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Well, we're going to start in 
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started, Amen. 
If you want to turn over there, 

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Hebrews 10, we'll be in 23. 
Thank you, Jesus, Hallelujah. 

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Thank you, Father. 
Thank you, Father. 

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Hmm. 
Oh, glory to his name. 

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Glory to his name. 
Thank you, Jesus. 

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The Lord is good. 
Hallelujah. 

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Well, let's read it. 
Let's see what happens. 

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Let's let us hold fast the 
profession of our faith without 

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wavering. 
For he who is faith, for he is 

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faithful, who promised the Lord 
will do what he said. 

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Verse 24 And let us consider one
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Let us what consider one another
to provoke to love and to good 

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works. 
So let us consider one another 

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to provoke to what love and good
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Verse 25 Not forsaking the 
assembling of ourselves 

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together. 
As is the manner of some is but 

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exhorting. 
But what? 

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Exhorting one another. 
What are we doing? 

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Exhorting one another? 
And so much, so much, so much 

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less, So much what more, so much
the more as you see the day 

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approaching. 
What day is that? 

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That's the return of the King, I
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That's the return of the King. 
We are closer to the return of 

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Jesus today than we've ever been
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And there are many signs that 
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that. 
It's highly, highly probable. 

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I mean highly probable. 
And ministers that are more 

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known than I am in the earth 
are, are equally communicating 

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that they believe it very well 
can be in their lifetime or 

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their children's lifetime based 
upon some very clear signs that 

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have taken place. 
My wife and I were listening to 

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a podcast by John Previer on The
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And he said on that podcast, he 
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four decades and not one time 
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End Times in four decades. 
He said, I'm ashamed of that. 

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He said the reason is, is 
because obviously during his 

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tenure of being in ministry that
there are things that are off 

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and things have had gotten off. 
And then people had said things 

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concerning the end times that he
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too controversial. 
It's a little too, you know, 

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subject for, you know, failure 
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So they just stayed away from it
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But he said, you know, once I 
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realized I was wrong. 
You know, just because someone 

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or or the majority may teach 
something wrong, does that mean 

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you should stay away from a 
subject? 

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You shouldn't do that. 
And so in that, he ended up 

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speaking concerning some trees. 
And I had never heard this 

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before. 
I thought, wow, this is really 

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amazing. 
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Israel became a nation again in 
24 hours overnight, became a 

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nation again in 1948. 
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the nations around after World 
War One that came into existence

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around the same time. 
And he ends up using a 

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particular scripture, cannot 
remember right now off the top 

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of my head, which Old Testament 
prophet spoke, but he talked 

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about trees being fruitful, that
this is something you would be 

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able to see. 
I think it was actually in 

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Matthew when Jesus was saying, 
you know, you can determine the 

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signs of the Toms. 
He said, but look at the fig 

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tree. 
He says, you see the bud, you 

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know, and you know that season, 
you're going to know the season.

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And then he ends up talking 
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the fig tree. 
OK, are you hearing what I'm 

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saying? 
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about how Saudi Arabia came into
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And then Lebanon came to 
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nations actually have a tree 
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Lebanon has cedar associated 
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I think. 
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what it is off the top of my 
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nations and then Israel itself 
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He said once you start seeing 
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fruit, you know the end's coming
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these nations pop up as nations 
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dismantled and all of a sudden 
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Well, it talks about when the 
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which 1948 that they would not 
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Christ. 
Hallelujah. 

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Now a generation as he said was 
either 4080 or 120 years. 

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Well, if you put 120 years on 
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Eight. 
That's 2068. 

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That's in my lifetime because I 
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believe Jesus was coming back, 
I'm like, why would I want to go

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to the grave? 
I want to be in the generation 

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where you change in the moment, 
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Hallelujah. 
Glory to God. 

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Amen. 
Well, we should be expecting it 

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all right now. 
Could it be 200 years? 

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Sure, that's plausible. 
I get it, no one's giving you a 

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date. 
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And it's more accurate today 
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Seeing things that never have 
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of things that have never been 
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And it says so all the more as 
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really it can be. 
Unless you want to be a mocker 

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and say all. 
They've been saying that forever

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because that's what the mockers 
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I'm not a mocker. 
I'm like the Lords coming, he's 

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coming. 
And might as well be my 

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generation. 
So I'll just believe it's in 

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mind. 
Amen. 

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I'll just go ahead and he's 
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generation. 
So Lord, I'll just believe it's 

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in mind based upon the signs. 
And man, you can change me in 

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the moment to twinkle another 
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I'll put on immortality and then
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Hallelujah. 
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said all the more as you see the
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Yet in the USA right now there 
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there is more. 
Had a minister friend of mine 

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that came into the state and was
looking to minister during the 

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midweek only to find out no one 
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We do midweek but they weren't 
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Amen. 
And we do more than midweek. 

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We do a Monday night. 
We do a Sunday night. 

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Are you hearing me? 
We do all the we're just being 

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scriptural. 
Hallelujah. 

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All the more. 
So let us hold fast the 

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profession of our faith without 
wavering, for He is faithful who

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promised. 
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Consider one another to love and
to good works, not forsaking 

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ourselves together, not 
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forsaking the assembling of 
ourselves, not the assembly of 

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you and God, but the assembling 
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What together? 
As the manner of some is so some

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have a manner. 
Oh, I don't have to assemble. 

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That becomes an attitude within 
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is I don't have to come to 
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It's really optional. 
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
Amen. 

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Whoo. 
I can't wait till the Lord lets 

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me release this other service. 
Amen. 

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Not forsaking the assembling, 
you know, just 'cause you're 

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here doesn't mean you're here. 
Hey, man, Hallelujah. 

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So the Lord told me over there. 
He said, son, I've been in many 

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rooms that it was crowded, so 
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in. 
But everyone assembled didn't 

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care about what I said. 
He said they were in the rooms 

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just waiting for me to say 
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To fit their narrative that 
they're sitting was not to grow 

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by me, but was to continue to be
hardened by me because they had 

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a preconceived idea of who I was
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based upon outside influences. 
And those outside influences 

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dictated to them who I was or 
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This is why Jesus said, who do 
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You know, somebody's talking 
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And he said, and based upon them
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crowded room and they're not 
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But they, I don't need unity to 
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I can move anyway even when 
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are just looking for areas to 
find fault. 

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However, even when I 
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Power because which room was he 
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He was showing me the room of 
the house that he was in and the

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guy that was lame they couldn't 
even get in so they tore the 

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roof and you can't brought him 
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He says your sins are forgiven. 
Shocked the room, but shocked 

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the Pharisees, the religious. 
And he says, why do you say 

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among yourself now why does he 
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Because you are only look 
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fault with me. 
You're just waiting for me to do

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something to fit your narrative.
So you. 

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Can leave and say, see I told 
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And the same people say work us 
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He said, I worked a miracle that
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authority not only to forgive 
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and walk. 
And the man picked up his mat, 

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walked out the room, But he 
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the anointing. 
I told them to let you know that

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I have the authority on both 
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has anointed me, to let you know
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let you know that God has 
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worked the miracle, they didn't 
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They just. 
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They come into the room and they
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when it manifests because they 
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they want to see instead of what
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The ministry moved in this way 
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wouldn't even do stuff in towns 
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It's not because I couldn't, but
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was seek a sign, and they really
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They just kept looking for a 
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Hallelujah. 
So when we assemble, are we 

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assembling because we want to 
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Are we assembling because we 
want to grow? 

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Are we assembling because we 
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Are we assembling because we are
hungering and thirsting for 

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rights? 
Are we assembling because we are

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confident that we have found our
fit and because we know where we

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are fitted at? 
Then we have the freedom to 

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really enjoy our King. 
Because being fitted is knowing 

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what God has assigned you to do,
and you rejoice with others in 

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their assignment. 
That you would provoke them for 

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what good works you would 
promote, love, you would edify, 

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you would build up, you would 
not bring division or strife, 

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you would not try to bring in 
questions in or doubting. 

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No, you would be always be 
promoting the betterment of 

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someone else. 
Yes, Amen. 

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Hallelujah. 
So don't forsake the assembling 

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of yourself together. 
But when you assemble, come with

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the right heart. 
The heart to want to love God, 

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the heart to want to follow God,
the heart to value everyone 

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that's around. 
Hallelujah. 

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Hallelujah. 
So we are not to forsake the 

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assembling, which means that I 
told our staff years ago, I said

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it's for us. 
It's not going to be less 

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church, It's going to be more 
church because that's what the 

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Bible says. 
I don't care what traditional 

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trends are happening. 
We're following the head of the 

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church. 
Amen. 

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Now, why is this? 
Because John 14 tells us we're 

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not orphans, but modern Western 
Christianity is. 

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You're the orphan. 
And that year, God's alone. 

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He's your personal Savior. 
He said, Now if you love me, 

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you'll keep my commandments, and
I'll ask the Father. 

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He'll give you another helper, 
that he may be with you forever.

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That is the spirit of truth, 
whom the world cannot receive 

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because it did not see Him nor 
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But you know him because He 
abides with you and will be in 

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you. 
I will not leave you as orphans.

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I will come to you. 
Will not leave us as what? 

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Orphans. 
That's plural. 

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Which means he's not going to 
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He's not going to leave us in 
the care of another estate to be

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an orphan is taking the thought 
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I asked Jesus in my heart and 
save me. 

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But the reality is world's tough
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We're just holding on till we 
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doing a whole lot. 
But saving me, He saved me so I 

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don't didn't go to hell. 
But you know, he's not providing

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any other way. 
And that's not true. 

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God provides, but more 
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household. 
I said he changes your 

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household. 
And we're going to see this. 

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So if you're, if you're not an 
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you're in a house. 
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you're not the only child there.
He doesn't have an only child. 

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I'm going to say that again. 
He does not have an only child. 

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Now you say this is my begotten 
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It is God in the flesh, but he 
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Jesus as his child. 
We're going to see this. 

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So he didn't leave us as 
orphans. 

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God never intended us, tended us
to be orphans. 

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An orphan by definition here in 
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Bereft means you do not have of 
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It means this that you are 
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guardian. 
Well, the Holy Spirit is the 

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teacher. 
Glory to God and the Holy Spirit

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will teach you how to function 
in the house. 

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Oh man, this is good. 
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15. 
Look what it says here. 

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It says this, but in case I am 
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will know how one ought to 
conduct himself. 

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Where, where? 
In the household of God. 

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I mean, I could go to many of 
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about your household and you 
would describe what's going on 

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in your home address. 
And there's very few people here

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that are living alone, but there
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I understand that. 
But but you didn't always live 

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alone. 
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given up for adoption, right? 
And and been in foster care or 

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in the system we call it. 
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But the majority of people were 
raised in a home where there was

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one at least one parent or some 
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Are you hearing me? 
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typically don't think by 
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an only child. 
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This is the household of God. 
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he says, know how one ought to 
conduct himself. 

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Now what is the household of 
God, which is the church? 

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So the church is the household 
of God. 

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And yet, and, and the church 
talks about man, people need to 

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be saved, right? 
We need to win the lost. 

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Well, what are we doing with 
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We're supposed to get them born 
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Home is not heaven. 
Home is the church. 

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It's the household of God, which
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And the church is by definition 
or what it responds it, it's the

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pillar and support of the truth.
And there's a lot of truth that 

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the church carries. 
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Because Jesus Christ, who's the 
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here in a moment, He is the way,
the truth and the life. 

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And he has a lot more to say 
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Amen. 
So the church is the pillar and 

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support of the truth, the truth 
that all of humanity needs to 

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discover. 
We are a household, I said we 

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are a household. 
The AFV translation, I I'm just 

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going to read it to you. 
It says this. 

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But if I should delay, you have 
these things in writing so that 

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you may know how one is 
obligated to conduct oneself in 

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the House of God, which is the 
Church of the Living God, the 

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pillar and foundation. 
Of the truth this this 

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translation actually does a 
better way to translate because 

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if you if you click on the word 
ought in the Greek, it has a 

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more emphatic. 
It's not like it's optional. 

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It's more like. 
You must. 

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It's required. 
It's the standard now. 

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Again, your old way of thinking 
is don't tell me what to do but.

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Jesus is telling you when you 
come into the Kingdom, I'm going

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to need to tell you what to do, 
OK? 

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Because what you've been doing 
is not working. 

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OK, Your nature's all jacked up.
And I'm going to change that. 

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And then I'm going to renew your
mind. 

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I'm going to give you a 
different thinking. 

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I'm going to wash your mind with
my word. 

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I need you to check because my 
thoughts are higher than your 

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thoughts. 
So God's all about changing your

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things. 
So he said. 

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So in essence, the Scripture 
saying you're obligated to 

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behave this way in my house. 
Oh, come on now, parents, you 

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know that you've been like the 
father sometimes when you've 

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looked at your child and you're 
like, now you understand this is

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my house now when you move. 
Out you can do whatever you, but

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as long as you're under this 
roof, you're in my house, then 

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you're going to do what? 
Just say Amen. 

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Now Pastor Marshall said we reap
what we sow So again, if you 

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having a hard time in your 
father's house conforming to the

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conduct, if you may realize why 
your child's having a hard time 

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conforming in the oh y'all don't
want to hear, that's fine 

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Father. 
I always yield to the behavior 

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you want me to have in your 
house so that my natural kids 

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are go. 
I can reap that from my 

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chitlins. 
Right. 

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I know there's there's not 
different parenting, there's 

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wordly parenting, and then 
there's always God's parenting. 

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OK, God's words are eternal, His
ways are eternal, His ways are 

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life. 
So you want to do it his way. 

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Amen. 
Well, I don't want to make my 

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child go to church. 
Will you make him go to school? 

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You make them go to school. 
I do not know of any parent that

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does not make their child go to 
school. 

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Seriously, parents, how many 
times your child say I don't 

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want to go to school? 
Oh, you're not even going to 

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raise your hand? 
OK, seriously. 

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You know that your kid like, I 
don't want to go today. 

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I don't want to go. 
You're like, you're going to 

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school, but yet you're like, 
give them an option to go to 

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church because you don't want to
force religion on you. 

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Force education on them. 
I mean, you see how silly those 

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narratives are, but you know 
why? 

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It is because we've developed a 
Society of non thinkers. 

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We don't have critical thinking,
so we just accept. 

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Anything that's being said, if 
it sounds good. 

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Instead of saying that sounds 
kind of crazy because I make my 

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child go to school all the time,
why would all of a sudden I give

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them an option, go to church 
where there's life because at 

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the end of the day I can't make 
them study at school. 

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Nor can I make them have good 
grades. 

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I mean, we'll whip our kids for 
bad grades. 

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You'll ground them if they don't
make the grade, if they pop off 

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to your teacher, do something 
wrong at school. 

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But yet, you know, they're like,
well, I don't want to go to 

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church. 
OK, Honeywell, I don't want to 

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force God on you. 
You better get to church. 

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I'm gonna whip your butt. 
All right. 

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Amen. 
Hebrews chapter 3 verse four and

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six says this, for every house 
is built by someone. 

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But the builder of all things is
who? 

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Verse 6 But Christ was faithful 
as a son over his He's over a 

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house. 
Come on to you in his house. 

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I'm in his house. 
I said I'm in his house. 

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And listen, if you're in his 
house, then you need to find 

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your fit in his house, whose 
house we are. 

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We are his house. 
If you hold fast our if we hold 

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fast our confidence and boast of
our hope firm until the end. 

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You understand, men, there are 
many runaway Christians right 

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now. 
We can say it that way. 

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They, they're, they're forsaking
the assembling of ourselves 

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together as the day's getting 
closer. 

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In essence, they want to be a 
runaway from the house. 

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You don't want to be a runaway. 
You want to stay in the house. 

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So we see here that we're not 
supposed to fake. 

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We are supposed to come together
as one. 

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And when we come together, we're
supposed to consider one 

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another, not to fight with one 
another, bicker with one 

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another, question one another. 
I mean, I'm just reading 

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scripture here. 
You can identify yourself pretty

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quick because listen, in a house
again, how many pay your life? 

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You tell them to love their 
siblings. 

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We're going to get along. 
You don't like it when your 

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children are fighting amongst 
each other? 

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Well, the Lord doesn't like it 
when his kids are fighting 

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either. 
And he tells us don't do it. 

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And then he also says you don't 
have to do it because I've given

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you the greater one anyway. 
Amen. 

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It's the best house to be in. 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah. 

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So it's a house and we're not 
orphans, which means we're a 

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family. 
Families are not perfect. 

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The Lords will be one day once 
we put off immortality and we 

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get into the new heaven. 
It's going to be perfect. 

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But yet we have enough working 
for us now that we can do what 

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the Bible says for one another. 
Are we children of God? 

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Come on John chapter one verse 
12 says this Amen. 

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I mean, I've made my. 
Kids apologize to one another. 

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Now go tell your sister you're 
sorry. 

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Amen. 
I've had my children have mercy 

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for one another. 
I mean one time Sean was out 

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riding the go Kart and Brianna 
was on it when we in Oklahoma 

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and he threw her. 
Off and ran over. 

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Yeah. 
I mean, like, turned the corner,

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she fell off, ran over. 
Well, I mean, he was upset, OK? 

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And Brianna had mercy kick in. 
He carried her all the way home.

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Now, Brianna's first response to
me was, don't be mad at him, 

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Dad. 
I mean, she was throwing Mercy 

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out there, all right? 
I mean, she's all marked up. 

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Sean felt bad. 
Don't get me wrong, felt bad. 

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You know, I don't know what was 
all going on there. 

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But at the end of the day, Mercy
was extended. 

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He did not get grounded. 
He did not get in trouble. 

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But we were like, you need to 
drive safer at the end of the 

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day. 
Amen. 

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But you understand there, but 
there were other times that they

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would argue with each other and 
you're like, you go to them and 

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then we do crazy things like hug
them. 

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You know, you hug your brother 
and when two brothers are 

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hugging, you know, that's gets 
awkward sometimes, you know, 

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because they're they're too busy
competing with each other. 

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But we're children, it says. 
But as many as received him. 

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He to them, he gave the right to
become what? 

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Children of God, even to those 
who believe in his name. 

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Do you believe in His name? 
Come on, do you believe in the 

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name of Jesus? 
Then you've been given the right

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to be a child of God. 
And guess what? 

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God doesn't have only children. 
He has a house full. 

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I said he has a house full. 
Amen. 

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And they're the best siblings 
ever because they've been born 

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of God. 
Haven we got to keep that 

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perspective. 
First, John chapter 3 verse 9 

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and 10 says it this way. 
He says no one who was born of 

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God practices sin because his 
seed abides in him. 

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And he cannot sin because he is 
born of God. 

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By this, the children of God and
the children of the devil. 

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You know the devil has children.
You know, the devil has 

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children, OK? 
Because again, we say 

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everybody's God's children. 
Not everybody's God's children. 

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The devil has children. 
Now, everyone was created in the

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image of God originally, but all
have now sinned and fallen short

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of the glory of God, which means
some people are in a different 

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house. 
All right, But we know the 

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difference between children of 
God and children of the devil. 

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They're obvious, I said. 
They're obvious. 

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And you know what they're not 
obvious in? 

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They're not obvious in physical 
look, but they are obvious in 

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behavior. 
I said they're obvious in 

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behavior. 
Come on. 

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Have you been to a restaurant 
and you watched one child sit at

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a table with some parents and 
you know they're obeying them. 

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You know, they're still being a 
little kid, but the parents say,

452
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:26,240
hey, don't do it. 
And they're like. 

453
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,280
Yes, ma'am. 
Or, you know, yes. 

454
00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:30,200
And but then you get another 
one. 

455
00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,840
It's like running all over the 
place and crawling underneath. 

456
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,360
And the parent can't eat because
they're constantly running after

457
00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:39,600
the child because the parent 
don't have authority, but the 

458
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:44,000
child does. 
And it's pretty, yes, it's 

459
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:50,720
obvious which one is mannered 
and which one is not. 

460
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:54,080
Now, to look at him, you would 
know that until you saw their 

461
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:57,400
behavior. 
All right. 

462
00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,880
He said anyone who does not 
practice righteousness is not of

463
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,960
God nor the one who does not 
love his. 

464
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:06,360
His what? 
Go ahead. 

465
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:07,600
Look to your neighbor. 
Say I love you. 

466
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:10,160
Yeah. 
Amen. 

467
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,040
Come on, say it again. 
Say I love you. 

468
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,000
Now, there's a way to love. 
It's not your definition of 

469
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,440
love. 
It's God's definition of love. 

470
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:23,440
But again, there is. 
If we call ourselves children of

471
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:27,520
God because we've called on the 
name of the Lord, then we are to

472
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:32,400
love one another, not to fight 
with one another, not to accuse 

473
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:37,680
one another, not to slander one 
another, not to. 

474
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:41,840
Be offended with one another. 
Hallelujah. 

475
00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:45,120
No, we are to love one another. 
Amen. 

476
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,120
I said we're to love our 
brother. 

477
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:53,400
Well, it goes on and says it 
this way in First John, just 

478
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:57,280
another term that we are called 
because we are to love our 

479
00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:00,920
brother. 
First John 313 and 14 says do 

480
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:04,800
not be surprised brethren, if 
the world hates you. 

481
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:08,800
We know that we have passed out 
of death into life because we 

482
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,160
love. 
Now that's a very interesting 

483
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,880
phrase, isn't it? 
And I'm talking about finding 

484
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:19,720
your fit. 
I'm talking about the church and

485
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:21,880
where everyone is to come 
together. 

486
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:23,720
But you understand, when you 
come to the church, you're 

487
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:27,440
coming to the family of God. 
And there is a way that the 

488
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:32,640
family of God is to function, is
to behave, is to act, is to 

489
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:38,160
conduct itself in the house. 
And we're supposed to be home. 

490
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:39,920
We're not supposed to be 
runaways. 

491
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:48,320
We're not orphans, we're not 
estranged, so he says we we know

492
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,680
that we have passed out of death
in the life. 

493
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:55,560
Is it because we confess Jesus 
as Lord, although that's 

494
00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:58,480
required. 
OK, but what's he say here in 

495
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:06,160
first John because we in essence
there is an action following 

496
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:13,040
your confession a behavior 
because there's a new nature in 

497
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:16,440
you and the new nature in you 
does not send the new nature 

498
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:21,400
wants to respond only like God 
would respond and God's respond 

499
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:26,360
to his own kind is love, 
acceptance encouragement 

500
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:31,880
building each other up champion 
one another preferring one 

501
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:37,920
another serving one another 
right. 

502
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:44,240
He who does not love abides in 
so we are brothers and sisters 

503
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,480
in Christ. 
We are children of God. 

504
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:50,320
We're in a household we we are 
brethren. 

505
00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:53,040
You know what else we are Look 
at this particular passage of 

506
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,240
Scripture. 
We are also called in John 

507
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:59,320
chapter 13 verse 34 and 35. 
He says a new commandment I give

508
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,920
you that you love one another 
even as I loved you that you 

509
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:06,200
also love one another. 
By this all men will know that 

510
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:11,400
you are my disciples. 
How they going to know 'cause 

511
00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:14,640
you asked Jesus into your heart 
and saved you, 'cause you went 

512
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,800
to church? 
No, if you have what? 

513
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,680
Love for one another, I said, if
you have love for one another. 

514
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:26,360
So again Jesus, which is pretty 
powerful, he says a new 

515
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,080
commandment. 
Now we always quote this 

516
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:32,160
commandment, you know, it says 
do unto others as you'd have 

517
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,040
them do unto you. 
We understand that. 

518
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,360
We've talked about that. 
I mean, the Scripture 

519
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,720
communicates that. 
But however Jesus says, I'm 

520
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,520
going to give you a new one 
because in this dispensation 

521
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:47,120
called the new birth, the age of
the church is the expected 

522
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:52,640
behavior of the child of God. 
Now why does he have to command 

523
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,120
it? 
Because he knows once you're 

524
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:58,160
born again, your mind is still 
not renewed to the new behavior.

525
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,240
And that's going to take a 
little time. 

526
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,560
This is why he called new 
believers babes in Christ. 

527
00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:08,000
So again, we're in the house. 
And when if someone came down 

528
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:12,800
today and got born again, we 
could say, woo Hoo, the Holy 

529
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:17,200
Spirit has given birth to a new 
child and they're a babe. 

530
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:23,000
And when there's a baby in the 
house, well, there's some 

531
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:27,600
conflict, right? 
Because babies before, as 

532
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:33,080
they're moving to maturity 
initially are wanting everyone 

533
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:35,920
to respond to it and its needs, 
right? 

534
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:39,120
So what a cry when it's hungry, 
it'll poop on itself. 

535
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,000
And we let that go. 
We're like, I understand, no 

536
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,200
problem. 
I mean, you just got born again.

537
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,800
I realize you're going to 
continue to do some things 

538
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:50,880
today. 
That's from the place you left. 

539
00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:56,440
However, the expectation as you 
continue to come home and be 

540
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,880
home and and be with your 
brothers and sisters, we're 

541
00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:03,200
going to grow you up past this. 
And we see this from older 

542
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,640
siblings down to younger ones, 
you know, pulling it along. 

543
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:09,400
My sister, my sister takes 
credit for my brains. 

544
00:34:10,679 --> 00:34:14,040
She does academically. 
I was. 

545
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:18,360
I did better than my sister, but
she said was because I taught 

546
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,719
you everything when you were 
just when I was coming out of 

547
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,199
school, you know, kindergarten, 
I would come home, play school 

548
00:34:24,199 --> 00:34:26,040
with you and I would teach you 
things, you know. 

549
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,320
And she did. 
I was ahead of the game before I

550
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:30,600
even got into kindergarten 
because my sister. 

551
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:35,920
Played school with me and taught
me colors and numbers and ABC's 

552
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:39,040
and even mathematical equations 
prior to me even going in. 

553
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,360
Are you hearing me? 
Because she had learned 

554
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:45,440
something she wanted to instill 
in her sibling. 

555
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,679
Hallelujah. 
Now that doesn't mean there 

556
00:34:48,679 --> 00:34:55,280
wasn't days I resisted, but 
there were other days I just 

557
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,400
yielded because I wanted to play
with my sister. 

558
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:02,080
And as a result of that, I grew.
Hallelujah. 

559
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,280
So we have babes that are in the
church, but ultimately they are 

560
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:06,080
to grow up. 
Why? 

561
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:09,800
Because we are disciples. 
Disciples are those who are 

562
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:14,520
enlisted as students. 
So all of God's children are 

563
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:20,920
expected to grow and to develop.
And you do not do that outside 

564
00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:25,160
of the house. 
This is part of the environment 

565
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,880
that comes when you find your 
fit. 

566
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:32,040
Look at what it says in first 
John chapter 3 verse 32 or 23 to

567
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,080
24. 
It says this. 

568
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:37,960
This is this is his commandment 
that we believe in the name of 

569
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:42,440
his Son Jesus Christ and love 
one another just as he commanded

570
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:43,720
us. 
The one who keeps his 

571
00:35:43,720 --> 00:35:46,560
commandments abides in him and 
he in in him. 

572
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:51,960
We know by this that he abides 
in us by the Spirit whom he has 

573
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,800
given us. 
So notice this command that we 

574
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,480
love one another, because again,
it wasn't. 

575
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:01,480
Do the best you can while you're
in the planet and when you get 

576
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:03,680
born again. 
I realize it's very difficult to

577
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:07,600
get along with people, 
especially your own house. 

578
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:14,200
That's not what Jesus said. 
Jesus knew we would be in close 

579
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:21,240
proximity and this is what else 
he knew. 

580
00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:24,880
He knew that you know what? 
You're not all the same because 

581
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:32,800
I didn't make cookie cutters. 
I made everyone unique in their 

582
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:36,560
own way for my glory and my 
expression. 

583
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:41,320
However, your differences do not
make you difference. 

584
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:48,400
It makes you fit because with a 
puzzle, it's the differences 

585
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:53,960
that actually make it fit. 
Because as he said, if everybody

586
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,600
was an I, where would the 
hearing be? 

587
00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:00,480
And if everyone was a nose, 
where would And it kept on. 

588
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:05,400
We are different by design. 
But our difference by design 

589
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:07,720
doesn't mean we should have 
conflict. 

590
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:12,640
It means we should resolve to 
love one another and embrace the

591
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:14,720
differences. 
Hallelujah. 

592
00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:19,760
Because when we recognize in our
household, thank God for you and

593
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:22,600
for what you bring and what you 
bring and what you bring, 

594
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,720
because nobody's better than 
anyone. 

595
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,480
I mean, which puzzle piece is 
the best piece? 

596
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:34,400
The only time a puzzle piece 
seems more important than the 

597
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:38,440
rest if it's the last piece. 
But here's the. 

598
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:42,800
Thing hold on Yeah it was lost 
and we had to find it right if 

599
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:47,200
we don't want to talk about the 
99 right now but we frustrated 

600
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:53,080
with you we're like where's this
last piece No, what I'm saying 

601
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,720
is if you put a puzzle together 
there's going to be a last piece

602
00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,800
tear that thing up throw it in 
the box shake it open it back up

603
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:03,480
and do it again the chances of 
you having the exact same piece 

604
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:09,800
the last piece the probability 
of that is obviously based upon 

605
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,480
the size of the. 
Puzzle. 

606
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:16,280
The point is, is that God's not 
trying to make you better. 

607
00:38:17,240 --> 00:38:21,920
He's just making you you. 
And there are times in a service

608
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,520
that all of a sudden he decides 
to you. 

609
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:27,840
Like today he decided to say, 
let me use April as a piece of 

610
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:31,760
my puzzle to encourage the body.
But that's not every service. 

611
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,320
Sometimes another piece of the 
puzzle comes up and does an 

612
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:37,440
encouragement or it comes 
through some other way. 

613
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,440
Why? 
Cuz God's using US in so many 

614
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,480
different ways. 
And aren't you glad that people 

615
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:43,880
can actually play instruments 
unlike others who can't? 

616
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:46,680
And we're like, thank God you 
play cuz I don't. 

617
00:38:47,240 --> 00:38:51,280
And you get to receive the 
benefit of someone's uniqueness 

618
00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:55,160
because it makes a better 
expression of the. 

619
00:38:55,160 --> 00:39:00,800
House Hallelujah. 
Thank you Jesus. 

620
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:03,560
So we are to love one another. 
You know what else we are? 

621
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:07,480
We're sons of God. 
Come on, look at this. 

622
00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:11,040
In Romans chapter 8 verse 14 to 
17 it says this. 

623
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:16,400
For all who are being led by the
Spirit of God, these are sons of

624
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,280
God. 
For you have not received a 

625
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:22,440
spirit of slavery leaving 
leading to fear again, but you 

626
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:26,440
have received a spirit of 
adoption as sons which by which 

627
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:30,160
we cry out ABBA father now 
notice says spirit of adoption 

628
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,720
because why he'll never leave 
you as an orphan. 

629
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:35,880
However, we are not really just 
adopted. 

630
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,560
That translation could say it 
this way. 

631
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:42,600
It says he we've received the 
ability to find our place. 

632
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,640
Because we're actually born of 
God. 

633
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:48,800
We're not adopted into the 
family. 

634
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:52,840
We are born of God. 
We are a new creature in Christ.

635
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:56,320
So God's not. 
Adopting us, He's making us his 

636
00:39:56,320 --> 00:40:00,200
own. 
By nature, However, there is a 

637
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:03,800
place for us. 
I said there's a place for us. 

638
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:06,280
You know what? 
God rallies. 

639
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:12,120
As a pastor and apostle, in the 
21 years I've been here, come 

640
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:15,560
April, but been in ministry 
longer than that, one of the 

641
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:20,480
most grievous things that I 
experienced is when a member of 

642
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:25,320
the body cannot rejoice in their
own and who they are by 

643
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:34,160
themselves because then they 
can't connect with no one. 

644
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:41,800
And it's sad because their 
potential never is fulfilled 

645
00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:52,040
because they isolate themselves.
It's tough, it's grievous, and 

646
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:55,120
your heart goes out, especially 
when turmoil starts to happen 

647
00:40:55,120 --> 00:41:00,240
because you know you're missing 
your fit, you're competing with 

648
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:04,440
other pieces that you don't have
to because you're unique, your 

649
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:09,680
own, but yet you're connected. 
And it brings grief and it 

650
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:15,320
brings the Father grief because 
he has a way for his family to 

651
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,760
function. 
And here's the thing, if he says

652
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:22,040
it, it is obtainable. 
That's what's so amazing. 

653
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:28,360
It is obtainable if you aspire 
by faith. 

654
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:31,040
You understand, again, what have
we relegated faith to? 

655
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:35,040
We relegated faith to personal, 
personal wealth, personal 

656
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:40,400
health, personal relationships. 
But how about putting faith 

657
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:44,920
towards, I'm believing God for 
your church that you're building

658
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:48,400
that, that everyone will find 
their fit and rejoice with one 

659
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,280
another. 
And I'm going to be, I'll be one

660
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:55,920
of the ones that won't fall into
the trap of not encouraging 

661
00:41:56,080 --> 00:42:01,120
building up, walking in love. 
I'm going to be that piece that 

662
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:04,280
always stays in the right, right
position. 

663
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:09,120
And it's obtainable because the 
Lord says it's obtainable. 

664
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:15,280
He goes on to say verse 16, the 
Spirit himself testifies with 

665
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,880
our Spirit that we're children 
of God, and if children, heirs, 

666
00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:20,920
also heirs of God and fellow 
heirs with Christ, if indeed we 

667
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:24,240
suffer with him so that we may 
also be glorified with him. 

668
00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:26,920
So again, the church is not this
religious exercise. 

669
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:34,840
It is a household, it is 
children, it is sons, it is 

670
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:43,840
brothers and sisters, it is 
disciples that have a specific 

671
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:48,080
way they are to function and 
behave with one another. 

672
00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:52,000
Yes. 
Amen. 

673
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:52,480
Hallelujah. 
Amen. 

674
00:42:52,720 --> 00:42:57,720
Because, Dad, our father knows 
how well you're doing as a child

675
00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:00,200
based upon how you're treating 
your siblings. 

676
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:05,720
Come on, that's good, because 
notice, he says. 

677
00:43:05,720 --> 00:43:10,320
Now the world's going to realize
your mind because how you treat 

678
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:16,040
your family, because the 
children of the devil, they 

679
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:18,000
kill, steal and destroy each 
other. 

680
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:20,600
They use and manipulate each 
other. 

681
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:27,920
Hallelujah, but man, when 
they're like, how in the world 

682
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:30,560
do you get? 
Did you you didn't get upset 

683
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:31,920
about that. 
You're not going to get mad 

684
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:33,080
about that. 
You're not going to. 

685
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:40,920
Now, I'm not when I'm talking 
about walking in love towards 

686
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:43,000
one another. 
I'm also talking in love because

687
00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:47,480
the brethren is going to say as 
some of my children did and my 

688
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:49,360
daughter learned a lot from her 
brothers. 

689
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:54,840
Well through example. 
Don't do that, right? 

690
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:59,560
But I know that periodically my 
children would say, if you do 

691
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:00,920
that, you're going to be in 
trouble. 

692
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:09,520
Now, that's not being mean, 
ugly, divisive. 

693
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:12,280
It is. 
That's not the standard of the 

694
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:18,040
household. 
And some of my siblings didn't. 

695
00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:21,320
Some of my children did not 
participate with their own 

696
00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:27,360
siblings because they knew if I 
do what you're doing, I'm going 

697
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:30,200
to be in trouble. 
You own your own. 

698
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:33,560
I've warned you. 
I've told you the standard, 

699
00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:41,160
which means I do not go and 
participate with you with that 

700
00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:44,960
behavior. 
You understand the body would 

701
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:48,480
grow way faster if the believers
would say, hold on a minute, 

702
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:52,040
that's not our behavior. 
Don't suck me into that. 

703
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:55,840
I'm not doing that. 
You need to change. 

704
00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:57,880
I'm not going with you down that
road. 

705
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:04,720
And sometimes the siblings would
do this because, you know, they 

706
00:45:04,720 --> 00:45:09,280
would be burdened by the choice 
of their family member, that 

707
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:13,400
they would come to the parent 
and say. 

708
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:28,360
We call them tattle tales, but 
God calls them people. 

709
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:30,360
Who's trying to bring 
reconciliation? 

710
00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:42,320
I mean, you cannot. 
Assemble as often as we do and 

711
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:46,360
not have conflict, but conflicts
easy to overcome. 

712
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:49,480
When you have the Spirit of God 
in you and your nature is of 

713
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:53,680
God, and you renew your mind and
you yield to it, it's pretty 

714
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:59,520
simple. 
Amen, Hallelujah, say Amen. 

715
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:03,760
Anyway, so we're sons of God. 
Look at this in Colossians 

716
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:05,400
chapter one. 
We are the body. 

717
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:11,080
But Jesus is the head, for he 
rescued us from the domain of 

718
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:14,280
darkness and transferred us to 
the Kingdom of his beloved Son. 

719
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:20,000
In essence, our dad went to the 
tyrannical ruler devil and told 

720
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:24,240
all of those kids that were in a
home they never should have been

721
00:46:24,240 --> 00:46:27,600
in. 
He never desired them to be in. 

722
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:33,280
He says to them, you can come to
my house forever. 

723
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:37,920
And when we accept Jesus Christ,
our Lord and Savior, where we 

724
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:43,400
leave that household and we come
into a different home, we have 

725
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:45,040
redemption, the forgiveness of 
sense. 

726
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:48,040
He is the image of the the 
invisible God, the first born of

727
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:51,920
all creation, who's the first 
born Jesus is. 

728
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:55,480
For by him all things were 
created both in the heavens and 

729
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:58,000
on earth, visible and invisible,
whether Thrones or demeans or 

730
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:00,280
rulers or authority, all things 
have been created through Him 

731
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:03,680
and for Him. 
He is before all things, and in 

732
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:13,520
Him all things hold together. 
He is also head of the body, and

733
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:19,960
the body is the Church, and He 
is the beginning, the first born

734
00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:23,680
from the dead, so that he 
himself might have, might, will 

735
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:26,040
come to have first place in 
everything. 

736
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:31,520
Who has first place? 
Who is the head of the body, and

737
00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:38,280
the body is the Church. 
Now you cannot call yourself the

738
00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:43,400
body of Christ or the church if 
the head has been amputated. 

739
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:49,880
So this brings this thought when
it comes to finding your fit. 

740
00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:52,760
The first aspect in order to 
find your fit is that you have 

741
00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:57,000
to recognize that once you're 
born again, God never intended 

742
00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:01,360
for you to be isolated or alone.
He always wanted you to collect 

743
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:08,360
upon the same place with other 
brothers and sisters because he 

744
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:13,240
knew greater power is 
demonstrated because it his his 

745
00:48:13,240 --> 00:48:16,680
body. 
So when people say I love Jesus 

746
00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:25,960
but do not love his church, this
is a conflict because how can 

747
00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:27,960
you love Jesus and hate his 
body? 

748
00:48:27,960 --> 00:48:30,960
Well, I hate church. 
Well, you may hate people who 

749
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:33,920
call it church and it's not, and
that may be true. 

750
00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:39,000
However, even in the Book of 
Revelations, his body has 

751
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:42,480
challenges of which he, the 
head, will correct. 

752
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:47,280
He will correct. 
He said. 

753
00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:52,680
They have tolerated the spirit 
of Jezebel and I've given her 

754
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:59,040
time to repent, which means 
Jezebel can be in the church for

755
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:04,160
season, which means the pastor 
could allow that to occur per 

756
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:10,360
the head because he's wanting 
her to repent. 

757
00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:15,360
But if she doesn't, he will 
address it, deal with it, 

758
00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:19,120
eliminate it, and any that are 
following that voice will be 

759
00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:21,800
eliminated as well. 
It's going to happen. 

760
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:27,720
God is not mocked. 
He's the head of the church and 

761
00:49:27,720 --> 00:49:32,560
again, you cannot say that you 
are part of Christ and never 

762
00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:37,080
attend church or a symbol and 
act like he is fine with that. 

763
00:49:37,240 --> 00:49:39,080
You cannot find that in 
Scripture. 

764
00:49:39,080 --> 00:49:42,080
That's right. 
Can't find it. 

765
00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:44,600
Now you know what people say. 
People say, well, what about in 

766
00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:46,400
these countries where you know 
they can't have church? 

767
00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:49,640
Well, I'm glad you asked because
in most, most of those places 

768
00:49:49,640 --> 00:49:52,600
that cannot have church, they do
a better job of actually 

769
00:49:52,600 --> 00:50:01,040
assembling because they figure 
out ways and they can't wait to 

770
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:04,520
get together, even at the risk 
of their own lives. 

771
00:50:05,240 --> 00:50:07,000
Had one missionary that we 
support. 

772
00:50:07,160 --> 00:50:09,880
He went to China to minister 
there. 

773
00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:12,760
And so they told people he was 
coming to minister. 

774
00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:17,120
And so people started showing up
to an undisclosed location and 

775
00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:19,080
it took them 8 hours to get 
there. 

776
00:50:19,080 --> 00:50:22,920
And the reason I took them 8 
hours #1 because of travel #2 is

777
00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:26,240
because how they brought them in
little by little so that it 

778
00:50:26,240 --> 00:50:28,760
would not be noticeable, the 
crowd. 

779
00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:32,840
And it was in a warehouse that 
had no heat, no air condition. 

780
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:36,080
It was during the winter so it 
was snow on the ground. 

781
00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:39,600
Then he came into the building 
they had some had been there for

782
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:45,560
8 hours or longer waiting for 
him to come just to hear the 

783
00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:51,320
word of the Lord. 
He preached for three hours 

784
00:50:53,800 --> 00:51:06,250
where you could see your breath.
Then he left and it took them 8 

785
00:51:06,250 --> 00:51:09,250
hours to leave because they had 
to trickle out. 

786
00:51:12,240 --> 00:51:15,080
They wanted to go to church so 
bad. 

787
00:51:21,100 --> 00:51:25,540
And here in the West, man, we 
have climate control times. 

788
00:51:25,540 --> 00:51:31,100
Police are not lined up out here
ready to shoot us when we go and

789
00:51:31,100 --> 00:51:34,300
we'll wake up and and let I feel
a little tired. 

790
00:51:37,780 --> 00:51:39,380
And then we're like, Lord use 
me. 

791
00:51:39,620 --> 00:51:42,060
He's like, well, you're not 
doing the basic. 

792
00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:49,520
The basics is just coming home 
every time. 

793
00:51:49,640 --> 00:51:52,560
The place I assigned you to. 
Are we going to see this? 

794
00:51:53,240 --> 00:51:57,480
The place that I appointed you 
to be, How often they come 

795
00:51:57,480 --> 00:52:02,160
together, You would be there. 
Hallelujah. 

796
00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:05,840
My children had no problem 
showing up at the table every 

797
00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:09,240
night. 
Not one time. 

798
00:52:11,120 --> 00:52:13,760
In fact, they would actually 
show up early sometimes. 

799
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:16,000
We'll be eating tonight. 
See, when you realize you're 

800
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:18,080
getting spiritual food and 
you're hungry for God, you're 

801
00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:20,440
like, I can't wait to get to 
church, can't wait to sit, can't

802
00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:22,520
wait to be with my family, can't
wait to hear what the meal is 

803
00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:25,120
going to be. 
See when you still value the 

804
00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:27,840
word because again, it can be 
steak and potatoes again. 

805
00:52:28,560 --> 00:52:30,840
Somebody like, praise God, let's
have steak and potatoes again 

806
00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:32,960
tomorrow night. 
I am a steak and potato guy. 

807
00:52:33,080 --> 00:52:35,520
Well, you know what, I like 
steak as much as anyone else. 

808
00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:38,320
And once I've had it once 
doesn't mean I can't have it 

809
00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:42,440
again. 
It's your approach to it that 

810
00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:44,880
brings. 
And God says I'm going to build 

811
00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:49,720
a group of believers that their 
approach is all about me loving 

812
00:52:49,720 --> 00:52:52,840
one another, being connected. 
They're going to assemble. 

813
00:52:55,560 --> 00:52:59,880
They're going to assemble. 
So Colossians 113 to 18 again 

814
00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:02,680
says that we've been rescued. 
We're the body of Christ, He is 

815
00:53:02,680 --> 00:53:05,080
the head. 
So Jesus says this in Matthew 

816
00:53:05,080 --> 00:53:09,520
chapter 16, verses 15 to 19. 
Everybody doing all right. 

817
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:13,120
I mean, you're in the most 
powerful thing on the planet 

818
00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:15,240
right now. 
It's the church. 

819
00:53:15,680 --> 00:53:19,280
Now, look, just because some 
places aren't functioning well 

820
00:53:19,400 --> 00:53:21,320
doesn't mean God's not doing 
something. 

821
00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:25,840
So don't be one of the 
rebellious. 

822
00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:29,600
Children of God. 
Who make fatalistic statements 

823
00:53:29,600 --> 00:53:33,400
that are not birthed in reality.
I mean, my kids would be 

824
00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:35,760
extravagant about some things. 
Like, really? 

825
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:38,560
I mean, seriously, Are you 
saying this right now? 

826
00:53:38,560 --> 00:53:41,000
I mean, that is, like, way out 
of context. 

827
00:53:43,480 --> 00:53:45,840
Because, you know, it seems like
in the West everybody's like, 

828
00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:53,800
man, there's no church. 
And he said to them, but who do 

829
00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:55,880
you say that I am? 
Simon Peter says you are the 

830
00:53:55,880 --> 00:53:57,040
Christ, the Son of the living 
God. 

831
00:53:57,040 --> 00:53:59,640
Jesus said, blessed are you 
Simon Barjona, because flesh and

832
00:53:59,640 --> 00:54:00,920
blood has not revealed this to 
you. 

833
00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:03,760
But my Father who is in heaven, 
I say to you that you are Peter 

834
00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:06,080
and upon this rock, not upon 
Peter, but upon the revelation 

835
00:54:06,080 --> 00:54:10,360
that Jesus is the Christ the 
King, I'll build my church and 

836
00:54:10,360 --> 00:54:12,680
the gates of hell are at Hades 
will not overpower. 

837
00:54:12,680 --> 00:54:15,040
Verse 19 says, and I'll give you
the keys of the Kingdom. 

838
00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:17,880
That's why we know that it's 
built on the Christ or the King,

839
00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:20,280
because why would it be built on
religion? 

840
00:54:20,280 --> 00:54:26,120
And he's given Kingdom keys. 
It's been on the Kingdom. 

841
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:29,480
I said it's been on the Kingdom.
I said it's been on the Kingdom.

842
00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:31,920
You know, I'm amazed at how many
people are already bored with 

843
00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:35,040
the word Kingdom. 
That's like getting bored with 

844
00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:38,680
the name. 
Jesus, 'cause I'm here to tell 

845
00:54:38,680 --> 00:54:43,280
you the King's coming and he's 
not bringing a white church with

846
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:47,120
a steeple in in the new heaven 
and new earth. 

847
00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:48,880
We are not going to see a 
crucifix. 

848
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:55,840
I will give you the keys of the 
Kingdom of heaven, and whatever 

849
00:54:55,840 --> 00:54:58,160
you bound on earth shall have 
been bound in heaven. 

850
00:54:58,160 --> 00:54:59,960
Whatever you loose on earth 
shall have been loosed in 

851
00:54:59,960 --> 00:55:01,840
heaven. 
Notice Jesus in verse 18. 

852
00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:05,360
I will build my church. 
That word my is of me. 

853
00:55:05,360 --> 00:55:07,440
That means Jesus is personally 
involved. 

854
00:55:07,640 --> 00:55:10,800
Jesus did not delegate the 
building of the church to the 

855
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:14,480
apostle, the prophet, the 
pastor, the teacher, or the 

856
00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:18,800
evangelist, although he did give
those gifts a very specific 

857
00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:24,640
instruction for his church and a
layer of responsibility. 

858
00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:28,360
Then you have the Saints. 
The Saints are not building the 

859
00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:34,040
Church and in the US many Saints
have have developed boards that 

860
00:55:34,040 --> 00:55:36,240
they vote their fivefold 
ministry. 

861
00:55:36,240 --> 00:55:40,840
In. 
Under the pretense that they've 

862
00:55:40,840 --> 00:55:47,400
heard from. 
God, all right, it's fine. 

863
00:55:49,840 --> 00:55:53,080
I mean many. 
People use God as a manipulative

864
00:55:53,080 --> 00:55:58,240
tool to advance their own cause.
It's true. 

865
00:55:58,960 --> 00:56:01,400
And when you say that they try 
to put it on those who aren't. 

866
00:56:03,880 --> 00:56:06,760
But it's it's noticeable by the 
behavior of the individual and 

867
00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:10,480
how they talk about others. 
Very noticeable. 

868
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:14,600
So Jesus said I'm going to build
my church, which tells me I 

869
00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:18,440
don't care how many bad church 
experiences you've had, Jesus 

870
00:56:18,680 --> 00:56:24,080
today is building his church. 
There is the existence of it in 

871
00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:26,640
the planet. 
Because he said once he comes 

872
00:56:26,640 --> 00:56:29,920
in, there'll be no end to the 
increase of his government or of

873
00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:32,920
peace, because the government 
will rest on his shoulders. 

874
00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:35,520
The shoulder is in the body. 
That is the church. 

875
00:56:35,520 --> 00:56:38,440
The church is like the embassy. 
We are the ambassadors. 

876
00:56:38,560 --> 00:56:42,360
And he is building those 
embassies all over the world 

877
00:56:42,480 --> 00:56:46,480
where his children are coming 
together, hearing from the home 

878
00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:50,280
country, encouraging one 
another, champion one another, 

879
00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:54,920
wanting each other to find their
fit and do their part. 

880
00:56:55,120 --> 00:56:57,360
Because when we all do it 
together, we can accomplish 

881
00:56:57,360 --> 00:57:02,360
amazing things. 
And that's happening in the 

882
00:57:02,360 --> 00:57:04,520
earth today. 
It's happening. 

883
00:57:04,520 --> 00:57:07,920
And when people say, well, you 
know, I'll try to, I'm never 

884
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:10,400
going to go to church again, 
well then you're unscriptural. 

885
00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:18,240
Hallelujah. 
No, we need to find our fit. 

886
00:57:18,240 --> 00:57:21,920
Jesus is building the church. 
Ephesians chapter 4. 

887
00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:26,800
We're closing down here, it 
says, and he gave some as now 

888
00:57:27,840 --> 00:57:31,120
I'm going to come back and 
reiterate this point in the 

889
00:57:31,240 --> 00:57:34,200
eighth verse, it said, and God 
gave gifts to men. 

890
00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:36,640
That's every one of us. 
Say I'm a gift. 

891
00:57:37,200 --> 00:57:39,480
Come on, say I'm a gift. 
You are a gift. 

892
00:57:39,480 --> 00:57:42,560
You know what good gifts are? 
Gifts are only good if they're 

893
00:57:42,560 --> 00:57:48,520
opened. 
So unless you let U.S. 

894
00:57:48,520 --> 00:57:53,800
Open you, what good is your 
gift? 

895
00:57:55,880 --> 00:57:58,600
Most of you are trying to be 
like Santa Claus. 

896
00:57:59,360 --> 00:58:03,160
You want to keep yourself as a 
gift underneath your own tree 

897
00:58:03,160 --> 00:58:05,840
called the cross and wait for 
Jesus to come and open you. 

898
00:58:06,280 --> 00:58:08,000
Jesus like I've been trying to 
open you. 

899
00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:17,400
So he gave gifts to man. 
Some of these gifts are 

900
00:58:17,400 --> 00:58:20,760
apostles, prophets, evangelists,
pastors, and teachers. 

901
00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:24,520
Not all are those gifts. 
Now here's the big problem and 

902
00:58:24,520 --> 00:58:26,480
I'm going to go into this in 
more detail. 

903
00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:29,680
God does not call them titles. 
That's. 

904
00:58:33,240 --> 00:58:34,080
Right. 
And I get it. 

905
00:58:34,800 --> 00:58:37,640
I understand what why people do 
that. 

906
00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:39,640
They're like, man, I'm not about
a title, brother. 

907
00:58:39,640 --> 00:58:42,480
I'm just like you, you know, and
they want to maintain this sense

908
00:58:42,480 --> 00:58:45,560
of humility that they're not 
trying to be something, you 

909
00:58:45,560 --> 00:58:48,040
know, I'm not into titles. 
Well, you know what? 

910
00:58:48,040 --> 00:58:50,080
God wasn't into titles because 
he didn't make it a title. 

911
00:58:50,080 --> 00:58:52,960
He called it a gift. 
And what we've done is we've 

912
00:58:52,960 --> 00:58:56,080
used a human term, brought it 
into the church, and now we've 

913
00:58:56,080 --> 00:59:00,560
changed something that all of a 
sudden, if one of these gifts 

914
00:59:00,560 --> 00:59:06,160
are in operation, we're seeing 
it as title, we're seeing it as 

915
00:59:06,160 --> 00:59:10,400
controlling, we're seeing it as 
controlling me, when none of 

916
00:59:10,400 --> 00:59:14,840
those gifts can control you. 
And they were never designed to 

917
00:59:14,840 --> 00:59:17,840
control you, but they are 
designed to equip you. 

918
00:59:18,920 --> 00:59:22,440
And equipping you is not just 
telling you you look beautiful 

919
00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:27,880
today. 
Because when Paul told Timothy 

920
00:59:27,880 --> 00:59:30,520
to equip, he says you're going 
to instruct, but you can also 

921
00:59:30,520 --> 00:59:39,080
rebuke, you're going to correct.
In fact, 2/3 of the ministry of 

922
00:59:39,080 --> 00:59:41,920
the fivefold ministry has to do 
with you're going to have to 

923
00:59:41,920 --> 00:59:46,720
change the way you think. 
And we've developed such a soft 

924
00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:58,160
US church, but again, even in 
the softest of churches, that 

925
00:59:58,160 --> 01:00:00,480
they do not want to hear 
correction one time. 

926
01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:05,080
They will be the first believers
that will stand on a sideline 

927
01:00:05,080 --> 01:00:12,480
and let a secular lost person 
cuss out their child at a game 

928
01:00:13,280 --> 01:00:19,840
in order to perform better. 
And then we'll re reaffirm this 

929
01:00:19,840 --> 01:00:25,080
lost person who's been yelling 
at our child and giving them all

930
01:00:25,080 --> 01:00:28,160
kinds of obscenity and say if 
you don't do it, you're not 

931
01:00:28,160 --> 01:00:29,960
going to make it to the next 
level in college. 

932
01:00:29,960 --> 01:00:43,560
You better listen to your coach.
But Jesus building his church. 

933
01:00:44,080 --> 01:00:50,560
So all who are sensitive, please
change your thinking. 

934
01:00:51,640 --> 01:00:54,640
If not, you'll leave, I can't 
help it. 

935
01:00:56,680 --> 01:01:00,000
We're here to equip the Saints. 
Why? 

936
01:01:00,480 --> 01:01:02,320
So that they know they go to 
heaven when they die. 

937
01:01:04,000 --> 01:01:11,400
See, the assembly is not just so
we can have a pepper rally, 

938
01:01:12,280 --> 01:01:14,600
although there are some pepper 
rally services. 

939
01:01:16,120 --> 01:01:18,640
Amen. 
I like a good pepper rally too, 

940
01:01:18,840 --> 01:01:20,520
but pepper rallies don't have 
you winning. 

941
01:01:21,360 --> 01:01:24,440
You have a pep rally because the
whole week you've been 

942
01:01:24,560 --> 01:01:29,880
practicing, you've been on the 
field, blood, sweat, tears, 

943
01:01:29,960 --> 01:01:34,120
exhaustion, going without water 
when you know you want it and 

944
01:01:34,120 --> 01:01:38,480
the coach won't let you take a 
water break and says do another 

945
01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:40,200
one. 
Then the pep rally comes and 

946
01:01:40,200 --> 01:01:42,560
you're like, thank God we're in 
the air conditioned gym and we 

947
01:01:42,560 --> 01:01:44,920
get to go rah rah re and 
everybody gets excited because 

948
01:01:44,920 --> 01:01:46,000
we're going to beat the team 
tonight. 

949
01:01:46,000 --> 01:01:51,920
But we can only win tonight 
because we executed Fiona, our 

950
01:01:51,920 --> 01:01:57,120
only hope of winning. 
Hey, ma'am, so we equipped the 

951
01:01:57,120 --> 01:01:58,520
Saints. 
I wish some of you get more 

952
01:01:58,520 --> 01:01:59,800
excited in this. 
That's all right. 

953
01:02:01,200 --> 01:02:04,440
Hallelujah, some of you. 
Are a lot more mature than this 

954
01:02:04,440 --> 01:02:06,880
and you could really help the 
whole flow of service if you 

955
01:02:06,880 --> 01:02:10,360
would just go ahead and act on 
what you're thinking instead of,

956
01:02:10,400 --> 01:02:13,160
you know, being reserved. 
For the equipment of the Saints,

957
01:02:13,160 --> 01:02:16,160
for the worker service to the 
building up of the what body of 

958
01:02:16,160 --> 01:02:17,520
Christ? 
Because again, you come to 

959
01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:21,400
church not just for you. 
The assembly is not about you. 

960
01:02:25,160 --> 01:02:28,160
It's not about you. 
Again, because we have made him 

961
01:02:28,160 --> 01:02:32,040
our personal Savior and church 
is an option because all we 

962
01:02:32,080 --> 01:02:34,160
really care about is where we're
going to go when we die. 

963
01:02:34,280 --> 01:02:36,920
Then the church can't function 
like it was because you're 

964
01:02:36,920 --> 01:02:40,800
coming for you and you're not 
coming for someone else because 

965
01:02:40,800 --> 01:02:43,800
you're really supposed to grow 
so that you can help build up 

966
01:02:43,800 --> 01:02:50,320
someone else. 
Now you're not building someone 

967
01:02:50,320 --> 01:02:57,040
so that you can make someone 
follow you because you need your

968
01:02:57,040 --> 01:03:00,160
part to do your part. 
Oh, I can't wait till our team 

969
01:03:00,160 --> 01:03:04,720
rally night. 
Hallelujah. 

970
01:03:05,160 --> 01:03:09,080
Speaking of Team Rally night, 
all of you that are in our 

971
01:03:09,080 --> 01:03:13,680
Elevate orientation or Elevate 
ministry have been sent a thing 

972
01:03:13,680 --> 01:03:17,960
on Planning Center to accept one
of the dates that is not 

973
01:03:17,960 --> 01:03:27,160
optional. 
Your desire to be in your fit 

974
01:03:27,560 --> 01:03:33,960
and to continue to grow and give
yourself means I'm coming not 

975
01:03:33,960 --> 01:03:39,720
does it fit in my schedule. 
So at the last I heard there's 

976
01:03:39,720 --> 01:03:44,160
about 100 that had not out of 
300. 

977
01:03:46,320 --> 01:03:51,360
Let's go to work. 
All right, 'cause man, it's 

978
01:03:51,360 --> 01:03:55,040
going to be worth your while 
until we all attain to the what?

979
01:03:56,320 --> 01:03:58,360
Well, we can agree to disagree. 
No, we can't. 

980
01:03:59,880 --> 01:04:02,760
We need to unify the unity of 
the faith, the knowledge of the 

981
01:04:02,760 --> 01:04:05,280
Son of God to a what? 
Mature man? 

982
01:04:05,280 --> 01:04:07,040
The reason some people struggle 
is because they want to stay 

983
01:04:07,040 --> 01:04:09,880
immature. 
But the mature will require 

984
01:04:09,880 --> 01:04:12,480
people to mature. 
Come on, you need to mature now.

985
01:04:12,720 --> 01:04:14,880
And I'm not being mean to you. 
I'm just saying let's mature. 

986
01:04:15,480 --> 01:04:17,760
And that's not mean. 
That's not mean spirited. 

987
01:04:17,840 --> 01:04:20,080
That's like, come on, maturity 
is a pretty awesome thing 

988
01:04:20,800 --> 01:04:23,120
because when you're mature, it 
ain't about you anymore. 

989
01:04:23,120 --> 01:04:25,400
It's nothing about you. 
It has nothing to do with you. 

990
01:04:26,960 --> 01:04:28,280
Because it had to do with me, 
man. 

991
01:04:28,280 --> 01:04:31,640
I'd have left a long time ago. 
I am self-sustaining. 

992
01:04:32,520 --> 01:04:35,280
I know how to feed myself. 
The problem is when I started to

993
01:04:35,280 --> 01:04:39,160
feed myself, I realized I cannot
be cut off from the rest of the 

994
01:04:39,160 --> 01:04:44,080
body. 
So what keeps me and is not my 

995
01:04:44,280 --> 01:04:48,240
calling, it's my obligation to 
my King. 

996
01:04:51,600 --> 01:04:53,800
That's why I keep showing up and
assembling. 

997
01:04:57,240 --> 01:05:00,080
This is why many of you when 
you're on vacation, you find a. 

998
01:05:06,800 --> 01:05:09,520
Don't let the Westernized church
make it a department or 

999
01:05:09,520 --> 01:05:11,120
something that we just do on the
side. 

1000
01:05:11,120 --> 01:05:15,560
It's who we are. 
The church is not a building, 

1001
01:05:16,400 --> 01:05:18,760
it's who we are. 
How do I take this off? 

1002
01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:22,360
How do I take vacation from who 
I am? 

1003
01:05:24,080 --> 01:05:29,880
It's called amnesia, OK. 
As a result, we're no longer 

1004
01:05:30,200 --> 01:05:33,680
children to be children, tossed 
here and there by waves and 

1005
01:05:33,680 --> 01:05:35,920
carried around by every wind of 
doctrine, by the trickery of 

1006
01:05:35,920 --> 01:05:38,600
men, by the craftiness and 
deceitful scheming, but speaking

1007
01:05:38,600 --> 01:05:39,320
the truth. 
And love. 

1008
01:05:39,320 --> 01:05:41,680
We are to grow up in all aspects
into Him who was the head, even 

1009
01:05:41,680 --> 01:05:42,560
Christ. 
Whom? 

1010
01:05:42,560 --> 01:05:45,440
The what? 
Whole body, Not one part of the 

1011
01:05:45,440 --> 01:05:48,720
body, not just the leg parts. 
The torso doesn't need to show 

1012
01:05:48,720 --> 01:05:51,680
up today. 
Whom the whole body? 

1013
01:05:51,880 --> 01:05:54,560
Whom? 
The whole body being what being 

1014
01:05:54,560 --> 01:05:57,320
what? 
What are they fitted? 

1015
01:05:57,320 --> 01:06:02,520
Find your fit being fitted and 
held together by what every 

1016
01:06:02,520 --> 01:06:06,800
joint supplies according to the 
proper working of each 

1017
01:06:06,800 --> 01:06:10,320
individual part. 
So they're each individual has a

1018
01:06:10,360 --> 01:06:17,920
part and you have a proper part.
We'll talk about this next week 

1019
01:06:18,040 --> 01:06:21,640
because some are trying to be in
a part that they're not proper 

1020
01:06:21,640 --> 01:06:24,920
to be in. 
You were never designed to be 

1021
01:06:24,920 --> 01:06:28,960
there. 
That's good. 

1022
01:06:28,960 --> 01:06:31,760
And you're mad at God because 
you want to pick your spot. 

1023
01:06:32,440 --> 01:06:34,600
I'm glad my fingers aren't mad 
at my toes. 

1024
01:06:35,200 --> 01:06:38,080
I've never woke up my my fingers
were trying to break my toes 

1025
01:06:38,080 --> 01:06:40,040
off. 
It's never happened. 

1026
01:06:41,040 --> 01:06:46,280
It's never happened. 
Never once did I have this issue

1027
01:06:46,280 --> 01:06:50,200
inside me because my stomach was
trying to become my heart. 

1028
01:06:51,280 --> 01:06:56,000
Although sometimes I've had 
heartburn because it's something

1029
01:06:56,000 --> 01:06:59,160
too spicy somewhere. 
But, you know, my organs are not

1030
01:06:59,160 --> 01:07:04,040
competing against each other. 
If they do, it's called an 

1031
01:07:04,040 --> 01:07:08,360
abnormality and something's 
wrong. 

1032
01:07:09,600 --> 01:07:14,160
It's not. 
We're evolving, all right. 

1033
01:07:16,760 --> 01:07:20,080
Hallelujah. 
Thank you Jesus whom the whole 

1034
01:07:20,080 --> 01:07:21,880
body being fitted and held 
together by whatever joint 

1035
01:07:21,880 --> 01:07:24,360
supplies according to the proper
working of each individual part 

1036
01:07:24,640 --> 01:07:27,200
cause of the growth of the body 
for the building up of itself. 

1037
01:07:27,200 --> 01:07:30,440
How in love. 
Sure wish I could talk about 

1038
01:07:30,440 --> 01:07:32,640
that. 
Ephesians chapter 2 verse 19 

1039
01:07:32,640 --> 01:07:35,600
last scripture here we go. 
This is the assembly. 

1040
01:07:35,600 --> 01:07:38,480
It's time to find your fit. 
The reason why many people are 

1041
01:07:38,480 --> 01:07:43,720
struggling today is not because 
it's not because they don't make

1042
01:07:43,720 --> 01:07:48,040
enough money. 
It's not because you know they 

1043
01:07:48,040 --> 01:07:50,000
don't have it. 
They they have they do not have 

1044
01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:52,840
an education multiple things. 
The problem is is because they 

1045
01:07:52,840 --> 01:07:56,680
have not found their fit. 
Jack Myers, who's in plant city,

1046
01:07:56,680 --> 01:07:59,880
he said this you'll never truly 
feel connected to a church until

1047
01:07:59,880 --> 01:08:03,200
you begin to serve in it. 
Attending helps you grow 

1048
01:08:03,200 --> 01:08:05,960
spiritually, but serving allows 
you to fulfill your God-given 

1049
01:08:05,960 --> 01:08:09,040
purpose. 
God never intended his church to

1050
01:08:09,040 --> 01:08:13,080
be an instructional institute. 
He expected it to be a household

1051
01:08:13,080 --> 01:08:16,840
of family members who served one
another and the community they 

1052
01:08:16,840 --> 01:08:19,080
were in. 
That they brought the light of 

1053
01:08:19,080 --> 01:08:24,359
God to A to a place of darkness.
And we would be so different 

1054
01:08:24,520 --> 01:08:27,520
that darkness would want to run 
and get inside. 

1055
01:08:32,720 --> 01:08:35,560
But in order to do that, you 
cannot come to church only for 

1056
01:08:35,560 --> 01:08:38,520
yourself. 
You know, the assembly is not 

1057
01:08:38,520 --> 01:08:41,960
just about you, it's about 
building up the other one. 

1058
01:08:43,279 --> 01:08:48,600
And do you understand some 
services God did more, not just 

1059
01:08:48,880 --> 01:08:51,080
he. 
God is doing so much. 

1060
01:08:51,240 --> 01:08:54,920
We don't even know all that He's
doing right. 

1061
01:08:55,439 --> 01:08:58,840
And I know this as a minister, 
as as the pastor and the apostle

1062
01:08:58,840 --> 01:09:00,560
of this church. 
I know that there are people 

1063
01:09:00,560 --> 01:09:03,640
working in the parking lot that 
are saying things to other 

1064
01:09:03,640 --> 01:09:08,720
people in the congregation that 
is genuinely helping them 

1065
01:09:08,720 --> 01:09:12,200
continue to stay the course and 
stay connected to the church 

1066
01:09:12,200 --> 01:09:16,319
body. 
That's pretty amazing thing. 

1067
01:09:17,439 --> 01:09:20,880
OK, Now, that doesn't mean there
isn't other stuff that happens 

1068
01:09:20,880 --> 01:09:22,479
in churches. 
It does where people are trying 

1069
01:09:22,479 --> 01:09:25,240
to pull people out, right? 
Those are absaloms. 

1070
01:09:25,240 --> 01:09:27,399
That's what they do. 
But you know, the Lord 

1071
01:09:27,399 --> 01:09:30,240
recognizes that and He deals 
with that and God's 

1072
01:09:30,240 --> 01:09:33,240
long-suffering and He's merciful
and He wants people to change. 

1073
01:09:33,359 --> 01:09:35,800
But when it's functioning right,
you understand, every one of us 

1074
01:09:35,800 --> 01:09:38,080
are going to be doing something 
towards someone else. 

1075
01:09:38,200 --> 01:09:40,040
And we're not competing for 
attention. 

1076
01:09:40,120 --> 01:09:43,160
We're just complementing each 
other based upon the assignment 

1077
01:09:43,160 --> 01:09:46,479
He asked for us when we come 
together, and we can't wait for 

1078
01:09:46,479 --> 01:09:49,240
the next one and for the next 
one and for the next one. 

1079
01:09:49,279 --> 01:09:52,080
Because when he uses me, great. 
When he uses someone else, 

1080
01:09:52,080 --> 01:09:53,600
great. 
Because we're all doing 

1081
01:09:53,600 --> 01:09:58,560
something great together. 
We are the most selfless 

1082
01:09:58,560 --> 01:10:02,360
individuals on the planet and 
it's demonstrated in our 

1083
01:10:02,360 --> 01:10:07,360
connection with one another. 
Ephesians 219 to 22. 

1084
01:10:07,360 --> 01:10:10,040
So then you are no longer slaves
or. 

1085
01:10:10,040 --> 01:10:14,000
Aliens, you're strangers. 
You're no longer strangers. 

1086
01:10:14,240 --> 01:10:15,560
You know what? 
You shouldn't be a stranger to 

1087
01:10:15,560 --> 01:10:18,640
the church. 
Well, you know, I haven't been 

1088
01:10:18,640 --> 01:10:20,200
to church in five years. 
What? 

1089
01:10:22,200 --> 01:10:23,680
I haven't seen you in three 
months. 

1090
01:10:24,320 --> 01:10:30,400
You're like a stranger. 
We are no longer strangers. 

1091
01:10:30,600 --> 01:10:34,480
We're no longer aliens. 
But we are what fellow citizens 

1092
01:10:34,480 --> 01:10:41,000
with the Saints and are of God's
household having been built on 

1093
01:10:41,000 --> 01:10:43,720
the foundation of the apostles 
and prophets. 

1094
01:10:44,480 --> 01:10:49,880
Notice those two gifts had an 
assignment in the building of 

1095
01:10:49,880 --> 01:10:53,160
his church, and those two gifts 
are still in the planet today. 

1096
01:10:54,840 --> 01:10:59,040
Christ Christ Jesus himself 
being the cornerstone. 

1097
01:10:59,160 --> 01:11:02,360
He's obviously the the head of 
the church in whom the whole 

1098
01:11:02,360 --> 01:11:06,920
body, say whole body, not part 
of the body, not partial body, 

1099
01:11:07,000 --> 01:11:09,840
but whole body. 
When we get this in our psyche 

1100
01:11:10,000 --> 01:11:16,880
that anytime you're not here, 
when you can be here, you're 

1101
01:11:16,880 --> 01:11:23,800
affecting the assembly. 
I know here at the church, we 

1102
01:11:23,800 --> 01:11:26,640
monitor when people become 
vision partners and then to get 

1103
01:11:26,640 --> 01:11:29,920
on, do our supportive ministry 
class on how to serve the church

1104
01:11:29,920 --> 01:11:31,560
because you're serving Jesus, 
not us. 

1105
01:11:31,760 --> 01:11:34,680
And then when people get on the 
schedule, we begin to realize 

1106
01:11:34,680 --> 01:11:36,680
that. 
Sometimes people just come when 

1107
01:11:36,680 --> 01:11:42,480
they serve and not come to be 
fed and we correct that because 

1108
01:11:42,480 --> 01:11:45,440
that's like saying to like an 
athlete saying I'm not coming to

1109
01:11:45,440 --> 01:11:47,440
practice, all I'm going to do is
come to game day. 

1110
01:11:49,720 --> 01:11:55,400
That don't work like that. 
No, we come together because 

1111
01:11:56,080 --> 01:11:59,600
coming to service like this and 
not serving anywhere else is 

1112
01:11:59,600 --> 01:12:04,960
vitally important as serving all
of it is OK. 

1113
01:12:05,960 --> 01:12:08,280
And so the whom? 
The whole body being fitted 

1114
01:12:08,480 --> 01:12:14,240
together again, this not being 
fitted, separated from one 

1115
01:12:14,240 --> 01:12:15,920
another. 
Oh, I'm with you even though I'm

1116
01:12:15,920 --> 01:12:19,280
not there. 
Now Paul, through a different 

1117
01:12:19,280 --> 01:12:22,880
constraint, says although I'm 
not with you, I'm there in the 

1118
01:12:22,880 --> 01:12:25,400
spirit. 
But you understand he wanted to 

1119
01:12:25,400 --> 01:12:29,680
be there. 
I mean, sometimes Paul couldn't 

1120
01:12:29,680 --> 01:12:31,520
be in the church because he was 
in prison. 

1121
01:12:31,680 --> 01:12:33,960
Now, if you're in prison, I 
understand why you're not here. 

1122
01:12:35,200 --> 01:12:37,520
OK, Pastor, I couldn't make it 
to church Sunday. 

1123
01:12:37,520 --> 01:12:42,040
How come while I was in jail? 
OK, what happened? 

1124
01:12:43,400 --> 01:12:45,600
And which one is it 'cause I can
visit? 

1125
01:12:47,560 --> 01:12:50,560
All right, I'm in the system to 
visit, right? 

1126
01:12:51,080 --> 01:12:54,800
However, I mean, that was Paul's
reason for not assembling 

1127
01:12:56,200 --> 01:13:02,440
because even Paul on his travels
was to go from church to church.

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01:13:03,520 --> 01:13:06,960
And as we said in another 
service that if you are the one 

1129
01:13:06,960 --> 01:13:09,680
and God comes after you, the 
many defines you. 

1130
01:13:09,680 --> 01:13:13,600
The reason we rejoice is because
he can take you back to the 99. 

1131
01:13:15,840 --> 01:13:19,240
He doesn't bring you back and 
say now you stay over here, this

1132
01:13:19,240 --> 01:13:24,720
is the 99, you're so special. 
That never happens. 

1133
01:13:25,520 --> 01:13:29,840
He's only finding you to put you
back in the flock where the 

1134
01:13:29,840 --> 01:13:33,040
greatest protection is. 
I said where the greatest 

1135
01:13:33,040 --> 01:13:35,520
protection is. 
The greatest protection is not 

1136
01:13:35,520 --> 01:13:38,880
isolation, not individualism. 
It's not being separated. 

1137
01:13:38,880 --> 01:13:40,840
Or on your own. 
The biggest protection is being 

1138
01:13:40,960 --> 01:13:44,960
the whole body being fitted 
together is growing into a holy 

1139
01:13:44,960 --> 01:13:48,280
temple in the Lord, in whom we 
also are being built together 

1140
01:13:48,280 --> 01:13:50,800
into a dwelling of God in the 
spirit. 

1141
01:13:51,160 --> 01:13:52,840
You know, we should be so 
champion, man. 

1142
01:13:52,840 --> 01:13:55,280
I'm so glad to see so and so 
here because because they're 

1143
01:13:55,280 --> 01:13:59,080
here, they're making us better. 
Because they've assembled. 

1144
01:13:59,160 --> 01:14:01,920
We are becoming better. 
Because they've assembled with 

1145
01:14:01,920 --> 01:14:03,320
us, man, let me look. 
We're so and so. 

1146
01:14:03,520 --> 01:14:04,560
They need to get here. 
Why? 

1147
01:14:04,560 --> 01:14:07,360
Because they don't understand 
the assembling is a big deal. 

1148
01:14:07,400 --> 01:14:09,360
We need to whole body needs to 
get here. 

1149
01:14:09,440 --> 01:14:11,080
The whole body needs to get 
here. 

1150
01:14:11,200 --> 01:14:12,840
The whole body needs to get 
here. 

1151
01:14:12,960 --> 01:14:16,760
The whole body, you understand, 
you can't even be used unless 

1152
01:14:16,760 --> 01:14:21,200
the whole team shows up. 
In some athletics, if the team 

1153
01:14:21,200 --> 01:14:23,840
didn't show up, but you'd have 
to forfeit the game. 

1154
01:14:23,960 --> 01:14:26,600
And I'm wondering if some 
communities are being forfeited 

1155
01:14:26,600 --> 01:14:32,640
to the devil because everybody 
won't show up on and then we're 

1156
01:14:32,640 --> 01:14:34,440
saying, Lord, do something in 
our city, he said. 

1157
01:14:34,440 --> 01:14:36,560
I'm trying to. 
Would you please get together? 

1158
01:14:40,920 --> 01:14:44,200
Would you get together? 
We have to change our thinking 

1159
01:14:44,320 --> 01:14:46,560
and understand the ascent. 
It's not. 

1160
01:14:46,760 --> 01:14:50,200
Oh, your pastor, you want people
to come to come here? 

1161
01:14:50,640 --> 01:14:52,600
Listen, they don't want them to 
come hear me. 

1162
01:14:52,600 --> 01:14:58,480
I want them to come hear God. 
That's why we stay in Scripture.

1163
01:14:58,760 --> 01:15:03,160
But I have an assignment. 
And if that's bothering you, 

1164
01:15:03,160 --> 01:15:12,760
that's your problem, not mine. 
We all have to do our part. 

1165
01:15:15,120 --> 01:15:19,880
You don't want to be like Cora. 
We hear God too. 

1166
01:15:20,280 --> 01:15:24,480
OK, go ahead. 
Hear God too, then. 

1167
01:15:26,480 --> 01:15:30,080
Didn't work good for Cora to 
rebel against the assignment. 

1168
01:15:30,200 --> 01:15:33,520
He had a place, he had a fit, 
and God was pleased to have him 

1169
01:15:33,520 --> 01:15:34,800
there. 
And he couldn't have done any 

1170
01:15:34,800 --> 01:15:38,040
better than that part. 
But he wanted another man's. 

1171
01:15:39,920 --> 01:15:41,840
In the ground swallowed him and 
his family. 

1172
01:15:44,160 --> 01:15:49,960
Wow, that's not among us. 
We're not like. 

1173
01:15:49,960 --> 01:15:53,760
That Amen. 
Come on, shout Amen. 

1174
01:15:54,400 --> 01:15:58,240
I'm helping you by faith because
a lot of times when you get into

1175
01:15:58,240 --> 01:16:01,640
message like this, this is what 
grows you, right? 

1176
01:16:01,640 --> 01:16:03,520
And it's real simple. 
I mean, you just do a quick 

1177
01:16:03,520 --> 01:16:04,840
evaluation. 
How am I doing? 

1178
01:16:04,840 --> 01:16:07,160
Am I, Do I love being here? 
Do I love assembling? 

1179
01:16:07,160 --> 01:16:09,680
Do I love doing this? 
Because again, no one made you 

1180
01:16:09,680 --> 01:16:11,600
come today anyway. 
And if you don't love it, then 

1181
01:16:11,600 --> 01:16:17,240
there are other places in the 
planet where there's 8 billion 

1182
01:16:17,240 --> 01:16:20,000
people of which they say 2 
billionaire believers. 

1183
01:16:23,640 --> 01:16:27,160
So find the place God is 
assigning you or appointing you 

1184
01:16:27,160 --> 01:16:33,120
to be. 
But if you are assigned here, 

1185
01:16:34,320 --> 01:16:37,080
then it should be everything to 
get here. 

1186
01:16:37,680 --> 01:16:40,120
It should be #1 on your mind, 
not what you're doing Monday, 

1187
01:16:40,120 --> 01:16:42,280
not what you're doing this 
weekend, not movie you're going 

1188
01:16:42,280 --> 01:16:43,520
to watch. 
What are we doing at church? 

1189
01:16:43,520 --> 01:16:45,240
How do we get connected? 
What can I do there? 

1190
01:16:45,280 --> 01:16:46,960
How can I find my fit? 
What am I doing? 

1191
01:16:46,960 --> 01:16:49,280
What's the church doing? 
Because that's Jesus. 

1192
01:16:49,360 --> 01:16:51,520
He is the head of the body. 
I want to serve Him. 

1193
01:16:51,680 --> 01:16:53,720
Lord, what are you doing in your
church, The one that you're 

1194
01:16:53,720 --> 01:16:55,000
building? 
I've come to assemble. 

1195
01:16:55,080 --> 01:16:57,200
I want to do my part. 
I want to build up the brother. 

1196
01:16:57,320 --> 01:16:59,440
I want to be with my family. 
I want to encourage them. 

1197
01:16:59,560 --> 01:17:02,200
I want to strengthen them. 
I want to champion, I don't want

1198
01:17:02,200 --> 01:17:05,560
to leave myself out so that we 
can do all that we're supposed 

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01:17:05,560 --> 01:17:08,120
to do in the community that 
you've placed me in and the 

1200
01:17:08,120 --> 01:17:12,000
vision that you assigned me to. 
This is why we love to assemble.

1201
01:17:12,000 --> 01:17:17,560
Let's huddle up because we're 
running a play for the Kingdom 

1202
01:17:17,880 --> 01:17:22,960
and we are guaranteed to win. 
And as everyone does their part,

1203
01:17:23,160 --> 01:17:26,440
we cannot fail and we advance 
faster. 

1204
01:17:26,440 --> 01:17:28,720
Hallelujah. 
Come on, stand to your feet. 

1205
01:17:29,720 --> 01:17:32,520
I just want you to change your 
position for a second. 

1206
01:17:33,880 --> 01:17:37,400
Amen. 
The first way you find your fit 

1207
01:17:37,400 --> 01:17:43,480
is you have to commit to 
assembling period. 

1208
01:17:43,920 --> 01:17:52,480
Any position that you're going 
to take, it requires you to 

1209
01:17:52,480 --> 01:17:57,240
develop a commitment. 
When it comes to a job, you 

1210
01:17:57,280 --> 01:18:02,720
either going to be employed. 
And when I say that that's even 

1211
01:18:02,720 --> 01:18:06,360
if you own the company, because 
if you own the company, if 

1212
01:18:06,360 --> 01:18:10,000
you're not partnering with 
someone who's purchasing or 

1213
01:18:10,000 --> 01:18:15,560
utilizing your resources or what
you have to give to society, you

1214
01:18:15,560 --> 01:18:21,240
don't have a business. 
You're not a business by 

1215
01:18:21,240 --> 01:18:25,320
yourself. 
No one makes money by themselves

1216
01:18:25,800 --> 01:18:29,320
because if you are trading in 
stocks and you're not making 

1217
01:18:29,320 --> 01:18:32,800
money by yourself, you are 
investing that other people are 

1218
01:18:32,800 --> 01:18:36,560
selling a product that's 
allowing that stock to grow so 

1219
01:18:36,560 --> 01:18:38,920
that you Because if that doesn't
work, then guess what? 

1220
01:18:38,920 --> 01:18:41,400
The stock plummets and your 
money and investments gone. 

1221
01:18:41,680 --> 01:18:49,240
Everyone has to have somebody 
else and you got to commit to 

1222
01:18:49,240 --> 01:18:53,640
it. 
Yet for some reason in the 

1223
01:18:53,640 --> 01:18:58,040
Western church after World War 
2, we decided that the only 

1224
01:18:58,040 --> 01:19:01,000
thing we had to do is know that 
Jesus came into our heart and 

1225
01:19:01,000 --> 01:19:05,480
save us so that when we die we 
go to heaven and for whatever 

1226
01:19:05,480 --> 01:19:08,680
reason, this. 
Was just an option. 

1227
01:19:14,000 --> 01:19:17,880
It's not an option. 
God never called you to himself 

1228
01:19:17,880 --> 01:19:21,320
to be alone. 
No, didn't do it. 

1229
01:19:23,120 --> 01:19:28,600
Listen, there are men and women 
of God that are in the fivefold 

1230
01:19:28,600 --> 01:19:34,280
ministry who have gone to other 
nations, not to see people born 

1231
01:19:34,280 --> 01:19:40,280
again, but to establish churches
by which people would be born 

1232
01:19:40,280 --> 01:19:51,480
again. 
To develop assembly halls called

1233
01:19:51,480 --> 01:19:54,960
the Body of Christ and they may 
not ultimately stay in that 

1234
01:19:54,960 --> 01:19:56,280
nation. 
They may turn it over to 

1235
01:19:56,280 --> 01:19:59,760
someone, but they started with a
group and they all came together

1236
01:19:59,960 --> 01:20:05,520
and they began to minister. 
That was the intent the whole 

1237
01:20:05,520 --> 01:20:07,880
while now we've like let's just 
go tell some about Jesus, get 

1238
01:20:07,880 --> 01:20:12,040
them born again, leave and don't
ever put them to church isn't is

1239
01:20:12,040 --> 01:20:13,240
not necessary. 
You're not even reading 

1240
01:20:13,240 --> 01:20:16,000
scripture. 
It was never designed that way 

1241
01:20:17,040 --> 01:20:21,920
ever. 
We have to commit to the church.

1242
01:20:22,840 --> 01:20:27,000
God's assembly and when we do 
that then He'll give you an 

1243
01:20:27,000 --> 01:20:31,200
appointment. 
Being born again doesn't is not 

1244
01:20:31,200 --> 01:20:34,080
your place in the church. 
It gives you access to the 

1245
01:20:34,080 --> 01:20:35,160
place. 
In the church. 

1246
01:20:38,000 --> 01:20:42,680
Being born again gets you in the
house so that now the Father can

1247
01:20:42,680 --> 01:20:48,040
give you an assignment. 
Being born again doesn't make 

1248
01:20:48,040 --> 01:20:50,200
you the church. 
It gives you access to the 

1249
01:20:50,200 --> 01:20:52,240
assembly where you can now find 
your fit. 

1250
01:20:54,200 --> 01:20:56,920
Of which the one who's 
authorized to tell you what it 

1251
01:20:56,920 --> 01:21:03,040
is is him, the builder of the 
church, who was the architect. 

1252
01:21:03,400 --> 01:21:04,800
And we'll talk about that next 
week.