1 00:00:14,059 --> 00:00:17,359 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,399 --> 00:00:24,100 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:27,019 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:35,300 --> 00:00:37,619 So we're looking at Hebrews chapter 11. 5 00:00:38,820 --> 00:00:44,560 And as we continue in the Hall of Faith, particularly this morning, 6 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:51,380 we're going to talk about how faith is exhibited by sacrifice, words and actions. 7 00:00:51,380 --> 00:00:56,380 You know, faith has to be demonstrated. 8 00:00:56,759 --> 00:00:58,659 You know, we can say we believe something. 9 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:04,239 In James, James says that, you know, even the demons believe there's one God and 10 00:01:04,239 --> 00:01:05,459 they actually tremble. 11 00:01:05,579 --> 00:01:07,319 That's more to say than most people, right? 12 00:01:07,939 --> 00:01:12,819 They believe, and yet faith without works is dead. 13 00:01:13,739 --> 00:01:15,500 Faith has to be exercised. 14 00:01:15,879 --> 00:01:16,939 It has to be demonstrated. 15 00:01:17,159 --> 00:01:18,760 It has to be applied, right? 16 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:24,439 And so as we look at these first three patriarchs of faith in the Hall of Faith 17 00:01:24,439 --> 00:01:30,079 here, we're going to be looking at how three patriarchs of faith exhibited their 18 00:01:30,079 --> 00:01:31,040 faith in God. 19 00:01:31,239 --> 00:01:33,459 And here it is recorded for us in history. 20 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,219 So we could certainly glean from this and apply it to our own lives. 21 00:01:38,859 --> 00:01:44,900 We're going to be looking at Abel, how he demonstrated his faith through sacrifice. 22 00:01:45,479 --> 00:01:51,739 We're going to be looking at Enoch, how he demonstrated his faith through words, 23 00:01:52,079 --> 00:01:53,980 through testimony, through warnings. 24 00:01:55,079 --> 00:01:59,180 And finally, Noah, he demonstrated his faith through some of those things too, 25 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,760 but especially through works, building an arc. 26 00:02:03,099 --> 00:02:04,640 And we're going to talk a little bit about that. 27 00:02:05,140 --> 00:02:07,459 But like I said, faith really has to be exhibited. 28 00:02:08,060 --> 00:02:12,620 This pulpit right here, or podium, whatever you want to call it, 29 00:02:12,620 --> 00:02:17,039 a good friend of ours, Nate Grandia, I don't know where he is these days, 30 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,180 but long ago, he made this for us. 31 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,800 And it's cool because it's light. 32 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,759 You can just move it anywhere you want. 33 00:02:26,219 --> 00:02:27,960 And I could look at this when he first made it. 34 00:02:28,020 --> 00:02:30,439 I'm thinking, wow, it's kind of lean. 35 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,900 And I could say, well, but it's good enough to hold up my Bible 36 00:02:34,900 --> 00:02:38,659 and good enough to hold up people when they start leaning on it 37 00:02:38,659 --> 00:02:40,240 and putting some pressure on it. 38 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:45,520 But until I put my Bible down, I haven't exhibited faith 39 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,759 that this pulpit can hold anything up, right? 40 00:02:49,379 --> 00:02:51,580 You've heard the analogy of his chair. 41 00:02:51,740 --> 00:02:53,599 You could say, well, that chair looks pretty sturdy, 42 00:02:54,179 --> 00:02:55,680 but I'm not going to sit in it. 43 00:02:56,180 --> 00:02:59,740 I mean, until you sit in the chair, you're not really exhibiting faith 44 00:02:59,740 --> 00:03:00,800 that it will hold you. 45 00:03:00,900 --> 00:03:04,560 But all of you right now are trusting and having faith in that chair 46 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,379 that it was made well, and it's going to hold you up, right? 47 00:03:07,939 --> 00:03:10,520 Because faith has to be exhibited somehow. 48 00:03:10,979 --> 00:03:13,580 And these first three patriarchs in this Hall of Faith 49 00:03:13,580 --> 00:03:17,120 are exhibiting it through sacrifice, words, and actions. 50 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:18,840 So let's dive in. 51 00:03:19,180 --> 00:03:21,379 We're only looking at four verses today. 52 00:03:22,860 --> 00:03:24,560 But of course, we're going to cross-reference 53 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:29,139 with tremendous resources in the Word 54 00:03:29,139 --> 00:03:33,120 that is going to bring all these concepts clear. 55 00:03:33,719 --> 00:03:34,719 So let's pray. 56 00:03:34,719 --> 00:03:38,159 Father God, we thank you as we're singing about you, 57 00:03:38,259 --> 00:03:41,780 your name, and how worthy you are of praise, 58 00:03:41,919 --> 00:03:43,039 and how we can believe. 59 00:03:43,580 --> 00:03:47,280 And you are a miracle worker, like Liana was saying. 60 00:03:47,539 --> 00:03:50,379 Lord, I know you want to do something in here today 61 00:03:50,379 --> 00:03:53,240 to break people free from addiction, 62 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:59,860 to break people free from this treadmill of thought process 63 00:03:59,860 --> 00:04:03,479 that always gets nowhere, it always leads to a trajectory 64 00:04:03,479 --> 00:04:04,819 that isn't healthy. 65 00:04:05,460 --> 00:04:09,360 Lord, I know that you want to heal our minds, our hearts. 66 00:04:10,159 --> 00:04:13,539 You want to take away the things that are blocking us 67 00:04:13,539 --> 00:04:17,360 from running the race that you have set before us. 68 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,040 So Father God, we ask your Spirit 69 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,339 to just come through this place today 70 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,879 and move in a powerful way, Lord God, 71 00:04:26,199 --> 00:04:29,199 to just burn away any dross in our thinking, 72 00:04:29,379 --> 00:04:31,199 any dross in our hearts, 73 00:04:31,199 --> 00:04:33,120 any dross in our flesh, 74 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,600 that you would actually bring healing here today. 75 00:04:37,519 --> 00:04:39,660 Whatever is happening in this place right now 76 00:04:39,660 --> 00:04:43,319 that needs to be corrected or rearranged, 77 00:04:43,579 --> 00:04:45,600 realigned with your will, Lord God, 78 00:04:45,699 --> 00:04:47,079 we ask you in your Spirit 79 00:04:47,079 --> 00:04:51,339 to come and have your way in this place right now 80 00:04:51,339 --> 00:04:53,779 because Lord, we are hungry for you. 81 00:04:54,060 --> 00:04:54,899 Are you guys hungry? 82 00:04:55,639 --> 00:04:57,220 Don't you want more from God? 83 00:04:57,740 --> 00:04:58,459 I want more. 84 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,899 Father God, we want more from you, Lord God, 85 00:05:00,899 --> 00:05:02,399 and you want us to want more. 86 00:05:02,899 --> 00:05:05,139 So Lord God, we ask you to just download 87 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,819 whatever spiritual gifts you want to give us today 88 00:05:08,819 --> 00:05:10,920 that you would just send an avalanche 89 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,160 of blessings in this house 90 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,680 so that when we walk out there, Lord God, 91 00:05:15,819 --> 00:05:17,579 we light up this town. 92 00:05:17,879 --> 00:05:20,819 We light up our workplaces, our schools. 93 00:05:21,199 --> 00:05:22,560 We light up our neighborhood. 94 00:05:22,899 --> 00:05:24,639 We light up our house, Lord God. 95 00:05:24,759 --> 00:05:26,819 We are your lights in this world. 96 00:05:27,139 --> 00:05:29,839 So Father God, we ask you to light us up today 97 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:31,040 in your word. 98 00:05:31,220 --> 00:05:33,459 We ask this in Jesus' name, amen. 99 00:05:34,139 --> 00:05:35,480 Father God, thank you, yes. 100 00:05:36,220 --> 00:05:39,620 So let's dive right in in Hebrews chapter 11 101 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,959 and verse four, by faith Abel 102 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,540 offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain 103 00:05:49,779 --> 00:05:52,920 through which he obtained a witness 104 00:05:53,840 --> 00:05:55,120 that he was righteous. 105 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,699 God testifying of his gifts 106 00:05:59,259 --> 00:06:03,620 and through it, he being dead still speaks. 107 00:06:04,540 --> 00:06:08,220 So here, Abel offered a sacrifice to the Lord 108 00:06:08,860 --> 00:06:11,939 that still speaks, that's been recorded 109 00:06:11,939 --> 00:06:15,639 and still speaks out of his sacrifice. 110 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:17,579 So let's do a little flashback 111 00:06:17,579 --> 00:06:20,480 and read a little bit on the overhead 112 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,199 in Genesis chapter four, 113 00:06:22,459 --> 00:06:26,879 a little bit about this sacrifice. 114 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,439 And in the process of time it came to pass 115 00:06:30,439 --> 00:06:32,560 that Cain brought an offering 116 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:36,019 of the fruit of the ground to the Lord. 117 00:06:36,959 --> 00:06:40,139 And Abel also brought the firstborn of his flock 118 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:42,180 and of their fat. 119 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:48,279 And the Lord respected Abel and his offering 120 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:52,500 but he did not respect Cain and his offering. 121 00:06:53,259 --> 00:06:55,399 And Cain was very angry 122 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,100 and his countenance fell. 123 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:03,939 So this idea, why did he respect Abel and his sacrifice 124 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,899 but he didn't respect Cain and his sacrifice? 125 00:07:09,779 --> 00:07:14,079 Well, this word respect, the Hebrew word is Sha'a, 126 00:07:14,519 --> 00:07:17,920 you know, and it really means to gaze upon 127 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,279 and to like look at, see, like in other words, 128 00:07:20,399 --> 00:07:23,959 like wow, Sha'a, I can't like give a comparison in English 129 00:07:23,959 --> 00:07:26,519 but it's like Shazam or something like that. 130 00:07:26,740 --> 00:07:28,160 But it's like the Lord just see it saying, 131 00:07:28,339 --> 00:07:33,199 you know, look at that sacrifice of Abel, okay? 132 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:35,079 I mean, that is magnificent. 133 00:07:35,500 --> 00:07:37,600 He noticed it, he took notice. 134 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:39,399 It's kind of like the idea 135 00:07:39,399 --> 00:07:42,519 where the Lord respected and honored, 136 00:07:42,639 --> 00:07:43,680 remember the centurion? 137 00:07:44,540 --> 00:07:46,899 When the centurion reached out, you know, 138 00:07:47,060 --> 00:07:51,339 he's a Roman soldier, commander of troops. 139 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:52,819 He reached out to Jesus, 140 00:07:52,819 --> 00:07:56,620 come please, my servant is paralyzed 141 00:07:57,039 --> 00:07:59,500 and he's near death, please come and heal him. 142 00:08:00,019 --> 00:08:01,439 And the Lord started going, he goes, 143 00:08:01,500 --> 00:08:03,079 well, no, you don't have to come, he sent messages. 144 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:05,540 No, no, you don't have to come to the house, okay? 145 00:08:06,119 --> 00:08:08,019 Because I know you have so much authority, 146 00:08:08,079 --> 00:08:09,639 you just say it and it's done. 147 00:08:09,740 --> 00:08:10,699 Look, I have authority 148 00:08:10,699 --> 00:08:12,639 and I could command this to be done 149 00:08:12,639 --> 00:08:13,360 and that to be done. 150 00:08:13,500 --> 00:08:14,920 I don't have to be there personally. 151 00:08:15,319 --> 00:08:18,579 You could just say the word and my servant shall be healed. 152 00:08:19,379 --> 00:08:21,980 And that very moment, Jesus said, 153 00:08:21,980 --> 00:08:25,779 it is done, it is finished or he is healed. 154 00:08:26,379 --> 00:08:28,740 And as they left that very moment, 155 00:08:29,839 --> 00:08:31,600 the servant was healed. 156 00:08:32,179 --> 00:08:35,820 But after he heard the centurion say, 157 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,980 no, don't come to my house, you don't have to. 158 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,059 He marveled at the centurion's faith 159 00:08:41,059 --> 00:08:42,759 because he's a Gentile. 160 00:08:42,860 --> 00:08:44,759 He says, I wish my fellow Israelites 161 00:08:44,759 --> 00:08:47,419 had as much faith as this centurion. 162 00:08:47,419 --> 00:08:48,379 That's the idea. 163 00:08:48,759 --> 00:08:53,539 It's like a sha'a, like, wow, look at that in a respect. 164 00:08:54,179 --> 00:08:57,159 So he actually respected Abel's offering. 165 00:08:58,139 --> 00:09:00,379 But we saw that Cain was angry 166 00:09:01,019 --> 00:09:04,960 and we see the next verse that the Lord warns. 167 00:09:05,700 --> 00:09:07,100 He warns Cain. 168 00:09:07,340 --> 00:09:09,179 He says, so the Lord said to Cain, 169 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:14,200 why are you angry and why has your countenance fallen? 170 00:09:14,779 --> 00:09:16,759 You know, that's in the Lord's word, his face fell. 171 00:09:16,759 --> 00:09:19,500 You can ever see when somebody's just upset 172 00:09:19,500 --> 00:09:22,600 or they're down and they just look down, 173 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,899 they just can't even look Abel or God in the eye. 174 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:27,720 He's just like, you know, like down. 175 00:09:28,259 --> 00:09:29,200 Why is your countenance falling? 176 00:09:29,639 --> 00:09:32,960 If you do well, will not you be accepted? 177 00:09:33,919 --> 00:09:37,860 And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door 178 00:09:37,860 --> 00:09:40,360 and its desire is for you. 179 00:09:40,759 --> 00:09:43,120 But you should rule over it. 180 00:09:43,159 --> 00:09:44,179 Have you ever been there? 181 00:09:45,119 --> 00:09:46,799 You know, you just suddenly said, 182 00:09:46,899 --> 00:09:49,120 you know, I just don't know what God wants. 183 00:09:49,539 --> 00:09:51,860 I just can't, I just can't please him in my, 184 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,159 I just can't, I just feel like he's just so displeased with me. 185 00:09:55,159 --> 00:09:57,919 I give up and your countenance falls. 186 00:09:58,580 --> 00:10:00,340 I'll tell you, that's a dangerous place to be. 187 00:10:01,019 --> 00:10:01,980 It's not gonna get better. 188 00:10:02,799 --> 00:10:05,379 You're not gonna guilt God into doing more for you. 189 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,259 He's already done so much for you, right? 190 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:10,480 And the Lord is saying to you and I, 191 00:10:10,759 --> 00:10:11,820 what's going on here? 192 00:10:11,820 --> 00:10:13,980 Lift your face up, look me in the eye. 193 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:16,720 I am your Lord and savior. 194 00:10:16,879 --> 00:10:18,320 I know where I'm taking you. 195 00:10:19,019 --> 00:10:23,220 Don't suddenly look away and start to drift away. 196 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:23,940 And that's what happens. 197 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:26,360 Once we look away from God, you know, 198 00:10:26,700 --> 00:10:29,360 it never turns out well for us, okay? 199 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,460 And it didn't turn out well for Cain. 200 00:10:32,220 --> 00:10:35,240 And that word, it's really kind of insidious in a sense 201 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,100 because it says, you know, sin lies at the door 202 00:10:38,100 --> 00:10:41,159 and its desire, that's almost like a sexual thing. 203 00:10:41,159 --> 00:10:45,500 It's like the enemy wants to rape you with sin. 204 00:10:45,919 --> 00:10:49,100 It's like a disgusting vision and picture. 205 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,159 It's like, but Satan wants to defile us. 206 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:52,740 Do you know that? 207 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:53,740 He really does. 208 00:10:54,500 --> 00:10:58,379 And tarnish our identity in Christ. 209 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,120 He can't, but he's trying, you know? 210 00:11:01,539 --> 00:11:03,820 And yet the Lord tries to talk Cain. 211 00:11:03,940 --> 00:11:05,440 It's almost like he knows what's coming 212 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:06,639 because he knows all things 213 00:11:06,639 --> 00:11:08,419 and he's trying to talk him out 214 00:11:08,419 --> 00:11:09,840 from what he's about to do. 215 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:11,840 And you know what happens, of course? 216 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:16,639 Cain ends up killing Abel and burying him in the ground. 217 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:22,279 And so what was so good about Abel's sacrifice, 218 00:11:22,620 --> 00:11:24,659 but what was so bad about Cain's? 219 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:26,240 Well, think about this, you know, 220 00:11:26,639 --> 00:11:27,720 there was a curse. 221 00:11:27,879 --> 00:11:28,779 Do you remember Adam and Eve 222 00:11:28,779 --> 00:11:29,940 when they ate from the tree 223 00:11:29,940 --> 00:11:30,899 of the knowledge of good and evil 224 00:11:30,899 --> 00:11:32,259 and they were cast down? 225 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,220 But there was this curse on the ground 226 00:11:34,220 --> 00:11:35,379 that was placed, we read, 227 00:11:35,379 --> 00:11:39,220 in Genesis chapter three, verses 17 and 18. 228 00:11:40,419 --> 00:11:42,840 And he said to Adam, 229 00:11:43,259 --> 00:11:45,440 because you heated the voice of your wife 230 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:47,419 and have eaten from the tree 231 00:11:47,419 --> 00:11:49,419 of which I commanded you saying, 232 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:51,019 you shall eat of it. 233 00:11:51,740 --> 00:11:54,179 Cursed is the ground for your sake. 234 00:11:55,100 --> 00:11:56,980 In toil you shall eat of it 235 00:11:56,980 --> 00:11:58,340 all the days of your life. 236 00:11:58,539 --> 00:12:00,200 Both thorns and thistles 237 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:01,879 it shall bring forth for you 238 00:12:01,879 --> 00:12:04,240 and you shall eat the herb of the field. 239 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,500 So the ground was cursed, okay? 240 00:12:08,039 --> 00:12:10,559 And where did Cain get his sacrifice 241 00:12:11,379 --> 00:12:13,799 from the ground, right? 242 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:14,639 In other words, 243 00:12:14,740 --> 00:12:16,000 he's harvesting something 244 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,600 that's already tainted and cursed 245 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,799 and he's offering that to the Lord, right? 246 00:12:24,419 --> 00:12:25,639 It's almost like it reminds me 247 00:12:25,639 --> 00:12:27,500 of these like mobsters 248 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:29,700 like I read about Al Capone. 249 00:12:30,299 --> 00:12:33,179 How, you know his name, right? 250 00:12:33,900 --> 00:12:34,960 Bad, bad guy. 251 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:37,960 And he was probably one of the most 252 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:40,320 notorious mobsters 253 00:12:41,020 --> 00:12:43,100 and ordered killings and everything else. 254 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:45,100 Apparently he was very generous 255 00:12:45,740 --> 00:12:49,080 to orphanages and Catholic schools in Chicago. 256 00:12:49,759 --> 00:12:52,259 So here he is like being like a benefactor 257 00:12:52,259 --> 00:12:53,980 and just giving money away 258 00:12:53,980 --> 00:12:56,360 while he's ordering hits on people's lives. 259 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:58,600 Like it's almost like trying to buy 260 00:12:59,260 --> 00:13:01,759 like mercy from God, you know? 261 00:13:01,759 --> 00:13:03,159 You know, it's cursed. 262 00:13:03,659 --> 00:13:07,100 You can't redeem yourself 263 00:13:07,100 --> 00:13:08,100 by giving to God 264 00:13:08,100 --> 00:13:10,139 what you've already done wrong, you know? 265 00:13:10,299 --> 00:13:11,759 And so in the same way, 266 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:14,539 Cain is giving something 267 00:13:14,539 --> 00:13:15,600 that has been harvest 268 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,039 from the cursed ground. 269 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,259 Now, the Lord removed that curse. 270 00:13:19,519 --> 00:13:20,759 Remember after the flood 271 00:13:20,759 --> 00:13:22,200 and he said to Noah, 272 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,179 I have removed in Genesis chapter eight. 273 00:13:24,220 --> 00:13:24,700 We don't have it, 274 00:13:24,700 --> 00:13:28,080 but he did remove that curse on the ground. 275 00:13:29,139 --> 00:13:31,539 Okay, so that's what was wrong. 276 00:13:31,759 --> 00:13:33,919 With Cain's sacrifice, 277 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:35,200 but more than that, 278 00:13:35,539 --> 00:13:36,320 Cain was wrong. 279 00:13:37,220 --> 00:13:39,379 You know, a sacrifice to the Lord 280 00:13:39,379 --> 00:13:41,440 is really a posture 281 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,360 of where your heart is, isn't it? 282 00:13:43,860 --> 00:13:45,759 Like if you're not loving God, 283 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:46,919 not enjoying God, 284 00:13:47,100 --> 00:13:48,419 not in communion with God, 285 00:13:48,500 --> 00:13:49,179 are you giving them 286 00:13:49,179 --> 00:13:50,120 too much of your life? 287 00:13:50,899 --> 00:13:52,159 You're not giving them much at all. 288 00:13:52,419 --> 00:13:53,820 You're being pretty stingy 289 00:13:53,820 --> 00:13:54,759 with God, right? 290 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,019 Sometimes we got to remind it, 291 00:13:57,059 --> 00:13:58,200 hey, I haven't like given 292 00:13:58,200 --> 00:13:59,879 to God my life. 293 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:00,980 You know, I haven't really 294 00:14:00,980 --> 00:14:03,899 surrendered more of my life to him, 295 00:14:03,899 --> 00:14:04,159 right? 296 00:14:04,759 --> 00:14:06,720 But really a sacrifice 297 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,179 is really the posture of our heart. 298 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:10,940 So it wasn't just that he gave 299 00:14:10,940 --> 00:14:12,279 from the cursed ground. 300 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:15,720 It was that he was living a cursed life. 301 00:14:15,820 --> 00:14:16,759 We could just see this 302 00:14:16,759 --> 00:14:17,659 because of all this. 303 00:14:17,919 --> 00:14:19,080 If you could turn like that 304 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:20,500 on a dime and kill your brother, 305 00:14:20,879 --> 00:14:22,659 right, because you're upset 306 00:14:22,659 --> 00:14:24,279 and angry and envious, 307 00:14:24,799 --> 00:14:25,639 that's bad, right? 308 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,059 So it was really the sacrificer 309 00:14:28,059 --> 00:14:30,139 that the Lord was displeased with 310 00:14:30,139 --> 00:14:31,100 and didn't respect. 311 00:14:31,759 --> 00:14:36,259 But Abel, Abel gave of the firstborn 312 00:14:36,259 --> 00:14:37,460 of his herd, right? 313 00:14:37,899 --> 00:14:39,500 And what's that all about? 314 00:14:39,659 --> 00:14:40,399 Well, first of all, 315 00:14:40,580 --> 00:14:42,820 why are you raising flocks 316 00:14:43,399 --> 00:14:44,899 when you're not going to eat them, 317 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:45,600 right? 318 00:14:45,740 --> 00:14:48,779 Because mankind was not permitted 319 00:14:48,779 --> 00:14:50,000 to eat flesh yet. 320 00:14:50,519 --> 00:14:52,080 In fact, it wasn't until after the flood 321 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:53,139 that the Lord actually gave 322 00:14:53,139 --> 00:14:54,120 the instruction to Noah, 323 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:55,360 now you can eat meat, right? 324 00:14:55,779 --> 00:14:56,419 But before that, 325 00:14:56,419 --> 00:14:57,179 it was just plants 326 00:14:57,179 --> 00:14:58,860 that we were supposed to eat, right? 327 00:14:58,860 --> 00:15:00,879 So he's raising a flock 328 00:15:00,879 --> 00:15:02,360 that he's not going to eat. 329 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:04,940 You know, it could be 330 00:15:04,940 --> 00:15:07,340 that he was going to drink their milk, 331 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:08,700 but I don't think that's it either 332 00:15:08,700 --> 00:15:09,860 because we're supposed to be eating. 333 00:15:10,059 --> 00:15:11,799 We were vegans back then, right? 334 00:15:12,179 --> 00:15:13,559 No offense to you vegans 335 00:15:13,559 --> 00:15:15,759 that are still holding on to that, right? 336 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:17,840 I feel sorry for you. 337 00:15:17,919 --> 00:15:18,559 You're missing out. 338 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,500 Another missing out, but no. 339 00:15:21,779 --> 00:15:23,460 But, you know, back then, 340 00:15:23,460 --> 00:15:24,679 we weren't supposed to be eating 341 00:15:24,679 --> 00:15:25,559 anything from an animal. 342 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:27,580 So I doubt Abel was raising sheep 343 00:15:27,580 --> 00:15:29,919 to milk and have cows 344 00:15:29,919 --> 00:15:31,360 to drink milk, right? 345 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:32,820 But what else was he? 346 00:15:33,179 --> 00:15:33,980 Clothing, right? 347 00:15:34,299 --> 00:15:35,519 You know, shearing the sheep, 348 00:15:35,700 --> 00:15:37,159 making wool clothes, okay? 349 00:15:38,179 --> 00:15:39,980 Skinning the animals 350 00:15:39,980 --> 00:15:41,720 to make clothing, right? 351 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:43,679 He saw his mom and dad 352 00:15:43,679 --> 00:15:45,440 clothed with the skins in the garden. 353 00:15:45,899 --> 00:15:46,820 Hey, this works. 354 00:15:47,940 --> 00:15:48,980 But most of all, 355 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:50,519 he was raising a flock 356 00:15:50,519 --> 00:15:52,259 to offer to God. 357 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:54,740 You know, I mean, the Lord saw, 358 00:15:54,820 --> 00:15:55,279 look at this, 359 00:15:55,500 --> 00:15:56,940 Abel is raising a flock 360 00:15:56,940 --> 00:15:58,179 just to be able to give me 361 00:15:58,179 --> 00:16:00,159 the firstborn, like, shah! 362 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:02,840 You know, that's respect. 363 00:16:03,019 --> 00:16:04,840 He respected his offering. 364 00:16:05,220 --> 00:16:06,320 As I was thinking about this, 365 00:16:06,860 --> 00:16:09,480 what can we give to the Lord 366 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:12,700 that represents our faith in Him? 367 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,179 One, of course, is money. 368 00:16:16,019 --> 00:16:17,340 I know you were dreading me 369 00:16:17,340 --> 00:16:19,620 saying that word, money, right? 370 00:16:19,940 --> 00:16:21,360 We don't talk about money 371 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,419 very much here, okay? 372 00:16:23,860 --> 00:16:25,240 Because Calvary Chapel is, 373 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:26,379 it's one of our distinctives. 374 00:16:26,379 --> 00:16:27,740 We don't ask for money. 375 00:16:27,940 --> 00:16:29,500 You know, we use money properly 376 00:16:29,500 --> 00:16:30,440 and we're good stores. 377 00:16:30,500 --> 00:16:31,840 But we don't ask for money. 378 00:16:31,919 --> 00:16:34,019 We don't guilt trip you into giving. 379 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:35,200 Have you ever been there 380 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:36,559 for like an offering 381 00:16:37,100 --> 00:16:39,159 and someone special comes up? 382 00:16:39,279 --> 00:16:40,840 You go, oh no, here we go, okay? 383 00:16:41,279 --> 00:16:41,860 And they're like, 384 00:16:42,220 --> 00:16:43,620 and this long story, 385 00:16:43,820 --> 00:16:44,179 well, you just, 386 00:16:44,500 --> 00:16:46,360 just pass the bucket, okay? 387 00:16:46,519 --> 00:16:47,019 Can we skip? 388 00:16:47,460 --> 00:16:49,100 But it's almost like I'm a manipulation. 389 00:16:49,340 --> 00:16:50,899 And I'm sorry, Lord, if that's, 390 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,240 but sometimes you feel that way, don't you? 391 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:53,820 You're being like, 392 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:55,820 you're being massaged into, 393 00:16:55,820 --> 00:16:57,460 you know, I remember this one joke 394 00:16:57,460 --> 00:16:58,659 I once heard. 395 00:16:58,860 --> 00:16:59,460 He said, you know, 396 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:00,519 now listen, folks, 397 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:02,799 this isn't a lean back offering. 398 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:05,119 It's a lean forward offering. 399 00:17:05,500 --> 00:17:06,240 I'm like, what does that mean? 400 00:17:06,519 --> 00:17:07,579 It's like, when you lean back, 401 00:17:07,700 --> 00:17:09,339 you're grabbing the change in your pocket. 402 00:17:09,700 --> 00:17:10,720 When you're leaning forward, 403 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:11,900 you're grabbing your wallet. 404 00:17:12,259 --> 00:17:15,380 That's the kind of offering 405 00:17:15,380 --> 00:17:16,619 we want today, you know? 406 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:18,579 But no, we don't do that, you know? 407 00:17:18,759 --> 00:17:19,720 And because, you know, 408 00:17:19,740 --> 00:17:21,880 we believe the Lord provides, right? 409 00:17:22,299 --> 00:17:23,680 But money is one thing. 410 00:17:23,779 --> 00:17:24,359 And a lot of times, 411 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,200 people are cheap with God 412 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:26,960 and they don't realize 413 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:28,339 why they never have any money left. 414 00:17:29,099 --> 00:17:30,339 It's because they're wasting it 415 00:17:30,339 --> 00:17:33,079 on foolishness, silly things, right? 416 00:17:33,740 --> 00:17:35,259 But beyond money, you know, 417 00:17:35,539 --> 00:17:36,539 and really, when we think about 418 00:17:36,539 --> 00:17:38,339 how many people actually give 10% 419 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,920 of their gross earnings, you know, 420 00:17:42,259 --> 00:17:45,160 much less their net earnings, right? 421 00:17:45,579 --> 00:17:46,259 But in the Bible, 422 00:17:46,279 --> 00:17:48,599 we see that's a biblical principle of a tent. 423 00:17:49,039 --> 00:17:50,619 But let's move past money. 424 00:17:50,900 --> 00:17:52,019 Do you want me to move past money? 425 00:17:52,279 --> 00:17:53,019 Let's move on. 426 00:17:53,019 --> 00:17:54,359 I heard somebody say, amen. 427 00:17:56,180 --> 00:17:57,500 You know, but how about time? 428 00:17:58,059 --> 00:17:58,640 How about time? 429 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,240 You know, we have 10,080 minutes in a week. 430 00:18:02,859 --> 00:18:03,319 You know that? 431 00:18:04,019 --> 00:18:05,779 10,080 minutes. 432 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:08,819 How many minutes per day 433 00:18:09,579 --> 00:18:12,279 are you dedicating to God? 434 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:14,160 Isn't that like, 435 00:18:14,759 --> 00:18:15,740 wow, I have that much? 436 00:18:15,980 --> 00:18:16,900 Yeah, we do. 437 00:18:18,299 --> 00:18:20,259 So that would mean if we gave 438 00:18:20,259 --> 00:18:23,380 like 10% of our minutes, 439 00:18:24,059 --> 00:18:25,240 we'd be like on our knees 440 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:26,339 and in our room praying 441 00:18:26,339 --> 00:18:27,119 and reading the Bible, 442 00:18:27,319 --> 00:18:30,799 like 17 hours a week, you know? 443 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:31,779 I don't know about you, 444 00:18:31,799 --> 00:18:34,180 but I don't quite spend that many, you know? 445 00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:37,079 Maybe close sometimes, but in different ways. 446 00:18:37,339 --> 00:18:39,400 But really, I mean, that's the idea 447 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,160 of just like we have so much time 448 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:42,859 on our hands. 449 00:18:42,980 --> 00:18:43,880 You think, no, you don't understand. 450 00:18:44,019 --> 00:18:45,079 I am busy, man. 451 00:18:45,180 --> 00:18:46,119 I am so busy. 452 00:18:46,380 --> 00:18:47,160 I got this job. 453 00:18:47,279 --> 00:18:47,920 I got that job. 454 00:18:48,099 --> 00:18:49,420 I can't, you know, I don't have time. 455 00:18:49,420 --> 00:18:51,440 And I just might listen to a devotional 456 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:52,559 on the way into work. 457 00:18:53,220 --> 00:18:55,299 But, you know, if I get a phone call, 458 00:18:55,559 --> 00:18:56,900 even that's getting turned down. 459 00:18:57,420 --> 00:18:58,960 You know, like how many minutes 460 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,599 can you sacrifice to the Lord? 461 00:19:01,700 --> 00:19:02,839 Because that's really what it is. 462 00:19:03,180 --> 00:19:05,380 It's basically relinquishing your time 463 00:19:05,380 --> 00:19:06,200 to God and say, 464 00:19:06,519 --> 00:19:09,220 here, God, have my time, you know? 465 00:19:09,700 --> 00:19:10,980 I mean, we can give our money. 466 00:19:11,099 --> 00:19:11,640 We can give our time. 467 00:19:11,940 --> 00:19:13,700 You know, we can give our relationships. 468 00:19:14,579 --> 00:19:15,859 You say, well, what does that mean? 469 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:18,480 You know, well, I know when I got saved, 470 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:20,440 the first thing I did was sacrifice 471 00:19:21,259 --> 00:19:23,680 relationships that I didn't belong in anymore. 472 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:26,680 Like people that I knew were going to drag me down, 473 00:19:27,299 --> 00:19:30,519 people that had no interest in God. 474 00:19:30,759 --> 00:19:32,119 I'm like, I'm not strong enough 475 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:33,859 to be anywhere near these types of people. 476 00:19:34,339 --> 00:19:36,140 I have to relinquish them to God. 477 00:19:36,259 --> 00:19:39,200 I have to sacrifice relationships 478 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:42,119 so I can run that race, you know? 479 00:19:42,660 --> 00:19:43,539 I mean, if you're running a race 480 00:19:43,539 --> 00:19:44,799 with somebody very slow, 481 00:19:44,799 --> 00:19:46,339 then you're doing it for other reasons 482 00:19:46,339 --> 00:19:47,559 than winning a race, right? 483 00:19:47,559 --> 00:19:49,000 But how about if the person 484 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:50,660 doesn't want any part of that race? 485 00:19:50,819 --> 00:19:52,319 How are you running a race, right? 486 00:19:52,980 --> 00:19:53,940 So a lot of times we do have 487 00:19:53,940 --> 00:19:57,019 to sacrifice relationships that are bad, 488 00:19:57,059 --> 00:19:59,880 but how about good ones, good relationships? 489 00:20:00,519 --> 00:20:01,940 How do you sacrifice 490 00:20:01,940 --> 00:20:05,000 or offer to God relationships? 491 00:20:05,819 --> 00:20:07,500 Well, we could see a picture of it 492 00:20:07,500 --> 00:20:10,180 in the Bible when Abraham offered up Isaac, 493 00:20:11,079 --> 00:20:12,359 you know, his only son, 494 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:13,720 the other one, you know, 495 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,880 he already sent away, okay, 496 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,039 and Ishmael and he wasn't the promised son. 497 00:20:20,599 --> 00:20:21,700 And so here he goes up 498 00:20:21,700 --> 00:20:24,240 and he was willing to offer to God 499 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,319 the really only heir of his household, 500 00:20:27,839 --> 00:20:29,440 you know, willing to give that up. 501 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:30,500 How about Hannah 502 00:20:30,500 --> 00:20:32,140 when she couldn't have children 503 00:20:32,140 --> 00:20:33,279 and then finally she says, 504 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:33,880 that's it, Lord. 505 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:34,920 If you give me a child, 506 00:20:35,079 --> 00:20:37,019 that son belongs to you. 507 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:39,680 And Samuel was born. 508 00:20:40,220 --> 00:20:41,019 That's what we do 509 00:20:41,019 --> 00:20:42,240 when we do dedications. 510 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:43,599 Don't we baby dedications? 511 00:20:43,599 --> 00:20:44,920 We're saying, Lord, 512 00:20:46,299 --> 00:20:47,799 when I raise this child, 513 00:20:48,900 --> 00:20:51,140 you are inevitably his father, 514 00:20:52,059 --> 00:20:54,519 okay, or her father, not me. 515 00:20:54,599 --> 00:20:55,420 I'm a steward. 516 00:20:55,460 --> 00:20:57,240 I'm a fill in for the real thing. 517 00:20:57,960 --> 00:20:58,519 And that's always, 518 00:20:58,619 --> 00:20:59,279 after I got saved, 519 00:20:59,420 --> 00:21:01,420 that's always how I pictured 520 00:21:01,420 --> 00:21:03,279 my role in my kid's life. 521 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:04,039 I really did. 522 00:21:04,220 --> 00:21:05,279 It's like, I'm not, 523 00:21:06,279 --> 00:21:07,079 they're not going to follow 524 00:21:07,079 --> 00:21:08,180 in my footsteps. 525 00:21:08,980 --> 00:21:10,220 They're not going to follow 526 00:21:10,220 --> 00:21:11,579 in Jill's footsteps. 527 00:21:11,579 --> 00:21:13,720 They might track along, 528 00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:15,259 but eventually you want them 529 00:21:15,259 --> 00:21:18,420 following in God's footsteps, right? 530 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:20,039 Because he's the one, 531 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:22,079 we're merely just handing them off 532 00:21:22,079 --> 00:21:23,079 to God and say, Lord, 533 00:21:23,180 --> 00:21:24,160 they're yours now. 534 00:21:24,740 --> 00:21:25,700 Take care of them. 535 00:21:25,779 --> 00:21:26,380 I know you will. 536 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:27,619 And that's the idea. 537 00:21:27,779 --> 00:21:28,960 You're surrendering. 538 00:21:29,180 --> 00:21:31,359 You're sacrificing them to the Lord 539 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,440 in a sense that they're not mine. 540 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:34,339 They're yours. 541 00:21:34,819 --> 00:21:36,960 And those relationships are so valuable 542 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,440 to just offer up to the Lord. 543 00:21:39,579 --> 00:21:40,359 That's the idea 544 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:42,500 of we demonstrate our faith 545 00:21:42,500 --> 00:21:44,079 by saying, this child 546 00:21:44,620 --> 00:21:45,920 doesn't really belong to me. 547 00:21:46,059 --> 00:21:47,660 They belong to you, Lord. 548 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:48,819 And we had to learn that 549 00:21:48,819 --> 00:21:50,559 so many times, you know, 550 00:21:51,279 --> 00:21:52,640 realizing like what's more important 551 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,180 than to go on tournaments 552 00:21:54,180 --> 00:21:55,960 for different types of sports 553 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:57,079 on Sunday mornings 554 00:21:57,079 --> 00:21:58,740 and miss church all the time 555 00:21:58,740 --> 00:22:00,859 or to be in some other activity 556 00:22:00,859 --> 00:22:02,339 and miss youth group at night. 557 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:04,500 Like, no, no, no, no, no, no. 558 00:22:05,460 --> 00:22:07,140 Because if we start to 559 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,579 show our children 560 00:22:09,579 --> 00:22:12,700 how little God means to us, 561 00:22:13,599 --> 00:22:15,099 what do you think is going to happen to them? 562 00:22:15,859 --> 00:22:17,099 Their faith is just going to be 563 00:22:18,819 --> 00:22:19,619 watered down. 564 00:22:19,819 --> 00:22:21,119 By the time they reach adulthood, 565 00:22:21,319 --> 00:22:21,740 they're going to say, 566 00:22:21,799 --> 00:22:22,480 yeah, mom and dad. 567 00:22:22,559 --> 00:22:23,660 Yeah, they were Christian, 568 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,880 you know, but we went to church sometimes. 569 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:29,740 I'm telling you, they learn, you know, 570 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:31,220 they, you know, more things 571 00:22:31,220 --> 00:22:32,180 are caught than taught. 572 00:22:32,519 --> 00:22:34,279 You know, you can say a lot of things, 573 00:22:34,279 --> 00:22:36,680 but it's actually demonstrating 574 00:22:37,259 --> 00:22:37,960 your faith. 575 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,759 And Abel did that, 576 00:22:40,900 --> 00:22:41,839 and we do that 577 00:22:41,839 --> 00:22:44,259 when we just sacrifice our lives. 578 00:22:44,759 --> 00:22:45,700 You know, how about possessions? 579 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:47,359 You know, things that we have 580 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:48,319 saying, you know what? 581 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:49,500 I don't need this anymore. 582 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:51,019 I remember one time 583 00:22:51,579 --> 00:22:53,099 I had this really expensive 584 00:22:54,799 --> 00:22:56,380 nevermind, it doesn't matter. 585 00:22:58,519 --> 00:23:00,279 But I just, all right, 586 00:23:00,319 --> 00:23:02,460 I had this really expensive wrestling mat 587 00:23:02,460 --> 00:23:03,960 and we, you know, we used it. 588 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:06,039 And I remember it was the toughest thing 589 00:23:06,039 --> 00:23:07,019 to give it away. 590 00:23:07,579 --> 00:23:09,140 But I knew these other people 591 00:23:09,140 --> 00:23:11,559 were, you know, doing jiu-jitsu 592 00:23:11,559 --> 00:23:12,160 and everything. 593 00:23:12,279 --> 00:23:12,920 And I'm just kind of like, 594 00:23:13,859 --> 00:23:14,680 thinking like, yeah, 595 00:23:14,740 --> 00:23:16,160 but I might get back into it. 596 00:23:17,179 --> 00:23:19,180 Sure, my kids might use it 597 00:23:19,180 --> 00:23:20,640 or just give it away. 598 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:22,180 Just what are you hanging on for? 599 00:23:22,220 --> 00:23:23,279 I'm so glad I did. 600 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:24,539 There's so many times 601 00:23:24,539 --> 00:23:26,660 that I just was holding on like, 602 00:23:26,779 --> 00:23:27,400 what are you holding? 603 00:23:27,579 --> 00:23:29,299 Just get rid of it. 604 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:30,680 Give it to God, right? 605 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:31,720 Possession. 606 00:23:32,099 --> 00:23:33,339 It reminds me one time 607 00:23:35,319 --> 00:23:37,880 when David was in a battle 608 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,279 and he was kind of conquered down 609 00:23:40,279 --> 00:23:41,539 in this like stronghold 610 00:23:42,059 --> 00:23:44,200 and the Philistines were on the other side 611 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:45,220 and they're in Bethlehem 612 00:23:45,220 --> 00:23:46,720 and they had control of Bethlehem. 613 00:23:47,539 --> 00:23:48,440 And he's there, he goes, 614 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:50,519 man, what I could do for a drink 615 00:23:50,519 --> 00:23:51,960 from the well of Bethlehem. 616 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:54,359 Man, I would love a drink 617 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:55,960 from Bethlehem as well, you know? 618 00:23:56,519 --> 00:23:58,180 And the three mighty men 619 00:23:58,180 --> 00:23:59,579 heard him say that. 620 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:00,880 And they're like, 621 00:24:01,420 --> 00:24:02,220 I don't know what they said 622 00:24:02,220 --> 00:24:03,539 because it doesn't record it. 623 00:24:03,559 --> 00:24:04,180 But I can only imagine, 624 00:24:04,559 --> 00:24:05,599 let's surprise them. 625 00:24:06,339 --> 00:24:08,599 So they went and snuck in 626 00:24:08,599 --> 00:24:11,019 to the campground of the Philistines 627 00:24:11,019 --> 00:24:13,799 and filled up some water from the well 628 00:24:13,799 --> 00:24:16,240 just to bring it back to David. 629 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,279 And when David saw it, he's like, 630 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:21,599 are you telling me 631 00:24:21,599 --> 00:24:23,480 that you risked your lives 632 00:24:24,220 --> 00:24:26,259 to bring me this water? 633 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:28,599 I can't drink this water. 634 00:24:29,299 --> 00:24:31,140 This water belongs to God 635 00:24:31,659 --> 00:24:34,339 and he poured it out to the Lord 636 00:24:34,339 --> 00:24:35,319 as an offering. 637 00:24:35,900 --> 00:24:37,200 Now, most people would look at that 638 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:38,079 and say, are you crazy? 639 00:24:38,420 --> 00:24:39,740 Like they just risked their lives 640 00:24:40,259 --> 00:24:41,259 to give you water 641 00:24:41,259 --> 00:24:42,839 and you're gonna pour it out to the Lord 642 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:44,779 because who's greater than me? 643 00:24:45,719 --> 00:24:47,440 God, you know, 644 00:24:47,619 --> 00:24:49,960 it's like just that relinquishing things 645 00:24:50,500 --> 00:24:52,200 to him and saying, yo, he deserves. 646 00:24:52,660 --> 00:24:53,440 Sometimes it doesn't make sense 647 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:54,380 to other people. 648 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:55,819 Like, why would you do that? 649 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:57,579 You know, remember the girl 650 00:24:58,139 --> 00:25:01,000 who came when Simon the leper, 651 00:25:01,519 --> 00:25:03,579 Jesus was over at Simon the leper's house 652 00:25:03,579 --> 00:25:04,299 and he was there 653 00:25:04,299 --> 00:25:05,640 and it's getting very close. 654 00:25:05,779 --> 00:25:07,700 It's the last week, I believe, 655 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,460 when he was about to be crucified 656 00:25:09,460 --> 00:25:10,460 and the woman, 657 00:25:10,559 --> 00:25:11,559 I think we even sang about 658 00:25:11,559 --> 00:25:12,640 the alabaster drawer, 659 00:25:12,779 --> 00:25:14,019 at least maybe it was in my brain. 660 00:25:14,599 --> 00:25:14,859 But anyway, 661 00:25:15,559 --> 00:25:16,700 but anyway, so she had 662 00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:18,220 this expensive perfume. 663 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:19,000 We're talking like 664 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,900 at least a month income 665 00:25:21,900 --> 00:25:23,440 for an average person, 666 00:25:23,500 --> 00:25:25,000 maybe even a year for some. 667 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:26,779 And she broke it open. 668 00:25:26,779 --> 00:25:29,359 It was anointing Jesus' body 669 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:31,339 and even the disciples are saying like, 670 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:32,599 look at the waste. 671 00:25:33,460 --> 00:25:35,160 I mean, that could have paid a year's weight. 672 00:25:35,220 --> 00:25:36,279 I could have fed the poor. 673 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:37,000 What are you doing? 674 00:25:37,279 --> 00:25:38,700 Like, that's such a waste. 675 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:40,400 And you know who was leading that charge? 676 00:25:41,879 --> 00:25:42,759 Judas Iscariot 677 00:25:42,759 --> 00:25:45,259 because he was the treasurer, okay? 678 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:47,240 Now the Lord did that on purpose, 679 00:25:47,259 --> 00:25:49,079 but it's no instructions for us 680 00:25:49,079 --> 00:25:51,960 to hire a Judas to handle the money. 681 00:25:52,500 --> 00:25:54,359 He did that on purpose, Jesus, right? 682 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:56,240 But Judas, 683 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:57,720 because Judas was stealing. 684 00:25:58,859 --> 00:26:00,220 He was skimming right off the top. 685 00:26:00,380 --> 00:26:00,759 He was like saying, 686 00:26:00,799 --> 00:26:02,900 man, I could have bought a Rolls-Royce 687 00:26:02,900 --> 00:26:03,640 with that right now. 688 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,440 Maybe not, but you get the idea. 689 00:26:06,740 --> 00:26:07,960 But she poured it out. 690 00:26:08,279 --> 00:26:09,359 And you remember what Jesus said? 691 00:26:09,500 --> 00:26:10,220 Leave her alone. 692 00:26:10,460 --> 00:26:12,259 What she has just done for me 693 00:26:12,259 --> 00:26:14,660 will be recorded forever. 694 00:26:15,559 --> 00:26:17,900 Like our sacrifices to the Lord 695 00:26:18,519 --> 00:26:20,039 are known by God. 696 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:20,920 And he looks and says, 697 00:26:21,220 --> 00:26:23,759 Sha'a, look at that. 698 00:26:24,259 --> 00:26:25,539 Look at that. 699 00:26:26,220 --> 00:26:26,700 Sacrifice. 700 00:26:27,099 --> 00:26:27,640 And I'm just saying, 701 00:26:27,819 --> 00:26:29,859 what are we offering up to the Lord? 702 00:26:30,519 --> 00:26:32,319 It's really amazing 703 00:26:32,319 --> 00:26:34,700 because we have so much to offer, 704 00:26:34,799 --> 00:26:35,720 even our health. 705 00:26:36,539 --> 00:26:38,180 I'm going long on the sacrifice. 706 00:26:38,380 --> 00:26:39,500 The others aren't going to be as long. 707 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,920 But I remember this great lady. 708 00:26:42,259 --> 00:26:43,740 She didn't live near here, 709 00:26:43,759 --> 00:26:45,279 but she used to visit sometimes. 710 00:26:46,619 --> 00:26:49,420 And we knew her from our previous church too. 711 00:26:50,140 --> 00:26:51,599 And when the music was playing, 712 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,240 the worship, she would dance with her fingers. 713 00:26:54,839 --> 00:26:55,359 Right? 714 00:26:56,380 --> 00:26:57,640 And I always thought it was very cool. 715 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:02,680 But she was asked at a previous church 716 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:03,980 to stop doing that. 717 00:27:06,420 --> 00:27:08,440 And that's so sad, isn't it? 718 00:27:08,579 --> 00:27:09,640 To say, hey, stop doing that. 719 00:27:09,700 --> 00:27:10,940 You're distracting people. 720 00:27:12,380 --> 00:27:15,319 And so she eventually left that church. 721 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:16,940 And so she would be doing here. 722 00:27:17,059 --> 00:27:18,400 And do you know why she did that? 723 00:27:19,380 --> 00:27:20,960 Because she had a disease 724 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,180 which was causing her 725 00:27:23,180 --> 00:27:25,099 to not be able to move her hands at all. 726 00:27:26,339 --> 00:27:28,519 So now the Lord healed her of that. 727 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:29,339 So what is she doing? 728 00:27:31,039 --> 00:27:32,680 Dedicating it to the Lord. 729 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,960 Relinquently, Lord, these are your hands. 730 00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:37,000 You know, really praise the Lord. 731 00:27:37,799 --> 00:27:40,099 You know, the Lord has told me 732 00:27:40,099 --> 00:27:41,460 you belong on your knees 733 00:27:42,279 --> 00:27:43,460 because the Lord healed. 734 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,339 I had some bad knee issues 735 00:27:45,339 --> 00:27:46,819 and he healed them. 736 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,019 And man, I just like I love kneeling. 737 00:27:49,420 --> 00:27:50,119 I love it. 738 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:51,079 You know, in Hebrew, 739 00:27:51,079 --> 00:27:55,160 the word kneel means bless, blessed, Barack. 740 00:27:55,819 --> 00:27:56,740 But I love kneeling. 741 00:27:57,180 --> 00:27:58,059 And that's why because like 742 00:27:58,059 --> 00:28:00,059 these knees belong to the Lord. 743 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:01,119 He healed them. 744 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,440 And the fact that I can actually kneel 745 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:04,420 like this forever. 746 00:28:04,579 --> 00:28:05,940 I don't even ever get tired kneeling. 747 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:07,019 It just feels great. 748 00:28:07,339 --> 00:28:08,259 You know, you want to try it. 749 00:28:08,460 --> 00:28:09,500 I remember saying this one time 750 00:28:09,500 --> 00:28:11,380 that the Lord healed my knees 751 00:28:11,380 --> 00:28:13,779 and I started when I couldn't even kneel. 752 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:14,799 My knees were just like, 753 00:28:14,859 --> 00:28:15,720 felt like they're gonna rip. 754 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,240 My left knee had surgeries and all this. 755 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,140 I thought it was just gonna rip apart. 756 00:28:20,140 --> 00:28:23,079 It's just like, I just keep doing this. 757 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:23,720 Keep doing this. 758 00:28:24,039 --> 00:28:25,579 Well, I shared this one time 759 00:28:25,579 --> 00:28:26,900 and somebody told me that 760 00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:29,299 their mother had rheumatoid arthritis 761 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:31,460 and heard that message 762 00:28:31,460 --> 00:28:33,240 and started kneeling and praying 763 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:34,140 and she was healed. 764 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:35,359 Is that amazing? 765 00:28:36,220 --> 00:28:37,400 I mean, praise God. 766 00:28:37,579 --> 00:28:38,460 It's like, wow. 767 00:28:39,339 --> 00:28:41,220 We just got to give it to God. 768 00:28:41,339 --> 00:28:42,700 Just say, Lord, it's yours. 769 00:28:43,059 --> 00:28:43,779 It's yours. 770 00:28:44,839 --> 00:28:45,579 Sacrifice, you know. 771 00:28:46,059 --> 00:28:47,579 Now this next is Enoch. 772 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:49,480 And let's look at him for a minute. 773 00:28:50,140 --> 00:28:51,480 Verse five. 774 00:28:52,740 --> 00:28:54,539 By faith, Enoch, 775 00:28:55,180 --> 00:29:01,279 by faith, Enoch was taken away 776 00:29:01,279 --> 00:29:03,500 so that he did not see death 777 00:29:04,220 --> 00:29:05,339 and was not found 778 00:29:05,339 --> 00:29:07,200 because God had taken him. 779 00:29:07,619 --> 00:29:09,099 For before he was taken, 780 00:29:09,339 --> 00:29:10,819 he had this testimony 781 00:29:10,819 --> 00:29:12,420 that he pleased God. 782 00:29:13,079 --> 00:29:14,059 But without faith, 783 00:29:14,180 --> 00:29:16,140 it is impossible to please him 784 00:29:16,140 --> 00:29:17,960 for he who comes to God 785 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:19,599 must believe that he is 786 00:29:19,599 --> 00:29:21,779 and that he is a rewarder 787 00:29:21,779 --> 00:29:24,460 of those who diligently seek him. 788 00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:25,859 That's one of my favorites 789 00:29:25,859 --> 00:29:26,859 right there, that verse. 790 00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:28,480 But back to Enoch. 791 00:29:28,759 --> 00:29:30,000 He's, you know, here he is. 792 00:29:30,279 --> 00:29:32,660 He's, he's giving a testimony. 793 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:35,480 Now, Enoch, you know, was, 794 00:29:37,039 --> 00:29:38,420 he was a prophet 795 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:40,079 and he was speaking 796 00:29:40,079 --> 00:29:42,180 and he was warning his generation 797 00:29:42,180 --> 00:29:44,160 that there's going to be hell to pay. 798 00:29:44,259 --> 00:29:45,200 There's wrath coming. 799 00:29:45,740 --> 00:29:46,819 If you don't straight out there, 800 00:29:46,859 --> 00:29:48,480 this is when all the planet earth 801 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,059 was so evil and wicked, 802 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:51,119 God already knew, 803 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:53,759 I'm going to have to wipe humanity out. 804 00:29:53,839 --> 00:29:54,119 Okay. 805 00:29:54,619 --> 00:29:55,859 And with a great flood. 806 00:29:56,359 --> 00:29:58,299 And so Enoch was warning people 807 00:29:58,299 --> 00:29:59,700 and we know this. 808 00:29:59,819 --> 00:30:01,880 Let's look at Enoch for a minute 809 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:06,099 in Jude chapter one, 810 00:30:06,619 --> 00:30:08,059 verse 14 and 15. 811 00:30:08,259 --> 00:30:10,400 Now, Enoch, the seventh from Adam 812 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:12,759 prophesied about these men, 813 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,460 the evil and wickedness on the earth, 814 00:30:14,619 --> 00:30:15,559 that is, saying, 815 00:30:15,559 --> 00:30:17,000 behold, the Lord comes 816 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,339 with 10,000s of the saints 817 00:30:19,339 --> 00:30:21,460 to execute judgment on all, 818 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:23,019 to convict all 819 00:30:23,019 --> 00:30:25,019 who are unGodly among them 820 00:30:25,019 --> 00:30:27,779 of all their unGodly deeds 821 00:30:27,779 --> 00:30:29,779 and which they have committed 822 00:30:29,779 --> 00:30:31,759 in an unGodly way. 823 00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:32,839 There's a theme here. 824 00:30:33,380 --> 00:30:34,759 And of all the harsh things 825 00:30:34,759 --> 00:30:36,279 which unGodly sinners 826 00:30:36,839 --> 00:30:38,579 have spoken against him. 827 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,819 So there's four unGodlies there. 828 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:43,740 So Enoch was assigned the role 829 00:30:43,740 --> 00:30:46,319 of speaking against the unGodliness 830 00:30:46,859 --> 00:30:49,460 in his generation and warning them 831 00:30:49,460 --> 00:30:50,579 that there's going, 832 00:30:50,779 --> 00:30:52,380 there's something about to happen. 833 00:30:52,799 --> 00:30:53,980 And he was warning them 834 00:30:53,980 --> 00:30:55,240 and warning them. 835 00:30:55,700 --> 00:30:56,740 He was using his, 836 00:30:57,019 --> 00:30:59,839 he was demonstrating his faith 837 00:30:59,839 --> 00:31:01,619 by his words, 838 00:31:01,859 --> 00:31:03,000 by his words. 839 00:31:05,559 --> 00:31:08,619 You know, his words were harsh. 840 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:10,339 He's speaking to the unGodly. 841 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:11,859 You know, we were having 842 00:31:11,859 --> 00:31:13,180 a conversation yesterday 843 00:31:13,180 --> 00:31:16,119 on the best way for us these days 844 00:31:17,299 --> 00:31:18,940 to share the gospel. 845 00:31:19,980 --> 00:31:21,440 And you know, a lot of people chuckle 846 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:22,740 or not chuckle, 847 00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:24,559 but they frown on the fire 848 00:31:24,559 --> 00:31:26,500 and brimstone and you know, 849 00:31:26,799 --> 00:31:27,759 you're going to hell. 850 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:29,180 Well, that's true, isn't it? 851 00:31:29,259 --> 00:31:31,279 I don't think we should like mock 852 00:31:31,279 --> 00:31:33,079 any way of sharing the gospel. 853 00:31:33,339 --> 00:31:34,299 If someone is assigned 854 00:31:34,299 --> 00:31:36,579 with a bullhorn on the corner saying, 855 00:31:36,740 --> 00:31:38,240 if you don't put your faith 856 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:39,119 in Jesus Christ, 857 00:31:39,539 --> 00:31:40,680 you're going to hell. 858 00:31:41,519 --> 00:31:42,240 It's harsh. 859 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:43,279 But is it true? 860 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:45,180 It's true, right? 861 00:31:45,319 --> 00:31:46,039 I mean, it's the truth. 862 00:31:46,339 --> 00:31:47,319 Like, who am I to say, 863 00:31:47,339 --> 00:31:48,259 you're doing this wrong. 864 00:31:48,420 --> 00:31:49,059 Let me just tell you, 865 00:31:49,279 --> 00:31:50,420 you're being too harsh. 866 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:52,779 Well, and maybe it's not my style, 867 00:31:53,359 --> 00:31:58,559 but who am I to call another servant, 868 00:31:59,159 --> 00:32:00,700 you know, that they're doing 869 00:32:00,700 --> 00:32:02,519 something wrong or incorrect. 870 00:32:02,799 --> 00:32:03,500 You know, I think Christian's 871 00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:04,579 got to stop the finger 872 00:32:04,579 --> 00:32:05,559 pointing at each other. 873 00:32:05,819 --> 00:32:06,819 You know, we're like cannibals. 874 00:32:06,839 --> 00:32:08,420 Sometimes we just eat one another, 875 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:09,880 you know, but like, 876 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:12,319 but like there may be other ways 877 00:32:12,319 --> 00:32:14,460 that maybe aren't so harsh, 878 00:32:14,819 --> 00:32:16,200 you know, you unGodly, 879 00:32:16,339 --> 00:32:17,039 you know, that's like, 880 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:18,619 wow, they don't even believe. 881 00:32:18,779 --> 00:32:19,619 Like, you know, 882 00:32:19,660 --> 00:32:20,380 they don't even believe 883 00:32:20,380 --> 00:32:21,380 that there is a God. 884 00:32:22,140 --> 00:32:22,880 They don't even believe 885 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:24,000 that there's a hell and a heaven. 886 00:32:24,140 --> 00:32:25,220 They don't believe like anything. 887 00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:26,880 So telling them they're going 888 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:27,539 to go to a place 889 00:32:27,539 --> 00:32:28,839 they don't even believe in 890 00:32:29,939 --> 00:32:32,160 sometimes isn't the most profitable 891 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:33,779 way to share the gospel. 892 00:32:34,259 --> 00:32:35,279 You know, that's why it's important 893 00:32:35,279 --> 00:32:36,960 for us to to be able 894 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,079 to be prepared and ready. 895 00:32:39,079 --> 00:32:40,700 I love what Peter says 896 00:32:41,859 --> 00:32:45,339 when he said in 1 Peter 3 15, 897 00:32:45,859 --> 00:32:46,480 he said, 898 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:50,240 sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. 899 00:32:50,420 --> 00:32:51,480 Remember what sanctify means? 900 00:32:51,559 --> 00:32:52,500 To set apart, 901 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,000 to honor, 902 00:32:54,420 --> 00:32:55,779 to treat as holy, 903 00:32:56,539 --> 00:32:58,480 sanctify or honor the Lord 904 00:32:58,480 --> 00:32:59,279 in your hearts 905 00:32:59,279 --> 00:33:01,039 and always be ready 906 00:33:01,039 --> 00:33:02,059 to give a defense 907 00:33:02,599 --> 00:33:04,500 to everyone who asks you 908 00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:06,279 a reason for the hope 909 00:33:06,279 --> 00:33:07,480 that is in you 910 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,940 with meekness and fear. 911 00:33:10,519 --> 00:33:11,940 He's saying be prepared. 912 00:33:12,059 --> 00:33:14,000 How can you be prepared all the time 913 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,039 for every possible situation? 914 00:33:16,660 --> 00:33:17,720 I mean, things just happen. 915 00:33:18,180 --> 00:33:19,220 Sometimes I was getting 916 00:33:19,220 --> 00:33:20,720 I was in the dermatologist 917 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:22,119 getting my skin looked at 918 00:33:22,119 --> 00:33:24,000 and and this lady just says, 919 00:33:24,140 --> 00:33:24,619 so what are you doing? 920 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:25,579 I want my pastor. 921 00:33:25,759 --> 00:33:27,980 She said, Oh, I went the other way. 922 00:33:30,859 --> 00:33:32,019 That doesn't sound 923 00:33:32,019 --> 00:33:33,079 what do you mean by 924 00:33:33,079 --> 00:33:34,160 it went the other way? 925 00:33:34,339 --> 00:33:36,920 Well, I turn I became Jewish. 926 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:38,099 I went to Judaism 927 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:39,259 and she said, 928 00:33:39,279 --> 00:33:40,799 my husband is you know, 929 00:33:40,819 --> 00:33:41,480 in the end, 930 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:42,539 it doesn't really matter 931 00:33:42,539 --> 00:33:43,900 as long as we're a good person. 932 00:33:44,660 --> 00:33:45,059 And meanwhile, 933 00:33:45,359 --> 00:33:46,000 it's like, you know, 934 00:33:46,119 --> 00:33:47,380 I could tell she was in a hurry. 935 00:33:47,519 --> 00:33:48,319 There's two other people 936 00:33:48,319 --> 00:33:48,940 there with her 937 00:33:48,940 --> 00:33:49,880 because they were training. 938 00:33:50,079 --> 00:33:51,220 So there's three people 939 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:52,799 in the room and I'm like, 940 00:33:53,180 --> 00:33:54,339 I wasn't ready for this. 941 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:56,920 Like, what am I supposed to say 942 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:57,700 to this, you know, 943 00:33:57,759 --> 00:33:59,680 because it's just I was 944 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:01,099 caught flat footed. 945 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:01,839 Do you know what I mean? 946 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:02,839 When I just wasn't ready. 947 00:34:02,980 --> 00:34:04,119 I wasn't prayed up. 948 00:34:04,259 --> 00:34:05,440 I didn't have the armor on. 949 00:34:05,539 --> 00:34:06,039 I didn't like, 950 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:08,059 but at least I shared something. 951 00:34:08,219 --> 00:34:08,679 I said, well, 952 00:34:09,420 --> 00:34:09,940 you're good. 953 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:11,139 As long as you know, 954 00:34:11,139 --> 00:34:12,980 God, you're fine. 955 00:34:13,460 --> 00:34:14,199 And that's that's all 956 00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:15,500 I could muster up at the moment, 957 00:34:15,739 --> 00:34:16,000 you know, 958 00:34:16,179 --> 00:34:16,840 and you're probably saying 959 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:17,760 and he's a pastor. 960 00:34:18,340 --> 00:34:19,340 Hey, is that all you got? 961 00:34:19,619 --> 00:34:20,480 You know, you know, 962 00:34:20,599 --> 00:34:20,940 but really, 963 00:34:21,019 --> 00:34:21,559 and I did, 964 00:34:21,619 --> 00:34:22,739 I kind of walked out of there 965 00:34:22,739 --> 00:34:24,559 saying I should have been more ready. 966 00:34:25,179 --> 00:34:26,380 What a could have should I ever 967 00:34:26,380 --> 00:34:27,679 just wish you said something 968 00:34:27,679 --> 00:34:28,800 at the moment 969 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:30,400 and you leave and you're like, 970 00:34:30,519 --> 00:34:32,000 oh, just should I just 971 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,239 oh man, I missed it. 972 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,440 You know, but this is saying 973 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,360 if we set apart or honor Christ 974 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:41,780 in our hearts, 975 00:34:41,780 --> 00:34:44,420 we don't have to really be quickwitted. 976 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,019 We don't have to really be like, 977 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:48,340 aha, gotcha, you know, 978 00:34:48,639 --> 00:34:49,139 or anything. 979 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:53,119 It's like the Lord lives in you. 980 00:34:53,539 --> 00:34:55,500 Like, Lord, what should I say right now? 981 00:34:55,659 --> 00:34:58,539 Like, I don't feel ready at the moment 982 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:01,679 and the Lord just rises up in us 983 00:35:01,679 --> 00:35:03,679 and he like speaks. 984 00:35:03,980 --> 00:35:04,940 Yeah, we could just like 985 00:35:04,940 --> 00:35:05,840 our life, 986 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:10,119 our life is identified in Jesus Christ. 987 00:35:10,300 --> 00:35:12,059 We have no life apart from him. 988 00:35:12,420 --> 00:35:13,019 Think about that. 989 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:14,760 So do we have to worry 990 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:15,639 if somebody just said, 991 00:35:15,679 --> 00:35:16,780 hey, you know, I noticed 992 00:35:17,639 --> 00:35:19,820 I noticed something about you, 993 00:35:20,059 --> 00:35:21,519 you know, yeah, yeah, it's me. 994 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:23,659 Well, yep, that's who I am. 995 00:35:23,900 --> 00:35:25,960 Well, we are the temples 996 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:26,599 of the Holy Spirit. 997 00:35:26,679 --> 00:35:27,900 We don't have to stress. 998 00:35:28,940 --> 00:35:30,619 If we honor the Lord in our hearts 999 00:35:30,619 --> 00:35:31,840 as we go out each day, 1000 00:35:31,860 --> 00:35:32,460 we can know 1001 00:35:32,460 --> 00:35:34,079 that he's going to say 1002 00:35:34,079 --> 00:35:35,559 what's meant to be said. 1003 00:35:36,559 --> 00:35:37,019 You know, amen. 1004 00:35:38,179 --> 00:35:40,840 I love how Jude kind of tells us, 1005 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,340 you know, sometimes it's okay 1006 00:35:43,340 --> 00:35:45,800 to be harsh when harshness is needed, 1007 00:35:46,219 --> 00:35:48,239 you know, but other times, 1008 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:55,860 you know, warm and fuzzy tender words 1009 00:35:55,860 --> 00:35:56,960 are what's needed. 1010 00:35:58,019 --> 00:36:00,840 Jude 1, 22, 23, 1011 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:03,719 and when some have compassion, 1012 00:36:04,260 --> 00:36:05,460 making a distinction, 1013 00:36:05,659 --> 00:36:07,300 but others save with fear, 1014 00:36:07,820 --> 00:36:09,500 pulling them out of the fire, 1015 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:11,179 hating even the garment 1016 00:36:11,179 --> 00:36:12,880 defiled with the flesh. 1017 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:14,980 You know, it's okay. 1018 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:16,159 Sometimes we're going to have 1019 00:36:16,159 --> 00:36:17,280 to show tough love. 1020 00:36:17,659 --> 00:36:18,280 Come on, man. 1021 00:36:18,699 --> 00:36:19,679 You're better than this. 1022 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,420 Like, you're saved. 1023 00:36:22,699 --> 00:36:23,579 You're born again. 1024 00:36:23,780 --> 00:36:26,219 You have a destiny waiting for you 1025 00:36:26,219 --> 00:36:28,219 and you're still trapped in this. 1026 00:36:29,119 --> 00:36:29,699 I'm telling you, 1027 00:36:29,699 --> 00:36:31,599 the Lord wants to pull you out, 1028 00:36:31,639 --> 00:36:33,139 but you have to want to get out, 1029 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:33,679 you know, 1030 00:36:33,679 --> 00:36:35,260 maybe that's one person. 1031 00:36:35,679 --> 00:36:36,639 Another person's like, 1032 00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:38,360 if I say even a word, 1033 00:36:38,460 --> 00:36:39,619 they're going to be crushed. 1034 00:36:40,679 --> 00:36:41,800 It's just like, hey, man, 1035 00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:43,960 you know, just a hug, you know. 1036 00:36:44,820 --> 00:36:46,000 Yeah, I, you know, 1037 00:36:46,519 --> 00:36:47,039 I got nothing. 1038 00:36:47,599 --> 00:36:49,960 Just, you know, I'm just here, you know. 1039 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:50,920 In fact, I don't know 1040 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:51,980 if you've ever been through something 1041 00:36:51,980 --> 00:36:54,199 where somebody just starts ripping 1042 00:36:54,199 --> 00:36:55,840 verses out at you and you're like, 1043 00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:57,980 kind of like, I know these verses. 1044 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:00,059 You know, sometimes you have 1045 00:37:00,059 --> 00:37:01,380 to paraphrase them 1046 00:37:02,259 --> 00:37:03,039 because otherwise, 1047 00:37:03,039 --> 00:37:03,440 they're just, 1048 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:05,099 feel like they're being pelted 1049 00:37:05,099 --> 00:37:05,659 with scripture 1050 00:37:05,659 --> 00:37:07,340 and they don't really want that 1051 00:37:07,340 --> 00:37:08,440 right at that moment. 1052 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:11,179 But if we know it in our hearts, 1053 00:37:11,219 --> 00:37:12,820 we could just share it 1054 00:37:12,820 --> 00:37:15,059 in a more personal level. 1055 00:37:15,340 --> 00:37:15,820 You know what I mean? 1056 00:37:16,679 --> 00:37:17,460 And so it's important 1057 00:37:17,460 --> 00:37:19,199 to be using words. 1058 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:21,199 Now, the final one, Noah, 1059 00:37:21,599 --> 00:37:23,239 he built an ark. 1060 00:37:23,559 --> 00:37:24,539 I mean, wow, 1061 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:26,019 let's read about him for a minute. 1062 00:37:27,599 --> 00:37:28,639 Verse seven, 1063 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,679 by faith Noah being divinely warned 1064 00:37:31,679 --> 00:37:33,360 of things not yet seen, 1065 00:37:33,739 --> 00:37:35,300 moved with Godly fear, 1066 00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:38,059 prepared an ark for the saving 1067 00:37:38,059 --> 00:37:39,340 of his household 1068 00:37:39,340 --> 00:37:41,559 by which he condemned the world 1069 00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:44,119 and became heir of the righteousness, 1070 00:37:44,699 --> 00:37:46,860 which is according to faith. 1071 00:37:47,679 --> 00:37:50,639 So Noah, Noah builds an ark. 1072 00:37:50,699 --> 00:37:51,739 Let's read about him 1073 00:37:51,739 --> 00:37:53,599 in Genesis six, eight and nine. 1074 00:37:55,739 --> 00:37:57,239 But Noah found grace 1075 00:37:57,239 --> 00:37:58,980 in the eyes of the Lord. 1076 00:37:59,619 --> 00:38:01,699 And this is the genealogy of Noah. 1077 00:38:01,980 --> 00:38:04,000 Noah was a just man, 1078 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:06,300 perfect in his generation. 1079 00:38:07,980 --> 00:38:10,119 Noah walked with God. 1080 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:12,880 That said about you, 1081 00:38:13,639 --> 00:38:14,639 you know, Doug Miller, 1082 00:38:15,380 --> 00:38:17,460 he walked with God. 1083 00:38:18,380 --> 00:38:19,599 Like, I just knew 1084 00:38:20,340 --> 00:38:22,239 God was with him. 1085 00:38:22,980 --> 00:38:23,900 And I could just tell him 1086 00:38:23,900 --> 00:38:24,960 God was in the room 1087 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:26,400 because Doug Miller 1088 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:29,739 just radiated the fragrance, 1089 00:38:30,139 --> 00:38:32,619 the character of Christ. 1090 00:38:32,940 --> 00:38:34,480 You know, don't you want that said about you? 1091 00:38:34,619 --> 00:38:35,739 And it's all of you. 1092 00:38:35,900 --> 00:38:36,340 We can all, 1093 00:38:36,519 --> 00:38:37,699 we are all that. 1094 00:38:37,860 --> 00:38:39,139 We can have all that. 1095 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,179 We can be the fragrance of Christ 1096 00:38:41,179 --> 00:38:42,559 to those who are living 1097 00:38:42,559 --> 00:38:44,139 and the fragrance of death 1098 00:38:44,139 --> 00:38:45,239 to those who are dying 1099 00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:46,599 in a warning saying, 1100 00:38:46,619 --> 00:38:47,880 don't go there, you know? 1101 00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:49,880 But it's the idea 1102 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:53,099 that like we want to walk with God. 1103 00:38:53,599 --> 00:38:54,559 And this was Noah. 1104 00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:57,139 And Peter writes quite a bit 1105 00:38:57,139 --> 00:38:58,119 about Noah as well. 1106 00:38:58,440 --> 00:38:59,860 First Peter 3.20, 1107 00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:01,340 he says, 1108 00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:02,840 God waited patiently 1109 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,280 in the days of Noah 1110 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:06,639 while the ark was being built. 1111 00:39:07,519 --> 00:39:09,119 In it, only a few people 1112 00:39:09,119 --> 00:39:10,139 ate it all, 1113 00:39:10,420 --> 00:39:12,260 were saved through water. 1114 00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:14,219 You know, God waited patiently. 1115 00:39:14,780 --> 00:39:17,199 You know, the estimates are 1116 00:39:17,199 --> 00:39:18,920 the ark took between 100 1117 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:20,820 and 120 years to build, 1118 00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:24,119 depending on he was 500 years old 1119 00:39:24,119 --> 00:39:28,139 and then he built the ark. 1120 00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:31,539 So between 100 to 120 years, 1121 00:39:31,780 --> 00:39:32,579 some say 120 1122 00:39:32,579 --> 00:39:33,219 because he said, 1123 00:39:33,219 --> 00:39:34,380 I'll only put up with humans 1124 00:39:34,380 --> 00:39:35,639 for another 120 years. 1125 00:39:36,139 --> 00:39:37,719 But anyway, it was a long time 1126 00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:39,019 and he's building 1127 00:39:39,019 --> 00:39:40,019 and what is he doing? 1128 00:39:40,079 --> 00:39:41,079 He's also preaching. 1129 00:39:42,039 --> 00:39:42,579 He's preaching 1130 00:39:42,579 --> 00:39:43,159 because they're saying, 1131 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:44,079 hey, you know, 1132 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:45,760 Noah, I noticed like the sea 1133 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:47,579 is about 200 miles away from here 1134 00:39:47,579 --> 00:39:48,739 or 300 1135 00:39:48,739 --> 00:39:50,420 and you're building a yacht, 1136 00:39:50,820 --> 00:39:51,579 a big yacht, 1137 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:52,800 a big, big yacht, 1138 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:54,400 450 feet long, 1139 00:39:54,699 --> 00:39:56,320 75 feet wide 1140 00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,860 and 45 feet high. 1141 00:39:59,079 --> 00:40:01,260 That's the whole lot of animals, right? 1142 00:40:01,659 --> 00:40:03,159 And he's building this thing 1143 00:40:03,159 --> 00:40:04,320 and they're probably saying, 1144 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:05,079 there's no water. 1145 00:40:05,219 --> 00:40:05,920 Are you crazy? 1146 00:40:06,199 --> 00:40:07,579 And you probably saw some of the shows 1147 00:40:07,579 --> 00:40:08,559 where they're mocking them 1148 00:40:08,559 --> 00:40:08,980 and everything 1149 00:40:08,980 --> 00:40:11,519 and that he just keeps building and saying 1150 00:40:11,519 --> 00:40:12,880 and he's preaching. 1151 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:14,420 He's preaching at them, 1152 00:40:14,699 --> 00:40:15,679 warning them 1153 00:40:15,679 --> 00:40:17,059 they better get right 1154 00:40:17,059 --> 00:40:18,599 because otherwise you would want 1155 00:40:18,599 --> 00:40:20,719 to be on this yacht I'm building, right? 1156 00:40:21,179 --> 00:40:22,219 And we read about this 1157 00:40:22,219 --> 00:40:24,940 in 2 Peter chapter 2, 1158 00:40:25,019 --> 00:40:26,719 verses 4, 5 and 9. 1159 00:40:27,300 --> 00:40:29,599 God did not spare the angels who sin 1160 00:40:29,599 --> 00:40:31,860 but cast them down to hell 1161 00:40:32,380 --> 00:40:35,460 and delivered them into chains of darkness 1162 00:40:36,140 --> 00:40:38,039 to be reserved for judgment 1163 00:40:38,039 --> 00:40:40,719 and did not spare the ancient world 1164 00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:42,519 but saved Noah, 1165 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:44,260 one of the eight people, 1166 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,340 a preacher of righteousness 1167 00:40:47,100 --> 00:40:48,460 bringing in the flood 1168 00:40:48,460 --> 00:40:50,480 on the world of the unGodly. 1169 00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:51,920 The Lord knows, 1170 00:40:52,159 --> 00:40:52,940 aren't you glad of this? 1171 00:40:53,519 --> 00:40:55,719 The Lord knows how to deliver 1172 00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:58,900 the Godly out of the temptations 1173 00:40:58,900 --> 00:41:02,960 and to reserve the unjust under punishment 1174 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:04,420 for the day of judgment. 1175 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:06,940 I'm not so glad about the other part 1176 00:41:06,940 --> 00:41:08,960 but this is God's rules, right? 1177 00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:10,400 And he's the one who rules. 1178 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:12,460 We have to surrender to him 1179 00:41:12,460 --> 00:41:14,360 because there will be hell to pay 1180 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,340 for many people who never receive him. 1181 00:41:17,940 --> 00:41:19,880 As the worship team comes up, 1182 00:41:21,559 --> 00:41:23,179 we have this one last slide 1183 00:41:23,179 --> 00:41:25,219 just to remind us of what we just learned 1184 00:41:25,219 --> 00:41:26,139 about in the word, 1185 00:41:26,900 --> 00:41:29,579 that faith is proven by our sacrifices 1186 00:41:29,579 --> 00:41:32,960 and we could see that by Abel's sacrifice. 1187 00:41:33,739 --> 00:41:35,260 Like, what are we surrendering 1188 00:41:35,260 --> 00:41:37,059 or relinquishing to God? 1189 00:41:38,940 --> 00:41:40,900 Because, you know, he never forgets. 1190 00:41:41,739 --> 00:41:43,539 He chooses to forget your sins 1191 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:45,820 because he doesn't actually forget him. 1192 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:46,980 He remembers them no more. 1193 00:41:47,119 --> 00:41:48,019 We talked about that before. 1194 00:41:48,519 --> 00:41:49,099 There's a difference. 1195 00:41:49,639 --> 00:41:51,019 He remembers them no more. 1196 00:41:51,659 --> 00:41:53,179 But he will never forget 1197 00:41:53,179 --> 00:41:55,820 what you sacrifice for him, 1198 00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,400 what you dedicate to him, 1199 00:41:58,480 --> 00:41:59,880 what you relinquish to him 1200 00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:01,320 and say, Lord, have it. 1201 00:42:01,420 --> 00:42:02,119 Have my job. 1202 00:42:02,860 --> 00:42:03,880 Lord, don't quit your job. 1203 00:42:04,579 --> 00:42:05,940 Let the Lord have your job. 1204 00:42:06,519 --> 00:42:07,519 You know, a lot of people misinterpret. 1205 00:42:07,780 --> 00:42:08,760 I'm just giving it all to Lord. 1206 00:42:09,420 --> 00:42:10,480 I'm not even gonna tell my employer 1207 00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:11,420 I'm not showing up today. 1208 00:42:11,699 --> 00:42:12,239 I'm leaving. 1209 00:42:13,159 --> 00:42:14,280 And never even, like, 1210 00:42:14,519 --> 00:42:16,340 it just boggles my mind, you know? 1211 00:42:16,559 --> 00:42:17,760 Like how people can think 1212 00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:18,679 for getting closer to God 1213 00:42:18,679 --> 00:42:22,960 and then leave all responsibilities behind. 1214 00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:23,840 That ain't God. 1215 00:42:24,619 --> 00:42:25,920 I'm just telling you, God doesn't do that. 1216 00:42:26,460 --> 00:42:27,619 God is always responsible. 1217 00:42:28,860 --> 00:42:30,820 God, if you start something, 1218 00:42:30,980 --> 00:42:31,579 he will never say, 1219 00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:32,659 just drop it and leave it 1220 00:42:32,659 --> 00:42:33,659 for someone else to do. 1221 00:42:34,199 --> 00:42:35,340 At least hand it off. 1222 00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:37,099 Even Elijah handed off the mantle 1223 00:42:37,099 --> 00:42:38,519 to Elijah, right? 1224 00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:40,519 There's always a mantle being passed. 1225 00:42:41,019 --> 00:42:42,199 You don't just drop it. 1226 00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:44,780 Something that is being built, 1227 00:42:45,199 --> 00:42:45,840 like an arc. 1228 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:46,300 Could you imagine? 1229 00:42:46,579 --> 00:42:48,000 No, I just built half the arc 1230 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,159 and like, yeah, I think we're good on that side. 1231 00:42:50,500 --> 00:42:51,780 I'm gonna take a break. 1232 00:42:51,900 --> 00:42:53,000 Let's see if the next generation 1233 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:54,119 musters up somebody 1234 00:42:54,119 --> 00:42:55,800 who will build the rest of it, you know? 1235 00:42:56,139 --> 00:42:57,019 Too late, right? 1236 00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,239 We have to finish what we start. 1237 00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:00,260 I love the verse that says, 1238 00:43:00,559 --> 00:43:01,519 he who began a good work 1239 00:43:01,519 --> 00:43:02,599 and you will complete it 1240 00:43:02,599 --> 00:43:04,360 in Christ Jesus, you know? 1241 00:43:04,619 --> 00:43:06,699 We have to be finishers, you know? 1242 00:43:07,119 --> 00:43:08,840 So what are we offering up 1243 00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:09,679 to the Lord to say, 1244 00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:10,760 Lord, finish it. 1245 00:43:11,219 --> 00:43:12,900 Lord, help me finish this. 1246 00:43:13,579 --> 00:43:14,380 Or words. 1247 00:43:14,599 --> 00:43:15,619 Are we using our words? 1248 00:43:15,699 --> 00:43:17,219 Are we realizing that our words 1249 00:43:17,219 --> 00:43:18,460 in our tongue 1250 00:43:18,460 --> 00:43:20,159 is the power of life and death? 1251 00:43:21,099 --> 00:43:22,380 And we talk about this a lot, 1252 00:43:22,559 --> 00:43:24,760 how the believer has faith 1253 00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:25,900 and when we speak, 1254 00:43:26,039 --> 00:43:27,880 we even sing songs about this, 1255 00:43:28,199 --> 00:43:29,199 that when we speak, 1256 00:43:29,559 --> 00:43:31,420 powerful things happen 1257 00:43:31,420 --> 00:43:34,519 because the Spirit of God lives in us. 1258 00:43:34,900 --> 00:43:36,079 Even at Pentecost, 1259 00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:37,679 when the Holy Spirit came 1260 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:39,739 and Peter said, 1261 00:43:39,820 --> 00:43:40,099 you know what? 1262 00:43:40,380 --> 00:43:41,300 Your sons and daughters, 1263 00:43:41,300 --> 00:43:42,500 they will prophesy. 1264 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,179 Your servants will prophesy. 1265 00:43:45,260 --> 00:43:46,659 Everybody will prophesy 1266 00:43:46,659 --> 00:43:48,300 in the Holy Spirit 1267 00:43:48,779 --> 00:43:50,360 because when you prophesy, 1268 00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:51,199 it doesn't mean you're telling 1269 00:43:51,199 --> 00:43:52,239 the future necessarily. 1270 00:43:52,380 --> 00:43:54,199 It may just be that you're sharing 1271 00:43:54,199 --> 00:43:57,420 the word in the moment, right? 1272 00:43:58,059 --> 00:43:59,440 Our words are powerful 1273 00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:00,940 and then finally, actions. 1274 00:44:01,639 --> 00:44:02,659 If the Lord tells you 1275 00:44:02,659 --> 00:44:04,780 to build something, build it. 1276 00:44:05,579 --> 00:44:07,599 If the Lord tells you to do a work, 1277 00:44:08,559 --> 00:44:09,800 stop putting it off. 1278 00:44:10,559 --> 00:44:11,599 I have some works 1279 00:44:11,599 --> 00:44:12,659 that I've been putting off. 1280 00:44:12,780 --> 00:44:13,719 I'm not going to share them yet 1281 00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:14,739 because I'm still putting them off. 1282 00:44:14,739 --> 00:44:18,000 But I know the Lord just keeps saying, 1283 00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:20,699 you still need to do that. 1284 00:44:21,119 --> 00:44:22,659 And I'm like, all right, Lord, 1285 00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:23,760 well, I need help. 1286 00:44:24,380 --> 00:44:25,239 So give me a hammer. 1287 00:44:25,820 --> 00:44:26,619 Give me some nails. 1288 00:44:28,639 --> 00:44:30,840 But if he's telling you to do something, 1289 00:44:31,039 --> 00:44:31,860 don't put it off. 1290 00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:35,119 Just if he's equipping you, 1291 00:44:35,460 --> 00:44:38,280 if he guides, he will provide, right? 1292 00:44:38,679 --> 00:44:40,239 If he has called you to something, 1293 00:44:40,619 --> 00:44:43,780 he will give you everything you need to succeed. 1294 00:44:43,780 --> 00:44:45,019 You will complete it. 1295 00:44:45,340 --> 00:44:47,420 And if you know you lack something, 1296 00:44:47,699 --> 00:44:48,860 the Lord will guide you 1297 00:44:48,860 --> 00:44:51,159 to the person who has what you're lacking. 1298 00:44:51,460 --> 00:44:53,219 So maybe you should be part of a team. 1299 00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:55,320 I fully believe in teams. 1300 00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:58,079 I really do because team efforts, 1301 00:44:58,619 --> 00:45:00,440 not one of us have everything we need. 1302 00:45:01,039 --> 00:45:02,719 When we join a team, 1303 00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:04,840 but some of us want to be these pioneers 1304 00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:06,519 and like renegades. 1305 00:45:06,599 --> 00:45:07,659 No, I don't need anybody. 1306 00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:08,900 The Lord sent me. 1307 00:45:09,260 --> 00:45:10,719 That's a lonely place to be. 1308 00:45:10,820 --> 00:45:12,900 I'm not saying you can't have success 1309 00:45:12,900 --> 00:45:13,639 for the kingdom, 1310 00:45:14,119 --> 00:45:15,400 but you see Elijah. 1311 00:45:15,719 --> 00:45:17,900 How let him rant and rave 1312 00:45:17,900 --> 00:45:18,780 and almost a meltdown 1313 00:45:19,559 --> 00:45:21,039 because he felt alone. 1314 00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:22,940 The Lord said, you're not alone. 1315 00:45:23,619 --> 00:45:24,739 I got plenty of people 1316 00:45:24,739 --> 00:45:26,900 who are still mine in this kingdom. 1317 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:30,679 So we need to finish what we start, you know? 1318 00:45:31,019 --> 00:45:32,880 And maybe the Lord's telling you right now, 1319 00:45:33,139 --> 00:45:35,119 you know what you're supposed to be doing. 1320 00:45:36,079 --> 00:45:37,539 And I'm not trying to guilt you. 1321 00:45:37,619 --> 00:45:38,300 I'm trying to say, 1322 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:40,099 get to work 1323 00:45:40,099 --> 00:45:42,800 because this is a work from me. 1324 00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:46,260 This is my work that I want you to accomplish. 1325 00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:48,760 So let's all stand up. 1326 00:45:50,340 --> 00:45:51,500 Father God, we thank you 1327 00:45:52,339 --> 00:45:54,260 for what a great God you are, Lord. 1328 00:45:54,940 --> 00:45:58,360 And how we can demonstrate our faith to you 1329 00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:01,000 through sacrifice words and actions, Lord. 1330 00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:03,139 And Lord, if you're calling us 1331 00:46:03,139 --> 00:46:05,280 to sacrifice something to you, 1332 00:46:05,619 --> 00:46:08,519 Lord, we ask you to help us 1333 00:46:08,519 --> 00:46:09,820 let go of it. 1334 00:46:10,659 --> 00:46:12,760 Sometimes we just hold on so tight 1335 00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:15,639 with white knuckles, Lord. 1336 00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:17,119 Not want to let it go, Lord. 1337 00:46:18,300 --> 00:46:20,019 Help us let it go, Lord. 1338 00:46:20,780 --> 00:46:23,500 We believe, help our unbelief, Lord. 1339 00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:25,239 And if there's words 1340 00:46:25,239 --> 00:46:28,380 that you need to give us more confidence 1341 00:46:28,380 --> 00:46:30,239 and courage to speak out 1342 00:46:30,980 --> 00:46:32,519 what you tell us in the private 1343 00:46:32,519 --> 00:46:34,039 to stand up on the rooftop 1344 00:46:34,039 --> 00:46:35,480 and shout it out, Lord God. 1345 00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:37,420 Give us boldness of speech. 1346 00:46:37,739 --> 00:46:39,980 Even Paul needed boldness of speech, Lord. 1347 00:46:39,980 --> 00:46:43,739 Give us boldness of speech to speak out. 1348 00:46:44,659 --> 00:46:45,599 And finally, Lord God, 1349 00:46:45,719 --> 00:46:46,719 if there's a work 1350 00:46:46,719 --> 00:46:48,980 that you've called us to do, Lord, 1351 00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:51,619 help us put our hands in the plow 1352 00:46:51,619 --> 00:46:52,460 and never look back. 1353 00:46:52,639 --> 00:46:54,239 In Jesus' name, amen. 1354 00:46:58,480 --> 00:46:59,980 Thanks for joining us 1355 00:46:59,980 --> 00:47:01,340 at Lansdale Life Church 1356 00:47:01,340 --> 00:47:02,539 as we praise God 1357 00:47:02,539 --> 00:47:03,840 and discuss His word. 1358 00:47:04,539 --> 00:47:05,800 Don't forget to join us 1359 00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:07,619 for worship live Sunday mornings 1360 00:47:07,619 --> 00:47:10,000 at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube. 1361 00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:13,119 Be blessed and have a great day!