1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,360 Thank you for listening to this message from Life House Church. 2 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:12,360 Amen, amen. 3 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,760 Listen, it's good to be in God's house. 4 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:22,440 It's good to feel His presence in worship. 5 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,480 I heard you singing back there. 6 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,360 I don't know what you felt back there, but I could just feel God moving. 7 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,320 Felt it all morning long. 8 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,100 Looked up at 345 this morning. 9 00:00:32,100 --> 00:00:33,820 Could not go back to sleep. 10 00:00:33,820 --> 00:00:37,580 So man, Sunday nap is going to be in order. 11 00:00:37,580 --> 00:00:40,800 But I just have felt God's presence literally since early this morning. 12 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:41,800 Just praying. 13 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,080 So just get ready because God's getting ready to do something. 14 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,520 And I believe that with all my heart and hope you came in expecting. 15 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,880 We should every time we come in the house of God, we should be expecting to meet the 16 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,680 Lord and just to see what He's got for you this morning. 17 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:55,680 And it's good. 18 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,200 Hey, I want to make an extended invitation to you after the next gathering. 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,800 After second gathering, we're going to have a get together. 20 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,200 If you saw back there, it's a little decorated. 21 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:10,360 Pastor Andrew and Alicia are closing out their season here on staff at Life House and they're 22 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:14,780 moving on in ministry to their own work where they've been assigned. 23 00:01:14,780 --> 00:01:16,240 And you can chat with them about that. 24 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,560 But we want to get after second gathering, we're going to pray over them. 25 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,640 We're going to have a time of blessing and just the time to get together. 26 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:26,040 And if you got cards or a way to express or if you just want to give them a hug, just 27 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:30,400 want to stick around, give them a hug and talk to them and give a word of appreciation 28 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:31,800 after second gathering. 29 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,160 We just want to take a few minutes and spend some time with them. 30 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:39,080 And however long everybody wants to hang around and just talk with them and get them ready 31 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:44,600 as they launch off into a new work and head out to a new plan that God has for them. 32 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:50,880 So please, if you can, if I know this is first gathering, if you can stop back after second 33 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:52,720 or you can just say for round two. 34 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:54,880 Hey, man, I might preach better second time. 35 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:56,320 You never know. 36 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:00,360 So please make an effort if you can. 37 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:01,360 Revive tonight. 38 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:05,360 If you've never been to a revived gathering, you need to come out this evening. 39 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:06,360 They're different. 40 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,320 This is I don't get up and preach. 41 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:09,720 It's not this kind of format. 42 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:13,600 We come together and worship and God just moves and it's cool. 43 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:14,600 Sometimes there's testimony. 44 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,400 How many know it's good to hear somebody's story about what God's doing in their life. 45 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:20,160 There's testimony sometimes. 46 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,000 Sometimes there's just prayers going on. 47 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,440 It's kind of we don't we don't set an agenda at that. 48 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:26,440 We just worship God. 49 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,580 We get together and sing and worship and lift up his name. 50 00:02:28,580 --> 00:02:33,000 So if you can come out this evening, we're excited about Revive every time. 51 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,320 I've never walked away from Revive gathering. 52 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,180 I thought, man, that was a waste of time. 53 00:02:37,180 --> 00:02:38,180 Never once. 54 00:02:38,180 --> 00:02:42,140 We've always go away saying, man, God was so good. 55 00:02:42,140 --> 00:02:43,140 He spoke things. 56 00:02:43,140 --> 00:02:44,140 Amen. 57 00:02:44,140 --> 00:02:46,960 If you haven't, if you don't believe me, just talk to somebody else because you're like, 58 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:47,960 well, he's the pastor. 59 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:49,380 He's always going to say that. 60 00:02:49,380 --> 00:02:50,380 Not true. 61 00:02:50,380 --> 00:02:51,380 Talk to somebody that's been there. 62 00:02:51,380 --> 00:02:54,080 Well, here I'm going to give I'm going to make a statement this morning. 63 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,320 Start this message off. 64 00:02:56,320 --> 00:03:01,240 Sometimes what I see is not always what I get. 65 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:02,240 Right. 66 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,880 Sometimes what I see with my eyes is not always what I get. 67 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:10,640 Sometimes what I observe and will not be an accurate depiction of what's really taking 68 00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:11,640 place. 69 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:18,880 Sometimes my interpretation of what I'm seeing with my eyes is not precisely what's happening 70 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:20,880 in front of me. 71 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:23,480 Sometimes what I see is not what I'm going to get. 72 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:24,480 Right. 73 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:25,480 Say it with me. 74 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,280 Sometimes what I see. 75 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:36,160 Sometimes what I see is not always what I want to get or maybe what I'm not getting. 76 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:37,160 OK. 77 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:38,160 All right. 78 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:42,240 This is true of many things in life, and it can be particularly true in a church. 79 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:46,520 Things happen in church sometimes that we might see it, but we're not really picking 80 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:48,600 up on what's going on. 81 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,760 And it depends on your background, it depends where you're coming from. 82 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:53,480 Water baptism is kind of one of those things. 83 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:54,480 Right. 84 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,080 You know, and water baptism is one of our favorites Sundays around here when we baptize 85 00:03:58,080 --> 00:03:59,080 somebody. 86 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:00,120 It's a celebration. 87 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:01,280 It's amazing. 88 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:02,280 It's wonderful. 89 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:07,240 We set our little baptismal pool up usually right here, sometimes right in the middle. 90 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:08,240 And right. 91 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:12,680 And for a Christian like we're giddy on Baptism Sunday. 92 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,480 We're excited as soon as you come in the room and you know, people got towels are getting 93 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:21,000 baptized and they're slogging around in their bare feet, you know, and we're going to hear 94 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,840 testimony what's going on. 95 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:26,600 And when somebody testifies with God's done, we throw them backwards in the water. 96 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:27,600 Right. 97 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:31,960 Because it represents the old man or woman dying to sin and coming back up alive. 98 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:36,800 And we cheer and we raise our hands and we sing songs and we do all those things. 99 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,880 And for us, man, it what we see is what it is. 100 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:41,160 We love it. 101 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:42,160 Right. 102 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:46,520 And if you're not a believer and you've never heard anything about Christianity and it's 103 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:50,560 your first time coming into a church and you walk in and you're like, why do they got a 104 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:51,560 sauna? 105 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:52,560 Right. 106 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,600 Why do they got a whirlpool up in front of the church? 107 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,880 And you know, the preacher gets in there and they're wondering like, why are they dunking 108 00:04:58,880 --> 00:04:59,880 them backwards? 109 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:00,880 Right. 110 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:02,000 They're throwing them backwards and pulling them back. 111 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,800 They're seeing it, but they're not getting it. 112 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:04,800 Right. 113 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:06,840 They know what's happening, but they don't know what's happening. 114 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:09,360 It happens in church all the time. 115 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,820 And if you're familiar, you know what's going on. 116 00:05:11,820 --> 00:05:13,560 If you're not, this is a strange thing. 117 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:15,000 They don't people backwards. 118 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Everybody cheers and goes crazy. 119 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,680 And they're like, what is going on right now? 120 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:19,680 Communion can be one of those things. 121 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:20,680 Right. 122 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,320 It's not always what you're seeing is not always what you're getting. 123 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:26,520 Sometimes it's communion for us is amazing. 124 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:28,960 We're going to have communion at the end of gathering today. 125 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:34,860 And for us, it's a celebration of and a remembrance time of what Jesus did on the cross. 126 00:05:34,860 --> 00:05:35,960 We remember the blood. 127 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:37,260 We remember his body. 128 00:05:37,260 --> 00:05:38,260 We remember all those things. 129 00:05:38,260 --> 00:05:42,320 And if you're a believer, it's sacred is holy. 130 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,160 It's a time to commune with God. 131 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,800 But if you're an unbeliever, you've never experienced any of this. 132 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,840 You're like, they give me a little cup of juice and they give me a little tiny piece 133 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:50,840 of bread. 134 00:05:50,840 --> 00:05:51,840 Right. 135 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:54,020 This one, this one satisfy an aunt's appetite. 136 00:05:54,020 --> 00:05:55,600 What is going on here? 137 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,720 Well, because what you see is not always what you get. 138 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,320 And I'm not even going to talk about foot washing. 139 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:02,320 Okay. 140 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,180 You know, there's the right. 141 00:06:04,180 --> 00:06:10,160 What you see is not always what you get, and they're not seeing they're seeing it, but 142 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:11,800 they're not fully getting it. 143 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,400 And sometimes it's like that for us. 144 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,440 And there's another area in the church that could be true. 145 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,140 And that's worship. 146 00:06:19,140 --> 00:06:21,200 Say worship this morning. 147 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:22,480 Worship. 148 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:28,720 Even if you've attended church for a long period of time, our definition of worship 149 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,160 might not be completely accurate. 150 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:37,280 Even if you've seen what takes place in a worship service, our definition might be skewed 151 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:38,880 just a bit. 152 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,160 We might be seen it, but we might totally not be getting it right. 153 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:46,720 It might it might not look like that because sometimes if you just go to church and the 154 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,680 only thing you've ever used is church for your definition of worship, you're going to 155 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:52,000 think it's a couple of things. 156 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Right. 157 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,200 You get up and sing three songs, maybe four, depending on the church that you're in. 158 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:57,960 And that is part of worship. 159 00:06:57,960 --> 00:06:59,800 We talk about worship and giving in the offering. 160 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:00,800 Right. 161 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:01,960 We talk about that every single week here. 162 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,760 And then it's actually attending a worship service. 163 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:08,560 But that's not the whole picture of worship. 164 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,680 We can should participate in those. 165 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,440 We can participate in those. 166 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:13,440 Right. 167 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:14,440 We should do that. 168 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:15,440 But that's not all of it. 169 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:19,840 So if you got your Bibles, I want us to just broaden our view this morning a little bit 170 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:20,840 about worship. 171 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:25,920 If you got your Bibles, you can go to Genesis chapter four, first book in the Bible, right. 172 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:27,760 Chapter four, verse one. 173 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:30,560 And while you're turning there, I'm going to pray over the reading of God's word. 174 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:32,120 Father, we thank you for this day. 175 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:33,520 I thank you for each one that's in the house. 176 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:35,400 God, I pray you'd open our hearts to worship. 177 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:41,480 God, that you would guide, direct us, Lord, as we lean in, God, as we, Lord, literally 178 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:43,800 tilt in to hear your word. 179 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:49,400 And God, as we get ready to receive and, Lord, God ultimately respond in worship to 180 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,520 you, we'll give you praise. 181 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,440 We'll give you glory and honor. 182 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:54,440 In Jesus' name. 183 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:55,440 Amen. 184 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:56,440 Amen. 185 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,200 So let's just expand our view just a little bit. 186 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,120 We got it right with some of those things and some you're like, well, I know some other 187 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:02,120 things. 188 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:03,120 That's awesome. 189 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:04,120 But let's just take a look. 190 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:05,680 Genesis chapter four, verse one says this. 191 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:11,760 Now Adam knew Eve, his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain and said, I have I have acquired 192 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:13,440 a man from the Lord. 193 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:14,440 Then she bore again. 194 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,040 And this time his brother Abel. 195 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:21,160 Now Abel was a keeper of the sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 196 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:25,680 And in the process of time, it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit 197 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:27,520 of the ground to the Lord. 198 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:32,000 Abel also brought of the first fruit of his flock and of their fat. 199 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:38,480 And the Lord respected Abel and his offering, but he did not respect Cain and his offering. 200 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:43,460 And Cain was very angry and his countenance fell. 201 00:08:43,460 --> 00:08:48,400 Cain and Abel engage in a spiritual act of worship. 202 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,640 They're giving a sacrifice to God. 203 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:57,360 They're they're they're sacrificing something to the Lord and they bring it to the Lord. 204 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,400 They're offering up this sacrifice. 205 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,080 They're giving of their substance. 206 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:02,080 Right. 207 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:08,920 One was a keeper of the sheep or a kind of a farmer that takes care of the animals. 208 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:10,840 And one was a tiller of the ground. 209 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,920 They're both bringing increase of some kind of theirs. 210 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,360 They're both bring and sacrifice by nature. 211 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:21,160 You know, if you're going to talk about sacrifice, you're going to talk about an offering. 212 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,880 You're going to talk about giving. 213 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:27,920 Sacrifice implies that it's going to cost you something, right? 214 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,960 You can't sacrifice something and it not cost you something. 215 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:36,360 There's something there's cost involved in bringing a sacrifice to God. 216 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,320 There's a cost involved in bringing an offering to God. 217 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:43,760 There's a cost involved if you're offering something up to God, even worship. 218 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:45,080 There's a cost involved. 219 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:46,080 We can't. 220 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:51,660 They couldn't bring a sacrifice of any kind without costing something. 221 00:09:51,660 --> 00:09:58,200 And by nature of the word, it means that I'm going to lose something to give it up, something 222 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:02,200 of value to give up to someone else. 223 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:03,840 So it's an idea. 224 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:05,800 I want you to even get a picture in your head. 225 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:11,360 If I'm sacrificing, it's taking something that I have and I'm giving it up. 226 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:12,360 Right. 227 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:13,480 I'm either giving it to a person. 228 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:14,840 I'm giving it to God. 229 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:16,840 I'm sacrificing. 230 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:18,400 But there's a cost. 231 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:20,120 It's going to cost me. 232 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:26,640 Now, if I was going to get my wife Dixie a birthday present and I should probably pay 233 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:31,040 something for that birthday present, she'd like, Amen. 234 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:32,560 It should cost me something. 235 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:33,560 Right. 236 00:10:33,560 --> 00:10:34,560 It might be time. 237 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:35,560 It might be money. 238 00:10:35,560 --> 00:10:36,880 It might be effort of some kind. 239 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:42,480 But if there's no cost, if there's no effort involved, there's really kind of no sacrifice. 240 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:43,480 Right. 241 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,400 And it's kind of a little value. 242 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:47,560 And you can think of it along the lines of this this way. 243 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:48,560 Right. 244 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:49,560 Her birthday rolls around. 245 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:50,560 It's a little surprise, baby. 246 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:51,560 All right. 247 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:54,920 February 14th comes and I haven't really got anything prepared. 248 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:58,080 And I got up in the morning and I think I'm going to get her a ring. 249 00:10:58,080 --> 00:10:59,080 She needs a new ring. 250 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:00,080 She deserves a ring. 251 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:01,340 I should just get her a ring. 252 00:11:01,340 --> 00:11:02,480 So I go into the cupboards. 253 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,980 I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do because it's the morning of her birthday. 254 00:11:05,980 --> 00:11:07,480 And I find some loaves of bread. 255 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,520 And I'm thinking, you know, those bread twisties just might work out. 256 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:11,520 Right. 257 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:13,840 And I take the bread twisties off and I start braiding them together. 258 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:16,320 Now, I know there's a little creativity there. 259 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:17,320 Right. 260 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:18,320 But that's about it. 261 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:19,320 Right. 262 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:21,760 And I make this nice little ring out of a bread twisties. 263 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,400 And I say, honey, it's your birthday. 264 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:25,740 Here it is. 265 00:11:25,740 --> 00:11:30,800 How many think that's going to be an acceptable sacrifice for my wife? 266 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:31,800 I'm thinking not so much. 267 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,060 She's going to be thinking exactly what you're thinking. 268 00:11:34,060 --> 00:11:36,640 You forgot, didn't you? 269 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:37,880 Right. 270 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:44,680 But if I went out and I planned ahead and I got her a one, a two, a three carat ring, 271 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:50,920 a diamond of some kind, maybe some precious stone of some kind with a really nice cut, 272 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:53,200 set in a setting of silver or gold. 273 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,000 How many know that's a little bit of a sacrifice? 274 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,000 Amen. 275 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,400 I'm going to have to get something up to get to get all that. 276 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:00,400 Right. 277 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,960 And how many know she's going to respect that sacrifice? 278 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:05,840 Because it cost me something. 279 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:07,280 It costs right. 280 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,100 Two brothers bring an offering to the Lord. 281 00:12:10,100 --> 00:12:12,160 Both of them bring something to God. 282 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:14,160 And it did cost both of them. 283 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,000 So here's what happens. 284 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,360 Cain brings the word of God says Cain brings the first fruit of his flock. 285 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,160 He brings the best. 286 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:25,920 He brings what is first in the firstborn. 287 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:30,320 If you brought a sacrifice, it had to be completely pure of defects. 288 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,280 Lamb that was pure of defects. 289 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:37,720 It was white, you know, and he would bring that lamb and it was a first fruit. 290 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:40,060 The word of God says that came right. 291 00:12:40,060 --> 00:12:42,040 He just brings some fruit or grain. 292 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,000 It doesn't say anything about first fruits. 293 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,480 He doesn't say anything about a blood sacrifice. 294 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:48,880 It both it cost them both something. 295 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,440 But one of them, it costs more. 296 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:57,040 And one of them brought what was required because at this point in time with sacrifices, 297 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:00,920 if you want to make a sacrifice to God, it was a blood sacrifice. 298 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:01,920 It was an animal. 299 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,400 Now, Cain could have he could have taken some of his crops. 300 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:05,400 He could have sold him. 301 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:09,120 He could have traded for a firstborn and brought it. 302 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:10,400 But he didn't. 303 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,140 He didn't do what was required. 304 00:13:12,140 --> 00:13:14,140 He didn't bring what was of value. 305 00:13:14,140 --> 00:13:18,920 He didn't bring what was should cost something and meant something shedding of blood cost 306 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:20,080 something right. 307 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:23,000 Taking a life blood being spilled. 308 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,760 There's a cost in that there's a deep cost. 309 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:32,880 And it says Cain just grab some fruit or veggies, whatever he had and brought it for a sacrifice. 310 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:34,000 What am I saying? 311 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:40,420 True worship of God means that I bring an acceptable sacrifice to the Lord. 312 00:13:40,420 --> 00:13:44,080 You got to bring what's acceptable, what's going to cost you something right. 313 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,920 And whatever form of worship you're doing, whether it's giving or or singing or whatever 314 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:53,480 you're doing, however you're worshiping God, it needs to be an acceptable form of worship. 315 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,280 I don't worship God in just any old way. 316 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:58,480 I don't just make it up as I go along. 317 00:13:58,480 --> 00:13:59,480 Right. 318 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,720 I don't make my own definition of worship. 319 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,560 And what is what do I think worship looks like? 320 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:09,360 I don't just throw anything up to God any old way and say, here you go, God. 321 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:10,360 Right. 322 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:13,800 Whatever you know, and I think that looks a little bit like worship. 323 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:15,920 I don't come to God on my terms. 324 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:20,620 I come to God on his terms and what he says is worship. 325 00:14:20,620 --> 00:14:23,240 What he says is acceptable worship. 326 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:24,240 Right. 327 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:29,000 Do you know what God sees when we just do things our way, when we just decide, well, 328 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,000 you know what? 329 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,200 I think is an acceptable form of worship. 330 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:32,520 I'm just going to go ahead and do this. 331 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:33,520 I didn't check anything out. 332 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:37,240 I was going to give God any old thing right in a worship style. 333 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:38,240 God sees arrogance. 334 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:39,240 He sees pride. 335 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:40,240 Right. 336 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:41,240 He sees rebellion and all that. 337 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:42,440 You know why I see it that way? 338 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:44,240 Because it is right. 339 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:45,240 We can't do that. 340 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:49,080 Cain gets it all wrong in his pride and arrogance. 341 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:50,080 He does. 342 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:51,460 He does it his way. 343 00:14:51,460 --> 00:14:53,080 He does what he wants to do. 344 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,160 And God doesn't thrash Cain for it. 345 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,080 God doesn't get all judgmental on Cain. 346 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:01,520 And in fact, if you read verse six, God gently rebukes him. 347 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:02,520 So it says this. 348 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,520 So the Lord said to Cain, why are you so angry? 349 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,560 Why is your countenance falling? 350 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:12,320 If you do well, right, will you not be accepted? 351 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:16,080 Will you not be respected if you sacrifice properly? 352 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:22,040 And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door and desires and its desires for you. 353 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,640 But you should rule over it. 354 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:28,360 God brings this gentle rebuke on Cain. 355 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,680 He says, Cain, look, just go back and do it again. 356 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:32,680 Just do it well. 357 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:34,180 Just get it right. 358 00:15:34,180 --> 00:15:35,800 Just do it my way. 359 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,680 Do what's acceptable in my sight. 360 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,520 Just go back and do that. 361 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:46,880 Worship starts with me doing what is acceptable in God's sight. 362 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:48,080 True worship starts. 363 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:52,080 It's not just singing and giving, but it's how I do something. 364 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:53,080 Right? 365 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:56,160 It's got to be acceptable in God's sight. 366 00:15:56,160 --> 00:16:00,720 God's not looking for my interpretation on something or my, you know, He's not calling 367 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:08,120 me up and consulting with me on how my righteous sacrifice should look. 368 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,760 He's saying, listen, when you come to worship me, do it this way. 369 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:14,120 I want you to get this right. 370 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,560 Just like Cain, go back and do it again. 371 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:21,080 It needs to be an acceptable sacrifice in an acceptable manner. 372 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,080 And don't make it up. 373 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:25,800 Don't just figure it out on your own. 374 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:30,000 Don't just say, hey, I think this is worship to God. 375 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,320 Know what is worship to God. 376 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:32,320 Right? 377 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:36,240 I'm going to give you a little example of what I'm talking about. 378 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,540 And listen, I'm going to quote a country music song. 379 00:16:39,540 --> 00:16:40,960 Please don't email me on Monday. 380 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:45,520 OK, I know there's country music fans out there and be like, you don't understand the 381 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:46,720 interpretation of the song. 382 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:47,720 I get it. 383 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:48,720 I get it. 384 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:49,720 But please don't email me. 385 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,440 But I think this song is a little bit exactly what I'm talking about. 386 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:59,080 When we're talking about an acceptable worship to God, I think this is kind of unacceptable. 387 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:00,080 And this song is called My Church. 388 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:01,840 I don't know some of you might have heard it. 389 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:02,840 All right. 390 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:03,840 It's a country song that's out there. 391 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:06,920 But let me just read you the let me just read you the lyrics to this. 392 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:07,920 I know there's country fans everywhere. 393 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:08,920 They're getting ready. 394 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:09,920 I'm going to get shot at on Monday. 395 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:10,920 All right. 396 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:12,440 But it says this in the lyrics. 397 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:13,440 Right. 398 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:14,440 It says I've cussed on a Sunday. 399 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,320 How many know that's not a good start? 400 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:17,880 I've cussed on a Sunday. 401 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:19,640 I've cheated and I've lied. 402 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:23,500 I've fallen down from grace a few too many times. 403 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:28,960 But I find my holy redemption when I put this car in drive, roll the windows up. 404 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:32,200 I roll the windows down and turn up the dial. 405 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:33,520 Can I get a hallelujah? 406 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,240 Can I get an amen? 407 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,640 Feels like the Holy Ghost running through you. 408 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:44,320 When I play the highway FM, I find my soul revival singing every single verse. 409 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,920 Yeah, I guess that's my church. 410 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,000 When Hank, how many know who Hank Williams is? 411 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,000 Right. 412 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,240 When Hank brings the sermon and cash that's Johnny cash. 413 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:54,240 Right. 414 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:55,240 Leads the choir. 415 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:59,120 I got a cold, cold heart burning hotter than a ring of fire. 416 00:17:59,120 --> 00:18:01,040 I got to do a little twang with it. 417 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:06,600 And when it's when this wonderful world gets heavy, right, and I need to find my escape, 418 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:12,760 I just keep the wheels rolling radio scrolling till my sins wash away. 419 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:13,960 I don't know. 420 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:15,800 I don't think that's it. 421 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:16,800 Amen. 422 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:17,800 I don't think I would. 423 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:19,760 I don't think that's what God had in mind. 424 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:24,320 I don't think old Hank Williams and Johnny Cash died on a cross for any of us. 425 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:25,320 Right. 426 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:31,120 Listen, when we're going to come to God, we need to bring an acceptable sacrifice. 427 00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:35,340 We need to bring something that is reverent and holy before God. 428 00:18:35,340 --> 00:18:38,680 We need to how we worship God matters. 429 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:39,680 Right. 430 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:41,200 How we're going to do this. 431 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:45,600 Don't offer your interpretation or your opinion or something that you just conjured up in 432 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,800 your own mind and thought this is it. 433 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:53,720 Find out what God has to say and bring an acceptable form of worship before God. 434 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:54,720 Didn't got it wrong. 435 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:55,720 God didn't thrash him. 436 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:57,280 He just said, go back and get it right. 437 00:18:57,280 --> 00:18:58,600 Cain didn't, by the way. 438 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,160 If you read the rest of the story, he got mad. 439 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:02,400 He got irritated. 440 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:03,400 He rebelled. 441 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:08,080 And matter of fact, he got so angry that it turned into fury and he killed his brother. 442 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:10,600 It's the first murder recorded in scripture. 443 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:11,760 Right. 444 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:14,680 Just engage in acceptable worship. 445 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:15,680 All right. 446 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:17,040 So what is acceptable worship? 447 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:21,200 Now, I'm just going to scratch the surface this morning, but I'm going to do that. 448 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:25,240 Hebrews 12 28 says this, Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be 449 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:31,840 shaken, let us have grace by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly 450 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:35,080 fear for our God is a consuming fire. 451 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:40,680 I want you to focus on that word serve that word serve in this passage in the original 452 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,640 Greek is actually a word for worship. 453 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:45,840 You can interchangeably put worship there. 454 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:51,420 It's used 21 times in the New Testament in this form of serve, but it actually means 455 00:19:51,420 --> 00:19:53,360 to serve and to worship. 456 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:58,040 And if you look at another form of the word worship in the Greek, it's a now probably 457 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,320 going to butcher this a little bit because I'm not great with Greek. 458 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:01,320 Right. 459 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:06,600 But it's therapy, which is the English version for therapy, which actually means to heal. 460 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:07,720 All right. 461 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:14,120 So what acceptable worship means that when we serve God, we serve others. 462 00:20:14,120 --> 00:20:18,800 Acceptable worship means that when we engage in serving God, we serve other people and 463 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:22,200 we bring a healing quality to that serve. 464 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:23,200 All right. 465 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:24,200 That's what it means. 466 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:27,760 Nine out of 10 people would never put in their definition. 467 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:29,200 Well how do you worship God? 468 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,120 Will I go serve people? 469 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:32,800 They might not ever put that in there. 470 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:33,800 Nine out of 10. 471 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,920 We'll talk about singing or something else. 472 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:40,280 But the word of God says when you go serve other people, right, when you serve God, you're 473 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:45,440 serving people and there's a healing element that comes along with that. 474 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:50,880 The reality when you serve is that the healing hand of God should be working through you. 475 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:53,480 When people I kind of picture it this way. 476 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,800 I kind of picture the heavenly hosts up in heaven. 477 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:56,800 Right. 478 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,800 All the angels may be gathered about and you're down there just serving away. 479 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:01,320 Well, you're not a church. 480 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:02,920 You just want to help somebody. 481 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:03,920 You want to serve somebody. 482 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:05,380 You want to encourage somebody. 483 00:21:05,380 --> 00:21:07,480 And they're like, oh, yeah, there it is. 484 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:08,480 They're worshiping. 485 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:09,480 Right. 486 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,400 And look at the healing they're bringing. 487 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,000 Look at the healing they're bringing to somebody. 488 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,360 That's worshiping God. 489 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:15,360 Right. 490 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:17,780 You know, it's a crazy thought that went through my head. 491 00:21:17,780 --> 00:21:21,800 What if we said that, you know, we got in a church service on Sunday morning and we 492 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,760 said it's time to worship and we all stood up to sing and raise our hands. 493 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:29,160 What if we just busted out and started ministering to one another? 494 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:33,200 What if we just broke out and started having a healing moment for somebody that's sitting 495 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,800 next to you and that could look like you just prayed for them. 496 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:36,800 Right. 497 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:38,620 It could just be a word of encouragement that you give. 498 00:21:38,620 --> 00:21:42,920 It's a scripture that might you you might hand over to them and say, listen, man, I 499 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:43,920 was praying here. 500 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:47,100 God just gave me a scripture verse that might just speak to you. 501 00:21:47,100 --> 00:21:48,320 What if it was that? 502 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:49,320 Right. 503 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,760 Because that is that's worship. 504 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:58,720 What if somebody was lonely and you want to visit them and you brought healing, right. 505 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:00,720 Companionship in somebody's life. 506 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:02,180 Right. 507 00:22:02,180 --> 00:22:06,960 What if somebody needed their couch taken from upstairs to downstairs and they didn't 508 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:08,720 have anybody else to help them? 509 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:10,320 How many know that's a healing moment? 510 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:11,320 Amen. 511 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,720 You might need some healing if you tried by yourself. 512 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:14,720 Right. 513 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:16,280 I've done that already. 514 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:17,760 You and the couch end up at the bottom. 515 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:18,760 Right. 516 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:19,760 In a not so good position. 517 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:22,000 You know, but it's a healing. 518 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,800 It's serving God. 519 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:29,120 Well, you know, worship going up that goes up to heaven is when you serve God and you 520 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:30,860 do it with the right heart. 521 00:22:30,860 --> 00:22:32,560 You do it with the right attitude. 522 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:33,560 You come in. 523 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,320 You know, you're not complaining the whole way there. 524 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,720 You're like, man, I got to take time out of my day. 525 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,720 You're just worshiping God. 526 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,200 It's a little bit like mimicking Jesus. 527 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,680 And Zach, I heard him say it this morning. 528 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:47,920 Talking about a child mimicking. 529 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:48,920 Right. 530 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:50,820 It's mimicking Jesus. 531 00:22:50,820 --> 00:22:52,360 This is what Jesus did. 532 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:54,320 We're supposed to be Christians. 533 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,640 Christians mean one of the meanings of Christian was little Christ. 534 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:58,640 All right. 535 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:02,160 We're just supposed to be a little dose, you know, and a little child that follows a parent 536 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:03,160 around. 537 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:07,400 And Zach, you were saying it and they mimic their parents and they do, you know, if you 538 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:08,400 walk, they walk. 539 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:09,400 Right. 540 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:10,400 If you sing, they sing. 541 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,880 If you lift up your hand, I see this all the time in church. 542 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:13,880 You lift up your hand. 543 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:15,120 They lift up their hand. 544 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:16,120 Right. 545 00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:17,120 You say a certain phrase. 546 00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:18,160 They say certain phrase. 547 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:19,640 Be careful what you say, by the way. 548 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:20,640 All right. 549 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,240 They because they go to kids church and repeat it, whatever it is. 550 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:24,240 All right. 551 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:25,240 It's true. 552 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:26,240 All right. 553 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:34,880 But when we mimic Jesus, we worship God because we're serving like he serves. 554 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,600 It's acceptable worship. 555 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:41,840 And we bring service and we bring healing to people. 556 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,120 First John 2 6 says this. 557 00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:49,560 Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did. 558 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,280 Why? 559 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,400 Because it's worship. 560 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:57,080 Because heaven notices when you do this. 561 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:58,840 Last thing I'm going to give you today. 562 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:00,800 Acceptable worship is reverent worship. 563 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,560 Say reverent. 564 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:03,560 It's reverent worship. 565 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:04,560 OK. 566 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:05,560 Speak to somebody beside you. 567 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:06,560 Shake them a little. 568 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:07,560 Say, hey, it's reverent worship. 569 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:08,560 Come on, shake them up. 570 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:09,560 Somebody shake up. 571 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:10,560 All right. 572 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:11,720 It's reverent worship. 573 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:19,160 Any form of worship is not acceptable to God if reverence does not accompany that worship. 574 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:20,560 And reverence is this. 575 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:25,080 Reverence is if you're going to reverently worship God, there's got to be honor that's 576 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:26,080 involved with that. 577 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:27,520 You got to give honor. 578 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:30,520 You got to have adoration for God. 579 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,080 One of the terms that's used in that is homage. 580 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,840 And homage is a word that's used in a public setting. 581 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,720 It's giving honor in public. 582 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,180 It's recognizing God in public. 583 00:24:42,180 --> 00:24:43,480 That's a form of worship. 584 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:47,880 When you praise God in public in some kind of way, just saying a word about Jesus in 585 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:49,360 public, that's homage. 586 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:51,200 It's honor, adoration, and homage. 587 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:56,320 As a matter of fact, Jesus said, if you are ashamed of me in front of men, he said, I'll 588 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:59,200 be ashamed of you one day in front of my father. 589 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:00,200 That's what he said of you. 590 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:01,200 Come on. 591 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,120 It is really just honoring God. 592 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:06,200 And acceptable worship requires reverent worship. 593 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:07,840 It requires that I honor God. 594 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,360 It requires that I give adoration to God. 595 00:25:10,360 --> 00:25:15,240 It requires that I'm willing to give homage to God publicly. 596 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:16,240 Honor. 597 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:17,240 Say honor. 598 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:18,240 Adoration. 599 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:19,240 Adoration. 600 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:20,240 Say adoration. 601 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:21,240 Homage. 602 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:22,240 Say homage. 603 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:26,520 A word we don't use very often, right? 604 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:35,600 Reverence accompanies my worship if he is my Lord, if he's my God, my Savior, right? 605 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:41,040 If it's personal, if he's my Jesus, not just Jesus, but he's my Jesus. 606 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:42,520 You ever hear anybody say that? 607 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,000 Well, that's just my Jesus. 608 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,000 Come on. 609 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,000 That's personal. 610 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,520 That's just how my Jesus does. 611 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,240 That's just how my Jesus works. 612 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,800 That's just who he is, right? 613 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:57,400 Listen, reverence accompanies worship when Jesus is first place in my life. 614 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:58,480 He really does. 615 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:04,040 When he's my shelter, and not just a shelter, not just a fortress, but he's my shelter. 616 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,600 He's my fortress. 617 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:07,440 He's my provision, right? 618 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:08,920 He's my future. 619 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:10,560 He's my God, right? 620 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,680 And he's the one I trust in. 621 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,560 When it's personal. 622 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:16,480 When it's reverent. 623 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,320 That's when you get adoration. 624 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:22,920 Not just that he is God, but he's your God. 625 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:24,880 It's got to be reverence. 626 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:29,000 When I sing to him, there has to be reverence. 627 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,000 There's got to be adoration involved. 628 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,480 That's why we throw our hands up sometimes and throw our head back. 629 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,600 Some of you tear up when you're singing. 630 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,880 It's because you got adoration for God. 631 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,480 You understand he's your God. 632 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,840 You remember back to what he did, right? 633 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:47,840 I remember when I used to... 634 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:51,560 How many of you know it's not about how good your voice is? 635 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:52,640 Thank God, right? 636 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:54,240 It's not how good our voice is. 637 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:55,880 It really isn't. 638 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,720 I used to stand beside a teenager in church. 639 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,520 He had the worst voice I ever heard in my life. 640 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:05,120 He couldn't carry a tune in a bucket if somebody handed him a bucket and stuck the tune in 641 00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:06,120 it. 642 00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:07,120 It was awful. 643 00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:10,760 But he was one of the greatest worshipers I've ever seen. 644 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,040 He would worship God with everything that was in it. 645 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:17,640 He'd throw everybody off who was hanging around him because he was so bad. 646 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,720 But man, he loved God. 647 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:22,680 And he adored God. 648 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,800 And he sang like it. 649 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:26,880 He lived like it. 650 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,920 You didn't make any mistake when you watched him worship. 651 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:36,620 Whatever we're doing, there's got to be this reverence for God. 652 00:27:36,620 --> 00:27:41,200 We come in and say, listen, if you're not going to give God reverence, then be quiet. 653 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,960 God isn't okay with you just getting up and going, here you go. 654 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:47,080 Everything I need. 655 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:48,080 Everything I need. 656 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,160 My father has it. 657 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:51,600 He doesn't need that. 658 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:52,600 Don't even bother. 659 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:53,600 Right? 660 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:54,760 Don't even bother. 661 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:56,560 I wouldn't even go there before God. 662 00:27:56,560 --> 00:28:00,800 But if you're going to get up and adore him, if you're going to sing to him, you're going 663 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:06,400 to speak to him, if he's your God, that's how you sing. 664 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:07,400 Amen? 665 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,160 I'm going to ask if you'd stay in this morning. 666 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:11,280 The worst of the teams coming. 667 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,000 I want to read you Psalms 91 and one. 668 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,440 They're going to put it up and I'm going to read it in a personal form. 669 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,040 Now I'm not trying to twist the word of God. 670 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:20,760 I'm just going to change it. 671 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:25,520 Read this in a personal form because you need to hear this because Psalms 91 starts off 672 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:26,520 those who live. 673 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:27,760 But I must say this. 674 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:34,440 When I live in the shelter of the most high, I will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 675 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:37,320 This I declare about my Lord. 676 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,320 He alone is my refuge, my place of safety. 677 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:47,840 He is my God and I trust him for he rescues me from every trap and protects me from deadly 678 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:48,980 disease. 679 00:28:48,980 --> 00:28:51,560 He will cover me with his feathers. 680 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,200 He will shelter me with his wings. 681 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:58,960 His faithful promises are my armor and protection. 682 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:05,400 I will not be afraid of the terrors of night nor the arrows that fly by day. 683 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:11,400 I will not dread the disease that stalks in the darkness nor the disaster that strikes 684 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:12,400 at midday. 685 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:18,480 Though a thousand fall at my side, though ten thousand are dying around me, these evils 686 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:20,660 will not touch me. 687 00:29:20,660 --> 00:29:25,120 Just open my eyes and see how the wicked are punished. 688 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:26,120 It's worship. 689 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,600 When he's your God. 690 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,320 When there's reverence involved. 691 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,320 It's got to be reverent. 692 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,920 It's got to be reverent. 693 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:39,360 We're getting ready to take communion right now. 694 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,360 And a couple things with communion. 695 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,480 Communion is a reverent thing. 696 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,120 It's about adoring our Savior. 697 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,560 This is about deep adoration for who He is. 698 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:50,760 It's about homage. 699 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:52,400 We do this in a public setting here. 700 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,160 It's about homage before God. 701 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:55,480 And we need to prepare a heart set. 702 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:59,400 And if you're here this morning or even if you're listening online and you can prepare 703 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:03,520 communion right where you're at online, you might want to go get the bread and the juice. 704 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:04,520 But here's the deal. 705 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:09,240 The Word of God says very clearly, and particularly in 1 Corinthians 11, it says don't do this 706 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,000 in an unworthy manner. 707 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,080 Make sure you do this in a reverent manner. 708 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,440 Make sure that Jesus is your Lord and Savior. 709 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:20,240 If not, hold off in taking communion because this is for those who are following Christ. 710 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,200 And I'm going to ask you to bow your heads and just examine your hearts right now. 711 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,880 And while you do that, if you're listening here and you want to take communion but you're 712 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:30,760 not sure Jesus is Lord and Savior of life or if you're listening online this morning 713 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:33,520 and you're not sure Jesus is Lord, He can be. 714 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,240 The Word of God is super clear on this. 715 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:39,600 You just got to, and this isn't an emotional decision, this is a decision that I'm going 716 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:40,600 to follow Christ. 717 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,720 That He is going to be my Lord. 718 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:44,200 He's going to be my Savior. 719 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,760 He's going to lead my, I'm going to follow His direction. 720 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:48,720 I'm not going to make up my own worship. 721 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:49,720 I'm going to do it His way. 722 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:53,880 If that's you this morning and you want Jesus as Lord and Savior, you can. 723 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,880 As a matter of fact, every head bowed, every eyes closed, if you're in a house or if you're 724 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,240 online, type it in the chat if you're online. 725 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,640 If you're here in the house, raise your hand up quick, put it right back down. 726 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:03,640 That's all I'm going to ask you to do. 727 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:04,640 I won't ask you to come forward. 728 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,120 I won't ask you for anything else. 729 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,120 All right, I'm going to pray. 730 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:09,120 Prayer of salvation. 731 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:10,120 Father, we thank you today. 732 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,520 God, you know who needs you this morning. 733 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:16,640 God, you know God the one that wants to make you their God. 734 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:20,200 And Lord, we recognize that Jesus died for our sins. 735 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,760 He came to wash us clean of our sin. 736 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:26,760 He took our place on the cross and He became that substitution. 737 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:30,600 And the only way we can be righteous is through Jesus. 738 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,480 So today, God, we ask for forgiveness of our sins. 739 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:35,760 God, we ask you to come into our lives. 740 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:40,040 And God, we commit today to follow you fully. 741 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:46,040 What your word says, how you say to live, what you say to do, I will follow you. 742 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:51,120 And I thank you Lord today in my heart and in my life because I look for you today in 743 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:52,520 Jesus' name. 744 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,000 I want to be saved. 745 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,720 I want to be born again. 746 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,240 I want to go from death to life. 747 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,440 I want the promise of heaven one day. 748 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:03,760 And I want to avoid hell in my life. 749 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:07,960 Lord, in Jesus' name. 750 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:12,360 In Jesus' name I pray. 751 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:16,960 In Jesus' name I pray. 752 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:36,400 Amen.