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Well, today is Father's Day. 
Happy Father's Day. 

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I hope you acknowledged your own
Heavenly Father and said Happy 

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Father's Day to him. 
I'm thankful for who he is in my

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life, and he is the chief 
Father. 

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All right, today I am going to 
be ministering on something that

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we hear in the church often. 
And I will be the first to admit

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to you, as we all should 
acknowledge, is that we say 

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statements without actually 
studying statements out. 

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We make references without 
actually studying it out to 

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determine what does that 
actually mean. 

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And today I'm going to be 
dealing with the subject of 

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spiritual fathers because in the
body of Christ, it's, it's real 

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quick for people to say, well, 
you're my spiritual father. 

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But have you ever studied what a
spiritual father is? 

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Because how can you call someone
your spiritual father if you 

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don't know what the Bible says 
about spiritual fathers? 

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Because you could call someone a
spiritual father that's not 

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actually a spiritual father at 
all. 

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And so we need to look at this 
today, but I'm more excited to 

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minister next week on spiritual 
sons 'cause no one's preaching 

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about spiritual sons because 
it's easy to call someone a 

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spiritual father, but are you a 
son of that spiritual father or 

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are you illegitimate? 
That's next week. 

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You don't want to miss it. 
It's going to be amazing. 

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Are you hearing me because 
there's responsibility for both?

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I said there's responsibility 
for both and accountability. 

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Let me say it this way. 
There is no relationship without

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responsibility and 
accountability. 

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Hallelujah. 
Can I get an Amen? 

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Would you stand for the reading 
of the Word? 

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First Corinthians chapter 4, 
verses 15 to 17, Paul writing to

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the church at Corinth, the 
church he planted. 

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He said this. 
For if you were to have 

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countless tutors in Christ, yet 
you would not have many fathers.

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For in Christ Jesus I became 
your father through the gospel. 

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Therefore I exhort you, be 
imitators of me. 

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For this reason I have sent to 
you Timothy, who is my beloved 

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and faithful child in the Lord, 
and he will remind you of my 

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ways which are in Christ, just 
as I teach everywhere in every 

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church. 
You can be seated. 

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The key point in this particular
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understand about fathers is the 
word tutors. 

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Tutors, because tutors are 
mentioned and Paul is having a 

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conversation concerning some 
things in the 4th chapter and 

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we'll talk more about this some 
next week specifically and maybe

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even a little bit later tonight,
today. 

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But he has to say there's a 
difference between a tutor and a

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father. 
Now the problem between the two 

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is both are teaching but they 
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authority. 
Now this particular word tutors 

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out of the Thayer's commentary. 
It says this a tutor is a 

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guardian and guide of boys among
the Greeks. 

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In the Romans, the name was 
applied to trustworthy slaves 

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who were charged with the duty 
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morals of the boy's belonging to
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The boys were not allowed so 
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without them before arriving at 
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So in essence, they were tutors.
They were there to help instruct

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these boys. 
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don't get offended by by that 
because you are of the highest 

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class. 
You are children of God. 

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And so in essence, when they 
were young boys, the father of 

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the house would assign someone 
to his child to make sure the 

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instructions that were coming 
from the father, OK, from him or

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the culture per SE, or the 
training was being followed 

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through and and they were a 
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Yet Paul says, now you can have 
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going to have many fathers 
because as much as this person 

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functioned alongside the boy and
gave instruction and correction,

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you know, almost communicating 
to this boy, they were not their

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father. 
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associate the tutor as their 
father, even though this tutor 

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maybe on a day-to-day basis 
giving more instruction than the

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father himself. 
Are you hearing what I'm saying 

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now says it this way in the New 
Testament and the ordinary 

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director or minister can 
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tutor occupies an inferior 
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And so here Paul was saying, 
listen, there are plenty of 

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people out there that can give 
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Now why is this important, 
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are all to become disciples, we 
are to be enlisted as pupils, we

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are all to grow up into Christ. 
Which means anyone in this room 

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could talk to someone else and 
give them instruction from the 

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Word on behalf of the heavenly 
Father and give them good 

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counsel, give them right 
leading, give them right 

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instruction. 
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spiritual father. 
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among Saints. 
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Why is that? 
Because that is a position that 

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is being reserved for the 
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In the fivefold ministry, you 
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pastors, teachers, and 
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And just as those graces give 
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have different layers of 
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submitted to the Head, Father, 
that is not within the Saints 

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themselves. 
All Saints should be disciples. 

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At a minimum, we should be 
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We could say it this way. 
The Bible says if you receive a 

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righteous man in a name of a 
righteous man, you'll receive 

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what a righteous man reward 
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Everyone in this room ought to 
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Yet then he'll say, but if you 
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name of a prophet, you'll 
receive a prophet. 

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Now a prophet's reward is 
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reward. 
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hold the gifting of prophet. 
So we recognize this. 

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So Paul is saying, listen, I 
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You've come to Christ because I 
came because God sent me to your

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community and out of the 
preaching instruction and the 

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anointing and grace on my life. 
You may have plenty of 

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instructors, tutors, but you do 
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Well, think about it. 
If we just look at the fivefold 

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ministry, how many fathers can 
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Just by right of great gifts, 
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Now, I don't believe that you 
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'cause we have multiple pastors,
but you can't compare tutors to 

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the fivefold minister are Saints
compared to the fivefold 

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ministries? 
There are way more Saints within

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the local body then there are 
the fivefold ministry. 

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And listen, that is not an 
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It's less than, it's just 
different giftings. 

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And again, we are who we are by 
the grace of God. 

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You are who you are by the grace
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And you know what? 
There's nothing, there's nothing

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wrong with that. 
You want to be exactly what 

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God's called you to be because 
you do not want to be something 

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you're not called to be. 
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say if you're not called and you
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They would say that because of 
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responsibility and 
accountability associated with 

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the gifting. 
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I say gifting because we are 
using terms that the Bible does 

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not use, offices or terms we 
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But the Bible doesn't call the 
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offices. 
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That's very important because 
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bring over into a secular 
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leadership. 
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is a gift that is to be 
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body at greater responsibility, 
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So Paul says here, listen, if 
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spiritually, it's me. 
But then he goes into the very 

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next verse and he says, then 
this therefore I exert exhort 

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you be imitators of me, be 
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So as a spiritual father, he 
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Christ, then I'm not positioned 
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father. 
Are you hearing me? 

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All right, let me go on. 
Look what he says later on in 

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the same letter to the 
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Corinthians 11, when he says 
this, be imitators of me, just 

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as I am also of Christ. 
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spiritual father recognizes is 
that if I'm in this position of 

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being a spiritual father, then 
reflection is a big deal. 

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It matters what I reflect. 
It matters. 

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It matters what I reflect, which
is why real spiritual fathers 

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are living in places like they 
don't even want the appearance 

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of evil because they don't want 
the appearance of a reflection 

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of something. 
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acknowledged in certain ways. 
They want to flee those the best

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way they can because they 
recognize in order to be a 

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spiritual father of reflection 
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You're going to, I'm going to 
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This is why, you know, we say 
who we are here is who we are 

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down there at the house, at the 
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who we are. 
We don't departmentalize and put

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on our pastor or apostle role, 
but then take that off and leave

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it at the front door when we 
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And then we just act like, you 
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we go because imitation is a big
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And Paul tells the church, you 
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But in his imitating later on in
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clear, listen, when I'm saying 
imitate me, you need to know I'm

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imitating him. 
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Because the spiritual father is 
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So you'll like him. 
A spiritual father has children 

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that he's constantly pointing to
the Father, and a spiritual 

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father sounds like the Christ, 
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If you've seen me, you've seen 
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That's why, Toy told Toy said. 
How can you say show me the 

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Father? 
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I mean, everything I do, I don't
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on my own initiative. 
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up and say, well, this is what I
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A true spiritual father is 
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week, 24 hours a day to the 
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alone. 
And I'm to that cause in every 

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role that I'm in. 
That's right, in the ministry as

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a husband, as a natural father, 
as a natural grandfather, as an 

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employer, which means I have no 
right to tell you, well, this is

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what I think the reflection is. 
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So when you come to me to get 
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I'm always going to say, well, 
let's go to the Bible. 

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I cannot appeal to your 
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I can be compassionate and give 
you the answer which is found in

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the book. 
I said it's found in the book 

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and I have to do that whether 
you accept me as a spiritual 

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father or not, because our 
Father in heaven has not 

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compromised His word to accept 
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He has lived his word and you 
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Come on, That's the difference. 
He's not accepting us, we are 

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accepting him. 
Can I get an AM? 

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Now? 
Let's deal with this other 

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thought because there's an 
elephant in the room for 

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religious people. 
And so I need to address the 

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religious. 
OK. 

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Paul obviously said you're going
to have a lot of tutors. 

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You're going to have a lot, 
which you know, unfortunately in

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our Western culture, there's not
a whole lot of tutors out there.

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It's not a whole lot of 
disciples, a lot of converts, 

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but not disciples. 
So I would say we're even 

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lacking in the tutor side. 
OK, I don't know where the 

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spiritual fathers are. 
OK, I'm not trying to run them 

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down myself and identify who one
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I know who they are in my life 
and that's the only ones I care 

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about because I'm not trying to 
go find a bunch of them. 

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I'm just led to the one that God
assigns to me. 

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In fact, if I had my children 
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You know, my children are going 
to say I didn't get to pick you.

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So why do I think I get to pick 
my spiritual father? 

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And let me just go on out here 
for you, since I am. 

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If you've never personally met 
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know you by name and spend time 
with you, they are not your 

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spiritual father. 
Even though you try to lay claim

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to it. 
They're not your spiritual 

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father. 
I mean, they would be in the 

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natural called an absentee 
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time with, someone that you 
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you're going to take their 
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wow, they're my spiritual daddy 
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exist. 
I mean, that's kind of like, you

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know, people who sleep around 
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years later, they found out they
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Well, I'm shocked. 
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I know it's quad. 
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your past. 
Don't be afraid that something's

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going to come up. 
But if it does, roll with it and

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get it with the Lord. 
It's all you can do at this 

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point, right? 
Matthew 23133. 

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It says this. 
Then Jesus spoke to the crowds 

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and to his disciples, saying, 
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have seated themselves in the 
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Therefore all that they tell you
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according to their deeds, for 
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them. 
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the things that Paul's talking 
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father, imitate me. 
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scribes by title by title, teach
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but you can't watch their lives 
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chapter. 
When we get a little bit further

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about the religious leader. 
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a religious leader. 
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Rabbi. 
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That was the the title they used
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Now I understand this is teacher
and we do have a 5 fold ministry

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gift called the teacher and it 
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are all brothers. 
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do not call anyone on earth your
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who was in heaven. 
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and again, this is how people 
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word of truth, they'll take one 
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take I see don't talk to any. 
I don't even call my own natural

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father father because the Bible 
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I remember one time my wife, 
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at the gym working out and there
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you know, ran into my wife there
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happened to ask where I was. 
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gym finishing up. 
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and he said, well, don't your 
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that physical exercise profits 
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Well, he needed some, right? 
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out of context. 
Very easy, you know, And then my

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wife, you know, she didn't 
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thought how stupid to herself. 
Have the fruits of patience, you

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know, long-suffering happen. 
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But she did say, yes, he does 
read the Bible. 

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She didn't go back and quote and
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him. 
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down to help correct his 
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But anyway, this is what people 
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They want to pull things out, 
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things said about spiritual 
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and say, ah, there's only one 
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We shouldn't be calling people 
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if there's a father, it's me. 
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difference here, says so again, 
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earth a father. 
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addressing these titles that 
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themselves in the seat of Moses.
They do not do anything they 

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preach. 
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anything, they preach, they have
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are this title. 
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communicating a gift. 
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minute I say that, people say, 
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pastor this or apostle that 
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I will correct your doctrine as 
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In essence, we are the authority
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them at another time and says 
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He tells them, he says you will 
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their own families because 
you'll say all of their income 

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comes to the synagogue, which 
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help their own households. 
In essence, I'm your father. 

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Your inheritance now comes to 
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Shall I meddle? 
I will right now in our Western 

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church churches all across, are 
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from their congregation members 
where their inheritance is 

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coming directly to the church? 
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children, that's one thing. 
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you do have those that are 
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some that you are mentoring and 
discipling that God has allowed 

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you to be a natural father to 
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your best interest to leave that
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to the church. 
OK, it's getting quiet, man 

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shouldn't get this quiet at 
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It gets quiet everywhere else on
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It does not get quiet here. 
I'm just saying you got to know 

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your motive. 
It sounds good. 

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Let's go on, he says. 
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one. 
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but I was faster, he said. 
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is Christ, verse 11 But the 
greatest among you shall be your

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servant. 
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himself will be humbling, and 
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exalted. 
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Because at the end of the day, 
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exalted. 
So being in a position where you

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know technically your influence 
is growing can be there 

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specifically because you were 
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However, the counterpart is if 
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yourself without God and your 
name dropping everywhere you go 

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and you run into every 
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your spiritual fathers are, 
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thing. 
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I mean, as an overseer, I have 
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Verse 13 But woe to you scribes 
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because you shut off the Kingdom
of heaven from people, for you 

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do not enter in yourself, nor do
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in. 
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Concerning this Father's He said
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whole chapter, he said, were the
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others solely because of 
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Here He condemns all three 
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chiefly cherished, OK, that they
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their hypocrisy and religious 
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And Jesus dealt with this. 
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the end of this chapter. 
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difference in the 2030 seventh 
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills 
the Now if he had a problem, 

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would you be a known as a 
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Why didn't he say, since he's in
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calling a leader? 
Who you calling a father? 

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Who you calling a rabbi? 
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they're hypocrites. 
They don't do what they want to 

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do. 
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list of things they're not doing
but saying, but then he drops 

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down. 
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Jerusalem, who kills the 
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Why didn't he say who kills the 
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Because he knows it's a gift and
he released that gift and he has

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no problem with that gift being 
recognized because when someone 

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is graced in that gift, that 
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because that's how you know how 
that person functions in the 

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body. 
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prophets and stoned those who 
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Oh my Mama, and how often I 
wanted to gather your children 

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together the way a hen gathers 
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you were unwilling. 
So the question is, does Paul 

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contradict Jesus? 
Well, the answer has to be no 

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because Jesus Paul is 
functioning. 

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I thought, do you understand 
there is a doctrine in our 

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Western culture now that says do
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Well, the Holy Spirit wrote it 
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are the the account of Jesus's 
life were not written by Jesus 

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himself in the sense that Jesus 
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Now it is written by Jesus 
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In fact, all scripture is then 
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the Word. 
He's the word of Paul's letters 

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as he's the word of James 
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Peter's letters, as he's the 
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And so people get in debates 
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Paul says something about 
marriage in First Corinthians 7,

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but Jesus says something about 
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Who do you believe? 
I believe scripture, That's what

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we believe. 
But because we haven't been 

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discipled properly and we're not
keeping the Bible in full 

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context and we have shoved out 
part of the ministry gifts in 

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our modern day churches, in the 
Western culture where we only 

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accept pastors and teachers, 
we're at a deficit of the 

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others. 
But not here, not here because 

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we're going to live the Bible. 
So look how Paul starts out, 

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First Corinthians, the letter, 
First Corinthians 11. 

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Look how he starts it out. 
Paul called as an apostle of 

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Jesus Christ by the will of God.
He starts the letter by saying 

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this is the gift I'm in now. 
If he believed in the things 

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that he had a personal account 
with the disciples. 

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He was on the planet with Mark, 
Matthew, Luke and John. 

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He went and talked to Peter 
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If anyone could have said, what 
in the world did Jesus mean by 

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that? 
He could have had the access. 

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So he's definitely not 
contradicting saying we're all 

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just brothers and there's plenty
of say, well, we all should just

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greet each other like brothers. 
Well, we are brothers, but we 

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all do not have the same 
function. 

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And that's the reality. 
We all do not have the same 

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function. 
And that's OK because God made 

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you the way he wanted to make 
you and he never makes a 

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mistake. 
So the minute you want to be 

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somebody else's gifting, in 
essence, you're saying to your 

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father, you missed it with me. 
And how does your father get it 

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wrong? 
He doesn't. 

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So if you're wanting some other 
gift that you're not assigned 

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that gift or wasn't given to you
by the grace of God through the 

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will of God, well then by all 
rights you're coveting and 

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that's not from the Father 
anyway. 

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Say Amen. 
So he says, then he addresses 

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them right out the gate. 
I'm an apostle. 

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He had no problem announcing it.
Zero. 

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In fact, if you read all of his 
letters, of which he has 12 

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specifically in name, 13, if you
acknowledge him in Hebrews, 10 

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of them, he says he's an apostle
and he had no problem saying it.

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OK, well go on to the 4th 
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If the 4th chapter, first 
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man regard us in this manner as 
servants of Christ and stewards 

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of the mystery of God. 
So what is he saying? 

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My gifting by the grace of God 
called by Jesus himself, man did

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not have to appoint me here. 
In fact, let me just say it this

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way. 
Man cannot appoint you. 

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Man can recognize those gifts, 
but just because man recognizes 

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those gifts doesn't mean that's 
an appointment. 

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The appointment of the pastor, 
the prophet, the evangelist, the

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fivefold teacher, and the 
apostle only come from the Lord.

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If they're self appointed, 
they'll have no giftings 

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associated with the grace. 
Then they'll be labeled false. 

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But if the giftings are there, 
man's acknowledgement doesn't 

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make them any more of a pastor, 
prophet, evangelist, teacher or 

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apostle. 
They are what they are by the 

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grace of God. 
And the church is alive today, 

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which means they're all those 
giftings are alive today. 

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Aren't you glad you have these 
giftings at Anchor Fate Church? 

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So Paul saying though the 
gifting that I am functions as a

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servant, I'm here to serve my 
gift. 

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So he's not a contradiction to 
Paul. 

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He is literally saying in fact, 
this the 4th chapter is where he

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later on goes on and said now 
you got a lot of tutors, but if 

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anyone's the spiritual father, I
am to you and by all right, any 

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church that an apostle plants, 
those that are part of those 

450
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,520
congregations are their 
children. 

451
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,760
He has a spiritual oversight to 
them. 

452
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,040
That gift has a spiritual 
oversight to them. 

453
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,400
That's why. 
And what what does that mean? 

454
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:06,320
Look what we're doing, and I 
know I am Galatians 419 says 

455
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:10,400
it's my children again, talking 
to one of the churches he 

456
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:14,480
planted in Galatians, he said my
children, if he's calling them 

457
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:17,800
children, then he's 
acknowledging I'm your daddy 

458
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:22,280
now, Father. 
God is our father. 

459
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:28,120
He's chief Father, and I'm only 
exercising the gift of apostle 

460
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:33,680
to you because of our Heavenly 
Father in the earth. 

461
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:40,040
I oversee this church not only 
in Galatia, but in Thessaloniki 

462
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:42,400
and in Corinth and every other 
place. 

463
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:48,800
He planted a church. 
Those were all his children and 

464
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:55,120
what he says with whom I am 
again in labor until Christ is 

465
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,960
formed in you. 
It goes back to a statement. 

466
00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:02,480
Imitate me as I imitate Christ. 
How will I know that you're one 

467
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:08,160
of my children? 
You're going to look like Christ

468
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:10,480
when I'm around you. 
You're not going to look like 

469
00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:12,160
me. 
You're going to like Christ. 

470
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:15,080
But I gave you the example of 
what Christ looked like. 

471
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:22,560
I did this. 
Say Amen. 

472
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:29,080
Now turn over to Hebrews. 
In Hebrews chapter 10, you must 

473
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,000
understand that I'm going to 
give you here in a minute what I

474
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,320
consider the top 10 things a 
spiritual father does. 

475
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,840
All right, I'm going to give you
the top ten, what I consider the

476
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:39,560
top 10 things a spiritual father
does. 

477
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,280
Look at this in Hebrews chapter 
12. 

478
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,040
Again, we're using a term that 
there's a natural side, but then

479
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:48,880
there's a spiritual side. 
Again, as a spiritual father, I 

480
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,560
will not come and spank your 
natural children. 

481
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:56,160
That's your responsibility. 
You have a natural 

482
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:59,720
responsibility as a parent. 
As a spiritual parent, I have a 

483
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:03,080
responsibility to you. 
And there are types and shadows 

484
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:06,320
of a natural parent to a 
spiritual parent. 

485
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,440
Don't preach my message from the
front row. 

486
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,239
I gave you Mother's Day. 
I gave you Mother's Day. 

487
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,760
Verse 9. 
Furthermore, Hebrews 12. 

488
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,800
Verse 9. 
Furthermore, we had earthly 

489
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,000
fathers. 
I need to stop there for one 

490
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,080
second. 
I know we live in a time now 

491
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:38,800
that many never knew their 
earthly father, but let me say 

492
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:42,280
this. 
You still had one because you're

493
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:47,080
not here without them. 
So when we talk about 

494
00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:49,679
fatherless, there's only two 
ways you're fatherless. 

495
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:53,480
One, they never show up, 
although they help with the 

496
00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:57,320
process of you being here. 
Or #2 they have passed away, but

497
00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:59,400
they still help with the process
of you being here. 

498
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:08,320
OK, but you still have a father.
We had earthly fathers to 

499
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:12,440
discipline us. 
Now, this is a role a earthly 

500
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,480
father is supposed to do. 
And he goes on and say we 

501
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:18,920
respected them. 
Now, there's a lot of fathers 

502
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:22,400
who don't want to discipline 
because they're afraid of how 

503
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,400
their children are going to act 
towards them. 

504
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:27,480
Can I do that, Lord? 
Yeah. 

505
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:31,600
Thank you again. 
Bible is very important, right. 

506
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:37,600
It said, was it Moses or Aaron 
or Abraham? 

507
00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,000
Please help me. 
Who was the friend of God? 

508
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:41,920
Abraham. 
Abraham. 

509
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,760
Abraham was a friend of God. 
You know we sing that today. 

510
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:49,680
I am a friend of God, right? 
We love these things. 

511
00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:53,120
Nowhere in the New Testament 
does it say you're a friend of 

512
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:56,040
God. 
Now why is Abraham a friend of 

513
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:58,520
God? 
Because Abraham cannot be born 

514
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:03,240
again. 
Abraham always had a dead 

515
00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:08,400
spirit, even though he was a 
father of faith. 

516
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:14,360
He needed the redemption, he 
needed the blood, and he by 

517
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:20,080
faith separated from the 
household of God, his whole 

518
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:23,720
existence on earth. 
He was in covenant and God 

519
00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:27,600
allowed a relationship to the 
degree he could, but he was not 

520
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:33,120
in God's nature. 
He was not born of God. 

521
00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:40,000
That came at the death of Jesus 
when he went to the grave and 

522
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,800
saw Abraham, said Abraham we 
about to blow this popsicle 

523
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:46,800
stand right here. 
We are coming out three days, 

524
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:50,280
bro, we are out of here. 
You are finally going to go up 

525
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:54,160
and see the heavenly Father. 
You are going to to the house. 

526
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,720
You have been waiting for this 
moment to be in the household. 

527
00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,680
You have been. 
You have waited for this moment 

528
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:06,000
to become a son of God. 
So the closest relationship he 

529
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,760
could have with a father in the 
old covenant was a friend. 

530
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:14,160
But in the new covenant we're 
sons and daughters of God. 

531
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,640
But we have parents today, 
naturally that rather be friends

532
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:34,560
with their children then fathers
and fathers Discipline to their 

533
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,120
word. 
You're grounded. 

534
00:37:37,240 --> 00:37:46,240
How long a week and you're not 
getting paroled because we get 

535
00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:50,000
compassionate. 
We want to let things go when we

536
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,520
need to say stick to our guns. 
We would. 

537
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:54,960
We're only here because of your 
action, not mine. 

538
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,000
But what do our children do? 
They kick and scream. 

539
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,400
They call us all bad names. 
You know, they act like they're 

540
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:01,240
going to. 
You know what? 

541
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:03,680
I'm a father. 
I'm not your best buddy. 

542
00:38:03,720 --> 00:38:05,600
I'm not your pal. 
I'm not your friend. 

543
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:14,720
I'm your daddy. 
And that earns respect because 

544
00:38:14,720 --> 00:38:18,000
your children will not respect 
you if you want to be their 

545
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:24,840
friend. 
I didn't become a father to be 

546
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:30,880
light. 
I came a father to reproduce a 

547
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:36,840
kind and in order to reproduce 
that kind, I have to be like my 

548
00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,840
father in heaven. 
Hallelujah. 

549
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:43,200
So dads, don't feel upset when 
you're holding your children to 

550
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:46,920
the fire. 
And that goes to you Mamas as 

551
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:49,120
well. 
And for the Mamas who do not 

552
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:55,520
have a husband, your heavenly 
Father is the father to your 

553
00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:57,440
children. 
So when you're correct and say 

554
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:00,360
your daddy in heaven would not 
be pleased with what's going on 

555
00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:04,320
right now and that bears weight,
there's an anointing with you. 

556
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,760
And that will not make your 
children hate him. 

557
00:39:10,720 --> 00:39:13,760
Because when you're disciplining
in love and according to his 

558
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:16,920
word, it will only cause them 
later in life to love and say 

559
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:18,440
thank God. 
I had a Heavenly Father that 

560
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:22,240
kept boundaries in my life, that
kept me in life and didn't want 

561
00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:25,080
me in death. 
Yeah, that's good. 

562
00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:26,480
OK. 
Furthermore, we had earthly 

563
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:28,400
fathers discipline us. 
We respected them. 

564
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:33,240
Shall we not much rather be 
subject to the Father of spirits

565
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:36,880
and live. 
In order to live, you must be 

566
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:41,800
subject. 
Your heavenly Father knows what 

567
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:46,200
to do. 
And a spiritual Father is only 

568
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:49,280
telling you what the Heavenly 
Father is saying. 

569
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:55,400
For they discipline us for a 
short time, as seems best to 

570
00:39:55,400 --> 00:40:03,400
them, but He disciplines for our
good, so that we may share His 

571
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:05,760
Holiness. 
Wow. 

572
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:10,040
He said, all discipline for a 
moment seems not to be joyful, 

573
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:12,720
but sorrowful. 
Yet to those who have been 

574
00:40:12,720 --> 00:40:17,760
trained by it afterwards it 
yields the peaceful fruit of 

575
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:19,840
righteousness. 
Amen. 

576
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,880
The peaceful fruit of 
righteousness. 

577
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:27,520
Now I'm just going to do a quick
paraphrase for you before I give

578
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:31,760
you the top 10 things that I 
consider based upon the life of 

579
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:34,880
Paul that's very that's 
characterized that a spiritual 

580
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,720
father will impart towards his 
spiritual sons. 

581
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,680
Paul has written this letter to 
the First Corinthians where he 

582
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,560
announced he's a father. 
So why we get this term 

583
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:46,120
spiritual father in the 1st 
place? 

584
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:48,680
He's writing them a second 
letter. 

585
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:55,320
And in the second letter in 
chapters 1011 or 9 and 10, he is

586
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:59,800
having to defend his spiritual 
father position. 

587
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,560
And he's having to defend it 
because people are coming in 

588
00:41:05,240 --> 00:41:07,880
trying to pull away his 
children. 

589
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:15,720
This is the number one danger of
Christian Church hopping #2 

590
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:19,960
conference hopping. 
Because the minute you go 

591
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:25,480
hopping because you're wanting a
word, then what you're doing is 

592
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:29,000
you're somebody is going to 
accommodate you, something to 

593
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:37,160
pull you out of position. 
I have seen many talented people

594
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:41,160
come back with a word from a 
minister who does not even know 

595
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:46,880
them, has no investment in them,
has no thought process into 

596
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:51,400
their lives, but gives them 
words that remove them from the 

597
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:56,800
place they're in time and time 
again. 

598
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,680
And then the next thing you 
know, when these things get 

599
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:02,320
picked up, next thing you know, 
they're always following their 

600
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:05,800
conferences are always going and
they are no more submitted to a 

601
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,600
local body. 
You know, we have Christians 

602
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:12,000
today that are popping around 
conference to conference have 

603
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:15,000
and they're calling all these 
things spiritual parents to 

604
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:19,120
them, yet they have no root in 
the local body. 

605
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:24,920
Church from the school I 
graduated from and many 

606
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,560
Christian schools, I know we're 
not the only one. 

607
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:31,880
There are many who have 
graduated with this diploma or 

608
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:37,200
certificate that has 
acknowledged their knowledge and

609
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:43,280
now they have arrived above the 
local body church that all they 

610
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:50,760
can do now is go to the known 
ministers through conferences in

611
00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:54,120
order to be their spiritual 
children. 

612
00:42:56,280 --> 00:43:01,040
They have no pastors, no 
teachers in their lives, no 

613
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:05,240
local output. 
I know it's getting quiet in 

614
00:43:05,240 --> 00:43:08,400
this apparently Presbyterian 
Church right now. 

615
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:12,520
I don't know, maybe you're 
sucking all the wind out of the 

616
00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:14,080
room because the people here in 
this on. 

617
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:17,200
I don't care. 
I mean, it's just be honest 

618
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:21,880
wouldn't listen. 
I am doing the same thing I have

619
00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:29,840
done since 2004 and before. 
I am but specific 2004 because I

620
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:33,960
moved into that position and 
whether I preach somewhere or 

621
00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:41,520
not doesn't change my mission. 
I've only had one plant church, 

622
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:47,640
grow the church, strengthen the 
church, disciple the church. 

623
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:50,520
That's it. 
Nothing else matters. 

624
00:43:51,720 --> 00:43:55,720
And that's going to be somewhere
locally that you transform that 

625
00:43:55,720 --> 00:43:59,960
community somehow. 
And that transformation may be a

626
00:43:59,960 --> 00:44:02,560
total revival. 
Things are done, different laws 

627
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:05,280
are being changed. 
You know, it's making a positive

628
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:10,320
impact or it causes everyone to 
go crazy and you have to dust 

629
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:13,600
your sandals off and leave town.
Either way, I've done the work 

630
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:19,080
of God that I've even, we've 
either come in and we have shown

631
00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:22,760
the Kingdom and there's been a 
full blown rejection of it, or 

632
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:26,160
we've shown the Kingdom and it 
starts to transform people's 

633
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:31,160
lives and this is the best 
pulpit to be in. 

634
00:44:31,240 --> 00:44:33,160
This is the best place for me to
be. 

635
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:38,400
There is nothing better than 
doing just that, Nothing better 

636
00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:42,440
because what's important and 
anyone that I'm talking to 

637
00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:47,800
outside of you, I'm only saying,
what are you doing at your local

638
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:50,480
church? 
What are you doing to express 

639
00:44:50,480 --> 00:45:01,120
yourself locally? 
So Paul has to defend because 

640
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:03,200
he's got a bunch of people 
trying to pull. 

641
00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:08,600
This is why he said literally 
about the Church of Ephesus in 

642
00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:13,080
Acts. 
He says, you know that I'm, I am

643
00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:16,520
innocent of the blood of all 
men, for I have not withheld 

644
00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:19,760
from you the full counsel of 
God, but I know because I'm 

645
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:22,840
leaving. 
Savage wolves will come in among

646
00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:28,560
your among yourselves and divide
the flock, pulling people to 

647
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:31,840
themselves. 
While he was there, he could 

648
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:34,120
keep them at Bay. 
In fact, in the second letter he

649
00:45:34,120 --> 00:45:40,920
says they are saying that I'm a 
weak person because if I'm not 

650
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,560
present, they can talk about me 
all day long. 

651
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:47,320
I wrote a letter to you and they
are dissecting the letter. 

652
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:50,320
They're telling you my motive. 
They're telling you how I am. 

653
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:51,720
They're telling you I'm a weak 
person. 

654
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:53,520
You can read it yourself, he 
said. 

655
00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:57,000
But I'm going to show up and 
they're going to find out. 

656
00:45:57,000 --> 00:46:01,880
I'm the same guy in that letter.
I'm the same person. 

657
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:05,600
And you know what? 
I'm going to remind you of who I

658
00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:09,920
am, what I've birth, what I all 
that I've labored, and all they 

659
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:12,040
want to do is pull you with no 
labor. 

660
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:21,760
Come on. 
No labor, no labor and they want

661
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:23,600
you to call them spiritual 
fathers. 

662
00:46:24,720 --> 00:46:27,120
Come on, sons and daughters, you
got to be wiser than that. 

663
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:33,400
It's got to be wiser than that. 
My top 10 is spiritual fathers 

664
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:38,120
responsibility because if 
you're, if you, if a spiritual 

665
00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:42,400
father is happening, these are 
things that you should expect. 

666
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:49,440
Number one prayer, number one 
responsibility for spiritual 

667
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:50,600
fathers. 
He's going to pray. 

668
00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:58,200
In fact, the majority of a lot. 
Most of Paul's letters are 

669
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:03,120
starting with a prayer. 
I'm praying you get it. 

670
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:08,200
I pray that the odds of your 
understanding would be 

671
00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:11,240
enlightened, but you may know 
the hope of your calling. 

672
00:47:11,720 --> 00:47:14,280
I pray that you receive 
supernatural wisdom, 

673
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:17,160
discernment. 
I pray that your love may abound

674
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:19,040
still more and more in all 
knowledge. 

675
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:22,760
That's what a spiritual father. 
This is why we took those 

676
00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:25,080
prayers put Anchor Faith Church.
Wow. 

677
00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:27,160
Because we know if you get it, 
we all get it. 

678
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:37,200
We're praying for you #2 
doctrine. 

679
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:43,480
They are establishing rightly 
divided doctrine. 

680
00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:49,120
They are not entertainers. 
They are not soul preachers, 

681
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:54,920
they are spirit preachers that 
transform your soul. 

682
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:03,080
Doctrine. 
Doctrine had a powerful 

683
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:06,000
testimony from a pastor who 
transitioned to church. 

684
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:12,640
It was they took it from their 
father and now they pastor it 

685
00:48:13,240 --> 00:48:16,480
and they were PK. 
And this is such a powerful 

686
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:19,280
testimony. 
I was talking with him this past

687
00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:23,640
week and they said, you know, I 
got in the pulpit and in six 

688
00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:26,440
months, everything I knew, I 
preached. 

689
00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:39,680
Then I realized I don't know 
doctrine because I was raised in

690
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:41,840
this. 
I naturally knew how to do 

691
00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:44,920
things. 
But now I'm asking the question,

692
00:48:45,240 --> 00:48:47,720
what do I know and why do I know
it? 

693
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:53,480
And so I went on a journey of my
own self discovery of the Word, 

694
00:48:54,040 --> 00:48:56,800
been in church their whole life,
and now has been pastoring for 

695
00:48:56,800 --> 00:49:02,080
six months. 
Because many of you can sit 

696
00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:07,760
right here today and you know 
how to naturally respond in the 

697
00:49:07,760 --> 00:49:10,280
Word, but you don't know why you
are. 

698
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:16,720
It's not in you, and if enough 
trials and tribulations come, 

699
00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:23,880
you'll run out of what you know.
But today we have to know 

700
00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:28,080
doctrine, and we have to be able
to touch every subject, even 

701
00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:30,520
stuff that people want to stay 
away from. 

702
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:36,080
We have to do it because 
spiritual fathers do not 

703
00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:41,280
withhold the full counsel of God
#3 Kingdom culture. 

704
00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:46,640
A spiritual father is going to 
show you the culture of the 

705
00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:51,960
Kingdom because it's not an 
American culture. 

706
00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:58,440
How you live in the US is not 
how you live in the Kingdom. 

707
00:49:59,240 --> 00:50:03,000
Two different cultures. 
Our culture is not of this 

708
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:06,040
world. 
We cannot even look to the world

709
00:50:06,040 --> 00:50:14,320
to determine how we are to live.
Function #4 Kingdom character, A

710
00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:17,960
spiritual father is going to 
always be working on your 

711
00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:21,000
character that it reflects the 
Kingdom. 

712
00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:30,280
So what they're going to do, 
because you'll never know the 

713
00:50:30,280 --> 00:50:33,360
culture of the Kingdom nor the 
character of the Kingdom if 

714
00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:36,680
we're not rightly dividing true 
doctrine from the Word of God 

715
00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:41,400
and being in prayer for 
ourselves and for you, 'cause I 

716
00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:46,240
can preach it right, doesn't 
mean you'll receive it right #5 

717
00:50:48,720 --> 00:50:51,080
put it up there. 
Spirit leading. 

718
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:56,400
They're going to be led by the 
Spirit, led by the Spirit. 

719
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:02,240
Paul was a teacher of how to be 
led by the Spirit. 

720
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:08,280
They again, these are here's the
top 5 already we're talking 

721
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:15,440
about. 
He demonstrated these and Paul 

722
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:18,600
was man. 
He was quite the father when he 

723
00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:20,960
came to doctrine. 
Remember he confronted Peter. 

724
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:27,600
He didn't let the traditions of 
even the apostles of the lamb 

725
00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:37,200
revert back to Judaism type 
thinking and he considered 

726
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:39,800
himself the least of all the 
apostles. 

727
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:45,360
But he was correct in the way 
Peter was responding. 

728
00:51:48,280 --> 00:51:53,000
But it when you established 
doctrine and culture character 

729
00:51:53,120 --> 00:51:57,560
and obviously we're being LED. 
We know the voice of our father 

730
00:51:57,560 --> 00:52:02,480
through his spirit number six. 
He's an there an instructor and 

731
00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:05,840
corrector. 
They're not just instructing 

732
00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:10,360
you, they're correcting because 
the minute you receive 

733
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:14,120
instruction, then the 
opportunity for correction comes

734
00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:20,920
if you violate the instruction. 
And again, Father's discipline 

735
00:52:22,120 --> 00:52:26,480
for your good, for your good. 
Why? 

736
00:52:26,560 --> 00:52:30,320
So that two things can occur in 
your life, holiness and 

737
00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:37,120
righteousness. 
I do not accept you as you are. 

738
00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:44,680
I see you in Christ and there's 
a difference. 

739
00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:46,720
We'll just come as you are. 
We'll accept you. 

740
00:52:46,720 --> 00:52:50,480
I don't accept you. 
I can see your deficiencies and 

741
00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:53,960
I'm going to address the 
deficiencies because I see you 

742
00:52:54,400 --> 00:53:00,960
doing it in Christ and it's 
unacceptable to continue to see 

743
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:07,200
you live less than what you can.
And this isn't hard for us to 

744
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:10,000
recognize. 
We allow the athletic world to 

745
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:12,720
do this with our children. 
You see potential. 

746
00:53:12,840 --> 00:53:15,360
Run them more, put them here. 
What do you want them to do? 

747
00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:21,760
We'll do it and we'll give them 
free access to our children. 

748
00:53:22,120 --> 00:53:24,640
But the minute a pastor, a youth
pastor shows up, says, you know,

749
00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:28,840
your child is not worshiping 
God, we get all prune faced. 

750
00:53:36,900 --> 00:53:42,940
All right #7 maybe you'll think 
twice about a spiritual father. 

751
00:53:42,940 --> 00:53:45,580
It's easy to say, well, you're 
my spiritual father, but are you

752
00:53:45,580 --> 00:53:51,340
accepting this from someone? 
I mean, it's easy whether my 

753
00:53:51,340 --> 00:53:53,260
spiritual father, you know why 
most people call people 

754
00:53:53,260 --> 00:53:55,020
spiritual father? 
You know, they've taught me so 

755
00:53:55,020 --> 00:53:57,580
much in the word. 
That's just one thing they would

756
00:53:57,580 --> 00:54:00,840
do. 
That is not the only thing. 

757
00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:03,200
And they are not your spiritual 
father because they taught you 

758
00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:04,440
something in the Word. 
You know what? 

759
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:08,840
A disciple, a tutor, can teach 
you something in the Word, but 

760
00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:15,760
they do not have the right to 
correct you #7 the gift 

761
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:18,720
developer. 
A spiritual father is going to 

762
00:54:18,720 --> 00:54:20,880
develop your gift, to release 
your gift. 

763
00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:25,040
But you know what? 
A spiritual father is not 

764
00:54:25,040 --> 00:54:30,320
releasing your gift so your gift
can be independent 'cause there 

765
00:54:30,320 --> 00:54:34,360
is no gift assigned to the body 
that is by itself. 

766
00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:35,640
Well, they won't let me do what 
I want. 

767
00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:38,840
You, your gift is tied to a 
local body. 

768
00:54:38,840 --> 00:54:39,960
Yeah, come on. 
It's tied. 

769
00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:41,200
That's right. 
Period. 

770
00:54:41,200 --> 00:54:43,520
It's tied. 
That's right, that's right. 

771
00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:45,920
And I'm just going to be 
absolutely honest. 

772
00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:50,400
Every gift is tied to a local 
body. 

773
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:53,840
And if they are not in a local 
body giving that gift more, 

774
00:54:55,000 --> 00:55:01,520
they're not in the right fit. 
And I'll speak more on that when

775
00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:05,000
I talk about the church. 
There's a lot of gross teaching 

776
00:55:05,560 --> 00:55:08,200
about the church. 
And that's why we're weak. 

777
00:55:09,240 --> 00:55:12,640
And there's a lot of giftings 
that are not here because of 

778
00:55:12,640 --> 00:55:16,120
insecure leaders or because 
people just want to be anywhere 

779
00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:18,640
else without being accountable 
anywhere. 

780
00:55:20,920 --> 00:55:24,840
Let me tell you, if I want to be
popular, all I got to do is 

781
00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:28,960
travel because I can preach 
messages and make people really 

782
00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:31,440
excited, and then they don't get
to know me. 

783
00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:34,040
And then I go to the next place.
And the next place, by the time 

784
00:55:34,040 --> 00:55:36,640
I come back and borrow on the 
influence of the minister who 

785
00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:39,120
lets me preach, they're going to
think I'm the greatest thing. 

786
00:55:39,120 --> 00:55:40,720
Why? 
Because they never get to know 

787
00:55:40,720 --> 00:55:43,120
anything about me to know about 
me. 

788
00:55:47,520 --> 00:55:52,280
But you'll know me because 
you're here and I'll know you. 

789
00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:55,640
And This is why we love the 
ministers that come in that 

790
00:55:55,640 --> 00:56:00,880
don't know us more than the ones
that know. 

791
00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:08,080
You say Amen. 
Anyway, we're gift developers #8

792
00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:10,600
and encourage her. 
We're going to encourage you, 

793
00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:12,240
man. 
We're going to encourage you. 

794
00:56:12,680 --> 00:56:16,040
We're going to encourage you to 
be exactly what God's called you

795
00:56:16,040 --> 00:56:18,480
to be. 
I will not encourage you to be 

796
00:56:18,480 --> 00:56:27,840
something other #9 we are 
endurance builders. 

797
00:56:29,080 --> 00:56:33,960
This is a marathon, a race, and 
we will help you through 

798
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:39,680
suffering, hardship, trials, 
tribulations. 

799
00:56:39,840 --> 00:56:46,840
I will be to you what my buddy 
in basic training and then with 

800
00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:51,880
AIT was to me in our last PT 
test because I was sick of 

801
00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:53,400
running. 
I'm in the best shape of my 

802
00:56:53,400 --> 00:56:58,560
life, but mentally I am done 
with the track. 2 miles, I'm out

803
00:56:58,560 --> 00:56:59,600
done. 
It's over. 

804
00:56:59,640 --> 00:57:03,480
But I have to pass it and 
physically there's no excuse for

805
00:57:03,480 --> 00:57:06,520
me not to. 
Mentally, I don't know why, but 

806
00:57:06,520 --> 00:57:11,640
I was just done. 
And my buddy was, you know, we 

807
00:57:11,640 --> 00:57:18,400
were running a quarter mile 
track and he was an eighth of a 

808
00:57:18,400 --> 00:57:23,200
mile ahead of me. 
And when he passed, he realized 

809
00:57:24,000 --> 00:57:32,270
I'm not going to make it. 
And he sacrificed. 

810
00:57:33,190 --> 00:57:36,790
He slowed his pace. 
He let me catch up. 

811
00:57:37,830 --> 00:57:40,550
And then he looked at me and he 
says you got to get it up, 

812
00:57:41,790 --> 00:57:42,910
you're not going to make it 
here. 

813
00:57:43,710 --> 00:57:49,310
And then he started singing 
cadence to me and paced me. 

814
00:57:54,640 --> 00:58:02,000
And brought me across the finish
line passing endurance. 

815
00:58:02,240 --> 00:58:04,560
He helped me during this one 
time that should have been my 

816
00:58:04,560 --> 00:58:07,200
easiest, but for some reason 
became my most difficult. 

817
00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:11,480
And you need somebody who can 
look back and say, why are you 

818
00:58:11,480 --> 00:58:17,040
lagging? 
Come on, there's more. 

819
00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:20,080
We need to go somewhere. 
Why are you pushing all the 

820
00:58:20,080 --> 00:58:21,960
time? 
Because you're not going to get 

821
00:58:21,960 --> 00:58:30,960
across the finish line if we 
don't pick up the pace and #10 

822
00:58:32,560 --> 00:58:38,520
imitators of Christ. 
Because that's what Paul 

823
00:58:38,520 --> 00:58:45,360
stressed when he said you got a 
lot of tutors, not many fathers.

824
00:58:46,680 --> 00:58:50,080
And if anybody's your father, I 
am because I planted this 

825
00:58:50,080 --> 00:58:54,960
church. 
I preached the gospel to you and

826
00:58:55,320 --> 00:58:57,720
the gospel was not salvation 
alone people. 

827
00:58:58,680 --> 00:59:00,720
Paul preached the gospel of the 
Kingdom. 

828
00:59:01,040 --> 00:59:03,920
He preached to them a whole lot 
more than just in fact. 

829
00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:09,480
His letters are dissecting 
Kingdom culture and character, a

830
00:59:09,480 --> 00:59:13,520
way to live holy and righteous 
and pleasing to the Lord full of

831
00:59:13,520 --> 00:59:15,280
faith. 
Finishing your course 

832
00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:20,360
overcoming. 
He was amazing and he says, now 

833
00:59:21,400 --> 00:59:29,050
follow my example. 
You know, if I could just get 

834
00:59:29,050 --> 00:59:39,090
the church to follow my example 
of just coming to church, the 

835
00:59:39,090 --> 00:59:40,930
devil tells you I do it 'cause 
I'm paid. 

836
00:59:41,290 --> 00:59:44,570
I did it before I was paid. 
But a Workman is worthy of his 

837
00:59:44,570 --> 00:59:48,210
wage. 
So I don't come because this is 

838
00:59:48,210 --> 00:59:49,650
my job. 
I come, it's 'cause it's my 

839
00:59:49,650 --> 00:59:56,640
assignment, that's why I come. 
And I've done seasons without 

840
00:59:56,640 --> 01:00:01,080
pay if necessary. 
But why don't we just follow 

841
01:00:01,080 --> 01:00:03,680
that example? 
Because what would Anchor Faith 

842
01:00:03,680 --> 01:00:06,880
Church look like if everyone 
came every time? 

843
01:00:07,600 --> 01:00:10,560
Just that one alone. 
That is very important to 

844
01:00:10,560 --> 01:00:13,680
assemble. 
How about the example? 

845
01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:16,920
Seek first the Kingdom. 
If we could just get those two 

846
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:21,720
going, they'd be amazing. 
Amazing, transformative. 

847
01:00:23,400 --> 01:00:27,040
Because when he says imitate, 
that's what he means imitate. 

848
01:00:27,760 --> 01:00:30,520
Why does Apostle Earl come all 
the time? 

849
01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:35,480
Because the Bible says do not 
forsake the assembling of 

850
01:00:35,480 --> 01:00:39,400
yourself together, as is the 
habit of some, but all the more 

851
01:00:39,600 --> 01:00:43,200
as you see the day approaching. 
We are jointed and fitted 

852
01:00:43,200 --> 01:00:47,000
together where every joint 
brings a supply. 

853
01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:49,320
How can I bring a supply to you 
if I'm not here? 

854
01:00:50,160 --> 01:00:53,480
No different than how can a 
center of a football team bring 

855
01:00:53,480 --> 01:00:56,280
his supply if he does not show 
up at the game. 

856
01:00:59,960 --> 01:01:07,360
Same in anyway, spiritual 
Father, I'm going to close with 

857
01:01:07,360 --> 01:01:16,400
this thought. 
The Bible can I see a minute the

858
01:01:16,400 --> 01:01:25,400
Bible talks about in the natural
about blessing your family and 

859
01:01:25,400 --> 01:01:28,320
you know if you look through the
old covenant we see time and 

860
01:01:28,320 --> 01:01:37,120
time again that before a 
patriarch was going to go. 

861
01:01:38,920 --> 01:01:41,320
He would anoint to lay his hands
on his children. 

862
01:01:43,600 --> 01:01:47,680
Jacob Israel brought all of his 
boys in all of his sons. 

863
01:01:48,720 --> 01:01:52,320
He spoke over their lives 
prophesied things that we're 

864
01:01:52,320 --> 01:01:54,120
going to happen based upon their
life. 

865
01:01:55,280 --> 01:01:57,240
But you know he he touched his 
kids. 

866
01:01:57,240 --> 01:01:59,280
This is why Jesus said suffer 
not the little children he 

867
01:01:59,360 --> 01:02:04,280
blessed them. 
I'm not leaving so know that, 

868
01:02:06,160 --> 01:02:16,800
but if you since I birth with 
the Lord, the Lord assigned me 

869
01:02:16,800 --> 01:02:20,720
here as Mr. Berry has said 
multiple times, I I just didn't 

870
01:02:20,720 --> 01:02:22,560
come to Saint Augustine. 
I was sent here. 

871
01:02:24,160 --> 01:02:29,320
I was sent and I that alone is 
the definition of the apostle 1 

872
01:02:29,320 --> 01:02:31,640
cent. 
I'm only here today because I 

873
01:02:31,640 --> 01:02:39,400
was sent and because God has an 
assignment larger than our city 

874
01:02:39,520 --> 01:02:44,880
now, very active. 
It's very important for the 

875
01:02:44,880 --> 01:02:51,320
children, the sons and daughters
for that matter, to take care of

876
01:02:51,320 --> 01:02:54,680
the house when the Father's 
doing business. 

877
01:02:57,720 --> 01:03:03,200
Our heavenly Father was so 
confident in his Son that he 

878
01:03:03,200 --> 01:03:06,160
could do his business without 
him personally being there. 

879
01:03:06,800 --> 01:03:09,040
And what did Jesus say? 
Didn't you know I'd be about my 

880
01:03:09,040 --> 01:03:11,320
Father's business?