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In First Corinthians 1218 to 20,
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But now God has placed the 
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How many of them? 
Each one. 

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So that includes you say that 
includes me. 

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You're not left out, You're not 
ignored. 

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You're not overlooked. 
You're not overlooked. 

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Each one, Hallelujah, you're not
overlooked ever. 

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Each one of them in the body, 
just as he desires. 

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You know, the problem with the 
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Christ, even the fivefold 
ministry, is that we want to get

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into places that God's like. 
Yes, but Amen. 

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I remember one time when I knew 
I was called the ministry. 

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I was in the Baptist Church and 
my wife and I knew I was called,

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went to a particular Bible 
school, but you know, and I 

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wasn't even baptized in the Holy
Ghost. 

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But it definitely, I'm not 
saying anything was wrong with 

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the school at all. 
I just didn't stay long enough 

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because it wasn't where the Lord
wanted me. 

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It wasn't where God wanted my 
foundation. 

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And so my wife and I find 
ourselves back in Florida living

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with my mom with three children.
And so I'm attending her church 

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because again, it's my custom to
be in that denomination. 

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All right. 
Now in the Scripture there isn't

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a denomination, There's the body
of Christ. 

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All right. 
So really this is man made stuff

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that we're in, although 
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upon the revelation they know in
God. 

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OK. 
And so I was at a place where I 

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was hungry. 
I knew I was called, I'm doing 

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what I need to do. 
And the particular Deacon boards

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at the time with the pastor, 
because we were a young couple 

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in that church and there were 
not many. 

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In fact, we may have been one of
two, to be honest with you. 

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So you understand they were 
excited to see someone young 

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because if you don't have 
younger people in the church and

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everyone's 708090, in a few 
years, we know where the church 

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will be in the natural in that 
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OK. 
And so, you know, obviously I'm,

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you know, in my zeal, my young 
age at the time, I definitely 

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was like, man, I believe God's 
called me the ministry. 

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And they're like, great, we want
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youth, you know, and be a part 
of that. 

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So I did what they said. 
I sat in with the youth's Sunday

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school room and spent some time 
there and was very excited about

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the opportunity to be able to do
something. 

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And so my brother, who happened 
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at that particular church, we 
would discuss things at the 

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house and I would begin to say 
things that I, you know, that I 

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believe the Lord wanted me to do
once the church gave me an 

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opportunity. 
Well, he ended up telling some 

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other friends, you know, about 
some things I would do and they 

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got back to the Deacon board. 
So I was working a particular 

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job then. 
I mean, I wasn't in full time 

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ministry. 
I was working actually in a 

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place in Green Cove that had 
these crazy shifts where you 

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work 7 straight days. 
He did seven straight days on 

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3rd shift, seven straight days 
on mid shift, and then seven 

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straight days on morning shift. 
And this rotated every 28 days. 

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It was brutal. 
I don't know, some of these 

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people have done it for 30 
years. 

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I happen to be coming off a 
third shift. 

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Came to church, didn't go home, 
didn't sleep, came to church, 

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got called into the pastor's 
office. 

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Well, this Deacon elder began to
tell me about how long it took 

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them to become ordained, you 
know, in the process. 

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And I could tell that the pastor
was not really excited. 

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But you understand, that 
particular denomination is not 

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overseen by the pastor but by 
the board. 

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That's how it's just set up. 
And I could tell that he wasn't 

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super excited. 
But for me, you know, it was 

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tough. 
And I was like, man, you know, 

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I'm not here to do anything but 
just step into whatever God 

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wants. 
The reality is it almost took me

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as long as he said. 
It just wasn't through that 

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place, and when I look back at 
how long it took me to get to 

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here in April of 2004, I'm 
thankful because God knew what 

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He was doing. 
Now when I went on from there, I

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went to an assembly. 
God church got filled with the 

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Holy Ghost man and I. 
I was 25 at the time. 

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I thought I was in my prom 
252627 years old. 

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We took a youth ministry from 
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Vanessa was there and we went 
from 1 to 75. 

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The church only ran 150. 
Half of them were youth. 

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We were in an off campus 
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We were blowing and going and in
my mind you understand I'm like,

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I need to be full time now, 
right? 

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You felt like you had all the 
intangibles and the pastor left 

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and went to Ocala to get in a 
bigger church with more resource

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and I went with him even though 
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location. 
I was called to Rhema. 

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But in my mind I just wanted it.
And I thought, man, if I don't 

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do it now, I'll be too old. 
That's what 20 somethings think.

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You know that when you get into 
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to find out when you get there 
it's not. 

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I was deceived the whole time, 
you understand, right now, 80 is

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real young. 
I know this and I'm not there 

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yet. 
I know this. 

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Now I'm like flip man. 
I might just get started at 80. 

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I mean, Caleb's 85 conquering 
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I can't wait to hit 85. 
And what other county, our state

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or nation will we conquer? 
Hallelujah. 

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So I realized, you know, I was 
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And The thing is, is that in 
these processes of being placed 

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in the body where it pleases 
Him, we often get in the way 

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instead of letting God develop. 
When we graduated from Rhema 

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2000, I was so tired of moving 
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I came to Gainesville, FL to 
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Lord say you're not ready. 
Wow. 

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And I had ministered over a 
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I mean probably close to A at 
least 5-6 hundred times by then.

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And now going to Bible school, 
yet he says you're not ready. 

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Well, don't you know the Lord 
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Hallelujah. 
And again, if you don't submit 

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to the process, more people 
abort their own destinies 

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because they will not submit to 
the process. 

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And again, Coach Hurley, would 
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I appreciate you allowing me to 
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coaches, but you know, have you 
not had players that they 

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wouldn't submit to the process 
so you just couldn't use them, 

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not because they weren't 
talented. 

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See, a lot of times it's not 
about whether you can. 

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It's that you won't submit to 
the process to obtain. 

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Thank you coaching. 
Be seated. 

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And so we need to submit to the 
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God has placed the members, each
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just as He desires. 
Which tells me God is the one 

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orchestrating your ability to be
released. 

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You can never think that someone
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cannot. 
In fact, in some cases they've 

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actually may be helping you, yet
you think it's a hindrance. 

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Verse 19 if they were all one 
member, where would the body be?

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But now they they are many 
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So we're not all the same. 
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the name of Ernest Gentile said 
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Why? 
Why stress local churches so 

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much? 
Let me tell you, in our society,

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we do not the the world does not
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Modern day religious 
Christianity does not stress 

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local churches, right? 
That's the church, because the 

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enemy doesn't want local 
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if they are, then he knows game 
over and Jesus returns. 

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Why stress local churches so 
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Very simply, because the local 
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Christ to the secular community.
The people of the local church 

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become the heart, the hands and 
the voice of Jesus Christ. 

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This brilliant strategy is God's
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spiritual life in His Saints and
then through them, impacting the

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secular world. 
When the people of a community 

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see the members of the local 
church body, they hopefully will

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see Christ. 
Coach Hurley could stand up 

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again. 
If I had, if I wanted him to and

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he would let us know that. 
You know they are in season now,

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but before this season they 
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conditioning, which means his 
current seniors this year that 

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have played ball with him since 
they were freshmen have the same

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conditioning that takes place 
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They do fundamentals and they do
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and say I have arrived. 
You see how good of my batting 

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average, which is now, do you 
understand how well my game is 

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and you want me to take time to 
do fundamentals? 

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That's for the younger ones. 
No, that's for all of us because

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the minute a mature believer 
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fundamentals, they start 
digressing to be immature and 

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flesh LED again. 
But worse, those become deceived

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because they have a knowledge of
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They will not do. 
Amen. 

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Ephesians 47 But each one of us.
But to each one of us, grace was

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given according to the measure 
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Christ is the ultimate gift, and
He's the gift giver, which means

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what He imparted into you came 
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Rolando, you are what you are 
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not because you did it. 
And He and He imparted it to you

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in the Spirit before you, in 
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before the foundations of the 
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He was waiting for this moment 
to release you to the planet. 

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And the gifts and calling are 
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You can run from it. 
You can fail to be trained 

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adequately to release it, but 
you will be judged by it. 

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Ultimately. 
God does not care about your 

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4O1K, He does not care about 
your degrees. 

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He does not care about anything 
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All He cares about did you do 
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That's it. 
This life is temporary and the 

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things that God wants to do with
something amazing, but each one 

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of us have a gift. 
Say I'm a gift. 

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Come on, say I'm a gift. 
It's time to unwrap you then he 

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said in Ephesians 411 and 12. 
And he gave some say some, not 

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all. 
So not all of us can claim this.

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In fact, no one can claim it 
unless the Lord gave it and then

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it's a gift. 
Amen. 

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No 5 fold minister earns the 
gift, but they can develop what 

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has been freely given them and 
are required to do so. 

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Hallelujah. 
I'll give you a case in point. 

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The the talents did the master 
give them. 

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So the ones receiving them did 
not earn them, but they were 

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given. 
One was given 5, two and one. 

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Why were they given? 
Because he had given them 

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something at a time that they 
showed themselves faithful with 

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what they had freely received 
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This is why the one who had five
had already received a number, 

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most likely less, at a different
time and was faithful with what 

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he received. 
How do we know this? 

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Because we know the one who 
obviously had been given the 

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training to function with one, 
but instead of activating the 

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training, doing the here it is. 
We hate this word work, which is

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just obeying what God says to 
do. 

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He buried it and lived His way. 
I'm not doing what you're asking

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me to do. 
I'm doing what I want to do 

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'cause then when you come, I'll 
give you back what you gave no 

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loss. 
Well, was the Master happy about

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receiving back with no loss? 
Not at all. 

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In fact, he was upset that there
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The master was not joyful that 
it wasn't stolen, that he kept 

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it safe, that he had the same 
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No, he told that servant you're 
wicked and lazy. 

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At minimum, if you were not 
going to get out like these 

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other two and weren't what 
you've been trained in, you 

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could have at least put it in 
the bank and drawn some interest

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off of it. 
So what did he do? 

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Take the one and gave it to the 
one who had 10. 

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Why is he doing that? 
Because the one who had five 

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multiplied 5 and showed himself 
faithful working the gift that 

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was given to him so that he 
could receive more. 

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And he says those who you know 
are doers and receive, they'll 

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receive even more. 
But those who don't do even what

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they think they have will be 
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So the gift that you are must be
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This is not a free ride. 
You've been given a free gift to

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deploy. 
Are you hearing me now? 

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Some are apostles, some as 
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some of his pastors and 
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And what are these five fold 
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that's in the body of Christ. 
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the Saints, for the work of 
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the body of Christ, Ernest said.
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gift, we are calling it the five
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whole church to become 
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function as representatives of 
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That's the point. 
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fivefold ministry because we 
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coaching staff because God has a
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train. 
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to come hear lectures, to 
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you'll feel comfortable that 
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No, it's to train you to get 
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God has for you so that the 
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Hallelujah. 
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earth to represent him. 
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So last week we talked about 
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from apostles into pastors. 
We said this, Rick Renner made 

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made this statement. 
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biblical foundations and keep 
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work among the churches. 
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pastoral leaders, mobilize 
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the global vision of Christ and 
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They inspire greater faith and 
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secular marketplace. 
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in an impressive way and often 
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I I realized that when God 
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take territory here in our 
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is beyond our ability. 
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achieve what we have achieved 
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It's impossible for us to 
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achieved it through us. 
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US 25 1/2 acres and 200,000 
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we still function some as a 
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testimony and I have them come 
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knew then this is a today moment
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something in my lifetime. 
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denominations, when I say 
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thing as non denominational. 
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denominational. 
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denomination, you can call it 
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you know, Catholic, whatever you
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You can call it, you know, Word 
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be. 
It's still a group of people 

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that have centered around a 
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revelation they have of God and 
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And with that, many of them are 
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times long before them. 
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other people and not now. 
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he's, I am God. 
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victories, victories with the I 
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But in order to have victories 
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have to step out of the boat, 
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sinking. 
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your eyes off the Lord and be 
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coming, the storms that are 
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way out and meet Jesus and cause
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The author and finisher of your 
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And we are witnesses of this 
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OK, So the apostles obviously 
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These are territory takers. 
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large perspective in. 
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strict details as much and get 
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They are always from a big 
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Plus, they are those along the 
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insight concerning Scripture. 
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Are they clear up lenses? 
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become more clear. 
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revelation, but there are 
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revelation and insight, then 
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to pray the Pauline prayers. 
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them, we might see something in 
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what the majority hold as truth.
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truth only to be found out. 
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apostles will help us do that. 
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person can function in more than
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than one gift and I want to 
introduce you to James in 

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Galatians chapter one verse 19. 
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concerning coming and seeing 
Peter after he was out by 

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himself for 14 years in Jesus 
Christ is personally training 

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him of the revelation or the 
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Paul's been separated and Jesus 
himself, not a man, but Jesus 

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himself has been speaking to the
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here's a mystery. 
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Pharisee of Pharisees, because 
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because you knew the law and the
prophets. 

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I'm about to reveal to you 
everything that's concerning me 

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and my church. 
I'm going to show you where I 

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was always looking and and and 
and had acknowledged that more 

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will come in to my Kingdom 
besides Israel and I'll do it 

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through a thing called the 
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Now we call the church. 
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organization, but when Jesus 
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ecclesia and it is a set those 
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It was a name common in that 
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heard the church or Ecclesia, 
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Rome, the government. 
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Judaism or the temple. 
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government and that government, 
when he heard they heard 

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ekklesia, they were like, you 
mean like the Senate that is 

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connected with Caesar in Rome. 
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called out ones that would go 
into a, a territory that was not

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Rome itself and begin to 
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that territory and enact its 
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And he's saying I'm going to 
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That's what that means. 
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My called out ones they will 
assemble all of my ambassadors 

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will come to the embassy, so to 
speak, understand the policies 

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of the Kingdom of heaven and 
enact those in the Kingdom are 

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in the earth. 
Are you hearing me So when we 

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hear church you have to 
eradicate religious and begin to

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realize this is a section of of 
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government. 
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Because Isaiah Chapter 9 verse 
six and seven says the child 

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will be born, a son will be 
given and the government shall 

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rest on his shoulders. 
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the body Jesus is the head of 
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And if the government is on his 
shoulders, we are that 

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government is called the church 
or legislative assembly. 

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So this Bible is is not a 
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It's about a king, his Kingdom 
and his royal offspring. 

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And don't you know the king is 
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I said, don't you know the king 
is coming and he is preparing 

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the earth for the king? 
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of which then he enters into 
Jerusalem. 

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Spend some time with Peter, of 
which Peter says you were 

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talking to Jesus. 
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Galatians 119 he says, but I did
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apostles except James, and which
James the Lord's brother. 

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Now this is not James the son of
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and James, the sons of Thunder. 
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original 12 of the apostles of 
the Lamb. 

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But here we are. 
But he was martyred or killed in

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Acts chapter 12. 
He did not come and see that 

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James. 
He saw this James, James the 

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Lord's brother. 
This James is the James that 

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wrote the book of James, and 
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He said. 
I did not see any other of the 

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apostles except what does that 
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James is an apostle? 
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the 15th chapter of Acts, we 
have a big tribunal take place 

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because Paul has been planting 
churches among the Gentiles and 

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within the Jewish churches that 
Peter is planting because he's 

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called to the Jews and Paul is 
called to the Gentiles. 

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In the Jewish church. 
There is no issue with 

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circumcision because all Jews 
are circumcised and that is part

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of the Old Covenant. 
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covenant with God as a male. 
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However, when Paul started 
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circumcision was not required 
and all of a sudden some that 

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had wrong motives following Paul
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Now that's just a nice way of 
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when people were using the 
bathroom and realized this Greek

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isn't circumcised and started to
stir up strife in Paul's plants.

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So Paul's like, listen, that's 
old covenant. 

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The scripture is clear. 
This is a circumcision of the 

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heart. 
It's not you can't be right with

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God through some physical 
manifestation during that time. 

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That's how it was. 
But now during this time is a 

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whole nother ball game. 
So they descend on Jerusalem, 

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where the apostle James also 
resides as the pastor of the 

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Jerusalem church. 
Peter's there. 

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I mean, we're talking all the 
heavy hitters in the first move 

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of God. 
I mean, these are people we're 

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reading about, right? 
The ones that you're like, man, 

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I would love to talk with them. 
And I, you know what? 

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I just want you to know you're 
such a gift. 

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When you get to heaven, Paul's 
going to say, I can't wait to 

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talk to you. 
OK, So here James in the 13th, 

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after he's heard from Peter the 
apostle, he's heard from Paul 

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the apostle, he says, and after 
they stop speaking, James 

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answered and said, brethren, 
listen to me. 

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Now, at this point, most often 
people see James only as pastor,

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but he's not. 
He's also an apostle. 

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And what James is doing is not 
coming from his pastoral role, 

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but from his Apostolic gift, 
because apostles correct 

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doctrine and this is a doctrinal
issue that they need clarity on,

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of which the first apostle Peter
makes his case and the second 

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apostle Paul makes his case. 
And then Apostle James, who 

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happens to be the pastor of 
Jerusalem, says, based upon what

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I've heard, and I'm hearing the 
Holy Ghost as well, it seems 

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right to us that we do not 
require any of the Gentile 

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churches are those that are born
again to subject themselves to 

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physical circumcision. 
It's not a requirement, but 

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there are some things we want 
them to do, and that is take 

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care of the poor, take care of 
widows, right? 

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And then do not eat any meat 
strangled and given to idols. 

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All right. 
And be through that Apostolic 

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anointing. 
Although he's pastor of the 

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church, it sits through all of 
the churches, not only the ones 

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Peter had planted, but also the 
ones Paul had planted. 

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Do you see this? 
And this is where that Apostolic

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and pastoral merge, because the 
pastor gift is it cares for the 

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flock and it wants to feed the 
flock the right word. 

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So once the Apostolic has the 
this is thus saith the Lord. 

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Then the pastors took that word 
and implemented it within their 

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congregations. 
Are you hearing me? 

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Of which was delivered by the 
apostle Paul himself. 

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Are you hearing me? 
So James was an apostle and 

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pastor. 
Now why do I say that? 

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Because I am an apostle and 
pastor and again for years, you 

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know, I recognize and there's no
problem. 

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You could always call me pastor 
or you call me brother or if you

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want to. 
But we said last week, if you 

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want to receive a righteous man 
reward, then you acknowledge a 

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righteous man. 
That's what you get. 

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But if you want to get a 
prophet's reward, you got to 

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acknowledge them as that I'm, 
I'm, I am not something. 

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It is the gift. 
So again, when you make a demand

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on the gift, then you receive 
from the gift and there's a day 

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you want Pastor Earl because you
don't want Buddy Earl, because 

450
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:14,640
Buddy Earl doesn't have an 
anointing day to help guide you,

451
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,760
but Pastor has an anointing to 
guide you. 

452
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,200
I mean, I put my pants on just 
like you. 

453
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:32,520
I'm in the same field as you. 
I am being an example to you 

454
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:39,280
because I'm at demo day. 
In fact, there's a person in our

455
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:42,240
church right now won't mention 
their name was not attending our

456
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,880
church, but their child was 
going to our preschool. 

457
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:49,080
And the thing that caused them 
to show up is because Pastor 

458
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:53,960
Marcy and myself were on a 
ladder in the hallway painting. 

459
00:31:55,360 --> 00:32:01,240
And they said, I've never seen a
pastor do this in the ones that 

460
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,480
they had attended prior. 
Because again, those pastors 

461
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,600
have done something that we'll 
talk about here in a minute that

462
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:11,200
we don't do. 
We just get involved in the 

463
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:14,560
process. 
We are to be an example. 

464
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:18,080
Well, then there's other times 
that you need the role of the 

465
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,960
apostle. 
Are you hearing me? 

466
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,240
And in the Apostolic role, the 
Apostolic role will help you 

467
00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:26,480
take territory. 
I mean, again, if you're a 

468
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,360
business owner, you want to draw
on that because we can get 

469
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:31,960
insight. 
I have dealt with our property 

470
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:35,280
managers with them all. 
And I know I have not gone to 

471
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:37,600
school for business. 
I have not done that. 

472
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:42,280
But God that when certain 
negotiations have gone in 

473
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:46,960
certain ways, that Apostolic 
anointing will pop in and and 

474
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:51,360
I'll drop an idea and my 
property managers that have 

475
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:56,920
great understanding and 
knowledge of business will say 

476
00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,640
that's a great idea. 
Well, it's a Holy Ghost idea 

477
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,680
because I don't have that, but 
the anointing does. 

478
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:07,000
Are you hearing me? 
So James function in these two 

479
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,720
gifts. 
And so that's why I utilize him 

480
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:11,560
today. 
But let's move over to the 

481
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:15,280
pastor Hebrews chapter 13 verses
20 to 21. 

482
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:19,480
It says now God, now the God of 
peace, who brought up from who? 

483
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:22,560
Who brought up from the dead the
great shepherd of the sheep 

484
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,600
through the blood of the eternal
covenant, even Jesus our Lord. 

485
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,800
So Jesus our Lord is the great 
shepherd. 

486
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:33,440
Verse 21 equip you and every 
good thing to do his will. 

487
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:39,680
So the Great Shepherd wants to 
equip you in every good thing to

488
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:42,000
do. 
Whose will? 

489
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:45,480
Whose will? 
Your will, your will. 

490
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:50,000
Is God here to meet your will? 
Does God want it to fulfill, 

491
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:56,200
help you fulfill your fantasies,
your desires, your wants? 

492
00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:02,080
No, He wants to equip you so 
that you will fulfill His and 

493
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:05,960
His are the best. 
It goes on to say working in US 

494
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,679
that which is pleasing in His 
sight. 

495
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:12,440
Without faith it is what? 
Impossible to please God? 

496
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:14,000
That's Hebrews Chapter 11, verse
6. 

497
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,320
So how are you pleasing in His 
sight? 

498
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:19,719
You are living by faith. 
How does faith come? 

499
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,520
Faith comes by hearing and 
hearing from the word of God, 

500
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,560
but not hearing alone. 
You must act on that word. 

501
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:29,320
Hearing does not mean you're in 
faith. 

502
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:34,600
Hearing means you have access to
function in faith. 

503
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,840
Faith only happens when you act 
and when do you act? 

504
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,760
When it's when you hear, not 
when you see. 

505
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:46,800
Because faith calls those things
that be not as though they were.

506
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,880
And yet you're acting like it's 
done and everybody knows it's 

507
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,400
not. 
What are you saying? 

508
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:56,080
You're saying what it's not. 
Have you lost your mind? 

509
00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:58,840
It's not no, it's that way 
because he said it's that way. 

510
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,920
And I'll only believe it, and 
you watch because it will be 

511
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:05,440
what I say, because he said, are
you hearing me? 

512
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,120
So he goes on. 
Then He is working, pleasing in 

513
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:11,480
a sight through Jesus Christ, to
whom the glory forever and ever.

514
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:16,400
So Jesus is the great shepherd. 
All right, then go over to John 

515
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:17,800
10. 
We'll start in verse 11. 

516
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,040
We're talking about a pastor 
here because the only comparison

517
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,720
according to Ephesians chapter 4
and Ephesians chapter 4 is the 

518
00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:27,880
only time the word pastor is 
actually even mentioned. 

519
00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:32,680
Now, some of the others equate 
the pastor with an administrator

520
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:38,040
in Romans, but I'm not dealing 
with that because honestly, as a

521
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,320
pastor, I'm a horrible 
administrator. 

522
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:42,640
You know, I'm not wired that 
way. 

523
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:45,720
I'm wired more towards my 
Apostolic meaning. 

524
00:35:45,720 --> 00:35:48,200
Now, that doesn't mean I can't 
administrate things, but I don't

525
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:52,760
get bogged down in details. 
I'm always moving to the next 

526
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:57,000
thing and will care for you 
along the way because again, you

527
00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,480
got to see us as a church this 
way. 

528
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:03,640
You do not see yourself as and 
you you can't, you can't stay at

529
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:06,360
Anchor Faith Church anyway, if 
you want this, because that's 

530
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:09,160
not who our makeup is. 
If you want a pass, just come 

531
00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:12,680
out and and hug you and tell 
you, you know, you're super 

532
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:15,560
awesome and that, you know, 
here's a little bit of food 

533
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:18,920
here, you know, and then, you 
know, come play with your kids 

534
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:22,000
all the time and, you know, show
up at the hospital all the time 

535
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:25,280
and never really just do 
anything different than what's 

536
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,640
going on in your on the dress. 
You've come to the wrong church.

537
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:34,440
I'm the coach that we're on a 
marathon, OK, And I'm the one 

538
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:40,240
running with you. 
Now when I say that that can 

539
00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:42,800
look two ways. 
That could be I'm in the car 

540
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:46,200
now. 
Why do I say that? 

541
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,200
Not because I'm not willing to 
run. 

542
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:52,240
It's just say apostles get way 
out there and then come back and

543
00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:57,480
let you know what's coming. 
And then also because you're way

544
00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:01,240
out there along the way and and 
I'll feed you in route. 

545
00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:06,280
So again, if you run races like 
long Brittany, where you at? 

546
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:07,480
Stand up. 
Brittany said you're the one 

547
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:09,160
that always pulls me into this 
stuff all the time. 

548
00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:12,160
Brittany, pull me into the gate 
river run 15K. 

549
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:15,480
All right, that's almost 10 
miles, right. 

550
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:19,200
And she's faster than I was. 
So thank you for bringing me in 

551
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:21,240
and then being in a different 
wave and I never saw you the 

552
00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:24,560
whole time. 
OK, you can be seated. 

553
00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:30,680
So in my desire to catch 
Brittany, whose legs are double 

554
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:38,440
my length, you understand she 
does this and I do this in order

555
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:41,920
to get there. 
OK, With that being said, along 

556
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:47,360
the way, kilometer 1, kilometer 
2, kilometer 3, somebody was 

557
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,280
feeding me. 
Give me an opportunity to be 

558
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:52,400
nourished along the way. 
That's how this church is. 

559
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:57,040
We're going somewhere. 
So you get fed in route. 

560
00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:03,440
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
And if we get to a mile marker 

561
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:07,040
that you're like, man, I can't, 
I'll put you in the car, let you

562
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:12,200
stay with the group. 
And after you get refreshed, 

563
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,880
let's get back out in the road 
and start running again. 

564
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,200
Are you hearing me? 
This is not a free ride. 

565
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,600
It's a race we run together. 
Hallelujah. 

566
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:26,520
All right, so we know he's a 
good great shepherd, but John 

567
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:28,680
1011 says, and I am the Good 
Shepherd. 

568
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,520
The Good Shepherd lays down his 
life for the sheep. 

569
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:35,480
Now I just want to be very 
specific for a moment, and that 

570
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:41,880
is we are talking very specific 
about Jesus because I'm going to

571
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:46,560
be honest with you, me dying 
will do nothing for you. 

572
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:54,560
The only death I experience as a
Good Shepherd is I crucify my 

573
00:38:54,560 --> 00:39:01,440
flesh daily and I die to self 
for the sake of feeding you. 

574
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:09,240
And if you've been with me a 
little while, as in Anchor Faith

575
00:39:09,240 --> 00:39:13,320
Church, you know that's the 
case, that I've laid down 

576
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:17,560
vacations, I've laid down 
opportunity, I've laid down all 

577
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:19,880
kinds of stuff. 
For what purpose we got to feed 

578
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:24,760
I would love to do, but can't, 
can't go there, can't do that. 

579
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:30,760
Want to be off, got to feed. 
You understand, when you have 

580
00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:34,680
livestock, they're hungry 
whether you want to go out there

581
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:38,000
or not. 
All right, all right. 

582
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,680
So he's the Good Shepherd, verse
12. 

583
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:43,840
He who is a hired hand and not a
shepherd who is not the owner of

584
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:47,040
the sheep, sees the wolf coming 
and leaves the sheep and flees, 

585
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:49,880
and the wolf scattered, snatches
them and scatters them. 

586
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,680
He flees because he's a hired 
hand and not concerned about the

587
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:54,520
sheep. 
He said, I'm the Good Shepherd 

588
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:58,200
and I know my own and my own 
know me, even as the Father 

589
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:00,560
knows me. 
I know the Father and I laid 

590
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:04,480
down my life for the sheep. 
I have other sheep which are not

591
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:08,400
of this foal. 
He's talking about Israel. 

592
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,480
He's moving over to the Gentiles
there he said I must bring them 

593
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,200
also. 
And they will hear whose voice? 

594
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:17,040
Come on, whose voice? 
Whose voice? 

595
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,480
My voice. 
And they will become one flock. 

596
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:20,680
With who? 
With what? 

597
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:23,160
1 shepherd. 
So let me tell you this, I am 

598
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:28,880
not your shepherd. 
I am an overseer. 

599
00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:34,360
Jesus is your shepherd. 
Number two, I am not the voice 

600
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:38,040
into your life. 
I don't even have a voice in 

601
00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:45,280
your life because the only voice
you should hear is it is 

602
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:47,560
written. 
Now, how do you know if 

603
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:52,440
somebody's functioning as a 
overseer or someone serving the 

604
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:54,680
Good Shepherd or the Great 
Shepherd as a pastor? 

605
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:57,320
How do you know this? 
Because they will not speak of 

606
00:40:57,320 --> 00:41:01,120
their own initiative. 
They're not going to tell you 

607
00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:04,800
their opinion. 
They're not going to communicate

608
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:09,240
to you their feelings. 
This is why a lot of times the 

609
00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:12,640
Saints struggle with the pastor.
A real 1 is because he's not 

610
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:15,480
giving you a bunch or she's not 
giving you a bunch of insights 

611
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:17,600
into the struggles and all the 
stuff going on. 

612
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,640
Because at the end of the day we
are obligated to give his voice,

613
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:29,240
not our own. 
Because a hard hand will tell 

614
00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:37,200
you how they feel, and when 
trouble shows up, they run. 

615
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:43,880
Now they may not run physically 
from what we call the church, 

616
00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:49,600
but they do run by not obeying 
the voice of the Good Shepherd. 

617
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:51,880
Have you ever been around 
someone who claims to be a 

618
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,560
believer? 
You talk to them and yet what 

619
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:56,960
they're saying is not what he 
says. 

620
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:04,760
They're personally present, but 
yet they're talking not from the

621
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:10,200
voice of God. 
They're complaining. 

622
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:14,440
I mean, with some you can even 
hear offense. 

623
00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:17,320
You can hear bitterness. 
You can hear unforgiveness. 

624
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:21,840
And in your mind you're like, 
but what's the Bible say? 

625
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:29,440
A hard hand will give you what 
you want to hear. 

626
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:38,000
But make no mistake, when a wolf
comes, they'll run from it 

627
00:42:38,720 --> 00:42:40,280
because again, it's not their 
fault. 

628
00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:46,520
In essence, they want the gift 
that they've now decided is a 

629
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:52,760
title, but they do not have the 
anointing to deal with the 

630
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,720
pressures associated with the 
gift. 

631
00:42:59,720 --> 00:43:02,800
Because a hired person is not 
going. 

632
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:07,200
And why can the sheep be 
snatched #1 because a hired 

633
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:09,360
person is not given the voice of
the shepherd. 

634
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:15,520
That's one reason. 
Now, there are other reasons why

635
00:43:16,720 --> 00:43:18,960
she gets snatched, and we'll 
talk about that here in a 

636
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:20,840
minute. 
Are you hearing me? 

637
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:23,600
So we understand. 
You got to understand, just 

638
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:28,000
because people say they're 
pastor doesn't mean they're 

639
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:32,000
pastor. 
It's identified by what they say

640
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:36,280
and the life they show. 
It's their fruit. 

641
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:43,560
Amen. 
And as sheep, please do not have

642
00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:49,640
short term memory. 
This is why the writer of 

643
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:54,760
Hebrews says, obey those who 
oversee you, for they watch over

644
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:59,600
your soul. 
They'll give an account to it. 

645
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:04,720
Let them do this not with joy 
and not with grief because it 

646
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:10,880
would be unprofitable for you 
because there are other voices 

647
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:15,320
besides the Great Shepherd and 
the Good Shepherd and you've got

648
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:18,040
you have to decide what you want
to listen to Jesus tells in 

649
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:22,440
verse 14, I know my own and my 
own know me and they know my 

650
00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:24,360
voice. 
Are you hearing me? 

651
00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:29,800
And he lays down his life, 
meaning I will do the will of 

652
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:35,160
the Father for those and those 
that are real pastors are going 

653
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:39,920
to lay down their lives for the 
sake of caring and feeding and 

654
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:42,480
nurturing the flock. 
Look at this over in Acts 

655
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:47,360
chapter 20 verse 28 says this, 
be on guard for yourselves and 

656
00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:49,760
for all the flock. 
This is the Apostle Paul talking

657
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:56,160
to the pastors of Ephesus, 
elders and overseers, he says, 

658
00:44:56,160 --> 00:45:02,120
among which the Holy Spirit has 
made you overseers to shepherd 

659
00:45:02,240 --> 00:45:05,880
the Church of God, which he 
purchased with his own blood 

660
00:45:06,240 --> 00:45:08,080
last week. 
I said this. 

661
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:12,160
Saints have no right picking 
their coaches. 

662
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:29,920
Coaches do not pick their sheep.
It's the Lord who says, pastor, 

663
00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:33,680
I'm planting you in this field 
and these are the ones I'm 

664
00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:36,840
bringing to you. 
That's how that works. 

665
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:44,840
Again, the scripture is 
applicable. 

666
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:49,120
Jesus says you didn't choose me,
but I I did not choose you. 

667
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:52,160
The Lord chose you to come to 
anchor faith. 

668
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:55,360
The Lord chose you to. 
If it is that you have been 

669
00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:59,120
chosen to come and if you have 
then no devil in hell, no 

670
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:02,760
circumstance in life, no 
situation, nobody sitting next 

671
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:05,440
to you that's trying to grow in 
the things of God could get you 

672
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:09,080
so sideways that you would 
abandoned your post and your 

673
00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:12,600
calling. 
That would never happen when 

674
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:16,480
you're it's the fabric of your 
being because the Lord called me

675
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:19,680
now no one can make me leave 
here. 

676
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:23,240
A devil in hell can't make me 
leave here. 

677
00:46:23,240 --> 00:46:25,520
Trials and tribulations can't 
make me leave here. 

678
00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:28,520
The inability of people to grow 
up can't make me leave here. 

679
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,480
The pressures of life, because 
if the longest the Lord has 

680
00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:39,240
established me on this field. 
I'm in this field period. 

681
00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:51,440
Now wolves can run the fence and
wolves can only snatch sheep who

682
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:54,840
choose to disconnect from the 
fold. 

683
00:47:01,380 --> 00:47:08,020
Because if you stay with the 99,
the shepherd doesn't have to go 

684
00:47:08,020 --> 00:47:12,760
find the one. 
And do you think the one went 

685
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:15,760
off by itself? 
Because sheep tend to stay 

686
00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:19,920
together anyway. 
So most likely what happened is 

687
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:24,000
four or five started to move in 
a little different direction and

688
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:30,080
the shepherd gave a call out of 
which three or four came back to

689
00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:37,520
the group, but the one kept. 
And it's not because they didn't

690
00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:44,080
say something, but it's because 
they're going out on their own. 

691
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:48,280
The enemy is always trying to 
pull you away from the flock. 

692
00:47:51,240 --> 00:47:55,280
A Good Shepherd, a great 
shepherd is not here to defied 

693
00:47:55,280 --> 00:48:00,440
the flock. 
A wolf does that. 

694
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:08,960
And the scripture tells us that 
wolves can show up in sheep's 

695
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:15,400
clothing. 
Hallelujah. 

696
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:21,320
Do you understand? 
Even as a sheep, you should be 

697
00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:24,000
able to sniff out a wolf 
yourself. 

698
00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:34,880
Now, how do you know when the 
shepherd knows there's a wolf? 

699
00:48:35,240 --> 00:48:39,360
Because he's given instruction. 
If you just obey. 

700
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:41,760
Come on. 
If you just obey. 

701
00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:45,520
All right, let me. 
I'm gonna help you some more. 

702
00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:49,800
Acts 2028. 
Let's go be on God for yourself 

703
00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:53,320
and for all the flock among 
which the Holy Spirit has made. 

704
00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:54,840
So who made them? 
The overseer. 

705
00:48:55,360 --> 00:49:00,240
You didn't make me an overseer. 
I mean, the audacity of somebody

706
00:49:00,240 --> 00:49:02,760
thinking they can unmake me an 
overseer. 

707
00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:06,680
I mean, just think where you're 
positioning yourself when you go

708
00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:20,520
against a minister. 
I mean, we already seen this 

709
00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:23,560
played out with another 
congregation called Moses who 

710
00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:26,880
was made the overseer. 
Somebody raised up and said we 

711
00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:28,240
can do it too. 
We can do this too. 

712
00:49:28,240 --> 00:49:29,880
We're not listening to you. 
We're not going to do it and 

713
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:34,080
pull the whole group. 
The Lord said we'll just show 

714
00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:36,880
you who I picked. 
And then the rest didn't end up 

715
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:38,280
well. 
It didn't end up well. 

716
00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:40,160
The Lord actually took it 
personal. 

717
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:45,680
Now I'm not going to take it 
personal, but God will. 

718
00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:50,680
Come on, Saints, listen to me. 
Don't take it personal. 

719
00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:55,200
God will. 
Now that scares me. 

720
00:49:55,440 --> 00:49:57,840
That's the fear of the Lord, 
because I get sideways with the 

721
00:49:57,840 --> 00:49:59,120
Lord. 
He takes it personal. 

722
00:50:00,720 --> 00:50:03,960
No, not me. 
I'm just going to stay with Him.

723
00:50:04,600 --> 00:50:08,520
So I'm an overseer because the 
Holy Spirit made me that way to 

724
00:50:08,520 --> 00:50:12,480
shepherd or to oversee God's 
church, which he purchased with 

725
00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:15,200
His blood. 
That's why we say He's building 

726
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:18,800
his church. 
It's his voice, it's his action.

727
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:22,320
We're just following. 
And often I just look like I'm 

728
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:25,640
the lead follower. 
I look like I'm leading, but I'm

729
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:29,000
just following the Holy Ghost. 
Amen. 

730
00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:32,200
Have you ever missed the Holy 
Ghost? 

731
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:37,560
Aren't you glad he forgave you? 
Why don't you extend the same 

732
00:50:37,560 --> 00:50:39,640
courtesy to the Fivefold 
Ministry then? 

733
00:50:43,280 --> 00:50:46,400
These are not things that make 
you just run out and leave. 

734
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:50,120
David didn't run out and leave 
from the king who tried to kill 

735
00:50:50,120 --> 00:51:00,240
him, but was a blessing to him 
and to his kids, did not try to 

736
00:51:00,240 --> 00:51:09,040
destroy him or his family. 
Wow, come on, Saints, say law 

737
00:51:09,960 --> 00:51:13,600
verse 29. 
I know that after my departure, 

738
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:18,880
savage wolves will come in among
you, not sparing the flock, and 

739
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:22,160
from among your own selves men 
will arise. 

740
00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:24,240
Speaking perverse things to 
what? 

741
00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:32,520
Draw away the after. 
Therefore be on the alert. 

742
00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:35,960
Now what is Paul saying here? 
Paul is saying to them. 

743
00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:39,280
He said, now listen you, I'm 
giving you insight and he's 

744
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:42,600
already wished. 
He's already issuing a warning 

745
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:48,240
to the ones that he knows. 
Now how would he know this? 

746
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:51,080
Therefore be on alert. 
Remember the night and day for a

747
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:53,280
period of three years. 
I did not cease to admonish you,

748
00:51:53,720 --> 00:51:57,160
each one with tears. 
That is someone who cares for 

749
00:51:57,160 --> 00:51:58,080
them. 
And he goes. 

750
00:51:58,080 --> 00:52:01,080
And now I commend you to God and
to the word of His grace, which 

751
00:52:01,080 --> 00:52:03,720
is able to build you up and to 
give you the inheritance among 

752
00:52:03,720 --> 00:52:05,800
all those who are sanctified. 
Now I'm going to give you an 

753
00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:07,680
example what this verse 32 
means. 

754
00:52:07,680 --> 00:52:11,480
Ready book of beginnings. 
God said, let us make man in our

755
00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:13,840
aim according to our likeness, 
and let him have dominion over 

756
00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:15,840
the fish of the sea, over the 
birds of the sky, over all the 

757
00:52:15,840 --> 00:52:17,680
cattle, over every creeping 
thing that creeps on the earth 

758
00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:20,800
and over all the earth. 
So he takes his man Adam before 

759
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:22,800
he's called Adam. 
But this man, he puts him in the

760
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:26,800
garden and he shows him all of 
the produce and all the trees 

761
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:29,400
and everything, and he says, now
you are going to subdue, have 

762
00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:32,600
multiply, have dominion. 
He gave him 5 particular things 

763
00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:35,640
that he would begin to do, and 
he takes this man and he says, 

764
00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:40,840
now listen, this tree here, this
one right here, it's called the 

765
00:52:40,840 --> 00:52:42,240
tree of the knowledge of good 
and evil. 

766
00:52:42,240 --> 00:52:46,200
You will do not eat from this 
tree for the day you eat from 

767
00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:47,320
it. 
You will. 

768
00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:51,520
You're going to die. 
Now somewhere between that 

769
00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:59,640
conversation, a rebellion occurs
in heaven where God kicks the 

770
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:02,480
morning star or Lucifer. 
King James calls him. 

771
00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:07,240
We know him as a Satan, as Satan
out because of rebellion. 

772
00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:18,520
Now he shows up in the garden 
and he begins to talk to Eve and

773
00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:21,360
Adam. 
He directs his words towards 

774
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:28,360
Eve, but Adam's listening. 
Now here's the thing. 

775
00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:33,360
Religion teaches us that the 
pastor has to be everywhere. 

776
00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:37,480
You're in trouble, got to show 
up, got to be there at midnight,

777
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:38,760
got to be here at 1:00 in the 
morning. 

778
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:39,760
Got to do this. 
Got to run here. 

779
00:53:39,760 --> 00:53:41,200
Got to do this. 
Got to run, got to be here, got 

780
00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:42,000
to be here. 
You know what? 

781
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:44,960
You know how many pastors burn 
out and run themselves racket 

782
00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:49,760
because everybody wants their 
pastor right here and put it 

783
00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:54,800
camera. 
That's where they want their 

784
00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:58,480
pastor. 
In essence, you want the pastor 

785
00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:00,880
to be your personal indentured 
servant. 

786
00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:11,720
That's what you want. 
Now, God is the great Shepherd. 

787
00:54:13,880 --> 00:54:16,400
Does he care for humanity more 
than anybody? 

788
00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:19,960
Yeah. 
And here's his son. 

789
00:54:21,040 --> 00:54:25,480
The one he loves made in his 
image is in the planet. 

790
00:54:26,280 --> 00:54:34,280
And the thief has come in. 
How could he not show up? 

791
00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:42,360
Because he didn't have to. 
Because he gave him his word. 

792
00:54:45,680 --> 00:54:49,800
The number one role a pastor is 
to give you the word of the 

793
00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:52,520
king. 
I don't even have to be there in

794
00:54:52,520 --> 00:54:55,920
your greatest trial because he's
there. 

795
00:54:57,680 --> 00:55:01,000
God didn't have to show up in 
the garden and slap the fruit 

796
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:05,040
out of his hands as we want the 
pastors to do in your life. 

797
00:55:05,160 --> 00:55:07,160
We know I wouldn't have got in 
this trouble if you would have 

798
00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:08,440
been here, if you would have 
done. 

799
00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:12,280
I mean, this is what they said 
to Jesus. 

800
00:55:13,760 --> 00:55:18,000
If you only had been here, 
Lazarus would still be alive. 

801
00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:27,760
He's like he's on rise. 
I know in the last I am the 

802
00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:33,640
resurrection and the life. 
I mean, you think I have to all.

803
00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:36,000
All that has to be available is 
the word. 

804
00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:42,600
And the feeding of the flock is 
to communicate the voice of the 

805
00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:48,040
Great Shepherd, the Good 
Shepherd, not my personal 

806
00:55:48,040 --> 00:55:52,560
opinion and little anecdotes and
jokes to entertain you so you'll

807
00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:55,280
feel funny and happy so that you
can continue to live a carnal 

808
00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:58,240
life and wait to go to heaven 
when you die. 

809
00:55:58,240 --> 00:56:00,360
It was never the role of the 
pastor. 

810
00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:04,920
I mean, the sheep want the 
pastor's to lay down their life,

811
00:56:05,080 --> 00:56:09,920
fall out on top of, wrestle with
wolves, wrestle with lions, 

812
00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:14,640
wrestle with everything. 
Yet their number one 

813
00:56:14,640 --> 00:56:17,280
responsibility is say, here's 
the word. 

814
00:56:17,520 --> 00:56:20,280
This is what this means. 
You need to act on this. 

815
00:56:22,360 --> 00:56:25,840
Be a doer of this. 
I'm feeding you. 

816
00:56:26,200 --> 00:56:28,480
Are you eating? 
And I'm going to tell you right 

817
00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:30,600
here at ANG for a church. 
A buffet. 

818
00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:34,680
Come on, y'all not know this? 
There's been another. 

819
00:56:35,080 --> 00:56:41,040
A buffet is being laid out 
because I fear God too much to 

820
00:56:41,040 --> 00:56:44,000
come to you with a couple of 
scriptures and a bunch of little

821
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:47,280
funny stories and read or digest
stuff to try to make everything 

822
00:56:47,480 --> 00:56:52,120
relatable when what you need is 
the word of the Good Shepherd, 

823
00:56:52,240 --> 00:56:58,480
the great shepherd, because when
you out and about you can take 

824
00:56:58,480 --> 00:57:02,320
things down. 
Hallelujah. 

825
00:57:02,600 --> 00:57:05,760
Now why does Paul know there's 
ones that are going to happen if

826
00:57:05,760 --> 00:57:07,440
you go over to Philippians, 
We're not going to go there. 

827
00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:08,560
I'm just going to give you the 
example. 

828
00:57:08,680 --> 00:57:10,920
Paul said I can only send you 
Timothy for the rest of these 

829
00:57:10,920 --> 00:57:14,280
that are running with me. 
They seek their own interest. 

830
00:57:14,800 --> 00:57:19,040
Saints do not always see when 
someone running with the 

831
00:57:19,040 --> 00:57:26,800
fivefold ministry is a self 
seeker, but pastors do and so do

832
00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:34,440
apostles and Ruffino. 
I have been long-suffering with 

833
00:57:34,440 --> 00:57:39,480
a lot of people because I see 
their self interests. 

834
00:57:43,040 --> 00:57:45,520
When you going to use me? 
When you going to die to 

835
00:57:45,520 --> 00:57:57,120
yourself? 
Self seekers and they abound. 

836
00:58:00,520 --> 00:58:03,480
Go ahead say this. 
I was a self seeker. 

837
00:58:04,600 --> 00:58:07,200
Yes you were. 
We all were self seekers. 

838
00:58:09,040 --> 00:58:12,080
But God. 
But just 'cause you were born 

839
00:58:12,080 --> 00:58:15,720
again didn't mean you quit 
pursuing yourself. 

840
00:58:16,880 --> 00:58:19,040
That is something you got to die
daily to. 

841
00:58:20,040 --> 00:58:24,600
And you die through serving and 
you die through doing things 

842
00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:27,840
that seem menial. 
And you, you know that you're 

843
00:58:27,840 --> 00:58:31,840
destined for something else. 
But it doesn't matter because 

844
00:58:31,840 --> 00:58:39,840
nothing can stop you but you. 
So Paul knew I got a group of 

845
00:58:39,840 --> 00:58:44,760
self seekers here and Paul could
not remain any longer to try to 

846
00:58:44,840 --> 00:58:49,520
weed that out. 
So he warned them, I know how 

847
00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:52,320
some of you going to operate 
after I go because the Apostolic

848
00:58:52,320 --> 00:58:57,240
anointing, when it's around the 
crowd, it keeps it at Bay. 

849
00:58:59,960 --> 00:59:03,720
And when the pastoral gifts 
around that group, it will keep 

850
00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:06,160
in this presence. 
They will act different. 

851
00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:15,600
But when it's away, they will 
show up first Peter chapter 5 

852
00:59:15,600 --> 00:59:18,960
verse 2 through 4 says this 
shepherd the flock of God. 

853
00:59:18,960 --> 00:59:22,680
This is pastors now Paul telling
or Peter telling them he says 

854
00:59:22,680 --> 00:59:26,680
shepherd the flock of God among 
you exercising oversight, not 

855
00:59:26,680 --> 00:59:29,000
under compulsion, but 
voluntarily according to the 

856
00:59:29,000 --> 00:59:32,240
will of God, not for sorbid 
gain, but with eagerness. 

857
00:59:32,240 --> 00:59:36,320
Verse 3 nor yet as lording it 
over those allotted to your 

858
00:59:36,320 --> 00:59:38,920
charge, but proving to be 
examples to the flock. 

859
00:59:38,920 --> 00:59:41,200
And when the chief shepherd 
appears, you will will receive 

860
00:59:41,200 --> 00:59:45,520
the unfading crown of glory. 
Now if you were only a pastor, 

861
00:59:46,400 --> 00:59:51,160
OK, if and here we we've said 
he's the great shepherd, the 

862
00:59:51,160 --> 00:59:53,040
Good Shepherd. 
Now he's the chief shepherd. 

863
00:59:53,240 --> 00:59:58,800
OK, he's the chief shepherd. 
Now as a pastor, you are guiding

864
01:00:00,120 --> 01:00:03,520
apostle. 
You are moving forward. 

865
01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:08,440
If you were only around a 
pastoral gift. 

866
01:00:09,080 --> 01:00:12,080
There's a lot of God. 
Hey, come on, hey, come on, hey,

867
01:00:12,080 --> 01:00:14,040
come on. 
But when the apostolic's there, 

868
01:00:14,040 --> 01:00:18,200
it's like you need to get up and
move if we're going to 

869
01:00:18,200 --> 01:00:20,320
accomplish what we've been 
destined to do. 

870
01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:25,720
That's why it sounds now. 
At the end of the day, the 

871
01:00:25,720 --> 01:00:27,760
apostle can't make it. 
Oh, you don't want to hear this 

872
01:00:27,760 --> 01:00:30,640
fun. 
I will talk to the camera. 

873
01:00:32,160 --> 01:00:35,240
Paul is having a conversation 
with Barnabas concerning a St. 

874
01:00:35,880 --> 01:00:38,560
He said we are not taking John 
Mark, not going to do it. 

875
01:00:38,600 --> 01:00:41,040
It's not going to happen. 
The guy abandoned us. 

876
01:00:42,960 --> 01:00:45,600
We cannot have that as a team 
member. 

877
01:00:45,800 --> 01:00:49,400
He's not ready. 
Does that mean that he's 

878
01:00:50,320 --> 01:00:54,680
demanding and and and 
overlording and and pushing? 

879
01:00:55,000 --> 01:00:59,240
No, he's making a demand on the 
fact that there's territory 

880
01:00:59,240 --> 01:01:05,160
we're going into that the faint 
of heart, they're not mature 

881
01:01:05,160 --> 01:01:08,680
enough to get there. 
And Barnabas fought with him 

882
01:01:08,680 --> 01:01:12,000
about that. 
Now, the problem with Barnabas 

883
01:01:12,120 --> 01:01:16,800
is, like most people, he put his
personal family before the 

884
01:01:16,800 --> 01:01:24,320
vision, the call, ultimately 
because that was his nephew. 

885
01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:31,080
And so he abandoned what God had
separated him to do and we never

886
01:01:31,080 --> 01:01:32,720
hear his name in Scripture 
again. 

887
01:01:36,760 --> 01:01:39,640
Now was he offended? 
No, I don't believe so. 

888
01:01:39,720 --> 01:01:43,160
He still were with John Mark. 
And John Mark became an asset to

889
01:01:43,160 --> 01:01:46,640
Paul later on, of which Paul was
not saying John Mark can't be an

890
01:01:46,640 --> 01:01:49,120
asset. 
He just saying on this trip he 

891
01:01:49,120 --> 01:01:56,560
cannot come, he's not ready. 
I said he's not ready. 

892
01:01:58,120 --> 01:02:00,840
So when those gifts are in 
operation, you have to. 

893
01:02:01,040 --> 01:02:04,160
We all wear hats. 
Husbands wear a hat, but then 

894
01:02:04,160 --> 01:02:07,240
you put your father hat on. 
You don't wear your husband hat 

895
01:02:07,240 --> 01:02:15,680
with your kids. 
That's called incest, All right.

896
01:02:16,440 --> 01:02:18,800
You know how to take that hat 
off and you be a father. 

897
01:02:18,800 --> 01:02:21,360
You maintain boundaries based 
upon that. 

898
01:02:21,520 --> 01:02:25,120
So you have to recognize when 
when I'm wearing a pastor hat 

899
01:02:25,120 --> 01:02:27,640
and that anointing is operating 
and when I'm wearing the apostle

900
01:02:27,640 --> 01:02:30,680
hat and wear that when that 
anointing is being is operating.

901
01:02:31,280 --> 01:02:35,800
But because nobody really takes 
time to talk about these gifts 

902
01:02:35,880 --> 01:02:38,120
and we only want to accept the 
pastor gift. 

903
01:02:38,200 --> 01:02:43,000
We just want someone to lead us 
into the Greenfield and let us 

904
01:02:43,000 --> 01:02:50,800
lay out in the green pasture and
relax and eat till we're full. 

905
01:02:51,800 --> 01:02:54,080
And they say, well, come on, 
let's get some water. 

906
01:02:55,400 --> 01:02:58,880
Let's get some water. 
Looks like you're getting too 

907
01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:04,600
much wool, right? 
Let me calm it out for you other

908
01:03:04,600 --> 01:03:09,240
than my wife. 
And it's not because it's a bad 

909
01:03:09,240 --> 01:03:12,120
experience, is that she just, 
you know, don't want to stop. 

910
01:03:12,720 --> 01:03:15,880
That's the problem. 
I, I, I like it when my wife 

911
01:03:15,880 --> 01:03:18,760
cuts my hair. 
There's not like being just 

912
01:03:18,800 --> 01:03:21,480
Marcy's. 
Like I don't want to have to get

913
01:03:21,480 --> 01:03:23,800
my hair done. 
Not because she don't like 

914
01:03:23,800 --> 01:03:26,160
getting it done, she just don't 
want to take the time that it 

915
01:03:26,160 --> 01:03:28,200
takes to get it done. 
That's what I'm saying. 

916
01:03:28,720 --> 01:03:32,880
Me, I like the whole process, 
you know, go ahead and run your 

917
01:03:32,880 --> 01:03:38,120
hands through my hair right now.
If I was going to someone else, 

918
01:03:38,120 --> 01:03:41,160
I would still like the process. 
I just wouldn't have those 

919
01:03:41,160 --> 01:03:42,280
thoughts when they're touching 
me. 

920
01:03:42,280 --> 01:03:47,680
She's my wife when she's my wife
and she gets to the front that I

921
01:03:47,680 --> 01:03:51,120
can like grab her legs with my 
legs, you know, you know, I can 

922
01:03:52,040 --> 01:03:56,320
hold her like this. 
I there's advantages when she's 

923
01:03:56,400 --> 01:04:02,320
your wife, but even when she's 
not, you know, I've had 

924
01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:04,760
somewhere they do the little 
massage and they take the 

925
01:04:04,760 --> 01:04:06,960
straight razor. 
That's AI like that. 

926
01:04:06,960 --> 01:04:12,800
That's super cool, right? 
So we want, you know, to be 

927
01:04:12,800 --> 01:04:17,840
massaged. 
And those things are there, but 

928
01:04:17,840 --> 01:04:20,000
they're not the only thing 
there, right? 

929
01:04:21,080 --> 01:04:25,480
So again, we have to be an 
example because when the Chief 

930
01:04:25,480 --> 01:04:29,560
Shepherd appears, we're going to
receive the unfading crown of 

931
01:04:29,560 --> 01:04:31,040
glory. 
All right, let me pass through 

932
01:04:31,040 --> 01:04:33,720
pretty quick now. 
John 2115 to 17. 

933
01:04:33,720 --> 01:04:35,680
If you're a vision partner, you 
know where I'm going here. 

934
01:04:36,680 --> 01:04:38,760
It says this. 
And so when he had finished 

935
01:04:38,760 --> 01:04:42,280
breakfast, Jesus said to Simon 
Peter, Simon, son of John, do 

936
01:04:42,280 --> 01:04:44,400
you love me more than these? 
And he said, yes, Lord, you know

937
01:04:44,400 --> 01:04:46,520
that I love you. 
And he said to him, 10 my lambs.

938
01:04:47,640 --> 01:04:50,320
And he said, the second time, 
Simon, son of John, do you love 

939
01:04:50,320 --> 01:04:51,480
me? 
And he said, yes, Lord, you know

940
01:04:51,480 --> 01:04:53,200
that I love you. 
And he said, Shepherd my sheep. 

941
01:04:54,040 --> 01:04:57,400
17 He said to him a third time, 
Simon, son of John, do you love 

942
01:04:57,400 --> 01:04:59,800
me? 
And he was greed because he has 

943
01:04:59,800 --> 01:05:01,080
said this a third time, Do you 
love me? 

944
01:05:01,080 --> 01:05:03,080
And he said, Lord, you know all 
things, you know the love of 

945
01:05:03,080 --> 01:05:04,520
you. 
And Jesus said, 10 my sheep. 

946
01:05:04,520 --> 01:05:07,080
There are three things that are 
said here. 10 my lambs, keep 

947
01:05:07,080 --> 01:05:11,200
this up, do not take it off. 10 
my lambs, shepherd my sheep, and

948
01:05:11,240 --> 01:05:14,640
10 my sheep. 10 means to care 
for. 

949
01:05:14,840 --> 01:05:17,880
And so as an overseer in the 
pastoral, we're going to care 

950
01:05:17,880 --> 01:05:19,920
for you. 
And the number one way that we 

951
01:05:19,920 --> 01:05:22,360
care is that we're always giving
you the word. 

952
01:05:23,360 --> 01:05:26,920
Why do we give you the word 
desire, the sincere milk of the 

953
01:05:26,920 --> 01:05:32,000
word that you may grow by it. 
So 10 my lambs, lambs are baby 

954
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:34,920
sheep, which he's saying, 
listen, when people get born 

955
01:05:34,920 --> 01:05:36,600
again, they're going to be a 
babe in Christ. 

956
01:05:36,720 --> 01:05:39,840
And I need you to care for them.
I need you to give them the milk

957
01:05:39,840 --> 01:05:42,960
of the word. 
I need them to grow up, which 

958
01:05:42,960 --> 01:05:45,800
comes to the second phrase. 
The second phrase then says 

959
01:05:45,800 --> 01:05:50,960
shepherd my sheep, which tells 
us God never intended for Saints

960
01:05:50,960 --> 01:05:56,080
to stay as lambs. 
So growth is a requirement in 

961
01:05:56,080 --> 01:05:58,680
church. 
Look at your name and say 

962
01:05:58,680 --> 01:06:02,320
growing up is required. 
Growing up is required. 

963
01:06:02,760 --> 01:06:06,840
It is not OK to maintain 
preschool status after you've 

964
01:06:06,840 --> 01:06:11,480
been in for 15 years. 
You are not supposed to fail 

965
01:06:11,640 --> 01:06:16,320
every year the tests and trials 
of the words being spoken over 

966
01:06:16,320 --> 01:06:18,840
your life for you to implement 
and do. 

967
01:06:18,960 --> 01:06:22,400
And you be a 30 year old 
preschooler who can't get out of

968
01:06:22,400 --> 01:06:33,760
BPK. 
You are not Peter Pan, come on. 

969
01:06:34,000 --> 01:06:38,360
So get rid of. 
I don't want to grow up, OK? 

970
01:06:39,200 --> 01:06:42,280
The Lord wants you to grow up 
because there's power in growing

971
01:06:42,280 --> 01:06:44,600
up. 
He says shepherd, my sheep. 

972
01:06:44,600 --> 01:06:47,200
Now shepherd will guide and 
protect. 

973
01:06:47,680 --> 01:06:50,800
That's what they do. 
And this means when you get to a

974
01:06:50,800 --> 01:06:56,760
place of maturity, the pastor 
will help guide you, but also 

975
01:06:56,760 --> 01:07:02,600
protect you, which means you you
can get in situations, even in 

976
01:07:02,600 --> 01:07:06,360
spiritual maturity that you need
protection. 

977
01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:13,480
Then the last thing is tin my 
sheep, which means again, you 

978
01:07:13,480 --> 01:07:16,480
never get to a place of maturity
that you graduate from the 

979
01:07:16,480 --> 01:07:22,960
church or the fivefold ministry 
or a overseer in a local area 

980
01:07:23,080 --> 01:07:26,960
that's been assigned a 
particular field as the Holy 

981
01:07:26,960 --> 01:07:30,080
Spirit made them that and he 
says you're part of that flock. 

982
01:07:32,040 --> 01:07:37,400
OK, now we are going to care. 
This is what it looks like in 

983
01:07:37,400 --> 01:07:39,800
closing, Second Timothy, chapter
3. 

984
01:07:39,800 --> 01:07:45,520
Second Timothy chapter 3, I'm in
in every case of the gifts. 

985
01:07:45,520 --> 01:07:48,840
I'm not talking to you because 
this will be a more exhaustive 

986
01:07:48,840 --> 01:07:53,320
study and I'm not doing that 
this time, but we could talk 

987
01:07:53,320 --> 01:07:58,360
about false apostles, false 
pastors, false prophets, false 

988
01:07:58,360 --> 01:08:00,760
teachers. 
We could get into what they look

989
01:08:00,760 --> 01:08:02,720
like. 
And again, you should go in and 

990
01:08:02,720 --> 01:08:08,320
find out how they function and 
operate because then it would be

991
01:08:08,320 --> 01:08:10,560
easy for you to identify. 
Well, that ain't right. 

992
01:08:11,440 --> 01:08:15,040
OK, But let's talk about the 
what that we are supposed to do.

993
01:08:15,040 --> 01:08:17,040
It kind of comes in this 
nutshell. 

994
01:08:17,760 --> 01:08:22,120
Timothy is hearing from Paul, 
who now is the pastor of the 

995
01:08:22,120 --> 01:08:25,560
Church of Ephesus, and he says 
to him, all Scripture is 

996
01:08:25,560 --> 01:08:30,439
inspired by God and profitable 
for So what will a pastor do? 

997
01:08:30,800 --> 01:08:33,319
He'll teach. 
What else will he do? 

998
01:08:33,840 --> 01:08:40,920
For reproof, for correction, for
training in righteousness. 

999
01:08:41,160 --> 01:08:44,640
So in order for you to be 
trained in righteousness, 3 

1000
01:08:44,640 --> 01:08:50,120
things are going to occur 
teaching reproof and correction,

1001
01:08:51,160 --> 01:08:57,160
and they're all positive. 
The problem is when the pastor 

1002
01:08:57,160 --> 01:09:02,200
gets over into reproof and 
correction, the Saints see it as

1003
01:09:02,439 --> 01:09:09,439
negative and get offended. 
Wow, that was tough. 

1004
01:09:10,160 --> 01:09:15,920
Again, Coach Hurley, have you 
not had to correct your players?

1005
01:09:16,560 --> 01:09:18,240
That's not how we're doing this 
play. 

1006
01:09:18,240 --> 01:09:22,399
Run it again. 
Now. 

1007
01:09:22,720 --> 01:09:28,880
Coach Shirley, tell me, am I? 
Do you guys, do you never raise 

1008
01:09:28,880 --> 01:09:32,040
your voice? 
OK, I thought so. 

1009
01:09:33,000 --> 01:09:35,520
He's one of those guys that, you
know, it seems quiet, but you 

1010
01:09:35,640 --> 01:09:39,240
you know that it can kick in. 
Do you hate them when you raise 

1011
01:09:39,240 --> 01:09:41,399
your voice? 
No. 

1012
01:09:41,960 --> 01:09:44,240
In fact, when he raises his 
voice, it just means he's so 

1013
01:09:44,240 --> 01:09:48,120
passionate to want to see them 
perform at their highest level. 

1014
01:09:49,359 --> 01:09:52,399
And yet we've become so 
sissified in the church that if 

1015
01:09:52,399 --> 01:09:54,960
somebody raises your voice or 
say you need to quit, that 

1016
01:10:02,280 --> 01:10:10,080
sissified, just slap carnal 
babyish. 

1017
01:10:10,200 --> 01:10:13,800
That's all that is, right When 
we're just trying to get you to 

1018
01:10:13,800 --> 01:10:18,600
perform at a high level, right? 
That's all. 

1019
01:10:19,400 --> 01:10:22,480
And so run it again. 
No run it again. 

1020
01:10:22,560 --> 01:10:29,240
No, you're not listening. 
And we let every other sector of

1021
01:10:29,240 --> 01:10:33,960
society do this. 
But here's the Saints born again

1022
01:10:33,960 --> 01:10:36,080
have the Holy Spirit in them. 
And you know the Holy Spirit 

1023
01:10:36,080 --> 01:10:38,840
saying, I'm telling him to say 
this. 

1024
01:10:40,240 --> 01:10:43,760
Y'all don't want to hear that 
because again, all scripture is 

1025
01:10:43,760 --> 01:10:45,880
inspired by God. 
It's the Holy Spirit that says 

1026
01:10:45,880 --> 01:11:00,520
correct them, reprove that. 
In fact, 2/3 of your ministry 

1027
01:11:00,520 --> 01:11:06,360
time should be you're like, I 
might have fixed that and that's

1028
01:11:06,360 --> 01:11:09,120
not a negative. 
That's like, praise God. 

1029
01:11:11,160 --> 01:11:14,600
Now we don't want to hear this 
because again, we only want just

1030
01:11:14,600 --> 01:11:16,040
teach me, tell me what I want to
hear. 

1031
01:11:16,040 --> 01:11:18,120
Come on, we'll go on. 
Let's go, Let's keep reading. 

1032
01:11:18,120 --> 01:11:20,360
So the man of God may be 
adequate to quit for every good 

1033
01:11:20,360 --> 01:11:21,560
work. 
See, when you get this, you'll 

1034
01:11:21,560 --> 01:11:24,920
be adequate and he quit for 
every good work, but he doesn't 

1035
01:11:24,920 --> 01:11:26,320
stop. 
We do chapters and verse. 

1036
01:11:26,320 --> 01:11:28,120
He's moving on into the very 
next chapter. 

1037
01:11:28,120 --> 01:11:32,000
He says I solemnly charge you in
the presence of God and of 

1038
01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:36,960
Christ Jesus, who is the judge 
who is to judge the living and 

1039
01:11:36,960 --> 01:11:39,680
the dead. 
Don't judge me. 

1040
01:11:39,680 --> 01:11:42,840
Jesus will judge your living 
born again self. 

1041
01:11:45,520 --> 01:11:50,280
He's going to do this and by his
appearing and his Kingdom. 

1042
01:11:50,280 --> 01:11:56,760
What's he tell Timothy to do? 
Preach the word man, preach the 

1043
01:11:56,760 --> 01:11:59,200
word, be ready in season and 
out. 

1044
01:11:59,200 --> 01:12:02,360
That means when that you come to
service and you know the 

1045
01:12:02,360 --> 01:12:07,880
congregation don't want to hear 
nothing, you're saying, well, 

1046
01:12:07,880 --> 01:12:14,960
I'm a preach anyway and maybe 
I'll go 3 hours longer because 

1047
01:12:14,960 --> 01:12:16,720
if you're not listening now, 
you're not going to listen 3 

1048
01:12:16,720 --> 01:12:18,280
hours from now. 
And I got a lot to say. 

1049
01:12:21,800 --> 01:12:24,840
Just kidding. 
But it says be in season and out

1050
01:12:24,840 --> 01:12:26,240
of season. 
Here we go. 

1051
01:12:26,680 --> 01:12:31,720
Reprove, rebuke, exhort. 
And with what? 

1052
01:12:31,960 --> 01:12:37,880
Great patience and instruction. 
So again, there's going to be 

1053
01:12:37,880 --> 01:12:42,160
reprove and rebuke. 
I mean, as much as you love your

1054
01:12:42,160 --> 01:12:45,760
kids, do you not correct them? 
And why do you do it? 

1055
01:12:45,880 --> 01:12:49,320
So you can Lord it over them. 
Let me tell you who I am. 

1056
01:12:49,320 --> 01:12:52,720
No, you didn't. 
I tell you not to do that. 

1057
01:12:53,640 --> 01:12:57,320
You can't do that. 
I'm safeguarding you. 

1058
01:12:57,520 --> 01:12:59,760
I'm here to help you. 
I care about you. 

1059
01:13:00,600 --> 01:13:03,000
Yeah. 
What is the, you know, the, the 

1060
01:13:03,000 --> 01:13:07,520
emotionally friendly to flesh 
congregations? 

1061
01:13:07,600 --> 01:13:11,480
The minute you begin to reprove 
or correct, then all of a sudden

1062
01:13:11,480 --> 01:13:23,880
they get all sensitive and that 
like, oh, we're just trying to 

1063
01:13:23,880 --> 01:13:26,600
grow up. 
This is what pastors are 

1064
01:13:26,600 --> 01:13:28,440
supposed to do. 
And I'm going to be honest with 

1065
01:13:28,440 --> 01:13:32,640
you, you know what, in the last 
days, not sure how many are 

1066
01:13:32,640 --> 01:13:37,040
going to be out there because if
we go on and keep reading, it 

1067
01:13:37,040 --> 01:13:39,280
says we're going to reprove, 
rebuke, exhort with great 

1068
01:13:39,280 --> 01:13:42,680
patience and instruction. 
For the time will come when they

1069
01:13:42,680 --> 01:13:46,880
will not endure sound doctrine, 
but wanting to have their ears 

1070
01:13:46,880 --> 01:13:48,720
tickled. 
They will accumulate for 

1071
01:13:48,720 --> 01:13:51,720
themselves teachers in 
accordance to their own desires,

1072
01:13:51,720 --> 01:13:55,920
and they will turn the away 
their ears from the truth and 

1073
01:13:55,920 --> 01:13:59,800
will turn aside to myths. 
You should be greatly concerned 

1074
01:13:59,800 --> 01:14:03,040
if you came to Anchor Faith 
Church and I had less scripture 

1075
01:14:03,040 --> 01:14:12,480
and more stories. 
You should be like what I need 

1076
01:14:12,480 --> 01:14:19,040
to pray for, our pastor sums up.
But let me just tell you this, 

1077
01:14:19,640 --> 01:14:28,120
you're not going to get to me. 
I'm not here to tickle you, the 

1078
01:14:28,120 --> 01:14:31,360
great Shepherd, the Good 
Shepherd, the chief Shepherd. 

1079
01:14:31,520 --> 01:14:34,080
It's his voice that I'm 
speaking. 

1080
01:14:36,880 --> 01:14:39,400
And if he says correct this, I'm
doing it. 

1081
01:14:40,200 --> 01:14:42,440
He says we prove this, I'm doing
it. 

1082
01:14:43,240 --> 01:14:55,380
And there's a lot of things that
I can't even say that affect me 

1083
01:14:55,380 --> 01:14:59,780
personally. 
But he said be patient, 

1084
01:14:59,940 --> 01:15:08,060
long-suffering, merciful. 
My grace is sufficient and you 

1085
01:15:08,060 --> 01:15:11,960
drive on. 
But don't think that correction 

1086
01:15:11,960 --> 01:15:13,960
doesn't come. 
Reproof doesn't come. 

1087
01:15:14,560 --> 01:15:19,280
Training comes. 
And as great as as an athlete 

1088
01:15:19,280 --> 01:15:21,840
can be, they can mess up. 
The greatest running back 

1089
01:15:21,840 --> 01:15:27,360
fumbles, the greatest hitter 
gets in a slump. 

1090
01:15:28,680 --> 01:15:30,400
And initially, like, we'll get 
it, we'll get it. 

1091
01:15:30,400 --> 01:15:32,200
But then it comes, man, you're 
going to have to work on 

1092
01:15:32,200 --> 01:15:33,400
something. 
Something ain't right. 

1093
01:15:33,400 --> 01:15:36,720
We're going to have to fix this.
Are you hearing me? 

1094
01:15:38,160 --> 01:15:45,680
So the pastor number one thing 
within his gift is feeding, 

1095
01:15:48,920 --> 01:15:57,760
because whether he's guiding or 
protecting, he does it by giving

1096
01:15:57,760 --> 01:16:02,240
you the Word. 
I can't be everywhere the other 

1097
01:16:02,240 --> 01:16:10,200
voices are, but the word I teach
you can come to your remembrance

1098
01:16:11,640 --> 01:16:15,560
and you can say thank you, Lord,
that you gave me a pastor who 

1099
01:16:15,560 --> 01:16:18,600
gave me the word that that just 
came up in my spirit and now I 

1100
01:16:18,600 --> 01:16:21,360
can let it guide me in this 
situation. 

1101
01:16:21,920 --> 01:16:25,120
Thank you that that word just 
came up in my spirit that our 

1102
01:16:25,120 --> 01:16:29,640
pastor fed me with, and now it 
protected me from that. 

1103
01:16:31,520 --> 01:16:33,880
Because at the end of the day, 
you're going to have to overcome

1104
01:16:33,880 --> 01:16:38,000
too. 
I if God doesn't come down and 

1105
01:16:38,000 --> 01:16:42,640
knock the fruit out of Adam's 
hand, then don't think that I'm 

1106
01:16:42,640 --> 01:16:48,960
coming and taking a phone from 
you who's called you, or run to 

1107
01:16:48,960 --> 01:16:52,680
your place of business and stand
between you and your boss that's

1108
01:16:52,680 --> 01:17:01,960
unsaved, or be in the hospital 
every time you get there. 

1109
01:17:03,080 --> 01:17:05,320
So sometimes, what if you're out
of the country somewhere else? 

1110
01:17:05,320 --> 01:17:07,080
Now, that doesn't mean we don't 
send people, don't get me wrong.

1111
01:17:07,360 --> 01:17:12,120
But if you have the word in you,
come on. 

1112
01:17:12,120 --> 01:17:17,120
If you have the word in you, 
then that's something that means

1113
01:17:17,880 --> 01:17:21,760
you've had a good pastor who 
listened to the Good Shepherd, 

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01:17:21,760 --> 01:17:24,320
the great Shepherd, the chief 
Shepherd and didn't give you 

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01:17:24,320 --> 01:17:26,600
their opinion. 
They gave you the word. 

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01:17:26,600 --> 01:17:27,040
Let's pray.