WEBVTT 00:00:01.229 --> 00:00:03.669 And I just thank you, Father God, for your grace, 00:00:03.750 --> 00:00:07.669 your mercy, your love, and your son that you've 00:00:07.669 --> 00:00:10.849 sent to die so that we could have life. We thank 00:00:10.849 --> 00:00:14.830 you for life. We thank you for counting us and 00:00:14.830 --> 00:00:19.429 considering us sons and daughters of yours. In 00:00:19.429 --> 00:00:21.769 your precious name, I pray the name above all 00:00:21.769 --> 00:00:25.870 names, y 'all say with me, Jesus. Amen, amen. 00:00:26.010 --> 00:00:34.659 Well, love on the person next to you. And I do, 00:00:39.140 --> 00:00:47.020 you know, today I'm on assignment to deliver 00:00:47.020 --> 00:00:56.899 a message that I don't know how much your flesh 00:00:56.899 --> 00:00:59.640 wants to hear this, but I know your spirit needs 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:08.000 to hear it. And so, you know, I truly do appreciate 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:12.280 our collective worship for singing songs that 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:14.579 really get our minds in the right space and our 00:01:14.579 --> 00:01:18.219 hearts in the right space, right? Because I was 00:01:18.219 --> 00:01:20.840 gonna wait to tell you the title of this message 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:22.939 until I read a few scriptures to it, but I think 00:01:22.939 --> 00:01:28.659 I can say it up front. And it is encouragement, 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:32.250 it's meant to be encouraging. But it truly does 00:01:32.250 --> 00:01:35.810 take an understanding for these words to be encouraging 00:01:35.810 --> 00:01:39.590 But I'm speaking from the subject today of there 00:01:39.590 --> 00:01:47.170 is a crown there is a crown and Anybody who's 00:01:47.170 --> 00:01:51.829 been around church or are heard Especially any 00:01:51.829 --> 00:01:54.849 teachings from from Paul, you know, he always 00:01:54.849 --> 00:01:58.359 speaks about a crown And when he's talking about 00:01:58.359 --> 00:02:00.560 this crown, he's not speaking about something 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:03.260 that you would receive on this side of heaven, 00:02:03.400 --> 00:02:05.180 but it's something that you will receive as you 00:02:05.180 --> 00:02:08.719 enter heaven. That, truthfully, there is a crown 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:12.400 waiting for you that this world cannot give, 00:02:12.539 --> 00:02:16.360 this world cannot supply. But as believers, it's 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:19.680 what truly keeps us going on, is when you're 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:22.520 looking around and circumstances and people may 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:30.039 not be... Hmm, may not be doing what you think 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:35.020 they should be doing. That we're as a believer, 00:02:35.500 --> 00:02:39.479 we're as people of God, where do we get the stirring? 00:02:39.860 --> 00:02:43.580 Where do we get the joy? Where do we get the 00:02:43.580 --> 00:02:48.360 exeal to want to stay true to what we know we 00:02:48.360 --> 00:02:50.919 should be doing and how we should be living as 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:54.199 believers when circumstances around us just aren't 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:57.990 that encouraging to do so. Well Paul speaks of 00:02:57.990 --> 00:03:01.990 there being a crown because his hope is is that 00:03:01.990 --> 00:03:08.330 your valuing of God's reward at the end of it 00:03:08.330 --> 00:03:11.650 all Will cause you to move forward through life 00:03:11.650 --> 00:03:15.349 circumstances That you understand that there 00:03:15.349 --> 00:03:17.129 are certain things. I need you to tell your neighbor 00:03:17.129 --> 00:03:22.189 this looks a neighbor There are certain things 00:03:22.189 --> 00:03:29.289 That this world cannot reward you for doing. 00:03:31.629 --> 00:03:35.810 That there are, ask of us at times in our lives 00:03:35.810 --> 00:03:39.569 as believers that this world does not have the 00:03:39.569 --> 00:03:44.430 capacity to give you what is due you. And the 00:03:44.430 --> 00:03:47.990 sooner you realize that as a believer, the more 00:03:47.990 --> 00:03:51.409 you walk the walk of faith the way God will have 00:03:51.409 --> 00:03:53.930 you to walk it. Because you realize that there's 00:03:53.930 --> 00:03:58.590 nobody around me that can reward me for what 00:03:58.590 --> 00:04:05.030 is actually do me. But that's okay because there's 00:04:05.030 --> 00:04:13.030 a crown waiting on me. And even when horizontally 00:04:13.030 --> 00:04:18.670 people can't appreciate what I'm doing, before 00:04:18.670 --> 00:04:26.699 God, he sees me. He approves of what I'm doing. 00:04:27.300 --> 00:04:33.339 He sees my fight as worth it. He sees the sacrifices 00:04:33.339 --> 00:04:37.160 as sacrifices. You know, some people, you didn't 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:40.220 sacrifice what you thought was sacrificially, 00:04:40.740 --> 00:04:45.139 should have been recognized. And they just don't 00:04:45.139 --> 00:04:50.040 have the capacity to be able to deliver the appreciation, 00:04:50.339 --> 00:04:53.040 do the level of sacrifice you personally felt. 00:04:53.709 --> 00:04:56.649 And it's important for us to realize as believers 00:04:56.649 --> 00:05:00.569 that even though they can't appreciate it, God 00:05:00.569 --> 00:05:04.689 still sees it and he values it. And look at your 00:05:04.689 --> 00:05:08.410 neighbor, tell them again, there is a crown. 00:05:09.269 --> 00:05:11.629 And just to give you guys this a little bit more 00:05:11.629 --> 00:05:13.930 on there, right? That Paul speaks of three different 00:05:13.930 --> 00:05:16.790 types of crowns, a crown of righteousness, right? 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:20.360 for faithfulness, an imperishable crown. It speaks 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:23.220 towards self -discipline and preservation and 00:05:23.220 --> 00:05:26.339 a crown of rejoicing. Speaking of people, one, 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:28.899 that there is a crown of rejoicing. You win a 00:05:28.899 --> 00:05:32.120 soul towards God, that there is rejoicing in 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:35.199 heaven, that there is a celebration plan. No 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:37.439 one may have saw what you went through or how 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:41.000 you sacrificed in order for someone to stay in 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:44.470 love with God, but God saw. And there is a crown 00:05:44.470 --> 00:05:46.709 waiting for you because you know you practice 00:05:46.709 --> 00:05:49.329 the little patience, a little steadfastness, 00:05:49.709 --> 00:05:52.589 a little long suffering that you was weeping 00:05:52.589 --> 00:05:55.910 during the night. But when the lights turned 00:05:55.910 --> 00:05:59.269 on, you woke up with a holy excitement about 00:05:59.269 --> 00:06:03.250 the day. And nobody cared about your tears, but 00:06:03.250 --> 00:06:05.490 God saw them. And he said, there is a crown. 00:06:06.529 --> 00:06:09.029 And we can never forget that there is a crown. 00:06:09.919 --> 00:06:13.139 It's amazing right because we're in graduation 00:06:13.139 --> 00:06:15.160 season and so I don't know how many all been 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:18.639 to some graduations recently You know and it's 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:21.839 amazing right that that that you know in every 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:24.259 graduation I noticed there's this moment where 00:06:24.259 --> 00:06:26.860 they're trying to get people to value ahead of 00:06:26.860 --> 00:06:29.300 time won't they what they cannot receive Until 00:06:29.300 --> 00:06:31.959 they spend some time getting there right that 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:36.600 that we get to this graduation moment Here we 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:40.410 are they're passing out the tassels They're putting 00:06:40.410 --> 00:06:44.610 on the little satchels and all of a sudden you 00:06:44.610 --> 00:06:46.649 realize maybe I should have paid a little bit 00:06:46.649 --> 00:06:52.029 more attention in school because I didn't realize 00:06:52.029 --> 00:06:55.569 that there was going to be a graduation. I didn't 00:06:55.569 --> 00:06:58.189 really think about my whole family was gonna 00:06:58.189 --> 00:07:01.610 be here and now your little nephews are asking 00:07:01.610 --> 00:07:03.829 why do some people get the ropes and you didn't? 00:07:04.889 --> 00:07:12.029 Well, there's There's nothing I can do today 00:07:12.029 --> 00:07:21.209 to get a rope. I needed to treat day one in mind 00:07:21.209 --> 00:07:24.990 of what graduation was going to look like. And 00:07:24.990 --> 00:07:27.250 if I would have went into high school, ninth 00:07:27.250 --> 00:07:31.250 grade, thinking about what graduation was going 00:07:31.250 --> 00:07:33.790 to be, I would have treated day one differently. 00:07:37.970 --> 00:07:40.649 Listen, when I was making the dumb decision, 00:07:41.149 --> 00:07:43.910 y 'all wasn't around me. Now that they're awarding 00:07:43.910 --> 00:07:46.449 people who made the right decision, all y 'all 00:07:46.449 --> 00:07:53.949 looking. What happened? That oftentimes many 00:07:53.949 --> 00:07:56.670 of us, I'm gonna talk about me, I wasn't one 00:07:56.670 --> 00:08:00.750 of the Tassel brothers. I didn't get very many 00:08:00.750 --> 00:08:08.199 accolades alongside my graduation. All my, all 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:11.040 my, all my appreciation came from my family, 00:08:11.939 --> 00:08:16.660 not from my school of academic choice. And it 00:08:16.660 --> 00:08:18.939 was funny, we were laughing about the other day, 00:08:19.019 --> 00:08:20.740 you know, they were talking about playing the 00:08:20.740 --> 00:08:23.180 graduation party, but of course I went to the 00:08:23.180 --> 00:08:26.220 graduation, the rehearsal, and that's when it 00:08:26.220 --> 00:08:31.060 hit me, I think I should have tried harder because 00:08:31.060 --> 00:08:33.799 your brother is in the back of the line, you 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:37.830 know. And some of my friends, they didn't even 00:08:37.830 --> 00:08:46.730 tell me they was working that hard. I'm looking 00:08:46.730 --> 00:08:50.610 at them. We was, before we walked into the rehearsal 00:08:50.610 --> 00:08:53.850 together, then they was giving out seat arrangements 00:08:53.850 --> 00:08:58.450 based upon accolades. And that's when my friends 00:08:58.450 --> 00:09:14.490 had a different section. Hey, how'd you get that? 00:09:16.269 --> 00:09:20.750 Man, I maintained a 3 .5 since ninth grade. The 00:09:20.750 --> 00:09:34.309 whole time? The whole time, you was... But what's 00:09:34.309 --> 00:09:38.690 amazing is I was at several high school graduations. 00:09:40.549 --> 00:09:45.490 they're motivating the kids to understand that 00:09:45.490 --> 00:09:51.230 you're going to a whole new world and There's 00:09:51.230 --> 00:09:55.929 going to be opportunities Check this out to make 00:09:55.929 --> 00:09:59.870 permanent decisions based on temporary circumstances 00:09:59.870 --> 00:10:04.250 and In the nice when you first get to college 00:10:04.250 --> 00:10:07.149 you might be tempted to make a lot of temporary 00:10:07.149 --> 00:10:09.980 decisions But once you graduate you're gonna 00:10:09.980 --> 00:10:13.860 have some permanent situations and so don't get 00:10:13.860 --> 00:10:20.820 too caught up in the Temporary choices Because 00:10:20.820 --> 00:10:23.539 there is a crown at the end that you're going 00:10:23.539 --> 00:10:28.720 to get And so as best as you can this is what 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:35.740 they say surround yourself with people That can 00:10:35.740 --> 00:10:41.029 make sure that you don't make too many permanent 00:10:41.029 --> 00:10:46.490 decisions in temporary situations. Why are you 00:10:46.490 --> 00:10:49.889 saying this Pastor Brian? Because that is really 00:10:49.889 --> 00:10:54.509 the essence of what Paul is saying to us in Galatians 00:10:54.509 --> 00:11:02.230 6 is that as believers we sometimes forget about 00:11:02.230 --> 00:11:08.500 the crown but collectively we can make sure that 00:11:08.500 --> 00:11:13.179 we remember there is a crown. And so that individually, 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:17.360 we don't find ourselves making permanent decisions 00:11:17.360 --> 00:11:21.779 based on temporary circumstances. That one of 00:11:21.779 --> 00:11:27.039 the greatest benefits of godly community is they 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:30.759 understand the rewards that come at the end. 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:36.309 And even when we don't feel like it, Even when 00:11:36.309 --> 00:11:41.750 we don't want to, we stay committed to what is 00:11:41.750 --> 00:11:45.509 truly worth of the value. Y 'all rocking with 00:11:45.509 --> 00:11:51.129 me? I think y 'all good, so I could just jump 00:11:51.129 --> 00:11:58.909 right in here, right? Galatians 6 and 1 says 00:11:58.909 --> 00:12:03.169 this, right? It says, brothers, if anyone is 00:12:03.169 --> 00:12:07.899 caught in any transgression, You who are spiritual 00:12:07.899 --> 00:12:11.440 should restore him in the spirit of gentleness 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:13.639 we talked about that last week So we're not going 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:16.700 deep in there since keep watch on yourselves 00:12:16.700 --> 00:12:22.539 lease you to be tempted bear one another's burdens 00:12:22.539 --> 00:12:34.450 and so fulfill the law of Christ for if anyone 00:12:34.450 --> 00:12:39.549 thinks he is something when he is nothing he 00:12:39.549 --> 00:12:43.929 deceives himself and Paul is really speaking 00:12:43.929 --> 00:12:47.330 there of us operating in a spirit of humility 00:12:47.330 --> 00:12:51.909 in order for us to stay in community that you 00:12:51.909 --> 00:12:55.909 cannot be in community and maintain a prideful 00:12:55.909 --> 00:13:00.730 outlook that in order for community to work we 00:13:00.730 --> 00:13:05.960 must all be humble in how we approach others' 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:15.559 lives and how we look at our own lives. But let 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:21.779 each one test his own work and then in his reason 00:13:21.779 --> 00:13:26.779 to boast will be in himself alone and not in 00:13:26.779 --> 00:13:30.059 his neighbor. What is he saying there? He's saying 00:13:30.059 --> 00:13:36.809 that If you objectively and transparently look 00:13:36.809 --> 00:13:41.169 at your own life, you should be able to maintain 00:13:41.169 --> 00:13:46.129 the humility to live with others. That people 00:13:46.129 --> 00:13:50.210 who find it hard to be friendly are often people 00:13:50.210 --> 00:13:54.549 who haven't objectively or transparently or clearly 00:13:54.549 --> 00:13:57.860 looked at themselves. Because if you were to 00:13:57.860 --> 00:14:01.600 really examine yourself or test your own work 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:04.940 You will find out that you should be thanking 00:14:04.940 --> 00:14:10.399 God that someone's still talking to you Not thinking 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:13.840 you were too good to be around people who want 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:19.240 to talk to you That if you truly examine yourself 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:27.179 test your own work really look at you You should 00:14:27.179 --> 00:14:34.440 find enough humility To be humble enough and 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:38.419 willing enough to Walk with others who may not 00:14:38.419 --> 00:14:50.139 be perfect Y 'all rocking with me For each will 00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:57.320 have to bear his own load right Let the one who 00:14:57.320 --> 00:15:03.320 is taught the word share all good things with 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:10.460 the one who teaches. This is so good. And I'm 00:15:10.460 --> 00:15:13.539 gonna say this so that you guys understand, and 00:15:13.539 --> 00:15:16.139 I think it's important for you to see this, what 00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:19.000 Paul is wanting them to see. Many people, they 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:22.519 hear this and they've heard this and they see 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:25.019 it one way, right? That they're saying, oh man, 00:15:25.389 --> 00:15:28.230 whoever teaches right that you should be willing 00:15:28.230 --> 00:15:32.429 to to be friendly or generous towards who has 00:15:32.429 --> 00:15:37.009 taught you and people see this from a pulpit 00:15:37.009 --> 00:15:40.710 um congregant perspective but you can't take 00:15:40.710 --> 00:15:45.029 this passage out of context the context of this 00:15:45.029 --> 00:15:49.730 passage is paul is saying this are guidelines 00:15:49.730 --> 00:15:54.990 for how godly community works together And so 00:15:54.990 --> 00:15:58.590 he's not speaking of pastor to congregant relationship. 00:15:58.830 --> 00:16:02.370 He's speaking of from pew to pew relationship. 00:16:02.929 --> 00:16:06.850 Y 'all gotta rock with me. Y 'all rocking with 00:16:06.850 --> 00:16:09.549 pastor, right? And so when he's speaking of, 00:16:09.690 --> 00:16:11.110 I'll read to you again, just in case some of 00:16:11.110 --> 00:16:14.450 y 'all seem like y 'all missed it. Let the one 00:16:14.450 --> 00:16:19.529 who is taught the word share all good things 00:16:19.529 --> 00:16:22.690 with the one who teaches. What is he saying? 00:16:23.389 --> 00:16:27.230 Let the one that has received something good 00:16:27.230 --> 00:16:31.009 from God as a result of someone who shared that 00:16:31.009 --> 00:16:35.710 good with them be willing to share from the good 00:16:35.710 --> 00:16:39.610 they gained as a result of what they heard. Some 00:16:39.610 --> 00:16:42.649 of y 'all really need to hear this. This is so 00:16:42.649 --> 00:16:47.690 good right here. That Paul is wanting to, everything 00:16:47.690 --> 00:16:50.870 he's saying here, is wanting to make sure that 00:16:50.870 --> 00:16:57.169 we remain in impeccable, godly community. And 00:16:57.169 --> 00:17:01.330 he's speaking of something that many people violate 00:17:01.330 --> 00:17:07.049 that keeps godly community together. He's making 00:17:07.049 --> 00:17:14.970 it very plain that if someone, not just the preacher, 00:17:15.950 --> 00:17:21.650 but if someone Has come to you and has shared 00:17:21.650 --> 00:17:29.170 the word with you in a way That it produced good 00:17:29.170 --> 00:17:35.250 You should from the good that was produced so 00:17:35.250 --> 00:17:49.650 some back That if someone gave you some life 00:17:49.650 --> 00:17:58.490 -giving fruitful to your destiny Truth you should 00:17:58.490 --> 00:18:06.829 share from what you got From how you apply what 00:18:06.829 --> 00:18:11.630 they said Y 'all rocking with me now that he's 00:18:11.630 --> 00:18:15.789 not talking. This is community. He's saying that 00:18:15.789 --> 00:18:18.950 brothers and sisters The reason why it's so hard 00:18:18.950 --> 00:18:22.289 for us to carry each other's burdens, because 00:18:22.289 --> 00:18:25.250 we're also not willing to share each other's 00:18:25.250 --> 00:18:30.690 blessing. That we're not really operating how 00:18:30.690 --> 00:18:33.630 godly community is supposed to operate. That 00:18:33.630 --> 00:18:37.430 it should be an ecosystem of not only sharing 00:18:37.430 --> 00:18:40.829 burdens, but also sharing blessings. That if 00:18:40.829 --> 00:18:42.250 someone came to you and said, you know what? 00:18:42.250 --> 00:18:44.589 You shouldn't sell that house right now. That's 00:18:44.589 --> 00:18:48.829 a bad idea. So you choose to apply what you gained 00:18:48.829 --> 00:18:52.869 from that truth. This revel you you choose to 00:18:52.869 --> 00:18:56.089 apply it. And it turns out it was the best thing 00:18:56.089 --> 00:19:00.890 you could have did. Y 'all have to talk to me. 00:19:03.250 --> 00:19:09.009 OK. It's already enough that we have crowds waiting. 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:13.420 in heaven so there's already a list of things 00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:20.059 that you are never going to see the benefit of 00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:25.359 this side of heaven but as a community we should 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:29.640 help each other stay doing good amongst each 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:37.799 other Because he gets he ends if some of y 'all 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:40.259 know where he ends he says don't get weary of 00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:43.779 a Well -doing don't get weary of doing good because 00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:47.440 he's saying yeah guys people grow weary because 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:57.099 we're not existing how we should That there should 00:19:57.099 --> 00:20:01.960 be a Sharing amongst each other. I told y 'all 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:04.299 from the get -go. This may not be the one your 00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:09.220 flesh wants to hear But I hope you understand 00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:12.019 I'm not talking about you sowing to pass the 00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:15.759 brine I'm talking about you appreciating that 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:19.799 top five I'm talking about you making sure that 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:23.240 the people who are part of your top five are 00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:28.099 excited about being in your top five and Paul 00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:31.599 is making it very clear that as they are sharing 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:34.799 what's good You should be willing to share from 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:41.549 what you gain from that good that many times 00:20:41.549 --> 00:20:45.569 we grow weary in doing good because the people 00:20:45.569 --> 00:20:48.690 we doing good for aren't sharing from the good 00:20:48.690 --> 00:20:53.710 they got from the good you did. Is that all right 00:20:53.710 --> 00:20:57.069 with y 'all? This is this is Paul, not Pastor 00:20:57.069 --> 00:20:59.829 Brian. Don't get mad at me. Don't be upset with 00:20:59.829 --> 00:21:02.549 me. This is the stuff the people wanted to tell 00:21:02.549 --> 00:21:05.309 you that they told you it wasn't that they was 00:21:05.309 --> 00:21:07.630 done talking to you. They was done with the lack 00:21:07.630 --> 00:21:15.250 of appreciation from the talks. They had no problem 00:21:15.250 --> 00:21:18.730 staying up to midnight one time two times three 00:21:18.730 --> 00:21:23.589 times four times, but the fifth time My brother 00:21:23.589 --> 00:21:33.490 has this brought any good Because I'm getting 00:21:33.490 --> 00:21:39.710 tired can we talk I'm getting tired of these 00:21:39.710 --> 00:21:53.250 midnight conversations and no understanding or 00:21:53.250 --> 00:21:58.190 group participation in the good of the conversation. 00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:10.539 Some y 'all reading it's like do I owe some fuck 00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:12.980 some stuff all of us? Oh some folks some stuff 00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:15.579 and some people owe us some stuff. We all know 00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:21.920 everybody something We all are like, oh lord 00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:26.039 You owe somebody some stuff some people owe you 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:28.660 some stuff there's some stuff you bear They should 00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:30.660 be caring some stuff. They care and you should 00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:32.559 be bearing. This is what he's trying to get us 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:48.299 to see He says, check this out. God is not mocked. 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:52.019 And I tell you, man, Galatians 6 on the onset, 00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:54.240 if you don't continue to remember the context, 00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:58.359 can seem like just a bunch of jumbled thoughts 00:22:58.359 --> 00:23:02.299 from Paul. Paul goes straight out of telling 00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:04.539 you, you should share the good things with those 00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:08.380 who taught you good things. To do not be deceived. 00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:13.859 God is not mocked. not mocked for whatever one 00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:22.259 sows that will he also reap. Now, Paul in this 00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:24.440 context, y 'all never say context, I know I said 00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:26.460 it a hundred times because I need to keep y 'all 00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:31.380 in context, he's still speaking about being willing 00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:35.900 to bear one another's burdens. He's still wanting 00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:41.890 us to grow in pursuing Godly community. Why am 00:23:41.890 --> 00:23:44.450 I saying this? Because you have to appropriate 00:23:44.450 --> 00:23:47.970 what type of seed and harvest time he's speaking 00:23:47.970 --> 00:23:50.990 of. He's not speaking of your financial increase. 00:23:53.369 --> 00:23:56.089 He's not saying keep doing good because the people 00:23:56.089 --> 00:23:58.650 you do good for owe you a percentage. And the 00:23:58.650 --> 00:24:00.730 more good you do, the percentage will stack up 00:24:00.730 --> 00:24:02.809 and then here you go. You're super blessed because 00:24:02.809 --> 00:24:08.710 you did all the good. No. Y 'all all right? What 00:24:08.710 --> 00:24:13.150 he's wanting us to do as mature believers say 00:24:13.150 --> 00:24:22.049 neighbor today you a mature believer As mature 00:24:22.049 --> 00:24:27.190 believers he's wanting us to continue to remain 00:24:27.190 --> 00:24:31.529 Excited about the work. That's a part of being 00:24:31.529 --> 00:24:35.230 in godly community and he's wanting us to understand 00:24:35.230 --> 00:24:40.730 that God is not mocked Whatever one sows they 00:24:40.730 --> 00:24:44.309 shall also reap and he's speaking about seeds 00:24:44.309 --> 00:24:48.450 of the flesh and seeds of the spirit That you 00:24:48.450 --> 00:24:52.410 have to realize that if you see a brother or 00:24:52.410 --> 00:24:56.670 sister a part of the faith family sowing seeds 00:24:56.670 --> 00:25:00.250 of the flesh God is not mocked. They are going 00:25:00.250 --> 00:25:05.930 to receive a harvest of the flesh and That should 00:25:05.930 --> 00:25:10.019 be a reason why You're not okay with believers 00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:12.759 doing things that aren't okay. Because God is 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:17.000 not mocked. It's not okay just to ignore somebody 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:19.700 doing something that they should not be doing. 00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:23.819 Because God is not mocked. He won't be mocked. 00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:26.720 That if you see a brother or sister in faith, 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:29.640 you of maturity should know there's going to 00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:32.579 be a harvest to the things you're doing. You 00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:35.440 may not realize right now that there's going 00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:38.019 to be a harvest to the things you're doing But 00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:42.019 as a mature believer, I know God is not mocked 00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:47.099 there is going to be something of Not of good 00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:51.940 that's going to come from the behavior you consistently 00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:57.740 stick to And he's wanting to stir us up to realize 00:25:57.740 --> 00:26:01.859 yes, you may not want to bear the burdens of 00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:04.779 others, but because you're mature, you should 00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:09.480 know, man, I cannot be okay watching my brother 00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:12.920 and sister chart a course towards destruction. 00:26:13.529 --> 00:26:17.809 There is no other way around this you will reap 00:26:17.809 --> 00:26:22.490 What you sow you sow of the flesh you shall reap 00:26:22.490 --> 00:26:26.549 of the flesh God will not be mocked get this 00:26:26.549 --> 00:26:29.269 through your mature head if they look like they're 00:26:29.269 --> 00:26:31.869 heading towards destruction Guess what's gonna 00:26:31.869 --> 00:26:46.440 happen? And he's saying this to mature believers. 00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:49.519 Why are you saying this Pastor Brian? Because 00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:53.359 we should already have a balanced understanding 00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:58.259 that yes, there is the grace of God. Yes, there 00:26:58.259 --> 00:27:02.099 is repentance. Yes, there is a moment where God 00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:06.019 can do the unimaginable miraculous thing in someone's 00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:09.400 life. But how do we operate in community? We 00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:12.779 don't operate community giving one another passes. 00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:17.099 We don't operate in community taking the grace 00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:21.240 of God for vain. We operate in community realizing 00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:25.240 the urgency is matching the truthfulness that 00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:33.380 God won't be mocked. Y 'all alright? Boy, sometimes 00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:35.619 I don't know if y 'all gonna kick me out or fire 00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:39.890 me after a message, but either way, This is the 00:27:39.890 --> 00:27:47.390 truth He sows to his flesh will from the flesh 00:27:47.390 --> 00:27:51.529 reap what church Y 'all be slow to read them 00:27:51.529 --> 00:27:56.549 parts We'll say it again collectively for the 00:27:56.549 --> 00:28:01.049 one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh 00:28:01.049 --> 00:28:10.309 reap corruption But the one who sows To the spirit 00:28:10.309 --> 00:28:17.230 will from the spirit read what church? So he's 00:28:17.230 --> 00:28:26.829 saying listen With that understanding we should 00:28:26.829 --> 00:28:34.529 have a tenacity a willingness a zeal and excitement 00:28:34.529 --> 00:28:41.160 About not being dismissive But about being involved 00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:46.200 with one another's lives That we should have 00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:50.279 a love and a compassion For one another in such 00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:54.519 a way that when I see you going in the wrong 00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:57.740 direction I'm not going to put on rose -colored 00:28:57.740 --> 00:29:01.279 glasses and act like you are going to end up 00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:06.559 in a good place No, I'm going to take on the 00:29:07.210 --> 00:29:15.450 the work of Christ and Make sure you understand 00:29:15.450 --> 00:29:19.789 That first off you weren't designed to be able 00:29:19.789 --> 00:29:24.109 to understand or do all this alone That there 00:29:24.109 --> 00:29:29.690 are things that you can become blind to y 'all 00:29:29.690 --> 00:29:35.289 alright When the Bible speaks about someone being 00:29:35.289 --> 00:29:38.880 dead in sin is speaking about them not having 00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:47.380 any type of emotional, physical, or mental understanding 00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:52.460 to the actual weight of what they're doing. Like 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:55.940 you're dead in sin. That means that you are in 00:29:55.940 --> 00:30:00.720 a perpetual cycle of sinning that you're unaware 00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:04.299 of the actual harm of what you're doing. You're 00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:08.690 dead. in sin, which means that you are even sensitive 00:30:08.690 --> 00:30:13.509 to or aware of the ramifications or the harm 00:30:13.509 --> 00:30:19.250 your activity is actually producing. And there 00:30:19.250 --> 00:30:23.150 are there are believers who are actually dead 00:30:23.150 --> 00:30:29.619 in sin. That they have. continue the behavior 00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:32.880 for such length of time that they are unaware 00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:38.640 of the harm the behavior is causing. And that 00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:42.519 we as mature believers cannot be taking a perspective 00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:45.400 that people are aware of the weight of what they're 00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:47.960 doing. Because some people are actually dead 00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:55.079 in sin. They're not fully aware of the ramifications. 00:30:56.180 --> 00:31:00.960 Because they have become numb in the activity 00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:10.240 Amen I'm just trying to find a supportive eye 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:15.359 in the house So you'd be like man, I just want 00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:16.859 to go to a church where they talk about sin. 00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:27.950 Well, hello Today's that day But understand this, 00:31:28.009 --> 00:31:32.369 and this is the reason why it's so appropriate 00:31:32.369 --> 00:31:35.130 to talk about this conversation in this way, 00:31:35.589 --> 00:31:38.049 to talk about the subject of sin in this way, 00:31:38.250 --> 00:31:43.890 because here is the truth. None of us were actually 00:31:43.890 --> 00:31:47.730 made or designed to overcome it by ourselves. 00:31:50.990 --> 00:31:54.869 And so we heard what not to do, but we weren't 00:31:54.869 --> 00:31:57.849 taught how to get out of what we weren't doing. 00:32:00.130 --> 00:32:05.150 That we actually took on bearing the weight ourselves, 00:32:05.710 --> 00:32:08.569 not realizing that we were called to bear the 00:32:08.569 --> 00:32:14.589 weight for one another. And so we got the reality 00:32:14.589 --> 00:32:17.809 that sin is bad without the truth of how good 00:32:17.809 --> 00:32:23.109 community is that helps you while you find yourself 00:32:23.109 --> 00:32:28.259 weighed in it. That truthfully and godly community 00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:37.000 we bear the weight for one another Sometimes 00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:39.799 my hand be up by myself and I'll just be hoping 00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:52.660 somebody else raises it with me and And realizing 00:32:52.660 --> 00:33:03.180 that man some some of us are so burdened down. 00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:14.200 Not because we, what's the best way to say this? 00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:25.400 One of the things that I enjoy most about counseling, 00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:32.160 and when I'm counseling somebody, is because 00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:38.079 I have counseled a lot of people, I have a bearing 00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:43.400 point on what is normal. And one of the greatest 00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:46.279 moments that happened in any counseling session 00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:50.839 I have with anybody is I have the ability to 00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:57.599 tell them what is normal. They come in thinking, 00:33:58.269 --> 00:34:02.789 I'm the only person on planet Earth that has 00:34:02.789 --> 00:34:06.289 ever faced this, that is struggling with this, 00:34:06.950 --> 00:34:09.630 that can't overcome this. They come in thinking 00:34:09.630 --> 00:34:18.349 that I am failing because I haven't been able 00:34:18.349 --> 00:34:21.510 to fix this on my own. I haven't been able to 00:34:21.510 --> 00:34:24.510 overcome this on my own. And as they start to 00:34:24.510 --> 00:34:27.750 talk, like a joy rises up in front of me. Because 00:34:27.750 --> 00:34:31.670 I realize you don't realize how good you're doing 00:34:31.670 --> 00:34:37.610 and they say what do you mean pastor? The people 00:34:37.610 --> 00:34:40.389 that's doing really bad are the people that already 00:34:40.389 --> 00:34:43.110 have they haven't even made it to this room yet 00:34:43.110 --> 00:34:49.170 First of all, you are ahead of the game and the 00:34:49.170 --> 00:34:52.030 fact you finally realize I shouldn't be carrying 00:34:52.030 --> 00:34:58.119 this on my own Because there's a lot of brothers 00:34:58.119 --> 00:35:01.780 and sisters. They are buried under the weight 00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:06.480 of being alone in what that is. And here's the 00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:10.760 problem. Then I get to the second part. And I 00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:14.960 said, you know, it's amazing. And depending on 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:16.659 the situation, sometimes there's things in my 00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:19.480 own personal life that actually I'd be like, 00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:23.199 you know, boy, I've been trying to get over that 00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:30.320 too. And they look back at me. What'd you say 00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:37.059 pastor? What I said was, what you are going through 00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:47.599 isn't unique. That there are cyclical issues. 00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:53.059 That there are things that will hit your front 00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:56.019 door every time God's trying to take you to another 00:35:56.019 --> 00:36:02.690 place. And so some of the issues you think are 00:36:02.690 --> 00:36:05.429 you issues? No, no, no, no, no, they're growth 00:36:05.429 --> 00:36:11.269 issues Let me help you out every time God is 00:36:11.269 --> 00:36:16.170 about to take my life to another level division 00:36:16.170 --> 00:36:23.769 amongst those I love breaks out All the sudden 00:36:23.769 --> 00:36:26.969 I'm very clear about what next is y 'all know 00:36:26.969 --> 00:36:29.980 what that next phone call be I'm just tired of 00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:32.260 such -and -such they always doing such -and -such 00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:35.579 and the such -and -such of this and I have to 00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:39.539 Understand that this is cyclical that the devil 00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:44.429 is always trying to steal kill and destroy So 00:36:44.429 --> 00:36:48.730 he's going to try to bring division anytime unity 00:36:48.730 --> 00:36:51.949 is necessary So they walk into my office and 00:36:51.949 --> 00:36:54.829 they said my mama's saying this and my grandma 00:36:54.829 --> 00:36:57.710 attacking me now, too Which is she's never attacked 00:36:57.710 --> 00:37:00.769 me. My wife is acting like this My kids is doing 00:37:00.769 --> 00:37:02.889 this and I look right back at him. I said, but 00:37:02.889 --> 00:37:07.619 what is God doing? Because there's certain battles 00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:09.539 and I talked to the men about this on Thursday. 00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:11.599 I said there's certain battles. You got to realize 00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:15.239 Perseverance is the only answer Perseverance 00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:18.099 is the only response. There's certain battles 00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:20.659 that don't respond in the pivot They don't respond 00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:22.860 in the change of plans that you got to be able 00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:28.900 to discern what God is doing Y 'all rocking with 00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:32.539 me they came in there trying to fix people you 00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:38.670 can't fix nobody But God will give you the perseverance 00:37:38.670 --> 00:37:46.329 to survive everybody And if we can lock in on 00:37:46.329 --> 00:37:54.110 what God is doing They came here to try to figure 00:37:54.110 --> 00:37:56.230 out how to overcome the issue and I'm like no 00:37:56.230 --> 00:37:58.530 we gonna we gonna we gonna break the dust off 00:37:58.530 --> 00:38:04.329 of what God is doing in this We just got to see 00:38:04.329 --> 00:38:20.480 him clearly Y 'all rocking with me. But one of 00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:28.059 the things that I love the most is for people 00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:32.219 to really be able to have the right perspective 00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:40.750 on what's going on. The majority of our issues 00:38:40.750 --> 00:38:50.289 are perspective issues. And I can tell them, 00:38:50.530 --> 00:38:53.530 you know, I hear what you're saying. And you're 00:38:53.530 --> 00:38:58.429 right. Man, we don't want this. So we're gonna 00:38:58.429 --> 00:39:03.570 pray about this. But I need you to hear this. 00:39:04.190 --> 00:39:24.480 This ain't uncommon. Boy, I really wanted to 00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:28.420 get to the end of this. Let me give you this 00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:30.039 and we'll continue next week. That's all right 00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:34.139 with y 'all? But I wanted to make something just 00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:37.400 extremely clear so that you guys hear this. What 00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:43.420 is the expectation of Christian community? It's 00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:48.260 where burdens are carried, truth is practiced, 00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:52.699 character is refined, and wounds are restored. 00:39:54.920 --> 00:40:00.219 that when we speak of godly community, we should 00:40:00.219 --> 00:40:06.460 be experiencing burdens being carried collectively. 00:40:07.139 --> 00:40:09.780 That I don't feel the weight of the world is 00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:13.780 simply on my shoulders, but I'm in this community 00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:17.400 to where there's transparency, there's honesty, 00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:20.099 and we're helping carry each other's weight. 00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:26.019 Truth is practice, right? are looking to find 00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:31.519 the truth and be truthful and apply truth to 00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:34.300 our lives. Like what does God say about what's 00:40:34.300 --> 00:40:38.440 happening here? It's where character is refined, 00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:42.440 right? Where who you are consistently matters 00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:45.940 and that people are there making sure that you're 00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:50.480 remaining consistent in what you do. Making sure 00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:53.099 that your name doesn't become evil spoken of. 00:40:53.849 --> 00:40:57.429 Making sure that you're seeing beyond that temporary 00:40:57.429 --> 00:41:00.130 circumstance and you're not making permanent 00:41:00.130 --> 00:41:07.150 decisions in storms that are gonna go away. Reminding 00:41:07.150 --> 00:41:11.489 you that there is a crown. I know your wife ain't 00:41:11.489 --> 00:41:13.010 giving it to you right now, your husband ain't 00:41:13.010 --> 00:41:14.730 giving it to you right now, your kids ain't giving 00:41:14.730 --> 00:41:16.429 it to you right now, your boss ain't giving it 00:41:16.429 --> 00:41:21.239 to you right now. Nobody's recognizing it. We're 00:41:21.239 --> 00:41:23.659 not going to hear sit here and have a pity party 00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:26.059 about who should be honoring you when God has 00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:36.440 a crown for you But biblical community isn't 00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:41.099 just celebration its shared responsibility Y 00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:53.079 'all alright Because I think I can in this But 00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:56.139 is it and let us not grow weary of doing good 00:41:56.139 --> 00:42:02.539 For in due season we will reap if we do not give 00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:06.920 up he's speaking of a commitment to sowing spiritual 00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:10.400 seeds and Spiritual when he speaks of spiritual 00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:13.840 seeds He's speaking of following the direction 00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:17.119 of the spirit that every time the Holy Spirit 00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:20.070 speaks to us and we respond to the direction 00:42:20.070 --> 00:42:22.969 of the Spirit, we're sowing spiritual seeds. 00:42:24.070 --> 00:42:27.170 That every time the Holy Spirit speaks and you 00:42:27.170 --> 00:42:30.469 obey, a seed is being sown and a harvest is to 00:42:30.469 --> 00:42:34.329 come. And so in biblical community, we drive 00:42:34.329 --> 00:42:38.429 each other, we push each other to sow spiritual 00:42:38.429 --> 00:42:42.050 seeds because we know God cannot be mocked. Whatsoever 00:42:42.050 --> 00:42:46.900 a man sow, he shall also reap. And so I understand 00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:49.239 that even when we don't know what to do, it doesn't 00:42:49.239 --> 00:42:55.900 mean we don't have a seed we can plant. That 00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:58.500 biblical community understands that listen man, 00:42:58.679 --> 00:43:03.300 I know you were lost. I know you don't know what 00:43:03.300 --> 00:43:06.400 to do, but it doesn't mean we don't have a seed 00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:10.659 we can sow. That we can sow something of spiritual 00:43:10.659 --> 00:43:22.150 significance and reach a spiritual Harvest. Look 00:43:22.150 --> 00:43:23.750 at your neighbor. I ain't even had y 'all talk 00:43:23.750 --> 00:43:29.349 to each other that much today. Say neighbor, 00:43:29.469 --> 00:43:37.489 you may not always know what to do, but that 00:43:37.489 --> 00:43:42.869 doesn't mean there isn't something good you can 00:43:42.869 --> 00:43:49.039 sow. Right and biblical community drives you 00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:56.059 it pushes you stirs you up to so good seeds They 00:43:56.059 --> 00:43:58.599 just cuts me out forgive them why it's a good 00:43:58.599 --> 00:44:07.840 seed They they stole it from me just give it 00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:12.980 to him why it's a good seed No, I want to go 00:44:13.740 --> 00:44:17.880 That sounds like a seed of the flesh and God 00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:21.300 won't be mocked whatsoever you sow you shall 00:44:21.300 --> 00:44:24.599 also reap that your sound like you're about to 00:44:24.599 --> 00:44:27.059 go sow something of the flesh and I don't know 00:44:27.059 --> 00:44:29.639 why you think you can sow something in the flesh 00:44:29.639 --> 00:44:35.000 and not reap over a Harvest of the flesh It's 00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:37.739 gonna feel good to what your feelings and your 00:44:37.739 --> 00:44:42.559 flesh just know that the you sowed in the wrong 00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:49.199 direction They don't deserve forgiveness. Well, 00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:51.579 do you want a harvest of forgiveness or their 00:44:51.579 --> 00:44:59.840 approval of what you do? I'm going so to see 00:44:59.840 --> 00:45:07.000 And let us not grow weary of doing good foreign 00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:10.300 deuce season we will reap if we do not give up 00:45:10.300 --> 00:45:16.760 So then as we have opportunity Let us do good 00:45:21.110 --> 00:45:24.309 So it's often, look at this, look at these words. 00:45:24.809 --> 00:45:41.570 So as often, let us do good to who? Listen, as 00:45:41.570 --> 00:45:45.889 often as you can, do good to everyone. And I 00:45:45.889 --> 00:45:50.760 love this. I love this because then Paul keeps 00:45:50.760 --> 00:46:01.800 talking. Especially to those who are of the household 00:46:01.800 --> 00:46:04.340 of faith, which makes you have to think who was 00:46:04.340 --> 00:46:14.139 the first everyone. He's not just talking about 00:46:14.139 --> 00:46:17.000 doing good to those who do you good. He ain't 00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:18.980 even talking about just doing good to people 00:46:18.980 --> 00:46:22.039 who are on the same team as you He's not even 00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:24.539 just speaking about those who share in your faith. 00:46:24.559 --> 00:46:33.320 No, he's saying do good to everyone And just 00:46:33.320 --> 00:46:36.460 unpack that because oftentimes people get saved 00:46:36.460 --> 00:46:40.039 as a result of a spiritual seed being sown So 00:46:40.039 --> 00:46:42.559 yeah, they may have been cussing you out and 00:46:42.559 --> 00:46:46.980 they deserve to be cussed out But you who understand 00:46:46.980 --> 00:46:49.239 that sowing seeds of the flesh is gonna reap 00:46:49.239 --> 00:46:52.039 of the flesh You make a decision to sow a spiritual 00:46:52.039 --> 00:46:54.340 seed and you say they cussed you out you say 00:46:54.340 --> 00:46:56.699 my brother We really shouldn't converse with 00:46:56.699 --> 00:46:59.699 each other on levels of language like that, you 00:46:59.699 --> 00:47:02.239 know, you you go roaming on them You know what 00:47:02.239 --> 00:47:05.039 I'm saying? You go you change your personality 00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:07.219 some y 'all need on need a new look at them say 00:47:07.219 --> 00:47:13.559 you need a new alter ego and It's the nice version 00:47:13.559 --> 00:47:15.900 of you You know I'm saying that like if your 00:47:15.900 --> 00:47:18.260 name is, you know, if your name is Bobby, there's 00:47:18.260 --> 00:47:20.239 a version of you called Charles and sometimes 00:47:20.239 --> 00:47:23.380 you gotta call on Charles. Somebody cuss you 00:47:23.380 --> 00:47:25.699 out, Charles. I need you right now, Charles. 00:47:26.820 --> 00:47:30.260 Listen, my brother, please. We do not have to 00:47:30.260 --> 00:47:33.679 come to language as low as this, you know, and 00:47:33.679 --> 00:47:36.179 give them an accent. Have fun with the righteous, 00:47:36.920 --> 00:47:45.019 you know? What are you saying, Pastor Brian? 00:47:45.059 --> 00:47:48.679 I'm saying that so you sow that spiritual seed 00:47:48.679 --> 00:47:51.800 of forgiveness and you sow that spiritual seed 00:47:51.800 --> 00:47:55.059 of patience and long suffering and that seed 00:47:55.059 --> 00:47:58.739 that was sown into that unbeliever's life years 00:47:58.739 --> 00:48:02.400 later, he sows, reaps a harvest of them giving 00:48:02.400 --> 00:48:05.400 their lives to Christ as a result of the seed 00:48:05.400 --> 00:48:08.840 you sowed. That's why it says everyone, we can't 00:48:08.840 --> 00:48:12.139 take any interaction for granted. that we always 00:48:12.139 --> 00:48:19.699 have an opportunity to so win. We always have 00:48:19.699 --> 00:48:22.539 an opportunity to win people towards Christ and 00:48:22.539 --> 00:48:25.599 it's in the interactions we have, the actions 00:48:25.599 --> 00:48:29.119 we take, the words we take, our responses, but 00:48:29.119 --> 00:48:35.840 just do it as best as you can. Just do good to 00:48:35.840 --> 00:48:43.289 everybody. But please, please. There's some of 00:48:43.289 --> 00:48:46.050 us that are in this church that are part of a 00:48:46.050 --> 00:48:50.409 household of faith. Please do good to one another. 00:48:54.130 --> 00:49:01.710 We need one another. We need to do good to one 00:49:01.710 --> 00:49:09.150 another as often as we can. That's hilarious, 00:49:09.329 --> 00:49:16.940 Lord Jesus. I'm packing up my stuff. But The 00:49:16.940 --> 00:49:18.980 reality is we are in this world but not of this 00:49:18.980 --> 00:49:23.940 world and I want to say this but I want you to 00:49:23.940 --> 00:49:34.219 hear from the right context This isn't easy and 00:49:34.219 --> 00:49:40.179 so we need to do good for one another understanding 00:49:40.179 --> 00:49:44.360 that we have as believers picked up a mandate 00:49:44.360 --> 00:49:50.500 that is large and so we need the encouragement 00:49:50.500 --> 00:49:55.219 of one another we need the transparency of one 00:49:55.219 --> 00:50:03.480 another we need to sow into one another because 00:50:03.480 --> 00:50:08.250 it's not easy for anybody and I really hope and 00:50:08.250 --> 00:50:13.590 pray that you're hearing the Spirit of God of 00:50:13.590 --> 00:50:16.550 all of this and all of this. And if you have 00:50:16.550 --> 00:50:23.789 been just facing life and life has seemed so 00:50:23.789 --> 00:50:29.070 much to bear, I pray that you're hearing the 00:50:29.070 --> 00:50:34.849 Spirit of God to realize for many of us, our 00:50:34.849 --> 00:50:40.769 next step, isn't to simply gird ourselves up, 00:50:41.369 --> 00:50:44.510 but to find others that will keep us up once 00:50:44.510 --> 00:50:50.809 we get stirred up. That the truth of the matter 00:50:50.809 --> 00:50:55.449 is we've forsaken the need of godly community. 00:50:56.329 --> 00:51:00.409 We've underscored the value of it and we've treated 00:51:00.409 --> 00:51:06.070 it like it was optional. when it's truthfully 00:51:06.070 --> 00:51:10.449 critical that you find yourself surrounded by 00:51:10.449 --> 00:51:14.530 people. And I tell people this, I'm not saying 00:51:14.530 --> 00:51:18.670 to kick people out, but there are some people 00:51:18.670 --> 00:51:28.969 you need to reorganize. I'm not kicking you out, 00:51:29.210 --> 00:51:35.489 I'm just reorganizing because I realize. I've 00:51:35.489 --> 00:51:43.309 been trying to do this by myself. Y 'all all 00:51:43.309 --> 00:51:47.369 right? Well, hey, man. If you guys enjoyed service 00:51:47.369 --> 00:52:01.769 today, give God some praise. I feel done. Mom, 00:52:01.809 --> 00:52:05.329 you can close us out. I know. Come on up. You 00:52:05.329 --> 00:52:16.010 know. Y 'all welcome Pastor Deborah to the stage. 00:52:17.969 --> 00:52:20.150 She's gonna close us out. You close us out, mama. 00:52:21.190 --> 00:52:25.909 Thank you. If there's anyone here today. She's 00:52:25.909 --> 00:52:29.860 gonna bear my burden real quick, you know. If 00:52:29.860 --> 00:52:32.119 there's anyone here today who's not born again 00:52:32.119 --> 00:52:34.199 don't know Jesus is Lord of their lives. This 00:52:34.199 --> 00:52:39.360 is an awesome opportunity for you God has been 00:52:39.360 --> 00:52:42.659 waiting for this moment You made a decision that 00:52:42.659 --> 00:52:46.340 I want to know God. I want a personal relationship 00:52:46.340 --> 00:52:49.519 with him Well, God has been waiting for this 00:52:49.519 --> 00:52:52.860 moment for you and it's very very simple God 00:52:52.860 --> 00:52:55.579 says that if we just believe or accept the gift 00:52:55.579 --> 00:53:00.329 of Jesus Christ Jesus came he died for us He 00:53:00.329 --> 00:53:03.309 paid for our sins. And so therefore it leaves 00:53:03.309 --> 00:53:08.170 a clear road and path to God where you can actually 00:53:08.170 --> 00:53:13.070 hear from him. He'll talk to you. And again, 00:53:13.369 --> 00:53:16.070 he just wants to express his genuine love towards 00:53:16.070 --> 00:53:18.449 you. So if that's you today, if you'll raise 00:53:18.449 --> 00:53:21.300 your hands wherever you are. And of course, those 00:53:21.300 --> 00:53:23.500 who are online, if you will just type in the 00:53:23.500 --> 00:53:26.760 chat that I want to be born again. I want to 00:53:26.760 --> 00:53:30.039 be saved. I want to have this relationship with 00:53:30.039 --> 00:53:33.840 God. Amen. And so we're just going to repeat 00:53:33.840 --> 00:53:36.880 this prayer. If you would repeat after me, God, 00:53:37.659 --> 00:53:43.099 thank you for the invitation to know you. I accept 00:53:43.099 --> 00:53:49.250 the gift of Jesus Christ, his death. paying for 00:53:49.250 --> 00:53:54.650 my sins. Thank you Lord for receiving me. Amen. 00:53:55.539 --> 00:53:59.840 Amen. Praise God. Hallelujah. Again, for those 00:53:59.840 --> 00:54:01.679 of you who didn't want to raise your hand, but 00:54:01.679 --> 00:54:03.780 that's the confession that you made. If you will 00:54:03.780 --> 00:54:06.739 please meet us in the room to your left as you 00:54:06.739 --> 00:54:08.739 exit the first room. We'd like to tell you a 00:54:08.739 --> 00:54:10.579 little bit more about the decision that you've 00:54:10.579 --> 00:54:13.079 made. And for those of you who are online, if 00:54:13.079 --> 00:54:15.860 you would also please type in the chat that I 00:54:15.860 --> 00:54:17.940 made this decision. Someone from my church will 00:54:17.940 --> 00:54:21.760 get in contact with you to again help you understand 00:54:21.760 --> 00:54:24.659 the decision that you just made. And of course, 00:54:24.590 --> 00:54:27.650 If you get born again, you need to be in a church. 00:54:27.809 --> 00:54:30.409 We were just talking about community, the fact 00:54:30.409 --> 00:54:32.949 that we need one another to keep each other strong, 00:54:33.050 --> 00:54:36.489 to stir one another up. And so community starts 00:54:36.489 --> 00:54:39.369 when you become a part of a church, of a local 00:54:39.369 --> 00:54:41.730 church. And I'm saying a local church, but we 00:54:41.730 --> 00:54:45.130 actually have members who are not. here in this 00:54:45.130 --> 00:54:47.309 state, but if God has laid upon your heart to 00:54:47.309 --> 00:54:49.489 join Revealing Truth Ministries, this is an awesome 00:54:49.489 --> 00:54:53.010 opportunity for you and for us, because I believe 00:54:53.010 --> 00:54:57.250 that you have something that God has put on the 00:54:57.250 --> 00:54:59.829 inside of you that's good for this ministry and 00:54:59.829 --> 00:55:01.989 the vision that God has called us to fulfill. 00:55:02.489 --> 00:55:04.710 Also, I believe that we have something for you. 00:55:04.710 --> 00:55:07.309 We can help you to make spiritual progress. Again, 00:55:07.769 --> 00:55:11.309 you need community in order to live this life. 00:55:11.369 --> 00:55:13.880 God did not intend for us to live it alone. So 00:55:13.880 --> 00:55:17.099 do we have anyone who God has laid upon your 00:55:17.099 --> 00:55:19.219 heart to join revealing truth ministries this 00:55:19.219 --> 00:55:21.820 morning if you'll please raise your hands and 00:55:21.820 --> 00:55:25.099 of course those who are online, please type that 00:55:25.099 --> 00:55:28.260 in the chat and we'd like to get with you and 00:55:28.260 --> 00:55:31.400 If you're making that decision First room to 00:55:31.400 --> 00:55:34.019 your left. You'll find people there who will 00:55:34.019 --> 00:55:37.739 greet you with open arms and Talk to you about 00:55:37.739 --> 00:55:41.550 what that means. Amen All righty did and now 00:55:41.550 --> 00:55:43.809 we'll receive this morning's offerings. Hope 00:55:43.809 --> 00:55:48.349 you're excited about that Hey, man, the Bible 00:55:48.349 --> 00:55:51.250 tells us that God wants a person who's willing 00:55:51.250 --> 00:55:53.789 to do things not people who are forced into doing 00:55:53.789 --> 00:55:57.530 things But it's I want to do this. This is my 00:55:57.530 --> 00:56:02.010 desire this is a thing that I believe that God 00:56:02.010 --> 00:56:04.349 wants me to participate in because you know God 00:56:04.349 --> 00:56:07.730 is a generous God and he expects for his people 00:56:07.730 --> 00:56:11.849 to emulate who he is. So you be generous. Generosity 00:56:11.849 --> 00:56:16.210 comes from you personally. No one tells you how 00:56:16.210 --> 00:56:19.679 to be generous. That is a personal decision between 00:56:19.679 --> 00:56:23.199 you and God and the Holy Spirit. So we ask you 00:56:23.199 --> 00:56:26.119 to please respond to the Spirit of God on the 00:56:26.119 --> 00:56:29.460 inside of you knowing that God loves a cheerful 00:56:29.460 --> 00:56:33.719 giver. He said that I'm willing to give so that 00:56:33.719 --> 00:56:36.019 you may have to give. I'll multiply you so you 00:56:36.019 --> 00:56:38.599 may have to give. He said in every good work 00:56:38.599 --> 00:56:41.619 and charitable donation. Isn't that great? We 00:56:41.619 --> 00:56:43.719 are learning about community. It doesn't mean 00:56:43.719 --> 00:56:46.039 that you just bring it into the church. You bring 00:56:46.039 --> 00:56:47.760 it into the church, of course, because we're, 00:56:47.760 --> 00:56:50.380 you know, serving a lot of people, but you also 00:56:50.380 --> 00:56:52.719 are sensitive to other people that are around 00:56:52.719 --> 00:56:56.679 you. Every good work in charitable donation. 00:56:56.780 --> 00:56:58.780 How many of you want to be in a place where, 00:56:59.099 --> 00:57:02.400 you know, I actually can give into every, every 00:57:02.400 --> 00:57:04.900 good work? Have you ever been in a position where 00:57:04.900 --> 00:57:08.199 you wanted to be able to give to someone or into 00:57:08.199 --> 00:57:10.519 something and you just didn't seem to have it? 00:57:10.829 --> 00:57:12.929 Well, God said, I want you to bring you to a 00:57:12.929 --> 00:57:16.909 place where you're able to fulfill that desire 00:57:16.909 --> 00:57:21.690 that you have. Amen. Amen. So on the screens, 00:57:21.690 --> 00:57:24.190 you'll find the different ways and methods that 00:57:24.190 --> 00:57:27.150 you can give. Please take advantage of those. 00:57:28.250 --> 00:57:32.070 And amen. If you need an envelope, there are 00:57:32.070 --> 00:57:33.989 ushers in the aisles. They'll be happy to assist 00:57:33.989 --> 00:57:50.570 you if that's how you're giving. Amen. Give you 00:57:50.570 --> 00:57:56.789 opportunity And as you give if you'll stand to 00:57:56.789 --> 00:58:15.269 your feet I want to give everyone opportunity 00:58:15.269 --> 00:58:18.550 to do what God has put on their hearts to do. 00:58:18.750 --> 00:58:22.449 Amen. And if you would please lift your hands 00:58:22.449 --> 00:58:26.510 now and repeat after me. Now unto him that is 00:58:26.510 --> 00:58:31.989 able to keep me from falling and present me faultless 00:58:31.989 --> 00:58:37.050 before the presence of his glory with exceeding 00:58:37.050 --> 00:58:43.110 joy to the only wise God our savior be glory 00:58:43.289 --> 00:58:50.110 majesty, dominion, and power both now and forever. 00:58:50.989 --> 00:58:52.730 Amen. Amen.