1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,700 Jesus has the words of life and that's where we go on. 2 00:00:02,700 --> 00:00:04,600 When the way gets tough, 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:08,440 and we get circumstances that make us question God, 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,840 we lose everything, you know, 5 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:14,200 remember we're following him and we're his disciples. 6 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:15,040 Amen. 7 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:16,640 And we're abiding in him. 8 00:00:24,820 --> 00:00:27,280 God promises in Joel 2, 28, 9 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,400 to pour out his spirit on all humanity. 10 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:31,920 Welcome to Global Outpouring, 11 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,520 where we contend for that promise outpouring, 12 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:36,800 we equip for that outpouring, 13 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:40,300 so that we may engage in that very outpouring. 14 00:00:40,300 --> 00:00:41,560 I'm Philip Bus. 15 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:42,600 And I'm Sharon Bus. 16 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,600 Welcome to the podcast today. 17 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:46,800 We're so delighted that you're with us. 18 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:51,220 You know, God has given Philip a download for this episode. 19 00:00:51,220 --> 00:00:54,020 So I'm gonna toss the ball to him to introduce it. 20 00:00:54,020 --> 00:00:56,260 Well, this was a word that was coming to me. 21 00:00:56,260 --> 00:01:00,160 It started last week, but it all came together this morning. 22 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:01,360 You could title this, 23 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:04,080 Come and see, follow me, 24 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,580 abide in me and send me. 25 00:01:06,580 --> 00:01:07,420 Amen. 26 00:01:07,420 --> 00:01:10,740 It's four things you do when you really follow the Lord. 27 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,120 We're so glad that you are with us on this podcast today. 28 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,200 Thank you so much for tuning in. 29 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,600 Before we get started with 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00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:01,160 of getting immersed in the presence of God 44 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:02,320 in this convention. 45 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,480 It's going to be family camp, bring the whole family. 46 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:06,880 It's for every age. 47 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:08,780 We've got something special 48 00:02:08,780 --> 00:02:11,480 and it's about connecting people. 49 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,360 If you're hungry for God, 50 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:15,200 and sometimes when you're hungry for God, 51 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,000 you can't find anybody else that's hungry for God. 52 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,560 Maybe you have one or two, bring those one or two. 53 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,920 Maybe you've got a group of 10, bring that group of 10 54 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:26,720 because this is an opportunity for you to come 55 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,800 into a deeper place in God 56 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,160 where God is moving in a unique, unique 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00:03:46,840 and it's all going to come to us by email. 84 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:50,560 We'll email you back as soon as we have an opportunity to. 85 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,760 So we'd just love to hear from you. 86 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:54,680 And if you want to participate 87 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,560 in helping us keep this podcast going, 88 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,700 I just did the numbers last night 89 00:03:59,700 --> 00:04:02,160 and I'm overwhelmed with how much it costs. 90 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:06,040 But like I said in the last episode or in a recent episode, 91 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:07,320 I don't like to talk about money 92 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,100 and I don't like to beg for money, 93 00:04:09,100 --> 00:04:11,880 but I'm asking you to hear the Holy Spirit 94 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,640 and the Holy Spirit speaks to you to help us out with this 95 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,760 so that we can pay it forward and keep going on this podcast, 96 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,280 especially if it's being life-changing for you. 97 00:04:22,280 --> 00:04:25,440 We want to encourage you to hear from the Lord 98 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,640 about helping us to produce this podcast. 99 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,000 So Phillip, tell us about what the Holy Spirit 100 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:36,000 has been giving you in your heart that's speaking to you 101 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,720 and let it speak to us as well. 102 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:40,360 You know, in our walk with the Lord, you know, 103 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,200 we go back and we think about the pit, 104 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,480 maybe that we had dug for ourselves. 105 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,280 Oh yeah, and they're done that. 106 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:49,360 And how God got us out of the pit. 107 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,440 But a lot of times his circumstances were not, 108 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,080 you know, the way of doing it were not to our liking. 109 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:55,920 Oh yeah. 110 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:59,280 Because he just has a, God has a unique way 111 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:03,560 of taking things away that would hamper your following him. 112 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:04,520 Yeah, it's true. 113 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:06,280 Kind of like a mother bird pulls the feathers 114 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:07,960 out of the nest when it's time for the babies 115 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:08,960 to start to fly. 116 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,800 Yeah, and on the way down is when you do it. 117 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,080 And so when you feel like we're on the way down, 118 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:15,800 like you've been booted out, 119 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,560 it's just, if you flap your wings and just cry, 120 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,400 cry out and you know, Jesus is there. 121 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:25,040 It's like the painting you see with the footsteps. 122 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:25,880 Yeah. 123 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,200 You know, you see two sets of footsteps and only one, 124 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,560 you know, and the person asks, 125 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,240 where did the other footsteps go? 126 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:35,440 And the Lord said, that's when I was carrying you. 127 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:36,280 Yeah. 128 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:37,440 Because you couldn't do it by yourself. 129 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:38,280 Yeah. 130 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:39,120 You know, there's so much. 131 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:40,040 When you're going through the hardest time, 132 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:40,920 that's when he carries you. 133 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,320 That's when you really need the carrying. 134 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,840 So I just want to look, look a little bit 135 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:47,720 into the life of the disciples, 136 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:51,040 how they first started out, Jesus first followers. 137 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:52,880 And you know, his ministry started, 138 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:55,200 he did a 40 day fast. 139 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:56,040 Oh yeah. 140 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,520 In the wilderness, tempted to the devil. 141 00:05:58,520 --> 00:05:59,360 Yep. 142 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:01,400 You know, and it says, and the devil tempted him. 143 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,600 You know, can go back and read that in two of the gospels. 144 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,600 So he's getting harassed. 145 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,080 How much day or night, we don't know. 146 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,600 You know, and then the devil challenges his authority. 147 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,000 And you know, then he comes out of the desert 148 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,200 and ministry is ready to start, you know. 149 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,280 And you had a little taste of it when he was 12 years old. 150 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:22,480 When he was in the temple and all the, 151 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,760 all the scribes and Pharisees are getting blown away 152 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,840 for the wisdom that is in this 12 year old child. 153 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:30,240 Like, how do you know that? 154 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:31,320 You know? 155 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:32,160 Where did you come from? 156 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:33,400 Where did you go to school? 157 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,880 You know, Nazareth, you're from Nazareth. 158 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:41,240 What kind of rabbi do you have there that knows these things? 159 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:43,560 So anyway, let's just take a look. 160 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,280 So one of the first statements that Jesus says 161 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:49,080 to his disciples is, come and see. 162 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,160 So in the gospel of John chapter one, 163 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:57,160 and I'm gonna start verse 29, and this is John the Baptist. 164 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,120 And this is the second day, you know, 165 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:04,680 Jesus has showed up again and two of his disciples are there. 166 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,280 So he says to them, the very next day, 167 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:10,640 John saw Jesus coming to him to be baptized. 168 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:14,400 And John cried out, look, there he is, God's lamb. 169 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,480 He will take away the sins of the world. 170 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:17,320 Hallelujah. 171 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:19,640 Yeah, because you know, back at this time, 172 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:21,460 the only way you got your sins taken away 173 00:07:21,460 --> 00:07:24,520 was through a sacrificial lamb, a natural lamb, 174 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:26,200 you know, which was done in the temple. 175 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:27,040 Right. 176 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:28,760 Which you had to take that long journey on. 177 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:29,600 Yep. 178 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:30,960 You know, and that nice, you don't have to take 179 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:32,800 a long journey for salvation. 180 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,240 It's just instant, you know? 181 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,320 And he says, I told you that a mighty one would come 182 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:40,440 who is far greater than I am, 183 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,760 because he existed long before I was born. 184 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,640 My baptism was for the preparation of his appearing 185 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:50,520 to Israel, even though I've yet to experience him. 186 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:52,200 He knew him in the Spirit. 187 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:53,040 Yeah. 188 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,860 You know, cause even when Mary visited Elizabeth, 189 00:07:55,860 --> 00:07:58,560 John, who was in Elizabeth's womb, 190 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:00,760 he jumped in her womb, you know, 191 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,080 and he was filled with the Holy Spirit, you know, 192 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:04,640 right there, you know. 193 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:06,520 So they knew each other by the Spirit, 194 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,800 even though they had never met for all those years 195 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:09,720 that we know of. 196 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:10,540 Yeah. 197 00:08:10,540 --> 00:08:11,880 I wonder if they maybe saw each other 198 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:12,720 when they were kids. 199 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:14,960 Yeah, going up to the temple. 200 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:16,160 Yeah, going to the feasts. 201 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:17,320 Maybe they did. 202 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:21,040 But at some point, John ended up in the wilderness. 203 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:22,200 Yeah. 204 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,440 So anyway, the very next day, John was there again. 205 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,200 I'm reading, this is verse 35. 206 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,080 The very next day, John was there again 207 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,640 with two of his disciples as Jesus was walking 208 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:34,080 right past them. 209 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,280 John, gazing upon him, pointed to Jesus and said, 210 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,680 look, there's God's lamb. 211 00:08:39,680 --> 00:08:42,560 And as soon as John's two disciples heard this, 212 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:45,280 they immediately left John and began to follow 213 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,960 a short distance behind Jesus. 214 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,280 Wouldn't that give you a complex, you think? 215 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,240 Two of your disciples, you know, 216 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,760 all of a sudden they're not following you anymore. 217 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:56,200 Says, hey, where you going? 218 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:00,080 You know, and they're following Jesus afar off. 219 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:00,920 Yeah. 220 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,800 Because it's just like the Holy Spirit is working. 221 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,400 They're not filled, you know, 222 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,280 the infilling hasn't been poured out yet, you know, 223 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:09,120 on them. 224 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,720 It has on Jesus, you know, but not on them. 225 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,200 But there's this unction to follow them. 226 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:15,040 Yeah. 227 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:18,080 This unction, what does this man have to do with us? 228 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,560 Kind of like you've had that feeling. 229 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:21,000 I've had that feeling. 230 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,080 Like those ladies that smuggled Bibles 231 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:24,080 behind the Aaron curtain, 232 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:25,120 there's something about them 233 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:26,720 that has something to do with me. 234 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:27,640 I was hooked. 235 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:29,280 Yeah, and I wanted to stay away from them. 236 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:31,560 I didn't want to go to jail smuggling Bibles. 237 00:09:31,560 --> 00:09:33,720 I did, I was willing. 238 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:35,480 Self preservation. 239 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:37,320 It was kind of working early there. 240 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,240 So anyway, so Jesus turns around 241 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:42,680 and saw that they were following him and asked, 242 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:44,120 what do you want? 243 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,120 They responded, Rabbi, you know, 244 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:49,960 which means master or teacher, where are you staying? 245 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:53,760 Jesus answered, come and discover for yourselves. 246 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:54,600 Ooh. 247 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:56,120 I thought that's a real neat statement. 248 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:57,040 That's the passion, right? 249 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:59,320 This is the passion, TPT, the passion. 250 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,560 And in the King James, it's, you know, come and see. 251 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:06,800 And in the Amplified, it's come and you will see. 252 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,160 Come and you will see. 253 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:09,440 Now, doesn't that sound? 254 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,480 Yeah, that gives it another feel to it. 255 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,080 And little did they know what they were getting into. 256 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:15,000 Yeah, right. 257 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,720 So come and discover for yourselves. 258 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,520 So they went with him and saw where he was staying. 259 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,960 And since it was late in the afternoon, 260 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,840 they spent the rest of the day with Jesus. 261 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,640 And I'm sure, you know, during all this time 262 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:32,040 that he was probably reading their mail somewhat. 263 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:32,880 Probably. 264 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:34,760 You know, cause this is what happened to Nathaniel, 265 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:36,360 a few disciples later here. 266 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:37,200 Yeah. 267 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,600 I remember the first time we met Dean Braxton. 268 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:40,440 Yeah. 269 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,160 Yeah, we were up at the church at the cornfield 270 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:45,160 with Pastor Young, the wild Korean lady 271 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:46,480 that you hear talked about. 272 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:47,320 Yeah. 273 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:49,080 River Destiny Church. 274 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,960 So we're in a shopping mall where the meetings are going on. 275 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:53,600 It's during COVID. 276 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:55,640 No stores are open around it. 277 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:58,320 We didn't wear our masks till we got in the door of the mall 278 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,600 then took them off when we got inside. 279 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:02,600 But hardly anybody had a mask on in there. 280 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,680 But when the presence of God moves like that, you know. 281 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:06,520 Yeah. 282 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:08,200 And so we met Dean. 283 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,400 And when the event was over and we're leaving that morning, 284 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,960 he said, I got some books for you. 285 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:17,360 And I'm sitting there holding this box of books. 286 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:19,520 And he talked for about an hour, 287 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,640 just talking about things of heaven, things pertaining us. 288 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:23,480 Yeah. 289 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:24,300 Reading our mail. 290 00:11:24,300 --> 00:11:26,080 Reading our mail and I put the box down. 291 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:26,920 After an hour. 292 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:27,760 After an hour. 293 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:28,600 Yeah. 294 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:30,400 And he talked for about another hour. 295 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:31,240 I mean, I didn't mind. 296 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:32,720 I was getting sunburn on my neck. 297 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:34,760 You know, we were really getting, 298 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:35,800 you know, we were just blown away. 299 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,440 And this is someone you want to follow. 300 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,200 You know, it's just like, wow, he really has it. 301 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,840 It's just like your antenna goes up. 302 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:44,680 Ding ding. 303 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:47,880 If your frequency has been found, you know, and you're. 304 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,160 And God told him that he wanted us to be friends with him. 305 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:52,080 Yeah. 306 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:53,080 And that's amazing. 307 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:54,040 Yeah. 308 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:54,960 We were blown away by that. 309 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:56,760 I remember on our next trip, we met him. 310 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,320 He gave us each this little horn, you know, 311 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:03,520 put in leather, leather, sewed around it for anointing oil. 312 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:04,360 Yeah. 313 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:05,180 You know, and that's what- 314 00:12:05,180 --> 00:12:06,280 That was when he first came here. 315 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:07,240 Okay. Yeah. 316 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,680 And that's what Samuel did to David. 317 00:12:09,680 --> 00:12:13,400 So he anointed Saul with a vial of oil, 318 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,200 but anointed David with a horn of oil. 319 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:17,040 Big difference there. 320 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:18,360 There's a lot more oil in that horn. 321 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,200 One would think so. 322 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:21,920 You know, so it was just like amazing. 323 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,520 I thought, wow, you know, it's tremendous connect. 324 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:28,280 So here are the disciples and he starts calling them out. 325 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:33,280 And I'm in Luke's gospel right now and I'm in chapter five. 326 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,320 And this is in the King James. 327 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,200 And it came to pass that as the people pressed upon him 328 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:40,440 to hear the word of God, 329 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,360 he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 330 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:44,200 which is the sea of Galilee, 331 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,120 and saw two ships standing by the lake, 332 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:47,800 but the fishermen were gone out of them 333 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,880 and were washing their nets. 334 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:51,900 And it's like what you do when you fish, 335 00:12:51,900 --> 00:12:54,560 even, you know, like trout fishing, you catch a fish, 336 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:56,400 you get the fish out of the water, 337 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,520 you put the nets in the water and you wash them all out. 338 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,320 So it won't have all that fishy stuff on it. 339 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:02,160 Fishy goo. 340 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:03,920 Fishy goo, yeah. 341 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:05,880 And he entered into one of the ships. 342 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,120 I mean, just went up and walked in, 343 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:11,200 went on the pier and stepped in, which was Simon's boat, 344 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,040 and prayed that he would thrust them out 345 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:14,400 a little from the land. 346 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:17,840 And he sat down and taught the people out of the ship. 347 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:19,440 Now that's just kind of neat. 348 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:20,840 You got an audience. 349 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:22,760 He's starting to get an audience. 350 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,920 Disciples weren't the first one he revealed himself to. 351 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,200 You know, he was doing the work of the Lord. 352 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:30,280 He was in Nazareth. 353 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:33,560 He made his declaration, Isaiah 61, 354 00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:36,000 the spirit of the Lord is upon me. 355 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,320 And that's kind of where it all started. 356 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:40,800 So he's starting to get known. 357 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,480 We don't know the exact timeline of how much time 358 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:45,640 between that and the disciples. 359 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,200 You know, it takes a while to walk from one to the other. 360 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,120 Now, when he had quit speaking, he said unto Simon, 361 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:52,880 just go out into the deeper waters 362 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,280 and just let your nets down for a haul. 363 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:57,120 Yeah. 364 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:58,160 Yeah, sure, okay. 365 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,360 It sounds like an advertisement for a new lure. 366 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,960 You're really gonna catch on this, you know? 367 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,000 And Simon answering, sent on to him, 368 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,160 Master, we have toiled all night. 369 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,160 I mean, I've been there, I fished, you know, 370 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,720 I did stuff like this and have taken nothing. 371 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:18,880 Nevertheless, at thy word, I will let down the net. 372 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:22,600 Now what's interesting, he says net, not nets. 373 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,840 So he only put one net down. 374 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,120 We always thought, well, he was really disobedient. 375 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:29,640 He didn't say nets. 376 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,240 But what would have happened if he would have had two nets? 377 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:35,080 The boat may have just sank immediately instead of one. 378 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,120 He would have had twice as many fish. 379 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:38,400 Never thought of it like that. 380 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:39,440 Never thought of it like that. 381 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,160 But I did look it up in the Greek and it is singular. 382 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:43,640 I will let down the net. 383 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:44,480 Okay. 384 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:46,040 When Jesus had said, let down your nets. 385 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,400 Okay, and I've heard someone say, 386 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:50,480 maybe it was Sister Glenn before, 387 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:52,760 that the net he may have let down 388 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:54,880 was not one that he just finished washing. 389 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:56,960 It might have been another one in the boat 390 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:58,400 that was just older. 391 00:14:58,400 --> 00:14:59,240 Maybe. 392 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,240 And kind of brittle and all that. 393 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:02,800 We don't know for sure. 394 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:07,560 So when this was done, they enclosed a great hall 395 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,080 of fish and their net break. 396 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:10,920 Oh no. 397 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:11,760 Hit bro. 398 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:13,400 But there's so many of them. 399 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:15,040 And they called on to their partners, 400 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:16,120 which were in the other ship, 401 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,000 and they should come and help them. 402 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,440 And they came and filled both the ships. 403 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:21,520 I mean, they're pulling this. 404 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:24,120 I mean, they just hit the lottery big time here. 405 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,120 You know, the fish lottery. 406 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:26,960 The fish lottery. 407 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:28,720 You know, this is, you know, 408 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,880 there wasn't any limit on fish back then probably. 409 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:31,720 Sure. 410 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:33,080 You know, like we have today. 411 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,800 So they make this massive catch, 412 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,200 breaks the net, and so they begin to sink. 413 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,040 There's so much weight in the boat. 414 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:41,160 You know. Wow. 415 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:42,760 And when Simon Peter saw it, 416 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:44,720 he fell down at Jesus' knees saying, 417 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:46,120 depart from me. 418 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:47,200 I'm a sinful man. 419 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:50,360 For he was astonished and all that were with him 420 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,480 at the hall of the fish, which they had just got. 421 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:57,000 So also was James and John, the sons of Zebedee, 422 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:58,640 who were partners on the Simon. 423 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,640 And Jesus said on the Simon, 424 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:04,600 fear not, from henceforth, you're gonna catch men. 425 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:05,560 Yes. 426 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:07,880 You know, and when they had brought their ships to land, 427 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,600 they forced it all and followed him. 428 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,960 So they just handed the fish over to somebody else. 429 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:13,800 Here, you deal with this. 430 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:14,640 Here, Dad. 431 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:15,480 See you later. Yeah, here, Dad. 432 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:16,320 Yeah. 433 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:17,520 Because they were the sons of Zebedee. 434 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:20,680 Because they said that his father was there, 435 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:22,280 you know, in the other gospel. 436 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:23,720 And they just left. 437 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:24,800 Took off. 438 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:26,560 Maybe they had other brothers, who knows. 439 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,880 Yeah, and didn't give a week's notice or anything. 440 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:31,480 They just took off. 441 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:33,200 So this was the start, you know, 442 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,520 of the walk of the disciples. 443 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,920 You know, and let's drop down to verse 27. 444 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,720 And after these things, this is Jesus, 445 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:47,720 as he was, and he healed the one that had the epilepsy. 446 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:51,640 And he's walking by and he sees a publican 447 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:53,120 whose name was Levi. 448 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:54,320 So what's a publican? 449 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,200 A publican is one that collects taxes. 450 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:58,440 Yeah, it's public money. 451 00:16:58,440 --> 00:16:59,680 Public money. 452 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:01,520 That's why they're called a publican. 453 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:03,960 And why would this man, Levi, 454 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,440 whose name would change to Matthew, 455 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,240 so if he's a Levi, why would a Levi 456 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:11,800 called to be a part of Levi works in the temple, 457 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,720 part of the priesthood, collecting taxes? 458 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,000 You ever think about that? 459 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:17,840 No. 460 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:20,480 I thought about that when I was getting this this morning. 461 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:21,320 Interesting. 462 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:22,840 So Levi is the tribe of Levi. 463 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:24,560 You know, one of the tribal Levi called 464 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,000 to be the priesthood, you know, from early on, 465 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,480 collecting money from everybody else. 466 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:33,640 Wouldn't his family want to disown him for that? 467 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:35,240 It's good money, maybe, you know, 468 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,560 though he's getting a percentage. 469 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,400 You know, Rome is getting him a percentage 470 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:40,680 of what he is getting. 471 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:41,520 Interesting. 472 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:42,800 Very interesting, you know. 473 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:43,880 So let's go on. 474 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:49,320 So he sees Levi sitting at the receipt of custom 475 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,880 and said unto him, follow me. 476 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,520 So this is the next statement in a life 477 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:56,920 when you're gonna, you know, follow Jesus, 478 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:58,720 is to follow him. 479 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:00,600 So he rose up. 480 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,920 What happened in Levi at that instant? 481 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:08,920 He left all, got up, rose up and followed him. 482 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:13,200 And Levi made a great feast in his own house. 483 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,160 And there was a great company of publicans and others 484 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,160 that were sitting down with him, you know, 485 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:21,680 and this great controversy going on after this happens 486 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:23,080 that Jesus is there. 487 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:26,360 He's sitting and eating with other publicans, 488 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:27,840 other tax collectors. 489 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:28,680 Yeah. 490 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,520 I mean, okay, think about this. 491 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:34,000 How much time happened between Jesus meeting him 492 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,560 and this feast? 493 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:36,400 Good question. 494 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,520 Yeah, how do you pull a feast together? 495 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,000 Yeah, don't pull your phone out and email everybody. 496 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,400 You got all your favorites on your phone, you know. 497 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,040 That doesn't work back then. 498 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,120 So maybe a little time passed between this. 499 00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:52,160 Yeah, or you know, word can spread pretty quickly. 500 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:56,280 So he has this feast, you know, while he's with them all. 501 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:58,600 So Levi, whose name now is Matthew, 502 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,280 who wrote the Gospel of Matthew. 503 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:03,360 Yes, and the name Matthew, by the way, 504 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:05,800 means gift of Jehovah. 505 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:06,640 Ooh. 506 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:07,760 Matityahu. 507 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:08,720 Oh, wow. 508 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,800 Yeah, so it's interesting. 509 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:13,440 You know, he really was a gift. 510 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:16,520 I mean, look at the gift that he gave to us 511 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:18,680 in the Gospel that he wrote. 512 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:19,840 Stunning. 513 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:21,520 Yeah, that really is. 514 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:25,200 So the other disciples are called one by one, 515 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,320 or maybe two by two, some of them. 516 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,560 And some of them, you can't find history 517 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:30,960 where they really came from. 518 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,080 All of a sudden we have 12 disciples. 519 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:35,440 So there was a group that had been following him 520 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:36,880 from place to place. 521 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,560 So he could see, you know, by the Spirit, you know, 522 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,880 who was going to be the next disciple. 523 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:42,720 Right. 524 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:43,560 Follow me. 525 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:44,600 Follow me. 526 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:49,600 But over in Luke chapter nine and verse 23, 527 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,400 and this was after the multiplication 528 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:53,800 of the loaves and fishes, 529 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:56,360 which happened, you know, a couple of times. 530 00:19:56,360 --> 00:19:58,280 Then Jesus says to the disciples, 531 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:00,320 when this was all said and done, 532 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,680 who do the people say that I am? 533 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:04,440 They answered saying, John the Baptist. 534 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,600 Some say Elias or Elijah. 535 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,400 Others say it's one of the old prophets risen again. 536 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,760 So he says to the 12, who do you say that I am? 537 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:13,600 Yes. 538 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,520 Peter answering said, the Christ of God. 539 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:17,360 The Messiah. 540 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:18,200 The Messiah. 541 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:19,800 That would be, yeah, Messiah. 542 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:21,640 So then he straightly charged them 543 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:25,760 and commanded them to tell no man that this was. 544 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,440 And he was saying, the son of man, 545 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:29,360 you know, must suffer many things, 546 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:32,280 be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes 547 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,040 and be slain and be raised up the third day. 548 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:36,880 Do you still want to follow me? 549 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:38,080 I mean, this is after this massive miracle. 550 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:39,520 Did they even get that message? 551 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:42,320 No, I don't believe they really got it. 552 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:45,920 And then he said unto him, if any will follow after me, 553 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,120 and man is put in italics. 554 00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:50,200 That's anybody. 555 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,800 Man, woman, woman, child, you know. 556 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,320 And he said, if any will come after me, 557 00:20:55,320 --> 00:21:00,160 let him deny himself, take up his cross daily 558 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:01,080 and follow me. 559 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:01,920 Wow. 560 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:03,200 Ooh, okay. 561 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,440 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it, 562 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,200 but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, 563 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,760 the same shall save it. 564 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:11,600 Wow. 565 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,960 For what is a man advantage if he gains the whole world 566 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,880 and lose himself or be cast away? 567 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,920 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me in my words of him 568 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,360 shall the son of man be ashamed. 569 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:27,240 And he shall come in his own glory and in his father's 570 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:28,800 and of the holy angels. 571 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:32,240 But I tell you of a truth, there shall be some standing here 572 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,320 which shall not taste of death 573 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:36,640 till they shall see the kingdom of God. 574 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,400 And we know that was John, you know, possibly John, 575 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,560 Isle of Patmos, you know. 576 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,360 They tried to boil him in oil, you know. 577 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:47,880 And so this is the second step that you take. 578 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:49,880 That's follow me. 579 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,760 But it's taking up the cross daily, follow me. 580 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:57,920 What prevents you from taking up a cross and following him? 581 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,560 I mean, this isn't a normal message you hear 582 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,200 on a Sunday morning. 583 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,920 Because, you know, what happens if revival breaks out 584 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,120 and the Super Bowl starts this afternoon? 585 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:08,960 Oh. 586 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:13,960 We were in Texas at a meeting and it was Super Bowl Sunday 587 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:17,440 and there weren't very many men in there. 588 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:18,280 Yeah. 589 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:19,560 Where were they? 590 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,000 I mean, the Super Bowl doesn't start too late. 591 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:22,840 Yeah. 592 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:23,840 They took Sunday off. 593 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:27,200 I thought, oh wow, what if Jesus came Sunday morning 594 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,160 and you weren't really looking for him? 595 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:32,160 You know, so we have to hear from the Holy Spirit. 596 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:35,320 If you're supposed to be somewhere at a specific time 597 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,120 and listening to his voice and that, 598 00:22:38,120 --> 00:22:43,120 but the only way we can do that is if we are with him daily. 599 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:45,880 You know, daily we pick up our cross, 600 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:47,360 starting first thing in the morning. 601 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:49,080 It's a good thing to do. 602 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,320 You know, Lord, what do you have for us today? 603 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,520 You know, it's not what I want to do. 604 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:56,120 And it's about denying yourself. 605 00:22:56,120 --> 00:22:56,960 Yeah. 606 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:57,800 Really. 607 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,360 It's about surrendering every day, 608 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:02,480 surrendering to him, surrendering to his way, 609 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:05,600 surrendering to his will and listening for what that is. 610 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:06,440 Yeah. 611 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:08,960 I've been reading one of Bruce Allen's books 612 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:14,920 and he mentions, it's just like 90% of your soul 613 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,120 is taking over 10% of your spirit 614 00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:20,080 because of all the stuff that you're dealing with. 615 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:20,920 Wow. 616 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,600 I thought, you know, 90% of flesh, 617 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,400 which is your soul, that's a soulless part of you. 618 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:28,240 And you have to reverse that. 619 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:29,080 Yeah. 620 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:31,080 That's one of the hardest things you'll ever do. 621 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:32,640 But to follow him daily. 622 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:33,480 Yeah. 623 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:34,760 And it's the hardest thing you ever do 624 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:36,320 all day long every day. 625 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:37,920 Yeah. And a little side note here. 626 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,800 We, you know, when I got my ham radio license, 627 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,680 they gave me my call sign. 628 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:46,000 You know, you do your test, the FCC gives you a call sign. 629 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,240 It was KJ5FHD. 630 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:50,680 And to help me remember it, 631 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,560 it was John who works on our staff. 632 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:56,480 He gave me a little lingo and said, 633 00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:00,400 KJ5, King Jesus Five, follow him daily. 634 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:01,240 Yeah, that's true. 635 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,080 I thought, and so I remembered that. 636 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:04,760 And then I shortened it to find him daily 637 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:08,000 because it's shorter when you're trying to think of it. 638 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,720 Because when you're calling somebody on ham radio specific, 639 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:15,360 you give their call sign and then you give yours, you know? 640 00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:16,920 And then they answer, you give yours 641 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:18,600 and then you talk to them. 642 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,240 It's a very neat protocol and all that, you know? 643 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,880 So follow him daily. 644 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:24,720 Yeah. 645 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:26,280 And which is, you know, what we all try to do. 646 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:28,560 And sometimes things just happen. 647 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,040 Maybe you got up late and you weren't, 648 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:32,800 didn't get your full devotions, you know? 649 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,760 And things like that happen, but there's grace for that. 650 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,040 You know, you don't have to be bound by tradition 651 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,760 that if I didn't do this, this isn't gonna happen, you know? 652 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:43,760 I had an incident that happened 653 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:48,000 that I'd been speaking at the World Mission Alliance 654 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,960 Conference some years ago. 655 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,200 And they have two speakers in every session. 656 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,680 So I was in the same session with Gary McSpadden, 657 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,640 who is brother-in-law to Dino Kartzanakis, 658 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,160 the amazing piano player. 659 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,360 And he used to travel with Catherine Kuhlman. 660 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:05,200 Yes. 661 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:06,040 He was her pianist. 662 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:06,920 Yes. 663 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,720 So Dino was there to encourage his brother-in-law 664 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:11,440 and I was the other speaker of the session. 665 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,840 So, you know, you don't just walk out on the next speaker. 666 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:16,160 You be polite. 667 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,840 So they were there when I think Gary spoke first. 668 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:20,320 Yeah, he did. 669 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:22,760 And then I don't remember what I spoke about, 670 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:26,960 but in the middle of it, I just felt led to break into song. 671 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:30,480 And I sang this song about being beautifully broken. 672 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:34,720 And by the way, if anybody knows where to find that author 673 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,440 of that song, I would love to connect 674 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,640 because it's a really deeply moving song 675 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,960 about letting God break you. 676 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:44,600 And it's a beautiful thing. 677 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,920 It's, the picture on the album was a little chick 678 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:49,640 that's just broken out of an egg. 679 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:50,640 You know? 680 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,200 So anyway, so I broke into song and I, you know, 681 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:57,680 the anointing was on it and then the conference was over 682 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,000 and we were spending the night with our friend, 683 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:04,200 frenzy level and both of our alarm clocks 684 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,560 didn't go off that morning. 685 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,560 It was, that was the most amazing thing. 686 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:11,400 We, you know, and we have a habit of getting up 687 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,160 and having a prayer time. 688 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,600 You know, most days we have a worship time as well 689 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,720 before we even get ready for the day. 690 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:23,720 Well, Francine, it comes either knocking or just shouting, 691 00:26:24,360 --> 00:26:26,480 you know, breakfast is ready 692 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,320 and we hadn't gotten out of bed yet. 693 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,600 And I'm thinking, oh no. 694 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,080 What about our morning routine? 695 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:33,640 What about our morning routine? 696 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,560 You know, and so Sharon said, I don't think we can make it. 697 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:38,880 And I thought, I feel we're supposed to be there. 698 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,200 Yeah, we were gonna go to Gary McSpadden's church. 699 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,200 We're going for the church for that Sunday. 700 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,160 We had no obligation to be there, but I just felt, 701 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:47,680 so I encouraged her, you know, 702 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,200 cause you eat, put your, put makeup on and all that. 703 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:52,520 It was time to do that. 704 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:53,360 Yeah. 705 00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:55,160 But there wasn't time to have a devotional time. 706 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:56,000 Yeah. 707 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,840 So we went to the service 708 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:00,680 and they sat us on the front row. 709 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:03,960 And I'm thinking, oh, okay. 710 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,480 And then, you know, after their worship service, 711 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,880 worship part of the service, 712 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,880 Pastor Gary starts talking and he comes down 713 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,080 with the microphone into the congregation 714 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,160 and he walks over to me and he says, 715 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,440 Sharon Buss, what's the Lord saying? 716 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,200 And I'm thinking, I didn't have my devotions this morning. 717 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:25,600 What is the Lord saying? 718 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,280 And in that moment, the Holy Spirit gave me something. 719 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:31,760 I don't remember what it was, it's some years ago, 720 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,360 but you know, whatever it was, it came out. 721 00:27:34,360 --> 00:27:35,200 It was anointed. 722 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:36,120 It was beautiful. 723 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:39,080 It was, it was God, you know, the Holy Spirit spoke. 724 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,280 Yes. It's out there on YouTube somewhere. 725 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:42,200 Somewhere. 726 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,720 I don't know how to find it, but maybe we could find it. 727 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:46,960 If we find it, we'll put it in the show notes. 728 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,600 Anyway, then he, when I got finished with that, 729 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,440 he says, would you sing for us? 730 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:57,440 And at that moment, Dino stood up and he came running over 731 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,480 and he said, the Holy Spirit just spoke to me 732 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,200 that she's supposed to sing 733 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,000 and I'm supposed to accompany her. 734 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,880 So he comes over, he grabs my hand. 735 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,400 We're walking up onto the platform. 736 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,760 He says, what do you know? 737 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,640 I said, I don't know. 738 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,200 I said, make it something old. 739 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:19,120 Cause I didn't know what he knew. 740 00:28:19,120 --> 00:28:21,200 You know, I had no idea. 741 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,200 And so, you know, he suggests something. 742 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,400 I said, no, he's, and then, then he suggested, 743 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,000 Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus. 744 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,280 I said, yeah, let's do that one. 745 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:31,920 So he starts out playing. 746 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:32,920 Flamboyantly. 747 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:33,760 Oh yes. 748 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,800 He's just so amazing with his skills. 749 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:41,120 And he starts playing and I just belted it out. 750 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,720 It was amazing how I belt. 751 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:45,680 And you know, it was anointed by the Holy Spirit. 752 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:46,720 That's what I'm saying. 753 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:48,680 It wasn't that I was so amazing, 754 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,160 but what the Holy Spirit did through me was amazing. 755 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,440 And it was, it was just tremendous. 756 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:58,040 And we found out later that he doesn't do that for anybody. 757 00:28:58,040 --> 00:28:59,800 But it was the Holy Spirit that led. 758 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,040 But the point of this is that sometimes 759 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:06,440 you don't have time to do your routine. 760 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,600 Sometimes you, you know, the thing that you depend on 761 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:13,400 to have the anointing in your life doesn't happen, 762 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,520 but the Holy Spirit is already there. 763 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:16,840 He's living inside you. 764 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:19,440 You're inside of him because you're following him. 765 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:20,280 Yeah. 766 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,080 You're following him and you're dwelling with him. 767 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,480 Yeah. If you're following him daily. 768 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:25,320 It's there. 769 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,120 Yeah. It's there when you need it. 770 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:27,960 Exactly. 771 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:28,800 Yeah. 772 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,640 So point number three, we're going to say, 773 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,920 and this is abide. 774 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:38,800 These chapters in John 13, 14, 15, 16, 775 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:42,800 17 are my discourse of the Upper Room. 776 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,600 And, you know, I'll just start from the beginning here. 777 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,640 I am the true vine and my father is the husband. 778 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,800 Every branch in me that bears not fruit, 779 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:55,800 he takes it away and every branch that bears fruit, 780 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,800 he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit. 781 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:01,200 Now you are clean through the word 782 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,360 which I have spoken to you. 783 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,240 Abide in me and I in you. 784 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:07,080 Amen. 785 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,320 As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, 786 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,560 except that abide in the vine, 787 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,560 no more can ye except ye abide in me. 788 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:16,760 And what you had just said, you know, 789 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:20,240 in the Passion Translation, it says dwell in me. 790 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:21,600 And you had just mentioned that. 791 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:22,440 Yes. 792 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,120 Have to dwell in me, you know. 793 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:28,840 And I looked abide up in the Greek and the Strongs. 794 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,560 It's number 3306. 795 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:35,560 And it means to remain, to sojourn, 796 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:40,560 not to depart, to continue to be present, you know. 797 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:42,840 And that's like, oh wow. 798 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:44,880 So it's just there all the time. 799 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:46,520 We're really abiding all the time. 800 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:50,160 And when we're listening to the Holy Spirit, that happens. 801 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,720 Because that's why the Holy Spirit was sent on earth, 802 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,880 was to be the comforter and our guide. 803 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:56,840 Yes. 804 00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:58,960 So this is abiding in him. 805 00:30:58,960 --> 00:30:59,800 Yes. 806 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:01,440 I am the vine, ye are the branches. 807 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:03,640 He that abides in me and I in him, 808 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,480 the same brings much more fruit. 809 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:10,200 For without me, you can do nothing. 810 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:11,040 Amen. 811 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:12,120 Well, we found that out. 812 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,120 I haven't we though. 813 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:18,400 If a man abide not in me, he's cast forth as a branch, 814 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:19,800 he's withered. 815 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:21,920 And men gather them, cast them in the fire, 816 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:23,320 and they are burned. 817 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,440 But if you abide in me and my words abide in you, 818 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:30,200 ask which he will and it shall be done unto you. 819 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,000 Amen. 820 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,640 Wow, that's a great faith scripture. 821 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:38,160 But if we're not walking where we should be, 822 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,160 God's under no obligation to fulfill this. 823 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:42,480 That's true. 824 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:44,720 Because if we're desiring the things of the world 825 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,000 and what we're asking, 826 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:48,160 Asking amiss. 827 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,440 He can ask amiss, he can give it to you, 828 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:54,080 but in the scripture somewhere there, 829 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:55,760 it'll bring leanness to your soul. 830 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:56,600 That's true. 831 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,120 So things you ask for may be not what God 832 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:00,800 is the best for you. 833 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:04,720 Because too many things can steer you away. 834 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:06,760 So it's abiding in the vine. 835 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,840 It reminds me of Psalm 91, 836 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,840 he that dwells in the secret place of the most high 837 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,680 shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 838 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:16,600 Yeah. 839 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:20,880 So I'm gonna go on now to the fourth point, 840 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,040 and that is send me. 841 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,680 And in John chapter 20, I think you, 842 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:27,280 Sharon, you had something. 843 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:32,040 So in John chapter 20, on the day that Jesus was resurrected 844 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:36,040 and Mary Magdalene saw him and John and Peter 845 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:39,640 went running to look in the tomb and found it empty. 846 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:43,360 Then he shows up while they're gathered in this upper room 847 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:47,680 and everything's closed and he just appears. 848 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:49,480 Some folks say that he went through the walls, 849 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,920 but I don't know whether he went through the walls 850 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:53,040 or he just appeared. 851 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:53,880 Just appeared, yeah. 852 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:55,240 He just came. 853 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,120 He said to them in verse 21, 854 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,880 he said to them, peace be to you. 855 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:01,720 Shalom. 856 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,080 Shalom, he's saying shalom. 857 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,600 I mean, that's what you always say in Hebrew 858 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,720 when you greet someone, shalom. 859 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:12,720 Just as the father has sent me forth, so am I sending you. 860 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,800 And there's a song that says, 861 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:19,000 so send I you to labor unrewarded, 862 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,120 to serve unpaid, unloved, unsought, unknown. 863 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,840 We sang that when I was in the children's choir, 864 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:26,240 I was in third grade. 865 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:27,120 Wow. 866 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,080 Children's choir in the First Baptist Church. 867 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:35,080 And that song got into me. 868 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:39,520 And it was like, I felt this calling of God on my life 869 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,000 at that point. 870 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,280 And I knew that God wanted me to serve him. 871 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:46,960 And every time, like on a Sunday evening, 872 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:50,080 we'd go to church Sunday night and sometimes they would say, 873 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,160 okay, let's do favorites. 874 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:55,240 And I would always call for that song. 875 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:56,880 I was a kid, I was a little kid. 876 00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:58,680 Wow, little did you know. 877 00:33:58,680 --> 00:33:59,840 Little did I know. 878 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:02,440 And we're still serving unpaid. 879 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,080 We live by faith. 880 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:07,680 So it was a part of my calling. 881 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,920 It was, I mean, I was born on the mission field. 882 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:11,840 I was born in India. 883 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:13,800 My parents were called to missions 884 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,200 and they didn't go back for whatever reason. 885 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:17,560 I won't go into that. 886 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:21,760 But my dad wanted us to understand missions 887 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:25,520 and for our family devotions, he would alternate. 888 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:27,240 One day he would read from the scripture 889 00:34:27,240 --> 00:34:30,120 and the next day he would read from a missionary story. 890 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,560 We grew up on missionary stories. 891 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:36,000 And it was like, this is what I want. 892 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:37,600 I knew from a young age 893 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,160 that I was supposed to be a missionary. 894 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:43,920 So anyway, that's my little story from So Send I You. 895 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:45,880 Wow, yeah. 896 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:50,880 And Isaiah chapter six, this is an amazing, 897 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:54,040 Isaiah's just so, it's one of my favorite books. 898 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:58,520 And he spans four kings, 899 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:02,600 Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, 900 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:06,080 and it was Manasseh's, I think Sodom and Half. 901 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:06,920 Oh really? 902 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:08,640 That's what I have a footnote here. 903 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,760 Oh wow, I didn't realize that. 904 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:14,760 And that in Hebrews 11, 37 is where, 905 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:16,560 I guess he was sawn asunder. 906 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,160 You know, I didn't say Isaiah, 907 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:20,280 but the saints were sawn asunder 908 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:23,920 when they're given the roll call of the saints. 909 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:25,600 Yeah, the hall of fame. 910 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:27,320 The hall of fame, yeah. 911 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,840 So in Isaiah chapter six, 912 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:31,760 in the year that King Uzziah died, 913 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,560 I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, 914 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,480 high and lifted up and his train 915 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:38,880 or his glory filled the temple. 916 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:41,000 Above it stood the seraphims. 917 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,560 One had six wings and with two he covered his face, 918 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,800 with two covered his feet and two he did fly. 919 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:49,640 And one cried unto another and said, 920 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,680 holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. 921 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:55,520 The whole earth is full of his glory. 922 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:56,360 Amen. 923 00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:57,520 That's in the Psalms too. 924 00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,200 The earth shall be filled with the knowledge 925 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:00,400 of the glory of the Lord. 926 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:01,240 Amen. 927 00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:02,400 The glory is all around us. 928 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:03,240 Yes. 929 00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:04,200 It's when it's revealed. 930 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:05,040 Right. 931 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:07,680 You know, this thin veil between us and the spirit realm. 932 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:09,280 And the posts of the door, 933 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,760 this would be at the temple, you know, in heaven. 934 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:12,960 As you see in this, 935 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:14,800 they moved at the voice of them cried 936 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:16,920 and the house was filled with smoke. 937 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:19,120 Then I said, what was me? 938 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:22,400 I am undone because I'm a man of unclean lips. 939 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:25,240 I dwell in the midst of people that are unclean. 940 00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:28,800 Mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of glory. 941 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:29,640 Yes. 942 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:31,280 And one of the seraphims came unto me 943 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,200 with a live coal in his hand, 944 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:36,280 which he took with tongs from off the coal of the altar 945 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:38,640 and put it on my mouth and said, 946 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,360 this has touched thy lips 947 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:42,680 and thine iniquity is taken away. 948 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:43,760 Hallelujah. 949 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:48,040 And I sin purged because of the fire. 950 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:48,880 Yes. 951 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:49,720 Because of the fire. 952 00:36:49,720 --> 00:36:52,440 This wasn't a sacrifice in the temple, you know, 953 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:54,600 where you get your sins, you know, 954 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,480 cleaned by sacrifice and animal. 955 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:02,200 This was fire from off the altar of God, purged him. 956 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:04,760 And that's why people fall in the presence of God. 957 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:05,600 Right. 958 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:07,280 Because it just overwhelms you. 959 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:10,000 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 960 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,120 who will go for us? 961 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,280 You know, who shall I send? 962 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:17,160 And I said, here I am, send me. 963 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:18,440 Hineni. Hineni. 964 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:19,400 I was thinking of that. 965 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:24,160 We heard on our Friday Night Live Worship a week ago, 966 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:28,840 Jean Little was speaking and Hineni, here I am, send me. 967 00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,800 And it's all through the different parts of the scripture. 968 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,560 Yeah, we'll put a link to it in the show notes. 969 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:34,400 Yeah. 970 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,880 And in the Passion Translation, 971 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:40,640 it says, go tell the people is what it says. 972 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:43,480 Yeah, in verse nine here in King James, 973 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:45,600 he says, go and tell this people. 974 00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:48,040 But in the Passion, it says, 975 00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:49,400 go tell the people. 976 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,360 So that's his command. 977 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:54,240 And when we have gone through these steps, 978 00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:57,080 we have seen, we've had the Holy Spirit move on us, 979 00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,600 you know, to get the salvation, you know. 980 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:00,520 Yeah, come and see. 981 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:02,680 Come and see his precious blood. 982 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,720 And so we follow him. 983 00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:06,360 But it's kind of like the seed, you know, 984 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:09,400 the parable of the soils that was thrown out. 985 00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:11,480 Some grew for this, some got eaten, 986 00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:13,720 I'm some guy burnt by the sun. 987 00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:15,960 But those that matured, you know, 988 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:18,560 were just being mighty used of God. 989 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,280 And so for those that don't drop off, 990 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:24,320 when he says, follow me, you know, 991 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:26,840 come and see, now follow me, you know. 992 00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:27,680 Yes. 993 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:29,480 And so we take up our cross daily. 994 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:31,680 Of course, many don't, you know, 995 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:34,280 they're happy for Sunday morning, you know. 996 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:36,280 But to the disciples, you know, 997 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:37,520 this is the cream of the crop. 998 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,680 Now the 12, abide in me. 999 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:42,040 This is what you have to do. 1000 00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:44,520 Even when he's told them, 1001 00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,080 will you not follow me after he gave the revelation 1002 00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:49,360 of eat my body and drink his blood. 1003 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,360 You know, many, all the others that were following him, 1004 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,040 all of a sudden they're gone. 1005 00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:55,120 And he says to the 12, will you still follow me? 1006 00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,560 And Peter says, where else will we go? 1007 00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,320 You have the words of life. 1008 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:01,480 So Jesus has the words of life. 1009 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:02,400 And that's how we go on. 1010 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,320 When the way gets tough, 1011 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:08,120 and we get circumstances that make us question God, 1012 00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:10,560 we lose everything, you know. 1013 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:13,840 Remember, we're following him and we're his disciples. 1014 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,800 And we're abiding in him. 1015 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:18,640 So when we abide in him, 1016 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:21,520 and he gives us all these revelations, 1017 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:25,080 that's how we get to know him in a deeper level. 1018 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:27,920 And then the next step, send me. 1019 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:30,080 Here I am Lord, send me. 1020 00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,520 So go and tell the people. 1021 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:33,360 Beautiful. 1022 00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:37,560 So that's what I got, finishing it up in my devotions, 1023 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,000 you know, yesterday morning, this morning. 1024 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,520 And I thought this is a tremendous pattern, 1025 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:46,280 but there's a price to pay in following. 1026 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:48,760 Taking up your cross, it's a price to pay. 1027 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:50,400 Every single day. 1028 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:51,280 Every single day. 1029 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:52,600 Hallelujah. 1030 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,960 So Father, we just thank you for this message. 1031 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:58,440 And we ask you to abide in us, 1032 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:00,720 help us to abide in you, 1033 00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:03,880 that we will go through these steps of coming to see. 1034 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:06,080 Every time you give us something new to do, 1035 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:08,200 help us to come and see what that is. 1036 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,200 And then help us to follow you as you're leading us 1037 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:14,640 into whatever it is that you're calling us to do 1038 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:16,040 in any given day, Lord. 1039 00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:19,560 And that we would keep mindful of your presence, Lord, 1040 00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:22,840 that your presence will be the thing that we follow, 1041 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,920 the thing that we're aware of, that will abide in you. 1042 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:27,320 Will abide in your presence, 1043 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:30,000 will have that constant fellowship with you. 1044 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,840 And Lord, that out of that, we will be sent. 1045 00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:35,440 That we'll say, yes, Lord, Hineni, here I am. 1046 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:37,400 Here I am, send me. 1047 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:40,480 Just like you sent Jesus, Lord, you're sending us. 1048 00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:42,920 That we will be faithful to do the thing 1049 00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:46,920 that you've called us to do every single day. 1050 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:47,760 Amen. 1051 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:48,600 Amen. 1052 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:49,440 Amen. 1053 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:50,280 Amen. 1054 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:51,120 Amen. 1055 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:51,960 Amen. 1056 00:40:51,960 --> 00:41:10,960 If you enjoyed today's podcast, please subscribe, rate, 1057 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:12,960 and review this podcast on Apple podcasts 1058 00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:14,960 or wherever you listen to podcasts. 1059 00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:17,680 Your review helps the podcasting platform suggest 1060 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,480 this podcast to other listeners who are also looking 1061 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,480 for a podcast that will help them. 1062 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:25,160 Until next time, this is Sharon Buss. 1063 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:26,520 And I'm Philip Buss. 1064 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:29,720 God bless you with this overwhelming loving presence. 1065 00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:50,720 God bless you.