1 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:22,640 I'm going to launch out tonight from the Gospel of Matthew 2 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:27,920 chapter 25, and the title of the message tonight is Kingdom 3 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:32,560 Reaping and Results, the law of Capital. 4 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:39,000 And I'm going to start in verse #13 read all the way through 5 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:42,080 verse 29. So whether you're on your 6 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,160 electronic device or reading the paper Bible, follow along with 7 00:00:45,160 --> 00:00:47,160 me. So you could see it as I say it. 8 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:52,040 All right, So verse 13 of Matthew 25 says this. 9 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,520 This is Jesus speaking. It says, Watch therefore, for 10 00:00:55,520 --> 00:01:00,440 you neither know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is 11 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,600 coming. Then he goes on to this parable. 12 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,480 For the Kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far 13 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:11,480 country, who called his own servants and and delivered his 14 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:16,120 goods to them. To 1 He gave 5 talents, to 15 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:20,480 another two, to another one, to each according to his own 16 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,000 ability. And immediately he went on a 17 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,520 journey. Then he had received the five 18 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:31,640 talents, went and traded with them, and made another 5 19 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:37,240 talents, and likewise he would receive 2, gained 2 more also. 20 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:44,120 But he had received one, went and dug in the ground and hid 21 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:49,920 his Lord's money. After a long time, the Lord of 22 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,120 those servants came and settled accounts with them. 23 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:59,080 So he had received 5 talents, came and brought five other 24 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:02,920 talents, saying, Lord, you delivered to me 5 talents. 25 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:07,360 Look, I have gained five more talents besides them. 26 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:12,120 His Lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant, You 27 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,840 were faithful over a few things. I will make you rule over many 28 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,720 things. Enter into the joy of the Lord. 29 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,720 He also received 2 talents. Came and said, Lord, you 30 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:27,000 delivered to me two talents. Look, I've gained 2 more talents 31 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,280 besides them. His Lord said to him, Well done, 32 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,880 good and faithful servant, You have been faithful over a few 33 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:35,960 things. I will make you ruler over many 34 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,120 things. Enter into the joy of your Lord. 35 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,240 Then you had received the one talent, came and said, Lord, I 36 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,640 knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, 37 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:46,560 and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 38 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:51,600 I was afraid, and I hid your talent in the ground. 39 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,560 Look there, you have what is yours. 40 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:59,040 But as Lord answered and said to him, you wicked and lazy 41 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:03,160 servant, you knew that I reap where I've not sown, and I 42 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,560 gather where I've not scattered seed. 43 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:12,240 So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers at my 44 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,640 coming, and I would have received back my own with 45 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:19,400 interest. Therefore take the talent from 46 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:24,200 him and give him who has 10 talents, give it to him as 10 47 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:28,600 talents, for to everyone who has more will be giving, and he will 48 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:32,040 have an abundance, but from whoever does not have even what 49 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:36,200 he has will be taken away. Cast the unprofitable servant 50 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,400 into the outer darkness, where there be weeping and gnashing of 51 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:43,560 teeth. So we see back in verse #13 52 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:47,160 Jesus says, Watch. Therefore, that means to take 53 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:52,480 heed, to give the strictest attention to, and to be active. 54 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,120 This is a command of the Lord to be watchful. 55 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:56,720 Turn to your neighbor and say, be watchful. 56 00:03:57,720 --> 00:03:59,640 Turn the one on the other side and say be watchful. 57 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:07,960 Some of you are looking at the wall, but be watchful. 58 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:11,960 And then he goes on. So Jesus commands us to be 59 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,400 watchful, be active, be attentive, take heed. 60 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,880 Just don't let go through life without being on guard. 61 00:04:20,959 --> 00:04:23,240 And then he goes on to talk about this parable, starting in 62 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:27,840 verse #14 and in this parable he gave 5 talents. 63 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:30,960 He delivered his own goods to them, right to 1. 64 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,840 He gave 5 talents. Those that word good means he 65 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:38,920 gave of his wealth, his possession, his substance. 66 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,240 So the servants received what wasn't his, but he became a 67 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:43,920 steward of what was given to him. 68 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,720 And the a talent is a sum of money, it's currency. 69 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,320 I put it this way when I was reading through the word today 70 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,360 and I thought was thinking about this parable, was it getting 71 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,960 ready to administer tonight? If you go to open up a bank 72 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,960 account, you have an opening balance, right? 73 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,360 You have to put money into the account. 74 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,840 You just can't have $0.00, right? 75 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,640 So this is like God say I'm giving you an opening balance. 76 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:18,080 Here's $10,000 my capital. I'm giving it to you. 77 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:19,920 What can you do with what I gave you? 78 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,120 So God always gives you something to start with. 79 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:30,040 Let me say to God always gives you something to start with. 80 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,040 It's His. He gave it to you. 81 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:37,200 Now it's up to you to use what He gave you. 82 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,440 And the one with five, the one with 2, they did something 83 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,640 called, they traded. That means they worked. 84 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,720 Turn to your neighbor and say watch and work. 85 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:52,400 Turn the one on the other side and say watch and work. 86 00:05:54,040 --> 00:06:00,080 Work is not a dirty word. You know work was in the earth 87 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:06,960 prior to the fall. God gave Adam a work, right? 88 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,760 He gave him an assignment to do that word. 89 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:16,680 Trade means to do business, to exercise, to be engaged with or 90 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:20,120 in. So that opening balance you need 91 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:22,480 to work it. That opening balance you need to 92 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,320 do business with it. That opening balance you need to 93 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:30,000 exercise it. See the law of capital is this. 94 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,040 Capital is an economic term for any asset used to produce 95 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:40,960 profits for an investor. So God gave you capital to start 96 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,120 with. He invested in your life. 97 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:48,600 We'll put this way, He's invested in you, God believes in 98 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:55,120 you and really how this law of capital In this parable, we get 99 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:59,120 the law of use. And this is the principle that 100 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:03,120 Jesus has given in this parable. This is the law of use. 101 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:11,120 By use, you possess an increase. By disuse, you decline and lose. 102 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:18,400 So in this parable, I'll say it again, he's saying by use, when 103 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:24,960 you work, when you exercise, when you do business, you're 104 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:29,520 going to possess an increase. If you don't do anything like 105 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,480 the one that had to 1 town, he hit it, you're going to gain 106 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:33,880 nothing. You're going to decline and 107 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:37,680 lose. So increase in in your life is 108 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:45,440 not the result of God. It's the result of you taking 109 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,360 the capital, what God's given you and working his principles 110 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:53,520 to create increase. So I'm going to give you 9 111 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,840 different things when we talk. Think about a talent, the 112 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:00,200 opening balance, the currency that he's given us. 113 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:04,280 I'm going to give you 9 different things to ponder on 114 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,760 the 9th one, I'm really going to elaborate on that one and spend 115 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,200 the most of the time on that this evening. 116 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:12,200 But number one, these are all in tease. 117 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,240 As I was thinking about this today, when we think about he's 118 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,920 given to you some 5, some 2, some one. 119 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,680 These are all in context of what He's given you as an opening 120 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,960 balance #1 He's giving you time. God is giving you time. 121 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:28,640 Matter of fact, he, he said He gave it to him. 122 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:30,200 Then he was gone for a long time. 123 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,240 So he gave them time to do business. 124 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:39,320 And when I think about time, I think about purpose. 125 00:08:39,799 --> 00:08:41,640 You know, wealth isn't the greatest commodity. 126 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:43,600 Time is. You can always get back money, 127 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,360 but you can't get back lost time. 128 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,720 There's a thing called regret. That means I wish I wouldn't 129 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,560 have done that. That was lost time. 130 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,400 But God is the Redeemer of time. Hallelujah. 131 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,920 But I, I'm here tonight to tell you make the best use of your 132 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:03,240 time. Ephesians chapter 5 verses 15 133 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,400 through 16. They should have the scripture 134 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,200 references up there for you. I'm going to read this from the 135 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:14,560 JB Phillips translation. It says live life then with a 136 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:19,240 due sense of responsibility. Not as men who do not know the 137 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:23,760 meaning and purpose of life, but of those who do. 138 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:30,960 Make the best use of your time. Are you exercising your time? 139 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,000 Are you using your time or are you wasting your time? 140 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,800 We should never say I'm just killing time. 141 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:45,360 Even when I rest, I rest on purpose #2 talent. 142 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,480 And your talent is your giftings. 143 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:55,960 What has God placed in you? What is he giving you? 144 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:57,880 I think about Chelsea singing you. 145 00:09:57,880 --> 00:09:59,720 You don't want me singing on stage. 146 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,360 Hallelujah. I think about the gift of 147 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,120 hospitality. Is Amita in here? 148 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:13,480 I'm not manipulating this in any way, but man, she gets the best 149 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,760 cut of steaks. And when she says, hey, let's 150 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:20,240 have a fellowship, you know you're going to get fed well 151 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:31,760 with prime USDA filet mignon from so she she has the gift of 152 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:35,080 hospitality. Hallelujah. 153 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:40,200 So what does God put in you? And thank God, God is so 154 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:42,080 creative. All of us are unique. 155 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,120 But are you exercising that gift? 156 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:49,040 In first Timothy chapter 4 verses 14 through 15, it says do 157 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:53,440 not neglect the gift that is in you, don't neglect it. 158 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:57,520 Meaning you could neglect it. You could be like the one talent 159 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:03,560 man that hid the gift and then he goes up. 160 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:05,920 Paul goes on to tell Timothy, which was given to you by the 161 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:09,640 prophecy with the laying on of hands of the eldership. 162 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:15,600 Meditate on these things. Meditate on these things. 163 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:20,920 Give yourself entirely or wholly to them, that your progress may 164 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:24,920 be evident to all. God wants to put you on display 165 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:29,080 in the world, not for your fame and your fortune, but for his 166 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:34,720 glory, he said. Meditate on that gift. 167 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:38,680 Meditation is the matrix of creativity. 168 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:43,240 Meditation will develop your gifting as you think upon, as 169 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:46,280 you chew on it, as you ponder the Word of God, your gifting 170 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,120 will be developed. You have to exercise it in order 171 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:53,800 for it to increase #3 is your treasure. 172 00:11:56,160 --> 00:12:01,080 That's your finances. What are you doing with 173 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:08,080 finances? Hallelujah, you know the 174 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:12,400 American mindset is a get all you can can all you get. 175 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:20,880 Sit on the can, right? Or I'm I'm just saving up. 176 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:26,040 What does God want you to do? Money was made for loving and 177 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:29,960 giving, not lusting and taking. Money has a thing called 178 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,040 currency. That means there's a flow to it. 179 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,400 The Bible says as you give, you shall receive. 180 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,000 You want to really flow in the benefit of the Kingdom economic 181 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,520 system and be a take your five and gain 5 more. 182 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:44,080 Take that opening balance and increase it. 183 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:49,240 Be a giver Amen of your finances. 184 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:51,640 You can give your tithe, you can give your offering, you can give 185 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:55,120 benevolence. The blessing of Abraham says 186 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:56,400 this. You were blessed to be a 187 00:12:56,400 --> 00:13:00,400 blessing, and it's hard to be a blessing if you're broke. 188 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:03,960 Oh, I forgot my wallet when we went out to eat. 189 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:08,560 Can you pay for it? No. 190 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:09,920 To be a blessing. To believe. 191 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,320 Think about leaving a generous tip. 192 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:19,360 Why 'cause it's more than food. It's about a life at that 193 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,200 restaurant. How can I communicate truth to 194 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,320 an individual that may be lost when I'm out there? 195 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:25,640 Right. So what are you doing with your 196 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:30,280 finances in First Chronicles chapter 29, verses 3 through 5? 197 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,480 This is about King David. He says this, he said. 198 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:39,760 Moreover, because I've set my affection on the House of my 199 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:49,000 God, I have given to the House of my God over and above all 200 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:53,240 that I prepared for the Holy House, my own special treasure 201 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:58,880 of gold and silver. 3000 talents of gold of the gold of the ofer, 202 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,400 if that's the right way to say that, And 7000 talents of 203 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,760 refined silver to overlay the walls of the houses. 204 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,000 The gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of 205 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,720 silver, and for all kinds of work to be done by the hands of 206 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,320 Craftsman. Who then is willing to 207 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,400 consecrate in this, this day to the Lord? 208 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:21,640 Another area that God gave you an opening balance with is your 209 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:25,720 thoughts. You know God's not going to 210 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:29,840 control your thoughts for you. This is your soul realm. 211 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:31,920 We know we're a three-part being right. 212 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,400 We have we are a spirit, we have a soul. 213 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:38,080 We live in our in a body and your soul is composed of your 214 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:39,800 mind, your will and your emotions. 215 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,200 Your mind is what you think your thoughts. 216 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,640 What are you thinking on? You're supposed to sue your 217 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:51,120 thought life Many verses in the Bible that talk about how a 218 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,760 believer, a son or a a child of God should control their thought 219 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:59,400 life, casting down anything that tries to exalt itself against 220 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,960 the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity. 221 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:04,240 What are you doing with your thought life? 222 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,640 When when God comes to give an account of what did you do with 223 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:15,920 your thought life? Romans chapter 12 verse #2 from 224 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:17,560 the Johnson translation says this. 225 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:21,640 Don't let this present age keep you in its cocoon. 226 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:28,480 Instead, metamorphosize into the new mind so as to be capable of 227 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:33,640 discerning God's design, which is good and right and mature. 228 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,280 The 5th investment that He's given you with capital is your 229 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,280 temple. What's your temple? 230 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:45,720 Your body? What are you doing with your 231 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:49,120 body? Are you taking care of yourself? 232 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,880 You know you could abuse your thought lot, but you could abuse 233 00:15:54,880 --> 00:16:00,720 your body too. Romans chapter 12 verse #1 says 234 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:02,400 this. This is from the Phillips 235 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,920 translation. It says as with eyes wide open 236 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:09,400 to the mercies of God. I beg you, my brothers, as an 237 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:12,880 act of intelligent worship, to give him your bodies as a living 238 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:17,800 sacrifice consecrated to Him and acceptable to Him. 239 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:20,480 So God wants you to do something with your body. 240 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:22,720 He wants you to take care of yourself. 241 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:30,080 Listen, as much as ice cream's great, I eat Ben and Jerry's 242 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:34,800 every night. My glucose is going to be up 243 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:43,120 right Hallelujah if I don't move around and exercise. 244 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,520 If you don't use it, you lose it, right? 245 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:53,000 That's the law of use. This has to carry you around 246 00:16:54,680 --> 00:17:00,320 your spirit, man. So if this isn't working and if 247 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:05,800 your thought life isn't working, Hallelujah, you're going to be 248 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:11,079 at a tough and a tough crunch. So you got to take care of 249 00:17:11,079 --> 00:17:14,400 yourself. I'm not saying you have to eat 250 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,720 perfect, but be aware. And it's a living sacrifice too. 251 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:25,920 This, this is not made for viewing wrong material. 252 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:31,640 My eyes is part of my body. Hallelujah this. 253 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,440 This body was not made for anything unrighteous. 254 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,640 It was made to be holy as He is holy. 255 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,520 So when it says a living sacrifice, I consecrate my body. 256 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:45,480 1st Thessalonians 5 says I. I pray that your whole spirit, 257 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:49,800 soul and body be preserved blameless until the coming Lord 258 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:59,400 Jesus Christ. So no pornography, no substance 259 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:03,440 abuse. Amen. 260 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:05,880 You know, I think if God wanted you to smoke, he would have 261 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:07,960 turned your nose upside down. So been like a chimney. 262 00:18:14,120 --> 00:18:19,640 But no, He created in you to have dominion over plants, 263 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:25,600 right? So they don't rule me, I rule 264 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:29,360 it. The sixth thing is your 265 00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:34,400 temperament. What's your temperament? 266 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,240 What do you do with that investment? 267 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:42,560 That's a thing called character. We should all be developing 268 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,880 Christ like character. Thank God for the the gifts of 269 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,120 the spirit and the miraculous of God. 270 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,320 But but your talent, some kinds can take you where your 271 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:57,720 character can't sustain you and God wants you to develop Christ 272 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,120 like character. And this is one of the fruits of 273 00:19:00,120 --> 00:19:03,520 the spirit over in Galatians chapter 5, verses 22 through 23 274 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,080 in the King James version slit it called temperance, other 275 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:10,160 things called self-control. And so if you're going to have 276 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,240 Christ like character, there's things you're going to say no 277 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,000 to. And so things you say yes to. 278 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:20,680 But temperance is this. It's being of a calm mind, sober 279 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,280 judgment. You know, in Proverbs it said 280 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:25,640 it's better to rule your own spirit than to take a city. 281 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,440 So before you conquer the world, conquer yourself. 282 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:33,160 How you going to go out and tell others not to when you're not 283 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:35,040 doing it? Romans 2 talks about that. 284 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:41,160 You tell others not to do this, but you're doing it, so you 285 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:48,360 better shut up and live it out. Hallelujah. 286 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:54,920 I'm sorry. Be quiet #7 just because I was 287 00:19:54,920 --> 00:20:00,880 going with TS, I put your ticker, which is your heart. 288 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:08,920 And as I as I was thinking about this, I thought this term came 289 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:10,240 up. Don't have a spiritual heart 290 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:15,520 attack. Don't let your spiritual life 291 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:23,360 get clogged up with offense. It'll it'll if your heart stops, 292 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:28,880 you're in trouble. That's why Proverbs 423 says 293 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:35,000 above all else, guard your heart for out of it flows everything. 294 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:40,640 Are you taking care of your heart? 295 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:45,400 You know He came to heal the broken hearted and to bond up 296 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:49,600 their wounds. Have you let Jesus touch that 297 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:54,320 place? Have you allowed the Master 298 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:58,040 Physician to get his spiritual scalpel out and his healing 299 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,480 tools right and and minister to your heart? 300 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:08,680 There's a bonus one I got as I was praying and I thought I 301 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:14,400 didn't put it in the notes, but thankfulness, thankfulness, 302 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,240 Hallelujah. First Thessalonians 5, I think 303 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:24,200 it's over in about verse #18 it says for this is the will of God 304 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:30,200 to give thanks in all things. There's something about 305 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:34,680 gratitude or being grateful. There's something about getting, 306 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,560 you know, just thanking God as, as you go to bed tonight, Lord, 307 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:42,520 thank you that I'm saved, Thank you that I'm filled with the 308 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,040 Holy Spirit. Thank you. 309 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:46,560 There's food in the refrigerator. 310 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:51,480 Thank you for the refrigerator. Thank you for air conditioning. 311 00:21:52,880 --> 00:22:02,800 Hallelujah, gratitude, right. Thank you that I'm breathing. 312 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:06,440 Let everything has breath. Praise the Lord. 313 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:12,160 But this is the one I really want to get focused in on 314 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:18,880 tonight is transactions. Transactions cause you're going 315 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:20,560 to take away. You can go home and study these 316 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,160 other 9 I gave you and let that ministry you let the Holy Spirit 317 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:25,800 develop and grow those things in you. 318 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,280 And you should as a disciple, you're getting fed. 319 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:32,000 But once, once learning stops, it's over. 320 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,640 So you need to take the notes, the scriptures, you need to go 321 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:39,800 home and study you. You can build these out yourself 322 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:41,440 off of what I just gave you, right? 323 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:45,680 You can feed yourself off of this appetizer I just gave you. 324 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:50,120 But now we're getting to the entree which is transactions and 325 00:22:50,120 --> 00:22:54,320 transactions I title I define as this daily interactions and 326 00:22:54,320 --> 00:23:00,640 dealings with humanity. He gave 1512 and one one in that 327 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,440 there's transactions. How is your business, your 328 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:07,880 exercise, your use with interaction in dealings with 329 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:12,200 humanity on a daily basis? And there is no greater example 330 00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:16,160 of transactions in doing business in the Lord Jesus 331 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:19,160 Christ. So I want to go to John chapter 332 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:23,320 4 and see how was he with humanity and how did he interact 333 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,760 with transit transactions? And we know that He was 334 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,320 fruitful. He took what the Father gave him 335 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:34,160 and he was on a mission, right? And He increased and did 336 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:38,040 everything the Father wanted Him to do, just as the Father 337 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,960 desires us to increase and do everything that He wants us to 338 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,680 do. So in John chapter 4, this is 339 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:48,000 the story of the Samaritan woman who meets the Messiah. 340 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:54,320 And in John chapter 4, verse #1 says. 341 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:58,000 Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that 342 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,640 Jesus made Him baptize more disciples than John, though 343 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:07,520 Jesus himself did not baptize but His disciples, He left Judea 344 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:12,560 and departed again to Galilee. He was on a mission. 345 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,120 Jesus just never. He just didn't leave somewhere 346 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:21,160 'cause He wanted to. He was fulfilling purpose. 347 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:29,280 In Isaiah Chapter 9 verse #2 this golden prophet said this 348 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:32,400 about the Messiah. The people walked in darkness 349 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,920 have seen a great light, Those who dwelt in the land of the 350 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,640 shadow of death. Upon them a light has shined. 351 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:43,800 So when Jesus left Judea to go to Galilee, He was fulfilling 352 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:48,880 Isaiah Chapter 9 verse #2 He was on a mission to be light in 353 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:53,240 darkness. And we see in the Gospel of 354 00:24:53,240 --> 00:25:00,320 Matthew, the 25th chapter, the 18th verse, we just read this on 355 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:06,120 the parable of the talents. The One went and hid the talent 356 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:10,560 that He had. But if you back up in Matthew 357 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:17,480 into Matthew chapter 5 verses 13 through 16, Jesus said this in 358 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,960 Matthew chapter 5 verses 13 through 16, you are the salt of 359 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,960 the earth. But if the salt loses its 360 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:25,840 flavor, how shall it be seasoned? 361 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:28,760 It's then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled 362 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,080 under foot by men. You are the light of the world. 363 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,520 A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden, nor do they 364 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:39,440 light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and 365 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,520 it gives light to all who are in the house. 366 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:46,000 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good 367 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,600 works and glorify your Father, which is in heaven. 368 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:53,280 He went to let His light shine in a dark place. 369 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,520 I'm telling you tonight God is sending you to make your light 370 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:00,880 shine in a dark place. He said that you as disciples, 371 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:04,200 sons and and daughters of God, you are the salt of the earth. 372 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,880 In order to salt to work, it has to make contact. 373 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,280 If you don't reach, nobody gets touched. 374 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,800 That means when I'm going about my daily business and my 375 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,120 transactions. Are you listening to the Holy 376 00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:22,200 Spirit on what He wants you to do? 377 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:27,040 I know a lot of times I'm on AI, live out of a daytime, or I live 378 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:30,200 on a schedule. But is your schedule too busy 379 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:36,200 for interruptions? And sometimes interruptions are 380 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:40,480 God. You know, they're divine 381 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,120 interruptions. They're divine encounters that 382 00:26:42,120 --> 00:26:44,760 God actually wants you to connect with somebody. 383 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:48,560 You know, you've been at Walmart before. 384 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,440 Well, no, let's go to where shopping is a pleasure, Publix, 385 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,600 and you're turning your cart down the one aisle and you see 386 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,600 somebody that you don't want to talk to, so they didn't see you. 387 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,600 What do you do? You duck down the other aisle. 388 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:07,800 Has anybody ever done that 'cause you don't want to get 389 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,880 stuck in a conversation, right? I've done it. 390 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,880 Hallelujah. I'll be honest, but sometimes 391 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:18,680 you need to stop and listen and say, Holy Spirit, is there 392 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,120 anything you want me to do in this moment? 393 00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:23,560 And Jesus was always listening to what the Father was telling 394 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,520 him. And he's saying the same thing. 395 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,920 I let my light shine. You need to let your light 396 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,200 shine. The five towns, the two towns, 397 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:31,600 the one towns. Are you letting your light 398 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,240 shine? You know, light, light doesn't 399 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:35,640 make a sound, but it could be seen. 400 00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:45,160 So do people see you? Salt has words with it. 401 00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:50,120 So that's how it makes contact. But he said this over in in John 402 00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:56,760 chapter 4 verse #3 as we go on along in the story, verse 4. 403 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,560 But he needed to go through Samaria. 404 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,760 So he left Judea, depart again to go to Galilee. 405 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:06,280 Now Judea was a southern region of ancient Israel, and it was a 406 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:10,480 center of Jewish religious life, home to Jerusalem and to the 407 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,480 Temple. Galilee was in the northern part 408 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:18,120 of Israel. So jeez, that's about a 75 mile 409 00:28:18,120 --> 00:28:20,200 journey from southern Israel to northern. 410 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,520 And Jesus and the Father told him to go, you need to go to 411 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,680 Galilee. But Jesus really didn't want to 412 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:30,760 go through Samaria per SE, because Samaria was where the 413 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,440 northern capital of Israel used to be. 414 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:36,960 But it was overthrown in 722 BC by the Assyrians. 415 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,320 And in that when the Assyrians overtook it because of Israel's 416 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:47,520 rebellion, we had what we call a, a mixed race of people that 417 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:55,760 were being dominated by Assyrian culture policy and it was 418 00:28:55,760 --> 00:29:01,440 becoming a intermixed race of Gentiles and Jews. 419 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,960 So in Judea, listen, they consider themselves pure Jews. 420 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,040 They consider them half breeds in Sumeria. 421 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,400 So the Jews didn't want to go through Sumeria. 422 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,160 Matter of fact, if they were going to northern Galilee, there 423 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:18,320 was alternative routes, although the quickest route was straight 424 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,640 through Sumeria. But most Jews want to go by the 425 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,960 coastal lands and by the Jordan Valley to go around Samaria 426 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,000 because there was animosity and because they looked down upon 427 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,720 them. But this verse says Jesus needed 428 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,880 to go through. It was necessary by divine 429 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,800 counsel and decree. I'll put it this way. 430 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,960 Romans 814 says as many as are led by the Spirit. 431 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,200 These are the sons of God. Why was the Holy Spirit poured 432 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:49,880 out in the book of Acts? It just wasn't to bless you, it 433 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,040 was endue you with a power so that you'd be a witness. 434 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:57,520 What is a witness? I testify to the Lord Jesus 435 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:00,360 Christ. If I'm at Publix, I am a 436 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,520 witness. If I'm at the gas station, I am 437 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:04,440 a witness. If I'm at the gym, I am a 438 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,760 witness If I'm at church, I'm a witness If I'm at home. 439 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:13,640 You want to find a really spiritual person. 440 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:20,560 You don't find them at church. You go home with them and watch 441 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:27,360 how they live. But he, the Holy Spirit was 442 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:31,120 given so we could be a witness. And Jesus was led by the Spirit 443 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:36,200 to go through Samaria. Now this would take this whole 444 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,960 journey was about two to three days to get to Galilee. 445 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,720 It was only about 30 miles from Judea to Samaria. 446 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:48,040 And when Jesus gets to Samaria, it says he came in verse 4 to 447 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:52,960 the city of Samaria, which is called Sikar, near the plot of 448 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,240 ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 449 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:59,280 Now in verse 6 it says now Jacob's well was there. 450 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,880 Jesus therefore being wearied from his journey, sat thus by 451 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,720 the well was about the 6th hour, about noon. 452 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:13,080 You know, you can get weary in daily dealings and it's only 453 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,960 12:00 and Jesus was already tired. 454 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:23,240 He was already exhausted. But Galatians 6 Chapter 9 verse 455 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,960 chapter 6 verse #9 says don't grow weary and well doing. 456 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:29,240 For in due due season you shall reap. 457 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:32,800 If you don't lose harder, you don't faint. 458 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:40,200 But even in his weariness, Jesus is ready and he's always 459 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,520 listening to what is the Father saying, just as we as sons and 460 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,480 daughters of God should always be listening to what is the 461 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,920 Father saying? You know, he has the absolute 462 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,320 answer and solution for anything that we're going through in 463 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,840 life. Do you he, do you realize he 464 00:31:54,840 --> 00:32:00,120 cares about you? He wants to see it go well for 465 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:04,120 you, but he also wants you to be a blessing if you would just 466 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:05,480 trust him. We sang that song. 467 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:11,320 Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus and if he's asking you to do 468 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,560 something, do you trust what he's asking you? 469 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,480 And so he was wearied from the journey. 470 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,520 Now this is an amazing transaction and story. 471 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:29,640 He's at the right place at the right time to have a divine 472 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:33,720 encounter. It says in verse #7 A woman of 473 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:39,240 Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, give me a 474 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:43,120 drink. For Jesus disciples had gone 475 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:50,520 away into the city to buy food. Then the woman of Samaria said 476 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:55,320 to him, How's it that you, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a 477 00:32:55,320 --> 00:33:01,160 Samaritan woman? For the Jews have no dealings 478 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:07,040 with the Samaritans. Notice this isn't in a 479 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:08,960 synagogue. This isn't in a church. 480 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:12,640 This is in daily life. What are you going to encounter 481 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,120 tomorrow? Who are you going to encounter 482 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,760 tomorrow? Who could you encounter Friday 483 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:21,160 this weekend that God's going to connect you with for you to be a 484 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:25,520 witness to him? Daily interactions and dealings. 485 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:33,520 We need to be people that reach. We need to be people that care. 486 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:36,160 We need people that extend the truth. 487 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:39,720 We take, you know, somebody's hand and we try to connect it to 488 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:44,440 Jesus hand, so to speak. And if you're willing to be 489 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:48,040 used, God will meet you where you are. 490 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:55,440 And then in verse #10 Jesus answered and said to her, If you 491 00:33:55,440 --> 00:34:01,160 knew the gift of God and who it is, who says you give me a 492 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:04,000 drink, you would have asked him, He would have given you living 493 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:08,239 water. The woman said to him, Sir, you 494 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,560 have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. 495 00:34:11,159 --> 00:34:13,320 Where then do you get that living water? 496 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,440 What an evangelistic tool ask of questions by Jesus. 497 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:19,800 The woman said, Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave 498 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:23,400 us the well and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and 499 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,800 his livestock? Jesus answered and said to her, 500 00:34:28,679 --> 00:34:32,120 Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever 501 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:36,000 drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst, but 502 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,719 the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of 503 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:42,199 water, springing up an everlasting life. 504 00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:50,520 The woman said him, Sir, give me this drink, that I may not 505 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:58,960 thirst nor come here to draw. Jesus said to her, go call your 506 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:04,280 husband and come here. The woman answered and said, I 507 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:11,000 have no husband. Jesus said you have well said 508 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:15,920 you have no husband, for you've had five husbands and the one 509 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:18,000 whom you now have is not your husband. 510 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:25,720 And that you spoke truly while we have a divine encounter with 511 00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:28,880 a woman at the well who Jesus isn't supposed to be talking to, 512 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:31,000 but he's talking to what I'm saying. 513 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:36,680 There's a lost, hurting, dying world out there and we don't, we 514 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:40,080 don't want to get so church sensitive that we don't realize 515 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,200 there's people out there that need reached in our daily 516 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,480 transactions. Are you willing to go to the 517 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,120 down and outer? Are you willing to go to the up 518 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:53,800 and outer 'cause anybody doesn't have Jesus's out and you could 519 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:58,560 be broken out, you could be rich and out, but everybody needs 520 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,760 touched that does not know Jesus. 521 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,600 And he goes from, he's talking really this lady about the 522 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:08,560 source of life. What do you draw from? 523 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:11,920 What is your source? And I just love how he 524 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,320 evangelizes her 'cause he asks her questions that get her 525 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:17,080 thinking. She's like, man, I want this 526 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:20,800 living water. He said if you knew the gift of 527 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,640 God, in order to give yourself as a gift, you need to see 528 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:28,080 yourself as a gift. Do you see yourself as a gift? 529 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:32,280 Over in Matthew chapter 10 verse #8 it says freely you have 530 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:35,400 received, freely give. It's the gift that I have is 531 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,920 from God and He wants you to exercise that gift on the inside 532 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,160 of you. So see yourself as a gift. 533 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:44,200 He's put the capital, the investment in you to be a world 534 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:49,200 changer. So he's talking about living 535 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,520 water. It gets intriguing to her. 536 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:55,920 She's like, man, I want this thing, I need this thing. 537 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,280 I don't want to draw again. You know what? 538 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:00,800 And then Jesus changes subjects on her. 539 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:04,000 He goes from living water. What's the other source that 540 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:11,400 you're really trying to draw from eHarmony? 541 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:21,160 What's farmers.com? I'm not trying to knock dating 542 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,800 sources, but are you just trying to draw from the wrong source? 543 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:32,840 This woman had been through five people husbands and the one 544 00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:34,800 she's with now, she's living in adultery. 545 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,280 Jesus talked to a lady that was in a in living in fornication. 546 00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:43,960 Does that shake our religious brain? 547 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,200 And he said you're trying to draw from the wrong source. 548 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:54,800 Lust is insatiable, which means if you're in a lusting 549 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,600 relationship, it's never gonna fulfill you. 550 00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:00,560 It's it is a cup with holes in it when you pour water and it 551 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:04,240 just leaks out. And he's saying you are you're 552 00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:08,560 drawing from the wrong source. And you have been drawn from the 553 00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:12,120 wrong source. A man is never gonna fulfill all 554 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:14,040 your needs. The Bible says to love me with 555 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:18,200 all your heart, soul and mine. The Bible says that you're 556 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:22,120 complete in me. You can't find your completeness 557 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:24,440 in a spouse. Thank God. 558 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:28,800 Marriage is a blessing. But I'm at where I'm at in my 559 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:33,480 marriage because of God. And we recognize a three chord 560 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:37,520 strand is not easily broken. And Angie and I realized that 561 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:41,120 He's the foundation that keeps us on solid ground. 562 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,680 And apart from him, we could do nothing. 563 00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:46,080 We abide in the vine. The vine abides in US. 564 00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:49,680 And we bring forth much fruit in our transactions in marriage 565 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:53,320 because we stay in the word of God, just like you can bring 566 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:55,960 forth much, much fruit when you stay in him. 567 00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,360 And he said, you're drawn from the wrong thing. 568 00:39:01,720 --> 00:39:04,240 He didn't even tell to repent. This, this is the greatest 569 00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:09,120 marketing tool. It's amazing when you read this 570 00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:13,960 story, but let. Let's go on. 571 00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,920 We'll get there. So going on from that. 572 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,320 And then she said, Sir, I perceive you're a prophet. 573 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:25,960 I just think that's so funny. Yeah. 574 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:30,880 And then she tries to change subjects. 575 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:39,480 She says this in verse #20 she said to Jesus, our fathers 576 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:42,960 worshipped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem 577 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:44,880 is the place where you ought to worship. 578 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,880 So once again, we have the divide between the Samaritans 579 00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:53,480 and the Judeans and the argument, where are you really 580 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:56,080 supposed to worship at? You say you're supposed to 581 00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,320 worship in Jerusalem. We say we worship, you know, in 582 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:03,080 Samaria. And he said, woman, believe me. 583 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:06,920 The hour is coming you when you were neither on this mountain. 584 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:12,640 That's where they worship in Samaria nor in Jerusalem worship 585 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:17,000 the Father. You worship what you know not we 586 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,760 know what we worship for salvation is of the Jews. 587 00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,720 Then he gives us he he invests this principle into her. 588 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:33,640 He says the hour is coming and now is when the true worshippers 589 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:37,400 will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the 590 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:40,600 Father is seeking such to worship Him. 591 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:45,920 God is spirit, Those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit 592 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:50,280 and in truth. So he invested this principle of 593 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:54,040 worship here. He said, listen, I am giving you 594 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:59,440 this to change your life. It's not about a location, it's 595 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:03,240 about the heart and it's about truth. 596 00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:06,840 You haven't she said Sir, I know that when the Messiah is coming, 597 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:08,960 who is called Christ, when he comes, he will tell us all 598 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:13,400 things Jesus said to her. I who speak in he the gospel of 599 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:15,760 John is interesting. There's a lot of IMS in the 600 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:21,040 Gospel of John and this woman me and Samaritan knew all the way 601 00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:26,680 back in Exodus 314 when Moses said to God, who should I say 602 00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:28,480 to? Israel sent me. 603 00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:33,200 God answered Moses and told him to say I am. 604 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:38,760 Tell him I am sent you. Jesus told this Samaritan woman 605 00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:43,560 I am. So she realized, man, you are 606 00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,240 the anointed king. He just identified himself as 607 00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:52,080 the Son of God to her. But he gave her a tool called 608 00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:59,320 worship so that when he left she could still serve him and not 609 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:01,360 the things that was lustful in her life. 610 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:08,960 At that point we go on to verse verse 27. 611 00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:13,480 At that point his disciples came and they marvelled that Jesus 612 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:21,800 talked with a woman, yet the disciples no one said him and 613 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:24,760 yet no one said what do you seek or why are you talking with her. 614 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:30,400 The woman then left her water pot, went her way in the city 615 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:33,480 and said to the men, notice to shit, she didn't go to the 616 00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:39,680 women. Why 'cause she was a loose 617 00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,120 woman. I thought this is great 618 00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:49,640 marketing Jesus, and I like this, 'cause my new King James 619 00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:54,800 Version says when the woman left, her water pot went away in 620 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:57,080 the city. She went seeking for water with 621 00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:59,480 her water pot, dropped her water pot and became water. 622 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:05,960 She became the water pot. And then verse 29 says come see 623 00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:07,840 a man. Now the word man in my Bible is 624 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,040 capitalized. I would like to think that she 625 00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:14,560 said to these men when she went back, come see the man, 'cause 626 00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:20,080 you all are jokers. But I found a man, which is the 627 00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:22,600 man. And if you find the man, you 628 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:31,920 could be a man and not just a male, 'cause when a man acts 629 00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:34,680 like a child, it forces his mother, his wife, to act like 630 00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:43,080 his mother, she said. When a man acts like a child, it 631 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:45,240 forces his wife to act like his mother. 632 00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:53,840 And you can't Make Love to your Mama, Hallelujah. 633 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:03,320 Something just ain't right. Turn your neighbor and say grow 634 00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,880 up. Turn to them one another and say 635 00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:11,280 God wants you to grow up. Hallelujah. 636 00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:19,680 So she drops her water pot becomes a water pot, she goes 637 00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:23,480 the men, she becomes a marketing tool for Jesus. 638 00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:29,440 And and she said to these men, this man told me everything I 639 00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:31,680 ever did. Could this be the Christ? 640 00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:34,720 Then they all went out of the city. 641 00:44:34,720 --> 00:44:37,760 They all went out of the city. This is revival. 642 00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:46,160 One woman's encounter with the King and her going to be a 643 00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:49,680 witness in the city was she was from drew all the men out of the 644 00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:52,840 city and said we've got to see this man. 645 00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:57,800 In the meantime, his disciples urge him saying Rabbi eat. 646 00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:00,520 So is his disciples. And then we get in the natural 647 00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:02,160 so much and we got to live in the natural. 648 00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:04,280 So don't get spooky weird with me. 649 00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:07,000 I know my wife said she'll slap you in love if you get fruity. 650 00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:09,760 And if you think you're if you think you're being fruity, just 651 00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:10,960 come see her. She'll tell you if you're being 652 00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:13,840 fruity or not 'cause some people are so heavily minded. 653 00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:16,640 No, no earthly good. But some people are so earthly 654 00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:17,880 minded. Oh heavenly good. 655 00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:20,320 So balance is the key to life, right? 656 00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:24,160 But when the the disciples are gone, remember, because Jesus 657 00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:28,360 got tired because it's noon and he wanted a meal. 658 00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:32,000 He's like, you need to go to Zaxby's. 659 00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:35,800 I'm hungry, I'm tired from walking. 660 00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:39,600 And so they think, man, we're, they're coming back. 661 00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:42,120 And Can you imagine the disciples come back and they're, 662 00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:44,520 they're coming thinking we're going to help him 'cause we left 663 00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:46,400 him in weariness. We know that he was hungry. 664 00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:48,520 We're coming back with food. And they see him talking to a 665 00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:51,360 woman, let alone she was also Samaritan. 666 00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:54,720 So this is like a double whammy. And they're like, what is going 667 00:45:54,720 --> 00:45:58,400 on right now? But you know that this is this 668 00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:00,800 is how the Kingdom just trusts his religion. 669 00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:06,160 This is how the Kingdom crushes religion. 670 00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:11,400 This gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world, 671 00:46:11,720 --> 00:46:16,120 every sector of society. We are Kingdom ambassadors, 672 00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:18,440 Kingdom representatives. And I'm telling you, you're 673 00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:21,520 going out tomorrow. We got LG. 674 00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:25,480 He was over there. He went out. 675 00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:28,040 Where's he at? He's right there. 676 00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:31,480 He played for Notre Dame and when they come out of the locker 677 00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:33,120 room, maybe we should get a sign back to LG. 678 00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:35,240 It said play like champions today, right? 679 00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:38,320 And they had to touch that sign before they went on the field. 680 00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:40,920 Listen, you're getting equipped tonight, fed a meal, but you 681 00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:42,640 need to play like a champion tomorrow. 682 00:46:45,240 --> 00:46:46,720 Who are you going to encounter tomorrow? 683 00:46:46,720 --> 00:46:49,320 That could be at church on Sunday and they don't have to. 684 00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:51,280 You don't have to wait to get him at church on Sunday to get 685 00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:53,960 saved. You could lead him the Lord 686 00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:59,120 tomorrow, but be LED. You need to know some things are 687 00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:02,720 seeds, some things are water, some things are till in the 688 00:47:02,720 --> 00:47:05,640 ground. We pick the fruit when it's 689 00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:08,400 ripe. And this lady was ripe. 690 00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:10,920 She was at the end of her rope after going through six men. 691 00:47:13,240 --> 00:47:18,640 She was tired. She's like, I'm emotionally 692 00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:24,120 broke. Am I ever gonna find a real man? 693 00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:26,600 That's probably was her prayer. She found a real man. 694 00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:30,440 She's saying, Lord, give me a real man. 695 00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:32,920 And she found Jesus. Really. 696 00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:37,840 Jesus found her. And so the disciples come back 697 00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:39,680 and they're like, man, we're going to get the rabbi something 698 00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:41,520 to eat. But they're blown away that he's 699 00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:45,840 talking to this lady. And the disciples urged him 700 00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:48,360 saying eat. And then he makes the same and 701 00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:53,200 he says, I have food to eat. Of what you do not know. 702 00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:03,080 Therefore the disciples said to one another, has someone else 703 00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:09,000 brought him something to eat and then Jesus gives the principal 704 00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:13,960 Jesus said them my food. Listen, this is our take away 705 00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:18,760 tonight. My our food say this, our food 706 00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:25,840 is to do the do the will of him who sent me and to finish his 707 00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:30,120 work. Let's say it again, our food is 708 00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:36,160 to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 709 00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:39,960 And then Jesus go on to verse 35. 710 00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:43,720 He says, do you not say there are still four months? 711 00:48:43,720 --> 00:48:46,160 And then comes the harvest. Behold, I say to you, lift up 712 00:48:46,160 --> 00:48:49,600 your eyes and look at the fields, for they already white 713 00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:53,760 for harvest. And he who reaps receives wages 714 00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:55,640 and gathers fruit for eternal life. 715 00:48:56,080 --> 00:49:00,840 That both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 716 00:49:01,240 --> 00:49:05,600 That he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 717 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:09,200 That he who sows. And he that reaps may rejoice 718 00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:12,200 together. That he that sows, and that he 719 00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:17,200 that reaps may rejoice together. Some things you're going to sow, 720 00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:18,360 some things you're going to reap. 721 00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:20,800 But we rejoice together at the harvest. 722 00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:24,760 It's not unto it's us, but to him be all the glory. 723 00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:27,160 Lord, I thank you that I could sow, I thank you that I could 724 00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:29,320 water, and I thank God for the harvest. 725 00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:33,120 Jesus in Matthew Chapter 9, he said the harvest is plentiful. 726 00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:36,080 Pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his 727 00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:40,400 vineyard. Jesus was moved with compassion 728 00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:43,320 when he saw people scattered and dismayed and broken. 729 00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:46,680 It moved his heart and he prayed to the Father. 730 00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:51,320 He said we need more laborers. Part of the vision of Anchor 731 00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:53,000 Faith Church is to ignite this city. 732 00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:54,880 There are people lost in this city. 733 00:49:54,960 --> 00:49:58,240 We go to West Augustine, we go to Family Counts, we go to 734 00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:01,800 Flagler, we go. We do homeless outreach, right? 735 00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:04,760 We go to all these places. Why? 736 00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:09,240 To do the will of God, to connect broken humanity with 737 00:50:09,240 --> 00:50:12,960 truth, to see them come into the Kingdom of God, and to see them 738 00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:21,920 restore to fellowship with Him. For, and this saying is true, 739 00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:25,280 one sows, another reaps. I sent you to reap that for 740 00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:27,480 which you have not labored. Others have labored and you've 741 00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:31,680 entered into their laborers. So he gives the disciples the 742 00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:35,520 the truth of what he's doing and what he wants them to do. 743 00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:43,440 He said my food, my nourishment really comes from serving. 744 00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:47,160 God. Let me put it this way, if it's 745 00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:53,120 interesting, he was weary before he started this evangelistic 746 00:50:53,120 --> 00:50:57,480 outreach, but in reaching out, reaching out, he, he gained 747 00:50:57,480 --> 00:51:03,240 strength. Listen, the Dead Sea is dead 748 00:51:03,240 --> 00:51:07,560 because everything flows into it, but nothing flows out. 749 00:51:09,320 --> 00:51:11,760 You come every Sunday and Wednesday you come to 318 750 00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:14,120 discipleship. You come to call her blessed and 751 00:51:14,120 --> 00:51:17,200 praise God for that's right, because of the five fold 752 00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:18,680 ministry was getting for the equipping of Saints. 753 00:51:18,680 --> 00:51:23,160 But if all you do is ever, all you do is ever receive and never 754 00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:31,200 give, your plumbing's gonna be stopped up right? 755 00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:37,040 And the Dead Sea attracts things 'cause there's no movement, you 756 00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:40,680 know, when you have a, a, a body of water that is there is not 757 00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:44,360 flowing mosquitoes and all those other things get around from it. 758 00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:47,160 And what I'm saying is if you're feeling weary, maybe you need to 759 00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:50,840 give out. If you're feeling tired, maybe 760 00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:52,320 you need to do something spiritual. 761 00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:58,520 Hallelujah. And then this is the result we 762 00:51:58,520 --> 00:52:05,960 see in verse 39 through 43, 'cause this is the law of 763 00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:10,480 capital. And many of the Samaritans, 764 00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:17,720 these half bred Jews and Gentiles, this race of people 765 00:52:17,720 --> 00:52:21,600 that was looked down on, that Jesus was led to. 766 00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:25,840 It says many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the 767 00:52:25,840 --> 00:52:29,800 word of the woman who testified. Why was the Holy Spirit given us 768 00:52:29,800 --> 00:52:33,520 to be a witness and to testify? And this woman testified about 769 00:52:33,520 --> 00:52:35,480 Jesus. He told me everything that I 770 00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:37,320 did. So when the Samaritans had come 771 00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:39,880 to him, they urged Jesus to stay with him. 772 00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:43,920 He stayed with him two days, and many more believed because of 773 00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:46,600 his own word. Then they said to the woman, Now 774 00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:50,040 we believe not because of what you said, for we ourselves have 775 00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:56,040 heard him, and we know that he is indeed Christ, the Savior of 776 00:52:56,040 --> 00:53:01,080 the world. What are you gonna do with what 777 00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:05,480 God's given you? Are you going to exercise and 778 00:53:05,480 --> 00:53:10,800 use what He's given you? Or are you going to not and have 779 00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:14,920 disuse and loss in your life? These areas that I've given you 780 00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:21,880 to think about, to ponder, time, talent, treasure, thoughts, your 781 00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:24,400 temple, your temperament, your ticker, your trust, your 782 00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:26,840 transactions? What are you going to do with 783 00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:27,920 what God's given you?