1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,400 Now they let me go far out of turn right to pray 2 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:19,420 When the dark is through they live on still I will stay 3 00:00:19,420 --> 00:00:26,980 Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be your name 4 00:00:26,980 --> 00:00:42,980 Blessed be your name, blessed be your name 5 00:00:42,980 --> 00:00:47,980 Blessed be your name, blessed be your name 6 00:00:47,980 --> 00:00:52,980 Listen, be your name 7 00:00:52,980 --> 00:00:55,980 Listen, be your name 8 00:00:55,980 --> 00:00:59,980 We're the fountains of deserts 9 00:00:59,980 --> 00:01:03,980 Now walk through the wilderness 10 00:01:03,980 --> 00:01:07,980 Listen, be your name 11 00:01:07,980 --> 00:01:11,980 Everybody see you far out 12 00:01:11,980 --> 00:01:15,980 Turn back to face 13 00:01:15,980 --> 00:01:18,980 When the dark is over and gone 14 00:01:18,980 --> 00:01:21,980 Still I will sing 15 00:01:21,980 --> 00:01:25,980 Listen, be the name of the Lord 16 00:01:25,980 --> 00:01:29,980 Listen, be your name 17 00:01:29,980 --> 00:01:32,980 Listen, be the name of the Lord 18 00:01:32,980 --> 00:01:37,980 Listen, be your glorious name 19 00:01:39,980 --> 00:01:42,980 There's a view of me 20 00:01:42,980 --> 00:01:46,980 And the sun shining down on me 21 00:01:46,980 --> 00:01:49,980 On the world long as it shines me 22 00:01:49,980 --> 00:01:52,980 Blessed be your name 23 00:01:54,980 --> 00:01:57,980 Listen, be your name 24 00:01:57,980 --> 00:02:00,980 When the road parts with the wind 25 00:02:00,980 --> 00:02:04,980 There's a view of me 26 00:02:04,980 --> 00:02:07,980 Blessed be your name 27 00:02:07,980 --> 00:02:11,980 Everybody see you far out 28 00:02:11,980 --> 00:02:15,980 Turn back to face 29 00:02:15,980 --> 00:02:19,980 When the dark is over and gone 30 00:02:19,980 --> 00:02:22,980 Still I will sing 31 00:02:22,980 --> 00:02:25,980 Listen, be the name of the Lord 32 00:02:25,980 --> 00:02:29,980 Listen, be your name 33 00:02:29,980 --> 00:02:33,980 Listen, be the name of the Lord 34 00:02:33,980 --> 00:02:37,980 Listen, be your glorious name 35 00:02:40,980 --> 00:02:43,980 Give and take away 36 00:02:43,980 --> 00:02:47,980 You give and take away 37 00:02:47,980 --> 00:02:51,980 My heart will just stand 38 00:02:51,980 --> 00:02:55,980 As woman blessed be your name 39 00:02:58,980 --> 00:03:01,980 And I see you far out 40 00:03:01,980 --> 00:03:05,980 Turn back to face 41 00:03:05,980 --> 00:03:09,980 When the dark is over and gone 42 00:03:09,980 --> 00:03:11,980 Still I will sing 43 00:03:11,980 --> 00:03:15,980 Listen, be the name of the Lord 44 00:03:15,980 --> 00:03:19,980 Listen, be your name 45 00:03:19,980 --> 00:03:23,980 Listen, be the name of the Lord 46 00:03:23,980 --> 00:03:31,980 Listen, be your glorious name 47 00:03:53,980 --> 00:03:55,980 I'm going to pray for the men who went to Campy Can this week 48 00:03:55,980 --> 00:03:58,980 And myself and RJ Sherwood will test me about what went on there 49 00:03:58,980 --> 00:04:01,980 So you can know a little more first hand what that was like 50 00:04:01,980 --> 00:04:05,980 And we're just going to do all the glory to God 51 00:04:05,980 --> 00:04:07,980 I actually have to pray for my family this coming week 52 00:04:07,980 --> 00:04:11,980 As we travel Tuesday through next week 53 00:04:11,980 --> 00:04:16,980 It's the first away vacation that we've taken in a number of years now 54 00:04:16,980 --> 00:04:18,980 So we're glad to be able to do that 55 00:04:18,980 --> 00:04:21,980 God arranged it, saved us for it, that kind of thing 56 00:04:21,980 --> 00:04:23,980 I actually will pray for us 57 00:04:23,980 --> 00:04:27,980 And then pray for some recent diagnoses 58 00:04:27,980 --> 00:04:29,980 We'll get into the details of that 59 00:04:29,980 --> 00:04:32,980 We've got a couple members in our church that have recent diagnoses with health concerns 60 00:04:32,980 --> 00:04:35,980 And they'll share with you about this if they want to 61 00:04:35,980 --> 00:04:37,980 Probably just ask you to pray for them 62 00:04:37,980 --> 00:04:40,980 Because we know that God is the ultimate healer 63 00:04:40,980 --> 00:04:42,980 He's an amazing man 64 00:04:42,980 --> 00:04:45,980 We've seen cancer miraculous heal before 65 00:04:45,980 --> 00:04:47,980 We've seen all kinds of amazing things 66 00:04:47,980 --> 00:04:51,980 So we'll ask God to do His amazing work and trust Him for us 67 00:04:51,980 --> 00:04:53,980 Let's pray together 68 00:04:53,980 --> 00:04:55,980 Father in heaven, this is your day 69 00:04:55,980 --> 00:04:57,980 It's a Sunday 70 00:04:57,980 --> 00:04:59,980 It's an opportunity to gather together in this building 71 00:04:59,980 --> 00:05:01,980 That you provide as a bond to the church 72 00:05:01,980 --> 00:05:03,980 And we are the church 73 00:05:03,980 --> 00:05:06,980 We are grateful to be a part of the bond 74 00:05:06,980 --> 00:05:07,980 To each be a member 75 00:05:07,980 --> 00:05:09,980 And our members that are missing 76 00:05:09,980 --> 00:05:11,980 Because they're far afield 77 00:05:11,980 --> 00:05:13,980 Except for traveling, or just hurting, whatever 78 00:05:13,980 --> 00:05:15,980 Are greatly missed 79 00:05:15,980 --> 00:05:17,980 And for those who are here today 80 00:05:17,980 --> 00:05:19,980 And aching because somebody is missing 81 00:05:19,980 --> 00:05:21,980 Or aching because of circumstances 82 00:05:21,980 --> 00:05:23,980 That happen to me and Lord 83 00:05:23,980 --> 00:05:25,980 We want to set those things aside 84 00:05:25,980 --> 00:05:27,980 We want to trade them 85 00:05:27,980 --> 00:05:29,980 For the glory that you have 86 00:05:29,980 --> 00:05:31,980 For the love that you have for us 87 00:05:31,980 --> 00:05:33,980 For the peace that you instill in us 88 00:05:33,980 --> 00:05:35,980 We want to give up our own 89 00:05:35,980 --> 00:05:37,980 Worries, regrets 90 00:05:37,980 --> 00:05:39,980 Concerns, struggles 91 00:05:39,980 --> 00:05:41,980 And instead 92 00:05:41,980 --> 00:05:43,980 Let you leave 93 00:05:43,980 --> 00:05:45,980 Let you heal 94 00:05:45,980 --> 00:05:47,980 Let you provide 95 00:05:47,980 --> 00:05:49,980 Let you empower us to do the things 96 00:05:49,980 --> 00:05:51,980 That we have to do 97 00:05:51,980 --> 00:05:53,980 That right now at least is worship you 98 00:05:53,980 --> 00:05:55,980 And hear from your word 99 00:05:55,980 --> 00:05:57,980 Spend a little time together 100 00:05:57,980 --> 00:05:59,980 Spend a little time learning and growing 101 00:05:59,980 --> 00:06:01,980 To pray for those who are absent 102 00:06:01,980 --> 00:06:03,980 We praise you for what went on this week 103 00:06:03,980 --> 00:06:05,980 You can't, you can't 104 00:06:05,980 --> 00:06:07,980 Even with my 24, 36 hours of recovery 105 00:06:07,980 --> 00:06:09,980 And I know others probably want to do the same thing 106 00:06:09,980 --> 00:06:11,980 Lord, you are still well worth it 107 00:06:11,980 --> 00:06:13,980 Everything that it could have been 108 00:06:13,980 --> 00:06:15,980 And more 109 00:06:15,980 --> 00:06:17,980 Whatever the problems 110 00:06:17,980 --> 00:06:19,980 Whatever the stumbling, Lord 111 00:06:19,980 --> 00:06:21,980 You were there and helped us through it all 112 00:06:21,980 --> 00:06:23,980 Plus our time of worship 113 00:06:23,980 --> 00:06:25,980 With your presence 114 00:06:25,980 --> 00:06:27,980 We know you are everywhere that you want to be 115 00:06:27,980 --> 00:06:29,980 And you want to be here 116 00:06:29,980 --> 00:06:31,980 So we want to just tell you that we don't want to be in the way 117 00:06:31,980 --> 00:06:33,980 We submit this to you 118 00:06:33,980 --> 00:06:35,980 This time, this effort, our voices 119 00:06:35,980 --> 00:06:37,980 The conditions of our hearts 120 00:06:37,980 --> 00:06:39,980 Thank you Lord for taking our hearts of stone 121 00:06:39,980 --> 00:06:41,980 And giving us hearts of flesh 122 00:06:41,980 --> 00:06:43,980 To care about one another and others in what they are going through 123 00:06:43,980 --> 00:06:45,980 And to make a difference 124 00:06:45,980 --> 00:06:47,980 We pray Lord that we will do that now 125 00:06:47,980 --> 00:06:49,980 By worship and by sending this out 126 00:06:49,980 --> 00:06:51,980 Over the Facebook 127 00:06:51,980 --> 00:06:53,980 And by putting it out on podcasts 128 00:06:53,980 --> 00:06:55,980 We pray for those all over the world 129 00:06:55,980 --> 00:06:57,980 In 11 countries that are listening to our podcast 130 00:06:57,980 --> 00:06:59,980 Probably later 131 00:06:59,980 --> 00:07:01,980 Probably next week, this episode 132 00:07:01,980 --> 00:07:03,980 Next week because I don't know if I'll get it 133 00:07:03,980 --> 00:07:05,980 Before I go out of town 134 00:07:05,980 --> 00:07:07,980 But Lord we pray for them 135 00:07:07,980 --> 00:07:09,980 So that they hear the messages, they hear the words 136 00:07:09,980 --> 00:07:11,980 They sing the words of hope 137 00:07:11,980 --> 00:07:13,980 That they will be touched by you 138 00:07:13,980 --> 00:07:15,980 Affected by you, drawn closer by you 139 00:07:15,980 --> 00:07:17,980 We just want to hear your voice 140 00:07:17,980 --> 00:07:19,980 We pray for just that today 141 00:07:19,980 --> 00:07:21,980 Work through us and in us 142 00:07:21,980 --> 00:07:23,980 And on us in Jesus name we pray 143 00:07:23,980 --> 00:07:25,980 Amen 144 00:07:33,980 --> 00:07:35,980 Alright, I need children to the front 145 00:07:35,980 --> 00:07:37,980 Zaden, come here 146 00:07:37,980 --> 00:07:39,980 Everybody on your feet 147 00:07:39,980 --> 00:07:41,980 We're going to do some fun stuff 148 00:07:41,980 --> 00:07:43,980 But we have some Bible verses first 149 00:07:43,980 --> 00:07:45,980 Come here Zaden 150 00:07:45,980 --> 00:07:47,980 I need you to read this 151 00:07:47,980 --> 00:07:49,980 No? No? Alright 152 00:07:49,980 --> 00:07:51,980 Do that 153 00:07:51,980 --> 00:07:53,980 Really loud 154 00:07:53,980 --> 00:07:55,980 Come on, read it 155 00:07:55,980 --> 00:07:57,980 So come God, ready 156 00:07:57,980 --> 00:07:59,980 Gladness come before 157 00:07:59,980 --> 00:08:01,980 And restore for sinning 158 00:08:01,980 --> 00:08:03,980 Come up here 159 00:08:03,980 --> 00:08:05,980 Come on, come on, come on 160 00:08:05,980 --> 00:08:07,980 You can be a child, get up 161 00:08:09,980 --> 00:08:11,980 Therefore you too 162 00:08:11,980 --> 00:08:13,980 Have grief now 163 00:08:13,980 --> 00:08:15,980 But I will see 164 00:08:15,980 --> 00:08:17,980 You again 165 00:08:17,980 --> 00:08:19,980 And you, your heart will rejoice 166 00:08:19,980 --> 00:08:21,980 And no one will take 167 00:08:21,980 --> 00:08:23,980 Your joy away from you 168 00:08:23,980 --> 00:08:25,980 For his anger is 169 00:08:25,980 --> 00:08:27,980 But for a moment, his favor is for a lifetime 170 00:08:27,980 --> 00:08:29,980 Weeping may last for the night 171 00:08:29,980 --> 00:08:33,980 But a shot of joy comes in the morning 172 00:08:33,980 --> 00:08:35,980 Now may the God of hope 173 00:08:35,980 --> 00:08:37,980 Share you with all joy and peace 174 00:08:37,980 --> 00:08:39,980 In believing so that 175 00:08:39,980 --> 00:08:41,980 You will abound in hope 176 00:08:41,980 --> 00:08:43,980 By the power of the Holy Spirit 177 00:08:43,980 --> 00:08:45,980 Amen 178 00:08:45,980 --> 00:08:47,980 You are our glory and joy 179 00:08:51,980 --> 00:08:53,980 You will go out with joy 180 00:08:53,980 --> 00:08:55,980 And be led forth 181 00:08:55,980 --> 00:08:57,980 With peace 182 00:08:57,980 --> 00:08:59,980 The mountains and the hill 183 00:08:59,980 --> 00:09:01,980 Will break forth 184 00:09:01,980 --> 00:09:03,980 Into shouts of joy before you 185 00:09:03,980 --> 00:09:05,980 And all the trees 186 00:09:05,980 --> 00:09:07,980 Of the film 187 00:09:07,980 --> 00:09:09,980 Will clop their hands 188 00:09:11,980 --> 00:09:13,980 But the angels said to them, do not be afraid 189 00:09:13,980 --> 00:09:15,980 For behold, I bring you good news 190 00:09:15,980 --> 00:09:17,980 Of great joy which will be for all people 191 00:09:17,980 --> 00:09:19,980 Those are all Bible verses 192 00:09:19,980 --> 00:09:21,980 About joy, so now 193 00:09:21,980 --> 00:09:23,980 We're gonna do 194 00:09:23,980 --> 00:09:25,980 The joy song 195 00:09:25,980 --> 00:09:27,980 If it's not up there 196 00:09:27,980 --> 00:09:29,980 Go, it's not ready 197 00:09:29,980 --> 00:09:31,980 Alright, so what I need you to do is 198 00:09:31,980 --> 00:09:33,980 Everybody stand up 199 00:09:33,980 --> 00:09:35,980 And put your foot out like this 200 00:09:35,980 --> 00:09:37,980 Make sure you're not kicking 201 00:09:37,980 --> 00:09:39,980 This much space 202 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:41,980 Stand up, come on 203 00:09:41,980 --> 00:09:43,980 Don't get in my kick 204 00:09:43,980 --> 00:09:45,980 You can do it, you can do it 205 00:09:45,980 --> 00:09:47,980 I'll stand here on one foot and wait 206 00:09:47,980 --> 00:09:49,980 Right here, this is your spot 207 00:09:49,980 --> 00:09:51,980 Alright 208 00:09:51,980 --> 00:09:53,980 So if you go to the next slide 209 00:09:53,980 --> 00:09:55,980 We're gonna do this four times 210 00:09:55,980 --> 00:09:57,980 The first time we're gonna do it slow 211 00:09:57,980 --> 00:09:59,980 Really, you can learn the motions if you don't already know it 212 00:09:59,980 --> 00:10:01,980 Okay 213 00:10:01,980 --> 00:10:03,980 Ready? 214 00:10:03,980 --> 00:10:05,980 You should 215 00:10:05,980 --> 00:10:07,980 I've got the joy down in my heart 216 00:10:07,980 --> 00:10:09,980 Deep, deep down in my heart 217 00:10:09,980 --> 00:10:11,980 Sell it 218 00:10:11,980 --> 00:10:13,980 J-O-Y down in my heart 219 00:10:13,980 --> 00:10:15,980 Deep, deep down in my heart 220 00:10:15,980 --> 00:10:17,980 Where'd it come from? 221 00:10:17,980 --> 00:10:19,980 Jesus put it there 222 00:10:19,980 --> 00:10:21,980 And nothing can 223 00:10:21,980 --> 00:10:23,980 Destroy it, destroy it, destroy it 224 00:10:23,980 --> 00:10:25,980 Hooh! 225 00:10:25,980 --> 00:10:27,980 I've got the joy down in my heart 226 00:10:27,980 --> 00:10:29,980 Deep, deep down in my heart 227 00:10:29,980 --> 00:10:31,980 Okay, a little faster 228 00:10:31,980 --> 00:10:33,980 I've got the joy down in my heart 229 00:10:33,980 --> 00:10:35,980 Deep, deep down in my heart 230 00:10:35,980 --> 00:10:37,980 Sell it 231 00:10:37,980 --> 00:10:39,980 J-O-Y down in my heart 232 00:10:39,980 --> 00:10:41,980 Deep, deep down in my heart 233 00:10:41,980 --> 00:10:43,980 Where'd it come from? 234 00:10:43,980 --> 00:10:45,980 Jesus put it there 235 00:10:45,980 --> 00:10:47,980 And nothing can destroy it 236 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:49,980 Destroy it, destroy it, hooh! 237 00:10:49,980 --> 00:10:51,980 I've got the joy down in my heart 238 00:10:51,980 --> 00:10:53,980 Deep, deep down in my heart 239 00:10:53,980 --> 00:10:55,280 I've got 240 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:56,980 I've got the joy down in my heart 241 00:10:56,980 --> 00:10:58,980 Deep, deep down in my heart 242 00:10:58,980 --> 00:10:59,980 Sell it 243 00:10:59,980 --> 00:11:01,980 J-O-Y down in my heart 244 00:11:01,980 --> 00:11:03,980 Deep, deep down in my heart 245 00:11:03,980 --> 00:11:05,980 Where'd it come from? 246 00:11:05,980 --> 00:11:07,980 Jesus put it there 247 00:11:07,980 --> 00:11:09,980 And nothing can destroy it 248 00:11:09,980 --> 00:11:11,980 Destroy it, destroy it, hooh! 249 00:11:11,980 --> 00:11:13,980 I've got the joy down in my heart 250 00:11:13,980 --> 00:11:15,980 Super, speed 251 00:11:15,980 --> 00:11:17,980 I've got the joy down in my heart 252 00:11:17,980 --> 00:11:19,700 Deep deep down in my heart, deep deep down in my heart. 253 00:11:19,700 --> 00:11:20,540 Where'd it come from? 254 00:11:20,540 --> 00:11:23,460 Jesus put it there and nothing can destroy it, 255 00:11:23,460 --> 00:11:25,020 destroy it, destroy it. 256 00:11:25,020 --> 00:11:26,980 I've got the joy down in my heart, 257 00:11:26,980 --> 00:11:28,420 deep deep down in my heart. 258 00:11:28,420 --> 00:11:29,260 Yay! 259 00:11:29,260 --> 00:11:30,100 Yeah! 260 00:11:30,100 --> 00:11:30,940 Yeah! 261 00:11:30,940 --> 00:11:31,780 Yeah! 262 00:11:31,780 --> 00:11:32,620 Yeah! 263 00:11:32,620 --> 00:11:33,440 Yeah! 264 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:34,280 Yeah! 265 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:35,120 Yeah! 266 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:35,960 Yeah! 267 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:36,800 Woo! 268 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:37,640 Whoa! 269 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:39,060 All bad, girl. 270 00:11:39,060 --> 00:11:39,900 Tyler. 271 00:11:39,900 --> 00:11:46,240 ganz. 272 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:54,200 Sugger Callers. 273 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:32,200 Oh, I can tell you, you raise a smile on a starry night 274 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:36,200 You are the blessing you have 275 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:42,200 You bring me good news, oh, I can tell you 276 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:48,200 I'll show you the stars every day as we love you all the way 277 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:54,200 You are the blessing you have 278 00:12:54,200 --> 00:13:02,200 You bring me good news, oh, I can tell you 279 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:10,200 I'll show you the stars every day as we love you all the way 280 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:18,200 You are the blessing you have 281 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:44,200 The goofy picture is the only one where everyone was looking 282 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,200 It makes perfect sense 283 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:50,200 Okay, so yes, we'll talk briefly about Camp You Can 284 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:52,200 and our main focus is obviously on what got this 285 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,200 I'm going to ask a few questions that we have with the boys with us today 286 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:57,200 and we'll see if they can answer the questions 287 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:01,200 Okay, so first of all, name one speaker from Camp You Can 288 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,200 Jaycee 289 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:07,200 Jaycee, okay, tell me a little bit about Jaycee, anything you know 290 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:11,200 He comes from a very big, not a lot of people 291 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:15,200 He used to work for a very bad company down in Mexico 292 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,200 and he was jailed for 9 years 293 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,200 Jaycee went to jail for the first time when he was 9 294 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:24,200 In fact, he actually was working for the Colombian drug cartel 295 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:28,200 and taking a contract to kill people by the time he was 9 or 10 years old 296 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,200 and spent most of his life in jail 297 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,200 and then fairly recently actually, he was about 5 years old 298 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,200 and he was our camp pastor 299 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,200 and he had his life for the Lord 300 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,200 and he was our camp pastor for the week 301 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:43,200 So that's pretty cool 302 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:45,200 Alright, somebody else give me another speaker 303 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,200 Anybody else got one? 304 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:49,200 Jaycee's got another one, are you listening Caleb? 305 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,200 You had your hand up before and I doubt you remember the same person 306 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:53,200 Do you have another speaker? 307 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,200 Okay, Caleb, go 308 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,200 Okay, tell me about H Good a little bit 309 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,200 Anything you remember 310 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,200 Tell me one of the things that he told us 311 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:06,200 If you do easy things, your life will be hard 312 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:08,200 If you do hard things, your life will be easy 313 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,200 Yeah, if you do the easy things, your life will be hard 314 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,200 but if you do the hard things, your life will be easy 315 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,200 and I really suck about that, we're at the neighborhood of us 316 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,200 You got another thing, go ahead 317 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:23,200 He said, he said, we must overcome hate 318 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:25,200 That's right, one of the things that we have to overcome 319 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,200 a number of things, one of the things we have to overcome 320 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,200 is haters, people who hate us, people who hate God 321 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,200 What was his name? 322 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,200 Doug Worthamson 323 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,200 Okay, Doug Worthamson, tell me a little bit about Doug Worthamson 324 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:41,200 He spoke about the Christian diet 325 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:43,200 Yeah, do you remember what he said before? 326 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:44,200 Did I earn today? 327 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,200 Yeah, that's good, very good 328 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,200 Did I earn today? 329 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,200 Somebody later said in the morning, but he always 330 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:55,200 get ready to go to bed, or at night he asked himself, did I earn today? 331 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,200 In other words, did I do the things today that 332 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:02,200 I should have in light of who I am, in light of what God has already done 333 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:04,200 Did I do it right? Did I earn today? 334 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,200 I mostly expect, not just about food, right? 335 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,200 But about life in general, discipline is the only thing 336 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,200 that we're supposed to do, very good, very good 337 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:14,200 Okay, what's an M&M? 338 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,200 Remember an M&M? 339 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,200 That's right, go ahead 340 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:22,200 Measure an L on the same table 341 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,200 This is like a real difficult thing 342 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:29,200 Measure and manage 343 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:33,200 Can't manage what you can't measure 344 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:39,200 So you can't adjust or correct if you don't measure 345 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:44,200 If you don't check yourself or check what it is, check how big it is, how small it is, how fast it is, how long it is 346 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,200 If you don't check it, you can't change it 347 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:51,200 So you cannot manage what you don't measure 348 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:55,200 Okay, so what was your big thing, what was the big takeaway from the camp? 349 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,200 What was the big thing that affected you or you thought about? Go ahead 350 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:04,200 What did you think was important? What do you remember the most? 351 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,200 Don't say swimming, although that was very cool 352 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:11,200 What was the takeaway? 353 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:21,200 If you tell somebody about Camp You Can, what are you going to be sure and tell them about? 354 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:28,200 It was the thing that I don't think we're going to be doing 355 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:33,200 That's the most important thing, how he changed up from last year 356 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,200 Yeah, that was neat, wasn't it? 357 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:43,200 We're talking about Lawrence Punderberg, Lawrence Punderberg played in the NBA for many years, retired from the NBA 358 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:48,200 And he told some interesting stories about winning in the NBA 359 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:53,200 Who was the basketball star that he dunked on one time? 360 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,200 Shaq O'Neal, right? Was that Shaq? 361 00:17:55,200 --> 00:18:03,200 Yeah, he dunked on Shaq one time and he talks back to, was that Shaq? One time? 362 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:07,200 I think I don't remember, but I think it was last year 363 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,200 Yeah, I might have been, I'm not sure 364 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:13,200 One professional basketball player who's considered to be one of the best in the world 365 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,200 He talks back to him one time and then Lawrence, you don't talk back 366 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:20,200 They're really great players, it just makes you look like an idiot 367 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,200 So I think it's probably a lesson you can take away 368 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:28,200 Anyway, so he was saying this year what he did was instead of just coming and just talking, he showed them 369 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:35,200 He did exercises and he had a bunch of, yeah, he brought other professional basketball stars and college coaches and stuff like that with him 370 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,200 Right? Two others 371 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:39,200 One was from football 372 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:46,200 And they actually did activities like conditioning activities and passing and shooting and all kinds of stuff that they did 373 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:50,200 Instead of just talking, they got up and they did all kinds of cool activities 374 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:51,200 So that was really nice 375 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:55,200 Yeah, it was hard too though, right? Some of those look like they were pretty hard 376 00:18:55,200 --> 00:19:00,200 Okay, Jason, what was your takeaway? You're going to tell somebody one thing for sure about Camp O, what would you say? 377 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,200 Nice and loud 378 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:10,200 It's a fact that over 100 kids decided to come and we had about over a quarter of kids 379 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:14,200 Probably like a fourth of the kids there, they'd like to use us 380 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:18,200 That's right, so we had about 110 kids between the ages of 9 and 15 381 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:23,200 And over a quarter of them, I don't know the exact number, over a quarter of them made first time students 382 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:25,200 That's right 383 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,200 I would more than that, I know that 384 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,200 It was probably about 25, 30 385 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:37,200 But I also know that not everyone was tracked because they didn't have a way to make sure that everybody got their name all list or anything like that 386 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:42,200 The one, I can't be taken, I had three myself 387 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,200 So, nobody got my numbers from me 388 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:46,200 I did, I don't have to 389 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,200 I like you, hi 390 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:54,200 That's right, yep, and then there were another, equal to roughly that many at least that region of their life, right 391 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:58,200 And there were a lot of boys who came forward for prayer about situations in their life 392 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:03,200 And it was pretty powerful moving of the Holy Spirit 393 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:07,200 So, for me, I just want to say I was blessed to be able to do it 394 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:12,200 It was exhausting because I got about four and a half hours broken sleep a night 395 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:17,200 By the time they would go to bed and get up, I think they were, and it's definitely synthesized that they had a rough cabin 396 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,200 They were getting sleep, those 397 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,200 Maybe they were all around, I don't know, but 398 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,200 There were about, I think, three kids who were calm 399 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:30,200 One of them was me, and the person above me was the person above me 400 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,200 Yeah, so three kids in a cabin of 12 that were calm at night 401 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:38,200 And the others were talking until, until somebody made them shut up basically 402 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:43,200 We had to at least get a Torrell, I mean, what time limit? 403 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,200 A what? 404 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,200 A Torrell 405 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,200 Oh really? 406 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,200 Wow 407 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,200 And he said it was like two o'clock and we all fell asleep 408 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:57,200 Yeah, well I went in there the one night and they were all sleeping by one o'clock, so 409 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:01,200 Had I known that it was like that every night, I would have gone in there more often, but 410 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:06,200 My room was actually really good, but they didn't go to bed until close to one 411 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,200 They were supposed to get up at seven, but I had to get up plenty of time before that 412 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,200 I was taking my shower and organizing because I was getting up by six 413 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:17,200 I said one, get up at six, one, one thirty, get up at six, and four and a half, five hours sleep 414 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:21,200 And every time somebody would unzip their sleep bag, every time the door would open, every time somebody 415 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,200 Step on the floor, every time the bed was creak, I would wake up because I was sleeping by the door 416 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,200 And I had to make sure they weren't sleeping in the room, so I was waking up all night long 417 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:32,200 So I came home, I was pretty exhausted, but I would say, that being said, it was well worth it 418 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:34,200 I did enjoy myself a great deal 419 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:38,200 I got the blessing of taking the hikers camping, 18 hikers went camping on the first day 420 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:42,200 And only six went on the second day, and both trails were awesome 421 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:46,200 And they said, we almost got lost, they kept saying, we're lost, we're lost 422 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:50,200 You really cannot be lost, I knew exactly where it was at, I knew the direction to go 423 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:55,200 You can't be lost, we may have lost the trail, which we did, like three times, lose the trail 424 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,200 But we were never lost, okay, it was pretty cool 425 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:02,200 There was a point at which the trail ended here, and then about like 50 yards away 426 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:07,200 The trail started again, and there was a river in between, we had to cross the river and look for the trail 427 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,200 And we got on the trail again 428 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:14,200 We saw the rock line, we started to run around the river, and I saw the look-wise 429 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:18,200 It looked like there was a waterfall, but the water was so still 430 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:22,200 And it looked like there was a waterfall, but then there was just the reflection 431 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,200 Yeah, cool, very cool 432 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,200 Alright, RJ, what would you like to say about camping? 433 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:31,200 Actually, it was just a huge blessing 434 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:36,200 To see all these kids come in from different backgrounds, different families 435 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:42,200 The coolest thing about it that I really enjoyed is watching them all get to know each other 436 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:50,200 And learn each other's story, and see how different backgrounds can come together and become best of friends 437 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:56,200 And obviously, God was there, he showed up in great ways 438 00:22:56,200 --> 00:23:07,200 I think for this year, for me especially, there was a lot in me that I was taught by some of these kids 439 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:13,200 And it's crazy to think that an 8-year-old kid can teach you so much 440 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:19,200 As far as it goes, I would say, yeah, definitely exhausting 441 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,200 It was very exhausting 442 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:28,200 We ended up doing black football for the first time, and I did the playing quarterback 443 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,200 And it's exhausting 444 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:36,200 But it was a lot of fun, it was cool to see these kids come together and have fun 445 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:43,200 And most importantly, to understand that God is here, he's with us, he cares about us 446 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:52,200 And it's cool to see that these young kids are given the opportunity to learn, God really is 447 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:56,200 We have the planners to do a black football tournament next year, that's true 448 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:01,200 A couple things I would add, in total a dream of one 449 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:07,200 We ate three square meals a day, and basically with Buffet, you go back up and get as much as you want 450 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:11,200 And one thing that struck me was that many, many of the kids that were there 451 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:16,200 And it probably applies to some of our own kids, they're not normally getting three square meals a day 452 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:21,200 Grabbing a bowl of cereal, that's not a square meal, contrary to what some people might think 453 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:28,200 So they had three square meals a day, and by the second day, I never heard so much flatulence coming out of 110 boys 454 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,200 Everywhere you walk, you walk in a hall here, all over the place 455 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:37,200 Because they're eating real food for the first time in their lives, or the first time in months or years, and a lot of it 456 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:43,200 And then, that was a factor, and then also the decompressing from all the time 457 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:48,200 No phones, no tablets, for the better part of four days 458 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:53,200 And starting on the second day, you could actually see people's eyes opening up 459 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,200 Like they were paying attention to what was going on around them 460 00:24:56,200 --> 00:25:00,200 And it's not like we have a lot, it's not like that a lot of times 461 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:05,200 It's a lot of, walking down the hallway, I look at my phone, right, or I'm just listening to you 462 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:09,200 But I'm actually playing a game, or whatever 463 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:14,200 And that was, that was powerful, because they were alive, they were doing stuff 464 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:19,200 And I thought about that at Lord's Court to my heart, how we can focus on something 465 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,200 It doesn't have to be your phone or electronics, it could be anything 466 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:25,200 It could be your relationship, it could be your job struggles, it could be your health struggles 467 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:29,200 We get focused on that, and everything else dims 468 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:34,200 And that's, we're supposed to be like that, because that focus then is supposed to be on Jesus, right 469 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,200 So we focus on Jesus, and everything else dims 470 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:41,200 But when we focus on something else, then our relationship with God dims 471 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,200 So it becomes hard to see clearly 472 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:49,200 And so it was really cool that they were able to put that down, put it away, and live 473 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,200 You know, and then it was just, it became about, okay, what are we doing next? 474 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,200 We're checking the schedule, what's going on next? 475 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,200 What is he saying, what are they doing? 476 00:25:56,200 --> 00:26:01,200 And there were issues with kids falling asleep, because, again, they weren't getting out of sleep at night 477 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,200 And their bellies were full 478 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:07,200 And then they would wake them up, have them do exercise and things like that, wake them up 479 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:11,200 But I would just say, you know, it was a great opportunity 480 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,200 I would love to believe, initially at the end of the year, we thought we were going to have 481 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:18,200 Three or four more men come from New Heights, and we could definitely use it 482 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:23,200 Twenty leaders counting teenagers, twenty-two actually counting the student mentors 483 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:27,200 Is not enough to really interact with every boy 484 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,200 It really is, and to be able to bring the word and talk to one on one 485 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:35,200 Like, I couldn't even know it, I think I got maybe half their names, at most 486 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,200 You know, and they were wearing our name tags, so you didn't really half have their name 487 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:42,200 But then you had to walk up to them and flip, hey, and flip over their name tag to find out what it was 488 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,200 You know, to be able to talk to them by their name 489 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:47,200 And Terrell was up in the microphone, red shirt, yellow jacket 490 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:51,200 You know, calling people by what they're wearing, because he didn't know everybody's names 491 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:55,200 And so, the more leaders, and they wanted to plan an arrest period for the leaders 492 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,200 So each day you would get like an hour off 493 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,200 And it wasn't enough leaders to do that 494 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,200 There was maybe only one or two leaders that weren't physically doing something 495 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:08,200 So, that would be huge, and then, and here's the great blessing 496 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:13,200 One, 110 boys, two, 18 boys from Toledo 497 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:17,200 Up from 11 different neighborhoods, which is really cool 498 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:23,200 Might be that Councilor Oxford, so, but 11 different neighborhoods, and really cool 499 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:28,200 And then, next year, so this year they doubled from last year, about 50 last year 500 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:32,200 This year we had 110, next year they would like to have 200 501 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:36,200 And the gymnasium will hold it, there is room for it 502 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:41,200 And the housing will hold it, and the grounds will hold it, and the pool will hold it, and the pool is huge 503 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,200 So, that would be really cool 504 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,200 So, pray for that now, God just might do something awesome, yes sir 505 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:55,200 Two quick things, one, it's how all the kids were all tired during the day and at night, they don't want to go to sleep 506 00:27:55,200 --> 00:28:07,200 And then another thing is, they were talking about if they were to have 200 kids, they might have to get another captain 507 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,200 Oh yeah, they definitely would, yeah 508 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:17,200 We were just, I think about 130 is the most we could put in that building, something like that 509 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:25,200 Or like, there were like four rooms not being used 510 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:35,200 So that's, so that's, they were hating those four, more than I am, I were 511 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:45,200 Yeah, eight bunk beds, so 16 kids, so that's room for 64 512 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:49,200 And then we had maybe like about eight or ten beds empty 513 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:53,200 So we could get close to 200 and then after that we'd have to be in two of those big buildings 514 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:59,200 So basically it was all huge big cabins, like this hall we've got three cabins on it with eight bunk beds 515 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:04,200 This hall we've got three, this hall we've got three, and then there were 10 showers on each side 516 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:09,200 Plenty of bathrooms, and then they had a big common area in the middle and that's where we all met 517 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,200 In the morning for devotional and stuff 518 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:15,200 Alright, RJ would you pray for us then and we'll worship God a little bit more and just be sure to thank God 519 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:35,200 I pray that all the kids there that made the decision to follow the New Lord that they can go to the church and pray for them 520 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:49,200 Your Heavenly Father I want to thank you for this time, thank you for the blessing that we had at camp, I pray that all the kids there that made the decision to follow the New Lord that they met sincerely and they continue to grow and learn 521 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:58,200 God I thank you for all the meddling that helped out, I pray for their well-being, their safety, their health and all that 522 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:05,200 I pray for Anthony's family and the other couple of wives and the loved ones and we all know how hard that can be 523 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:16,200 Even though his family member is always rough, but God I pray that you comfort them and let them know that he might be gone but he's rejoicing with you 524 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:29,200 And that is probably the greatest thing I've heard, pray for the kinds of offering that they use to glorify your name and make sure that you stay up top 525 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:58,200 Music 526 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:08,200 Music 527 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:21,200 Music 528 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:46,200 Music 529 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:59,200 Music 530 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:12,200 Music 531 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:25,200 Music 532 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:38,200 Music 533 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:51,200 Music 534 00:32:51,200 --> 00:33:04,200 Music 535 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:14,200 Music 536 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:24,200 Music 537 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:34,200 Music 538 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:44,200 Music 539 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:54,200 Music 540 00:33:54,200 --> 00:34:04,200 Music 541 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:14,200 Music 542 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:24,200 Music 543 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:34,200 Music 544 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:44,200 Music 545 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:54,200 Music 546 00:34:54,200 --> 00:35:04,200 Music 547 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:14,200 Music 548 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:24,200 Music 549 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:34,200 Music 550 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:44,200 Music 551 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:54,200 Music 552 00:35:54,200 --> 00:36:00,200 Before we begin, we're going to have a brief object lesson, so I need one volunteer, anybody want to volunteer? 553 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:06,200 I'll volunteer to hold somebody, going once, going twice, alright come on 554 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:16,200 Okay, so I have a fan, this is no different than all the fans that the ladies use to keep themselves cool during the service 555 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:27,200 And so if I were, we're going to play a little game of hide and seek, and I said to you I'd like you to hide that fan anywhere in the room, not on your person obviously, but anywhere else in the room 556 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:33,200 Where someone might not find it if they were searching for it, where would you hide it? 557 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:37,200 Anywhere in the room? 558 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:47,200 Probably in somebody else's first or something, or like under that stand, maybe inside the piano, somewhere hidden 559 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:55,200 So if you went right now and hid it, we would all know where you hid it, and so probably we would be able to find it, most likely, right? 560 00:36:55,200 --> 00:37:05,200 So if you put it somewhere inaccessible, like if we put it up on top of the door up there, then Jamie couldn't get it 561 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:09,200 Maybe Alicia couldn't get it, but somebody would just push a chair over, right? 562 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:13,200 What if you had a ladder, does that change where you can hide the thing? 563 00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:14,200 Yeah 564 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:22,200 Okay, so then we could put it up high, you could put it up in the heater vent, up there, in the heater vent 565 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:26,200 I have a frame that I can hold to you, and then it would also be out of view, okay? 566 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:33,200 Alright, so what if I take this away, and I ask you the same question about the bear 567 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:38,200 Would you hide the bear somewhere where no one can find it? 568 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:43,200 Go ahead, do it now, hide the bear somewhere where no one can find it 569 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:45,200 What bear? 570 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:48,200 What bear? Does anybody know where the bear is? 571 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:53,200 Jason knows where the bear is, so does he, do you know where the bear is Jason? 572 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:54,200 Where's the bear? 573 00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:56,200 I see the bear 574 00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:59,200 Okay, how many people knew where the bear was? 575 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:01,200 I saw it, I didn't see it 576 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:10,200 Alright, so there is a thing, it's kind of a literary quote called the case of the purloin letter 577 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:16,200 It's a story, it's actually by Sherlock Holmes, one of the investigators, sorry, by Edgar Allan Poe 578 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:21,200 One of the investigators, Edgar Allan Poe, created it that's like Sherlock Holmes 579 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:25,200 And the case of the purloin letter is they search for the letter all throughout the story 580 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:29,200 And then they eventually find it, guess where? 581 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,200 In plain view, right? 582 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:37,200 One of the places that things are often hidden that no one will find them is in plain view 583 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:42,200 Have you ever seen anybody stick a piece of paper on somebody's back that says kick me? 584 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:46,200 Don't do that, it's not nice, but have you ever seen that? Sure you have, right? 585 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:51,200 So it's in plain view, but it's behind you, so if you're not looking directly at it you wouldn't see it 586 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:55,200 If you're sitting over here like Josh, wouldn't have seen the bear because the piano's in the way 587 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:56,200 And that kind of thing, alright? 588 00:38:56,200 --> 00:39:00,200 So it is possible to hide something in plain view and for it not to be found 589 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:04,200 Using a ladder, for example, you could set that thing up out of reach 590 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:07,200 So then it could be literally, there it is, but if you take the ladder away 591 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:11,200 They're going, oh I can't, I see it, it's right there, but I can't get to it 592 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:18,200 Right? And that could happen, for example, if you wanted to try to adjust the Wi-Fi extender up there 593 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:22,200 You would definitely need a ladder, even standing on a chair would not be enough, right? 594 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:27,200 We can adjust that camera by standing on a chair, but that camera you can't reach by standing on a chair 595 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:30,200 Does that make sense? Alright, so I want you to bear those things in mind with me 596 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:37,200 The text for today is just four verses and it continues in Deuteronomy 26 where we left off 597 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:41,200 So let's go to, thank you very much, let's go to Deuteronomy 26 598 00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:44,200 I'm there, anybody else? Got your Bibles? 599 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:48,200 Uh oh, well you'll just have to listen real good, okay? 600 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:51,200 If you get too tired you can stand up or do push-ups 601 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:56,200 He's thinking, no I don't want to do push-ups 602 00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:59,200 Alright, so Deuteronomy chapter 26 beginning in verse 16 603 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:04,200 Now we read 16 last week so this is a reminder so you can see how it bridges over 604 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:09,200 It says, this day the Lord your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances 605 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:13,200 You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul 606 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,200 And that's where we stopped at last week, and we start in 17 607 00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:19,200 17 says, the first declaration, here we go 608 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:24,200 You have today declared the Lord to be your God 609 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:31,200 And that you would walk in his ways and keep his statutes, his commandments and his ordinances 610 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:35,200 And listen to his voice, okay? So there's a list of things here 611 00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:41,200 They have declared that he is their God, I hope that we have declared that the Lord is our God 612 00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:46,200 In some cases that may not be so, and before we're done we're going to see why it's so important, okay? 613 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,200 Have you declared that the Lord is your God? 614 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:54,200 And having declared that the Lord is your God, you would walk in his ways 615 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:59,200 Now this word here in the Hebrew in the ways is very similar to a forest path 616 00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:03,200 It's a direction that people have gone and so the ground shows passage 617 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:10,200 We realize this is the path because the underbrush, the detritus is worn away where people have walked before us 618 00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:14,200 And so that's the word, it's talking about the way, okay? 619 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:22,200 So you would walk in his ways, the ways not only that God walks, but the ways that people who are in relationship with God walk 620 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:25,200 And that you would keep his statutes 621 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:30,200 Does anybody know the difference between statutes, commandments, and ordinances? 622 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:34,200 Because there's a list here, we're going to keep his statutes, his commandments, and his ordinances 623 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:37,200 So a statute is a prescription 624 00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:39,200 Has anybody here ever had a medicine? 625 00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:44,200 It says take two pills one time a day, take one pill at bedtime, one pill at night, that's a prescription 626 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:49,200 These are not prescriptions for your medicine, these are prescriptions for the way that God would want you to live 627 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:54,200 So God's statutes are prescribed for situations 628 00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,200 It might say if this happens then do that 629 00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:00,200 When in this situation, do this and so on 630 00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:04,200 God's prescriptions if you will, or his statutes, his commandments are pretty easy 631 00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,200 That's God's directions 632 00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:08,200 It's what he's commanded us to do 633 00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:11,200 And before you say well I don't know the whole Bible 634 00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:15,200 Understand that people were following God's commandments before the Bible was ever written 635 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:18,200 Even some of the ones that we have clearly written in the Bible now 636 00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:21,200 People were figuring out that they were the right thing to do and what God wanted them to do 637 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:24,200 And doing them even before the Bible was written 638 00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:26,200 And then there's his ordinances 639 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:30,200 Now an ordinance, if you think of it, kind of look at the structure of the word 640 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:32,200 You realize it has something to do with orders 641 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:38,200 Or the process of ordination or ordaining something, making something true 642 00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:41,200 And so his ordinances are like his judgments 643 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:47,200 So when a priest decides or the church decides or the word makes a judgment about a certain thing 644 00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:49,200 That that thing is bad, right 645 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:53,200 That's an ordinance, so really what we're talking about are his prescriptions 646 00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:56,200 His directions and his judgments 647 00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,200 And that we'll keep those things, that's what we've said 648 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:02,200 If the Lord is our God then we will keep those things 649 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,200 And it says and listen to his voice 650 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:09,200 And I submit to you that in their day, listen to his voice meant something different than what it does today 651 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:11,200 They did not have the written Bible 652 00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:15,200 So they couldn't read it to get what God says 653 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:21,200 Moses right now in speaking and writing this down is writing down essentially the first five books of the Bible 654 00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,200 And that's the first time they will have had that 655 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:26,200 Before that it was all oral tradition 656 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:32,200 So to hear God's voice was to hear directly from God or to hear through a prophet 657 00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:35,200 Now you can hear directly from God 658 00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:37,200 You can hear through the teaching of God's word 659 00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:42,200 You can hear through God's word and you can hear from the Holy Spirit in your heart, in your person 660 00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:44,200 So it's different for us 661 00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:47,200 We have more access to God telling us what to do 662 00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:50,200 More access to God's prescriptions, more access to God's directions 663 00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:54,200 And more access to God's judgments than they did 664 00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:57,200 Yet they were supposed to follow these things 665 00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:00,200 In making him their God that was the first declaration 666 00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:02,200 They declared that he is their God and they will do these things 667 00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:04,200 Now the second declaration 668 00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:08,200 The Lord has today declared you to be his people 669 00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:11,200 A treasured possession as he promised you 670 00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:14,200 And that you should keep all his commandments 671 00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:17,200 So his declaration is two part 672 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:20,200 First of all he says you belong to me 673 00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:24,200 You are my treasured possession, I claim you 674 00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:31,200 And you will keep all of my commandments is part of his declaration 675 00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:34,200 So is God ever wrong in his declarations? 676 00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:38,200 No, God's people whom he claims for himself would keep his commandments 677 00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:41,200 Now if you know a little bit of the history of what's coming for the Israelites 678 00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:44,200 Do they keep his commandments? 679 00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:45,200 They do not 680 00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:46,200 They drift further away 681 00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:48,200 Then a judge rises up and brings them back 682 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:51,200 And then they're good for a while and then they drift away again 683 00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:54,200 And every time they drift away, they drift further away 684 00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:58,200 So because God's declaration is two part and they are connected 685 00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:02,200 He declares them to be his people, a treasured possession 686 00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:05,200 And they would keep his commandments 687 00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:07,200 Those two things are connected 688 00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:09,200 So we always talk about the contradiction 689 00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:11,200 Like I am a Christian, I love the Lord 690 00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:14,200 Because I love the Lord, I'm going to honor him with this choice 691 00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:17,200 And you see somebody else says, well I'm a Christian, I love the Lord 692 00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:19,200 But I'm not going to honor him with this choice 693 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:21,200 That's a contradiction 694 00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:24,200 So you're saying something is true 695 00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:26,200 And you're saying it's going to affect your actions 696 00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:28,200 But then it doesn't affect your actions 697 00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:30,200 So you're not contradicting yourself 698 00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:32,200 We make it out as if we're contradicting ourselves 699 00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:34,200 I'm a follower of Jesus 700 00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:36,200 I will do what Jesus wants me to do 701 00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:37,200 There I did it again 702 00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:39,200 I didn't do what Jesus wanted me to do 703 00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:41,200 You didn't contradict you 704 00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:42,200 You contradicted God 705 00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:44,200 God is the one who says this is my people 706 00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:46,200 And they will do as I command them 707 00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:48,200 And then you don't do as he commands you 708 00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:51,200 You're contradicting not the first declaration 709 00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:55,200 Where you say I will keep his statutes, his prescriptions 710 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:57,200 I will keep his ordinances, his judgments 711 00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:00,200 I will keep his commandments, what he tells me to do 712 00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:02,200 But the second one where he says you will be my people 713 00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:04,200 And follow my commands 714 00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:10,200 So when you contradict God you become in opposition to him 715 00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:12,200 Wrath sets in 716 00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:14,200 You've picked a fight with the big guy 717 00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:17,200 You're saying you say this but it's not true 718 00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:19,200 And you're saying that to God 719 00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:21,200 It'd be one thing if we say about ourselves I am a certain thing 720 00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:24,200 And then we don't show up to be that thing 721 00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:25,200 Maybe we just failed 722 00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:27,200 Maybe we just made a mistake 723 00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:29,200 Maybe we just forgot 724 00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:32,200 But when you say what God says is not true 725 00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:34,200 That's another thing altogether 726 00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:36,200 That's contradicting God and you're opposing him 727 00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:39,200 And therefore he is opposing you 728 00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:43,200 And then we go on to 19 729 00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:47,200 And 19 kind of shows us the setup if you will 730 00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:48,200 One aspect of it 731 00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:51,200 19 says and that he shall set you high 732 00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:54,200 Above all nations which he has made 733 00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:58,200 For praise, fame, and honor 734 00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:00,200 And that you shall be a consecrated people 735 00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:04,200 To the Lord your God as he has spoken 736 00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:07,200 So again this is something that God has said he will do 737 00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:08,200 And now it says he will do it 738 00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:11,200 So as if we took the ladder and put the bear up high 739 00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:13,200 And then we'll put the ladder away and nobody can touch it 740 00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:15,200 God would set up his people 741 00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:17,200 For what purpose? 742 00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:18,200 For this purpose 743 00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:22,200 Praise, fame, and honor 744 00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:24,200 And so when you stand up for the Lord 745 00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:26,200 And do what the Lord would have you to do 746 00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:30,200 Taking based on the first two declarations 747 00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:32,200 God will set you up for praise 748 00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:34,200 That means he recognizes how good you are 749 00:47:34,200 --> 00:47:35,200 And you recognize how good he is 750 00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:37,200 There's praise flowing both directions 751 00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:38,200 Others will praise you 752 00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:40,200 And then you can redirect that praise toward him 753 00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:42,200 Which is the hope 754 00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:44,200 Fame you will be recognized 755 00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:46,200 This word here in the Hebrew means 756 00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:49,200 To be held in high esteem by anybody who knows you 757 00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:51,200 So now you ask yourself 758 00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:52,200 As I live for the Lord 759 00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:54,200 As I function as a person of integrity 760 00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:58,200 Are my family and friends able to esteem me well? 761 00:47:58,200 --> 00:47:59,200 Do they look at me and go 762 00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:01,200 Okay, yeah, he's stepping up 763 00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:02,200 She's stepping up 764 00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:04,200 She's doing what she's supposed to do 765 00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:06,200 Now it doesn't mean that they see God in you 766 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:08,200 Because a lot of people in the world think 767 00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:10,200 That other people in the world do well too 768 00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:11,200 They do right things 769 00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:13,200 But if they look at you and they see 770 00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:15,200 Yeah, man, she's got character 771 00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:16,200 She's really stepping up 772 00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:17,200 I esteem her well 773 00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:21,200 Then you can say pay attention to the Lord 774 00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:22,200 This is not about me 775 00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:23,200 I don't do this because of who I am 776 00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:25,200 I do it because of who God is 777 00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:27,200 So God sets you up then for praise 778 00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:29,200 For fame and then for honor 779 00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:30,200 Now we know it's ultimate honor 780 00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:33,200 And that we'll be in heaven one day for eternity 781 00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:36,200 But it's also honor on earth, right? 782 00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:37,200 When the father runs down off the porch 783 00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:40,200 And throws himself on the returning prodigal son 784 00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:41,200 Kisses him on the neck and says 785 00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:44,200 Oh, my son who was dead but now is alive 786 00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:46,200 And he says kill the fattened calf 787 00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:47,200 And he puts a ring on his finger 788 00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:48,200 And a robe on his back 789 00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:50,200 And shoes on his feet 790 00:48:50,200 --> 00:48:53,200 He is honoring him in every possible way 791 00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:56,200 Provision, power, purpose, protection 792 00:48:56,200 --> 00:48:58,200 He's honoring him in every possible way 793 00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:01,200 And God will honor you 794 00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:03,200 And he sets you up for that 795 00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:04,200 You don't do that 796 00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:07,200 See it's he shall set you high above all nations 797 00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:10,200 Which he has made for praise, fame, and honor 798 00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:12,200 That's the setup that we want 799 00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:13,200 Okay, so in this text 800 00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:16,200 In these verses which we've already read 801 00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:21,200 We've seen that as a people of God 802 00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:23,200 And having declared ourselves as a people of God 803 00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:26,200 We are to follow his commandments, his ordinances 804 00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:28,200 His statutes, and his ways 805 00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:30,200 And to listen to his voice 806 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:37,200 And that God then declared us as his people 807 00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:39,200 A treasured possession 808 00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:43,200 He promised us that we would keep his commandments 809 00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:47,200 And then we see that in light of that two declarations 810 00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:48,200 He will set us up 811 00:49:48,200 --> 00:49:51,200 But we have a problem, don't we? 812 00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:53,200 You with me, Jace? 813 00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:54,200 Okay, stand firm 814 00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:55,200 All right, we have a problem 815 00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:58,200 So first of all, let's talk about the first declaration 816 00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:02,200 So when I was not a Christian, 25 years old 817 00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:07,200 I was searching, questioning, skeptical 818 00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:08,200 I wasn't talking much to anybody about it 819 00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:10,200 But I was reading, I was searching the internet 820 00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:12,200 Such as it was at that time 821 00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:14,200 It wasn't as good as it is now, but it was there 822 00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:17,200 I was looking, trying to figure out 823 00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:20,200 What was wrong with this Christianity thing 824 00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:22,200 What was it that I was seeing in these people 825 00:50:22,200 --> 00:50:24,200 Because they were clearly different 826 00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:26,200 But also they were sort of the same as the world 827 00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:28,200 You know, they're kind of like 828 00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:29,200 There was problems, so they weren't quite right 829 00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:32,200 But at the same time, they were proclaiming God 830 00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:33,200 And they were better than most 831 00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:35,200 And I was trying to figure it out 832 00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:36,200 And the pastor would preach, and he said 833 00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:37,200 Jesus died on the cross 834 00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:40,200 And I said, well, what if Jesus didn't die on the cross? 835 00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:43,200 They saw him again later, three days later 836 00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:45,200 So I'm alive and thought he died on the cross 837 00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:46,200 But what if he didn't really die? 838 00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:49,200 And so I researched it, and I tried to figure out 839 00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:51,200 How do they know that he was dead? 840 00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:53,200 And there is factual evidence and proof 841 00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:54,200 That we know that he was dead 842 00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:56,200 There were witnesses by the hundreds who were there 843 00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:59,200 Saw the Roman centurion run a spear into his heart 844 00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:02,200 People do not survive having a spear run into their heart, right? 845 00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:04,200 You can't just give them a drug and they fall asleep 846 00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:06,200 Like they do in some sci-fi novels and stuff 847 00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:08,200 And wake up a few days later 848 00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:11,200 He got a spear run in his heart, right? 849 00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:13,200 That Roman centurion would have sacrificed his life 850 00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:14,200 If Jesus didn't die 851 00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:16,200 They were experts in knowing when someone was dead 852 00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:17,200 And it goes on and on 853 00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:18,200 So Jesus really died 854 00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:21,200 But it took me questioning it to get to that 855 00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:24,200 And I know that there are people, young Christians and non-Christians 856 00:51:24,200 --> 00:51:25,200 Who question all that 857 00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:26,200 I was like that 858 00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:28,200 I was not ready to make a declaration 859 00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:31,200 Because I didn't think there was anything to make a declaration to 860 00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:34,200 But then once I got to a point where I understood 861 00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:35,200 That what they were saying was true 862 00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:38,200 I realized it demands a declaration 863 00:51:38,200 --> 00:51:40,200 What are you going to do about it? 864 00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:43,200 Take it plain for a moment and just say this 865 00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:46,200 You realize that if you eat too many sweets 866 00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:48,200 Repeat repeatedly 867 00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:50,200 Continue to eat too many sweets 868 00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:53,200 Your body will grow in size in ways that are not helpful to you 869 00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:58,200 And ultimately your heart will struggle in your chest 870 00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:01,200 Your lungs will struggle to function 871 00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:03,200 Your liver will struggle to process 872 00:52:03,200 --> 00:52:05,200 Your kidneys will struggle to process 873 00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:10,200 And if you continue that for decades you will die 874 00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:13,200 So what are you going to do about it? 875 00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:16,200 Let's see, so I'm going to eat sweets in moderation 876 00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:18,200 So the sweets don't kill me, right? 877 00:52:18,200 --> 00:52:21,200 If you drive your car down the road 878 00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:24,200 100 mile an hour on the expressway 879 00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:26,200 And then crawl in the back seat 880 00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:27,200 So no one's driving the car 881 00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:30,200 You will have maybe a minute or two to live at most 882 00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:33,200 However long it takes for that car to impact and then you'll be dead 883 00:52:33,200 --> 00:52:34,200 So what are you going to do about it? 884 00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:36,200 Well, I'm not going to do that, right? 885 00:52:36,200 --> 00:52:37,200 I'm going to drive my car 886 00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:39,200 I'm not going to drive it 100 mile an hour on the expressway 887 00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:41,200 Unless I absolutely have to for an emergency situation 888 00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:43,200 If I do, I'm going to pay very close attention 889 00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:47,200 And make sure I'm not going to leave the wheel, right? 890 00:52:47,200 --> 00:52:50,200 So when something is detrimental to you 891 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:53,200 Or something is extremely beneficial to you, Jason 892 00:52:53,200 --> 00:52:56,200 You decide, Jason, to do that thing, right? 893 00:52:56,200 --> 00:52:59,200 So when the preaching of God is beneficial to you 894 00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:00,200 This is beneficial to you 895 00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:02,200 So you have to discipline yourself 896 00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:04,200 You have to try hard to get it 897 00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:07,200 You have to go, this is for me, I want to understand it 898 00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:08,200 What is he talking about? 899 00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:09,200 It's a natural... 900 00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:13,200 If you believe, you will take the steps according to what you believe 901 00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:17,200 But what we have in the world is a people, a lot of people 902 00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:19,200 Is a lot of people 903 00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:25,200 He's with you, he's on your side 904 00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:29,200 So there's a lot of people that will say they believe something 905 00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:33,200 And it completely doesn't affect what they believe 906 00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:35,200 Doesn't affect them at all, right? 907 00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:40,200 For example, most people will say that telling the truth is the right thing to do 908 00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:43,200 But most lost people will lie under the right circumstances 909 00:53:43,200 --> 00:53:46,200 In fact, I've had this conversation a number of times with people 910 00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:48,200 If they put a gun to my head 911 00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:53,200 And they told me I have to renounce Jesus in order to survive 912 00:53:53,200 --> 00:53:55,200 I'm just going to lie 913 00:53:55,200 --> 00:53:58,200 Because grace covers it anyway 914 00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:01,200 And a lot of Christians think, well if I get in that case, I'll just lie 915 00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:04,200 I'll tell them whatever they want to hear, not to take my life 916 00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:06,200 Because Jesus is going to take care of it anyway 917 00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:10,200 And yet, that's not the declaration 918 00:54:10,200 --> 00:54:12,200 That's not what the word calls us to 919 00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:16,200 If you believe in Jesus and you believe that you will have life after death 920 00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:18,200 Then you would be willing in that moment 921 00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:20,200 And I believe that Jesus would give you the courage 922 00:54:20,200 --> 00:54:23,200 To stand up and potentially die 923 00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:26,200 And in dying, be ushered into eternal life 924 00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:27,200 Do you believe? 925 00:54:27,200 --> 00:54:30,200 And if you believe, there comes a declaration 926 00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:32,200 And in a moment we'll talk about what happens if 927 00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:35,200 Either A, you believe and the declaration never comes 928 00:54:35,200 --> 00:54:39,200 Or B, the declaration happens and then afterwards you act like you don't believe 929 00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:44,200 In the world, much of the world is at the crux of the first declaration 930 00:54:44,200 --> 00:54:47,200 Do you believe? 931 00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:48,200 That's the question 932 00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:50,200 And once you believe and declare that you believe 933 00:54:50,200 --> 00:54:54,200 It opens a channel of faith to God and according to scripture by grace are you saved 934 00:54:54,200 --> 00:54:56,200 You cannot save yourself 935 00:54:56,200 --> 00:54:59,200 You cannot make the second declaration true 936 00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:04,200 You can say the first declaration and mean it 937 00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:06,200 And make it true to the best of your ability 938 00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:09,200 And that's where we're sitting at for most people in the world 939 00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:12,200 The second declaration is also problematic 940 00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:14,200 Because it is God's declaration as I said 941 00:55:14,200 --> 00:55:19,200 And it occurs to me that many Christians contradict God 942 00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:24,200 God says 943 00:55:24,200 --> 00:55:26,200 He declares us to be his people 944 00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:28,200 And we say yes, I am God's people 945 00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:29,200 I want to be God's people 946 00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:30,200 I want to go to heaven 947 00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:31,200 I want to live for the Lord 948 00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:33,200 I want to be forgiven of my sins 949 00:55:33,200 --> 00:55:34,200 I want to confess my sins 950 00:55:34,200 --> 00:55:36,200 Be cleansed of all unrighteousness 951 00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:38,200 Like 1 John 1, 9 says 952 00:55:38,200 --> 00:55:40,200 Yes, I want to be God's treasured possession 953 00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:43,200 I want to be the sheep that wandered in the wilderness for a while 954 00:55:43,200 --> 00:55:45,200 And God left the 99 in the field 955 00:55:45,200 --> 00:55:47,200 And came and found me and brought me in 956 00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:49,200 Jason, don't you want to be saved? 957 00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:51,200 Don't you want to be God's treasured possession? 958 00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:53,200 I want that 959 00:55:53,200 --> 00:55:57,200 But there's no way to bring God to the point of doing that 960 00:55:57,200 --> 00:55:59,200 I can't force it 961 00:55:59,200 --> 00:56:00,200 I can't talk him into it 962 00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:01,200 I can't bribe him 963 00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:02,200 I can't lie to him 964 00:56:02,200 --> 00:56:04,200 He sees the darkness that's in my heart 965 00:56:04,200 --> 00:56:06,200 He sees the things that I do 966 00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:10,200 There is nothing that I can do to cause that to happen 967 00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:13,200 It's two separate declarations 968 00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:15,200 Do you understand that you can say 969 00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:18,200 I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ 970 00:56:18,200 --> 00:56:21,200 I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and I will live for Him 971 00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:23,200 I will follow His prescriptions 972 00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:25,200 I will follow His commands 973 00:56:25,200 --> 00:56:28,200 I will walk in His ways and do the things that God wants me to do 974 00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:32,200 And yet, not be saved 975 00:56:32,200 --> 00:56:34,200 No, wait a minute 976 00:56:34,200 --> 00:56:37,200 That's everything that a person needs to do to be saved 977 00:56:37,200 --> 00:56:39,200 I believe in God 978 00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:41,200 I believe in living the way God wants me to live 979 00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:43,200 Walking in His ways 980 00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:47,200 Unless you walk in one particular way 981 00:56:47,200 --> 00:56:48,200 You will not be saved 982 00:56:48,200 --> 00:56:52,200 And what is that one particular way? 983 00:56:52,200 --> 00:56:59,200 Jason, what's that one particular way that a person has to walk in in order to be saved? 984 00:56:59,200 --> 00:57:01,200 Anybody? 985 00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:04,200 Close 986 00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:06,200 Narrow in scope, right? 987 00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:09,200 One particular way that people have to walk in in order to be saved 988 00:57:09,200 --> 00:57:10,200 Don't make it harder than it is 989 00:57:10,200 --> 00:57:13,200 It's a Sunday school answer 990 00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:14,200 Jesus 991 00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:16,200 I am the way and the truth and the life 992 00:57:16,200 --> 00:57:19,200 No man cometh unto the Father but by me 993 00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:22,200 Only one trail leads where you want to go 994 00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:23,200 And it is through Jesus 995 00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:24,200 So you can say 996 00:57:24,200 --> 00:57:26,200 I believe in God 997 00:57:26,200 --> 00:57:29,200 And I will follow His prescriptions for my life 998 00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:31,200 And I will follow His statutes 999 00:57:31,200 --> 00:57:34,200 And I will follow His commands 1000 00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:37,200 And I will follow His ways 1001 00:57:37,200 --> 00:57:41,200 And yet, if you do not follow that one particular way 1002 00:57:41,200 --> 00:57:43,200 You cannot be saved 1003 00:57:43,200 --> 00:57:49,200 Do you think that every Jewish person devout or otherwise is on the face of the planet and is going to go to heaven someday? 1004 00:57:49,200 --> 00:57:52,200 That's not what the Bible says 1005 00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:55,200 And even being in this room 1006 00:57:55,200 --> 00:57:58,200 Being in the right place at the right time to hear the teaching, the preaching 1007 00:57:58,200 --> 00:57:59,200 Preaching yourself 1008 00:57:59,200 --> 00:58:03,200 I could be standing up here trained to break down the word and preach it to you 1009 00:58:03,200 --> 00:58:05,200 Man, he's so good 1010 00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:06,200 His points are clear 1011 00:58:06,200 --> 00:58:07,200 I can understand him 1012 00:58:07,200 --> 00:58:08,200 His illustrations are awesome 1013 00:58:08,200 --> 00:58:09,200 It brings it home, whatever 1014 00:58:09,200 --> 00:58:10,200 And bless you 1015 00:58:10,200 --> 00:58:15,200 And I could go to hell when I die 1016 00:58:15,200 --> 00:58:19,200 You must come through Jesus 1017 00:58:19,200 --> 00:58:21,200 That is the only way 1018 00:58:21,200 --> 00:58:24,200 And that right there where it says 1019 00:58:24,200 --> 00:58:26,200 I will follow His ways 1020 00:58:26,200 --> 00:58:29,200 Includes clearly Jesus 1021 00:58:29,200 --> 00:58:32,200 So the declaration of God is contingent 1022 00:58:32,200 --> 00:58:34,200 Not on your personal declaration 1023 00:58:34,200 --> 00:58:37,200 But on your willingness to follow God's ways 1024 00:58:37,200 --> 00:58:40,200 In particular one way, which is Jesus 1025 00:58:40,200 --> 00:58:42,200 And so is it not possible? 1026 00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:47,200 Don't you think it's possible that we have a whole bunch of people in the world who are declaring themselves? 1027 00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:49,200 Declaration number one 1028 00:58:49,200 --> 00:58:52,200 I believe in God and I'm doing what God wants me to do 1029 00:58:52,200 --> 00:58:53,200 Just follow me 1030 00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:55,200 I very recently heard a man say 1031 00:58:55,200 --> 00:58:57,200 God told me to say this 1032 00:58:57,200 --> 00:58:58,200 God is speaking to me 1033 00:58:58,200 --> 00:58:59,200 He told me to say this 1034 00:58:59,200 --> 00:59:00,200 And then he said it 1035 00:59:00,200 --> 00:59:03,200 And I was like God may have told you to say that 1036 00:59:03,200 --> 00:59:04,200 But he didn't tell you to say it that way 1037 00:59:04,200 --> 00:59:06,200 There is no way 1038 00:59:06,200 --> 00:59:10,200 That's just not how God works 1039 00:59:10,200 --> 00:59:12,200 And yet he was adamant 1040 00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:14,200 And people believed him 1041 00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:16,200 That God was telling him to say it 1042 00:59:16,200 --> 00:59:20,200 And apparently to say it that way 1043 00:59:20,200 --> 00:59:24,200 Your declaration one will only precipitate God's declaration two 1044 00:59:24,200 --> 00:59:28,200 If it's done in Jesus 1045 00:59:28,200 --> 00:59:30,200 Then we come to the setup 1046 00:59:30,200 --> 00:59:31,200 Here's the thing 1047 00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:33,200 You've got to choose 1048 00:59:33,200 --> 00:59:38,200 There are essentially three setups that came to mind as I was preparing this sermon 1049 00:59:38,200 --> 00:59:41,200 The first one is the best one 1050 00:59:41,200 --> 00:59:48,200 It's where we are saved in Jesus Christ and set up and taken care of 1051 00:59:48,200 --> 00:59:51,200 And you can read about it in a whole bunch of places in the Bible 1052 00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:54,200 But I'm going to read about it today in 1 Corinthians chapter 3 1053 00:59:54,200 --> 00:59:56,200 And you can go there and read it in your Bibles if you want 1054 00:59:56,200 --> 01:00:01,200 1 Corinthians chapter 3 beginning in verse 10 1055 01:00:01,200 --> 01:00:04,200 1 Corinthians chapter 3 1056 01:00:04,200 --> 01:00:06,200 After we look at these setups we're on the conclusion already 1057 01:00:06,200 --> 01:00:10,200 1 Corinthians chapter 3 beginning in verse 10 1058 01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:11,200 It says 1059 01:00:11,200 --> 01:00:15,200 According to the grace of God which was given to me as a wise master builder 1060 01:00:15,200 --> 01:00:18,200 I laid a foundation and another is building upon it 1061 01:00:18,200 --> 01:00:21,200 But let each man be careful how he builds upon it 1062 01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:24,200 For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid 1063 01:00:24,200 --> 01:00:27,200 Which is, there it is, Jesus Christ 1064 01:00:27,200 --> 01:00:32,200 Now if any man builds upon the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw 1065 01:00:32,200 --> 01:00:35,200 Each man's work will become evident 1066 01:00:35,200 --> 01:00:40,200 For the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire 1067 01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:43,200 And the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work 1068 01:00:43,200 --> 01:00:47,200 If any man's work which he has built upon it remains he shall receive a reward 1069 01:00:47,200 --> 01:00:50,200 If any man's work is burned up he shall suffer loss 1070 01:00:50,200 --> 01:00:55,200 But he himself shall be saved yet as through fire 1071 01:00:55,200 --> 01:00:59,200 Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 1072 01:00:59,200 --> 01:01:03,200 If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him 1073 01:01:03,200 --> 01:01:06,200 But the temple of God is holy and that is what you are 1074 01:01:06,200 --> 01:01:07,200 Let no man deceive himself 1075 01:01:07,200 --> 01:01:10,200 If any man among you thinks he is wise in this age 1076 01:01:10,200 --> 01:01:13,200 Let him become foolish that he may become wise 1077 01:01:13,200 --> 01:01:16,200 For the wisdom of the world is foolishness before God 1078 01:01:16,200 --> 01:01:19,200 For it is written he is the one who catches the wise in their craft 1079 01:01:19,200 --> 01:01:23,200 And the Lord knows the reasonings of the wise that they are useless 1080 01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:28,200 So then let no one boast in men for all things belong to you 1081 01:01:28,200 --> 01:01:32,200 Whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death 1082 01:01:32,200 --> 01:01:34,200 Or things present or things to come 1083 01:01:34,200 --> 01:01:37,200 All things belong to you and you belong to Christ and Christ belongs to God 1084 01:01:37,200 --> 01:01:39,200 That's the set up that you want 1085 01:01:39,200 --> 01:01:46,200 The foundation is Jesus Christ and the goal then is to live building on that foundation 1086 01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:54,200 I was reading in the suburban press yesterday and it had all these dates about when things were started 1087 01:01:54,200 --> 01:02:01,200 And it talked about when the cornerstone was first set for Waite High School 1088 01:02:01,200 --> 01:02:03,200 To build Waite High School 1089 01:02:03,200 --> 01:02:08,200 And the date and the year when it was first set 1090 01:02:08,200 --> 01:02:10,200 And where that cornerstone was set 1091 01:02:10,200 --> 01:02:14,200 Everything else in that building was going to line up with that cornerstone 1092 01:02:14,200 --> 01:02:18,200 Jesus is our foundation and you have to ask yourself 1093 01:02:18,200 --> 01:02:20,200 And it's hard, I get this, okay 1094 01:02:20,200 --> 01:02:23,200 Because there are a lot of good things in the world and all these things are given to us to enjoy 1095 01:02:23,200 --> 01:02:26,200 But here's the deal, Curtis, give you an example 1096 01:02:26,200 --> 01:02:31,200 Whatever you watch, whatever you play, etc. 1097 01:02:31,200 --> 01:02:35,200 If you're believing in God and trusting in the Lord for what comes after 1098 01:02:35,200 --> 01:02:38,200 Has to line up with that initial cornerstone 1099 01:02:38,200 --> 01:02:43,200 And it's hard to do that yourself, isn't it? 1100 01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:45,200 Easier if you know the prescriptions 1101 01:02:45,200 --> 01:02:48,200 So something comes along 1102 01:02:48,200 --> 01:02:50,200 Oh, wait, this is in the prescriptions 1103 01:02:50,200 --> 01:02:52,200 I know what to do if this happens 1104 01:02:52,200 --> 01:02:57,200 RJ, what do you do if you get a headache? 1105 01:02:57,200 --> 01:02:59,200 Okay, starts by drinking water 1106 01:02:59,200 --> 01:03:01,200 Take medicine 1107 01:03:01,200 --> 01:03:03,200 Okay, starts by drinking water, takes medicine 1108 01:03:03,200 --> 01:03:07,200 Next week, if RJ gets a headache, he's going to start by hydrating 1109 01:03:07,200 --> 01:03:11,200 And if that doesn't work, he's going to take medicine for it so he can get past his headache 1110 01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:13,200 Because he has the prescription 1111 01:03:13,200 --> 01:03:17,200 So what do you do to make sure that all the things of this life that you choose to do 1112 01:03:17,200 --> 01:03:22,200 Line up with the cornerstone, the foundation that God has laid in Jesus Christ? 1113 01:03:22,200 --> 01:03:25,200 You ask yourself, what is God's prescription? 1114 01:03:25,200 --> 01:03:28,200 So what is God's prescription with regard to media? 1115 01:03:28,200 --> 01:03:29,200 Focus on the pure 1116 01:03:29,200 --> 01:03:32,200 What is God's prescription with regards to telling the truth? 1117 01:03:32,200 --> 01:03:34,200 Always tell the truth 1118 01:03:34,200 --> 01:03:39,200 Let all deceit and lies of any kind pass away from you 1119 01:03:39,200 --> 01:03:40,200 And it goes on 1120 01:03:40,200 --> 01:03:41,200 Those are prescriptions 1121 01:03:41,200 --> 01:03:45,200 They're also commands, but they're prescriptions for a certain case 1122 01:03:45,200 --> 01:03:51,200 So we learn the prescriptions, the ordinances, God's judgment 1123 01:03:51,200 --> 01:03:55,200 So what happens if I do get to that point where God puts a gun to my head 1124 01:03:55,200 --> 01:03:57,200 And he's going to pull the trigger if I don't renounce Jesus 1125 01:03:57,200 --> 01:04:00,200 And I renounce Jesus, what might happen? 1126 01:04:00,200 --> 01:04:02,200 You know that the Bible talks about that? 1127 01:04:02,200 --> 01:04:06,200 It says exactly, there's an ordinance, a ruling of God for what to do 1128 01:04:06,200 --> 01:04:08,200 I'll show it to you in the conclusion 1129 01:04:08,200 --> 01:04:13,200 Bottom line is, setup number one, the one that we want is this setup 1130 01:04:13,200 --> 01:04:15,200 It's where Jesus is our foundation 1131 01:04:15,200 --> 01:04:18,200 And everything else in our life must come in line 1132 01:04:18,200 --> 01:04:22,200 Or actually not be part of this building that God is building 1133 01:04:22,200 --> 01:04:24,200 And we say, I can't have that, it's not in me 1134 01:04:24,200 --> 01:04:27,200 Because it doesn't line up with the foundation 1135 01:04:27,200 --> 01:04:31,200 The problem is, there are at least two other setups that people choose from 1136 01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:36,200 The first one you can see clearly in Isaiah chapter 1 1137 01:04:36,200 --> 01:04:40,200 So if you're following along in your Bibles, go to Isaiah chapter 1 1138 01:04:40,200 --> 01:04:44,200 He's one of the bigger prophets in the back of the Old Testament 1139 01:04:44,200 --> 01:04:47,200 So you can kind of thumb through and find Isaiah no problem 1140 01:04:47,200 --> 01:04:49,200 Isaiah chapter 1 1141 01:04:49,200 --> 01:04:51,200 And I'm just going to read 27 through 31 1142 01:04:51,200 --> 01:04:55,200 But understand that Isaiah was recognizing that amongst God's people 1143 01:04:55,200 --> 01:04:57,200 There were those who were making their declaration 1144 01:04:57,200 --> 01:04:59,200 And God was making a declaration about them 1145 01:04:59,200 --> 01:05:01,200 Which is a two-part declaration 1146 01:05:01,200 --> 01:05:04,200 It says, they will be my people and also they will follow my commands 1147 01:05:04,200 --> 01:05:08,200 But they were breaking the second half and calling God a liar 1148 01:05:08,200 --> 01:05:09,200 They were in opposition to God 1149 01:05:09,200 --> 01:05:10,200 That's the day in which he lived 1150 01:05:10,200 --> 01:05:11,200 And then he wrote this 1151 01:05:11,200 --> 01:05:15,200 Zion will be redeemed with justice 1152 01:05:15,200 --> 01:05:20,200 And her repentant ones, that means the people of them that turn back to God 1153 01:05:20,200 --> 01:05:22,200 Will be redeemed with righteousness 1154 01:05:22,200 --> 01:05:24,200 But transgressors, those who cross the line 1155 01:05:24,200 --> 01:05:27,200 And sinners, those who live not in a way that God would want them to 1156 01:05:27,200 --> 01:05:31,200 Will be crushed together 1157 01:05:31,200 --> 01:05:32,200 And those who forsake the Lord 1158 01:05:32,200 --> 01:05:34,200 In other words, if they put him off 1159 01:05:34,200 --> 01:05:36,200 Shall come to an end 1160 01:05:36,200 --> 01:05:40,200 Surely you will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired 1161 01:05:40,200 --> 01:05:41,200 They went after oaks for them 1162 01:05:41,200 --> 01:05:47,200 Would be like TV or sweets or nice houses or nice cars for us, right? 1163 01:05:47,200 --> 01:05:50,200 Surely you will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired 1164 01:05:50,200 --> 01:05:54,200 And you will be embarrassed at the gardens which you have chosen 1165 01:05:54,200 --> 01:05:57,200 For you will be like an oak whose leaf fades away 1166 01:05:57,200 --> 01:05:59,200 Or as a garden that has no water 1167 01:05:59,200 --> 01:06:01,200 And the strong man will become tinder 1168 01:06:01,200 --> 01:06:03,200 His work also a spark 1169 01:06:03,200 --> 01:06:05,200 Get this, we got some strong people in the room 1170 01:06:05,200 --> 01:06:07,200 RJ is strong, Josh is strong 1171 01:06:07,200 --> 01:06:10,200 Jason is strong, Tommy is strong, Aaron is strong 1172 01:06:10,200 --> 01:06:11,200 We got a lot of strong people in the room 1173 01:06:11,200 --> 01:06:12,200 I think Curtis is pretty strong 1174 01:06:12,200 --> 01:06:13,200 I've never put him fully to the test 1175 01:06:13,200 --> 01:06:15,200 But I think he's pretty strong 1176 01:06:15,200 --> 01:06:17,200 I'm getting stronger, right? 1177 01:06:17,200 --> 01:06:18,200 We have some strong people 1178 01:06:18,200 --> 01:06:21,200 This says that a strong man will become tinder 1179 01:06:21,200 --> 01:06:23,200 If you do it in your own strength 1180 01:06:23,200 --> 01:06:25,200 You know what tinder is, right? 1181 01:06:25,200 --> 01:06:28,200 Tinder is the stuff you use to start a fire 1182 01:06:28,200 --> 01:06:31,200 It's the little bits of stuff that burns real easy 1183 01:06:31,200 --> 01:06:33,200 So we strong men will become tinder 1184 01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:36,200 If we don't do it God's way 1185 01:06:36,200 --> 01:06:40,200 And then it says his work also a spark 1186 01:06:40,200 --> 01:06:44,200 So we're the tinder and what we do then in our strength 1187 01:06:44,200 --> 01:06:46,200 Becomes the spark and with a tinder and a spark 1188 01:06:46,200 --> 01:06:48,200 You've got a fire, okay? 1189 01:06:48,200 --> 01:06:51,200 Thus they shall both burn together 1190 01:06:51,200 --> 01:06:54,200 The man and his work 1191 01:06:54,200 --> 01:06:55,200 Catch that? 1192 01:06:55,200 --> 01:06:56,200 Will burn together 1193 01:06:56,200 --> 01:07:00,200 And there will be none to quench them 1194 01:07:00,200 --> 01:07:02,200 Isaiah is saying that there is another way 1195 01:07:02,200 --> 01:07:03,200 What is the way? 1196 01:07:03,200 --> 01:07:04,200 What is the set up here? 1197 01:07:04,200 --> 01:07:06,200 The set up is it's a people that declare 1198 01:07:06,200 --> 01:07:07,200 I believe in God 1199 01:07:07,200 --> 01:07:11,200 I will follow the statutes, the commands, the ordinances and the ways 1200 01:07:11,200 --> 01:07:13,200 But then when it comes down to it 1201 01:07:13,200 --> 01:07:15,200 They're not doing it 1202 01:07:15,200 --> 01:07:18,200 They transgress or they are in sin 1203 01:07:18,200 --> 01:07:22,200 Their work becomes tinder 1204 01:07:22,200 --> 01:07:24,200 I'm sorry, their strength becomes tinder 1205 01:07:24,200 --> 01:07:26,200 And their work becomes a spark 1206 01:07:26,200 --> 01:07:27,200 And now they're burning 1207 01:07:27,200 --> 01:07:31,200 And they are sad and embarrassed at that which they pursued 1208 01:07:31,200 --> 01:07:33,200 In the day that they realize what they've done 1209 01:07:33,200 --> 01:07:34,200 They will be sad and embarrassed 1210 01:07:34,200 --> 01:07:35,200 It's the thing that they thought was great 1211 01:07:35,200 --> 01:07:36,200 That they were so about 1212 01:07:36,200 --> 01:07:37,200 I really want a better job 1213 01:07:37,200 --> 01:07:38,200 I really want more pay 1214 01:07:38,200 --> 01:07:40,200 Listen, you got all the better jobs 1215 01:07:40,200 --> 01:07:41,200 And all the more pay and all the better house 1216 01:07:41,200 --> 01:07:42,200 And all the better health 1217 01:07:42,200 --> 01:07:44,200 You could be healed 1218 01:07:44,200 --> 01:07:46,200 And you could live to be 120 1219 01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:48,200 And by the time your 121st birthday comes 1220 01:07:48,200 --> 01:07:51,200 You're going to be embarrassed about all the things you pursued 1221 01:07:51,200 --> 01:07:55,200 Unless you build your life in Jesus Christ and live for an eternity with God 1222 01:07:55,200 --> 01:07:57,200 We think, oh life is so long 1223 01:07:57,200 --> 01:07:59,200 120 years God will tarry with a man 1224 01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:01,200 That seems like such a long time 1225 01:08:01,200 --> 01:08:05,200 So if I eat right, exercise, drink all the right water, sleep right 1226 01:08:05,200 --> 01:08:06,200 Do all those things 1227 01:08:06,200 --> 01:08:07,200 Manage my money right 1228 01:08:07,200 --> 01:08:08,200 If I honor my parents 1229 01:08:08,200 --> 01:08:09,200 I do all those things 1230 01:08:09,200 --> 01:08:11,200 I might live to be 120 years old 1231 01:08:11,200 --> 01:08:16,200 And on my 121st birthday I will rue everything I ever did 1232 01:08:16,200 --> 01:08:19,200 That wasn't building my life on Jesus Christ 1233 01:08:19,200 --> 01:08:24,200 If I do it as somebody who builds with perishable materials 1234 01:08:24,200 --> 01:08:25,200 And I truly am saved 1235 01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:28,200 But I'm hit or miss, hit or miss all the time 1236 01:08:28,200 --> 01:08:32,200 Then I'll still burn with the stuff 1237 01:08:32,200 --> 01:08:34,200 But ultimately I'll still make it in 1238 01:08:34,200 --> 01:08:36,200 Right, so I'll be burned, I'll be smoking 1239 01:08:36,200 --> 01:08:39,200 As the things that I treasure 1240 01:08:39,200 --> 01:08:41,200 The things that I desired are burnt off of me 1241 01:08:41,200 --> 01:08:42,200 But I'll still go into heaven 1242 01:08:42,200 --> 01:08:44,200 Because I truly am a follower of Jesus 1243 01:08:44,200 --> 01:08:48,200 But if I am not truly a follower through Jesus 1244 01:08:48,200 --> 01:08:49,200 And following the Lord 1245 01:08:49,200 --> 01:08:51,200 Then I won't go in at all 1246 01:08:51,200 --> 01:08:55,200 And I will rue all the things that I thought were awesome in this life 1247 01:08:55,200 --> 01:08:57,200 All the things that I wanted 1248 01:08:57,200 --> 01:08:58,200 Right, so that's the setup 1249 01:08:58,200 --> 01:09:02,200 I suggest to you that who's setting that up 1250 01:09:02,200 --> 01:09:04,200 Right, so if God is setting it up 1251 01:09:04,200 --> 01:09:06,200 1 Corinthians 3, 10 through 23 1252 01:09:06,200 --> 01:09:07,200 If God is setting it up like that 1253 01:09:07,200 --> 01:09:09,200 The foundation is Jesus Christ 1254 01:09:09,200 --> 01:09:10,200 And we're going to build on the foundation 1255 01:09:10,200 --> 01:09:13,200 Who's setting this one up? 1256 01:09:13,200 --> 01:09:16,200 The Isaiah 1 setup 1257 01:09:16,200 --> 01:09:19,200 That's humans, that's people 1258 01:09:19,200 --> 01:09:23,200 It's self, they look after the oaks that they want 1259 01:09:23,200 --> 01:09:26,200 They look after the gardens that they want 1260 01:09:26,200 --> 01:09:29,200 Choked out by the cares and riches of this world 1261 01:09:29,200 --> 01:09:32,200 Maybe they never become saved because they're too busy with the things of this life 1262 01:09:32,200 --> 01:09:36,200 Or they become saved and they struggle too much with the things of this life 1263 01:09:36,200 --> 01:09:39,200 And if they are saved and struggle with the things of this life 1264 01:09:39,200 --> 01:09:40,200 Then when they stand before Jesus 1265 01:09:40,200 --> 01:09:43,200 He'll burn that stuff off so they can enter in for an eternity 1266 01:09:43,200 --> 01:09:47,200 But if they are never saved, they'll burn with it for an eternity 1267 01:09:47,200 --> 01:09:49,200 It's not my word, it's his word 1268 01:09:49,200 --> 01:09:51,200 And people are setting themselves up 1269 01:09:51,200 --> 01:09:53,200 By pursuing the good things of this life 1270 01:09:53,200 --> 01:09:57,200 That are entertaining, that taste good, that are enjoyable 1271 01:09:57,200 --> 01:09:59,200 Right? 1272 01:09:59,200 --> 01:10:01,200 Alright, we've got one more, last one 1273 01:10:01,200 --> 01:10:02,200 And then we go to the conclusion 1274 01:10:02,200 --> 01:10:05,200 So this one is found very clearly in several places 1275 01:10:05,200 --> 01:10:08,200 But we'll read about it in John chapter 8 1276 01:10:08,200 --> 01:10:11,200 John chapter 8 1277 01:10:11,200 --> 01:10:15,200 And the blessings of this is we get it straight from the mouth of Jesus 1278 01:10:15,200 --> 01:10:17,200 As he's talking in John chapter 8 1279 01:10:17,200 --> 01:10:18,200 Okay? 1280 01:10:18,200 --> 01:10:19,200 John 8 1281 01:10:19,200 --> 01:10:22,200 And I'll read beginning in 39 1282 01:10:22,200 --> 01:10:27,200 John chapter 8 beginning in 39 1283 01:10:27,200 --> 01:10:33,200 Jesus is speaking 1284 01:10:33,200 --> 01:10:35,200 I speak the things which I have seen 1285 01:10:35,200 --> 01:10:36,200 This is 38 1286 01:10:36,200 --> 01:10:38,200 I speak the things which I have seen with my father 1287 01:10:38,200 --> 01:10:41,200 Therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father 1288 01:10:41,200 --> 01:10:44,200 They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father 1289 01:10:44,200 --> 01:10:47,200 Jesus said to them, if you are Abraham's children 1290 01:10:47,200 --> 01:10:49,200 Do the deeds of Abraham 1291 01:10:49,200 --> 01:10:53,200 By the way, what were the deeds of Abraham? 1292 01:10:53,200 --> 01:10:55,200 Anybody know? 1293 01:10:55,200 --> 01:10:59,200 The deeds of Abraham would go on the same nation 1294 01:10:59,200 --> 01:11:01,200 Yep, that's what he would do 1295 01:11:01,200 --> 01:11:03,200 That's what would, and really would be done through him 1296 01:11:03,200 --> 01:11:06,200 So the main deed of Abraham was faith 1297 01:11:06,200 --> 01:11:09,200 God saw his faith, that's when he was willing to sacrifice his son 1298 01:11:09,200 --> 01:11:13,200 He saw his faith and counted it to him for righteousness 1299 01:11:13,200 --> 01:11:17,200 So he built his foundation in faith in the way that God was going to make 1300 01:11:17,200 --> 01:11:19,200 That he didn't even know it was Jesus yet 1301 01:11:19,200 --> 01:11:21,200 But he trusted the foundation, which was God 1302 01:11:21,200 --> 01:11:24,200 But it also says that he walked upright before the Lord 1303 01:11:24,200 --> 01:11:29,200 In that faith, it says he followed all the commands of the Lord 1304 01:11:29,200 --> 01:11:30,200 Alright? 1305 01:11:30,200 --> 01:11:33,200 And so what they should be doing is following the commands and the ways 1306 01:11:33,200 --> 01:11:35,200 And the statutes and the ordinances of God 1307 01:11:35,200 --> 01:11:37,200 But Jesus says that's not what they're doing 1308 01:11:37,200 --> 01:11:39,200 They're following something heard from their father 1309 01:11:39,200 --> 01:11:41,200 I submit to you, they have another father 1310 01:11:41,200 --> 01:11:43,200 Someone else is setting them up 1311 01:11:43,200 --> 01:11:45,200 You follow? 1312 01:11:45,200 --> 01:11:48,200 They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father 1313 01:11:48,200 --> 01:11:50,200 And Jesus said to them, if you are Abraham's children 1314 01:11:50,200 --> 01:11:51,200 Do the deeds of Abraham 1315 01:11:51,200 --> 01:11:53,200 But as it is, you are seeking to kill me 1316 01:11:53,200 --> 01:11:55,200 A man has told you the truth 1317 01:11:55,200 --> 01:11:56,200 Which I heard from God 1318 01:11:56,200 --> 01:11:58,200 This Abraham did not do 1319 01:11:58,200 --> 01:12:01,200 You are doing the deeds of your father 1320 01:12:01,200 --> 01:12:04,200 They said to him, we were not born of fornication 1321 01:12:04,200 --> 01:12:06,200 We have one father, even God 1322 01:12:06,200 --> 01:12:09,200 Jesus said to them, if God were your father 1323 01:12:09,200 --> 01:12:10,200 You would love me 1324 01:12:10,200 --> 01:12:12,200 For I proceed forth and have come from God 1325 01:12:12,200 --> 01:12:15,200 For I have not even come on my own initiative 1326 01:12:15,200 --> 01:12:16,200 But he sent me 1327 01:12:16,200 --> 01:12:18,200 Why do you not understand what I am saying? 1328 01:12:18,200 --> 01:12:20,200 It is because you cannot hear my word 1329 01:12:20,200 --> 01:12:23,200 You are of your father the devil 1330 01:12:23,200 --> 01:12:28,200 And you want to do the desires of your father 1331 01:12:28,200 --> 01:12:30,200 He was a murderer from the beginning 1332 01:12:30,200 --> 01:12:31,200 And does not stand in the truth 1333 01:12:31,200 --> 01:12:33,200 Because there is no truth in him 1334 01:12:33,200 --> 01:12:35,200 Whenever he speaks a lie 1335 01:12:35,200 --> 01:12:37,200 He speaks from his own nature 1336 01:12:37,200 --> 01:12:39,200 For he is a liar and the father of lies 1337 01:12:39,200 --> 01:12:41,200 But because I speak the truth 1338 01:12:41,200 --> 01:12:43,200 You do not believe me 1339 01:12:43,200 --> 01:12:45,200 And we will stop there 1340 01:12:45,200 --> 01:12:46,200 The bottom line is 1341 01:12:46,200 --> 01:12:47,200 There is a third set up 1342 01:12:47,200 --> 01:12:49,200 And it is a set up by whom? 1343 01:12:49,200 --> 01:12:51,200 Or by who? 1344 01:12:51,200 --> 01:12:54,200 Who is setting up the third set up? 1345 01:12:54,200 --> 01:12:56,200 Say it again 1346 01:12:56,200 --> 01:12:57,200 Satan 1347 01:12:57,200 --> 01:12:58,200 Right 1348 01:12:58,200 --> 01:13:00,200 So there are three setups 1349 01:13:00,200 --> 01:13:02,200 You can pick and choose from 1350 01:13:02,200 --> 01:13:04,200 And one of them is God's set up 1351 01:13:04,200 --> 01:13:06,200 And one of them is Satan's set up 1352 01:13:06,200 --> 01:13:08,200 And one of them is the set up of people 1353 01:13:08,200 --> 01:13:09,200 Or the world 1354 01:13:09,200 --> 01:13:11,200 So anybody who has not been saved 1355 01:13:11,200 --> 01:13:13,200 Is probably going to choose 1356 01:13:13,200 --> 01:13:16,200 They are going to start with the set up of the world 1357 01:13:16,200 --> 01:13:19,200 But then when they know there is a contradiction 1358 01:13:19,200 --> 01:13:21,200 Or a conflict between God and Satan 1359 01:13:21,200 --> 01:13:22,200 They may choose Satan 1360 01:13:22,200 --> 01:13:24,200 They may choose God 1361 01:13:24,200 --> 01:13:27,200 And if you choose the set up of the world 1362 01:13:27,200 --> 01:13:29,200 And do not choose God or Satan 1363 01:13:29,200 --> 01:13:32,200 You have actually chosen 1364 01:13:32,200 --> 01:13:34,200 Eternal death over eternal life 1365 01:13:34,200 --> 01:13:36,200 There is only one way to get eternal life 1366 01:13:36,200 --> 01:13:37,200 It is through Jesus 1367 01:13:37,200 --> 01:13:38,200 We covered that 1368 01:13:38,200 --> 01:13:39,200 So that brings us to the conclusion 1369 01:13:39,200 --> 01:13:42,200 I just want to recap for one second 1370 01:13:42,200 --> 01:13:45,200 There are two declarations 1371 01:13:45,200 --> 01:13:47,200 There is one declaration that says 1372 01:13:47,200 --> 01:13:50,200 I am a follower of God 1373 01:13:50,200 --> 01:13:51,200 I believe in the Lord 1374 01:13:51,200 --> 01:13:52,200 I will live for the Lord 1375 01:13:52,200 --> 01:13:53,200 Follow His statutes 1376 01:13:53,200 --> 01:13:54,200 His ordinances 1377 01:13:54,200 --> 01:13:55,200 His commands 1378 01:13:55,200 --> 01:13:56,200 And His ways 1379 01:13:56,200 --> 01:13:58,200 And ultimately that will lead you to following the way 1380 01:13:58,200 --> 01:14:00,200 Which is Jesus Christ 1381 01:14:00,200 --> 01:14:02,200 And then your life is built on that 1382 01:14:02,200 --> 01:14:05,200 And you come into eternity with God 1383 01:14:05,200 --> 01:14:07,200 That is the one you want 1384 01:14:07,200 --> 01:14:09,200 But there is also a declaration 1385 01:14:09,200 --> 01:14:10,200 That is of the world 1386 01:14:10,200 --> 01:14:12,200 The world wants the trees 1387 01:14:12,200 --> 01:14:13,200 The world wants the garden 1388 01:14:13,200 --> 01:14:14,200 The world wants a job 1389 01:14:14,200 --> 01:14:16,200 The world wants a paycheck 1390 01:14:16,200 --> 01:14:17,200 The world wants a relationship 1391 01:14:17,200 --> 01:14:19,200 The world wants a better house 1392 01:14:19,200 --> 01:14:20,200 The world wants more help 1393 01:14:20,200 --> 01:14:23,200 The world is waiting for its ship to come in 1394 01:14:23,200 --> 01:14:25,200 And so busy focused on the docks 1395 01:14:25,200 --> 01:14:28,200 That it is missing the declaration 1396 01:14:28,200 --> 01:14:31,200 That would set it up for eternity 1397 01:14:31,200 --> 01:14:32,200 Which is in God 1398 01:14:32,200 --> 01:14:34,200 And then there is a third declaration 1399 01:14:34,200 --> 01:14:36,200 Which is a very persuasive declaration 1400 01:14:36,200 --> 01:14:38,200 Remember these are Jewish people 1401 01:14:38,200 --> 01:14:40,200 He was talking to men who fast two days a week 1402 01:14:40,200 --> 01:14:42,200 Memorize whole books of the Bible 1403 01:14:42,200 --> 01:14:44,200 Baptize people 1404 01:14:44,200 --> 01:14:46,200 Teach about God 1405 01:14:46,200 --> 01:14:48,200 That is who he was talking to 1406 01:14:48,200 --> 01:14:52,200 And he said to them that Satan was their father 1407 01:14:52,200 --> 01:14:53,200 You follow? 1408 01:14:53,200 --> 01:14:57,200 It is a very persuasive, very tricky 1409 01:14:57,200 --> 01:14:59,200 Right in the middle of your life 1410 01:14:59,200 --> 01:15:02,200 Set up that you do not want 1411 01:15:02,200 --> 01:15:04,200 So choose, I would say simply put 1412 01:15:04,200 --> 01:15:07,200 You want to choose the set up of God 1413 01:15:07,200 --> 01:15:09,200 Which brings us to the conclusions 1414 01:15:09,200 --> 01:15:11,200 Sorting the set ups 1415 01:15:11,200 --> 01:15:14,200 In your life you are going to have to make a decision 1416 01:15:14,200 --> 01:15:16,200 I liken it to this 1417 01:15:16,200 --> 01:15:20,200 There are two men who live side by side 1418 01:15:20,200 --> 01:15:25,200 One guy kept letting his dog run on the other guy's property 1419 01:15:25,200 --> 01:15:28,200 And pooping on his grass 1420 01:15:28,200 --> 01:15:31,200 Casing his cat 1421 01:15:31,200 --> 01:15:34,200 And so finally the guy whose cat was getting cased 1422 01:15:34,200 --> 01:15:36,200 And his property was getting pooped on 1423 01:15:36,200 --> 01:15:38,200 Said I am going to build a fence 1424 01:15:38,200 --> 01:15:40,200 I am going to put up a privacy fence 1425 01:15:40,200 --> 01:15:42,200 And that will keep his dog up 1426 01:15:42,200 --> 01:15:44,200 He calls the dog warden 1427 01:15:44,200 --> 01:15:46,200 But every time he calls the dog warden comes 1428 01:15:46,200 --> 01:15:48,200 The dog is on his back or blah blah blah 1429 01:15:48,200 --> 01:15:52,200 And he says well I am going to build a fence 1430 01:15:52,200 --> 01:15:55,200 Between my property and his property 1431 01:15:55,200 --> 01:15:58,200 So he goes out and buys the lumber 1432 01:15:58,200 --> 01:16:00,200 Gives the post hole digger some cement 1433 01:16:00,200 --> 01:16:02,200 Goes every eight feet 1434 01:16:02,200 --> 01:16:04,200 Put the hole in the ground 1435 01:16:04,200 --> 01:16:06,200 Put the post in the ground 1436 01:16:06,200 --> 01:16:08,200 Put some cement around it 1437 01:16:08,200 --> 01:16:10,200 There is water that soaks into the cement 1438 01:16:10,200 --> 01:16:12,200 It becomes solid rock 1439 01:16:12,200 --> 01:16:14,200 Turns all the way down 1440 01:16:14,200 --> 01:16:16,200 Turns the corner all the way back up to his house 1441 01:16:16,200 --> 01:16:18,200 And his whole backyard is fenced in 1442 01:16:20,200 --> 01:16:24,200 But the guy with the dog says 1443 01:16:24,200 --> 01:16:26,200 Hey we had a problem 1444 01:16:26,200 --> 01:16:28,200 What are you talking about we got a problem 1445 01:16:28,200 --> 01:16:30,200 He said you built that fence 1446 01:16:30,200 --> 01:16:32,200 On my property 1447 01:16:32,200 --> 01:16:34,200 I know you built it to keep out my dog 1448 01:16:34,200 --> 01:16:36,200 And we have had some trouble with that 1449 01:16:36,200 --> 01:16:38,200 But the bottom line is that line of fence 1450 01:16:38,200 --> 01:16:40,200 Between my property and your property 1451 01:16:40,200 --> 01:16:42,200 That line of fence 1452 01:16:42,200 --> 01:16:44,200 Is on my property 1453 01:16:44,200 --> 01:16:46,200 It belongs to me 1454 01:16:46,200 --> 01:16:48,200 Because you built it on my property 1455 01:16:48,200 --> 01:16:50,200 And the court sides with the person who says 1456 01:16:50,200 --> 01:16:52,200 You built a fence on their property and it is their fence 1457 01:16:52,200 --> 01:16:54,200 And he says and by the way 1458 01:16:54,200 --> 01:16:56,200 I don't want a fence 1459 01:16:56,200 --> 01:16:58,200 If I wanted a fence I would have put a fence up 1460 01:16:58,200 --> 01:17:00,200 So I am going to take the fence down 1461 01:17:00,200 --> 01:17:02,200 The guy is like 1462 01:17:02,200 --> 01:17:06,200 The guy takes the fence down 1463 01:17:06,200 --> 01:17:08,200 A few days later 1464 01:17:08,200 --> 01:17:10,200 His dog is chasing his cat again 1465 01:17:10,200 --> 01:17:12,200 Poops appearing in his backyard again 1466 01:17:12,200 --> 01:17:14,200 He goes out 1467 01:17:14,200 --> 01:17:16,200 He buys cement 1468 01:17:16,200 --> 01:17:18,200 He already got a post hole digger 1469 01:17:18,200 --> 01:17:20,200 He buys some posts and he buys a fence 1470 01:17:20,200 --> 01:17:22,200 And he puts the fence up 1471 01:17:22,200 --> 01:17:24,200 Guess where 1472 01:17:24,200 --> 01:17:26,200 On his own property 1473 01:17:26,200 --> 01:17:28,200 And now the fence cannot be taken down 1474 01:17:28,200 --> 01:17:30,200 Turn your Bibles to Revelation chapter 21 1475 01:17:30,200 --> 01:17:32,200 If you are following along 1476 01:17:34,200 --> 01:17:36,200 Revelation 21 1477 01:17:36,200 --> 01:17:38,200 I am going to read beginning in verse 6 1478 01:17:42,200 --> 01:17:44,200 This is a vision if you will 1479 01:17:44,200 --> 01:17:46,200 Of the coming of the new heavens 1480 01:17:46,200 --> 01:17:48,200 And the new earth 1481 01:17:48,200 --> 01:17:50,200 And God has taken care of all of it 1482 01:17:50,200 --> 01:17:52,200 It says in verse 6 1483 01:17:52,200 --> 01:17:54,200 And he said to me 1484 01:17:54,200 --> 01:17:56,200 It is done 1485 01:17:56,200 --> 01:17:58,200 I am the Alpha and the Omega 1486 01:17:58,200 --> 01:18:00,200 The beginning and the end 1487 01:18:00,200 --> 01:18:02,200 I will give to the one who is the first 1488 01:18:02,200 --> 01:18:04,200 And the second 1489 01:18:04,200 --> 01:18:06,200 And the second and the third 1490 01:18:06,200 --> 01:18:08,200 And the fourth 1491 01:18:08,200 --> 01:18:10,200 And the fifth 1492 01:18:10,200 --> 01:18:12,200 And the sixth 1493 01:18:14,200 --> 01:18:16,200 And let me have a look at the end 1494 01:18:16,200 --> 01:18:18,200 I will give to the one who thirsts 1495 01:18:18,200 --> 01:18:20,200 From the spring of the water of life 1496 01:18:20,200 --> 01:18:22,200 Without cost 1497 01:18:25,200 --> 01:18:27,200 So God says 1498 01:18:27,200 --> 01:18:29,200 I will give to the one who thirsts 1499 01:18:29,200 --> 01:18:31,200 Once you recognize you have a need 1500 01:18:31,200 --> 01:18:33,200 Jason have you recognized you have a need 1501 01:18:33,200 --> 01:18:39,000 I will give from the spring of the water of life without cost. 1502 01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:41,700 It's already paid for. It's free. 1503 01:18:41,700 --> 01:18:43,700 Remember, your declaration is good. 1504 01:18:43,700 --> 01:18:45,200 There are going to be a lot of people in the world who have said, 1505 01:18:45,200 --> 01:18:49,200 I'm moving for God and get there and they don't get to go to heaven. 1506 01:18:49,200 --> 01:18:51,200 Because they didn't do it through Jesus. 1507 01:18:51,200 --> 01:18:54,200 Jesus himself said, Matthew 7, 1508 01:18:54,200 --> 01:18:59,200 There will be many who say unto me, Lord, Lord, but do not enter the kingdom of heaven. 1509 01:18:59,200 --> 01:19:03,200 Jesus said while he was preaching on the earth, okay, 1510 01:19:03,200 --> 01:19:08,200 It's free. You just have to recognize that you have a thirst, that you have a need and go to God for it. 1511 01:19:08,200 --> 01:19:11,200 And he says, I will give of the water of life without cost. 1512 01:19:11,200 --> 01:19:13,200 Continuing in verse 7, he says, 1513 01:19:13,200 --> 01:19:17,200 Then he who overcomes shall inherit these things, 1514 01:19:17,200 --> 01:19:22,200 And I will be his God, and he will be my son. 1515 01:19:22,200 --> 01:19:26,200 So God will let you drink of the water of life. 1516 01:19:26,200 --> 01:19:31,200 It's free, and then you just have to overcome. 1517 01:19:31,200 --> 01:19:34,200 So the foundation is laid. Get it? 1518 01:19:34,200 --> 01:19:37,200 Jesus is the foundation. The foundation is laid. 1519 01:19:37,200 --> 01:19:42,200 And now you build throughout the struggles of your life, throughout the difficulty, etc., etc. 1520 01:19:42,200 --> 01:19:45,200 You build on that foundation. 1521 01:19:45,200 --> 01:19:48,200 And the one who overcomes, so in other words, right now all you got to do is all you got to do. 1522 01:19:48,200 --> 01:19:52,200 And people say this all the time, and I think people then say they do it, 1523 01:19:52,200 --> 01:19:54,200 But they don't really do it in many cases. 1524 01:19:54,200 --> 01:19:57,200 You just have to say to God, OK, God, I recognize I have a thirst. 1525 01:19:57,200 --> 01:19:59,200 There is something in me. 1526 01:19:59,200 --> 01:20:02,200 One of the guys at Camp You Can said, I tried it all. 1527 01:20:02,200 --> 01:20:04,200 In fact, it was J.C. He said, I tried it all. 1528 01:20:04,200 --> 01:20:08,200 He said, I did drugs, I did party scene, I had people cheering me, 1529 01:20:08,200 --> 01:20:11,200 Shouts and praises and music, bar scene. 1530 01:20:11,200 --> 01:20:16,200 He said, at one point in time, I had a million dollars in cash in my closet. 1531 01:20:16,200 --> 01:20:18,200 And he wasn't being figurative. He's literal. 1532 01:20:18,200 --> 01:20:23,200 He literally had a million dollars of cash stacked in his closet. 1533 01:20:23,200 --> 01:20:26,200 And he said, and I realized I was empty. 1534 01:20:26,200 --> 01:20:28,200 I needed something. 1535 01:20:28,200 --> 01:20:34,200 And whatever it was, everything that I had tried, and he had taken everything from anybody in his life. 1536 01:20:34,200 --> 01:20:40,200 He said he was so big and so bad and so strong and so scary that anything he asked for, people give it to him. 1537 01:20:40,200 --> 01:20:43,200 He could take anything he wanted. No girl turned him down. 1538 01:20:43,200 --> 01:20:45,200 Somebody got a hundred bucks in their pocket, he asked for it. 1539 01:20:45,200 --> 01:20:48,200 They gave it to him, because if he wanted, he could just take it. 1540 01:20:48,200 --> 01:20:51,200 He killed so many people, beat so many people. 1541 01:20:51,200 --> 01:20:55,200 No one would turn him down. He could have anything he wanted, anytime he wanted. 1542 01:20:55,200 --> 01:20:59,200 And he realized he couldn't have the one thing he needed. 1543 01:20:59,200 --> 01:21:04,200 He recognized a thirst in himself. 1544 01:21:04,200 --> 01:21:10,200 Once you've recognized that thirst in yourself, God is willing to give you the water of life without cost. 1545 01:21:10,200 --> 01:21:15,200 And then He expects you to overcome in this life, to stick with Him, 1546 01:21:15,200 --> 01:21:21,200 to stand by His commands, His statutes, His ordinances, and His ways, and do it God's way. 1547 01:21:21,200 --> 01:21:28,200 And if you do that, you shall then inherit all thing, and you will be a child to God forever. 1548 01:21:28,200 --> 01:21:33,200 But listen, verse 8, and this is scary. 1549 01:21:33,200 --> 01:21:35,200 But for the cowardly. 1550 01:21:35,200 --> 01:21:39,200 Do you know what a coward is? 1551 01:21:39,200 --> 01:21:47,200 A coward is a person who doesn't act in courage to do the right thing. 1552 01:21:47,200 --> 01:21:53,200 They're the kind of person who will say something bad about you, but not to your face. 1553 01:21:53,200 --> 01:21:58,200 They're the kind of person who will say, I believe in Jesus, and I'm living for Him no matter what. 1554 01:21:58,200 --> 01:22:04,200 But when a gun is to their head, they'll renounce His name. 1555 01:22:04,200 --> 01:22:08,200 He says, but for the cowardly and the unbelieving. 1556 01:22:08,200 --> 01:22:11,200 Unbelieving is the kind of people who do not trust God, they do not believe God, 1557 01:22:11,200 --> 01:22:14,200 they do not believe God can do what God says He's going to do. 1558 01:22:14,200 --> 01:22:21,200 And for the abominable, and for the murderers, and immoral persons, and sorcerers. 1559 01:22:21,200 --> 01:22:27,200 Sorcerers are the kind of people who think that if they say the right thing, God will do what they want Him to do. 1560 01:22:27,200 --> 01:22:33,200 Or they can twist somebody else to get them to do what they want if they just do the right thing in this life. 1561 01:22:33,200 --> 01:22:37,200 Idolaters, that's someone who worships anything else. 1562 01:22:37,200 --> 01:22:42,200 If there is anything that comes remotely close to the value of God in your life. 1563 01:22:42,200 --> 01:22:46,200 It's not that you can say, well I can't have other gods before Him like greater than Him. 1564 01:22:46,200 --> 01:22:50,200 It's you can't have any other gods in His presence. 1565 01:22:50,200 --> 01:22:56,200 So if you're busy looking for a way to be entertained when you ought to be looking for a way to be grown in the Lord, 1566 01:22:56,200 --> 01:22:59,200 you've got to ask yourself, are you an idolater? 1567 01:22:59,200 --> 01:23:03,200 And it says, but for the cowardly, and the unbelieving, and the abominable, and the murderers, and the immoral persons, 1568 01:23:03,200 --> 01:23:11,200 and the sorcerers, and the idolaters, and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, 1569 01:23:11,200 --> 01:23:13,200 which is the second death. 1570 01:23:13,200 --> 01:23:15,200 Notice that verse 8 starts with a but. 1571 01:23:15,200 --> 01:23:22,200 The drink is given freely for those who recognize the thirst. 1572 01:23:22,200 --> 01:23:28,200 And those who recognize the thirst and receive the drink that overcome shall inherit these things, 1573 01:23:28,200 --> 01:23:30,200 and become a child of God for eternity. 1574 01:23:30,200 --> 01:23:35,200 But for the cowardly, whether or not they are given the drink, the cowardly, the unbeliever, the abominable, 1575 01:23:35,200 --> 01:23:43,200 the murderers, the immoral persons, the sorcerers, the idolaters, the liars, their part will be in the lake of fire. 1576 01:23:43,200 --> 01:23:45,200 God wants to set you up. 1577 01:23:45,200 --> 01:23:51,200 By His grace, He is willing to give you a drink from the spring of life, 1578 01:23:51,200 --> 01:23:55,200 which He paid for with His very own blood through His Son Jesus Christ. 1579 01:23:55,200 --> 01:23:58,200 By His grace, as a free gift, you cannot earn it. 1580 01:23:58,200 --> 01:24:00,200 It's not about what you say. 1581 01:24:00,200 --> 01:24:02,200 A lot of times we want people to say, yeah, I believe. 1582 01:24:02,200 --> 01:24:06,200 And you should. That's your part. That's your declaration. 1583 01:24:06,200 --> 01:24:12,200 But somebody saying, yeah, I believe when they don't is worse than somebody who doesn't say, yeah, I believe. 1584 01:24:12,200 --> 01:24:18,200 Either way, they still wind up in hell, unless they at some point truly do believe. 1585 01:24:18,200 --> 01:24:27,200 But it's worse to say, I believe when you don't, because then you paint a picture that God is a liar. 1586 01:24:27,200 --> 01:24:32,200 Paint a picture that God's declaration is false, and God's declaration is not false. 1587 01:24:32,200 --> 01:24:36,200 And it says, we were once objects of wrath, Ephesians 2. 1588 01:24:36,200 --> 01:24:40,200 But by grace, you have been saved through faith, through believing. 1589 01:24:40,200 --> 01:24:43,200 You let Jesus' death stand for you. 1590 01:24:43,200 --> 01:24:48,200 He became your Lord, and now you walk in His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His ways, 1591 01:24:48,200 --> 01:24:55,200 and follow His voice, and you overcome, and you get eternity in heaven with God. 1592 01:24:55,200 --> 01:24:57,200 And it's amazing. 1593 01:24:57,200 --> 01:25:00,200 In fact, a little earlier in that chapter is a brief description. 1594 01:25:00,200 --> 01:25:04,200 He says, 1595 01:25:04,200 --> 01:25:08,200 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, 1596 01:25:08,200 --> 01:25:12,200 and He shall dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be among them, 1597 01:25:12,200 --> 01:25:16,200 and He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there shall no longer be any death, 1598 01:25:16,200 --> 01:25:19,200 there shall no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain. 1599 01:25:19,200 --> 01:25:23,200 The first things have passed away. 1600 01:25:23,200 --> 01:25:29,200 And He who sits on the throne said, Behold, I am making all things new. 1601 01:25:29,200 --> 01:25:33,200 Eternity with God is the exact thing. 1602 01:25:33,200 --> 01:25:36,200 But I ask you, when you're choosing your setups, 1603 01:25:36,200 --> 01:25:41,200 let's say if you were the enemy, and you wanted to have a good chance 1604 01:25:41,200 --> 01:25:46,200 that somebody would choose either Satan's setup or man's setup and not choose God's setup, 1605 01:25:46,200 --> 01:25:49,200 what would you do? 1606 01:25:49,200 --> 01:25:52,200 How would you hide it? 1607 01:25:52,200 --> 01:25:54,200 Where would you put it? 1608 01:25:54,200 --> 01:25:58,200 Would you put it up high where somebody couldn't reach it? 1609 01:25:58,200 --> 01:26:05,200 Well, that doesn't work, because God can easily make somebody be able to reach it 1610 01:26:05,200 --> 01:26:11,200 by providing a ladder, by providing a boost, whatever. 1611 01:26:11,200 --> 01:26:15,200 And all you have to do is see it and know that you need it, 1612 01:26:15,200 --> 01:26:21,200 thirst for it a little bit, and God will give it readily, freely. 1613 01:26:21,200 --> 01:26:23,200 So what would you do? 1614 01:26:23,200 --> 01:26:30,200 If you were Satan and you were trying to hide this setup of God, what would you do? 1615 01:26:30,200 --> 01:26:35,200 I submit to you, just put it in plain view. 1616 01:26:35,200 --> 01:26:41,200 Put it right there, so simple, so easy, not confusing, 1617 01:26:41,200 --> 01:26:46,200 and then distract people from looking at it. 1618 01:26:46,200 --> 01:26:55,200 Distract them with oak trees and gardens, sports cars, and cute girls and cute guys, 1619 01:26:55,200 --> 01:26:59,200 drugs, and whatever else you can. 1620 01:26:59,200 --> 01:27:06,200 For that thing that is right there in front of them that God has made open and evident to everyone 1621 01:27:06,200 --> 01:27:13,200 will not be chosen by those who think they want something else. 1622 01:27:13,200 --> 01:27:19,200 I got back from Camp You Can, and I was a little put out for a few minutes, 1623 01:27:19,200 --> 01:27:23,200 because for one, one of the boys left with their parents before I knew it. 1624 01:27:23,200 --> 01:27:26,200 I can just see their parents or say anything, and I'm like, 1625 01:27:26,200 --> 01:27:29,200 Holy cow, where is he? 1626 01:27:29,200 --> 01:27:32,200 I'm like, where is he? 1627 01:27:32,200 --> 01:27:36,200 And no one that was still there could remember seeing him after the rest area, 1628 01:27:36,200 --> 01:27:40,200 and so for a hot minute I thought, oh no, did we leave him at the rest area? 1629 01:27:40,200 --> 01:27:43,200 And then I called RJ, and I said, did you see him back at the building? 1630 01:27:43,200 --> 01:27:48,200 I was like, no, I didn't see him, but Jason was in the car with RJ, 1631 01:27:48,200 --> 01:27:51,200 and Jason said, oh yeah, he rode with me from the rest area back to the church building, 1632 01:27:51,200 --> 01:27:54,200 and so then we knew everything was fine. 1633 01:27:54,200 --> 01:28:00,200 Well, at the same time, and that's how easy it is, he was right there in plain view, 1634 01:28:00,200 --> 01:28:04,200 but I didn't see him, and so I began to wonder. 1635 01:28:04,200 --> 01:28:08,200 But at the same time, there was another boy who couldn't find his bag in the car. 1636 01:28:08,200 --> 01:28:10,200 His bag, he's looking for his bag. 1637 01:28:10,200 --> 01:28:13,200 He looked at the entire van for his bag, and he couldn't find it. 1638 01:28:13,200 --> 01:28:16,200 And his brother began to look for his bag. 1639 01:28:16,200 --> 01:28:18,200 Now everybody's looking for the bag. 1640 01:28:18,200 --> 01:28:19,200 We're all looking for the bag. 1641 01:28:19,200 --> 01:28:21,200 Nobody's got the bag, so I told RJ on the phone, I said, 1642 01:28:21,200 --> 01:28:24,200 RJ, I'm pretty sure you took the bag, because you took the other vehicle with the rest of the bags. 1643 01:28:24,200 --> 01:28:27,200 He said, no, I made sure I only had the bags of the people that are with me. 1644 01:28:27,200 --> 01:28:30,200 He said, I don't have anybody else's bags, and I said, 1645 01:28:30,200 --> 01:28:31,200 well, they're all looking at the van. 1646 01:28:31,200 --> 01:28:32,200 We're all looking at the van. 1647 01:28:32,200 --> 01:28:33,200 I don't see it. 1648 01:28:33,200 --> 01:28:35,200 They don't see it, and he kept saying, it's my blue bag. 1649 01:28:35,200 --> 01:28:36,200 It's my blue bag. 1650 01:28:36,200 --> 01:28:40,200 He thought it was a gray bag, but it was blue. 1651 01:28:40,200 --> 01:28:41,200 He kept saying, it's my gray bag. 1652 01:28:41,200 --> 01:28:42,200 It's my gray bag. 1653 01:28:42,200 --> 01:28:44,200 Finally, they found the bag, and it wasn't gray. 1654 01:28:44,200 --> 01:28:51,200 His bag that he used all week long at Camp You Can, that he packed, that he carried, his bag, 1655 01:28:51,200 --> 01:28:54,200 he thought it was gray, and it was blue. 1656 01:28:54,200 --> 01:28:57,200 And somebody else, which happened to be his brother, had to say, listen, that's not gray. 1657 01:28:57,200 --> 01:29:01,200 That's blue, and it's been blue all week long, and that's your bag. 1658 01:29:01,200 --> 01:29:02,200 And he looked at it, that's my bag. 1659 01:29:02,200 --> 01:29:04,200 Yep, that's right, it is blue. 1660 01:29:04,200 --> 01:29:07,200 Where are you going to hide the setup that God has? 1661 01:29:07,200 --> 01:29:09,200 You hide it in plain view. 1662 01:29:09,200 --> 01:29:11,200 Tell people it looks a little different. 1663 01:29:11,200 --> 01:29:16,200 Somebody in this room is going, but I'm not sure because I want this, this, and this. 1664 01:29:16,200 --> 01:29:18,200 Somebody brought into a prosperity gospel. 1665 01:29:18,200 --> 01:29:24,200 Listen, you can follow Jesus, and you may suffer. 1666 01:29:24,200 --> 01:29:28,200 You can follow Jesus, and you could get, probably not in our day, but it could happen, 1667 01:29:28,200 --> 01:29:32,200 especially if you became a missionary in a foreign country, you could get burned at the stake, 1668 01:29:32,200 --> 01:29:36,200 or crucified, or get your fingernails pulled out. 1669 01:29:36,200 --> 01:29:41,200 In the last week, somebody in the Arab community across the world has had their fingernails pulled out 1670 01:29:41,200 --> 01:29:47,200 because that's the common treatment that they use on them to get them, to tell them who told them about Jesus. 1671 01:29:47,200 --> 01:29:48,200 That's what they do. 1672 01:29:48,200 --> 01:29:51,200 They keep them awake all night long, deprive them, waterboard them, and pull their fingernails out 1673 01:29:51,200 --> 01:29:55,200 until they tell them who told them about Jesus. 1674 01:29:55,200 --> 01:30:00,200 And most of the time they don't, because they know they're going to die anyway. 1675 01:30:00,200 --> 01:30:03,200 So what good does it do? They just suffer until they're dead. 1676 01:30:03,200 --> 01:30:07,200 And then spend eternity in heaven with God. 1677 01:30:07,200 --> 01:30:10,200 So it isn't always going to be peaches and cream. 1678 01:30:10,200 --> 01:30:13,200 He said, I'll give you freely of the spring of life. 1679 01:30:13,200 --> 01:30:16,200 And for him who overcomes, you stay the course. 1680 01:30:16,200 --> 01:30:20,200 Follow the commands, follow the statues, follow the ordinances, and follow his ways, 1681 01:30:20,200 --> 01:30:24,200 and stick with Jesus, and build on the foundation that Jesus has given. 1682 01:30:24,200 --> 01:30:26,200 Then there's eternity. 1683 01:30:26,200 --> 01:30:32,200 The great blessing is God will strengthen you, he will provide for you, he will protect you, 1684 01:30:32,200 --> 01:30:38,200 he will give you purpose, and he will give you power while you are doing that to overcome. 1685 01:30:38,200 --> 01:30:43,200 Even if you get sick, even if you get hurt physically, emotionally, or psychologically, 1686 01:30:43,200 --> 01:30:45,200 you can overcome and stick with him. 1687 01:30:45,200 --> 01:30:47,200 It is not about getting rich. 1688 01:30:47,200 --> 01:30:49,200 It is not about getting healthy. 1689 01:30:49,200 --> 01:30:51,200 It is not about having prettier stuff. 1690 01:30:51,200 --> 01:30:59,200 It is about building on the foundation of Jesus Christ, which is largely about your declaration. 1691 01:30:59,200 --> 01:31:01,200 And we're right back to the beginning. 1692 01:31:01,200 --> 01:31:04,200 They could have been listed in different order. 1693 01:31:04,200 --> 01:31:09,200 The declaration of God happens first, now I'm saved, now I have the power, authority, etc. 1694 01:31:09,200 --> 01:31:13,200 to make my own declaration and to keep it. 1695 01:31:13,200 --> 01:31:15,200 Will you? 1696 01:31:15,200 --> 01:31:20,200 The question is, have you recognized a thirst in yourself? I thirst for God. 1697 01:31:20,200 --> 01:31:23,200 I need something more than what this life has thus far provided me, 1698 01:31:23,200 --> 01:31:26,200 and if so, then you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, 1699 01:31:26,200 --> 01:31:33,200 and he will give you a drink of the spring of life for free. 1700 01:31:33,200 --> 01:31:39,200 If you can honestly sit here and say, I do not nor have I ever recognized a thirst within myself, 1701 01:31:39,200 --> 01:31:43,200 and I can tell you flat out based on the scripture, you are not saved. 1702 01:31:43,200 --> 01:31:46,200 You are not ready to be saved. 1703 01:31:46,200 --> 01:31:49,200 But if you can say, I have recognized a thirst in myself, and I have reached out for God, 1704 01:31:49,200 --> 01:31:52,200 and he has given me a drink, I have been filled up by the Lord, 1705 01:31:52,200 --> 01:31:58,200 yes, I have troubles, but I am overcoming, then you are saved. 1706 01:31:58,200 --> 01:32:05,200 And you're set up for this life and for the next. 1707 01:32:05,200 --> 01:32:09,200 But let's not play games, shall we? 1708 01:32:09,200 --> 01:32:15,200 Don't say to God, yeah, I'll be yours, but I'm still going to do what I want to do, 1709 01:32:15,200 --> 01:32:19,200 unlike what you said, in contrast to what God said, I'm going to do what I want to do. 1710 01:32:19,200 --> 01:32:23,200 No, we do as God would have us to do, and we stand firm, 1711 01:32:23,200 --> 01:32:26,200 and God is still in the soul-saving business. 1712 01:32:26,200 --> 01:32:28,200 And so we have to go out there and find those people and say, 1713 01:32:28,200 --> 01:32:32,200 look, this is right here in front of you. 1714 01:32:32,200 --> 01:32:33,200 I know it's not complicated. 1715 01:32:33,200 --> 01:32:38,200 You want a rich formula with 17 ingredients, but here it's as simple as this. 1716 01:32:38,200 --> 01:32:43,200 Have you recognized a thirst in yourself, something that this world does not satisfy? 1717 01:32:43,200 --> 01:32:48,200 I have. If you have, Jesus says, go to Him, and He'll give you a drink of the spring of life, 1718 01:32:48,200 --> 01:32:51,200 and you will be made eternal. You'll be taken care of. 1719 01:32:51,200 --> 01:32:53,200 It's that simple. 1720 01:32:53,200 --> 01:32:55,200 And then just live for Him for the rest of your life and overcome, 1721 01:32:55,200 --> 01:33:01,200 and you'll sail on into the kingdom, regardless of any suffering you may have in the meantime. 1722 01:33:01,200 --> 01:33:04,200 So why are we not? Why are we not? 1723 01:33:04,200 --> 01:33:10,200 Everybody that we talk to, every opportunity that we get, ask that one question. 1724 01:33:10,200 --> 01:33:14,200 Have you noticed a thirst in yourself that this world cannot satisfy? 1725 01:33:14,200 --> 01:33:17,200 If they say no, you could stop right there. 1726 01:33:17,200 --> 01:33:23,200 Or you could say, well, if you ever do, I can tell you what it is. 1727 01:33:23,200 --> 01:33:26,200 And they may later that day or the next week or months down the road or years, 1728 01:33:26,200 --> 01:33:30,200 and you may see them in heaven, they may attribute their salvation to you. 1729 01:33:30,200 --> 01:33:34,200 Have you ever noticed a thirst in yourself that this world cannot satisfy? 1730 01:33:34,200 --> 01:33:37,200 Just go to Jesus. 1731 01:33:37,200 --> 01:33:42,200 Jesus is at the well, John chapter 4, final illustration. 1732 01:33:42,200 --> 01:33:46,200 The woman is there. 1733 01:33:46,200 --> 01:33:49,200 She's had a bunch of men married multiple times, 1734 01:33:49,200 --> 01:33:52,200 and the guy she's with right now is not her husband. 1735 01:33:52,200 --> 01:33:56,200 She's a Samaritan, so a Jew shouldn't even be talking to her. 1736 01:33:56,200 --> 01:33:59,200 Jesus sends the disciples on ahead to get food. 1737 01:33:59,200 --> 01:34:02,200 And they say, well, don't you need food? We'll bring some back for you. 1738 01:34:02,200 --> 01:34:06,200 And He said, I have food of which you know not. 1739 01:34:06,200 --> 01:34:10,200 In other words, I don't need food right now because I'm being fed. 1740 01:34:10,200 --> 01:34:16,200 And He said, His food is to do the will of His Father, and then you know what He did. 1741 01:34:16,200 --> 01:34:21,200 He stayed there, and instead of eating, He told that woman how to be saved. 1742 01:34:21,200 --> 01:34:24,200 He told her many things, all the things that she had done. 1743 01:34:24,200 --> 01:34:28,200 And He said, if you knew who I was, you'd have asked of me, 1744 01:34:28,200 --> 01:34:33,200 and I'd give you a drink, and you'd never thirst again. 1745 01:34:33,200 --> 01:34:36,200 And she said, well, you don't even have a bucket. How are you going to draw water? 1746 01:34:36,200 --> 01:34:38,200 Because she didn't understand what He was talking about. 1747 01:34:38,200 --> 01:34:49,200 But now, you do, and I do, and I submit to you, we need to go find others who do. 1748 01:34:49,200 --> 01:34:51,200 Thank you very much. This concludes our services. 1749 01:34:51,200 --> 01:35:04,200 Go be there for, and be the church.