1 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,920 Would you stand with me as we read the first passage of 2 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,520 Scripture again? We do this and I won't do it 3 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,400 every time, but you know, just here at the at the beginning, 4 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:21,200 just to remind everyone why we do this. 5 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,200 This is not a religious tradition we are established in. 6 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:28,400 This is an honor of the reading of the Word of God for Ezra, 7 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,320 Ezra, Ezra. When he pulled out the word and 8 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,960 began to minister it to the nation of Israel who had been in 9 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:39,920 captivity for 70 years, they had recognized their rebellion 10 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,680 against God were God's word was absence from God's Word. 11 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:46,760 And when the reading of God's word took place, they stood 12 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:50,480 while he read. We know that the Bible says that 13 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,280 in the beginning was the Word in the Word was with God, the Word 14 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,280 was God. And we know that John 114, it 15 00:00:56,280 --> 00:01:00,240 says in the Word became flesh, which means then Jesus Christ is 16 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,040 the Word. And would we not honor our King? 17 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,360 And you know, when I was in the service, they did a thing called 18 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,280 attention to orders. And so, you know, even though 19 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,320 the commanding officer or whoever spoke this, it could 20 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:15,120 have been the governor for that matter, because I was in the 21 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,400 Florida National Guard, could have issued orders to our unit. 22 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:23,080 And so they would read on the on behalf of that person's name. 23 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:26,560 And even though they weren't present, we were at attention to 24 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:29,640 hear what we are being commanded to do. 25 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:32,440 And do you understand? So we are exercising this by 26 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,560 saying we honor the King who sits at the throne of God, who 27 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:40,280 is the Lord of our lives. And Lord is not a religious word 28 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:41,960 that means supreme and authority. 29 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,440 And so Jesus is Lord, Amen. And so we do it just for the 30 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:48,880 first passage, then you do not have to do it for every time, or 31 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,200 you would stand the whole service, Amen. 32 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,560 And that would not cause me to preach shorter just 'cause 33 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,960 you're standing. So for your benefit, we allow 34 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,960 you to sit down, Amen. In First Corinthians Chapter 11, 35 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:04,920 verse one and two, it says this be imitators of me just as I 36 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:09,400 also am of Christ. Now I praise you because you 37 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:14,960 Remember Me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions 38 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,320 just as I delivered them to you. You can be seated. 39 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,680 Now Paul, we use this scripture last week when we were talking 40 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:27,080 about spiritual fathers that Paul was having a conversation 41 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:31,760 with his church concerning you. You you have many tutors, but 42 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:36,720 you do not have many fathers. And so we qualified who actually 43 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,480 can be a spiritual father. Not everyone can be a spiritual 44 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,520 father. And this is one of those 45 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:47,080 statements that is thrown around within the church so casually, 46 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,520 yet we do not have discernment of what it really means. 47 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,120 And so we took the time to dissect that last week. 48 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:57,320 And one thing we concluded at the end is that ultimately Paul 49 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:02,040 is saying, if I am the one who planted you as a congregation, 50 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,640 I'm the one who's labored the most to see Christ formed in 51 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:08,800 you. And I'm the one that is saying 52 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:13,040 I'm following Christ, follow me, imitate my example. 53 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:17,320 And so he says here to the Corinthian church that once 54 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:22,000 again, my life is to to, to live in such a way that you imitate 55 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:22,920 me. And I'm going to tell you that 56 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:25,760 is a powerful statement that Paul would say. 57 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:30,480 I believe by faith that I can walk with the Lord so well that 58 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,520 you could imitate my life. You know, there's a lot of 59 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,920 people today that do not want to put themselves out like that. 60 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,160 Can we make mistakes? Absolutely. 61 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:45,680 But you understand, Paul lived at such a level that any mistake 62 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:52,360 that he's made is is. So what's the word I want to 63 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,400 use? It's not often right. 64 00:03:55,560 --> 00:04:00,680 One of his mistakes was this, he said I did not bring collect an 65 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,640 offering from you. I worked outside of you. 66 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,800 You know, I did this so that you know, you wouldn't, you know, 67 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,520 say certain things about me concerning finance. 68 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:14,560 He later on said, forgive me of this wrong because there was a 69 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,200 spiritual principle of sowing and reaping that he in essence 70 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:23,240 was saying do not sow to me. And he recognized that that 71 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:27,800 principle was more important than the persecution that's 72 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,720 going to show up from some people when they will say, well, 73 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,800 he's only there for an offering. Because you understand that is 74 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,280 the testimony of a lot of people about churches today. 75 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,040 And are there churches that are just trying to get your money? 76 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,480 Absolutely. But not every church is trying 77 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:46,040 to do that, nor every minister. You know, just cause one person 78 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,280 doesn't do it right does not mean not everyone's doing it 79 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:51,040 right. Amen. 80 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,240 Hallelujah. And so, you know, has anyone 81 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,960 encountered a bad employer? Well, we do not quit working 82 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:00,400 because, you know, well, I have this. 83 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:01,200 You'll change. John. 84 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:02,800 I left that one because they were no good. 85 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,040 Well, don't think there's not going to be some bad people over 86 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,160 here, but you don't you don't quit pursuing certain things 87 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,840 just because you had one bad experience are multiple ones for 88 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:14,680 that matter. In fact, I would say with the 89 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,560 body of Christ, you know, you may run across some things less 90 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,640 because there is a remnant. Not everyone is aspiring to 91 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:27,120 spiritual maturity and in our and in our society, meaning the 92 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:32,520 Western society, the majority of us only hear about Jesus in the 93 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,080 perspective of where will I go when I die? 94 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:39,560 And that's the extent of the relationship is I just want to 95 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:44,040 know where I'm going to go when I die instead of hearing Lord, 96 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:48,560 how do I live for you today? I'm serving you right now and 97 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,800 you know when I die takes care of it because you're my Lord and 98 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,640 you're my Lord today, not only in heaven. 99 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,880 So receiving Jesus was not about where you go when you die. 100 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,680 Receiving Jesus was about becoming someone now, and 101 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:05,160 walking into that, Paul was so confident that you could imitate 102 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,960 me because I am going to imitate Christ. 103 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:11,200 Which tells us something about spiritual fathers is they really 104 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:15,120 walk in the fear of the Lord. They're so concerned about doing 105 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:20,320 something that would not please the Father and so they're very 106 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,920 careful with their life. However, you know, we spent time 107 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,000 talking about that. We're going to talk about the 108 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,400 sons today. And so I find it interesting 109 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,440 because I did not use verse two last time that he goes on and 110 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,880 says, I praise you talking to the church, which are his 111 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,240 children, the one he planted in Corinth. 112 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,400 He says, because you Remember Me and everything he goes on to 113 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,120 say, you hold firmly to the tradition. 114 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:46,080 Now Paul is obviously not saying traditions like we talk about 115 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,880 traditions with Jesus. Jesus said this about religious 116 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:50,520 leader. He said, why do you forsake the 117 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:52,640 commandments of God for the sake of your traditions? 118 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,160 So when Paul's saying traditions here, he is saying the tradition 119 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,760 of you following closely the word of God. 120 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,200 This is the tradition he's establishing is that you're 121 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,840 going to follow God, you're going to follow his words, 122 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:09,840 you're going to live the behavior, the culture, the 123 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,800 again, behavior of the Kingdom of God. 124 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,760 Our tradition is that we are fully submitted to the to the 125 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:22,200 king of glory. So that's what Paul's saying. 126 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,320 He's not replacing the word of God with a tradition. 127 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:31,440 He has modeled a lifestyle in front of them that they can say, 128 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,400 I can do this. I'll use Pastor Mike as an 129 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,000 example. As you know, Pastor Mike is 130 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,760 extremely disciplined in his health. 131 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:46,000 And so, you know, he can model a tradition for you how to be 132 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,880 healthy. He can model it in how you eat. 133 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,360 He can model it in how you go to the gym. 134 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:55,640 He can model it in muscle growth and grow muscles again what he 135 00:07:55,640 --> 00:08:00,080 you may not look like him, but you can model the tradition of 136 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:06,200 the truths concerning physical well-being and you would have a 137 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,280 result yourself. Now that's just in the natural, 138 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:13,080 how much more Paul was saying, listen, I have a habit by which 139 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,320 I am seeking first the Kingdom of God. 140 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:21,640 And if you watch me and model it, you can grow like I grew. 141 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,440 And this is really important. You know, sometimes I wish we 142 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:30,360 would do a reality TV and it wouldn't be a goofy one. 143 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:36,080 It'd be a real one of how we actually deal with stuff because 144 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,679 we're not different here than we are everywhere. 145 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,039 We want you to follow the example. 146 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,960 So again, sons be remember, it's really important. 147 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:52,000 They remember what they're being taught and they want to model 148 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:56,200 the spiritual Father. Now, when I say this, let's say 149 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,160 it in its very clear form. So you understand, even though 150 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:03,880 we're going to use humans on the earth that walk as spiritual 151 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:08,200 fathers, none of them are replacing the Heavenly Father. 152 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:13,000 In fact, a true spiritual father will have you following only the 153 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,800 Heavenly Father. Even though you're following 154 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:20,000 that person and the way they live life, you're only doing it 155 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,880 because they're modeling how to actually do do it with the 156 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,080 Father. And when that person's actually 157 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:29,880 not around your, that example has allowed you to stay closely 158 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:33,120 connected to your heavenly Father in heaven. 159 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,720 Because when I say spiritual sons, we are all spiritual 160 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:40,080 children of the Father in heaven, Amen. 161 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,600 But let me tell you this, they're identifiable what they 162 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:49,000 look like. You can't just claim sonship 163 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:54,200 unless you model sonship. All right? 164 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,360 Now why do I say that? Look at what it says in Hebrews 165 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,880 chapter 12. And I read this only in 166 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,480 excerpts. Last time I think I started 167 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,400 maybe in verse nine. It was verse 9. 168 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:06,960 I think I went 9:00 to 11:00 or 9:00 to 9:00 and 10:00. 169 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,400 But we're going to start in verse 5 and it says this. 170 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,200 And you have forgotten the exhortation, which is addressed 171 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:14,360 to you as what? Now? 172 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:19,120 This is exhortation. Are you ready, my son? 173 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,920 Do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor 174 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,080 faint when you are reproved by him. 175 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,240 What is that? Is exhortation. 176 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,440 OK, everybody, smile me help you. 177 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,840 This means, you know, because this happens to me sometimes. 178 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,160 You know, I say, hey, I need to meet with you. 179 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,840 Oh, I feel like I'm in trouble. Why? 180 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:43,560 And even if you were in a place that I need to reprove you, you 181 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:50,800 should see that as exhortation. I mean, he literally says, have 182 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:55,160 you forgotten the exhortation? Now, nobody sees exhortation as 183 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,760 negative. Oh, they're exhorting me. 184 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,240 You know, they're, they're helping me. 185 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:02,600 Oh, they're lifting me up. You know what? 186 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:06,000 When discipline and reproof comes, it's lifting you up. 187 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:08,320 It's actually not putting you down. 188 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:12,360 It's lifting you up. Why? 189 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:16,800 Because discipline and reproof is coming because you're already 190 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:19,560 somewhere that we're trying to get you out of. 191 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:24,920 It's not to push you down more because if I if my correctional 192 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:29,480 reproof is pushing you down more, well then I'm in error. 193 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:36,800 But pointing out issues and then communicating A pathway to come 194 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:42,160 out is actually an exhortation or lifting up out Say Amen 195 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,640 anyway. So I need all my mature ones to 196 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:47,720 connect with me right now in service. 197 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:53,200 Please do so for those whom the Lord what for those who the Lord 198 00:11:54,560 --> 00:11:59,440 he, what does he do? He does not let you do whatever 199 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:05,160 you want to do in His house. Now in the world you can do 200 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:09,080 whatever you want to do, but you will be accountable to whatever 201 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,360 you do. And the Lord is the standard. 202 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:17,920 See, when you get into His house, when you willfully submit 203 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:23,720 to Jesus as Lord, when you say Lord, I was lost, dead without 204 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:25,720 you. I want to be in a relationship 205 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:28,560 with you. I want you to be Lord of my life 206 00:12:28,560 --> 00:12:31,960 saved me from this life of sin, this place that would keep me 207 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,160 separated. Listen, receiving Jesus not 208 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:38,440 about staying out of hell. That's not the intent. 209 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:40,840 I don't want to go to hell. Well, who wants to go to hell? 210 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,240 It's about relationship. Why would someone say, well, I'm 211 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,000 going to hell? It's because they do not want 212 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:53,160 the relationship with God because you cannot have a father 213 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:58,440 without relationship. And there are many absentee 214 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,840 fathers in our nation in the natural. 215 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,800 There are those that have divorced and never followed up 216 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,120 and they're like, I don't even have, you know, someone helped 217 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:10,080 you be in the earth. And many of them, even though 218 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:14,880 they've never been around, still want their approval in the 219 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:20,600 natural. How much more a Heavenly Father 220 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,080 that's never been absent. Just 'cause you don't see him 221 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:30,520 doesn't mean he's not around. Always, always and man, He's 222 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,960 doing everything he can to get you into his family. 223 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:36,560 Do you understand? Jesus said this just so we can 224 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:43,280 qualify because in God's original intent, God made man in 225 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,080 his image according to his likeness. 226 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:49,400 Romans or Genesis 126. However, when Adam ate the 227 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:53,400 fruit, he was no longer of the nature of God and he produced 228 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,760 after his own kind of which Jesus said to the religious 229 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:01,480 people, You are of your father the devil. 230 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:03,880 He didn't say we're all God's loving people. 231 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,080 He did not. He did not qualify everyone as 232 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,560 God's loving people. What he qualified is your 233 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:12,880 daddy's the devil, but you can have a new dad. 234 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:18,400 You can have the original dad. In order to have the original 235 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:22,320 dad, you must be born again. So again, when we say God is 236 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,480 everywhere, he is, but not everyone's in his family. 237 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:31,160 In fact, right now on the planet more not in his family that are 238 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:37,000 in his family. So presently speaking on planet 239 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:41,120 Earth, the father has less children here than the devil 240 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:49,200 does. OK, So Jesus, when you come into 241 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,000 the family, he's saying now you cannot live like you want to 242 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,480 live. There's a standard in the house. 243 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:00,200 And here's the thing, I've made you so you can meet the 244 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,960 standard. And this is not earned because 245 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:07,040 you're in the house. By the grace of God, through 246 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,720 faith and the finished work of Jesus, He gave you the Spirit 247 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:13,400 you could have never acquired on your own. 248 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:15,680 You become a new creature in Christ. 249 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:18,320 But once you become a new creature in Christ, then he puts 250 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:20,000 the Holy Ghost on the inside of you. 251 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:21,560 It bears witness with your spirit. 252 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:25,040 You are a child of God. Then the Holy Ghost says, now we 253 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,360 go get your mind to act like a child of the King. 254 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:32,880 It's time to turn it all around. And there's no excuse for you 255 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:37,960 because I have given you the best tutor ever, the greatest 256 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,040 instructor. I have given you the one who 257 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,320 knows the Kingdom inside and out and how the Kingdom functions. 258 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:45,840 And we're going to change your whole life. 259 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:47,640 But you have to yield and submit. 260 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,720 You cannot be a defiant child of God. 261 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:56,000 And Dad, be OK. Well, they're just acting out. 262 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,400 I mean, in the Kingdom of God, there is no terrible twos. 263 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:04,480 I've been born again for two years. 264 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:06,280 God's not letting you get away with that stuff. 265 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:12,440 He is going to discipline you. Why 'cause he, love does not 266 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,640 allow you to do whatever you want to do. 267 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,960 Love does not allow you to do whatever you want to do. 268 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:26,320 Love disciplines and discipline is set to a standard. 269 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:33,120 A standard he sets, not us. Same in anyway for whom the 270 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:36,680 Father loves, He disciplines, and he scourges every son whom 271 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:39,120 he receives. Well, how does he receive you? 272 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,480 Because you believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross and 273 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:44,560 rose from the grave, and you've met you call him Lord of your 274 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:46,880 life. It is for discipline that you 275 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,120 endure. God deals with you as sons. 276 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,960 For what son is there whom his Father does not discipline? 277 00:16:56,200 --> 00:17:00,400 So it would be a wrong idea to think the Heavenly Father is 278 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:04,720 hands off. Well, I don't care how they do. 279 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:06,599 As long as they've asked Jesus in their heart, I don't really 280 00:17:06,599 --> 00:17:10,520 care. That's not scriptural. 281 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:14,280 That's not how our Heavenly Father is. 282 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,960 Just make sure they ask you to come in their heart and save 283 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:18,079 you. So when they die, they come see 284 00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:19,359 me. That's all that really matters. 285 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:20,839 I don't care how they live down there. 286 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,560 They couldn't do anything to earn what I'm about to give them 287 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:26,640 anyway, and they sure can't live it afterwards. 288 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,720 Don't say that. He's like, they couldn't earn 289 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:31,600 it. So you're, you're, you've done 290 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,800 the work. Now once they receive you, now 291 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:39,240 the real fun begins because the ability to conquer and overcome, 292 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,200 they're my child now. They are a totally different 293 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:44,840 species of being. They're not of this world 294 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:46,600 anymore. Just like son, you're not of 295 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:51,560 this world, all right. And it says it's for this we 296 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,080 endure because of discipline. Look at verse 8. 297 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:58,080 But if you are without discipline, of which all have 298 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:02,760 become partakers, then you are illegitimate children, not sons, 299 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,920 Sayla. I mean stop and think on these 300 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:14,840 things. So that means if we are thinking 301 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:20,720 as a child of God that I should never hear anything that would 302 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:27,360 correct me, then really what you're saying is I'm 303 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:32,720 illegitimate. If you want to be in the 304 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:36,160 congregations that only tell you how awesome you are and will can 305 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:41,600 never give a word of correction or reproof or rebuke, then 306 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,840 you're qualifying yourself as illegitimate. 307 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:51,520 OK, Hallelujah. I hear Port St. 308 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:55,120 Joe shouting loud right now, louder than Saint Augustine. 309 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:58,280 Thank you, poor Saint Joe, for screaming right now. 310 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:02,080 Thank you for that. Thank you for that joy of God 311 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:05,320 that you want to be sons and not illegitimate children. 312 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:08,640 Amen. I mean, I want the Lord to say, 313 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:11,200 So what are you doing? What's that? 314 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:13,920 That's not your nature. That's not how we act. 315 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:15,800 That's not how we function. Hold on for a minute. 316 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,800 I didn't tell you to go there. I didn't ask you to do that. 317 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,000 You're with me now. I'm life. 318 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,640 Come stay with me. You don't have to do this on 319 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:28,960 your own. My paths are the best paths. 320 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:31,840 My yoke is easy. My burden is light. 321 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:36,280 Are you hearing me OK? So he goes on and says, 322 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,600 Furthermore, we had earthly fathers, we talked about this 323 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:41,400 last week, who disciplines us. We respect them. 324 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:44,120 Shall we not much rather be subject to the fathers of 325 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:46,960 spirits and live, for they discipline us for a short time 326 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:49,600 as seen best of them. But He disciplines us for our 327 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,200 good, so that we may share his what? 328 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:59,160 So who's defining what's holy? He is, He defines it. 329 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:03,200 I do not define it. I have no opinion in the matter. 330 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:07,680 I always go to my father. What is the thing we're supposed 331 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,000 to do? He said all discipline for a 332 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:14,720 moment seems to not be joyful. And sure, when you find out that 333 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,360 you just acted away that the Lord's like, yeah, you could 334 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:19,760 have done better than that. Yeah, I didn't really want that. 335 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:21,760 Yeah, you're going to have to ask him to forgive you. 336 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:30,960 That doesn't seem joyful, say, but yet those who have been 337 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:35,160 trained in it afterwards, it yields the peaceful fruit of 338 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,400 righteousness. Well, who's righteous? 339 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,240 He is. Who sets the standard of what's 340 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,640 right? He does because He is 341 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,080 righteousness. Hallelujah. 342 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:50,320 And so He disciplines us. And again, why is it that we 343 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:54,000 think, and many of us, we know what we came out of? 344 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:59,600 Come on, can I get an Amen? We know what we came out of, and 345 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,800 yet the minute we ask, she's in a heart we like. 346 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,600 We've arrived and he cannot tell us anything else, that he 347 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:08,080 wouldn't find anything else. We need to adjust, correct, 348 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,000 navigate, give us something different. 349 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:20,200 It's his responsibility as a father to help navigate us 350 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:25,720 because his words are to give us life and keep us from harm. 351 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,920 That's what they are now Pastor Mike use this and and when he 352 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:36,400 was talking about healing in in the realm of obedience and he 353 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:40,080 was communicating, you know that when you tell a child not to 354 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:44,000 touching a stove, there's a reason behind that. 355 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:46,840 But you understand, if I was a father, say I don't care what my 356 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:48,800 kids do. I don't train them how to handle 357 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:52,560 knives. I don't train them about the 358 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,320 stove enough. I mean, I would be considered an 359 00:21:55,320 --> 00:22:00,320 abusive parent. That's good. 360 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:01,840 Well, they'll figure it out on their own. 361 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,440 They cut themselves one too many times. 362 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:05,160 They'll know. Don't touch the knife there. 363 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,200 Don't run with it. I mean, who does this? 364 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:12,200 No one does this that has any sanity, right? 365 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:17,040 The devil does stuff like this, but our father does not do it. 366 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:18,960 So we have to understand. Our father's like, don't touch 367 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:19,640 that. It's hot. 368 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:22,360 Are you trying to control my life? 369 00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:23,680 No. I'm trying to keep you from 370 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:27,040 harm. This is not control, I'm just 371 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:31,160 giving you life and if you submit to me, you'll walk in 372 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,600 pathway of right. Because guess what? 373 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:39,360 He's never been wrong, He's never been unjust, He's never 374 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:44,200 sinned, He is righteous. Can I get an Amen? 375 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:50,320 So you understand then in if natural dads and our Heavenly 376 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:55,520 Father, then obviously spiritual fathers are going to be making 377 00:22:55,520 --> 00:23:00,520 corrections with their children, which means as as long as we are 378 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,120 around each other, there's going to come someday that I'm going 379 00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:08,080 to say we're going to have to switch that up. 380 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,960 And if you get offended at that, then what you're saying is 381 00:23:14,120 --> 00:23:18,200 you're illegitimate to the relationship we're in. 382 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:23,640 Because when I'm asking to adjust is what he's asking you 383 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:27,520 to adjust. What does the Bible say? 384 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:29,800 Yeah, But this is how I feel, Pastor. 385 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,520 You know, Apostle, this is what was going on in my life. 386 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:34,760 Elliott, can I share a little bit? 387 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,400 You know, very minor. Elliott was going through a 388 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:41,160 particular season in his life, and he was a little bit 389 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,240 emotional and. And there was a particular 390 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:49,200 occasion where I was addressing him, and it was loud between us 391 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,280 both because he was intense. He was telling his brothers and 392 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:54,320 they were laughing about it. And he was laughing about the 393 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:56,760 situation with someone that he was going through this emotional 394 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:58,360 moment with. And now they're all laughing 395 00:23:58,360 --> 00:24:00,720 about it because he realized, you know, he was helping me 396 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:04,240 through this time when I was just being emotional. 397 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:12,240 But that was a season for offense because he felt 398 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:16,960 justified for his feelings. However, when you line those 399 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:22,000 feelings up to the word, it says, quit feeling that way and 400 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,840 do this instead. And thank God Elliott does that. 401 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,920 Isn't that amazing? So what's important about that 402 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,560 is that all of us may have had conversations. 403 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,560 Amen. And again, sometimes you may 404 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,920 leave and say, hey, they're they're my daddy. 405 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,400 I'm not your daddy. You haven't have a father. 406 00:24:43,120 --> 00:24:47,280 But I have spiritual oversight that is to point you towards the 407 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:51,480 word and whether you are 80 something which some men came up 408 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:55,480 and that was extremely humbling and full of responsibility to 409 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,560 see them say I'm older but and I could be your natural father, 410 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,680 but you are my spiritual father. That means it's very important 411 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,440 that I keep speaking the word of God into their lives. 412 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,240 So we're going to talk about spiritual sons things you'll see 413 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:12,400 out of a real spiritual son. You can say that you are, but if 414 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:16,800 you do not have these qualities, you are not all right because 415 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:21,320 there is a responsibility with the son as much as there is with 416 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:26,720 the father. Now let me say this because I 417 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:28,560 need to fix a couple of false doctrine. 418 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:34,280 Can I do that? This still is touted in places 419 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:38,320 and it's, it's a little mind blowing to me, but it is. 420 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,840 And I know where the church gets it, but we're missing the point 421 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,640 of it. We pulled a corporate analogy 422 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,840 into the church. And there's a part in the BA and 423 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:53,360 in the Bible it talks about in Psalms, I think it's 133 about 424 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,720 the anointing on Aaron. It flows down in it from his top 425 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:58,400 of his head and it goes down his beard. 426 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,480 It goes all the way down, right? And so how many of you ever 427 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:05,840 heard this leadership flows down from the top to the bottom? 428 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,880 Now, in the corporate world, there's something really big. 429 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,360 And that means this. If there's something wrong in 430 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:13,800 your employees, you need to go up to the managers. 431 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,440 So that's where the problems at. So in essence, if there's 432 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,480 something lower, it's because there's a problem higher. 433 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:25,600 And so that sounds good. And in fact, maybe in the world 434 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:30,000 that's true. In the flesh, most likely, but 435 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,800 in the spirit that does not always equate as truth. 436 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,040 That's right. Now, why do I say that? 437 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:48,400 Because Adam eats the fruit and now the administration of the 438 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:56,720 planet has gone to bad. I mean, it's not hell. 439 00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:02,240 That's a different place, but it's definitely gone bad, right? 440 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,840 It's it's gone to darkness. Let's say it that way. 441 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:14,360 Did that flow from the head? Well, if there's something going 442 00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:17,000 wrong in the church, you got to go to the leadership. 443 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,240 Well, the leadership of the church is Jesus. 444 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,680 He's the head of the church and he's never wrong. 445 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,520 Which means then the apostle, the pastor, the teacher, the 446 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:31,840 evangelist, the prophet, they may not be wrong and there can 447 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,160 be congregation people that are wrong and there's no flow. 448 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:41,400 They could be stopping a flow because they're not doing their 449 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,160 part as spiritual children in the body of Christ. 450 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:50,520 So this is not a true statement that anytime something's wrong, 451 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,200 get a lower level, it's because something up higher. 452 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:57,280 But man, people will say this often, They'll say this often. 453 00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:58,840 I'm going to give you another one. 454 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:05,080 Amos, 33, says. How can two people walk together 455 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:13,280 unless they are agreed? OK, Are you ready? 456 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:20,600 Submission begins where disagreement starts. 457 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,480 The minute you disagree, now you submit. 458 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:32,120 And this is widely held belief that I have to disagree with you 459 00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:37,160 about something, and if I do it your way, I'm submitting. 460 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,240 Well, how can you then be in agreement? 461 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,200 Because people say, well, if you agree with them, you're not 462 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:48,280 submitting. Now, it sounds good. 463 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:54,560 But again, it reminds me of this little story of Melvin who kept, 464 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,120 you know, standing up in class and the teacher says sit down 465 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:58,600 and then she forced him to sit down. 466 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:00,800 He said, I may be sitting down, but I'm standing up on the 467 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,000 inside. We understand God's dealing with 468 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:07,320 the inside. So how can you be doing 469 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:10,760 something someone's ass and being rebellion in your heart 470 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:14,600 and tell me you're in faith. How can you disagree with God's 471 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,680 way of doing something and say I'm submitting because then that 472 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,480 scripture would be submit therefore to God, disagree with 473 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:27,440 him, but do it anyway. Well, you know what he said 474 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,600 about that? He said with their lips, but 475 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:35,480 their heart. So if your position is, oh, I'm 476 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,560 really submitted to God because I don't want to do nothing. 477 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,920 He says that's where my submission show because I I 478 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,200 identify. I don't want to do Jack 479 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,280 anything. God says I am the most submitted 480 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,960 person. Well, you're the most you're the 481 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,400 you're a person that's completely out of faith. 482 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:55,400 Submission is here's my way, he says, but here's my way. 483 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,520 And you said, you know what? Your way is better. 484 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,560 So I get rid of my way and I agree with your way. 485 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:11,600 And that's submission. That is biblical submission. 486 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:17,960 So again, when we talk about sons, sons are sons not because 487 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:21,640 they disagree with their fathers and do it anyway. 488 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:27,840 It's because they're watching the example of the Father and 489 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:31,800 they're saying your way is the way and I don't have a way. 490 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,960 And Jesus modeled this the best. He said I don't do anything. 491 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:41,440 I'm on accord what I hear I do. So why do we as children think 492 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:45,880 that we do not? One of the qualifications or 493 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:53,080 fruits of our sonship is that we are submitted through agreeing 494 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,040 with God's way of doing, and we get rid of ours. 495 00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:00,920 We, If you're doing it and you don't want to do it, that's 496 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:08,160 called rebellion. And you get no reward for 497 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:16,080 rebellious niceness because that's not good. 498 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:20,560 It's nice, but it's not good. So let's look at a couple of 499 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:22,480 things here. The first thing, I have 15 500 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,800 actually. So we most likely will not 501 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:30,360 finish this today. I have 15 things that and this 502 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:34,760 is not an exhaustive list, but I'll give you 15 things that 503 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,760 show that you are a spiritual son if these qualities are in 504 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:42,280 your life. Because again, a lot of sons get 505 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:45,720 out there and tout a spiritual father, but yet they do not 506 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:51,000 actually model spiritual sons. And many people say they have 507 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:55,480 spiritual fathers they've never met, but there's no 508 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,360 relationship. You cannot have a YouTube 509 00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:00,400 spiritual father. You cannot attend their 510 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:04,040 conference and be in a balcony and there be your spiritual 511 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,840 father. They are tutor, they're helping 512 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,360 teach you some things, but they're not a father. 513 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:16,440 All right, Ephesians chapter 6, verse one through three. 514 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:19,240 The first one is this. It says, children, obey your 515 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,680 parents and the Lord for this is right. 516 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,080 Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment 517 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,880 with a promise so that so that it may be well with you and that 518 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:33,760 you may live long on the earth. Now, obviously we read this 519 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:36,880 particular passive Scripture and there's a natural aspect of 520 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:38,280 this, right? For sure. 521 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,880 Obviously we are to honor. And the question is, is what 522 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:42,560 does it even mean to honor, right? 523 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,360 And that's a whole nother subject in love itself. 524 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,440 But honor is demonstrated towards a father. 525 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:54,080 Well, if this is in the natural, we know that we are to honor our 526 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:57,680 heavenly Father. The Bible tells us that Paul 527 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:01,480 said when it came to elders in the church, when he was talking 528 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,760 to Timothy, said they're worthy a double honor. 529 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:08,920 Those who work diligently in preaching and teaching. 530 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:16,280 Well, if that elder, that overseer can be a spiritual 531 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:20,200 father to the flock and they should receive double honor. 532 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,080 Now, that didn't mean they get more honor than the father. 533 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,440 The father gets the most honor. You understand this. 534 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,360 The point is, is that if you should honor your natural 535 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:34,320 parents, you should honor those that are spiritual parents over 536 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,160 your life, specifically the church you're assigned to. 537 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:40,840 Right? But not just honor. 538 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:46,400 He says to obey. Same in anyway. 539 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:48,880 Thank you. Thank you for reminding me 540 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:50,760 you're in the US. Cause in the US we are 541 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,160 independent, right? Which breeds rebellion. 542 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:54,680 Nobody's going to tell me what to do. 543 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,960 Well, I'm not telling you what to do, but I'm telling you what 544 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,440 you should obey 'cause it's life that's good. 545 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,520 Hallelujah. In fact, the Bible tells us this 546 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:07,680 in Hebrews. It says very specifically, obey 547 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:13,280 your leaders as they will give an account over your soul. 548 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:17,159 Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for it would not 549 00:34:17,159 --> 00:34:21,199 be profitable for you, not for the leader. 550 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:27,159 Now, how do you cause a leader to grieve and not have joy? 551 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:32,719 Well, don't obey what they told you to do when they pulled the 552 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:35,199 scripture out in the meeting and say, well, what's the Bible say? 553 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,760 You need to do this. Love your husband this way, love 554 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,239 your wife this way. Take care of your employees this 555 00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:43,040 way, Treat your children this way. 556 00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:47,719 You know, attend church this way, give this way, serve this 557 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:51,440 way. It is written well. 558 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:53,520 They make so many demands. No demand. 559 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:58,080 It's just life and everybody wants to pass, to come and go 560 00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:02,080 and do whatever they want to do. Everybody wants to pick their 561 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,200 own stuff. Everybody wants to live in 562 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:11,400 convenience. Yet we have a responsibility to 563 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:15,120 communicate truths to you that you should obey. 564 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,680 You know, what's really sad for me and grievous is when I get 565 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,520 around some of our spiritual children and you're like, man, I 566 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:21,960 would love to say this, but you know what? 567 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:23,120 I know they're not going to do it. 568 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,040 And what's even more grievous is the ones we've trained through 569 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:34,280 our schools and we know they know the subjects. 570 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:40,640 Yet to hear them talk, you would think they never graduated and 571 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:47,960 you want to say something, but every time you do that child 572 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:51,200 rebels and don't want to do the word. 573 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:56,240 So the first couple of things that we see here that a 574 00:35:56,240 --> 00:36:02,120 spiritual son, daughter will do is they will honor and they will 575 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:06,440 be obedient. These are attributes. 576 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:13,880 They will honor and be obedient. Now listen, remember, all of 577 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:17,200 this is in a context of the Father. 578 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,400 The reason why people struggle with these types of teaching is 579 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,000 because you don't want to submit to a man and you don't have to 580 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,480 submit to man. You're only supposed to submit 581 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,520 to God. However, God has placed some 582 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:28,800 things in order within the church that when those 583 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,520 individuals are functioning in the grace of God, it's easy to 584 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,480 submit there because you're actually submitting to God. 585 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:37,400 And that's what Paul's saying. If you're imitating me, you're 586 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,320 really not imitating me. We're imitating Christ, but 587 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,280 that's what I'm imitating. So again, if I'm saying, hey, do 588 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:43,960 this, it's not because I'm saying do this. 589 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:46,520 I'm saying that's what God said. So if I wouldn't be here, if I 590 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,040 wasn't here to have this conversation with you until you 591 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,440 do this, God would have told you this anyway. 592 00:36:52,720 --> 00:36:55,920 And the reason you came to me is because you wanted an answer. 593 00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:02,560 There's an issue in your life. But did you have a premeditated 594 00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:09,400 way of me responding? I had a situation with that, 595 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:14,960 that this particular family doesn't even come to the church, 596 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,840 but it's been connected to the ministry through other outlets 597 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,320 that we have. And as a result of that, they 598 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:23,880 were not satisfied with one of the outlets of how something was 599 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:26,600 going well. They wanted to meet with me and 600 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:29,840 I came to the conclusion before they got to me that I'm not 601 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,360 meeting with them. Number one, I have no spiritual 602 00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:35,880 oversight to you #2 you're not submitted to the things we've 603 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:39,560 already done on multiple meetings, and you're just not 604 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,080 satisfied that you're not getting an answer. 605 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,240 And I know I'm not going to say something different than what's 606 00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:49,080 already been given. So you're a waste of my time. 607 00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:56,160 Now that sounds offensive to people. 608 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:57,400 Say, well, you don't have time for people. 609 00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:00,400 Well, Nehemiah didn't have time for some people that wrote a 610 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,320 letter say, hey, let's meet. He said I don't have time to go 611 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,320 meet with you because I know your intent, what you're doing 612 00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:08,480 and when I knew their intent and what they were doing. 613 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:13,240 Like it's a waste of my time and pulling me off the assignment. 614 00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:17,080 I'm called to just so you can continue to complain. 615 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:22,760 I have a deaf ear to complain and you're not even part of this 616 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:25,400 body. So I don't need your independent 617 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:29,040 thinking. I've already seen the cameras. 618 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:33,200 I've seen the scenario. There's nothing you're going to 619 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:37,000 say to convince me otherwise. Are you hearing me? 620 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,800 Why? Because there's a thing called 621 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:44,840 honor and obedience, and children are supposed to honor 622 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,840 and obey. And let me say it this way, Paul 623 00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,600 said. Some sleep before their time 624 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,760 because they don't judge the body rightly. 625 00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,720 So you may honor your natural father, but you cannot honor 626 00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:02,200 your spiritual parents and still go to sleep early. 627 00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:08,920 Same in anyway, Hallelujah. And again, we could break this 628 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:13,240 down even more, but we want #3 because I gave you the 1st 2 629 00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:16,680 honor and obedient #3 led by the Spirit. 630 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:20,760 Romans 814 says it this way. For all who are being led by the 631 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:24,920 Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 632 00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:29,720 Hallelujah. Now, this is really important, 633 00:39:29,720 --> 00:39:31,800 passive scripture. This Scripture right here is so 634 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:35,200 powerful and is one of the most misinterpreted scripture on the 635 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:38,520 face of the planet, right? I remember a particular couple 636 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:40,880 that was in our church years ago, I'm talking year before we 637 00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:44,840 ever moved to this location. So it's been a decade or more, 638 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:51,040 and they came to me after a Wednesday night service to 639 00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:55,000 inform me they were leaving the church and then they were going 640 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:59,080 to be moving somewhere out of the state, you know, because 641 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:03,560 they've heard God. Well, I knew they had not heard 642 00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:07,920 God. That's tough situation because 643 00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:10,520 you're like, no. Right. 644 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,400 And so, you know, I'm like, well, I don't think so. 645 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,240 And they were shocked. They just wanted me to give him 646 00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:19,160 a blessing and go on. You know what have been easy to 647 00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:20,240 say? Whatever. 648 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:22,520 Yeah. Enjoy your life and go on. 649 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,440 I mean, it's easy. But sometimes it's not easy. 650 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:29,320 Sometimes it's life and death and you better say something. 651 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:34,400 And so I did. And I communicated why I didn't 652 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,440 think it was God's will. Because again, you're saying 653 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:40,560 you're child of God and you can hear God too, but yet that 654 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:42,560 spirit in me is not saying the same thing. 655 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:44,760 Now I can't control your life, but I'm telling you, probably 656 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:49,640 not right? And didn't honor wasn't going to 657 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:54,160 walk in obedience did leave and the wife divorced the husband 658 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:02,760 six months later only had an agenda pulled him out of the 659 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:06,040 place that they were rising to become a man of the house. 660 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,280 So they pulled him out and then left a note. 661 00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:15,840 That person's life was decimated for a season, and rightly so. 662 00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:20,600 Scripture says if someone divorces, you know, it causes 663 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:24,280 them to commit adultery and that's not sexual immorality, 664 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:26,480 it's apostasy. It pulls away from God. 665 00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:29,240 They're like Lord, I don't understand this, but the Lord 666 00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:33,080 restored them. They remarried, have a great 667 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:37,800 family, they're thriving. The wife or ex-wife still to 668 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:42,800 this day can't say they're doing good yet They're telling me 669 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:50,800 they've heard God. They're telling me, well, those 670 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:55,560 who are led by the Spirit of God, then the Spirit should be 671 00:41:55,560 --> 00:42:01,280 saying the same thing now, just like God, just like us. 672 00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:04,440 We can say, well, I don't believe it's true, but you know 673 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:07,280 what, I'm not going to stop you. And all I can say is if you get 674 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:09,280 out and find you were wrong, come home. 675 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:14,640 I've done that before. Come home then you know, because 676 00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:17,880 you know, moving somewhere in convenience doesn't make it the 677 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:21,960 will of God. And again, if we believe God's 678 00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:27,600 the God of more than enough can he provide for you to to bring 679 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:32,640 you here even if you're having to drive from Crescent City, 680 00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:40,680 Ocala, thank you from Ocala. How many hours is that 2 hours 681 00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:42,800 every Sunday? Thank you Jesus. 682 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:47,120 But again, when you know you're where you're at, the other stuff 683 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,600 doesn't matter. And it didn't matter how much 684 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:52,520 gas cost, we just kept showing. And you know what? 685 00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:55,400 God kept providing, didn't he? Wow, isn't that amazing? 686 00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:59,240 So you'll be led by the Spirit, which tells us there can be 687 00:42:59,240 --> 00:43:02,280 conflict. And again, a father and son can 688 00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:04,200 get in conflict. But when both of them are 689 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,760 aspiring to hear God, we will come to an agreement. 690 00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:15,320 And again, if the sons honorable and choose and wants to be 691 00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:18,720 obedient to the plans and purpose of God, when the 692 00:43:18,720 --> 00:43:22,000 spiritual oversight says, hmm, I don't know if what you're saying 693 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:26,320 is accurate, then you're like, well, you know, I know it's for 694 00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:28,760 my well-being. Let's reconvene. 695 00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:30,640 I want to make sure I'm here in the spirit, right? 696 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:32,840 And I wanted to make sure you're here in the Spirit, right? 697 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:37,560 Because it's honorable, not we immediately get offensive and 698 00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:41,600 you're trying to control my life and I'm out of here because the 699 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:45,280 spiritual son wouldn't do that. A real one. 700 00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:50,040 In fact, a spiritual son isn't making decisions without 701 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:51,880 including the Father in the 1st place. 702 00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:54,720 I can't tell you how many times through the year people say, 703 00:43:54,720 --> 00:43:57,080 well, the Lord's told me and they just tell me I was never a 704 00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:59,160 part of the process. I couldn't even be a part of the 705 00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:02,080 prayer process of the whole transition. 706 00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:10,520 I just cut out. Why? 707 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:14,360 Because we don't need you. I hear God myself. 708 00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:17,920 We don't want your insight. We don't want your covering. 709 00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:21,760 We don't want the grace in your life to help us so that we don't 710 00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:29,050 make mistakes. Because I'll be the first to 711 00:44:29,050 --> 00:44:30,450 admit, if I don't have it, I don't have it. 712 00:44:30,450 --> 00:44:32,610 I said, well, I don't have it, you know, And if you're here and 713 00:44:32,610 --> 00:44:35,530 go, great. I mean, I don't, at the end of 714 00:44:35,530 --> 00:44:36,730 the day, I know what I'm called to do. 715 00:44:36,730 --> 00:44:39,850 I'm going to continue in that. But if I'm hearing something 716 00:44:39,850 --> 00:44:42,850 which, you know, doesn't happen often in a negative sense, 717 00:44:42,850 --> 00:44:46,800 saying don't do that per SE, well then you might want to say, 718 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:49,800 you know what, I honor you enough, respect you enough. 719 00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:55,000 Let's stop and recalibrate because a promotion to another 720 00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:57,880 city doesn't mean that's the plan of God for your life or the 721 00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:01,240 blessings. Are you hearing me? 722 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:03,320 Amen. We've done 3. 723 00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:07,360 Can we do a couple more? Now we're going to jump into 724 00:45:07,360 --> 00:45:09,280 some things very specific to Timothy. 725 00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:12,440 So in Second Timothy chapter one, verse 2, in fact, I would 726 00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:15,040 encourage you since we're going to break this up, to read first 727 00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:18,560 both books of Timothy. Because in both books of 728 00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:23,600 Timothy, you will hear a father speaking to a son and what he 729 00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:29,480 expects to see out of his son, what he expects to see out of 730 00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:32,600 his son. In second Timothy chapter one, 731 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:37,920 verse 2, it says to Timothy, my beloved son, grace, mercy and 732 00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:40,680 peace from God the Father in Christ Jesus our Lord. 733 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:46,160 So here he clearly acknowledges that Timothy's a son to me. 734 00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:49,240 Now Timothy is not his natural son. 735 00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:53,760 He is his spiritual son. And so there's this relationship 736 00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:55,480 where he has his spiritual father. 737 00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:59,760 Timothy is his spiritual son and Timothy is an amazing son to 738 00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:04,040 aspire to be, amazing child of God to aspire to be. 739 00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:06,240 OK, and let me just say it this way. 740 00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:09,600 Nowhere in Scripture are you having a relationship with God 741 00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:13,440 without somebody else because we're jointed and fitted 742 00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:15,880 together. God never intended it to be 743 00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:22,120 these one line streams, right? It's just me and you, Brandon, 744 00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:24,000 just me and you. The Lord says just me and you. 745 00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:25,920 That's all that matters. No, he's like, Brandon, you 746 00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:27,640 better get over here with your brother here and just sit here 747 00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:29,320 and you better get connected with your sister here because 748 00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:30,520 this is what the family does, son. 749 00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:35,440 And we'll do this and natural stuff all the time. 750 00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:37,880 Natural reunion. So, well, that's my family. 751 00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:39,720 And they can live like heathens, man. 752 00:46:39,720 --> 00:46:42,360 They can be completely out of the will of God, not even in 753 00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:44,160 your family. And you're like, man, we got to 754 00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:46,040 get hooked up with them. You know, they are family. 755 00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:48,480 Got to believe the best. I love my family. 756 00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:49,880 Yeah. Then we get to the body of 757 00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:51,320 Christ and we're like, don't talk to me. 758 00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:52,640 Jeez. I am his favorite. 759 00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:54,280 It's like Jesus only talked to me. 760 00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:59,720 You're you are the estranged 1. I don't I don't know why we get 761 00:46:59,720 --> 00:47:01,160 this way. Well, it's because we don't 762 00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:05,320 understand how the church we bring independent thinking into 763 00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:08,080 an organization that is fully dependent upon everyone. 764 00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:14,560 Hallelujah. Thank you Jesus. 765 00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:19,680 So Timothy is his son. Let me give you this last one 766 00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:21,880 and then we'll we'll come back next week. 767 00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:28,400 Philippians chapter 2 verse 19 to 22 says this Paul right into 768 00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:31,440 the Philippian church concerning his spiritual son. 769 00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:35,360 He says this he said about a hope in the Lord Jesus to send 770 00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:39,640 Timothy to you shortly. Now let me say this real quick 771 00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:46,200 before I finish this scripture. Timothy is not his favorite, so 772 00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:54,160 get that out of your head. Timothy has proven himself as a 773 00:47:54,160 --> 00:47:57,600 son and anyone could prove themselves as a son. 774 00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:04,000 It's just unfortunately with the the group he's running with 775 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:08,040 currently, Timothy is the only one who's done it. 776 00:48:09,120 --> 00:48:12,440 Let's go on, but I hope in the hope in the Lord Jesus to send 777 00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:16,520 Timothy to you shortly so that I may be encouraged when I learn 778 00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:25,480 of your condition, for I have no one else of kindred spirit who 779 00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:27,640 will generally be concerned for your welfare. 780 00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:31,760 That word kindred means like mindedness. 781 00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:35,760 It means same in mind and spirit. 782 00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:42,200 It means he is only concerned with what I'm concerned about. 783 00:48:45,240 --> 00:48:49,280 He said he's the only one and then he qualifies the others 784 00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:55,040 that are with him. He says for they all seek their 785 00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:59,960 own interests. So everyone who's on staff with 786 00:48:59,960 --> 00:49:05,080 Paul is not actually with Paul. All right, let me go over here. 787 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:10,640 Everyone who was on staff with Paul is actually not with Paul. 788 00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:17,480 Paul is a pass through. Paul is a means to a different 789 00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:20,640 end. Paul was just someone that I'm 790 00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:24,280 running around with because I see something that I want for 791 00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:32,880 myself independent of Paul. Actually because my spirits not 792 00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:36,160 really connected with Paul. In fact they would have the 793 00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:38,920 belief I'm submitted to Paul because I never agree with him 794 00:49:38,920 --> 00:49:44,640 anyway. But I do it, and they're not 795 00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:46,880 going to honor me of all that I've done. 796 00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:52,440 Well, half the stuff you've done was in rebellion and with some 797 00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:57,440 on Staffs, they've done it only because of the paycheck. 798 00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:05,240 Put that back up there. So he said the rest of them seek 799 00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:10,720 their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus, he said. 800 00:50:10,720 --> 00:50:16,480 But you know of his what? Proven worth That he served 801 00:50:16,480 --> 00:50:19,360 what? Not for me. 802 00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:26,720 Oh man, you better get this. That he served what with me in 803 00:50:26,720 --> 00:50:30,920 the furtherance of the gospel, like a child serving his father? 804 00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:34,280 Yes. If all you're doing is serving 805 00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:37,640 me, that's a problem. But if you're serving with me 806 00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:40,760 where I'm saying, son, we have something to do. 807 00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:43,600 We're doing the dad's business. I need you to do your part. 808 00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:45,880 I'm going to do my part. Let's do this thing together and 809 00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:47,200 we'll accomplish it. You. 810 00:50:47,200 --> 00:50:48,840 I'm releasing you. I'm going to release you. 811 00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:50,480 I'm going to release you. I'm going to release you. 812 00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:51,920 I'm going to release your gift. Why? 813 00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:53,280 Because you're not working for me. 814 00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:56,240 You're not serving me. We're serving him, we're all 815 00:50:56,240 --> 00:50:58,960 working together to accomplish this thing. 816 00:51:02,160 --> 00:51:07,720 But there are many that are serving or working for somebody 817 00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:15,200 and if they see the relationship that I'm working for them, it's 818 00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:17,280 because they have selfish ambitions. 819 00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:22,680 But a true son says, I'm not working for you, I'm working for 820 00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:25,280 the Lord. I'm just serving with you. 821 00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:29,200 And you're the example of what it looks like to serve the Lord. 822 00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:31,920 And I can learn from you, and you're investing in me. 823 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,960 And you're telling me more about who I am than I even knew. 824 00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:37,200 And you're pulling things out of me I didn't even think was 825 00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:39,200 there. And you're releasing me in ways 826 00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:40,720 that I've never been released before. 827 00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:50,320 But I'll not forget you. And when I go somewhere I don't 828 00:51:50,320 --> 00:51:57,160 push myself, I represent you and you alone. 829 00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:06,160 Because a spiritual son will be like minded and have no 830 00:52:06,240 --> 00:52:12,240 self-interest. So they're they, they're, they 831 00:52:12,240 --> 00:52:15,960 honor, they walk in obedience, right? 832 00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:20,200 These are the things, they're led by the Spirit, but they're 833 00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:23,880 also like minded and they have no self-interest. 834 00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:25,640 You know what, you're going to be different than me. 835 00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:28,440 You're going to see things different than I see because God 836 00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:32,960 made us that way as a body. And I'm going to release you 837 00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:36,960 just like I said on Wednesday, I said where are my evangelists? 838 00:52:37,520 --> 00:52:41,920 Because on Friday and Saturday there is an opportunity for you 839 00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:46,520 to get in front of the community at the summer thrift and all you 840 00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:51,200 got to do is walk around and talk to people and talk to them. 841 00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:53,200 And through that you're going to pray for them. 842 00:52:53,360 --> 00:52:56,200 You can invite them some you could lead to Christ. 843 00:52:56,280 --> 00:53:01,920 We're giving you a whole Ave. to touch their lives. 844 00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:05,640 And again, you're serving with us. 845 00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:13,680 Well, I don't see apostle there. That's not my part. 846 00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:19,920 Now Apostle Marcy was there. She was there on what was that 847 00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:22,200 Friday, all day, she said All day. 848 00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:23,400 I text her, I said, what you doing? 849 00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:26,560 She said they just keep coming. They just keep showing up. 850 00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:30,200 I mean, this place is full, you know, I'm like, well, praise the 851 00:53:30,200 --> 00:53:34,680 Lord, that's good. Sell something, bless their 852 00:53:34,680 --> 00:53:37,880 lives, talk to him. Right, man? 853 00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:40,440 I went in there with myself. Had to pick up something, drop 854 00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:41,640 something off, pick something up. 855 00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:43,520 And there's people walking around. 856 00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:48,480 I'm like, let's serve together because we're not doing 857 00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:54,360 something because we're bored. We do stuff because we're 858 00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:57,320 called. Are you hearing me? 859 00:53:58,080 --> 00:54:02,680 But you've got to decide. Not my will, but his will be 860 00:54:02,680 --> 00:54:06,080 done. Because I've decided not my will 861 00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:09,040 but his will be done. And then when I communicate His 862 00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:11,760 will for us, it's not because I wanted to do it. 863 00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:15,760 Because I'm like a lot of you, I like my weekend too. 864 00:54:16,040 --> 00:54:20,360 If I just thought about myself, I'd be 3 shades darker in my tan 865 00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:23,840 right now. If that was true, I would have 866 00:54:23,840 --> 00:54:26,480 had hit the beach way more times. 867 00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:32,160 I'd have no projects at the house. 0 Because every weekend I 868 00:54:32,160 --> 00:54:34,200 go to Port St. Joe as a weekend, I don't do 869 00:54:34,200 --> 00:54:38,520 something at my own home. But my life's not my own. 870 00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:44,640 And I imitate what it means to follow Jesus so that you 871 00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:48,520 yourself can say, you know what? God always takes care of those 872 00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:51,520 who follow him. Hallelujah. 873 00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:56,400 How many we get done today? 5 All right, we can give you 10. 874 00:54:56,400 --> 00:55:00,040 Next week we'll have a few less things to do and you don't want 875 00:55:00,040 --> 00:55:02,120 to miss next week. And I know it's July 4th 876 00:55:02,120 --> 00:55:06,240 weekend. Don't let the US holiday keep 877 00:55:06,240 --> 00:55:08,800 you out of church. All right? 878 00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:13,280 Can we do this then for Tom, since I'm doing this next week, 879 00:55:14,040 --> 00:55:17,600 let me lay hands on people next week, OK? 880 00:55:18,600 --> 00:55:21,680 And so anyone that I haven't laid hands on to be a blessing 881 00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:26,120 because Jesus laid hands on the children just to bless them, He 882 00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:27,520 says, suffer not the little children. 883 00:55:28,440 --> 00:55:31,120 And we do that as an act of saying, hey, we recognize this 884 00:55:31,120 --> 00:55:35,120 relationship we're in, that we have an oversight as planting 885 00:55:35,120 --> 00:55:37,720 the church. And we want to be an example to 886 00:55:37,720 --> 00:55:41,040 you, but we want to bless you as spiritual sons and daughters of 887 00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:44,520 the King. And together we're more than a 888 00:55:44,520 --> 00:55:46,920 family. We're the church. 889 00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:52,400 We're not just a family. We're the church. 890 00:55:52,400 --> 00:55:54,880 And the church is the most powerful thing on the planet. 891 00:55:55,600 --> 00:55:56,000 All right.