WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.400 There is a new day written down in glory. Amen. 00:00:07.759 --> 00:00:11.380 And when my name is called in glory, I'll be 00:00:11.380 --> 00:00:16.379 there. For the Lord has heard and answered every 00:00:16.379 --> 00:00:21.920 prayer. And with him I've made it right, justified 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:27.019 within his sight. So when my name is called in 00:00:27.019 --> 00:00:32.859 glory. I'll be there. Amen. That new name, it 00:00:32.859 --> 00:00:34.740 got written down. It's going to be called one 00:00:34.740 --> 00:00:40.200 day. Amen. And I'm going to be there. I'm going 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:43.539 to be able to say, yeah, when the roll is called 00:00:43.539 --> 00:00:48.179 up yonder, I'll be there. Right? Oh, when the 00:00:48.179 --> 00:00:55.380 roll is called up yonder. When the roll is called 00:00:55.380 --> 00:01:01.679 up yonder. Oh, when the road is called up yonder, 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:10.540 when the road is called up yonder, I'll be there. 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:21.480 Amen. Well, glory. If you have your Bibles, turn 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:30.730 with me to the book of Acts, Acts 27. Putting 00:01:30.730 --> 00:01:34.709 the pressure on today. It's only 10 after 11. 00:01:37.129 --> 00:01:41.290 I mean, y 'all liable to get out here before 00:01:41.290 --> 00:01:49.209 12. I seriously doubt it, but it's a good thought 00:01:49.209 --> 00:01:53.530 anyway. Surely you're not going to preach that 00:01:53.530 --> 00:01:55.709 long. Well, I don't know. We'll just have to 00:01:55.709 --> 00:01:59.180 see how it hits me here in a minute. Amen? I 00:01:59.180 --> 00:02:01.219 mean, what else you got to do? You got all cleaned 00:02:01.219 --> 00:02:03.659 up, dressed up, brushed your teeth, combed your 00:02:03.659 --> 00:02:07.700 hair, got your Sunday best out, and I mean, what's 00:02:07.700 --> 00:02:13.800 the hurt? Right? I mean, let's enjoy it for a 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:28.889 little while. Amen? Hallelujah. Acts 27. Verse 00:02:28.889 --> 00:02:37.270 18. And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest. 00:02:39.150 --> 00:02:44.330 The next day they lightened the ship. And the 00:02:44.330 --> 00:02:47.810 third day we cast out with our own hands the 00:02:47.810 --> 00:02:53.090 tackling of the ship. And when neither sun nor 00:02:53.090 --> 00:02:58.800 stars in many days appeared. and no small tempest 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:05.400 lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:14.280 then taken away. But after long abstinence, Paul 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:17.719 stood forth in the midst of them, and he said, 00:03:17.819 --> 00:03:22.259 Sirs, I love this part. This is, I told you so. 00:03:23.780 --> 00:03:27.539 Sirs, you should have hearkened unto me and not 00:03:27.539 --> 00:03:31.979 have loosed from Crete and to have gained this 00:03:31.979 --> 00:03:36.659 harm and loss. And now I exhort you to be of 00:03:36.659 --> 00:03:40.900 good cheer. For there shall be no loss of any 00:03:40.900 --> 00:03:46.319 man's life among you but of the ship. For there 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:50.680 stood by me this night the angel of God whose 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:57.759 I am. And whom I serve. Saying fear not Paul. 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:03.199 Thou must be brought before Caesar. And lo God 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:06.620 hath given thee all them that sail with thee. 00:04:07.500 --> 00:04:13.719 Wherefore sirs be of good cheer. For I believe 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:20.399 God. That it shall be even as it was told me. 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:24.160 With the help of the Lord for the next ever how 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:27.420 long, I'm going to speak to you on this thought. 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:40.180 Shaken, but settled. Shaken, but settled. Amen? 00:04:41.060 --> 00:04:42.899 I'll pray for you if you pray for me, and we 00:04:42.899 --> 00:04:46.019 may get out of here before 12. Father, I love 00:04:46.019 --> 00:04:47.920 you. Thank you so much for your goodness and 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:50.600 your mercy and the power of your word. The abundance 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:55.339 of your grace and the anointing that so stirs 00:04:55.339 --> 00:04:59.040 in this house today. Now, Father, I ask according 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:01.720 to that liberty that causes it to be easy to 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:03.819 preach and that liberty that is in this house. 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:08.019 Lord, help me today. Help me to preach. Help 00:05:08.019 --> 00:05:12.120 me to preach. Lord, let me preach. Let me declare. 00:05:12.259 --> 00:05:16.199 Let me speak forth. Lord, let a word of prophecy 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:20.110 go out. Let's be encouraged today, Lord. Let 00:05:20.110 --> 00:05:23.509 your anointing so stir in this house today. And 00:05:23.509 --> 00:05:26.149 Lord, we'll be quick to praise you. Lord, those 00:05:26.149 --> 00:05:28.649 that have ears, may they hear what the Spirit's 00:05:28.649 --> 00:05:32.529 saying to them who are the church today. So use 00:05:32.529 --> 00:05:35.790 me today, Lord, as I stand before you a willing 00:05:35.790 --> 00:05:40.509 vessel, humbly before you, surrendered to you. 00:05:41.009 --> 00:05:44.290 In Christ's name, and the church says, amen and 00:05:44.290 --> 00:05:49.339 amen. Ask your neighbor, are you shaken? Are 00:05:49.339 --> 00:05:58.439 you shaken? To be shaken means to be moved, to 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:05.439 be disturbed. The word settled means to have 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:12.439 found resolve, to be resolved, to be fixed, to 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:16.019 be established, and believe it or not, to be 00:06:16.019 --> 00:06:20.430 comfortable. Some of you are settling in, getting 00:06:20.430 --> 00:06:25.250 comfortable in these lumbar -supported, nice 00:06:25.250 --> 00:06:32.670 cushioned chairs. I think we did a catch -22 00:06:32.670 --> 00:06:36.029 on getting rid of the old slatted wooden pews, 00:06:36.069 --> 00:06:41.560 swapping out for padding. We get a little too 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:44.000 comfortable sometimes in church, don't we? At 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:46.000 least we'd have to move because it hurt our back 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:49.439 sitting on those old wood chairs and them wood 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:52.699 pews. They'd screech when us heavier people moved. 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:58.279 And everybody would look around at you. You're 00:06:58.279 --> 00:07:02.579 just trying to get settled. The Apostle Paul 00:07:02.579 --> 00:07:12.050 was shaken. This 27th chapter of Acts. Man, there's 00:07:12.050 --> 00:07:17.310 too much in this to take a long time. Paul is 00:07:17.310 --> 00:07:22.089 on his way to Caesar. He's exercised his Roman 00:07:22.089 --> 00:07:27.069 citizen right to be tried before Caesar, and 00:07:27.069 --> 00:07:29.769 he's making his way to Caesar. And you have to 00:07:29.769 --> 00:07:33.870 know, back in the very beginning of Paul's conversion, 00:07:34.009 --> 00:07:40.170 he was destined to go to Rome. When they beat 00:07:40.170 --> 00:07:42.410 him with those rods, he hadn't been to Rome. 00:07:43.389 --> 00:07:45.589 When they had stoned him, lest him for dead, 00:07:45.889 --> 00:07:49.329 he hadn't been to Rome. That's the reason he 00:07:49.329 --> 00:07:52.009 didn't die in the street. He hadn't been where 00:07:52.009 --> 00:07:54.750 God said he was going to go and end up and be 00:07:54.750 --> 00:07:58.750 at. But we find him shaking. He had warned those, 00:07:58.990 --> 00:08:00.870 said, look, we need to stay here. We don't need 00:08:00.870 --> 00:08:04.069 to go any further. The weather's not as nice 00:08:04.069 --> 00:08:06.769 as you think it is, and I think we need to stay. 00:08:07.389 --> 00:08:11.600 Well. When a preacher tells a sailor to stay, 00:08:11.720 --> 00:08:13.839 and a sailor's not going to take that from a 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:15.759 preacher, especially one who's a tent maker. 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:19.939 So the sailor judges the weather, and the captain 00:08:19.939 --> 00:08:23.240 says, oh, it's nice, let's go. But I love the 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:29.079 preacher. The preacher in the Apostle Paul. It 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:34.159 has been storming for days and nights, just getting 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:37.480 worse. They have tried their best to steady the 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:39.600 ship. They've tried their best to get the skiff 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:43.220 up close enough to escape. They have thrown the 00:08:43.220 --> 00:08:48.980 tackling overboard, trying to stay afloat. And 00:08:48.980 --> 00:08:51.659 after long abstinence, in other words, Paul had 00:08:51.659 --> 00:08:55.519 been fasting, here he comes in the middle of 00:08:55.519 --> 00:08:58.460 the storm. A verse or two past where we stopped 00:08:58.460 --> 00:09:01.120 reading, it talks about the 14th and the 15th 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:03.509 day. They're right in the middle of this thing, 00:09:03.570 --> 00:09:06.169 three, four, five days in. The storm's raging. 00:09:06.509 --> 00:09:09.470 He's been fasting, no doubt praying. Anybody 00:09:09.470 --> 00:09:13.110 who knew God had been praying, seeking some relief 00:09:13.110 --> 00:09:18.769 because they are shaken by this tremendous storm, 00:09:19.070 --> 00:09:22.169 this tempest that has got them all upside down 00:09:22.169 --> 00:09:26.129 and inside out. And when sailors become worried, 00:09:26.730 --> 00:09:29.169 over the waves and the wind, then everybody else 00:09:29.169 --> 00:09:31.590 on the boat might ought to really start praying. 00:09:31.889 --> 00:09:35.529 Amen? Sailors have seen it all. They've seen 00:09:35.529 --> 00:09:38.990 large waves. They've been in great winds, but 00:09:38.990 --> 00:09:42.970 this one was different. Amen? This wind, this 00:09:42.970 --> 00:09:45.750 storm was different, and even they have become 00:09:45.750 --> 00:09:48.950 shaken. When they threw all the tackling overboard, 00:09:49.110 --> 00:09:52.710 that's a telltale sign that that's the last measure. 00:09:52.870 --> 00:09:56.139 We may go down with this one. But here comes 00:09:56.139 --> 00:09:58.379 the preacher up out of the belly of the ship, 00:09:58.500 --> 00:10:01.440 got a good hold on whatever's left standing, 00:10:01.620 --> 00:10:04.799 and he looks at them and says, Sirs, I love it. 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:09.399 You should have listened to me. I told you we 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:12.279 should not have left. Now, see, I think in this 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:15.220 day and age in which we live, the preacher has 00:10:15.220 --> 00:10:18.970 gotten a little bit soft. Because we are really 00:10:18.970 --> 00:10:22.529 concerned about people's opinions and their feelings, 00:10:22.590 --> 00:10:25.509 and we don't want to offend people. Well, I'm 00:10:25.509 --> 00:10:28.250 here to tell you, I have been sent to offend. 00:10:28.570 --> 00:10:32.710 The Word becomes an offense to us. The Word of 00:10:32.710 --> 00:10:35.730 God becomes an offense to us because we offend 00:10:35.730 --> 00:10:39.500 the Word of God. Our actions, our lifestyle, 00:10:39.620 --> 00:10:42.139 right? And what good is a preacher just tells 00:10:42.139 --> 00:10:44.480 us all the time, oh, you're just doing great. 00:10:44.620 --> 00:10:46.600 Just keep doing what you're doing. What good 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:49.600 is he? We need a man that's come up that's been 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:52.440 fasting. We need a man that's been before God. 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:55.700 We need a man called of God who's on a mission 00:10:55.700 --> 00:10:58.940 and who's on a directive. We need to hear from 00:10:58.940 --> 00:11:02.080 heaven. Sirs, you should have listened to me 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:05.259 when I told you. And I, you know, I don't care 00:11:05.259 --> 00:11:07.580 to tell you. If I ever tell you, God says, don't 00:11:07.580 --> 00:11:09.940 do that and you do it, I'm going to look at you 00:11:09.940 --> 00:11:11.940 and I'm going to say, I told you, you should 00:11:11.940 --> 00:11:14.899 not have done that. And now the harm that it's 00:11:14.899 --> 00:11:17.720 caused, we've got to see what God can do to bring 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:20.279 you out of it. Amen. But you should have listened 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:23.419 to me. If I say something behind this desk and 00:11:23.419 --> 00:11:26.620 across this podium from the word of God that 00:11:26.620 --> 00:11:29.220 offends you, you might or let your ear get pricked 00:11:29.220 --> 00:11:32.919 and hear what does set the Lord. Because I don't 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:35.279 know all of you deeply personally. I don't know 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:36.940 everything that's going on in you. your life, 00:11:36.980 --> 00:11:40.220 but God does. And if he stirred my heart because 00:11:40.220 --> 00:11:42.799 I've been in prayer and you hear some warning 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:46.419 say, you should not do that, you should not go 00:11:46.419 --> 00:11:49.200 there, then when all hell breaks loose in your 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:51.500 life and you come whining to me, I'm going to 00:11:51.500 --> 00:11:53.580 tell you, well, didn't I preach that about two 00:11:53.580 --> 00:11:55.899 or three weeks ago? You were sitting there. I 00:11:55.899 --> 00:11:58.879 saw you. The Spirit of the Lord was moving. Why, 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:02.820 oh, why, oh, why did you do it anyway? But okay, 00:12:02.980 --> 00:12:06.549 you've done it. Let's go back to the Lord. Sirs, 00:12:06.549 --> 00:12:09.809 you should have listened to me and not left out. 00:12:09.889 --> 00:12:14.029 But you did, and so here we are. But be of good 00:12:14.029 --> 00:12:17.690 cheer, my Lord, when all hell breaks loose and 00:12:17.690 --> 00:12:21.070 you're shaken because of life's dilemmas and 00:12:21.070 --> 00:12:23.230 the preacher's preached it and God has already 00:12:23.230 --> 00:12:26.370 warned it and you've done it anyway. Be of good 00:12:26.370 --> 00:12:29.909 cheer. He's a merciful God. Be of good cheer. 00:12:30.029 --> 00:12:33.610 He forgives and cleanses and purges and purifies. 00:12:33.690 --> 00:12:37.190 Be of good cheer. He is the healer and the deliverer. 00:12:37.210 --> 00:12:40.710 Be of good cheer. He still loves you. Be of good 00:12:40.710 --> 00:12:43.950 cheer. He has not forsaken you. And in the middle 00:12:43.950 --> 00:12:50.649 of the storm, even after your preacher said, 00:12:50.750 --> 00:12:57.809 I told you so, you hear from the Lord. Serves 00:12:57.809 --> 00:13:02.450 be of good cheer because the angel of God stood 00:13:02.450 --> 00:13:08.039 by me tonight. And he said, everything is going 00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:13.240 to be all right. Now look, the boat's a total 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:18.940 loss. The ship's a goner. Hello? The ship's a 00:13:18.940 --> 00:13:25.799 goner. But if we all stay on board, we're not 00:13:25.799 --> 00:13:27.700 going to lose a soul. We're not going to lose 00:13:27.700 --> 00:13:33.659 one life. So be happy. So when we're shaken in 00:13:33.659 --> 00:13:37.580 life, We have to become settled. We have to have 00:13:37.580 --> 00:13:40.639 a resolve that sits in our heart and that sits 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:44.419 into our life. And the apostle Paul went further 00:13:44.419 --> 00:13:49.039 on to tell them this. He said, I believe God. 00:13:49.259 --> 00:13:53.139 And somewhere in your resolve, somewhere in the 00:13:53.139 --> 00:13:55.700 settling of your soul and spirit, you've got 00:13:55.700 --> 00:13:59.100 to know if God has already spoken something into 00:13:59.100 --> 00:14:01.980 your life, you've got to settle on it. You've 00:14:01.980 --> 00:14:04.690 got to get resolved about it. You've got to get 00:14:04.690 --> 00:14:07.389 established with it, and you've got to grow comfortable 00:14:07.389 --> 00:14:10.230 in it. It doesn't matter even though the ship's 00:14:10.230 --> 00:14:13.009 going down around you because God has already 00:14:13.009 --> 00:14:16.750 forespoken. God has already said. God has already 00:14:16.750 --> 00:14:20.269 ordained. Paul, you will stand before Caesar. 00:14:20.509 --> 00:14:23.370 You may be looking like a drownded rat when you 00:14:23.370 --> 00:14:26.370 get there, but you are going to get there. You 00:14:26.370 --> 00:14:29.190 may be beaten. You may be bruised. You may be 00:14:29.190 --> 00:14:32.690 accused and persecuted in every way, but you 00:14:32.690 --> 00:14:36.480 will stand. Stand before Caesar. Somebody needs 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:38.679 to hear it today. It doesn't matter how hard 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:41.720 the storm is rising and the wind is blowing and 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:45.679 how high the waves of life are. God said believe 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:49.500 on him. Amen. Why? Because he stood by you. He 00:14:49.500 --> 00:14:52.320 has stood with you. He sent a word out for you 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:55.279 to trust in him. And you've got to get a resolve 00:14:55.279 --> 00:15:00.480 about you to stand up and say, I believe. God 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:05.779 serves. I believe God. So be of good cheer. Get 00:15:05.779 --> 00:15:09.580 happy. I'm telling you it's hard to get happy 00:15:09.580 --> 00:15:11.279 in the middle of the storm when everything about 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:16.139 you is being shaken to its core. It's hard to 00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:20.320 get happy. What a way. What a time. What timing 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:26.200 to hear the preacher say, be of good cheer. Look, 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:30.090 my ship's aloft. We've done thrown our cargo 00:15:30.090 --> 00:15:32.429 and everything else over. Well, it ain't over 00:15:32.429 --> 00:15:36.129 yet. Before it's over, you may have to ride into 00:15:36.129 --> 00:15:38.429 the bank on one of its boards because she's coming 00:15:38.429 --> 00:15:43.570 apart from the seams. Get out of there. Hello? 00:15:44.649 --> 00:15:47.169 I'm here to tell you life may come apart at the 00:15:47.169 --> 00:15:50.730 seams, but God has already spoken. God has already 00:15:50.730 --> 00:15:54.779 declared. God has already said. And if he's thus 00:15:54.779 --> 00:15:58.080 said in your life, then be of good cheer. Everything 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:01.759 else around you may come apart. But, sirs, we're 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:04.779 going to be just fine. We're going to make it. 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:12.460 When we think about the church, when we think 00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:14.360 about systems, when we think about movements 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:17.000 that have arisen over the years, those that have 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:20.940 been built around. Men and personalities and 00:16:20.940 --> 00:16:23.659 dogmas and doctrine, they're going to fall by 00:16:23.659 --> 00:16:27.000 the way. They're going to fall by the wayside. 00:16:27.059 --> 00:16:30.500 They're going to move and no longer be in existence. 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:34.559 They're not going to have any way other than 00:16:34.559 --> 00:16:36.840 the materialistic things that they were built 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:39.940 on and the carnality and the self -serving ideas 00:16:39.940 --> 00:16:42.940 that they've had and they've gone with. They're 00:16:42.940 --> 00:16:45.159 going to all die and fall by the way. But I'm 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:48.759 here to tell you, the church. I'm here to talk 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:51.740 to you about the church which you are a part 00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:54.940 of. Peter said we are lively stones, but we build 00:16:54.940 --> 00:16:57.700 up a spiritual house. Amen. And that spiritual 00:16:57.700 --> 00:17:00.539 house, he declares that we are chosen and that 00:17:00.539 --> 00:17:04.500 we are peculiar and that you are a royal priesthood. 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:07.079 That's who you are. And you've got to get the 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:09.579 knowing down in you that when life is shaken, 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:12.960 God has already spoken something over his church. 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:16.339 In Matthew 16, he poses the question to his disciples. 00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:19.369 Who do men? say that I, the son of man, am. What 00:17:19.369 --> 00:17:21.269 do people, Jeremiah, Isaiah, one of the other 00:17:21.269 --> 00:17:23.250 prophets, they don't really know who you are, 00:17:23.329 --> 00:17:25.349 Lord. And then he looks at them pointedly and 00:17:25.349 --> 00:17:28.309 he says, but who do you say that I am? My Lord. 00:17:28.529 --> 00:17:30.970 And there's something stirred up in the old loud 00:17:30.970 --> 00:17:33.170 mouth preacher, old Peter. There's something 00:17:33.170 --> 00:17:35.490 that stirred in the depths of his soul. And he 00:17:35.490 --> 00:17:38.430 made this declaration, thou art the Christ, the 00:17:38.430 --> 00:17:41.930 son of the living God. Blessed art thou, Simon 00:17:41.930 --> 00:17:44.609 Barjona, for flesh and blood has revealed this 00:17:44.609 --> 00:17:47.009 unto you. But my father, which is in heaven and 00:17:47.009 --> 00:17:50.930 upon this rock. I want you to hear me now. Upon 00:17:50.930 --> 00:17:54.670 this rock I will build my church and the gates 00:17:54.670 --> 00:17:58.029 of hell shall not prevail against it. If you 00:17:58.029 --> 00:18:01.289 are a part of the blood -born again body of Christ, 00:18:01.410 --> 00:18:04.069 hear me church, you're the ecclesia, you're the 00:18:04.069 --> 00:18:06.450 called out of darkness into his marvelous light. 00:18:06.509 --> 00:18:08.869 You are the church. Would the church stand up 00:18:08.869 --> 00:18:10.509 and give the Lord a good praise? If you're part 00:18:10.509 --> 00:18:12.710 of the church, would you stand to your feet and 00:18:12.710 --> 00:18:14.470 give the Lord a good praise? If you are called 00:18:14.470 --> 00:18:18.490 out and you know Come on, give the Lord praise. 00:18:24.789 --> 00:18:28.369 You and I, we are not going under. You and I 00:18:28.369 --> 00:18:31.569 are not going under. We may be shaken, but we're 00:18:31.569 --> 00:18:33.970 not going to be moved. You may be shaken to the 00:18:33.970 --> 00:18:36.549 core, and everything around you may come apart 00:18:36.549 --> 00:18:40.390 at the seams, but you and I, we will remain. 00:18:41.730 --> 00:18:50.460 You can sit back down. So you have to gain a 00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:56.640 resolve. If God says the gates of hell shall 00:18:56.640 --> 00:19:00.200 not prevail against me, then they're not going 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:08.839 to. And if they do, he's a liar. But he's not 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:11.299 a man that he should lie, could lie, or would 00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:18.130 lie. So it's not going to happen. Everything 00:19:18.130 --> 00:19:23.569 around you may fall to pieces, but you won't. 00:19:27.349 --> 00:19:32.589 Hey, hey. Everyone else may be shaken to the 00:19:32.589 --> 00:19:36.009 core and unsettled. But because of the promise 00:19:36.009 --> 00:19:39.730 of God over you as being the church, if you've 00:19:39.730 --> 00:19:41.930 repented of your sins and you're trying to live 00:19:41.930 --> 00:19:44.710 as holy as you possibly can every day and do 00:19:44.710 --> 00:19:46.849 what you can to please the Lord and live the 00:19:46.849 --> 00:19:49.250 Word of God and be Christ in this world, then 00:19:49.250 --> 00:19:53.549 you will be victorious. The gates of hell cannot 00:19:53.549 --> 00:20:03.259 prevail against you. Shaken but settled. Nowhere 00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:05.119 in the world does it say that we can't be shaken. 00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:11.720 Apostle Paul was shaken. Shaken enough to fast 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:19.599 and pray. Worried until he heard from the Lord. 00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:24.319 And when he heard from God, he comes out onto 00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:32.180 the ship. Hey! Say! Listen to me. Storm rolling, 00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:36.539 waves spitting seawater. We're going to be okay. 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:39.000 You should have listened to me. We wouldn't have 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:41.420 been in this mess. Just like a preacher, we've 00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:44.299 got to get our word in. We wouldn't have even 00:20:44.299 --> 00:20:46.259 been in this mess if you'd have listened to me 00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:51.789 start with. But here we are. But be happy. angel 00:20:51.789 --> 00:20:54.349 stood with me tonight, and he told me that we're 00:20:54.349 --> 00:20:56.549 going to be all right. Everything's going to 00:20:56.549 --> 00:21:00.809 be okay. Hallelujah. Oh, I got a feeling right. 00:21:01.390 --> 00:21:03.829 Everything's going to be all right. He said, 00:21:03.849 --> 00:21:06.990 why? Because the angel of the Lord, whom I serve, 00:21:07.029 --> 00:21:11.849 the God of whom I serve, has gave me a reassurance 00:21:11.849 --> 00:21:14.690 tonight. Somebody needs to hear it, a reassurance 00:21:14.690 --> 00:21:16.670 today. You're going to make it. You're going 00:21:16.670 --> 00:21:18.789 to be okay. It's going to be all right. All hell 00:21:18.789 --> 00:21:21.420 may break loose, and it may fly apart. around 00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:27.019 you, but you are going to be okay. We don't like 00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:32.680 to hear that. We want to hear that everything 00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:36.519 else is going to be okay too. No guarantee in 00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:43.420 that. The ship's coming apart. But the foundation 00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:51.069 that we stand on will remain firm. You're going 00:21:51.069 --> 00:21:57.930 to be okay. The foundation for the church is 00:21:57.930 --> 00:22:02.069 the word of God. By the way, which is Christ. 00:22:03.170 --> 00:22:06.650 I thought the foundation was Christ. It is. But 00:22:06.650 --> 00:22:11.009 you do remember he is the word. John 1 and 1 00:22:11.009 --> 00:22:14.890 in the beginning was the word. The word was God. 00:22:14.930 --> 00:22:16.730 The word is with God. The same was in the beginning. 00:22:17.650 --> 00:22:21.529 Right? He is the Word, the Rhema, and the Logos. 00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:27.960 He is the word, and the word is the firm, solid 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:30.420 foundation upon which we stand. And according 00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:33.460 to Mark's recording in 1331, heaven and earth 00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:37.140 shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away. 00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:40.599 The word of God is more powerful than any two 00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:44.099 -edged sword, amen, dividing asunder even to 00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:47.119 the soul and to the morrow. Why? Because it's 00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:50.240 sharp. It's a razor blade. It cuts to and fro, 00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:52.660 and it's able to bring about and equip those. 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:55.619 and to establish why, because it's a discerner 00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:58.539 in the thoughts and the intents of the heart. 00:22:58.619 --> 00:23:00.900 It's the Word of God, and it's what we stand 00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:03.279 on. And if Paul stood up and said, I've heard 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:06.220 a word from God, everything's going to be okay, 00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:09.519 then everything will be fine. If you follow the 00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:12.039 directive, are you hearing me? If you follow 00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:15.259 the instructions, everyone will be safe. But 00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:17.740 if you try to jump overboard, if you try to go 00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:20.700 out on your own and save your own life, your 00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:24.089 own life will be. lost. So stay in the ship. 00:23:24.170 --> 00:23:26.750 Can I tell somebody the first thing the devil 00:23:26.750 --> 00:23:29.809 wants you to do is bail out and go it on your 00:23:29.809 --> 00:23:32.250 own. Somebody hurts your feelings at church. 00:23:32.430 --> 00:23:34.750 Somebody makes you mad at church. The preacher 00:23:34.750 --> 00:23:37.009 don't do this or he does that or somebody does 00:23:37.009 --> 00:23:39.049 this. The first thing the devil will get you 00:23:39.049 --> 00:23:42.109 to do is jump out. He'll get you out of the boat. 00:23:42.190 --> 00:23:44.569 He'll get you out of the ship and get you going 00:23:44.569 --> 00:23:46.849 on your own. And if the devil can get you going 00:23:46.849 --> 00:23:50.809 on your own, he will destroy you. There's safety 00:23:50.809 --> 00:23:54.509 in numbers and there's safety on board of the 00:23:54.509 --> 00:24:01.789 ship. There's safety in the church. Oh, I'd love 00:24:01.789 --> 00:24:03.869 to tell you the church is perfect. It's not because 00:24:03.869 --> 00:24:11.730 I attend here. So that ruined that right off 00:24:11.730 --> 00:24:14.009 the bat. The man behind the pulpit is not perfect. 00:24:14.930 --> 00:24:22.069 No amens from the front row. She's a little slow 00:24:22.069 --> 00:24:26.450 this morning. She missed that one. Secondly, 00:24:26.470 --> 00:24:31.769 you came in. Your husband came in. Your wife 00:24:31.769 --> 00:24:39.150 came in. Your heathen children came in. And just 00:24:39.150 --> 00:24:41.930 a little sidebar, you can beat most of the devil 00:24:41.930 --> 00:24:46.730 out of them. Not all of them, but you put a lot 00:24:46.730 --> 00:24:52.619 of them on the run. Amen? There's a real good 00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:56.599 cure for a smart mouth. And if you ever want 00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:58.920 to know, come ask me and I'll give you my cure. 00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:05.720 It works. At least it works while they're in 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:14.799 your presence. The foundation is flawless. The 00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:19.119 foundation is firm. It's the word of God. It's 00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:23.490 the promise of God. In today's society, in this 00:25:23.490 --> 00:25:27.150 culture in which we live in, dishonesty and abuse 00:25:27.150 --> 00:25:29.970 of confidence is running rampant. It's everywhere. 00:25:30.109 --> 00:25:33.829 There's not much any of us consider perfect anymore. 00:25:34.089 --> 00:25:41.789 Amen? Look at our poor old government. I quit 00:25:41.789 --> 00:25:46.170 watching the news. It's not fitting to watch. 00:25:46.430 --> 00:25:48.509 You can't even trust the weather. They have no 00:25:48.509 --> 00:25:58.470 clue. Best thing you can see is that $500 pay 00:25:58.470 --> 00:26:05.329 it forward by a McMahon law firm. That little 00:26:05.329 --> 00:26:07.349 segment, somebody's trying to do something good 00:26:07.349 --> 00:26:09.269 in the community and they're actually getting 00:26:09.269 --> 00:26:11.970 rewarded for it. The rest of it, you can't half 00:26:11.970 --> 00:26:18.930 trust it. Right? It's all, you just can't trust 00:26:18.930 --> 00:26:24.230 it. See, that imperfection almost came out my 00:26:24.230 --> 00:26:29.220 mouth. And the more you see, the more they dig, 00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:33.259 it's there. But the foundation that you and I 00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:37.279 are established upon, church, is perfect. It 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:39.799 is the perfect law of God. It is the perfect 00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:43.200 word of God. It is the perfect son of God. It's 00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:46.319 all based upon Christ. And it is flawless. And 00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:49.859 it is firm. And it's formidable. And Jesus said 00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:52.180 it and declared it. The gates of hell shall not 00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:54.940 prevail against it. Then know this. Get it in 00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:58.460 your head. Get it buried in your heart. You will 00:26:58.460 --> 00:27:01.470 be saved. the victor and quit thinking about 00:27:01.470 --> 00:27:04.410 materialistic things in this world and having 00:27:04.410 --> 00:27:07.230 all of it and most of it or some of it as that 00:27:07.230 --> 00:27:10.089 point and sign of victory because that is not 00:27:10.089 --> 00:27:12.289 the sign and the point of our victory. It's that 00:27:12.289 --> 00:27:15.410 we keep and maintain the faith all the way to 00:27:15.410 --> 00:27:18.769 the end. Amen. Then we receive the reward. This 00:27:18.769 --> 00:27:27.829 world is not your reward. God's Word is perfect 00:27:27.829 --> 00:27:31.569 and flawless. There are many denominations in 00:27:31.569 --> 00:27:35.170 the world today who started out well but have 00:27:35.170 --> 00:27:39.950 forfeited the race. They are entangled in warfare 00:27:39.950 --> 00:27:43.069 over the word of God, the belief of the word 00:27:43.069 --> 00:27:46.390 of God. The inspiration of the word of God, is 00:27:46.390 --> 00:27:49.690 it literal? Is it figurative? How do we interpret, 00:27:49.970 --> 00:27:52.690 read it, and do what it says? That's how you 00:27:52.690 --> 00:27:55.329 interpret it. When we start trying to manipulate 00:27:55.329 --> 00:27:59.190 the idea and to formalize a definition for a 00:27:59.190 --> 00:28:01.930 scripture, what we most of the time are trying 00:28:01.930 --> 00:28:05.619 to do... is manipulate and formulate something 00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:09.539 that will please us because we don't like something 00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:12.319 that it's saying. And if we can rationalize and 00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:15.299 go around it and we can get to where we can be 00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:17.920 at peace in our own mind doing what we want to 00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:21.259 do, then we're all good. But the very moment 00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:24.759 when the Word of God resists your will and my 00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:27.299 will and the way we want to go, we get all been 00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:30.460 out of shape and people start to look for a way 00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:33.720 around it. harsh verbs. They want to do this. 00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:36.720 They want to exegete here. They want to exegete 00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:39.259 there. And they want to go on and try to make 00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:47.279 a thread hold their doctrine together. But it's 00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:51.119 the solid rope of the truth that we stand on. 00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:54.420 I had somebody the other day was talking about 00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:56.680 scripture, this or that. I said, well, how many 00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:59.839 scripture does it take to be the word of God 00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:08.799 and we have to do it? How many do you need concerning 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:12.000 a subject or a matter? Well, I only found one 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:16.839 verse that said I can't. Well, how many do you 00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:25.960 need? I mean, really. How many is it going to 00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:32.380 take for you? This is either the word of God 00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:39.130 or it's not. And if it is, then it doesn't take 00:29:39.130 --> 00:29:45.470 but one. Amen? God's word is true. It's perfect. 00:29:46.410 --> 00:29:48.349 And we've got to remember something. You've got 00:29:48.349 --> 00:29:50.849 to get this down. If the devil can ever get you 00:29:50.849 --> 00:29:54.329 to doubt any of it, he can get you to question 00:29:54.329 --> 00:30:02.029 all of it. And it's funny. He only gets us to 00:30:02.029 --> 00:30:04.599 question the parts. where it goes against the 00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:13.400 grain of what we want to do. Right? I had to 00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:20.960 help a parent here about a month or so ago. They're 00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:24.920 not from around here, so they brought their child 00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:30.720 and sat down. We began to talk, and the child 00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:33.740 began to... Began to say why they were having 00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:37.140 the problem. Said, well, I deserve an explanation. 00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:49.259 I said, you what? Well, I feel like I deserve 00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:52.220 an explanation as to why they say no. And I said, 00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:58.039 pray tell me why. You think you need one? Well, 00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:59.839 I need to know the reason. I said, the reason 00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:07.869 is they said no. His eyes get a little big because 00:31:07.869 --> 00:31:16.750 my blood vein popped up. So that's the reason. 00:31:18.650 --> 00:31:22.390 The reason you can't is because the scripture 00:31:22.390 --> 00:31:31.490 says don't. And there need be no explanation. 00:31:32.650 --> 00:31:36.240 Well, God, why? Well, because. If he really were 00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:39.259 to explain it to you, he could go down the litany 00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:43.359 of reasons as to where you would end up if you 00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:47.740 were permitted to do that. And the last point 00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:55.259 of reference would be hell. So I began to give 00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:58.140 a little explanation as to why. I said, well, 00:31:58.240 --> 00:32:03.720 right here, let me help you, son. Here is... 00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:08.539 The reasoning and the definition and the explanation. 00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:16.940 He's looking. Because they said so. I said, that's 00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:25.400 all you need. Shut your mouth. I know this person 00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:29.099 very well. I might not talk to your child that 00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:39.380 way. But I did theirs. I said, because they said 00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:45.059 so, son. Because they know where that could end 00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:49.180 up for you. And then a little light come on. 00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:55.599 Oh. I said, no, really, they just don't like 00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:59.839 you and they just want to punish you. I said, 00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:02.569 son, that's sarcasm. They just don't want you 00:33:02.569 --> 00:33:04.390 to be happy. They don't want you to have any 00:33:04.390 --> 00:33:11.410 fun whatsoever. God doesn't want you to have 00:33:11.410 --> 00:33:13.410 any fun at all. That's the reason there's all 00:33:13.410 --> 00:33:18.970 these can't dos. No, no. That's not why. He wants 00:33:18.970 --> 00:33:21.769 you to be in heaven with him. That's why. And 00:33:21.769 --> 00:33:23.869 he's holy. And if you're going to be around him, 00:33:23.950 --> 00:33:27.579 then you've got to be holy. And the only way 00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:30.700 to be holy is to take the do -nots and the don'ts 00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:33.180 and apply them to your life. But there's a whole 00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:36.460 lot more to the Word of God and loving God and 00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:38.880 serving God than the things that appease your 00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:41.819 flesh. There's the things that feed and appease 00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:44.440 the spirit of man that causes it to be a joy 00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:47.619 not to go, not to watch, not to listen, not to 00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:50.109 do, not to say, not to... I act not to behave 00:33:50.109 --> 00:33:52.650 the other way. Why? Because it brings great joy 00:33:52.650 --> 00:33:54.970 into your soul knowing that the firmness of the 00:33:54.970 --> 00:33:58.710 foundation is that you believe God and God has 00:33:58.710 --> 00:34:02.069 already said amen and already declared. And because 00:34:02.069 --> 00:34:04.450 I believe in that firmness of that foundation. 00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:21.300 write to Timothy in that second letter, fourth 00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:23.099 chapter, he said, for the time will come when 00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:27.840 men will not endure sound doctrine. They will 00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:31.739 turn away their ears from the truth and be turned 00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:39.920 unto fables. Why? Because fables tickle the ears. 00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:46.480 Fables tell you, well, just do what you want 00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:49.719 to do. You don't have to be born again. Just 00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:53.219 go to church every once in a while. Give a little 00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:56.860 to one of the special projects. You don't have 00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:59.059 to tithe. Why would you have to do that? Why 00:34:59.059 --> 00:35:06.840 do you have to give every week? You don't if 00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:10.539 you don't want to be blessed. I just so happen 00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:14.159 to want to be blessed, and I've proven it. And 00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:19.389 he does it. They're going to have their ears 00:35:19.389 --> 00:35:25.969 turned aside. In latter times, in the last days, 00:35:26.030 --> 00:35:28.090 some shall depart from the faith, giving heed 00:35:28.090 --> 00:35:34.969 to seducing spirits. Doctrines of devils. I don't 00:35:34.969 --> 00:35:36.710 know if you realize it or not, but there's a 00:35:36.710 --> 00:35:42.449 doctrine of cheap grace out there. That declares 00:35:42.449 --> 00:35:46.769 you just do whatever you want to do. In the end. 00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:54.539 You'll be okay. I don't think so. When I look 00:35:54.539 --> 00:36:01.519 at a vacant cross, no, no. He died for more than 00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:04.880 you and I just appeasing our flesh. I'm sorry. 00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:11.719 It cost heaven the royal diadem. It cost heaven 00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:15.840 the pearl above and beyond price. It cost heaven. 00:36:16.750 --> 00:36:21.789 The Son of God. His life. So that you and I could 00:36:21.789 --> 00:36:24.670 have life eternal. But not only that, so that 00:36:24.670 --> 00:36:27.750 we could have life in free pardon and cleansing 00:36:27.750 --> 00:36:32.550 of our sin. Amen? He paid that price. And do 00:36:32.550 --> 00:36:35.929 you think it was so cheap that you can just keep 00:36:35.929 --> 00:36:41.190 doing the same old junk? I don't think so. I 00:36:41.190 --> 00:36:43.449 don't think so. I've said it before and I'll 00:36:43.449 --> 00:36:46.239 say it again this morning. When the end comes 00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:51.159 and that second resurrection takes place and 00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:56.059 all the dead come forth and all the dead and 00:36:56.059 --> 00:37:02.420 the living stand before the judgment. I hope 00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:09.840 I have over preached this thing. I hope and pray 00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:14.739 that you've been able to smoke, drink. all that 00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:21.019 other junk, party, carouse, whatever. I hope 00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:24.280 that you'd be able to get by by doing that stuff. 00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:33.840 But I've got a feeling. And I believe God, and 00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:37.880 I believe God's Word. In Romans chapter 1, where 00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:40.199 there's a list of everything that I did, all 00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:44.019 the lifestyles. There's a list of all of that. 00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:47.820 And at the end of the list, it says, and none 00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:50.000 of these shall inherit the kingdom of heaven. 00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:55.880 So with that, I'm just going to keep preaching. 00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:59.360 You can't live any way you want to live and still 00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:03.679 expect you'll see God, but you won't see heaven. 00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:14.250 You'll see God. You'll see him in his wrath. 00:38:16.329 --> 00:38:19.449 You'll see him in his judgment. I still believe 00:38:19.449 --> 00:38:23.590 God. I believe that in the beginning God created 00:38:23.590 --> 00:38:30.090 the heavens and the earth. I believe that the 00:38:30.090 --> 00:38:32.230 people were so evil they built a tower saying 00:38:32.230 --> 00:38:33.849 we're going into the heavens. We're going to 00:38:33.849 --> 00:38:36.449 make our way to God. And God confounded their 00:38:36.449 --> 00:38:40.659 language. Scattered men all over the earth. I 00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:45.820 believe that men's hearts grew so evil that Noah 00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:49.519 found grace in the eyes of God and received a 00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:54.719 divine blueprint for the ark of escape. I believe, 00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:57.039 according to the word of God, it took him 120 00:38:57.039 --> 00:39:01.639 years to build it. I believe the word of God 00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:04.619 where it said that it had not rained one day 00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:09.960 until God closed the door and the heavens opened. 00:39:12.750 --> 00:39:15.849 that it covered the face of the earth, the depths 00:39:15.849 --> 00:39:24.769 of the water. I believe God's word. I believe 00:39:24.769 --> 00:39:27.489 the children of Israel ended up in Egypt for 00:39:27.489 --> 00:39:31.150 430 plus years, but I believe he sent Moses to 00:39:31.150 --> 00:39:35.650 lead his people out. I believe in doing so that 00:39:35.650 --> 00:39:38.449 the musicians of Pharaoh threw their staffs down. 00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:41.360 and they become serpents, and Moses cast down 00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:44.719 his rod, and it swallowed theirs up. You believe 00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:46.960 that? I believe that. Why? Because the Bible 00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:51.119 tells me so. I believe that when they left out, 00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:54.260 they got before the Red Sea, and Pharaoh's dust 00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:56.480 cloud is behind them, and the people are all 00:39:56.480 --> 00:40:02.280 up in arms. I believe. God said, Moses, what 00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:04.960 you got in your hand? I got my rod. Stretch forth 00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:09.710 your rod toward the sea. I believe that the old 00:40:09.710 --> 00:40:13.349 man Moses raised his rod and stretched it before 00:40:13.349 --> 00:40:16.889 the Red Sea and that each wind began to blow 00:40:16.889 --> 00:40:20.869 as the Word of God declares, I believe that it 00:40:20.869 --> 00:40:24.630 split the Red Sea. I believe the children of 00:40:24.630 --> 00:40:28.489 Israel walked through on dry ground. I believe 00:40:28.489 --> 00:40:38.789 it. I believe Isaiah, the eagle -eyed prophet 00:40:38.789 --> 00:40:43.889 who saw through time. I believe when he declared 00:40:43.889 --> 00:40:49.809 his name shall be called. Mighty God, Prince 00:40:49.809 --> 00:40:53.809 of Peace, Everlasting Father, right? You're going 00:40:53.809 --> 00:40:55.829 to call him Emmanuel for God is going to be with 00:40:55.829 --> 00:41:01.090 us. I believe Mary had it right when the Holy 00:41:01.090 --> 00:41:04.230 Ghost appeared to her. The angel said to her 00:41:04.230 --> 00:41:07.510 and said, look. Mary, thou hast found favor in 00:41:07.510 --> 00:41:11.070 the eyes of God. And the Holy Ghost is going 00:41:11.070 --> 00:41:12.909 to come upon you and you're going to conceive. 00:41:14.150 --> 00:41:16.369 And you're going to bring a son. And here's what 00:41:16.369 --> 00:41:21.090 you name that boy. You name him Jesus. Hallelujah. 00:41:21.710 --> 00:41:26.980 For he is the redeemer of all humanity. You name 00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:31.900 him Jesus, for he is Emmanuel, God. When you 00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:34.440 call him, and you know what I believe? When they 00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:37.480 took him in on that day, and the old prophet 00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:39.719 took him in his arms, and the Holy Ghost moved 00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:43.519 on him, and they called that boy Jesus. I believe 00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:47.300 at 12 years old, he stupefied the doctors and 00:41:47.300 --> 00:41:50.820 the Pharisees. I believe that he made his way 00:41:50.820 --> 00:41:54.340 down the dusty streets of Galilee and through 00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:57.739 Jerusalem. I believe he spoke to Bartimaeus and 00:41:57.739 --> 00:42:01.340 he healed his eyes. I believe he touched a bearer 00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:04.960 one day and a dead boy rose up. I believe it. 00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:08.539 I believe it. I believe it. I believe he healed 00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:12.000 the man that was at the pool of Siloam when he 00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:14.880 said, Will thou be made whole? And he began to 00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:17.460 make his excuses. And when he got done with his 00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:22.539 excuses, he healed him anyway. I believe God. 00:42:25.579 --> 00:42:29.280 I believe when he said, as Jonah was in the belly 00:42:29.280 --> 00:42:30.780 of the whale three days and three nights, so 00:42:30.780 --> 00:42:32.360 must the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth. 00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:36.019 I believe he was in the tomb for three days and 00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:39.059 three nights. But I also believe what he told 00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:43.860 them. You tear this temple down, and in three 00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:49.380 days, it's coming up again. I believe when Rome 00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:52.599 put their seal on the old stone and rolled it 00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:55.460 in front of the door, the guards stood at attention. 00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:58.460 I believe they were not slumbering. I believe 00:42:58.460 --> 00:43:01.059 they were not sleeping. But I believe they were 00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:04.019 fully awake when the ground began to shake and 00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:10.079 the stone was rolled away. Do you believe he 00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:12.719 was literally crucified? I believe he was literally 00:43:12.719 --> 00:43:16.579 nailed to a wooden cross. Do you believe he really 00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:21.679 died? I believe he gave up his last breath and 00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:31.039 the flesh died. Huh. I believe God. I believe 00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:34.380 those 40 days after that resurrection. I believe 00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:36.239 he walked with them. I believe he talked with 00:43:36.239 --> 00:43:38.780 them. I believe he was standing on Galilee's 00:43:38.780 --> 00:43:47.739 shores when he told Peter to come and dine. I 00:43:47.739 --> 00:43:49.960 also believe he began to levitate before their 00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:55.820 very eyes in Acts chapter 1. And I believe that 00:43:55.820 --> 00:43:58.739 those angels actually stood by the disciples 00:43:58.739 --> 00:44:02.079 and spoke to them and said, you men of Galilee, 00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:07.320 why stand you here gazing? This same Jesus, in 00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:11.780 like manner as you see him go, shall return to 00:44:11.780 --> 00:44:19.519 earth again. I believe it. I believe we're in 00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:27.519 a warfare. I got seven minutes. I believe we're 00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:33.539 in warfare. I honestly believe, because the Bible 00:44:33.539 --> 00:44:37.320 says so, that there is a thief out there seeking 00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:42.039 to steal, to kill, and to destroy. And I become 00:44:42.039 --> 00:44:46.059 shaken in life with the ups and downs and the 00:44:46.059 --> 00:44:50.329 crisis. But I also believe if I don't lose my 00:44:50.329 --> 00:44:59.409 faith, I'm going to overcome it. I believe I've 00:44:59.409 --> 00:45:04.030 got to maintain my faith. I believe I've got 00:45:04.030 --> 00:45:07.909 to have good cheer, even though all hell's going 00:45:07.909 --> 00:45:13.050 on around me. Huh? The boat's coming apart at 00:45:13.050 --> 00:45:22.610 the seams. Shaken, but I'm settled. I've got 00:45:22.610 --> 00:45:31.369 a resolve about me. I have become resolved. No 00:45:31.369 --> 00:45:39.630 matter what, I'm not giving up. I'm not going 00:45:39.630 --> 00:45:41.489 to turn around. I'm not quitting. I'm not getting 00:45:41.489 --> 00:45:45.480 mad because one of y 'all hurt my feelings. I'm 00:45:45.480 --> 00:45:47.079 not quitting the church. It's a good thing me 00:45:47.079 --> 00:45:58.280 being the preacher in it. I'm resolved. My resolve 00:45:58.280 --> 00:46:01.000 happened a long time ago. Not six months ago. 00:46:01.059 --> 00:46:08.320 Not a year ago. My resolve came a long time ago. 00:46:09.400 --> 00:46:14.260 Right at 30 years ago when my resolve came. When 00:46:14.260 --> 00:46:18.699 I accepted this call, then I knew that I knew. 00:46:19.940 --> 00:46:23.579 Because I know that I know. I know me and I know 00:46:23.579 --> 00:46:30.139 him. And I know what's him in my life. I know 00:46:30.139 --> 00:46:33.139 what his hand is working. And I know what my 00:46:33.139 --> 00:46:36.139 little feeble hands can do. And my resolve come 00:46:36.139 --> 00:46:39.940 a long, long time ago. That's the reason it phases 00:46:39.940 --> 00:46:42.119 me not one bit to give. Whatever the Lord lays 00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:45.619 on my heart, I just give it. Why? Because I've 00:46:45.619 --> 00:46:53.960 had nothing. And still had good cheer. Because 00:46:53.960 --> 00:46:57.420 I had his word. And his word declared in my nothing 00:46:57.420 --> 00:47:02.039 that he would still not forsake me. I had his 00:47:02.039 --> 00:47:04.980 word and my resolve in the words of the psalmist 00:47:04.980 --> 00:47:07.780 David. I was young, now I'm old, and in all that. 00:47:08.360 --> 00:47:11.900 I've never seen the righteous forsaken or his 00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:15.860 seed begging bread. I've come in on the paddle 00:47:15.860 --> 00:47:18.059 and the boat and the boards and the planks of 00:47:18.059 --> 00:47:20.739 the ship that's come apart, but I always come 00:47:20.739 --> 00:47:25.179 in. I've stood to warm myself by the fire. You 00:47:25.179 --> 00:47:26.800 need to read the rest of that story that I read 00:47:26.800 --> 00:47:29.440 to you. I've stood to warm my hands by the fire 00:47:29.440 --> 00:47:31.940 and the serpent leap out and take hold of my 00:47:31.940 --> 00:47:37.820 hand, but I've also shook him off. What are you 00:47:37.820 --> 00:47:42.980 saying, pastor? I can say you can be shaken but 00:47:42.980 --> 00:47:52.760 settled. You can be shaken but established. You 00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:58.500 can be shaken and be comfortable because you 00:47:58.500 --> 00:48:00.940 have a resolve. Stand with me this morning. I 00:48:00.940 --> 00:48:14.190 quit. We're in a battle. But you have to know 00:48:14.190 --> 00:48:16.130 that the weapons of your warfare are not carnal, 00:48:16.230 --> 00:48:24.789 but they are mighty through God. To the pulling 00:48:24.789 --> 00:48:31.030 down of strongholds and casting down every imagination 00:48:31.030 --> 00:48:35.750 that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. 00:48:39.030 --> 00:48:41.849 I quit before 12, so I'd give you time to get 00:48:41.849 --> 00:48:49.010 down here. How many of you would honestly say, 00:48:49.110 --> 00:48:57.230 life is shaking me, Pastor? I got both hands 00:48:57.230 --> 00:49:07.389 up. I've been shaking. I've been shaking, but 00:49:07.389 --> 00:49:19.940 I'm settled. I'm settled. Because I know it really, 00:49:20.039 --> 00:49:24.780 somehow I know that it really doesn't matter 00:49:24.780 --> 00:49:37.860 if the boat comes apart. Because God said he's 00:49:37.860 --> 00:49:44.809 got me. He said, I'll never leave you. I will 00:49:44.809 --> 00:49:47.309 never forsake you. That's a promise in his word. 00:49:47.349 --> 00:49:50.110 That's a promise to every single one of you. 00:49:52.070 --> 00:49:55.289 If you love him, he loves you and he will not 00:49:55.289 --> 00:50:04.170 ever stop loving you. For God so loved the world 00:50:04.170 --> 00:50:08.650 that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever 00:50:08.650 --> 00:50:12.230 believeth in him should not perish. But have 00:50:12.230 --> 00:50:15.469 everlasting life. Look, I know life isn't always 00:50:15.469 --> 00:50:19.829 positive. Life isn't always grand. It wasn't 00:50:19.829 --> 00:50:22.550 grand for Paul. He's on a boat and it's going 00:50:22.550 --> 00:50:26.429 down. You may feel like you're on a boat and 00:50:26.429 --> 00:50:28.769 it's going down, sinking around you. Well, that's 00:50:28.769 --> 00:50:31.670 okay as long as you're safe in the arms of God. 00:50:33.849 --> 00:50:37.170 You're not the boat. You can get another boat. 00:50:39.570 --> 00:50:47.510 There's not another you. So with that, very simple 00:50:47.510 --> 00:50:51.110 this morning, I want to pray for us who feel 00:50:51.110 --> 00:50:56.050 like we're shaken. If you feel like life is shaking 00:50:56.050 --> 00:50:59.710 you to your core, that means crisis. It means 00:50:59.710 --> 00:51:01.989 emotional crisis. It means financial crisis. 00:51:02.010 --> 00:51:04.949 It means family crisis. It means any kind of 00:51:04.949 --> 00:51:08.710 crisis, work -related. If you're feeling shaken 00:51:08.710 --> 00:51:14.980 by life, And you want to be settled. You want 00:51:14.980 --> 00:51:17.719 to find comfort in the midst of the shaking. 00:51:19.179 --> 00:51:23.400 You want to find resolve. I need to get to where 00:51:23.400 --> 00:51:25.880 I can make my mind up that this stuff does not 00:51:25.880 --> 00:51:30.000 affect me. If that's you, I want you to make 00:51:30.000 --> 00:51:30.360 your way down.