1 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,640 We've been talking about reigning faith and hopefully 2 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:22,480 we're going to close it out tonight. 3 00:00:23,080 --> 00:00:26,560 And. Finish up but we have been 4 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:31,720 coming out of second Peter on Wednesday nights breaking out 5 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:37,760 the. 7 qualities that we must. Add. 6 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:39,680 To our faith. Amen if. 7 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,480 We're going to increase and reign in our faith. 8 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:45,800 In. In second Peter, we see he talks 9 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:53,040 about 7 points, qualities, ingredients, companions. 10 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:58,760 That must be part of our faith walk if we're going to see the 11 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,280 promises of God take place in our lives. 12 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,319 So let's read that real quick because I definitely want to 13 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,840 finish out. And get through some stuff and 14 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,400 we have a lot to talk. About South in second Peter 15 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,840 chapter. One everybody ready to receive. 16 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:20,240 Hallelujah, Are you ready to receive the engrafted word of 17 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,840 God which is able to save our. Soul. 18 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,160 Amen. So second Peter chapter 1 verses 19 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,800 one through 11. Simon Peter, a bondservant and 20 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,040 apostle of Jesus. Christ. 21 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:36,280 To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours 22 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:41,440 by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ, grace 23 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:45,960 and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of 24 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,720 Jesus our Lord. Seeing here it is that His 25 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:54,120 divine power we just talked about, that His divine power has 26 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:59,720 been granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness 27 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,960 through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own 28 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:07,360 glory and excellence. Verse 4 For by these he has 29 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:13,160 granted to us his precious and magnificent promises, so that by 30 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:17,320 them you may become partakers of His divine nature. 31 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:21,840 Say, I have his divine nature. Hallelujah if you are born. 32 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,280 Again. It's do you have made a 33 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:29,560 confession with your mouth that Jesus Christ is your Lord that 34 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:35,680 the minute you did that His divine nature come on was then 35 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:40,120 put on the inside of you by faith. 36 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:46,120 And guess what we have the nature of God, Zoe life flowing 37 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:50,960 in our bodies, Amen. And everything that we need as a 38 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:57,640 Kingdom citizen in this earth, we get to be able to receive 39 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:02,400 from him all those promises, everything we need that pertains 40 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:08,040 to life and to godliness, to life and godliness. 41 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:10,720 Amen. And this is important because 42 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:14,320 everybody wants to talk about, yeah, I received the life of 43 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,360 God. But how about godliness? 44 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:21,000 Right, How about life and godliness, meaning we're going 45 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,880 to live a godly life while we're here in the earth, Amen. 46 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,560 And we're going to talk about that actually tonight. 47 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,960 So anyway, he said we've been partakers of this divine nature, 48 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:36,160 having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. 49 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:43,560 Now for this very reason, also applying all diligence in your 50 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:49,960 faith supply and we talked about this word supply and it means to 51 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,760 furnish your faith, to add to your faith. 52 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:58,880 It also means to bring nourishment to your faith. 53 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,080 So when he says, listen, there is something that we need to add 54 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,800 to our faith. There is a supply and that 55 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:10,360 supply we see are these seven ingredients of of things that 56 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:15,800 are very important to help support, minister to and nurse 57 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:19,560 our faith. And so it's a must. 58 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,360 And he? Tells us that we need to apply 59 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,560 it with all diligence. That means we have to be 60 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:29,920 intentional about it, right? We have to exert ourself. 61 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,440 The scripture, when you read the word diligent there, it means we 62 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,360 need to strive after these things. 63 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,480 Amen. They're not just going to fall 64 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:44,320 on us by osmosis. There's some work that we have 65 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:48,840 to do to participate with God, with our faith, through grace, 66 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,800 Amen. It's not in our own efforts of 67 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:58,360 striving, but it's through His grace empowering us to be able 68 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:03,760 to add these qualities to our walk in Him. 69 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:07,000 Amen. And so he. 70 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,320 Tells us that that word diligence means we need to 71 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,240 endeavor, we need to make. Effort. 72 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,360 And we need to be prompt to study. 73 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:22,320 It also means labor. Amen. 74 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:28,160 So if we're going to actually apply these qualities to our 75 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,280 faith, then there's going to have to be some effort to it. 76 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:33,560 There's going to have to be some work to it. 77 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,720 That means there's labor, there's intention, Amen. 78 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:43,520 And we're going to have to do it, allowing him to work through 79 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,000 us with the help of the Holy Spirit. 80 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,720 So what does he tell us that we need to add to our faith or 81 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:51,440 bring a nourishment to our faith? 82 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:55,680 Moral excellence and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and 83 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,680 in that knowledge, self-control. And in yourself control, 84 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,520 perseverance and in your perseverance, godliness. 85 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:08,160 This is where we were last week. We stopped at perseverance and 86 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:13,520 endurance because it's those who will what endure till the end. 87 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:21,160 So endurance is an important factor in quality to our faith. 88 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:25,680 Not just that we believe that Jesus died and rose, and yet 89 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,160 we'll go through life and all the things that are happening in 90 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:34,320 this world and not be able to endure and waltz some things out 91 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:38,120 that he's saying that endurance is a must to our faith. 92 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,240 Amen. So godliness, and in our 93 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:45,040 godliness, brotherly kindness, and in our brotherly kindness. 94 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,400 Love. For if these qualities are yours 95 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:52,000 and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor 96 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,880 unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 97 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,960 All right, so we said this, that if these things are not. 98 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:01,440 Increasing in your. Life. 99 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,840 Then what is it going to do? It's going to render you. 100 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:08,720 Useless in the Kingdom. Remember the other scripture? 101 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,200 And I didn't even bring this up, but the Holy Ghost just reminded 102 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:17,360 me of the scriptures that we are to make ourselves a vessel of 103 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:19,560 honor. We're to make. 104 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:24,840 Ourselves a vessel of honor. We can be of common use, or we 105 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,560 can be a. Vessel of Honor and a. 106 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:31,520 Vessel of Honor is going to choose to put these qualities 107 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:35,520 and add these qualities and these ingredients to our faith. 108 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,840 Amen. And so we have to choose to say, 109 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,240 you know what, I'm going to be a vessel of honor. 110 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,640 I'm not going to just be common of common use. 111 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:48,560 No, I'm going to be a vessel that is going to be of honor and 112 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:52,200 I'm going to do whatever it takes to walk in the qualities 113 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:55,400 that God says. That I can walk into because I 114 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,040 know a. Lot of believers that are 115 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:00,360 they're not a. Vessel of honor, the way they 116 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,200 live, what comes out of their mouth. 117 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,280 Come on. They're not a vessel of honor. 118 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:08,000 I don't care if they're born again. 119 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,360 Their behavior, we're going to see what the scripture says is 120 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:16,480 not proving out their character of life. 121 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,040 Amen. And you know what? 122 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:23,680 Just like in the natural. We talk about. 123 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,360 Different qualities of life. And you can. 124 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:30,160 Decide what kind of quality you want of life, even in the. 125 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:36,440 Natural, even in the natural. You can decide, you know what, I 126 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:41,159 really don't care about life and I'm going to have a, you know, 127 00:08:41,159 --> 00:08:45,080 broke down mentality and I'm not going to do anything to try to 128 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,800 take care of myself and different things. 129 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:52,160 And you can live through this life and have a poor quality of 130 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:57,720 life even in the natural, or you can choose to have a better 131 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:02,160 quality of life in the natural, work hard, go to school, get a 132 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:06,440 good education. Come on, see what I'm saying? 133 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,800 Well, it's the same true in the Kingdom of God. 134 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:16,080 Spiritually, you can choose to not have the good life or the 135 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:20,040 best quality of life that God says you can have and that 136 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,200 belongs to you, that you have an inheritance. 137 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:29,160 But you have to choose to take hold of that inheritance and 138 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:33,840 walk it out and have a better quality of life, even 139 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,160 spiritually. Amen. 140 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:41,800 And so he says this if they are fruitful. 141 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:45,760 Then you're going to see. These qualities developing in 142 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:47,640 your life. Now let's go to verse 9. 143 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:53,680 I think it is for he who lacks these qualities is blind or 144 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:56,520 short sighted. And I don't have time to teach 145 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:59,680 on all this scripture. But having forgotten His 146 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:03,880 purification from his former sins, therefore, brethren, be 147 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:08,240 all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and 148 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:11,640 choosing you. For as long as you practice 149 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:17,680 these things, those 7 qualities, you will never stumble. 150 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:22,680 You will never stumble. Hallelujah. 151 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:24,440 And we talked about what that word means. 152 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,160 You'll never make a mistake, you'll never air. 153 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,880 Come on. That's what that means when he 154 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:34,160 says you'll never stumble. You'll never make a mistake. 155 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:42,760 You'll never air Hallelujah. So then he goes on to say verse 156 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:48,080 11 for in this way the entrance is into eternal Kingdom of our 157 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:55,440 Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to 158 00:10:55,440 --> 00:11:00,080 you say I have a supply. Oh Hallelujah. 159 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:05,760 Now I love reading verse. 10 in the amplified of second Peter 160 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,600 and chapter 1. Therefore, believers be all the 161 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,120 more diligent to make certain about his. 162 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:18,200 Calling and choosing you be. Sure that your behavior reflects 163 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:24,160 and confirms your relationship. With God. 164 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:29,240 So you can say that you know God and have a relationship all day 165 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:34,640 long, but if your behavior, it is not in alignment with 166 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,200 godliness is what we're getting ready to see. 167 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:41,640 If it's not in alignment with Scripture, then it does not 168 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:45,160 confirm to me that you are a child of God. 169 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:50,840 You can say it all day long, but behavior is going to confirm 170 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:57,280 that you are a child of God, that you're a child of God 171 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:03,040 because your behavior not ought to be the way that it was when 172 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:08,440 you were lost. There has to be a change, right? 173 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:12,560 And the good thing about the Lord is He will help you. 174 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:22,040 Change glory to God, you. Cannot become all that God wants 175 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:28,080 you to become without His help. You can't do it yourself. 176 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,000 He's the only. One that can help you do it 177 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:38,320 through the power of the Holy. Spirit and you choosing to. 178 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:43,560 Yield to it so it. Confirms your relationship with 179 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:48,080 God, your behavior for by doing these things, actively 180 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:52,520 developing these virtues, these seven ingredients, these 181 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:56,920 qualities that he just talked about, you will never stumble in 182 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:03,040 your spiritual growth and will live the life that leads others 183 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:09,400 away from sin. Hallelujah. 184 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:14,360 If you're not leading others away from sin by them 185 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:19,000 recognizing your behavior, then you have to ask the question, 186 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:24,760 Have I allowed the Lord Come on to? 187 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:35,080 Help me, help me Jesus, so. We read moral excellence, 188 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:38,920 knowledge, self-control, temperance, perseverance, 189 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:44,720 endurance, and now we are on godliness, brotherly kindness. 190 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:45,640 And. Love. 191 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:51,360 And what I found about all three of these, godliness, brotherly 192 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:55,160 kindness and love, is that they're all working together. 193 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,080 They're all working together. And. 194 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:05,040 So let's read a few scriptures concerning godliness. 195 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:10,000 Isn't it amazing that he has to mention that just because you've 196 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:14,760 received the same faith as the apostles, right? 197 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:18,600 Just because you've received it doesn't mean you're going to 198 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:22,400 walk into it. And he has to tell you that he 199 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:26,280 expects you to live godly, A godly life. 200 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,120 Amen. And so. 201 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:31,440 Here. Let me find my scripture. 202 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:37,960 I'm on page 23. Yes, here we go, godliness. 203 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:44,280 What does godliness mean? Godliness when you look it up in 204 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,400 the Greek. Means reverence. 205 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:52,560 Reverence for the things of God it means. 206 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,920 Respect. For the things of God. 207 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:06,440 It actually means. Holiness, Holiness and in the. 208 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:13,960 Context of the fear of the Lord. In the context of the. 209 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:18,800 Fear of the Lord. Why is this important? 210 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:24,600 Because if you're going to live a godly, holy, reverent right 211 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:29,960 life, then that means I'm not going to want to do. 212 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:34,640 Anything that would go against. His word or go. 213 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:42,440 Against him because I honor him, because I reverence him, because 214 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,480 he's holy. He's holy. 215 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:51,080 And so this is what it means to live a godly life. 216 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:53,480 And just. Because you're born again does 217 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,160 not mean you're automatically godly. 218 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,880 No, what happens is when you get born. 219 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:10,400 Again, the spirit of the man now becomes alive unto God, and he 220 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:14,040 puts his. Spirit within you and then. 221 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:17,160 What does it say now? We're going to have to add. 222 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:25,080 Some things to our faith and these qualities will what work. 223 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:29,920 In our life, to produce, to produce. 224 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:34,960 Holiness to produce godliness within our life. 225 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:39,000 If we start walking because we talked about what did the 226 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:42,720 definition of moral excellence be it mean? 227 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:47,800 It means righteousness. When we got born again, what 228 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:51,200 does that mean? We were put into a posture of 229 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:56,240 righteousness before God, but now that righteousness has to 230 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,560 begin to what? Develop and grow. 231 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:03,160 And when we allow that righteousness, the moral 232 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:07,839 excellence meaning becoming right in everything that God 233 00:17:07,839 --> 00:17:14,520 says in His word, right standing with him and everything that he 234 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:19,040 says in his word as a believer, then that will begin to what? 235 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:23,520 Produce a fruit we see, He tells us, that we are to produce. 236 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:28,920 Fruits of righteousness because. We don't want to be like the 237 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:32,920 hypocrites and the Pharisees, come on. 238 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:37,840 We want to actually produce it in our life. 239 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:42,000 And if we're going to walk in reigning faith and actually walk 240 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:46,520 in the dominion and the authority that God has given us 241 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:53,480 in this life, then we are going to have to allow Him to work 242 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:59,320 within us so that we can produce these fruits in our life. 243 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:02,880 Amen. And they will be seen. 244 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:06,480 In our behavior, this is what the Scriptures talking about. 245 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:10,840 That'll be seen in our behavior and this is what we're talking 246 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:12,640 about. Tangible faith. 247 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:18,720 I have faith in God and I am to live by faith and I'm to walk by 248 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,960 this faith every day. And therefore, what does that 249 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:25,400 mean? Then I'm going to produce this 250 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:30,440 lifestyle of faith that's going to be able to be proven and 251 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:37,120 tangible by the results of my life in the way that I interact 252 00:18:37,120 --> 00:18:40,400 in everything that everything that I am doing. 253 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:46,760 It's going to be. Tangible, not just oh I'm going 254 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,520 to believe God for that house, how about no, I'm going to 255 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:53,840 believe God that I am going to have dominion and self-control 256 00:18:53,840 --> 00:19:03,750 over my tongue, right? Amen. 257 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,840 So there's this is what we're talking about having a lifestyle 258 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:13,320 of faith, living by faith that where it produces within my life 259 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:18,080 everything that God says that I should be living like and 260 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:23,920 walking like and everything. No, not just the the material 261 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:33,120 things, not just the material things, but producing. 262 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:37,360 How about as? For me and my house, we're going 263 00:19:37,360 --> 00:19:40,400 to serve the Lord and we're not going to have this junk up in 264 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:48,720 our house because we're godly, because we're holy, because we 265 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,840 fear the Lord. I'm not going to allow these 266 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:56,240 things in my home. That's just as important in me 267 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:01,480 believing God for a home, because what good is it if I 268 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:05,280 have this wonderful home but No Fear of God? 269 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:13,640 In it and my. Kids are rebellious and they 270 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:18,640 have all kinds of crazy stuff up in my walls and all kinds of 271 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:21,120 stuff. No, it's not going to happen 272 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:31,640 because I live by faith and I'm going to produce the results of 273 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:35,160 godliness and holiness in my life. 274 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,760 So my we're not going to allow this up in our house. 275 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:42,240 We're not going to allow those provocative movies and 276 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:47,160 pornography and, you know, cussing up a storm in movies 277 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,840 and, you know, all these kind of ungodly things. 278 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,600 And we wonder why our kids are struggling. 279 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:59,920 We're not godly, we're not holy anymore. 280 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:09,880 We have No Fear of the Lord, no reverence for true things that 281 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:17,160 are holy. First Timothy, chapter 4. 282 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,960 And verse 7 through 8. It says this but. 283 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,800 Have nothing to do with. Irreverent. 284 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:32,360 This is the amplified folklore, silly myths. 285 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,720 On the other hand, discipline. Yourself. 286 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:43,880 For the purpose of godliness, keeping yourself spiritually fit 287 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:47,760 for physical training is of some. 288 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,920 Value and we talked. About this before, I know plenty 289 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:53,800 of people that want to be disciplined and what they eat, 290 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:57,680 how they work out, all these kind of things, but yet they 291 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,520 have no discipline and reading the word, they have no 292 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:04,360 discipline and keeping their mouth shut to their spouse, they 293 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:07,480 have no discipline. Come on, financially they have 294 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:11,080 no discipline. Living a godly life. 295 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:18,120 What's the profit? So he says. 296 00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:24,480 But godliness, spiritual training is of value in 297 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:32,960 everything and in every way since it holds promise for the 298 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:33,680 press. This. 299 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:39,960 Present life and for the life to come, godliness. 300 00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:41,680 Holds. Promise. 301 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,240 For this. Life and the life to come 302 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:50,480 godliness, holiness, reverence, the. 303 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:55,000 Fear of the Lord, because without it, the scripture says 304 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:55,960 we won't. See it? 305 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:03,120 We won't see him. First Timothy chapter 6 and 306 00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:06,920 verse 3 says this, if anyone. Teaches a different doctrine and 307 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:08,400 does not. Agree with the sound. 308 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,320 Words of our Lord Jesus. Christ. 309 00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:13,840 And is there plenty of different doctrines that? 310 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:20,080 Are out there today. That just because you're saved 311 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,840 once saved, always saved, you're good to go. 312 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,600 Doesn't matter what you do, you're under grace. 313 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,760 Go ahead, sin like the world. He's already forgiven you 314 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:34,080 already. Is that godliness? 315 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:38,360 Is that holiness? Is that the fear of the Lord 316 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,600 right? And so he says, listen. 317 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:49,040 And with this doctrine and teaching which is in agreement 318 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:54,840 with godliness, personal integrity, and upright behavior. 319 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,240 Upright Behavior. First Timothy. 320 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,760 Chapter 6, verse 11. But As for you? 321 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:06,040 O man of God, flee. From these things, aim at and 322 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:09,720 pursue righteousness. Do you see that you have to 323 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:13,640 pursue it and that what we read, you have to be intentional, you 324 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,400 have to be diligent to add these things? 325 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,200 You're going to have to pursue it. 326 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,800 You are going to have to make a decision that I'm going to 327 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,600 pursue godliness as much as I pursue. 328 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,760 The athletic department. And the programs? 329 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:31,720 I'm going to pursue godliness. As much as I sit and scroll my 330 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:36,400 phone for two hours, I'm going to pursue godliness. 331 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:43,440 Come on, as much as I do running around and and doing all the 332 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:48,640 things I love to do, I'm going. To pursue godliness, whatever 333 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,200 he's. Doing that's what I want to be 334 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:55,320 doing come on, whatever he's doing, that's what I. 335 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:59,640 Want to be doing. And so he says, pursue 336 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,400 righteousness, true goodness, moral conformity to the 337 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:08,680 character of God, godliness, the fear of God, faith, love, 338 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:13,960 steadfastness and gentleness. And we've discussed all of these 339 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:18,080 through talking about the different qualities earlier on 340 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:19,400 our. Wednesday nights now look. 341 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:24,080 At first Peter chapter. One verse 15 through 16 it says, 342 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:26,880 But like the holy one who called you. 343 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:31,240 Be holy yourself in all your conduct. 344 00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:40,280 Be set apart from the world by your world, godly character and 345 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,960 moral. Courage, because it is. 346 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,160 Written, you shall be holy, Set apart. 347 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:52,200 For I am holy. So we have to choose, just as I 348 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,960 said, and make a decision that I'm going to be a vessel of. 349 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:59,600 Honor, I'm going to walk in holiness, I'm going to walk in 350 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,040 godliness. I'm going to do it his way. 351 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:09,560 And I'm going to allow these things to nourish my faith so 352 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:13,640 that I can be assured that my faith is going to reign in. 353 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:18,560 Whatever I encounter if. I encounter an accident. 354 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,080 I'm going to have favor because you know what? 355 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:26,640 I've added supply. To my faith, because I have 356 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:29,600 character, because I have integrity, because I honor God, 357 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,960 because I sow my seed, because I live. 358 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:35,400 According to the word. Because I'm in upright standing 359 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,200 with him, because I guard my heart, I don't let a fence in 360 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:39,080 it. I don't. 361 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,200 I don't. I don't talk about people. 362 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:42,120 I don't. Gossip. 363 00:26:42,120 --> 00:26:45,960 Come on. I don't do all these things that 364 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:51,120 would hinder my faith from reigning in every situation 365 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,960 because we're going to see how important. 366 00:26:56,360 --> 00:27:00,840 That is in a few minutes in these scriptures, so in second. 367 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:05,680 Peter chapter 3 and verse 11. But I would like to give you 368 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:12,160 all. Homework because I can. 369 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:17,240 Guarantee you these 13 verses will take less time reading it. 370 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:20,960 It would only take you 13 minutes of reading these 13 371 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,920 verses that are in Second Peter chapter 3. 372 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,080 That weren't Yeah. Second Peter, chapter 3. 373 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:33,240 The whole chapter 13 minutes. You should be able to read one 374 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:39,240 verse right a minute. I mean y'all sit on Instagram 375 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:45,000 longer than that? And all the funny reels. 376 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:50,000 I found a funny reel and and I'm going to blame Pastor Lynette 377 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:55,240 Hagan on this now because yesterday she said to all the 378 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:58,680 pastors, how do? You, you know. 379 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,280 Have. Fun in ministry, she. 380 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,640 Says what she likes to. Do when she'll get in a 381 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,600 situation where you know. Ministry would be fun. 382 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:08,920 If it weren't for the. People. 383 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:18,720 So she has a whole folder. In her phone of the minions. 384 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:23,080 Y'all know what those are and you know there's all kinds of 385 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:26,520 reels, funny reels about these minions and she'll just laugh 386 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,920 her head off She'll just say when I need a good laugh I'll 387 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,320 just go through all these minions because. 388 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:32,760 I don't want to have to be concerned. 389 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,240 About all these problems, right with people and all these. 390 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:40,440 Things And so anyway, I found these cute little reels. 391 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:44,760 Now, so I'm going to blame her. With these babe, these AI 392 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:46,000 babies. Dancing. 393 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:50,000 Have y'all seen them? Oh. 394 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,760 My gosh, you know, you've seen how they're doing the AI babies 395 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:55,800 where they can take you. And turn you into. 396 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,080 A little baby and what they always look. 397 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,160 So I you know, I've always wondered, why do babies look so 398 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,560 cute, chunky and fat? But then when you become an 399 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,400 adult, that chunky and fat. Ain't so cute anymore. 400 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:11,720 All those roles, you know. Anyway, so now they've created 401 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,560 these reels with all. These babies, little babies, I 402 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:20,360 sent my daughter 1 today and they're dancing. 403 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,280 They've created them to do the Macarena and they're little 404 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:28,800 babies, you know, like 6 months old anyway, doing the Macarena 405 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:33,840 but oh, I just needed a good laugh today, so. 406 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:40,680 That's what I did anyway. So your homework. 407 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:44,680 I read my homework. The whole chapter of Second 408 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:48,400 Peter, chapter 3, I really want y'all to read that because in 409 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,560 context he's talking about in the last days, there's going to 410 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:55,160 be mockers, there's going to be all kinds of things happening in 411 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:59,000 the last days. And then he gives us a good. 412 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:04,960 Warning OK and so. Now we're in verse 11, right? 413 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:09,760 There's 13 verses I believe. 18 Oh, it's going to take you 18 414 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:15,160 minutes, OK anyway. So verse 11 says this since all 415 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,040 of these things are to be destroyed in this. 416 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:23,240 Way what kind of? People ought you to be. 417 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,640 In the meantime. This is what he's saying. 418 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,520 In the meantime, there's all kinds of things in the last days 419 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,520 that are going to be happening. People are going to be mocking 420 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,640 all kinds of things. But he says, in the meantime, 421 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:36,880 what kind of people ought you be? 422 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:42,520 As believers. In holy behavior, that is in a 423 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:48,600 pattern of your daily life that sets you apart as a believer, 424 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:57,200 and in godliness displaying profound reverence towards our 425 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:02,200 awesome God. This is what godliness means. 426 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,040 I have such a profound reverence. 427 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:08,320 I have such a profound fear of the Lord. 428 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:14,880 I know what he's done for me and where he's brought me out of. 429 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:20,360 And we've been given, Hebrews says, such a great salvation. 430 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,760 Come on, that we better not slip back. 431 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:27,480 He tells us. We better not be those that 432 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:32,920 shrink back from our faith, but if we're diligent to keep adding 433 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:37,040 these qualities to our faith and guess what's going to happen? 434 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:44,440 Come on, we are going to be so godly, so holy Hallelujah, that 435 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:48,920 when people see you, they're going to say, what must I do to 436 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:54,840 inherit the Kingdom of God? But when half the Christian 437 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:59,640 world lead lives so ungodly, how are they even recognizing? 438 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:05,120 Because we have No Fear and reverence for what's. 439 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:10,640 Holy anymore? So he. 440 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:20,560 Goes on to say number. 5 Brotherly affection, Brotherly 441 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:30,320 love, brotherly love because we've heard great faith teaching 442 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:44,520 that faith worketh by love. And I'm going to tell you, a lot 443 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:48,080 of our faith isn't working because of this right here. 444 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:54,080 Because the way you say. That you're loving has nothing 445 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:57,240 that I can see to do with scripture. 446 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:05,440 Romans chapter 12 and verse. 10 Be kindly affectionate. 1 To 447 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:16,000 another with brotherly love in honor, in honor preferring one 448 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:21,640 another in honor preferring one another. 449 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:26,400 This is what brotherly affection and love is. 450 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:30,400 That it doesn't matter what. You do to me. 451 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:32,800 I honor. You because the. 452 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,560 Scripture tells me to honor. You and I'm going to walk in 453 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:40,160 love. So you know what? 454 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,720 That means that means I. Don't run my mouth about you. 455 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:51,280 First Thessalonians because when you really are a person of 456 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:58,400 honor, you won't do that. But you know. 457 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:02,160 What if we don't honor God in the 1st? 458 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,640 Place. How in the world do you think 459 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:09,120 we're supposed to honor one another and prefer one another? 460 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,639 So he says in First Thessalonians chapter. 461 00:34:14,639 --> 00:34:18,679 Four and verses. 9 and 10 now. Concerning brotherly. 462 00:34:18,679 --> 00:34:22,639 Love. You have no need for anyone to 463 00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:30,560 write you, for you have been personally taught by God to love 464 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:38,199 one another. Personally taught by God to 465 00:34:38,199 --> 00:34:40,239 love. One another. 466 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:46,520 That is to have an unselfish concern for others. 467 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:51,920 And to do things for their benefit, no matter. 468 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:57,040 How you are being treated, you are going to prefer them, you're 469 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:00,600 going to honor them and you're going to do what's best for 470 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:04,000 them. That means I it does not matter 471 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:08,320 what's happening to me, I'm going to do what's right. 472 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:21,560 And to do what right is right is hard in the natural. 473 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:25,320 And in the flesh. But to do what's right with the 474 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:29,440 help of the Lord. Is easy. 475 00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:36,160 And you know what he says? He says my burden is easy. 476 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,480 Yoke is easy. My burden is light. 477 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:44,320 So no matter what's going on, we can choose to do. 478 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:45,320 What's? Right. 479 00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:50,240 And you know what? The Bible tells us that. 480 00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:54,400 We should do what's right. We're going to read the 481 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:58,320 scripture in the minute we. Do not get to choose. 482 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:05,880 To not love one another. He says it's. 483 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:15,360 Actually a commandment. It's not a choice. 484 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:20,200 And how many Christians are? Making it a choice whether or 485 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,840 not they're going to honor someone, whether or not they're 486 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,320 going to. Write love. 487 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,800 Them the way the. Scripture says to love them. 488 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:34,880 And prefer them. So he tells us this. 489 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:44,160 He says this is the amplified right verse 10 for indeed you 490 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,360 already do practice it. Towards all the believers. 491 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:52,280 Throughout Macedonia by actively displaying your love and your 492 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:55,640 concern for them. But we urge you, brothers and 493 00:36:55,640 --> 00:37:00,000 sisters. That you excel in this matter 494 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:04,720 more and more. So just 'cause you've done it 495 00:37:04,720 --> 00:37:10,840 one time. Doesn't mean you're done, he 496 00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:15,040 says. You can do better, you can excel 497 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:19,840 more and. Love towards your brother. 498 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:24,120 And brotherly affection. And come on. 499 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:28,440 Showing forth. Unselfish things when it comes 500 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:31,600 to preferring and honoring one another. 501 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:35,440 You can do a better job. You're doing. 502 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:36,960 Good. But guess what? 503 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:41,560 There's more, and that's what the Scripture talks about. 504 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:45,120 When you read, you know where he talks about in Ephesians, I 505 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:48,680 believe it is where, you know, there's depths and heights and 506 00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:53,840 widths of love. Just when you thought, man, I 507 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,800 have walked in love so many times, guess what he's going to 508 00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:58,480 say? Yeah, But there's another depth. 509 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:05,040 There's another level. There's another level of love. 510 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:17,600 Another level and he says that there is more for you to excel 511 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:22,640 in and first Peter chapter 1 and verse 22 it says this seeing you 512 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:25,360 have. Purified your souls in obeying 513 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:29,960 the truth through the Spirit. See this is this is the answer 514 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:33,760 right here. You've purified your souls in 515 00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:36,480 obeying the truth, which is the word. 516 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:40,160 That's why he tells us we must Romans 12/1. 517 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:45,520 And two, we must renew our minds, come on to the Word daily 518 00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:52,160 so that when you get into a situation, the word is there, 519 00:38:52,240 --> 00:38:56,080 the truth is there. And the truth is, yes, this may 520 00:38:56,080 --> 00:39:00,400 be affecting me. This may be a situation that I'm 521 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:05,640 going through, but the truth is I have to align myself up with 522 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:09,880 what the word of God says. And there is another depth and 523 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:14,200 another width and another length of love that obviously He wants 524 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:19,880 me to dive into. And so I've got to choose by the 525 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:27,800 Holy Spirit through the Spirit, right to an unto and unfeigned 526 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:40,500 love of the brethren. See that you love one another 527 00:39:40,780 --> 00:39:46,900 with a pure heart, fervently, not just saying Oh. 528 00:39:46,900 --> 00:39:51,560 I love you. No, but I from a pure heart, I 529 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:55,760 love you and I honor you. And you know how you can tell 530 00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:59,000 you really honor something? Because there's money backing 531 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:06,800 honor. Because what you will give to 532 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,120 shows you. Honor. 533 00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:15,880 You can't even give to the church when he says the tithe. 534 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:25,000 You don't honor God. So. 535 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,320 Remember, reigning faith is about. 536 00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:31,080 Maturing. Say I'm maturing. 537 00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:33,960 I'm going to. Choose to mature. 538 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:39,400 First Peter chapter 2 verse 17 says this show. 539 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:44,080 Respect for all. People and treat them honorably 540 00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:48,720 for all people. You're going to treat them. 541 00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:52,240 Honorably. I don't care who they are, 542 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:54,280 that's. Why you see a homeless? 543 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:56,960 Person come up in here, we honor them. 544 00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:07,640 They deserve God to be set free. I don't care what they're. 545 00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:09,760 Wearing what they're dressed like. 546 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:20,280 How they smell because they're. Honorable because he said it 547 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:23,320 not. Because the world. 548 00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:30,720 Discounts and man. Show respect for all. 549 00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:36,520 People treat them honorably. Love the brotherhood of 550 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:39,280 believers we're talking about brotherly love. 551 00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:42,240 We're talking about brotherly affection, he says. 552 00:41:42,240 --> 00:41:48,680 You must love the brotherhood. You have to love these people in 553 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:53,680 this house, your family, the family of God that has the same 554 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:57,160 DNA as you. We always talk about God is no 555 00:41:57,160 --> 00:42:01,360 respecter of person. There's neither Jew nor Greek 556 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:05,160 nor Gentile. I don't care how anybody looks. 557 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:09,440 But yet when you come in here, you won't even honor them. 558 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:12,160 You'd rather spend time with people out here. 559 00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:20,600 First things is first is you've got to honor the people in the 560 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:24,760 House of God. I don't care what you do outside 561 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:27,080 these walls. If you're not doing it in here, 562 00:42:27,240 --> 00:42:34,480 you're dishonorable. You're dishonorable. 563 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:40,760 What scripture? Says so, he says love. 564 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:45,440 The brotherhood of believers fear God and honor the. 565 00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:57,000 King because faith does not work without love, and that was 566 00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:04,000 Galatians chapter 5 and verse 6. Faith worketh by love. 567 00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:13,440 And that is love in all accounts with humanity, not just loving 568 00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:17,680 God. It's. 569 00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:23,200 Not just about loving God. See, they use their faith. 570 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,480 Oh yeah, I love. God I love God my. 571 00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:29,000 Faith is working. I'm going to have that new boat 572 00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:33,920 I'm going to have. No how? 573 00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:46,180 About loving your brother, because without it you're not 574 00:43:46,180 --> 00:43:48,020 going to. Operate in reigning faith. 575 00:43:49,220 --> 00:43:53,780 So he says this, and John let's. Look at the connection. 576 00:43:53,780 --> 00:44:01,800 Here in John chapter 13 and. Verses 34 through 35 it says I 577 00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:07,000 am giving you a new commandment. That's why I said love is not. 578 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:12,320 A choice. It is a commandment and you can 579 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:19,280 choose to disobey his commands. And you can choose to rebel. 580 00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:23,960 Against his commands. But it doesn't matter, because 581 00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:26,480 you will stand before a holy God. 582 00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:31,480 Come on one day and your knee will bow and it will submit, and 583 00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:33,960 He will bring these things to light. 584 00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:40,280 And so he says in. First John or not first John, 585 00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:43,720 John 13, he says this. I'm giving you this new 586 00:44:43,720 --> 00:44:49,640 commandment that you love one another just as I have loved 587 00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:52,480 you. Because see, that brotherly 588 00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:56,080 love, that brotherly kindness was phileo love. 589 00:44:56,920 --> 00:45:02,480 But now here he's moved over into agape love. 590 00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:09,120 He's moved over into agape here. When he says charity, one 591 00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:13,560 translation in the King James right says charity, no, this is 592 00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:18,040 love and this is agape love. This is the God kind of love. 593 00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:22,560 And he says, listen, we need to love one another. 594 00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:28,000 Just as I have loved you, so you 2 are to love one another. 595 00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:35,960 And by this, by what? By us loving one another in 596 00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:40,880 brotherly love. And affection and kindness and. 597 00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:46,840 Loving him the way that he loved us, he says. 598 00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:54,440 Listen, this is how everyone will know that you're truly my 599 00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:58,080 disciple. Everyone will know. 600 00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:03,160 That you're truly my disciple because I actually see a 601 00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:07,800 demonstration of a love. For one another, not just for 602 00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:17,760 me, not just for me, but for one another, for one another. 603 00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:21,400 And he says, listen, this is how. 604 00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:23,600 People are going to. Truly know you're my disciples 605 00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:29,480 if you have love. Unselfish concern for one 606 00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:31,640 another. That means you're going to be 607 00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:36,160 more concerned about this. Person and what? 608 00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:39,040 They need than you are about your. 609 00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,400 You don't have to be. The what? 610 00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:45,680 Well, what about me? Why do I have to go to them and 611 00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:49,280 ask them to forgive me? Why? 612 00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:51,520 Because he actually commanded you to. 613 00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:56,680 And it doesn't matter if they change, if they receive it, if. 614 00:46:56,680 --> 00:47:00,680 Come on. If if they respond properly or 615 00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:05,920 if they slap you in the. Face No. 616 00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:10,840 You are accountable to God and to his Word and it was a 617 00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:13,480 commandment. So therefore I don't care the 618 00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:16,400 response, I'm going to choose to do what he. 619 00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:19,880 Says. No matter what, no matter how it 620 00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:26,520 makes me feel, no matter if I should have had to do it or if 621 00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:27,960 I. Shouldn't have had to do it. 622 00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:32,000 I'm going to do it because I'm commanded to. 623 00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:36,040 Because I'm commanded to. Simple. 624 00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:39,680 You know why? Because I love God. 625 00:47:40,720 --> 00:47:43,520 You know why? Because I fear him. 626 00:47:44,240 --> 00:47:47,120 You know why? Because I've allowed things to 627 00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:52,240 be added. To my faith, moral excellence, 628 00:47:52,240 --> 00:47:55,600 righteousness, what? Was the one thing Martin Luther? 629 00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:58,480 I kept reading this. Quote that kept coming through. 630 00:47:58,720 --> 00:48:03,600 You know, Martin Luther King says when you choose to do right 631 00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:12,920 because it's the right thing to do, you choose to do right 632 00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:15,280 because it's the right thing to do, according to. 633 00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:18,760 Scripture, no matter what has happened to you. 634 00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:22,320 Because if you're concerned about what happened to you, 635 00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:23,560 guess. What? 636 00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:34,200 You're in victim mode and I'm going to tell you I refuse to be 637 00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:40,200 a victim. He set me free from a victim 638 00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:43,400 mentality. But if I. 639 00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:44,880 Choose to hold. On. 640 00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:49,360 To things. Then I'm falling right back into 641 00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:52,520 victim mode. I didn't deserve this. 642 00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:56,400 They treated me like this. What did I ever do to that? 643 00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:58,000 It does. Not. 644 00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:01,560 Matter. The only thing that matters is 645 00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:05,520 what God's Word has said to. You. 646 00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:12,520 And I'm going to. Choose to do his word above 647 00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:15,320 anything else and I'm going to. Choose to do it. 648 00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:17,440 You know what? With all of my heart. 649 00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:24,080 With a. Pure heart, not oh, just watch 650 00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:26,920 this. I'm going to tell him I'm going 651 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:31,000 to forgive him and I'm going to. Can't wait to see them grovel. 652 00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:42,280 That's not a pure heart, is it? It's not a pure heart, No. 653 00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:44,320 We have to. Choose to do it with a pure 654 00:49:44,320 --> 00:49:47,000 heart. Romans chapter 12 and verse 9. 655 00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:52,640 Love is to be sincere. It's to be sincere. 656 00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:54,800 You know what that means? That means. 657 00:49:54,800 --> 00:50:01,240 You can get hurt again because love is vulnerable. 658 00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:07,240 It means you can. When you're truly loving from a 659 00:50:07,240 --> 00:50:09,400 pure heart, that means it can happen again. 660 00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:15,760 And guess what else? There's another depth, another 661 00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:21,800 length, another width for me to dive into. 662 00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:24,520 Because where else you going to go? 663 00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:35,240 Love is to be sincere and active, the real thing, without 664 00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:44,920 guile and hypocrisy. Hate what is evil, detest all 665 00:50:44,920 --> 00:50:50,280 ungodliness. Look at this, do not tolerate 666 00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:55,840 wickedness and hold tightly to what is good. 667 00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:03,440 When you choose not to obey God's Word, you're actually 668 00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:13,640 choosing wickedness. Yes, you as a believer can 669 00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:25,600 choose to not do what is right. Romans 1310 Love does no wrong 670 00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:30,200 to his neighbor. It never hurts anyone. 671 00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:40,400 Is that our heart that we don't want to hurt anyone? 672 00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:45,000 I would never want to say something that would hurt 673 00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:48,680 someone. That is not my heart. 674 00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:59,360 To be vicious, to be vile. And we have to ask ourselves is 675 00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:04,040 that our heart would never want that. 676 00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:06,600 It does no wrong to its neighbor. 677 00:52:06,600 --> 00:52:13,400 It never hurts anyone. Therefore, unselfish love is the 678 00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:18,800 fulfillment of the law. It's the fulfillment of the law. 679 00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:26,960 Yes, I live by the law of love, the law of love. 680 00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:33,160 Because if I want to walk in reigning faith and see the 681 00:52:33,160 --> 00:52:42,000 tangibleness of God's life through my life and see the 682 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:46,480 things that God has promised for each and every one of us to be 683 00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:50,240 able to walk into, we're going to have to choose love. 684 00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:55,920 And we're going to have to make that something that we are in a 685 00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:59,040 constant place of supplying to our faith. 686 00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:05,560 Not just saying I have faith, but actually growing in the 687 00:53:05,560 --> 00:53:10,960 depths of love. Growing in the depths of love. 688 00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:13,200 Galatians chapter 5 and verse 13. 689 00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:16,240 For you, my brothers, we're called to freedom. 690 00:53:17,120 --> 00:53:20,320 But don't let your freedom become an opportunity for the 691 00:53:20,320 --> 00:53:26,080 sinful nature, for worldliness, for selfishness. 692 00:53:26,400 --> 00:53:34,200 Remember, we couldn't help but be selfish when we were lost, 693 00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:38,080 because that's all the nature was in us. 694 00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:44,080 A lustful, selfish nature. But we now have. 695 00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:50,040 That divine nature and Romans. 55 Says what now? 696 00:53:50,040 --> 00:53:55,000 The love of God has been shed abroad in our hearts. 697 00:53:57,400 --> 00:54:01,320 And so his. Love now is living on the inside 698 00:54:01,320 --> 00:54:02,320 of us. Come on. 699 00:54:02,840 --> 00:54:06,640 And he's letting us know, listen, we are going to have to 700 00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:13,240 walk this walk of faith by putting that supply of love in 701 00:54:13,240 --> 00:54:18,640 its place constantly, constantly. 702 00:54:20,120 --> 00:54:24,200 So he says, but through love. What does he say serve? 703 00:54:25,560 --> 00:54:33,120 And seek the. Best for others serve and seek. 704 00:54:33,360 --> 00:54:40,040 The best for others serve others we know. 705 00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:42,040 What does he say? Bless. 706 00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:51,160 Your enemies do good to those who despitefully use you. 707 00:54:54,160 --> 00:54:58,040 And guess what I'm going to do? I'm going to serve them anyway. 708 00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:05,680 That's what he's talking about. And can we? 709 00:55:05,720 --> 00:55:07,600 Really do that with a pure heart. 710 00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:14,480 With a pure motive of I just am going to obey God no matter 711 00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:16,480 what. I'm going to serve them anyway. 712 00:55:16,720 --> 00:55:20,200 I'm going to love them anyway. I'm going to bless them anyway. 713 00:55:20,760 --> 00:55:24,960 I'm going to actually honor them and. 714 00:55:24,960 --> 00:55:28,600 Honor is not just by. Words It's by action. 715 00:55:29,760 --> 00:55:32,680 Action it's by behavior. Amen. 716 00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:35,880 It's by. You serving, so there's. 717 00:55:35,920 --> 00:55:38,520 Action there. It's not just. 718 00:55:38,520 --> 00:55:43,480 Saying it, but are you willing to go above and beyond and to 719 00:55:43,480 --> 00:55:46,040 serve? That person who has despitefully 720 00:55:46,040 --> 00:55:53,240 used you, you see that? It's what it says. 721 00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:56,640 Ephesians chapter 5. We've got one more scripture 722 00:55:56,640 --> 00:56:04,280 after this and verse. 2. And walk continually in love. 723 00:56:05,560 --> 00:56:10,000 That is value one another. Practice. 724 00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:14,800 Empathy and compassion unselfishly seeking. 725 00:56:15,040 --> 00:56:20,000 The best for others, just as Christ also loved. 726 00:56:20,000 --> 00:56:23,640 You and gave himself. Up for us as an offering and 727 00:56:23,640 --> 00:56:28,000 sacrifice to God, slain for you so that it. 728 00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:36,200 Became a sweet fragrance. Walk continually in love 729 00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:42,480 continually. This should be the. 730 00:56:42,480 --> 00:56:54,240 Highest goal of a believer's life that love his love. 731 00:56:54,560 --> 00:57:05,040 Comes before anything, before anything, His love and all that 732 00:57:05,040 --> 00:57:12,080 I'm doing, it has to be the motivating factor of my life 733 00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:18,880 that I love him. And because I love him, I love 734 00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:27,440 the brethren and I'm going to choose to supply my faith 735 00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:30,640 continually with the love of God. 736 00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:35,160 Last Scripture, 1st Corinthians 16 and 14. 737 00:57:36,120 --> 00:57:44,840 Let everything you do be done in love, motivated and inspired by 738 00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:51,800 God's love for us. So everything I do, I must do it 739 00:57:51,800 --> 00:57:54,160 motivated. By God's love. 740 00:57:54,160 --> 00:57:59,120 Because you know what? Because He loved me. 741 00:58:00,320 --> 00:58:05,880 And who am I to not be able to forgive my brethren, walk in 742 00:58:05,880 --> 00:58:12,080 love with them unselfishly, and choose to say I love you even in 743 00:58:12,080 --> 00:58:16,240 the midst of where I feel I didn't deserve it? 744 00:58:16,240 --> 00:58:18,360 Because you know who else didn't deserve it? 745 00:58:20,040 --> 00:58:25,240 Jesus. And they mocked him, they 746 00:58:25,240 --> 00:58:31,600 scourged Him, they beat him, they slandered him, called him 747 00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:37,200 the devil. What a slap in the face, The Son 748 00:58:37,200 --> 00:58:47,280 of God being called the devil. Wow. 749 00:58:51,040 --> 00:58:54,960 And you know what the scripture says in Matthew? 750 00:58:55,800 --> 00:59:04,160 The greatest sermon. He actually said, blessed are 751 00:59:04,160 --> 00:59:13,560 you when you are being persecuted and talked about 752 00:59:15,960 --> 00:59:24,920 unjustly because Jesus. There was no reason other than 753 00:59:24,920 --> 00:59:32,680 he was the Son of God. Blessed are you and are you 754 00:59:32,680 --> 00:59:38,200 choose going to still choose to love the brethren. 755 00:59:38,800 --> 00:59:47,240 Forgive so that your faith will not be hindered, that your faith 756 00:59:47,240 --> 00:59:49,520 will reign. Above. 757 00:59:49,520 --> 00:59:53,880 Everything that you're going through, every situation, every 758 00:59:53,880 --> 00:59:58,480 circumstance, because I've allowed God to add these 759 00:59:58,480 --> 01:00:05,680 ingredients to my faith year after year, time after time, 760 01:00:07,200 --> 01:00:14,120 learning and knowing that when I do this, I won't stumble, I 761 01:00:14,120 --> 01:00:19,360 won't error, I won't make a mistake because I'm choosing to 762 01:00:19,360 --> 01:00:20,360 walk in love.