1 00:00:14,139 --> 00:00:17,339 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,379 --> 00:00:24,100 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:27,079 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:34,759 --> 00:00:35,840 Praise the Lord. 5 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,859 So if you could turn to Acts chapter 10. 6 00:00:39,399 --> 00:00:41,719 Don't you love just going through the whole Bible? 7 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:47,880 It's like, you know, it's just so beautiful to just capture everything in its real text. 8 00:00:49,060 --> 00:00:49,820 True meaning. 9 00:00:51,500 --> 00:00:56,640 So before we dive in, I just want to mention, yes, my dear friend, Mike Foney. 10 00:00:57,619 --> 00:00:58,179 We've known him. 11 00:00:58,579 --> 00:01:03,920 He and his wife, Deneen, for 30 years, something like that. 12 00:01:04,219 --> 00:01:07,340 And we've known him through two churches before this. 13 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,840 And so he's coming out to share about evangelism. 14 00:01:13,099 --> 00:01:18,400 And I've experienced firsthand so many ways that he has ministered to people. 15 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:19,900 And he's a business guy. 16 00:01:20,140 --> 00:01:21,879 He's just a normal business guy. 17 00:01:21,879 --> 00:01:25,799 But he's a great spokesman, really a great public speaker. 18 00:01:26,459 --> 00:01:31,019 But he has just purposely taken people under his wing 19 00:01:31,019 --> 00:01:34,400 and led them to the Lord in your normal business situations. 20 00:01:35,719 --> 00:01:36,400 And it's really remarkable. 21 00:01:37,359 --> 00:01:41,519 And so I'm really happy that he's coming out and sharing at the men's breakfast. 22 00:01:41,939 --> 00:01:43,140 So men don't miss it. 23 00:01:43,540 --> 00:01:46,140 Great speaker, great content, and great man. 24 00:01:46,140 --> 00:01:51,640 So I hope you can join us next Saturday morning at 9 a.m. 25 00:01:52,819 --> 00:01:55,439 And so today's title, as you might have seen in the bulletin, 26 00:01:56,439 --> 00:02:02,420 is two worlds, one kingdom, when two worlds converge. 27 00:02:03,620 --> 00:02:09,280 And Acts chapter 10 is, I think, just such an amazing story 28 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:15,020 about the gospel spreading outward and to more and more people groups. 29 00:02:15,020 --> 00:02:19,360 So let's pray and thank the Lord for speaking to us through his word. 30 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,680 So, Lord, talk to us, God. 31 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:27,740 We ask your spirit to really use your word to penetrate, Lord, 32 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,400 and carve out things that just need to leave. 33 00:02:32,379 --> 00:02:35,259 And, Lord, infuse things that need to stay. 34 00:02:36,219 --> 00:02:40,680 Lord, we want to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, Lord God. 35 00:02:42,039 --> 00:02:44,680 You do all the heavy lifting in our lives, Lord. 36 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:46,080 You do all the work. 37 00:02:46,780 --> 00:02:48,620 Lord, we rest in you. 38 00:02:48,759 --> 00:02:51,580 We thank you for your spirit that illuminates your word 39 00:02:51,580 --> 00:02:55,219 to help us learn it and apply it to our lives. 40 00:02:55,580 --> 00:02:57,780 So, Lord, we thank you in Jesus' name. 41 00:02:58,280 --> 00:02:58,560 Amen. 42 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:04,500 As we've been watching the gospel spread out in the book of Acts, 43 00:03:04,659 --> 00:03:07,960 it started, of course, in Jerusalem with Jews, right? 44 00:03:08,479 --> 00:03:10,900 And then from there, it spread to Samaria, 45 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,039 which the Samaritans were half and halves. 46 00:03:14,039 --> 00:03:15,900 They were blended people. 47 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:20,439 They were Jewish, but also they intermarried with Gentiles 48 00:03:20,439 --> 00:03:22,159 way back before all this. 49 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,060 And so they were like half-breeds, in a sense. 50 00:03:25,659 --> 00:03:30,039 And then we learned about how Philip ministered to the Ethiopian eunuch, 51 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,379 and there the gospel went to Africa. 52 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:40,780 And now we're going to read about how a household of Romans 53 00:03:40,780 --> 00:03:43,020 are going to accept Christ. 54 00:03:43,020 --> 00:03:46,020 And really, this is a remarkable picture 55 00:03:46,580 --> 00:03:50,099 of how the gospel wants to reach everyone, right? 56 00:03:50,460 --> 00:03:53,240 Because in Christ, there is no partiality. 57 00:03:53,599 --> 00:03:55,319 He wants all to be saved. 58 00:03:55,699 --> 00:03:57,620 God so loved the whole world, right, 59 00:03:57,719 --> 00:03:59,219 that He gave His only begotten Son. 60 00:03:59,620 --> 00:04:01,699 So He wants to reach everyone. 61 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,360 I just love that about God, you know? 62 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,860 We think about, I think I love when people groups come together, 63 00:04:08,860 --> 00:04:13,500 like international, various people who speak other languages, 64 00:04:13,620 --> 00:04:16,220 and they all come together for one reason. 65 00:04:16,639 --> 00:04:21,060 I thought the World Cup in the U.S., that was just awesome. 66 00:04:21,259 --> 00:04:22,240 I didn't get to any game. 67 00:04:22,399 --> 00:04:23,759 I know a couple of you did. 68 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,899 But it was so awesome just to see all these cultures, 69 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,920 all these countries come to the U.S. and enjoy a soccer game. 70 00:04:32,079 --> 00:04:36,759 It came all this distance to come here and enjoy a soccer game. 71 00:04:36,759 --> 00:04:38,800 In fact, I met a couple of people's friends, 72 00:04:39,019 --> 00:04:43,180 and Monday I met your friend from England here to watch a game. 73 00:04:43,819 --> 00:04:49,060 And it was just awesome to just see people enjoy the same thing, 74 00:04:49,060 --> 00:04:52,720 and yet they come from such drastic differences, you know? 75 00:04:53,180 --> 00:04:56,259 And yet it's all to enjoy a game together. 76 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,139 And how much more for the Kingdom of God, 77 00:04:59,259 --> 00:05:03,720 when people from all different origins and places come together 78 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,819 and enjoy the Kingdom of God? 79 00:05:05,819 --> 00:05:07,819 Can you imagine what heaven's going to be like someday, 80 00:05:07,819 --> 00:05:12,100 when we all come together and we're probably all singing the same language, 81 00:05:12,500 --> 00:05:15,600 speaking the same language, and we're all unified? 82 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:17,439 It's going to be wonderful. 83 00:05:18,019 --> 00:05:22,439 Jill and I had some great opportunities in our lifetime to go other places 84 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:28,160 and experience this, you know, the Kingdom coming together. 85 00:05:28,620 --> 00:05:31,639 We went to Nicaragua a few times with the McRoberts. 86 00:05:31,980 --> 00:05:34,860 We went to the Dominican Republic a few times 87 00:05:34,860 --> 00:05:37,180 with actually the McRoberts and some other people. 88 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:42,560 We went to Turkey with a bunch of you guys here and enjoyed that. 89 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:44,259 We went to Morocco. 90 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:46,600 We went to South Korea. 91 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,639 We also went to Australia for blended reasons, 92 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,300 but also for ministry, yeah. 93 00:05:52,500 --> 00:05:54,379 I'll probably never get back there again, I don't think, 94 00:05:54,579 --> 00:05:57,579 but it's a beautiful country enjoying that. 95 00:05:57,759 --> 00:06:00,860 Israel, of course, you know, but just, you know, 96 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:06,420 seeing Christ shown in different skins, does that make sense? 97 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,040 Different people, different tents, you know, 98 00:06:09,339 --> 00:06:14,019 different colors, different languages, different shapes, everything. 99 00:06:14,579 --> 00:06:17,300 But the Lord is the same in all of us. 100 00:06:17,459 --> 00:06:22,839 I love that about God, how He wants to really show up in all different ways. 101 00:06:23,259 --> 00:06:25,800 And a lot of times, culturally speaking, you know, 102 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:31,000 it's such a vast difference against the same Jesus. 103 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:34,319 I remember being in a service down in Nicaragua, 104 00:06:35,199 --> 00:06:38,379 and I mean, the music is just like, you just can't stop moving, you know? 105 00:06:38,959 --> 00:06:43,100 And all of a sudden, we end up getting up and running around all the chairs, 106 00:06:43,339 --> 00:06:46,600 like in a circle, as the music's going on. 107 00:06:46,660 --> 00:06:49,660 I don't know if Doug or Betty are in here, but they would attest to that. 108 00:06:49,879 --> 00:06:51,160 What a great time that was. 109 00:06:51,319 --> 00:06:52,779 I'm like, why can't we do this at home? 110 00:06:52,779 --> 00:06:56,279 You know, and maybe we will someday, but there's no area to run. 111 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:57,800 We have to figure something out. 112 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,699 Maybe we'll just run up and down the middle of the aisle, I don't know. 113 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:05,980 But it's just fun to see Jesus showing up in different ways, you know? 114 00:07:06,579 --> 00:07:09,160 And here, we're going to see Peter, 115 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:13,920 who is a Jewish guy who was raised in the Mosaic and Levitical law. 116 00:07:14,420 --> 00:07:18,100 And I'm sure he wasn't extremely religious compared to some people, 117 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:20,519 but he was still a religious Jew, you know? 118 00:07:20,519 --> 00:07:24,920 And here, he is going to be told to go to Gentiles' homes. 119 00:07:25,379 --> 00:07:27,959 I remember last week, he was kind of prepared for it, 120 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,180 because he was staying in an unclean environment at the tanner's house, 121 00:07:32,420 --> 00:07:33,360 won't get into all that again. 122 00:07:33,980 --> 00:07:37,699 But so here, he's being told to go to this household, 123 00:07:37,699 --> 00:07:42,519 and he's going to go in and just experience like, is this reality? 124 00:07:43,540 --> 00:07:45,779 Like, am I really here, and am I really doing this? 125 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,199 And are these Gentiles really accepting the same Christ 126 00:07:49,199 --> 00:07:51,040 as I've accepted? 127 00:07:51,639 --> 00:07:53,060 You know, because when you think about it, 128 00:07:53,399 --> 00:07:55,379 no one came from the kingdom of God. 129 00:07:56,279 --> 00:07:57,199 We're all newbies. 130 00:07:58,319 --> 00:08:00,300 No one has it right. 131 00:08:00,399 --> 00:08:02,339 We all come the way we were. 132 00:08:04,140 --> 00:08:07,980 Lost, depraved, sinners, no hope. 133 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,180 And we all came to Jesus the same exact way. 134 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,100 It doesn't matter what your origin was, 135 00:08:13,620 --> 00:08:16,240 what you've done in the past, it doesn't matter at all, right? 136 00:08:16,759 --> 00:08:18,319 It's all about Jesus Christ. 137 00:08:18,319 --> 00:08:21,660 And everyone comes in the same way. 138 00:08:22,220 --> 00:08:24,439 And I think Peter is just going to have a revelation. 139 00:08:24,699 --> 00:08:25,899 Like, this is amazing. 140 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,199 Like, what is happening is just phenomenal. 141 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,000 And we're going to read about that today. 142 00:08:33,700 --> 00:08:41,580 And just to kind of remind you that Peter last week was down in the, 143 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,319 as we read, he was down in Lydda, 144 00:08:44,519 --> 00:08:50,480 where he raised a paralyzed guy who was paralyzed for eight years. 145 00:08:50,740 --> 00:08:55,799 Then he raised a woman in Joppa out of Tabitha, 146 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:56,360 who was dead. 147 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:57,559 He raised her back to life. 148 00:08:58,059 --> 00:09:00,000 And he's hanging out in Joppa, okay? 149 00:09:00,340 --> 00:09:01,320 And we have a picture. 150 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:02,220 We have a little map. 151 00:09:02,419 --> 00:09:06,080 I always love just getting areas kind of in my mind, 152 00:09:06,100 --> 00:09:07,279 for some reason helps me. 153 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,240 And so Peter came down from Jerusalem, 154 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,139 raised that paralyzed guy up. 155 00:09:13,139 --> 00:09:16,539 Then he went to Joppa because they requested him to. 156 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,500 He raised up Tabitha, and he's hanging out there. 157 00:09:20,139 --> 00:09:22,120 And this is all going to happen in Caesarea, 158 00:09:22,179 --> 00:09:27,340 where Cornelius is going to send a small contingency to go get Peter 159 00:09:27,340 --> 00:09:32,860 and bring him back about a 30-mile distance between the two places. 160 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:40,860 And he's going to be invited there to speak and lead them to the Lord. 161 00:09:40,860 --> 00:09:43,159 So think about this, too. 162 00:09:43,919 --> 00:09:48,320 Peter was raised in a monotheistic culture, right? 163 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,340 One God, Yahweh, right? 164 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:56,360 And here Cornelius was raised in a polytheistic environment. 165 00:09:56,799 --> 00:09:59,360 They had more Gods than you could think of, right? 166 00:09:59,700 --> 00:10:02,299 And he adopted most of them from the Greeks. 167 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:07,399 And so they were all kinds of different Gods and Goddesses. 168 00:10:07,399 --> 00:10:11,639 And then at that time, there was also the Roman imperial cult, 169 00:10:11,860 --> 00:10:12,779 if you've ever heard of that. 170 00:10:13,159 --> 00:10:15,440 Like, they were worshipping emperors, okay? 171 00:10:15,940 --> 00:10:19,399 Ever since Julius Caesar, after he was assassinated, 172 00:10:19,639 --> 00:10:24,639 a comet flew over one of their coliseum sporting events. 173 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:26,940 And when they all saw the comet, they said, 174 00:10:27,299 --> 00:10:28,720 it's Julius Caesar. 175 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:29,559 He has risen. 176 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:31,799 Like, how do you come up with that one? 177 00:10:31,899 --> 00:10:33,659 So from then on, the emperors were Gods. 178 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:36,100 So there was even that going on. 179 00:10:36,100 --> 00:10:41,039 But somehow Cornelius desired the one true God 180 00:10:41,039 --> 00:10:43,679 that he met, in a sense, through the Jews. 181 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:48,159 And that's why he cared a lot for the Jews because of Yahweh. 182 00:10:48,299 --> 00:10:49,360 So you're ready to dive in? 183 00:10:49,879 --> 00:10:52,220 We're only going to stop a couple of times, but I want to warn you, 184 00:10:52,620 --> 00:10:53,779 we're going to read the whole chapter. 185 00:10:53,980 --> 00:10:54,480 You're going, what? 186 00:10:54,980 --> 00:10:55,580 Forty-some verses. 187 00:10:57,279 --> 00:10:58,500 Wow, you're all signed. 188 00:10:58,679 --> 00:10:59,559 Just hang with me a minute. 189 00:10:59,980 --> 00:11:01,659 But listen, it's a story. 190 00:11:02,340 --> 00:11:05,440 Don't think of it as I have to read a chapter of a book. 191 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,340 It's a story. 192 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:10,539 Really, just relax and enjoy the story. 193 00:11:10,639 --> 00:11:12,919 Because I think if we leave anything out, we'll be sorry. 194 00:11:13,740 --> 00:11:15,840 And the thing is, we're not going to dissect all of it. 195 00:11:15,860 --> 00:11:17,000 But we're going to get to the end 196 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,759 and then talk about the application of it all. 197 00:11:20,860 --> 00:11:25,940 Because all of us can apply our lives to what is happening here. 198 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:27,320 Amen. 199 00:11:27,799 --> 00:11:28,120 Okay. 200 00:11:28,700 --> 00:11:31,159 So I don't know where my glasses went to. 201 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,279 But anyway, can I borrow? 202 00:11:34,279 --> 00:11:36,200 I had them a minute ago. 203 00:11:36,860 --> 00:11:38,700 Anyway, okay, whatever. 204 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:41,120 Reds, leopard, I don't care. 205 00:11:41,179 --> 00:11:41,840 You don't care, do you? 206 00:11:42,279 --> 00:11:43,559 All right, we got the red ones on. 207 00:11:44,879 --> 00:11:47,539 All right, so let's dive in. 208 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:49,600 We're only going to stop a couple of times, okay? 209 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:54,000 But really, just if you don't have something to read this story, 210 00:11:54,019 --> 00:11:55,139 just listen, okay? 211 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:59,460 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, 212 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:03,059 a centurion of what was called the Italian regiment. 213 00:12:04,060 --> 00:12:07,840 And a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, 214 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,879 who gave alms generously to the people 215 00:12:10,879 --> 00:12:12,799 and prayed to God always. 216 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,139 About the ninth hour of the day, about 3 p.m., 217 00:12:16,139 --> 00:12:19,840 he saw clearly a vision, an angel of God coming in 218 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:21,700 and saying to him, Cornelius. 219 00:12:22,700 --> 00:12:26,240 And when he observed him, he was afraid and said, 220 00:12:26,379 --> 00:12:27,120 what is it, Lord? 221 00:12:27,860 --> 00:12:29,059 And so he said to him, 222 00:12:29,059 --> 00:12:32,820 your prayers and your alms have come up 223 00:12:32,820 --> 00:12:35,720 for a memorial before God. 224 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:37,139 So let's just stop there. 225 00:12:37,279 --> 00:12:39,139 This is one of the two stops, okay? 226 00:12:39,879 --> 00:12:40,899 Think about this, like, 227 00:12:42,059 --> 00:12:45,740 so this man, Cornelius, who was never per se 228 00:12:45,740 --> 00:12:48,100 one of the people of God, 229 00:12:48,379 --> 00:12:51,899 because he was an Italian, he was a Roman, right? 230 00:12:52,500 --> 00:12:53,980 And yet he was praying to Yahweh, 231 00:12:54,039 --> 00:12:55,779 and Yahweh heard his prayers, 232 00:12:55,779 --> 00:12:58,919 and he also observed his generosity. 233 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:01,100 You know, that says a lot to me, 234 00:13:01,139 --> 00:13:04,059 because, you know, a lot of times we say, well, you know, 235 00:13:04,620 --> 00:13:05,720 they're unbelievers, 236 00:13:06,259 --> 00:13:10,080 but God still cares about what they're doing, 237 00:13:10,779 --> 00:13:13,399 because he wants to draw all people to himself. 238 00:13:13,620 --> 00:13:15,519 So he's watching Cornelius, 239 00:13:15,580 --> 00:13:18,519 and he cares about what he is doing. 240 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:19,480 You know what it reminds me of? 241 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:23,059 Remember when Jesus said in Matthew 25, he said, 242 00:13:23,059 --> 00:13:26,620 so when the Son of God comes, okay, to rule, 243 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:29,879 and he looks out, and we'll read it, 244 00:13:29,879 --> 00:13:32,659 and then the King will say to those on his right, 245 00:13:32,980 --> 00:13:36,460 come, you who are blessed by my Father, 246 00:13:36,899 --> 00:13:39,000 inherit the kingdom prepared for you 247 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,919 from the foundation of the world. 248 00:13:41,299 --> 00:13:43,659 For I was hungry and you gave me food. 249 00:13:43,899 --> 00:13:45,879 I was thirsty and you welcomed me. 250 00:13:46,059 --> 00:13:47,960 I was naked and you clothed me. 251 00:13:48,159 --> 00:13:50,419 I was sick and you visited me. 252 00:13:50,419 --> 00:13:53,460 I was in prison and you came to me. 253 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,340 And so some of you all have probably done 254 00:13:56,340 --> 00:13:59,019 at least a few of those things, if not all of them at times. 255 00:13:59,179 --> 00:14:00,440 You know, I know I have, you know, 256 00:14:00,519 --> 00:14:02,419 God set me up for an opportunity. 257 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,580 But, you know, people do these things all the time. 258 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,980 Now that, doing these things aren't going to save someone. 259 00:14:10,639 --> 00:14:13,980 But I believe the Lord observes people's heart 260 00:14:13,980 --> 00:14:15,659 that they are desiring God. 261 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,559 They're pursuing God in some way 262 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:20,600 and really want him, 263 00:14:20,940 --> 00:14:22,860 but they don't know what they're searching for. 264 00:14:23,139 --> 00:14:24,960 And I believe he's drawing them in. 265 00:14:25,039 --> 00:14:26,259 He's hearing their prayers. 266 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:28,059 He's seeing their actions. 267 00:14:28,419 --> 00:14:30,860 He sees that they're loving those he loves. 268 00:14:31,100 --> 00:14:32,820 They're loving the least of these, right? 269 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:34,240 In fact, he says, 270 00:14:34,659 --> 00:14:36,159 when you did it for the least of these, 271 00:14:36,279 --> 00:14:37,580 you did it for me. 272 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,200 So when people serve fellow humans, 273 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:43,899 in a sense, they're serving Christ. 274 00:14:44,220 --> 00:14:46,539 Now, again, we need Jesus to be saved. 275 00:14:46,539 --> 00:14:50,000 But I'm just saying that the Lord observes and he notices, 276 00:14:50,100 --> 00:14:52,679 and I believe he is sending the messengers. 277 00:14:53,039 --> 00:14:55,840 He's sending people to draw them in. 278 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:59,840 In fact, a friend of ours is an oral surgeon, 279 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,340 and he used to go down to Guatemala 280 00:15:02,340 --> 00:15:05,539 and repair people's cleft lips. 281 00:15:06,659 --> 00:15:08,299 And more than that, he would go in 282 00:15:08,299 --> 00:15:13,759 and rebuild the upper part of their mouth, okay? 283 00:15:14,059 --> 00:15:15,960 They would have a hole that you could look right up 284 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:16,919 into the sinuses. 285 00:15:17,299 --> 00:15:19,399 It was drastic, right? 286 00:15:19,620 --> 00:15:21,259 They would have no noses, really. 287 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:23,059 Literally, their faces were almost split. 288 00:15:23,519 --> 00:15:26,039 And they would go down there and rebuild their faces. 289 00:15:26,740 --> 00:15:30,460 And he would bring in all of these unbelieving surgeons 290 00:15:30,460 --> 00:15:35,220 that would attend these camps and serve these little kids. 291 00:15:35,379 --> 00:15:38,679 And so many of these medical people would end up 292 00:15:38,679 --> 00:15:41,899 knowing the Lord just through experiencing, 293 00:15:41,899 --> 00:15:43,799 serving the least of these. 294 00:15:43,799 --> 00:15:46,659 These people that just live up in the mountains 295 00:15:46,659 --> 00:15:51,120 and whatever reasons they were being born this way, 296 00:15:51,460 --> 00:15:53,919 and they were restructuring their whole faces 297 00:15:53,919 --> 00:15:55,679 so that they could look at themselves in the mirror 298 00:15:55,679 --> 00:15:56,860 and say, who is that? 299 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:58,840 Like, I don't recognize this person. 300 00:15:59,019 --> 00:16:00,120 I mean, it's just so beautiful, 301 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,820 because the Lord cares about what humans do 302 00:16:03,820 --> 00:16:06,320 for and to one another, right? 303 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,100 And he cares about their prayers, too. 304 00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:13,259 And, you know, I can't help but think about this, you know, 305 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:19,480 in that, you know, Muslims pray five times a day, 306 00:16:20,220 --> 00:16:21,279 you know, religious ones. 307 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:23,539 And they're praying to Allah. 308 00:16:24,580 --> 00:16:29,399 Now, to them, he is the creator of the universe, right? 309 00:16:29,659 --> 00:16:31,360 So they believe in a God. 310 00:16:32,139 --> 00:16:34,159 Now, they don't believe in the same God we believe, 311 00:16:34,580 --> 00:16:36,600 but they believe in a God. 312 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,820 And I have to think the Lord is seeing this, 313 00:16:39,919 --> 00:16:45,259 this urge, this zeal to meet with God for whatever reason. 314 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:47,460 You know, it could be, you know, obviously it's religion 315 00:16:47,460 --> 00:16:49,720 and so forth, but I'm just hoping and praying 316 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:55,200 that the Lord meets them in that place of pursuing him. 317 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,960 Now, of course, there is demonic influence in everything. 318 00:17:00,299 --> 00:17:04,180 There was so many ministries, even Christian ministries, right? 319 00:17:04,180 --> 00:17:07,099 The enemy influences and he penetrates. 320 00:17:07,660 --> 00:17:10,319 And so, of course, fundamental, you know, 321 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,420 Islam where it's terrorism and everything else, you know, 322 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:16,400 I'm not saying God is sanctioning any of that. 323 00:17:16,460 --> 00:17:19,460 I'm just saying, I'm hoping and praying that he meets those 324 00:17:19,460 --> 00:17:23,319 who are pursuing him and he meets them, and he is. 325 00:17:23,619 --> 00:17:27,200 I mean, many of you have heard about Muslims meeting Jesus 326 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,440 in visions and dreams. 327 00:17:30,039 --> 00:17:32,579 And, you know, I was trying to really research statistics, 328 00:17:32,579 --> 00:17:35,700 and I'm not one for saying fake statistics, you know. 329 00:17:36,380 --> 00:17:37,559 And, you know, it would sound great if I said, 330 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:40,779 did you know 80% of all Muslims have met Jesus in a dreamer? 331 00:17:41,039 --> 00:17:42,640 Oh, you know, they sound awesome. 332 00:17:43,279 --> 00:17:46,859 But you can't really find reliable statistics. 333 00:17:47,079 --> 00:17:50,599 But all I do know is so many people who served 334 00:17:50,599 --> 00:17:55,579 in Muslim countries have met with either a light 335 00:17:55,579 --> 00:18:00,140 or someone in white who they later found out was Jesus. 336 00:18:00,759 --> 00:18:01,480 Isn't that right, Danny? 337 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,079 You heard that, right? 338 00:18:04,700 --> 00:18:05,579 Get an amen or something? 339 00:18:05,900 --> 00:18:06,460 A little amen. 340 00:18:08,259 --> 00:18:09,099 But they're meeting. 341 00:18:09,420 --> 00:18:12,039 They're meeting Jesus, you know, through some way. 342 00:18:12,339 --> 00:18:13,920 And then when somebody tells him about him, I think, 343 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:15,019 I think I met that guy. 344 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:19,059 I think I've heard this before because I believe the Lord 345 00:18:19,059 --> 00:18:21,099 is trying to reach them, you know. 346 00:18:21,319 --> 00:18:22,539 He's trying to reach everyone. 347 00:18:22,900 --> 00:18:26,119 In fact, even Paul, the Apostle Paul, we're talking about Peter, 348 00:18:26,319 --> 00:18:28,019 but Paul, when he was going through Athens, 349 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,480 he's walking around and he's seeing all these statues, 350 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,400 all these plaques and everything else. 351 00:18:33,539 --> 00:18:36,160 And he saw one altar with nobody on there. 352 00:18:36,220 --> 00:18:37,579 And it says to the unknown God. 353 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:39,700 In other words, when we meet him, we'll put him up there, too. 354 00:18:40,059 --> 00:18:40,960 And he's walking around. 355 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,799 And in Acts 17, we're going to read some day. 356 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,640 But he says, you know, I see that you're a religious people. 357 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:50,099 OK, there we go. 358 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:50,720 Thanks, Tammy. 359 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:55,900 He was in the midst of the Areopagus. 360 00:18:56,140 --> 00:18:56,420 There you go. 361 00:18:57,079 --> 00:19:00,359 And said, men of Athens, I perceive that in all things 362 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:01,819 you are very religious. 363 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:07,599 And he has made from one blood every nation of men 364 00:19:07,599 --> 00:19:10,599 to dwell on all the face of the earth 365 00:19:10,599 --> 00:19:14,079 and has determined their pre-appointed times 366 00:19:14,079 --> 00:19:16,720 and the boundaries of their dwellings 367 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,960 so that they should seek the Lord in the hope 368 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:23,740 that they might grope for him, meaning like feel, 369 00:19:23,980 --> 00:19:25,680 reach out to him, right? 370 00:19:26,339 --> 00:19:28,720 Though he is not far, oh, I'm sorry, 371 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:32,940 and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 372 00:19:32,980 --> 00:19:37,640 For in him we live and move and have our being. 373 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,839 So, you know, the Lord is perceiving humans 374 00:19:40,839 --> 00:19:42,980 that are trying to meet their maker, 375 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:45,000 trying to meet their creator. 376 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,480 And I believe the Lord is sending messengers. 377 00:19:47,660 --> 00:19:48,680 And guess who's he sending? 378 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:51,359 That's us, right? 379 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:53,900 So let's read on, or else we're never going to get this done. 380 00:19:53,900 --> 00:19:56,099 Okay, so verse five, 381 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:01,079 now send men to Joppa and send for Simon, 382 00:20:01,319 --> 00:20:06,519 whose surname is Peter, he is lodging with Simon a tanner, 383 00:20:06,519 --> 00:20:08,259 whose house is by the sea, 384 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,680 and he will tell you what you must do. 385 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:15,059 And verse seven, and when the angel who spoke to him 386 00:20:15,059 --> 00:20:19,279 had departed Cornelius called to his household servants 387 00:20:19,279 --> 00:20:21,799 and a devout soldier from among those 388 00:20:21,799 --> 00:20:23,240 who waited on him continually. 389 00:20:24,019 --> 00:20:27,440 And so when he had explained all these things to them, 390 00:20:27,500 --> 00:20:30,339 they went, they sent them to Joppa. 391 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:35,160 The next day, as they went on their journey 392 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,880 and drew near the city, Peter went up on the house top 393 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,319 to pray about the sixth hour, 394 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,180 and then he became very hungry and wanted to eat. 395 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:47,000 But while they were made ready, 396 00:20:47,220 --> 00:20:51,119 the food he fell into a trance and saw heaven opened 397 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:55,200 and an object like a great sheep bound at the four corners, 398 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,880 descending to him and let down to the earth. 399 00:20:59,500 --> 00:21:03,099 In it were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, 400 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,819 wild beasts creeping things and the birds of the air. 401 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,319 And a voice came to him, rise Peter, kill and eat. 402 00:21:10,740 --> 00:21:12,619 But Peter said, not so Lord, 403 00:21:12,980 --> 00:21:16,539 for I have never eaten anything common or unclean. 404 00:21:17,019 --> 00:21:20,400 And a voice spoke to him again the second time, 405 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:24,460 what God has cleansed you must not call common. 406 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:26,819 And this was done three times 407 00:21:26,819 --> 00:21:29,660 and the object was taken up into heaven again. 408 00:21:30,799 --> 00:21:33,019 Now while Peter wondered within himself 409 00:21:33,019 --> 00:21:36,279 what this vision which he had seen meant, 410 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:41,000 behold the men who had been sent from Cornelius 411 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:46,319 had made inquiry for Simon's house and stood before the gate. 412 00:21:46,819 --> 00:21:49,319 And they called and asked whether Simon, 413 00:21:49,319 --> 00:21:51,859 whose surname is Peter, was lodging there. 414 00:21:52,579 --> 00:21:53,960 While Peter thought about the vision, 415 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:58,579 the spirit said to him, behold, three men are seeking you. 416 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,380 Arise therefore, go down and go with them, 417 00:22:02,519 --> 00:22:05,220 doubting nothing, for I have sent them. 418 00:22:05,980 --> 00:22:07,900 And then Peter went down to the men 419 00:22:07,900 --> 00:22:11,000 who had been sent to him from Cornelius 420 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,920 and said, yes, I am he whom you seek. 421 00:22:14,559 --> 00:22:16,359 For what reason have you come? 422 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,819 And verse 22, and they said, 423 00:22:19,140 --> 00:22:21,559 Cornelius, a centurion, a just man, 424 00:22:22,259 --> 00:22:25,360 one who fears God and has a good reputation 425 00:22:26,019 --> 00:22:28,339 among all the nation of the Jews, 426 00:22:28,660 --> 00:22:31,960 was divinely instructed by a holy angel 427 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:37,240 to summon you to his house and to hear words from you. 428 00:22:37,900 --> 00:22:40,759 And then he invited them in and they enlarged them. 429 00:22:41,220 --> 00:22:43,700 On the next day, Peter went away with them 430 00:22:43,700 --> 00:22:47,839 and some brethren from Joppa accompanied him. 431 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:52,079 Verse 24, and the following day they entered Caesarea. 432 00:22:53,759 --> 00:22:55,640 Now Cornelius was waiting for them 433 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,779 and had called together his relatives and close friends. 434 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,440 As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him 435 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,220 and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. 436 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,140 But Peter lifted him up saying, stand up, 437 00:23:08,319 --> 00:23:10,640 I myself am also a man. 438 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,059 And as he talked with him, 439 00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:16,859 he went in and found many who had come together. 440 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,640 And verse 28, and then he said to them, 441 00:23:20,099 --> 00:23:22,019 you know how unlawful it is 442 00:23:22,019 --> 00:23:24,980 for a Jewish man to keep company with 443 00:23:24,980 --> 00:23:27,099 or go to another nation. 444 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:31,799 But God has shown me that I should not call any man 445 00:23:31,799 --> 00:23:33,480 common or unclean. 446 00:23:33,839 --> 00:23:36,140 Therefore, I came without objection 447 00:23:36,140 --> 00:23:38,140 as soon as I was sent for. 448 00:23:38,140 --> 00:23:42,059 I asked then, for what reason have you sent for me? 449 00:23:42,940 --> 00:23:45,119 So Cornelius said four days ago, 450 00:23:45,519 --> 00:23:47,500 I was fasting until this hour, 451 00:23:47,859 --> 00:23:50,500 and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house 452 00:23:50,500 --> 00:23:54,299 and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing 453 00:23:54,299 --> 00:23:58,700 and said, Cornelius, your prayer has been heard 454 00:23:58,700 --> 00:24:02,700 and your alms are remembered in the sight of God. 455 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,519 And send therefore to Joppa and call Simon here, 456 00:24:06,519 --> 00:24:08,299 whose surname is Peter. 457 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:12,839 He is lodging in the house of Simon a tanner by the sea. 458 00:24:13,220 --> 00:24:15,240 When he comes, he will speak to you. 459 00:24:15,319 --> 00:24:18,680 So I sent to you immediately and you have done well to come. 460 00:24:19,180 --> 00:24:22,720 Now, therefore, we are all present before God 461 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,660 to hear all the things commanded you by God. 462 00:24:26,380 --> 00:24:29,519 Verse 34, then Peter opened his mouth and said, 463 00:24:30,059 --> 00:24:34,819 in truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. 464 00:24:34,819 --> 00:24:35,680 Think about that. 465 00:24:36,259 --> 00:24:38,900 God shows no partiality. 466 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,720 But in every nation, whoever fears him 467 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:45,279 and works righteousness is accepted by him. 468 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:50,180 Verse 36, the word which God sent to the children of Israel 469 00:24:50,180 --> 00:24:53,019 preaching peace through Jesus Christ, 470 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:54,500 he is Lord of all. 471 00:24:55,079 --> 00:24:59,980 That word, you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea 472 00:24:59,980 --> 00:25:02,799 and began from Galilee after the baptism 473 00:25:02,799 --> 00:25:04,599 which John preached. 474 00:25:05,279 --> 00:25:09,039 Verse 38, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth 475 00:25:09,039 --> 00:25:12,079 with the Holy Spirit and with power, 476 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,440 who went about doing good and healing all 477 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:19,259 who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. 478 00:25:20,539 --> 00:25:23,859 And we are witnesses of all things which he did 479 00:25:23,859 --> 00:25:26,519 both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, 480 00:25:26,940 --> 00:25:29,339 whom they killed by hanging on a tree. 481 00:25:29,339 --> 00:25:32,839 Him God raised up on the third day 482 00:25:32,839 --> 00:25:36,420 and showed him openly, not to all the people, 483 00:25:36,559 --> 00:25:40,559 but to witnesses chosen before by God, 484 00:25:41,099 --> 00:25:43,680 even to us who ate and drank with him 485 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,539 after he rose from the dead. 486 00:25:46,339 --> 00:25:49,579 And he commanded us to preach to the people 487 00:25:49,579 --> 00:25:54,099 and to testify that it is he who was ordained by God 488 00:25:54,099 --> 00:25:57,180 to be judge of the living and the dead. 489 00:25:57,180 --> 00:26:01,220 Verse 43, to him, all the prophets witness 490 00:26:01,220 --> 00:26:06,579 that through his name, whoever believes in him 491 00:26:06,579 --> 00:26:10,000 will receive remission of sins. 492 00:26:10,559 --> 00:26:11,240 Hallelujah. 493 00:26:11,900 --> 00:26:15,380 Verse 44, while Peter was speaking these words, 494 00:26:15,599 --> 00:26:20,920 the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word 495 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,220 and those of the circumcision, 496 00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:25,420 in other words, the Jews that went with Peter, 497 00:26:25,420 --> 00:26:27,599 who believed were astonished. 498 00:26:28,339 --> 00:26:30,720 As many as came with Peter 499 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,079 because the gift of the Holy Spirit 500 00:26:33,079 --> 00:26:35,420 had been poured out on the Gentiles also, 501 00:26:36,599 --> 00:26:40,720 for they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God. 502 00:26:41,299 --> 00:26:44,359 And then Peter answered, can anyone forbid water 503 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:47,420 that these should not be baptized 504 00:26:47,420 --> 00:26:51,380 who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have? 505 00:26:51,839 --> 00:26:54,099 And he commanded them to be baptized 506 00:26:54,099 --> 00:26:55,779 in the name of the Lord, 507 00:26:56,279 --> 00:26:59,259 and then they asked him to stay a few days. 508 00:27:00,180 --> 00:27:02,619 Amen. See, we did it. Hallelujah. 509 00:27:03,559 --> 00:27:04,920 It wasn't so bad, right? 510 00:27:06,059 --> 00:27:07,619 I mean, we needed all that. 511 00:27:07,819 --> 00:27:10,779 We needed all of it, the whole story, you know? 512 00:27:11,519 --> 00:27:16,079 And so think about this, you know, Peter preaches the baptized, 513 00:27:16,599 --> 00:27:19,019 the Spirit baptizes every one of them, 514 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,579 and they're astonished, and then he even stays. 515 00:27:23,259 --> 00:27:27,000 He doesn't run out the door. He stays with them a few days. 516 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:31,000 You know, they were unclean a week ago, 517 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:33,960 or three days ago, right? 518 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,880 Now, he's hanging out with them. 519 00:27:36,980 --> 00:27:39,259 I mean, that is remarkable, isn't it? 520 00:27:39,660 --> 00:27:42,579 So what can we really learn about this? 521 00:27:42,759 --> 00:27:45,579 Like, what are the takeaways, you know, the applications? 522 00:27:46,140 --> 00:27:48,160 We might as well dive in right to it, right? 523 00:27:48,740 --> 00:27:50,680 And first, the first application, 524 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,160 if we could put that up, Tammy, 525 00:27:54,259 --> 00:27:59,339 is we have to love those whom God loves. 526 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:01,500 Who does God love? 527 00:28:02,660 --> 00:28:06,180 Everyone. Everyone made in his image, right? 528 00:28:06,660 --> 00:28:09,000 He loves them. So who should we love? 529 00:28:09,980 --> 00:28:12,460 Everyone, right? I know this is elementary. 530 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:14,880 But still, I have to be reminded, 531 00:28:15,019 --> 00:28:15,779 I don't know about you. 532 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,559 I'm preaching to myself right now. 533 00:28:17,559 --> 00:28:21,759 I have to be reminded that I'm supposed to love everyone. 534 00:28:22,259 --> 00:28:23,019 And you know what's interesting? 535 00:28:23,420 --> 00:28:26,000 We don't always have to like everyone, okay? 536 00:28:26,039 --> 00:28:27,039 I just want to say that. 537 00:28:27,259 --> 00:28:29,839 Like, you know, there's different words in Greek for love, 538 00:28:29,839 --> 00:28:34,480 and one is phileo, which means love being around them. 539 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,660 Just very fun. Like, they're great friends. 540 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:40,740 They're everything. And then there's agape. 541 00:28:40,980 --> 00:28:42,819 You love them regardless, okay? 542 00:28:43,359 --> 00:28:45,720 So we have to agape everybody. 543 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:49,640 It's good if we can phileo everybody, but it might not happen. 544 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,980 But we still have to agape, love them sacrificially, right? 545 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:58,279 And so we have to love those whom God loves, 546 00:28:58,740 --> 00:29:04,960 and we have to love them more than fearing them or hating them, right? 547 00:29:05,039 --> 00:29:08,140 Because love is greater than fear and love, isn't it? 548 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:13,299 We have to love them more than we fear or hate them, right? 549 00:29:13,299 --> 00:29:14,799 We just love them. 550 00:29:15,359 --> 00:29:19,319 I have a graphic that AI helped me make if you could put up that next. 551 00:29:20,700 --> 00:29:22,019 And that's pretty cool. 552 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,119 I know AI, evil, wicked. 553 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:25,660 Well, you know, I use it sometimes. 554 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,900 Yeah, it's a tool. It's a tool, okay? 555 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:30,759 We had this discussion yesterday. 556 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:33,900 Yeah, it's a tool, okay? 557 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:38,079 And look, that's pretty cool for just speaking into a device 558 00:29:38,079 --> 00:29:39,339 and they created that thing. 559 00:29:39,420 --> 00:29:42,200 I don't think that existed before I spoke it in there, but who knows? 560 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,359 Hey, that's kind of indicative of it. 561 00:29:44,359 --> 00:29:45,299 All right, never mind. 562 00:29:45,660 --> 00:29:46,680 She's saying, all right, stop. 563 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:47,960 All right, but anyway. 564 00:29:48,900 --> 00:29:50,180 So you see, isn't that cool, though? 565 00:29:50,380 --> 00:29:50,680 Like, love. 566 00:29:51,279 --> 00:29:56,140 Love is the bridge over fear and hatred, isn't it? 567 00:29:56,299 --> 00:29:57,700 And I love even the graphics. 568 00:29:57,940 --> 00:30:00,460 They're so cool because hatred, that fiery hatred, 569 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:02,599 is wanting them to burn, right? 570 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:03,359 Right? 571 00:30:03,859 --> 00:30:07,319 And then remember when James and John went through Samaria, you know, 572 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,960 and they wouldn't accept Christ, 573 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,079 and James and John, the sons of thunder, 574 00:30:12,339 --> 00:30:14,980 is, should we call down lightning like Elijah? 575 00:30:15,279 --> 00:30:17,240 And he's, what kind of spirit are you of? 576 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:21,099 This is not the spirit of God that I want to torch the city 577 00:30:21,099 --> 00:30:22,980 because they wouldn't accept me, right? 578 00:30:23,519 --> 00:30:26,220 And so, but love is that bridge. 579 00:30:26,700 --> 00:30:29,539 Love, like, crosses over all boundaries. 580 00:30:29,740 --> 00:30:31,619 It's just simple love. 581 00:30:32,339 --> 00:30:36,039 And then, as you look at that, I took it a step further 582 00:30:36,039 --> 00:30:39,339 because aren't we like Christ in every situation? 583 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,799 Like, who else is qualified to be like Christ? 584 00:30:43,460 --> 00:30:47,480 So the same picture is really, if we're demonstrating Christ's love, 585 00:30:47,599 --> 00:30:49,960 it's not even about how we feel about it. 586 00:30:50,259 --> 00:30:52,940 It's about Jesus loves them. 587 00:30:53,619 --> 00:30:54,660 He doesn't hate them. 588 00:30:55,039 --> 00:30:56,460 And he certainly doesn't fear them. 589 00:30:57,119 --> 00:30:57,900 He loves them. 590 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:02,660 And we are like Christ to everyone we meet, right? 591 00:31:02,799 --> 00:31:06,059 So we could just take ourselves out of the equation. 592 00:31:06,359 --> 00:31:07,779 We just don't matter. 593 00:31:07,779 --> 00:31:10,619 Yeah, that's good to sometimes tell yourself, isn't it? 594 00:31:10,619 --> 00:31:12,500 You know, it doesn't really matter what I think. 595 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:14,720 It doesn't even matter what I feel. 596 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:17,180 What does Christ want to do? 597 00:31:17,299 --> 00:31:22,680 I want to be just captivated to what he wants to do, 598 00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:25,240 to how he feels about the situation. 599 00:31:25,819 --> 00:31:26,339 And guess what? 600 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:28,720 When you go there, you're the most free 601 00:31:29,539 --> 00:31:34,039 because you don't hang on to the things, your feelings, you know, 602 00:31:34,039 --> 00:31:36,960 and the tentacles of the past, 603 00:31:37,180 --> 00:31:40,039 the tentacles of disappointment, of unforgiveness, 604 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:42,039 and all these tentacles. 605 00:31:42,279 --> 00:31:44,019 It's like, it don't matter. 606 00:31:44,759 --> 00:31:46,359 What does Christ want to do? 607 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:47,099 That's what matters. 608 00:31:47,420 --> 00:31:49,700 He doesn't fear and he doesn't hate. 609 00:31:50,539 --> 00:31:52,480 So I want to do what he wants to do. 610 00:31:53,779 --> 00:31:58,339 I just love that picture of just really loving the Lord. 611 00:31:58,519 --> 00:32:00,640 You know, we don't, we're reminded again and again, 612 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:05,160 we don't wrestle against flesh and blood, right? 613 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,319 But against principalities, powers, 614 00:32:08,579 --> 00:32:10,440 rulers of the darkness of this age 615 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:15,480 and spirits of wickedness in heavenly places, right? 616 00:32:15,779 --> 00:32:17,319 These are things we don't see. 617 00:32:17,619 --> 00:32:18,759 We see the flesh. 618 00:32:19,940 --> 00:32:21,480 That's not who we're wrestling against. 619 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:25,599 We're wrestling against the spirit driving the flesh, right? 620 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,299 And so that's the real enemy. 621 00:32:28,299 --> 00:32:31,579 While I was thinking about this, I came across this story, 622 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:33,000 which was just phenomenal. 623 00:32:34,039 --> 00:32:36,720 And there's this, so this young boy, okay, 624 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:39,980 his name's Darrell Davis, right? 625 00:32:40,539 --> 00:32:45,480 And his father was some officer, 626 00:32:45,819 --> 00:32:48,440 like a military officer, a foreign service. 627 00:32:49,079 --> 00:32:50,859 And so he and his family would travel 628 00:32:50,859 --> 00:32:52,339 around all different countries 629 00:32:52,339 --> 00:32:56,559 and he spent much of his time in international schools, okay? 630 00:32:56,559 --> 00:33:00,559 And he met so many different people, 631 00:33:00,700 --> 00:33:01,559 like we were just talking about, 632 00:33:01,579 --> 00:33:03,839 a variety of cultures. 633 00:33:04,980 --> 00:33:08,279 And typically the more of that blends together, 634 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:10,619 you start to really learn people 635 00:33:10,619 --> 00:33:11,920 how we're kind of all the same, 636 00:33:11,980 --> 00:33:13,180 even though we're very different. 637 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:16,099 And you become very accepting of, 638 00:33:16,460 --> 00:33:18,660 just we're all a little different and we can accept that. 639 00:33:19,180 --> 00:33:20,039 We're unique. 640 00:33:20,420 --> 00:33:21,619 That's a beautiful thing, right? 641 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,200 And so as young Darrell Davis was traveling, 642 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,880 the world with his father and probably mom and family 643 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:30,940 and experiencing all this, 644 00:33:31,299 --> 00:33:33,599 he moved back to the States when he was 10 645 00:33:34,259 --> 00:33:36,119 and he joined the Cub Scouts 646 00:33:36,119 --> 00:33:42,099 and he was marching in a parade for Cub Scouts. 647 00:33:43,079 --> 00:33:45,619 And it was in Massachusetts 648 00:33:45,619 --> 00:33:50,599 and he was only one of two black boys in his school, okay? 649 00:33:50,839 --> 00:33:52,539 So it was a very white area. 650 00:33:52,539 --> 00:33:55,160 And as he's marching in the Cub Scouts, 651 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,420 people are throwing things at him, like rocks and stuff. 652 00:33:58,559 --> 00:34:00,599 This was in the 70s. 653 00:34:01,359 --> 00:34:03,480 And he's like, he didn't understand it 654 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,500 because he didn't come from here. 655 00:34:05,660 --> 00:34:06,680 He didn't understand, right? 656 00:34:07,079 --> 00:34:09,059 So he said to his dad, like, what are they doing? 657 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:11,840 Like, why are they throwing things at me? 658 00:34:11,900 --> 00:34:12,960 Like, they don't even know me. 659 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:14,440 Well, it's because you're black. 660 00:34:15,199 --> 00:34:18,800 He's like, oh, but they don't know me. 661 00:34:18,860 --> 00:34:20,840 How can they hate me if they don't know me, right? 662 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:22,380 So he was just puzzled. 663 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,320 And that question never went out of his mind. 664 00:34:25,460 --> 00:34:28,860 He wanted to find out why people hated him 665 00:34:28,860 --> 00:34:30,139 when they didn't even know him. 666 00:34:30,559 --> 00:34:33,659 So he went on from there and became an amazing musician, 667 00:34:33,980 --> 00:34:37,199 like a piano player, like rhythm and blues, you know? 668 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,960 And he played with all the greats, you know? 669 00:34:40,199 --> 00:34:42,099 Chubby Checker, Jerry Lee Lewis, 670 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:45,539 and all these just amazing, like, musicians. 671 00:34:46,380 --> 00:34:48,360 Played with them in the same clubs, 672 00:34:48,579 --> 00:34:50,179 played in the same bands, all this stuff. 673 00:34:50,179 --> 00:34:51,340 So he's in this. 674 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:54,920 So one day later on, he's, you know, an adult now, 675 00:34:55,179 --> 00:34:57,539 and he's, you know, jamming, of course, right? 676 00:34:57,820 --> 00:35:00,099 And he's playing in this, like, white club. 677 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:03,320 And as he's playing, this white guy comes up and he goes, 678 00:35:03,380 --> 00:35:04,940 you know, I never saw a black guy 679 00:35:04,940 --> 00:35:06,500 play like Jerry Lee Lewis. 680 00:35:06,679 --> 00:35:08,539 And he goes, well, Jerry Lee Lewis 681 00:35:08,539 --> 00:35:10,500 learned from the same guy I learned from. 682 00:35:11,099 --> 00:35:13,000 So, and as he started talking to him, 683 00:35:13,059 --> 00:35:15,539 the guy started taking a liking. 684 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:17,440 You know, they became kind of friendly. 685 00:35:18,139 --> 00:35:18,739 And he says, you know, 686 00:35:18,739 --> 00:35:21,739 I'm actually in the Ku Klux Klan, right? 687 00:35:22,599 --> 00:35:26,340 And so, you know, being Daryl Davis, 688 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:30,740 kind of bold and bold, and yet at the same time, 689 00:35:31,340 --> 00:35:34,460 you know, just asking questions constantly, 690 00:35:35,019 --> 00:35:37,579 he says, well, can you tell me more about that, right? 691 00:35:38,119 --> 00:35:39,500 And can I talk to you about it? 692 00:35:39,500 --> 00:35:42,599 I'd love to learn more about the Ku Klux Klan, right? 693 00:35:43,159 --> 00:35:45,760 And so, as he started talking to this guy, 694 00:35:46,519 --> 00:35:48,420 over time, they became friends. 695 00:35:49,460 --> 00:35:50,739 And he said, can you introduce me 696 00:35:50,739 --> 00:35:52,960 to more Ku Klux Klan people? 697 00:35:53,679 --> 00:35:54,539 This is amazing. 698 00:35:55,260 --> 00:35:57,559 And so, he started introducing him 699 00:35:57,559 --> 00:35:59,920 to, like, the grand imperial wizard dragon, 700 00:36:00,099 --> 00:36:00,880 whatever they're calling him, right? 701 00:36:00,940 --> 00:36:01,420 All these people. 702 00:36:01,820 --> 00:36:02,960 And he's meeting with them. 703 00:36:03,219 --> 00:36:04,940 And what he would have is he had a secretary. 704 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,539 He would have his white secretary call 705 00:36:08,539 --> 00:36:10,639 because, you know, he didn't want them to pick up 706 00:36:10,639 --> 00:36:11,760 that he was a black guy, right? 707 00:36:12,079 --> 00:36:15,039 So he started having the girl set up meetings, okay? 708 00:36:15,039 --> 00:36:20,840 And then he'd walk in and show up with this KKK guy 709 00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:22,360 probably all dressed up in his garb 710 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:23,860 and he sees a black guy walking in. 711 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:25,659 Imagine that, you know, awkward, 712 00:36:26,179 --> 00:36:27,139 to say the least, right? 713 00:36:27,559 --> 00:36:29,659 And he comes walking in, but with his Bible. 714 00:36:31,139 --> 00:36:34,500 And as he walked in, he just would hang out, talk, 715 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:36,719 and he brought his Bible because he said 716 00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:38,840 he wanted someone to show him in the Bible 717 00:36:39,599 --> 00:36:41,960 where this separation of races 718 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,599 and this hatred is spelled out, 719 00:36:44,599 --> 00:36:45,940 like, just show me. 720 00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:47,559 Of course, nobody could, right? 721 00:36:48,159 --> 00:36:51,119 And over time, the grand imperial wizard became his friend. 722 00:36:51,780 --> 00:36:53,099 Eventually, he led 200... 723 00:36:53,099 --> 00:36:54,079 We've got to show some pictures. 724 00:36:54,599 --> 00:36:55,300 He showed... 725 00:36:55,300 --> 00:37:00,579 He led 200 Ku Klux Klan people out of the Klan. 726 00:37:01,199 --> 00:37:02,440 Is that phenomenal, right? 727 00:37:02,599 --> 00:37:03,800 I mean, look at that. 728 00:37:04,420 --> 00:37:07,780 There is the grand imperial wizard dragon queen. 729 00:37:08,119 --> 00:37:09,659 I don't know what he was, but he was something, right? 730 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:10,400 You know? 731 00:37:10,860 --> 00:37:12,980 But, like, and he just went on 732 00:37:12,980 --> 00:37:14,900 and he started doing these tours and saying, 733 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,239 you know, we can overcome hatred 734 00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,019 just with a lot of communication. 735 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:21,260 But I think about that. 736 00:37:21,820 --> 00:37:25,860 Like, this Peter going into a Roman soldier's household, 737 00:37:26,139 --> 00:37:27,619 a commander of an army, right? 738 00:37:27,940 --> 00:37:30,159 This guy, all you have to do is say a few words, 739 00:37:31,300 --> 00:37:35,239 and Peter's life could go very bad, if not ended, right? 740 00:37:35,780 --> 00:37:37,480 Because he's in charge, right? 741 00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:40,539 And Peter is of the oppressed class, right? 742 00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:41,760 He could have said anything. 743 00:37:43,139 --> 00:37:44,480 But he still went. 744 00:37:44,860 --> 00:37:48,699 He didn't fear Cornelius, and he didn't hate him. 745 00:37:49,519 --> 00:37:51,719 He says, look, the spirit told me to go and talk to this guy. 746 00:37:51,820 --> 00:37:52,480 I have to go, right? 747 00:37:52,599 --> 00:37:55,380 I mean, this is what the spirit wants me to do. 748 00:37:56,420 --> 00:37:58,039 And Darryl Davis just saying, like, 749 00:37:58,519 --> 00:38:00,460 well, if they get to know me, they'll like me. 750 00:38:01,300 --> 00:38:03,119 They'll like the Lord in me. 751 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,000 And he just did the thing. 752 00:38:05,119 --> 00:38:05,760 Isn't that amazing? 753 00:38:06,559 --> 00:38:07,639 He just did it, you know? 754 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:08,659 What a tremendous story. 755 00:38:08,659 --> 00:38:12,219 So the first application is what we have to love 756 00:38:12,219 --> 00:38:15,480 more than we hate or fear people, amen? 757 00:38:16,579 --> 00:38:19,639 And what's the next application we can take from this? 758 00:38:20,980 --> 00:38:25,780 The second one is we really need to step out of our comfort zone, amen? 759 00:38:26,300 --> 00:38:27,239 I like that little bubble. 760 00:38:27,780 --> 00:38:29,800 Another thing I had some help making. 761 00:38:31,340 --> 00:38:32,039 Don't judge. 762 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:32,760 Come on. 763 00:38:33,019 --> 00:38:35,980 You know, I don't have an artist at home that could say, 764 00:38:36,019 --> 00:38:37,059 oh, let me make that for you. 765 00:38:37,059 --> 00:38:41,260 But I think it's pretty cool, you know, for an amateur, right? 766 00:38:42,099 --> 00:38:45,719 But step out of our, really, just do the thing. 767 00:38:45,860 --> 00:38:49,019 You know, Peter was living very comfortably in the Tanner's house. 768 00:38:49,380 --> 00:38:51,940 I don't know about comfortable, but he was there, right? 769 00:38:53,139 --> 00:38:56,400 Insulated, didn't have to be afraid of anything. 770 00:38:56,519 --> 00:38:58,579 And all of a sudden, yeah, we want you to go to Caesarea 771 00:38:59,579 --> 00:39:04,059 and go into Peter's household and kind of risk everything. 772 00:39:05,059 --> 00:39:06,500 You know, life is pretty good right now. 773 00:39:06,500 --> 00:39:10,800 And you want me to risk everything to talk to this guy that I don't know. 774 00:39:10,860 --> 00:39:11,699 What if it's a trap? 775 00:39:12,739 --> 00:39:14,360 It could be a trap, can't it? 776 00:39:14,739 --> 00:39:17,179 Like, what about just like Darryl Davis? 777 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,559 It could all be a trap. 778 00:39:20,519 --> 00:39:26,900 And yet just going anyway and doing what the Lord wants us to do, you know? 779 00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:30,780 Going out of his way, I mean, it's 30 miles away on like walking. 780 00:39:31,179 --> 00:39:33,300 That's not a short little trek. 781 00:39:33,300 --> 00:39:35,800 You know, sometimes you say, can you go over to the neighbor 782 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:40,579 and talk to him about Jesus while he's, you know, picking weeds 783 00:39:40,579 --> 00:39:42,500 and like a little way over there? 784 00:39:43,059 --> 00:39:44,860 You know, I'm just kidding. 785 00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:46,019 I'm just kidding. 786 00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:48,599 But, you know, we can be pretty lazy, can't we sometimes? 787 00:39:48,940 --> 00:39:50,239 No guilt, no shame. 788 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,099 I'm just talking to myself right now, right? 789 00:39:52,599 --> 00:39:56,179 But really, it's like, you know, but we have to go and do the thing. 790 00:39:56,420 --> 00:39:58,300 Just like Peter did. 791 00:39:58,380 --> 00:39:59,320 He just said, you know what? 792 00:40:00,079 --> 00:40:01,900 If this is what the Lord wants me to do, 793 00:40:01,900 --> 00:40:04,199 I want to be where he wants me to be. 794 00:40:04,219 --> 00:40:04,940 We all do. 795 00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:06,260 We all do. 796 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:08,260 We think we're living our own lives. 797 00:40:08,820 --> 00:40:10,079 We live his life, you know? 798 00:40:10,579 --> 00:40:14,199 Like Paul said, for I died, I no longer live, but Christ, he lives. 799 00:40:14,559 --> 00:40:16,000 I've been crucified with Christ. 800 00:40:16,500 --> 00:40:20,019 I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. 801 00:40:20,340 --> 00:40:23,559 And the life I now live in the flesh, I live to Jesus Christ. 802 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:25,800 You know, that's our lives, right? 803 00:40:26,260 --> 00:40:27,579 We don't own our own lives. 804 00:40:27,780 --> 00:40:28,159 He does. 805 00:40:29,079 --> 00:40:30,840 And they're the best lives we can live. 806 00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:31,519 Amen. 807 00:40:33,179 --> 00:40:41,239 And then the last application is don't compromise the truth to make peace. 808 00:40:42,860 --> 00:40:49,960 You know, really, it's like all these things, being friendly with someone, right? 809 00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:53,239 That think completely opposite things. 810 00:40:53,340 --> 00:40:56,860 We could think, well, like, I'm going to probably have to water down some things. 811 00:40:56,860 --> 00:41:02,000 I'm probably going to have to, you know, appease a bit, you know? 812 00:41:02,340 --> 00:41:08,019 Because otherwise, if I say the awkward thing, the thing that irritates them, 813 00:41:08,079 --> 00:41:10,699 then they won't want me here or worse, right? 814 00:41:11,260 --> 00:41:17,840 But we can't sacrifice truth to get peace. 815 00:41:18,699 --> 00:41:19,760 What did Jesus say? 816 00:41:20,460 --> 00:41:22,920 Don't think I came to bring peace on earth. 817 00:41:23,139 --> 00:41:24,260 Well, he's the prince of peace. 818 00:41:25,079 --> 00:41:26,280 You know, is that an oxymoron? 819 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:27,239 Like, I thought you were. 820 00:41:27,340 --> 00:41:28,099 You're the prince of peace. 821 00:41:28,260 --> 00:41:30,380 How can you not come to bring peace on earth? 822 00:41:31,340 --> 00:41:33,179 Not at a cost of truth, right? 823 00:41:33,559 --> 00:41:36,320 I came to bring a sword, right? 824 00:41:36,579 --> 00:41:42,820 That's even going to divide households because truth is the most valuable thing. 825 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:47,239 In fact, in reality, you can't have peace without truth. 826 00:41:47,420 --> 00:41:52,059 Don't you love that shirt that used to say, no peace, K-N-O-W, peace? 827 00:41:53,420 --> 00:41:53,619 Right? 828 00:41:54,519 --> 00:41:56,079 Or no peace, no peace. 829 00:41:56,340 --> 00:41:57,780 Anyway, what was I just thinking about? 830 00:41:58,159 --> 00:42:00,579 This is what happens when you just think out loud. 831 00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:02,360 It's always dangerous. 832 00:42:03,199 --> 00:42:04,579 But no peace, no peace. 833 00:42:04,699 --> 00:42:05,320 Is that what it is? 834 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:07,300 No Jesus. 835 00:42:08,159 --> 00:42:08,639 No Jesus. 836 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,079 No Jesus, no peace. 837 00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:12,179 Anyway, you know what I mean. 838 00:42:14,079 --> 00:42:19,539 But really, as the worship team comes up to take me out of my misery, 839 00:42:21,460 --> 00:42:27,099 you know, it's really, it's just, it's simple, really. 840 00:42:27,260 --> 00:42:31,539 When you look at stories like this, it's really simple, isn't it? 841 00:42:32,219 --> 00:42:35,099 Like, there's nothing we have to be afraid of. 842 00:42:36,119 --> 00:42:37,860 You know, we don't have to fear anyone. 843 00:42:38,300 --> 00:42:39,940 We don't have to hate anyone. 844 00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:47,559 You know, I'm getting kind of concerned about the focus on, 845 00:42:47,559 --> 00:42:53,199 how do I say it, the different posts of, 846 00:42:54,079 --> 00:42:58,400 we got to get them out of here and, you know, anti-Islam. 847 00:42:58,860 --> 00:43:02,719 Look, there's only one saviour, Jesus Christ, right? 848 00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:08,619 But this kind of hatred, and trust me, like, I agree. 849 00:43:08,900 --> 00:43:13,239 Like, there's things happening that are not healthy for this country, right? 850 00:43:13,940 --> 00:43:16,440 I mean, I totally agree with that, right? 851 00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:23,360 There's very unhealthy things that are being fostered in government through Islam 852 00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:26,039 that is not going to work out well for humanity. 853 00:43:26,300 --> 00:43:26,900 It never has. 854 00:43:27,099 --> 00:43:31,519 You look around, socialism, communism, find me somewhere it's worked, okay? 855 00:43:32,559 --> 00:43:36,619 Islam, show me somewhere where people are freer because of Islam. 856 00:43:36,780 --> 00:43:37,420 Just show me. 857 00:43:37,599 --> 00:43:38,739 Is there anywhere, right? 858 00:43:39,539 --> 00:43:43,599 There's nowhere because it brings shackles upon people. 859 00:43:43,980 --> 00:43:45,480 It enslaves people. 860 00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:47,099 It's not a good thing. 861 00:43:47,539 --> 00:43:48,960 So I totally believe that. 862 00:43:49,820 --> 00:43:56,019 But the kind of hateful rhetoric is just, that's not, 863 00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:58,500 that doesn't feel like the Holy Spirit to me. 864 00:43:58,599 --> 00:43:59,280 It really doesn't. 865 00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:03,079 It feels like there's a lot of hatred and anger and fear. 866 00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:08,480 And we can all start to get caught up in that flow of, 867 00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:13,960 yeah, yeah, you know, I hate them. 868 00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:16,039 And let me tell you something. 869 00:44:16,380 --> 00:44:19,920 I know a lot of Muslims and they're wonderful people. 870 00:44:20,860 --> 00:44:22,320 I love talking to them. 871 00:44:22,420 --> 00:44:23,360 I love hanging out with them. 872 00:44:23,460 --> 00:44:24,360 They're nice people. 873 00:44:24,699 --> 00:44:26,559 I remember this one time I used to go to this meeting, 874 00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:30,300 meeting for a better understanding, and it was Christians present. 875 00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:33,679 Well, first they would present the, the Quran and, you know, 876 00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:37,179 different teachings of, you know, of Muhammad. 877 00:44:38,699 --> 00:44:42,960 And then the Christian would get up and give straight hardcore truth. 878 00:44:43,119 --> 00:44:46,840 I mean, the, the gospel just wouldn't pull any punches. 879 00:44:47,260 --> 00:44:47,880 It was amazing. 880 00:44:48,079 --> 00:44:52,260 I'm like, well, I, I assumed, you know, in the midst of this environment, 881 00:44:52,260 --> 00:44:53,860 they're going to soften it up. 882 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:56,280 They're going to, you know, it was boom. 883 00:44:56,579 --> 00:44:58,179 No Jesus, no peace. 884 00:44:58,539 --> 00:44:59,099 There it is. 885 00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:02,320 Right? 886 00:45:04,039 --> 00:45:04,059 Truth. 887 00:45:05,179 --> 00:45:06,579 And I got to meet some of them. 888 00:45:06,739 --> 00:45:08,000 I'll never forget this guy. 889 00:45:08,219 --> 00:45:11,380 He was obviously the, the rainmaker of the mosque. 890 00:45:11,380 --> 00:45:15,699 You know, I mean, you know, he was, I could tell he had some status and 891 00:45:15,699 --> 00:45:17,300 probably some money. 892 00:45:18,159 --> 00:45:19,599 And I said, yeah, I got to reach out to him. 893 00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:20,780 You know, so I reached out to him. 894 00:45:20,860 --> 00:45:21,940 I said, hey, you want to do lunch? 895 00:45:22,119 --> 00:45:22,659 He goes, yeah, yeah. 896 00:45:22,980 --> 00:45:23,739 So he goes, come on out. 897 00:45:23,860 --> 00:45:23,900 Yeah. 898 00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:28,519 So he's, he's wealthy, like beyond. 899 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:31,460 He, he walked me through both of his factories, 900 00:45:31,699 --> 00:45:32,840 showing me all of it. 901 00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:33,599 It was astounding. 902 00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:37,099 He made hydraulic engines around the world. 903 00:45:37,119 --> 00:45:39,260 He was an international manufacturer. 904 00:45:39,260 --> 00:45:41,340 I'm like, wow, who wouldn't know? 905 00:45:41,639 --> 00:45:44,280 And he's, he's inviting me all around the place. 906 00:45:44,559 --> 00:45:47,280 And then I walk up to this one guy who's working. 907 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:48,519 He goes, this is so-and-so. 908 00:45:48,559 --> 00:45:49,099 I forget his name. 909 00:45:49,340 --> 00:45:51,219 He goes to Calvary Chapel, Philadelphia. 910 00:45:51,940 --> 00:45:54,119 And his Bible is right there on his workstation. 911 00:45:54,500 --> 00:45:57,579 And he's like, he's a great worker, you know, and just like, and I'm 912 00:45:57,579 --> 00:46:00,760 like, and then we went out to lunch and he insisted on buying. 913 00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:03,440 And we just, and like, just a sweetheart of a guy. 914 00:46:03,579 --> 00:46:06,059 I know so many Muslims like that. 915 00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:06,639 Okay. 916 00:46:06,639 --> 00:46:10,699 Now, again, I know there's a spiritual element we're not seeing, 917 00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:12,059 but that's, isn't that with everybody? 918 00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:16,500 Every single situation, you know, there's a spiritual realm to everything. 919 00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:20,119 But all I can say is we have to love people. 920 00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:22,179 We can't hate them. 921 00:46:22,260 --> 00:46:23,320 We can't fear them. 922 00:46:23,679 --> 00:46:25,320 We just have to be Christ to them. 923 00:46:25,559 --> 00:46:28,340 You know, I've gone out to lunch with many Muslims. 924 00:46:28,659 --> 00:46:31,460 I said, do you mind if I pray for our meal for lunch? 925 00:46:31,940 --> 00:46:32,719 Like, yeah, go ahead. 926 00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:33,860 I pray in Jesus name. 927 00:46:34,340 --> 00:46:34,539 Thanks. 928 00:46:34,860 --> 00:46:36,059 You know, no big deal. 929 00:46:36,059 --> 00:46:38,019 Nothing, you know, not like, all right, we're going to get them 930 00:46:38,019 --> 00:46:40,679 when we get out of the car, you know, nothing, you know, it's like, 931 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:44,159 we don't have to be fearful or we don't have to be hateful. 932 00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:46,280 It's just, let's just be Jesus. 933 00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:48,880 Let's just be Jesus to everyone. 934 00:46:49,019 --> 00:46:51,079 Just say, look, we don't have to be afraid. 935 00:46:51,380 --> 00:46:53,800 You know, I mean, Daryl Davis. 936 00:46:55,860 --> 00:46:57,420 That's a scary situation. 937 00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:01,860 And look what, what, what God accomplished through him. 938 00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:03,739 We can do it. 939 00:47:03,739 --> 00:47:05,599 Jesus can do it through us. Amen. 940 00:47:07,019 --> 00:47:07,860 So let's pray. 941 00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:08,679 Let's stand up. 942 00:47:09,079 --> 00:47:10,260 We're going to close in some worship. 943 00:47:11,019 --> 00:47:13,000 Father, God, thank you for chapter 10. 944 00:47:14,039 --> 00:47:16,300 Lord, God, thank you for showing us that you don't show 945 00:47:16,300 --> 00:47:18,079 partiality to any people. 946 00:47:19,059 --> 00:47:21,880 Lord, thank you for showing us that we don't have to be 947 00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:26,340 fearful or hateful, that we can just love people the way you 948 00:47:26,340 --> 00:47:29,380 love them, because if we're not going to be the ones to go, 949 00:47:29,519 --> 00:47:29,980 who will? 950 00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:33,099 No one else is qualified except your messengers, 951 00:47:33,099 --> 00:47:36,440 your vessels, your temples of the Holy Spirit, 952 00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:40,860 your royal priesthood, holy nation, kings and priests of 953 00:47:40,860 --> 00:47:41,400 this world. 954 00:47:41,599 --> 00:47:42,460 Lord, God, thank you. 955 00:47:42,900 --> 00:47:44,760 We love you in Jesus' name. 956 00:47:44,900 --> 00:47:45,079 Amen. 957 00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:46,760 Let's give the Lord a round of applause. 958 00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:59,099 Thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church as we 959 00:47:59,099 --> 00:48:01,179 praise God and discuss his word. 960 00:48:01,179 --> 00:48:04,579 Don't forget to join us for Worship Live Sunday 961 00:48:04,579 --> 00:48:07,340 mornings at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube. 962 00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:10,440 Be blessed and have a great day!