1 00:00:14,119 --> 00:00:17,339 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 00:00:24,679 --> 00:00:27,059 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:35,679 --> 00:00:39,020 Welcome everyone. Praise the Lord. 5 00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:45,619 Man, you guys look beautiful today. You know that? You're radiant. 6 00:00:46,299 --> 00:00:49,100 It's a gloomy day outside, but it's sunny in here, amen? 7 00:00:49,740 --> 00:00:52,880 There's all kinds of suns, suns of light in this place. 8 00:00:52,880 --> 00:01:00,500 Praise God. Yeah, so if you could turn to Acts chapter 5. 9 00:01:01,899 --> 00:01:05,239 Yeah, I'm so used to all these other announcements I have to add in, man. 10 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,640 You guys did such an amazing job. We're just good. 11 00:01:08,460 --> 00:01:11,540 But I'm really looking forward to the men's breakfast. 12 00:01:12,739 --> 00:01:16,120 Our dear brother Isaiah, he's going to be bringing it this coming Saturday. 13 00:01:16,299 --> 00:01:18,019 So you guys make sure you come out for that. 14 00:01:18,019 --> 00:01:23,019 And I don't know if Arnold's still in the house, but here he is. 15 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,980 Arnold, you can't be here this Saturday, but next month, right? 16 00:01:27,439 --> 00:01:34,000 All right. So we're going to be looking at Acts chapter 5 verses 1 to 11. 17 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,140 So let's pray. Father God, we thank you for being here. 18 00:01:38,599 --> 00:01:42,500 We thank you, Lord, that your spirit is alive, Lord. 19 00:01:42,500 --> 00:01:48,159 We thank you that just the jubilation that we experience in our worship today, 20 00:01:49,180 --> 00:01:53,760 celebrating, Lord God, that you are at large and in charge in our lives. 21 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,680 And you're going to do so many things here this morning, even, 22 00:01:57,239 --> 00:02:01,719 as we celebrate you and we ask you to just speak to us through your word. 23 00:02:02,459 --> 00:02:03,980 In Jesus' name, amen. 24 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:10,180 So today's message is titled cooperating with the Holy Spirit. 25 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:16,479 And, you know, we really want to cooperate with the Holy Spirit, don't we? 26 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,460 We don't want to challenge the Holy Spirit. 27 00:02:19,819 --> 00:02:21,879 We don't want to question the Holy Spirit. 28 00:02:22,500 --> 00:02:26,080 We want to cooperate because, you know, whatever operation 29 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,219 the Holy Spirit's engaged in, we want to be part of it, right? 30 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,199 We want to partner with the Holy Spirit. 31 00:02:33,879 --> 00:02:37,419 And we've been studying, of course, in the book of Acts to early church 32 00:02:37,419 --> 00:02:41,520 how many amazing things God was doing through the church. 33 00:02:41,699 --> 00:02:44,580 Yeah, you picture Jesus Christ, ascend it to heaven, 34 00:02:44,939 --> 00:02:47,680 and he said greater things will you do than these, right? 35 00:02:47,979 --> 00:02:55,159 And then the Holy Spirit just came upon the early believers and filled them. 36 00:02:55,500 --> 00:03:00,939 And now the Lord is choosing to do his work through ordinary folks like us 37 00:03:00,939 --> 00:03:02,919 that are born again. 38 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:09,379 And so we read about how people were getting saved, signs, wonders, miracles. 39 00:03:10,719 --> 00:03:15,060 And last week we looked at how the generosity of the early church, 40 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,699 how they were just giving everything because they sensed, 41 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:19,460 what good is it down here? 42 00:03:19,699 --> 00:03:22,960 I'm looking for an eternal treasure in heaven, right? 43 00:03:23,379 --> 00:03:27,539 And so people were just so benevolent and generous 44 00:03:27,539 --> 00:03:30,740 because great grace was upon them. 45 00:03:30,740 --> 00:03:33,479 They just experienced God's benevolence, 46 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:38,860 his giftedness, how just plentiful he always just endues us 47 00:03:38,860 --> 00:03:41,300 with all the good things from heaven. 48 00:03:41,919 --> 00:03:44,960 And so we looked at how everyone was just giving and giving 49 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:49,460 because the Holy Spirit was inspiring them to do so. 50 00:03:50,639 --> 00:03:54,580 And last week we looked at, if you could have this first slide up, 51 00:03:55,159 --> 00:04:00,099 we looked at how they were bringing, they're selling their possessions, 52 00:04:00,099 --> 00:04:03,219 their land, their property, and they're bringing it. 53 00:04:03,719 --> 00:04:09,360 And we learned about laying their offerings to the feet of the apostles. 54 00:04:09,740 --> 00:04:14,280 What did that mean to lay their offerings at the feet of the apostles? 55 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:19,079 And we talked about how that demonstrated submission to God's authority, 56 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:22,939 people that the Lord put in charge of the early church. 57 00:04:23,699 --> 00:04:27,160 Trust that I trust they're going to use this properly 58 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,420 and be good stewards of what I'm surrendering. 59 00:04:30,699 --> 00:04:33,560 The next thing, of course, is surrendering these things saying, 60 00:04:33,779 --> 00:04:35,500 they no longer belong to me. 61 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,420 They now belong to the apostle, to the church, 62 00:04:38,519 --> 00:04:43,759 really to Jesus Christ to disperse how he wants to disperse them. 63 00:04:44,259 --> 00:04:46,459 And then finally was the unity. 64 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:51,879 It demonstrated unity because they're all giving at the same time. 65 00:04:52,879 --> 00:04:55,860 And we compared that, if you can recall, 66 00:04:56,199 --> 00:05:01,879 to when Israel was taking a collection of gold and silver 67 00:05:01,879 --> 00:05:05,680 and all the very expensive fabrics and so forth, 68 00:05:06,060 --> 00:05:08,399 that they were actually given in Egypt. 69 00:05:09,079 --> 00:05:11,660 Imagine that the Egyptians were paying them to leave 70 00:05:11,660 --> 00:05:16,379 just as God said that they would, because they were just plundering. 71 00:05:16,540 --> 00:05:17,319 They used to be slaves. 72 00:05:17,540 --> 00:05:20,939 Now they're plundering the very land that enslaved them. 73 00:05:20,939 --> 00:05:23,620 And so they were getting paid to leave. 74 00:05:24,079 --> 00:05:26,459 And so they had all these treasures out in the wilderness 75 00:05:26,459 --> 00:05:28,300 and now they learned why, 76 00:05:28,779 --> 00:05:32,779 in order to surrender them to the Lord to build the tabernacle. 77 00:05:33,259 --> 00:05:38,120 And so we talked about how the unity everyone brought with a willing heart, by the way. 78 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,759 In fact, the Lord said, only collect those 79 00:05:40,759 --> 00:05:45,759 who are coming with an eager and willing heart to give towards the Lord. 80 00:05:46,220 --> 00:05:48,360 And so the Lord was building his tabernacle 81 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:53,199 with those very treasures that they exploited or took 82 00:05:53,199 --> 00:05:55,379 from the Egyptians on their way out. 83 00:05:56,060 --> 00:05:59,000 And then we also talked about the temple 84 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:03,680 and how hundreds of years later, finally, 85 00:06:04,259 --> 00:06:07,120 when King Solomon was going to build the temple, 86 00:06:07,519 --> 00:06:11,339 David took a collection of all the things from Israel 87 00:06:11,339 --> 00:06:15,040 that would be needed to build the temple of God. 88 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,199 And there, again, there was so much coming in 89 00:06:18,199 --> 00:06:20,240 that they told them to stop. 90 00:06:20,399 --> 00:06:21,819 We don't even know where to put it all. 91 00:06:22,079 --> 00:06:23,459 Like, stop, stop, stop. 92 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:28,439 Because there's so much generosity that was just pouring out 93 00:06:28,439 --> 00:06:34,620 because they felt they just experienced God's grace upon their kingdom. 94 00:06:34,980 --> 00:06:36,579 They finally had a land. 95 00:06:37,139 --> 00:06:39,920 They finally had victory in all of their battles. 96 00:06:40,399 --> 00:06:42,000 They finally had possessions. 97 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,879 You know, things were good in Israel at that time, 98 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:48,560 so they just wanted to pour out to God and give. 99 00:06:49,459 --> 00:06:51,459 You know, it just reminded me right now of, 100 00:06:51,579 --> 00:06:54,819 remember when North Carolina had the hurricanes and so forth 101 00:06:54,819 --> 00:06:57,420 and we were trying to get involved, 102 00:06:57,540 --> 00:07:00,019 and some of us actually did, took a trip down there. 103 00:07:00,959 --> 00:07:03,699 Jordan and Jen Good and some others went down there 104 00:07:03,699 --> 00:07:07,699 and delivered products and supplies and resources. 105 00:07:08,399 --> 00:07:10,600 But I'll never forget that the interesting thing 106 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,579 is that when I was speaking to a church down there 107 00:07:13,579 --> 00:07:16,060 and I was talking to one of the pastors, 108 00:07:16,279 --> 00:07:17,680 I'm like, so what do you need down there? 109 00:07:18,060 --> 00:07:19,399 It was like, you know what, actually, 110 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,980 all the things that are coming down, we have too much of. 111 00:07:22,199 --> 00:07:23,420 We don't even know where to put it all. 112 00:07:23,740 --> 00:07:24,259 Imagine that. 113 00:07:24,620 --> 00:07:26,339 Now, they needed new things, okay, 114 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,019 some things that perhaps were more difficult to get. 115 00:07:29,500 --> 00:07:34,160 But you love hearing the generosity, right, just pouring out. 116 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:36,060 Like, you know, people didn't even realize 117 00:07:36,060 --> 00:07:37,120 what they were bringing down. 118 00:07:37,259 --> 00:07:38,180 They had too much of. 119 00:07:38,399 --> 00:07:39,579 They didn't even know where to put it. 120 00:07:39,579 --> 00:07:41,160 So that's the idea. 121 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:44,959 And so we see this picture of people giving, giving, giving. 122 00:07:46,079 --> 00:07:50,579 But now we're going to hit a bump in the road, okay? 123 00:07:50,759 --> 00:07:53,379 As you know, the story, those of you who have read ahead, 124 00:07:55,060 --> 00:07:56,399 because everything's good. 125 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,000 There's so much flow of the Holy Spirit. 126 00:08:01,019 --> 00:08:02,279 There's so much love, 127 00:08:04,859 --> 00:08:09,279 salvations, discipleship, signs, wonders, miracles, healings, right? 128 00:08:09,939 --> 00:08:11,620 So many great things are happening. 129 00:08:11,980 --> 00:08:13,759 People are generous to one another. 130 00:08:14,319 --> 00:08:17,480 And then suddenly this happens, okay? 131 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,939 And we can see, really, it was the first time that Satan, 132 00:08:22,579 --> 00:08:24,339 the devil, was actually intruding. 133 00:08:24,639 --> 00:08:28,439 He was actually creeping in to the early church. 134 00:08:29,319 --> 00:08:33,740 And as a result, we're going to see a striking, severe, 135 00:08:34,519 --> 00:08:39,159 and harsh rapid wrath of God in this passage. 136 00:08:39,340 --> 00:08:41,019 I mean, he's just going to bam. 137 00:08:41,779 --> 00:08:46,080 I am going to deal with this now, you know? 138 00:08:46,700 --> 00:08:50,179 Sometimes the Lord brings his wrath 139 00:08:50,779 --> 00:08:52,779 because he wants to set a precedent. 140 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:55,500 Like, we're going to, no, no, no, no, no. 141 00:08:55,700 --> 00:08:57,419 We're not doing this, okay? 142 00:08:57,419 --> 00:09:00,820 And he just brings that wrath immediately 143 00:09:00,820 --> 00:09:04,440 so that there will be fear that falls upon the church. 144 00:09:04,580 --> 00:09:07,059 It says, whoa, like, you know, 145 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:08,759 we need to be reverent of God. 146 00:09:08,919 --> 00:09:10,519 You know, as great as this seems, 147 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:11,840 and it must have been, let's face it, 148 00:09:11,980 --> 00:09:14,639 the early church was like the wild, wild west, you know? 149 00:09:14,700 --> 00:09:16,679 It was like all kinds of things are happening. 150 00:09:17,059 --> 00:09:19,600 And suddenly, you know, you can get carried away 151 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,259 and not realize, no, this is God doing it. 152 00:09:22,700 --> 00:09:24,500 We don't do whatever we want. 153 00:09:25,219 --> 00:09:28,519 We cooperate with what God is doing. 154 00:09:29,139 --> 00:09:30,879 And so as we read this, we're going to realize 155 00:09:30,879 --> 00:09:33,720 this is a really important moment, 156 00:09:34,039 --> 00:09:35,600 and we're going to be hearing about other ones 157 00:09:36,119 --> 00:09:38,720 during the history with God and his people 158 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:42,299 that are striking, and we can learn a lot from it. 159 00:09:42,460 --> 00:09:44,259 But don't worry, we're not going to be walking out of here 160 00:09:44,259 --> 00:09:47,039 saying, oh, no, like, am I doing something wrong? 161 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,659 Or, you know, like, because, you know, thank God, 162 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:51,799 you know, his wrath is not upon us. 163 00:09:51,799 --> 00:09:54,800 It's not like he won't sometimes give some discipline 164 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:56,679 when we're out of line, 165 00:09:57,039 --> 00:09:59,519 but we don't have to fear his wrath, 166 00:10:00,039 --> 00:10:04,379 but we really need to always revere his power 167 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,580 and the intentions, his intentions. 168 00:10:08,659 --> 00:10:10,700 You know, otherwise, we start coming into things 169 00:10:10,700 --> 00:10:11,779 in our own agenda. 170 00:10:11,980 --> 00:10:13,059 Now, we want to do this now. 171 00:10:13,259 --> 00:10:14,500 This is fun, right? 172 00:10:14,879 --> 00:10:19,240 No, we want to cooperate with the Holy Spirit. 173 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,139 So, let's dive in. 174 00:10:21,179 --> 00:10:23,340 We're going to read right through these 11 verses. 175 00:10:24,899 --> 00:10:27,659 Father God, again, thank you for this word, Lord, 176 00:10:28,139 --> 00:10:31,759 and how, I guess, numbing in a sense 177 00:10:31,759 --> 00:10:34,299 and frightful it can seem, Lord, 178 00:10:34,419 --> 00:10:37,539 but we know that, you know, we are your beloved 179 00:10:38,519 --> 00:10:41,299 and we can trust you, in Jesus' name, amen. 180 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,240 Verse 1, but a certain man named Ananias, 181 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,539 with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession. 182 00:10:49,860 --> 00:10:54,399 Verse 4, while it remained, was it not your own? 183 00:10:55,539 --> 00:10:59,600 And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? 184 00:11:00,700 --> 00:11:03,799 Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? 185 00:11:04,639 --> 00:11:08,259 You have not lied to men, but to God. 186 00:11:09,500 --> 00:11:11,639 And then Ananias, hearing these words, 187 00:11:11,639 --> 00:11:14,720 fell down and breathed his last. 188 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:21,259 And so great fear came upon all those who heard these things. 189 00:11:22,139 --> 00:11:24,820 And the young men arose and wrapped him up 190 00:11:24,820 --> 00:11:27,279 and carried him out and buried him. 191 00:11:28,419 --> 00:11:31,000 And now it was about three hours later 192 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:35,580 when his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 193 00:11:36,419 --> 00:11:38,159 And Peter answered her, 194 00:11:38,159 --> 00:11:42,200 tell me whether you sold the land for so much? 195 00:11:43,179 --> 00:11:45,940 And she said, yes, for so much. 196 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:48,659 And then Peter said to her, 197 00:11:48,799 --> 00:11:51,639 how is it that you have agreed together 198 00:11:52,159 --> 00:11:55,039 to test the spirit of the Lord? 199 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,460 Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband 200 00:12:00,159 --> 00:12:03,419 are at the door and they will carry you out. 201 00:12:04,419 --> 00:12:08,379 And then immediately she fell down at his feet 202 00:12:08,379 --> 00:12:10,279 and breathed her last. 203 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,039 And the young men came in and found her dead 204 00:12:14,039 --> 00:12:17,879 and carrying her out, buried her by her husband. 205 00:12:18,620 --> 00:12:21,899 And so great fear came upon all the church 206 00:12:22,419 --> 00:12:26,200 and upon all who heard these things. 207 00:12:27,259 --> 00:12:30,659 Wow, like you got to admit, that's like, 208 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:34,620 wow God, really? Like that was necessary? 209 00:12:37,100 --> 00:12:39,820 You know, one thing I guess in my own carnal mind 210 00:12:39,820 --> 00:12:42,399 as I was thinking through this, I was thinking, 211 00:12:43,319 --> 00:12:44,620 where's Sapphira's friends? 212 00:12:46,419 --> 00:12:47,820 I mean, it's three hours later, 213 00:12:47,820 --> 00:12:49,720 she's walking towards the building 214 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:50,940 that they were meeting at. 215 00:12:51,700 --> 00:12:54,460 Her husband was dead and no one told her that yet. 216 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:55,379 Okay. 217 00:12:56,220 --> 00:12:58,879 And then no one said, come here, come here, 218 00:12:58,960 --> 00:12:59,860 before you go in there, 219 00:12:59,860 --> 00:13:01,179 I just want to tell you something. 220 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:05,039 Whatever you sold the property for, tell the truth. 221 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:08,799 You know, just a little heads up, you know? 222 00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:10,899 But no one said anything. 223 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:12,240 Now we don't know who was there, 224 00:13:12,340 --> 00:13:13,960 we don't know whether they just didn't see, 225 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:15,879 she didn't see anyone on the way 226 00:13:15,879 --> 00:13:17,019 and we don't know these things, 227 00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:19,419 so I don't want to put too much conjecture on this. 228 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:23,460 But still, there was no warning, right? 229 00:13:23,919 --> 00:13:27,000 Perhaps those who were there were so afraid, right? 230 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:28,539 Like, I don't want to get in the way of this. 231 00:13:28,539 --> 00:13:31,600 Like, you know, maybe God doesn't want her to know. 232 00:13:31,779 --> 00:13:33,919 You know, I'm just keeping my mouth shut. 233 00:13:35,100 --> 00:13:37,460 But no one told her, three hours later, 234 00:13:37,940 --> 00:13:41,820 and here she said the same lie and dropped dead. 235 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:44,620 You know, it's just, where were the warnings, you know? 236 00:13:45,399 --> 00:13:46,940 To lighten it up a little bit, 237 00:13:47,419 --> 00:13:49,440 I want to compare it to like an analogy. 238 00:13:50,159 --> 00:13:52,940 You know, if you're driving down the road, 239 00:13:53,419 --> 00:13:54,580 a rural road, right, 240 00:13:55,319 --> 00:13:56,820 and it's nighttime, 241 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,179 and someone flashes their high beams at you 242 00:14:00,179 --> 00:14:02,379 while you're driving down the road, okay? 243 00:14:02,740 --> 00:14:03,720 So what are you thinking? 244 00:14:06,340 --> 00:14:07,759 All right, that's what I was thinking. 245 00:14:08,039 --> 00:14:11,460 All at the same time, deer or a cop? 246 00:14:12,539 --> 00:14:13,620 Right, let's face it, right? 247 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:15,220 It's either or, right? 248 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:17,860 And so last, maybe two weeks ago, 249 00:14:17,879 --> 00:14:20,480 we were driving home on a Wednesday night, Jill and I, 250 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:24,519 and we're driving, and someone flashes their lights at me, 251 00:14:24,559 --> 00:14:26,080 and I'm like, oh, wow, there must be, 252 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:27,820 either a herd of deer up here 253 00:14:27,820 --> 00:14:30,379 or a Ford Explorer pulled over behind some trees 254 00:14:30,379 --> 00:14:32,080 with their parking lights on, 255 00:14:32,279 --> 00:14:34,080 and I just got to keep my eye out for you. 256 00:14:34,159 --> 00:14:35,860 But I wasn't speeding, by the way, anyway, 257 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,279 so it doesn't matter, nothing to worry about here, right? 258 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:41,899 But still, you're like, look at you, 259 00:14:41,980 --> 00:14:44,840 you're like, I'm driving, you know, where is it? 260 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:45,240 You know? 261 00:14:45,580 --> 00:14:47,279 And then another one, flashing a little, 262 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:49,480 oh, it's even further up, okay, so, oh, man. 263 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:52,340 And then the third one's flashing their lights, 264 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:56,120 and I'm like, where are these deer, or where is this cop? 265 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:56,980 What's the matter? 266 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:58,399 What's these people's problems? 267 00:14:58,620 --> 00:15:00,700 Suddenly, Jill says, your high beams are on. 268 00:15:01,139 --> 00:15:02,820 Oh, okay, I get it. 269 00:15:03,559 --> 00:15:05,320 I was the problem, okay? 270 00:15:05,919 --> 00:15:09,059 But the idea is that, like, you know, flashers, 271 00:15:09,299 --> 00:15:10,080 you know, watch out. 272 00:15:10,179 --> 00:15:12,639 No, I don't want to take a vote. 273 00:15:12,879 --> 00:15:13,539 Well, maybe I do. 274 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:14,539 It'll be funny. 275 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:17,480 So who warns people there's a cop ahead, 276 00:15:17,580 --> 00:15:19,500 and I'll put my hand down. 277 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:20,879 A couple of you. 278 00:15:22,100 --> 00:15:26,019 I probably have done both, okay, in the past at times, 279 00:15:26,259 --> 00:15:26,759 but I don't know. 280 00:15:27,039 --> 00:15:29,039 Part of me a little bit kind of thinks, like, well, like, 281 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:29,980 I don't want to, like, you know, 282 00:15:30,019 --> 00:15:33,980 they have a sting operation set up here, a little speech. 283 00:15:34,340 --> 00:15:36,120 But, like, you know, I don't know. 284 00:15:36,279 --> 00:15:38,080 I don't want to intervene and interrupt 285 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,000 what the cops are doing, and, you know, so anyway. 286 00:15:41,399 --> 00:15:42,860 But, like, it's the idea of, like, 287 00:15:43,039 --> 00:15:45,419 they must have been feeling a little bit like that, right? 288 00:15:45,539 --> 00:15:46,039 Well, I don't know. 289 00:15:46,039 --> 00:15:48,620 I mean, you know, maybe I shouldn't warn, whatever. 290 00:15:48,980 --> 00:15:51,799 Well, thank God the Lord does call all of us 291 00:15:51,799 --> 00:15:55,860 to warn people who are going in the wrong direction, okay? 292 00:15:56,419 --> 00:15:57,080 I mean, He does. 293 00:15:57,220 --> 00:15:58,120 He tells us again and again. 294 00:15:58,220 --> 00:16:00,720 You see someone, you know, that is love. 295 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:03,799 Love covers a multitude of sins. 296 00:16:04,460 --> 00:16:06,399 You know, Jude says, drag them out of there. 297 00:16:06,539 --> 00:16:07,000 No, no, no. 298 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:08,059 Don't go in. 299 00:16:08,419 --> 00:16:09,840 You know, just pull them out. 300 00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:11,139 Stop them, you know. 301 00:16:11,519 --> 00:16:13,840 So we don't have to learn from this to say, 302 00:16:13,919 --> 00:16:15,139 well, then just keep your mouth shut. 303 00:16:15,139 --> 00:16:17,820 You know, more like maybe we can speak out 304 00:16:17,820 --> 00:16:22,259 and encourage one another to live right, to do right, you know? 305 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,580 Because they might not be struck dead immediately, 306 00:16:25,139 --> 00:16:27,740 but we know bad things are going to happen in their life, right? 307 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:29,220 I mean, it's so evident. 308 00:16:29,580 --> 00:16:31,259 I mean, how many believers have you seen 309 00:16:31,259 --> 00:16:34,840 that are just going in the wrong trajectory, like, why? 310 00:16:35,159 --> 00:16:37,740 Like, you know where this is going to lead, you know? 311 00:16:38,019 --> 00:16:40,940 So He calls us, really, to warn one another. 312 00:16:41,799 --> 00:16:43,460 But, you know, we look at this, 313 00:16:43,460 --> 00:16:46,259 and we think, like, why did He have to do this? 314 00:16:46,379 --> 00:16:48,860 Like, demonstrate this rapid wrath. 315 00:16:48,980 --> 00:16:50,779 That word just keeps popping into my head. 316 00:16:51,659 --> 00:16:52,320 Rapid wrath. 317 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:54,279 And this is the first time we're going to see it. 318 00:16:54,279 --> 00:16:58,120 We're going to see it other times in the book of Acts 319 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:02,860 when King Herod Agrippa, you know, receives praise 320 00:17:02,860 --> 00:17:06,700 like he's God, and he ends up dying with a horrible disease 321 00:17:06,700 --> 00:17:12,099 being eaten by worms, or this sorcerer named Elemis. 322 00:17:12,779 --> 00:17:14,079 Paul is preaching. 323 00:17:14,660 --> 00:17:15,700 People are starting to listen. 324 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:17,579 And suddenly, Elemis, the sorcerer, 325 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,279 just starts to try to confuse and refute 326 00:17:21,279 --> 00:17:23,839 and actually denounce what Paul's saying. 327 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,640 And Paul just rebuked him right there, 328 00:17:26,700 --> 00:17:30,400 and he became blind immediately on the spot, right? 329 00:17:30,940 --> 00:17:32,339 And so there's going to be more of these. 330 00:17:32,500 --> 00:17:34,579 And even Paul wrote to the Corinthians and said, 331 00:17:34,940 --> 00:17:37,059 you know, you guys, when you come and eat the Lord's supper, 332 00:17:37,559 --> 00:17:38,480 you're getting drunk. 333 00:17:39,259 --> 00:17:41,960 Some of you are taking like three plates, okay, 334 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:43,460 you know, and pulling away. 335 00:17:43,599 --> 00:17:45,599 I mean, hopefully you didn't see when I run out there 336 00:17:45,599 --> 00:17:48,799 and grab three pretzels and take them away. 337 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:49,420 No, I'm kidding. 338 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,680 Actually, those pretzels are going pretty well these days, you know. 339 00:17:52,779 --> 00:17:55,539 It's hard to find one by around 1 p.m. 340 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,740 But anyway, but like, you know, kind of, you know, 341 00:17:58,900 --> 00:18:03,200 like people are just coming in and loaves of bread 342 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,500 and chugging the wine and everything. 343 00:18:05,500 --> 00:18:08,819 And then the last poor sucker comes in at the end and says, 344 00:18:09,079 --> 00:18:10,599 where is everything, you know? 345 00:18:11,039 --> 00:18:12,599 And he's saying, because of this reason, 346 00:18:12,819 --> 00:18:14,279 some of you are actually getting sick 347 00:18:14,279 --> 00:18:17,720 and some have fallen asleep, you know, with saints, 348 00:18:17,859 --> 00:18:18,460 what that means? 349 00:18:18,759 --> 00:18:20,339 It doesn't mean sleepy time. 350 00:18:20,599 --> 00:18:22,160 It means bye-bye time, right? 351 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,200 And so, but like, there is going to be more times 352 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,240 that we see this in the New Testament, 353 00:18:27,599 --> 00:18:30,339 but this is the first monumental time. 354 00:18:31,279 --> 00:18:33,259 And why did it need to happen? 355 00:18:33,259 --> 00:18:36,579 Again, because the Lord wanted to set a precedent 356 00:18:38,179 --> 00:18:40,400 and really make an example. 357 00:18:41,380 --> 00:18:42,680 And I've had an bias in so far. 358 00:18:42,740 --> 00:18:45,319 I don't want to be made an example of, okay? 359 00:18:45,579 --> 00:18:48,920 I mean, you know, I don't want that to be the example, 360 00:18:49,180 --> 00:18:50,859 you know, like, all right, you did this. 361 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,380 Well, now I'm going to scare everybody else, 362 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:53,960 by the way, I treat you, you know? 363 00:18:54,220 --> 00:18:55,299 So we don't want that. 364 00:18:55,599 --> 00:18:58,920 And so the Lord really needed to do this 365 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:00,420 according to his own will 366 00:19:00,420 --> 00:19:03,339 to really shock people into line. 367 00:19:03,559 --> 00:19:07,180 Because let's face it, before this time, 368 00:19:09,460 --> 00:19:12,480 believers in Jesus Christ followed him 369 00:19:13,420 --> 00:19:16,680 and they did exactly what he told them to do. 370 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,319 It was a lot easier now. 371 00:19:19,599 --> 00:19:22,039 They're going to have to rely on the Holy Spirit 372 00:19:22,039 --> 00:19:23,180 being their compass. 373 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:24,940 And so do we. 374 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,299 We have to rely on the Spirit within us 375 00:19:29,299 --> 00:19:32,880 guiding our thoughts, guiding our actions, 376 00:19:33,599 --> 00:19:35,299 our movements, and discernment. 377 00:19:36,039 --> 00:19:38,740 Like, what's really happening here right now? 378 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:40,980 Because I want to do the right thing 379 00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:45,740 in accordance with what the Holy Spirit wants me to do. 380 00:19:46,019 --> 00:19:48,740 You know, so he needed to make an example. 381 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,359 You know, Satan was entering, you know, 382 00:19:52,460 --> 00:19:53,759 what was the big deal with this? 383 00:19:53,859 --> 00:19:54,519 I mean, think about it. 384 00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:55,759 Like, they sold their land. 385 00:19:56,220 --> 00:19:57,140 They had all this money. 386 00:19:57,299 --> 00:19:58,660 It's like, I don't want to give it all. 387 00:19:58,660 --> 00:20:01,940 You know, let me just, you know, hold on to a little bit. 388 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,559 Well, then just tell them, Peter, I held on to a little bit. 389 00:20:05,980 --> 00:20:08,119 Okay, fine, whatever, okay? 390 00:20:08,579 --> 00:20:14,019 But like, to lie, it was really more about them, wasn't it? 391 00:20:14,460 --> 00:20:18,019 Because they really wanted to make this about themselves, 392 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,819 to be, you know, hear the accolades of people. 393 00:20:22,019 --> 00:20:24,119 Wow, you sold that land. 394 00:20:24,519 --> 00:20:25,720 You know, wow, that was, 395 00:20:26,180 --> 00:20:28,220 and just to give it to the church, 396 00:20:28,220 --> 00:20:29,660 they wanted to hear the praise, 397 00:20:30,259 --> 00:20:32,579 but really there was something even more sinister 398 00:20:32,579 --> 00:20:35,700 about all this, and Peter calls it out. 399 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:37,619 Satan had entered them. 400 00:20:37,799 --> 00:20:38,900 Let's look at that slide. 401 00:20:39,039 --> 00:20:42,059 These are a composition of three verses. 402 00:20:43,220 --> 00:20:47,359 Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, 403 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,720 and you have not lied to men but to God, 404 00:20:51,460 --> 00:20:56,599 and you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord. 405 00:20:56,599 --> 00:20:59,400 See, all of this is demonic. 406 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:01,559 Now, do you think Ananias and Safare realized 407 00:21:01,559 --> 00:21:04,180 that they were allowing the devil 408 00:21:04,799 --> 00:21:06,779 to have his way in their lives? 409 00:21:07,039 --> 00:21:08,319 Like, I really doubt it. 410 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,680 You have to say, you know, hey, Safare, 411 00:21:10,759 --> 00:21:12,660 do you really want to do something crazy and evil? 412 00:21:13,180 --> 00:21:13,819 You know, no. 413 00:21:14,519 --> 00:21:16,480 The enemy sneaks in, 414 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:21,319 and he captures our motivations and our intentions, 415 00:21:21,759 --> 00:21:24,259 and he hijacks them, in a sense, right? 416 00:21:24,259 --> 00:21:26,500 And before you know it, you're doing things 417 00:21:26,500 --> 00:21:29,700 according to his will and not the Lord's will. 418 00:21:30,299 --> 00:21:33,200 In fact, Jesus said in Matthew 419 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,900 about blaspheming the Holy Spirit, 420 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:39,019 which would include lying or speaking evil, 421 00:21:39,140 --> 00:21:42,200 and if you have that verse in Matthew 12, 32, 422 00:21:42,819 --> 00:21:45,380 anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, 423 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:47,299 it will be forgiven him, 424 00:21:47,519 --> 00:21:50,200 but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, 425 00:21:50,460 --> 00:21:52,660 it will not be forgiven him, 426 00:21:52,660 --> 00:21:56,680 either in this age or in the age to come. 427 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:02,079 Now, if you are a born-again believer, okay, 428 00:22:03,220 --> 00:22:06,160 you know, we would not speak against the Lord Jesus Christ, 429 00:22:06,339 --> 00:22:07,799 because he is our life. 430 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:10,099 Like, we don't even have a life without him. 431 00:22:11,220 --> 00:22:13,200 But if you're not a born-again believer, 432 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,220 you don't have the Holy Spirit. 433 00:22:15,900 --> 00:22:17,839 Someone who speaks out against Jesus, 434 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:20,579 they don't know any better. 435 00:22:21,139 --> 00:22:23,779 They don't have the Spirit of God in them to say, 436 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:27,019 no, no, no, no, Jesus should be your life. 437 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,380 He is our life. 438 00:22:29,700 --> 00:22:30,319 Think about that. 439 00:22:30,619 --> 00:22:33,119 Like, do you even have a life apart from Jesus Christ? 440 00:22:34,559 --> 00:22:35,579 Like, I hope you can just say, 441 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:37,059 like, that's a stupid question. 442 00:22:37,579 --> 00:22:40,140 Like, of course not, because I don't. 443 00:22:40,279 --> 00:22:41,579 I just tell you, I don't. 444 00:22:41,900 --> 00:22:44,579 If I didn't have him, I might as well just drop dead, 445 00:22:45,420 --> 00:22:47,900 because without him, there's nothing. 446 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:50,319 He is everything to us, right? 447 00:22:50,319 --> 00:22:53,559 And so we would not speak against Jesus Christ 448 00:22:53,559 --> 00:22:55,460 if we have the Holy Spirit, 449 00:22:55,619 --> 00:22:58,420 but you certainly would if you don't have the Holy Spirit. 450 00:22:58,559 --> 00:23:01,480 So in the end, it's about the Holy Spirit, right? 451 00:23:01,859 --> 00:23:04,660 And so that's what's so evil about what just happened here, 452 00:23:05,059 --> 00:23:10,900 is that the Holy Spirit was the one who was revealing 453 00:23:10,900 --> 00:23:14,440 what Ananias and Sapphira was up to. 454 00:23:15,779 --> 00:23:20,519 You know, this idea of Ananias and Sapphira 455 00:23:20,519 --> 00:23:24,240 wanting to kind of make a show of themselves in a sense, 456 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,619 like say, look at us, you know, we're being very generous, 457 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,759 like just like Barnabas, just like these others, 458 00:23:30,019 --> 00:23:31,140 we're just as good. 459 00:23:31,559 --> 00:23:34,440 Now, we don't know if they had any part in the early church. 460 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,380 They might have been nobodies and wanting to be somebody, 461 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,839 or they were somebodies and they wanted to be 462 00:23:39,839 --> 00:23:41,680 even more of somebodies, right? 463 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:42,740 Whatever it was. 464 00:23:42,740 --> 00:23:45,039 But it was wicked. 465 00:23:45,420 --> 00:23:45,839 And why? 466 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,839 Why is there a connection here between wanting this whole 467 00:23:50,839 --> 00:23:54,500 exposition to be about themselves and Satan? 468 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:55,539 What's the connection? 469 00:23:56,460 --> 00:23:57,279 Do you know that connection? 470 00:23:58,599 --> 00:24:00,359 That's exactly what Satan did, 471 00:24:00,660 --> 00:24:02,099 right from the very beginning, right? 472 00:24:02,460 --> 00:24:06,099 In fact, we read this in Isaiah 14, 473 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,400 and this is a compilation of a few verses. 474 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,400 It says, 475 00:24:19,059 --> 00:24:30,660 You see what the problem was there? 476 00:24:31,380 --> 00:24:33,900 Like here is Lucifer, you know, being, 477 00:24:34,059 --> 00:24:37,839 they say he was a worship leader of angels and, you know, 478 00:24:37,839 --> 00:24:41,039 whatever he did up there, it was an important role, right? 479 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:44,980 And so people are worshiping, and he's like, 480 00:24:45,079 --> 00:24:50,380 yeah, like, you know, they're worshiping who's behind him. 481 00:24:50,599 --> 00:24:52,799 And he's like, you know, look at me, 482 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:54,880 because this is what the other nations are doing. 483 00:24:55,140 --> 00:24:59,779 But here it was actually demonic forces occupying idols. 484 00:25:00,099 --> 00:25:05,259 You see, they love to just occupy the worship of mankind. 485 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:09,519 It's such a high these demonic forces get, 486 00:25:09,859 --> 00:25:12,059 because they're receiving what deserves, 487 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:16,839 what belongs to God, they're capturing it for themselves. 488 00:25:17,180 --> 00:25:18,400 And he still does it now. 489 00:25:19,039 --> 00:25:23,640 He still occupies the praises of the unbelievers, you know? 490 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,900 Of course, the Lord occupies the praises of the saints, 491 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:31,460 but the enemy occupies the praises of unbelievers. 492 00:25:31,579 --> 00:25:32,940 They have to worship something. 493 00:25:33,259 --> 00:25:34,579 Remember, even Bob Dylan said that. 494 00:25:34,579 --> 00:25:35,779 You got to worship something. 495 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:38,339 Guess who you're really worshiping. 496 00:25:38,380 --> 00:25:40,599 You're not worshiping those objects. 497 00:25:40,940 --> 00:25:43,779 You're worshiping the enemy when you're not worshiping God. 498 00:25:43,900 --> 00:25:44,960 You can have all this stuff 499 00:25:45,899 --> 00:25:48,779 as long as the Lord anoints you with it, 500 00:25:48,859 --> 00:25:50,640 but you're worshiping God. 501 00:25:50,779 --> 00:25:54,839 If you're worshiping things, you're actually worshiping the enemy. 502 00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:57,400 You know, anything that is not of God is of the enemy, right? 503 00:25:58,059 --> 00:26:02,259 And so another couple of verses, Ezekiel brings this up, 504 00:26:03,460 --> 00:26:07,099 and he says, you were in Eden, the garden of God. 505 00:26:07,299 --> 00:26:08,859 So you know who he's talking about, right? 506 00:26:09,740 --> 00:26:12,500 And you were the anointed cherub who covers. 507 00:26:13,339 --> 00:26:14,359 I established you. 508 00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:18,180 You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created 509 00:26:18,180 --> 00:26:23,160 till iniquity was found in you out of the mountain of God, 510 00:26:23,319 --> 00:26:26,759 and I destroyed you, oh, covering cherub. 511 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,460 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. 512 00:26:30,460 --> 00:26:35,759 You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. 513 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,460 So you see, when someone is trying to hijack 514 00:26:40,099 --> 00:26:43,839 what belongs to God or the glory that belongs to God, 515 00:26:44,319 --> 00:26:48,220 they're actually being led by demonic forces. 516 00:26:48,460 --> 00:26:48,900 It's evil. 517 00:26:49,059 --> 00:26:49,839 It's satanic. 518 00:26:50,559 --> 00:26:52,259 So anodizing the fire could have felt like, 519 00:26:52,279 --> 00:26:53,240 this is no big deal. 520 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:54,700 It's a very big deal. 521 00:26:55,460 --> 00:26:59,160 You know, it's a huge situation that was happening. 522 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:05,960 So as I was thinking through evidence in the Bible 523 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:09,720 where we see the Lord respond to people who are serving 524 00:27:10,559 --> 00:27:15,059 and where honor and glory should have been given to God, 525 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,619 they were kind of stealing it or like hijacking 526 00:27:18,619 --> 00:27:20,380 what belonged to God. 527 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,579 I figured it would be beneficial 528 00:27:23,579 --> 00:27:26,779 just to go over a few of these characters in the Bible, 529 00:27:26,779 --> 00:27:30,000 but I don't want to inundate you with too much, 530 00:27:30,099 --> 00:27:31,240 and it's not a lot of scripture, 531 00:27:31,859 --> 00:27:34,880 but just because some of you probably read about these stories, 532 00:27:35,059 --> 00:27:37,619 so I'm just going to mention a couple blips about it. 533 00:27:38,140 --> 00:27:40,019 But first of all, we're going to talk about people 534 00:27:40,019 --> 00:27:44,200 who served themselves instead of God. 535 00:27:44,299 --> 00:27:46,259 They were in a position to serve God, 536 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,799 but they actually served themselves. 537 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:51,299 If you have that next slide. 538 00:27:54,300 --> 00:27:57,079 And they were in a position to, like, 539 00:27:57,779 --> 00:27:59,839 an honored, a privileged position, 540 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,240 and yet they took it for themselves. 541 00:28:04,059 --> 00:28:06,740 First of all, Aaron's two elder sons, do you remember them? 542 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:12,660 And Nadab and Abihu, they were actually serving God 543 00:28:12,660 --> 00:28:13,579 in the tabernacle, 544 00:28:14,019 --> 00:28:18,299 and what they did was they put a concoction 545 00:28:18,980 --> 00:28:20,400 of probably divination or something, 546 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,440 another incense that God did not ordain, 547 00:28:23,619 --> 00:28:24,900 put it in their sensors, 548 00:28:25,299 --> 00:28:27,599 and they were, like, cooking this incense 549 00:28:27,599 --> 00:28:31,339 that God was disgusted by. 550 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:33,660 And so he struck them both dead. 551 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:35,920 He set them on fire immediately, right? 552 00:28:36,319 --> 00:28:40,660 And so they actually had to drag them out of the tabernacle, 553 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,039 and we learned just a few verses later 554 00:28:43,039 --> 00:28:44,319 that they were probably drunk. 555 00:28:44,940 --> 00:28:47,460 So here they are intoxicated and lighting. 556 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:48,420 Whatever they were lighting, 557 00:28:48,420 --> 00:28:50,700 the Bible doesn't get into it in depth, 558 00:28:50,980 --> 00:28:53,500 but it was strange fire, strange incense. 559 00:28:53,740 --> 00:28:56,200 They were doing what they wanted to do, 560 00:28:56,500 --> 00:28:57,619 and maybe witchcraft. 561 00:28:58,059 --> 00:29:00,420 Maybe they learned some things from the people on the way. 562 00:29:00,980 --> 00:29:02,619 Another was Eli's sons. 563 00:29:02,819 --> 00:29:04,779 I mean, they were disgraceful, okay? 564 00:29:05,220 --> 00:29:07,819 I mean, they were sexually abusing women 565 00:29:07,819 --> 00:29:12,299 that were also working in the tabernacle, 566 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,359 at the gate of the tabernacle. 567 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:16,680 They were also stealing offerings 568 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:18,059 that were being offered to God. 569 00:29:18,059 --> 00:29:19,059 They would come along and say, 570 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:20,200 I like that piece of meat. 571 00:29:20,539 --> 00:29:23,440 They would literally plunge a huge fork into the pot 572 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:24,619 and just take it away. 573 00:29:25,299 --> 00:29:26,000 And so after a while, 574 00:29:26,059 --> 00:29:28,700 people were afraid to even bring in their offerings to God 575 00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:31,240 because of these two thugs that were just stealing 576 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:32,380 whatever they wanted to take. 577 00:29:32,619 --> 00:29:34,059 They were wicked and evil. 578 00:29:34,539 --> 00:29:36,039 So, of course, the Lord took them 579 00:29:36,039 --> 00:29:38,359 in the next battle He could, and they died. 580 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:40,819 Gehazi's greed, you remember that? 581 00:29:41,759 --> 00:29:43,200 It was Elisha. 582 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:48,619 He told Naaman, the Syrian commander who had leprosy. 583 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,440 He said, go watch seven times in the Jordan River. 584 00:29:52,019 --> 00:29:52,380 He did. 585 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:53,259 He was healed. 586 00:29:54,099 --> 00:29:56,519 The Naaman came back to Elisha and said, 587 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:57,660 what can I give you? 588 00:29:57,880 --> 00:29:59,059 I have things for you. 589 00:29:59,119 --> 00:29:59,640 Let me get... 590 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:00,420 He was giving me nothing. 591 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:01,680 Giving me nothing. 592 00:30:01,980 --> 00:30:03,220 And so with that, 593 00:30:03,519 --> 00:30:05,400 Naaman actually, I believe, became a believer. 594 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:07,920 He says, well, I know there is a God in Israel. 595 00:30:08,039 --> 00:30:09,779 Can I take some of this dirt with me 596 00:30:09,779 --> 00:30:12,619 so I can worship Him when I get back to my homeland? 597 00:30:12,619 --> 00:30:14,680 And so as he was leaving, 598 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:16,619 Gehazi the servant was like, 599 00:30:16,740 --> 00:30:20,759 I can't believe Elisha took nothing from that vagabond. 600 00:30:21,019 --> 00:30:22,539 That, you know, he's our enemy 601 00:30:22,539 --> 00:30:24,400 and he didn't take anything from him. 602 00:30:24,539 --> 00:30:25,980 I'm going to go get some stuff for me. 603 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,019 You know, I'm not putting up with this. 604 00:30:29,140 --> 00:30:30,059 So he ran after him. 605 00:30:30,259 --> 00:30:32,660 He got some things and he brought it back. 606 00:30:32,779 --> 00:30:33,720 Am I getting too deep here? 607 00:30:33,799 --> 00:30:34,140 You're good. 608 00:30:34,559 --> 00:30:35,259 You follow me? 609 00:30:35,460 --> 00:30:36,039 All right. 610 00:30:36,359 --> 00:30:39,160 And he brought it back and he snuck it into his own little house. 611 00:30:39,619 --> 00:30:41,620 And then as he walked up, he stood in front of Elisha and said, 612 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:43,160 hey, Elijah, so what's up? 613 00:30:43,740 --> 00:30:45,640 He goes, where were you? 614 00:30:46,319 --> 00:30:48,380 Hey, I wasn't anywhere. 615 00:30:49,900 --> 00:30:51,740 Wasn't my spirit with you 616 00:30:51,740 --> 00:30:55,180 when you just received those things from Naaman? 617 00:30:56,299 --> 00:31:00,880 Now the leprosy that was on Naaman is now on you 618 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:02,500 and your descendants. 619 00:31:04,500 --> 00:31:05,940 Severe, you know? 620 00:31:06,059 --> 00:31:07,279 It's shocking, right? 621 00:31:07,599 --> 00:31:09,960 He says, is this the time that you should be, 622 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:11,660 like, getting rich for yourself? 623 00:31:12,279 --> 00:31:13,839 You know, these are tough times in Israel. 624 00:31:14,099 --> 00:31:16,579 It's not about you, Gehazi, right? 625 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:18,539 And then how about the next slide? 626 00:31:18,759 --> 00:31:24,200 There's a few others that are where people disregarded God's instructions. 627 00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:26,880 Immediate wrath, okay? 628 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:28,119 Remember Lot's wife. 629 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:29,720 You all know that story, you know. 630 00:31:30,079 --> 00:31:31,599 So when you leave, don't look back. 631 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:33,980 And obviously looking back meant to say, 632 00:31:34,220 --> 00:31:37,539 I wish I was back into that sick land doing sick things 633 00:31:37,539 --> 00:31:42,160 and being part of that society that was evil and wicked, you know? 634 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,779 And you say, no, I'm saving you from that, okay? 635 00:31:45,140 --> 00:31:46,000 Just keep going. 636 00:31:46,180 --> 00:31:46,940 Don't look back. 637 00:31:47,079 --> 00:31:50,279 And of course, you know, she's, you know, looking back, 638 00:31:50,420 --> 00:31:53,200 I wonder what's going on there, and boom, pillar of salt. 639 00:31:53,619 --> 00:31:56,720 All these things are a picture for us. 640 00:31:57,339 --> 00:31:59,180 It's not just little, some cute stories. 641 00:31:59,279 --> 00:32:00,019 Well, that's not too cute. 642 00:32:00,380 --> 00:32:01,279 But it's not stories. 643 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,940 They're meant to shock us into saying, 644 00:32:04,940 --> 00:32:09,259 you know, God means what he says and says what he means. 645 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:15,980 He's a loving God, but he's also serious when things are meant to be serious. 646 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:17,819 You can't mock God. 647 00:32:17,900 --> 00:32:19,200 You ever check that YouTube out? 648 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:25,079 Like, there's this entourage of people who mocked God and paid for it, okay? 649 00:32:25,220 --> 00:32:27,500 Literally, like, they're mocking God on the stage, 650 00:32:27,579 --> 00:32:33,039 and they drop down flat on the ground, like, smack their head on the, you know, 651 00:32:33,039 --> 00:32:34,359 because they're mocking God. 652 00:32:34,359 --> 00:32:36,259 He doesn't always react that way. 653 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,000 In fact, he says, I am long suffering. 654 00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:41,360 I'm not slack, but I'm long suffering. 655 00:32:42,140 --> 00:32:46,359 But someday, some way, things will be reconciled, you know? 656 00:32:47,460 --> 00:32:55,579 Remember Uzzah, he's, you know, he has the Ark of the Covenant on a wagon, okay? 657 00:32:55,759 --> 00:32:57,420 Now, it's supposed to be carried by the priest. 658 00:32:57,799 --> 00:33:02,359 It was very specifically prescribed how to carry the Ark of the Covenant, 659 00:33:02,359 --> 00:33:05,759 and they have it on this cart pulled by oxen. 660 00:33:06,299 --> 00:33:07,519 And so God's like, you know better. 661 00:33:07,759 --> 00:33:08,500 You shouldn't be doing this. 662 00:33:08,619 --> 00:33:09,460 Stop doing this. 663 00:33:09,559 --> 00:33:10,079 Stop doing this. 664 00:33:10,279 --> 00:33:11,980 And all of a sudden, they hit a pothole, right? 665 00:33:12,519 --> 00:33:18,000 And Uzzah reaches out to stop it, and he drops dead, right? 666 00:33:18,019 --> 00:33:19,220 He dies, okay? 667 00:33:19,660 --> 00:33:24,599 Because they were doing things not the way the Lord told them to do it. 668 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:26,960 They were doing it their own way, right? 669 00:33:27,380 --> 00:33:30,019 And then King Uzziah, you might not be as familiar with him, 670 00:33:30,019 --> 00:33:32,299 but he was a tremendous guy. 671 00:33:32,460 --> 00:33:34,619 He did so many amazing things for God. 672 00:33:35,039 --> 00:33:42,119 I mean, the amazing victories, the amazing ingenuity, 673 00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:47,819 and strategies, and construction, he just did so many phenomenal things. 674 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,559 But as time went on, he started to get filled with himself. 675 00:33:50,779 --> 00:33:52,720 He's like, yeah, I am pretty great, aren't I, right? 676 00:33:52,940 --> 00:33:56,339 Yeah, you know, it's true what they say about me, you know? 677 00:33:56,339 --> 00:34:00,980 And so at some point, he's like saying, why can't I also be a priest? 678 00:34:01,819 --> 00:34:04,140 I kind of like what they do too, you know? 679 00:34:04,319 --> 00:34:10,000 And so he went into the temple, and he started preparing the offering, 680 00:34:10,079 --> 00:34:11,699 and the priests are like saying, he's where? 681 00:34:12,059 --> 00:34:12,380 He's where? 682 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:13,079 We got to go get him. 683 00:34:13,219 --> 00:34:14,940 We got to go get him before something bad happens. 684 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:18,320 They run in, and he's like doing the offering. 685 00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:19,800 They said, you can't do this. 686 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:20,260 Get out. 687 00:34:20,380 --> 00:34:20,800 You're a king. 688 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:21,659 You're not a priest. 689 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:24,019 And Uzziah was so filled with himself, 690 00:34:24,019 --> 00:34:28,119 he started yelling and cursing at the priests. 691 00:34:29,119 --> 00:34:31,139 And with that, suddenly they're watching him, 692 00:34:31,260 --> 00:34:37,639 and leprosy is just spreading out on his forehead. 693 00:34:37,980 --> 00:34:40,280 And it's like, ah, you know, and they ran, 694 00:34:40,460 --> 00:34:41,659 and they just pulled him out of there. 695 00:34:41,860 --> 00:34:44,159 He was a leper for the rest of his life, you know? 696 00:34:44,420 --> 00:34:46,000 And you read these things, you're like, well, yeah, 697 00:34:46,039 --> 00:34:47,820 that's kind of scary, but it doesn't happen these days. 698 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,260 Well, you don't know what happens these days, 699 00:34:50,260 --> 00:34:54,039 but we don't have to be fearful of God's wrath. 700 00:34:54,659 --> 00:34:55,960 I don't want his discipline either. 701 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:57,739 I just don't. 702 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:01,760 I know he's loving, and he's kind, and he's merciful. 703 00:35:02,039 --> 00:35:03,420 I like staying there. 704 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:06,920 I don't want to go beyond that, you know? 705 00:35:07,420 --> 00:35:09,340 I mean, why is the fear of the Lord 706 00:35:09,340 --> 00:35:10,860 the beginning of understanding? 707 00:35:11,219 --> 00:35:13,260 It starts with fear, a healthy fear, 708 00:35:13,420 --> 00:35:17,599 a healthy reverence for God, because he's not to be mocked. 709 00:35:17,599 --> 00:35:20,239 You know, he's not to be mocked. 710 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,679 People, you know, churches and people doing things 711 00:35:23,679 --> 00:35:27,300 their own way, the way they want to do it, 712 00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:31,739 is not what, you know, is going to have a price to pay. 713 00:35:32,599 --> 00:35:34,500 You know, even this church, you know, 714 00:35:35,739 --> 00:35:39,119 you know, we love them, but, 715 00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:41,980 and we served with them, okay, 716 00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:45,340 to the degree that they would have things 717 00:35:45,340 --> 00:35:47,820 and we would give the gospel and pray with people, 718 00:35:48,019 --> 00:35:50,260 and they would just hand things out, right? 719 00:35:50,900 --> 00:35:53,960 And so one time we were going to do a Christmas meal with them, 720 00:35:54,699 --> 00:35:56,760 and we said, yeah, so, so, 721 00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:59,119 and we did one several times before that, 722 00:35:59,119 --> 00:36:02,300 and they went great, and they would help us serve food, 723 00:36:02,380 --> 00:36:05,099 but we would, we would sing the Christmas songs, 724 00:36:05,559 --> 00:36:07,960 and we would give the gospel to everyone that came through, 725 00:36:08,019 --> 00:36:09,039 and it was actually right in there. 726 00:36:09,159 --> 00:36:10,280 This wasn't our church back then. 727 00:36:10,340 --> 00:36:11,440 It was theirs, okay? 728 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:12,780 It was the Episcopal Church. 729 00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:14,480 And so we had a program, 730 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:18,239 and you remember, Ben, you prepared most of the food, right? 731 00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:21,380 And so we would have the program. 732 00:36:21,659 --> 00:36:23,119 We would give the gospel. 733 00:36:23,699 --> 00:36:25,039 So the one year they said, yeah, yeah, 734 00:36:25,059 --> 00:36:26,500 so are you going to help us this year? 735 00:36:26,619 --> 00:36:31,440 I'm like, like, are we going to help you? 736 00:36:31,739 --> 00:36:34,239 Like, actually, we would let you tag along. 737 00:36:34,820 --> 00:36:37,320 We, like, carried the weight of the gospel 738 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:38,800 presenting Jesus Christ. 739 00:36:38,980 --> 00:36:39,500 It's Christmas. 740 00:36:40,019 --> 00:36:41,019 It's a Christmas meal. 741 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:42,679 You're not going to, and they said, yeah, 742 00:36:42,679 --> 00:36:45,000 this year we're not going to do the program. 743 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:47,800 We're just going to give the food out. 744 00:36:48,519 --> 00:36:49,900 You know, the program. 745 00:36:51,179 --> 00:36:55,039 You mean, like, singing Christmas songs 746 00:36:55,039 --> 00:36:59,099 about the gift that Jesus Christ is to humanity? 747 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,599 You mean give the gospel to those who are there 748 00:37:03,139 --> 00:37:04,059 receiving the food? 749 00:37:04,159 --> 00:37:05,599 You're not going to, like, do the main thing, 750 00:37:05,739 --> 00:37:07,539 the most important thing you're not doing that? 751 00:37:07,679 --> 00:37:08,960 No, no, we want no part of that. 752 00:37:09,260 --> 00:37:09,679 And we didn't. 753 00:37:10,340 --> 00:37:11,940 And the Lord closed their doors. 754 00:37:11,940 --> 00:37:14,199 Not too long after that, you know? 755 00:37:14,500 --> 00:37:17,619 Because, no, He's not to be mocked. 756 00:37:18,179 --> 00:37:19,500 He's not to be played with. 757 00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:22,739 He's not to be, you know, I'm going to do it my way, okay? 758 00:37:22,860 --> 00:37:24,000 I don't want to be offensive. 759 00:37:24,639 --> 00:37:26,820 I don't want to actually tell people that Jesus Christ 760 00:37:26,820 --> 00:37:28,820 is the only way. 761 00:37:29,460 --> 00:37:33,360 It sounds so narrow and close-minded. 762 00:37:34,139 --> 00:37:36,420 Yeah, that's what most people think it is. 763 00:37:36,579 --> 00:37:37,980 And they're going through the wide gate, 764 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:40,900 the gateway that leads to destruction. 765 00:37:40,900 --> 00:37:43,940 You know, the Lord is not to be mocked. 766 00:37:44,119 --> 00:37:44,820 I have one more. 767 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:50,320 And that's just people who misrepresented God, you know? 768 00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:52,480 And that's Moses, you know? 769 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:54,000 And let me tell you something. 770 00:37:54,059 --> 00:37:59,460 As a leader, I think about his story all the time, okay? 771 00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:05,500 Because, you know, Moses did so many amazing things, right? 772 00:38:05,639 --> 00:38:09,119 I mean, he was the most humblest man, they say, right? 773 00:38:09,119 --> 00:38:09,599 Really? 774 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:14,179 And he always just gave and gave and gave and gave. 775 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:18,139 And then as they were approaching the Promised Land, 776 00:38:18,980 --> 00:38:20,760 his sister just dies. 777 00:38:21,119 --> 00:38:23,059 I'm sure he's sad about that, right? 778 00:38:23,340 --> 00:38:24,000 Miriam's dead. 779 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:26,460 And there they go again. 780 00:38:26,739 --> 00:38:27,860 The Israelites are complaining. 781 00:38:28,179 --> 00:38:30,380 Oh, do we have to die out here? 782 00:38:30,599 --> 00:38:33,420 You know, I mean, they're 39 years in to the wilderness. 783 00:38:33,860 --> 00:38:35,739 They're approaching the Promised Land, 784 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,400 and they're still complaining the same complaint. 785 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,900 Most of the previous generation has died at this point, 786 00:38:42,340 --> 00:38:43,119 and they're complaining. 787 00:38:44,019 --> 00:38:47,039 And you can imagine Moses, like, are you kidding me? 788 00:38:47,420 --> 00:38:51,780 Like, we're at the threshold of the Promised Land, 789 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:55,119 and you're still wishing you were back in Egypt? 790 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:59,300 Like, you know, so he was probably just fed up. 791 00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:05,159 I can relate with Moses, but God won't excuse it, right? 792 00:39:05,159 --> 00:39:08,739 And so the Lord, they had no water at Maribah, 793 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:10,219 and they said, you know, we got no water. 794 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:12,679 You know, the Lord's led us out here to kill us 795 00:39:12,679 --> 00:39:14,480 and dehydrate and all this. 796 00:39:14,639 --> 00:39:16,639 And then Moses, you know, finally, you know, 797 00:39:16,780 --> 00:39:19,119 talks to the Lord, he and Aaron, 798 00:39:19,679 --> 00:39:22,880 and then the Lord says, no, go and speak to the rock, 799 00:39:23,119 --> 00:39:25,480 and I will bring forth water. 800 00:39:26,420 --> 00:39:27,139 And what does he do? 801 00:39:27,199 --> 00:39:29,639 He goes there, and he just says, no, 802 00:39:29,699 --> 00:39:30,760 let me deal with this, God. 803 00:39:31,559 --> 00:39:33,079 Let me deal with this my way, 804 00:39:33,079 --> 00:39:36,280 because I'm sick of these people, you know? 805 00:39:36,619 --> 00:39:39,980 In fact, he should have killed all of you generations ago. 806 00:39:40,300 --> 00:39:43,420 Like, he just, I'm totally paraphrasing. 807 00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:44,860 You got to read it for yourself, 808 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:46,659 and you'll know I'm paraphrasing. 809 00:39:46,900 --> 00:39:50,559 But his attitude must be like, I am sick of these people. 810 00:39:50,659 --> 00:39:52,440 He and Aaron were like, can you believe this, right? 811 00:39:53,099 --> 00:39:57,460 And so the Lord spoke to Moses, and by the way, 812 00:39:57,539 --> 00:39:59,300 so then he strikes a rock twice. 813 00:39:59,980 --> 00:40:02,179 There you go, you rebels, okay? 814 00:40:02,179 --> 00:40:07,019 You know, you'll never satisfy, and the water comes forth, 815 00:40:07,380 --> 00:40:08,780 and the people are like, yeah, whatever, Moses, 816 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:09,760 get out of the way, get out of the way. 817 00:40:09,860 --> 00:40:11,860 Let me just fill up my jugs, okay? 818 00:40:12,340 --> 00:40:14,719 And the water's pouring forth, right? 819 00:40:15,179 --> 00:40:19,800 And the Lord says this, he says to Moses and Aaron, 820 00:40:20,579 --> 00:40:24,900 because you did not believe me to halo me. 821 00:40:24,980 --> 00:40:26,780 That means like, lift me up. 822 00:40:27,340 --> 00:40:28,239 I got to read this one. 823 00:40:29,380 --> 00:40:31,159 In the eyes of the children of Israel, 824 00:40:31,159 --> 00:40:33,639 so therefore you shall not bring this assembly 825 00:40:33,639 --> 00:40:36,500 into the land I have given them. 826 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:38,000 I mean, I always read that. 827 00:40:38,119 --> 00:40:39,340 I feel sorry for Moses. 828 00:40:39,739 --> 00:40:40,639 I do, do you? 829 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:42,780 But does God know the best? 830 00:40:43,460 --> 00:40:45,260 I mean, you know, it's up to God, right? 831 00:40:45,380 --> 00:40:46,940 And there was other reasons, I believe, 832 00:40:47,099 --> 00:40:47,980 and he did show him. 833 00:40:48,119 --> 00:40:49,880 He was met with Jesus himself, right, 834 00:40:49,940 --> 00:40:52,980 on the Mount of Transfiguration in another form. 835 00:40:53,780 --> 00:40:54,659 But he saw it. 836 00:40:54,860 --> 00:40:56,420 You know, we don't have to feel too sorry for him. 837 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,219 He was way better off after all this. 838 00:40:58,679 --> 00:41:00,300 And there was a reason that the baton 839 00:41:00,300 --> 00:41:02,980 was going to be a pass from Moses to Joshua. 840 00:41:04,159 --> 00:41:06,559 But the Lord means what he says. 841 00:41:06,940 --> 00:41:09,360 And it's so important for us just to remember that 842 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:12,219 and humble ourselves before him 843 00:41:12,219 --> 00:41:15,159 and be sensitive to his Holy Spirit. 844 00:41:15,599 --> 00:41:17,539 So I just want to finish with a few questions. 845 00:41:17,980 --> 00:41:20,480 And as the worship team, if you guys can come up. 846 00:41:23,300 --> 00:41:27,800 Yeah, the first question, I want to just say, 847 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:30,239 if you could put that next slide up. 848 00:41:32,699 --> 00:41:33,539 And I'm going to ask myself, 849 00:41:33,699 --> 00:41:37,159 am I cooperating with the Holy Spirit? 850 00:41:38,659 --> 00:41:42,019 Like, am I cooperating or am I competing? 851 00:41:43,199 --> 00:41:45,780 You know, and I'm going to make a confession. 852 00:41:46,119 --> 00:41:47,219 You won't tell anyone, will you? 853 00:41:47,980 --> 00:41:48,360 All right. 854 00:41:48,940 --> 00:41:51,139 It's a secret between us, okay. 855 00:41:51,420 --> 00:41:53,480 And there might be a few people watching online too. 856 00:41:53,579 --> 00:41:56,119 Don't tell anyone, any of you all, all right. 857 00:41:56,119 --> 00:41:58,920 But, you know, there's been times 858 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:00,960 that I kind of wish God would do more. 859 00:42:02,179 --> 00:42:02,880 Like, come on, God. 860 00:42:04,260 --> 00:42:05,440 Let's see some more. 861 00:42:05,820 --> 00:42:07,980 Let's see some more, like miracles. 862 00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:09,960 Let's see some more healings. 863 00:42:10,099 --> 00:42:12,159 Let's see, you know, and that's not wrong. 864 00:42:13,099 --> 00:42:15,820 But I can become sometimes a little dissatisfied 865 00:42:15,820 --> 00:42:18,340 with what God is doing. 866 00:42:19,539 --> 00:42:20,840 Can any of you relate to that? 867 00:42:21,599 --> 00:42:23,119 Especially us Charismatics. 868 00:42:23,260 --> 00:42:24,380 I hope you all are, right? 869 00:42:24,380 --> 00:42:26,639 Us Charismatics, don't we want to just see, 870 00:42:26,780 --> 00:42:28,500 I literally want to see a flame above my head. 871 00:42:28,599 --> 00:42:29,219 I don't know about you. 872 00:42:29,639 --> 00:42:30,780 I'm like, is there one by the way? 873 00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:32,179 I just went, no, nothing. 874 00:42:32,599 --> 00:42:33,840 I want to walk on water. 875 00:42:34,039 --> 00:42:34,500 Why not? 876 00:42:34,659 --> 00:42:35,420 Hey, it'll be fun. 877 00:42:36,039 --> 00:42:37,539 Like, sometimes you just dream. 878 00:42:37,679 --> 00:42:39,699 You're like, God, bring it all. 879 00:42:39,900 --> 00:42:41,099 I want to do it all. 880 00:42:41,780 --> 00:42:41,800 Okay. 881 00:42:42,759 --> 00:42:45,539 And Paul says, earnestly desire the gift. 882 00:42:45,739 --> 00:42:49,179 So he's not, we can desire great things from God. 883 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:50,380 And there's nothing wrong with that. 884 00:42:50,380 --> 00:42:56,340 But as a result, am I dissatisfied with what he is doing? 885 00:42:57,380 --> 00:42:58,840 Yeah, because sometimes he doesn't come 886 00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:00,199 with the shaking of the ground. 887 00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:01,860 And he doesn't come with the fire. 888 00:43:02,239 --> 00:43:05,800 And he doesn't come with the tearing apart of the rocks 889 00:43:06,380 --> 00:43:07,179 and the wind. 890 00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:09,619 Sometimes he just, it's just subtle. 891 00:43:10,219 --> 00:43:12,719 Just subtle whisper like, Lord, like, 892 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:16,099 like all I have to do is like love this person. 893 00:43:16,420 --> 00:43:18,679 And, you know, I remember several times, 894 00:43:19,159 --> 00:43:22,380 you know, I saw someone injured and so forth. 895 00:43:22,579 --> 00:43:26,500 And, you know, I saw them, I said, hey, you know, 896 00:43:26,519 --> 00:43:27,539 can I pray for you? 897 00:43:27,780 --> 00:43:30,840 You know, and I wanted to see them get up and dance. 898 00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:34,960 You know, I just really, come on, God, let's do this here. 899 00:43:35,599 --> 00:43:37,320 You know, I'm excited. 900 00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:39,019 You know, I pray for them. 901 00:43:39,119 --> 00:43:39,860 How's it feeling? 902 00:43:40,820 --> 00:43:42,139 Well, it feels the same now. 903 00:43:42,599 --> 00:43:43,800 Yeah, you'll mind if I pray a little more? 904 00:43:43,900 --> 00:43:44,619 You know, pray a little more. 905 00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:45,639 Still the same. 906 00:43:45,639 --> 00:43:49,179 He says, you know what, no one ever did that for me before. 907 00:43:50,559 --> 00:43:53,440 Like, no one ever prayed, laid hands on this person 908 00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:54,800 and prayed for them. 909 00:43:56,179 --> 00:43:58,539 And they were so appreciative. 910 00:44:00,699 --> 00:44:03,679 You know, I mean, sometimes it's the small little things 911 00:44:03,679 --> 00:44:07,360 that are the spiritual mountains that you can bring in. 912 00:44:07,579 --> 00:44:10,739 Those are the great things you could do for someone 913 00:44:10,739 --> 00:44:14,699 is just to love them in that moment 914 00:44:14,699 --> 00:44:18,519 the way the Holy Spirit wants to love them. 915 00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:21,360 So are we cooperating with him 916 00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:23,159 or are we saying, what's in it for me, Lord? 917 00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:24,719 I want a fire show. 918 00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:26,559 I want some sizzle. 919 00:44:27,260 --> 00:44:29,139 I want some, come on, let's see it, God. 920 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,139 Come on, let's, you know, I've been there, 921 00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:36,219 but I'm starting to learn the great things 922 00:44:36,219 --> 00:44:38,079 sometimes are in the subtle things. 923 00:44:38,699 --> 00:44:41,900 Someone giving up the drugs and being clean. 924 00:44:41,900 --> 00:44:45,219 Someone restoring a relationship. 925 00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:50,199 You know, someone actually receiving back their child 926 00:44:50,199 --> 00:44:52,340 has been a prodigal for years. 927 00:44:54,239 --> 00:44:55,539 Someone forgiving. 928 00:44:56,699 --> 00:44:58,519 That's a miracle, isn't it? 929 00:44:59,059 --> 00:45:02,679 Those small things are actually what transform our lives. 930 00:45:03,380 --> 00:45:04,519 It's the small things. 931 00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:07,699 You know, someone can have all kinds of amazing things happening, 932 00:45:07,699 --> 00:45:09,519 but there's still a mess, right? 933 00:45:09,519 --> 00:45:12,340 I want to have transformation within. 934 00:45:12,519 --> 00:45:15,960 Like that's real, formative change. 935 00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:17,679 That's heavenly stuff. 936 00:45:18,039 --> 00:45:21,599 When someone changes from the inside out. 937 00:45:22,260 --> 00:45:23,440 I have another question. 938 00:45:25,619 --> 00:45:29,219 And that is, am I holding out on the Holy Spirit? 939 00:45:29,340 --> 00:45:30,760 You know, we read Ananias as a fire. 940 00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:33,739 They held back some of the proceeds. 941 00:45:33,940 --> 00:45:35,000 It really wasn't about that. 942 00:45:35,079 --> 00:45:35,880 We just read that. 943 00:45:35,980 --> 00:45:37,659 They could have had all of it, you know. 944 00:45:37,659 --> 00:45:39,440 It wasn't about that. 945 00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:41,300 But am I holding back? 946 00:45:41,739 --> 00:45:44,440 Like, am I making myself fully available? 947 00:45:45,780 --> 00:45:48,860 Because God wants to use you in a mighty way. 948 00:45:49,019 --> 00:45:50,760 Every single one of us. 949 00:45:51,219 --> 00:45:54,019 Do you know there's no tools in the shed that God says, 950 00:45:54,099 --> 00:45:55,739 yeah, I don't really need that too much. 951 00:45:56,159 --> 00:45:57,440 In fact, I don't need that at all. 952 00:45:57,500 --> 00:45:58,139 I got something better. 953 00:45:58,340 --> 00:46:00,420 No, He needs every single one of us. 954 00:46:01,079 --> 00:46:05,840 You know, we are all His equipment, His vessels, His tools. 955 00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:08,719 I hate to think of, you know, I know you might not like to think of yourself. 956 00:46:08,980 --> 00:46:10,400 I like to think of myself as a tool. 957 00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:12,099 God, just use me. 958 00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:13,800 Like, just whatever you can do. 959 00:46:14,139 --> 00:46:15,380 Pry out that nail. 960 00:46:16,579 --> 00:46:18,639 Just open that, glory God. 961 00:46:19,119 --> 00:46:22,900 Or whatever you want me to do, glory God, I am your equipment. 962 00:46:23,599 --> 00:46:25,119 You know, I'm your vessel, Lord. 963 00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:26,320 Just use me. 964 00:46:26,380 --> 00:46:31,400 Are we making ourselves available, fully available, going all in, you know? 965 00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:32,400 And you know what? 966 00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:34,300 You could still have a full-time job and do that. 967 00:46:34,300 --> 00:46:36,820 In fact, that's the best place to do it. 968 00:46:37,179 --> 00:46:43,300 I don't know about you, but I do more ministry and work all day, all week long than other places. 969 00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:45,940 Like, the ministry, the harvest is ripe. 970 00:46:46,159 --> 00:46:46,880 I mean, it's everywhere. 971 00:46:47,420 --> 00:46:51,880 And that's where you find people that really don't know the Lord at all, you know? 972 00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:53,679 And then one more question. 973 00:46:55,820 --> 00:46:57,079 I don't remember what it was. 974 00:46:57,300 --> 00:46:57,960 There it is. 975 00:46:58,539 --> 00:47:01,340 Am I disregarding the Holy Spirit? 976 00:47:02,479 --> 00:47:07,940 You know, some of us, you know, I haven't done this in a while, but you can. 977 00:47:08,739 --> 00:47:10,579 It's like, oh, yeah, Him, you know? 978 00:47:10,940 --> 00:47:14,199 Oh, yeah, like, God might have something to say in this situation. 979 00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:15,659 Oh, yeah, I guess we should pray. 980 00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:20,320 I mean, Jill's actually, you know, between the two of us, she's always the one that's saying, 981 00:47:20,599 --> 00:47:22,239 like, I'm just going to do it. 982 00:47:23,099 --> 00:47:25,559 Sometimes I just, I pray, yeah, yeah, yeah, but I already know what I'm going to do. 983 00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:26,500 Do you do that ever? 984 00:47:27,099 --> 00:47:29,039 Like, I already know the best solution. 985 00:47:29,039 --> 00:47:33,199 I'll pray to make it official, but I'm still going to be over here and I'm going to do 986 00:47:33,199 --> 00:47:34,599 what I was already planning to do. 987 00:47:35,039 --> 00:47:39,780 And Jill's like saying, like, should we be praying more about this before we do this? 988 00:47:40,639 --> 00:47:43,159 You know, it's like, right, see? 989 00:47:44,039 --> 00:47:44,900 The better half. 990 00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:48,639 But really, am I disregarding the Holy Spirit? 991 00:47:49,079 --> 00:47:52,500 Now, I'm just telling you, I want to give this an invitation for the Lord. 992 00:47:52,500 --> 00:48:00,619 You know, right now, if you're here and you've never said yes to God, never surrender yourself. 993 00:48:02,300 --> 00:48:06,380 Like, you know, we're talking about things in our time and all this. 994 00:48:06,860 --> 00:48:08,940 Have you ever surrendered yourself? 995 00:48:09,599 --> 00:48:12,760 Like, really, just like said, Lord, here I am. 996 00:48:13,579 --> 00:48:17,800 Because no apostle can receive that on behalf of Christ. 997 00:48:18,119 --> 00:48:19,340 It has to be Jesus Christ. 998 00:48:19,340 --> 00:48:23,360 Did you ever give your life to Jesus Christ? 999 00:48:25,059 --> 00:48:28,659 Because you're still on the outside and he wants you on the inside. 1000 00:48:30,239 --> 00:48:32,380 He wants you all in. 1001 00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:38,199 And I just want to say, if that's you, if you want to just say, Lord, I want to give you all of myself. 1002 00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:39,900 It's so easy. 1003 00:48:40,840 --> 00:48:45,559 And you know what you're about to do will unravel over years and you'll realize, well, 1004 00:48:45,579 --> 00:48:47,380 that was a monumental moment. 1005 00:48:48,599 --> 00:48:53,420 But all you have to do is say, Lord, I want to give you my life right now. 1006 00:48:55,159 --> 00:48:57,960 I want to just surrender my life to you. 1007 00:48:58,400 --> 00:48:59,639 I want to become yours. 1008 00:49:01,219 --> 00:49:05,539 I want to become yours, your property, Lord, your beloved. 1009 00:49:07,119 --> 00:49:12,639 Today, I give you my life and let me have your life in me. 1010 00:49:12,639 --> 00:49:19,119 I surrender myself to you and I ask you to fill me and give me your Holy Spirit. 1011 00:49:19,519 --> 00:49:25,280 Make me born again a new creation in Jesus' name. 1012 00:49:26,599 --> 00:49:29,460 The word says, if you did that, you will be saved. 1013 00:49:30,460 --> 00:49:36,139 Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. 1014 00:49:36,659 --> 00:49:40,420 He doesn't turn anyone away if you just call upon him. Amen. 1015 00:49:45,720 --> 00:49:51,199 Thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church as we praise God and discuss His word. 1016 00:49:51,900 --> 00:49:57,340 Don't forget to join us for Worship Live Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube. 1017 00:49:58,380 --> 00:50:00,440 Be blessed and have a great day!