WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.819 You gave us life. You gave us healing. You gave 00:00:03.819 --> 00:00:07.780 us hope. And so this morning we are grateful. 00:00:08.859 --> 00:00:12.300 We're grateful for you. We're grateful for your 00:00:12.300 --> 00:00:19.379 son and the sacrifice that he made so that we 00:00:19.379 --> 00:00:24.739 could be made whole and made complete. We're 00:00:24.739 --> 00:00:29.359 undeserving of so many things, but yet You were 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:35.920 mindful of us So we're grateful we're grateful 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:42.140 That even though we continue sometimes to Mr. 00:00:42.420 --> 00:00:47.659 Mark You created a covenant that will cover us 00:00:47.659 --> 00:00:54.100 and and keep us So we're thankful God for your 00:00:54.100 --> 00:01:02.409 mercy we're thankful and today as we open up 00:01:02.409 --> 00:01:05.709 your word we're asking for your holy spirit to 00:01:05.709 --> 00:01:11.269 lead and to guide us we cannot expect to hear 00:01:11.269 --> 00:01:15.150 or receive truth in our flesh father god we need 00:01:15.150 --> 00:01:19.590 your spirit to lead us spirit to stir us up we're 00:01:19.590 --> 00:01:24.090 asking in this moment that um you consume us 00:01:24.090 --> 00:01:29.090 you uh Take those thoughts that could be in competition 00:01:29.090 --> 00:01:36.489 with your truth today And you capture them So 00:01:36.489 --> 00:01:41.650 today we can receive your word as ours that every 00:01:41.650 --> 00:01:47.750 promise is yes and a man We will go through your 00:01:47.750 --> 00:01:51.489 word as sons and daughters as heirs to these 00:01:51.489 --> 00:01:56.530 promises known that we can stand firm and Walk 00:01:56.530 --> 00:02:03.010 out of here with peace of mind We're just thankful 00:02:03.010 --> 00:02:06.430 cut that you you invited us into these precious 00:02:06.430 --> 00:02:11.650 promises In your precious name, I pray the name 00:02:11.650 --> 00:02:15.509 above all names y 'all say with me Jesus Amen. 00:02:15.729 --> 00:02:18.590 Amen. Well love on the person next to you as 00:02:18.590 --> 00:02:25.280 you take your seats You know Would also like 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:31.680 to take a take a moment To take one of our incredible 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:34.939 ministers of the house minister Nate for for 00:02:34.939 --> 00:02:38.539 if y 'all notice we had he served a season so 00:02:38.539 --> 00:02:42.479 well and I hope y 'all know it ain't going nowhere 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:46.840 We're not going nowhere We are going to reposition 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:50.159 it within the service but I just want to say 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:51.539 thank you y 'all give it up for the minister 00:02:51.539 --> 00:02:58.020 name for just ministers to us so well and y 'all 00:02:58.020 --> 00:03:00.219 remember we used to have like special music sections 00:03:00.219 --> 00:03:02.900 and all that type of stuff like we that's what 00:03:02.900 --> 00:03:04.819 that's what we doing so just y 'all have to act 00:03:04.819 --> 00:03:07.360 crazy like y 'all know our church folks be like 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:12.639 what did he do he did nothing nothing at all 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:17.599 but we are a house that continues to say okay 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:22.759 God how you want this to go So we will be repositioning 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:26.620 it and just doing what we do. Amen but I'm incredibly 00:03:26.620 --> 00:03:30.879 excited to be here with you today and Go with 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:34.879 me Ephesians chapter 6. We will be a finishing 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:37.340 of the book of Ephesians today looking church. 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:40.539 We made it You know, we spent the whole summer 00:03:40.539 --> 00:03:43.759 going through the book of Ephesians pastor Deborah 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:48.319 covered Ephesians chapter 5 so well if there 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:51.300 isn't a You know, it almost looks strategic not 00:03:51.300 --> 00:03:53.280 to be here to have to preach Ephesians chapter 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:58.740 5, but You know, it wasn't strategic She did 00:03:58.740 --> 00:04:03.680 she did She did she says some things that I would 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:09.280 have been looking at the wall But today we will 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:14.479 have finished the book of Ephesians and it is 00:04:14.479 --> 00:04:19.319 actually extremely positioned for What will be 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:21.519 um two things happening? So we'll be finishing 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:24.420 our truth collections in the book of ephesians 00:04:24.420 --> 00:04:27.379 on I have a reason to praise while opening the 00:04:27.379 --> 00:04:31.319 door to our new sermon series here is home and 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:34.000 so um Pastor brian has an assignment in front 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:35.939 of him, but i'm well prepared You know what i'm 00:04:35.939 --> 00:04:38.439 saying? I even got my little color coded my notes 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:40.339 and everything. You know, it's like, you know 00:04:40.339 --> 00:04:44.079 what? um We got a lot of ground to cover, but 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:48.170 it's gonna be good And so if you're there in 00:04:48.170 --> 00:04:51.810 Ephesians chapter 6 verse 1 I'll start there 00:04:51.810 --> 00:04:56.629 says children obey your parents in the Lord For 00:04:56.629 --> 00:05:00.790 this is right honor your father and mother some 00:05:00.790 --> 00:05:02.850 don't wonder was that still in the Bible it it 00:05:02.850 --> 00:05:07.949 still is This is the first commandment with a 00:05:07.949 --> 00:05:13.089 promise That it may go well with you and that 00:05:13.089 --> 00:05:18.069 you may live long in the land Fathers do not 00:05:18.069 --> 00:05:21.550 provoke your children to anger but bring them 00:05:21.550 --> 00:05:26.069 up in Discipline and instructions from the Lord 00:05:26.069 --> 00:05:29.310 what I would just like to pull out there That 00:05:29.310 --> 00:05:31.829 is really really beautiful is you are seeing 00:05:31.829 --> 00:05:34.069 something and something we always key on here 00:05:34.069 --> 00:05:36.769 is anytime we hear a Promise from God. What should 00:05:36.769 --> 00:05:39.930 be our question? What's the path? I'll come out 00:05:39.930 --> 00:05:42.410 there. We try it again. Anytime you hear a promise 00:05:42.410 --> 00:05:44.850 in the word of God What should be your next question? 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:48.060 What's the path because to every promise there 00:05:48.060 --> 00:05:50.600 is a path and so what I really want to see here 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:52.459 is right There's a promise right here that it 00:05:52.459 --> 00:05:56.279 will go well with you and that you may live long 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:59.259 in the land that there's a promise connected 00:05:59.259 --> 00:06:03.420 to Obeying your parents right that that the promise 00:06:03.420 --> 00:06:07.040 is It will go well with you and you will live 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:10.959 long. Well, how do I get to that promise? obedience 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:17.740 Obeying your parents Why cuz is right Some of 00:06:17.740 --> 00:06:19.439 y 'all think it was your parents that invented 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:21.860 that short talk because I said so no the Bible 00:06:21.860 --> 00:06:24.680 is kind of short, too Why should I obey my parents 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:31.160 church? This is right That's a little different 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:34.439 than I said so but I get where y 'all are going 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:44.819 Then we go into you know, what is probably I'm 00:06:44.819 --> 00:06:48.019 gonna read these next verses and you know, here's 00:06:48.019 --> 00:06:51.120 the truth You cannot go to the Word of God in 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:55.060 your flesh What I'm about to read to you guys 00:06:55.060 --> 00:06:58.439 that if you hear any of this in your flesh You 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:01.920 will feel as though the Bible is not for you 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:05.639 these next verses are Systematically uses people 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:07.699 used to say they even call this is the white 00:07:07.699 --> 00:07:10.339 man's Bible because of these next verses That's 00:07:10.339 --> 00:07:11.980 all right with y 'all, but this is where they 00:07:11.980 --> 00:07:14.480 get it from They read this in their flesh and 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:16.959 they think that the whole Bible is for for white 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:20.339 men Looking at me strange. Y 'all know how I 00:07:20.339 --> 00:07:23.620 be just talking to y 'all I'm trying to help 00:07:23.620 --> 00:07:25.579 y 'all out. So the next time someone tells you 00:07:25.579 --> 00:07:27.319 that you following the white man's gospel you 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:34.100 can be like no There are neither Greek nor Hebrew 00:07:34.100 --> 00:07:37.279 there's neither Jew right that we are all one 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:43.720 in who a man So you ain't even got started yet 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:46.819 talking you talking crazy But this is where they 00:07:46.819 --> 00:07:49.040 get it from right right now. I'll walk you guys 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:53.439 through they say bond servants Obey your what 00:07:53.439 --> 00:08:01.079 church? With what fear and trembling with a sincere 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:08.060 heart as you would Christ not by the way of I 00:08:08.060 --> 00:08:12.300 service as people pleasers But as what church? 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:16.860 Bond servants of Christ doing the will of God 00:08:16.860 --> 00:08:22.100 from the heart, rendering service with a goodwill 00:08:22.100 --> 00:08:27.579 as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever 00:08:27.579 --> 00:08:31.660 good anyone does, this he will receive back from 00:08:31.660 --> 00:08:36.620 who? The Lord. Whether he is a bond servant or 00:08:36.620 --> 00:08:42.710 free, masters do the same to them. and stop your 00:08:42.710 --> 00:08:45.090 threatening knowing that i'll be wanting like 00:08:45.090 --> 00:08:50.250 did they read the rest of this masters do the 00:08:50.250 --> 00:08:53.610 same to them and stop your threatening knowing 00:08:53.610 --> 00:08:58.110 that he who is both their master and yours is 00:08:58.110 --> 00:09:02.450 in heaven and that there is no partiality with 00:09:02.450 --> 00:09:05.929 him right so a lot of people find this controversial 00:09:05.929 --> 00:09:07.970 right they find it controversial because clearly 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:11.820 The bible is speaking towards slaves and masters 00:09:11.820 --> 00:09:14.340 So it starts off talking about children obey 00:09:14.340 --> 00:09:16.919 your parents Then it starts talking about slaves 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:18.899 and masters and how they should rate to each 00:09:18.899 --> 00:09:20.419 other and you're reading this You're saying so 00:09:20.419 --> 00:09:25.580 is god saying slavery is okay? No And if you 00:09:25.580 --> 00:09:28.120 don't see what he's saying here, you'll miss 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:31.340 one of the greatest revelations I believe is 00:09:31.340 --> 00:09:34.940 in the bible right that he's first doing this, 00:09:35.379 --> 00:09:38.240 that before we got it to children and parents, 00:09:38.360 --> 00:09:41.059 and before we got to masters and bond servants, 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:43.620 if you go back to chapter five, he start talking 00:09:43.620 --> 00:09:47.679 about husbands and wives, but then he first started 00:09:47.679 --> 00:09:50.299 talking about you. So this whole cycle, he goes, 00:09:50.500 --> 00:09:52.779 he talks about you, he talks about husbands and 00:09:52.779 --> 00:09:55.659 wives, he talks about children and parents, then 00:09:55.659 --> 00:09:58.519 he talks about slaves and masters. What is... 00:09:58.509 --> 00:10:00.330 Paul painting here. What's the bible painting 00:10:00.330 --> 00:10:03.590 here? It's painting a picture of the four critical 00:10:03.590 --> 00:10:06.629 relationships that were present in that culture 00:10:06.629 --> 00:10:09.990 That the four critical relationships in that 00:10:09.990 --> 00:10:12.570 culture were that you because you can always 00:10:12.570 --> 00:10:17.470 be a problem for you husbands and wives children 00:10:17.470 --> 00:10:20.950 and parents and slaves and masters The beauty 00:10:20.950 --> 00:10:23.750 of this is is we have to realize that the bible 00:10:23.750 --> 00:10:26.129 lets us know that we will be known by what church 00:10:26.930 --> 00:10:31.289 Love for one another and so the Bible is Speaking 00:10:31.289 --> 00:10:34.409 about what we need to do in order so that we 00:10:34.409 --> 00:10:37.730 can reflect Christ in the four critical relationships 00:10:37.730 --> 00:10:43.110 of that day y 'all rocking It's beautiful because 00:10:43.110 --> 00:10:47.529 y 'all ready for this And you need to hear this 00:10:47.529 --> 00:10:51.190 because even when truth doesn't taste good it 00:10:51.190 --> 00:10:56.360 lives good Even when truth doesn't live good 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:59.659 it even when it doesn't taste good. It lives 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:03.240 good Right and I told him on Friday this happens 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:05.779 with amber all the time amber doesn't like the 00:11:05.779 --> 00:11:08.480 taste of medicine Here's the thing the medicine 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:11.039 is good for her. She doesn't like the taste but 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:13.879 it's good for her and Truth is that same way 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:19.120 even when truth does not taste good. It's still 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:22.960 Come on y 'all gotta Because what I'm about to 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:26.799 say next it's not gonna taste good But it most 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:29.860 certainly lives good The point is to see is that 00:11:29.860 --> 00:11:32.080 we can't be people that think that because it 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:34.799 doesn't feel right It isn't good for me that 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:37.659 if you approach the Bible wanting to feel good 00:11:37.659 --> 00:11:40.820 You're not gonna get the benefit of it And so 00:11:40.820 --> 00:11:43.580 you may not feel good about how it tells you 00:11:43.580 --> 00:11:46.399 to honor your parents You may not feel good about 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:48.879 how it tells you to love your wife like the church 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:52.649 meaning not feel good Boy y 'all stop preaching 00:11:52.649 --> 00:11:55.549 with me so soon y 'all normally be with me that 00:11:55.549 --> 00:11:57.889 that most people read Ephesians 5 and you don't 00:11:57.889 --> 00:12:04.549 feel good about any of this I'm pretty I know 00:12:04.549 --> 00:12:08.730 the slaves didn't feel good about hearing how 00:12:08.730 --> 00:12:14.750 they had to treat the master, right a Husband 00:12:14.750 --> 00:12:16.769 doesn't feel good about having to treat his wife 00:12:16.769 --> 00:12:19.549 like she is the church when she don't act like 00:12:19.549 --> 00:12:24.840 the church Parents children don't feel like obeying 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:27.840 their parents when they feel like their parent 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:37.200 is wrong But the truth is even when it doesn't 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:45.740 taste good it still lives good And so what is 00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:49.080 God wanting us to taste that so good in this 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:58.100 moment That here's the truth God doesn't ignore 00:12:58.100 --> 00:13:06.879 our dysfunction. He enters it See God didn't 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:12.960 approve of slavery But they weren't yet Christ 00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:19.080 like to know that this is wrong They had didn't 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:24.059 achieve revelation that their behavior wasn't 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:30.980 honoring to God This is all still new That we 00:13:30.980 --> 00:13:36.279 are one with Christ They have yet to realize 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:40.440 that to be like Christ I can't be a master over 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:48.200 a person They have historically saw this as good 00:13:52.919 --> 00:14:01.840 They saw this as a way to get cheap labor Some 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:03.240 y 'all look at me strange like you don't be ripping 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:07.460 off your own kids, but that's cool You got your 00:14:07.460 --> 00:14:10.259 light bill in a name you got your car in a name 00:14:10.259 --> 00:14:17.639 wait until they find out Y 'all be so quick to 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:20.360 just judge somebody when you have similar behaviors 00:14:25.769 --> 00:14:27.889 I'm just trying to help you. All right, I could 00:14:27.889 --> 00:14:30.110 skip over this and you can live in darkness or 00:14:30.110 --> 00:14:34.029 we can talk about it and see why it's here because 00:14:34.029 --> 00:14:38.210 it's so good. So here they are. The culture of 00:14:38.210 --> 00:14:42.149 that time had four different structures of people 00:14:42.149 --> 00:14:46.070 groups. One of them included slaves and masters. 00:14:46.730 --> 00:14:52.769 They were not yet fully in Christ to realize 00:14:52.769 --> 00:14:57.929 this doesn't please God. So God stepped into 00:14:57.929 --> 00:15:05.230 their dysfunction God stepped into their dysfunction 00:15:05.230 --> 00:15:10.690 and still gave order Pastor Brian, why are you 00:15:10.690 --> 00:15:16.169 parking here? Because if this was 2026 we would 00:15:16.169 --> 00:15:20.830 say something like well, what do I do if My daughter 00:15:20.830 --> 00:15:25.120 is saying she's a lesbian What do I do if my 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:29.620 son saying he's homosexual? What do I do? Y 'all 00:15:29.620 --> 00:15:34.820 getting quiet on me again? Name your name your 00:15:34.820 --> 00:15:39.039 present dysfunction all of our families have 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:45.059 a dysfunction and In the revelation is we've 00:15:45.059 --> 00:15:48.120 always thought God is hands off of our dysfunction 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:52.460 When truth is God will enter your dysfunction 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:56.240 Just the same way he entered their dysfunction 00:15:56.240 --> 00:16:00.820 why because they were not yet like Christ We 00:16:00.820 --> 00:16:03.480 are all dealing with dysfunctional situations 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:08.419 because people are yet to be like Christ But 00:16:08.419 --> 00:16:12.879 thanks be to God his wisdom doesn't stop at our 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:17.259 dysfunction That he will step right into that 00:16:17.259 --> 00:16:20.720 situation that doesn't reflect him and still 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:30.840 set order Because God's that good. That even 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:33.480 when you're not doing what's pleasing him, it 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:35.559 doesn't stop him from still holding you like 00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:40.500 you're his. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:42.580 no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. And I'm saying 00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:46.799 this so that you can become radical again, radical 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:50.840 again about what you think is dead. God's not 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:55.080 touching that. God has nothing to do with that. 00:16:55.419 --> 00:16:59.860 No, no, no. God's goodness does not stop at our 00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:04.859 dysfunction. He'll reach into your dysfunction 00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:09.079 and still speak order until you become more like 00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:14.779 Christ. Oh, praise be to God. Ain't that a reason 00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:19.430 to praise God? The mere fact that he's talking 00:17:19.430 --> 00:17:23.589 to any of us is evidence that his wisdom doesn't 00:17:23.589 --> 00:17:27.109 stop at our ignorance His wisdom doesn't stop 00:17:27.109 --> 00:17:31.250 at his displeasure of us. I thank God that a 00:17:31.250 --> 00:17:34.430 condition of God's wisdom isn't my perfection 00:17:34.430 --> 00:17:39.589 This I would be in this world without wisdom 00:17:39.589 --> 00:17:46.410 And so God's one you say I know you don't like 00:17:47.690 --> 00:17:56.150 But that doesn't mean that I'm done with it. 00:17:56.349 --> 00:18:00.890 Matter of fact, I know how to make sure that 00:18:00.890 --> 00:18:04.829 even though I'm not pleased with it, you can 00:18:04.829 --> 00:18:09.130 still be like me in it. That's what he's saying. 00:18:09.490 --> 00:18:13.329 He's saying, no, no, no, no, no, no. Servants, 00:18:13.329 --> 00:18:18.599 I get it. This is bad. This is bad. But I still 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:22.980 need you to be sincere Not by the way of eye 00:18:22.980 --> 00:18:27.619 service don't be no people pleasers Matter of 00:18:27.619 --> 00:18:29.559 fact, you're a bond servant of christ and you 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:32.500 gotta realize here. We're talking about paul 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:34.960 Paul doesn't even see the word bond servant our 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:37.500 slave as derogatory. He calls himself a slave 00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:42.819 of christ Y 'all wanna y 'all don't want to preach 00:18:42.819 --> 00:18:45.440 for me today And so we're like, how's he just 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:47.440 throwing his word that he called himself a slut 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:54.940 Paul does not allow These terms that turn us 00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:58.920 upside down to turn him upside down Because he 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:10.759 knows who his Lord is I'll try to get y 'all 00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:13.359 to see stuff This is what you're supposed to 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:16.680 think when you saw yourself of great value and 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:18.619 you went into work and they change your position 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:23.140 and then you realize, oh, I thought I wasn't 00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:25.880 addicted to titles, but then you left feeling 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:29.579 less significant because your role changed. Well, 00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:33.940 there you go. You should have remembered who's... 00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:40.000 Because these earthly masters do a lot of strange 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:48.660 things. But I'm not a slave to any of them. I'm 00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:52.839 a slave of Christ. I'm a bond servant of Christ. 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:57.980 I serve the most high God. My value isn't connected 00:19:57.980 --> 00:20:02.220 to any earthly identification. My value is found 00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:06.319 and who found me, rescued me, is working with 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:09.839 me, who healed me, who's bringing me peace, who's 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:13.000 helping me take all of this dysfunction and step 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:20.000 by step put everything in order. I love God Can 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:23.579 we just give God a praise right now? I just stop 00:20:23.579 --> 00:20:29.220 sometimes and think about how good God is Y 'all 00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:34.220 see how good God is Well, I got a reason to praise 00:20:34.220 --> 00:20:37.500 boy I'll tell you what he says this but doing 00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:41.619 the will of God from the heart He's saying that 00:20:41.619 --> 00:20:44.920 it's not you being good to them being good is 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:51.750 who we are as people do good because we are good 00:20:51.750 --> 00:20:55.750 people not because people earned it not because 00:20:55.750 --> 00:20:58.269 they deserved it not because they treated us 00:20:58.269 --> 00:21:04.069 right he says check this out what are we just 00:21:04.069 --> 00:21:08.089 here path and to every path what is their church 00:21:08.089 --> 00:21:12.690 y 'all we just did this to every path there is 00:21:12.690 --> 00:21:19.160 what check this out he says knowing that Whatever 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:26.859 good anyone does This he will receive back from 00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:33.779 the Lord whether he is Bond servants are free 00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:38.220 check that out church That he's saying regardless 00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:46.119 of your position the promise still stands He 00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:50.240 speaks to those who are enslaved and reminding 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:52.960 them no matter who says they're your earthly 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:57.640 master doing good that I say is good means that 00:21:57.640 --> 00:22:04.819 I am the one that you're not doing good because 00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:08.019 they deserve it and this is how you can reconcile 00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:10.720 the rest of this why do children obey your parents 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:14.630 not because your parents deserve it Because doing 00:22:14.630 --> 00:22:20.109 good is what we do Children obey your parents 00:22:20.109 --> 00:22:26.809 why cuz this is right and the God of You and 00:22:26.809 --> 00:22:30.789 the God of your parents will reward you with 00:22:30.789 --> 00:22:42.089 a good long life Y 'all hear that So I'm obeying 00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:47.940 parents because there's a God who sees how I 00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:52.500 act and whether or not they have the means to 00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:59.400 reward my submission to this there's a God that 00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:12.440 sees me doing what is right he says My promises 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:18.880 don't stop at these containers. Whether you're 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:23.180 free or a bondservant, the good God is going 00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:28.420 to be a good God. Then he goes and says, all 00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:31.619 right, I tighten up that side of it. Masters, 00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:39.440 do the same. Do what's the same. Do good by them. 00:23:42.170 --> 00:23:47.730 Stop your threatening Don't threaten you can't 00:23:47.730 --> 00:23:53.049 threaten nobody Knowing that he who is both their 00:23:53.049 --> 00:23:58.930 master and yours So, I know you called yourself 00:23:58.930 --> 00:24:03.690 master that's funny Because there's only one 00:24:03.690 --> 00:24:16.220 master He said in the whole house what Everybody 00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:18.640 do right by everybody. You know, I had y 'all 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:21.240 talk to your neighbor yet today That's a good 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:27.000 space find you a good neighbor It's a hey folks 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:44.980 hey you Do right by everybody He says He who 00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:49.859 is both their master and in heaven, and that 00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:54.259 there is what? No partiality with God. Another 00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:56.700 translation is that there is no favoritism with 00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:59.680 God. Some people see this in this context of 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:02.599 thinking that God has favorites. This is actually 00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:06.259 a passage on judgment. He's saying that God shows 00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:09.420 no favoritism. He shows no partiality. Realize, 00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:14.329 I will judge you. Don't care what you call yourself 00:25:14.329 --> 00:25:18.529 now I Will judge you and he's saying this as 00:25:18.529 --> 00:25:23.049 a warning to those slave masters Do what I say 00:25:23.049 --> 00:25:25.950 are just as you think you can judge them you 00:25:25.950 --> 00:25:31.930 you you have a master too and I will hold you 00:25:31.930 --> 00:25:36.250 accountable Now y 'all see why this y 'all see 00:25:36.250 --> 00:25:38.829 what's going on here prayerfully you can use 00:25:38.829 --> 00:25:40.670 that in your next argument with somebody that 00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:45.380 You can tell no no, I don't hurt the truth and 00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:50.140 true sets you free No, no God shows no favoritism. 00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:55.500 He told everybody to tighten up And he's still 00:25:55.500 --> 00:26:02.420 telling everybody do what church tighten up What 00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:09.150 I love about this is as you read through those 00:26:09.150 --> 00:26:12.289 first two passages the children and your parents 00:26:12.289 --> 00:26:16.049 and bond service and slaves and Husbands to wives 00:26:16.049 --> 00:26:18.730 and yourself as you read through that there's 00:26:18.730 --> 00:26:21.789 something you'll notice right that there is no 00:26:21.789 --> 00:26:25.390 conditional language What do you mean by that 00:26:25.390 --> 00:26:27.990 pastor Brian? There is nothing in any of those 00:26:27.990 --> 00:26:32.609 passages that say if they win they because they 00:26:32.609 --> 00:26:37.880 There's no conditions That our babe behavior 00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:45.059 is set regardless of what's happening Not when 00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:47.019 they say something right you obey your parents 00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:50.200 there's no condition there Not when they line 00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:52.119 up treat your wife like the church. There's no 00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:59.319 condition there not there's no conditions I Know 00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:00.859 y 'all got to go back and read it, but I've been 00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:03.799 reading it all week. It's not there None of your 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:08.200 translations you can get you a ELT or BLT or 00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:10.420 whatever translation you want. None of your translations 00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:19.880 have a condition None of them The new King James 00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:22.779 the some King James, you know, they got all types 00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:25.720 of stuff now God gonna burn them all. I don't 00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:32.079 know which ones are gonna stay but anyway Why 00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:36.619 are you saying this? because check this out if 00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:42.079 our behavior is conditional on how we are treated 00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:45.960 and If we can change our behavior based on how 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:49.900 people treat us. It also makes guys reward conditional 00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:55.619 That if the only way I can be good is if you're 00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:58.839 good you are now in the position of being my 00:27:58.839 --> 00:28:06.019 god That if it was conditional the reward would 00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:11.160 be conditional But the reward is promised because 00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:16.559 it doesn't involve nobody but you It's what you 00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:20.680 gonna do what are you gonna do with the truth 00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:28.059 I Wouldn't expect me y 'all to shout me down 00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:31.200 right there But even that's why I had to sit 00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:33.559 there for a moment even when it don't taste good 00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:39.079 There we go church Find you somebody there's 00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:40.880 a reason y 'all like why he stick on that point 00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:45.740 so long. I know what the message is Go ahead 00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:48.559 look at somebody say hey neighbor even when it 00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:54.779 doesn't taste good It lives good and truly we 00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:57.950 should be thankful God didn't set the conditions 00:28:57.950 --> 00:29:01.650 of his promises towards us in the hands of how 00:29:01.650 --> 00:29:04.730 people treat us Like he didn't say do right by 00:29:04.730 --> 00:29:06.410 them once they do right by you then that would 00:29:06.410 --> 00:29:08.910 mean I could maybe never ever get Promise because 00:29:08.910 --> 00:29:12.269 some of y 'all don't ever do right by anybody 00:29:12.269 --> 00:29:22.380 Don't leave my hand up here by myself Some y 00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:24.079 'all need to go back back to me and back when 00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:25.579 you were school and your teacher had you right 00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:27.640 on the board You need to wake up every day and 00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:29.460 just write a hundred times. I will do right by 00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:32.039 people I will do right by people I will do you 00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:35.420 are so ingrained to just be triggered that you 00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:39.900 You ain't did right by nobody in a couple months 00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:45.859 See they hold blinker coming down the interstate 00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:50.710 know they trying to get over You done lined up 00:29:50.710 --> 00:29:52.730 that you don't lined up the exit ramp and you 00:29:52.730 --> 00:29:56.869 know, there's not enough time unless I slow down 00:29:56.869 --> 00:30:01.069 You don't timed it up. I Know cuz I've been there 00:30:01.069 --> 00:30:03.210 before you like man if I don't slow down they 00:30:03.210 --> 00:30:07.309 not getting in I can time it up. I can time it 00:30:07.309 --> 00:30:19.380 up and you know what you do Not today Got a red 00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:23.660 light to wait on Do all of that and then be right 00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:25.519 there at the red light they pull up right behind 00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:30.519 you I Wouldn't plan on having the encounter Y 00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:43.099 'all get back y 'all get back y 'all get back 00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:46.980 y 'all get back cuz here right What is the Bible 00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:50.079 teaching us? And I want to sum up this first 00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:52.660 half before we go to the last part of Ephesians 00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:56.000 chapter 6. What is being summed up here is that 00:30:56.000 --> 00:31:01.299 God is not the author of confusion. God is not 00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:04.319 the author of confusion. If there is confusion, 00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:11.079 no matter the context, God has order. If there 00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:15.400 is confusion, no matter the context, God has 00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:18.869 order. Order That's what we are to gain from 00:31:18.869 --> 00:31:22.230 that that sometimes we think there can't be any 00:31:22.230 --> 00:31:24.549 order because we think the context is outside 00:31:24.549 --> 00:31:29.450 of what he would speak to know If it has to do 00:31:29.450 --> 00:31:32.210 with your walk of love, he has wisdom so you 00:31:32.210 --> 00:31:38.829 can obey If it has to do with your walk of love 00:31:38.829 --> 00:31:42.970 he has wisdom so you can obey no matter the context 00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:55.460 So now I'm gonna make This transition we're closing. 00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:58.460 I have a reason to praise and we open up to the 00:31:58.460 --> 00:32:05.039 door look at neighbor say here is Home If y 'all 00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:08.599 could put put James one and eight put well actually 00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:14.039 put one Yeah, put start at one Put James up down 00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:18.099 the screen right because What does that mean 00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:29.549 pastor Brian? That When we say here is home That's 00:32:29.549 --> 00:32:33.430 just that's not a catchy slogan. It's actually 00:32:33.430 --> 00:32:40.430 a declaration That many of us myself included 00:32:40.430 --> 00:32:48.069 have places in the grave And we have to realize 00:32:48.069 --> 00:32:52.849 That we know we need wisdom on how to navigate 00:32:52.849 --> 00:32:58.650 it. But wisdom from God does not come to people 00:32:58.650 --> 00:33:02.750 who haven't declared where they are home. That 00:33:02.750 --> 00:33:05.890 wisdom requires, let your neighbor say, a posture. 00:33:08.769 --> 00:33:12.869 That if I'm not postured correctly, wisdom won't 00:33:12.869 --> 00:33:17.289 flow. And so many people are positioned in places, 00:33:17.289 --> 00:33:20.369 but they're not postured in that place. Right? 00:33:20.369 --> 00:33:25.529 That you can be positioned as a child in a family. 00:33:25.549 --> 00:33:28.049 You can be positioned as an employee on a job. 00:33:28.089 --> 00:33:30.269 You can be positioned as a spouse within a marriage. 00:33:30.289 --> 00:33:32.630 You can be positioned in the city of Tampa. You 00:33:32.630 --> 00:33:35.089 can be positioned here at Revealing Truth. But 00:33:35.089 --> 00:33:39.009 if you're not postured at Revealing Truth, postured 00:33:39.009 --> 00:33:42.809 in Tampa, postured in your marriage, postured 00:33:42.809 --> 00:33:46.329 in your family, postured on work, wisdom doesn't 00:33:46.329 --> 00:33:50.980 flow. So you have a problem. But you are blocking 00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:54.259 the solution. What are you saying, Pastor Brian? 00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:57.599 James 1 and 8, right? Go to chapter, go verse 00:33:57.599 --> 00:34:02.240 1. You got to warm them up now. James, a servant 00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:05.400 of God, of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the 12 tribes 00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:09.539 in the dispersions, greetings, count it all joy, 00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:12.880 brothers and sisters. Boy, that thing's switching 00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:16.139 different. My brothers, when trials, don't have 00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:21.900 my laptop, when trials, When you meet trials 00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:27.059 of various kinds For you know that the testing 00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:30.940 of your faith produces what church? steadfastness 00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:34.539 and let steadfastness have what is full effect 00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:38.039 that you may be what perfect and complete and 00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:40.199 Lacking nothing. Let's pause right there. Right? 00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:42.219 So what did we just digest? This is a familiar 00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:45.099 text We won't spend long here that as believers 00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:47.920 say I'm a believer if you are believing that 00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:50.840 we don't complain about trials, right? We understand 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:53.519 that if I'm in a gray area or if I'm oscillating 00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:56.699 between where home is, that's okay. Trials come 00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:59.519 to believers. But we know that trials aren't 00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:02.219 the end for believers. That trials are actually 00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:05.179 tools God uses for our perfection. That if I'm 00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:07.440 looking to go to another level, I must expect 00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:10.679 to be tested. That if there is no test, how do 00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:13.610 I know I've achieved something? Right that that 00:35:13.610 --> 00:35:15.690 that when you're in school, you're giving standardized 00:35:15.690 --> 00:35:18.010 testing I know no one likes it But how do they 00:35:18.010 --> 00:35:19.909 know that you should go to the next grade if 00:35:19.909 --> 00:35:21.670 you haven't learned what you got in the last 00:35:21.670 --> 00:35:24.869 one? Because each grade sits on the next and 00:35:24.869 --> 00:35:27.530 so in our lives It's the same way that we can't 00:35:27.530 --> 00:35:30.190 go to another level in God without firming up 00:35:30.190 --> 00:35:32.590 the foundation of where we are I can't go to 00:35:32.590 --> 00:35:36.409 new levels without more foundation stronger foundation 00:35:36.409 --> 00:35:38.769 Think about it like a like an elevator. Have 00:35:38.769 --> 00:35:40.550 you ever seen the elevator right up a building 00:35:40.550 --> 00:35:45.260 past the floors? The building is 13 stories high. 00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:47.639 Have you ever seen the elevator make it to floor 00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:53.159 17? No, there's no structure Don't look at me 00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:57.719 strange and these examples be a one These are 00:35:57.719 --> 00:36:04.920 a one top tier examples None of us have ever 00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:08.159 seen an elevator ride straight up out the building 00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:13.400 structure If you have What's that song you want 00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:15.719 to stairway to heaven you're on an elevator to 00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:20.739 heaven if you kept going past the building You 00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:26.039 got you got a problem Some of us are so are so 00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:28.360 paranoid before we get on the elevator we check 00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:31.920 down and we check this one this one stops in 00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:36.719 it Make sure it's in frame. I want I want what 00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:39.260 I'm what I'm expecting to take me to another 00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:41.739 level I want to make sure it's structured. Well 00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:45.639 Well, our faith is the same way our lives are 00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:48.420 the same way God is so good that he won't let 00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:53.539 you pass with your structure to sustain That 00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:56.619 he will make sure that you are structures to 00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:58.940 sustain where he's taking you right because it 00:36:58.940 --> 00:37:01.099 is possible to be blessed and stressed y 'all 00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:03.369 ever met a blessed and stressed person What is 00:37:03.369 --> 00:37:05.429 a blessed and stressed person that they were 00:37:05.429 --> 00:37:07.670 mixing self -effort and faith while they were 00:37:07.670 --> 00:37:09.829 building things? So they know what's of God and 00:37:09.829 --> 00:37:12.349 what's not of God So at night they sleep about 00:37:12.349 --> 00:37:14.449 what they know God said but they're worried about 00:37:14.449 --> 00:37:16.130 what they're doing that God had nothing to do 00:37:16.130 --> 00:37:17.789 with Why because they know it's structure. He 00:37:17.789 --> 00:37:22.869 won't protect Y 'all alright, but God is so good 00:37:22.869 --> 00:37:25.510 that he will make sure that when he's taking 00:37:25.510 --> 00:37:27.909 you somewhere that there will always be structured 00:37:27.909 --> 00:37:33.599 to maintain what you obtain And so testing isn't 00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:36.280 a bad thing. Testing is a good thing. It makes 00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:38.039 sure that I can look at your neighbor and say, 00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:43.420 maintain when I obtain. So that is why we rejoice 00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:46.400 when trials come. Because they're not evidence 00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:49.119 of me going backwards. They're actually evidence 00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:53.519 that it's time to level up. Listen. Listen. Say, 00:37:53.679 --> 00:38:00.340 hey, neighbor. We leveling up around here. So 00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:02.760 he wants to flip our whole press perspective 00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:06.219 and know that no God sees your perfection in 00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:09.059 Schedule if these trials are coming because there's 00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:13.739 another level awaiting But then he says verse 00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:18.440 5 if any of you what lacks wisdom What is wisdom 00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:21.699 wisdom isn't just information wisdom is the proper 00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:23.719 application of the information that you know? 00:38:23.929 --> 00:38:26.429 We're living in an information age. Everybody 00:38:26.429 --> 00:38:28.409 knows everything but you turn off their chat 00:38:28.409 --> 00:38:40.489 GPT now, they know nothing Right and so We are 00:38:40.489 --> 00:38:43.429 in the information age, but we also in a time 00:38:43.429 --> 00:38:46.389 where people lack wisdom people be doing dumb 00:38:46.389 --> 00:38:53.449 stuff in plain sight Y 'all looking at me crazy 00:38:54.250 --> 00:38:59.429 You done did some dumb stuff in plain sight Why 00:38:59.429 --> 00:39:02.269 because wisdom is what we all need so that we 00:39:02.269 --> 00:39:04.610 can properly apply the knowledge that we know 00:39:04.610 --> 00:39:07.469 Check this out right that this is so beautiful 00:39:07.469 --> 00:39:10.110 about God that that that for believer, right? 00:39:10.269 --> 00:39:11.969 There's three different types of tests right 00:39:11.969 --> 00:39:14.489 that as believers, right? There's three different 00:39:14.489 --> 00:39:16.949 types of tests right you have short answer fill 00:39:16.949 --> 00:39:21.429 in the blank and multiple choice as a student 00:39:23.489 --> 00:39:25.389 When the teacher said we about have a short answer 00:39:25.389 --> 00:39:29.929 response test, I don't want that test I Don't 00:39:29.929 --> 00:39:31.250 want I don't want the short response because 00:39:31.250 --> 00:39:34.349 it is going to truly evaluate because now only 00:39:34.349 --> 00:39:36.710 can I I can't just give this other explain how 00:39:36.710 --> 00:39:40.570 I got to the answer Then you got that other degree 00:39:40.570 --> 00:39:43.030 it's a little less but it's it's it's short answer 00:39:43.030 --> 00:39:45.789 So all I need to know is one right word as long 00:39:45.789 --> 00:39:48.809 as I can just Forgot one word word and I'll be 00:39:48.809 --> 00:39:52.590 alright, but we all love a good what church multiple 00:39:52.590 --> 00:39:56.670 choice. I Love multiple choice because the thing 00:39:56.670 --> 00:39:59.889 about a multiple choice is it removes the biggest 00:39:59.889 --> 00:40:03.530 fear of the other two I know the answer is in 00:40:03.530 --> 00:40:10.110 front of me So lock in Brian Lock in it's it's 00:40:10.110 --> 00:40:13.769 here Some of us depending on where you were father, 00:40:13.769 --> 00:40:16.719 you know, I was supposed to study But you said 00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:22.880 you the god of mercy Some y 'all ain't never 00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:24.940 boy i've been in there anybody else been in there 00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:27.300 like that just looking over that thing like father 00:40:27.300 --> 00:40:35.440 It is in front of me stop my hand You look up 00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:39.320 you want another question oh lord I need to close 00:40:39.320 --> 00:40:42.900 the range up. It's here to hear you But what 00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:46.630 do you say? I'm saying that we all love a good 00:40:46.630 --> 00:40:48.969 multiple choice because the answer is in front 00:40:48.969 --> 00:40:52.289 of you. Here's the truth. As believers, every 00:40:52.289 --> 00:40:55.510 trial you face is a multiple choice test because 00:40:55.510 --> 00:40:59.190 the answer is in front of you. It's right here. 00:41:00.110 --> 00:41:03.289 Here's the thing. I need wisdom to know which 00:41:03.289 --> 00:41:09.449 page to be on. Otherwise you have children saying, 00:41:09.909 --> 00:41:14.679 I am like Abraham. God's calling me to leave 00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:22.239 my family You're Abraham now I named you Justin 00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:27.039 What he flipped and read about Abraham God inspired 00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:30.099 now the child thinks they're Abraham It's not 00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:32.239 their godly disobedient because they know the 00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:34.099 word. They just don't have wisdom on how to use 00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:36.900 it Because if you're Abraham, you're also telling 00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:39.280 me you're the father of many nations It says 00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:41.840 you the father of many nations. I need an inheritance 00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:48.239 child Well that they don't know how to apply 00:41:48.239 --> 00:41:50.679 the truth they need wisdom to know you're not 00:41:50.679 --> 00:41:54.420 Abraham you're over there in Ephesians Chapter 00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:59.099 5 No chapter 6 started next before you talk to 00:41:59.099 --> 00:42:01.480 me again go to Ephesians chapter 6 read verse 00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:06.039 1 just all just go ahead read through it Because 00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:07.659 you're at the stage where you need to obey your 00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:10.659 parents because this is right you ain't Abraham 00:42:11.389 --> 00:42:15.710 Not Joshua You're not Isaac. You're not Jacob 00:42:15.710 --> 00:42:20.309 You trying to be like Jesus heavy on the tribe 00:42:20.309 --> 00:42:25.869 Why be having a good time in church y 'all having 00:42:25.869 --> 00:42:28.530 a good time with the Lord You know, I'm just 00:42:28.530 --> 00:42:30.530 trying to I'm just trying to throw a little sugar 00:42:30.530 --> 00:42:34.210 in your medicine. That's it That's it. Just a 00:42:34.210 --> 00:42:38.210 little sugar in the medicine Cuz truth is wisdom 00:42:38.210 --> 00:42:43.300 isn't promise to people who haven't chose home 00:42:43.300 --> 00:42:47.380 haven't chose a posture he says if any of you 00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:53.360 lack wisdom let him ask I just got a fill -in 00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:56.099 -the -blank test right there they took my scripture 00:42:56.099 --> 00:43:08.260 let him ask there it is go back If any of you 00:43:08.260 --> 00:43:12.460 likes ism, let him ask God who gives what? Generously 00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:18.599 to all without reproach That's the promise What's 00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:23.260 the path and it will be given to him? but let 00:43:23.260 --> 00:43:29.900 him ask in faith With no doubting for the one 00:43:29.900 --> 00:43:34.099 who doubts is like a wave of the sea that's driven 00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:38.079 and tossed By the wind for that person must not 00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:41.579 suppose that they will receive Anything from 00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:45.860 the lord. He is a double -minded man unstable 00:43:45.860 --> 00:43:49.039 in all his ways Promise what's the promise that 00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:52.900 god will give you wisdom freely. What's the path? 00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:58.739 Asking in faith not double -minded right This 00:43:58.739 --> 00:44:02.360 faith in this context is not speaking of the 00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:04.539 faith you have in the traditions. It's like, 00:44:04.619 --> 00:44:07.679 this is my faith. I'm mustering up this faith. 00:44:07.860 --> 00:44:12.440 It's talking about a posture, a posture that 00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:17.539 says, I believe God is my Lord. I have one Lord 00:44:17.539 --> 00:44:21.159 and one savior. His name is Jesus Christ. So 00:44:21.159 --> 00:44:24.719 I'm asking and the faith supplied to me by my 00:44:24.719 --> 00:44:28.579 savior. Mean I'd earn it. I mean I've deserved 00:44:28.579 --> 00:44:33.119 it, but Jesus Paid the price so that I can have 00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:35.519 a life and life more abundantly I don't have 00:44:35.519 --> 00:44:38.179 to be dealing with what this is God I need wisdom 00:44:38.179 --> 00:44:41.159 not because I've been good not because I've been 00:44:41.159 --> 00:44:45.659 perfect but in faith in who you are Y 'all rocking 00:44:45.659 --> 00:44:50.960 with me And also says right go back a bit when 00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:56.909 unpacking just a little bit go back seven That 00:44:56.909 --> 00:44:58.449 person must not suppose to receive anything for 00:44:58.449 --> 00:45:02.750 Lord. He is a double -minded man unstable in 00:45:02.750 --> 00:45:06.929 all his ways so When you're reading this is speaking 00:45:06.929 --> 00:45:11.590 of having two minds double -minded Right. So 00:45:11.590 --> 00:45:13.309 that means that there are two options of where 00:45:13.309 --> 00:45:19.050 my mentality can can sit Some about double -minded 00:45:19.050 --> 00:45:21.269 I'm saying this because many people interpret 00:45:21.269 --> 00:45:25.420 this as asking without fear Because some translation 00:45:25.420 --> 00:45:28.519 says without doubting and so they're thinking 00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:31.019 that he's talking about you asking without anxiety 00:45:31.019 --> 00:45:34.380 Asking without worry asking without concern some 00:45:34.380 --> 00:45:36.360 good preaching here. Y 'all should be more than 00:45:36.360 --> 00:45:40.900 this But he's saying double mind in other words 00:45:40.900 --> 00:45:44.059 that you are still focused on where you want 00:45:44.059 --> 00:45:52.739 to be You haven't declared home and So you're 00:45:52.739 --> 00:45:58.289 asking God for wisdom About a job. You're not 00:45:58.289 --> 00:46:03.809 even sure if you're staying around You're double 00:46:03.809 --> 00:46:05.469 -minded you're like well Let me consider the 00:46:05.469 --> 00:46:08.050 options to see where i'm gonna stay or go. That's 00:46:08.050 --> 00:46:09.710 that's two different minds You're still trying 00:46:09.710 --> 00:46:11.449 to decide whether you're staying or going you 00:46:11.449 --> 00:46:18.190 got to make up your Okay, i'll try to start light 00:46:18.190 --> 00:46:24.420 and you know wrap it up a little bit Need wisdom 00:46:24.420 --> 00:46:27.579 about Where I'm supposed to live because I've 00:46:27.579 --> 00:46:30.300 been scrolling online and Dallas, Texas has some 00:46:30.300 --> 00:46:33.320 very cheap homes with a lot of laying and a lot 00:46:33.320 --> 00:46:35.280 of square footage Now you got to go outside of 00:46:35.280 --> 00:46:38.139 Dallas. You got to go Whoever been looking y 00:46:38.139 --> 00:46:39.360 'all been looking y 'all know where you got to 00:46:39.360 --> 00:46:41.719 go where you got to go to get the y 'all know 00:46:41.719 --> 00:46:44.360 It shows up on your feed Y 'all like y 'all ain't 00:46:44.360 --> 00:46:46.780 on the internet I see the same stuff them houses 00:46:46.780 --> 00:46:49.280 show up look like just what you want for the 00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:51.460 price you won't and the place you ain't never 00:46:51.460 --> 00:46:55.050 heard of Prosper, Texas. I was like Lord. Are 00:46:55.050 --> 00:47:01.969 you saying we will prosper in Texas? So y 'all 00:47:01.969 --> 00:47:05.590 see that same post and so so so you're like I'm 00:47:05.590 --> 00:47:09.869 asking God on wisdom what to do But I'm actually 00:47:09.869 --> 00:47:12.429 still wondering whether or not I'm sticking around 00:47:12.429 --> 00:47:18.349 What is that that's a double mind you have to 00:47:18.349 --> 00:47:27.369 declare home Alright, let's Transgress a little 00:47:27.369 --> 00:47:29.070 bit. Alright, here we go. I'm gonna just step 00:47:29.070 --> 00:47:33.369 on just a little bit of the line God my relationship 00:47:33.369 --> 00:47:40.369 is in shambles. I Need wisdom Here's the problem 00:47:40.369 --> 00:47:43.849 you don't know whether you are going to stay 00:47:43.849 --> 00:47:48.630 Or whether you are going you are still wondering 00:47:48.630 --> 00:47:53.309 where you are going to call home While asking 00:47:53.309 --> 00:47:56.710 God for wisdom on how to fix it and he's like 00:47:56.710 --> 00:48:00.489 you got to decide where home is That's double 00:48:00.489 --> 00:48:05.230 -minded to be asking me for wisdom about this 00:48:05.230 --> 00:48:07.650 and you don't even know if you're sticking around 00:48:07.650 --> 00:48:19.750 That's double You got to declare where home is 00:48:22.119 --> 00:48:24.219 No, I ain't asking you to do it today. We got 00:48:24.219 --> 00:48:27.860 seven more weeks But you look at your neighbor 00:48:27.860 --> 00:48:31.460 say no no look at yourself don't look at nobody 00:48:31.460 --> 00:48:38.980 The goal is for you to be able to save this with 00:48:38.980 --> 00:48:45.579 actual conviction By the end of this series no 00:48:45.579 --> 00:48:53.340 here is Here is home because what I'm facing 00:48:53.340 --> 00:48:57.900 I need wisdom and I can't ask God for wisdom 00:48:57.900 --> 00:49:00.900 While still being uncommitted about where my 00:49:00.900 --> 00:49:07.960 feet gonna be Many people are positioned in places, 00:49:08.239 --> 00:49:11.500 but they're not postured anywhere What is posture 00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:14.840 posture is in heart inclined to hear what God 00:49:14.840 --> 00:49:18.360 has to say So you can be positioned somewhere 00:49:18.360 --> 00:49:25.090 but not posture to hear God there Thought I'll 00:49:25.090 --> 00:49:27.269 throw my own little pep rally there cuz boy y 00:49:27.269 --> 00:49:29.070 'all look like y 'all thinking too hard. I said 00:49:29.070 --> 00:49:32.769 we got seven weeks Seven weeks you I know you 00:49:32.769 --> 00:49:35.730 didn't come in here ready to make too many declarations 00:49:35.730 --> 00:49:39.989 But but that is the goal for you to be able to 00:49:39.989 --> 00:49:44.309 confidently say And this is all across the board 00:49:44.309 --> 00:49:47.250 right children, I wish I had better parents that's 00:49:47.250 --> 00:49:53.039 impossible It's not how God made the system You 00:49:53.039 --> 00:49:59.340 belong to the one that birthed it Now that's 00:49:59.340 --> 00:50:03.519 your parent here is home Father none of your 00:50:03.519 --> 00:50:05.860 promises are conditional based upon what anybody 00:50:05.860 --> 00:50:10.699 does they're based upon how I act and So but 00:50:10.699 --> 00:50:12.739 in order for me to get wisdom on how to act right 00:50:12.739 --> 00:50:14.820 I got to declare that this is where I belong 00:50:25.949 --> 00:50:28.650 Boy whoo Well, I'm trying not to break down and 00:50:28.650 --> 00:50:30.969 cry Why you saying that's right because I go 00:50:30.969 --> 00:50:32.730 through so many counseling sessions and people 00:50:32.730 --> 00:50:35.889 don't realize that there one decision away From 00:50:35.889 --> 00:50:42.070 the windows of heaven just opening up It ain't 00:50:42.070 --> 00:50:47.090 that complicated It's not that complicated church 00:50:47.090 --> 00:50:58.559 It's not They'll put these so truth is trials 00:50:58.559 --> 00:51:00.159 aren't evidence that something has gone wrong. 00:51:00.260 --> 00:51:02.320 Sometimes it's the environment God uses to make 00:51:02.320 --> 00:51:05.840 you whole Truth is wisdom requires asking but 00:51:05.840 --> 00:51:07.880 direction requires a heart that's settled in 00:51:07.880 --> 00:51:10.360 truth, right? Cuz and then what do we get from 00:51:10.360 --> 00:51:11.780 this right now? I told you we're gonna talk about 00:51:11.780 --> 00:51:13.980 this at the end of this No, we can finally realize 00:51:13.980 --> 00:51:19.440 people ain't your problem Not your problem that's 00:51:19.440 --> 00:51:22.400 a problem nothing God does for you is based on 00:51:22.400 --> 00:51:28.949 what they do there's a lot of examples here church 00:51:28.949 --> 00:51:34.170 right that you see david positioned in a field 00:51:34.170 --> 00:51:36.849 but postured before god out there so when it 00:51:36.849 --> 00:51:42.250 came time to go get the king where he at it didn't 00:51:42.250 --> 00:51:45.110 matter that he was positioned in the field in 00:51:45.110 --> 00:51:48.969 the field he was posture before god so i understand 00:51:48.969 --> 00:51:51.550 you may think you somewhere that god can't find 00:51:51.550 --> 00:51:54.269 you no keep your heart inclined towards him he 00:51:54.269 --> 00:52:00.760 knows how to find So, he had to be home in that 00:52:00.760 --> 00:52:04.780 field. He had to defend the sheep, fight the 00:52:04.780 --> 00:52:07.500 lions, fight the bears, although he knew he was 00:52:07.500 --> 00:52:11.320 a king in his heart. Y 'all hear what I'm saying? 00:52:11.679 --> 00:52:14.699 Like, that's the message. I know you are packing 00:52:14.699 --> 00:52:22.360 groceries and you are a king, but you got to 00:52:22.360 --> 00:52:35.710 be postured with the bags and pack them. excellence 00:52:35.710 --> 00:52:40.469 I Know you don't like your house But treat it 00:52:40.469 --> 00:52:46.750 with excellence God sees you and nothing he does 00:52:46.750 --> 00:52:49.349 is based but they keep making it dirty We'll 00:52:49.349 --> 00:52:51.630 keep going right behind them and showing that 00:52:51.630 --> 00:52:55.710 you have the capacity to be able to look past 00:52:55.449 --> 00:52:58.010 People's faults and still do what's right. You 00:52:58.010 --> 00:53:00.409 know what God would do with the person who doesn't 00:53:00.409 --> 00:53:05.369 behave based upon what other people do He's working 00:53:05.369 --> 00:53:07.269 on something bigger you complaining about the 00:53:07.269 --> 00:53:09.130 kids you complaining about the wife you complaining 00:53:09.130 --> 00:53:12.070 about this person and he's trying to get you 00:53:12.070 --> 00:53:21.170 to grow up I Clean up grocery stores all the 00:53:21.170 --> 00:53:27.440 time. My heart won't let me walk disorder and 00:53:27.440 --> 00:53:35.460 say it's okay I don't care where I am all right 00:53:35.460 --> 00:53:37.679 just trying to get got to get y 'all some new 00:53:37.679 --> 00:53:39.800 new structure for an elevator that's all we trying 00:53:39.800 --> 00:53:43.960 to do today but the book of Ephesians is a book 00:53:43.960 --> 00:53:46.260 designed to stir you up to fight again to grow 00:53:46.260 --> 00:53:50.320 your hunger for the things God says should be 00:53:50.829 --> 00:53:53.030 Because that is the truth sometimes we can be 00:53:53.030 --> 00:53:58.150 fighting so long that weariness seems like It 00:53:58.150 --> 00:54:03.329 comes with caring And I know some of y 'all are 00:54:03.329 --> 00:54:06.949 in here that every time you care it's like you 00:54:06.949 --> 00:54:11.289 were inviting stress and So you're like, I just 00:54:11.289 --> 00:54:14.989 don't care no more because every time I try to 00:54:14.989 --> 00:54:21.210 care It's like weight stacked upon me But you 00:54:21.210 --> 00:54:25.389 got to realize, those aren't the type of weights 00:54:25.389 --> 00:54:29.150 that are designed to break you. Those are weights 00:54:29.150 --> 00:54:36.570 that are designed to form you. We got to realize 00:54:36.570 --> 00:54:38.550 that God knew that Joseph's brothers was gonna 00:54:38.550 --> 00:54:42.329 toss him in the pit. But he also told Joseph 00:54:42.329 --> 00:54:44.510 that when he gets out that pit, he had to bless 00:54:44.510 --> 00:54:50.630 them same brothers. Y 'all see God. So we cannot 00:54:50.630 --> 00:54:55.369 be stinker in a strange place When God is carving 00:54:55.369 --> 00:54:58.570 a heart in us to care again for people who wronged 00:54:58.570 --> 00:55:04.690 us, this is Bible Somebody got to be the leader 00:55:14.740 --> 00:55:16.539 Because here's the truth truth this life can 00:55:16.539 --> 00:55:18.500 teach you a lot of lessons, but never let it 00:55:18.500 --> 00:55:21.280 teach you how to live comfortable with disappointment 00:55:21.280 --> 00:55:24.159 The life can teach a lot of thing, but never 00:55:24.159 --> 00:55:28.940 let it lower your expectations of God If God 00:55:28.940 --> 00:55:33.380 is a miracle -working God I'm just waiting for 00:55:33.380 --> 00:55:36.960 him to swing by my house, but I refuse to believe 00:55:36.960 --> 00:55:42.139 that he isn't a god of miracle signs and wonders 00:55:42.320 --> 00:55:46.000 Refused to believe he doesn't know my address. 00:55:46.000 --> 00:55:52.500 I just want to be home when he come back Because 00:55:52.500 --> 00:55:55.960 the king of glory is coming and there ain't nothing 00:55:55.960 --> 00:55:59.820 like the regret of watching of quitting then 00:55:59.820 --> 00:56:08.559 glory shows up when you left You you don't you 00:56:08.559 --> 00:56:10.179 don't you don't you don't you don't like the 00:56:10.179 --> 00:56:12.519 way she frowns now, but when she's smiling at 00:56:12.519 --> 00:56:14.980 another man I bet that changes your attitude 00:56:14.980 --> 00:56:26.579 Have you thought about that watch a movie see 00:56:26.579 --> 00:56:39.190 how much it hurt him I know y 'all in here So 00:56:39.190 --> 00:56:42.469 finally verse 10 finally we'll finish this sermon 00:56:42.469 --> 00:56:50.409 to finally Listen be strong Y 'all hear that 00:56:50.409 --> 00:56:54.949 I Want y 'all to read this like this is God Talking 00:56:54.949 --> 00:56:57.730 to you because we all of us is up in all that 00:56:57.730 --> 00:57:00.670 stuff. And so how does he finish this? He says 00:57:00.670 --> 00:57:06.949 be strong in the Lord in the strength of his 00:57:06.949 --> 00:57:10.820 might Put on the whole armor of God that you 00:57:10.820 --> 00:57:14.260 may be able to stand against the schemes of the 00:57:14.260 --> 00:57:16.860 devil people aren't your problem There is an 00:57:16.860 --> 00:57:19.780 adversary roaring around like the lion seeing 00:57:19.780 --> 00:57:22.900 who he may devour But you're supposed to be home. 00:57:23.019 --> 00:57:25.119 You're supposed to be standing. You're supposed 00:57:25.119 --> 00:57:27.139 to be strong You're supposed to know where you 00:57:27.139 --> 00:57:29.219 belong You're supposed to know what fights you're 00:57:29.219 --> 00:57:31.320 supposed to be in and once you're not supposed 00:57:31.320 --> 00:57:35.519 to be in so stand strong I love this. I love 00:57:35.519 --> 00:57:39.000 this. I love this against the schemes of the 00:57:39.000 --> 00:57:41.199 devil because he has schemes but he doesn't have 00:57:41.199 --> 00:57:45.000 power he has schemes but he doesn't have power 00:57:45.000 --> 00:57:48.860 he has intuition thoughts suggestion but he has 00:57:48.860 --> 00:57:55.579 no power church he has no force the man can't 00:57:55.579 --> 00:58:03.900 find the elevator buttons in the elevator Saw 00:58:03.900 --> 00:58:06.019 him get on the elevator, but I don't know what 00:58:06.019 --> 00:58:14.199 floor they own For we do not wrestle Against 00:58:14.199 --> 00:58:17.900 flesh and blood stop arguing with them stop arguing 00:58:17.900 --> 00:58:21.639 with them stop arguing with them But against 00:58:21.639 --> 00:58:25.719 the rulers Against the authorities against the 00:58:25.719 --> 00:58:29.500 cosmic powers this present darkness against the 00:58:29.500 --> 00:58:32.639 spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places 00:58:32.639 --> 00:58:37.900 therefore Take up the whole armor of God that 00:58:37.900 --> 00:58:41.900 you may be able to withstand in the evil day 00:58:41.900 --> 00:58:51.239 and having done all stand firm Stand therefore 00:58:51.550 --> 00:58:55.449 Look at your neighbor say, stand. Keep standing. 00:59:01.389 --> 00:59:04.409 Having fastened on the belt of truth and having 00:59:04.409 --> 00:59:07.829 put on the breastplate of righteousness and having 00:59:07.829 --> 00:59:11.150 shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness 00:59:11.150 --> 00:59:14.090 given by the gospel of peace. I'm just ready 00:59:14.090 --> 00:59:23.619 to pass some peace out. circumstances take up 00:59:23.619 --> 00:59:26.860 the shield of faith with which you can extinguish 00:59:26.860 --> 00:59:29.840 all the fiery flames and darts of the evil one 00:59:29.840 --> 00:59:33.079 and take up the helmet of salvation and check 00:59:33.079 --> 00:59:36.340 this out and the sword of the Spirit which is 00:59:36.340 --> 00:59:40.400 what the Word of God Church check this out only 00:59:40.400 --> 00:59:45.460 one of these tools are actually offensive There 00:59:45.460 --> 00:59:48.940 the other ones are defensive because you're not 00:59:48.940 --> 01:00:02.510 supposed to be moving Sword I can swing Is the 01:00:02.510 --> 01:00:08.590 word of God This remind me of my rapping days 01:00:08.590 --> 01:00:11.630 We used to go around saying I've got I got y 01:00:11.630 --> 01:00:13.769 'all probably heard these terms before I can't 01:00:13.769 --> 01:00:16.150 do it with the book in my hand We used to be 01:00:16.150 --> 01:00:20.409 that we got 66 books. Keep the devil shook You 01:00:20.409 --> 01:00:26.480 know say we stood We got 66 books that keep the 01:00:26.480 --> 01:00:29.960 devil shook. Look at them. I got 66 books that 01:00:29.960 --> 01:00:33.019 keep the devil shook, you know We should sit 01:00:33.019 --> 01:00:35.179 there we get that point in that concert. We should 01:00:35.179 --> 01:00:37.340 make sure we coordinate in rehearsal Alright 01:00:37.340 --> 01:00:39.519 guys, we gonna start on the right and we gonna 01:00:39.519 --> 01:00:42.960 swing now. These is five uncoordinated grown 01:00:42.960 --> 01:00:45.239 men But there's one thing we could do together 01:00:45.239 --> 01:00:51.050 and that's the hit that swing. We'd be like And 01:00:51.050 --> 01:00:53.349 that's what you should look like with your family, 01:00:53.909 --> 01:00:56.130 with your loved ones, that y 'all are standing 01:00:56.130 --> 01:00:59.829 together using the word of God to fight against 01:00:59.829 --> 01:01:03.309 all these schemes and tactics. This is the word 01:01:03.309 --> 01:01:06.070 we're gonna stand on. This is the truth we gonna 01:01:06.070 --> 01:01:08.989 stand on. We don't need nothing from the world. 01:01:09.210 --> 01:01:15.650 We have the wisdom we need right here. It's an 01:01:15.650 --> 01:01:18.809 uncorruptible seed it will fight against every 01:01:18.809 --> 01:01:22.730 tactic the Satan has cuz baby we not running 01:01:22.730 --> 01:01:38.590 We stand in this time He says praying at all 01:01:38.590 --> 01:01:41.630 times in the spirit with all prayer and supplications 01:01:41.630 --> 01:01:45.619 that to that end keep alert perseverance making 01:01:45.619 --> 01:01:48.519 supplication for all the saints pray for us all 01:01:48.519 --> 01:01:57.699 pray for us all and also for me Paul's in prison 01:01:57.699 --> 01:02:05.300 stirring them up in chains physically but free 01:02:05.300 --> 01:02:14.659 spiritually it's hard out here But pray for me 01:02:14.659 --> 01:02:17.900 that the words may be given to me and open in 01:02:17.900 --> 01:02:21.199 my mouth Boldly to proclaim the mystery of the 01:02:21.199 --> 01:02:27.380 gospel from I'm an ambassador in chains That 01:02:27.380 --> 01:02:32.500 I may declare boldly as I ought to speak So that 01:02:32.500 --> 01:02:38.619 you will also may know how I am and what I'm 01:02:38.619 --> 01:02:41.400 doing This is just a beloved brother faithful 01:02:41.400 --> 01:02:44.340 minister in the Lord will tell you everything 01:02:44.340 --> 01:02:49.159 I've sent him to you for this very purpose and 01:02:49.159 --> 01:02:54.239 that you may know how we are and that he may 01:02:54.239 --> 01:02:58.719 encourage your hearts peace be to you brothers 01:02:58.719 --> 01:03:04.039 and love with faith from God the father of our 01:03:04.039 --> 01:03:09.800 Lord Jesus Christ grace be with all who love 01:03:09.800 --> 01:03:16.030 our Lord Jesus Christ with love uncurruptible. 01:03:23.409 --> 01:03:31.590 Final point for why we praise. Satan is no match 01:03:31.590 --> 01:03:44.900 for the Lord. Share this last word with you then 01:03:44.900 --> 01:03:47.039 pastor Debra's gonna come up here and close service. 01:03:48.179 --> 01:03:58.699 That's how you do that And this is a arm I don't 01:03:58.699 --> 01:04:04.539 know no other way to say it church But this is 01:04:04.539 --> 01:04:10.599 a word for some of you guys it's warning And 01:04:10.599 --> 01:04:14.090 I don't do this often but I heard this so clearly. 01:04:16.829 --> 01:04:23.750 This is what God told me. That there are many 01:04:23.750 --> 01:04:28.550 people who were lost because they're servants 01:04:28.550 --> 01:04:34.750 attempting to be a leader. That there are many 01:04:34.750 --> 01:04:39.309 people right now you were lost because you're 01:04:39.309 --> 01:04:43.840 a servant trying to be a leader. What does that 01:04:43.840 --> 01:04:47.820 mean pastor Brian that we all have places we 01:04:47.820 --> 01:04:53.980 must submit Yeah, there's places you lead but 01:04:53.980 --> 01:04:56.880 then there's places you've been called to submit 01:04:56.880 --> 01:05:03.960 And I call my brother by who I call my brother 01:05:03.960 --> 01:05:09.039 up before service because um Because I asked 01:05:09.039 --> 01:05:13.329 him if I can use this example Anybody that knows 01:05:13.329 --> 01:05:15.309 my brother Greg, he's one of the most incredible 01:05:15.309 --> 01:05:23.389 servants. About two weeks ago, three weeks ago, 01:05:24.210 --> 01:05:28.550 him and his wife buying a house, picked out the 01:05:28.550 --> 01:05:35.150 house. He says, Brian, I want you to come see 01:05:35.150 --> 01:05:41.610 the house. They had paperwork in on the house. 01:05:44.400 --> 01:05:49.199 I said, I'll go up there. Drove up. He walked 01:05:49.199 --> 01:05:54.500 me around the house. I said, Greg, is there another 01:05:54.500 --> 01:06:01.420 one? He said, yeah, we were looking at another 01:06:01.420 --> 01:06:07.139 one. I said, take me to it. As soon as we pulled 01:06:07.139 --> 01:06:09.460 up, he could tell you. I said, Greg, this is 01:06:09.460 --> 01:06:18.059 your house. It was just me, him, and his son. 01:06:21.760 --> 01:06:25.739 I said, man, I'll walk around. We walked around 01:06:25.739 --> 01:06:30.519 the house, showed him every reason why this house 01:06:30.519 --> 01:06:35.099 is better than that house. He said, Brian, I 01:06:35.099 --> 01:06:37.400 picked out that other house because Rashonda 01:06:37.400 --> 01:06:40.619 has been dreaming about that house. I said, Greg, 01:06:41.400 --> 01:06:51.670 it's the wrong house. He said, no problem. I'll 01:06:51.670 --> 01:06:55.269 call her up and tell her just what you said. 01:06:57.809 --> 01:07:03.449 Called her up. Hey, Rashad, you know you gotta 01:07:03.449 --> 01:07:06.630 do that little thing. You know my brother Brian, 01:07:06.789 --> 01:07:13.610 you know he... You know, we still men, you know, 01:07:13.630 --> 01:07:17.590 we still men. You gotta... You know my brother 01:07:17.590 --> 01:07:19.769 Brian, you know, he be seeing stuff other people 01:07:19.769 --> 01:07:28.349 can't see He been talking about we got the wrong 01:07:28.349 --> 01:07:46.030 house girl Check this out. He had walked around 01:07:46.030 --> 01:07:48.429 that house, showed his kids, and picked out bedrooms 01:07:48.429 --> 01:07:52.130 in that other house. The whole family went up 01:07:52.130 --> 01:07:54.630 the day before. They went up on a Sunday. I told 01:07:54.630 --> 01:07:55.869 them, I'm too tired to go up there with y 'all 01:07:55.869 --> 01:07:57.789 on a Sunday. I didn't preach. I'll go up on Monday. 01:07:58.369 --> 01:08:00.190 So the whole family went over there. Everybody 01:08:00.190 --> 01:08:05.030 then partied in that house. And I am a day late. 01:08:08.349 --> 01:08:15.360 And she says, Is it too late to change the paperwork? 01:08:16.079 --> 01:08:19.359 He says, let me call. He calls them up. No, Mr. 01:08:19.460 --> 01:08:21.680 Poe, we can change the paperwork. He says, then 01:08:21.680 --> 01:08:32.460 change. Moved into the house, called them up. 01:08:32.579 --> 01:08:35.819 I said, Greg, how is it? He said, man, I couldn't 01:08:35.819 --> 01:08:50.239 see what I see now. Some people are lost because 01:08:50.239 --> 01:08:53.840 you're serving trying to play a leader in the 01:08:53.840 --> 01:09:05.640 wrong places So mom you come up and close the 01:09:05.640 --> 01:09:07.699 service just case somebody want to fight me over 01:09:07.699 --> 01:09:12.800 the last point I Love y 'all. I thank God for 01:09:12.800 --> 01:09:18.279 y 'all listen Last night, we had an incredible 01:09:18.279 --> 01:09:22.359 time. I don't know how many it was. Maybe 200 01:09:22.359 --> 01:09:25.119 people was out here. We had our album release 01:09:25.119 --> 01:09:28.479 concert for our CC. It was phenomenal. They could 01:09:28.479 --> 01:09:31.460 put it on the screen. This is incredible work 01:09:31.460 --> 01:09:33.699 that God is doing right here at your church. 01:09:33.920 --> 01:10:01.869 It's a kingdom assignment. To be born again we 01:10:01.869 --> 01:10:03.909 don't want to ever neglect an opportunity for 01:10:03.909 --> 01:10:07.250 you to become a part of the Body of Christ become 01:10:07.250 --> 01:10:09.869 a part of the kingdom of God And I just like 01:10:09.869 --> 01:10:12.270 to say a part of the group of people who really 01:10:12.270 --> 01:10:15.130 want to know God for yourself So if that's you 01:10:15.130 --> 01:10:18.069 this morning if you'll raise your hand if you 01:10:18.069 --> 01:10:21.729 just want to know God and you've not made that 01:10:21.729 --> 01:10:24.510 Declaration although now you're sitting here 01:10:24.510 --> 01:10:26.949 are those of you who online and you say you know 01:10:26.949 --> 01:10:31.069 what I want to know God Amen. Is that your hand 01:10:31.069 --> 01:10:34.010 up back there? Praise God. Amen. Let's give God 01:10:34.010 --> 01:10:38.720 a hand. Thank you, Lord. We want you to know 01:10:38.720 --> 01:10:42.159 that it is it is so simple. It is not complicated 01:10:42.159 --> 01:10:45.899 It's simply a desire of your heart And so again 01:10:45.899 --> 01:10:47.760 for those of you who are online if you will type 01:10:47.760 --> 01:10:50.659 in the chat that you like to be born again Get 01:10:50.659 --> 01:10:53.159 saved just want to know Jesus just want to know 01:10:53.159 --> 01:10:55.939 God then someone from our ministry will contact 01:10:55.939 --> 01:10:58.659 you But for those of us in the sanctuary, let's 01:10:58.659 --> 01:11:01.319 confess with her and I'm gonna ask you to repeat 01:11:01.319 --> 01:11:08.170 after me God Thank you for loving me My desire 01:11:08.170 --> 01:11:12.770 is to know you. Thank you, Father, for sending 01:11:12.770 --> 01:11:18.409 Jesus to make a way for me to know you. Thank 01:11:18.409 --> 01:11:22.810 you, Jesus, for dying for me. I thank you, Lord, 01:11:23.369 --> 01:11:29.149 that I am now accepted by you. Amen. And it's 01:11:29.149 --> 01:11:32.810 as simple as that. Amen. What we're going to 01:11:32.810 --> 01:11:36.319 ask you to do as you leave the sanctuary. There's 01:11:36.319 --> 01:11:38.859 a room to the left the first glass doors if you'll 01:11:38.859 --> 01:11:41.100 step inside there There will be some people there 01:11:41.100 --> 01:11:43.720 to meet you and you know answer your questions 01:11:43.720 --> 01:11:45.420 give you further information concern