1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,560 Thanks for checking out the Anchor Faith Message podcast 2 00:00:05,560 --> 00:00:06,960 from St. Augustine, FL. 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:16,960 Now enjoy this message. All right, tonight we're going 4 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:19,040 to deal with a Kingdom principle, always like to be 5 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,680 able to come and bring some principles directly from the 6 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:25,920 Kingdom of God, because again, the Bible's about a king, his 7 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:30,320 Kingdom and his role offspring. All right, when you get over 8 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:34,280 into Genesis chapter one, verse 26, God said, let us make man in 9 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:37,280 our image recorded in our likeness and let him have 10 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,120 dominion. That means man was always 11 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:44,320 designed to have rulership or dominion over the fish of the 12 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:49,320 sea, birds of the sky, over all the cattle, over all the earth, 13 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,520 and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. 14 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,760 He gave both male and female dominion on the earth. 15 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,080 In essence, man was to rule in this realm as God rules in his 16 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,040 realm, and He rules this realm as God rules his realm. 17 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,680 Because God speaks the Word and that Word comes to play. 18 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:11,440 Adam is to hear God speak that Word and then act on that and it 19 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:14,600 comes to play, OK. And so he functions. 20 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:18,000 He's he in essence, Adam is the God of the world. 21 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,480 Are you hearing what I'm saying? And the reason we could say that 22 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,200 he's not God himself, but he's the God of the world or the 23 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:28,240 ruler of the world, because when he handed over his authority to 24 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:31,800 the devil, when he ate the fruit that the Lord told him not to 25 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:36,800 eat and sin entered the world. Paul says himself in 2nd 26 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,960 Corinthians 4 four that the devil is the God of this world. 27 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,360 Now the devil himself is not a God. 28 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:47,480 He has an anointed cherub that has fallen because he tried to 29 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:52,320 take over the Kingdom in heaven and God cast him out. 30 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,440 So when he's here in the earth and sees Adam, he says, man, he 31 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,480 looks a lot like God. He wants that rulership. 32 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:03,240 Are you hearing me? So he deceives Eve and saying 33 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,480 that, you know what is God said? As we know he asked that 34 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:08,320 question. Has God not said which was not 35 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,960 true? But he's looking to hear what 36 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,040 God says because all lies originate in truth. 37 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,440 And Eve says no. What's been said is we can eat 38 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,240 from any tree of the garden, but at the tree of the knowledge of 39 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,200 good and evil, we shot out and eat for the day we eat will die. 40 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,360 He said you're not going to die. He said Lord knows the minute 41 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,160 you eat him, you'll be like him, knowing good and evil. 42 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,120 Well, they're already like God 'cause they're creating his 43 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,240 image. But what they are not like God 44 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,760 is knowing evil. God knows evil because he's 45 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,360 already cast the devil out 'cause he got lifted up in pride 46 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,920 and a third of the angels, you know, went with him. 47 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,720 And then there's other things that we're not at liberty to 48 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,880 discuss at this point because it takes too long. 49 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,960 But the reality is a rebellion has taken place in the realm of 50 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:50,080 the Spirit, not on this particular planet earth. 51 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:57,800 That Adam is now the God of or son of God over by right of 52 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:02,160 dominion. So when Adam eats the fruit, he 53 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,360 he abdicates his authority and gives it to the devil. 54 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,840 That's why the devil's account in Luke chapter 4 when it is the 55 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,000 temptation of Christ, he takes Jesus to a high pinnacle, shows 56 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,200 him all the kingdoms or domains in a moment of time. 57 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:18,440 Not religions, but dominions, governments. 58 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,480 He said, I'll give you all this domain, all this government 59 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:26,120 power, all this authority, for they've been handed over to me 60 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:27,720 and I can give it to whoever I want. 61 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,400 Well, who did he get it from? He got it from Adam. 62 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:35,360 Again, the Bible is not about dying and going to heaven. 63 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,800 The Bible is about becoming a child of God and operating in 64 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:44,480 dominion again. That is the whole point, because 65 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,760 ultimately there's going to be a new heaven and a new earth. 66 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:52,520 And if we actually read the last two chapters of the Bible, 67 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:56,520 Revelations 21 and 22, we'll see a new Jerusalem will come down 68 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,840 out of heaven to the earth, and God the Father and the Son are 69 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:04,120 going to live actually here. That's pretty amazing. 70 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,680 So religion has taught us that we just need to know where we're 71 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,000 going to go when we die. And as a result of that, what we 72 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,000 do then is we think the only thing that matters is asking 73 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:18,040 Jesus into our heart to save us so that when we die, we get to 74 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,079 go to heaven. And the devil would love for you 75 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:21,880 to believe that that's all the Bible's about. 76 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,120 Because then at that point you'll be no effective for the 77 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,040 Kingdom of God and the earth. None effect. 78 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,680 In fact, it'd be very difficult to tell you different from even 79 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,960 people in the world. Now, I understand some people in 80 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,960 the world, it's pretty obvious that they live in the world and 81 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,920 you can live a good life. You can live a good carnal 82 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:42,840 Christian life, meaning a babe in Christ. 83 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:45,520 Because if all you know is the salvation of God, you're only 84 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,000 going to be a babe in Christ. You're not a mature believer. 85 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,120 And I don't care if you've been in the church for 50 years. 86 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:52,920 If all you know is that Jesus Christ died on the cross and 87 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:55,200 rose from the grave, that keeps you in baby status. 88 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,640 The scripture concludes that. However, there are a lot of 89 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:05,360 people that do good works and it is very difficult for you to not 90 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:11,240 to see their wrongdoing because they've learned how to pattern 91 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:18,000 what is good and has been able to function because God reigns 92 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:22,040 his blessings upon the just and the unjust. 93 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:26,000 And they're able to kind of work in it enough that it's kind of 94 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,400 difficult to to see the difference. 95 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,000 However, God knows the difference because it is only by 96 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,880 faith that you can be a child of God. 97 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,600 And that is the acknowledgement that Jesus Christ came down on 98 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:37,800 the cross and road from the grave. 99 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,560 That is the door. That is not the conclusion. 100 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,760 The door gets you into the Kingdom because Jesus himself 101 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,200 said when talking about being born again, which is literally 102 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:52,480 translated born from above, was saying to them, listen, in order 103 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:54,960 for you to see the Kingdom or enter the Kingdom, you're first 104 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:56,960 going to have to become a citizen of that Kingdom. 105 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:00,120 And you can't buy your way in. You can't work your way in. 106 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,800 You must confess Jesus as Lord, which is not a religious word. 107 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:07,520 It means supreme in authority. And when Jesus is supreme in 108 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,600 authority and he's actually your king, then you become a new 109 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:12,800 creature in Christ. The old pass away, behold, all 110 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,560 things become new. Then he'll anoint you as a king. 111 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,320 That's the indumen of power, which gives you the language of 112 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,360 the Kingdom. Pretty amazing, right? 113 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:25,080 OK, and allows you to navigate through another language system 114 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,560 when necessary. And it's necessary because 115 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:30,400 there's times you don't know how you ought to pray, but the 116 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:34,080 Spirit will give you utterance to pray and you'll be praying in 117 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,080 the language of the Kingdom. It's called praying in the 118 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,320 Spirit. But not only that, then he'll 119 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:42,920 begin to allow you to function as a king in the earth, where 120 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,840 heaven can manifest in the earth through you and you can actually 121 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:49,040 operate as Jesus said when you pray. 122 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,080 Pray this way. Our Father who art heaven 123 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:55,240 hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come, your will be done 124 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:59,000 on as it is, and we get to flow that way. 125 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,400 So all the miracles that Jesus performed, if you take the time 126 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,920 to go through the four gospels, every miracle was in the 127 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:09,080 dominion. The first Adam lost every 128 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,000 miracle. Adam had dominion over fish. 129 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,400 This is why Jesus could speak to fish to get into a net. 130 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,640 This is why Jesus could speak so that a fish could get on Peter's 131 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,160 hook. This is why Jesus could speak 132 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:25,000 that dead fish, Two of them would multiply and feed over 133 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:28,880 around 10,000 or more people and have leftovers. 134 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:31,240 OK. This is why he could talk to a 135 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:35,600 fig tree and it would die and wither at its roots because man 136 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,000 was given demeania over all the earth and plants are in the 137 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,520 earth. This is why it's sad when men 138 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:47,200 and women are allowing plants like tobacco and marijuana and 139 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,480 other types of, you know, wheat eat barley and yeast and when it 140 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:54,520 all ferments comes together and it rules their life. 141 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,840 In essence, plants are pulling money out of their pocket, 142 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,040 messing up their mind, destroying their lives. 143 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,440 God never intended a plant to rule us. 144 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:09,920 OK, so again, the Bible's about a king, his Kingdom, and his 145 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:11,720 royal offspring. And it's very important for us 146 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,160 to know that once we are born of the Kingdom of God, we're 147 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:19,760 children of God, then we are to grow in knowing our rights in 148 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:22,320 his Kingdom that function right now on the earth. 149 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,320 All Jesus preached about was the Kingdom of God. 150 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,320 He said the Kingdom of heaven is like this, and the Kingdom of 151 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,840 God is like that. And everywhere he went, his 152 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:31,280 parables were all about the Kingdom. 153 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:35,600 He was introducing people to this Kingdom that would, that is 154 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,960 in the earth functioning and then ultimately would show up 155 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:43,039 physically Again, Isaiah Chapter 9 verse 6 prophesied about this. 156 00:08:43,039 --> 00:08:45,600 It makes it very clear what the Kingdom is because the kingdom's 157 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,960 not heaven. We've already said in the Lord's 158 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,320 prayers as it's titled, your Kingdom come, your will be done 159 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:54,480 on earth as it is in heaven. Earth is a place, heaven is a 160 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:56,600 place. Kingdom can be in both places. 161 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:06,800 All right, so with that being said, Jesus opens the door so 162 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,440 that we have access to this Kingdom. 163 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:12,400 He's talking about this Kingdom, you can function in it. 164 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,040 And Isaiah prophecies and says a child will be born, a son will 165 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:19,200 be given, and the government shall rest on his shoulders. 166 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,840 Now in the United States, the reason why this is a problem 167 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,960 called we've been talked about, told about separation of church 168 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:27,560 and stayed our whole life. So we only see the church as a 169 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:30,280 religious organization when the reality is the church that Jesus 170 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:36,040 is building is a government of which he's king of a domain, and 171 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,000 we are his citizens. And the church is more like an 172 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,120 embassy where the ambassadors come together to receive 173 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,920 information from the home country on how we are to 174 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,360 represent the king while we're in the earth. 175 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:51,200 Hallelujah. OK. 176 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:54,760 Which means then they're in a Kingdom. 177 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,000 There are principles associated with it, like the Kingdom 178 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,000 principle of lordship, the Kingdom principle of decree, the 179 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,640 Kingdom principle of authority. And we've talked about these 180 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:05,040 through the years. And I'm going to talk about 1:00 181 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,000 tonight. Then I actually haven't taught. 182 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,240 I, I, I mentioned in an introduction to the Kingdom in 183 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,680 our Kingdom Institute class, but I've never done a detailed 184 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:16,160 teaching on it. And I was planning on just doing 185 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,960 one night tonight, but in because we had to do our first 186 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:20,680 little part. I'll definitely have to go ahead 187 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,680 moving into next week as well. This is not a series. 188 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:25,920 It's just one service that got broke up. 189 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,680 How about that? OK, so we're going to talk about 190 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:31,400 the Kingdom Code of Ethics principle. 191 00:10:32,680 --> 00:10:35,120 The Kingdom Code of ethics principle. 192 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:39,880 Now, you know, back in the day, I was a big Pirates of the 193 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,440 Caribbean fan. In fact, I saw the very first 194 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,960 movie here. And the people who dressed up, I 195 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:49,360 mean, they were lined up out in the mall to be able to see, you 196 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,240 know, the first Pirates of the Caribbean, right? 197 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,920 And in that, we'll remember the code, right? 198 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,920 You know, there's this code that was associated with the pirates, 199 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:01,520 right? And eventually, as you go 200 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:03,800 through, you know, just stick to the code, Stick to the code. 201 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:05,360 And he's like, well, you know, it's more like I said, 202 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,800 guidelines, right? OK. 203 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:14,320 But when it comes to the Lord, the code of ethics is serious 204 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,840 business. All right, So let me give you 205 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:19,440 the definition of the code of ethics principle, and that's 206 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:23,240 this. This is the standard of conduct 207 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:27,640 established by the king for the behavior and social 208 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:31,600 relationships of his citizens. We'll say that again. 209 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:37,160 This is the standard of conduct established by the king for the 210 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:41,000 behavior and social relationships of his citizens. 211 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:46,440 This is also the expectation of the king regarding the values 212 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:51,760 and moral standards the citizens must adhere to. 213 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,720 They must adhere to. OK, so I'm going to read it all 214 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:00,000 one time. This is the standard of conduct 215 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,040 established by the king for the behavior and social 216 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:07,280 relationships of his citizens. This is also the expectation of 217 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:11,720 the king regarding the values and moral standards the citizens 218 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:15,520 must adhere to. The word ethics, by definition 219 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:20,400 from the Merriam Webster Dictionary, is a set of moral 220 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:25,760 principles, the principles of conduct governing an individual 221 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:30,800 or a group. We have a code of ethics in the 222 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:38,480 Kingdom of God that we It is the standards God has set and we 223 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,160 must adhere to them. Now here's the cool thing. 224 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:49,360 Once you're born again, you can because it's a part of your new 225 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,280 nature. When you're in Christ, your new 226 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:59,840 spirit man can adhere and wants to, wants to. 227 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:05,000 In fact, your spirit has the ability to hear the Holy Ghost 228 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,200 that lives in you and bears witness with your spirit, your 229 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:09,040 child of God. And the Holy Spirit is not in 230 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,480 there just to bear witness and say, well, when you die, you're 231 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:13,160 going to go to heaven. I got you back. 232 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:17,120 That's not why he's in there. He's in there so that He can 233 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:25,280 teach you, train you, remind you, and then warn you of things 234 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,840 coming in the future. He is a direct connection to the 235 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,680 Kingdom of God. In essence, His first thing that 236 00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:34,960 Jesus says concerning the Holy Spirit is not man. 237 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:39,120 Wait till you see the miracles. He can do His first introduction 238 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,600 to the Holy Spirit in John chapter 14, He called him the 239 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,200 Spirit of truth. He said when He comes, He's 240 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,160 going to cause things to come to your remembrance. 241 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:50,560 That I have said why 'cause I'm the king, I am the standard. 242 00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:54,000 Then He's going to do what? Guide you into all truth or 243 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,120 teach you all things. So the first thing or the most 244 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:00,080 important thing the Holy Spirit does once we're born again is to 245 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:04,040 get us in training. In essence, He's saying you're a 246 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:05,480 king. Now you're going to need to 247 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:08,280 respond and act like a king and we're going to have to change 248 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:12,400 your thinking. This is why Jesus ministered His 249 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,800 first message with this word, repent. 250 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:19,720 Repent means change your thinking, because if you don't 251 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,200 change the way you think, you're not going to function in the 252 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,520 Kingdom of God. Repent for the Kingdom of heaven 253 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:25,840 as at hand. If you want to be in the 254 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,320 Kingdom, function in the Kingdom, represent the Kingdom. 255 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:30,400 You're going to get your mind together now. 256 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:34,560 He'll change your spirit, but it's your responsibility to 257 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:38,360 renew your mind. God doesn't change your mind, 258 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:43,920 you change your mind. He makes your spirit alive so 259 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:48,000 you can hear God, the God of heaven, our Father, who sits on 260 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,600 the throne because Thrones are in kingdoms, not religions. 261 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:56,200 But it's our responsibility to side with him. 262 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,920 I will accept that thought. I will put my thought down. 263 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:01,920 I accept your thought, your thoughts, life. 264 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,960 My thought is death. Are you hearing me? 265 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:09,000 OK, so with that being said, turn over to Ephesians chapter 266 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,640 5. Ephesians chapter 5, starting in 267 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:15,120 verse one Hallelujah. It says therefore be imitators 268 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:19,600 of God as beloved children, right, So we are to be what? 269 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:27,800 That's pretty big order, guys. It doesn't say do the best you 270 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:33,400 can till you die. It doesn't say that Paul is 271 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,560 writing to the church. You know, it's we want it. 272 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:39,560 We want to still live like we're in the world, and God's treating 273 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:44,520 us like we're in the world instead of He's delivered me out 274 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,040 of the world and now He has expectations. 275 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,880 You couldn't do anything to get into His Kingdom, but now that 276 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,360 you're in it, you're supposed to do stuff. 277 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:59,080 All right, 'cause God treats His children different, then He 278 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:00,760 treats those that are not His children. 279 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:05,840 So therefore be imitators of God as beloved children walk in 280 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:11,080 love, just as Christ also loved you and gave himself up for us. 281 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:14,880 An offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. 282 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:17,720 Really, if I wanted to bold this one verse down, and I'm not 283 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:20,880 going to do this so that it'll take us forever if I just start, 284 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:26,440 you know, trying to dissect every verse, but Jesus yielded 285 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:30,240 his will when he took on the form of a man emptying himself 286 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,000 of his glory. This is what this is saying 287 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:33,680 Jesus walked in love. Why? 288 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,160 Because he only did what the Father said. 289 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:40,840 Jesus defines what love is. If you love me, you will keep my 290 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,760 word. So the demonstration for us to 291 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:47,640 imitate God or to imitate Jesus says, look, Jesus loved us. 292 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:51,240 Why he gave himself up for us. That's not just that he died for 293 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:56,040 us is that he gave up his will, his way of doing it to keep his 294 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:57,680 Father's will. That's why he said, Father, if 295 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:00,480 there's any other way for this cup to pass, let it pass, but 296 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:05,880 not my will. But because if you say I have to 297 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:09,720 do it, I'm doing it. I only do what you say, Dad. 298 00:17:09,839 --> 00:17:12,440 I'm going to stay in my love relationship with you. 299 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,280 Your word is life. Your word is love. 300 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:19,520 OK. So he sacrificed his will first, 301 00:17:19,839 --> 00:17:25,720 which ultimately led to a personal sacrifice so that we 302 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:27,280 could be forgiven of all of our debt. 303 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:34,880 Verse three but immorality or any impurity or greed must not 304 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:42,960 even be named among you as it is proper as as is proper among the 305 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,880 Saints. I feel like we've lost that like 306 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:51,480 people are OK to have all immorality or impurity or greed 307 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:55,320 to be associated with them. Well, I'm I'm still going to die 308 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:59,760 and go to heaven and the grace of God's, it shouldn't be named 309 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:01,880 with you. It's not proper. 310 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:15,640 It's not proper to live any moral impure or greedy life as a 311 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,560 believer. Say it's not proper. 312 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:23,440 Say it's not proper and and it's without excuse because God 313 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:29,160 placed in you a spirit that will rise above all this. 314 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:32,840 Before you couldn't help it, but now you can and you have the 315 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:37,040 greater one on the inside. So it's not proper guys, verse 316 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,920 four. And there must be no filthiness 317 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:44,720 and silly talk or course jesting, which are not fitting, 318 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:49,040 but rather giving a thanks. So again, when you're talking 319 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:55,040 crazy, saying dirty jokes or using foul language, that's not 320 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:56,400 OK. Well, it's just a word. 321 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:03,480 It's not OK. It's just not OK. 322 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:08,560 Why are you giving yourself an excuse to live your old life 323 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:14,800 'cause there's a code of ethics with us and God defines the 324 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:18,320 behavior. Now He's paid the price to 325 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:22,000 deliver us from all that stuff, not just hell. 326 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:27,040 He did not deliver us just from hell. 327 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:32,640 He delivered us from all the behavior that placed us in 328 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:36,320 rebellion in the 1st place. Verse 5. 329 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,840 For this, you know, with certainty, with certainty, Paul 330 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:44,120 says to the church that no immoral or impure person or 331 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:48,360 covetous man who is an idolatry has an inheritance in the 332 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:52,520 Kingdom of Christ and God. Are you seeing this? 333 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:57,640 So these these behaviors or these code of ethics do not 334 00:19:57,640 --> 00:19:59,760 allow entrance into the Kingdom of God. 335 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:06,120 Meaning if you habitually live like this, God would have to 336 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:07,640 conclude you're not of his Kingdom. 337 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:15,280 Just say Amen anyway. Verse six, Let no one deceive 338 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,760 you with empty words, for because of these things, the 339 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,440 wrath of God comes upon sons of disobedience. 340 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:25,480 So don't let someone deceive you and say because you've asked 341 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,240 Jesus to come into your heart and save you, and by grace 342 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:31,920 you're saved, that grace is enough and you don't actually 343 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:36,560 have to do anything. You can continue to have 344 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:42,520 behavior that is not fitting and grace pretends like it's not 345 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,760 there. That is deception. 346 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:50,320 Those are empty words. That is a fleshly person wanting 347 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:53,080 to maintain their flesh and act like God's OK with it. 348 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:58,120 When the reality is God has placed a greater one in you, the 349 00:20:58,120 --> 00:21:01,000 third person of the Godhead, God himself who teaches you and say 350 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,040 you don't have to talk like you don't. 351 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:05,080 You do not have to talk like that anymore. 352 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:13,800 You do not. There's no reason for you to 353 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:22,880 talk that way anymore. Making sure I don't have a 354 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:27,360 double negative I got my English teacher out there is helping me 355 00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:30,880 learn how to speak well. It's true. 356 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:32,400 I need to continue to up my gown. 357 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:36,480 I'm growing all the time. So, you know, the good news is 358 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:38,320 when you do it repetitive enough, you start hearing 359 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,320 yourself and you're making sure you're adjusting OK. 360 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:43,720 Therefore, do not be partakers with them. 361 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:49,520 Do not be what? Do not be partakers with them. 362 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:54,480 For you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the 363 00:21:54,480 --> 00:22:02,160 Lord walk as children of light. You can't say because again, we 364 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,840 have every, you know, nationality. 365 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:09,880 It seems like in here, you know, as far as when you look at all 366 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,040 of us, we look different on the outside. 367 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:15,120 You can't say, well, my people because you're identifying by 368 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:17,480 the outward. We just act like this. 369 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,840 No, who's your people? You only have one people. 370 00:22:22,120 --> 00:22:28,160 It's God or the world, Jesus said, who's my mother and my my 371 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,320 brothers and citizens. It's those who do the will of 372 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,720 the father. It's not the color of my skin. 373 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,000 It's not where MyHeritage came from. 374 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,920 It's where those who do the will of my father. 375 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,520 And I do not make an excuse for the color of my skin or 376 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:45,040 MyHeritage that I have the right to act a certain way. 377 00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:49,280 No, I've been delivered. I'm in a new nation. 378 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:58,840 OK, so we formally walked away. The expectation is you change 379 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:02,080 the way you act. Say Amen. 380 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,480 There's a code of ethics. Look at Galatians chapter 5. 381 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,360 Galatians chapter 5, verse 19 to 21. 382 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,640 It says Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are 383 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:18,560 immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, 384 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:23,240 enmities, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, disputes, 385 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:28,600 dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and 386 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:33,080 things like these. Of which I forewarned you, just 387 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:39,280 as I have forewarned you, that those who, what, who, what? 388 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:45,360 What do they do? Practice such things will will 389 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:55,480 inherit the Kingdom of God. They will not Amen. 390 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,840 So again, it's one thing to have an outburst of anger. 391 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:01,200 You get an argument with your spouse. 392 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,560 The next thing you know, it kind of escalates. 393 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,600 Nobody's really listening to the Holy Ghost on how to keep this 394 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:08,720 thing. And eventually somebody blows up 395 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:12,080 as an outburst of anger. It can happen, but again, we 396 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:16,320 don't do this every week. But what happens when it 397 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,040 happens? We repent. 398 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,640 We recognize that was wrong. I should have never let myself 399 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:27,880 get to that point. We ask God to forgive us who is 400 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,360 merciful, and if we confess our sins, he's faithful to just 401 00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:32,200 forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from all 402 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,720 unrighteousness as if we never did it. 403 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,480 Because the grace of God now empowers us is really the mercy 404 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,360 of God, and then the grace of God is what empowers us to 405 00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:47,640 maintain our composure. All right, but if you're 406 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:52,720 practicing, meaning you don't care that any of these things 407 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,760 are happening, you're going to do them anyway and still show up 408 00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:01,040 to church on Sunday and act like God's fine with you because you 409 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:05,240 sing a song and you dance and you run and you shout 410 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:11,080 Hallelujah. Now let's read this out of the 411 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:13,560 Passion translation. The Passion says it this way. 412 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,440 The cravings of the self life are obvious. 413 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,680 Sexual immorality, Lustful thoughts, Pornography. 414 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:24,520 Chasing after things instead of God, Manipulating others, hatred 415 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:28,880 of those who get in your way, senseless arguments, Resentment 416 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:33,040 when others are favored, temper tantrums, angry quarrels. 417 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,640 Only thinking of yourself, Being in love with your own opinions. 418 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:43,960 Good being envious of the blessings of others, murder, 419 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:49,960 uncontrolled addictions, wild parties and all other similar 420 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,440 behavior. Haven't I already warned you 421 00:25:52,440 --> 00:26:00,970 that those who use their quote UN quote, right? 422 00:26:02,810 --> 00:26:08,890 Freedom for these things will, will not inherit the Kingdom 423 00:26:08,890 --> 00:26:14,320 realm of God. So dad's not up there going 424 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:18,080 like, well, I'm fine with it. They at least they asked Jesus 425 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:24,320 into their heart. No, there's a code of ethics. 426 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:28,200 I mean, think about it. Do you think any of this is 427 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:29,840 going to happen when we're in heaven 428 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:47,160 again? We want God to have mind 429 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:51,440 control, but love doesn't function that way. 430 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:57,800 Love empowered you with the Spirit and his Spirit so you can 431 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:03,480 control your behavior now. Before you were dead, it was 432 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,080 your behavior, but now you're of God. 433 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:07,560 Come on. Can I get an Amen? 434 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:14,720 All right, First Corinthians, First Corinthians chapter 6, 435 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:20,000 verse 9 through 11, Amen says this the new living translation 436 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,800 Again, let everything be confirmed by what two or three 437 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:29,320 witnesses we have had different types of behaviors that are not 438 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:34,720 the standard of the Kingdom that Paul to the churches 'cause he's 439 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,360 already written to two churches here. 440 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,640 We've written to the church in Galatia and the church in 441 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,480 Ephesus. Now we're right to the church in 442 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:46,480 Corinth, OK, And he is communicating to them. 443 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,720 These behaviors are not the behaviors of the Kingdom. 444 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:58,880 OK, Excuse me, don't you realize, New Living Translation, 445 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:06,120 that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? 446 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:11,080 Don't fool yourself. Those who indulge in sexual sin, 447 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:16,440 or who worship idols or commit adultery, or or are male 448 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:20,720 prostitutes, obviously it could be a female, or practice 449 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:25,560 homosexuality, or of thieves or greedy people or drunkards or 450 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,560 abusive or cheat people. None of these will inherit the 451 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,360 Kingdom of God. And then he goes on to verse 11. 452 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:35,640 Some of you once were like that, but you were cleansed. 453 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:41,680 But you were cleansed. You were made holy. 454 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:45,480 You were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord 455 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,280 Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 456 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,960 So again, there's some things that are happening. 457 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,360 We see this in the world. And here let me say this. 458 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,560 No, we'll address it here in the next one, and I'll say it there. 459 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,880 It'll be good. So again, here's 3 passages to 460 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,720 three different churches where he's saying these are not the 461 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:10,520 code of ethics of the Kingdom because these behaviors do not 462 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:15,840 inherit the Kingdom, period. And he has addressed in two 463 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:19,280 cases, you used to live this way, but now you don't live this 464 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:21,320 way. Amen. 465 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:27,320 Listen, you are on the first step of backsliding when you 466 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:31,200 begin to long for something you used to do before Christ, 467 00:29:39,100 --> 00:29:41,740 because the enemy's trying to convince you there's more 468 00:29:41,740 --> 00:29:46,700 freedom there and there's not more freedom there. 469 00:29:48,140 --> 00:29:50,180 You be. And and that can be not in just 470 00:29:50,180 --> 00:29:52,900 things you did. It can be in relationships, 471 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:58,380 relationships that all they do is bring you down and you 472 00:29:58,380 --> 00:30:02,400 haven't grown to the place of maturity that you can resist 473 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,200 every temptation they bring at you. 474 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,720 There's certain seasons you need to cut, some people just slap 475 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,840 off because it'd be too easy for you to fall back into a formal 476 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:17,480 manner of life. And God loves you too much. 477 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:20,800 He wants to surround you with those that can help you stay 478 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,760 within the code of ethics. Amen. 479 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,520 All right. Can you do at least one more, 480 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,840 maybe one more. We'll be in first Corinthians 5. 481 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:33,480 I'm going to do this a couple verses here in first Corinthians 482 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,320 chapter 5. Now here's this is crazy. 483 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,880 Paul has to address them, which obviously we just read 6 where 484 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,520 he again, he's listing behaviors that will not end. 485 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:43,960 He said don't fool yourself. You're not going to inherit the 486 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:47,040 Kingdom of of God. The if you're practicing these 487 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,280 behaviors, I don't care if you say you love God. 488 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:51,480 I don't care if you're telling me that God loves you. 489 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:56,640 I would tell you you're lying. You cannot be functioning in 490 00:30:56,640 --> 00:31:01,400 those behaviors habitually, and you're telling me God's OK with 491 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:08,600 you can't do it, can't do it now you need to repent. 492 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,040 At the end of the day, God will forgive. 493 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,680 These are not in pardonable sins. 494 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,920 Even if you backslide and get into a lifestyle or a way of 495 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,680 living that you used to live and you know you shouldn't live that 496 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:21,280 way anymore. And God's out there. 497 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:24,280 I mean, you're like, you're like a prodigal son in pig slot right 498 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:25,400 now. You know what? 499 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,000 Get yourself up, Know what's that? 500 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,680 Dad's house and come on back home. 501 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,680 Come on back home. I'm not being judgmental, do 502 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,480 you? I'm saying free yourself. 503 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:38,240 Get out of the pig pen. Come on back home, come to the 504 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,400 place where the blessing is and you can and and the place where 505 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:46,920 God will empower you to live the way that produces life and life 506 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:50,960 more abundantly. OK, but in first Corinthians 5, 507 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,320 Paul addresses which is just mind blowing. 508 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,880 Look at this verse verse one. He says it is actually reported 509 00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:01,160 that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a 510 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:08,400 kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles. 511 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:16,920 He's saying you've moved into a morality in the church that the 512 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:21,440 world's not even doing. Oh, my gosh. 513 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,640 Now, again, if we gave a history lesson of the Corinthian church, 514 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,960 I mean that the paganism they were in was a big deal and a lot 515 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:32,840 of their worship had to do with sexual immorality. 516 00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:36,200 OK, you went up to higher Corinth. 517 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,320 I've been to Corinth, you got lower and the higher Corinth and 518 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:40,640 you would go up there. That's where you made your 519 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:43,120 sacrifices. But typically during those 520 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,920 sacrifices, they would have sexual orgies. 521 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:51,560 It was part of their worship. If anybody just said, man, I 522 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,640 wish we could do that, that's a problem. 523 00:32:55,320 --> 00:33:00,760 That is a problem. That's a problem. 524 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:08,720 OK, So what he's doing is he's like, look, this doesn't happen 525 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:14,240 in the Kingdom. But unfortunately a guy, a son 526 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:19,240 has taken his father's wife. And what's crazy is this church 527 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:24,520 is keeping them there as if it's OK. 528 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:36,360 At least they're in church. Not not every behavior should 529 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:41,200 stay in church. Now, again, I can tolerate 530 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:45,200 behaviors from the lost. They can't help it. 531 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,800 If someone's in some kind of sexual immorality and comes to 532 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,400 church and I find out about it, but I know they're not born 533 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:55,920 again, I'ma let them sit because eventually the conviction of God 534 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:59,280 the Holy Ghost is there to draw them and they be delivered from 535 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,360 that. But if they won't be delivered, 536 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:04,560 they won't stay because they can't stay in the environment 537 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:09,239 where they know the behavior is ungodly and they can't be around 538 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:13,520 those who are living the behavior by the Holy Spirit and 539 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:17,040 the new Christ reality that they don't live that way anymore. 540 00:34:17,679 --> 00:34:22,600 The atmosphere is just too overwhelming now. 541 00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:25,480 Those atmosphere aren't overwhelming if everybody else 542 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:30,199 is doing it. You can keep drunkards in church 543 00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:31,840 if people think it's OK to drink. 544 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:35,880 You can keep people who are fornicators or adulterers, you 545 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:39,880 know, or any other sexual sin in the church if everyone else 546 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:48,040 seems to think it's all right. I mean, I, I go to a lot of 547 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:50,679 restaurants and sometimes people start talking to us because they 548 00:34:50,679 --> 00:34:53,040 know we pastor and then they talk about, yeah, you know, I 549 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:55,320 have this problem, you know, but I, my boyfriend moved in with, 550 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,960 in my mind, I'm like, and you and you just told me you went to 551 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,000 what church? Now, that's not the reflection 552 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,440 of the church, but in my mind, I'm like, this doesn't even 553 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:05,920 compute that we've even are in this conversation right now. 554 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:11,520 You obviously don't know who you are because the code of ethics 555 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:15,800 you are violating right now is a big deal and God is not OK with 556 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:20,160 it. You don't try out your mate. 557 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,800 All right, jump down to verse 11. 558 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:29,400 Verse 11 of this chapter. He says this, but actually I 559 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:35,160 wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he 560 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:40,000 is an immoral person or covetous or an idolatry or a reviler or a 561 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:44,520 drunkard or a swindler, not even to eat with such a one. 562 00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:48,640 For what have I to do with judging outsiders, meaning those 563 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:50,240 that are lost outside the Kingdom? 564 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:54,200 I'm not judging them. Do you not judge those who are 565 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,520 within the church? In essence, he says, but those 566 00:35:56,520 --> 00:36:02,920 who are outside, God judges. But on the inside, because we 567 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:07,800 have a code of ethics, we're examining fruit. 568 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:10,200 You're not in keeping with the Kingdom. 569 00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:14,320 You are practicing a behavior that is obviously written to 570 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:19,480 multiple churches that this is not the the standard or the 571 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:23,240 morals that have been set down by the king of which that you 572 00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:28,520 are well able to do. If you will renew your mind to 573 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,640 your spirit and what the Holy Spirit is saying, because the 574 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:33,240 Holy Spirit is not telling you to live a lifestyle different 575 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:36,080 than what he's telling the rest of the believers to live. 576 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:42,400 So he goes and says remove the wicked man from among you. 577 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:46,720 Now the good news is because they did this in the second 578 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:51,960 letter, that individual actually repented and they were able to 579 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:55,840 restore them, but restore them without them sleeping with their 580 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,240 father's wife. That relationship had been dealt 581 00:36:58,240 --> 00:37:00,600 with. Are you hearing me? 582 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:05,000 Are you hearing what I'm saying? So again, to remove someone 583 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:08,760 doesn't mean it's over. It just means you can't corrupt 584 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:14,080 the code of ethics. It's not acceptable because 585 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:21,640 again, a little leaven leavens the whole bad character, 586 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:28,600 corrupts good morals. And it's a very daunting task as 587 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:32,440 a pastor because it's really easy just to communicate and 588 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:37,960 never hold you accountable because then I can get a crowd 589 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,440 because I'm never actually dealing with you personally 590 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:46,760 telling you what to do. But yet Paul, who was an apostle 591 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:51,320 and started churches had personal responsibility with the 592 00:37:51,320 --> 00:38:01,000 congregation members. Hallelujah, which means let's 593 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:05,000 talk about your behavior. Let's talk about your lifestyle 594 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,160 now in Christ. And again, we're patient, no 595 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,760 problem. We can grow, we can all develop, 596 00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:13,360 we can all overcome. We are to do this. 597 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:18,000 But you need to know I there is an expectation by God for me to 598 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,000 live a very specific way and I'm going to do so now. 599 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:26,120 The Message Bible says it this way, but I am saying that you 600 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:31,040 shouldn't act as if everything is just fine when a friend who 601 00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:40,480 claims to be a Christian is promiscuous or crooked, is 602 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:45,480 flipped with God or rude to friends, gets drunk, or becomes 603 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:51,640 greedy and predatory. You can't just go along with 604 00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:55,320 this, treating it as acceptable behavior. 605 00:38:56,400 --> 00:39:01,480 It is not responsible for what? I am not responsible for what 606 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:06,120 the outsiders do, but I don't. But don't we have some 607 00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:10,240 responsibility for those within our community of believers? 608 00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:14,120 God decides on the outsiders, but we need to decide when our 609 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:19,240 brothers and sisters are out of line and if necessary, clean 610 00:39:19,240 --> 00:39:25,600 house. Now you're saying if I clean 611 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,400 house, they probably just go to another house. 612 00:39:30,720 --> 00:39:32,120 You can't do it. I wish there was. 613 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:33,960 I wish there was a way that all this pastor could actually 614 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:35,800 network together and say, who do you have now? 615 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:48,360 So I'm their 5th congregation. I'm their 5th pastor in town 616 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:49,480 now. Is that what you're telling me 617 00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:52,800 right now? The good news is you can go 618 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:56,040 somewhere else and actually get right, you know, And that's the 619 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,760 hope is that they get right somewhere. 620 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:03,200 But a lot of times they don't, you know, and it's always that 621 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,960 kind of like, what do you do? You know, you're almost like, I 622 00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:09,600 want to warn you who's in your church now. 623 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:13,920 But understand this, some pastors don't mind. 624 00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:17,520 In fact, they're set up for that purpose. 625 00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:20,400 Why do I say that? Because the Bible says in the 626 00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:25,480 last days Saints will keep teachers to themselves so that 627 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:27,880 they will give them what they want to hear. 628 00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:32,720 Which means they're going to jump one ship or be cleaned out 629 00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:36,000 of one ship just to run to another one that says, come on 630 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,680 over here, we'll accept you just as you. 631 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:42,640 Now let's deal with that myth, right? 632 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:44,520 Does Jesus accept you as you are? 633 00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:51,720 No, you can't change yourself. What he does is He identifies 634 00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:54,440 who you are. You can't be right with me. 635 00:40:55,880 --> 00:41:00,120 You're not right with me, and what you are right now is 636 00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:05,640 unacceptable. But my son has died for you, and 637 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:07,680 if you'll call on his name, guess what? 638 00:41:07,720 --> 00:41:09,320 You're not going to be the same person. 639 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,920 You're going to become a brand new person, a new person in 640 00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:15,000 Christ. I'm not accepting the old person 641 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,880 in to the Kingdom. I'm going to accept the new 642 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:22,280 person that who that's who gets to cross the threshold of the 643 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:26,480 door called the cross. Because when you accept Jesus, 644 00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:32,840 the old passes away. Behold, all things become so 645 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,320 again. I'm coming as I am in the 646 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:38,520 context. I can't make myself good enough 647 00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:42,840 so that God would be. I can't live in such a way that 648 00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:48,000 the judge of all righteousness could look at me and say you did 649 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,920 good enough. Your way was a good enough. 650 00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:54,160 I mean, it's just it my it rivals my way. 651 00:41:54,760 --> 00:42:00,800 Nope, can't do it. But what I do it as I say, I 652 00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:04,280 know I can't and this person is never going to get into your 653 00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:08,320 Kingdom. I need Jesus and the Lord says, 654 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:10,800 well then I'm going to make you another person so you can get 655 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,840 in. Aren't you glad he does? 656 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:16,880 I said, aren't you glad he does? Come on, aren't you glad he 657 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:18,520 does? Hallelujah. 658 00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:25,760 So there is a different code that we are responsible for, all 659 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,040 right? And again, in Ephesians and 660 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:31,760 Galatians, both of them alluded imitate God. 661 00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:40,320 You used to live, don't live. You have a new standard, a new 662 00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:44,120 code of ethics by which you function in the Kingdom so that 663 00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:48,400 when you walk out in the world, people are saying you don't act 664 00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:51,200 like everybody else, you don't behave the same way, you don't 665 00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:56,520 treat people the same way. You're different, well, because 666 00:42:56,520 --> 00:43:00,240 your standard's different, and God's giving you a higher 667 00:43:00,240 --> 00:43:03,160 standard of which now you can't obtain to. 668 00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:06,240 Amen. 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