1 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:17,040 Tonight I want to talk to you about reality within Kingdom 2 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,520 love. Reality within Kingdom love. 3 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:25,080 If you have your hard copy Bible or your digital instrument, go 4 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:27,080 ahead and turn with me to Ephesians chapter 1. 5 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:28,880 But it's important that you follow along. 6 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,240 I'm going to help you tonight with some Bible reading. 7 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,240 We're going to read a whole chapter so you can almost maybe 8 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:42,960 check off something on your on your Bible reading plane. 9 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:47,240 We're going to read Ephesians 1 the whole chapter and I'm going 10 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,120 to give you a focal point as we read. 11 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:53,760 So before I take off in this, I want to go and define one word. 12 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,320 And I want you to see this word as we read through Ephesians 13 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:58,960 chapter 1. So we're going to be looking for 14 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:06,120 the word in in. All right, Everybody say in so 15 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:07,880 we know what word, what word we're looking for. 16 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,000 OK, I'm reading from the New King James Version. 17 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,600 I do want to define this. The word in means this. 18 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:18,960 It denotes a fixed position, a fixed position in place, time or 19 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:24,280 state. It also means of those with whom 20 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:30,800 someone is in near connection, an intimate union, one not 21 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,040 oneness in mind, heart and purpose. 22 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,840 So when we are in something there, that means there's an 23 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,840 intimate connection, intimate union, there's oneness in heart, 24 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,280 mind and purpose and we're in a fixed position when you're in 25 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,640 something, say in. So let's launch out from 26 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,040 Ephesians chapter 1. It says Paul, an apostle of 27 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,000 Jesus Christ. By the will of God to the Saints 28 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:58,560 who are in Ephesus and the faithful in Christ Jesus, grace 29 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,560 to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus 30 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,120 Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of 31 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,960 our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed, blessed us with every 32 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:11,400 spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just 33 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:15,240 as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we 34 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:19,400 should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having 35 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:23,200 predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, 36 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,120 according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of 37 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,080 the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the 38 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:34,320 beloved. In Him we have redemption 39 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,080 through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according 40 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,240 to the riches of His grace, which He has made a bound toward 41 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,640 us in all wisdom and prudence, having made known to us the 42 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:46,280 mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He 43 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:50,720 purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of 44 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:54,520 times, He might gather together in one all things in Christ, 45 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,400 both which are in heaven and which are on the earth in Him. 46 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,360 In Him we also have obtained inheritance, being predestined 47 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,520 according to the purpose of Him who works out all things 48 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:09,760 according to the counsel of His will, that we who first trusted 49 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,640 in Christ should be to the praise of His glory. 50 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,760 In Him You also, after you trusted her, the word of truth, 51 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:21,360 the gospel of your salvation, in whom also having believed, you 52 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:25,240 were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee 53 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,880 of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased 54 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,640 possession to the praise of His glory. 55 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,360 Therefore I also after heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus 56 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:36,600 Christ and your love for all the Saints. 57 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,280 I do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you 58 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,280 in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the 59 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:46,560 Father glory may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, 60 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,360 and the knowledge of Him. The odds of our understanding 61 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,680 being enlightened, that we may know what is the hope of His 62 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,760 calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in 63 00:03:55,760 --> 00:04:00,520 the Saints, and what is exceeding greatness of His power 64 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,080 toward us who believe according to the working of His mighty 65 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:09,240 power, which He worked in Christ, when He raised him from 66 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,120 the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly 67 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:16,000 places, far above, far above all principality and power, and 68 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,200 might and dominion, in every name that is named, not only 69 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:21,959 this age, but also in the one to come. 70 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:27,640 He's put all things under His feet and gave Him to behead over 71 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:31,760 all thanks to the Church, which is his body, the fullness of him 72 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:39,440 who fills All in all. I want to key in on to launch 73 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,120 out on Ephesians chapter one verse #7 it's one of the verses 74 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:44,720 that we read within that chapter. 75 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:49,320 It says in whom? In whom we have redemption 76 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:53,720 through his blood, the forgiveness of sins according to 77 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:57,480 the riches of his, of his grace. Thank God we are redeemed. 78 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,080 Thank God for the blood that's on the Mercy sea. 79 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:06,160 Redemption is deliverance from the penalty of sin and 80 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,960 transgression. Redemption is the recalling of 81 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,520 captives and sinners from captivity. 82 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:18,880 Through the payment of the ransom, the death of Christ. 83 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:24,520 Was the ransom what Christ paid to release us from slavery of 84 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,640 sin? There's deliverance and 85 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:28,560 redemption. There's freedom and and 86 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,360 redemption. Jesus paid the ransom for us. 87 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,680 A ransom is money or the price that is paid to redeem a 88 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,520 prisoner or slave for goods captured by an enemy. 89 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,360 And he can. Restore us to liberty and to the 90 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,120 original owner. Amen. 91 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,760 We are redeemed. Say I'm redeemed. 92 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,960 Say I'm redeemed. Redeem means you've been bought 93 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:57,600 back. What Adam lost through 94 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,120 disobedience in the fall and death passed to all men. 95 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:06,240 There had to be a payment made, and on our own merit, on our own 96 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,960 works, on our own effort, we could not match that payment for 97 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,880 eternal life or relationship. With the Lord Jesus Christ, 98 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,920 there's only one person. Who could have paid that price 99 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,880 and who did pay that price to liberate us? 100 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,920 Listen, we were in shackles because the Bible says whatever 101 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,040 you has dominion over you is what you're slave to. 102 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,440 If you go to Romans chapter 6 and when you're in 103 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,680 unrighteousness, you're a slave to unrighteousness because you 104 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,760 don't have the nature. It hasn't been released or 105 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:38,720 regenerated or born again to serve the Christ. 106 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:42,960 And so a payment had to be made and that payment was made 107 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,240 through Jesus Christ. And so I'm going to give you a 108 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:47,960 few scriptures just to back this up. 109 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:53,400 In first Peter chapter 1 verses verses 18 and 19, it says 110 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,000 knowing that you were not redeemed with the corruptible 111 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,240 things like silver or gold, doesn't matter how much money 112 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:03,200 you have in the earth or how much means you have in the 113 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:09,120 earth, you cannot with that means buy your way out of 114 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:13,240 slavery and sin. You are not redeemed with 115 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:17,200 corruptible things, but we are redeemed with the precious blood 116 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:21,400 of Christ, a lamb without blemish and without spot. 117 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:28,720 Galatians chapter 3 verse #13 Galatians chapter 3 verse #13 118 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,360 says Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having 119 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,600 became a curse for us. For it is written cursed as 120 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:41,720 everyone who hangs on a tree. He took on the curse for us and 121 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:47,040 now we're blessed. Say I'm blessed because of 122 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,840 Jesus. Say I'm blessed because of 123 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:55,720 Jesus, because of his payment, the curse has been released. 124 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:01,320 He freed us from the penalty of sin and the power of sin. 125 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:06,760 I'll say it again, He, he released us from the penalty of 126 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:10,400 sin, and his blood also released us from the power of sin. 127 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,640 As a new creation believer, you don't have to be dominated by 128 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:18,400 sin. You can live a holy life set 129 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:22,600 apart to God. Let me say you should, you 130 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:27,680 should, you should. You should be grateful every day 131 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:32,919 when you wake up that his blood is on the mercy seat. 132 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:39,120 If Cain's blood speaks from the ground, how much more does Jesus 133 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:47,640 blood still speak today? It says free, delivered, healed, 134 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:54,680 whole. We were guilty, we were guilty, 135 00:08:55,120 --> 00:09:00,920 death passed on to all men and we had the sentence upon us. 136 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:05,840 It's just like in the natural somebody committed murder, there 137 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:09,840 is a penalty according to our laws within this country, 138 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,640 correct? And you go before a judge and 139 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:14,840 that judge determines a sentence. 140 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:18,320 It could be life, it could be the death penalty. 141 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,280 But whoever committed that crime, they found them guilty 142 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:27,360 because of the verdict, right? The facts, the circumstances 143 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:31,240 actually took place and the only way they're going to get out 144 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:37,240 though, naturally speaking, if somebody could take their place. 145 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,320 And that's what Jesus did. It was like we were in prison 146 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,880 for life. We're on death row and Jesus 147 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,520 said, listen, I'm going to come into the prison for you. 148 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:51,240 I'm going to open the gate because the price had to be 149 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,040 paid. God just didn't wink at it, just 150 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:55,760 didn't let excuse it, just didn't let it go. 151 00:09:55,760 --> 00:10:01,400 He sent his son and said I'm going to satisfy justice 'cause 152 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,320 nobody deserved to die. Somebody died. 153 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,560 Now that there's got to be the penalty's got to be passed on to 154 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:09,640 somebody. So every morning when you wake 155 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:11,760 up, you can think, man, he set me free. 156 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,680 I was in prison, so to speak, in slavery. 157 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:19,280 But he opened up the door and I can come out and I can live for 158 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:23,360 him. So legally we've been redeemed. 159 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:28,920 Colossians chapter 1 verses #14 says in whom Jesus, this is from 160 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:32,320 the Amplified Bible in whom we have redemption because of his 161 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:37,640 sacrifice resulting in the forgiveness of sins and the 162 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:42,120 cancellation of sins penalty. He forgave sin but also 163 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:46,800 cancelled the penalty of sin. So because of the redemption, 164 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,560 the blood of Christ will redeem from the power and penalty of 165 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:51,720 sin. And now we can live before Him 166 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:59,000 in a holy, righteous, pleasing, obedient way that glorifies His 167 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:03,840 name. In Galatians chapter 4 verse #5 168 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:08,320 the word says this. Jesus redeemed those who were 169 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,560 under the law that we might receive the adoption as sons. 170 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:17,520 He redeemed those that were under the law that we may be 171 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,200 adopted as sons, not only to redeem us from the penalty of 172 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,840 sin, the power of the sin. Not only did he justify us and 173 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,880 impute his nature to us, but He also positioned us to be a son 174 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,120 and daughter of the King. Oh, if we could get a hold of 175 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:35,560 this as a church body. Some think it's it's good enough 176 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:37,360 that he just paid for the penalty of sin. 177 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,440 Others understand that He's released me from the power of 178 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:46,080 sin, but He's also positioned me because of His redemption, to be 179 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:51,120 a son or a daughter of the King. I think our prayer needs to be, 180 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:55,440 Father, help me to think like the son or daughter of a king. 181 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:01,040 Get Me Out of stinking, thinking, slavery mentality. 182 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:08,120 I'm not a victim. I'm not a victim, Hallelujah. 183 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:10,560 I'm not from the wrong side of the tracks. 184 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:15,880 I have the DNA of the Lord Jesus Christ on the inside of me. 185 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:22,920 I have the genealogy of a thoroughbred, a champion of all 186 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,760 champions. I'm in the bloodline of Christ. 187 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:30,160 Whatever MyHeritage was before, it ceased, and now I'm in his 188 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:34,680 line, in his genealogy, and I can take his name. 189 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:42,880 I'm in Christ, I'm positioned, I'm in intimate union with him. 190 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:47,040 I'm near to Him. I'm in oneness of mine heart and 191 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:53,080 purpose. That's the legal side of being 192 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:56,840 in Him. Legally speaking, you've been 193 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,960 redeemed. Legally speaking, the penalty's 194 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:03,360 been paid. Legally speaking, the power of 195 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,040 sin has been broken over your life. 196 00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:08,920 Legally speaking, you've been positioned and destined to be 197 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:13,880 adopted as a child of the King. But are you living it out 198 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:19,520 vitally, 'cause there is a legal side and there's a vital side, 199 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:31,040 there's a legal side and there's a vital side, and the vital side 200 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:36,480 means there's actually life. You're actually experiencing the 201 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:40,760 truth of the Word of God. Let me give you this example. 202 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:46,360 In a marriage covenant, legally you could be wed legally. 203 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:50,480 You could be married legally if you're a man in the Kingdom, 204 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:56,200 Hallelujah. In the Kingdom, if you're born a 205 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:08,000 man, you marry a woman that was born a woman, Hallelujah. 206 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:14,240 And Lee, that's legal in the Kingdom of God, right? 207 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,560 And she could take your name. So legally you've been wed, but 208 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:22,440 vitally, is their life in that relationship? 209 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,960 I'll put it this way, you can have a relationship, but 210 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,920 vitally, you may not be having some fellowship. 211 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,440 Let me put it this way. Legally you could have a house, 212 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:40,000 but vitally you don't have a home because you're not in the 213 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:44,000 Word and vitally applying it to your life. 214 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:48,600 I'll say it this way, you're not experiencing God's best because 215 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,640 you're not actually staying in. Don't vacillate. 216 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:59,040 Don't straddle the fence at a men's meeting. 217 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,120 I'd say if you straddle the fence and you fall, that would 218 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:06,880 hurt. Hallelujah. 219 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,280 In Revelation, he said don't be lukewarm. 220 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:18,440 Be all in be hot for Christ, right on a on a team, a sports 221 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:23,040 team or even on a work team, you could be legally employed. 222 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,760 You could be legally on a team, right, but you may not have all 223 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:31,240 the buy in vitally. Some of the best teams that have 224 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:35,080 gone on sports teams to accomplish the most in the year 225 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,480 have a thing called chemistry or buy in. 226 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:40,720 And some of the worst teams, even though they're legally on 227 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:45,040 the team, they're not all in vitally and they're more about 228 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:46,960 themselves than they are about the team. 229 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:50,000 And therefore they're not experiencing the success that 230 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:54,040 they should be having. So my goal tonight is to bring 231 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:58,080 the legal side and the vital side and have us walk this thing 232 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:03,720 out all in because this is in Christ realities, in Christ 233 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:05,760 realities. There are so many in Christ 234 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:09,000 realities. I'm just going to hone in on one 235 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,160 tonight that's going to be staying in love. 236 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,040 But I could talk about being in confession, in forgiveness, 237 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:19,280 right in meditation, in giving. I could talk about all these 238 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:22,920 different in Christ realities. Are you doing them vitally, even 239 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:26,160 though the legal side's already there because he came to give 240 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:30,000 you life and to give it to you more abundantly legally, that's 241 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,800 done now vitally, if you want to experience it, you better learn 242 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:37,440 how to walk it out, elbow your neighbor and say walk it out, 243 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:40,800 elbow the one on the other side. What say walk it out? 244 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,640 So these are in Christ realities and truth and reality are 245 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:52,440 synonymous. Reality means the state of 246 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:56,640 things as they actually exist. You know, reality shows are not 247 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:01,720 reality. I'll say it again, reality TV 248 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:07,160 shows are not reality. Something happens when they turn 249 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:08,880 on that camera. It's not reality. 250 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:12,680 It's called a show put on. Amen. 251 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:17,560 So reality's a state of things as they actually exist, or what 252 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,880 actually happened, or what the actual situation is. 253 00:17:20,079 --> 00:17:23,760 It means real. So truth and reality are 254 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:27,040 synonymous. Real means it's true, it's 255 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,840 genuine. It's not artificial. 256 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:38,960 It's not genetically modified. I'll go to Romans 1, which my 257 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:40,640 wife has quoted this several times. 258 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:45,680 It's talking about, you know, the reprobate mind and they gave 259 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,200 themselves over, they serve the creature more than the creator. 260 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:51,400 They didn't really serve reality. 261 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,520 They didn't serve the genuine. They serve the art of they say 262 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:57,880 were serving the artificial. They were serving the 263 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:00,880 genetically modified. And God said he gave them over 264 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:04,160 to reprobate mind. And it says that the women left 265 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:07,600 the natural use and we're with other women. 266 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,440 Men did the same thing. One translation of this in 267 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:14,000 Romans 125 says for they exchanged the reality of God for 268 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:19,480 the unreal. So John 14, six, we know this 269 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:21,720 one. It says I am the way, the truth 270 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:23,160 and the life. I could say this way. 271 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:26,040 I could say this way. He's the way, the reality and 272 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,160 the life. Because truth and reality are 273 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:32,560 synonymous. It's genuine, it's authentic, 274 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:36,440 it's real. John 1613 says when he the 275 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:40,600 spirit of truth, I could say the spirit of reality has come. 276 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,640 He will guide us into all reality or all truth. 277 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:49,080 He wants you to be in Christ and have that reality of who you 278 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:50,920 are. In that truth, in that reality, 279 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:55,840 are you with me? The human heart cannot find no 280 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,440 reality outside of the man Jesus Christ. 281 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:04,920 The new creation is real. Our fellowship with the Father 282 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:09,320 is real. Now I'm going to give you a 283 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:14,800 couple examples from the word of two different people and then 284 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:16,320 we're going to get in the Kingdom love. 285 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:21,560 But I want to kind of set the context to get you to buy all in 286 00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:25,440 because my prayer is when you leave tonight, we just don't 287 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:29,240 have a good message, but we actually apply this to our lives 288 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,680 and any adjustments. Anything's we anything we need 289 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,360 to correct anything we need to be in more. 290 00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:39,840 Let's get there. You need to make the choice. 291 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,080 Your friend can't do it for you. Your spouse can't do it for you. 292 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:48,680 You need to choose to be in Christ, not just legally, but 293 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:52,280 vitally, and walk this thing out to experience God's best in his 294 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,040 plan and his pathway for your life. 295 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:59,480 So let's look at the life of Peter first in Pete, Peter in 296 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:07,000 Matthew chapter 16. Verses 13 through 19 it says 297 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,200 this. When Jesus came into the region 298 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:13,480 of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples saying, Who do men 299 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:17,320 say that I, the Son of Man AM? So they said some say John the 300 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:20,720 Baptist, some Elijah, others Jeremiah, one of the prophets. 301 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:24,440 He said to them, but who do you say that I am? 302 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:29,040 Simon Peter answering, said, You are the Christ, the Son of the 303 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,560 living God. Jesus answered and said to him, 304 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,280 Blessed are you Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood has not 305 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,800 revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven, and I 306 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:45,760 say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my 307 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:49,880 church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 308 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:53,640 I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven. 309 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:55,560 Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. 310 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,800 Whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 311 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:02,240 Now in this encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ, Peter had the 312 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:04,240 revelation that he was the Messiah. 313 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,600 And notice his name was Simon Barjona. 314 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:12,360 But look what Jesus said after he had the revelation that he is 315 00:21:12,360 --> 00:21:16,080 the Christ. He said and your name is Peter. 316 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:21,080 So he changed his name. You know God is in the business 317 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,320 of changing your name and your identity. 318 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,080 God is in the business of changing your name and your 319 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,720 identity. All of us had a BC life. 320 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:39,320 All of us had a BC life. Jacob in the Old Testament had a 321 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,760 name change. His name meant con artist or 322 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,240 trickster. But when he had an encounter 323 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:50,160 with God Almighty on the way to Laban's house, God changed his 324 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:51,360 name. He said your name should no 325 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:53,200 longer be called. Jacob said he should called 326 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,160 Israel. For you have prevailed with God 327 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:58,560 and man. And we don't need to see 328 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,280 ourselves as we used to be. We need to see ourselves as God 329 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:07,760 created us to be. I know if I was able to have 330 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,400 conversation of people I went to high school with, they would be 331 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:15,760 blown away at me right now because I am not the same 332 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:20,840 person. And my name among this body is 333 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,280 way different than my name and my reputation in high school. 334 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:28,960 And that's a good thing. Glory to God, and yours should 335 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,400 be too. Amen. 336 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,200 And he gave Peter this revelation and said, you're not 337 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,720 going to be called that anymore. Your name is Peter, which means 338 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:43,000 it's a piece of a large rock. You shouldn't be shaking 339 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,000 anymore. You shouldn't vacillate anymore. 340 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:50,760 You should be all in with me, united in harmony and concord 341 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:53,760 with me and oneness of mind, purpose and heart. 342 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:57,320 Peter, I'm calling you who you are because you know who I am. 343 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,440 And you're only going to find out who you are when you know 344 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:04,280 who he is, because our true identity in reality is found in 345 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,880 him. Your job doesn't identify who 346 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:09,960 you are. Your bank account doesn't 347 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:14,560 identify who you are. Even your last name doesn't 348 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:19,600 identify who you are. What identifies who you are is 349 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,640 in the Kingdom of God with the Lord Jesus Christ. 350 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:29,160 So Peter in Luke chapter 22. Though it's interesting when 351 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:37,960 trials, tests, and temptations hit, I find it fascinating that 352 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,320 Peter has this revelation in Matthew 16. 353 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:44,280 Jesus tells him who he is and you would think once we heard it 354 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,840 the first time you would just be in that. 355 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,680 You realize you don't always get everything the first time you 356 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:57,800 hear it right or apply it every time that you get that you heard 357 00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:59,720 it for the first time, second time, third time it. 358 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,760 Repetition is important in the learning process. 359 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,880 So at the end of Jesus ministry before he's going to the cross, 360 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:14,200 he says this he the Lord said to Peter, he said Simon, Simon. 361 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:18,840 I find it interesting that he he called him back to the name that 362 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,680 he had before the revelation that he was Christ the Messiah. 363 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,520 He said Satan has desired to have you that he may sift you as 364 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:35,320 we, but I have prayed for you that your faith failed not and 365 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:38,720 when you are converted, strengthen the brethren. 366 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:43,080 When I read this I thought why didn't Peter say Lord, that's 367 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:47,840 not my name. You said it's not Simon. 368 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:51,000 You said it's Peter a large rock. 369 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:07,680 So he forgot what the Lord said he was supposed to be in Legally 370 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:11,000 he's always Peter, but vitally he reverted back to Simon. 371 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:15,960 Simon and a man without a vision for the future will always 372 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:20,560 return to the past. And we know this from John, 373 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,600 because how is the devil going to tempt Peter? 374 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,960 We read on. He says that Satan's going to 375 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,320 come. He's asked to sift you as wheat. 376 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:31,720 And he said you're going to deny me three times. 377 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:37,160 Before the rooster crows. And we find over in John 21 that 378 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:41,200 Peter went back to fishing cause a man without a vision for the 379 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,080 future always returns to the past. 380 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:51,080 But Jesus prayed for me said I pray that your faith fail not 381 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:56,280 there is consequential actions for of sin is guilt. 382 00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:00,200 When you miss the mark you going to shame and hiding. 383 00:26:04,360 --> 00:26:09,360 We need to have a soft conscience to the word of God, 384 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:10,880 the truth and reality of the word. 385 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:13,640 Don't ever let your conscience get seared. 386 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:18,040 A seared conscience is an an act of conscience, which means you 387 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:23,280 don't feel any regret for wicked behavior or immoral conduct. 388 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,480 And we always want to be soft before the Lord, meaning I 389 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,880 always have a heart to repent and get things right. 390 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:34,080 When King David was confronted by the prophet Nathan, he said I 391 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,280 am that man. He didn't pass the block buck. 392 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,080 He didn't pass the responsibility. 393 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:41,840 He said I am that man's soft conscience before God. 394 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,120 And I like what Jesus said. He said when you're converted, 395 00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:48,960 strengthen the brethren. So Jesus knew this is going to 396 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:50,840 happen. He was praying for his faith not 397 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:54,840 to fail. You are not out of God's reach 398 00:26:56,120 --> 00:26:59,040 even if you've missed it. But I'm telling you that 399 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,520 tonight, you don't have to miss it if you stay in him. 400 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:04,840 The same way that Jesus is praying for Peter. 401 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:09,880 He's interceding on our behalf right now and he's what he's 402 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,960 saying is staying in the truth. Stay in the reality of who you 403 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:18,800 are. Don't deviate, don't vacillate, 404 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:22,360 don't compromise to who I've called you to be in Mark chapter 405 00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:30,440 16 verse #7 Think about how bad Peter felt when he heard that 406 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:35,080 rooster crow the third time. He he put his head down in 407 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,480 shame, 'cause he knew he missed it. 408 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:43,760 He knew he blew it correct? And he went, he went to hide and 409 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,080 he went back to fishing. But look what Jesus said. 410 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:51,000 Mark 16 after Mark 16-7 after the resurrection. 411 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:55,720 Actually, this is an Angel. When they went to look in the 412 00:27:55,720 --> 00:28:00,000 tomb and Jesus wasn't there, there was an Angel there and 413 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:06,480 they said, but go tell his disciples and Peter, he's going 414 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,600 ahead of you in the galley there. 415 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,880 There you will see him just as he told you. 416 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,160 That was a place where he welcomed Peter back into 417 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:20,880 fellowship with him. Peter probably loved the fact 418 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,640 that Jesus singled him out by name to get him because he 419 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:25,160 probably didn't know his standing with him. 420 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,520 He's thinking I've blown, I've gone too far, I've missed it. 421 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,840 Jesus doesn't want me around. But Jesus said, no, I want you 422 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:36,080 back in me, so get back up. The Bible says a just man falls 423 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:40,760 down, but he rises back up. The problem is, is when we miss 424 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:42,720 it, we tend to throw off the wrong things. 425 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,800 We throw off prayer, we throw off going to church, we throw 426 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:51,240 off goat reading the word. The legal side of forgiveness is 427 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:52,880 it's done by the blood of Christ. 428 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:56,240 The vital side is first. John 19 if you confess your sin, 429 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,000 he is faithful and just to forgive you and to cleanse you 430 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,720 from all unrighteousness. And so Peter was able to repent, 431 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,360 you're able to repent, and you're able to get back in 432 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:09,200 fellowship with God Almighty. So that's the good news. 433 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:14,000 The vital side says this, of our relationship with the Lord Jesus 434 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,800 Christ. James chapter 4 verse #8 says 435 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:22,840 draw near to me, and I will draw near to you. 436 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,320 God's waiting on some of you tonight. 437 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:33,400 Legally, it's been paid vitally, you need to make your move and 438 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:34,920 say I'm coming after you. God. 439 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:37,680 Some people say, where's God? He's never moved. 440 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,320 You're the one that got out of position. 441 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:45,440 Get back in position. Just like the parable of the 442 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:49,160 prodigal, we think God's going to hit us with a giant fly 443 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:54,560 swatter and smash us. No, when the Dick in the in the 444 00:29:54,560 --> 00:30:00,640 parable of the prodigal, when the son was in the pig slop, his 445 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:07,120 attitude changed from give me my inheritance to make me. 446 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,800 And when you have that attitude, Lord, just make me. 447 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:15,400 Just make me guess what? The father's arms are wide open, 448 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,280 just like in that parable. They're saying, come on home. 449 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:22,000 He was waiting for him. Draw near to God and he will 450 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:27,360 draw near to you. So don't forget who you are. 451 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:31,120 Turn to your neighbor and say don't forget who you are. 452 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:38,440 Tell them stay in Christ. Now, this isn't gospel, but this 453 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:42,640 is Coach Boone from Remember the Titans. 454 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:46,480 They're getting ready to get on the bus. 455 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:51,000 And Coach Boone looks at Gary said take a good look at her. 456 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,000 Because what you get on that bus, you ain't got no Mama no 457 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,400 more. You got your brothers and you 458 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,160 got this team and you got your daddy. 459 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:08,920 Now who's your daddy? If you want to play on this 460 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:12,720 team, you answer me when I ask you who's your daddy? 461 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,840 Whose team? Is this your team or your 462 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:23,440 daddy's team? And God saying this is my team, 463 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:28,280 this ain't your team. No selfish ambition, no lost 464 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:32,920 identity, no selfishness, no fake Trinity. 465 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:37,880 Me, myself and I, we're all in on the real Trinity, the 466 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:43,400 genuine, the real God Almighty. El Shaddai, Jehovah Jireh, 467 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:47,560 Jehovah Makidish. Jehovah Shalom, Jehovah Tiskanu, 468 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,360 Jehovah Nisi. My victory. 469 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:55,080 Hallelujah, Jehovah, Shalom. God, my peace. 470 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:59,480 I'm in him. He's Adonai, the total majesty, 471 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:03,640 total authority in my life. He is Jehovah Rohy, the one who 472 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,920 leads me and guides me and protects me. 473 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:10,120 He is Elohim, the Creator and the governor of this universe, 474 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:14,200 and I'm in him and it's his team. 475 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:19,040 I know who my daddy is. I know who my name is. 476 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:30,280 So Banaya and the Old Testament knew who he was in Second Samuel 477 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:38,120 23 verses 20 through 22. Second Samuel 23 verses 20 478 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:41,560 through 22, it says Banaya, this is one of the mighty men of 479 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:46,840 David, was the son of Jodiah, the son of a valiant man from 480 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,640 Cabazeel who had done many deeds. 481 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:53,120 He had killed 2 lion like heroes of Moab. 482 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:58,480 He had also gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on 483 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:03,520 a snowy day, and he killed an Egyptian, a spectacular man. 484 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,920 The Egyptian had a spear in his hand. 485 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:10,400 So he went down in with a staff, wrestled the staff, the spear 486 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,240 out of the Egyptian's hand, and he killed him with his own 487 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:16,360 spear. These things Banaya, the son of 488 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:20,760 Joe Idai did and won a name or a reputation among the three 489 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:24,560 mighty men. Although he wasn't part of the 490 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:28,440 three of the chief mighty men, he still had a reputation of the 491 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,360 three. And I bring up Banaya 'cause he 492 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:34,280 never forgot who he was. He was in position. 493 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,480 I like what the Scripture says about him. 494 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:40,960 It says he was the son of a valiant man and he knew who he 495 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:44,040 was. He knew whose lineage he was in 496 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:50,080 and he never lost that position. And so the story should 497 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,440 encourage you don't ever lose the position. 498 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,960 Once he began a good work in you, he'll complete it. 499 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:59,840 The thing I like about Daniel is he started right, he stayed 500 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:03,320 right, and he ended right. The thing I like about Banaz, he 501 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:07,360 started right, he stayed right, and he ended right because he 502 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:10,360 knows he was a son of a valiant man. 503 00:34:10,639 --> 00:34:14,520 And listen, we've been adopted into the family of God, and we 504 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,480 are the sons and daughters of a valiant king. 505 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:22,040 Valiant means I have strength, I have force. 506 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,880 I am a force to be reckoned with. 507 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:31,280 No matter where I go, I have a presence about me. 508 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:33,920 I have an atmosphere. It's not me. 509 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:38,159 It's no longer I that live, it's Christ that's in me. 510 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,639 When I walk into Walmart, when I'm at the gas station, when I 511 00:34:42,639 --> 00:34:45,520 go to Bailey's gym, wherever I am, there I am. 512 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:50,320 I bring all that's within me. The hope of glory. 513 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:55,600 Christ and Bonilla stayed right. Listen, there's going to be 514 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:57,960 challenges in life. There's going to be tests. 515 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:02,800 There's going to be circumstances you're not going 516 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:06,040 to tip through. Tiptoe through the tulips on a 517 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:09,560 flowery bed of ease. In this walk with Christ. 518 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,560 There's going to be some mountaintop experiences and 519 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,520 there's going to be some valley experiences. 520 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:17,600 And thank God for the mountaintop. 521 00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:23,320 But things grow in the valley and Banaya. 522 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:28,040 His name means Jehovah has built me. 523 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,520 His name is Bill, me or he's built me up. 524 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,000 And you need to be built in Christ. 525 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,720 And if you haven't been built in Christ, start now. 526 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,400 Preparation is the evidence you believe something's coming. 527 00:35:50,720 --> 00:35:57,600 There was a sign at a store, a flower store one time that a 528 00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:01,680 person saw it said the best time to plant a seed was 25 years 529 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:06,240 ago. The second best time is to plant 530 00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:10,080 it today. And preparation is the evidence 531 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:12,000 that you believe something's coming. 532 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,720 So get built up. You don't wait for trouble to 533 00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:18,520 hit and then say, let me try to get built. 534 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:25,720 You're reactive, not proactive. You get in the Word, you stay in 535 00:36:25,720 --> 00:36:27,880 the Word. The Bible says meditate in the 536 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,840 Word day in night. Why? 537 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,760 So you could be built up when something comes. 538 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:37,160 Matthew Chapter 7 The winds and waves come to all of us. 539 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:41,280 One was not prepared. One was because they started the 540 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:45,920 building project on the rock and they stayed on the rock and in 541 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:49,440 the rock. I like benign though, because he 542 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,040 was all in. That's what I want you to get is 543 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:54,720 to be all in tonight. All in, all in on Christ's 544 00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:58,720 realities, all in on truth, all in on his team, all in on who 545 00:36:58,720 --> 00:37:01,760 your daddy is, all in on who your identity is in him. 546 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:05,240 And Banaya, this one thing that he did, this one thing, he had 547 00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:08,120 many different feats, but I like this this part of the story 548 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:12,720 where it said he went into a pit on a snowy day and he killed a 549 00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:17,320 lion. I just see Banaya walking by and 550 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:20,640 I'm thinking, dude, it's a challenge on a snowy day to get 551 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:26,400 in a pit without a lion and try to get Buck out of the pit. 552 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:29,640 But you went in a pit with a lion. 553 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:35,280 That's a bad dude. I mean, you're all in at that 554 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:38,600 point because if you don't win, you die. 555 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:42,400 And I just, he just wanted to pick a fight. 556 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,200 I think some of us just need to pick a spiritual fight. 557 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:53,880 He wasn't scared, He was not scared. 558 00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:57,240 God has not given us the spirit of fear, but power loving, a 559 00:37:57,240 --> 00:38:01,840 sound mind. And ain't no devil in hell going 560 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,480 to Take Me Out, tell me who I am. 561 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,360 I'm going to put him where he belongs, under my feet. 562 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:18,840 So but now I went down there and just annihilated the line and 563 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:22,120 got out of the pit. That's a bad dude. 564 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,680 That's a bad dude. And I like the other story too, 565 00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:27,520 because what the enemy went for bad. 566 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:29,560 No weapon form to get yourself prospered. 567 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:33,040 Just like King David took Goliath's sword, right? 568 00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:36,720 Benaiah in one of his fights took the other guy's spear, took 569 00:38:36,720 --> 00:38:39,880 it out of his hand and just killed him because he knew who 570 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:43,400 he was in Christ. Now turn with me to Romans 571 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:50,480 chapter 5 verses one through 5. Romans chapter 5 verses one 572 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:54,680 through 5. This is training for reigning 573 00:38:55,120 --> 00:39:00,040 and schooling for ruling. Get built up right now, stay in 574 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:10,590 Christ. So before we read these few 575 00:39:10,590 --> 00:39:14,230 verses, I want to give you Ephesians chapter one verse #4 576 00:39:14,230 --> 00:39:18,590 because this is my main take away of what I want you to leave 577 00:39:18,590 --> 00:39:22,110 with tonight, of what to be in for this message. 578 00:39:22,110 --> 00:39:27,400 We're going to be in love, intimately acquainted with love, 579 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:30,240 oneness and mind, purpose and heart. 580 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:33,400 We're going to be in a fixed position of love. 581 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:37,600 If you want to excel and succeed as a believer and a son or 582 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:40,400 daughter of God, you need to be in that position of love. 583 00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:42,760 There's a legal side you're going to see, but there's also a 584 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:45,440 vital side of love that we have to walk out. 585 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,800 Ephesians chapter one verse 4 says according as he has chosen 586 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:53,440 us in him before the foundation of the world that we should be 587 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:56,960 holding without blame before him in love. 588 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:01,320 Now I'm going to read Romans chapter 5, these several verses 589 00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:03,480 and I'm going to go ahead and explain some of these things. 590 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:08,440 It says, therefore, having been justified by faith, we have 591 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:12,320 peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we 592 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:15,400 also have access by faith into this grace. 593 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:20,480 In which we stand and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 594 00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:24,400 And not only that, but we also glory and tribulations, knowing 595 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:28,520 that tribulation produces perseverance and perseverance, 596 00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:30,800 character and character. Hope. 597 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:36,160 Now hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been 598 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:42,520 poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. 599 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:46,000 Now legally, when we first start reading this verse, it says 600 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:50,400 we've been justified by faith and we have peace with God. 601 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:56,720 That means we have harmony and concord between God and us 602 00:40:56,720 --> 00:40:59,200 because of what Jesus did in redemption legally. 603 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,280 So there's peace. I'll put it this way, the war is 604 00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:10,480 over. You just surrender and stay in 605 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:13,600 the position of what he's provided legally and you live 606 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:16,760 that out vitally and stay in peace. 607 00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:26,760 It says that we have peace and we have grace in which we can 608 00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:30,040 stand. So trials and tribulations are 609 00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:32,280 to come. Tests are going to come just 610 00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:35,160 like they came to Banaya, just like they came to Peter. 611 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:37,560 But if you're going to overcome, you got to understand who you 612 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:40,600 have access to and who you belong to. 613 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:44,680 And because of this grace that was poured out in the Lord Jesus 614 00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:48,240 Christ, we have access, which means we have approach or we can 615 00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:52,040 come near the throne of God and have a relationship with Him. 616 00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:56,160 How many people talk to other people about their problems and 617 00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:59,600 not to God about their problems? We have access to the throne of 618 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:03,960 heaven. Hebrews 4 says let us come 619 00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:08,320 boldly before the throne of grace to find mercy and grace to 620 00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:12,160 help in our time of need. If we could just get quiet, bow 621 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:14,960 down, listen and come to God Almighty and understand the 622 00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:18,360 access we have. We don't have to Google 623 00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:24,920 something, right? You don't have to put on out on 624 00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:30,200 Facebook for advice. You have a Father in heaven. 625 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:33,160 Matter of fact, there's a big difference between godly counsel 626 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,240 and good advice and the distances between heaven and 627 00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:39,400 hell. Good advice could send you 628 00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,160 straight to hell. Godly counsel is going to bring 629 00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:45,840 heaven to earth. But we have access by grace, and 630 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:49,840 it says in which we stand. That means it's a fixed position 631 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:52,040 we're in. What He's telling us to do. 632 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:54,720 He makes us firm. He makes us established. 633 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:57,080 You can come before his throne. He can give you a word of 634 00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:00,200 wisdom, a word of knowledge. He can give you godly counsel 635 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:01,880 for any situation you're going through. 636 00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:04,960 And in that you can stand. And having done all the stand, 637 00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:09,960 stand there for don't grow weary and well doing, for in due 638 00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:14,280 season you shall reap when you go before the throne. 639 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:18,880 And you can listen to Daddy and get as counsel. 640 00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:22,240 There's no greater result that you can have in your life if you 641 00:43:22,240 --> 00:43:25,960 just follow through with that and listen to that. 642 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,400 I think back to my life. I had to go before the throne in 643 00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:33,760 1997 when I legally got born again, found out about the 644 00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:35,520 redemption in the Lord Jesus Christ. 645 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,160 And I was asking God access to the throne. 646 00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,040 What do you want me to do with my life now? 647 00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:44,120 And I just knew on the inside I needed to go to school to get 648 00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:46,880 trained. That was access. 649 00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:52,440 And I had to stand in that word. And you know what? 650 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:55,560 It seemed right to go to Rhema Bible Training Center. 651 00:43:56,640 --> 00:44:02,960 I'm in Columbus, OH, going to move to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. 652 00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:12,280 Why haven't they fixed it yet? So I move way across country, 653 00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:16,080 right? But that's the access I had. 654 00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:19,560 That's the word I had and I was it always easy? 655 00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:22,240 Did I feel like quitting at times? 656 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:28,720 Did I miss Ohio, one of the greatest states with force real 657 00:44:28,720 --> 00:44:33,600 seasons? Hallelujah, IO. 658 00:44:34,240 --> 00:44:37,720 Thank you. Did I feel like quitting 659 00:44:37,720 --> 00:44:42,040 sometimes again, I'm sure, but I had to stand on that word and 660 00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:44,520 then staying on that word. I finished my course and 661 00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:49,560 standing in that word, I got a godly wife and standing in that 662 00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:54,520 word, I met Pastor Owen Marcy and standing in that word, we 663 00:44:54,520 --> 00:45:00,000 formed a relationship and standing in that word, they 664 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,720 decide they were going to come start a church. 665 00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:04,240 We went back to the throne of grace. 666 00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:06,400 Now that I'm married to Angie at the time and said, Lord, what do 667 00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:09,720 you want us to do now? When they first told us they're 668 00:45:09,720 --> 00:45:11,880 coming to Florida, we prayed. You know what the Lord said 669 00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:15,400 don't go. He said you did the first year 670 00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:19,440 of marriage, you just need to enjoy it, settle in. 671 00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:22,400 It's the merge. You know, you get to learn each 672 00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:24,000 other the first year of marriage, right? 673 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:28,640 Hallelujah. Which way to put the toilet 674 00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:33,400 paper over or under? Don't leave the toilet seat up 675 00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:38,160 right. Don't leave dirty underwear and 676 00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:41,480 dirty stuff all over the floor. Be a blessing, not a curse. 677 00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:47,640 So the first Sherry said, just get to know each other, invest 678 00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:49,120 in the mirror. That was the word we got. 679 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:52,000 Now, Pastor Aaron Marcy actually came to Florida. 680 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:53,880 They stayed for a little bit. Then they ain't going back and 681 00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:57,640 being youth pastors in Sand Springs for several years. 682 00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:00,320 Then they told us the second time we that they were going. 683 00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:02,240 We prayed about again. We went to the throne. 684 00:46:02,240 --> 00:46:07,000 We got access and the Holy Spirit said what he released and 685 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:10,680 said go with him and that's where we've been ever since 2004 686 00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:14,200 when we moved to Florida. But we have anybody can have 687 00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:17,360 access to the throne. Are you run into your Father in 688 00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:19,680 heaven? He cares about you. 689 00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:26,520 He has the best plans for you. He's always working for your 690 00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:30,240 highest benefit. Love agape love is always 691 00:46:30,240 --> 00:46:33,960 working for the highest benefit of the one loved and you can 692 00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:38,000 always go to the throne. David, I like rated some of the 693 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:39,640 Psalms a day. He said, why is my soul 694 00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:42,080 downcast? Why am I going through it? 695 00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:46,560 But there's always resolve that he found in his relationship 696 00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:49,440 with God. And those Psalms change if you 697 00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:50,440 read them. All of a sudden he gets to 698 00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:54,320 rejoice in where he was sad just a few minutes ago 'cause he got 699 00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:59,200 in access with God and he got a word in due season. 700 00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:05,280 So you want to have access so you can stand to overcome 701 00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:08,000 anything that or any obstacle that comes your way. 702 00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:11,000 And it reads, it reads on like this. 703 00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:13,080 It says rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 704 00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:16,560 And not only that, but we also glory and tribulations. 705 00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:21,760 I'm going to read that again. We glory and tribulations. 706 00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:26,560 The word glory means we rejoice, we boast about it. 707 00:47:27,240 --> 00:47:30,800 We say bring it on. Is that all you got? 708 00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:35,160 It's kind of like Banaya walking by the lion and he's like, dude, 709 00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:38,640 I'll take you out. I got a great God. 710 00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:42,120 I've killed some men, but now I'm going to go after something 711 00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:44,720 more intimidating 'cause I want to be a giant Slayer. 712 00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:48,600 I heard about King David doing it, so let me do a great 713 00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:50,560 exploit. Daniel 1132 says those that know 714 00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:54,200 their God shall be strong and do great exploits. 715 00:47:55,240 --> 00:48:00,280 So we, we glory or we boast in tribulation. 716 00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:03,600 Tribulation means this. It's a a pressing together, It's 717 00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:07,360 a pressure, it's an affliction, it's a distress. 718 00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:10,000 I've learned this in lifting weights. 719 00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:12,440 There is no progress without resistance. 720 00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:17,080 Matter of fact, they call it a progressive resistant training 721 00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:20,440 because you can develop when pressure comes. 722 00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:24,120 You know, Paul over in Second Corinthians, he was praying one 723 00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:26,040 time. He said Lord remove this thing 724 00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:29,200 from me. He said I sought the Lord three 725 00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:31,880 times on that. God said, ain't going to do it. 726 00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:36,200 He said my strength is made perfect in your weakness. 727 00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:39,520 And Paul said I'd rather glory in tribulation that the power of 728 00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:42,520 Christ may rest upon me. Now you need to know what you 729 00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:47,080 need to know what to take authority on and put down now 730 00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:49,360 and what you're just going to walk through by the grace of 731 00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:55,840 God, sickness, you take authority over now, but there 732 00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:58,080 could be somebody at your work that's really pestering you, 733 00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:03,080 bugging you, giving you a hard time, making you just want to 734 00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:06,560 slap him upside the head. And God said, my grace is 735 00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:10,280 sufficient for you. Just stay in love. 736 00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:15,520 Stay in a position of love and you'll overcome. 737 00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:18,560 So we glory in tribulation because when we go through it 738 00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:21,720 right and stay in him, tribulation is going to work. 739 00:49:21,720 --> 00:49:25,320 Patience. This translation says 740 00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:26,840 perseverance. That means we're going to learn 741 00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:29,760 how to be steadfast and we're going to learn how to how to 742 00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:35,840 have endurance. This life is not a Sprint, it's 743 00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:38,960 a marathon. So you have to have endurance 744 00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:42,160 built in there. Sometimes you walk, sometimes 745 00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:45,960 you run, sometimes you may feel like you're crawling, but you're 746 00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:49,440 always moving forward. And we need to learn how to have 747 00:49:49,800 --> 00:49:52,720 patience or perseverance. And what happens with when you 748 00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:55,920 learn to have patience or perseverance, it means that 749 00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:59,640 you're going to go ahead and get character or experience, and 750 00:49:59,640 --> 00:50:03,840 that means that you're approved. You're a specimen of worth. 751 00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:07,200 I want to be around somebody who's overcome something. 752 00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:10,840 I'm not going to get advice to somebody whose marriage is 753 00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:12,880 failing and been divorced five times. 754 00:50:14,560 --> 00:50:17,080 I want to go to some, to somebody that's walked through 755 00:50:17,080 --> 00:50:20,640 some things and overcame them because they stayed in Christ 756 00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:24,040 and now they have heaven on earth, right? 757 00:50:24,240 --> 00:50:27,400 I want to say, what did you do so I could reproduce that? 758 00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:31,200 But they went through some pressure, some affliction, but 759 00:50:31,200 --> 00:50:32,560 they learned how to be steadfast. 760 00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:33,720 They learned how to be committed. 761 00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:35,800 They learned how to be bound, a course of action. 762 00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:38,560 And because of that, their character started to shine 763 00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:41,160 forth. And God puts no unproven 764 00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:45,760 character on his market. He wants to see the church rise 765 00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:50,120 up and see men and women be men and women of godly character in 766 00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:53,680 Christ's likeness, flow in the gifts of the Spirit, but also 767 00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:55,240 walk in the fruits of the Spirit. 768 00:50:57,560 --> 00:51:01,440 And out of that experience or out of that character comes hope 769 00:51:02,160 --> 00:51:06,240 because you learn that God's always going to come through the 770 00:51:06,240 --> 00:51:08,000 legal side. You've heard about it, but the 771 00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:11,000 vital side is when you're actually walking it out and you 772 00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:13,880 start to get, go through a test, what becomes a testimony. 773 00:51:14,080 --> 00:51:15,920 And you, you do, you're just like Siri. 774 00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:18,880 You could look back on the faith when it's a God and say, God did 775 00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:21,640 it for me before he's going to do it for me again. 776 00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:26,520 I just need to stay in him. And you know what Paul says at 777 00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:31,480 the end of this these 5 verses, he said hope makes not a shame. 778 00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:34,120 That means I'll never be dishonored or disgraced if I 779 00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:38,440 stay in Christ because the love of God's been shatter brought in 780 00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:42,440 my heart. The agape love of God is in our 781 00:51:42,440 --> 00:51:45,200 heart. Legally it's there, but vitally 782 00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:47,400 you need to walk it out every day. 783 00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:49,800 So I want to go to 1st Corinthians chapter 13. 784 00:51:51,040 --> 00:51:53,920 First Corinthians chapter 13, verses 4 through 8. 785 00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:59,080 This is the great love chapter. I'm going to read these 4 verses 786 00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:01,880 from three different translations and I just want 787 00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:05,000 this to settle in on you because the love of God's been poured 788 00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:08,840 out in our heart by the Holy Ghost, we can always overcome if 789 00:52:08,840 --> 00:52:13,840 we stay in that love, not just legally but vitally, exercising 790 00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:16,520 it every day. So the New King James Version 791 00:52:16,520 --> 00:52:20,120 reads First Corinthians chapter 13 verses 4 through 8 is this 792 00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:23,960 love suffers long and is kind. Love does not envy. 793 00:52:23,960 --> 00:52:26,560 Love does not pray to itself. It is not puffed up. 794 00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:30,320 It does not behave rudely. It does not seek its own. 795 00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:33,840 It is not provoked. Love thinks no evil. 796 00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:37,320 Love does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the 797 00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:39,800 truth that bears all things, believes all things, hopes all 798 00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:42,960 things. It endures all things. 799 00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:46,400 Love never fails. The message Bible says it like 800 00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:49,120 this. Love never gives up. 801 00:52:50,720 --> 00:52:53,920 Love cares more for others than it does for self. 802 00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:57,720 Love doesn't want what it doesn't have. 803 00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:05,640 A child will throw a temper tantrum if they don't get what 804 00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:10,000 they want right then. Love doesn't want what it 805 00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:11,720 doesn't have. Love doesn't strut. 806 00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:16,200 It doesn't have a swelled head. Love doesn't force itself on 807 00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:18,400 others. Love isn't always me first. 808 00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:21,520 Love does not fly off the handle. 809 00:53:24,680 --> 00:53:28,000 Love doesn't keep the score of sins of others. 810 00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:30,880 Love doesn't revel when others grovel. 811 00:53:31,360 --> 00:53:34,320 Love takes pleasure in the flowering of truth. 812 00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:43,160 Love puts up with anything. Glory to God. 11 translation 813 00:53:43,160 --> 00:53:47,360 says love passes the breaking point without breaking. 814 00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:53,400 So when it says love could put up with anything in your flesh, 815 00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:59,240 you can't do it. Church, but in his love you 816 00:53:59,240 --> 00:54:02,240 could both say I'm going to come through this glory to God. 817 00:54:02,520 --> 00:54:07,400 This is just strengthen my love muscle right now just flex baby. 818 00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:13,440 I'm getting stronger. Maybe we need a rocky thing 819 00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:20,880 getting stronger in love as we exercise it vitally right, so 820 00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:25,320 it'll put up with anything. It trusts God always. 821 00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:29,320 Love always looks for the best and never looks back, but keeps 822 00:54:29,320 --> 00:54:33,200 going to the end. The JB Phillips translation says 823 00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:35,880 it like this. The love of which I speak is 824 00:54:35,880 --> 00:54:40,120 slow to lose patience. It looks for a way of being 825 00:54:40,120 --> 00:54:43,240 constructive. It's not possessive. 826 00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:46,800 It is neither anxious to impress nor does it cherish inflated 827 00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:51,280 ideas of its own importance. Love has good manners and does 828 00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:55,560 not pursue selfish advantage. Love is not touchy. 829 00:54:56,600 --> 00:55:00,000 It does not keep account of evil or gloat over the wickedness of 830 00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:04,280 other people. On the contrary, it is glad with 831 00:55:04,280 --> 00:55:06,120 all good men when truth prevails. 832 00:55:06,480 --> 00:55:10,520 Love knows no limits to its endurance, no end to its trust, 833 00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:14,720 no fading of its hope. It can outlast anything. 834 00:55:15,400 --> 00:55:19,520 It is, in fact, the one thing that still stands when all else 835 00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:23,520 has fallen. And I'm going to close with this 836 00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:24,800 worship team. You can come. 837 00:55:25,320 --> 00:55:30,360 Love never fails. Nobody sets out to be a loser. 838 00:55:31,560 --> 00:55:33,760 Let me say it again, your goal in life. 839 00:55:33,760 --> 00:55:35,680 Nobody says I'm going to be a loser. 840 00:55:38,840 --> 00:55:43,760 The one thing that'll guarantee your success church is staying 841 00:55:44,040 --> 00:55:45,040 in love.