1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,560 Thanks for checking out the Anchor Faith Message podcast 2 00:00:05,560 --> 00:00:06,960 from St. Augustine, FL. 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:17,040 Now enjoy this message. You know, now you understand me 4 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:22,040 as a pastor that I typically am not moved by, you know, US 5 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:24,320 holidays. So, you know, we don't 6 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,120 technically have to minister on the subject of a holiday. 7 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,360 We're not bound by those traditions. 8 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,400 And so sometimes if we're in a series, we just won't drive on. 9 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,040 We even do this at Christmas. We'll do this all during, you 10 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:36,760 know, the world's Easter holiday. 11 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,120 We call it Resurrection Sunday. You know, we're not subject to 12 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,280 those things. We just want to do what the 13 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:43,760 father says. Obviously, periodically through 14 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,760 the years, we do take time to minister along subjects. 15 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,680 And it's traditionally true that on Mother's Day we tend to talk 16 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,360 to mothers. On Father's Day we tend to talk 17 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:54,880 to fathers. We have even switched it up that 18 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,320 I've done Mother's Day. So from a from a man 19 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,080 perspective, talk to mothers and then my wife has ministered on 20 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:04,280 Father's Day from a female perspective to speak to fathers. 21 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,240 I think it's all good, but you know what I've never done? 22 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,720 I've never ministered on Father's Day where we just 23 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:17,040 focused on our Father ever. So we're going to do that today 24 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,720 because it's Father's Day. And if you're born of the 25 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:25,680 Spirit, if you've made Jesus the Lord of your life, then we need 26 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:29,760 to talk about our daddy because he's the one worthy. 27 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:37,440 That testimony that we just heard was so impactful that 28 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:42,120 Rachel just gave us because you know, Rachel represents many 29 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:46,240 that have been disappointed by a natural father. 30 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,480 And you understand this, let me just say it this way. 31 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:55,600 God says in His Scripture, God is not a man that He should lie. 32 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:01,560 So first of all, you cannot compare Father God with any 33 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:05,960 natural man, even the ones that are modeling it the best they 34 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,360 can. At the end of the day, they'll 35 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:13,840 still not measure up to your Father in heaven, period. 36 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:18,600 And as much as men should aspire and should model their Heavenly 37 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,880 Father, and women should aspire and model their Heavenly Father, 38 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,480 we still do not get it completely right. 39 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:31,800 And again, if you look to a human to try to see God, only 40 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,160 then you're going to get disappointed because eventually 41 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,640 humans tend to fail somewhere. But if you look at the 42 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:46,880 Scripture, then you see a Father that's without failure, perfect 43 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,000 in every way. Are you hearing me? 44 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:53,000 He's perfect in every way. And as a result of that, we 45 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,880 should just look at Scripture to remind ourselves about a Father 46 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:04,680 that is extremely deserving because many of us have no idea 47 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:09,480 of what he's done to be able to have you back in the family. 48 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,600 We have taken it for granted too many times. 49 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:18,000 We do not see things a lot of times because we're so absorbed 50 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,840 in our own sight that we do not see the working of our Heavenly 51 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:27,000 Father to draw us, to come to us, to have us back into the 52 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,800 family. And if we don't watch out, we'll 53 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,120 miss things. Amen. 54 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,520 So I want to say a few things concerning the attributes of our 55 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,440 Father. This is just kind of set stage a 56 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,320 little bit. Although I will not exhaust 57 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,680 this. There are so many other things, 58 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,920 things that we could continue to bring into light, and for the 59 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,440 sake of time, I'm obviously not going to be able to do all of 60 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,600 them, but I want to show a few things from Scripture that our 61 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:54,880 Heavenly Father does for us because He's just that awesome. 62 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,440 Amen. And you understand because Adam 63 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,880 fell from dominion, because Adam cut off the relationship with 64 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:06,160 God, and we were all born into sin and we have rebelled. 65 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,320 We've all been rebellious, I said. 66 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:13,440 We've all been rebellious, that while we were yet sinners, 67 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,720 Christ died in obedience to the Father. 68 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:22,400 Jesus said, I'm here because Dad sent me. 69 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:28,240 Are you hearing me? Dad so much wanted to re engage 70 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:33,920 humans, humanity, mankind that he said, Son, you're the only 71 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:35,800 one who can get them back in the family. 72 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,440 So I'm going to send you because I want them back in. 73 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:45,000 I want to give them the pathway to come back to me as their 74 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,560 father and to be back in the place that I originally designed 75 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:50,800 this part of my creation. Amen. 76 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,480 So the first thing we want to look at is that our father is a 77 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:58,120 rewarder. He is a rewarder. 78 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,120 It's an amazing thing. And again I'm not going to go 79 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,240 through multiple scriptures. I'm just going to hit a few 80 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,840 things because there's so much that we could go. 81 00:05:05,840 --> 00:05:08,760 I mean, we could technically if I was a teacher, I could just 82 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:13,040 take one topic or one of these examples and preach it all day. 83 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,480 But I'm not here to do a 12 week series on this. 84 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:18,840 I'm here to give you an overview so that you yourself can get 85 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:20,440 into scripture and begin to look. 86 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:21,960 And I'm going to tell you right now, you're going to be glad 87 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:23,560 you're at Anchor Fate Church because the only thing that's 88 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:28,240 going to be released of this service is our podcast because 89 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,320 we are traveling to summer camp. We have no cameras in here. 90 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,520 Who's here is getting it? Amen. 91 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,840 So it's not going to be released other than on audio, but in 92 00:05:37,840 --> 00:05:42,720 Matthew 66 it says this. But you, when you pray, go into 93 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,120 your room and when you shut your door, pray to your Father who is 94 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:50,280 in the secret place, and your Father who sees in secret will 95 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:53,720 what? Reward you openly. 96 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:58,480 He is a rewarder. In fact, Hebrews tells us that 97 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:02,080 he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. 98 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,480 You have to believe that He is and that He's a rewarder. 99 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:06,880 So you understand our Father is a rewarder. 100 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:10,920 You, our Father's not stingy. Our Father's not trying to keep 101 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,080 things from Our Father is wanting to engage in a 102 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:18,000 conversation with us because he has so many things stored up for 103 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,080 us that He wants to release to us. 104 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:23,520 He is a rewarder. You could not have a father 105 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,520 greater than Father God who owns the planet. 106 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:32,240 And he is a rewarder. You understand He wants to give, 107 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,120 it's his nature. He loves to give. 108 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,000 He loves to lavish gifts on his children. 109 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:44,680 He is a rewarder. Your Father loves to reward you. 110 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,880 Amen. Another thing that our Father is 111 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:52,280 in Luke chapter 6 verse 36, He is merciful. 112 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,600 I said he's merciful. He's a merciful. 113 00:06:55,600 --> 00:07:01,040 Father says therefore be merciful, just as your father is 114 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,600 merciful. Aren't you glad he's merciful? 115 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,120 He's been merciful to us. Amen. 116 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,320 When we got out of line, did some things we shouldn't have 117 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,680 done or we were living a particular way that we were 118 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:17,280 deserving to be eternally separated from him, but yet he's 119 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:21,440 merciful. He's really you understand, does 120 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:25,360 God keep his word? Yes, but he's merciful. 121 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:29,080 He has he has accomplished things through his word so that 122 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:33,880 when you are in situations that his word would rightly condemn 123 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:39,200 you or judge you, if you and act the word that he has that will 124 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,080 allow you to get up underneath his mercy, then he's merciful. 125 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,360 I said he's merciful and because he's merciful, it goes to the 126 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:49,640 next point that we can talk about our Father. 127 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:53,840 He's forgiving. In Matthew 614, he says if you 128 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,600 forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also 129 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,920 forgive you man. He is quick to forgive. 130 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,560 In fact, first John tells us that if we confess our sins, 131 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,920 He's faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and 132 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,720 cleanse us from all unrighteous. In fact, our Father removes our 133 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,000 sin as far as the East is from the West. 134 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:14,840 These are some awesome attributes. 135 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,120 What's super cool today is because we have no cameras, I 136 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:22,920 can go anywhere. So is he is a forgiving Father? 137 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,360 I mean he is so quick to forgive. 138 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,960 I mean He is not trying to hold on to your junk. 139 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,880 In essence, He is always trying to empower you with His Word 140 00:08:34,039 --> 00:08:38,520 that allows you to walk into His mercy, be able to receive His 141 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:41,559 forgiveness, and then He can reward you as His child. 142 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,960 I mean, our God, our Father is so amazing. 143 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,440 I mean, He is always working it out for our benefit. 144 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:52,360 He's always working overtime for our benefit. 145 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:56,120 He wants you to be everything that He's always endeavored you 146 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:58,440 to be. He's not trying to withhold any 147 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:02,440 good thing from you, period. So again, you can't look at 148 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,800 natural fathers, you know, who would hold things out and pull 149 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,560 things or say they would do things and didn't do things. 150 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:13,280 Our Father's not that way. Our Father in heaven is loving, 151 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:19,040 caring, kind, generous. He's amazing and there's none 152 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,080 like him, I said. There's none like him. 153 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,320 And many people need to go to the Word to discover their 154 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:29,320 Father and quit trying to view their Father through their 155 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:33,760 natural Father. Are you hearing me through their 156 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,880 natural father? You know, for me and my 157 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:40,640 particular natural father, I didn't, you know, in one sense 158 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:44,000 think a whole lot about him. Because again, when you are 159 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:48,320 raised a certain way, you're not in other people's households. 160 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,160 And when you're not in other people's households, then the 161 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,640 reality is, is you tend to think, well, this must be normal 162 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,680 when you don't have anything else to compare to, right? 163 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:02,640 At the end of the day, sometimes it just seems to be normal. 164 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:06,240 And then you pick up behaviors and actions and things that are 165 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,320 modeling a natural father because they modeled them in 166 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:11,280 front of you. But when you get into scripture, 167 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,880 you'll begin to discover how well your parents did. 168 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,520 Now again, do not utilize this scripture in error. 169 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:21,240 Honor your mother and father well. 170 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:23,640 Are you honoring your Heavenly Father? 171 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,960 Because many will not honor their Heavenly Father at it at 172 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:35,480 the expense of of wrongly honoring their mother and father 173 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:39,280 in a way that's not actually honoring at all. 174 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:45,040 Because a parent that would keep their children from the Heavenly 175 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:50,240 Father is not honorable. Now, that doesn't mean you still 176 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,480 can't be nice. That doesn't mean you still 177 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:55,240 can't bless them because you understand, even the Bible has 178 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,400 provision that you bless your enemy. 179 00:10:57,960 --> 00:10:59,360 And I'm just going to be honest with you. 180 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:03,800 For some of us, our parents, not me specifically, but our parents 181 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:08,200 can be actually our enemy in relationship to they try to keep 182 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:13,480 you from the Heavenly Father and the Bible's like, you know, go 183 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:18,800 ahead and bless your enemy because when you do this, even 184 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,560 though they're not deserving, you begin to show the traits of 185 00:11:21,560 --> 00:11:24,760 your heavenly Father, which is greater than what we see in the 186 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:28,400 natural. Now, when I say this, my natural 187 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:35,560 father, in one sense, you know, I didn't think he was a bad dad 188 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:36,880 growing up, to be honest with you. 189 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,400 I mean, if I was looking at it from the surface, he provided 190 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:41,840 for us. He owned his own painting 191 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:43,880 company. There was always provision. 192 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,120 We live well. By no means were we wealthy. 193 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,040 But you know what? I didn't know the difference 194 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:51,280 between wealth or poverty, to be honest with you. 195 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,600 I had everything taken care of. I didn't consider myself 196 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:57,920 impoverished. I didn't consider myself, you 197 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:00,160 know, extremely wealthy. I mean, whatever need to take 198 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,480 place, it happened. My dad was always around. 199 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,640 He was always around. He would show up now when I was 200 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:13,360 younger, he didn't show up as often till later in the evening 201 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:17,440 because he had a tradition that when he got off at work at 3:30, 202 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:23,880 he would go to the bar and he would drink and he wouldn't show 203 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,840 up till later. Are you hearing what I'm saying? 204 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,360 Now when he lived in one place, he would usually bring all the 205 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,440 guys to the house and they would drink in the barn. 206 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:34,560 Then we moved into a smaller community where we lived in the 207 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:36,280 neighborhood and he wasn't bringing people out. 208 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:39,360 There was further away from work so he would stay in before he'd 209 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:42,080 come home because he was honestly just a selfish guy. 210 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,600 He was living life for him. Now, was he doing what he needed 211 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,520 to do for his family? Based upon what he knows, I 212 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,040 should provide, but outside of that, that's about it. 213 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:53,400 He did take me to work with him on Saturdays. 214 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,360 He loved me based upon what he knew, and I would go work and I 215 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,000 learned to trade as a result of that. 216 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,640 Those were awesome times to me, but I did not realize my dad 217 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:04,680 never appointed me to my Heavenly Father. 218 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,120 Not once. My mom did that. 219 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:13,320 My father did not do that there. I remember many times that it 220 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,640 would be late. My mom wanted him to come home. 221 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,840 Me, I didn't think nothing about it, but she would say, Earl 222 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:22,360 Wayne, will you call down to Larry's beverage and see if your 223 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,600 dad's left yet? The reason she would have me 224 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:29,240 call is because she had called enough herself. 225 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:33,640 Are you hearing what I'm saying? So I would get on the phone and 226 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,120 ask if he was there. We didn't have cell phones back 227 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,720 then, people, OK. And so I would be called and 228 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,120 basically she would use me to try to get my dad to come home. 229 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,480 Now, for me, I didn't think it was a big deal. 230 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:49,320 I didn't think about that. But now as a believer in looking 231 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:55,160 back, I'm like, man, that's pretty tough that my dad didn't 232 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:59,920 care enough and was modeling God enough to want to come home and 233 00:13:59,920 --> 00:14:04,040 invest in US. Now, my dad did some things with 234 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,320 me in sports, you know, he did some things with our team. 235 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,000 But as I got into high school, he never came to a meet. 236 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,000 He was obviously busy. My mom never did that either, 237 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,400 you know, But you know, to me it was just normal. 238 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:16,680 I look at some of y'all's parents and y'all are everywhere 239 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:19,520 that your kids are. And my, my parents didn't do 240 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:21,000 that. But you know what my father 241 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,560 said? He'll never leave me nor forsake 242 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:24,160 me in the word. And I, he's with me ever 243 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,320 present. I begin to realize when I put my 244 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:32,200 natural father up to my Heavenly Father, he was quite miserable. 245 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,760 And that's not a lack of honor, it's just he was not living up 246 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,120 to it because he was not born again. 247 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,400 He was not following God, He was following himself. 248 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:50,240 But yet I do not hate my father, nor do I hate God because I 249 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:56,080 allow God to tell me who he was himself, because my natural 250 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,800 father was not a candidate to introduce me to my Heavenly 251 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,000 Father. Are you hearing me? 252 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,280 So I don't care where it is. This is the thing about God. 253 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,920 You could be here today and your Mama didn't introduce you to 254 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:09,880 your Heavenly Father. Your Father didn't introduce you 255 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,240 to your Heavenly Father, none of your family. 256 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,560 But all of a sudden you're here and we are introducing you to 257 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:17,840 him. And you should begin to look at 258 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,760 Him for who He is and not for how you were raised. 259 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,600 Because here's the thing about our Heavenly Father, He will 260 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:25,960 take you out of your family tree. 261 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:33,640 When I realized that I'm like this is amazing that what was in 262 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:38,280 my natural family tree wasn't subject to me the minute I got 263 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,120 in Christ. That my heavenly Father had the 264 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,960 ability to remove me from a natural family tree, place me 265 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:49,360 into a spiritual family tree that now has the effects in my 266 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,960 natural body. Where in my natural family tree 267 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,600 I may be subject to sickness, disease called a hereditary. 268 00:15:56,680 --> 00:16:00,320 But when I got over into the Kingdom, my Heavenly Father 269 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,520 threw me into a different one. That the spiritual family now 270 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:07,840 effects my natural body and I'm no longer subject to it because 271 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:12,080 my Heavenly Father is that good. And he's not only a dad, but 272 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:17,280 he's my healer as well. Wow, how amazing, I said. 273 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,000 How amazing. So he's a rewarder, He's 274 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,040 merciful, he's forgiving. You know what else he is? 275 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,720 He provides an anointing. And this is just something 276 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,400 that's big picture. I'll have to break it down a 277 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:30,480 little bit, but in Luke 2449, look what it says here. 278 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:35,800 Jesus says, behold, I send the promise of my who's our father 279 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:38,880 upon you, but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are 280 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:41,480 endued from with power from Ohio. 281 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,840 So our father gives us power. We say an anointing, but it's a 282 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:46,400 power. OK. 283 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:48,120 And in that power, what does it do? 284 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:51,000 It gives us a connection to the home country. 285 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,280 It gives us a language of the home country. 286 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,880 It gives us access to the gifts of his spirit. 287 00:16:56,080 --> 00:17:02,000 It allows us to rise to another level of, of spiritual insight 288 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,520 or, or, or access. We could say, you understand 289 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:07,920 what I'm saying. I mean, it is so much that our 290 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,440 Father does again as a reward and he's like, listen, I'm going 291 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:16,480 to equip you and empower you with my own spirit that has 292 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:21,760 never lost a conflict. My spirit's never lost a 293 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,280 conflict. So again, when he says, when 294 00:17:24,319 --> 00:17:27,079 Jesus said, now listen, I'll never leave you nor forsake you. 295 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,800 Our Father never is not leaving us as an orphan. 296 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,560 In essence, he's saying, listen, I'm not asking you to accept 297 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,680 Jesus as your Lord so that you know where you're going to go 298 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:37,800 when you die. No, I'm going to empower you 299 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:40,960 while you're down on the planet. I'm going to put an A King's 300 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:42,680 anointing on you. I'm going to give you my 301 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,360 authority. I'm going to give you my power. 302 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:46,360 I'm going to give you access into my spirit. 303 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,920 I'm going to cause you to be able to rise above all things. 304 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:51,480 I'm going to allow you to represent me while you're in the 305 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:56,000 planet. What an awesome dad. 306 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:00,280 Our father's not. I mean, if it was so bad for 307 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:04,600 you, our dad would snatch you out the minute you became born 308 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:07,440 again. But our dad is so awesome. 309 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,680 He's like, I'm going to put me in you. 310 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:15,880 I'm going to put me in you. In fact, we know the Scripture 311 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:21,480 says greater is he who is in than he. 312 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:27,040 You understand when you became a child of our heavenly Father, he 313 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,360 gave you a force that conquers the devil. 314 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:35,480 So you understand, our Father in heaven is not wringing his hands 315 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,880 going, Oh my God, what are we going to do with my child down 316 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,960 there? In essence, he's saying Jesus, 317 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:45,560 let tell the Holy Ghost to let them know who they are, that 318 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,840 I've empowered them, I've anointed them, I've given them 319 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,600 the greater one. They are no longer slaves to 320 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,720 that lifestyle anymore. I've caused them to rise above 321 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,120 this thing. I have given them my Kingdom. 322 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:03,280 Wow. We tend to treat our Father like 323 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:09,680 it's a one day event instead of he's right here talking to me 324 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:14,640 every day, spending time with me, cares about me and has given 325 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:15,880 me an anointing. You know what else he does? 326 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,480 He's a provider. He man, he's full of provision. 327 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,120 We see this in Matthew 6. You know verse 31. 328 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:23,280 I mean your dad provides everything. 329 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:25,640 The problem is we don't know how to go about getting his 330 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,400 provision. That's the only reason why we 331 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:31,080 failed to see his provision. It says it's therefore do not 332 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:35,120 what do not worry saying what will we eat, what will we drink 333 00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:37,800 or what we wear and that says you don't worry about the cares 334 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,480 of life. So if you wake up and go man, 335 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,600 what are we going to do? How are we going to that's not 336 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:44,360 how you function towards your heavenly Father. 337 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,400 Your father says don't worry like your natural parents 338 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:51,840 stressing fretting about everything how they going to 339 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:53,960 come up. I he said I have AI don't have a 340 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,440 care in the world. You understand I got it all 341 00:19:56,440 --> 00:20:00,000 planned out for you. All I need you to do is the next 342 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,960 verse. Which would be verse 33. 343 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:03,560 We'll skip that, but let's go on. 344 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:07,840 For after all these things, the Gentiles seek for your what? 345 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,800 Your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 346 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:13,840 So you understand. It's not like the Lord doesn't 347 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:17,080 know what you need. Your daddy already knows what 348 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:24,920 you need even before you ask. But verse 33, but seek first the 349 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,600 Kingdom of God, not second, not last. 350 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:29,120 You know how it is in the natural. 351 00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:33,120 A lot of times we as children, we go to our parents last. 352 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,960 It's like our last option, you understand? 353 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,920 And that may be fine in the natural, but when it comes to 354 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:42,960 our heavenly Father, he's not laugh, He's not saying, well, I 355 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,320 want you to figure it out. No, he wants you to come to him. 356 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,640 He wants you to seek him because he's like, I know how to 357 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:51,120 accomplish this. I'm going to let you 358 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:55,120 participate, but I'm going to speak to you on what to do and 359 00:20:55,120 --> 00:20:57,840 when you do it. Know this Dad will always bring 360 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:01,560 that to pass in your life. Whatever I tell you, Dad's going 361 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:05,360 to do whatever I tell you. And you understand, we've been 362 00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:10,200 conditioned so much in the natural by our parents and 363 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:14,680 natural fathers that they will promise us things and then later 364 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,240 on give us an excuse of why they cannot accomplish it. 365 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:21,480 But this does not happen with the Father in heaven. 366 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,760 The minute the Father says it's this way, the only reason you do 367 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,800 not get it is because you quit believing. 368 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:35,800 You abandoned your faith. You focus on the wrong thing 369 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:39,720 instead of keeping your heart set on your daddy. 370 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:44,720 Because your Daddy has never failed to accomplish what He 371 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,440 says. Never. 372 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,720 But we are to seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, 373 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:54,960 and all these things will be what added to you. 374 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,720 That's why Luke chapter 12 verse 32 says it this way. 375 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:02,360 Do not fear little flock for your father, for your Father, 376 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:06,440 for your Father's good pleasure. For it is your Father's good 377 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:10,280 pleasure to give you the Kingdom, Hallelujah. 378 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:11,800 And that is not when you go to heaven. 379 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,320 Kingdom is not heaven. I said Kingdom is not heaven. 380 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:19,840 I said Kingdom is not heaven. Kingdom is right here on the 381 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:21,880 earth. It's the government influence of 382 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,400 God. It's the King's dominion and it 383 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,000 functions right here in the earth. 384 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,760 Why? Because Psalms tells us 24/7 the 385 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,120 earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. 386 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,400 He owns the earth. The earth is the Lord's. 387 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,880 He's never lost planet earth. The systems are different 388 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:43,000 because the Adam who had dominion according to Genesis 389 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:48,520 126 of the earth gave it over to the devil when he ate the fruit 390 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:50,920 in the garden he was commanded not to eat. 391 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:55,920 Jesus Christ has come as the last Adam to take back what the 392 00:22:55,920 --> 00:23:01,920 devil received from the first Adam, and now he's distributing 393 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,520 it to us. And your Father has chosen 394 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:08,080 gladly to give you his Kingdom while you remain in the planet. 395 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,080 How do we know this is true? We'll look at Matthew chapter 6, 396 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,440 verse 9. As they're asking him about 397 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:19,560 prayer. He says this. 398 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,840 Our Father, Whose father? Whose father? 399 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:29,880 Whose father? It's our father. 400 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:36,560 It's not Jesus's fault. It's your daddy, our Father. 401 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:40,560 Where is he? That's where he currently is 402 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:45,640 residing. Holy or hallowed be your name. 403 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:51,840 Now look what it says next. Your Kingdom your will be on as 404 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:55,160 it is. So Kingdom cannot be heaven 405 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,080 because Kingdom is separated from heaven. 406 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:02,280 Here your Kingdom come where on the earth and in heaven. 407 00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:05,960 So Kingdom can function in both earth realm and heaven realm. 408 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:12,040 So the problem is religion has taught Saints that Kingdom is 409 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,880 heaven, but Kingdom is not heaven. 410 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,000 Kingdom can function right here on the earth. 411 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,720 Do you understand? Jesus is the king now. 412 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,120 He's not waiting to get a throne. 413 00:24:24,120 --> 00:24:26,160 He's on the throne. Oh, you're the one. 414 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:28,920 He's not waiting to get a throne. 415 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,320 He's on the throne. He is seated at the right hand 416 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,680 of the Father. He has conquered death, hell in 417 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,440 the grave. The enemy is under his feet. 418 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:43,040 And Jesus says, listen, I want the Kingdom to manifest on this 419 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,480 earth just like it does in heaven. 420 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:49,320 Because in heaven when rebellion came, it was kicked out. 421 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,920 Which means you have authority to get rid of all rebellion 422 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:58,640 associated with your life. Oh my goodness, verse 11 says, 423 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:02,800 give us this day Our Daily Bread and forgive us of our debts as 424 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,400 we forgive our debtors and do not lead us into temptation, but 425 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,760 deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the 426 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:11,600 power and the glory. What? 427 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:13,680 Forever? Amen. 428 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:18,160 His Kingdom is forever. His Kingdom is forever. 429 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,560 And are we in his Kingdom now? We're in his Kingdom now. 430 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:28,760 Our dad is the king of the Kingdom that will globally take 431 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,800 over the planet. It's in the earth right now, and 432 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:33,880 now that it's in, it cannot get out. 433 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:40,120 No matter what weapon the devil tries to form to get rid of 434 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:44,080 God's Kingdom influence in the earth, they will all fail. 435 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,440 They will never be able to take the Kingdom out. 436 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,960 I said they'll never be able to take the Kingdom out, for the 437 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,880 Bible tells us that a child will be born, a son will be given, 438 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,760 and the government shall rest on his shoulders. 439 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:02,120 Daniel said there's going to be a rock made without hands. 440 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:04,600 Who is that rock? What's his name? 441 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,800 He is the chief cornerstone, and it will crush every other 442 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:13,080 government, and it will grow to a mountain and fill the whole 443 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,080 earth. Once it's in, and it's in now, 444 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:20,360 it cannot be removed, cannot be removed. 445 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,320 It is not removed during the tribulation period. 446 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:29,160 It is in full operation, demonstrating more power during 447 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:34,000 that time to a generation of people on the planet that will 448 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:39,320 still harden their heart and reject the king, but it will not 449 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,680 leave the Earth. I said it will not leave the 450 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,760 earth. So our father is so amazing 451 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:48,440 because he is all authority. You know, through the years, 452 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,480 you've heard the little joke. You know my dad beat up your 453 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:55,040 daddy. Well, you understand if your 454 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:57,200 dad's my daddy, we win all the time. 455 00:26:58,120 --> 00:27:03,600 Nothing can come against us. Nothing can come against us to 456 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:08,280 defeat us because our father is an undefeated father. 457 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:12,920 He reigns supreme. I said he reigns supreme. 458 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,760 There's nothing you're going through that your dad cannot get 459 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:19,040 you out of, and he's not bailing you out. 460 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,440 It is part of the privilege of being his child. 461 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,680 Are you hearing me? It is the privilege of being his 462 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,600 child. He has made a way in every 463 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:33,720 circumstance you could ever face. 464 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:38,120 And your father will say this is the way out, this is the 465 00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:42,160 pathway, son or daughter, believe me, and we'll get to 466 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:46,760 victory every time period. That's our father. 467 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,240 I said that's our father. He says this is Second 468 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:54,040 Corinthians chapter 6, verse 18. He said, I will be a father to 469 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:58,160 you and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord 470 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:00,600 Almighty, aren't you glad you have a heavenly father? 471 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:04,880 Now listen, you have to understand that our father never 472 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:12,760 takes off his crown. Our father never. 473 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,040 And I do not want him to pull the crown off. 474 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:21,480 I do not want him to pull the crown off 'cause that keeps my 475 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:27,520 father in absolute power, final authority. 476 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:33,960 I do not want him to pull off the crown and compromise his 477 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:39,360 word from my feelings, 'cause the minute he does that, he'll 478 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:45,200 become defeated. Because the integrity and 479 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:49,800 character of my father is that he always keeps his word. 480 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:54,160 So you got to understand the father is sitting on the throne. 481 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:58,560 He does not take his crown off to come play with you and allow 482 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:01,080 you to do things that are contrary to his word. 483 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:09,400 He is such a loving father. He says, I'll keep this on so 484 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:14,960 that nothing can hinder you as you do what your daddy says. 485 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:18,440 close with your dad. There's just life. 486 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,120 There's life if you'll do what I say, life. 487 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:26,160 If you'll stay with me, life if you'll do what I go where I say 488 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,600 to go, life. If anything comes against you, 489 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:33,920 just do what dad says, life. And you want Dad to have that? 490 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:39,600 Amen. I am so glad that my father is 491 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:45,640 in supreme authority, so much so that nothing can harm me. 492 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:50,120 Wow. Galatians chapter 4, verse six. 493 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:54,880 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the spirit of his 494 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:59,560 son into your hearts. Crying out, ABBA Father, that 495 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:04,400 just means Daddy God, he's your daddy, right? 496 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:10,600 So Father God is our daddy. Now again, our Father is not 497 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:17,040 like natural dads. Because my natural dad may not 498 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:23,800 keep his word or may allow me to get away with something, but not 499 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,200 my heavenly Father, not him at all. 500 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,920 He's better than that. And here's what's so awesome 501 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,960 about him. Because I'm a child of God. 502 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:34,400 OK, 'cause when he says sons, that's not gender. 503 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,360 God has sent forth the spirit of his Son. 504 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:42,600 Now who's his son? Jesus Christ, That's Jesus the 505 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,400 King. So he's put in me royalty. 506 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:50,440 In essence, He's brought me into his royal bloodline and we he's 507 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:54,760 given me the spirit of Jesus Christ the King, the King that's 508 00:30:54,760 --> 00:31:00,480 above every king He's the king of and I'm one of those kings. 509 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:05,000 So when I come into the household, I don't come in as a 510 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:10,120 servant, a beggar, you know, you know the child, you know that is 511 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,560 out on the fringe and just lucky to be in the house. 512 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,560 You know, the one you know that everyone despises. 513 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,880 No, he sits me on the throne with Jesus. 514 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:25,920 I'm in a position where my dad exalts me in Christ, gives me 515 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:30,960 position, gives me authority, gives me power that I can really 516 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:34,920 in essence just look to my left because Jesus is seated at the 517 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,800 right hand of the Father. Just look to my left and say, 518 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:48,320 hey, Dad. Wow, I remind myself, Dad loves 519 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:52,520 me. Dad has a word for me to 520 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:55,880 overcome anything. Dad cares for me more than 521 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,240 anything. Now, when I say that, I'm not 522 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,760 saying more than you, because if you're his child, he loves you 523 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,680 equally as much, right? Because he's not a respecter 524 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:06,680 person. But we do have different 525 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:10,200 assignments and whatever that assignment is given to us by our 526 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,200 dad, we can accomplish it because our father is just that 527 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:14,920 good. Look what it says in Romans 528 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,160 chapter 8 again, he's our daddy God. 529 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:21,680 Romans 814 to 17. It says, for as many are led by 530 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:25,160 the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God. 531 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:29,000 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, 532 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:33,400 but you received the spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, 533 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:37,480 ABBA, Father, the Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit 534 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,000 that we are children of God. And if children then heirs, 535 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,640 heirs of God and join heirs with Christ, if we suffer with him 536 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:47,160 that we may also be glorified together. 537 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:51,480 Now notice in this passage of Scripture there are conditions 538 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:57,480 that demonstrate our sonship number one, we must be born 539 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,560 again. That qualifies us. 540 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:02,120 Now I love this. Why? 541 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:08,240 Because this next verse here go back one to 1514 and 15. 542 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:11,760 It talks about how we receive a spirit of adoption. 543 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:15,720 Now you understand Jesus said unless a man's born again, he 544 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,840 shall not see the Kingdom. Now born again is a better 545 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:22,400 translation is born from above. That would be more accurate. 546 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,720 OK. And So what that means is our 547 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:28,760 old spirit man that was dead separated from God is pulled out 548 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:33,120 of our skin suit and he puts a brand new spirit in US and it's 549 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,720 in Christ, it's in the King is royalty. 550 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:40,400 It's royalty at conception. It's made righteous. 551 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:42,040 It's perfect. It is. 552 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:46,360 It has the ability to never sin. Are you hearing me? 553 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:50,680 It doesn't even want to sin. It has access to hear God 554 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,040 because it can hear the Holy Ghost that tells it you're a 555 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,360 child of God. But you understand as a babe in 556 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,840 Christ, I don't know all that I need to know about who I am. 557 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,720 I don't understand all that there is to know about my family 558 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:06,880 tree and the the privileges that are associated with my royal 559 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,760 family. So when he says adoption, that 560 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,719 word adoption is literally meaning placement. 561 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:16,080 So you understand, we're brought into the Kingdom because we're 562 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:19,040 born of the Kingdom by birthright. 563 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:23,719 The adoption is position. What assignment does the Father 564 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:25,600 have for you? And you know what, God is way 565 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,480 too creative for all for all of us to have the same assignment. 566 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:30,360 I mean, how boring would that be? 567 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,480 He's just not boring. And in fact, there's so much to 568 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:36,440 do in our Father's Kingdom. We act like the only thing that 569 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,520 there's to do in the Father's Kingdom is to go win the lost. 570 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:41,440 You understand? There'll come a day when there 571 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:45,960 is no more loss to win. What are we going to do with the 572 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:49,440 Father then, when there's a new heaven and a new earth? 573 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:53,400 See, most people have no concept of what it means to engage their 574 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,159 heavenly Father because there are assignments that are 575 00:34:56,239 --> 00:35:01,760 eternal, and it's beyond the reconciliation of the lost or 576 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:06,200 the ministry of reconciliation. In fact, our duty to our Father 577 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,440 and our assignment is way bigger than just telling people about 578 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,480 Jesus. It includes it, but it's not 579 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:15,160 limited to it. Are you hearing what I'm saying? 580 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:19,360 And so we see here, there's this adoption and in that we're 581 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,520 crying out saying, Dad, what do you want me to do? 582 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:26,200 I'll never forget just in the natural, when I would go to work 583 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,800 for my father, we'd go to these, you know, neighborhoods. 584 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,200 He worked for a particular builder and they would, you 585 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:33,720 know, construct whole neighborhoods. 586 00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:36,400 And he was this contracted painter. 587 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,080 And so, you know, we would go in and have to sand. 588 00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:42,720 I had to sand shell shelves or doors or whatever the case may 589 00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:46,160 be, you know, paint stuff. He never let me caught because I 590 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,280 wasn't any good at it. But, you know, I did quite a few 591 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,800 other things. And as a result of that, you 592 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:54,400 know, you'd go to this new house, you know, you'd set it up 593 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:56,440 and it was always exciting, right? 594 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:58,440 There was something new to do. There was a what, what are we 595 00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:00,480 doing next, dad? And you know what, just a house. 596 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,520 Sometimes he would do some different types of things. 597 00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,200 In fact, my father now I, I don't know that I was actually 598 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:07,640 alive during this time. If I was, I was still just a 599 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:09,480 bait. But he actually won the contract 600 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,840 to paint the University of Florida's Florida field the 601 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:14,240 swamp. At one time. 602 00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:15,960 We had pictures of him painting that. 603 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,960 And I'm like, wow, that's kind of neat, you know, However, 604 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:20,720 there would be different. And it was always kind of what's 605 00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:22,360 the new assignment? What do I do today? 606 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,400 You know what? What are you asking me to do? 607 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,320 And you know what? I was always pleased. 608 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:28,120 You know what? My dad actually rewarded me. 609 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,600 Now, he did take me to the bar and he should not have done 610 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:31,480 that. I understand that. 611 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,920 OK, I learned how to play pool there in the bar. 612 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:38,400 OK, shouldn't have done that. He should not have done that, 613 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:42,080 right? But he did provide for me after 614 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:49,040 a long day work You who's and I could throw down some U hoos. 615 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:53,840 The good news is it didn't mess with my mind and I had such a 616 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:55,760 metabolism. It didn't mess with my body 617 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,120 either. I could throw down some U hoos. 618 00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:00,960 I mean, I could line them up with the best of them, right? 619 00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:03,880 And so, you know, you shake that thing and pop that top man. 620 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:05,920 It was in a glass bottle. This before they had them in 621 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:07,040 cans. Cans are no good. 622 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:13,320 Anyway, I'm just excited of all the assignments that are going 623 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:17,000 to be associated with my life and your life. 624 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:20,240 Your father is not boring. He wants you to work with him. 625 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:25,000 Notice it says that we are heirs and Co heirs with Christ. 626 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:29,680 There are assignments that we are to do and I love talking to 627 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:33,160 dad on a daily basis. What's the assignment today? 628 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:34,680 Where do you want us to go today? 629 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:36,120 How are we going to accomplish this? 630 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:38,960 Where are we going to go next? What do you want us to do? 631 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,840 How do you want us to influence? What do you want to say? 632 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,160 Amen. Because I love going to work 633 00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:49,560 with my natural dad even more so to be able to go to work with my 634 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:51,120 natural, with my heavenly Father. 635 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:54,840 In fact, Jesus said, don't you know, my Father's always working 636 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:57,160 and I'm working too. I don't know if you think that 637 00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:00,800 he's just laying around. You think he's just sitting on a 638 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:04,320 throne and that they are, you know, bringing him bonbons. 639 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,160 You know, the cherifems and the Seraphim's are, you know, 640 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,280 feeding him grapes, you know, and he's just, you know, 641 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:13,040 everybody's just doing. No, he's working. 642 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,320 He's aware of everything going on. 643 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:21,040 He's, he's personally invested in all of his creation. 644 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:25,520 You understand, he's so detailed about your life. 645 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:29,400 We know that our father knows every hair on our head, or lack 646 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:34,760 thereof. And right, He knows these 647 00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:37,360 things. He knows our detail. 648 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:43,400 He is concerned about us. I mean, he's amazing and man, I 649 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:47,400 just want to honor my dad. This is why the fear of the 650 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,080 Lord's a big deal, because it's not. 651 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:51,800 He said. He didn't give us a spirit of 652 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:56,280 fear leading to bondage. I'm not afraid of my dad. 653 00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:59,880 I'm not afraid of Him, my Heavenly Father. 654 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:03,160 I'm not afraid He's going to beat me, beat me down, knock me 655 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,840 down, keep telling me how I can't arrive and make it. 656 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,200 I have No Fear of that 'cause every time I get in His 657 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,000 presence, He tells me how awesome I am. 658 00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:12,280 He tells me how much He cares about me. 659 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:14,280 Why? Because again, as I'm following 660 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,040 His word, how could he not? He loves His own word. 661 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:22,280 He gets excited when his kids are doing His word right and so 662 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:25,120 man, he loves to I love to be in his presence. 663 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:28,560 He loves to talk to me. He loves to tell me about the 664 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:34,920 great things that I can do with him for him and accomplish first 665 00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:36,520 John chapter 3 verse one through three. 666 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:37,840 I don't want to get too far ahead. 667 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,720 He says this. Behold what manner of love the 668 00:39:41,720 --> 00:39:47,800 Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of 669 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,080 God. Therefore the world does not 670 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:53,360 know us, because it did not know Him. 671 00:39:56,200 --> 00:40:00,040 Hallelujah, you said, beloved. Now we are children of God, and 672 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:03,840 it has not yet been revealed what we will be, but we will 673 00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,280 know when we when He is revealed. 674 00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:10,720 We shall be like Him, for He shall, for we shall see Him as 675 00:40:10,720 --> 00:40:14,600 He is. And everyone who has this hope? 676 00:40:15,240 --> 00:40:22,760 In Him purifies himself just as He is pure, So what manner of 677 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:26,440 love the Father has bestowed on us that we should be called 678 00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:28,400 children of God. This really amazing statement. 679 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:32,320 The reason why this statement is true or as amazing is because 680 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:35,240 the love God had for us was this. 681 00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:37,840 In the beginning when God created the heavens and the 682 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:39,440 earth. Then he said let us make man in 683 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:41,720 our image according to our likeness and let them that's 684 00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:44,160 both male and FEMA have dominion over the fish of the sea, the 685 00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:47,880 birds of the sky, over all the cattle, over all the earth, and 686 00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:49,680 over every creepy thing that creeps on the earth. 687 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:53,240 He made both male and female to have dominion on the planet. 688 00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:56,840 That's his will, that's his purpose, that's his intent and 689 00:40:56,840 --> 00:41:00,000 he says Adam, demonstrate your love towards me by keeping my 690 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,480 word, because that's how you I know you love me. 691 00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:04,280 If you love me, you'll keep my word. 692 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:08,000 I provided every tree bearing fruit for you to eat, but of the 693 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,080 tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat for 694 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:13,280 the day you eat your you will surely die. 695 00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:16,200 When Adam ate the fruit, sin enter the world. 696 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,120 We were cut off from our heavenly Father. 697 00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:21,280 All humanity was we were all born into sin. 698 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:25,880 But our father says this, I want to call them children of God. 699 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,680 So in order to do this I'm going to have to send my son. 700 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:35,480 And so while we were yet sinners, Christ that what manner 701 00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:42,240 of love the Father has given to us that he had such a desire for 702 00:41:42,240 --> 00:41:46,240 us to be his children. He said there's only one way to 703 00:41:46,240 --> 00:41:49,240 redeem them back. I have to pay the price for 704 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:52,920 death. Death has to be paid in full. 705 00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:55,760 Has to be. It has to be paid in full. 706 00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:57,840 So I'm going to have to send my son. 707 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:03,960 I'll have to send my son in the flesh and he'll have to be 708 00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:07,640 perfect. I said he'll have to be perfect. 709 00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:12,360 He can't blow it. He's going to have to do exactly 710 00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:14,360 what I said. He cannot be like the first 711 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:16,440 Adam. He's going to have to do exactly 712 00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:18,840 what I said. Are you hearing me? 713 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:25,240 Matthew 548 says it this way. Therefore you are to be come on, 714 00:42:25,240 --> 00:42:27,400 say the word. Go ahead and say it. 715 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:32,280 Say it just as your Father in heaven is. 716 00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:36,000 Now we struggle with this word perfect, right? 717 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:39,440 Because we think of perfection. But if we actually look at this 718 00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:42,960 word and what it means, it literally means this. 719 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:48,720 Therefore, you shall be mature just as your Father in heaven is 720 00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:52,600 mature, because when you are completely functioning in the 721 00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:57,280 maturity of the Word, then you'll be perfect in all your 722 00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:01,120 ways. Because here's the thing about 723 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:03,640 the maturity of our Father. This is how mature he is. 724 00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:06,480 He's so mature, He never violates his own word. 725 00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:10,720 Now again, let's go back to the garden. 726 00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:14,000 He's seated on the throne. He has his crown. 727 00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:17,840 He comes off the throne with his crown down into the garden to 728 00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:21,680 spend time with his son Adam in the cool of the day. 729 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:25,120 He gives his son instruction, right? 730 00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:29,840 He gives him power, dominion. He's able to take to have 731 00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:34,000 authority over the whole globe and how it functions and they 732 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:37,800 are in complete relationship him, Adam and Eve on the earth. 733 00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:42,320 But the minute Adam eats a fruit has never made a mistake, never 734 00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:44,800 blown it, never disobeyed God ever. 735 00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:50,200 The father does not take off his crown and say, son, let's just 736 00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:52,800 act like it didn't happen. I'm going to just pretend it 737 00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:55,600 didn't happen. He doesn't do that. 738 00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:04,600 No, he says, I'm bound to my word, and you have disobeyed. 739 00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:07,560 Now, what position are you in now? 740 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:09,720 Right when he says, where are you? 741 00:44:09,720 --> 00:44:13,200 What position are you in now? And so he takes a step back and 742 00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,280 he says, well, there's only one way to redeem. 743 00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:20,920 I'll have to send my own son, Jesus, the Word of God, in the 744 00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:25,480 flesh, and He'll have to be perfect in all his ways like I 745 00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:28,760 am. He's going to empty himself of 746 00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:30,960 His heavenly glory. He's going to put on a skin 747 00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:34,360 suit, and He's going to have to obey me as the first Adam was 748 00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:37,960 supposed to. He'll have to do that if I am 749 00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:40,680 going to be able to call them children of God. 750 00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:48,240 Wow, what love the Father has bestowed on us that he can look 751 00:44:48,240 --> 00:44:52,120 to his own son and say I'm going to need you to go pay that 752 00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:59,560 price. I mean it's just very difficult. 753 00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:03,920 I mean just the Bible says by mere creation, we know there's a 754 00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:07,040 father. The details just in creational 755 00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:10,960 and this is in a creation that is on an earth that has fallen 756 00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:13,240 and is under the influence of the devil. 757 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:16,760 I mean, when I've gone to someplace, I'm like, if man who 758 00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:20,960 is lost can think of these things, what's it going to be 759 00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:24,920 like in the new earth? I mean, it's got to, it's going 760 00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:29,280 to have to be amazing how it will will translate out. 761 00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:32,480 But we need to be perfect as our heavenly Father. 762 00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:34,360 Maturity. Which brings us to Hebrews 763 00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:39,640 chapter 12. Because he's our father #1 He's 764 00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:44,880 a rewarder, He's forgiving, He's merciful, He's anointed us, He's 765 00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:48,280 brought every provision to us. He'll never leave us nor forsake 766 00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:50,600 us. Our Father always has an answer. 767 00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:54,720 If we'll just seek Him, He will gladly give us the Kingdom here 768 00:45:54,720 --> 00:45:56,840 on the earth, function in it, flow in it. 769 00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,440 We are not limited to what we see. 770 00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:03,560 We can receive from our Father by faith all the resources of 771 00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:06,240 the Kingdom of God has made at our disposal because we are 772 00:46:06,240 --> 00:46:09,480 children of the King. And so in Hebrews chapter 12, 773 00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:13,960 you have to understand that our heavenly Father because we even 774 00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:17,120 though we have come out of sin, Adam was still given 775 00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:22,120 instructions. And in Hebrews chapter 12 verse 776 00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:24,720 five verse through 11, it says this. 777 00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:28,240 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you 778 00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:31,560 as to sons. Are you a child of God? 779 00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:34,440 Come on, y'all doing all right, let's almost start running 780 00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:35,440 through the crowd here in a second. 781 00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:40,040 I mean, it, it is kind of amazing that we're talking about 782 00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:44,200 our dad and, and I don't get a better response, which really 783 00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:48,120 tells me that you lack the understanding of how awesome 784 00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:54,600 your dad really is, that you really think that you're kind of 785 00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:59,200 doing this without him. And if you are, you're seriously 786 00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:05,520 lacking because he wants to be intricately involved in every 787 00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:08,400 aspect of your life. Now, listen, he's not getting 788 00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:10,360 hung up on. I wish you'd asked me what to 789 00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:12,680 wear today. I mean, he's not technically 790 00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:14,840 getting hung up on that. Are you understanding me? 791 00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,000 OK, but what? They're. 792 00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:19,240 But what? You do need to converse with 793 00:47:19,240 --> 00:47:21,240 him. He definitely wants to carry on 794 00:47:21,240 --> 00:47:23,880 a conversation. And he has greater plans for 795 00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:26,360 you. In fact, his plans for you are 796 00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:29,800 way more exciting than you could ever imagine. 797 00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:34,640 The problem is, is we've looked at this world and we've kind of 798 00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:37,760 decided how we want to go and we've never really asked Dad, 799 00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:39,680 what do you want? This is why I exhorted the 800 00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:44,320 parents in the beginning. When you're youth go and they're 801 00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:49,600 in an environment and they hear from God about a direction, do 802 00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:53,840 not squelch it with your idea of how they should live life on the 803 00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:59,720 earth. Don't do it, I mean help 804 00:47:59,720 --> 00:48:04,680 cultivate their sensitivity and ability to hear the father 805 00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:07,720 'cause they're leaving you one day and you want them to know 806 00:48:07,720 --> 00:48:11,680 the voice of their dad. Cause the reality is you may 807 00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:15,640 have given birth to them, but you sure did not die for them. 808 00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:19,720 And again, even if you did die for them, it does nothing for 809 00:48:19,720 --> 00:48:22,800 them but prolong their life because you can't pay for their 810 00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:28,640 sin. Anyway, he goes on and says, my 811 00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:31,880 son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord. 812 00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:35,400 One translation says the the discipline of the Lord, which 813 00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:39,120 another way to say this, because the minute we say discipline, we 814 00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:43,040 immediately go to correction. And the reason why we go to 815 00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:45,240 correction is because all of us have blown, right? 816 00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,920 I can't even tell you how many times I've had a meeting in my 817 00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:49,880 office and the minute someone comes to my office and they're 818 00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:51,440 like, oh, I feel like I'm in the principal's office. 819 00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:53,120 I said, well, I'm not the principal, that's Kimberly 820 00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:54,640 Evans. So if I can take you there if 821 00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:59,320 you want to go number one. The second thing is, man, I feel 822 00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:01,080 like I'm in trouble. Why are you? 823 00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:04,120 Because I didn't call you in my office Because you were. 824 00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:08,360 Now, why is it that we feel like we need to be, we're being 825 00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:11,360 corrected all the time. Well, it's because we made so 826 00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:14,400 many mistakes. But you understand, our father 827 00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:19,040 does not lead with correction. He always leads with 828 00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:21,360 instruction. I've told our staff for years, 829 00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:23,680 listen, you may do something wrong. 830 00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:29,560 And if I've never communicated to you about something and all 831 00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:32,520 of a sudden I get in the room, hear about or whatever and that 832 00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:35,280 hits me, wow, we probably shouldn't do that. 833 00:49:36,440 --> 00:49:39,720 And I come to you and say, hey, this situation, we're going to 834 00:49:39,720 --> 00:49:40,920 need to kind of change how we do it. 835 00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:44,920 That is not correcting you. You had no context to make a 836 00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:47,280 different informed to say I can't tell you how many times a 837 00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:49,200 staff has said, well, if I only would have known. 838 00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:54,120 This is why I'm talking to you. Obviously, if you had known, you 839 00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:57,800 wouldn't have done it. I'm not correcting you. 840 00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:03,440 I'm just realizing, wow, I didn't give that instruction. 841 00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:06,840 And at the end of the day, they did it based upon what they 842 00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:08,320 knew. It seemed right to them. 843 00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:11,800 But now that I've evaluated it, that's probably not how we want 844 00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:14,320 to go. So I need to instruct you now 845 00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:18,440 that we're going to make a course correction now that you 846 00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:22,520 know the new instruction by all right that what you did was 847 00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:25,880 incorrect, but it wasn't incorrect when you did it 848 00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:28,280 because you thought it was the right thing to do with the 849 00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:33,400 tithe. And our Father has always given 850 00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:38,760 us instruction. He's trying to communicate. 851 00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:41,520 And that's why those who are led by the Spirit of God, these are 852 00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:43,440 sons of God. Why 'cause He's leading us. 853 00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:45,480 He's like, let me give you some instruction on how to handle 854 00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:46,560 this. Let me give you some instruction 855 00:50:46,560 --> 00:50:47,880 on what to do next. Let me give you some 856 00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:50,160 instruction. Now, if we do not do the 857 00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:51,840 instruction, then guess what happens? 858 00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:56,000 Now we're going to be corrected. Now, why is this important? 859 00:50:57,000 --> 00:51:00,280 Because I'm going to tell you right now, did Jesus ever blow 860 00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:03,920 it? But this, these verses apply to 861 00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:06,160 Jesus, and I'm going to prove that here in a second. 862 00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:09,680 My son, do not despise the chasing or instruction of the 863 00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:12,600 Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by him. 864 00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:14,480 Because again, if you don't follow the instruction, he's 865 00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:17,920 going to rebuke you. For whom the Lord what? 866 00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:21,520 For whom he what? For whom he what? 867 00:51:22,280 --> 00:51:25,200 So if you never correct your child in the natural, you're 868 00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:31,440 saying I don't love you. How in the world can you be a 869 00:51:31,440 --> 00:51:34,760 natural parent and never correct your children and act like 870 00:51:34,760 --> 00:51:36,840 you're giving them free expression, like you're a better 871 00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:47,890 parent for whom the Lord loves? He chastens or instructs, 872 00:51:48,210 --> 00:51:51,610 corrects and scourges every son whom he receives. 873 00:51:51,610 --> 00:51:54,130 I don't even have time to get into that scripture. 874 00:51:54,850 --> 00:51:57,010 If you can look it up for yourself. 875 00:51:57,650 --> 00:52:03,210 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons. 876 00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:06,600 For what son is there whom a father does not chase him? 877 00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:08,520 And, and this is like, what question? 878 00:52:08,520 --> 00:52:11,240 Like surely this is not the case on the planet. 879 00:52:11,240 --> 00:52:13,040 But you know what? This is the case on the planet. 880 00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:16,800 There's so many fatherless homes, there's so many fathers 881 00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:19,400 who have neglected their responsibility. 882 00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:21,440 But you know what? He's the Father to the 883 00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:22,800 fatherless. And let me tell you something, 884 00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:27,440 He will not neglect His responsibility, which means you 885 00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:30,640 cannot have a relationship with a Heavenly Father, 'cause we 886 00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:35,760 love the attributes of all the giving He does, the rewards, the 887 00:52:35,760 --> 00:52:39,000 forgiveness, the mercy. But you know what? 888 00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:43,840 He also brings instruction. And if you want to be called a 889 00:52:43,840 --> 00:52:47,760 child of God, you need to say teach me, Lord, teach me, give 890 00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:49,640 me instruction. I love it. 891 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:53,280 I love that you love me, that you want to instruct me. 892 00:52:53,920 --> 00:52:57,880 But if you are without chasing our instruction of which all 893 00:52:57,880 --> 00:53:01,840 have have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not 894 00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:07,320 sons. So I'm I'm just amazed at Saints 895 00:53:08,080 --> 00:53:11,480 that say Happy Father's Day, call God the Father their 896 00:53:11,480 --> 00:53:16,160 father, but yet don't do not want to be in a congregation 897 00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:20,280 where instruction is communicated. 898 00:53:21,960 --> 00:53:25,600 And when instructions communicated, instruction always 899 00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:30,200 brings boundaries, and boundaries are what keeps you 900 00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:32,600 healthy. They are not prisons. 901 00:53:32,720 --> 00:53:36,400 They are what they are, guardrails that keep you from 902 00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:43,320 falling into death, guardrails that keep you. 903 00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:46,160 And let me just again for the analogy, just so you'll 904 00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:51,120 understand the, the all the things of the devil are way out 905 00:53:51,120 --> 00:53:54,320 here and we're stuck in this little bitty box with God. 906 00:53:54,320 --> 00:53:57,120 This is all we can do and everybody else gets to do 907 00:53:57,120 --> 00:53:59,520 whatever they want to do. And that's how the devil has 908 00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:02,560 sold this thing that you're really free if you're out here. 909 00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:04,960 But you understand, if you're following the devil, you're in 910 00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:08,280 bondage, you're the one stuck on the platform, You're the one 911 00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:09,960 that stuck on this little podium. 912 00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:14,560 Everybody else is out here free flowing, moving has way more at 913 00:54:14,560 --> 00:54:17,560 their disposal. But if you God has put a balance 914 00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:21,160 boundary around the deaf life is like, I don't want you to fall 915 00:54:21,160 --> 00:54:23,920 into this pit. You understand the devil's going 916 00:54:23,920 --> 00:54:28,520 into a pit. He's not going into a whole 917 00:54:28,520 --> 00:54:33,560 planet system. He doesn't get the universe and 918 00:54:33,560 --> 00:54:35,800 then we're stuck on a little planet Earth and everything else 919 00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:39,320 that was, you know, rebellious to God gets everything else. 920 00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:44,920 No, he gets stuck in a, in, in a, in a lake of fire in a lake. 921 00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:49,840 You get confined, you're in confinement. 922 00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:52,720 When I follow the father, I'm not confined. 923 00:54:53,720 --> 00:54:56,600 His creation becomes at my disposal. 924 00:54:57,280 --> 00:55:01,560 So furthermore, we have human fathers who corrected us and we 925 00:55:01,560 --> 00:55:04,560 paid them respect. Now we're in a generation today 926 00:55:04,560 --> 00:55:07,040 that this, this scripture doesn't apply to most people, 927 00:55:07,720 --> 00:55:12,720 unfortunately. OK, he says, shall we not much 928 00:55:12,720 --> 00:55:18,200 more readily be in subject to the Father of what are you a 929 00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:20,680 spirit? I said, Are you a spirit? 930 00:55:21,040 --> 00:55:24,760 So when he says Father of spirits and it is plural, that 931 00:55:24,760 --> 00:55:28,320 means then the Father is identifying that your spirit is 932 00:55:28,320 --> 00:55:32,680 like his spirit and that we should allow him to instruct us 933 00:55:32,720 --> 00:55:38,040 and correct us. Because in instructing us and 934 00:55:38,040 --> 00:55:44,840 correcting us, what will we receive in return will live for 935 00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:48,960 they in they indeed for a few days chasing us has seen best of 936 00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:53,040 them. But he for our for whose profit 937 00:55:53,480 --> 00:55:57,040 this is not this is not some kind of fatherless life. 938 00:55:57,040 --> 00:56:01,960 Let me tell you who's the boss. That is never his position when 939 00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:04,440 he's instructing you or correcting you for that matter. 940 00:56:06,520 --> 00:56:10,200 That's not his position. His position is I want you to be 941 00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:12,360 the best you. I know I created you. 942 00:56:12,360 --> 00:56:14,280 I know what's in you. I know your potential. 943 00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:19,760 I know what you can do. So that's his thought. 944 00:56:19,760 --> 00:56:22,560 Every time he says, hey, let's go this direction. 945 00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:25,160 Listen, if you follow this, we'll come out. 946 00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:29,880 This is for whose prophet? Our prophet that we may be 947 00:56:29,880 --> 00:56:36,520 partakers of His Holiness. Now, no chastening seems to be 948 00:56:36,520 --> 00:56:39,480 what? Well, sure, nobody wants to be 949 00:56:39,480 --> 00:56:50,120 told. Doesn't seem joyful for the 950 00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:53,800 present, but painful nevertheless. 951 00:56:53,800 --> 00:57:00,320 Afterward it yield the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those 952 00:57:00,320 --> 00:57:01,400 who have been. What? 953 00:57:02,160 --> 00:57:03,840 Aren't you glad he wants to train us? 954 00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:05,360 I said. Aren't you glad he wants to 955 00:57:05,360 --> 00:57:07,760 train us? So though our Father, he's our 956 00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:10,880 heavenly Father, He's awesome and I thank you that he is the 957 00:57:10,880 --> 00:57:13,240 best. In fact, some dads here today, I 958 00:57:13,240 --> 00:57:15,640 know that not only are they fathers in their home and 959 00:57:15,640 --> 00:57:18,840 they're raising their children, but they also do additional 960 00:57:18,840 --> 00:57:20,840 things like they'll coach their kids and stuff. 961 00:57:20,840 --> 00:57:22,520 You know, they'll be involved in that. 962 00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:24,960 And why do they do that? They do it for what purpose? 963 00:57:25,160 --> 00:57:29,680 We do it for the to try to pull out the best of that individual. 964 00:57:29,840 --> 00:57:34,160 Again, why do we place certain demands on our children in the 965 00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:34,720 home? Why? 966 00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:38,440 Because we want them to be able to function at a high level. 967 00:57:40,880 --> 00:57:43,440 And unfortunately, in many homes, we are doing no 968 00:57:43,440 --> 00:57:46,000 instruction. Our children, you know, a lot of 969 00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:48,160 children today are running their own homes. 970 00:57:48,280 --> 00:57:49,880 They're dictating what they're doing. 971 00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:52,120 And then when all of a sudden the parents like, hey, you're 972 00:57:52,120 --> 00:57:55,080 not going to do that or I need you to do something else, then 973 00:57:55,080 --> 00:57:59,400 all of a sudden they kick back. And then parents abandoned it 974 00:57:59,640 --> 00:58:02,680 because, you know, it was painful for their child, which, 975 00:58:02,680 --> 00:58:06,080 you know, if we actually go up a few verses, he'll say, now 976 00:58:06,080 --> 00:58:09,200 you've not resisted sin to the point of shedding blood. 977 00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:15,080 So what you consider a little pain is nothing compared to the 978 00:58:15,080 --> 00:58:17,920 pain Jesus went through in order to purchase you. 979 00:58:18,840 --> 00:58:21,120 And he did that through obedience. 980 00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:27,240 Amen. So we need to understand that 981 00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:32,600 our Father is coaching us to pull out the best of our lives. 982 00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:35,800 And I'm thankful for that. Father, what do I, what do I 983 00:58:35,800 --> 00:58:37,040 need to do? Just point it out. 984 00:58:37,040 --> 00:58:38,520 Show me. What can I do different? 985 00:58:38,520 --> 00:58:40,560 How can I improve here? What do I need to do? 986 00:58:40,560 --> 00:58:45,120 You know me, you know me. You know what's best for me, and 987 00:58:45,120 --> 00:58:46,920 you're a rewarder. You're so merciful. 988 00:58:46,920 --> 00:58:50,160 You're quick to forgive because again, when you instruct me or 989 00:58:50,160 --> 00:58:52,360 if you correct me, it doesn't feel good. 990 00:58:52,440 --> 00:58:54,480 I hate that it happened. I don't want to be a 991 00:58:54,480 --> 00:58:56,920 disappointment to you, but at the end of the day, I'm going to 992 00:58:56,920 --> 00:58:58,560 yield to you. I'm going to yield your 993 00:58:58,560 --> 00:59:00,360 instruction. I'm going to ask you to forgive 994 00:59:00,360 --> 00:59:02,280 me where I blew it. You're going to forgive me and 995 00:59:02,280 --> 00:59:04,680 act like it never happened, and then you're going to guide me 996 00:59:04,680 --> 00:59:10,120 the whole way to victory. That's my daddy, and that's why 997 00:59:10,120 --> 00:59:12,760 I'm not afraid to boldly come before the throne of grace 998 00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:15,080 because he's not there to beat me down. 999 00:59:15,160 --> 00:59:17,480 He's there to raise me up and he's going to give me 1000 00:59:17,480 --> 00:59:20,120 instructions so that I can become the greatest person I 1001 00:59:20,120 --> 00:59:23,480 could ever be. With that, I close with first 1002 00:59:23,480 --> 00:59:26,520 Peter, chapter one. First Peter, chapter one. 1003 00:59:26,520 --> 00:59:39,880 He's our Father as as next word as as next word as as. 1004 00:59:39,880 --> 00:59:49,520 Isn't that interesting? So our Father expects us to 1005 00:59:50,680 --> 00:59:58,760 obey. Yet you know, across our nation 1006 00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:04,560 we water down the gospel of people who can never get it 1007 01:00:04,560 --> 01:00:07,520 right. Let's just ask Jesus to come in 1008 01:00:07,520 --> 01:00:10,400 our heart and save us. That way when we die, we go to 1009 01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:13,440 heaven because we're going to be such a disappointment to God the 1010 01:00:13,440 --> 01:00:19,320 whole time we're here. Yet the scripture talks about a 1011 01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:24,480 generation of children that actually know how to obey on the 1012 01:00:24,480 --> 01:00:27,720 planet. That it doesn't have to kick in 1013 01:00:27,720 --> 01:00:31,480 when you get to heaven, that it can kick in down here. 1014 01:00:32,160 --> 01:00:38,400 I mean, there is a, a generation of his children that are well 1015 01:00:38,520 --> 01:00:48,440 able to obey and love it and love it, love it, love it. 1016 01:00:49,000 --> 01:00:52,040 I mean, I, I've been in those services where all of a sudden 1017 01:00:52,040 --> 01:00:59,600 something saying you're like, man, wow, I'm going to have to 1018 01:00:59,600 --> 01:01:02,840 fix that now, right? I mean, it's one of those where 1019 01:01:02,840 --> 01:01:05,040 you feel like you got your toes stepped on, right? 1020 01:01:05,040 --> 01:01:07,400 They ripped your heart out, threw it back in, You know, 1021 01:01:07,400 --> 01:01:10,560 you're like, you're devastated. You came to yourself. 1022 01:01:10,560 --> 01:01:13,280 You're like, man, that's me. I got to fix that. 1023 01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:15,520 And yet God's like, I got it fixed. 1024 01:01:16,240 --> 01:01:18,480 I already got it fixed. I just need you to follow me. 1025 01:01:18,480 --> 01:01:20,760 I got it fixed. And then those moments were like 1026 01:01:20,760 --> 01:01:24,240 man, praise God, I'm going to obey you because as obedient 1027 01:01:24,240 --> 01:01:29,600 children, not conforming yourself to the former lusts as 1028 01:01:29,600 --> 01:01:34,400 in your aren't you glad we're not ignorant, but as he who 1029 01:01:34,400 --> 01:01:44,640 called you is what what is he you also be in in in all your 1030 01:01:44,640 --> 01:01:47,800 conduct. Woo. 1031 01:01:48,720 --> 01:01:51,600 This is Jesus said, listen, don't you know me and the father 1032 01:01:51,600 --> 01:01:54,520 are one. He said, if you've seen me, 1033 01:01:54,520 --> 01:01:59,200 you've seen you know what we can say on the planet if you've seen 1034 01:01:59,200 --> 01:02:05,960 me now again, I understand if someone examines US 24/7, the 1035 01:02:05,960 --> 01:02:08,520 rest of our lives, we're probably going to emanate 1036 01:02:08,520 --> 01:02:11,200 something that's not exactly like our Father. 1037 01:02:11,360 --> 01:02:15,080 But you understand we can arrive to a place of maturity in him 1038 01:02:15,080 --> 01:02:19,440 like our our King Jesus that the majority of people when they 1039 01:02:19,440 --> 01:02:23,440 come across us, if they've seen you, then they basically have 1040 01:02:23,440 --> 01:02:27,600 seen the Father because as he's holy, you're holy cause 1041 01:02:27,600 --> 01:02:32,320 obedience demonstrates your Father in heaven. 1042 01:02:33,800 --> 01:02:39,680 He said, because it is written be holy for I am what I'm holy. 1043 01:02:39,920 --> 01:02:45,080 And if you call on the Father who without partiality judges 1044 01:02:45,080 --> 01:02:48,440 according to each one's work. Conduct yourself throughout the 1045 01:02:48,440 --> 01:02:55,520 time of your stay here. I love this throughout the time 1046 01:02:55,520 --> 01:02:59,800 of your stay here. So what do you think God's 1047 01:02:59,800 --> 01:03:09,120 expectation for us here, our time here is that we'll be 1048 01:03:09,120 --> 01:03:15,160 obedient. I have three children myself and 1049 01:03:15,160 --> 01:03:20,000 you know what, it seemed as if the the furthest, the youngest 1050 01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:26,400 one did a lot of learning from the two previous because we give 1051 01:03:26,400 --> 01:03:29,200 instruction across the board, right? 1052 01:03:29,400 --> 01:03:32,320 Here's the instruction. You know, it didn't take long 1053 01:03:32,320 --> 01:03:38,200 for my youngest to say, well, I'm not going to do that because 1054 01:03:38,200 --> 01:03:40,640 I see the consequence that happened to the oldest or the 1055 01:03:40,640 --> 01:03:45,840 middle child because Dad will do what he says. 1056 01:03:46,440 --> 01:03:50,560 And if you act like that, you're going to get this and wisdom 1057 01:03:50,560 --> 01:03:56,360 showed up right. Have you noticed that some 1058 01:03:56,360 --> 01:03:58,920 children you don't have to correct as much because they 1059 01:03:58,920 --> 01:04:01,080 learn by watching others being corrected. 1060 01:04:01,920 --> 01:04:05,760 Some you have to correct more because you know, God love them. 1061 01:04:06,040 --> 01:04:08,440 It's part of their personality if they can ever get over to the 1062 01:04:08,440 --> 01:04:11,480 Lord. But you know, until that process 1063 01:04:11,480 --> 01:04:14,040 comes, you're like constantly bringing some instruction. 1064 01:04:14,440 --> 01:04:17,280 Amen. But he's telling us that we 1065 01:04:17,280 --> 01:04:24,240 while our stays here is that we can function like him that our 1066 01:04:24,240 --> 01:04:31,680 Father models so clearly in his word who he is that we but by 1067 01:04:31,680 --> 01:04:34,800 faith can model it in the earth as well. 1068 01:04:35,000 --> 01:04:40,960 You know what, you will have arrived to where people say, 1069 01:04:42,320 --> 01:04:47,920 man, if I didn't know any better, it's as if you're like 1070 01:04:47,920 --> 01:04:54,520 God. And that's a humbling thought 1071 01:04:54,520 --> 01:04:58,560 process because I am the model, my father in my husband 1072 01:04:58,560 --> 01:05:05,480 relationship, in my parenting relationship, in my employee 1073 01:05:05,520 --> 01:05:10,560 relationship, in my community relationship, in my pastoral or 1074 01:05:10,560 --> 01:05:15,720 Apostolic relationship. There's a lot to have to model 1075 01:05:16,120 --> 01:05:22,640 in front a lot. However, it's possible and I 1076 01:05:22,640 --> 01:05:25,640 don't want to settle and say, well, I can't do it. 1077 01:05:26,520 --> 01:05:28,000 Well, that's what rebellion says. 1078 01:05:29,480 --> 01:05:33,360 He says I can. He literally says I can. 1079 01:05:33,360 --> 01:05:35,800 And you know why he says I can. Look at verse 18. 1080 01:05:36,040 --> 01:05:40,800 Knowing that you are not redeemed with corruptible things 1081 01:05:42,440 --> 01:05:46,120 like silver or gold from your aimless conduct received by 1082 01:05:46,120 --> 01:05:54,200 traditions from your. This is why love my dad, love my 1083 01:05:54,200 --> 01:06:00,800 dad, but the traditions I learned from him are not the 1084 01:06:00,800 --> 01:06:04,200 traditions I'm keeping. And you know very well in my 1085 01:06:04,200 --> 01:06:08,120 life, one tradition I chose to break from my father, and that 1086 01:06:08,120 --> 01:06:12,240 was the the tradition of dying the same age as the previous 1087 01:06:12,240 --> 01:06:16,320 father. My dad met the goal. 1088 01:06:16,320 --> 01:06:20,200 He died the same age as his own dad because he always said I'll 1089 01:06:20,200 --> 01:06:22,880 die the same age as my dad and did. 1090 01:06:22,880 --> 01:06:25,920 And that was 51. I'd have been dead three years 1091 01:06:25,920 --> 01:06:31,520 ago. I broke that tradition. 1092 01:06:32,000 --> 01:06:34,400 I'm like, I'm done with it. No, I got a different daddy. 1093 01:06:35,360 --> 01:06:38,760 I got different bloodline. In fact, it promises me long 1094 01:06:38,760 --> 01:06:42,560 life. 51 is not long people to you young. 1095 01:06:42,560 --> 01:06:48,720 You may think I'm old, but I am not all right. 1096 01:06:48,800 --> 01:06:50,680 And I just want to, you know, help all of y'all. 1097 01:06:51,000 --> 01:06:52,960 You think it's old till you get there. 1098 01:06:53,840 --> 01:06:55,440 And I started living eternal life. 1099 01:06:55,440 --> 01:06:57,720 When I started living in eternal life, I realized, man, I'm going 1100 01:06:57,720 --> 01:07:00,280 to be around forever. So again, I don't care if I'm 1101 01:07:00,280 --> 01:07:04,960 120, I'm still just the pup, right? 1102 01:07:05,160 --> 01:07:09,000 I just got to work my body so that I don't look like I'm old. 1103 01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:14,320 I can function, right? All right, so I've been 1104 01:07:14,320 --> 01:07:16,360 redeemed, guys. You've been redeemed. 1105 01:07:16,360 --> 01:07:21,720 Your daddy redeemed you. So the expectation to be holy 1106 01:07:21,720 --> 01:07:26,240 like my daddy is easy because I've been redeemed not with 1107 01:07:26,240 --> 01:07:30,680 corruptible things, but with the precious blood of Jesus. 1108 01:07:31,600 --> 01:07:37,320 How much more do I honor my father on a Father's Day then to 1109 01:07:37,320 --> 01:07:40,760 make up my mind? Dad, I am not going to be a 1110 01:07:40,760 --> 01:07:42,960 disappointment to you while I'm in the earth. 1111 01:07:44,280 --> 01:07:51,480 As you do, I'll do as you say, I'll say as you instruct, I'll 1112 01:07:51,480 --> 01:07:54,240 move, and as you correct, I'll get it right. 1113 01:07:55,560 --> 01:08:00,040 Because you paid for me that while I was in rebellion and 1114 01:08:00,040 --> 01:08:04,520 should have never been in your family, you came after me. 1115 01:08:07,520 --> 01:08:11,600 You made a way from me. You didn't force me back though. 1116 01:08:12,760 --> 01:08:15,480 He didn't come run me down and drag me home. 1117 01:08:16,160 --> 01:08:20,560 He didn't throw me in the house. He didn't feed my flesh. 1118 01:08:21,359 --> 01:08:22,720 My father didn't love me like that. 1119 01:08:22,720 --> 01:08:24,520 He didn't say, well, I'm going to give to you anyway. 1120 01:08:25,439 --> 01:08:28,520 Now he blessed me in certain ways to let him know I'm there 1121 01:08:29,160 --> 01:08:31,040 along the way. He was like, that ain't no good. 1122 01:08:31,040 --> 01:08:35,040 But I, I tell you, if you'll come home, if you'll come to me, 1123 01:08:35,399 --> 01:08:38,319 it'll be different. And he provided a way. 1124 01:08:38,319 --> 01:08:40,560 Ultimately, he'll let me go my own direction. 1125 01:08:41,720 --> 01:08:46,040 But man, I'm glad that I saw that the blood of Jesus and the 1126 01:08:46,040 --> 01:08:49,760 love that my dad have for me to make away is worth me not only 1127 01:08:49,760 --> 01:08:55,760 coming home, but staying home and following His voice. 1128 01:08:56,760 --> 01:09:03,840 Because in the natural I have to admit their days, I'd like to 1129 01:09:03,840 --> 01:09:11,120 hear my natural dad's voice just one more time and been nice. 1130 01:09:11,800 --> 01:09:16,439 There've been some situations in my life that I desired that I 1131 01:09:16,439 --> 01:09:21,319 had a natural father who knew the word that I could have 1132 01:09:21,319 --> 01:09:27,240 called and said dad. Now, thanks be to God, he gave 1133 01:09:27,240 --> 01:09:31,560 me some spiritual natural men that I do that with now, and I'm 1134 01:09:31,560 --> 01:09:35,960 thankful for that because I've found that my my family is those 1135 01:09:35,960 --> 01:09:38,960 who do the will of the Father right. 1136 01:09:42,000 --> 01:09:45,960 But I aspire that my children will always my grandchildren and 1137 01:09:45,960 --> 01:09:48,240 my great grandchildren. And should the Lord tarry my 1138 01:09:48,240 --> 01:09:50,399 great, great grandchildren, because I'm young, I could 1139 01:09:50,399 --> 01:09:53,920 probably go to a great, great, great grandchild, maybe even 1140 01:09:53,920 --> 01:09:56,080 more than that. I could probably get another 1141 01:09:56,320 --> 01:09:59,920 grade in there. I mean, I'm holding out, man, 1142 01:09:59,920 --> 01:10:03,200 for the transforming. I mean, I'm not cutting this 1143 01:10:03,200 --> 01:10:05,840 thing short for nothing. I mean, I don't want to get in a 1144 01:10:05,840 --> 01:10:08,320 casket one bit. I want to be transformed in the 1145 01:10:08,320 --> 01:10:09,400 moment of the twinkling of an eye. 1146 01:10:09,400 --> 01:10:13,600 I just decided, let's hold on. Let's just believe God that it 1147 01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:17,120 comes in my lifetime, right Next, you know, if I go to 120 1148 01:10:17,120 --> 01:10:21,480 years, I mean, that's 66 years from now. 1149 01:10:22,360 --> 01:10:26,840 I can do that. I can do that, right? 1150 01:10:27,720 --> 01:10:31,560 All right, let's pray. Father, we love you, we honor 1151 01:10:32,000 --> 01:10:33,440 you. You are heavenly Father, You're 1152 01:10:33,440 --> 01:10:37,440 so good. We look back and starting to 1153 01:10:37,520 --> 01:10:44,400 look into new. Thank you so much for listening 1154 01:10:44,400 --> 01:10:46,840 to this message. 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