1 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:04,760 Thanks for checking out the Anchor Faith Message podcast 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:06,160 from St. Augustine, FL. 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:17,000 Now enjoy this message. Has he been good to us? 4 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,160 Has he been faithful? Hallelujah. 5 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:27,000 And so this morning I want to talk to you about Kingdom 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,200 Oneness. Kingdom Oneness. 7 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:37,120 You know, it seems like you know, through pastor and and 8 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:41,880 those that have been ministering lately that God is trying to get 9 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:46,560 this body in unity for our community. 10 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:48,120 Amen. Amen. 11 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,440 Trying to get. Us. 12 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:55,680 Unified in all that we're doing. Because where there is unity, 13 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,560 there is great power, and nothing is impossible. 14 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,040 Nothing is impossible. You know, we can look at this 15 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:06,800 with the Tower of Babel. What were they were building a 16 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:12,480 tower to heaven to reach God. And the Lord said, God said that 17 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:16,480 it seemed as if nothing would be impossible for them, because. 18 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:18,760 They were unified. Amen. 19 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:24,800 So unified that he had to disrupt or bring confusion to 20 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:29,800 their language, 'cause they were all speaking the same thing, 21 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:33,720 Come on. Unified on the same vision and 22 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:36,040 purpose. And what did they do? 23 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:40,640 They were able to accomplish a great and mighty feat that he 24 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,720 had to come down because they were doing it obviously not to, 25 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:53,320 you know, honor God, but they wanted to build a heaven to be 26 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,480 with him. Amen. 27 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:01,560 So Kingdom oneness, what am I talking about with this? 28 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,520 Actually out of Ephesians chapter 4 and verses one through 29 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:10,000 7 it says this. Therefore, the prisoner of the 30 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,160 Lord beseech you to Walt, worthy of the calling with which you 31 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:18,440 were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with 32 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:23,520 long-suffering, bearing with one another in love, say, bearing 33 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:27,360 with one another in love. The first thing we're going to 34 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:31,080 have to recognize that if we are going to have oneness, if we are 35 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:35,360 going to be unified for the Kingdom of God, we have to 36 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:40,120 recognize we're going to have to bear with one another in love. 37 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:46,040 Amen. We are going to have to walk in 38 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:50,400 love with one another, us brothers and sisters in Christ. 39 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:52,720 We're going to have to bear with one another. 40 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:58,200 That means we're just going to have to bear some things right 41 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,840 that you think, man, I shouldn't have to be burying this with 42 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,560 that person or that person. But guess what? 43 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:06,680 He says. We can bear. 44 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:12,520 With them, as long as we are operating in the love of God and 45 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:14,640 his love is agape. Amen. 46 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:20,040 So he says, bearing with one another in love, say one 47 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:24,440 another, one another, one another. 48 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,760 You know today is communion Sunday. 49 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:31,760 And, you know, communion has to do with the fact that we are in 50 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:39,400 union with Christ. But to be in union with Christ 51 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:45,160 means that we are in union in the body with one another. 52 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:56,000 We are a part of one another. We are in union with one another 53 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:03,280 because we are in Him. In the body of Christ, we are in 54 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:10,240 union together. We're a part of one another. 55 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,720 That's why he says. We're going to see later on bear 56 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:16,240 one another's burdens. Amen. 57 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:22,920 Amen. So we're a part of one another, 58 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,560 say one another, one another. Verse three says this 59 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:32,040 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 60 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:40,600 So we are to endeavor right to keep the unity of the Spirit in 61 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:46,400 the bond of peace. We are so positioned so that we 62 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:50,920 as believers are to be so unified that whenever there's 63 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:56,800 not peace, it would bother us. Right. 64 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:01,560 And this has to do with anything and everything that's going on 65 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:06,520 in the body of Christ. We must get to a place, and I 66 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:10,520 believe that, you know, we've already said that this church is 67 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,560 a place that's going to grow you up and mature. 68 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,360 You right. We are not here to feed you 69 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:22,640 elementary principals alone, but we are here to mature the church 70 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:27,160 that he's coming back for what? A church that's in his fullness 71 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:32,480 is mature, without spot or wrinkle or blemish and maturity. 72 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:36,760 For us to walk in the fullness of that, we have to recognize 73 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,960 that we are a part of one another. 74 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:47,920 We're in union together and we must, we must in our hearts say, 75 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:52,920 what am I going to do to continue to bring unification in 76 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:55,840 the body? I do not want to be a part 77 00:05:55,840 --> 00:05:58,840 that's not going to bring unification or. 78 00:05:59,280 --> 00:06:02,960 Right. Strife or division, not going to 79 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:04,840 be it. I'm going to be a person that's 80 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:06,720 going to be a peacemaker. Amen. 81 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:12,360 In every situation, in every circumstance that I encounter 82 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,320 with each other. We're going to make sure that 83 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:20,040 we're going to be peacemakers. So that we can what protect the 84 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:27,120 bond of unity, right? Because this is important. 85 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:33,160 This is important because I'm going to tell you what God has 86 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,520 anchor faith doing in this community. 87 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:45,800 The devil doesn't like it when you start getting City Council 88 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:51,560 and people, mayors and and individuals, asking you what can 89 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,840 we do to change? Our whole community. 90 00:06:55,640 --> 00:07:01,200 The devil doesn't like it, and So what he's going to do is try 91 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:07,240 to come in and bring division and bring people into a place of 92 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:11,600 not being unified together, of bringing distractions, of 93 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:18,040 bringing chaos and and discord, and strive to try to tear down 94 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,840 what the God is wanting to do in this community. 95 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:30,680 We have full open doors in this community, full open doors in 96 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:35,920 this community and communities asking us to transform their 97 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,480 places. This is what the Kingdom was 98 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:44,320 always supposed to be about. Amen, Hallelujah. 99 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,400 But I'm going to tell you the first thing the enemy wants to 100 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:53,200 do is try to come in and disrupt what God is wanting to do. 101 00:07:54,160 --> 00:08:00,280 So we are to grow up, you know. Ephesians 411 through 16 says 102 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,680 this, that he gave some apostles, prophets, evangelists, 103 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,680 pastors, teachers for the what? The quipping of the Saints for 104 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,080 the work of service, Say work of service work. 105 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,480 Of service Say it again. Work of service. 106 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,040 Say it again. Work of service. 107 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:16,960 Say it again. Work of service. 108 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:25,000 Why is he equipping a body of believers for the work of 109 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,920 service? That means there's something 110 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:34,520 that he wants us to do to serve. Yes, and it's what? 111 00:08:34,919 --> 00:08:41,679 Yes, a four letter word WORK which churches don't want to 112 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:48,720 hear today. Say work of service, say it 113 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:53,400 again, work of service, say it again, work of service. 114 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:57,400 Amen. We are called for the work of 115 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,280 service. To the building up of the body 116 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:07,760 of Christ until we all attain to the unity of faith and of the 117 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:12,000 knowledge of the Son of God. To a what a mature man. 118 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,920 A mature man understands that this is about the work of 119 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:23,360 service for the Kingdom of God. An infant or a babe in Christ or 120 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:27,960 a carnal Christian doesn't want and doesn't recognize that this 121 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:33,080 is about a work of service and doesn't want to work, doesn't 122 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:38,800 want to serve in any capacity, OK? 123 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:40,600 Say Amen. Amen. 124 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,840 And then he goes on to say this to the measure of the stature 125 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:50,600 which belongs to the fullness of Christ, say the fullness of 126 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:55,320 Christ. So he expects the body to mature 127 00:09:55,320 --> 00:10:00,160 and grow into a place of the fullness of Christ. 128 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:05,520 And the fullness of Christ is going to function and flow when 129 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:11,080 there's unity. When there's unity, right, The 130 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,000 fullness of Christ. What does that mean? 131 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,720 That everybody is going to be in his proper fit, proper working, 132 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:23,080 proper place, proper assignment, doing what God has called them 133 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:26,160 to do for the building up of the church. 134 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,120 Say the building up at the church. 135 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:34,080 See, everybody you know has a problem with wanting to serve in 136 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,320 the church. They don't mind doing all these 137 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,160 other community outreaches and out. 138 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:44,120 But listen, our number one purpose as a believer is to 139 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:50,800 build up the body of Christ, which has a work of service. 140 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:56,600 So every time we come in to do something that God has assigned 141 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:01,200 us to do in the body with serving internally, what are we 142 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,440 doing? We are help building up the body 143 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,000 of Christ. We're actually helping mature 144 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,520 people. Listen, if we were not here as a 145 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:14,120 church, if the parking lot wasn't here, if the greeters 146 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,880 weren't here, if the worship team wasn't here, if those that 147 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,280 were serving and children's weren't here. 148 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:26,120 Marissa, you have only been coming, what, a year and a half? 149 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:32,200 Guess what? She wouldn't be able to grow in 150 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,880 the knowledge of the Lord if there wasn't a body here to 151 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:41,520 bring her in to greet her. Come on to help her and assist 152 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:42,720 her. What are you doing? 153 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,040 You're helping her grow. Have you grown? 154 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:50,160 Since you've been here. And she told me she just LED a 155 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:57,560 Muslim to the Lord. Glory to God. 156 00:11:57,560 --> 00:12:01,360 So if there was no body, if there was no one in the work of 157 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:06,440 service for the building up, you are building her life up so that 158 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,080 she can grow up spiritually and mature. 159 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:14,320 And if we weren't here to do that, guess what? 160 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:19,680 Nobody would be growing and maturing and the church would 161 00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:24,080 not be built up. Hallelujah. 162 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:28,760 So all those that think, oh, we don't have to serve, we just 163 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:33,160 need to love. The Lord is not biblical. 164 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:36,240 It's not biblical. Amen. 165 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:44,040 He lets us know what. It is the work of service for 166 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:47,560 the building up of the body of Christ. 167 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:52,080 Amen, so that we can all grow. And when we all grow, what 168 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,000 happens as a result of us doing this? 169 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:59,440 We will no longer be children, tossed here and there by waves 170 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:03,640 and carried about by every wind and doctrine, by the trickery of 171 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:08,480 men, by the craftiness and deceitful scheming of Instagram. 172 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:21,480 Profits and Facebook teachers. The church that tell you they 173 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,800 just want too much from you. The church you don't have to go 174 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,280 to church. They just want too much from 175 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:31,320 you. Listen, this is you think I 176 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,880 don't hear all the bogus stuff that goes on. 177 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:39,200 I mean, it's ridiculous when the scripture clearly identifies 178 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,040 what it is saying. Amen. 179 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:49,560 But if you don't submit to a pastor of a local body church, 180 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:56,920 you will be tricked, you will be deceived, and you will listen to 181 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:00,760 anything like a bird flying around with its mouth open, 182 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:09,280 letting anything. Just drop in glory so it says in 183 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:13,640 verse 15. But speaking the truth in love, 184 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:15,600 that's what I am doing. Amen. 185 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaking the truth in love. You know people don't understand 186 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:29,000 even today what speaking the truth is in love, because if you 187 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,920 speak something opposite of what someone wants to hear. 188 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,400 Then, oh, you don't. You're not walking in love or 189 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:47,800 oh, you're judging or oh. But because I love people, I 190 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:53,280 want to speak the truth so that they don't follow the. 191 00:14:54,560 --> 00:15:01,840 The lies of the enemy. Because this, the word of God, 192 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:07,600 is absolute truth. Everything else is a lie. 193 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:13,480 The Word of God is absolute truth, and everything else is a 194 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:17,920 lie. So speaking the truth in love, 195 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:22,640 we are to grow up into all aspects unto Him who is the 196 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:27,520 head, Even cries from whom? The whole body say the body is 197 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:32,520 being fitted and held together by every joint supply according 198 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,880 to the proper working of each individual part. 199 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,760 Causes what? The growth of the body. 200 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:45,040 So again, he's letting us know when every individual is jointed 201 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:49,480 and fitted in its proper working and doing what it is that God 202 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:53,640 has assigned and equipped for them to do in the body. 203 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:58,920 What does it do? It builds its IT helps growth 204 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:05,040 happen in the body and builds it up in love. 205 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:13,000 In love, when we're all doing what it is that God is asking of 206 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:19,480 us to do in serving the work of service to the Church. 207 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:21,600 Amen. Ephesians. 208 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:26,520 Chapter 218 through 22. It says I'm just laying a 209 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,000 foundation because I can't wait to get to the rest of my 210 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,680 scriptures. For through him we both have our 211 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,800 access in one spirit to the Father. 212 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:38,920 See that? So then you are no longer 213 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:43,600 strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the 214 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:47,600 Saints. And are of God's household. 215 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:55,800 If you don't want to participate in what God is doing in the 216 00:16:55,800 --> 00:17:00,200 household, you alienate yourself. 217 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:05,400 You become an alien. You actually become a stranger. 218 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,319 Some of these that you don't see but once a year, well, you're a 219 00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:12,319 stranger to me, right? Right and. 220 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:17,000 Then right. Or those that alienate 221 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,240 themselves, and he's letting us know we're not supposed to be 222 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:23,960 aliens any longer, or strangers any longer, because we've been 223 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:27,520 brought into. The body of Christ, which is the 224 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:30,600 household of God, the family of God. 225 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,880 And so we need one another. Say we need one another. 226 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:38,280 We need. One another it says, being built 227 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,840 on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ 228 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:46,280 Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole 229 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:52,480 building being fitted together is growing into a holy temple in 230 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:58,440 the Lord in whom you also are being built together into a 231 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:03,200 dwelling of God in the Spirit, say I'm being built. 232 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,400 Together I'm being. Built together. 233 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:13,480 You're being built together with Christ, and if you are in 234 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:17,920 Christ, you are in His body. One spirit, 1 faith. 235 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:23,640 Come on, one body. You cannot say that you, you 236 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:30,440 know, don't need the household of God or the family of God when 237 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:32,760 someone actually leaves the family. 238 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:35,920 What do you usually call that? Rebellious. 239 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:37,440 Like a teenager going. I'm gonna. 240 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:38,720 I'm. I'm leaving. 241 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:39,680 I'm moving out. Yep. 242 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,640 You call that rebellious spirit, don't you? 243 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:44,000 Come on. Amen. 244 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:51,640 Just think about it. So what is he saying? 245 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:56,120 We are. Being built together, fitted 246 00:18:56,120 --> 00:19:01,680 together, growing into a holy temple in the Lord and who you 247 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:06,760 also are being built together in a dwelling of God in the Spirit. 248 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:14,320 So again this is letting us know that we are being built in 249 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:20,720 Christ. One Spirit, 1 body, one faith. 250 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:29,840 One spirit, 1 body, one faith. Look at Romans chapter 12 and 251 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:34,720 verses four and five. It says for as we have many 252 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:40,120 members in one body but all the members do not have the same 253 00:19:40,120 --> 00:19:45,080 function so we be many are one body in Christ. 254 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:48,440 Say one body in Christ one. Body is Christ. 255 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:55,160 And listen and individually, members of one another say one 256 00:19:55,160 --> 00:20:00,200 another. We are members of one another. 257 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:05,480 Say one another, we're going to. Say this all morning long one 258 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:10,400 another Very good. I didn't even have to prompt 259 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:14,240 you. We're going to say it because 260 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:20,000 I'm telling you, it is time that we recognize that we are a part 261 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:24,160 of what God is building. Come on his body. 262 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:29,800 To so recognize that we are so necessary, each and every one of 263 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,520 us, and that we are a part of one another. 264 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:36,600 And listen, When you hurt, we all hurt. 265 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,800 Isn't that what he says? When one hurts, we all hurt. 266 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:45,520 Listen, I'm telling you, we have to take up this cause of 267 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:52,240 unification in the body, especially in this House. 268 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:56,160 I don't care what's happening everywhere else, but in this 269 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,920 House, we need to be 1. That means we're not going to 270 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:02,120 back by. We're not going to talk about 271 00:21:02,120 --> 00:21:03,920 one another. We're not going to have odd 272 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,800 against one another. We're not going to hold grudges 273 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,640 against one another. Come on. 274 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:12,280 Because we are a part of each other. 275 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:20,560 Hallelujah. We're members of one another. 276 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:28,720 First Corinthians chapter 10. Just in speaking in communion, 277 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:34,000 verses 16 through 17, it says is not the cup of blessing which we 278 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,640 bless a sharing in the blood of Christ. 279 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:42,560 Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ, 280 00:21:44,120 --> 00:21:50,400 since there is one bread? We, who are many, are one body, 281 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:54,360 for we all partake of the one bread. 282 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,320 You see that? He's letting us know. 283 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:02,960 Listen, we are one body and we are all in Christ. 284 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,480 Those that are born again, those who have called on the name of 285 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:11,320 the Lord, those who have confessed Jesus Christ as their 286 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:16,800 Lord. We are one in the body, we're 287 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:20,720 one body. We are one body. 288 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:25,160 Every individual. Every working different part, 289 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:32,440 but we are one, and we all partake of His blood and the 290 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:38,520 blessing of that. Amen. 1st Corinthians 10 four 291 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:41,800 says this. And we all drank the same 292 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:46,640 spiritual drink, For there were drinking from a spiritual rock 293 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:51,400 which followed them, and the rock was Christ. 294 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,000 Hallelujah. I'm all into Christ. 295 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,440 Come on. I've drank his blood and eat his 296 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,280 body. Come on, because I am one with 297 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:04,120 him. Amen. 298 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:10,560 And I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ, for it 299 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:16,160 is the power unto salvation. Hallelujah. 300 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:20,120 Glory to God. Glory to God. 301 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,600 So I don't care what everybody thinks, right? 302 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,720 Everybody wants to think what they want to think. 303 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,760 So be it, and they'll go to hell for it. 304 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,680 Amen. Come on, we've got to get to a 305 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:42,960 place where we know what we believe, who we believe in, and 306 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:48,840 that we are unashamed to completely sell out to the body 307 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:55,000 of Christ. I'm sold out to this body, to 308 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,520 the body of Christ the. Household of God that He's 309 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:02,920 placed me in Hallelujah and I'll die. 310 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:10,920 I will die standing on the word of God and in the love of God 311 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:19,040 for each and everyone of you because I fight for you in 312 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:23,760 prayer and you don't pray for those you don't love. 313 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:33,000 So moving on, Charles Spurgeon said. 314 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:38,120 This says Satan always hates Christian fellowship. 315 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:43,760 It is his policy to keep Christians apart. 316 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:49,880 Anything which can divide Saints from one another, say one 317 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:53,280 another. He delights in it. 318 00:24:53,880 --> 00:25:00,640 He attaches far more importance to godly intercourse that than 319 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,080 we do. Yeah. 320 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,640 That is called godly. When we have fellowship with 321 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:10,520 God, we are literally in communion with Him. 322 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:15,240 We are in intercourse with the Father, with the body of Christ, 323 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,720 and we are to be that same with you. 324 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:22,280 And the devil don't want us to have true intimacy with one 325 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:26,840 another, become vulnerable with one another. 326 00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:32,000 To love one another, see them in their faults but still love them 327 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,400 and walk them through it. Listen to what there's going on 328 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,920 in their hearts and still saying but God, but God can't come 329 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,360 through. If you would just stand on the 330 00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:44,520 word, this marriage don't have to end. 331 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,720 If you would just stand on the word. 332 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:50,840 Come on, being loving people enough to speak the truth and 333 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:57,400 walk them through it, because we're a part of one another. 334 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,320 And when what hurts, we all hurt. 335 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:07,360 So he attaches far more importance to God, the 336 00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:09,800 intercourse. That's what we then we do. 337 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:19,840 Since union is strength, being unified has strength. 338 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:26,120 There's strength and unity. We know the Scripture A3 corded 339 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:35,080 strand cannot be easily broken, and that's why he doesn't want 340 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:40,360 you to actually have true fellowship and vulnerability and 341 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:44,640 intimacy with one another. And I understand why. 342 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:50,200 Because some people become critical because they aren't 343 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:54,480 doing the word some. People want to voice their 344 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:59,880 opinions because they're not doing the word, but that does 345 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:04,960 not negate the fact that he says we need it and we must have it 346 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:09,440 if we are going to actually properly grow and mature and 347 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:22,440 develop and have true unity, so. He said since union is strength, 348 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:26,040 he does his best to promote separation. 349 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,280 He does his best to promote separation. 350 00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:38,280 Now let's move on. Ephesians Chapter 4 and verse 25 351 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:45,840 says, therefore laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one 352 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:54,400 of you with his neighbors, for we are members of Speak. 353 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,040 Truth. To your neighbors. 354 00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:00,280 This is not your neighbors down the road, though you may need to 355 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:05,280 if the Lord leads you to. But this is talking about our 356 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:08,600 neighbor. We are neighbors, we are in the 357 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,480 household of God. We are family. 358 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:17,640 But He relates it to a neighbor. And we are to speak the truth to 359 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,560 one another because we're members of one another. 360 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,840 That means you're going to hear people say some things maybe you 361 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:27,440 didn't want to hear at the moment, but because they love 362 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,520 you, right? They're going to speak the truth 363 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:34,480 to you. Because they love you, they're 364 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:39,080 going to share with you a few things, right? 365 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,680 Speak the truth to each one of you. 366 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,880 Amen. Now look at Hebrews. 367 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,560 This is really the scripture that I had from the very 368 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:54,080 beginning that the Lord gave me and all these others were laying 369 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:58,040 the foundation. This was my original text. 370 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:02,560 I just got this text, Hebrews 10/24 and 25. 371 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,320 I'm going to read it out of the amplified. 372 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:10,920 It says, And let us consider and give attentive, give attentive, 373 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:20,000 continuous care to the watching over one another, to the 374 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:28,000 watching over one another. He's letting us know that we 375 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:32,760 should be watching over one another and being attentive to 376 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:39,240 it, watching over one another, the King, James says, 377 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:45,640 Stimulating one another, right says this continuous care to the 378 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:51,400 watching over of one another, studying how we may stir up or 379 00:29:51,400 --> 00:30:00,480 stimulate and excite to love and helpful deeds and notable 380 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,480 activities. You see that? 381 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:10,080 Let us consider and give attentive, continuous care to 382 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:18,360 the watching over of one another and studying how we may stir you 383 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:23,440 up, one translation says. Stimulate you right to good 384 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:25,920 works and love that, King James says. 385 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:33,800 Have you thought about that? We're so focused on our lives, 386 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,600 just trying to maintain, keeping our watching over our own 387 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:41,760 family, our own kids. But yet, he says we're 388 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:47,760 responsible for one another, that we should be attentive and 389 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:51,840 watching over one another to make sure that we're stimulating 390 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:58,080 and stirring one another up for good works, good deeds, noble 391 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:03,280 activities and love. Oh, why they always asking us to 392 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:10,920 do something, watching over one another. 393 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,520 We all had. This is not just the pastor's 394 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:17,440 assignment. This is our assignment, as the 395 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:21,880 body of being a part of one another, that we ought to be 396 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,640 encouraging one another, stimulating one another, 397 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:28,400 watching over one another, making sure you're doing those 398 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:32,880 works that he has asked us to do, stirring you up. 399 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:38,960 To the to love and good deeds you see that? 400 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:41,680 Got quiet. Amen. 401 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:52,520 It got quiet, Hebrews said. It say one, another one. 402 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,760 Another. Say we're responsible for one 403 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:56,840 another. We're responsible. 404 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:01,000 For one another. Because we are a part of one 405 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,720 another. Because we are a part of one. 406 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:08,440 Another. And so it's our assignments to 407 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:13,760 making sure that one another is following and doing the things 408 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:19,440 that God has asked them to do, and stirring people up and 409 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,880 encouraging people to do those things. 410 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:27,520 Amen. And of course he goes on into 411 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:32,080 verse 25, and I was really just focusing on 24. 412 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:36,240 But 25's good 'cause it's all in connection, so we might as well 413 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:40,360 read it. Not forsaking or neglecting the 414 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:45,080 assembling of ourselves together as believers, as is the habit of 415 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:50,160 some people, but admonishing, warning, urging, and encouraging 416 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:55,080 one another. And all the more faithfully as 417 00:32:55,080 --> 00:33:01,000 you see the day approaching, say one another. 418 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,360 We're responsible for one another. 419 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:10,080 We're responsible for another. We're a part of one another, one 420 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:11,480 another. And I should be just as 421 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:15,520 concerned about your spiritual walk and your spiritual life, 422 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:23,520 just as a regular believer as my own. 423 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:31,600 As a regular believer. Amen. 424 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:36,200 John 1517 says this. It says this. 425 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:41,400 I command you that you love. Say it every time. 426 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:48,600 Now I'm just going to let the Bible speak for itself because 427 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:57,840 there was 150 scriptures in the New Testament about us being a 428 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:06,440 part of one another, 150 scriptures in the New Testament. 429 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:12,600 And of course John lets us know a million times that we're to 430 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,960 love one another and we're commanded to love one another. 431 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,480 And this is not our fantasy of what love is. 432 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:26,880 This is actually agape love, and agape love loves selflessly, 433 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:37,840 right? Does it keep a record of thanks? 434 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:46,800 No. But how many of us think evil of 435 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:51,120 one another? Think they're out to get you? 436 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,280 Or they said something wrong to you. 437 00:34:53,400 --> 00:35:02,120 And come on. So he says we're commanded that 438 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,560 you love one another. Romans 12/10/11. 439 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:11,040 How about this one being devoted to one another and brotherly 440 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:14,920 love, Give preference to one another and honor. 441 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:21,680 Wow. Give preference to one another. 442 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:29,280 And honor. I would prefer you before 443 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:32,400 myself. And guess what that relays? 444 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:37,800 Honor. Honor. 445 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:43,280 Honor devoted to one another. Are we devoted to one another, 446 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:47,760 or do we just blow people off? And then do we like them? 447 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:51,000 You know, when they do for us. But then you don't want to speak 448 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:55,000 to them for months at a time until you need something else. 449 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:02,480 Or when they got on your last nerve so you don't associate 450 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:06,360 with them anymore. And then you go find another 451 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:10,880 friend. Come on, don't think this isn't 452 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:11,520 happening. I. 453 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,160 Know it is. We're the watchers of your soul, 454 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:19,600 right? Right. 455 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,360 Being devoted to one another in brotherly love. 456 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:27,800 Give preference to one another in honor, not lagging behind in 457 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:32,960 diligence, fervent in spirit in serving the. 458 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:36,760 Lord. Again, serving the Lord. 459 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:41,120 We should have a fervent spirit. In serving the Lord, we should 460 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:45,080 be passionate about whatever it is that God needs us to do for 461 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:47,920 the household of God to build. Up the body of Christ. 462 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:54,240 I should have a passion and be diligent and not lazy or lagging 463 00:36:54,240 --> 00:37:00,360 behind. Wow. 464 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,640 Ephesians 521. Y'all, just look at the word. 465 00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:06,720 It's just the word talking to you this morning. 466 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:12,880 Be subject to one another in the fear of the Lord. 467 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:18,280 Be subject to one another. You know what that means? 468 00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:22,000 That means because you're in the body of Christ and you say 469 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,800 you're a believer, then you should be subject to me. 470 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:29,680 Not just me because I'm a pastor, but as another believer. 471 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:36,280 Being subject to the fact to where if I'm encouraging you in 472 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:39,840 the word or something's going on in your life that maybe not 473 00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:44,280 lining up in the word I'm, you should be subject to be able to 474 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:48,640 receive the word that would be spoken to you concerning that 475 00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:54,920 situation. You should want somebody to love 476 00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:59,640 you enough to say hey. What about what the word says 477 00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:01,480 here? Maybe you can make a little 478 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:04,600 adjustment there and it might help the situation. 479 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,040 Is there anything wrong with that? 480 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,960 Not when you don't want to not be submitted to one another. 481 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:18,400 There is, because we know people have a submission problem. 482 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:21,480 And who do you think you are trying to tell? 483 00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:24,760 Why do we take that attitude with one another? 484 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:28,960 Who do you think you are? You think you're better than me? 485 00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:30,600 I've been in this church longer than you. 486 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,160 You think I don't hear those things? 487 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,440 People say those things. How immature. 488 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:43,240 How immature. It shows you that there's some 489 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,680 maturing and growth that needs to be developed. 490 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:52,080 And actually one another is supposed to help iron sharpen 491 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,760 iron, which will help build you in some areas. 492 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:58,600 Instead of getting offended about things, you ought to say, 493 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:02,160 OK, let me think about that. Let me pray about that Is this 494 00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:05,560 happening and and do I act like this all the time? 495 00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:08,000 And do I respond this way all the time? 496 00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:11,880 And is there something I should change about myself that would 497 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:16,920 help me look more like Christ? Come on and imitate him and who 498 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:20,840 he is better and and I don't want to do anything that would 499 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:24,680 dishonor him or put a bad taste in somebody else's mouth. 500 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:29,480 Wow, What is so difficult about that? 501 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:44,600 Galatians 62 says bear one another's burdens and thereby 502 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:50,440 fulfill the law of Christ. So when we help bear one 503 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:53,640 another's burdens, when we come up underneath a brother and 504 00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:56,200 sister in Christ that may be going through something and say, 505 00:39:56,200 --> 00:40:00,120 hey, how can we help? We're helping bear them up in a 506 00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:04,000 hard situation. And when we do that? 507 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:10,520 It says we fulfill the law. What of Christ? 508 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:14,800 When we do that? When we pick up and undergird 509 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:18,280 and help bear somebody that's going through a hard time. 510 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,000 Hallelujah. Because. 511 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:28,600 It's not just about us, but the Western Church in the United 512 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:32,880 States of America has turned the Church into the great. 513 00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:45,600 I am so we're to bear one another's burdens, and when we 514 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:47,360 do that, it fulfills the law of Christ. 515 00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:52,680 Philippians 2-3 do nothing from selfish or empty conceit, but 516 00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:57,120 with humility of mind. Regard one another as more 517 00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:05,200 important than yourself. Regard one another more 518 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:09,760 important than yourself. That means we have to put off 519 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:15,080 selfishness. We're gonna regard you more than 520 00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:18,960 what it means that I'm going through You don't know the 521 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:22,360 struggles I'm going through, but I'm gonna regard I'm not even 522 00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:24,440 gonna. It doesn't even matter what I'm 523 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:28,800 going through, 'cause I'm gonna put you first and what you're 524 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:33,760 going through, and your need and your trial or your situation, 525 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:38,080 I'm going to regard you more important than me and my problem 526 00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:41,400 and my situation. And I can guarantee you, if we 527 00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:47,000 would start operating in that arena, Come on, things that you 528 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:52,840 are going through will change on a dime because you are operating 529 00:41:52,840 --> 00:42:01,440 in the law of love. But as long as you keep poor on 530 00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:06,280 me and my problems and you don't know what I'm going through, 531 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:09,240 well, maybe you ought to let us in on what you going through, 532 00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:13,360 'cause maybe I can give you a word for you that will help 533 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:20,840 bring you through the problem. Yes, bear your burden with me so 534 00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:25,120 I can help gird you up instead of you just staying pitiful and 535 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:28,080 pathetic because you don't want nobody to help you. 536 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:30,280 Good. Word. 537 00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:37,280 Come on, I mean, this is the word of God. 538 00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:42,680 It's the word of God. And you just read it for what it 539 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:49,240 says. 1st Thessalonians 511 Therefore, comfort each other 540 00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:54,280 and edify one another. Say one another. 541 00:42:55,240 --> 00:42:58,800 I'm to comfort you. I'm to edify you. 542 00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:03,640 And let me tell you, you're the way you want to be edified, may 543 00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,760 not want be the way the Lord wants to edify you. 544 00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:12,760 So we got to be edified in how the Lord wants to edify us. 545 00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:16,760 Oh, well, you didn't edify me. I didn't feel like you lifted me 546 00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:20,000 up in that situation. Well, that's your problem, not 547 00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,680 my problem. When I did what the Lord said 548 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,960 and gave you the word of God, your problem. 549 00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:30,320 Say it's your problem, not my problem. 550 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:34,720 What does? This do it helps grow us, it 551 00:43:34,720 --> 00:43:41,960 helps mature us, it helps equip us and makes us stronger in. 552 00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:44,840 Different things that we may be going through. 553 00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:48,280 So where to comfort you, where to edify you, right. 554 00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:52,720 But again, that edification is to come from the Lord and how he 555 00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:58,280 uses you to bring it, you know? I know. 556 00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:01,920 There's some people that don't come and want to get comfort 557 00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:12,880 from me and that's OK. But those who do, I can 558 00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,000 guarantee you they own the other side. 559 00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:20,760 Some of you want to just have comfort from somebody that's 560 00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:24,960 going to, you know, be more pitiful with you. 561 00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:32,120 And you know, there are the gifts of love and and mercy. 562 00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:43,320 And and I've said I don't have that gift of mercy, but I do 563 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:46,680 love you. And I can guarantee you you will 564 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:51,920 win if you listen to me. It's guaranteed. 565 00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:57,320 Guaranteed because it will always be backed by the word of 566 00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:59,800 God. And when the word of God comes, 567 00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:04,160 it will never fail, Never fail, because He's faithful. 568 00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:08,120 Amen. Hallelujah, Ephesians 432. 569 00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:14,560 It says Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each 570 00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:19,720 other. I can be tenderhearted when I 571 00:45:19,720 --> 00:45:23,800 need to be tenderhearted. I can be kind because the fruit 572 00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:26,840 of the spirit that is in me. Come on. 573 00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:31,600 And we have to recognize that that not everything you're going 574 00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:33,880 through you need kindness to. Show up. 575 00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:39,200 That's right, when the devil's getting ready to kill you and 576 00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:43,480 destroy you and beat you down, you need somebody to be able to 577 00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:47,560 get up in there and fight for you and not whine and cry with 578 00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:52,400 you and not, you know, sweat with you with these tears and 579 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:55,400 cry all over you. You need somebody to get up in 580 00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:59,760 there and snatch you up out of your situation and say listen 581 00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:09,400 here, so every situation determines what's needed at the 582 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:18,120 time, but we still. Are to be kind to one another, 583 00:46:18,120 --> 00:46:20,240 tenderhearted and forgiving one another? 584 00:46:20,240 --> 00:46:23,480 We have to ask ourselves, are we tenderhearted with one another 585 00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:26,080 or do we have walls up with one another? 586 00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:32,720 Amen. Are we hard towards? 587 00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:39,200 One another, it's a good question to ask ourselves, 588 00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:44,400 because if there's hardness there towards people, then this 589 00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:48,080 is something you need to make an adjustment about, because that 590 00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:52,080 is not going to bring unity. That's right, period. 591 00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:56,760 It's not going to bring unity. It's not going to bring oneness 592 00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:59,200 to the body of Christ that he's looking for. 593 00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:04,480 If you've got walls built up with people right now, look at 594 00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:09,280 14 Romans 1419, it says. So then pursue the things which 595 00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:13,720 make for peace and the building up of one another. 596 00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:18,160 You see that? Pursue the things that make 597 00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:21,400 peace and the building up for one another. 598 00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:28,040 So we are to pursue it. We are to make every effort 599 00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:32,480 we're to pursue. Building people up and to bring 600 00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:36,520 peace in the situation with one another. 601 00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:42,080 So what are we doing if we know there's something going on with 602 00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:44,680 individuals in the body of Christ, you know? 603 00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:48,480 What we should do, the mature thing would be to do is to go to 604 00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:50,240 that individual because the scripture. 605 00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:53,280 Actually says if you have something against someone, go to 606 00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:59,240 them in private. Then you would go to them and 607 00:47:59,240 --> 00:48:01,440 say, you know what? I just feel like there's a wall 608 00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:05,000 here with us and I don't want it there. 609 00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:07,040 And you know what? They don't have to think that 610 00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:10,280 there's a wall, and maybe they don't think there's a wall, but 611 00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:14,360 you've got the wall, so you get it right and say I'm just going 612 00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:18,800 to bring peace. Right, right. 613 00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:21,480 Hey, I don't have a problem with you. 614 00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:23,040 I didn't know you had a problem with me. 615 00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:24,200 Well, that's good. Good. 616 00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:26,960 Then everything's great and we can walk in peace and love each 617 00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:30,680 other and not have an issue. See what I'm saying? 618 00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:35,240 How easy that is. And, and you know what? 619 00:48:35,240 --> 00:48:38,560 The Scripture says? We ought to pursue that. 620 00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:45,480 We ought to pursue it to make sure that there's nothing there 621 00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:49,440 between any of us, because we're a part of. 622 00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:56,880 One another, and we are to help build up one another. 623 00:48:57,240 --> 00:49:01,760 Romans 15-5 How about this? Now may the God who gives 624 00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:06,680 perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind 625 00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:10,360 with one another, according to Christ of the. 626 00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:14,600 Same mind. So our thinking has to all get 627 00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:16,680 in alignment with the word of God. 628 00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:23,120 How about that? Because he actually says we have 629 00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:28,120 the mind of Christ when we get born again, but he lets us know 630 00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:33,880 that we all should have the same mind with one another according 631 00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:41,440 to Christ, so you don't get to hold on to your opinions of the 632 00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:44,240 word if it doesn't. Line up to the word. 633 00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:54,120 And this is how we get into the same mind, the same thinking. 634 00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:58,640 What does the scripture says 111 way we can say it is. 635 00:49:58,640 --> 00:50:01,520 We are what? Like minded. 636 00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:06,040 We believe the same things. We function the same way. 637 00:50:06,040 --> 00:50:09,840 We speak the same way. That's why it should be hard for 638 00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:13,760 people to come in here and start speaking against someone else. 639 00:50:13,960 --> 00:50:18,120 Because you ought to know. We don't think that we don't 640 00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:20,720 speak that way. We don't talk that way. 641 00:50:20,840 --> 00:50:23,480 We don't act that way towards one another. 642 00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:30,640 You see that? OK, Romans 15, Seven. 643 00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:35,680 Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ always accepted 644 00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:37,640 us to. The. 645 00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:41,960 Glory of God, accept one another. 646 00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:46,360 Now that is not what the world calls acceptance, right? 647 00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:54,000 We honor one another because you are a human being, and we accept 648 00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:56,920 one another because we're in the body of Christ. 649 00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:00,720 But that don't mean I have to accept behavior. 650 00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:05,640 You see that? Because I'm not going to accept 651 00:51:05,640 --> 00:51:10,840 just any old behavior. We're all one in Christ, so we 652 00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:14,680 should only be wanting to demonstrate the behavior that 653 00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:18,320 the Word of God says. Right. 654 00:51:19,880 --> 00:51:31,000 So Romans 1413, let us not judge one another anymore, but rather 655 00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:36,360 determine this not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in 656 00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:44,890 a brother's way. How many of us have put a 657 00:51:44,890 --> 00:51:46,770 stumbling block in a brother's way? 658 00:51:50,200 --> 00:52:01,400 You see that we're not to judge one another, we're not to put a 659 00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:05,160 stumbling block in any path of anybody's way. 660 00:52:07,720 --> 00:52:16,120 You see that he takes this very seriously, that what we do on a 661 00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:22,280 day in and day out out basis and how we interact with the body of 662 00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:32,120 Christ and with one another is extremely important to God and 663 00:52:32,120 --> 00:52:35,000 to unity of the household of faith. 664 00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:41,160 Extremely important. James 411 Do not speak against 665 00:52:41,160 --> 00:52:47,600 one another. Do not speak against one 666 00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:54,240 another. Brethren talking to the body to 667 00:52:54,240 --> 00:53:00,440 believers, he who speaks against a brother or judges his brother 668 00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:03,440 speaks against the law, and the judges the law. 669 00:53:03,560 --> 00:53:06,800 But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but 670 00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:12,160 judge of it. So do not speak against one 671 00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:15,560 another. What does that mean? 672 00:53:15,560 --> 00:53:20,080 I'm not going to go. Around and speak against you to 673 00:53:20,080 --> 00:53:26,280 other people on what I think about you and your situation and 674 00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:30,640 like I'm judging your situation like well, if I was them I would 675 00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:34,120 be doing. This or if I was them, I don't 676 00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:40,760 know why they're doing that. That's bringing your judgment to 677 00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:45,840 the situation that is speaking against your brother or your 678 00:53:45,840 --> 00:53:47,480 sister. That's going through a 679 00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:52,160 situation, No, especially you should be you. 680 00:53:52,160 --> 00:53:55,840 Nobody else should even be concerned about what somebody 681 00:53:55,840 --> 00:53:59,600 else is going on in their life. If you have information about a 682 00:53:59,600 --> 00:54:07,000 situation, and certainly you shouldn't be judging it because 683 00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:11,080 you have no idea. All. 684 00:54:11,240 --> 00:54:13,080 The information, that's right, that's. 685 00:54:17,480 --> 00:54:22,120 Right, so do. Not speak against one another, 686 00:54:23,240 --> 00:54:26,880 James, 59, says. Do not grumble against one 687 00:54:26,880 --> 00:54:31,480 another. Well, I tried to do something 688 00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:33,400 with them and they just did this to me. 689 00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:36,720 And you know, I'm never going to ask them to do anything for me 690 00:54:36,720 --> 00:54:39,640 again, and you shouldn't either because they don't ever do what 691 00:54:39,640 --> 00:54:42,920 they say they're going to do. And you know, this person, they 692 00:54:42,920 --> 00:54:52,320 just crumbling, complaining about them being critical, a 693 00:54:52,320 --> 00:54:56,160 critical spirit talking. I'm telling you, one of the 694 00:54:56,160 --> 00:54:58,880 worst things on the face of the planet is a critical. 695 00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:03,600 Spirit and it will cause a root of bitterness. 696 00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:07,440 Guarantee it. If you don't deal with that 697 00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:11,200 critical spirit and always picking out everybody's flaws 698 00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:15,880 and talking about everybody and just so critical about how they 699 00:55:15,880 --> 00:55:17,960 do this and what. They're doing here. 700 00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:21,640 It will become a bitter root on the inside of you. 701 00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:26,640 I don't know why they do it that way, and I don't know. 702 00:55:27,120 --> 00:55:34,880 Well, why don't you go and ask them instead of having a 703 00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:42,320 critical spirit that breathes nothing but cancer. 704 00:55:45,240 --> 00:55:50,840 That is the truth, and you will become withered up and die on 705 00:55:50,840 --> 00:55:54,960 the inside because you're always picking out everybody else, 706 00:56:00,480 --> 00:56:06,760 Galatians 526 says this. Let us not become boastful, 707 00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:11,320 challenging one another and envying one another. 708 00:56:12,680 --> 00:56:15,920 And a lot of times, the reason why some people are so critical 709 00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:19,360 is because they're envying the very thing that that person is 710 00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:25,160 actually doing, or how that person is actually overcoming or 711 00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:30,160 living, and God's blessing them. And you've become so envious 712 00:56:30,160 --> 00:56:35,320 that your life is not living up to what you've expected God to 713 00:56:35,320 --> 00:56:37,920 do for you. You become critical about 714 00:56:37,960 --> 00:56:49,040 everybody else. So let us not become boastful, 715 00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:53,240 challenging one another and envying one another. 716 00:56:53,600 --> 00:57:01,040 Because where there is envy, there is every evil work. 717 00:57:03,840 --> 00:57:06,880 The scripture says where there is envy. 718 00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:11,160 There is every evil work, and when you look up that word. 719 00:57:11,160 --> 00:57:13,680 I haven't even studied this, but I've studied it before, so I 720 00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:15,720 know what it means when you look it up. 721 00:57:16,800 --> 00:57:24,280 It means every root of wickedness, wickedness. 722 00:57:26,320 --> 00:57:31,320 When you allow envy to be a part of your life, and it starts by 723 00:57:31,320 --> 00:57:35,600 being critical, that's the root of it. 724 00:57:37,520 --> 00:57:41,280 That's the root of it. So he lets us know we should not 725 00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:45,200 envy one another, challenge one another, or become boastful. 726 00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:50,600 How many more can you handle? I got six more. 727 00:57:50,600 --> 00:57:55,160 Can we handle it? First Thessalonians 513. 728 00:57:55,600 --> 00:58:00,240 And that you esteem them very highly in love because of their 729 00:58:00,240 --> 00:58:03,520 work. Live in peace with one another, 730 00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:08,000 which we have said before, live in peace with one another. 731 00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:11,720 You should be being a peacemaker as a believer. 732 00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:14,000 Blessed are. The. 733 00:58:14,600 --> 00:58:20,360 Peacemakers. It Listen, time is too short to 734 00:58:20,360 --> 00:58:27,440 have so much stuff going on that is not even important. 735 00:58:28,040 --> 00:58:31,480 If we would just recognize the love of God and that we would 736 00:58:31,520 --> 00:58:36,560 honor him, honor one another in the body of Christ, listen to 737 00:58:36,560 --> 00:58:39,600 me. I'm telling you, we should just 738 00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:42,720 live at peace. That don't mean we let. 739 00:58:42,880 --> 00:58:45,360 We don't hold people accountable. 740 00:58:45,360 --> 00:58:48,560 I'm not talking about those scenarios, but all the little 741 00:58:48,560 --> 00:58:52,720 bitty things we should just say, I don't even listen. 742 00:58:52,920 --> 00:58:54,720 How do you I mean? How are you? 743 00:58:54,720 --> 00:58:59,480 Even expecting to live in peace, if you are always problematic 744 00:58:59,480 --> 00:59:05,720 with everybody else's business, I got enough to be concerned 745 00:59:05,720 --> 00:59:11,360 about and focused on. I don't need to be concerned 746 00:59:11,360 --> 00:59:16,200 about everybody else's pettily little stuff that will bring you 747 00:59:16,200 --> 00:59:22,360 no Peace of Mind. So we're to live at peace. 748 00:59:22,360 --> 00:59:25,880 With one another first, Thessalonians 515 see that no 749 00:59:25,880 --> 00:59:31,000 one repays another with evil for evil, but always seeks after 750 00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:33,880 that which is good for one another and for. 751 00:59:33,880 --> 00:59:36,720 All people? Wow. 752 00:59:37,240 --> 00:59:41,720 Have we as the body of Christ gotten to this place that we 753 00:59:41,720 --> 00:59:46,680 would care so much more and always seek after the best of 754 00:59:46,680 --> 00:59:52,160 others, all people? Or are we still so self? 755 00:59:52,400 --> 00:59:57,320 Consumed that we're not even thinking about how our lives 756 00:59:57,360 --> 01:00:05,960 effects one another. Romans 1514. 757 01:00:05,960 --> 01:00:10,760 And concerning you, my brethren, I myself also am convinced that 758 01:00:10,760 --> 01:00:13,880 you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with the 759 01:00:13,880 --> 01:00:19,080 knowledge, and able to also admonish one another. 760 01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:22,600 We should be so filled up with the word of God that we 761 01:00:22,600 --> 01:00:26,880 recognize. We then should admonish other 762 01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:31,040 people, to live by the Word, to walk by the Word, to be built up 763 01:00:31,040 --> 01:00:34,680 in the word, to share with people what's going on. 764 01:00:35,080 --> 01:00:40,200 Listen, this stuff is important and I'm telling you, as he says 765 01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:46,120 in Hebrews 25, as the day draws. Near And are we living in the 766 01:00:46,120 --> 01:00:50,960 last days as it is drawing near and you're seeing the chaos in 767 01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:55,080 the world and everything that's going on in the world, you ought 768 01:00:55,080 --> 01:00:58,600 to be thankful that you would have a household of God 769 01:00:58,760 --> 01:01:02,600 somewhere you can come home to. And what do you do when you go 770 01:01:02,600 --> 01:01:04,000 home? You feel safe. 771 01:01:04,160 --> 01:01:07,440 You feel secure. You feel like everybody's got 772 01:01:07,440 --> 01:01:09,400 your back. They're going to tell you the 773 01:01:09,400 --> 01:01:12,200 truth, but they're with you. They're for you. 774 01:01:12,200 --> 01:01:18,640 Come on. Whereas we can't trust not one 775 01:01:18,640 --> 01:01:24,080 person in this world, and I don't care even if you say 776 01:01:24,080 --> 01:01:26,840 they're good. I've known a lot of good. 777 01:01:26,840 --> 01:01:31,160 People that hurt good Christian believers. 778 01:01:33,240 --> 01:01:37,160 Well, and I've I've, I've seen the other spectrum too. 779 01:01:40,440 --> 01:01:42,160 But it's because we don't mature. 780 01:01:44,480 --> 01:01:48,320 I'm going to tell you, people in the world should not be loving 781 01:01:48,320 --> 01:01:51,000 their spouses better than the men of God in this house. 782 01:01:51,000 --> 01:01:56,080 Hallelujah. People in this world should not 783 01:01:56,080 --> 01:02:00,040 have better marriages than our marriages in this House. 784 01:02:00,840 --> 01:02:06,680 People in this world should not have better children being 785 01:02:06,680 --> 01:02:09,920 raised than we have in this House. 786 01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:19,320 He came to give us a better quality of living, a better 787 01:02:19,320 --> 01:02:24,440 quality of life, and everything about our lives should be a 788 01:02:24,440 --> 01:02:28,680 better quality in it than the things of this world. 789 01:02:33,840 --> 01:02:36,440 Amen. I should not hear Christian 790 01:02:36,440 --> 01:02:40,560 girls saying, well, I don't want to marry a man like him because 791 01:02:40,560 --> 01:02:43,520 look what he did to his wife and he was in the church. 792 01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:54,040 Do you know how many times I've heard that shame on us that they 793 01:02:54,040 --> 01:02:57,560 think they can find some good guy out here better than a 794 01:02:57,560 --> 01:03:02,840 better man in here because of the way they've seen men treat 795 01:03:02,840 --> 01:03:05,760 their wives in here and vice versa? 796 01:03:06,880 --> 01:03:10,320 You women think these guys out here are so much better than 797 01:03:10,320 --> 01:03:13,880 your guy, I would say. Well, they go taste and see and 798 01:03:13,880 --> 01:03:16,120 see. They'll destroy your life and 799 01:03:16,160 --> 01:03:20,360 sell everything from you and sell you out to the next woman 800 01:03:20,360 --> 01:03:25,200 that walks across their face, because that is a lie. 801 01:03:25,200 --> 01:03:29,960 Of the enemy. It's a lie from straight pit of 802 01:03:29,960 --> 01:03:33,640 hell that you're listening to and entertaining. 803 01:03:37,760 --> 01:03:42,520 Nobody does it better than God and when you do it right. 804 01:03:42,520 --> 01:03:51,240 It's right. I'm hearing this mess. 805 01:03:51,960 --> 01:03:54,400 Oh, I'd much rather date somebody outside the church, 806 01:03:54,400 --> 01:03:56,440 'cause they're just this, this and this and that. 807 01:03:57,120 --> 01:04:01,440 Give me a break. Scripture says you're unequally 808 01:04:01,440 --> 01:04:05,120 yoked. So what about that? 809 01:04:08,680 --> 01:04:12,280 Think they going to go marry somebody that's not even born? 810 01:04:12,280 --> 01:04:22,080 Again. Come on, think about it. 811 01:04:22,520 --> 01:04:26,560 It's a lie from the pit of hell. Just because people failed 812 01:04:26,560 --> 01:04:31,800 doesn't mean God has failed to His word and his standard. 813 01:04:36,520 --> 01:04:39,200 No. People make a decision not to 814 01:04:39,200 --> 01:04:45,440 live the word and be sold out completely. 815 01:04:46,040 --> 01:04:50,480 And that's why things are still going on in people's lives as 816 01:04:50,480 --> 01:04:53,880 believers. Because they're not submitted to 817 01:04:53,880 --> 01:04:56,240 God. They're not truly submitted to 818 01:04:56,240 --> 01:05:00,800 the word. That's just the bottom line, 819 01:05:01,680 --> 01:05:05,120 Galatians 513. For we were all called to 820 01:05:05,120 --> 01:05:07,640 freedom. Brethren, only do not turn your 821 01:05:07,640 --> 01:05:11,560 freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love. 822 01:05:11,760 --> 01:05:20,680 Here we go. Serve one another, serve one 823 01:05:20,680 --> 01:05:25,400 another. Is that our? 824 01:05:25,400 --> 01:05:27,800 Heart. How can I serve you? 825 01:05:30,160 --> 01:05:34,160 Is that your heart When you're coming in, when you're going, 826 01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:38,280 when you're living your life and a sister from church calls you 827 01:05:38,800 --> 01:05:43,400 and ask a question or something, Is your heart to be there, to 828 01:05:43,400 --> 01:05:50,040 serve them in any capacity? Are you thinking about you and 829 01:05:50,040 --> 01:05:55,920 what you have going on? You. 830 01:05:55,920 --> 01:06:00,520 See. So simple, but so profound. 831 01:06:01,760 --> 01:06:04,800 And if we are the body of Christ, that is actually going 832 01:06:04,800 --> 01:06:11,360 to be in a position to mature and grow and build up and walk 833 01:06:11,360 --> 01:06:13,480 in the fullness that God has for us. 834 01:06:13,480 --> 01:06:19,080 We have to get this, and we have to pursue it and make it our 835 01:06:19,080 --> 01:06:24,440 passion that I am going to so care for others more than 836 01:06:24,440 --> 01:06:29,880 myself, that in whatever capacity I can build this church 837 01:06:29,880 --> 01:06:32,920 up, I'm going to do it. That should be our heart. 838 01:06:33,120 --> 01:06:36,440 And do you know what? There is nothing wrong with 839 01:06:36,680 --> 01:06:44,720 someone asking that of you, because it's God asking that of 840 01:06:44,720 --> 01:06:52,680 you. It's God asking that of you. 841 01:06:53,680 --> 01:06:56,920 It is not me, and it's not pastor, and it's not the 842 01:06:56,920 --> 01:07:01,000 overseer of Nautilus Junior. And it's no, it's God. 843 01:07:01,200 --> 01:07:09,960 It is God himself asking that of you to serve his body, to help 844 01:07:09,960 --> 01:07:16,200 build his body up in whatever capacity that is not about you. 845 01:07:16,320 --> 01:07:20,360 It's about what can I do to help Marissa grow. 846 01:07:20,520 --> 01:07:26,600 What can I do to help so and so grow and mature and come to walk 847 01:07:26,600 --> 01:07:31,400 in the gifts with Abby. What can I do come on to help 848 01:07:31,640 --> 01:07:34,760 Antonio raise up to be a man of God. 849 01:07:34,840 --> 01:07:42,040 What can I do to serve you? That should be our heart in 850 01:07:42,040 --> 01:07:48,560 whatever capacity. Whatever we can do first, Peter. 851 01:07:49,040 --> 01:07:54,320 And we're closing first Peter for 8:00 and 11:00 above all. 852 01:07:55,560 --> 01:07:59,240 Above all, keep fervent in your love for. 853 01:08:01,640 --> 01:08:06,440 So our love I should be so fervent about the love that I 854 01:08:06,440 --> 01:08:09,080 have for you. Just as fervent as the love that 855 01:08:09,080 --> 01:08:16,319 I have for my own family, my own children, my aunt, whatever my 856 01:08:16,359 --> 01:08:18,080 love for. You should be. 857 01:08:18,080 --> 01:08:23,600 Fervent your love for one another. 858 01:08:24,040 --> 01:08:28,600 Do you actually love anybody else in this body? 859 01:08:30,640 --> 01:08:36,080 Fervently. You see what I'm saying? 860 01:08:40,279 --> 01:08:41,319 It's. Not this. 861 01:08:41,319 --> 01:08:46,920 The Scripture is not the Scripture burning within our 862 01:08:46,920 --> 01:08:53,160 hearts. Is this not the word of God 863 01:08:53,160 --> 01:08:58,080 speaking for itself, speaking for itself? 864 01:08:58,319 --> 01:09:01,800 That I'm telling you that if we're going to do all that God 865 01:09:01,800 --> 01:09:06,520 needs to do through this body, we are going to have to take up 866 01:09:06,760 --> 01:09:10,760 this call to be fervently loving one another? 867 01:09:11,600 --> 01:09:16,359 And because love covers a multitude of sins, verse 9. 868 01:09:16,359 --> 01:09:19,720 Be hospitable to one another without complaint. 869 01:09:20,479 --> 01:09:22,319 How about that without complaining? 870 01:09:22,319 --> 01:09:25,120 Oh, I got to go do that. They asked me to do that. 871 01:09:28,279 --> 01:09:34,240 That's a complaint. I got to go do that. 872 01:09:34,240 --> 01:09:38,040 I got to go serve over there. How about I? 873 01:09:38,040 --> 01:09:43,800 Get to I get to serve the body of Christ. 874 01:09:45,359 --> 01:09:49,640 I get to help someone come into the Kingdom of God. 875 01:09:49,640 --> 01:09:53,279 I get to help somebody grow and hear the word of God for the 876 01:09:53,279 --> 01:09:55,320 first time, maybe that they ever heard it. 877 01:09:58,040 --> 01:10:06,920 I get to without complaint as each one has received a special 878 01:10:06,920 --> 01:10:12,440 gift, employ it in serving one another. 879 01:10:13,320 --> 01:10:17,640 God gave every one of us a gift. And you know what that gift is 880 01:10:17,640 --> 01:10:19,120 to? Serve one another. 881 01:10:21,320 --> 01:10:25,400 To serve one another. To serve one another. 882 01:10:27,880 --> 01:10:30,440 And he says, employ it. You know what that means. 883 01:10:30,680 --> 01:10:34,800 Put it to work. I'm going to employ it. 884 01:10:35,000 --> 01:10:39,320 I'm going to put it to work. I'm going to serve one another, 885 01:10:39,600 --> 01:10:42,640 and I'm going to do it without complaining, without 886 01:10:42,640 --> 01:10:45,920 compromising what's coming out of my mouth. 887 01:10:45,920 --> 01:10:48,560 I'm not going to show up to where I'm serving and have an 888 01:10:48,560 --> 01:10:51,480 opinion about, well, why did we have to do it this way and why 889 01:10:51,480 --> 01:10:54,480 do we have to do it that way? Well, you do it because that's 890 01:10:54,480 --> 01:10:59,880 the way we do it. What does it matter? 891 01:11:01,960 --> 01:11:14,160 Is it changing people's lives? See that employ it, and serving 892 01:11:14,160 --> 01:11:19,400 one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God? 893 01:11:20,960 --> 01:11:24,120 So saving grace was not just for you to get saved. 894 01:11:24,600 --> 01:11:28,200 Sit in a religious service so that one day when you die, you 895 01:11:28,200 --> 01:11:34,760 get to go to heaven. Know the manifold grace of God 896 01:11:35,320 --> 01:11:42,800 included serving grace, Grace to be able to serve and to do the 897 01:11:42,800 --> 01:11:47,440 work of service of what God has asked us to do, to employ it for 898 01:11:47,440 --> 01:11:51,320 the building up of the body of Christ. 899 01:11:54,480 --> 01:11:58,760 James 516 And if I would have known this, I would have had 900 01:11:58,760 --> 01:12:05,760 this happen today says confess your sins to one another. 901 01:12:07,200 --> 01:12:08,960 Confess your sins to one another. 902 01:12:11,960 --> 01:12:14,640 How about that one? Now, we're not talking about 903 01:12:15,120 --> 01:12:18,160 Catholic going to the Father, Father, I've sinned. 904 01:12:20,920 --> 01:12:25,400 But that means if something's going on and you know that 905 01:12:25,400 --> 01:12:32,560 you're not in a right spot and you need help to get out, you 906 01:12:32,560 --> 01:12:37,960 should be comfortable enough to go to one another and confess 907 01:12:37,960 --> 01:12:42,400 that sin so that they that we could pray for you, so that 908 01:12:42,400 --> 01:12:46,920 people can pray for you so that you can overcome it, not 909 01:12:46,920 --> 01:12:49,400 thinking that Well. If I tell them they're going to 910 01:12:49,400 --> 01:12:52,440 tell everybody in the church and they're going to judge me, that 911 01:12:52,440 --> 01:12:58,360 is a lie from the pit of hell. And that's what the enemy wants, 912 01:12:58,440 --> 01:13:02,960 For you to be isolated, all alone, and to not overcome that 913 01:13:02,960 --> 01:13:08,640 sin. Actually, you see that. 914 01:13:09,560 --> 01:13:15,360 Confess your sin to one another. Pray for one another so that you 915 01:13:15,360 --> 01:13:20,160 can be healed. Some people have even sickness 916 01:13:20,160 --> 01:13:23,520 in their body because they've got sin that they've not dealt 917 01:13:23,520 --> 01:13:26,600 with. And if you're not coming to the 918 01:13:26,600 --> 01:13:31,720 altar, what are you doing? Go to somebody that can help 919 01:13:31,720 --> 01:13:36,640 you. Go to somebody that can help 920 01:13:36,640 --> 01:13:40,680 you. And the last scripture I'm going 921 01:13:40,680 --> 01:13:46,120 to read, which is which I what I wish we would have done today, 922 01:13:48,920 --> 01:13:53,920 but we're going to do communion. And it's just the same in John 923 01:13:53,920 --> 01:14:00,560 1314 it says this. 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