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Thanks for checking out the 
Anchor Faith Message podcast 

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from St. 
Augustine, FL. 

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Now enjoy this message. 
I believe the Lord's given me a 

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message tonight that is 
pertinent to the time that we 

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live in. 
I know that most ministers get 

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up here and say that, and if we 
didn't have one, why would we 

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even be here? 
But I truly had this message on 

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my heart for a while and Pastor 
Earl obviously has released me 

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to come up here in minister 
tonight. 

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It's always an honor to preach 
at home. 

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Always. 
I love this place. 

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I every time I get up or I say 
this, but I basically was raised

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at Anchor Faith Church. 
OK, everything. 

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Most of the things that I've 
learned from God, my parents 

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helped, you know, raise me in 
church. 

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But Anchor Faith Church has 
taught me everything that I know

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right here in house. 
I'm a product of Anchor Faith 

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Church. 
I went to our church's Bible 

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school. 
I came here. 

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I sat right with you. 
I heard the messages that pruned

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me and changed me, just like you
did. 

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There's nothing special about me
other than the fact that God 

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chose me tonight to do this 
thing through our pastor. 

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So I'm thankful. 
I love our pastors, Pastor Earl 

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and Marcy. 
They're right. 

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Now they're in Nicaragua. 
Going to deal with that church 

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plant and at Anchor Fate Church,
Nicaragua. 

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And they're also doing a Kingdom
Rise conference. 

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So Pastor Mark Brady's there, 
Pastor Rick's there. 

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It's going to be a powerful time
for them. 

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So keep them in your prayers 
this week, going into this 

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weekend. 
It's going to be an awesome time

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of anointing and change for that
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Amen. 
But Pastor Earl, I love, I love 

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that we are blessed with real 
pastors. 

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The difficulty of preaching at 
home is we already have such 

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good preaching. 
So you're like, Lord, what is 

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the message for the body? 
It's not like I'm going to come 

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bring some brand new thing or 
something that's going to blow 

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your mind. 
We really am just strengthen the

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foundation our pastors have 
already given us. 

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And I'm thankful for that. 
I'm thankful that I can come in 

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on a Wednesday night to our core
group, because if you show up at

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church on a Wednesday, that's 
not even like Sunday or the 

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Sabbath or whatever. 
You know you're serious about 

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God when you're out here on a 
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But the message I have to bring 
tonight is it's going to cause 

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us to do a lot of 
selfreflection. 

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I always start out this way. 
I have a passion to make sure, 

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just like our pastor does, that 
we understand the context of the

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Bible. 
There's no way for us to really 

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enter into all God has for us. 
We don't know why he has 

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established it. 
So the the statement you've 

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heard probably often is that 
where purpose is unknown, abuse 

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is inevitable. 
If you don't know why something 

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exists, you'll use it for 
something it was never intended 

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to be used for. 
So this goes the same way with 

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the Bible. 
And the message of the gospel, 

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if you don't know why it exists,
if you don't know what the Bible

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is about, you'll end up using it
for your own advantage in a way 

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it was never meant to be used. 
That's the problem with having a

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lot of preachers that don't read
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You're like, is that a real 
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Unfortunately, yeah. 
Not here. 

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But that's happening. 
And I feel like the reason this 

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is so strong on my heart is I 
know half of y'all out there 

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watching the YouTube and you're 
going through the the Instagram 

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reels and there's a lot that 
you're hearing that say their 

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preachers or say it's the gospel
or say some, there's a lot of 

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opinions. 
But in the end, you should be 

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like the Bereans that Paul 
commended and said you didn't 

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just receive the word of God, 
for as you know the words of 

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man, but you saw you received it
for what it really was and you 

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went and searched the scriptures
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being said was accurate. 
So if we're not passionate about

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reading the Bible ourselves and 
studying the Bible ourselves to 

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make sure that what's being said
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I mean, I'm thankful our pastor 
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pastor, stands up here and says 
you're not obligated to believe 

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one thing. 
I say you're obligated to go 

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search the scriptures and verify
that's what V is being preached 

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in this platform. 
Is truth in alignment with that 

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standard? 
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that in Genesis chapter one, 
verse 26, God lays out in the 

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first two chapters of the Bible,
they're called perfect chapters.

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Why? 
Because it's God's perfect plan 

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and its intentions for the 
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Then in the last two chapters of
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where God brings everything back
around to restore it to what the

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first two chapters are about. 
It's important to note this 

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because a lot of people want to 
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middle, like God's changed his 
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God had a new plan. 
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one is the same God of 
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He never He doesn't change his 
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He's the same yesterday, today, 
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He's the same in Genesis. 
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He's the same in Revelation. 
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set out in Genesis One is his 
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everything in the middle of the 
Bible is to get us back to the 

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original plan. 
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it says that God said let us 
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to our likeness. 
I'm going to repeat that 

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statement because we say this. 
Do we not say this all the time 

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in a cafe church? 
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We still haven't reached the 
depths of what this verse means.

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He's God says Let us make man in
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Just like us. 
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that when he created man, man 
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Do we agree man is to operate 
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Okay. 
Then he says let us make man and

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arms according to our our 
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And then says the three words 
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purpose of humankind, says and 
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That means humanity was created 
for rulership of what let them 

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rule over the fish of the sea, 
over the birds of the sky, over 

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the cattle, and over all the 
earth and every creeping thing 

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that creeps on the earth. 
So we know from this passage, 

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and in all the way into chapter 
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to be the rulers and the kings 
of the earth, but He gives them 

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the rulership of the Kingdom. 
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Let us make man according to our
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them worship us. 
So right out the gate, there's a

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lot of Christian religious 
doctrine that starts getting 

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torn up in this first passage. 
Like a what were we created for,

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brother? 
We were created for worship. 

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Where did God say that he was? 
Pretty clear if you ask him why 

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are why are we here? 
He answers his own question on 

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the first page. 
We're created to rule over this 

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territory, just like God rules 
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But I found there's this 
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And that that's kings can do 
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Have you ever heard the phrase 
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right? 
Because we think in our modern 

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society, oh, for you to be a 
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I will finally have the freedom 
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Isn't that why people end up 
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Or people end up trying to amass
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authority or have a social 
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Why? 
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higher they go, the more freedom
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please. 
If I had more money, I could do 

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more than I want to do. 
When If God intended for man to 

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rule like he rules, we'd have to
surmise that he would give man a

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standard to rule by that he 
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See if Adam could do whatever he
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Why did it matter that he ate 
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How can you as a king lose your 
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want? 
It's questions we got to ask 

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this because. 
The same God that created Adam 

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and gave his rulership is the 
same God that brought his son to

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return rulership back to you. 
And the way Adam was intended to

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rule is the way he intends for 
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So Jesus didn't come to give you
back a Kingdom so that you could

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be a king that does whatever you
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He holds you to the same 
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Because then we get this 
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Abuse is inevitable. 
If you read the gospel through 

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the eyes and just, oh God is 
he's emotionally moved by 

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things, then we end up getting 
the statement God's in control. 

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I'm telling you, the people got 
me shaking their heads way more 

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on the podcast because here we 
got good teaching and we know in

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Anchor Bay Church God's in 
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See in the car, they're like, 
what is this guy saying? 

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But God's not just in control to
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God has bound himself to his 
eternal standard that is his own

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word. 
We see this because we know God 

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has the name above all names, 
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We sing the name above all 
names, and we sing these songs, 

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but there's something higher 
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Some 138 tells us He exults his 
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I'm going to try not to talk 
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So I don't. 
I don't know, but I'm getting 

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ready to like, rapid fire some 
information here. 

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You're going to have to take 
good notes or go back and 

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listen. 
But if you think about what God 

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holds his standard to, you 
realize David was the man after 

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God's own heart, right? 
So David as a ruling king, 

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apparently in the in the vert 
and proverbs where it says that 

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where a man's treasure is there 
his heart is also must mean. 

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If David was after God's heart, 
he found where God's treasure 

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was, and then he put his heart 
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Well, where's God's treasure? 
What we find, David gives us the

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key answer in someone 19 Your 
Word. 

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Oh Lord, I've hidden in my heart
your principles, your precepts. 

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I meditate on their life. 
To me, they're the bread that I 

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eat to the water that I drink. 
Your word is everything God 

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said. 
This man gets it. 

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He gets what I'm about. 
That's why you'll never 

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understand faith if you don't 
understand the value God has in 

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his own word. 
You don't come to God and try to

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emotionally get him to move. 
You come to God and you say, 

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hey, the thing you value. 
I want, I want to adhere to 

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that. 
I'm going to give you your word.

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So the most endearing quality of
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word. 
So then what expectation does He

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have on us if if we're to rule 
like Him, if He made us in our 

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His likeness and His image, so 
that we would rule like Him, 

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that means we must adhere to the
ruling standard that He adheres 

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to, which is His word. 
And then from there we must 

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value the thing He values, which
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So then Jesus shows up to 
restore us back to all that Adam

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had lost. 
Adam lost the Kingdom, not a 

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religion. 
So Jesus was not a religious 

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leader. 
Man made him a religious leader.

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Man lifted him up as a leader of
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Jesus came as what he was. 
That was a ruling king and the 

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one bringing back the reign of 
God to the planet. 

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That's why he was able to say 
the Kingdom of God is the most 

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important thing that I could 
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Already we're stepping on toes, 
I guess. 

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I'm just kidding. 
I love Mr. Dodd. 

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He's he's not leaving because of
that, I hope. 

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Anyway, he's like a word of God.
What? 

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But Jesus came and brought a 
message so that then he gives us

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this. 
We have this mandate to preach 

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the gospel of Jesus Christ, 
right? 

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But again, religion has taken 
Jesus Christ and made his life 

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story the message, and we forgot
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We're not called to preach about
Jesus, and I know this is rough 

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for some people. 
Again, there's people swerving 

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on the podcast later. 
Y'all are fine, but the message 

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was never Jesus's life story and
what he came to do for humanity.

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If that was the gospel, he's a 
bad preacher. 

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If that was the gospel, Jesus 
failed his his ministry. 

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Because he just never preached 
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He told a handful of people in 
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in his death, bearing and 
resurrection, and even they 

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didn't believe him. 
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masses, he said, listen, the 
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It has arrived, it's back, it's 
a big moment. 

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The Kingdom of God is so back 
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You can live the Kingdom right 
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And you'll find that always go 
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Jesus's message continually 
empowered your daily living, not

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what you do when you die. 
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about what happens when you die,
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He would have said it. 
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happens when we die, to be 
absent from the bodies, be 

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present with the Lord. 
And that's that's in the 

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principle. 
That's nobody's questioning 

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that. 
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you die, but if the gospel is 
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what do we do until then? 
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of people pricks and stuff like,
well, we're just barely making 

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it. 
But one day when in the great 

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bye bye, we'll we'll get up to 
heaven and we'll be there 

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forever. 
If you read it, we're not. 

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Not even a whole lifetime do you
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You come back to where you were 
created for which is the planet.

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But when you misunderstand the 
message of the Bible, when you 

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think, well, it's about getting 
people to be able to go to 

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heaven in the afterlife. 
Then you up saying weird things 

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that Jesus never said. 
You know, coming up with weird 

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doctrines and weird ideas about 
what it means to live as a 

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Christian or be a be a Christian
when the whole word Christian 

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means to be Christ like. 
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Christ, don't you think we 
should at minimum preach the 

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message he preached, much less 
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You understand why Jesus was 
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the first Adam as a ruler. 
Didn't uphold God's standard and

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did his own standard. 
He did his own will. 

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He ate the fruit and then lost 
his dominion because dominion 

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was tied to the ability to 
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Jesus came and did the opposite 
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Jesus came and said I'm here to 
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I'm concerned. 
I'm concerned that the modern 

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American church. 
Has preached to you a cheap 

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gospel? 
Because in the end I can't find 

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where Jesus says this thing is 
just free because it sure cost 

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him something. 
And all those in the room that 

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are religious are like, brother,
it's not a works of any man, 

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Chabot, yet you know it's the 
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It is a free gift. 
But what's the free gift? 

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If you're going to come at me 
with Scripture, let's follow it 

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through. 
Because I don't see where Jesus 

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went to his disciples and said, 
hey, when he first called him, 

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think about the first time that 
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They're out there fishing, 
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They're fishermen. 
He comes and says, hey, lay down

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your Nets, put aside this what 
you're doing and you come follow

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me for free, obviously, but did 
it cost them something to follow

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freely? 
That that that account is little

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deeper than we give it credit 
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Because understand them being 
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just lay down tools on a job 
site and walk away. 

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They laid down everything their 
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had taught them. 
They laid down their Corp, their

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identity among the townspeople 
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And think about what identity 
they picked up that they would 

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forever be called students. 
That's what disciple means, 

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right? 
It means a student. 

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The disciples of Jesus, we still
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They laid down an old identity. 
So tonight I'm really gonna be 

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talking about the cost of the 
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If I had a title. 
I hate it when ministers do 

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that. 
If I had a title, obviously I'm 

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about to say what the title is. 
Okay. 

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But the title would be dying to 
reign. 

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Because unfortunately the the a 
popular message in church 

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circles and a popular message 
when you're on that Instagram, 

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you're seeing little clips of 
the things is that basically you

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pray a prayer and then you don't
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then it doesn't cost you 
anything. 

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When every time Jesus gave a 
call to the Kingdom, there was 

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always a price you have to pay. 
Now your works you could never 

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and the and the old person that 
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We know that. 
Romans tells us when when we 

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were first, when we were born. 
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We've got the sin nature on us. 
We can't get it off. 

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There's nothing you could ever 
do to get that sin nature off of

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you except for God coming in by 
His powerful grace and 

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transforming your life. 
And you can't earn that. 

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That's free. 
The second chance is free. 

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It's important to mention that 
it's a free gift. 

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Because God didn't have to give 
you another way to come back 

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into the Kingdom. 
He freely did that of his own 

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nature. 
However, we've we've heard this 

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message that there's no 
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It's like an infomercial, right?
Like no cost, no obligation. 90 

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days free trial. 
You can come to church and be a 

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Christian as well as as long as 
it works out for you. 

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And if it doesn't work out for 
you, then you can just walk away

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and there's no problem when that
was never the message of Jesus 

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or the disciples. 
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early church, they died for what
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flesh. 
I just think the idea of being 

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born again is funny, that you 
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When my children are born, Titus
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Titus raise your hand, Wave your
hand no higher. 

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They can't see it. 
There it is. 

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When Titus was born, that was a 
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They entered the planet that 
hasn't been here previous with 

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all the potential to grow and 
develop and grow into something 

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awesome. 
Yeah, we say we want to get born

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into the Kingdom, and we don't 
realize what comes before the 

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new birth. 
We want to be likened under 

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Christ's resurrection. 
But there's something that 

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always precedes the 
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Think about it. 
I'm telling you, we can't 

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understand the Bible without the
Holy Ghost. 

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But there's just something about
the brain God gave us and the 

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Holy Ghost coming together that 
we're like, let's just think 

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about it. 
That too many believers want to 

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come in and be born again, yet 
have the other one still living.

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You can't have two, you 
understand. 

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There's no commitment if the 
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You were a Sinner. 
That's what you were. 

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So when you became born again, 
what you were is supposed to be 

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gone in Luke Chapter 9, verse 
23. 

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I guess we'll get to the first 
scripture. 

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This is the second scripture. 
Out of 38, Listen, Luke, Chapter

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9, verse 23. 
Jesus says this important 

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statement, he says and he was 
saying to them all. 

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If anyone wishes to come after 
me, do we wish to go after him? 

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Is it free to follow him? 
We don't know. 

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See everyone? 
Yeah, I don't know. 

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We'll figure it out. 
We've got a long time. 

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I've only been going 18 minutes.
It says if anyone wishes to come

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after me, he must deny himself. 
Take up His cross daily and 

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follow me. 
See, we want to be followers of 

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Christ, but there's two 
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And you can follow Him for free.
It's open to anybody, and you 

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could never earn that 
opportunity. 

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But there's two prerequisites to
being a follower says that if 

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you wish to come after me, you 
must deny yourself. 

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Daily, take up your cross and 
follow me. 

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There's a cost that comes with 
ruling. 

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I've heard this statement 
before. 

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When they're like you know God, 
he'll just take you as you are. 

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Just come as you are. 
Jesus will receive you as you 

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are. 
You know what? 

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You can approach the door in 
whatever way you are, but you 

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cannot enter in that way. 
The new birth is always preceded

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by a death of something to be 
resurrected with crisis, to also

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be likened under his death and 
burial first. 

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Sometimes you get to let these 
things sink in, because too 

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often we've cheapened what we've
been given. 

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When we get a gospel that's just
free, there's no obligation to 

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you. 
There's nothing you should do. 

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There's nothing you can do. 
We've actually taken a gospel 

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that's valuable. 
We've stolen it and then given 

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illegal contraband to someone 
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And I'm telling you, in the end,
the owner's coming and he's 

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filed a claim. 
Then they say in the end he 

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separates the sheep from the 
goats. 

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And they all say, Lord, but I 
tell you right now, some of them

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didn't pay what the others paid.
There's a death that has to 

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come. 
There's the first thing you have

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to die to in the Kingdom is your
identity. 

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Let's look at Galatians chapter 
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The apostle Paul's writing this,
one of the greatest, you know, 

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writers of the New Testament, 
and he's written more than you 

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know any of you have the New 
Testament. 

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We got to get facts and then 
somebody's going to come back. 

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Oh, your facts. 
Listen. 

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And Glacier 220, the apostle 
Paul writes and he says, I have 

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been crucified with Christ. 
Haven't we quoted this before? 

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What do you think his 
crucifixion did? 

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Didn't it kill him? 
The apostle Paul identifies I've

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been crucified with Christ. 
So let's let's Let me help your 

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intellect a little bit. 
The apostle Paul's writing this 

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down. 
He's physically alive. 

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So you're like, well, what does 
that mean then? 

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Because Jesus literally, 
physically died. 

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Yet Paul is saying he was 
crucified. 

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What does that mean? 
I guess I should say there's 

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three types of death. 
Death in the Bible is always 

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translated the same word. 
Death doesn't mean stop existing

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or stop breathing. 
It's not what death means. 

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Death always means separation. 
So if you've been saved from 

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death, you've been saved from a 
type of it. 

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Because when God said Adam, if 
you eat the fruit, you'll surely

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die. 
He ate the fruit. 

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And did he die? 
Yes, but not the death that 

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you're thinking of. 
Where there's a a funeral and 

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somebody comes up and says nice 
words about you and then they 

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put you in a box in the ground. 
The death that he does, he 

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became separated from God's will
and God's ability to do what he 

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was called to do. 
He separated himself from his 

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purpose. 
It was a ripping apart. 

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Another word that that means the
same thing is divorce. 

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It's a ripping apart of two of 
an entity that was one that is 

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now two things. 
So Adam divorced his purpose 

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when he chose to disobey what 
the king said and do his own 

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will. 
Unfortunately, Adam was faced 

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with a difficult choice in the 
garden. 

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It was a choice between 2 
deaths. 

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He either died and separated 
himself from God, or he died to 

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his own will. 
And yet modern believers don't 

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think this costs anything. 
The mere fact that good and good

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exists means evil exists. 
The mere fact that the Kingdom 

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of Light and the Kingdom of God 
exists means there's an 

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alternative. 
So that means you'll never be 

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free. 
Since God will never violate 

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your free will, you'll never be 
free from choosing every single 

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day. 
That's why it says in the past 

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scripture, we just read that 
it's a choice daily take up your

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cross daily. 
Why? 

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Because there's something daily 
that is a choice you're going to

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have to make to either live unto
God and die to yourself or 

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separate from Him and His way 
and live for yourself. 

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So again, Glaciers 220 says I've
been crucified with Christ and 

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it is no longer I who live, but 
Christ lives in me. 

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And the life that I live now in 
the flesh. 

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I live by faith in the Son of 
God. 

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This is a picture of a born 
again believer. 

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I've been crucified. 
That means who I was has died, 

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has gone away. 
I mean, haven't we seen this 

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with water baptism? 
Isn't that the whole point of 

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water baptism? 
That who you were dies, is 

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buried in the sin nature and the
person that you used to be is 

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gone forever and then you are 
raised up to a brand new life in

454
00:24:15,750 --> 00:24:21,120
Christ. 
Yet when we preach the gospel 

455
00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:24,720
that well, Jesus came to die and
save you from your consequences 

456
00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:29,320
but just keep doing what you 
want to do, we negate half of 

457
00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,000
the work of Christ. 2/3 of the 
work of Christ. 

458
00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:40,520
I knew it'd be pretty serious, 
but you have to die to your 

459
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,400
identity. 
Think about it. 

460
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:45,360
How difficult is that for most 
people? 

461
00:24:46,620 --> 00:24:48,220
I'll give you an example of down
to your identity. 

462
00:24:48,460 --> 00:24:51,700
Luke, Chapter 18, verse 18. 
We find the rich, young ruler. 

463
00:24:53,260 --> 00:24:57,100
He shows up and he asked Jesus, 
He says good teacher, what? 

464
00:24:57,100 --> 00:24:58,580
What can I do to inherit this 
Kingdom? 

465
00:24:58,580 --> 00:25:00,100
You understand why people want 
the Kingdom. 

466
00:25:00,260 --> 00:25:03,100
It is God's perfect will and 
intention for your life. 

467
00:25:03,260 --> 00:25:05,740
It has everything that you've 
ever dreamed of inside of it. 

468
00:25:05,860 --> 00:25:08,140
It's got all the peace you need,
all the joy that you need. 

469
00:25:08,140 --> 00:25:09,940
It's got health and healing and 
prosperity. 

470
00:25:10,060 --> 00:25:12,540
It's got life for your family. 
It's got everything you could 

471
00:25:12,540 --> 00:25:15,380
ever want. 
Yet why is it so hard for people

472
00:25:15,380 --> 00:25:19,780
to choose it? 
Why is this a hard choice? 

473
00:25:21,860 --> 00:25:24,780
Do I take life and life more 
abundant that Jesus came to give

474
00:25:24,780 --> 00:25:27,060
me or do I just stay in a little
bit of death? 

475
00:25:27,940 --> 00:25:31,620
Why is this a choice? 
It's crazy. 

476
00:25:33,260 --> 00:25:34,980
But the rich young ruler comes 
and says I want to live this 

477
00:25:34,980 --> 00:25:36,020
Kingdom life. 
What can I what? 

478
00:25:36,020 --> 00:25:37,580
What must I do to inherit this 
life? 

479
00:25:37,740 --> 00:25:40,420
And Jesus says, listen. 
And first of all the correction 

480
00:25:40,420 --> 00:25:43,900
was like, don't talk about the 
teacher thing, but next just do 

481
00:25:44,180 --> 00:25:46,610
the Bible stuff. 
I just honor your father and 

482
00:25:46,610 --> 00:25:48,210
mother and and and do the 10 
commandments. 

483
00:25:48,210 --> 00:25:49,810
Just do those. 
And the guy says, listen, I've 

484
00:25:49,810 --> 00:25:54,050
been doing them my whole life. 
But I feel like something's 

485
00:25:54,050 --> 00:25:58,210
missing. 
And how many Christians suppose 

486
00:25:58,210 --> 00:26:00,690
Christians are walking around 
saying I'm doing the Bible, I'm 

487
00:26:00,690 --> 00:26:02,330
doing Bible principles, I'm 
reading my Bible, but 

488
00:26:02,330 --> 00:26:06,170
something's missing. 
Jesus would say the same thing 

489
00:26:06,170 --> 00:26:08,130
to them that he says to the rich
young ruler. 

490
00:26:08,850 --> 00:26:12,570
He says, OK, you want to know 
what's missing? 

491
00:26:13,410 --> 00:26:17,210
Take everything you have. 
Go get rid of it. 

492
00:26:18,730 --> 00:26:20,730
He doesn't say take your wealth 
because you're rich and we need 

493
00:26:20,730 --> 00:26:22,450
your finances. 
Sew it in here to the ministry. 

494
00:26:22,450 --> 00:26:24,890
Jesus doesn't say that He has no
selfish intention with it. 

495
00:26:24,890 --> 00:26:27,010
He just says everything that you
are. 

496
00:26:27,970 --> 00:26:30,850
Do away with it, then come 
follow me. 

497
00:26:32,850 --> 00:26:36,250
So in the end, what does Jesus 
get out of the rich young ruler?

498
00:26:38,010 --> 00:26:39,210
Young if you're paying 
attention. 

499
00:26:39,490 --> 00:26:43,450
But he doesn't. 
If the rich young ruler chose 

500
00:26:43,450 --> 00:26:48,030
right, all he would have to 
bring to the table is just him, 

501
00:26:48,510 --> 00:26:51,070
not a previous identity, not all
the things he's amassed in his 

502
00:26:51,070 --> 00:26:53,350
life, not all the things that 
he's done with his time, not all

503
00:26:53,350 --> 00:26:56,190
the accolades. 
His Jesus basically says tear up

504
00:26:57,070 --> 00:27:03,710
your resume and just be with me.
It's a free invitation. 

505
00:27:04,310 --> 00:27:08,270
Jesus said come do it. 
He didn't say pay some other 

506
00:27:08,270 --> 00:27:10,750
price. 
All that required was for the 

507
00:27:10,750 --> 00:27:12,630
rich young ruler to pay his own 
price. 

508
00:27:16,890 --> 00:27:23,050
There's the cost because all 
Jesus would have had is just the

509
00:27:23,050 --> 00:27:28,290
man and that's all they wanted. 
Going to die to your identity. 

510
00:27:28,730 --> 00:27:30,610
Another one is you have to die 
to your own lust. 

511
00:27:32,570 --> 00:27:38,090
Galatians chapter 5, verse 24, 
It says now those who belong to 

512
00:27:38,090 --> 00:27:39,970
Christ Jesus have crucified the 
flesh. 

513
00:27:39,970 --> 00:27:42,900
Say crucified. 
What happens when you crucify 

514
00:27:42,900 --> 00:27:44,580
something? 
It dies. 

515
00:27:44,580 --> 00:27:47,500
It says they, those who belong 
to Christ have crucified the 

516
00:27:47,500 --> 00:27:51,300
flesh with its passions and its 
desires, which means, 

517
00:27:51,300 --> 00:27:53,340
apparently, to follow Jesus 
accurately. 

518
00:27:53,340 --> 00:27:55,820
Not only do I have to lay aside 
whatever I thought my identity 

519
00:27:55,820 --> 00:27:59,500
was, but I also have to put 
aside my impulses and desires of

520
00:27:59,500 --> 00:28:03,380
my flesh. 
How can you say you belong to 

521
00:28:03,380 --> 00:28:05,540
Christ in this verse? 
How can you say I belong to 

522
00:28:05,540 --> 00:28:08,540
Christ, but I still do my own 
impulses, passions, and desires?

523
00:28:09,420 --> 00:28:14,500
That's asinine a nine. 
Don't be weird. 

524
00:28:19,540 --> 00:28:21,860
Thank you, Chris. 
Another thing you have to die 

525
00:28:21,860 --> 00:28:24,100
too is your past. 
And listen, most people would 

526
00:28:24,100 --> 00:28:27,660
say, yeah, that's great, die to 
your past, die to your regrets. 

527
00:28:27,660 --> 00:28:29,820
Another example of this is 
Second Corinthians 517. 

528
00:28:29,820 --> 00:28:32,100
We know this is from the 
salvation scriptures that when 

529
00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:34,820
we lead somebody to get born 
again, 1st Corinthians 517 says 

530
00:28:34,820 --> 00:28:38,580
if and therefore if anyone is in
Christ, say in Christ, he is a 

531
00:28:38,580 --> 00:28:42,610
new creature. 
The old things have passed away.

532
00:28:43,410 --> 00:28:45,290
It doesn't mean the old things 
are still walking around, but 

533
00:28:45,290 --> 00:28:47,610
then they walked by you. 
That's not what that means. 

534
00:28:47,930 --> 00:28:50,010
What happens if I said my dog 
passed away? 

535
00:28:50,370 --> 00:28:52,970
What would you think? 
It dead. 

536
00:28:56,770 --> 00:29:00,410
The old things have died and 
behold new things have come. 

537
00:29:02,370 --> 00:29:06,850
So if I was a Sinner, that was 
my nature and I could never do 

538
00:29:06,850 --> 00:29:09,370
good enough to earn myself out 
of this situation. 

539
00:29:09,820 --> 00:29:12,780
But then Jesus came through his 
powerful grace and his work of 

540
00:29:12,780 --> 00:29:15,060
his death Bill and resurrection 
on the cross and said, you can 

541
00:29:15,060 --> 00:29:18,180
come unto me and you can come 
into my Kingdom through this 

542
00:29:18,180 --> 00:29:22,820
work, but it requires that you 
die and that a brand new person 

543
00:29:22,820 --> 00:29:25,460
comes in with me. 
Jesus doesn't accept the Sinner 

544
00:29:25,460 --> 00:29:28,460
as they are and bring them in. 
Jesus killed the Sinner at the 

545
00:29:28,460 --> 00:29:31,620
doorstep and then has them come 
on in as a brand new birth 

546
00:29:33,580 --> 00:29:37,960
because again, you can't have 
two There's not you and the old 

547
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:39,560
man. 
They can't exist at the same 

548
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:47,000
time. 
But here's a difficult one, and 

549
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,720
we we'll come to this one 
because this seems to be the 

550
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,480
problem for most believers. 
I'm not saying all, but most is 

551
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:54,920
that we have to die a death to 
our own opinions. 

552
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,040
Let's look at Jesus again. 
If we say that Jesus is our 

553
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,080
example, could we all raise our 
hand and agree Jesus is our 

554
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,720
perfect example? 
The goal is to be Christ. 

555
00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:05,910
Like, am I right? 
Jesus is. 

556
00:30:05,990 --> 00:30:08,230
I mean, the whole point of 
Christianity is that means a 

557
00:30:08,270 --> 00:30:10,070
Christlike person. 
So if we're going to be like 

558
00:30:10,150 --> 00:30:12,750
Jesus, why don't we look at 
Jesus, see how he lived, and say

559
00:30:12,750 --> 00:30:15,430
that's how I should live? 
That's the perfect standard. 

560
00:30:17,470 --> 00:30:23,870
John chapter 5, verse 30. 
Jesus said I can do nothing of 

561
00:30:23,870 --> 00:30:28,870
my own initiative as I hear I 
judge, and my judgment is just 

562
00:30:29,270 --> 00:30:32,510
because I do not seek my own 
will, but the will of Him who 

563
00:30:32,510 --> 00:30:38,840
sent me. 
Well, we have separated the 

564
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:40,240
sheep from the goats in this 
situation. 

565
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,440
In fact, we could do a, you 
know, grade your own test. 

566
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:48,760
You can determine which side of 
this you're on. 

567
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:56,480
Because don't say I'm Christian.
If you continually assert your 

568
00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,520
will into every situation and 
you don't consult the Father and

569
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:06,750
say what do you want here the 
whole call to salvation happens 

570
00:31:06,750 --> 00:31:09,190
in Romans chapter 10, verses 9 
and 10. 

571
00:31:09,310 --> 00:31:15,910
Whenever it says with the with 
the mouth confess, it says no. 

572
00:31:15,910 --> 00:31:18,430
That's the second part. 
That's ten that what 9 says that

573
00:31:18,430 --> 00:31:21,950
if you confess with your mouth 
Jesus says Lord and believe in 

574
00:31:21,950 --> 00:31:23,750
your heart that God raised him 
from the dead, you will be 

575
00:31:23,750 --> 00:31:25,590
saved. 
So most believers say I've been 

576
00:31:25,590 --> 00:31:28,350
saved and you're like, well, how
is the Lord doing today? 

577
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:31,960
What did the Lord say to do 
today? 

578
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,520
Well, I don't know. 
What did he say from the word 

579
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,160
today? 
Well, I don't know. 

580
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,760
Self examination. 
We got to check and see. 

581
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:46,520
Is this thing worth it or not? 
Have you come into the Kingdom? 

582
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:48,800
Yeah. 
Have we been born into the 

583
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:49,880
Kingdom? 
Absolutely. 

584
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:54,120
Do we value it for how valuable 
it is or have we cheapened it? 

585
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,440
The second one, Jesus said in 
John chapter 12, verse 49. 

586
00:32:00,420 --> 00:32:04,060
Jesus says, for I do not speak 
on my own initiative, but what 

587
00:32:04,060 --> 00:32:06,900
the Father himself, the Father 
himself who sent me, has given 

588
00:32:06,900 --> 00:32:09,740
me a commandment as to what to 
say and what to speak. 

589
00:32:12,220 --> 00:32:16,580
Jesus lived this pattern that I 
don't do just what I want. 

590
00:32:17,060 --> 00:32:20,980
I consult the Father and I do 
whatever he says that I'm not 

591
00:32:20,980 --> 00:32:22,860
here to do my will. 
I'm here to do what the will of 

592
00:32:22,860 --> 00:32:24,100
the Father is, and I do that 
will. 

593
00:32:24,100 --> 00:32:26,660
Why? 
Because there's power contained 

594
00:32:26,780 --> 00:32:29,660
in obeying the commands of God 
that God himself obeys. 

595
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:34,120
You want the power of God in 
your life, but the power is 

596
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:35,880
contained in God's ability to 
keep his word. 

597
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:37,920
So if you're not keeping his 
word, there's no power. 

598
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:43,560
And there's a price to pay for 
the power. 

599
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:50,360
It's that you lay aside your 
will and only do what he says 

600
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:53,600
and understand. 
It's it's funny, we get up here,

601
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:55,800
we try to preach and this, but 
it's just so simple. 

602
00:32:58,830 --> 00:33:02,630
Just do what God says. 
Just do what the Bible says. 

603
00:33:02,630 --> 00:33:05,270
What does the Bible say? 
I believe it, I read it, I 

604
00:33:05,270 --> 00:33:07,510
believe it, I apply it, I 
receive it. 

605
00:33:07,510 --> 00:33:09,910
It's good, we're good. 
The simplest principle in the 

606
00:33:09,910 --> 00:33:11,830
whole world is that you just do 
what God says. 

607
00:33:15,230 --> 00:33:17,390
It's interesting that the that 
the lie from the enemy in the 

608
00:33:17,390 --> 00:33:20,390
garden to Adam was that if you 
eat of the fruit you'll be like 

609
00:33:20,390 --> 00:33:24,190
God when he actually told a 
complete opposite lie. 

610
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:30,280
Because if you obey the command 
of God then you're truly like 

611
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:36,640
him. 
God doesn't disobey his own 

612
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:37,800
commands. 
His own words, he doesn't 

613
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,680
violate his own word. 
Camera was going off. 

614
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:45,880
No way he got a happy one. 
No chance. 

615
00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,680
If we go over to March, Chapter 
8, verse 35, again there's a 

616
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:58,120
cost to this reigning, but the 
prize is far outweighing what it

617
00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:03,040
costs to obtain it. 
What you gain in this Kingdom 

618
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:05,440
far outweighs what you think you
have to lay down. 

619
00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:07,880
And I think that's one of the 
biggest tricks of the enemy is 

620
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,800
he wants to come in and say, 
well, if you, you know, you 

621
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:11,719
know, if you really commit to 
church, if you really get born 

622
00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:13,239
again, you're going to have to, 
you're going to have to lose 

623
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:14,920
some friendships. 
You know it's not going to be 

624
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:16,560
this thing you don't get to do 
as much as you thought you were 

625
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:20,400
going to want to do and try to 
trick you into thinking that you

626
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:26,150
trading your own will doesn't 
get you back as much as what 

627
00:34:26,150 --> 00:34:32,710
you've given away with. 
What he has in his Kingdom far 

628
00:34:32,710 --> 00:34:36,429
outweighs, far outweighs 
anything that you're trying to 

629
00:34:36,429 --> 00:34:40,710
do right now in your own power. 
There's no way you could ever. 

630
00:34:40,830 --> 00:34:43,710
I mean, don't we serve the God 
that it says He's able to do far

631
00:34:43,710 --> 00:34:46,909
more abundantly beyond, although
we can think or even imagine, 

632
00:34:47,110 --> 00:34:49,110
yet we can't seem to get in our 
heads. 

633
00:34:49,230 --> 00:34:52,110
But if I give up this little 
thing in my life, I won't. 

634
00:34:52,469 --> 00:34:54,230
He's not probably going to do 
that verse for me. 

635
00:34:56,300 --> 00:34:59,100
I can imagine what God could do.
He can do more than you can 

636
00:34:59,100 --> 00:35:01,260
imagine. 
So if you can imagine how good 

637
00:35:01,260 --> 00:35:05,660
it could be, he'll blow that 
away if you're willing to pay 

638
00:35:05,660 --> 00:35:12,300
the price. 
Wow. 

639
00:35:13,500 --> 00:35:14,700
Are y'all in for a history 
lesson. 

640
00:35:14,700 --> 00:35:15,820
You want me to give you a 
history lesson? 

641
00:35:17,900 --> 00:35:19,740
This Bible that we would. 
Everybody is Anybody have a 

642
00:35:19,740 --> 00:35:20,940
paper Bible? 
Hold up your Bible. 

643
00:35:24,270 --> 00:35:28,030
You understand that most of the 
hands that pinned this were 

644
00:35:28,030 --> 00:35:36,710
murdered not just when they were
written in the Bible times, but 

645
00:35:36,710 --> 00:35:40,350
1500 years after that. 
Hands that were scribing it in 

646
00:35:40,350 --> 00:35:41,790
your language were also 
murdered. 

647
00:35:46,550 --> 00:35:49,630
Yet how do we have the same 
value and the same passion about

648
00:35:49,630 --> 00:35:53,390
the written word of God that 
people all throughout history 

649
00:35:53,390 --> 00:35:57,460
have had? 
And you look at our Nation 

650
00:35:57,460 --> 00:36:01,020
Today, and since we've sold a 
cheap gospel to the masses, that

651
00:36:01,020 --> 00:36:03,180
doesn't cost them anything. 
They have no value for this 

652
00:36:03,180 --> 00:36:04,340
word. 
So how many believers? 

653
00:36:04,340 --> 00:36:05,540
Actually, it's a staggering 
statistic. 

654
00:36:05,540 --> 00:36:08,060
How many believers actually even
read their Bible now? 

655
00:36:08,060 --> 00:36:10,860
Obviously not here, because we 
have our Bible reading plan. 

656
00:36:10,860 --> 00:36:13,020
We hold each other accountable. 
Most of the people in this 

657
00:36:13,020 --> 00:36:15,100
church body are reading the same
stuff at the same time we're 

658
00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:17,180
talking about it. 
I'm going on my 17th time 

659
00:36:17,180 --> 00:36:18,700
through the thing cover to 
cover, plus however many 

660
00:36:18,700 --> 00:36:21,420
hundreds of times I've read it. 
Beyond that, in the Gospels and 

661
00:36:21,420 --> 00:36:23,340
in the the the Psalms, the 
Epistles. 

662
00:36:23,340 --> 00:36:25,620
I mean, we we are people who 
read the Bible. 

663
00:36:26,060 --> 00:36:28,820
That's why anchor play Church is
hard to deceive because we're 

664
00:36:28,820 --> 00:36:30,580
people who are in the Word. 
Somebody steps up here and says 

665
00:36:30,580 --> 00:36:31,460
something. 
I've seen it. 

666
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:33,600
We had, you know, somebody comes
in and says something a little 

667
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,080
different than what we know the 
Bible says. 

668
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,800
And everybody's, like, looking 
around, texting their friends. 

669
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:38,840
Did you hear that? 
Did you hear that? 

670
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:40,400
You hear what they said? 
We're going to heaven forever. 

671
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,960
Listen, listen. 
I'm asking to be critical. 

672
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,080
But again, it's hard for 
somebody to come in, deceive a 

673
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:46,560
group of people who read the 
Bible. 

674
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,480
But, you know, for you to be 
able to read the Bible came at a

675
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,760
cost. 
It first had to be written by 

676
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:56,080
men who were murdered for what 
they believed in, following 

677
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,140
Christ. 
People, I want to be like a 

678
00:36:58,140 --> 00:36:59,460
disciple. 
I want to be like, you 

679
00:36:59,460 --> 00:37:01,660
understand, they died pretty 
gory deaths. 

680
00:37:02,980 --> 00:37:05,140
We've got this book called Fox's
Book of Martyrs where a man 

681
00:37:05,140 --> 00:37:10,060
named John Fox ended up going on
this long, you know, extended 

682
00:37:10,060 --> 00:37:12,900
time of writing and documenting 
the disciples and the people who

683
00:37:12,900 --> 00:37:15,780
were actually murdered for the 
gospel, but then ended up going 

684
00:37:15,780 --> 00:37:19,380
into his own time frame and and 
for his time he had modern 

685
00:37:19,380 --> 00:37:22,500
martyrs that were still being 
killed and brutally murdered for

686
00:37:22,500 --> 00:37:26,670
the gospel sake. 
It's a powerful book, but a 

687
00:37:26,670 --> 00:37:28,590
moment time that the Catholic 
Church was running rampant. 

688
00:37:28,590 --> 00:37:30,830
They had, they had, they were, 
you know, spreading their 

689
00:37:30,830 --> 00:37:33,510
version of the Gospel all 
throughout the the planet. 

690
00:37:33,510 --> 00:37:36,030
They had the church in Rome 
where the Pope was the final 

691
00:37:36,030 --> 00:37:37,510
authority. 
They had the church in England 

692
00:37:37,510 --> 00:37:39,030
that was submitted to the church
in Rome. 

693
00:37:39,150 --> 00:37:41,390
The Pope had the final say in 
spiritual authority. 

694
00:37:41,510 --> 00:37:43,550
Well, there's a group of men 
that rose up, one of them named 

695
00:37:43,550 --> 00:37:46,750
William Tyndale. 
William Tyndale is the one who 

696
00:37:46,750 --> 00:37:50,150
interpreted the Bible in English
for the first time at the cost 

697
00:37:50,150 --> 00:37:54,310
of his own life because he began
to read the word for himself. 

698
00:37:54,310 --> 00:37:57,060
Like we said in the beginning, 
like the Bereans, he's hearing 

699
00:37:57,060 --> 00:37:58,980
what's being said by the 
fallible man. 

700
00:37:58,980 --> 00:38:00,780
He's been hearing what's being 
said by the palpasy. 

701
00:38:00,780 --> 00:38:03,660
He's being heard was said by the
deacons and Cardinals and 

702
00:38:03,660 --> 00:38:06,140
bishops. 
And he's like, this isn't lining

703
00:38:06,140 --> 00:38:07,780
up with what I'm been taught to 
read. 

704
00:38:07,980 --> 00:38:10,620
So as he reads the original 
Latin, he's finding in there, 

705
00:38:11,300 --> 00:38:14,660
there's discrepancies where man 
has asserted his own selfish 

706
00:38:14,660 --> 00:38:17,180
desires in this interpretation 
and they're trying to hide it 

707
00:38:17,180 --> 00:38:20,260
from the masses. 
So he said, I want to actually 

708
00:38:20,260 --> 00:38:22,780
write this in the common 
language so that we can 

709
00:38:22,780 --> 00:38:25,340
understand this and that we can 
all be on the same page and not 

710
00:38:25,340 --> 00:38:30,370
be deceived. 
So this enraged the Catholic 

711
00:38:30,370 --> 00:38:34,290
Church because the question was 
raised by William 10, Tyndale 

712
00:38:34,290 --> 00:38:37,010
and his companions. 
Who has the final authority in 

713
00:38:37,010 --> 00:38:39,290
the spirit? 
Is it the Pope or is it the 

714
00:38:39,290 --> 00:38:43,010
written word? 
That's tough. 

715
00:38:44,210 --> 00:38:47,210
That's tough when the entire 
culture and the half of the 

716
00:38:47,210 --> 00:38:50,530
known world at the time had been
converted to Christianity and 

717
00:38:50,530 --> 00:38:52,010
they were all submitted to the 
Pope. 

718
00:38:55,730 --> 00:38:57,890
This also happens to be during 
the time of Henry the Eighth, 

719
00:38:58,250 --> 00:39:00,530
who we know famously murdered 
his wives because they weren't 

720
00:39:00,530 --> 00:39:02,690
giving him sons, because back 
then modern medicine wasn't as 

721
00:39:02,690 --> 00:39:07,450
modern as it is now. 
He decided he wanted to divorce 

722
00:39:07,450 --> 00:39:08,610
one of them. 
So he said we're going to break 

723
00:39:08,610 --> 00:39:10,890
off the church from Rome, no 
longer we're going to submit to 

724
00:39:10,890 --> 00:39:12,650
the Pope, We're going to have 
Canterbury and the Archbishop of

725
00:39:12,650 --> 00:39:14,410
Canterbury, and we're going to 
have our own version of the 

726
00:39:14,410 --> 00:39:16,250
church. 
But the problem is they still 

727
00:39:16,250 --> 00:39:18,850
were hiding the Bible from the 
people. 

728
00:39:21,230 --> 00:39:23,150
So William Tyndale says we're 
going to write it in the common 

729
00:39:23,150 --> 00:39:24,910
language. 
This is taking place in the 16th

730
00:39:24,910 --> 00:39:29,630
century, around 1555. 
And as he's pinning this, he has

731
00:39:29,630 --> 00:39:31,950
about five other companions that
are with him and they're 

732
00:39:31,950 --> 00:39:33,350
beginning to preach this 
message. 

733
00:39:33,350 --> 00:39:36,270
And I'm going to tell you it's 
going to blow your mind what the

734
00:39:36,270 --> 00:39:37,710
final straw was of their 
message. 

735
00:39:39,070 --> 00:39:42,870
The entire interpretation of the
Bible that caused just complete 

736
00:39:43,030 --> 00:39:45,630
ripples through the Catholic 
Church and enrage the Catholic 

737
00:39:45,630 --> 00:39:52,130
hierarchy was hinged on 4 words.
It was in remembrance of me 

738
00:39:54,370 --> 00:39:57,730
enraged the Catholic Church. 
You're like what? 

739
00:40:00,970 --> 00:40:04,050
Because at the time, the core of
the Catholic doctrine is when 

740
00:40:04,050 --> 00:40:07,490
you took the sacrament or 
communion like we call it, that 

741
00:40:07,490 --> 00:40:11,690
When the priest blesses the 
wafer and blesses the wine, it 

742
00:40:11,690 --> 00:40:15,330
literally transmorphs into the 
actual physical body of Christ 

743
00:40:15,570 --> 00:40:17,450
and the actual physical blood of
Christ. 

744
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:19,680
It's called Christ's presence in
the sacrament. 

745
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,720
It's 2023. 
So we're like, that's weird. 

746
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:27,080
That's some weird Harry Potter 
stuff. 

747
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:28,480
We're not doing that in the 
church. 

748
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:33,360
But William Tyndale and his 
friends found the scripture 

749
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:36,400
where Jesus says, as often as 
you do this, do this in 

750
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,800
remembrance of me. 
See what this causes them to 

751
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,680
say. 
Christ's work was finalized on 

752
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:47,550
the cross and no longer is 
Christ doing this work in us. 

753
00:40:47,630 --> 00:40:50,230
We do it to remember his work. 
And the Catholic Church said 

754
00:40:50,230 --> 00:40:53,910
you're wrong. 
And most of the entire nation 

755
00:40:54,030 --> 00:40:56,870
and popular culture agreed with 
the Catholic Church. 

756
00:40:59,190 --> 00:41:02,270
So as William Tyndale and his 
friends are being led at that, 

757
00:41:02,270 --> 00:41:04,310
they've interpreted the Bible, 
they put it into print in 

758
00:41:04,310 --> 00:41:06,830
English language, and they've 
come against the hierarchy of 

759
00:41:06,830 --> 00:41:09,430
the known church at the time and
said we don't agree with this 

760
00:41:09,430 --> 00:41:11,150
interpretation. 
Here's how we rightly divide 

761
00:41:11,150 --> 00:41:16,870
what's actually said. 
They said burn them alive, took 

762
00:41:16,870 --> 00:41:19,790
William Tyndall, went and tied 
him to his stake, lit the fires 

763
00:41:19,790 --> 00:41:21,950
and let him burn until he was 
just ashes. 

764
00:41:23,350 --> 00:41:25,110
But he had a friend named John 
Rogers. 

765
00:41:26,430 --> 00:41:28,990
John Rogers had ten children, 
younger guy. 

766
00:41:28,990 --> 00:41:31,990
But he also helped to translate 
the Bible and John Rogers as he 

767
00:41:31,990 --> 00:41:34,390
was being led to the stake. 
We know that John Fox, who wrote

768
00:41:34,390 --> 00:41:37,230
Fox's Book of Martyrs, was 
present at this actual killing. 

769
00:41:38,270 --> 00:41:40,310
And as he watches all these 
gentlemen get lined up and get 

770
00:41:40,310 --> 00:41:43,720
tied to the stake, he says as 
John Rogers walked out, it was 

771
00:41:43,720 --> 00:41:45,840
as if he was glowing in 
countenance, like he was headed 

772
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:51,400
to his own wedding. 
Wow, you going to send these 

773
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:53,600
early reformers Weren't just, 
they weren't trying to be 

774
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:57,800
reformers. 
They just ignited a passion for 

775
00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:59,880
the written word When they read 
it for themselves. 

776
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:03,880
That's as deep as it gets. 
That's as deep as it was. 

777
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:05,600
It's not that God all of a 
sudden got an Angel for a 

778
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:07,680
visitation from an Angel to 
William Tyndall said, you shall 

779
00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:09,680
pin my word. 
That's not how that happened. 

780
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:12,560
They got the written word 
themselves begin to read it. 

781
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:14,640
And it ignited such a passion 
that they said, we're willing to

782
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:17,560
die for this word, we're willing
to die for others to be able to 

783
00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:19,000
read and rightly divide this 
truth. 

784
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:24,040
So as John Rogers has led up to 
the stake, he stands there. 

785
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:26,320
He gets tied to this stake, has 
the bundles of straw and hay 

786
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:28,200
underneath him. 
And the Pope gave him a second 

787
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:31,040
chance and sent the Bishop to 
him. 

788
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:34,080
And they said, if you will just 
agree with the doctrine of 

789
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:36,400
Christ's presence in the 
sacraments, we will untie you 

790
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:41,920
and let you free. 
Right now all they wanted was 

791
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:45,520
him to bow to the popular 
interpretation of what the 

792
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:51,280
Scripture meant to them. 
But that day he died, but not 

793
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:54,040
before he spoke the words and 
said that which I have preached,

794
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:59,040
I will seal with my own blood. 
And John Fox writes and says. 

795
00:42:59,240 --> 00:43:01,720
And as the flames engulfed 
around him, he washed his hands 

796
00:43:01,720 --> 00:43:03,040
in the flames and went 
peacefully. 

797
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:09,440
A young guy with a whole family.
What it what was within them 

798
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:11,920
that caused them to say, I'm 
willing to die for this thing. 

799
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:15,320
Then I'm willing to die a 
horrible death peacefully and 

800
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:20,360
knowing I've done my work. 
Yeah, We've got Christians today

801
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:21,640
that aren't willing to die for 
nothing. 

802
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:25,840
Most people would say I'd die 
for the gospel. 

803
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:27,360
I'd die for Jesus. 
If I had to raise your hands, 

804
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:28,840
you'd say, I'd be willing to die
for Jesus. 

805
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,690
Yes, I would. 
We have this picture of, like, 

806
00:43:31,770 --> 00:43:33,410
you know, when the school 
shooting happened, when I was a 

807
00:43:33,410 --> 00:43:35,290
young teenager, the school 
shooting, this kid held a gun to

808
00:43:35,290 --> 00:43:36,730
a girl's head and said, do you 
believe in Jesus Christ? 

809
00:43:36,730 --> 00:43:39,610
And she's like, yes, I do. 
It bam, she was gone because she

810
00:43:39,610 --> 00:43:41,850
died for the sake of Jesus, died
for the gospel. 

811
00:43:43,930 --> 00:43:48,290
But I'm telling you, that's not 
the expectation Jesus had on a 

812
00:43:48,290 --> 00:43:52,170
regular basis, even though these
people literally physically 

813
00:43:52,170 --> 00:43:54,370
died. 
I'm telling you right now, if 

814
00:43:54,370 --> 00:43:56,650
you think you would die but you 
won't die to yourself daily, 

815
00:43:56,650 --> 00:44:03,630
you're a liar. 
I used to have this thought 

816
00:44:03,630 --> 00:44:05,750
because that, you know, DC Talk 
popular band back when I was a 

817
00:44:05,750 --> 00:44:07,910
teenager, they wrote this book 
that was another book of 

818
00:44:07,910 --> 00:44:09,310
martyrs, Right. 
And it showed modern Martyrs 

819
00:44:09,310 --> 00:44:10,510
keeps you along the mission 
field that would die. 

820
00:44:10,510 --> 00:44:12,630
And I remember reading it, you 
know, way too young and being 

821
00:44:12,630 --> 00:44:13,990
really freaked out about it. 
I'm like, who? 

822
00:44:14,390 --> 00:44:17,350
These people. 
But then it makes you ask the 

823
00:44:17,350 --> 00:44:18,710
question, right. 
You're like, well, would I die 

824
00:44:18,710 --> 00:44:19,230
for this? 
Like, what? 

825
00:44:19,230 --> 00:44:21,390
I would I put up with what they 
put up with, what I go through 

826
00:44:21,390 --> 00:44:22,830
to the end, You know, would I do
this? 

827
00:44:22,830 --> 00:44:24,710
And I don't know. 
But the more that I've served 

828
00:44:24,710 --> 00:44:26,550
God and the more that I've 
walked this thing out with him, 

829
00:44:26,550 --> 00:44:28,630
I realized that's not a hard 
death for me. 

830
00:44:29,430 --> 00:44:31,550
Because the moment someone tries
to physically take my life, I've

831
00:44:31,590 --> 00:44:36,550
already died that death. 
Because the moment that I set 

832
00:44:36,550 --> 00:44:39,030
aside my own will, I've already 
died that death. 

833
00:44:41,190 --> 00:44:42,910
The best they can do is kill a 
dead man. 

834
00:44:48,140 --> 00:44:49,460
Come on. 
The passion that these early 

835
00:44:49,460 --> 00:44:51,540
church fathers had in the 
beginning of the church age. 

836
00:44:51,540 --> 00:44:54,140
Then all of a sudden these 
passion that these men had 100 

837
00:44:54,140 --> 00:44:57,540
and you know 1500 years after 
this that are still ignited this

838
00:44:57,540 --> 00:44:59,980
passion from the written word 
get we try to coerce people read

839
00:44:59,980 --> 00:45:01,500
your Bible. 
We have a piece of paper at 

840
00:45:01,500 --> 00:45:06,900
least you can check off. 
Where's the passion for the 

841
00:45:06,900 --> 00:45:09,950
word? 
Where's the passion to say I'm 

842
00:45:09,950 --> 00:45:12,230
willing to die for this thing? 
I will read this, I will be in 

843
00:45:12,230 --> 00:45:13,310
it. 
I'm going to let it become 

844
00:45:13,310 --> 00:45:14,870
everything I believe and 
everything I know. 

845
00:45:15,110 --> 00:45:17,110
All they wanted from John 
Rodgers was for him to agree 

846
00:45:17,110 --> 00:45:20,190
with the popular narrative 
because 2023 and John Rodgers on

847
00:45:20,190 --> 00:45:21,470
this thing. 
So it would say, hey, what is 

848
00:45:21,470 --> 00:45:25,750
love is love. 
Just agree that love your 

849
00:45:25,750 --> 00:45:28,070
neighbor means you. 
God's okay with everybody. 

850
00:45:33,110 --> 00:45:36,860
Just agree that that Jesus died 
and you don't have to do 

851
00:45:36,860 --> 00:45:38,260
anything else. 
That's what the Bible says. 

852
00:45:38,260 --> 00:45:45,020
Disagree and we won't kill you. 
It's tough. 

853
00:45:46,220 --> 00:45:48,540
It's tough because it's not 
tough because God can't do it. 

854
00:45:48,540 --> 00:45:49,940
It's not tough because it's not 
grace. 

855
00:45:50,020 --> 00:45:52,580
It's tough because who's willing
to do that? 

856
00:45:58,380 --> 00:46:00,820
Are you willing to die to your 
own reputation? 

857
00:46:03,940 --> 00:46:07,360
Are you willing to die to your 
own popularity among your 

858
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:10,320
friends if one of your friends 
is like, hey, you know, Are you 

859
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:12,040
sure you want to do this? 
It seems like you go to church a

860
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:13,720
whole lot and you end up caving 
and saying, well, I guess you 

861
00:46:13,720 --> 00:46:16,360
know, I can miss a few services 
when the word of God says don't 

862
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:18,760
forsake the assembling of 
yourselves together, You ain't 

863
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:20,720
going to die for the gospel. 
You can't even die to your own 

864
00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:22,680
self and have somebody view you 
differently. 

865
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:26,600
Come on, people think they die 
with a gun to their head, but 

866
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:28,560
when they get a microphone to 
their mouth, all of a sudden, 

867
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:32,440
what is death then? 
That's why it disgusts me when I

868
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:35,200
see modern preachers that have a
popular big name and a big 

869
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:36,280
following. 
All of a sudden somebody will 

870
00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:38,720
ask them a question like what is
your view on homosexuality? 

871
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:42,880
And they can answer the question
because they're concerned about 

872
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:44,800
their their popularity, or 
they're concerned about who 

873
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:48,720
wouldn't follow them anymore. 
You're not going to die for the 

874
00:46:48,720 --> 00:46:50,240
gospel. 
You can't die to your own self 

875
00:46:50,240 --> 00:46:53,280
right here. 
This is your chance to die for 

876
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:58,920
the gospel. 
Assassinate your own the way 

877
00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:09,320
people view you. 
Then kingdom's got to cost, and 

878
00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:11,960
it's worth everything. 
I'm telling you, I don't know 

879
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:13,960
how much more we could preach at
Anchor Bay Church and tell you 

880
00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:17,280
how valuable this Kingdom is and
everything you want in life is 

881
00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:21,280
right here in it. 
Everything you've ever dreamed 

882
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:23,240
of, everything you've ever 
desired, the greatest, the all 

883
00:47:23,240 --> 00:47:24,600
the depression you've battled 
with. 

884
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:27,760
The answer is in the Kingdom. 
All you have to do is get in it 

885
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:30,390
and it's free. 
It just requires you to die to 

886
00:47:30,390 --> 00:47:33,030
depression. 
Why don't you want to die to 

887
00:47:33,030 --> 00:47:39,710
depression? 
I'm like, yeah, there you go. 

888
00:47:40,070 --> 00:47:42,190
I've, I've, you know, somebody's
like, oh, I've also had bad 

889
00:47:42,190 --> 00:47:43,750
relationships. 
I've just always gone from 

890
00:47:43,870 --> 00:47:45,870
person to person that always 
just abused me and have bad 

891
00:47:45,870 --> 00:47:47,550
relationships, you know, I just 
don't know what to do. 

892
00:47:48,150 --> 00:47:51,910
Die to that person that keeps 
like die to yourself, that keeps

893
00:47:51,910 --> 00:47:55,510
choosing wrong. 
Live for God. 

894
00:47:56,460 --> 00:47:58,220
Get in the Kingdom. 
What if he requires something 

895
00:47:58,220 --> 00:48:00,580
that I don't want to do? 
You don't want to do what you're

896
00:48:00,580 --> 00:48:02,020
doing now. 
What's the difference? 

897
00:48:02,820 --> 00:48:04,980
You got the choice of Adam. 
I've got to choose between 2 

898
00:48:04,980 --> 00:48:07,500
deaths. 
Either die to myself and God 

899
00:48:07,500 --> 00:48:10,140
resurrects me, or I die myself 
because I'm separating myself 

900
00:48:10,140 --> 00:48:11,420
from him and I live in 
miserable. 

901
00:48:14,940 --> 00:48:17,700
That's good. 
We're going to read a little 

902
00:48:17,700 --> 00:48:20,980
bit. 
Let's let's get Mark Chapter 8, 

903
00:48:20,980 --> 00:48:27,390
verse 35. 
Mark chapter 8, verse 35 says 

904
00:48:27,390 --> 00:48:32,190
for whoever wishes to save his 
life, we'll lose it for whoever 

905
00:48:32,390 --> 00:48:35,950
loses his life, for my sake and 
the Gospels will save it. 

906
00:48:37,790 --> 00:48:40,390
I love the encounter of the rich
young ruler because I like being

907
00:48:40,390 --> 00:48:42,270
you know, in the scenario. 
I'm like looking at looking this

908
00:48:42,270 --> 00:48:44,510
overview of this scenario, 
because with the rich and ruler,

909
00:48:44,510 --> 00:48:45,870
the disciples were standing 
right there. 

910
00:48:46,730 --> 00:48:48,570
We already know they weren't 
that great at not eavesdropping.

911
00:48:48,570 --> 00:48:51,010
OK, so they they'll always look,
what's this, what's this 

912
00:48:51,010 --> 00:48:52,650
conversation? 
I'm sure, I'm sure that you 

913
00:48:52,650 --> 00:48:54,610
know, I'm obviously just, you 
know, pretending, right? 

914
00:48:54,610 --> 00:48:56,210
But I'm sure if the original 
walked up to Jesus over there, 

915
00:48:56,210 --> 00:48:59,570
I'm sure Peter's like, what's 
going on? 

916
00:48:59,570 --> 00:49:03,650
What's he, what's he saying? 
Because when Jesus says leave 

917
00:49:03,650 --> 00:49:06,330
everything behind and come 
follow me, the next conversation

918
00:49:06,330 --> 00:49:09,090
that takes place is the 
disciples go. 

919
00:49:11,050 --> 00:49:16,500
Well master, we left everything 
and we followed you. 

920
00:49:17,700 --> 00:49:19,580
My children do this. 
You understand? 

921
00:49:21,780 --> 00:49:23,580
I'll be like, hey, go clean your
room and then when the old one 

922
00:49:23,580 --> 00:49:24,660
comes and goes, I cleaned my 
room. 

923
00:49:24,820 --> 00:49:26,020
Why? 
Why do you not tell me that? 

924
00:49:26,620 --> 00:49:28,020
Just do it, get it done, be done
with it. 

925
00:49:28,020 --> 00:49:29,700
Why we got why are you trying to
make yourself look better than 

926
00:49:29,700 --> 00:49:31,540
this person? 
But we got Peter who definitely 

927
00:49:31,540 --> 00:49:35,740
had issues, who comes and goes. 
Jesus, that guy didn't follow 

928
00:49:35,740 --> 00:49:39,780
you but I did. 
But Jesus follows up and says, 

929
00:49:39,780 --> 00:49:45,610
listen, nobody has left house or
mothers or brothers or families 

930
00:49:46,210 --> 00:49:50,930
for the sake of the Kingdom and 
won't receive much more in this 

931
00:49:50,930 --> 00:49:53,010
life. 
He doesn't say when you die. 

932
00:49:53,010 --> 00:49:54,890
He doesn't say just store 
bridges in heaven that one day 

933
00:49:54,890 --> 00:49:56,370
when you get there you'll be 
able to access him. 

934
00:49:56,370 --> 00:49:59,050
He says Nobody's forsaken 
something for the Kingdom. 

935
00:49:59,050 --> 00:50:01,090
Nobody's paid a price for the 
Kingdom that the Kingdom won't 

936
00:50:01,090 --> 00:50:03,050
pay out right now while you're 
breathing. 

937
00:50:04,850 --> 00:50:07,130
You don't have to just wait till
you get to heaven to get a 

938
00:50:07,130 --> 00:50:09,290
reward. 
The Kingdom pays out right now, 

939
00:50:11,620 --> 00:50:13,580
but for some reason, people 
think, well, but what if it 

940
00:50:13,580 --> 00:50:18,420
doesn't? 
We serve a God that's the same 

941
00:50:18,420 --> 00:50:19,780
yesterday and for today and 
forever. 

942
00:50:19,860 --> 00:50:22,980
We serve a God who has literally
never, ever, ever, ever failed. 

943
00:50:23,500 --> 00:50:28,980
But all of a sudden in 2023, in 
Jasmine's life, it's going to be

944
00:50:28,980 --> 00:50:30,780
the first time that he's missed 
it. 

945
00:50:31,660 --> 00:50:33,340
Sorry, Jasmine, It's the very 
first time. 

946
00:50:33,460 --> 00:50:36,620
Yeah, yeah, I made it this far 
in history, but I'm going to 

947
00:50:36,620 --> 00:50:38,940
fail you. 
He's never failed. 

948
00:50:38,940 --> 00:50:40,900
He'll never fail whatever he 
promises. 

949
00:50:41,020 --> 00:50:44,620
The entire existence of God 
hinges on his character to keep 

950
00:50:44,620 --> 00:50:48,820
what he said. 
So if he said he'll do 

951
00:50:48,820 --> 00:50:51,500
something, he's faithful to you 
that he'll make sure it happens.

952
00:50:54,380 --> 00:50:56,860
So why is it a difficult choice 
to go his way? 

953
00:51:00,820 --> 00:51:05,020
I don't know. 
Let's look at Romans chapter 6. 

954
00:51:07,620 --> 00:51:11,620
Romans chapter 6. 
We're going to read verses one 

955
00:51:11,620 --> 00:51:16,340
through 11, so buckle in. 
Stretch your wrists. 

956
00:51:16,340 --> 00:51:18,380
You're going to write down every
word of these scriptures right 

957
00:51:18,380 --> 00:51:19,420
here. 
If you're taking notes, you're 

958
00:51:19,420 --> 00:51:22,540
writing down every word of this.
So I'm giving you a second. 

959
00:51:22,540 --> 00:51:27,740
I'm giving you a breather. 
My mic hands get real sweaty, 

960
00:51:27,740 --> 00:51:30,460
too. 
Yeah. 

961
00:51:31,140 --> 00:51:36,510
All right, we're ready, the 
writer of Romans tells us. 

962
00:51:36,510 --> 00:51:39,790
He says, what shall we say then?
Shall we continue to send so 

963
00:51:39,790 --> 00:51:42,430
that grace may abound, or that 
grace may increase? 

964
00:51:43,270 --> 00:51:47,510
This is a big question in 2023. 
See, we misunderstand the grace 

965
00:51:47,510 --> 00:51:49,830
of God, and we think grace is 
the big cover up for what we do.

966
00:51:49,830 --> 00:51:53,550
That's wrong. 
Did Jesus ever do wrong? 

967
00:51:54,830 --> 00:51:56,710
The why did he have to grow in 
grace? 

968
00:51:57,550 --> 00:51:59,950
So grace must not mean what you 
think it means then. 

969
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:05,360
But the apostle Paul was was 
like, I'm going to write way far

970
00:52:05,360 --> 00:52:07,400
in advance here. 
I know this is going to be a 

971
00:52:07,400 --> 00:52:09,160
problem, like a couple 1000 
years from now. 

972
00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:11,840
And I'm going to answer the 
question that they're going to 

973
00:52:11,840 --> 00:52:14,600
ask in their hearts. 
What shall we say then? 

974
00:52:14,600 --> 00:52:17,920
That we are to continue and sin 
that grace may increase, he 

975
00:52:17,920 --> 00:52:20,880
says, may it never be. 
But then speaks this statement 

976
00:52:20,880 --> 00:52:24,320
that Will Rock the religious 
world right now, today it Will 

977
00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:26,720
Rock most of the churches in 
Saint Augustine. 

978
00:52:27,810 --> 00:52:31,330
He says, may it never be. 
How shall we who died to sin, 

979
00:52:31,650 --> 00:52:37,890
live in sin? 
So what that tells me is if a 

980
00:52:37,890 --> 00:52:42,050
believer identifies with sin and
says, oh, I'm just a sorry sin 

981
00:52:42,050 --> 00:52:49,810
of it's what I am, I don't think
you died then I think you were 

982
00:52:49,810 --> 00:52:53,130
sold a gospel that didn't have a
price with it and you thought 

983
00:52:53,130 --> 00:52:56,050
you came into a Kingdom that 
didn't cost you with your life 

984
00:52:57,300 --> 00:52:59,500
and now you're continuing to sin
because you never died in the 

985
00:52:59,500 --> 00:53:04,220
1st place. 
And I know that's a deep 

986
00:53:04,220 --> 00:53:08,220
statement, but it says if you've
died to sin, how can you, how 

987
00:53:08,220 --> 00:53:11,580
could you live in it That 
doesn't go together? 

988
00:53:11,580 --> 00:53:15,140
I think it would be important 
right now. 

989
00:53:15,180 --> 00:53:17,540
Leave that up on the screen. 
But to assert this, in the Old 

990
00:53:17,540 --> 00:53:20,580
Testament, your sins were 
covered by the blood. 

991
00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:23,000
Sacrifices would cover the 
blood. 

992
00:53:23,360 --> 00:53:25,560
God could view you through the 
blood, but there was always a 

993
00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:28,680
separation between God and the 
sin, and he was able to cover 

994
00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:30,440
that and show that and you're 
always being covered. 

995
00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:34,680
When Jesus died on the cross and
did his final work of his death 

996
00:53:34,680 --> 00:53:39,760
barrel and resurrection, that 
changed how sin and you get 

997
00:53:39,760 --> 00:53:44,080
together. 
That for you to die to sin means

998
00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:47,960
it leaves you and it doesn't 
participate with you any longer.

999
00:53:50,580 --> 00:53:55,180
So in the New Testament, blood 
doesn't cover the sins, it 

1000
00:53:55,180 --> 00:53:58,780
removes the sins and the nature 
that wants to do it. 

1001
00:54:02,700 --> 00:54:04,580
So when someone says, well, I 
just keep sinning because that's

1002
00:54:04,580 --> 00:54:06,700
just who I am, then you need to 
die. 

1003
00:54:07,420 --> 00:54:10,740
That's the whole call. 
And again, as a disclaimer, I'm 

1004
00:54:10,740 --> 00:54:12,740
not saying physically die. 
We understand this. 

1005
00:54:12,740 --> 00:54:14,540
I'm not saying you need to go 
and actually die a physical 

1006
00:54:14,540 --> 00:54:17,720
death. 
The death that the Apostle Paul 

1007
00:54:17,720 --> 00:54:20,480
died whenever he said I've no 
longer lived, but Christ lives 

1008
00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:23,800
in me, we understand was a 
sacrifice of a living sacrifice,

1009
00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:29,520
not a dead sacrifice. 
But if we continue on, it says, 

1010
00:54:29,640 --> 00:54:32,640
or do you not know, maybe, maybe
the church didn't know Paul's 

1011
00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:33,760
right. 
He's like, maybe you didn't know

1012
00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:38,080
this, that all of us who have 
been baptized under Christ Jesus

1013
00:54:38,200 --> 00:54:41,920
have been baptized into his 
death first. 

1014
00:54:46,260 --> 00:54:50,020
Therefore we have been buried 
with him through baptism unto 

1015
00:54:50,020 --> 00:54:53,820
death. 
Again, there's two things that 

1016
00:54:53,820 --> 00:54:56,740
have taken place here before you
participate in the resurrection.

1017
00:54:59,300 --> 00:55:02,540
There's a death that has taken 
place and a forever putting away

1018
00:55:02,540 --> 00:55:10,450
that has taken place. 
Then it says, You've been buried

1019
00:55:10,450 --> 00:55:12,970
with him through baptism unto 
death, so that as Christ was 

1020
00:55:12,970 --> 00:55:17,450
raised from the dead through the
glory of the Father, so we too 

1021
00:55:17,450 --> 00:55:19,450
might walk in this newness of 
life. 

1022
00:55:22,690 --> 00:55:25,370
For if we become united with him
in the lightness of his death, 

1023
00:55:25,490 --> 00:55:29,090
certainly we shall also be in 
the lightness of his 

1024
00:55:29,090 --> 00:55:31,890
resurrection. 
These go hand in hand. 

1025
00:55:32,170 --> 00:55:37,930
You cannot be resurrected 
without first dying, right? 

1026
00:55:39,910 --> 00:55:41,910
And we want. 
I want the power of Christ's 

1027
00:55:41,910 --> 00:55:44,630
resurrection. 
The same spirit that raised 

1028
00:55:44,630 --> 00:55:46,110
Christ from the dead lives in 
me. 

1029
00:55:48,030 --> 00:55:52,910
That raising spirit that raised 
Christ can't raise you if you're

1030
00:55:52,910 --> 00:55:58,310
already still there. 
Resurrection raises something 

1031
00:55:58,310 --> 00:56:02,830
that died. 
It seems simple, right? 

1032
00:56:02,830 --> 00:56:07,220
Doesn't it seem simple? 
It says that knowing this, that 

1033
00:56:07,220 --> 00:56:12,180
our old self was crucified with 
Him in order that our body of 

1034
00:56:12,180 --> 00:56:15,100
sin might be done away with so 
that we would no longer be 

1035
00:56:15,100 --> 00:56:18,500
slaves to sin. 
This is telling us why Jesus did

1036
00:56:18,500 --> 00:56:20,740
it in the 1st place. 
For you to say I'm just a sorry 

1037
00:56:20,740 --> 00:56:23,100
Sinner, say my grace, you have 
no idea what he even did. 

1038
00:56:24,900 --> 00:56:28,420
He did this whole thing and paid
this ultimate price so that you 

1039
00:56:28,620 --> 00:56:33,220
could also come in and be free 
from sin. 

1040
00:56:34,640 --> 00:56:36,280
Yeah, we still keep identifying 
with sin. 

1041
00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:41,920
Why says now that if we've died 
with Christ, we we believe that 

1042
00:56:41,920 --> 00:56:44,440
we shall also live with Him, 
knowing that Christ, having been

1043
00:56:44,440 --> 00:56:47,080
raised from the dead, is never 
to die again. 

1044
00:56:47,240 --> 00:56:51,200
Death is no longer master over 
him for the death that he died, 

1045
00:56:51,240 --> 00:56:55,720
he died to sin once and for all.
But the life that he lives, he 

1046
00:56:55,720 --> 00:56:59,080
lives to who? 
That's the missing piece for 

1047
00:56:59,080 --> 00:57:02,750
most believers, that they think 
they were resurrected and they 

1048
00:57:02,750 --> 00:57:04,470
think they were born again to 
live a life. 

1049
00:57:04,470 --> 00:57:09,310
That they wanted the life that 
they get to just choose. 

1050
00:57:11,390 --> 00:57:13,430
They want to get born again so 
they can be free from what the 

1051
00:57:13,430 --> 00:57:15,310
devil says to do what they want 
to say. 

1052
00:57:15,390 --> 00:57:17,870
And what they don't understand 
is that your flesh is also 

1053
00:57:17,870 --> 00:57:21,750
siding with the enemy. 
There's only two masters, 

1054
00:57:21,750 --> 00:57:26,670
there's not three. 
There's 2 masters, there's not 

1055
00:57:26,670 --> 00:57:28,190
three. 
You don't have to choose between

1056
00:57:28,190 --> 00:57:33,020
the devil God and yourself 
yourself. 

1057
00:57:33,100 --> 00:57:35,700
Your selfish nature is already 
sided with one. 

1058
00:57:38,980 --> 00:57:41,860
You either serve the king and 
submit to the King's rule and 

1059
00:57:41,860 --> 00:57:45,460
obey the King's word, or the 
alternative is the other father,

1060
00:57:46,380 --> 00:57:52,660
the abusive, lying, destroying, 
stealing, killing father that 

1061
00:57:52,660 --> 00:57:53,860
one. 
You get to choose between those 

1062
00:57:53,860 --> 00:58:03,280
two, Verse 11 says. 
Even so, consider yourselves to 

1063
00:58:03,280 --> 00:58:08,360
be dead to sin, but alive to God
in Christ. 

1064
00:58:10,040 --> 00:58:14,800
The price that we pay for 
rulership is we have to die. 

1065
00:58:18,410 --> 00:58:20,850
I find so often. 
That is the the enemy can't do 

1066
00:58:20,850 --> 00:58:22,450
anything new. 
He's always going to just twist 

1067
00:58:22,450 --> 00:58:25,050
and manipulate something that 
that the the Lord's trying to do

1068
00:58:25,050 --> 00:58:26,930
in the 1st place. 
So that's why suicide is such a 

1069
00:58:26,930 --> 00:58:30,170
horrible tragedy, is because the
enemy has tricked you into 

1070
00:58:30,170 --> 00:58:33,490
saying if you would just end 
your life, it all would go away 

1071
00:58:33,490 --> 00:58:36,930
and you'd be better. 
And he's trying to tell you the 

1072
00:58:36,930 --> 00:58:41,050
same things God's trying to tell
you, just God does it a better 

1073
00:58:41,050 --> 00:58:44,970
way because God's saying the 
same thing. 

1074
00:58:45,170 --> 00:58:49,140
Jesus's call was the same one. 
Listen, you've got to die. 

1075
00:58:50,100 --> 00:58:52,020
And that old life, all that 
you're going through, that'll go

1076
00:58:52,020 --> 00:58:54,780
away and you can have a brand 
new life. 

1077
00:58:55,460 --> 00:58:57,820
See, one ends with a 
resurrection and one lens with 

1078
00:58:57,820 --> 00:59:02,380
damnation. 
It's a choice between paths that

1079
00:59:02,380 --> 00:59:03,580
we take. 
So if the enemy can get you to 

1080
00:59:03,580 --> 00:59:05,940
forfeit your purpose and take 
your physical life, sure, 

1081
00:59:05,940 --> 00:59:08,260
there's like you're you're out 
of the planet and you know what?

1082
00:59:08,260 --> 00:59:10,180
You're not having to deal with 
the issues of the world anymore.

1083
00:59:10,180 --> 00:59:12,620
But why would you want to choose
that over the fact that God said

1084
00:59:12,620 --> 00:59:14,660
you can be in the planet and 
still be over the issues of the 

1085
00:59:14,660 --> 00:59:22,650
world? 
I submit to you the one of the 

1086
00:59:22,650 --> 00:59:25,810
most powerful moments in Jesus's
ministry wasn't when he was just

1087
00:59:25,810 --> 00:59:28,650
hanging on the cross. 
He did that, and it was a final 

1088
00:59:28,650 --> 00:59:31,330
work that had to happen. 
Not only was it prophesied, but 

1089
00:59:31,330 --> 00:59:33,010
it was there to complete 
everything he did. 

1090
00:59:33,010 --> 00:59:35,690
But Jesus didn't just die that 
death that day. 

1091
00:59:36,890 --> 00:59:39,290
I'd submit to you that Jesus 
actually died when he was in the

1092
00:59:39,290 --> 00:59:44,210
garden. 
He wasn't sweating and 

1093
00:59:44,210 --> 00:59:46,410
travailing with drops of blood 
while he was just hanging on the

1094
00:59:46,410 --> 00:59:49,370
cross. 
There was a choice that had to 

1095
00:59:49,370 --> 00:59:51,970
be made, and it was the same 
choice that you and I face every

1096
00:59:51,970 --> 00:59:54,490
single day that Jesus was faced 
with. 

1097
00:59:54,530 --> 00:59:56,490
And he had a pattern again, 
remember from the beginning, he 

1098
00:59:56,490 --> 00:59:58,890
had this pattern that whatever 
the father says, I do it, 

1099
00:59:58,890 --> 01:00:00,170
Whatever the father says, I do 
it. 

1100
01:00:00,250 --> 01:00:03,730
So for him, in the garden, it 
was no different, just the 

1101
01:00:03,730 --> 01:00:08,410
stakes were higher, that he said
there was like drops of blood 

1102
01:00:08,410 --> 01:00:11,570
and bowed down at this stone. 
And he says, Father, if there's 

1103
01:00:11,650 --> 01:00:14,290
any way for this cup to pass, if
there's any other way for it's 

1104
01:00:14,290 --> 01:00:17,010
something else to be done, but 
not my will. 

1105
01:00:18,610 --> 01:00:21,530
I don't choose me. 
I still choose you, no matter 

1106
01:00:21,530 --> 01:00:25,410
what the cost. 
That's the Christ we follow. 

1107
01:00:25,730 --> 01:00:26,890
That's the Christ that got us 
in. 

1108
01:00:26,890 --> 01:00:28,210
That's the Christ that called 
us. 

1109
01:00:28,970 --> 01:00:30,290
And we want to say we're like 
him. 

1110
01:00:37,240 --> 01:00:38,640
But are you willing to die that 
death? 

1111
01:00:39,600 --> 01:00:42,080
See, it's the garden death that 
most believers are faced with 

1112
01:00:42,080 --> 01:00:43,800
every day. 
They think that someday, maybe 

1113
01:00:43,800 --> 01:00:45,480
they'll have this chance to die,
The death on the cross. 

1114
01:00:45,480 --> 01:00:46,440
And they're waiting for the 
cross. 

1115
01:00:46,440 --> 01:00:48,800
But they're missing the everyday
walking through a garden full of

1116
01:00:48,800 --> 01:00:53,000
choices. 
How often do they say, Father, 

1117
01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:58,680
not my will, your will be done. 
It's an everyday. 

1118
01:00:58,680 --> 01:01:00,560
It says it's pretty clear 
through the epistles. 

1119
01:01:00,560 --> 01:01:02,920
It says listen the flesh and the
and the spirit they battle 

1120
01:01:02,920 --> 01:01:04,120
daily. 
And no one's free from that 

1121
01:01:04,120 --> 01:01:05,880
conflict. 
Which means every day there's an

1122
01:01:05,880 --> 01:01:08,440
opportunity for you to die unto 
yourself. 

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01:01:12,120 --> 01:01:13,960
Because again, we think I would 
die for the gospel. 

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01:01:14,920 --> 01:01:18,120
OK, what if you're at home and 
you're all alone and you're able

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01:01:18,120 --> 01:01:20,200
to pull up the Internet and have
pornography in front of you? 

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01:01:21,110 --> 01:01:23,710
Are you willing to die to 
yourself? 

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01:01:26,270 --> 01:01:28,190
What if you're just tired and 
you got home and your family 

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01:01:28,190 --> 01:01:29,750
needs you and your kids are 
bothering you and wanting all 

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01:01:29,750 --> 01:01:32,670
that? 
You willing to die to serve 

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01:01:32,670 --> 01:01:37,750
them? 
What if someone at work comes 

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01:01:37,750 --> 01:01:40,150
and asks you your opinion about 
current events? 

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01:01:41,150 --> 01:01:43,150
Are you willing to die to your 
own opinions and just say what 

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01:01:43,150 --> 01:01:45,590
God says, no matter what the way
you think they're going to 

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01:01:45,590 --> 01:01:48,590
respond? 
Because if you're not willing to

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01:01:48,590 --> 01:01:51,120
die that death, don't come and 
tell me you're willing to die 

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01:01:51,120 --> 01:01:55,800
for Jesus. 
Think about who Jesus is in John

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01:01:55,800 --> 01:01:57,480
11. 
It says in the beginning was the

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01:01:57,920 --> 01:02:00,520
Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. 

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01:02:00,520 --> 01:02:01,880
So God and the Word are one of 
the same. 

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01:02:01,880 --> 01:02:04,640
Then it said the Word became 
flesh in verse 14. 

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01:02:04,640 --> 01:02:07,040
Who is that? 
Jesus. 

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01:02:07,920 --> 01:02:10,720
So if we understand that Jesus 
is the Word, and when he makes a

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01:02:10,720 --> 01:02:13,120
statement, if you deny me before
men, I'll deny you before the 

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01:02:13,120 --> 01:02:14,440
Father. 
Who is he talking about? 

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01:02:17,120 --> 01:02:20,120
See, religion has focused too 
much on the man Jesus and lost 

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01:02:20,120 --> 01:02:22,760
who he actually always was. 
He was a man for 33 years on the

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01:02:22,760 --> 01:02:25,320
planet that ended up getting 
death barrier and resurrection 

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01:02:25,320 --> 01:02:26,680
now lives at the right hand of 
the Father. 

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01:02:26,800 --> 01:02:29,640
But long before he existed on 
the planet, he existed somewhere

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01:02:29,640 --> 01:02:33,320
else and what he existed as was 
the living word of God. 

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01:02:33,920 --> 01:02:36,360
So if he says, if you deny me 
before man, I'll deny you before

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01:02:36,360 --> 01:02:37,640
the Father. 
I'm telling you right now, the 

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01:02:37,640 --> 01:02:40,800
standard is if you deny what the
word says before man, he's not 

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01:02:40,800 --> 01:02:42,320
going to. 
You're not going to have the 

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01:02:42,320 --> 01:02:46,870
answer you think you are in the 
end say, well, you know, Bible's

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01:02:46,870 --> 01:02:48,190
up to interpretation. 
Yeah. 

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01:02:48,190 --> 01:02:49,870
And the interpreter of it lives 
within us. 

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01:02:49,870 --> 01:02:53,030
And we got the Holy Ghost, which
means we're all going to read 

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01:02:53,030 --> 01:02:54,990
this thing, come together and 
say, here's what the Lord's 

1160
01:02:54,990 --> 01:02:57,190
saying and have an agreement. 
You want unity in the church, 

1161
01:02:57,190 --> 01:02:58,550
but you don't want unity of a 
doctrine. 

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01:02:58,550 --> 01:03:03,110
You're crazy. 
Look, why can't all the 

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01:03:03,110 --> 01:03:05,150
denominations get together cuz 
y'all crazy? 

1164
01:03:05,150 --> 01:03:07,190
And you don't want to agree that
what the Holy Ghost says is 

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01:03:07,190 --> 01:03:09,670
right. 
And I'd be willing to bet big 

1166
01:03:09,670 --> 01:03:11,190
sum of money. 
You ain't reading your Bible in 

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01:03:11,190 --> 01:03:13,110
the 1st place. 
That's why you don't like Anchor

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01:03:13,110 --> 01:03:15,030
Faith Church. 
Because we show up in every 

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01:03:15,030 --> 01:03:17,830
single member of our staff has 
read the Bible dozens of times. 

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01:03:17,830 --> 01:03:20,590
And when you say a scripture is 
out of context, we go, excuse 

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01:03:20,590 --> 01:03:27,230
me, it's not what it says. 
Well, well, he's arrogant. 

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01:03:27,470 --> 01:03:28,950
He's arrogant. 
Anchor Faith people come in here

1173
01:03:28,950 --> 01:03:30,750
and try to tell us what oh, like
you got the market on. 

1174
01:03:30,750 --> 01:03:39,870
What's truth? 
Well, I have the Bible and I can

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01:03:39,870 --> 01:03:41,030
read. 
I mean, that's the two. 

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01:03:44,750 --> 01:03:47,350
Hallelujah. 
Let's end with this. 

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01:03:47,350 --> 01:03:49,630
Romans chapter 12, starting in 
verse one. 

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01:03:50,870 --> 01:03:54,270
Come on, God's good Kingdom is 
everything you've ever wanted. 

1179
01:03:55,390 --> 01:03:57,510
It's worth whatever it costs to 
lay down. 

1180
01:03:57,510 --> 01:03:59,350
I'm telling you, are you willing
to die to yourself if God says 

1181
01:03:59,350 --> 01:04:01,190
listen, those friendships that 
you have, they're holding you 

1182
01:04:01,190 --> 01:04:02,870
back. 
You need to die to your friends.

1183
01:04:04,870 --> 01:04:06,790
The salvation is free. 
The new life is free. 

1184
01:04:06,790 --> 01:04:08,110
Brand new. 
There's nothing you can do to 

1185
01:04:08,150 --> 01:04:09,670
earn this new life. 
And you can come right over here

1186
01:04:09,670 --> 01:04:11,630
as long as you died of that 
relationship. 

1187
01:04:14,710 --> 01:04:16,990
I don't know if it's worth it. 
What do you mean? 

1188
01:04:16,990 --> 01:04:19,710
I don't know if it's worth it. 
Come on, that's a whole 

1189
01:04:19,710 --> 01:04:21,270
different message itself. 
That's like a Part 2. 

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01:04:21,270 --> 01:04:24,470
Why is it worth it? 
Romans chapter 12 tells us 

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01:04:24,470 --> 01:04:26,270
exactly how the life of a 
believer should go. 

1192
01:04:26,270 --> 01:04:28,070
It says Therefore I urge you, 
brethren. 

1193
01:04:28,110 --> 01:04:31,590
Brethren not lost, brethren. 
Are we the brethren in this 

1194
01:04:31,590 --> 01:04:34,270
room? 
Therefore I urge you, brethren, 

1195
01:04:34,850 --> 01:04:38,770
by the mercies of God, that you 
present your bodies a living and

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01:04:38,770 --> 01:04:43,090
holy sacrifice which tells us 
not every sacrifice. 

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01:04:43,090 --> 01:04:45,490
Is that an altar with a knife in
the blood in the in the throat, 

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01:04:47,250 --> 01:04:49,370
that there can be a different 
kind of sacrifice that keeps 

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01:04:49,370 --> 01:04:52,890
breathing but still lives just 
as sacrificially. 

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01:04:53,450 --> 01:04:56,210
It says that you would present 
your bodies a living sacrifice 

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01:04:56,210 --> 01:04:59,970
acceptable to God, which is your
spiritual service of worship. 

1202
01:05:02,730 --> 01:05:08,360
I was created for worship. 
What about this one you created 

1203
01:05:08,360 --> 01:05:09,560
for worship? 
What about what about this 

1204
01:05:09,560 --> 01:05:12,080
worship? 
Because your spiritual service 

1205
01:05:12,080 --> 01:05:14,880
of worship would be that you 
would offer your body as a 

1206
01:05:14,880 --> 01:05:16,960
living sacrifice. 
That you would die to your own 

1207
01:05:16,960 --> 01:05:19,640
desires and your own will and 
your own plans and your own 

1208
01:05:19,640 --> 01:05:22,680
schemes, and you would actually 
live for something outside of 

1209
01:05:22,680 --> 01:05:25,400
you. 
You willing to die when somebody

1210
01:05:25,840 --> 01:05:28,400
you get a message on planning 
center. 

1211
01:05:32,830 --> 01:05:36,470
Is your body a living sacrifice 
or have you had a long week 

1212
01:05:39,190 --> 01:05:44,110
that's too deep? 
We'll keep going then, he says. 

1213
01:05:44,110 --> 01:05:45,390
In verse two he gives us the 
like. 

1214
01:05:45,390 --> 01:05:47,270
This recipe, right, of 
transforming your whole life. 

1215
01:05:47,270 --> 01:05:48,910
He says. 
Do not be conformed to this 

1216
01:05:48,910 --> 01:05:54,750
world, but be transformed by 
what the renewing of your mind 

1217
01:05:55,230 --> 01:06:00,060
that you can prove what the will
of God is, that which is good, 

1218
01:06:00,060 --> 01:06:02,660
acceptable and perfect. 
I'm telling you good, acceptable

1219
01:06:02,660 --> 01:06:04,820
and perfect is everything you 
want from God. 

1220
01:06:04,940 --> 01:06:09,340
But the only way to prove that 
out in your life is to be 

1221
01:06:09,340 --> 01:06:13,300
transformed by changing the way 
you think and by offering up 

1222
01:06:13,300 --> 01:06:15,700
your life as a living sacrifice 
for Him. 

1223
01:06:15,820 --> 01:06:18,860
You don't get the proof in your 
life if you don't pay the price 

1224
01:06:18,860 --> 01:06:29,810
for the proof. 
Thank you so much for listening 

1225
01:06:29,810 --> 01:06:32,250
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1226
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1227
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