1 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,520 All right, turn over to Matthew chapter 13. 2 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:24,560 The last time I ministered two weeks ago, we talked about learn 3 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:28,080 to walk and we talked about the Kingdom Spirit and that there is 4 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,680 it's a walk. You have to learn how to be led 5 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:36,360 by the spirit. Being born again itself does not 6 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:40,080 is not adequate enough for you to be proficient at being led by 7 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,680 the Spirit. Being born again gives you 8 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:47,280 access to hear God. It makes your new spirit alive 9 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,880 to God where you can hear the voice of God and it causes God 10 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:57,240 Himself to come dwell in you so that he can speak to you and 11 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:02,520 then train you how to hear Him. So the training starts and 12 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,280 again, it's like an infant. We saw in Scripture that there 13 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:09,080 are infants, you know, and then you are to grow to maturity and 14 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:12,480 a infant, again, it's within them of everything they'll ever 15 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:14,800 be at birth. It's just got it has to be 16 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:16,720 developed. And so you have to develop your 17 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,400 child to walk in the natural. You know, they get to a 18 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,200 particular age that you start seeing them move, so you begin 19 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:23,640 to help them strengthen their legs. 20 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,760 Pastor Marcy always did a great job with our children that she'd 21 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,720 set them on her lap and she'd get them to do the little grip 22 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,400 around her fingers and then she would begin to pick them up like 23 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:34,880 this. So they start doing their own 24 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:39,440 little air squats and she'd get them doing their air squats so 25 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,680 that they would strengthen their leg muscles. 26 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,240 Amen. Now, you know, it's saying, oh, 27 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,960 what's the reason? It's because we're training you 28 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,400 for walking. Amen. 29 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,840 Because parents who hold their child all the time, their legs 30 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,080 don't develop as quick and sometimes it takes them longer. 31 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:59,040 Sometimes the only reason why it takes some children longer is 32 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,840 because the parents aren't training them for something 33 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,520 that's inevitable. Now ultimately a child will 34 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:09,080 begin of their own in their mind, have enough recognition 35 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:13,520 that they're like nobody is on there, you know, laying on their 36 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:15,960 stomach like me. They are actually walking 37 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,120 around, you know, they're not articulating, but they see you. 38 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:19,880 So they're like, let's try to model that. 39 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,280 That's within the nature of man to do that. 40 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,480 But you can accelerate that process when you begin to train 41 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,920 them that, hey, this is coming. So why don't we start and then 42 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,400 and then some just have great initiative that they want to 43 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,600 catch up with siblings if they have them. 44 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:37,240 So they're like, I want to catch up with them. 45 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,560 So I'm going to learn how to pull up on this thing and get 46 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:41,360 moving. But if you're part of the 47 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,200 training process, you can call things. 48 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,280 Same thing with speech. You know, if all you do to your 49 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,760 child is go Google Gaga, well then they're never going to 50 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:52,320 understand another term, right? And you're going to keep 51 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:57,000 teaching them baby gibberish. But if you start to form words 52 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:01,280 at a younger age, then you can probably accelerate them to 53 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,760 start talking quicker is how much you're helping to develop 54 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:06,040 something that's already in them. 55 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,440 Just because they're born doesn't mean they come out of 56 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:10,320 the womb running. Now, some of you feel that way, 57 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,800 but that's not true. They don't come running, nor do 58 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:17,040 they come speaking, nor do they, you know, come being an asset to 59 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,160 society and serving you. Mom, how many, I mean, how many 60 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,560 moms have had a child come out and say, say to you right when 61 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:26,360 you lay them up towards your breasts? 62 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,760 I say, wow, you've been carrying me for nine months. 63 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:30,840 I really appreciate. Listen, tomorrow morning I'm 64 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,480 going to make you breakfast. Has any mom ever had their 65 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,560 infant do that? No, no, they cried and say, you 66 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,400 think you're done. I need more, right? 67 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,480 You were caramel on the inside. Now you get to see me on the 68 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:44,160 outside. And I'm going to let you know 69 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,800 when I'm hungry on the inside. It didn't really tell you that, 70 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:48,920 right? I had a constant feeding tube, 71 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,400 right? So you develop them eventually, 72 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,920 one day you want them to reciprocate and be able to come 73 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,520 back and serve you and be a blessing to you, right? 74 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:03,040 Because that shows signs of maturity and honoring, right? 75 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:07,080 So there is a time that we have to continue to develop, all 76 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:08,760 right? And this is very important when 77 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,360 it comes to growing going in the things of the Spirit. 78 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,760 So look at this in Matthew chapter 13, verse 24. 79 00:04:16,399 --> 00:04:19,440 I say this because you have a harvest. 80 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,800 Now when we talk about the harvest, if you say this in the 81 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,720 church world today, harvest, everyone thinks of lost. 82 00:04:28,280 --> 00:04:33,160 That's the first thing, OK, is that you know, well, we're 83 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,680 praying for the harvest. Well, you understand, I just 84 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:40,400 want to show you today you have a personal harvest and we need 85 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,120 to talk about our personal harvest. 86 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:47,880 There is those that are outside God's Kingdom that we are to 87 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:52,240 communicate, to be a witness to and be able to share the 88 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:56,680 goodness, the kindness of God, the message of redemption. 89 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,440 And for those who call on His name can be saved and we can be 90 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,160 a part of that, a process and it's an amazing thing. 91 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:06,600 However, there is another harvest and it's your own. 92 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,680 I said it's your own. So here in Matthew chapter 13 93 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:16,440 verse 24, it says this. It says Jesus presented another 94 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,240 parable to them, saying the Kingdom of heaven may be 95 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:25,320 compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. 96 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,680 Are you sowing good seed in your field? 97 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,920 I said, are you sowing good seed in your own field? 98 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:40,160 Hallelujah. Now we need to sow to other 99 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:45,400 fields, but we also have to sow to our own field. 100 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,840 And we're going to talk about this, and I'll go back to this 101 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:51,160 passage and break it down a little bit more. 102 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,800 But before we go there, I want you to see he says this again, 103 00:05:55,120 --> 00:06:00,360 that as a parable, he's making a connection of how the Kingdom of 104 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:07,240 heaven operates, or the Kingdom. This is the Kingdom operates 105 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,280 because the Bible's about a king, his Kingdom and his royal 106 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:12,840 offspring. And everything in Scripture lets 107 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:17,520 us know this is how God the Father who sits on a throne, and 108 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,240 Jesus Christ who sits on a throne at his right hand. 109 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:22,440 Thrones are in kingdoms, not religions. 110 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:28,160 He is letting us know this is how we operate because again, 111 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:34,920 the King does not operate outside of His Kingdom, He 112 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,880 operates within the confines of His Kingdom. 113 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:42,120 And Jesus is letting a world that functions outside His 114 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:47,160 Kingdom how they can function inside His Kingdom where they 115 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,080 were always destined to be in the 1st place. 116 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:55,720 Amen. So this is a type and shadow of 117 00:06:56,040 --> 00:07:00,840 a Kingdom principle. We could almost say a Kingdom 118 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:02,920 law. Now, when I say law again in the 119 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:07,440 church, so many people are so adverse to this word, but it's 120 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:11,360 because really we're just not fully explaining what's taking 121 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,480 place. And again, if you try to live up 122 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:18,040 to God on your own terms and expect God to accept you, which 123 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:23,400 means my own personal effort separated from God's effort, God 124 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,440 has to accept me as righteous. Cannot do it. 125 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,640 Cannot do it. So even if you have God's word, 126 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:34,920 which is life, and you try to live up to it, without God it 127 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,840 cannot happen. This is why we say you cannot 128 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:42,680 live according to the law. It's not going to be successful 129 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,120 for you because your nature has been cut off from God. 130 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,720 Your intent, your motive, everything that you're doing 131 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,760 really ultimately will bring death. 132 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:57,400 OK, but but there is laws within the Kingdom that we function 133 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,680 under and God himself functions under. 134 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,800 Genesis chapter 8 verse 22 says it this way. 135 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,080 It says while the earth remains. Now this is after the no attic 136 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:14,640 flood while the earth remains sea time and harvest, right Cold 137 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:19,040 and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall not cease. 138 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:21,560 You know, when there's times like this at Anchor Bay Church, 139 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,120 I've done this in the past that sometimes you're like, I have to 140 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,880 make everybody stand up because it's what we call in the in the 141 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:31,280 South or especially in Florida, the dog days of summer, it gets 142 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,520 so hot. Everybody's like, and you can 143 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,840 see it when they come into the church that they're just, they 144 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:41,600 are already in heat exhaustion from their car to the front 145 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:45,760 door. It's so hot outside and then, 146 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,480 you know, the heat just makes you kind of just sit and be 147 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:51,560 lethargic. Well, you got to shake that off. 148 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,160 You got to come with expectation, right? 149 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:55,800 Cuz you get in here where it's cool. 150 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:57,840 And again, we can put the heater on if you like. 151 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:00,000 And that way, you know, you feel like you're not, you know, 152 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,400 missing out of what's on the outside, you know, get a little 153 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,160 sweat going on. Sometimes I think we need some 154 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:06,600 sweat equity while we're preaching. 155 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,680 Maybe. Anyway, you have to keep 156 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:12,520 yourself stirred up and don't let the dog days of summer show 157 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,240 up in your spiritual life. All right. 158 00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:19,000 But the Kingdom of God, he says while the earth remains, it's 159 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:23,320 seed time and harvest. This is a Kingdom principle of 160 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:28,360 seed time and harvest, which is sowing and reaping, sowing and 161 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,240 reaping. And that law is always in 162 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,040 effect. Now when we say seed time and 163 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:37,280 harvest, obviously in this particular context it is literal 164 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:41,120 seed that turns into a plant that produces fruit that you 165 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:45,200 harvest literally. But we also know there is a 166 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,720 spiritual application to this as well. 167 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:51,240 Now where is this at? This is in Galatians chapter 6 168 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:54,040 starting in verse 7 and 8. It says it this way. 169 00:09:54,240 --> 00:10:00,400 Do not be deceived. God is not mocked for whatever a 170 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:05,320 man sows this he will also reap, right? 171 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:09,720 Verse 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will reap from the 172 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:15,480 flesh will will from the flesh what reap corruption, but the 173 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:21,080 one who sows to the what spirit will from the Spirit reap 174 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,600 eternal life. So here we see in the New 175 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,520 Testament New Covenant, this is a letter to the church in 176 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,640 Galatia that Paul is saying there is a Kingdom principle 177 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,080 call the law of sowing and reaping, or we say the law of 178 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:41,440 seed time and harvest. And you can sow seed of your own 179 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,880 life in your own field. The the question is, are you 180 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:49,240 sowing seeds of the flesh? Are you sowing seeds of the 181 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,480 Spirit? Because whichever seeds you're 182 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:57,200 putting in your field is what you're going to reap. 183 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,520 And he starts it off by saying God's not mocked. 184 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:07,080 Meaning you can't put a bad seed in the ground and convince God 185 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:11,960 it's a good one. Nor can you put a good seed in 186 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,640 the ground and convince God it's a bad one. 187 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,800 Are you hearing God is not mocked? 188 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,920 He knows the motive of our heart. 189 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:26,960 He, unlike man, does not look at the outward appearance, but he 190 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:30,520 looks at the heart. He knows the intent of every 191 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,400 word you're saying. That's why the Bible says every 192 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,320 idle word. He will judge. 193 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,880 Now what does judge mean? Judge, just technically, by all 194 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:45,880 rights, means harvest. We think of judging as bad, but 195 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,840 the reality is it is God. Judging is bringing the reward 196 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:55,880 of whatever's been sown, and if the reward or the judgement, if 197 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,280 things have been bad, you're going to get bad. 198 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:00,880 If things are good, you're going to get good. 199 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,320 Say Amen. And again, God's not controlling 200 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:10,280 this. You are, you are. 201 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,480 Now let's look at a couple of the translations concerning 202 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:14,240 Galatians 6-7. Everybody doing all right. 203 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,800 The remedy says it this way, but don't delude yourself. 204 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:24,120 God cannot be tricked or fooled and his methods cannot be 205 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,680 evaded. I like that, you know his 206 00:12:26,680 --> 00:12:30,360 methods cannot be evaded. You cannot do something to 207 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:32,880 manipulate God to do something different in his Kingdom. 208 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:38,200 God is never manipulated to do. You can't trick God into being 209 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,320 good to you. Come on, Got to be good to you 210 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:47,600 despite you for the purpose of trying to get you to repent. 211 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:53,000 However, if you keep sewing in the wrong direction, he will 212 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:57,680 allow those fruits to manifest. All right. 213 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,560 So again, next verse says a person actually reaps what they 214 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:05,240 sow A person actually receives the results of their own 215 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,400 choices. You know, and we're in a society 216 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,560 today to where, you know, things are being pushed that we get 217 00:13:11,560 --> 00:13:15,960 everything with no effort. Now, I'm not talking earned here 218 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,480 because the many you say that people want to take you out of 219 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:22,040 context. I'm not saying that God did it 220 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:25,400 all. He is the one who paid the 221 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,720 price. He's the one who paid it. 222 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,160 He's the one who earned it. He's the one who did the work of 223 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:35,200 it. However, our effort is faith to 224 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:40,560 receive it and that is our part. There is a God side and a man's 225 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:43,000 side. And if we don't watch out, we 226 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:47,320 will get into hearing things that God is in control of 227 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,720 everything that's good and bad. So, you know, if you think about 228 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:52,720 God, God's just as evil as the devil. 229 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,920 I mean, some people even have the audacity to say God employs 230 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:01,440 the devil on his payroll. I mean, this is crazy, Bill. 231 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:05,080 When the devil got lifted up in pride, he evicted him. 232 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,840 Jesus said I saw Satan fall like lightning, not he got a new 233 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:14,040 assignment by God so that he would use him as someone in the 234 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:16,840 earth to come after man to teach him a lesson. 235 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:22,080 That's nowhere in scripture. Man, I've been chewing on a 236 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:30,160 message called God is not a man. God is not a man and I'm we're 237 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,800 going to release that soon because God is not a man. 238 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:43,720 God is not a man, and the sooner we learn that, the sooner we'll 239 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:48,440 change our thinking. God is not a man anyway. 240 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:52,280 We see here the one who indulges in the selfish nature will 241 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,520 experience the natural consequences of a damaged mind, 242 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:59,080 increased fear, but it goes on to say broken and broken 243 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:03,080 relationship, separation from God and eventually death, right? 244 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:09,760 But the one, say the one, but the one, Hallelujah, who chooses 245 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:11,760 to follow the Spirit. Aren't you glad you can follow 246 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:15,440 the Spirit from the Spirit will experience a healed mind, 247 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,560 internal peace, unity with God and eternal life. 248 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:25,440 God is in control of His Word and His Spirit, but He is not 249 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:31,520 sowing to your flesh. If you'll sow to the Spirit, God 250 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,240 will bring that about. If you sow to the flesh, when I 251 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:39,080 say God will bring it about, God does what He says by the Spirit 252 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:42,040 as you sow to it. But when you sow to the flesh, 253 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:45,040 that separated from God and you'll reap the consequences of 254 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,200 it. And God's not participating in 255 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:52,440 that endeavor to a degree. Now I'll show you something here 256 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,760 in a minute. OK, so the Passion translation 257 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:58,640 says that this way. Make no mistake about it, God 258 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,600 will never be mocked. And let me just say this real 259 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:04,680 quick, I'll come back to this. We use different translations. 260 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:09,720 The the best translation is the original Greek and Hebrew, of 261 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,880 which we go back to. I go back to and I look at, I 262 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:19,600 examine it, I study it and if the a translation is following 263 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:23,960 the context, even though it uses some additional English words to 264 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:26,880 be able to give us and it doesn't actually change the 265 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,240 meaning, then I'm going to use that translation. 266 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:33,360 Because God's word ultimately, when originally pinned by the 267 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,440 apostles, literally is infallible. 268 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:42,600 And he has the task of maintaining the authenticity and 269 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,280 the authority and purity of his word. 270 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:48,960 If he could not do that, then God could not rightly judge us. 271 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,120 So when people say, well, you know, how do we know this is 272 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:53,520 true? And people put their own into 273 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,200 man does put his interpretation, but most of the time it's after 274 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,360 he's read the scripture, not wow. 275 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,400 There are some that are off, I get it. 276 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,280 And when you study the word, you recognize it and you're like, 277 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:06,680 well, I couldn't use this scripture. 278 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:08,960 They're not actually doing a good justice by it. 279 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:12,400 They've got a bent and then you know that and so you don't read 280 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,560 it. But when there are multiple 281 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,319 translations that do get it right, which means God is 282 00:17:18,319 --> 00:17:21,280 showing from Genesis to Revelation the purity of his 283 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:25,720 word that he is keeping it in the earth and that all men and 284 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,560 women will be without excuse. You'll never go up to God. 285 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,960 Say we really couldn't get your word in truth. 286 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:33,920 That is not true because He's given us the spirit of truth, 287 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,840 which means the spirit of truth will say, now this translation 288 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:40,600 isn't the best, go to this one. He said, now that's it. 289 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:44,160 That's how he does this. He has to do this. 290 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:48,240 He's obligated to his own word, Amen. 291 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:54,680 So don't live in fear that you can't know because that's why he 292 00:17:54,680 --> 00:18:00,120 sent the spirit of truth who was there when he first moved on the 293 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,680 all those who wrote the canonization of our Bible. 294 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:07,520 He can say I was there. This is exactly what I meant. 295 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:11,440 He can say, you know what I meant this, but it's applicable 296 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:14,440 the way they've said it within this particular context. 297 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:15,840 Amen. Then you can receive it. 298 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,000 So here it says, make no mistake about it. 299 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:22,120 God will never be mocked for what you plant will always be 300 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:25,920 the very thing you harvest. I mean if I put in an orange a 301 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,040 seed for an orange tree, do I get an apple? 302 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,600 No, if I put in a seed for an apple tree do I get an orange? 303 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,760 That's what he's saying. The harvest you reap reveals the 304 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:40,320 seed that you planted. If you plant the corrupt seeds 305 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:44,440 of self life into this natural realm, you can expect to to 306 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:46,560 experience a harvest of corruption. 307 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,960 Right? If and these ifs are conditional 308 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:56,880 statements, meaning it's predicated on you, if you plant 309 00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:00,640 the good seeds of spirit life, you will reap the beautiful 310 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,840 fruits that got that grow from the everlasting life of the 311 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:05,320 Spirit. This is what I love about God 312 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:08,520 and This is why, you know, I'm always amazed at people who want 313 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:12,600 to shrug responsibility. God has actually empowered us. 314 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,360 This is what's so exciting. You don't have a relationship if 315 00:19:16,360 --> 00:19:18,280 He does it all and you just sit there. 316 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,320 God has a relationship with you that shows value. 317 00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:25,400 He's like, look, I'm gonna put in you a spirit that's just like 318 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,080 mine. Then I'm gonna bring my spirit 319 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:28,520 in. And now I'm giving you the 320 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:31,360 ability to renew your mind and to be able to walk out these 321 00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:34,680 Kingdom principles and to live by faith through the Spirit of 322 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:36,240 God. I've empowered you. 323 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,800 You're my child. I want you to respond like me. 324 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,200 I want you to act like me. I want you to live like me. 325 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,680 I mean, this is a partnership. This is a real relationship. 326 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:46,680 This is not. You stink. 327 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:48,640 You're no good. I'm gonna put my spirit in you. 328 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:51,680 I'm gonna make you a new one. But you still are horrible at 329 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:53,320 it. So I got to control it all. 330 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:55,480 And I'm dragging you around everywhere. 331 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:59,040 And aren't you glad you better serve me because you stink? 332 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,600 I mean, with some people you would think that's how their 333 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:06,040 relationship with God is. I just can't do anything right, 334 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:07,200 man. I can't never get it right. 335 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:07,960 Can't do it. No. 336 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:11,240 God empowered you. You are a child of the King. 337 00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:16,280 He's giving you the capacity to follow His leading and sow to 338 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:20,400 His spirit and reap life, and He's giving you power. 339 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,920 God's not intimidated with you having power because the power 340 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:28,440 you have came from Him. It's shared power and authority. 341 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:34,080 How amazing is that, that our God valued us, that he's like, 342 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:37,280 This is why you were made. He didn't make us to be a bunch 343 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:42,080 of robots with no feelings, no purpose. 344 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:47,240 He's made us to want to join with him, be empowered by him, 345 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:51,280 be able to do the work that he does and spend eternity doing 346 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:53,000 these things. This is amazing. 347 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:58,640 I mean, how exciting is that? Hallelujah, Hallelujah. 348 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:05,720 So we are determining the seed we sow in our own field, whether 349 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,200 it's to the flesh or to the spirit. 350 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,160 And we know that Galatians tells us that our spirit and our flesh 351 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,600 battled daily, which means the opportunity of seed planting is 352 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:19,080 happening daily. And we can go flesh seed or we 353 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,640 can go spirit seed. And again, God's not mocked. 354 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:27,480 Whichever 1 you plant, it's going to produce. 355 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,000 I said it will produce. Are you hearing me? 356 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,320 Look at Romans chapter 8 verse 2. 357 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:36,160 It says this for the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus 358 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:37,800 set you free from the law of sin and death. 359 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,840 Now I love this verse because this is a New Testament verse. 360 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,120 This is after the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. 361 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:45,360 And Paul who wrote over half of the New Testament says, hey, 362 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:47,480 guess what? There's a law in effect. 363 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,720 And again, law is not a bad thing, especially not the 364 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:55,320 Kingdom because law means it. God has had loved us so much 365 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,440 that he made certain things very legally binding. 366 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:03,400 Again, you can tell your kids you love them and you have all 367 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,160 this particular property and wealth and say I love you. 368 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:10,000 But if you do not do the legal part to transfer it after you go 369 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:14,600 and then someone else gets it, they can say well I know they 370 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:18,560 love me, but why didn't they do what was necessary? 371 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:20,640 God has done everything necessary. 372 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:27,960 He's crossed every T dotted every I so that you do not miss 373 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:31,040 out on anything. The devil has no capacity to 374 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:35,280 steal from you ever again. That's right in that amazing no 375 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:40,120 capacity because he has got this thing locked up. 376 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,440 So the law of the spirit of life in Christ she's aren't you glad 377 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:47,560 you're under that law that has set us free from another law, 378 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:51,680 the law of sin and of death. Aren't you glad you're free from 379 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:54,560 that law? And that law is in effect 380 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:58,080 because all who do not call on the name of Jesus are under that 381 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,040 law. And if they die without a 382 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,480 confession of faith that Jesus Christ is Lord and that the 383 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:09,400 blood He shed paid for their payment of sin, all their 384 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:13,760 wrongdoing, it causes them to be able to leave the domain of 385 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:15,720 darkness and come into the Kingdom of His beloved Son. 386 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,480 If they've not acknowledged Jesus as Lord through the death, 387 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,440 burial, resurrection, and the blood of Jesus, then they're 388 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:26,600 still under the law of sin and death, and they'll be cast into 389 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,320 the lake of fire even though they did not have to be. 390 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:35,440 But it's because by faith they did not receive Jesus, Amen. 391 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,680 So these laws are in effect, but we are in the law of the Spirit 392 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:43,360 of life in Christ, Amen. Now drop down to verse 5. 393 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:48,120 It says this for those who are according to the flesh set their 394 00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:51,920 minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are 395 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,200 according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 396 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:58,400 So it's up to us to set our minds to which way we are going 397 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,560 to sow seed. Hallelujah. 398 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:06,360 We decide whether we're going to go with the flesh or whether 399 00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:08,040 we're going to go with the spirit, whether we're going to 400 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,440 respond in the flesh or respond in the spirit. 401 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,120 All right. For the mindset on the flesh is 402 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:17,520 death, meaning if a situation occurs and we allow our 403 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,960 attention, our mind to get set on the way, our natural man or 404 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,800 old man would do this. That's why Paul said put off the 405 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:28,920 old man and the way he would respond and put on the new man. 406 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,880 So if we put on the old man though, and we respond that way, 407 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:36,560 then when challenges and issues and it just gets worse and you 408 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:39,400 thought you were telling them what they needed to hear and you 409 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,720 were doing it in the flesh and you going to make sure they know 410 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:44,280 what you think and how you feel about it and all this type of 411 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:45,320 stuff. You going to give them a piece 412 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:48,440 of your mind. Then all of a sudden it gets 413 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:51,200 worse and things get bad and start falling apart. 414 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,280 You're like what? Well, you're sowing to that. 415 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:59,000 You're planting those seeds. But if you go with the Spirit, 416 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,800 well then the Spirit will kick in and you'll reap the fruits of 417 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,720 those. So the mindset on the flesh is 418 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:08,840 death, but the mindset on the Spirit is what? 419 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:13,120 Life and peace? Because the mindset on the flesh 420 00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:17,960 is hostile towards God, for it does not subject itself to the 421 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:20,160 law of God, for it is not even able to do so. 422 00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:22,680 And those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 423 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,360 You cannot please God. But there's only one way to 424 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:27,720 please God, right? How do you please God? 425 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,120 By faith? Without faith it's in what? 426 00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:32,720 Impossible to please God? Well, what's faith? 427 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:38,440 Faith is a firm persuasion that you act on in the hearing of 428 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,080 God's Word. Faith comes by hearing, which 429 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:44,240 means I just heard God's way. God is Spirit. 430 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:48,280 He just spoke to you His way. This is sowing to the Spirit. 431 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,200 Let me do it God's way, so I do it God's way. 432 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,280 I'm pleasing to him in whatever I'm going through. 433 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:56,960 I'm standing in that trial, standing in that test, or 434 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:00,200 standing through this circumstance on the Word of God. 435 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:04,520 I'm sowing to the Spirit and how I am responding, and I'll reap 436 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:08,520 life. But if I sow to the flesh, I 437 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:10,400 hear what God's saying, but I'm going to do it my way. 438 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:16,920 I'm going to do my way first. And many of us, if not all of 439 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:21,680 us, are guilty of going down a few paths on our own first, only 440 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:25,920 to realize his way's better. Come on, His way's better for 441 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:27,080 all. You force Frank people. 442 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:32,600 His way's better, right? His way's better. 443 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:38,160 So do it first, all right. So anyway, however you are not 444 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:39,920 in the flesh. Say Amen. 445 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,000 That oughta makes you jump and run right there. 446 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,400 You'd be like, woo, I'm not in the flesh. 447 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:46,960 Why 'cause you've been redeemed from it. 448 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,240 You've been redeemed from the law of sin and death. 449 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,760 Hallelujah. A proper response would be a 450 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:59,000 shout of Amen. I mean, when you're hearing that 451 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,080 you sow seed to the flesh, it brings destruction. 452 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:06,440 But then the Paul's telling you you're not in the flesh anymore, 453 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,040 you've been. You should be like, whoa, glory 454 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,480 to God. I'm not subject to having a 455 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,240 constant harvest of death and destruction anymore. 456 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,840 That is so amazing. That is such good news for the 457 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,720 believer. Hallelujah. 458 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:28,520 Now again, if we only want to preach sowing to the Spirit and 459 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,240 never talk about sowing to the flesh, so that all you think is 460 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,440 all you ever do is sow to the Spirit, well, that would be all 461 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,760 right if it was true. But it's not. 462 00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:41,800 So to be accurate and rightly dividing the Word of truth, we 463 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:46,840 must speak on both seeds. Both seeds. 464 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:51,920 I'm not a preacher who doesn't preach on the seeds of the Word. 465 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:54,960 The Word of God is the seed is the seed. 466 00:27:55,080 --> 00:28:00,440 And I'll speak on all seeds because a lot of times people, 467 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,000 most people are walking away from the faith today. 468 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:08,160 And I understand because they've only been taught the good seed 469 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,720 and they are putting in bad seed and no one is correcting them 470 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,600 for their bad seed or exposing their bad seed. 471 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,840 And now they're mad at God for all this bad crop because 472 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,480 they've been told the whole time all this while God's going to do 473 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:24,320 this, God's going to do that, and God's going to. 474 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:27,320 But yet they themselves are bringing their own issues and 475 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,120 they're not being trained that way. 476 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,960 Being born again does not exempt you. 477 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:39,520 It gives you power and responsibility to control those 478 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,160 things now that you could not control before. 479 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,200 Hallelujah. You know when you were dead in 480 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,360 your trespasses of sin, all you did was so bad seed. 481 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,160 That's all you could do. You can only sow to the flesh. 482 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:57,800 That's why every relationship was hollow, every drug was 483 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:02,240 hollow, every everything you were, every promotion hollow, 484 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,440 every bonus. You would eat it, devour. 485 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,640 It would be sweet in your mouth, but by the time it got in your 486 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,720 gut, it was bitter. I mean, you just kept chasing 487 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,640 and chasing and chasing and what you thought was good only come 488 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:15,880 to find it. It wasn't. 489 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:20,000 He didn't end up leaving you nowhere, but God, come on. 490 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,280 But God woo. Then you met him. 491 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,160 And then you realize, wow, this is better. 492 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,920 It's the best. Amen. 493 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:33,760 So, however, you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if 494 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:35,440 indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. 495 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,800 But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not 496 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,920 belong to him. If Christ is in you, though the 497 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:44,840 body is dead because of sin, yet the Spirit is alive because of 498 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:47,800 righteousness, which means my body are the things of this 499 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:51,080 world. My natural man still would want 500 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,320 to, if unchecked, would do the desires of the flesh. 501 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:58,440 But because God has empowered me with His Spirit and given me the 502 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,880 reigning Spirit on the inside, which is assigned to the 503 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:05,680 reigning church, that greater is He that's in me than He that's 504 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:10,280 in the world. I can crucify my flesh daily and 505 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,400 only sow good seed. Hallelujah. 506 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,720 Isn't that good news? So this is your harvest. 507 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:24,000 This is your field now. 2nd Romans 2, four through 11 says 508 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,440 it this way. Or do you think lightly of the 509 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:30,160 riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not 510 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:33,040 knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? 511 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:40,800 You understand God wants to break the cycle of bad seed 512 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:45,760 sowing. He wants you to be at a taste of 513 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:51,240 good fruit, He said. But because of your stubbornness 514 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:55,360 and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself in 515 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:58,440 the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgement of 516 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,040 God. Verse 6, who will render to each 517 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:04,680 one according to his deeds. Now let me just stop right there 518 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:10,640 for a moment. We talk about harvest of souls. 519 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:12,720 Easy. Everybody harvest. 520 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,200 They just think about the lost. But now we're talking about your 521 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:21,640 own harvest. Now we know that you can reap of 522 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:23,840 spiritual things unto life and peace. 523 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,760 This is amazing, right? And you can control that by 524 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,800 sowing to the spirit and receive a good harvest. 525 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,840 However, there's also the harvest that comes with the 526 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:37,040 flesh. When you read this scripture, 527 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:41,880 you begin to get insight that God is a part of both harvest. 528 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:48,840 What do I mean by that? If you keep sowing to the flesh, 529 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:53,560 you require God to give you the harvest associated with that, 530 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:59,240 because all those who disobey God will reap a harvest of 531 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:03,160 judgement. Now the minute I say that, most 532 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,480 people go, oh, but if you're still in the earth, when it 533 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:12,120 comes, you could actually smile. Now why do I say that God, when 534 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:16,920 He gives you the harvest of your wrongdoing, is still an act of 535 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,920 mercy? How do I know this? 536 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:26,080 Because the Scripture tells us that God demonstrated that He 537 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:30,280 would do the things He said He would do if they did not follow 538 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:34,240 Him. And when calamity showed up and 539 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:39,200 trials came, it gave them the opportunity not to be mad at 540 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,240 God. But another indication that God 541 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:46,520 is a God of His Word. He warned us that this would 542 00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:53,160 take place if we did this. And here it is now, and you know 543 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:57,280 there were people when the wrath of God showed up or judgment of 544 00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:02,520 those nature showed up, that they would repent and turn to 545 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:05,160 God and say He is a God of His Word. 546 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:10,040 Even when it comes to calamity, when it comes to wrath, when it 547 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:17,120 comes to what will occur if you do not follow His word, if He 548 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,360 continues to withhold that, you know what? 549 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,360 That person who sows through the flesh, I don't get caught. 550 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:25,160 God really won't do what he says. 551 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,240 God won't do it. I can get away with anything. 552 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,480 You know how many people think they're getting away with stuff 553 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:33,880 right now? They're not getting away with 554 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:38,280 anything. I mean, you understand Cain 555 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,520 thought he got away with killing Abel. 556 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:48,120 God shows up after the fact where Cain has already cleaned 557 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:53,600 up the crime scene, and he says, where's your brother Abel at? 558 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:56,400 He said, am I my brother's keeper? 559 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,560 I don't know. And I said, you go search for 560 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:00,760 him. He says, I hear his blood 561 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:04,680 talking. He's crying out. 562 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:09,080 I mean, you've taken him from his body, but the blood still 563 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,600 speaking, you know the blood still speaking right now. 564 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:17,800 Amen. So you understand God even in 565 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:22,719 those moments of wrath is for the intent for people to repent. 566 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:27,480 Realize God is a God of his word and if we do not harden our 567 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:32,520 heart, but say Lord and many times the scripture gives us 568 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:39,480 insight that when those turned God forgave, he healed, he 569 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:43,280 restored, he said, now see, I told you I'm a God of my word. 570 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:47,679 Don't do the things that cause me to act this way or have to 571 00:34:47,679 --> 00:34:52,679 respond this way or to put withdraw from you, but respond 572 00:34:52,679 --> 00:34:56,040 this way so that the blessings can continue to overtake you 573 00:34:56,159 --> 00:34:57,720 because you know, I was being kind to you. 574 00:34:57,720 --> 00:34:59,440 I kept showing you my loving kind. 575 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:03,080 I was showing you my mercy. I was being compassionate, but 576 00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:06,280 man as you continue to resist me during those moments and kept 577 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:10,040 sewing to the flesh, eventually I had to show you that I will do 578 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:14,720 what the what the flesh brings. But if you repent those moments, 579 00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:18,960 then you can get over and start sewing back to the Spirit and 580 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:21,560 live that way. Hallelujah. 581 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:24,880 That's why, you know, the call that Pastor Marcy had is the 582 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,520 Lord saying, listen, yeah, you sow to the flesh. 583 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,560 Yes, you've reaped some corruption of that. 584 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:32,440 But guess what? You can be free from that. 585 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,560 You can start sowing to the Spirit now. 586 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,280 You can come over here and you can just sow. 587 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,640 And every time the temptation to go your own way, your own 588 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:44,880 direction, your own will go ahead and resist that 'cause you 589 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:48,000 can, because the Holy Ghost is in you. 590 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:51,960 You've been empowered to do so. Can I get an Amen? 591 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:57,160 So let's move on then to this passage or let's keep reading. 592 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:02,400 So he said in verse 6 again, we we ended with this particular 593 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,680 one and we'll move on. He will render to each person 594 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:07,680 according to his deed. So you're being rendered from 595 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:13,040 God, the majority, not all, because God is good, he is 596 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:18,280 merciful and he will be kind to you and and and move blessings 597 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:22,280 towards you for the purpose of listen. 598 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:26,920 God has even instructed the righteous that when their enemy 599 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:31,040 comes to them, he says listen, do not repay evil with evil, you 600 00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:35,160 be good to them. He says you repay them with good 601 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:37,440 now. But what does he say happens 602 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:39,680 when this occurs? When the righteous in the 603 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:45,480 relationship returns back to the one being evil towards them with 604 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:49,080 good, He says you will keep coals on their head. 605 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:55,200 So the Lord's like you keep giving me permission to give 606 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,880 them their harvest if they do not repent of the goodness 607 00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:06,160 you're doing because you don't want to respond evil to evil 608 00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:08,720 because all you're doing is sowing in there. 609 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,480 You're putting the seed in their field, which is corrupt. 610 00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:15,440 Now you're deciding you're going to take their same seed and put 611 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,120 it in yours. No, not me. 612 00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:18,720 Say it. May it never be. 613 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:22,160 Don't fall for it, I said. Don't fall for it. 614 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:24,720 Don't be getting that bad seed. Verse 7. 615 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:28,800 To those who by perseverance in doing good, seek for glory and 616 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,720 honor and immortality, eternal life, but those who are 617 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:35,200 selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey 618 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:37,400 unrighteousness, wrath and indignation. 619 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:40,240 So what's expected to those who obey unrighteousness, wrath and 620 00:37:40,240 --> 00:37:43,440 indignation? But again, that's not God's 621 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,720 desire for you. It only becomes what comes to 622 00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:48,640 your life because you've sown for it. 623 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:52,120 Verse 9, there will be tribulation and distress for 624 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:56,600 every soul of man who does evil of the Jew 1st and also the 625 00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:58,720 Greek. So even if you see people sowing 626 00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:02,920 to the flesh and it doesn't look like it's going to show up if 627 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:06,880 something doesn't change, God is not mocked. 628 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,400 I said God is not mocked. And let me tell you, the enemy 629 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:12,640 will try to get in there and say, see, they're getting away 630 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:14,080 with, they can do this. Nobody cares. 631 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,080 Everybody's supporting that. It's so good. 632 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,160 You know what, you ought to just do it yourself. 633 00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:21,160 There's no reward to just keep being holy. 634 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:26,080 And so into the Spirit. Don't buy the law verse 10, but 635 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:30,760 glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good to the 636 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,840 Jew 1st and also to the Greek, for there is no partiality with 637 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:34,680 God. Amen. 638 00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:39,320 Now look at 2nd Corinthians 9/6. This particular scripture is in 639 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,840 or in context, literally talking about finance. 640 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:47,680 OK, but there is a spiritual principle here that is not just 641 00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:51,480 connected with finance. And that's what I want to bring 642 00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:55,200 out because we are all under the law of sowing and reaping. 643 00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:58,400 We are either sowing to the flesh or sowing to the Spirit. 644 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:02,920 We determine our harvest because we are planting the seeds in our 645 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:08,320 field with our responses, with our actions, with our behaviors. 646 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:12,320 So look what it says here. Now this I say he who sows 647 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:15,400 sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows 648 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:17,160 bountifully will also reap bountifully. 649 00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:21,520 Notice there's no indication of what the seed is here in in a 650 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,960 spiritual sense. Now we know he's talking finance 651 00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:28,640 in this context, but the principle that he's lying out, 652 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:32,760 laying out here is applicable across the board. 653 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:43,760 So in essence, if you when you sow, when you sow, when you sow, 654 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,040 because in the realm of sowing and reaping, this is happening 655 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,320 you every day, you either sow to the flesh about a situation or 656 00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:55,120 you sow to the spirit. So when you sow put that verse 657 00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:59,440 back up, he who sews sparingly will read sparing. 658 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:03,200 And that word sparingly is not an amount, it's how quick your 659 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:07,560 response is. He who so bountifully will read 660 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:12,040 bountifully, that is a response. So this means if in the realm of 661 00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:16,440 finance, real quick, if the Lord's like, give your $4.00, oh 662 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,320 God, Lee, I got to give this $4.00. 663 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:22,120 I got my pocket. Oh my gosh, Lord, why? 664 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:26,000 I mean, I die and you debate with God, you're talking here 665 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,200 comes the offering Buck and you're just like wrestling and 666 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,760 you're fighting this deal and you're like fine, Well, guess 667 00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,800 what? You gave sparingly. 668 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:36,400 It wasn't an amount. It was you were you did not 669 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,680 really want to let go. Well, guess how you'll reap. 670 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:42,280 It'd be very difficult for it to get back in your hands because 671 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:43,760 it was very difficult to get it out. 672 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:51,320 Well, now if it's like, hey, give your $4.00 bam, done. 673 00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:54,000 There you go. Let's go. 674 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:57,960 I'm finished. It's yours now that is quick 675 00:40:57,960 --> 00:40:59,800 response. No problem. 676 00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:02,520 Out of my hands at your word. It's gone. 677 00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:06,840 Now how fast can I get it back? Bam and I'll get it back. 678 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:08,520 Good measure. Press down, shaken together, 679 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:11,240 running over. So here's the thing. 680 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:18,440 How is your response to flesh sewing compared to spirit 681 00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:24,320 sewing? If you're like, Lord, I know I 682 00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:29,200 need to do that. I know I'm supposed to forgive 683 00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:31,080 them. Oh my gosh. 684 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:37,160 But Lord, you know, and you're talking, you're OK, I'll forgive 685 00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:39,960 them. Well, now look how long it took 686 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:45,200 you to be able to sow that response. 687 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:47,880 So then when something happens, you're like, I don't understand 688 00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:52,840 why they just won't forgive me. Well, how fast are you 689 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:56,400 forgiving? How quick are you releasing? 690 00:41:56,880 --> 00:42:01,080 How fast are you right? How fast do you kill your 691 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:04,880 desires to take up his desires? Oh, I really want to do this 692 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:06,680 guy. Oh my gosh, I really want to do 693 00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:08,160 it. Seems like everybody else gets 694 00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:09,840 to do it. How come I can't do it? 695 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:13,520 God, but not my will. Your will be done right. 696 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:18,320 Again, there's an attitude behind our sewing, and even if 697 00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:22,720 you're sewing to the Spirit, you can be so reluctant at it and 698 00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:25,320 almost like God. I hate that I have to do this, 699 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:28,800 but at your will, the Lord's like. 700 00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:31,800 I mean, I've chosen gladly to give you the Kingdom, but I have 701 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:37,360 to reciprocate your fruit by your sewing. 702 00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:41,640 I want you to reap it quicker than you're getting it. 703 00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:44,080 But man, it's like tough for you to do it. 704 00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:47,600 So now it's tough to for you to get the reaping of why you sow 705 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:55,040 to the spirit. So Paul said it this way, be 706 00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:58,640 infants when it comes to the flesh, but when it comes to the 707 00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:01,960 Spirit, be mature. So in essence, if we're being 708 00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:06,760 reluctant to sow somewhere, let's be extremely reluctant to 709 00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:12,280 want to respond fleshly. Oh man, it wants, but I'm not 710 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:14,840 giving to that. Oh, I will not give to the 711 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:16,400 flesh. I am not doing it. 712 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:18,960 I'm I'm staying with the spirit. I'm staying with man. 713 00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:22,360 That's how you need to determine your life and where you're at is 714 00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:25,360 going to determine how that's responding. 715 00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:27,720 Now let's go back to the parable in Matthew chapter 13. 716 00:43:27,720 --> 00:43:32,200 Y'all doing all right? Matthew 13 verses 24 to 30 says 717 00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:34,040 it this way. Jesus presented another parable 718 00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:36,400 to them, saying the Kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man 719 00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:37,880 who sowed good seed in the field. 720 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:43,120 This seed, This parable gives us a context that I'm going to help 721 00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:46,680 you with because here's what we've learned thus far. 722 00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:54,760 You are in control of your field as to whether you sow flesh or 723 00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:59,560 you sow spirit. You can only choose to sow 724 00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,200 spirit. Can I get an Amen? 725 00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:08,120 You can do that. However, this parable actually 726 00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:13,120 lets us also know that even if you choose to only sow good 727 00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:18,160 seed, meaning sow to the spirit in every situation, an enemy 728 00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:21,440 will try to sow bad seed in your field. 729 00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:25,240 Yeah, that's good. Read it. 730 00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:28,160 I'm going to read it. So even if you arrive to the 731 00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:33,400 spiritual maturity of only sowing good seed, let me say 732 00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:36,240 this. Let me answer this question. 733 00:44:36,240 --> 00:44:39,480 Thank you, Holy Ghost, for anyone who says, Pastor Earl, 734 00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:41,760 what happens if I sowed bad seed? 735 00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:45,000 I've been sowing to the flesh. Good question. 736 00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:47,640 Here's the answer, and I'm going to give you an opportunity a 737 00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:49,360 little bit later to deal with that. 738 00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:54,640 How do you make sure your flesh seed does not produce fruit? 739 00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:58,520 Because it will. There's only one way, and that 740 00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:01,840 is you must kill it. How do you kill it? 741 00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:05,240 With pesticide we could say it that way. 742 00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:07,960 What is it? It's the blood of Jesus. 743 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:12,960 Forgiveness will cause the seeds of the flesh to be unfruitful. 744 00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:19,920 When you repent and say God forgive me, it can cause the 745 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:23,640 effects of sowing to the flesh to become unfruitful. 746 00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:29,200 Now that is not in every aspect. I must preface this because if 747 00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:34,440 you sow to lust through a thing called fornication or adultery 748 00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:42,640 and it produces a child, although God can forgive you a 749 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:48,120 fornication and adultery, he is not here to abort a child on 750 00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:54,800 your behalf. Which means now you must bear 751 00:45:54,800 --> 00:46:00,920 the responsibility of sowing to the Spirit for a child that God 752 00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:03,640 did not ordain for you to produce this way. 753 00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:07,280 Are you hearing what I'm saying? Same thing. 754 00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:10,560 You could be in the flesh and kill somebody and God can 755 00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:16,000 forgive you and you can go to prison free from the guilty of 756 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,040 being a murderer but still serve. 757 00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:20,560 Tom, are you understand what I'm saying? 758 00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:27,080 However, the the continued effects of fruit can be cut off 759 00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:30,720 when you ask for forgiveness. And there are some things that 760 00:46:30,720 --> 00:46:34,320 you can sow to that. If you get forgiveness in it, it 761 00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:37,800 can never even produce a fruit. You can kill it. 762 00:46:39,080 --> 00:46:41,960 There are some things. Can I get an Amen? 763 00:46:42,720 --> 00:46:48,000 All right, so let's look at the case where you're sewing 764 00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:51,360 everything good but in your field becomes bad seed. 765 00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:54,600 Look what it says here, OK? Jesus presented another peril 766 00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,600 and said to them, The Kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man 767 00:46:56,600 --> 00:46:57,800 who sowed good seed in his field. 768 00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:02,840 But while his his man men were sleeping, his enemy came and 769 00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:04,960 sowed tears among the wheat, and went away. 770 00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:08,560 But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares 771 00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:11,880 became evident also. And the slaves of the landowner 772 00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:15,960 came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your 773 00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:18,000 field? How then does it have tares? 774 00:47:18,240 --> 00:47:20,640 And he said to him, An enemy has done this. 775 00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:26,320 The slave said to him, Do you want us then to go and gather 776 00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:28,560 them up? But he said, No. 777 00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:31,920 For while you gather up the tares, you may uproot the wheat 778 00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:35,280 with them. Allow both to grow together 779 00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:37,560 until the what? Harvest? 780 00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:41,280 And in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, gather 781 00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:45,080 up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them and gather 782 00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:50,720 the wheat into my barn. So here's a case where you are 783 00:47:50,720 --> 00:47:55,200 living righteous in the earth, living and sowing to the spirit, 784 00:47:55,480 --> 00:48:00,240 but the enemy has come to your field to sow bad seed. 785 00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:02,840 Question is, how does this happen? 786 00:48:04,240 --> 00:48:06,280 Well, it happens a number of ways. 787 00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:11,320 OK, but one specific way is it can come through people lying 788 00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:15,000 about you. Jesus, they tried. 789 00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:21,360 They sowed into his field. Blasphemy, lies. 790 00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:25,600 They were saying he was casting out devils in the name of bells 791 00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:28,080 above. You know, they were saying 792 00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:31,560 things that made people go. You understand, the Pharisees 793 00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:36,720 gathered enough crowd and their religious clout calls them to 794 00:48:36,720 --> 00:48:40,880 all of a sudden the one who they saw demonstrate miracle signs 795 00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:43,960 and wonders. And they all at one point said 796 00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:50,000 Hosea to on the highest, the son of David, he's the king now are 797 00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:53,760 saying crucify him. Why? 798 00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:58,440 Because the Pharisees were able to convince them that he's not 799 00:48:58,440 --> 00:49:06,600 who you think he is. And as a result of that, that 800 00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:11,400 grew in their minds and they accepted that instead of what 801 00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:19,480 Jesus was. Now Jesus did not destroy those 802 00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:23,600 thoughts immediately. He just kept talking about who 803 00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:25,720 He was and what the Father told him to do. 804 00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:28,520 And he's like, at the end of the day, when the harvest is there, 805 00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:32,480 it's going to be obvious what's good and what's bad. 806 00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:36,320 Can I get an Amen? And you understand when you are 807 00:49:36,320 --> 00:49:38,880 going through certain trials in life and you keep sowing to the 808 00:49:38,880 --> 00:49:42,280 Spirit, but you realize there are tears in your, which means 809 00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:46,680 these are things that give the masquerade of something that 810 00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:51,080 it's not 'cause when the fruit really shows up, then all of a 811 00:49:51,080 --> 00:49:54,840 sudden the authentic as pastor, the spirit of truth expose 812 00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:58,600 what's lies. The thing is, you have to wait 813 00:49:59,080 --> 00:50:04,160 until the fruit of that. And what can happen is, is a lot 814 00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:07,520 of times when we are so into the spirit in a trial that we're 815 00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:10,400 going through and all of a sudden we realize, well, I 816 00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:13,600 didn't sow for this. I didn't do anything to deserve 817 00:50:13,600 --> 00:50:15,640 that. I don't know why this is coming 818 00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:17,920 against me this way. I don't know why they're 819 00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:20,800 attacking me like that. I don't understand why this is 820 00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:24,360 happening this way. Well, if you go to try to deal 821 00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:28,680 with that, you can tear up your own and produce no fruit of 822 00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:34,000 yours. So you have to be patient and by 823 00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:37,200 being patient, just continue to tend to the things of the 824 00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:39,640 Spirit. They'll come a day that you'll 825 00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:45,000 be able to reap both and you will expose through your life, 826 00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:49,040 your character, your fruit, that all that was just a lie, man. 827 00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:52,080 Has Jesus done that now in the earth? 828 00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:54,520 Do people still believe Jesus is not the Messiah? 829 00:50:54,520 --> 00:50:59,120 Yes, yes, this is. He's been gone for 2000 years 830 00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:04,680 from the earth, but some people still are believing a lie about 831 00:51:04,720 --> 00:51:08,360 Jesus yet. There's going to come a day I 832 00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:13,040 said there's coming today, Hallelujah that he's going to 833 00:51:13,040 --> 00:51:15,840 call us out, that he's going to be in the clouds. 834 00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:17,480 That's going to be quite the event. 835 00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:20,040 Then there's another day he's going to come and put his foot 836 00:51:20,040 --> 00:51:22,920 down and all of a sudden everyone that didn't even think 837 00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:25,320 he was real, he's now back in the planet. 838 00:51:26,320 --> 00:51:28,360 Wow. But you know, there'll be even 839 00:51:28,360 --> 00:51:31,600 people during the millennial reign that will not believe on 840 00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:39,000 his name because they'll still believe a lie that's attached to 841 00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:46,160 their old nature. Just stay with the Spirit. 842 00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:48,240 I said just stay with the Spirit. 843 00:51:48,240 --> 00:51:52,600 So let me close with this Romans chapter 8, verses 12 through 17. 844 00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:56,680 We have the reigning Spirit and we are the reigning church, and 845 00:51:56,680 --> 00:51:59,960 He is the Spirit of truth. And again, God's not mocked. 846 00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:05,040 God's not mocked. And again, if you want to know 847 00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:06,840 God's perspective, you can find out. 848 00:52:06,840 --> 00:52:13,400 But it does require seeking. So then, brethren, we are under 849 00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:16,280 obligation not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 850 00:52:16,280 --> 00:52:19,480 Isn't that good news? We are not, we are not obligated 851 00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:22,120 to the flesh. Come on, We're not obligated. 852 00:52:22,840 --> 00:52:25,120 When a bad thing happens, you're not obligated to respond that 853 00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:27,400 way. You're not obligated even though 854 00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:29,280 you feel it, even though you want to do it, even though 855 00:52:29,400 --> 00:52:31,880 you've been reminded on how it could, even when you see other 856 00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:33,960 people doing it and it seems like they're getting away with 857 00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:38,400 it, not not doing it. I'm not obligated to sow that 858 00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:42,520 kind of seed in my harvest. But if you are living according 859 00:52:42,520 --> 00:52:45,400 to the flesh, you must die. But if by the Spirit you are 860 00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:48,400 putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 861 00:52:48,600 --> 00:52:51,000 Hallelujah. That's a guarantee in the 862 00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:53,520 Kingdom of God. That is the law of sowing and 863 00:52:53,520 --> 00:52:55,920 reaping. If you put to death your flesh, 864 00:52:56,080 --> 00:52:58,560 you will reap life of the Spirit. 865 00:52:58,680 --> 00:53:02,520 It's a guaranteed harvest for all who are being led by the 866 00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:05,720 Spirit of God. These are the sons of God. 867 00:53:05,720 --> 00:53:09,280 If you're being led by the flesh, you are denouncing, And 868 00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:10,880 I'm saying this in a general sense. 869 00:53:10,880 --> 00:53:13,400 I'm not literally saying this, but you're living a life as if 870 00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:15,440 you're saying I'm really not as child of God. 871 00:53:18,560 --> 00:53:22,640 So live by the Spirit, for you have been received before. 872 00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:25,280 You have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear 873 00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:28,360 again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons, by 874 00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:32,960 which we cry out what ABBA Father, the Spirit himself 875 00:53:32,960 --> 00:53:36,080 testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, and if 876 00:53:36,080 --> 00:53:40,000 children heirs, also heirs of God and fellow heirs with 877 00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:44,040 Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be 878 00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:47,680 glorified with Him, We are in the earth where sin still 879 00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:50,080 exists. And you can sow to your own 880 00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:55,640 harvest of having spirit harvest all the time of life. 881 00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:59,840 Your enemy will get over into your field, He will try to put 882 00:53:59,840 --> 00:54:02,720 tares in there, but you continue to be patient. 883 00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:06,480 You don't give to the flesh. And when harvest comes, you will 884 00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:08,880 be able to wipe out all those things. 885 00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:12,160 It will become known that it was all just a lie and you will then 886 00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:14,480 take your harvest and go on with God. 887 00:54:14,480 --> 00:54:15,400 Hallelujah.