be such a reflection, right? 604 00:39:24,860 --> 00:39:27,860 So it goes on verse 28 though. And this is where the problem is 605 00:39:27,860 --> 00:39:31,860 in modern day religious Christianity. 606 00:39:32,020 --> 00:39:34,860 So don't follow me without considering what it will cost 607 00:39:35,020 --> 00:39:38,540 for you who construct a house before first sitting down to 608 00:39:38,580 --> 00:39:40,020 estimate the cost to complete it. 609 00:39:40,020 --> 00:39:41,900 Otherwise he'll lay the foundation, not be able to 610 00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:44,180 finish. You know how many people are not 611 00:39:44,180 --> 00:39:47,580 coming to the Lord because of people who came to the Lord and 612 00:39:47,580 --> 00:39:51,890 stayed on a foundation? Man, I got saved. 613 00:39:51,890 --> 00:39:52,930 I went to church. Oh, really? 614 00:39:52,930 --> 00:39:54,810 Yeah. And they're different for two 615 00:39:54,810 --> 00:39:57,770 weeks, a month, three months. And you know what happens at 616 00:39:57,770 --> 00:39:59,450 work? Well, we'll see how that is it a 617 00:39:59,450 --> 00:40:00,370 path. And you know what? 618 00:40:00,370 --> 00:40:03,170 For most of them, it does. Next thing you know, they're 619 00:40:03,170 --> 00:40:04,490 drinking with them on the weekend. 620 00:40:04,490 --> 00:40:07,890 Again. They're custom with them again. 621 00:40:07,890 --> 00:40:09,850 They're jumping back into the same things. 622 00:40:09,850 --> 00:40:12,770 They're just like their passion, their fires. 623 00:40:12,890 --> 00:40:14,210 Why? Because they didn't consider the 624 00:40:14,210 --> 00:40:19,370 cost. Because too often the call to 625 00:40:19,370 --> 00:40:23,030 repentance. Isn't even a call to repentance. 626 00:40:23,990 --> 00:40:31,910 It's a call to be saved. Jesus did not preach publicly. 627 00:40:32,230 --> 00:40:35,390 Get saved, he said. Repent. 628 00:40:35,390 --> 00:40:39,910 You're going to have to change. That's his first word. 629 00:40:40,230 --> 00:40:43,790 Change. President Obama didn't didn't 630 00:40:44,110 --> 00:40:49,190 inaugurate that word change. The Lord Jesus Christ did change 631 00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:56,800 'cause what you're doing now in Kingdom, it's not. 632 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:02,440 And The thing is, is that God does it first have to educate 633 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:05,520 you to get in it. He gives you the Spirit that can 634 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:08,840 stay in it. Are you hearing me? 635 00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:11,600 He gives you the Spirit that can stay in it. 636 00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:20,660 Now you have the ability and no excuse to build a house to 637 00:41:20,660 --> 00:41:24,060 maturity. You're with no excuse and the 638 00:41:24,060 --> 00:41:28,100 reason why people laugh at you and laugh about you laugh about 639 00:41:28,100 --> 00:41:30,460 your marriages. Now, I'm not talking about you, 640 00:41:30,460 --> 00:41:34,260 I'm being general. But the the reason why religious 641 00:41:34,260 --> 00:41:38,420 Christianity is laughed at by the world is because their 642 00:41:38,420 --> 00:41:40,780 marriages fall apart like everybody else's. 643 00:41:41,380 --> 00:41:44,100 You know, they live on the weekend like everybody else but 644 00:41:44,100 --> 00:41:47,160 still go to church. They had. 645 00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:52,480 They act in rebellion. They hate authority. 646 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,320 They talk about their managers and their bosses and their 647 00:41:56,320 --> 00:42:01,600 pastors. They gossip like everybody else 648 00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:04,320 because they haven't considered the cost. 649 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:08,200 What do you think about the manager? 650 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:13,000 I have nothing to say about it. What you just saw they did. 651 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:19,060 Doesn't matter. I'm not falling back into that. 652 00:42:20,020 --> 00:42:25,260 I'm a different person. There's too many that are doing 653 00:42:25,260 --> 00:42:26,460 it. Why? 654 00:42:26,460 --> 00:42:27,860 Because they don't have the same mindset. 655 00:42:27,860 --> 00:42:29,780 They don't have the same insight that Solomon had. 656 00:42:29,780 --> 00:42:37,060 And I'm going to build a house that is great because our God is 657 00:42:37,060 --> 00:42:41,540 greater than all gods. Do you understand? 658 00:42:41,540 --> 00:42:45,890 The Hindus are more dedicated to prayer than USA Christian 659 00:42:45,890 --> 00:42:51,090 churches. Islam is more dedicated to 660 00:42:51,090 --> 00:42:54,090 prayer than US Christian churches. 661 00:42:55,850 --> 00:42:59,690 They're more dedicated now. It's religious nonetheless, but 662 00:42:59,690 --> 00:43:06,050 at least they have a commitment and we actually have the God on 663 00:43:06,130 --> 00:43:12,570 the inside of us. I mean, the one they're 664 00:43:12,570 --> 00:43:16,620 searching lives here. Right here. 665 00:43:17,220 --> 00:43:21,380 He's right here. He's alive in me. 666 00:43:30,380 --> 00:43:36,180 Yeah, like, well, you know, I'll get into prayer when I can. 667 00:43:40,780 --> 00:43:47,420 It's not building the house. Hallelujah. 668 00:43:48,740 --> 00:43:52,180 Go ahead and smile anyway. First, Peter, Chapter 2. 669 00:43:53,340 --> 00:43:54,700 Amen. I mean, this is good news. 670 00:43:54,700 --> 00:43:56,700 Honestly, the only reason why you wouldn't be shouting and 671 00:43:56,700 --> 00:43:58,980 running around is because you know, if you're like, dude, I'm 672 00:43:58,980 --> 00:44:01,180 letting my house stare up, you know we'll fix it. 673 00:44:01,780 --> 00:44:04,660 Guess what? Good news, good news. 674 00:44:05,260 --> 00:44:09,260 Good news if your house is utterly falling apart right now. 675 00:44:09,260 --> 00:44:12,780 I mean everything's like, geez man, I got the tiles. 676 00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:14,860 I mean my shingles are coming off because you know, I'm 677 00:44:14,860 --> 00:44:19,300 gossiping, you know, I mean you know I got water pot pipes 678 00:44:19,300 --> 00:44:22,700 busting you know, my hot water heater went down you know, 679 00:44:22,900 --> 00:44:24,100 whatever. I don't care how bad. 680 00:44:24,420 --> 00:44:26,740 And you're like I I don't have enough to fit the Lord's like 681 00:44:26,740 --> 00:44:29,700 that's alright I'll, I'll, I'll get you all the funds you need 682 00:44:29,700 --> 00:44:30,180 to. Fix it. 683 00:44:30,180 --> 00:44:34,340 I mean, he's going to fund your project. 684 00:44:35,090 --> 00:44:38,930 I mean, what would your natural house look if there was no, if 685 00:44:38,930 --> 00:44:41,250 you didn't have to come up with the money yourself? 686 00:44:41,250 --> 00:44:42,930 Oh. You don't want to hear this, 687 00:44:44,410 --> 00:44:46,010 right? Come on, Pastor Tim. 688 00:44:46,010 --> 00:44:47,610 You, you and Pastor Bridge. You don't know what I'm talking 689 00:44:47,610 --> 00:44:49,410 about. What would it be like if God's 690 00:44:49,410 --> 00:44:51,850 like, son? Just go buy it now. 691 00:44:51,850 --> 00:44:54,770 Again, God ain't going over there putting your sheetrock on, 692 00:44:54,890 --> 00:44:56,890 putting in your electrical outlets, putting up your. 693 00:44:57,010 --> 00:45:02,550 But you have all the resource. All you got to do is put forth 694 00:45:02,550 --> 00:45:09,310 the effort to apply the material that he's bankrolling and God is 695 00:45:09,310 --> 00:45:11,070 bankrolling on the inside of you. 696 00:45:11,070 --> 00:45:15,030 Everything you need to renovate this thing so that the glory of 697 00:45:15,030 --> 00:45:17,870 God is walking around with you everywhere you go. 698 00:45:18,830 --> 00:45:21,110 He's like, oh, you need a little bit of love to cover up that 699 00:45:21,110 --> 00:45:22,790 offense. I got that. 700 00:45:23,350 --> 00:45:27,030 Oh, you need some peace. I got plenty of peace to cover 701 00:45:27,030 --> 00:45:32,240 your pain right now. All you got to do is work it, 702 00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:37,960 put it in your house, build your life around it. 703 00:45:38,720 --> 00:45:40,480 And then people like, wow, how's he do that? 704 00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:42,840 First, Peter chapter 2, verses one through 5. 705 00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:48,200 He says therefore say therefore, putting aside all malice, all 706 00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:53,100 deceit, all hypocrisy and envy, and all slander like newborn 707 00:45:53,100 --> 00:45:57,340 babes, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may 708 00:45:57,340 --> 00:46:01,460 grow in respects to salvation. If you have tasted the kindness 709 00:46:01,460 --> 00:46:06,300 of the Lord and coming to him as to a living stone which has been 710 00:46:06,300 --> 00:46:09,500 rejected by men, but it's choice and precious in the sight of 711 00:46:09,500 --> 00:46:13,420 God. You also as living stones are 712 00:46:13,420 --> 00:46:19,680 being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to 713 00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:24,240 OfferUp spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Christ 714 00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:27,240 Jesus. I mean he wants a place that is 715 00:46:27,240 --> 00:46:31,280 seen in the world that when people come by you all of a 716 00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:35,720 sudden this house that is housing the Holy Ghost is so 717 00:46:35,720 --> 00:46:39,680 different from the rest of the world that you have understood 718 00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:48,360 that God will only take up residence in the place that is 719 00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:51,520 holy and pure. And Jesus put the new spirit in 720 00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:55,400 me that gave the Holy Spirit permission to move in. 721 00:46:57,320 --> 00:47:02,320 He was the great sacrifice that allowed my spirit man to come 722 00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:05,800 alive and for the third person of the godhead to move right in. 723 00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:13,040 And now the greater one. I said the how many times we 724 00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:21,200 quote this? Greater is that is well how you 725 00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:31,440 housing him, You taking the Holy Ghost to bed on the weekends and 726 00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:40,120 fornication. I mean you taking the Holy 727 00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:43,520 Spirit out and say now, I know you could get me drunk, but I'm 728 00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:53,870 gonna get you drunk. I got some tongues. 729 00:47:58,150 --> 00:48:06,480 One starts with an F There's other languages because the Holy 730 00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:09,840 Ghost isn't talking that, I said he didn't talking. 731 00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:15,800 That and people will walk by your temple. 732 00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:18,800 And go. That place reminds me of the 733 00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:21,120 temple I saw at the club last night. 734 00:48:22,430 --> 00:48:25,550 And that temple reminds me, you know of that person at work and 735 00:48:26,070 --> 00:48:28,070 you know that sorry old manager, you know, it's always 736 00:48:28,070 --> 00:48:35,190 complaining and stuff. And the one who's who's tasked 737 00:48:35,190 --> 00:48:40,110 with the building is you. One of the powerful statement 738 00:48:40,110 --> 00:48:43,750 that Pastor John said. He said God took the 739 00:48:43,750 --> 00:48:49,630 responsibility of saving your child's spirit, but as a parent 740 00:48:49,630 --> 00:48:51,830 it's your responsibility to save their soul. 741 00:48:54,260 --> 00:48:59,260 OK, now you understand it's your responsibility to help them save 742 00:48:59,260 --> 00:49:01,540 their soul. Because ultimately they going to 743 00:49:01,540 --> 00:49:04,740 have to save their own soul, just like you have to save 744 00:49:04,740 --> 00:49:09,460 yours. Meaning you're renewing your 745 00:49:09,460 --> 00:49:14,180 mind to the new person you are and the recognition that the 746 00:49:14,180 --> 00:49:17,460 Holy Ghost is in here. Man, when you know the Holy 747 00:49:17,460 --> 00:49:22,180 Ghost is in here, it changed the way you start responding all the 748 00:49:22,180 --> 00:49:31,580 time when you're in a real awareness, because at that 749 00:49:31,580 --> 00:49:32,900 point, all you. Got to do is go. 750 00:49:34,220 --> 00:49:41,060 What would you do? What would you do? 751 00:49:44,500 --> 00:49:48,460 You know he's not going to respond carnally and as I was. 752 00:49:48,460 --> 00:49:49,980 Going to say, well, I'm in this flesh like you. 753 00:49:49,980 --> 00:49:51,460 I feel it too. Let's do this still. 754 00:49:55,050 --> 00:50:00,130 No, he's going to respond. I mean, he's going to respond 755 00:50:00,330 --> 00:50:04,810 beyond your capacity because he'll be able to say, I know. 756 00:50:04,810 --> 00:50:14,970 Things I know, things he can talk to you and say, you know, I 757 00:50:14,970 --> 00:50:18,570 know things. And at this point I just want 758 00:50:18,570 --> 00:50:23,340 you to forgive. Because if you'll do this, I 759 00:50:23,340 --> 00:50:29,100 know some things, it can unlock some stuff in them, but I need 760 00:50:29,100 --> 00:50:31,980 you to be the first one to do it, because I know some things 761 00:50:32,220 --> 00:50:34,220 could also say I know some things. 762 00:50:35,020 --> 00:50:36,220 All that you're hearing right now. 763 00:50:36,220 --> 00:50:38,900 It sounds good, but it isn't coming from my round. 764 00:50:38,900 --> 00:50:41,940 There's manipulation with that and they're using my scripture 765 00:50:41,940 --> 00:50:45,780 to boot. So you just hold your course 766 00:50:47,180 --> 00:50:50,540 because I know some things. But I don't want you to give 767 00:50:50,540 --> 00:50:53,140 vocal and get frustrated and mad. 768 00:50:54,300 --> 00:50:58,100 You just be quiet, because I know some things. 769 00:51:00,420 --> 00:51:02,780 And what happens is when you yield to that, then the temple 770 00:51:02,780 --> 00:51:07,380 starts taking on the glory. Everything gets purified and 771 00:51:07,380 --> 00:51:09,700 refined. You understand, Solomon, when 772 00:51:09,700 --> 00:51:17,900 they laid the gold out, it was not unpurified, it had been. 773 00:51:18,870 --> 00:51:25,270 Tested by the fire, the dross has been pulled off and purity 774 00:51:26,830 --> 00:51:30,190 is covering the temple. And so the Holy Ghost could. 775 00:51:30,190 --> 00:51:34,230 We always want the Holy Ghost and fire, for the fire is to 776 00:51:34,230 --> 00:51:39,990 burn off the impurities, the impurities of your thoughts, the 777 00:51:39,990 --> 00:51:42,790 impurities of your flesh. And listen, it's a constant 778 00:51:42,790 --> 00:51:48,120 burning because your flesh and your spirit battle daily because 779 00:51:48,120 --> 00:51:50,640 your flesh is like, I'll take that, I'll go back to that. 780 00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:52,120 And you're like, no, you're never going back. 781 00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:55,480 And the greater is he that send me that it keep you from going 782 00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:57,240 back. Because I am the man of the 783 00:51:57,240 --> 00:52:01,720 house with the man of the house And we're going to make sure you 784 00:52:01,720 --> 00:52:05,280 don't take residence here. We don't have a temple that 785 00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:09,000 looks like the other gods. Ours is greater. 786 00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:16,880 So how you going to build your house because in these last 787 00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:22,880 days? Listen, in these last days. 788 00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:38,680 Wow, should I say that? Thank you, Jesus. 789 00:52:41,600 --> 00:53:06,490 Hallelujah. Hmm, hmm, hmm. 790 00:53:29,320 --> 00:53:45,080 In these last days, the Bible tells us that things will get 791 00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:50,240 worse in the world. Gross darkness. 792 00:53:51,240 --> 00:53:55,080 That's in the world. It should never have put you in 793 00:53:55,080 --> 00:53:56,840 fear. Ever. 794 00:53:58,310 --> 00:54:02,510 I don't care how bad it is, and let me just say it this way, 795 00:54:05,390 --> 00:54:12,630 it's not going to get any worse than the days of Noah. 796 00:54:14,790 --> 00:54:17,790 So my point is it can't get worse than it's already been. 797 00:54:19,150 --> 00:54:23,270 So don't think this a new bad that's never been. 798 00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:31,920 Because the Lord will come like the days of of Noah. 799 00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:36,600 Now when his wrath gets poured out, that'd be like the world's 800 00:54:36,600 --> 00:54:41,560 never experienced. Because when he did it in the 801 00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:48,080 flood, I mean that was quick. They drowned. 802 00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:53,600 What's the longest that a person can hold their breath? 803 00:54:54,020 --> 00:54:55,780 Well, anybody know what the record is right now? 804 00:54:55,780 --> 00:54:59,660 20, maybe 20 minutes? Maybe somebody Google it real 805 00:54:59,660 --> 00:55:01,140 quick so I can help save your life. 806 00:55:01,140 --> 00:55:07,620 OK. The days of Noah says he'll come 807 00:55:07,620 --> 00:55:09,700 like the day. It'll be like the days of Noah, 808 00:55:10,100 --> 00:55:14,060 OK, they'll be eating and drinking, giving to marriage, 809 00:55:14,780 --> 00:55:16,740 right? They'll just be going on as if 810 00:55:17,220 --> 00:55:22,260 nothing's coming. But those that are like Noah the 811 00:55:22,260 --> 00:55:24,110 righteous, they know. It's coming. 812 00:55:26,150 --> 00:55:27,790 Wow. Y'all's phones are really slow. 813 00:55:29,150 --> 00:55:33,830 24 minutes. All right, 24 minutes. 814 00:55:34,070 --> 00:55:40,750 So, OK, just so you have perspective, the most somebody 815 00:55:40,750 --> 00:55:44,830 would have been living when the flood hit and the waters got 816 00:55:44,830 --> 00:55:49,230 there and they went under. 27 minutes, 24 minutes and 37 817 00:55:49,230 --> 00:55:51,550 seconds. That's nothing. 818 00:55:52,290 --> 00:55:59,570 Compared to the tribulation that people are begging to die, just 819 00:55:59,730 --> 00:56:06,650 perspective. But he said in the last days 820 00:56:07,330 --> 00:56:10,050 people will be deceived and deceiving. 821 00:56:10,050 --> 00:56:20,050 So deception will be at a heightened place, which tells me 822 00:56:20,050 --> 00:56:26,090 if you're not a disciple. You're going to be in trouble, 823 00:56:28,410 --> 00:56:42,690 even if you're a believer. I preached a message in 20/17/18 824 00:56:42,690 --> 00:56:50,490 and 19 called equipped only for 2020 to turn out being a very 825 00:56:50,490 --> 00:56:53,890 different time, but it didn't take us long to find out who was 826 00:56:53,890 --> 00:56:56,210 applying the last three years of teaching. 827 00:56:57,870 --> 00:56:59,430 The good news? The majority did. 828 00:56:59,830 --> 00:57:01,310 There are very few people who did not. 829 00:57:02,190 --> 00:57:05,310 I actually only had one person leave the church because of 830 00:57:05,310 --> 00:57:09,710 COVID that they're thinking was I'll never assemble again. 831 00:57:10,550 --> 00:57:13,390 Only one person. Okay. 832 00:57:14,510 --> 00:57:18,030 But that means the Lord prepares you again. 833 00:57:18,310 --> 00:57:22,910 These moments that we're having right now are not just midweek 834 00:57:22,910 --> 00:57:29,960 fillings. These are in preparation for 835 00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:33,160 things to come. Again, one of the assignments of 836 00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:35,160 the Holy Ghost is to disclose things to come. 837 00:57:35,160 --> 00:57:38,160 And the thing of it is, is that disclosing things that come are 838 00:57:38,160 --> 00:57:41,040 not just coming through the gifts of the Spirit called a 839 00:57:41,040 --> 00:57:43,280 Word of Wisdom. They can come through the 840 00:57:43,280 --> 00:57:47,280 teaching of the word and subject matter that you're like, you 841 00:57:47,280 --> 00:57:49,560 know what? I just got into this trial and 842 00:57:49,560 --> 00:57:51,480 pastors been. Preaching on this and now I got 843 00:57:51,480 --> 00:58:04,250 plenty of things to stand on. 10 virgins are waiting on the Lord. 844 00:58:05,810 --> 00:58:11,450 Ten of them, and they all have oil in their lamps, all of them, 845 00:58:12,610 --> 00:58:18,530 and the fire is lit, but five have more oil. 846 00:58:23,370 --> 00:58:27,570 When they hear the bridegroom coming, they wake up, trim their 847 00:58:27,570 --> 00:58:32,100 lamps. The five that had more oil 848 00:58:33,540 --> 00:58:39,860 resupplied. The five who did not said, man, 849 00:58:39,980 --> 00:58:44,220 we're not going to make it. Can you give us your oil? 850 00:58:44,620 --> 00:58:47,780 Some of them they said can't do it won't be enough for us both. 851 00:58:47,780 --> 00:58:51,300 You're going to have to go back and get your own. 852 00:58:51,580 --> 00:58:55,780 You got to get your own and says why they were gone. 853 00:58:55,820 --> 00:58:58,780 The door opened. I said it's why they were gone. 854 00:58:59,780 --> 00:59:04,700 The door opened. The five came back and said 855 00:59:04,860 --> 00:59:08,740 knocked on the door and said, Lord, Lord, let us in, He's 856 00:59:08,740 --> 00:59:14,820 like, who are you? He said. 857 00:59:17,220 --> 00:59:20,580 Because I don't even know who you are now, that word means I 858 00:59:20,580 --> 00:59:22,540 was not intimately acquainted with you. 859 00:59:22,900 --> 00:59:27,690 That don't mean I don't know. I don't know of you, but I don't 860 00:59:27,690 --> 00:59:30,530 have a intimate relationship with you. 861 00:59:36,180 --> 00:59:38,420 The Lord's showing me very clearly. 862 00:59:39,220 --> 00:59:44,940 I'm extremely bold in this statement, very clearly, he 863 00:59:44,940 --> 00:59:47,900 said. Son, everything is by faith 864 00:59:48,980 --> 00:59:53,780 everything, nothing that you get from. 865 00:59:53,780 --> 00:59:58,700 Me does not come by, does not come unless by faith, period. 866 01:00:00,420 --> 01:00:03,900 Are you hearing what I'm saying? So healing can come to you by 867 01:00:03,900 --> 01:00:06,260 somebody else's faith. There are some things that God 868 01:00:06,260 --> 01:00:10,900 will allow other people's faith to come over to you, but then 869 01:00:10,900 --> 01:00:13,580 there's some things that it requires you. 870 01:00:14,580 --> 01:00:18,500 You know what one of those are? Being born again, I cannot have 871 01:00:18,500 --> 01:00:22,420 faith for your salvation. I can believe for you to be 872 01:00:22,420 --> 01:00:26,140 saved, but ultimately you're going to get your. 873 01:00:31,770 --> 01:00:34,010 But we know people today that are born again. 874 01:00:34,970 --> 01:00:39,930 They've confessed Jesus's Lord, but they do not by faith believe 875 01:00:39,930 --> 01:00:41,610 in the baptism of the Holy Spirit. 876 01:00:41,610 --> 01:00:46,770 Whatever speak in its tongues. They're in the Kingdom. 877 01:00:47,450 --> 01:00:49,210 Why are they not in do with power? 878 01:00:50,210 --> 01:00:51,970 Why didn't it just come on them anyway? 879 01:00:52,490 --> 01:00:54,210 Why didn't it just fall on them anyway? 880 01:00:54,690 --> 01:00:58,910 Why didn't it just happen? Cause here's what's crazy is 881 01:00:58,910 --> 01:01:01,950 that a person not born of God can be an atmosphere of people 882 01:01:02,070 --> 01:01:05,390 that are are that are full of the Holy Ghost being one of 883 01:01:05,390 --> 01:01:08,430 those meetings where the Holy Ghost falls and they fall down 884 01:01:08,430 --> 01:01:11,590 under the power, but they don't yield to anything and they just 885 01:01:11,590 --> 01:01:15,670 fall under the power physically. They can't stand in the weight 886 01:01:15,670 --> 01:01:19,390 of the presence of the Lord, but yet they're still not speaking 887 01:01:19,390 --> 01:01:25,510 in tongues because God will not make them do something they 888 01:01:25,510 --> 01:01:29,680 don't yield to. We know there's people that are 889 01:01:29,680 --> 01:01:34,400 born again, filled with the Holy Ghost, but sick because they 890 01:01:34,400 --> 01:01:38,960 never renew their minds that healing is in the Kingdom. 891 01:01:39,640 --> 01:01:43,600 So why do we think that when a trumpet blows, everyone 892 01:01:43,600 --> 01:01:57,390 automatically goes? Why do we believe that? 893 01:02:02,940 --> 01:02:05,900 Because there are so many people that are ask Jesus in their 894 01:02:05,900 --> 01:02:11,340 heart and they don't think about God at all except as a CEO. 895 01:02:16,300 --> 01:02:22,500 Christmas and Easter only, and most of them are just an EO. 896 01:02:22,500 --> 01:02:29,250 Easter only. It's true and yet you're think 897 01:02:29,250 --> 01:02:32,410 and you're you're and you're like because and I understand 898 01:02:32,410 --> 01:02:34,170 the debate that takes well you're that's worse. 899 01:02:34,170 --> 01:02:43,490 No it's called faith. It's called faith. 10 virgins is 900 01:02:43,490 --> 01:02:48,090 10 virgins. So anyone who tries to take that 901 01:02:48,090 --> 01:02:51,450 scripture and tell you the five virgins weren't born again, 902 01:02:51,450 --> 01:02:54,130 that's the law. They are pure. 903 01:02:58,290 --> 01:03:01,330 They're pure, but they don't get in. 904 01:03:01,690 --> 01:03:07,650 Now I'm not telling you they won't ultimately go, But man, 905 01:03:07,650 --> 01:03:13,170 I'm saying some things because we are in a we have always been 906 01:03:14,610 --> 01:03:19,450 from Genesis one. We've always been in the 907 01:03:19,450 --> 01:03:24,010 position I prove my love by obeying his word. 908 01:03:25,850 --> 01:03:28,370 So I sacrificed my will on how to do it. 909 01:03:30,490 --> 01:03:36,850 That is consistent in any covenant of God, in any 910 01:03:36,850 --> 01:03:43,290 dispensation of God. And it's by faith in every one 911 01:03:43,290 --> 01:03:44,850 of them. There's not one that doesn't 912 01:03:44,850 --> 01:03:50,450 exist. Not one, not one. 913 01:03:52,330 --> 01:03:57,360 So there's some form of crucifying something in order to 914 01:03:57,360 --> 01:04:03,320 live to something else. At minimum, Adam has to crucify 915 01:04:04,280 --> 01:04:08,080 not his flesh because he had him have sin. 916 01:04:08,440 --> 01:04:15,120 He just has to crucify His will and do His after the fall. 917 01:04:15,120 --> 01:04:20,400 Now it's crucifying and today we're in. 918 01:04:20,680 --> 01:04:25,590 We crucify our flesh daily. So that we walk by the Spirit. 919 01:04:26,950 --> 01:04:29,790 Could it be, if you're not willing to crucify your flesh 920 01:04:29,790 --> 01:04:35,070 today and let you and be led by the Spirit, that you find 921 01:04:35,070 --> 01:04:37,870 yourself left behind? And the Lord's going to say, 922 01:04:37,870 --> 01:04:40,030 well, we'll find out in the natural if you really love me 923 01:04:40,630 --> 01:04:42,430 because you, Are you going to take the mark or not? 924 01:04:45,190 --> 01:04:47,950 Because when you didn't have to die, all you had to do was die 925 01:04:47,950 --> 01:04:54,630 to yourself. You didn't do it because taking 926 01:04:54,630 --> 01:04:58,110 a mark is the same as what Adam does. 927 01:05:07,830 --> 01:05:18,990 Because the work of obedience is consistent, Adam had to obey to 928 01:05:18,990 --> 01:05:21,790 stay alive. Forever. 929 01:05:27,300 --> 01:05:30,260 So why are we in this dispensation that we know we 930 01:05:30,260 --> 01:05:31,940 have an advocate with a father? I get it. 931 01:05:32,900 --> 01:05:38,180 But that we think we can go back and practice, live, be habitual, 932 01:05:40,300 --> 01:05:45,660 and think of trumpet blows. And we're coming that that kind 933 01:05:45,660 --> 01:05:48,300 of life is discipleship, although the scripture never 934 01:05:48,300 --> 01:05:53,580 says it. That's called religion. 935 01:05:55,940 --> 01:06:00,100 It's called deception. The life I Live Today. 936 01:06:00,100 --> 01:06:04,900 I live by faith that the Lord shows me. 937 01:06:05,300 --> 01:06:10,340 Son, I made you a new spirit. You know you alive now. 938 01:06:10,740 --> 01:06:13,580 Then I put my spirit in you, and he bears witness with your 939 01:06:13,580 --> 01:06:15,900 spirit, your child of God. And you know you are now. 940 01:06:16,340 --> 01:06:20,340 Now, son, you know that I talk to you about things you're 941 01:06:20,340 --> 01:06:22,180 thinking that you need to get rid of. 942 01:06:24,080 --> 01:06:27,560 And you know we're talking. You know I'm talking to you, and 943 01:06:27,560 --> 01:06:31,040 all you got to do is yield. I can't make you do it, son. 944 01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:36,080 But I can empower your choice to choose me. 945 01:06:36,720 --> 01:06:38,960 I can cause what I say to you, come alive. 946 01:06:39,760 --> 01:06:43,760 And you have the power now to deny that stuff. 947 01:06:43,880 --> 01:06:47,560 You've always had the power to deny your will. 948 01:06:53,970 --> 01:06:57,770 You now have the power, through a spirit that's alive, to 949 01:06:57,770 --> 01:07:03,610 operate like I do and build your house, that the glory of God can 950 01:07:03,610 --> 01:07:13,310 be seen to the world. So these meetings, these times 951 01:07:13,310 --> 01:07:16,870 together are not just Fillins. They're strategic. 952 01:07:17,550 --> 01:07:20,550 They're necessary. Some of make you laugh or some 953 01:07:20,550 --> 01:07:26,410 of make you examine because God knows what's coming and you're 954 01:07:26,410 --> 01:07:32,130 not going to stand before Jesus and say I didn't know, I didn't 955 01:07:32,130 --> 01:07:35,530 know. For some he's going to say, I 956 01:07:35,530 --> 01:07:37,650 told you leave that other church a long time ago and you didn't 957 01:07:37,650 --> 01:07:43,130 listen to me, but you loved your tradition, so you have no 958 01:07:43,130 --> 01:07:46,130 excuse. You loved your tradition. 959 01:07:46,810 --> 01:07:48,370 Told you leave that church a long time ago. 960 01:07:51,930 --> 01:07:53,570 You know, it's really going to be shocking to most believers 961 01:07:53,570 --> 01:07:55,890 when they found out, when they find out that there was a 962 01:07:55,970 --> 01:07:58,690 church. Because I believe there are, 963 01:07:58,810 --> 01:08:01,170 there is a church within a I'm not going to say every 964 01:08:01,170 --> 01:08:06,010 community, but I will say within the vicinity that there's no 965 01:08:06,010 --> 01:08:10,810 excuse. And what's vicinity? 966 01:08:11,050 --> 01:08:13,130 Well, how far will you go for a vacation? 967 01:08:19,580 --> 01:08:21,979 How far will you go for a quick weekend getaway? 968 01:08:26,779 --> 01:08:28,740 Man, we'll run down to Disney like no problem. 969 01:08:32,899 --> 01:08:38,620 We'll have season passes to football games. 970 01:08:39,420 --> 01:08:42,220 You told my vicinity. Those people in NFL and college 971 01:08:42,220 --> 01:08:44,300 are die hard. They show up at the away games, 972 01:08:45,859 --> 01:08:50,090 they go make it to church, so they going to make it to their 973 01:08:50,090 --> 01:08:52,330 church and they going to pay their offerings. 974 01:08:52,330 --> 01:08:56,609 They don't give their tie to get their season tickets and then 975 01:08:56,609 --> 01:08:58,490 they going to pay their offerings through concessions. 976 01:08:58,490 --> 01:09:05,250 And then they going to be drunk, as we suppose, and they going to 977 01:09:05,250 --> 01:09:10,729 brag about it all week, about the next service they're having, 978 01:09:11,330 --> 01:09:15,410 and then they get depressed when the season's over and they can't 979 01:09:15,410 --> 01:09:18,670 assemble. Oh, y'all. 980 01:09:18,670 --> 01:09:19,990 Don't want to hear that kind of preacher. 981 01:09:19,990 --> 01:09:25,109 I get you. Oh, yeah. 982 01:09:25,830 --> 01:09:28,310 Hallelujah. No, I'm here. 983 01:09:29,430 --> 01:09:30,750 I'm going to do the little father. 984 01:09:31,630 --> 01:09:38,430 You know what? I want to build this house that 985 01:09:38,430 --> 01:09:45,189 every time I walk by anyone that's not of God, God can 986 01:09:45,470 --> 01:09:51,319 rattle them. That I'm never confused with a 987 01:09:51,319 --> 01:10:00,600 Lesser God temple. Thank you so much for listening 988 01:10:00,600 --> 01:10:03,040 to this message. If you want more, subscribe to 989 01:10:03,040 --> 01:10:06,440 our message podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, and 990 01:10:06,440 --> 01:10:08,440 SoundCloud. Rating and leaving a comment 991 01:10:08,440 --> 01:10:10,600 will go a long way with helping our messages get better 992 01:10:10,600 --> 01:10:12,880 circulation. If you'd enjoy watching our 993 01:10:12,880 --> 01:10:16,200 weekend messages, visit youtube.com/anchor Faith. 994 01:10:16,920 --> 01:10:19,480 We'd love it if you'd subscribe. 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