1 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:19,200 You have your Bibles. Turn over to Matthew. 2 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,680 Chapter 4. Matthew Chapter 4. 3 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:25,000 I'm thankful for the Kingdom of God, Amen. 4 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,760 And Matthew chapter 4, verse 17, Jesus, when he first starts 5 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:32,280 preaching, OK, this is his message, right? 6 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:33,600 We always hear this in the church. 7 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,560 You know, we're preaching the gospel of Jesus. 8 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,880 Well, what is? Jesus's good news. 9 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:41,440 This is Jesus's good news. And from that time Jesus began 10 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:46,760 to preach and say repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at 11 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:48,600 hand. This is a powerful little verse. 12 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,360 You know, when the Lord, you know, spoke to me today about 13 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:54,280 what to minister on and it really the scriptures came 14 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:56,600 pretty quick, which I always loved those. 15 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:01,880 And you know, but he when this one popped up, he said, notice 16 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,200 that I said repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. 17 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:13,840 It's coming. His message is the kingdom's 18 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,680 coming, so you better change your thinking. 19 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:23,920 It's not, hey guys, I've got something that you don't have to 20 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:25,480 do it. You can do your own deal. 21 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:31,120 No, he's like, it's coming. It's coming whether you like it 22 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:35,760 or not, whether you want it or not, it's coming. 23 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,120 He says repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. 24 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:44,280 It's in your midst, it's coming. And if you are going to function 25 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,640 in it because that word he uses here is not a religious word at 26 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:49,840 all. It literally means change your 27 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,520 thinking. He says change your thinking. 28 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,320 The Kingdom is in your midst right now. 29 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,160 And here's the thing about the Kingdom, when it gets in your 30 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:04,480 midst, it's not leaving because Isaiah Chapter 9 says a child 31 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,600 will be born, a son will be given, and the government will 32 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,640 rest on his shoulders. Now who was the son that is 33 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:13,960 given? Who is the child that's born? 34 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,640 Jesus. Everyone knows the prophecy of 35 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:20,040 Isaiah is talking about Jesus and we know it's Jesus because 36 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,400 it says a child's born. A son is not born. 37 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,040 A child is born but not a son. A son is given. 38 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,080 Well, the reason a son's given because the Son always existed, 39 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,080 because in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, 40 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,520 in the Word was God, and then the Word became flesh and we 41 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:40,200 call him Jesus. So before Jesus was Jesus, he 42 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:44,040 was the Word or the Son of God, and he was always with God. 43 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,000 Hallelujah. So that's why a son's given, not 44 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,600 born, because the Son always existed. 45 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,120 So a child is born, a son is given, and the government, not 46 00:02:54,120 --> 00:03:00,880 religion of Christianity, but the government will rest on his 47 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,640 shoulders. And then it goes on in verse 7 48 00:03:03,640 --> 00:03:07,360 says, and there'll be no end to the increase of his government. 49 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,800 So once the Kingdom is in the earth, and that's why Jesus said 50 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,720 the Kingdom of heaven is like a woman who have flour and put 51 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,480 yeast in it. And once the yeast got in the 52 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,240 dough, it took over the whole dough. 53 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,160 So he's saying now that the kingdom's in your midst, it's 54 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,720 not leaving. It's not leaving. 55 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:29,920 So guess what? Repent. 56 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,240 You're going to need to change your thinking because the 57 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:38,840 kingdom's in your midst. And we know the Kingdom will 58 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,920 physically manifest now. It's in the earth spiritually 59 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:49,200 now, and it functions however it will physically show up and 60 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:53,920 Jesus will return. Not as a suffering servant, not 61 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:58,240 as a lamb waiting to be slain or put on a cross. 62 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,080 He's done that deal. No, he comes back as the 63 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,840 reigning king. He's going to set up his throne 64 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,560 in Jerusalem. He, his government will be a 65 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,040 physical manifestation on the planet. 66 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:12,920 Come on, you should shout better now. 67 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,000 I mean, you know, we if we don't watch out, we get so heaven 68 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,040 minded we forget things that are coming. 69 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,320 Heaven's awesome, but Jesus is coming back to the planet and we 70 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,560 are coming with him. Amen. 71 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,040 So Jesus in his first gospel, the good news, he said this is 72 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,400 good news. The kingdom's in your midst, So 73 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:33,520 what are you going to do about it? 74 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,600 You better change your thinking. You better change your thinking. 75 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,120 So the first thing he's letting us know, if you're going to 76 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:45,280 function, behold, walk in, have the benefits of this Kingdom. 77 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:49,440 That's inevitable. You have to change. 78 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,960 The king doesn't have to change. And in essence, he's not saying, 79 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:59,400 hey, the kingdom's here, you guys are going to get to enjoy 80 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,600 it. He doesn't say that. 81 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:09,040 He doesn't say, hey, guess what, this is awesome, I'm here, the 82 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:13,560 kingdom's here, The kingdom's going to manifest more, and 83 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:15,160 guess what? You can be a part of that. 84 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,720 He didn't say it that way. He said you're going to have to 85 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:23,120 change, you're going to have to repent. 86 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:29,720 So that the implication here is that if you don't repent because 87 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,120 he say now the kingdom's coming, so you need to change. 88 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:37,360 So if you don't change, this is the you're not going to enjoy 89 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,560 the benefits of it. You're not OK. 90 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:45,520 So you, you cannot receive God's Kingdom without change. 91 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,480 OK, I'm going to say that again because now, and I'm not talking 92 00:05:52,480 --> 00:06:02,440 works of your own, again in the church, we have not as Saints, 93 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:04,960 OK, As Saints. Listen, you're here at Anchor 94 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:08,880 Bay Church, so it's my responsibility to train you, OK? 95 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,480 I'm not responsible to anybody else out there. 96 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:13,680 And I know the body, Christ is big, that's fine. 97 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:18,400 But you understand, you know, families are big and there's 98 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,520 different levels of understanding even in natural 99 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,400 families, OK? So in the church there's 100 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:25,880 different layers of understanding. 101 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,480 I get that. But my responsibility is not to 102 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:31,360 those that are not assigned here. 103 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,960 My responsibility is to here to the ones assigned here. 104 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:39,640 So it's my responsibility to do to you as Jesus did to us. 105 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:41,120 You're going to have to think a little bit. 106 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:44,200 Now, it's not your thinking that gets you saved. 107 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:48,760 It is salvation through Jesus alone and by the grace of God 108 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,080 through faith, you, you are able to do this. 109 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:55,480 However, we use these terms all the time in such a way that if 110 00:06:55,480 --> 00:07:01,640 we don't watch out, they're not what they mean because concepts 111 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:06,400 within Scripture do not carry over just into certain words. 112 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,960 So again, when we say you know what got to take you as you as 113 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:15,640 you are, that's not true. He does not take you as you are. 114 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:22,080 He says to you in your current condition, you're going to need 115 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,640 to change and when you change, you're more than welcome. 116 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,800 Now the change is not your responsibility in the context. 117 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,240 OK, what do I do? How do I work it out? 118 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,240 What's my effort that's going to do this? 119 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,320 You know, I'll do this, I'll do that, I'll do it. 120 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:39,080 You can't do it on your own. You can't do it yourself. 121 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,760 What he's saying is I paid the price. 122 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:47,600 I need you to accept me. That's the requirement is that 123 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:53,560 you ask me to be you submit to my Lordship because everything 124 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:58,080 you could not do because your nature separated, I fulfilled 125 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:02,280 through dying for it. I paid this price. 126 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,480 So if you acknowledge me as Lord, then I'll give you a life 127 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,520 that can walk different because you're not going to be able to 128 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,200 be in the Kingdom with that kind of life. 129 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,600 But when we hear stuff like this, you know, because people, 130 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:24,920 you know, are there's been so much religion talked about 131 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:30,440 Jesus, you know, Pastor Chase, he sent me a sermon for tonight 132 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:32,679 and I, you know, was kidding around with him. 133 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:34,880 I said, oh, this is great. I'll just preach it tonight. 134 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:40,080 You got great notes. And he laughed, OK, But he but 135 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:44,200 in one of his points, he's talking about that the enemy 136 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,280 will not get you to abandon Jesus. 137 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,040 He'll just give you a different. Jesus. 138 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:54,480 And culture of the world will redefine Jesus so you can stay 139 00:08:54,480 --> 00:09:00,160 in your flesh. So as a believer, we have to be 140 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:06,120 cautious, right? To make sure that we are, you 141 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:12,360 know, walking in the purity of the word, not bringing over a 142 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:16,400 different thought process about God, right? 143 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,800 Because again, the 1st temptation that Satan had in the 144 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,920 garden was not to say there is no God. 145 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:28,680 It was to say what you think you know about God is not that way. 146 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,360 He's a little different. So he just changed their 147 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,960 perception of God. You know, there's a lot of 148 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,880 believers that have this perception that Jesus died on 149 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,360 the cross. He paid the price for all their 150 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:43,960 sin that they did nothing in order to for him to do that. 151 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:49,400 So there's nothing they did to earn it, which is true. 152 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:53,120 There's the way they lived. He did it anyway. 153 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,640 That is true. Now once they call him Lord and 154 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:01,160 receive the blood to pay for their sin on the other side of 155 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:03,520 the cross. Meaning once they're born again. 156 00:10:03,680 --> 00:10:06,160 Now they don't have to do anything either. 157 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:13,240 So if they technically live the same grace now is applied. 158 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:17,680 The Bible calls that kind of doctrine lasciviousness. 159 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,840 It's where, you know, you're saying God paid it all, but I 160 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:27,640 can still live like I like I want to, But there's a whole 161 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,240 group that believes that. Well, if you if I couldn't earn 162 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:31,960 it, then what makes me think I can earn it here? 163 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,480 I'm not earning it. It's freely my you don't know 164 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:41,440 what took place, you don't know what to, you don't. 165 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:47,720 You don't receive the unmerited favor of God and be changed and 166 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,480 still live the same way. I mean if this if there's no 167 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:52,800 difference then why confess anyway? 168 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:57,640 I mean, if you're going to live the exact same, then why is God 169 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:02,360 making a requirement to call on him if he actually has no power 170 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:09,360 to change you? But you know, we have this 171 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:11,240 mentality our cake and eat it too. 172 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:16,280 I want to go to heaven but still live like the rest of the world 173 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,680 and not be punished for it. Let Jesus take the punishment 174 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:23,080 for everything I'm doing wrong. And you know Jesus has done 175 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:27,200 that. But we can't on the other side 176 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:30,360 of our confession of faith, openly trample the blood of 177 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,400 Jesus. Are you hearing what I'm saying? 178 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,000 So Jesus is saying now listen, if you're going to behold the 179 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,600 Kingdom, you're going to have to change. 180 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:40,320 So my point is, change is a requirement. 181 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,720 He's not accepting you as you are. 182 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,160 He is, He is giving you the opportunity as you are because 183 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,560 there's nothing you can do to change to be right with him 184 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:53,520 anyway. He is saying, listen, if you'll 185 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:57,360 change by acknowledging me at Lord as Lord, then I'm going to 186 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,800 change the the issue that's wrong with you and that's your 187 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,320 spirit. It's separated from me. 188 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:04,560 I'm going to put a new one in there. 189 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:08,840 You can't do that. I can, but once that happens, 190 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,440 then I'm going to put my spirit in you. 191 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:15,000 Holy Spirit's going to get there and then he's going to train you 192 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,240 now because you're a new creature, not a Sinner. 193 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,920 Say by grace you were a Sinner. You're say by grace through 194 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:23,720 faith. Now you're a believer. 195 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:27,640 You're a child of God. And now the now Holy Spirit is 196 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,080 inside you speaking to your spirit. 197 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:35,840 And now you have the ability that you did not have before to 198 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:39,320 renew your mind, to change your thinking. 199 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,680 You have now that responsibility. 200 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,920 Because here's the thing, you still had responsibility even 201 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,680 when you were lost. Who's the one who took the 202 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:51,000 responsibility to acknowledge Jesus as Lord? 203 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:57,080 God could not make you do this. He just offered the change. 204 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:05,120 I'll change you if you'll accept me, if you'll repent of your 205 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,400 sin. That means you have to change 206 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,760 the way you've lived, the way you function, and that the thing 207 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:14,960 you could not get out of. You've got to decide I don't 208 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,640 want this. In essence, salvation is US 209 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,320 saying, Lord, we don't want this. 210 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:25,720 We don't want we want what you wanted from us in the beginning. 211 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,560 You wanted us to be like you. You wanted us to have your 212 00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:30,760 nature. You wanted us to have dominion 213 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,600 like you. We want what you wanted for us. 214 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:38,680 And so I I confess my sin or I repent of my sin, I'm saying I'm 215 00:13:38,680 --> 00:13:42,800 changing my thinking. All sin is is doing things 216 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,560 different than what God says to do. 217 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:50,800 So I say it's OK to be mad at somebody when they get a they 218 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,800 come against me because you know, I'm justified by that. 219 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,720 But the Lord said that's not how we function in the Kingdom. 220 00:13:57,680 --> 00:14:02,520 So you got to change that, right? 221 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:06,400 So change is here. Now if you do not want to 222 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,760 change, then you get the outcome of that. 223 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,440 But if you want the Kingdom, change has to come. 224 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:15,640 And here's the good news, we all can. 225 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,520 And again, change is not to limit you, it's to release. 226 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:24,760 You see, that's where the enemy gets you. 227 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,080 He's like, man, you're going to have to quit doing this and quit 228 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,880 doing this and quit doing this. Listen, there's nothing you're 229 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,600 doing in the world that you technically cannot do in 230 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:38,440 righteousness in the Kingdom. Now, I mean, that's a pretty 231 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:45,840 general statement. So you know you can have wealth 232 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:48,440 is not an issue in the Kingdom because he owns the planet. 233 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:53,280 So you don't give up wealth just because you get born again. 234 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,240 In fact, he'll supply all your needs according to riches and 235 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:59,560 glory in Christ Jesus. Be well taken on, taken care of. 236 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:03,200 Now you can't look at what they define wealth is because the 237 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:04,640 Kingdom has a different definition. 238 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,280 Actually, the world has a definition of wealth, but it has 239 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:11,200 lust attached to it. God's definition of wealth has 240 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,880 love attached to it, where their definition is hoard and keep. 241 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:20,080 His definition is giveaway. And what's what's amazing is 242 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,920 when you give away in the Kingdom, you'll actually get 243 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:30,680 more Hallelujah, Amen. So you can, you'll be in right 244 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:34,640 relationships in the Kingdom and you won't have all the wrong 245 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:38,240 relationships in the world. You want a meaningful 246 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:41,080 relationship with someone, you can have that in the Kingdom 247 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:46,120 you're not shortchanged. So purpose, identity, all that 248 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,400 is some pretty amazing, but let's go on. 249 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:52,240 Then Luke chapter 12 verse 31 verse and 32 says it's beseek. 250 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:58,480 But seek this says seek, which Matthew says first, but seek his 251 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:02,680 now whose Kingdom is it? This is really important. 252 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,160 All right, just these two verses help us again. 253 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,000 Jesus is making the good news. Kingdom's coming. 254 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:12,160 You want it, you're going to have to change. 255 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:18,080 It's inevitable because the planet was ours always. 256 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:20,640 It's not functioning like it should. 257 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:24,480 But if we will set it straight and we want the, we want the, 258 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:31,720 the what was spoken concerning this earth, we want it to 259 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:34,240 function that way and we will have it that way because God has 260 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,440 what he says. All right? 261 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:39,200 So if you want to be a part of that, you're going to have to 262 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,320 change. All right then he says, now seek 263 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,480 his Kingdom. So the Kingdom is his. 264 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:49,440 It's not mine, it's his, which is his King's dominion. 265 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,960 And since he's the king of the Kingdom, he now has the right to 266 00:16:53,960 --> 00:17:01,640 determine what that who's in it, who's in it. 267 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,880 He defines what His Kingdom looks like. 268 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:11,920 So we are to seek His Kingdom, not our own, because our own is 269 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:17,640 not good, but His is amazing because His is eternal. 270 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,040 All right. He says that these things will 271 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,319 be added to you, which are all the things that the Gentiles 272 00:17:23,319 --> 00:17:25,280 seek the wrong way. You can get it in the Kingdom. 273 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:27,280 But he goes on and says, do not be afraid, little flock, for 274 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:31,960 your Father has chosen what gladly to give you the Kingdom. 275 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:34,280 Now the Kingdom He's giving you is whose Kingdom? 276 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:38,360 It's His Kingdom, of which He is supreme in authority. 277 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:45,400 He is the one who speaks of what exists within that Kingdom so 278 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,640 that it has life abundance, right? 279 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:52,640 It can be with the presence of God, because God cannot be 280 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:58,280 around that, which is contrary to His Word, OK? 281 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:03,600 And so He has set it up so that we can be a part of it. 282 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:08,520 All we have to do is change. Hallelujah. 283 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:12,120 All right. And change is not just 284 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:17,320 spiritual. Change is to affect us through 285 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:23,200 our whole nature. And again, modern day Western 286 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:28,720 Christianity has eliminated the repentance of the soul realm and 287 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:34,720 the repentance of the body realm and only are accepting a 288 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,880 repentance of the spirit realm but only repenting once, meaning 289 00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:42,160 I'm lost, I'm not right with you. 290 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:48,080 I know I'm in sin and my life is not cannot line up to what you 291 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,560 want. I need the death, burial and 292 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:55,240 resurrection of Jesus says blood applied to my life. 293 00:18:55,520 --> 00:19:00,080 I want to be saved from this existence and I'll call on the 294 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:01,400 name of the Lord and you're saved. 295 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:05,400 And that's the one change thinking that I can't do it my 296 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:09,920 way. We need to accept his way to the 297 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,560 Father. Jesus said I'm the way, there's 298 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:16,640 no other way, right? So we will change our thinking 299 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,880 on how we can have a relationship with God. 300 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,600 That's one way to change, but it's only one. 301 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,000 And we think repentance is a one time event. 302 00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:29,240 And once we did that, then nothing else matters, because 303 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:32,160 now we're alive to God. Which is funny. 304 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,720 We're alive to God, but we live like we're still stuck in the 305 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:39,000 world. We're alive to God and we're 306 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,240 still living like we're stuck in the world. 307 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,560 And but yet what we've convinced ourselves are modern religions, 308 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,240 it's not important all that matters. 309 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,240 Is that you ask Jesus to come to your heart and save you. 310 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,240 That's all that matters. And we just need to get as many 311 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,880 people to do that alone. But the Bible does not support 312 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:01,680 that true Bible teaching line upon line. 313 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:09,000 OK, is that is that is that you are to change everything. 314 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:12,000 Because once we're born again, he says, now you need to renew 315 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,960 your mind, change the way you think. 316 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:16,280 You need to be transformed in your thinking. 317 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:20,480 Then he says, get your body under control, right? 318 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:23,960 Get your body under control, right. 319 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:25,680 Just don't live by every impulse. 320 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:31,120 How it makes you feel. You don't let your body control 321 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:34,920 you. All right? 322 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,600 Amen. Now, if you've been at Anchor 323 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:43,920 Faith Church, you know, five years or more, I need your echo 324 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,360 because you're doing no service to anyone here five years or 325 00:20:50,360 --> 00:20:54,440 younger because when they're like deer stuck in headlights 326 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,960 right now, like, man, I mean, what is he saying? 327 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:58,120 I mean, how's this even happened? 328 00:20:58,120 --> 00:20:59,960 I just wanted to go to heaven when I die. 329 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,200 And you got to be like giving this expression like, bro, it's 330 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,520 way beyond going to heaven when you die. 331 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:07,240 It's bringing heaven to earth right now. 332 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,000 It's being a walk into me now. It's being able to overcome now 333 00:21:10,120 --> 00:21:12,000 it's being able to have the presence of God in your life 334 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,000 right now. It's being able to conquer in 335 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,280 all situations, be able to pull the Kingdom of God in your life 336 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:19,840 and everything associated with the Kingdom right now. 337 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:24,000 Amen. So you know, we need to have 338 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,880 some responses. This is not a lecturing session. 339 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,040 This is a this is attaching to my spirit. 340 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,640 This is good news. Let me just shout Amen and give 341 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:35,640 praise to my Lord. You're not praising me, you're 342 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,160 praising him. It's his word. 343 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,240 And when you're reminded of something like, wow, he did 344 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,800 that, that's amazing. Glory to God. 345 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:47,600 You should have an expression, someone like what I want, what 346 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,280 they have, because when you're excited about what you have, 347 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:57,120 there's an expression, Amen. So we see then over here and he 348 00:21:57,120 --> 00:21:59,880 says that he's chosen gladly to give us his Kingdom. 349 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,440 So it's his Kingdom that he's given. 350 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,960 And in order for you to participate in it, you have to 351 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,480 change. All right, First Corinthians 352 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,760 chapter 6, verse 911, the amplified says it this way. 353 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:15,360 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit or 354 00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:18,960 have any share in the Kingdom of God? 355 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:26,440 OK, because God's defining the behavior, conduct, lifestyle 356 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,560 that is for the Kingdom and everything I'm about to read, He 357 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:35,400 has paid the price for that. So what he's not doing, I'm not 358 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,040 here to say. If you're doing that to feel 359 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:41,960 condemned, you should feel convicted because all the 360 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,360 condemnation actually went on Jesus and has paid the price for 361 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:50,880 all actions that are contrary to be able to be a participant in 362 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,280 his Kingdom. All right, let's keep reading 363 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,600 that. Do not be deceived neither the 364 00:22:55,600 --> 00:23:00,880 sexual immoral or the idolatry or the adulterers or the 365 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,120 infamous by perversion. These are people who like 366 00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:06,800 dressed like a different sex and and then. 367 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,960 Also have relations with other types of. 368 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:15,320 Animals. OK, Nor those who practice 369 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:17,960 participate in homosexuality. Let's go on. 370 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,840 Nor thieves, nor greedy, nor drunkards. 371 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,480 Nor revilers. Those whose words are used as 372 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:27,000 weapons to abuse, insult, humiliate, intimidate or 373 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,640 slander. Welcome to Instagram and 374 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,120 Facebook. Nor swindlers. 375 00:23:37,020 --> 00:23:40,140 Say Amen to that. So you understand, as a 376 00:23:40,140 --> 00:23:44,120 believer, these are unacceptable conduct. 377 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:51,080 And this behavior is not inheriting the Kingdom. 378 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:53,680 And you can't say, well, Jesus loves me. 379 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:58,200 Well, Jesus does love you. Yeah, he loves you. 380 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,440 OK. He loves you so much he died for 381 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:01,880 you. Then he puts a new spirit in 382 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:03,640 you. Then he puts Holy Spirit in you. 383 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,480 And he's like, what's your problem? 384 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:11,720 Because I'm telling you, none of this is a part of my kingdoms. 385 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,160 Don't think you're going to do it on this side of the cross. 386 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,040 Now you're going to wash yourself in the blood and say, 387 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:19,840 here we go. We get to keep on. 388 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:26,880 Don't be deceived. The devil's deceived you that 389 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,040 it's OK? Well, yeah, but I, I, I was 390 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:30,280 doing that then. And he loved me. 391 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,320 Yeah, but you weren't even a part of his household. 392 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,200 So when he says change, repent, stop it. 393 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,400 Don't do it anymore. I can't Lord, I know. 394 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:41,880 That's why I'm going to give you a new spirit. 395 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:49,080 Cause the new one the new one can, the new one can the new one 396 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:53,080 can resist the new one. Can doesn't even want to. 397 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:57,600 But in order for that to participate, the new man's got 398 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:01,160 to say, bro, you're going to quit thinking like that about 399 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:09,720 women, right one? 2/3 That's something that 400 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:11,920 almighty men do just for those who are like, why did this guy 401 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:13,800 scream? OK, well, there's something they 402 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,000 want to, you know, give a praise. 403 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,280 They do that. Now listen again, you know, 404 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,080 people say this all the time, you know, Well, you know, you 405 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,520 can look as long as you don't touch, looking to send you 406 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,680 straight to hell. Jesus addressed that. 407 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,120 He says, you've heard it say thou shalt not commit adultery. 408 00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:29,960 But I say if you lust after a woman in your heart, you've 409 00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:32,680 committed the sin of adultery. And all those religious people 410 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:38,440 knew that was a stoning. So again, what does the world, 411 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:43,160 how close can we get? How long, how much can we 412 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,280 protect? And Paul addresses this in 413 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,160 Romans 6. He says, shall we continue to 414 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:54,480 sin so that grace may abound? May it, may it, may it may it 415 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:58,440 never be. Why 'cause he's like, that's, 416 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:05,160 that's like an oxymoron. How could a new believer want to 417 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:10,320 sin? That's just a foreign concept in 418 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:14,880 the Kingdom the the nature of God. 419 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:20,800 God the Father has no lust problem and he has none of these 420 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:24,080 issues. His nature's pure from it. 421 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:25,520 And then he puts that nature in you. 422 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:32,880 You're a new creature in Christ. Now Jesus was tempted to do all 423 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:38,240 this, but he never did 1 of it 'cause his nature was alive to 424 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:39,880 God. And every time the temptation 425 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:45,200 comes, he's like, that's not what I do, that's foreign to my 426 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,560 nature. And because he kept his mind 427 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:53,480 renewed and then he kept his body in line, then he never 428 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,560 acted on any of those impulses, 'cause he had the power. 429 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,240 And we have that same power as a believer. 430 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:08,560 Let's go on. Nor swindlers will inherit or 431 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,400 have any share in the Kingdom of God. 432 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,880 Now who the Lord is saying this through the apostle Paul to the 433 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:18,560 church and this church here, the Corinthian church, they came out 434 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:24,120 of some really rough stuff. OK, I mean, some warped stuff. 435 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:30,080 I mean, parts of their worship to God was sexual immorality. 436 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,720 I mean, if we were a Corinthian church before we were born 437 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:36,680 again, there would be mass orgies happening right now. 438 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,480 That's what it looked like, Which means now there's a 439 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:46,400 physical pleasure that is happening a a level of, of 440 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,680 ecstasy. And this is like some honor to 441 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:53,680 God. And he's like, it's not, this is 442 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:59,800 not God, never intended that. That is not of God. 443 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,200 That's not his culture. That's not the behavior of God. 444 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,080 And he's saying we don't do this stuff. 445 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:12,840 Now listen, part of falling into sexual immorality is not 446 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,360 controlling your body. This is what we're saying. 447 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,480 You have to tell your body. You just don't act like you can 448 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,840 be with anybody. You want to you don't justify 449 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,040 and say, well, you know, I'm just, I just, you know, I think 450 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,080 that you know, me and them could do something great for the 451 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,960 Kingdom and you know, so you know, they say they love God. 452 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,240 I love God and you know. So we're going to get married 453 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,520 anyway. Well, one of the fruits is 454 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:36,120 self-control. I don't understand why that 455 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:38,480 fruits not happening and why you think it's OK to go ahead. 456 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:46,000 I mean, we could go on and on and on, right? 457 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,800 Well, how can I live somebody forever if I didn't test drive? 458 00:28:49,320 --> 00:29:02,590 They're not cars people, right? Hallelujah, let's go on, he says 459 00:29:03,470 --> 00:29:08,230 verse 11. And such were some of you before 460 00:29:08,230 --> 00:29:12,430 you believe, but you were washed, woo, by the atoning 461 00:29:12,430 --> 00:29:17,030 sacrifice of Christ. You were sanctified, set apart 462 00:29:17,030 --> 00:29:22,080 for God and made holy. You were justified, declared 463 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:25,480 free of guilt in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the 464 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:30,360 Holy Spirit of our God, the source of the believers new life 465 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:34,080 and changed behavior. Amen. 466 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:37,680 So everyone of us say, man, I was really good at First 467 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:44,680 Corinthians chapter 6, verse 9 and 10 once, but God, but God, I 468 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:49,160 said, but God, he changed me and now I'm changed. 469 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,960 I'm not going back. I'm not looking at what else can 470 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,680 I do? No, I have a different code of 471 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:58,840 ethics that operates within my life now because I'm a child of 472 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:00,600 God. And he freed me from that 473 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:04,200 because when I was in it, I knew it was bankrupt. 474 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,920 It was guilt. It didn't matter All that I did, 475 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,080 I never found myself. But once I found Jesus, I found 476 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:14,680 me. Now why would I hinder by 477 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:18,160 wanting to go back? But you understand, most people 478 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,080 I'm, I'm afraid, are not coming to the altar. 479 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:25,520 So to speak. Bowing before Jesus because they 480 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:27,640 want him to actually be Lord of their life. 481 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:31,000 They just want to do the things of the world without being 482 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,200 guilty of it and still go to heaven. 483 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:38,120 That's not salvation. That's not salvation. 484 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:43,720 Now, The thing is, is, yes, you can be born again and still fail 485 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:49,360 in these areas because until you do renew your mind, until you do 486 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,560 learn how to walk by the Spirit and not by the flesh. 487 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:54,080 And we're going to see that verse here in a minute. 488 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:59,480 You can stumble and fall and make mistakes and God's patient, 489 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:04,680 but all the while the Holy Spirit in you saying, hey, hey, 490 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:10,360 hey, right. The Holy Spirit is never saying 491 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:14,480 to a born again male. She is fine, isn't she? 492 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,440 Now if you listen to me, we can get her home tonight. 493 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:23,920 The Holy Spirit will never say. That. 494 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:29,520 The Holy Spirit's like she does look good because God made her 495 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:33,120 and you need to see her as a woman of God has something 496 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:38,520 treasured, something precious, or he may say she may be pretty, 497 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,520 but she's not right for you. Well, how come she's not even 498 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:43,800 right with God and you can't be unequally yoked, bro. 499 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:45,560 Well, I'm going to go witness to her. 500 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,200 You can witness all you want to, but until she comes in the 501 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:49,680 Kingdom, she's not even a candidate. 502 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:55,480 Now that's what he's saying because he's not going against 503 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,800 that. So if you want to be patient, 504 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:00,200 which is the fruit of the Spirit until they get in the Kingdom, 505 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:05,920 great, be patient. But I've seen many that were not 506 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:09,320 patient and they went and then that person that wasn't in the 507 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:13,360 Kingdom, they were operating off a different operating system, 508 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:17,240 the old one, they that you as a believer came out of and they 509 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,600 tell you how nice you look, how good you smell. 510 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:21,480 They buy you stuff. They're doing everything. 511 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:22,800 Why? Because everything they're doing 512 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,280 is about I want to conquer you. I'll give you whatever you. 513 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:33,720 Want as long as I can get you? Yep, happens all the time and 514 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,000 then next thing you know, you know that marriage is. 515 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:40,360 Falling apart everything and you're like, well, I just 516 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:45,840 thought they I don't care what you think, stay with the word. 517 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:47,800 That's the problem. You're thinking wrong. 518 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,400 You should have repented, changed your thinking. 519 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,160 You should have listened to the Lord. 520 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:55,600 You should have waited and make them prove out they wanted to 521 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,800 actually go to church. Not to get in your pants, but 522 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:05,480 actually worship God. Yeah, there's many. 523 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:13,680 That show up in the church, say Amen anyway, Hallelujah. 524 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,520 I've come to, you know, develop relationships with people, get a 525 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:19,920 relationship with God, then he'll direct your steps to the 526 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,640 right relationships. So in the Kingdom there is a 527 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:26,800 code of ethics, and that's the standard or conduct established. 528 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,440 By the King for the behavior and social relationships of his 529 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:32,320 citizens. This is also the expectation of 530 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:35,760 the king regarding the values and moral standards the citizens 531 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,720 must adhere to. Then we just right here, he 532 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:40,440 said. Now, if you're doing this, 533 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,160 you're not even going to have a share. 534 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:48,360 So as a believer, when one of these opportunities come to 535 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:54,440 respond this way, we should say that is not behavior that shares 536 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,440 the Kingdom. So I must refrain. 537 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,680 And man, you're going to be highly tempted when social media 538 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:08,120 posts come blasted at you saying stuff that you're like, man, you 539 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:09,440 know, that's not true, I got to say. 540 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:13,480 Something, man, I'm going to tear. 541 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:15,400 I can't wait to tell people about them. 542 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:18,320 You need to say nothing unless you're authorized to actually 543 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,639 say something or you hear me. And most of you are not 544 00:34:21,639 --> 00:34:25,719 authorized. Can I say that right? 545 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,880 And most people want to. Again, the Bible says if your 546 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:33,719 brother's in sin, go to him in private, so and so did something 547 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,400 wrong. All of Instagram world knows. 548 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:40,400 Now TikTok it all knows. And you ain't even talked to him 549 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:42,760 yet. That's violation of scripture. 550 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:46,960 That's not Kingdom living. It's not acceptable. 551 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:51,320 What we've done is we've allowed the grace of God to give us an 552 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:55,600 excuse to be ungodly, and that's not what God wants. 553 00:34:56,199 --> 00:34:59,240 The grace of God actually empowers you to not be ungodly 554 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,920 when you yield to it by faith, because when you want to do it, 555 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,720 you're like Lord man and your flesh starts talking. 556 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:07,840 You're like, wait a minute, that's dead. 557 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:12,480 It doesn't owe me anymore. I've been redeemed from the law 558 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,160 of sin and death. There's no reason for the flesh 559 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,560 to be talking to me like this. So Lord, I activate the grace of 560 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:19,560 God on my life. Can't see it, but by faith, I 561 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:24,680 believe that you're because grace is multifaceted that 562 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:28,160 you're empowering grace right now will empower me to yield to 563 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:32,680 the spirit and respond your way and not the world's way say 564 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:35,280 Amen. So ethics is a set of moral 565 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:37,880 principles. These are principles of 566 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:45,000 governing conduct. So the first thing you need to 567 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:48,200 change in God's Kingdom is say is recognize. 568 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:52,360 This God's Kingdom is not the United States of America. 569 00:35:58,390 --> 00:36:02,430 There the 1st Amendment in the Kingdom of God is not freedom of 570 00:36:02,430 --> 00:36:08,670 speech. The First Amendment in the 571 00:36:08,670 --> 00:36:14,470 Kingdom of God is say what the King says, because you have what 572 00:36:14,470 --> 00:36:21,470 the King says, and the king speaks life, come on, say Amen. 573 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:25,160 Oh, Mama, I just want to say what it this was Jesus. 574 00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:27,000 Jesus followed that amendment to T, he said. 575 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,360 I speak nothing on my own addition, but only what I hear. 576 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:34,880 I that's Kingdom. That's the First Amendment 577 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:39,640 right. But what do we do? 578 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:43,600 Don't tell me, I'll tell you. And no, that's, that's US talk. 579 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,040 That's a conduct being governed by the US. 580 00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:53,160 Hey, man, we've allowed that to go to an extreme. 581 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:57,680 Now, the Founding Fathers never intended for freedom of speech, 582 00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,520 meaning you say that you can openly going to kill somebody. 583 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:02,320 I mean, you understand it's against the law to go into a 584 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:06,080 public place and cry fire. There's laws against that, which 585 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,400 means you technically do not have the freedom of speech to do 586 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,000 that. I mean, there are defamation 587 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,680 laws, so it's not technically true. 588 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:16,480 You can say anything you want to say now. 589 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:17,880 You can, but you're going to be held accountable. 590 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:22,800 And in the Kingdom of God you will be held accountable not 591 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:29,360 because you have the freedom, it's because you have a free 592 00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:32,200 will. Having a free will doesn't mean 593 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:38,240 freedom. Hallelujah. 594 00:37:39,240 --> 00:37:42,120 Thank you Jesus, Galatians 516 to 25 says this. 595 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,840 We rolling on. But I say walk by the Spirit. 596 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:49,640 Say walk by the Spirit. Now this is telling you real 597 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:55,000 clear if you'll do this. The latter part of this verse 598 00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:56,040 will. Happen. 599 00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:01,120 The question when you're born again is how in the world do I 600 00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:04,560 stop doing this? Why do I have to stop doing 601 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,440 this? You know, now I I can't do this. 602 00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:09,120 Can't you're asking the wrong question. 603 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,320 The minute you're born again, like I'm going to walk by the 604 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,040 spirit. Now, the minute you make that 605 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:17,800 choice, guess what? You will not carry out the 606 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:21,360 desires of the flesh. So it's never a question of 607 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:24,000 well, can I do this thing? Walk by the spirit. 608 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:26,640 You're asking the wrong question. 609 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:28,920 And believers, you got to get smarter than this. 610 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:31,120 When people, well, you know, if you get born again, that means 611 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:34,360 you can't do no, no, no, no. I get to walk by the Spirit. 612 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:38,040 What's that mean? That means then I will not carry 613 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:43,200 out the desires of the flesh. It's a byproduct of the conduct 614 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:45,960 that governs my life of the Kingdom. 615 00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:49,040 It's not hard. It's byproduct. 616 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:53,040 If I walk by the Spirit, I'm already not carrying out the 617 00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:55,440 desires of the flesh. If I'm submitting to God, I'm 618 00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:59,080 already resisting the devil. I don't resist the devil before 619 00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,520 I submit to God. You try to resist the devil and 620 00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:03,240 have no submission of God. He'll beat you up. 621 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,920 You try to not live by the flesh without walking by the spirit. 622 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:08,880 You're going to succumb to the flesh. 623 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,480 For the flesh sets its desires against the spirit and the 624 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,800 spirit against the flesh. For these are in opposition to 625 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,440 one another so that you may not do the things that you please. 626 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,840 One translation says it this way, that you're that there's 627 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:25,400 your spirit and flesh battle daily. 628 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:29,200 That just means when you say flesh, not your actual physical 629 00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:33,120 body flesh. It is the ways of the world, the 630 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:37,040 nature of the world, the nature you left you still have within 631 00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:40,560 your body and attachment because it's not yet glorified. 632 00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:47,280 OK, two things that are sinful it can still try to influence, 633 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:50,840 and there's an enemy that will come to your soul realm even 634 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:54,920 after you're born again, because having the nature of God does 635 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:59,720 not stop the enemy's voice. If that was true, then he never 636 00:39:59,720 --> 00:40:06,240 would have talked to Jesus or Adam and Eve before the fall, 637 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:09,680 nor would he have had the boldest to go up before the 638 00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:16,240 throne in heaven or try to take over the throne, however. 639 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,720 They're not free from this conflict. 640 00:40:20,720 --> 00:40:22,920 That means you're constantly having to deal with this. 641 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:26,000 But we already know this just 'cause there's a constant flesh 642 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:29,720 trying to pull on you, you will always beat it if you walk by 643 00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:32,400 the sphere. Pretty simple, all right? 644 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:35,600 But if you are led by the Spirit, you're not under the 645 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:39,000 law, meaning you're not trying to develop this relationship 646 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,920 with God and do it right. You're yielding to just what 647 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:43,720 God's doing and you get to do it right. 648 00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:48,440 Let's go on now. The deeds of the flesh are are 649 00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:54,080 RR Come on everybody R say it again. 650 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,560 Say it again. They are evident. 651 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,440 I don't know how believers are like justifying certain 652 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:05,720 behaviors. Well, you know, is it really the 653 00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:08,680 flesh? When I was in youth ministry, 654 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:15,000 teenagers wanted to know how far they could go sexually before it 655 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:22,960 was considered sex. Oh, yeah, Yeah. 656 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:29,120 How far can you go? Well, you can't get past your 657 00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:31,280 thinking. Touch is not. 658 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:34,920 Even if you've thought to touch, you've already blown it. 659 00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:40,480 You've gone too far. That's it. 660 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,960 I can't tell you how many times teenagers will come say, yeah, 661 00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:50,400 but you know, we never actually you in the Kingdom have crossed 662 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,280 over already and it's punishable. 663 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,920 It's punishable. So now the deeds of the flesh 664 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:05,120 are what It's very important because it's evident these 665 00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,600 things which we're about to. This is evident. 666 00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:13,600 This is not debatable conduct. This is not justifiable in this 667 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:16,800 is not situational conduct. Well, you know, as a believer, 668 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:18,280 sometimes you can't. No, you can't. 669 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:23,120 These are flesh evidences which are immorality, impurity, 670 00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:27,480 sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, 671 00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:30,000 outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions. 672 00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:32,240 I kind of wish I would have pulled a different translation. 673 00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:34,480 You should pull some other ones. It's amazing how it kind of 674 00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:35,320 breaks these down. Maybe. 675 00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:40,160 I'll pop over real quick. Envying drunkenness, carousing 676 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:42,320 things like these. I mean, you understand, 677 00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:45,280 believers debate how much alcohol they can drink before 678 00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:50,200 it's drunkenness, which is amazing that the Lord said we'll 679 00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:54,000 just flee the appearance of evil, right? 680 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,080 Well, what's that look like? Well, just don't even 681 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:57,840 participate. I understand. 682 00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:02,680 At the end of the day, you understand a believer could it 683 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:07,400 once it's fail on any of these, once whatever, you know it, it 684 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:09,680 happens. But you know what the Holy Ghost 685 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:12,040 is doing right then he's not saying, hey, don't worry about 686 00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:13,440 it. You're going to heaven. 687 00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:17,720 He's not saying that. He's saying you need to repent 688 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:22,400 and ask God to forgive you. And you could be right, say, but 689 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:24,400 if I died right now, would I go to hell? 690 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:28,200 And he would say, obviously not, You're not a practicer, but 691 00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:32,000 that's not the point. And again, the fact that you're 692 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:35,280 asking this question right now means you're in a bad spot 693 00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:39,160 because now you're trying to debate with the author and 694 00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:44,080 finisher of your faith, your life, the Creator, how much you 695 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:48,160 can do against his word. And he say it's OK. 696 00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:51,520 He's not saying it's OK. He's never saying it's OK. 697 00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:54,240 Because here's the crazy thing. When you are dead in your 698 00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:57,480 trespasses and sin, Christ died for you. 699 00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:00,520 But guess what? When you became a believer and 700 00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:04,080 sinned as a believer, he still died for it. 701 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:08,920 So once again, if you do the flesh things as a believer, it 702 00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:15,160 still put Jesus on the cross. It's not like it doesn't matter 703 00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:19,480 now over here. No, I paid for that too. 704 00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:22,480 It cost me my life. You think this is OK? 705 00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:24,760 I died, so this doesn't have to happen. 706 00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:29,800 I poured out my blood, so this is no longer a part of your 707 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:32,800 being because it's not going to be with me for eternity. 708 00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:38,800 There will never be another time that this will be a problem in 709 00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:43,720 the new heaven, new earth, never going to be a problem because 710 00:44:43,720 --> 00:44:47,480 God will have weeded that out. Oh, Amen. 711 00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:52,360 All right, so let's go on. Him being drunken is carousing 712 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:55,120 things of like which I forewarned you just as I have 713 00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:59,640 forewarned you. That those who what practice 714 00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:02,680 such things will inherit the Kingdom of God. 715 00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:07,040 Now here's the going to be the big $100 question that really 716 00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:09,920 you shouldn't be asking. But again, believers who want to 717 00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:14,680 determine how much flesh can they still get around? 718 00:45:15,720 --> 00:45:24,000 What is practice? Right, Let's practice. 719 00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:31,600 Well, practice is practice. I mean is. 720 00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:33,320 This a daily occurrence. Now I'm going to make a 721 00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:37,160 statement that some religious Christians just they cringe when 722 00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:41,480 I say this because they are firmly persuaded that they are a 723 00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:46,680 Sinner saved by grace, which means they sin every day. 724 00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:52,240 How can you be a believer and think it's OK to sin every day? 725 00:45:56,440 --> 00:46:02,000 You can live a life in Christ to where you can be like, I don't 726 00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:04,560 even remember the last time I had to say, Lord forgive me 727 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:12,960 because I listened to him in each situation and responded his 728 00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:16,840 way by the Spirit and I did it his way, which is the righteous 729 00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:18,920 way to do it. And I wasn't in sin every time I 730 00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:27,040 I started walking those ways. Now, if you can start counting 731 00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:34,800 things, well, guess what? You're probably practicing. 732 00:46:42,730 --> 00:46:47,010 I mean, are you living a life? You're like, yeah, I I can't 733 00:46:47,010 --> 00:46:49,090 even remember the last time I had an outburst of anger. 734 00:46:51,370 --> 00:46:53,970 I can't remember the last time I was walking in unforgiveness. 735 00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:59,240 I I mean, I, I cannot remember the last time I gossiped. 736 00:46:59,240 --> 00:47:06,280 I cannot remember that I when's the last time I fornicated or 737 00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:07,240 what? When's the last time I had 738 00:47:07,240 --> 00:47:10,440 adultery? Yeah. 739 00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:19,000 And I'm talking about and thought, Yeah, No, I can't. 740 00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:21,680 I don't know. Well, guess what, You're not 741 00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:23,880 practicing. Be like, you know, this happened 742 00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:26,320 last week and you know, I did this and then, you know, there 743 00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:29,320 was this and I asked God to forgive me and you know, I was 744 00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:31,160 laying out from church for a little while because, you know, 745 00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:33,320 the things I was doing, I wasn't feeling real comfortable. 746 00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:35,000 You know how people get, you know, they're like, you know, I 747 00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:37,400 just felt so uncomfortable. Repent then. 748 00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:43,440 I mean, when you're right, do you feel uncomfortable when 749 00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:45,080 you're living a righteous life? No. 750 00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:47,680 You know what, someone you know, I just feel so uncomfortable. 751 00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:51,880 You know, just they're talking about repent because if you're 752 00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:54,760 not living those things, then there's really not a problem. 753 00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:58,520 And here's the thing, it we're not we're, you know, I just felt 754 00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:01,280 condemned. No, no, you're convicted by the 755 00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:05,080 Holy Spirit. See, the church has thrown out 756 00:48:05,240 --> 00:48:09,800 conviction and now only label it as condemnation. 757 00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:12,480 It's what we did during COVID. There was no flu during COVID. 758 00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:19,360 Flu the season before was huge. Everything else became COVID. 759 00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:22,360 Now, do you believe that? Obviously not. 760 00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:25,360 But there was money that subsidized. 761 00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:30,360 So you understand no money for the common flu or I get money 762 00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:32,320 for COVID. Bro, you got COVID. 763 00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:39,600 Everybody had COVID and it paid to have COVID for certain 764 00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:42,680 businesses. I mean, just look at the 765 00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:44,840 statistics. I mean, it doesn't take rocket 766 00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:46,880 science. Like I think everything's COVID 767 00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:51,240 right now by label. Well, that's what's happened in 768 00:48:51,240 --> 00:48:54,080 the church. Conviction has now only become 769 00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:56,520 condemnation. And if you feel convicted, all 770 00:48:56,520 --> 00:48:58,640 that church preaches condemnation and I'm not going 771 00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:00,000 to be there. Will you keep living your 772 00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:01,760 fleshly life? Because if you repented, you 773 00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:03,880 wouldn't be feeling condemned anyway. 774 00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:06,960 And the Bible can you can have self condemnation because it 775 00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:10,800 says if your heart condemns you and if you're a believer, your 776 00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:14,200 heart will condemn you in the context that it's like, what are 777 00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:18,520 you doing? You're you're greater than. 778 00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:21,520 This. And I'm greater than this in 779 00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:22,920 you. Now. 780 00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:25,520 Again, it's not a condemning of sentencing. 781 00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:28,440 It really is more of a form of conviction. 782 00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:31,600 But it says if your heart doesn't condemn you. 783 00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:36,360 Does say that I guess we'll throw that scripture out because 784 00:49:36,360 --> 00:49:39,040 it's not applicable for today's soft Christianity. 785 00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:41,160 But we don't preach soft Christianity here. 786 00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:45,640 We preach the Kingdom of God and how to be Christ like which is 787 00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:50,080 true truly being a Christian to be Christ's light. 788 00:49:50,160 --> 00:49:54,640 OK, so Jesus did not walk around and determine how much flesh he 789 00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:58,280 could participate in and still be holy enough to die for us. 790 00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:04,840 OK, so he said I forewarned you forewarned you just as I have 791 00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:07,000 forewarned Jesus, which is this is not the first time he's had 792 00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:08,560 this conversation with the Galatian church. 793 00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:13,080 I'm, I'm telling you now, and I've already told you this, this 794 00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:15,280 stuff, those who practice these things, they're. 795 00:50:15,720 --> 00:50:19,360 Not going to inherit the Kingdom of God now if you find yourself 796 00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:22,480 on something right now you're like man, I know something I'm 797 00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:26,240 then just repent and by the grace of God, he will give you 798 00:50:26,240 --> 00:50:30,040 the ability to overcome and renew your mind to overcome. 799 00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:34,400 It happened. Hallelujah verse 23 gentleness. 800 00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:37,240 OK, no, sorry 22 but the fruit of the Spirit is Lovejoy, peace, 801 00:50:37,240 --> 00:50:39,400 patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, 802 00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:40,680 self-control against such things. 803 00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:43,400 There is no law. Those now, those who belong to 804 00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:46,240 Christ have what? Crucify the flesh with his 805 00:50:46,240 --> 00:50:49,160 passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us 806 00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:52,240 all sow. So again, you can't tell me that 807 00:50:52,240 --> 00:50:54,120 you're a Christian and live according to the flesh. 808 00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:58,200 If you're, if you're habitually doing that and touting that 809 00:50:58,200 --> 00:51:05,520 you're a Christian, you're, you're, you're contradicting 810 00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:09,120 Scripture now. Am I going to believe you that 811 00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:12,200 what you're saying is permissible conduct? 812 00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:17,040 This ethics, this governing conduct is acceptable now even 813 00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:20,920 though the Lord has told me in 2 passages what conduct does not 814 00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:29,520 inherit the Kingdom of God, Hallelujah. 815 00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:33,880 Now again, I'm not saying that if somebody's in something, you 816 00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:35,320 know that they're not going to go to heaven. 817 00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:37,720 I'm just saying, I know the Holy Spirit saying you're, you need 818 00:51:37,720 --> 00:51:39,960 to change. You need to change, You need to 819 00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:41,520 quit living like this. You need to quit having this 820 00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:43,920 behavior and they'll put people around you to help you do that. 821 00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:48,720 But if you get prideful as a believer and say, you know, then 822 00:51:48,720 --> 00:51:50,680 that's a not a good road to be on. 823 00:51:52,560 --> 00:51:53,960 It's just not a good road to be on. 824 00:51:53,960 --> 00:51:58,040 I mean, again, he saved you. So he could definitely continue 825 00:51:58,040 --> 00:52:00,000 to change and empower you as a believer. 826 00:52:00,440 --> 00:52:02,600 So why is this important? Let's go to the back of the 827 00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:03,800 book. Revelation 21. 828 00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:12,080 Revelation 21. So then I saw now this is after 829 00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:20,720 Jesus catches away the church. This is after Jesus comes back 830 00:52:20,720 --> 00:52:23,880 to the earth, takes Satan and throws him in the bottomless pit 831 00:52:23,880 --> 00:52:28,760 for 1000 years of which then Jesus physically reigns on the 832 00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:33,120 planet for 1000 years, then releases Satan who deceives 833 00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:36,000 nations to try to come against him, of which then Jesus 834 00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:42,360 conquers them all. Then he death or the grave gives 835 00:52:42,360 --> 00:52:44,720 up the dead. All those who never called on 836 00:52:44,720 --> 00:52:49,320 the name of Jesus will go to heaven to be judged at the great 837 00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:52,280 White Throne Judgment, of which he will not find their name in 838 00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:55,040 the Lamb's book of life. But he will open up other books 839 00:52:55,040 --> 00:53:00,240 that are all the recorded trespasses or things that broke 840 00:53:00,240 --> 00:53:05,120 his laws, His word, and they'll be judged according to those. 841 00:53:05,120 --> 00:53:07,800 And he'll say, depart from me, I never knew you. 842 00:53:07,960 --> 00:53:11,120 And he'll cast them into the prison of the Kingdom, which is 843 00:53:11,120 --> 00:53:13,240 called the lake of fire, which is the second death. 844 00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:16,800 And they will be eternally, eternally separated from God 845 00:53:17,960 --> 00:53:24,920 where they will be in torment. Any created being angels that 846 00:53:24,920 --> 00:53:31,560 had fallen and the devil himself will be cast into the lake of 847 00:53:31,560 --> 00:53:35,800 fire. Then death will go there as 848 00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:39,360 well. It will never have any freedom 849 00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:41,800 to roam, which means death will no longer exist. 850 00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:47,200 It will only exist in the prison system called the the second 851 00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:50,040 death or the lake of fire. So this is after all this has 852 00:53:50,040 --> 00:53:54,080 taken place. Then John the Apostle said I saw 853 00:53:54,080 --> 00:53:58,680 a new heaven and a what now? This a mess up so much theology 854 00:53:58,680 --> 00:54:01,520 today because everybody like we're going to live in heaven 855 00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:03,440 forever. Not according to the Bible. 856 00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:08,320 I saw a new heaven and new earth for the 1st heaven and the first 857 00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:11,440 earth passed away and there was no longer any sea. 858 00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:15,040 Now passed away doesn't mean cease to exist because the Bible 859 00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:17,120 says you're a new creature in Christ. 860 00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:21,400 Old things have all passed away, all things have become. 861 00:54:21,840 --> 00:54:24,520 Yet when you became born again, you didn't leave the planet. 862 00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:29,480 But your spirit man that was dead to God did leave you, and a 863 00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:32,440 new one came on the inside. The old passed away. 864 00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:37,000 This body still here, mine's still there, but we have a new 865 00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:40,520 spirit eventually. We have a completely renovated 866 00:54:40,520 --> 00:54:43,920 mind, godly mind, and a godly body, glory to God. 867 00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:47,440 So we're going to have a whole new heaven and earth now, not 868 00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:50,000 3rd heaven where God is, but first and 2nd heaven. 869 00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:52,240 Let's go on verse 2. And I saw the holy city, New 870 00:54:52,240 --> 00:54:59,240 Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God made ready as a 871 00:54:59,240 --> 00:55:02,880 bride adorn for her husband. Then to the rest of this the the 872 00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:06,080 majority of the rest of this chapter is talking about the New 873 00:55:06,080 --> 00:55:09,480 Jerusalem and what it looks like verse 5 and he. 874 00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:12,480 Who sits on the throne said, Behold, I am making all things 875 00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:14,520 new. And he said right. 876 00:55:14,520 --> 00:55:19,640 For these words are faithful, and what are they faithful and 877 00:55:19,640 --> 00:55:22,360 true? Verse 6 Then he said, it is 878 00:55:22,360 --> 00:55:24,320 done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, 879 00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:28,600 the beginning and the end, and I give to the one who thirsts from 880 00:55:28,600 --> 00:55:30,920 the springs of life without cost. 881 00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:36,000 He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his 882 00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:43,160 God, and he will be my son. But but for the cowardly and 883 00:55:43,160 --> 00:55:46,840 unbelieving and abominable and murderers. 884 00:55:47,560 --> 00:55:50,600 And immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all 885 00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:54,600 liars, their part will be in the lake of fire that burns. 886 00:55:57,600 --> 00:56:02,240 Come on, are you hearing this? That burns with fire and 887 00:56:02,240 --> 00:56:05,280 brimstone, which is the second death. 888 00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:07,040 So guess what? Will not be a part of the new 889 00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:09,800 heaven, new earth, these conducts. 890 00:56:12,640 --> 00:56:18,720 So why do we think in this time that it's an acceptable conduct? 891 00:56:26,060 --> 00:56:30,820 It's not an acceptable conduct. Why do we think God is like, 892 00:56:30,820 --> 00:56:37,060 this is OK and it's not OK? And here's the thing, when 893 00:56:37,060 --> 00:56:39,060 you're born again, you're new anyway. 894 00:56:39,060 --> 00:56:43,380 This is what's amazing. You know, I'm not, I'm not 895 00:56:43,780 --> 00:56:49,280 putting on for God. God put on a new self in me and 896 00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:54,240 then I put all the new self in my mind and my body and I want 897 00:56:54,240 --> 00:56:59,480 to because I want to please him, because I love him, because he's 898 00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:02,320 amazing. I said he's amazing. 899 00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:05,600 Man, let me wrap this up. I do want to look at this verse 900 00:57:05,600 --> 00:57:08,080 because I felt like I read it in a different translation. 901 00:57:10,720 --> 00:57:15,440 So if you give me just a second to look this up in this other 902 00:57:15,440 --> 00:57:24,920 verse, the amplified said it this way, verse 8. 903 00:57:25,160 --> 00:57:28,800 But As for the cowards and unbelieving and abominable who 904 00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:32,840 are devoid of character and personal integrity and practice 905 00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:37,440 or tolerate immorality, and murderers and sorcerers with 906 00:57:37,440 --> 00:57:42,320 intoxicating drugs, and idolaters and occultists who 907 00:57:42,320 --> 00:57:45,680 practice and teach false religion, and all the liars who 908 00:57:45,680 --> 00:57:49,560 knowingly deceive and twist truths, their part will be in 909 00:57:49,560 --> 00:57:52,840 the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone, which is the 910 00:57:52,840 --> 00:58:01,690 second death. The good news is we get to live 911 00:58:01,690 --> 00:58:04,290 this conduct now. This is what's so exciting, 912 00:58:05,170 --> 00:58:06,690 right? And again, it should be. 913 00:58:06,690 --> 00:58:12,290 It should be evident you're not of this world should be evident. 914 00:58:12,970 --> 00:58:15,370 All right, let's drop down to the 24th verse real quick. 915 00:58:15,920 --> 00:58:19,600 Revelation 2124 says this. The nations will walk by its 916 00:58:19,600 --> 00:58:21,600 light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory 917 00:58:21,600 --> 00:58:24,680 into it in the daytime, for there will be no night there. 918 00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:27,520 It's gates will never be closed. The new Jerusalem. 919 00:58:28,520 --> 00:58:30,520 All right. Because Jesus is there and God 920 00:58:30,520 --> 00:58:33,720 the Father is on planet earth. Now you go live in heaven all 921 00:58:33,720 --> 00:58:36,160 you want to, but I'm staying on the planet where God is. 922 00:58:39,040 --> 00:58:41,680 Now, that doesn't mean. God won't assign us things into 923 00:58:41,680 --> 00:58:43,600 heaven. I'm not saying that, but I'm 924 00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:45,080 just saying the Bible is very clear. 925 00:58:45,080 --> 00:58:48,440 The Father and the Son both come to planet earth with Jerusalem. 926 00:58:49,280 --> 00:58:52,200 Wow. And he goes on and says, and 927 00:58:52,200 --> 00:58:54,080 nothing. Verse 27, Look at this or verse 928 00:58:54,080 --> 00:58:56,840 26 and they will bring their glory and honor to of the 929 00:58:56,840 --> 00:59:00,120 nations into it. Verse 27 and nothing. 930 00:59:00,720 --> 00:59:03,280 Unclean. And no one who practices 931 00:59:03,280 --> 00:59:07,960 abomination and lying shall come into it, but only those whose 932 00:59:07,960 --> 00:59:09,480 names are written in the Lamb's book alive. 933 00:59:09,640 --> 00:59:11,840 Why? Because those who are of those 934 00:59:11,840 --> 00:59:15,440 conducts have been cast into the lake of fire, which is the 935 00:59:15,440 --> 00:59:16,880 second death. They can never enter because 936 00:59:16,880 --> 00:59:21,040 they can never get out. No parole, no parole. 937 00:59:21,520 --> 00:59:24,520 Too late to repent now. All right. 938 00:59:24,520 --> 00:59:27,280 Last verse. Is this Revelations 22? 939 00:59:29,280 --> 00:59:31,680 We we read the end of the book. This is awesome. 940 00:59:31,680 --> 00:59:35,600 Revelation 2212 to 15 says as behold is amplified. 941 00:59:35,800 --> 00:59:39,480 I Jesus am coming quickly and my reward is what do you believe 942 00:59:39,480 --> 00:59:44,040 he's coming Hallelujah to give to each one according to the 943 00:59:44,040 --> 00:59:47,360 merit of his deeds. Earthly works, faithfulness and 944 00:59:47,360 --> 00:59:50,720 these are the works you've done in Christ by obedience. 945 00:59:50,720 --> 00:59:53,080 That's a faith work. Verse 13. 946 00:59:53,080 --> 00:59:55,440 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the 1st and the last beginning 947 00:59:55,440 --> 00:59:58,200 and the end of the Eternal One. Blessed that's happy, 948 00:59:58,200 --> 01:00:02,680 prosperous, to be admired, are those who wash their robes in 949 01:00:02,680 --> 01:00:05,480 the blood of Christ by believing and trusting in Him. 950 01:00:05,680 --> 01:00:10,320 The righteous who do His commandments so that they may 951 01:00:10,320 --> 01:00:12,920 have the right to the tree of life. 952 01:00:13,400 --> 01:00:16,000 They may enter by the gates into the city. 953 01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:22,840 Outside are the dogs. The godless, the impure, those 954 01:00:22,840 --> 01:00:26,040 of low moral character, and the sorcerer's with their 955 01:00:26,040 --> 01:00:30,200 intoxicating drugs and magic arts, and the immoral persons, 956 01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:34,200 the perverted, the molesters and the adulterers and the murderers 957 01:00:34,200 --> 01:00:38,120 of the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying, 958 01:00:38,320 --> 01:00:45,600 deception, cheating. See that conduct isn't there 959 01:00:46,320 --> 01:00:50,080 'cause it's in the lake of fire. Guess what? 960 01:00:50,400 --> 01:00:57,120 He should not be a part of his church today because we're holy. 961 01:00:58,320 --> 01:01:05,440 Holiness is not a cuss word. It should be embraced, should be 962 01:01:05,440 --> 01:01:07,200 excited. I mean, really what you see is 963 01:01:07,200 --> 01:01:11,600 like, praise God, I can do this because it's my nature. 964 01:01:11,600 --> 01:01:13,840 Now that's what you have to have faith. 965 01:01:13,840 --> 01:01:17,520 I can do this. Praise God, I do not have to 966 01:01:17,520 --> 01:01:21,840 live away and have a lifestyle and a conduct that would get you 967 01:01:21,840 --> 01:01:23,760 thrown into the lake. I have been delivered. 968 01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:26,400 I have been set free. Come on, worship you. 969 01:01:26,400 --> 01:01:28,600 I have been set free, I have been delivered. 970 01:01:29,040 --> 01:01:31,760 I'm no longer of that conduct culture anymore. 971 01:01:31,920 --> 01:01:34,440 I have been set free once and for all. 972 01:01:34,480 --> 01:01:39,400 I have a different spirit in me, the Spirit of God. 973 01:01:39,520 --> 01:01:41,800 My spirit has been made righteous. 974 01:01:42,040 --> 01:01:46,320 I've been justified, sanctified, set apart unto God. 975 01:01:46,840 --> 01:01:50,000 And that doesn't matter whether you're older person or a young 976 01:01:50,000 --> 01:01:51,440 person. The minute you're born again, 977 01:01:51,440 --> 01:01:54,360 you're set up. You just have to live it by 978 01:01:54,360 --> 01:01:56,600 faith. And that just means, you know, 979 01:01:56,600 --> 01:01:58,680 you don't go places like you used to anymore. 980 01:01:58,680 --> 01:02:00,600 You're like, well, I'm different. 981 01:02:00,880 --> 01:02:03,800 And if you're longing for them, then you may want to stop and 982 01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:09,000 say, dizzy, really Lord of my life, because when he's Lord, 983 01:02:09,120 --> 01:02:10,720 there's a fight. Don't get me wrong. 984 01:02:10,960 --> 01:02:14,200 I mean, it's discipline. Don't get me wrong, I, I read, 985 01:02:14,200 --> 01:02:17,000 but you have the power, the Holy Ghost on the inside, your 986 01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:19,200 greatest teacher, he is your counselor. 987 01:02:19,280 --> 01:02:23,680 He's the one that's the one that's that's guiding you and 988 01:02:23,680 --> 01:02:24,680 saying, come on, you can do this. 989 01:02:24,680 --> 01:02:26,360 Get up, let's go. Come on, read that word. 990 01:02:26,360 --> 01:02:27,840 Go ahead, pray in the spirit a little bit. 991 01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:29,760 Come on, get into church. Go ahead, fight. 992 01:02:29,760 --> 01:02:32,480 Let me give you your purpose. Let me get you to come and walk 993 01:02:32,480 --> 01:02:34,520 out this plan. Go ahead, serve some more. 994 01:02:34,520 --> 01:02:36,600 Come on, let me empower you. Go ahead, lay hands. 995 01:02:36,600 --> 01:02:38,040 Look at the power in you that I've given. 996 01:02:38,120 --> 01:02:39,520 I mean, he does all these things. 997 01:02:39,520 --> 01:02:42,720 You're like, man, I'm never going back, I'm never going 998 01:02:42,720 --> 01:02:54,760 back, never going back, 'cause it go back loses an inheritance 999 01:02:56,480 --> 01:02:57,400 and I'm not going to lose it.