1 00:00:06,399 --> 00:00:08,179 In chains I was bound, 2 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:09,939 I was a madman 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:11,139 on the run. 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:13,455 Through the hills I 5 00:00:41,575 --> 00:00:42,634 set me free. 6 00:00:43,734 --> 00:00:44,234 Oh, 7 00:00:44,934 --> 00:00:45,434 oh. 8 00:00:46,695 --> 00:00:48,634 Truth set me free. 9 00:00:49,655 --> 00:00:50,155 Oh. 10 00:00:51,814 --> 00:00:52,564 Oh. Truth 11 00:00:58,219 --> 00:01:00,799 Welcome to tell the truth, a weekly podcast 12 00:01:00,939 --> 00:01:03,759 about faith, current events, and life in general, 13 00:01:03,899 --> 00:01:06,159 brought to you from Mountain View Baptist Church 14 00:01:06,219 --> 00:01:09,875 live every Monday night at 6 PM CST. 15 00:01:11,375 --> 00:01:13,234 Thank you all for listening tonight. 16 00:01:13,615 --> 00:01:15,215 This week, we will not be having a 17 00:01:15,215 --> 00:01:17,775 live show. Brother Brian is out, and brother 18 00:01:17,775 --> 00:01:19,795 Dennis and I discussed it yesterday 19 00:01:20,350 --> 00:01:22,670 and decided that the sermon that brother Scott 20 00:01:22,670 --> 00:01:24,609 Clements gave to us yesterday 21 00:01:24,990 --> 00:01:27,390 at Mountain View Baptist Church would make a 22 00:01:27,390 --> 00:01:28,290 great episode 23 00:01:28,829 --> 00:01:30,909 for people that may not watch or attend 24 00:01:30,909 --> 00:01:31,569 our services. 25 00:01:32,314 --> 00:01:34,395 Brother Scott is our youth pastor. He was 26 00:01:34,395 --> 00:01:36,234 on the show a few episodes ago, and 27 00:01:36,234 --> 00:01:38,395 yesterday, he preached a sermon that was spot 28 00:01:38,395 --> 00:01:40,655 on with one of the main truths 29 00:01:40,954 --> 00:01:41,935 we as Christians 30 00:01:42,234 --> 00:01:42,974 must address. 31 00:01:43,674 --> 00:01:44,974 Who is Jesus 32 00:01:45,540 --> 00:01:46,200 to us? 33 00:01:46,579 --> 00:01:48,680 Brother Scott leaves us with a few questions 34 00:01:48,980 --> 00:01:51,140 to ask ourselves and a lot to think 35 00:01:51,140 --> 00:01:52,840 about. Here's brother Scott. 36 00:01:53,460 --> 00:01:56,020 Before I get started, is anybody got any 37 00:01:56,020 --> 00:01:58,100 testimonies or anything they'd like before I get 38 00:01:58,100 --> 00:01:59,939 started? Because it's it's God's time, so don't 39 00:01:59,939 --> 00:02:01,079 miss out this morning. 40 00:02:02,994 --> 00:02:04,834 Just wanna give everybody the opportunity to do 41 00:02:04,834 --> 00:02:05,875 what they need to do. 42 00:02:08,354 --> 00:02:10,514 If not, turn with me to Matthew chapter 43 00:02:10,514 --> 00:02:11,014 16. 44 00:02:16,090 --> 00:02:17,530 I just want to say before I get 45 00:02:17,530 --> 00:02:18,030 started, 46 00:02:18,569 --> 00:02:20,830 I'm over here about in tears watching 47 00:02:21,530 --> 00:02:23,530 my nephew, the one up here that was 48 00:02:23,530 --> 00:02:25,389 dancing like David up here earlier, 49 00:02:25,930 --> 00:02:26,990 with the air guitar. 50 00:02:28,205 --> 00:02:30,205 That was my nephew there. And if we 51 00:02:30,205 --> 00:02:32,604 all would have the joy that these children 52 00:02:32,604 --> 00:02:34,044 have, the eagerness to get up there, they 53 00:02:34,044 --> 00:02:36,364 don't care who's looking. They don't care what 54 00:02:36,364 --> 00:02:38,844 they're doing. They're just up here singing along 55 00:02:38,844 --> 00:02:41,004 and singing to the Lord. And as my, 56 00:02:41,004 --> 00:02:42,659 my niece is up here, she just 57 00:02:43,139 --> 00:02:44,580 comes up with enthusiasm. I wish I had 58 00:02:44,580 --> 00:02:46,419 it at her age because man, it would've 59 00:02:46,419 --> 00:02:48,439 made stuff like this a lot easier today 60 00:02:48,580 --> 00:02:49,939 if I was up there at that age 61 00:02:49,939 --> 00:02:51,379 doing what she's doing. And it's just it's 62 00:02:51,379 --> 00:02:53,460 a blessing to see and to be up 63 00:02:53,460 --> 00:02:55,060 here too. And all these little ones getting 64 00:02:55,060 --> 00:02:55,800 up here because 65 00:02:56,175 --> 00:02:57,854 that's memories that they're gonna have, but then 66 00:02:57,854 --> 00:02:59,235 that's also laying a foundation 67 00:02:59,614 --> 00:03:02,034 for their future. And it's just an awesome 68 00:03:02,334 --> 00:03:04,495 start. And I wish all kids could have 69 00:03:04,495 --> 00:03:06,114 that start right there. 70 00:03:06,735 --> 00:03:08,754 But, we're gonna start in verse 13. 71 00:03:09,349 --> 00:03:11,030 And it says, when Jesus came into the 72 00:03:11,030 --> 00:03:13,770 coast of Caesarea, Philippi, he asked his disciples 73 00:03:13,830 --> 00:03:16,069 saying, whom do men say that I, the 74 00:03:16,069 --> 00:03:17,210 son of man am? 75 00:03:17,510 --> 00:03:19,110 And they said, some say that thou art 76 00:03:19,110 --> 00:03:22,330 John, the Baptist, some Elias and others, Jeremiah 77 00:03:22,389 --> 00:03:23,530 or one of the prophets. 78 00:03:23,925 --> 00:03:25,525 He say it unto them, but whom say 79 00:03:25,525 --> 00:03:28,164 ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered 80 00:03:28,164 --> 00:03:30,164 and said, thou art the Christ, the son 81 00:03:30,164 --> 00:03:31,224 of the living God. 82 00:03:31,604 --> 00:03:33,604 And Jesus answered and said unto him, blessed 83 00:03:33,604 --> 00:03:35,844 art thou Simon bar Jonah for flesh and 84 00:03:35,844 --> 00:03:38,164 blood has not revealed it unto thee, but 85 00:03:38,164 --> 00:03:40,000 my father, which is in heaven. And I 86 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,159 say also unto thee that thou art Peter 87 00:03:42,159 --> 00:03:43,840 and upon this rock, I will build my 88 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,840 church and the gates of hell shall not 89 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:47,780 prevail against it. Let us pray. 90 00:03:48,159 --> 00:03:49,760 Dear Lord, I just thank you, for this 91 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,120 morning. I thank you for every song that's 92 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:52,480 been sung and what a blessing that's been 93 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,319 here to be already. They'll already be here, 94 00:03:54,319 --> 00:03:55,754 Lord. I just pray that you speak with 95 00:03:55,754 --> 00:03:57,354 this message. I pray, God, that you speak 96 00:03:57,354 --> 00:03:58,955 and that I'll remove myself out of the 97 00:03:58,955 --> 00:04:00,395 way and that you would say what you 98 00:04:00,395 --> 00:04:01,675 have to say this morning. I pray that 99 00:04:01,675 --> 00:04:03,114 it'd be an encouragement and a strength to 100 00:04:03,114 --> 00:04:05,114 those listening. And I pray, God, there's anyone 101 00:04:05,114 --> 00:04:06,555 here who does not know you this morning, 102 00:04:06,555 --> 00:04:07,914 that they'll know you before they leave here 103 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:10,094 today. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen. 104 00:04:10,620 --> 00:04:12,719 Amen. Alright. So we look here, 105 00:04:13,740 --> 00:04:15,500 Jesus loves to refer to himself as the 106 00:04:15,500 --> 00:04:17,420 son of man. That's one of his main 107 00:04:17,420 --> 00:04:20,459 things that he references himself. People call him 108 00:04:20,459 --> 00:04:22,639 many different names, so that's his favorite one 109 00:04:22,939 --> 00:04:24,080 to say about himself. 110 00:04:24,475 --> 00:04:26,394 But what I love is he asked them 111 00:04:26,394 --> 00:04:28,714 who people say that he is, and, you 112 00:04:28,714 --> 00:04:30,154 know, they tell him, oh, well, you know, 113 00:04:30,154 --> 00:04:32,875 you're Elijah. You're this. You're that. And those 114 00:04:32,875 --> 00:04:34,795 are pretty good answers because he he met 115 00:04:34,795 --> 00:04:35,694 some of those qualifications, 116 00:04:36,439 --> 00:04:38,039 but they were missing who it truly was. 117 00:04:38,039 --> 00:04:40,439 But he, he, he was concerned with what 118 00:04:40,439 --> 00:04:40,939 they 119 00:04:41,479 --> 00:04:43,159 knew about him, but he mainly, he wanted 120 00:04:43,159 --> 00:04:44,219 to see what the disciples 121 00:04:44,599 --> 00:04:46,939 said. So he asked Peter mainly, 122 00:04:47,639 --> 00:04:48,199 and he said, 123 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:50,599 and Peter answered and said, thou art the 124 00:04:50,599 --> 00:04:53,115 Christ, the son of the living God. So 125 00:04:53,115 --> 00:04:54,814 Simon Peter just, he answered 126 00:04:55,355 --> 00:04:57,295 it directly. That's who he is. 127 00:04:57,754 --> 00:04:59,435 And so a lot of times, 128 00:05:00,074 --> 00:05:02,634 that's what Jesus asking us. And, but what 129 00:05:02,634 --> 00:05:04,714 I like to, it says, blessed art thou 130 00:05:04,714 --> 00:05:07,110 Simon bar Jonah. And when he does this, 131 00:05:07,110 --> 00:05:09,610 this is the first time that Jesus references 132 00:05:09,750 --> 00:05:10,810 his name as Simon. 133 00:05:11,990 --> 00:05:13,829 The disciples have called him Simon, but this 134 00:05:13,829 --> 00:05:15,829 is the first time Jesus addresses that. And 135 00:05:15,829 --> 00:05:18,389 he uses Barjona, which basically means son of 136 00:05:18,389 --> 00:05:20,169 Jonah. That was his father's name. 137 00:05:20,654 --> 00:05:21,634 So when he 138 00:05:21,935 --> 00:05:24,014 said this, he's then he goes on to 139 00:05:24,014 --> 00:05:25,454 say, he says, flesh and blood has not 140 00:05:25,454 --> 00:05:27,214 revealed it unto thee, but my father, which 141 00:05:27,214 --> 00:05:28,914 is in heaven. So Peter 142 00:05:29,214 --> 00:05:31,694 recognized this from what the holy spirit gave 143 00:05:31,694 --> 00:05:33,534 to him. It wasn't who his father was. 144 00:05:33,534 --> 00:05:35,470 It wasn't what his father taught him. He 145 00:05:35,470 --> 00:05:38,269 realized who Jesus was for himself and through 146 00:05:38,269 --> 00:05:39,089 the holy spirit. 147 00:05:39,550 --> 00:05:41,470 And then it also says that on this 148 00:05:41,470 --> 00:05:43,470 rock, I'll build my church. And Peter does 149 00:05:43,470 --> 00:05:45,790 mean rock, but it's not necessarily mean that 150 00:05:45,790 --> 00:05:47,730 he's building everything on Peter himself. 151 00:05:48,154 --> 00:05:49,675 It's not because a lot of people think 152 00:05:49,675 --> 00:05:52,555 kinda use that, but it's what his name 153 00:05:52,555 --> 00:05:53,995 means. And what he's saying is I build 154 00:05:53,995 --> 00:05:55,835 this on your statement of who you say 155 00:05:55,835 --> 00:05:57,915 that I am, because you say that I'm 156 00:05:57,915 --> 00:05:59,835 Jesus. And also when it says you are 157 00:05:59,835 --> 00:06:01,855 the Christ, the son of the living God. 158 00:06:01,939 --> 00:06:04,180 And I think we overlook that living part 159 00:06:04,180 --> 00:06:05,860 because there's a lot of gods in that 160 00:06:05,860 --> 00:06:08,500 day, but they were dead. They weren't living 161 00:06:08,500 --> 00:06:10,740 gods. So when he said, you are Christ, 162 00:06:10,740 --> 00:06:12,419 the son of the living God, he was 163 00:06:12,419 --> 00:06:14,899 making a declaration that God was alive. And 164 00:06:14,899 --> 00:06:16,519 that was a big statement there. 165 00:06:17,074 --> 00:06:18,915 So that's who Peter says that he was, 166 00:06:18,915 --> 00:06:21,475 but, I wanna start off today. Jesus loved 167 00:06:21,475 --> 00:06:22,455 to ask questions. 168 00:06:23,154 --> 00:06:25,795 And if you Google and look on there, 169 00:06:25,795 --> 00:06:27,955 you get about a 1000000 different answers, but 170 00:06:27,955 --> 00:06:30,115 they all agree with it's roughly about 300 171 00:06:30,115 --> 00:06:32,615 questions that he asked through his ministry. 172 00:06:32,970 --> 00:06:34,189 That's a lot of questions. 173 00:06:34,650 --> 00:06:37,129 But, so today I wanna ask you a 174 00:06:37,129 --> 00:06:37,629 question. 175 00:06:37,930 --> 00:06:39,529 And so the title of the message this 176 00:06:39,529 --> 00:06:41,370 morning is can I can you answer the 177 00:06:41,370 --> 00:06:41,870 questions 178 00:06:42,170 --> 00:06:44,730 without questioning your answers? And that's what I 179 00:06:44,730 --> 00:06:46,730 wanna present this morning. So the first question 180 00:06:46,730 --> 00:06:48,685 I wanna present to you is who is 181 00:06:48,685 --> 00:06:49,824 Jesus to you? 182 00:06:50,205 --> 00:06:51,884 And I can ask you who is Jesus? 183 00:06:51,884 --> 00:06:53,564 And we can kind of come with a 184 00:06:53,564 --> 00:06:55,185 general idea of that. 185 00:06:55,645 --> 00:06:57,745 And most of that will probably be true, 186 00:06:58,045 --> 00:07:00,465 but who is Jesus to you this morning? 187 00:07:01,020 --> 00:07:02,540 And you know, a lot of people say, 188 00:07:02,540 --> 00:07:04,699 well, he's God, of course, you know, or 189 00:07:04,699 --> 00:07:06,620 he was a good prophet. I've had that, 190 00:07:06,620 --> 00:07:08,939 you know, I've talked to agnostics before and 191 00:07:08,939 --> 00:07:10,560 they'll say, well, he was a good prophet, 192 00:07:11,020 --> 00:07:13,180 but that's faulty. We can't say that Jesus 193 00:07:13,180 --> 00:07:14,699 was a good prophet because he claimed to 194 00:07:14,699 --> 00:07:16,514 be the Messiah. He claimed to be God. 195 00:07:16,915 --> 00:07:18,935 So either he was a liar 196 00:07:19,314 --> 00:07:21,555 or he was a lunatic or he's Lord. 197 00:07:21,555 --> 00:07:23,314 And that's the only three options. He can't 198 00:07:23,314 --> 00:07:25,715 say Jesus was a good prophet because no 199 00:07:25,715 --> 00:07:27,555 good prophet would claim to be God unless 200 00:07:27,555 --> 00:07:28,375 he was God. 201 00:07:28,870 --> 00:07:30,389 Know? And I've used example before. If I 202 00:07:30,389 --> 00:07:32,149 come up here and proclaim to be God, 203 00:07:32,149 --> 00:07:34,069 I'm either that or I'm crazy. You're not 204 00:07:34,069 --> 00:07:35,990 gonna say, well, he's a good man of 205 00:07:35,990 --> 00:07:37,910 God when I claim to be God. It's 206 00:07:37,910 --> 00:07:39,209 gotta be 1 or the other. 207 00:07:39,750 --> 00:07:40,250 So 208 00:07:40,629 --> 00:07:42,889 he he can't be that. So 209 00:07:43,394 --> 00:07:45,394 is he savior to us? I pray that 210 00:07:45,394 --> 00:07:47,894 he's savior to each one of us, today, 211 00:07:48,274 --> 00:07:50,355 or is he Lord? And I pray that's 212 00:07:50,514 --> 00:07:52,454 but a lot of times we want Jesus 213 00:07:52,514 --> 00:07:53,254 the savior, 214 00:07:53,714 --> 00:07:55,814 but we don't want Jesus the Lord because 215 00:07:55,860 --> 00:07:58,019 we're all about the saving from hell. That's 216 00:07:58,019 --> 00:07:58,759 the good part. 217 00:07:59,060 --> 00:08:00,979 We're all about that. Oh yeah, Jesus saved 218 00:08:00,979 --> 00:08:02,899 me from hell and I'm thankful for that. 219 00:08:02,899 --> 00:08:04,500 And that's true. It is very true. And 220 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:05,240 he did, 221 00:08:05,939 --> 00:08:07,699 but we just want that part. We don't 222 00:08:07,699 --> 00:08:10,199 want Jesus. We say Jesus is our Lord 223 00:08:10,214 --> 00:08:12,134 and savior, not just our savior. And there's 224 00:08:12,134 --> 00:08:14,375 a reason for that because yes, He saved 225 00:08:14,375 --> 00:08:16,055 us from our sins, but He wants to 226 00:08:16,055 --> 00:08:17,495 be Lord of our life. And I think 227 00:08:17,495 --> 00:08:19,495 we forget that. We know we come up, 228 00:08:19,495 --> 00:08:20,235 we say 229 00:08:20,535 --> 00:08:22,694 the prayer, we come on Sundays and things 230 00:08:22,694 --> 00:08:24,615 like that. And so we believe that Jesus 231 00:08:24,615 --> 00:08:26,389 is God and, you know, we're okay with 232 00:08:26,389 --> 00:08:27,529 him being our savior, 233 00:08:27,910 --> 00:08:29,350 but do we make him Lord of our 234 00:08:29,350 --> 00:08:31,830 life? That's what Jesus wants. Anybody can just 235 00:08:31,830 --> 00:08:34,549 believe in God, even Satan and his demons 236 00:08:34,549 --> 00:08:36,870 believe in God. Satan's not an atheist. He 237 00:08:36,870 --> 00:08:39,144 believes in God, but Jesus is definitely not 238 00:08:39,144 --> 00:08:41,464 his Lord. So is Jesus your Lord this 239 00:08:41,464 --> 00:08:41,964 morning? 240 00:08:42,504 --> 00:08:45,004 Is he everything to you? Is he just 241 00:08:45,384 --> 00:08:47,065 a spare tire that you use when he 242 00:08:47,065 --> 00:08:49,065 needs something? Is he just a genie that 243 00:08:49,065 --> 00:08:51,159 you wanted him to grant wishes for you 244 00:08:51,159 --> 00:08:53,000 through the week? Or is he really Lord 245 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,440 of your life through the week? And is 246 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:57,019 he everything to you? Is everything you do 247 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,720 through the lens of God? And, when we 248 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:01,500 were, we got to go to the Slovenian 249 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:02,539 football team Friday, 250 00:09:02,964 --> 00:09:04,325 and that's kind of what I presented them 251 00:09:04,325 --> 00:09:06,804 about who their identity is in. Like, who 252 00:09:06,804 --> 00:09:08,884 are you? What is your identity? And, you 253 00:09:08,884 --> 00:09:10,004 know, a lot of them would say, I'm 254 00:09:10,004 --> 00:09:11,764 a student, you know, at Sylvania high school, 255 00:09:11,764 --> 00:09:13,865 you know, insert whatever school that you are. 256 00:09:13,924 --> 00:09:15,549 And that's true. But if you put all 257 00:09:15,549 --> 00:09:17,309 your identity in that I'm a football player 258 00:09:17,309 --> 00:09:19,230 or that I'm a student at Sylvania, that's 259 00:09:19,230 --> 00:09:21,309 not gonna last forever. Then what? And then 260 00:09:21,309 --> 00:09:22,750 you may go to college. Oh, I'm a 261 00:09:22,750 --> 00:09:24,829 college student. That's gone well, that's gonna end. 262 00:09:24,829 --> 00:09:26,990 Then what? If if your identity is not 263 00:09:26,990 --> 00:09:28,690 in God and those things pass, 264 00:09:28,995 --> 00:09:30,835 you know, I'm up here preaching this morning, 265 00:09:30,835 --> 00:09:32,914 but who's to say, I don't know what 266 00:09:32,914 --> 00:09:34,274 the next chapter holds. So if I put 267 00:09:34,274 --> 00:09:35,955 all my identity in being a preacher or 268 00:09:35,955 --> 00:09:38,035 being a a youth pastor, God may have 269 00:09:38,035 --> 00:09:39,955 other things down the road for me. And 270 00:09:39,955 --> 00:09:42,839 then then what? But my it needs to 271 00:09:42,839 --> 00:09:45,200 be who I am in Jesus and what 272 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,679 Jesus wants me to be. And this is 273 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:49,279 a tool that he's using right now in 274 00:09:49,279 --> 00:09:50,980 my life to be a preacher, to be 275 00:09:51,039 --> 00:09:53,279 a youth pastor or whatever role you have 276 00:09:53,279 --> 00:09:54,559 in your life right now is a tool 277 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:56,815 that God has given you and not who 278 00:09:56,815 --> 00:09:58,495 you are. It's just you're 279 00:09:59,054 --> 00:10:00,735 you need to be who you need to 280 00:10:00,735 --> 00:10:02,414 be in Christ. That's who we need to 281 00:10:02,414 --> 00:10:02,914 see. 282 00:10:03,375 --> 00:10:03,534 But, 283 00:10:04,495 --> 00:10:06,335 maybe Jesus is a friend that you're ashamed 284 00:10:06,335 --> 00:10:08,254 of. You know, we we try not to 285 00:10:08,254 --> 00:10:09,375 think of it that way, but we all 286 00:10:09,375 --> 00:10:10,894 have people maybe in school that we are 287 00:10:10,894 --> 00:10:12,059 best friends with the one we were by 288 00:10:12,059 --> 00:10:14,220 ourselves. But when the crowd came around, we 289 00:10:14,220 --> 00:10:16,220 maybe kind of distance ourselves because maybe they 290 00:10:16,220 --> 00:10:17,519 embarrassed us or maybe 291 00:10:17,899 --> 00:10:19,899 they were poor than we were or whatever 292 00:10:19,899 --> 00:10:21,819 it is. You know, we all experienced that. 293 00:10:21,819 --> 00:10:23,600 Maybe we were that kid that was shunned 294 00:10:23,764 --> 00:10:25,524 when the crowd came around. But is that 295 00:10:25,524 --> 00:10:27,764 who Jesus is when we walk out the 296 00:10:27,764 --> 00:10:29,684 doors today, is he still Lord of our 297 00:10:29,684 --> 00:10:31,125 life? Or is it something that we hide 298 00:10:31,125 --> 00:10:32,565 in our pocket when we're at work and 299 00:10:32,565 --> 00:10:34,325 we don't talk about God at work, or 300 00:10:34,325 --> 00:10:36,149 we don't talk about God at school, and 301 00:10:36,309 --> 00:10:37,850 we just kind of keep them down there. 302 00:10:37,990 --> 00:10:39,830 And so are we ashamed of them? And 303 00:10:39,830 --> 00:10:41,750 if so, then that means Jesus isn't Lord 304 00:10:41,750 --> 00:10:42,490 of our lives 305 00:10:43,029 --> 00:10:45,370 because he needs to be everything to us. 306 00:10:45,670 --> 00:10:48,710 And is Jesus love? Yes. Jesus is love. 307 00:10:48,710 --> 00:10:51,495 He's not just someone who, who loves He 308 00:10:51,495 --> 00:10:51,995 is 309 00:10:52,455 --> 00:10:55,014 love, but we mix that up so much 310 00:10:55,014 --> 00:10:57,495 in today's world that, you know, all Jesus 311 00:10:57,495 --> 00:10:58,955 loves everybody and he does, 312 00:10:59,415 --> 00:11:02,955 but by loving people love also is correction. 313 00:11:03,095 --> 00:11:04,980 It's telling the truth. You know, if one 314 00:11:04,980 --> 00:11:06,500 of our kids walk out that door right 315 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:08,460 now and run towards that road, we're going 316 00:11:08,460 --> 00:11:09,860 to stop them before they run to the 317 00:11:09,860 --> 00:11:11,299 road because they could get hit. They could 318 00:11:11,299 --> 00:11:12,820 be killed. You know, we're not going to 319 00:11:12,820 --> 00:11:14,659 say, oh, they just love the run. So 320 00:11:14,659 --> 00:11:16,100 I love them. And I just let them 321 00:11:16,100 --> 00:11:17,620 do what they want to do because I 322 00:11:17,620 --> 00:11:19,365 love them. That's not what love is. You 323 00:11:19,365 --> 00:11:21,365 wanna keep them from danger, and that's what 324 00:11:21,365 --> 00:11:22,804 we're supposed to be to the world. We're 325 00:11:22,804 --> 00:11:25,284 not condemning. We're not trying to or we 326 00:11:25,284 --> 00:11:27,365 shouldn't be anyways in a condemning hateful way. 327 00:11:27,365 --> 00:11:29,204 We're just warning them. Hey. This is where 328 00:11:29,204 --> 00:11:31,709 you're heading if you don't follow Jesus. And 329 00:11:31,709 --> 00:11:34,269 that's what love is. It's not accepting whatever's 330 00:11:34,269 --> 00:11:36,669 out there. It's not just, you know, letting 331 00:11:36,669 --> 00:11:39,069 them do whatever they wanna do. It's telling 332 00:11:39,069 --> 00:11:40,829 them the truth. Jesus loved them enough to 333 00:11:40,829 --> 00:11:42,750 tell them the truth because what did Jesus 334 00:11:42,750 --> 00:11:44,350 say? He said, I'm the way, the truth 335 00:11:44,350 --> 00:11:45,789 and the life. No one comes to the 336 00:11:45,789 --> 00:11:47,625 father, but through me. He said, he's the 337 00:11:47,625 --> 00:11:49,945 only way. Some see it as hateful, some 338 00:11:49,945 --> 00:11:52,105 see that as, that's not very 20, 24 339 00:11:52,105 --> 00:11:54,825 language. You know, there's multiple ways to heaven. 340 00:11:54,825 --> 00:11:56,665 Jesus said, he's the only way. It's not 341 00:11:56,665 --> 00:11:58,685 my words. It's not any of our words. 342 00:11:58,904 --> 00:12:00,509 That's what he said. And that's what we 343 00:12:00,509 --> 00:12:02,269 have to take it. If we believe that 344 00:12:02,269 --> 00:12:04,269 Jesus is Lord of our life, he's the 345 00:12:04,269 --> 00:12:06,190 only way. There's a stat when I was 346 00:12:06,190 --> 00:12:07,810 looking up stuff for our youth, 347 00:12:08,269 --> 00:12:10,110 there's a stat that's I believe it said 348 00:12:10,110 --> 00:12:13,149 70% of professing Christians in today's world through 349 00:12:13,149 --> 00:12:15,149 this poll believe that Jesus isn't the only 350 00:12:15,149 --> 00:12:17,445 way to heaven. And that just blows my 351 00:12:17,445 --> 00:12:20,245 mind when Jesus was very clear multiple times, 352 00:12:20,245 --> 00:12:22,164 you know, there's no name under heaven that 353 00:12:22,164 --> 00:12:24,565 men must be saved. Acts 4:12, under so 354 00:12:24,565 --> 00:12:25,304 many verses, 355 00:12:25,684 --> 00:12:27,524 he never shied away from that. He never 356 00:12:27,524 --> 00:12:29,445 once said, I'm just one of the ways 357 00:12:29,445 --> 00:12:31,589 to get there. He's the only way. And 358 00:12:31,589 --> 00:12:34,629 whether that seems hateful or harsh, that's Jesus's 359 00:12:34,629 --> 00:12:36,009 words. It's not mine. 360 00:12:36,549 --> 00:12:39,350 So today, who is Jesus to you? And 361 00:12:39,350 --> 00:12:40,789 I want you to think about that question. 362 00:12:40,789 --> 00:12:41,690 The next question, 363 00:12:42,149 --> 00:12:43,289 what do you believe? 364 00:12:44,264 --> 00:12:46,024 And the world will tell you many different 365 00:12:46,024 --> 00:12:47,705 things out there right now about what to 366 00:12:47,705 --> 00:12:50,264 believe in. And it's such a distorted view 367 00:12:50,264 --> 00:12:52,504 of truth right now. And we gotta be 368 00:12:52,504 --> 00:12:55,705 careful because like, you know, prosperity gospel, if 369 00:12:55,705 --> 00:12:56,445 you're here, 370 00:12:56,825 --> 00:12:59,059 for the little devotion thing, you know, it's 371 00:12:59,139 --> 00:13:00,899 that verse says, you know, ask anything in 372 00:13:00,899 --> 00:13:02,500 my name and and I'll do it. You 373 00:13:02,500 --> 00:13:04,580 know, prosperity thing, you know, people will take 374 00:13:04,580 --> 00:13:05,860 that and be like, you can ask for 375 00:13:05,860 --> 00:13:07,540 whatever you want and Jesus is gonna give 376 00:13:07,540 --> 00:13:08,899 it to you. That's not what it says. 377 00:13:08,899 --> 00:13:10,580 It said if you abide in the Lord 378 00:13:10,580 --> 00:13:12,715 and his words abide in you, he'll give 379 00:13:12,715 --> 00:13:14,794 you whatever you see. Because if you're abiding 380 00:13:14,794 --> 00:13:16,315 in the Lord, you're gonna see what the 381 00:13:16,315 --> 00:13:18,955 Lord wants for you. And so we can 382 00:13:18,955 --> 00:13:20,475 get caught up in so many things. There's 383 00:13:20,475 --> 00:13:22,394 so many false things around us each and 384 00:13:22,394 --> 00:13:24,929 every day. So what do you believe? Not, 385 00:13:25,089 --> 00:13:25,750 I'm not 386 00:13:26,129 --> 00:13:27,970 asking what I'm telling you to believe or 387 00:13:27,970 --> 00:13:29,889 what brother Brian tells you to believe each 388 00:13:29,889 --> 00:13:32,149 week. What do you believe in your heart? 389 00:13:32,690 --> 00:13:34,850 1st, you must believe you're a sinner. We 390 00:13:34,850 --> 00:13:36,210 don't like that word. A lot of times 391 00:13:36,210 --> 00:13:37,889 we don't like the word repentance. You know, 392 00:13:37,889 --> 00:13:40,125 again, we love coming to Jesus to save 393 00:13:40,125 --> 00:13:41,725 us. We, we love that part, but we 394 00:13:41,725 --> 00:13:44,365 forget it takes repentance too. You know, if 395 00:13:44,365 --> 00:13:45,725 you come and ask Jesus to forgive you 396 00:13:45,725 --> 00:13:47,084 of your sins and you go right back 397 00:13:47,084 --> 00:13:48,144 to the same sins, 398 00:13:48,605 --> 00:13:49,584 that's not repentance. 399 00:13:49,964 --> 00:13:51,804 And that's what it must we must do 400 00:13:51,804 --> 00:13:53,825 that. And that's something we must believe. 401 00:13:55,190 --> 00:13:56,629 You know, we may come this morning thinking, 402 00:13:56,629 --> 00:13:58,309 well, my good can outweigh my bad. You 403 00:13:58,309 --> 00:14:00,710 know, that's what I'm banking on. No, that's 404 00:14:00,710 --> 00:14:03,110 not gonna happen either. And I've used many 405 00:14:03,110 --> 00:14:05,269 people's used example of someone is being tried 406 00:14:05,269 --> 00:14:07,050 for murder and they've been a good person 407 00:14:07,670 --> 00:14:09,930 their entire lives, never did a thing wrong, 408 00:14:10,115 --> 00:14:11,794 but they murdered someone, should they be let 409 00:14:11,794 --> 00:14:13,634 go for that? And you'd be like, no. 410 00:14:13,634 --> 00:14:15,815 They murdered someone. And if you're 99%, 411 00:14:16,434 --> 00:14:17,634 you know, if we try to make it 412 00:14:17,634 --> 00:14:19,014 on our own, we could be 99.9% 413 00:14:19,714 --> 00:14:21,315 good, which none of us are. But even 414 00:14:21,315 --> 00:14:23,340 if we made that, we're still fall short 415 00:14:23,340 --> 00:14:25,420 and we needed a savior. We must realize 416 00:14:25,420 --> 00:14:26,879 that. We must believe that. 417 00:14:27,340 --> 00:14:28,960 And the death, burial, and resurrection, 418 00:14:29,740 --> 00:14:31,740 things we must believe in. Jesus died on 419 00:14:31,740 --> 00:14:33,259 the cross for our sins. He was raised 420 00:14:33,259 --> 00:14:35,279 from the dead. He's coming back again. 421 00:14:35,625 --> 00:14:37,065 Those are things we have to believe. He 422 00:14:37,065 --> 00:14:39,245 was born of a virgin, all those things. 423 00:14:39,465 --> 00:14:41,625 And he's the only way. He's coming back 424 00:14:41,625 --> 00:14:44,024 for us again, but we're too busy believing 425 00:14:44,024 --> 00:14:46,345 religion that we don't wanna believe these truths 426 00:14:46,345 --> 00:14:48,330 anymore. And the world as a whole is 427 00:14:48,330 --> 00:14:50,410 just believing in a Jesus that's not the 428 00:14:50,410 --> 00:14:51,550 true Jesus anymore. 429 00:14:52,090 --> 00:14:54,750 And it said, we need to have relationship 430 00:14:54,970 --> 00:14:56,570 and growth. You know, and we were talking 431 00:14:56,570 --> 00:14:58,269 about this in Sunday school this morning. 432 00:14:58,730 --> 00:15:01,125 You know, too many Christians are content with 433 00:15:01,125 --> 00:15:02,965 being babies still. You know, we come in, 434 00:15:02,965 --> 00:15:05,044 we we're saved. What do you think? Well, 435 00:15:05,044 --> 00:15:06,884 that's it. You know, I don't wanna learn 436 00:15:06,884 --> 00:15:08,644 no more. I don't want anything else. I'm 437 00:15:08,644 --> 00:15:10,644 saved. And that's great. We need to get 438 00:15:10,644 --> 00:15:12,965 to that step. But so many Christians today 439 00:15:12,965 --> 00:15:13,860 are still in the milk and we're still 440 00:15:13,860 --> 00:15:14,585 little toddlers when we're 441 00:15:14,940 --> 00:15:15,440 supposed 442 00:15:16,299 --> 00:15:18,540 to be adults and out there teaching others. 443 00:15:18,540 --> 00:15:19,259 And we're, 444 00:15:19,820 --> 00:15:20,639 we got to start 445 00:15:21,019 --> 00:15:22,159 growing, and 446 00:15:22,779 --> 00:15:24,460 we have to have that desire. No one 447 00:15:24,460 --> 00:15:26,299 can force that desire on you. No one 448 00:15:26,299 --> 00:15:27,600 can force you to grow. 449 00:15:28,034 --> 00:15:29,394 You have to make that decision on your 450 00:15:29,394 --> 00:15:30,754 own. And I feel like so many of 451 00:15:30,754 --> 00:15:32,274 us are falling short of that. And we're 452 00:15:32,274 --> 00:15:34,995 just simply not growing. We're not discipling people 453 00:15:34,995 --> 00:15:37,554 anymore. You know, we see people get saved 454 00:15:37,554 --> 00:15:39,475 and we're like, okay, they're saved. That's good. 455 00:15:39,475 --> 00:15:40,834 They don't need nothing else. And then we 456 00:15:40,834 --> 00:15:42,534 just leave them to the wolves. 457 00:15:42,950 --> 00:15:44,389 And, you know, when you start a new 458 00:15:44,389 --> 00:15:45,929 job and you train on a job, 459 00:15:46,389 --> 00:15:48,570 you know, that's great. You're learning that foundation, 460 00:15:48,710 --> 00:15:50,870 but you need someone to come alongside you 461 00:15:50,870 --> 00:15:52,710 through the job, show you things, you know, 462 00:15:52,710 --> 00:15:54,309 you just don't leave someone their 1st day 463 00:15:54,309 --> 00:15:56,684 and never show them anything else again. I've 464 00:15:56,684 --> 00:15:57,965 I've had that happen to me and it 465 00:15:57,965 --> 00:15:59,184 doesn't go very well. 466 00:15:59,485 --> 00:16:01,644 And because we you don't know what you 467 00:16:01,644 --> 00:16:02,924 don't know. And that's what a lot of 468 00:16:02,924 --> 00:16:05,165 times we feel at. I feel at is 469 00:16:05,165 --> 00:16:07,245 we see people get saved and we're excited 470 00:16:07,245 --> 00:16:08,809 about that as we should be, but then 471 00:16:08,809 --> 00:16:10,970 we leave it there. And then we just 472 00:16:10,970 --> 00:16:12,409 we just leave them to fend for themselves 473 00:16:12,409 --> 00:16:13,929 and they get devoured by the world. They 474 00:16:13,929 --> 00:16:15,690 get devoured by things. And then we wanna 475 00:16:15,690 --> 00:16:18,250 blame them. Well, they're supposed to be saved, 476 00:16:18,250 --> 00:16:19,850 but they don't know any we haven't taught 477 00:16:19,850 --> 00:16:21,370 them. And I feel like we fall short 478 00:16:21,370 --> 00:16:22,304 of that so much. 479 00:16:22,865 --> 00:16:25,184 So today, what do you believe? Do you 480 00:16:25,184 --> 00:16:27,585 believe those things I said is, is that, 481 00:16:27,585 --> 00:16:29,264 do we believe the truth or do we 482 00:16:29,264 --> 00:16:30,705 believe what the world tells us to, what 483 00:16:30,705 --> 00:16:32,705 our grandparents told us to? And it may 484 00:16:32,705 --> 00:16:34,750 be true, but seek it for yourself. You 485 00:16:34,750 --> 00:16:36,190 know, go back and read the things that 486 00:16:36,190 --> 00:16:37,790 I've read this morning. Don't take just my 487 00:16:37,790 --> 00:16:40,129 word for it. Seek it yourself, you know, 488 00:16:40,269 --> 00:16:42,110 fact check me, whatever you wanna do on 489 00:16:42,110 --> 00:16:44,110 that. Don't just take people's word for it. 490 00:16:44,110 --> 00:16:46,110 Believe for yourself and not just what people 491 00:16:46,110 --> 00:16:47,170 tell you to believe. 492 00:16:48,004 --> 00:16:50,404 So number 3, and this is one I'm 493 00:16:50,404 --> 00:16:51,845 gonna try to go through, but this is 494 00:16:51,845 --> 00:16:54,345 a loaded question. Why are you here? 495 00:16:55,205 --> 00:16:57,445 And we could go really deep on that. 496 00:16:57,445 --> 00:16:58,725 Why are we here on earth? What is 497 00:16:58,725 --> 00:17:00,085 our purpose? And we can go all on 498 00:17:00,085 --> 00:17:02,779 that. And that, of course, it's to serve 499 00:17:02,779 --> 00:17:04,539 the Lord. And so we all have that 500 00:17:04,539 --> 00:17:06,539 God shaped hole in us. We're here to 501 00:17:06,539 --> 00:17:08,140 worship the Lord and to serve Him. That's 502 00:17:08,140 --> 00:17:10,460 the ultimate thing. But mainly I wanna focus 503 00:17:10,460 --> 00:17:12,299 on why are you here this morning more 504 00:17:12,299 --> 00:17:14,515 than anything? You know, is it just to 505 00:17:14,515 --> 00:17:15,875 get you through the next week? Is it 506 00:17:15,875 --> 00:17:18,035 just to be seen? Is it just well, 507 00:17:18,035 --> 00:17:20,295 it's just what we do here in Sylvania, 508 00:17:20,355 --> 00:17:21,954 Alabama. We just go to church on Sunday. 509 00:17:21,954 --> 00:17:23,875 That's just what I've always done. That's what 510 00:17:23,875 --> 00:17:26,115 I always wanna do. And that's great. I'm 511 00:17:26,115 --> 00:17:27,875 glad everyone's here, but if that's all we're 512 00:17:27,875 --> 00:17:29,339 here for is just to be seen and 513 00:17:29,339 --> 00:17:30,779 just to get a little stamp on our 514 00:17:30,779 --> 00:17:32,720 attendance card that's not 515 00:17:33,019 --> 00:17:35,339 growing. That's not what God has for us. 516 00:17:35,339 --> 00:17:37,179 It's way more than that. And, 517 00:17:38,539 --> 00:17:40,380 to be so we're here just to get 518 00:17:40,380 --> 00:17:42,619 that point is and the church is our 519 00:17:42,619 --> 00:17:43,440 locker room. 520 00:17:43,924 --> 00:17:45,525 You know, out there is where the game 521 00:17:45,525 --> 00:17:46,804 is going on. You know, we're needing to 522 00:17:46,804 --> 00:17:47,845 be out in the world. This is just 523 00:17:47,845 --> 00:17:50,644 where we come to meet strategies about, you 524 00:17:50,644 --> 00:17:52,005 know, what's going on in the world, you 525 00:17:52,005 --> 00:17:53,765 know, to lean on each other where we're 526 00:17:53,765 --> 00:17:55,525 falling short on. You know, when you go 527 00:17:55,525 --> 00:17:57,365 to the halftime locker room, you go there 528 00:17:57,365 --> 00:17:59,309 and you make adjustments. It's like, hey. We're 529 00:17:59,309 --> 00:18:00,589 we're getting beat in this. We need to 530 00:18:00,589 --> 00:18:01,710 do better in this area. We need to 531 00:18:01,710 --> 00:18:02,990 do better than that. That's what church is 532 00:18:02,990 --> 00:18:05,309 supposed to be for. This isn't the game. 533 00:18:05,309 --> 00:18:06,829 This is our locker room to go out 534 00:18:06,829 --> 00:18:08,829 to the game out there. So a lot 535 00:18:08,829 --> 00:18:10,669 of us, I feel like we wanna come 536 00:18:10,669 --> 00:18:12,224 here. We, you know, we wanna put on 537 00:18:12,224 --> 00:18:13,825 the Jersey. We wanna put on the helmet. 538 00:18:13,825 --> 00:18:15,744 We wanna look the part and we wanna 539 00:18:15,744 --> 00:18:17,105 be in the team photo and be like, 540 00:18:17,105 --> 00:18:18,625 we're part of the team, but we don't 541 00:18:18,625 --> 00:18:20,305 wanna go and play in the game. You 542 00:18:20,305 --> 00:18:22,065 know, we see so many, like when we 543 00:18:22,065 --> 00:18:24,019 fed them Friday morning, you know, all of 544 00:18:24,019 --> 00:18:26,099 them were most they're all athletes and football 545 00:18:26,099 --> 00:18:27,700 players. And so I don't know who all 546 00:18:27,700 --> 00:18:30,179 plays what and things like that, but maybe 547 00:18:30,179 --> 00:18:31,380 they're just on the team just to get 548 00:18:31,380 --> 00:18:32,980 a meal on Friday mornings just to be 549 00:18:32,980 --> 00:18:34,339 in the team photo to say that they're 550 00:18:34,339 --> 00:18:36,244 on the team. But that's not if you're 551 00:18:36,244 --> 00:18:37,525 truly wanting to be a football player, you 552 00:18:37,525 --> 00:18:39,125 wanna play, you want in the game, you 553 00:18:39,125 --> 00:18:41,285 wanna help your team win. That's what we 554 00:18:41,285 --> 00:18:43,225 need to be here. We're here for to 555 00:18:43,365 --> 00:18:45,285 to help each other. How can we win 556 00:18:45,285 --> 00:18:47,205 out there and win souls for Christ and 557 00:18:47,205 --> 00:18:49,759 things like that? And so but we treated 558 00:18:49,759 --> 00:18:51,440 as we just wanna come here, and we 559 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,039 don't wanna get our jerseys dirty. You know, 560 00:18:53,039 --> 00:18:54,259 you can tell, especially, 561 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:56,079 I didn't go to any Friday night, but 562 00:18:56,079 --> 00:18:57,679 I'm sure it was kinda muddy. And you 563 00:18:57,679 --> 00:18:59,200 probably could tell who played in the game 564 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,119 because they probably had muddy and dirty jerseys. 565 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:03,200 They they smelled like they played all that 566 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,244 stuff, but you can tell the ones who 567 00:19:05,244 --> 00:19:06,765 never came in the game. And I feel 568 00:19:06,765 --> 00:19:08,684 like too many of us Christians have our 569 00:19:08,684 --> 00:19:11,244 jerseys way too clean, and we're here. We're 570 00:19:11,244 --> 00:19:13,325 part of the team, but we're not actually 571 00:19:13,325 --> 00:19:15,644 doing something out there. And I feel like 572 00:19:15,644 --> 00:19:16,865 that needs to change. 573 00:19:17,419 --> 00:19:20,140 So you may be attending this morning. Apparently, 574 00:19:20,140 --> 00:19:22,140 you know, you're here. You're you're here for 575 00:19:22,140 --> 00:19:24,940 attendance, but are you growing? Are you doing 576 00:19:24,940 --> 00:19:27,019 anything with it outside of these church walls 577 00:19:27,019 --> 00:19:28,640 when you leave here this morning? 578 00:19:29,444 --> 00:19:29,944 So, 579 00:19:30,884 --> 00:19:33,765 Proverbs 23, 45, it says, labor not to 580 00:19:33,765 --> 00:19:36,404 be rich. Cease from thine own wisdom. Will 581 00:19:36,404 --> 00:19:38,164 thou set thine eyes upon that which is 582 00:19:38,164 --> 00:19:41,444 not? For riches certainly make them so wings, 583 00:19:41,444 --> 00:19:43,544 they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. 584 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:46,119 So I feel like a lot of times 585 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:47,799 we get so distracted by things in the 586 00:19:47,799 --> 00:19:49,320 world. A lot of times we can't even 587 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:51,160 get people to even attend much less to 588 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,640 grow outside of that. And there's there's a 589 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:55,400 big issue with that now. We stay so 590 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,039 busy and there's a difference in working to 591 00:19:58,039 --> 00:19:58,539 survive 592 00:19:59,164 --> 00:20:01,105 and then working to just attain things. 593 00:20:01,565 --> 00:20:02,924 And, you know, there's so many of us 594 00:20:02,924 --> 00:20:04,845 and it's, it's rough out there. And I'm 595 00:20:04,845 --> 00:20:06,765 in, I work at Walmart every day. I 596 00:20:06,765 --> 00:20:08,845 see if there's a price jump, I see 597 00:20:08,845 --> 00:20:10,444 it. Cause I'm there every morning. I see 598 00:20:10,444 --> 00:20:12,329 our product and it gets it's rough out 599 00:20:12,329 --> 00:20:14,170 there and people have to know work harder 600 00:20:14,170 --> 00:20:16,970 to to make it. And so but that's 601 00:20:16,970 --> 00:20:18,089 that's not what I'm talking about. I was 602 00:20:18,089 --> 00:20:19,529 working to survive, but how many of us 603 00:20:19,529 --> 00:20:21,789 are working to just build up our retirement 604 00:20:21,930 --> 00:20:23,450 and to build up this? And there's nothing 605 00:20:23,450 --> 00:20:25,095 wrong with that, but what if you don't 606 00:20:25,095 --> 00:20:27,015 make it to retirement? What if Jesus comes 607 00:20:27,015 --> 00:20:29,015 back before retirement? And we work ourselves to 608 00:20:29,015 --> 00:20:31,494 death for stuff we may never even see. 609 00:20:31,494 --> 00:20:32,634 And we don't know where 610 00:20:33,095 --> 00:20:34,695 the state of our nation is right now 611 00:20:34,695 --> 00:20:36,535 or what we'll even have when that time 612 00:20:36,535 --> 00:20:38,279 comes. So if you put all your stock 613 00:20:38,279 --> 00:20:41,119 into those things, it's gonna fall short. We 614 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:42,759 we need to be about the father's business 615 00:20:42,759 --> 00:20:43,740 and putting retirement 616 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:45,880 and eternity. And that's what we need to 617 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:47,399 be focused on. Now there's nothing wrong with 618 00:20:47,399 --> 00:20:49,640 preparing for rainy days and preparing for the 619 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:51,480 generations to come and for your the pass 620 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,455 something to your kids and grandchildren. And that's 621 00:20:53,455 --> 00:20:56,095 that's great. That's fine. But are we just 622 00:20:56,095 --> 00:20:58,575 worried about passing monetary things? Are we passing 623 00:20:58,575 --> 00:21:00,575 down things like this morning? You know, seeing 624 00:21:00,575 --> 00:21:02,095 my niece and nephew up here doing that, 625 00:21:02,095 --> 00:21:03,695 that means more to me than any money 626 00:21:03,695 --> 00:21:05,934 I could pass down. Seeing them do things 627 00:21:05,934 --> 00:21:07,934 like that. That's what's important. That's what I 628 00:21:07,934 --> 00:21:08,880 want them to grasp. 629 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:12,400 So why are we here this morning? Are 630 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,000 we here to serve the Lord? Are we 631 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,359 here to learn more about the Lord, to 632 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:16,720 go out there and use the tools we're 633 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:18,559 given to make a difference? Are we just 634 00:21:18,559 --> 00:21:20,099 here going through the motions? 635 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,240 And I feel like a lot of us 636 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,240 are, and that's should be the way it 637 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:24,740 is. 638 00:21:25,384 --> 00:21:27,404 So the next question is, 639 00:21:27,944 --> 00:21:29,085 when will you surrender 640 00:21:29,384 --> 00:21:31,085 and accept the call this morning? 641 00:21:31,464 --> 00:21:33,304 It says, you know, going back to that 642 00:21:33,304 --> 00:21:34,444 point, we want salvation. 643 00:21:34,744 --> 00:21:36,264 We just don't want God to tell us 644 00:21:36,264 --> 00:21:37,625 how to live a lot of times. You 645 00:21:37,625 --> 00:21:39,544 know, we're okay with the good parts of 646 00:21:39,544 --> 00:21:41,720 it. You know, what God can give us, 647 00:21:41,859 --> 00:21:43,460 but we don't really like what we have 648 00:21:43,460 --> 00:21:44,920 to give to God in return. 649 00:21:45,380 --> 00:21:47,539 You know, I've been blessed enough to to 650 00:21:47,539 --> 00:21:49,059 preach these last couple of months, and I've 651 00:21:49,059 --> 00:21:50,660 got to see a lot of things that 652 00:21:50,740 --> 00:21:52,099 and God has just blessed me in so 653 00:21:52,099 --> 00:21:53,700 many ways and open up so many doors, 654 00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:55,220 and I'm so thankful for each one of 655 00:21:55,220 --> 00:21:57,585 them. But just like this message this morning, 656 00:21:57,585 --> 00:21:59,105 y'all may not get nothing out of this 657 00:21:59,105 --> 00:22:00,865 this morning. I pray that y'all do. And 658 00:22:00,865 --> 00:22:03,345 I pray this convicts and it it stirs 659 00:22:03,345 --> 00:22:05,424 something within you to answer these questions through 660 00:22:05,424 --> 00:22:07,424 the week. But this has hit me. I've 661 00:22:07,424 --> 00:22:09,345 preached this at myself probably 50 times this 662 00:22:09,345 --> 00:22:11,259 week. I went through all these verses. I've 663 00:22:11,259 --> 00:22:13,500 asked these questions. Now I try to go 664 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:14,799 through these questions every 665 00:22:15,179 --> 00:22:16,700 day. You know, who is Jesus to me? 666 00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:18,380 What do I believe in? Why am I 667 00:22:18,380 --> 00:22:18,880 here? 668 00:22:19,259 --> 00:22:20,720 And I just want to surrender 669 00:22:21,019 --> 00:22:23,595 everything to God and that you know, we 670 00:22:23,595 --> 00:22:25,355 sing the song, I surrender all. And how 671 00:22:25,355 --> 00:22:26,875 many times do we lie when we sing 672 00:22:26,875 --> 00:22:28,875 that song? I lied several times when I 673 00:22:28,875 --> 00:22:30,474 sung that song. You know, we sing it 674 00:22:30,474 --> 00:22:31,994 just like we go through the motions, I 675 00:22:31,994 --> 00:22:34,315 surrender all to God, but do we? We 676 00:22:34,315 --> 00:22:35,294 can't even surrender 677 00:22:35,750 --> 00:22:37,190 Sunday mornings to him a lot of times. 678 00:22:37,190 --> 00:22:39,690 We can't even do Sunday nights, Wednesday nights, 679 00:22:39,750 --> 00:22:42,070 much less surrender the week to him. I'm 680 00:22:42,070 --> 00:22:43,910 just imagine if we surrendered every day to 681 00:22:43,910 --> 00:22:45,190 the Lord, what we could do and the 682 00:22:45,190 --> 00:22:47,690 impact we could have on those around us. 683 00:22:48,390 --> 00:22:48,890 So, 684 00:22:49,674 --> 00:22:50,174 so, 685 00:22:50,714 --> 00:22:51,994 you know, I wouldn't have to get up 686 00:22:51,994 --> 00:22:52,494 here 687 00:22:53,115 --> 00:22:54,714 and beg people and Brian wouldn't have to 688 00:22:54,714 --> 00:22:56,394 get up here and beg people to come 689 00:22:56,394 --> 00:22:58,315 if we truly had our hearts where we 690 00:22:58,315 --> 00:22:59,914 need to be, because we would want God 691 00:22:59,914 --> 00:23:01,950 so much. You couldn't keep us away 692 00:23:02,429 --> 00:23:04,909 And not to say that I'm perfect or 693 00:23:04,909 --> 00:23:06,690 anything like that, but I found myself 694 00:23:07,069 --> 00:23:08,990 the more I dive into his word, the 695 00:23:08,990 --> 00:23:11,470 more I study myself, I want more. It's 696 00:23:11,470 --> 00:23:12,369 like, you can't 697 00:23:12,750 --> 00:23:15,730 be fulfilled. You just want more and more. 698 00:23:15,845 --> 00:23:17,525 And that's how the world's gonna be. You're 699 00:23:17,525 --> 00:23:18,265 gonna fill 700 00:23:18,565 --> 00:23:19,704 your life with something 701 00:23:20,085 --> 00:23:21,445 and it's up to you what you're gonna 702 00:23:21,445 --> 00:23:23,125 fill it with. You know, you can fill 703 00:23:23,125 --> 00:23:24,644 it with riches. You can fill it with 704 00:23:24,644 --> 00:23:26,265 fame. You can fill it with 705 00:23:26,565 --> 00:23:29,545 social status and how many likes and, 706 00:23:30,259 --> 00:23:32,580 shares and reactions you get on social media. 707 00:23:32,580 --> 00:23:34,340 You can put all your stock into that, 708 00:23:34,340 --> 00:23:36,259 but that's a never ending thing too. You're 709 00:23:36,259 --> 00:23:38,019 you're never gonna have enough likes. You're never 710 00:23:38,019 --> 00:23:40,100 gonna have enough money. You're never gonna have 711 00:23:40,100 --> 00:23:40,600 enough, 712 00:23:41,779 --> 00:23:42,279 stuff, 713 00:23:42,654 --> 00:23:45,055 any of that, because that's just how we're 714 00:23:45,055 --> 00:23:47,535 made. We're made just more and more, but 715 00:23:47,535 --> 00:23:49,134 there's good things to that too. But what 716 00:23:49,134 --> 00:23:51,454 if we see the Lord with that same 717 00:23:51,454 --> 00:23:53,454 mindset? What if we went and just couldn't 718 00:23:53,454 --> 00:23:55,615 have enough of God? Like Sunday morning wasn't 719 00:23:55,615 --> 00:23:57,890 enough. We got to come to Sunday school. 720 00:23:57,890 --> 00:23:59,250 Oh man, that's not enough. I want to 721 00:23:59,250 --> 00:24:01,009 come Sunday nights. Oh, there's a revival going 722 00:24:01,009 --> 00:24:02,769 on somewhere. I want to go. There's this 723 00:24:02,769 --> 00:24:04,529 or is that. Listening to, 724 00:24:05,170 --> 00:24:06,849 the right music through the week instead of 725 00:24:06,849 --> 00:24:08,690 other music, filling our minds with things of 726 00:24:08,690 --> 00:24:10,630 the Lord instead of things of the world, 727 00:24:10,924 --> 00:24:12,684 just what a difference we could have. And 728 00:24:12,684 --> 00:24:15,484 if we would surrender to that, God would 729 00:24:15,484 --> 00:24:17,005 would do so much thing and it would 730 00:24:17,005 --> 00:24:19,424 change this world in such a mighty way. 731 00:24:19,804 --> 00:24:20,944 And so I wanna, 732 00:24:21,565 --> 00:24:23,759 leave y'all with this question right here. I 733 00:24:23,839 --> 00:24:25,599 don't wanna go too long this morning, because 734 00:24:25,599 --> 00:24:27,440 I want these questions to resonate in your 735 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,599 mind this morning. And each one I'll go 736 00:24:29,599 --> 00:24:31,940 through again. Who is Jesus to you? 737 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:33,380 What do you believe? 738 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,220 Why are you here? 739 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:37,619 When will you surrender all to Jesus? 740 00:24:38,115 --> 00:24:40,194 And the last question I want before we 741 00:24:40,194 --> 00:24:42,434 go to the next part is, where will 742 00:24:42,434 --> 00:24:43,414 you spend eternity? 743 00:24:44,115 --> 00:24:45,954 That's the biggest question. All of this is 744 00:24:45,954 --> 00:24:46,934 a is a big, 745 00:24:47,234 --> 00:24:49,154 big part of all that. But the biggest 746 00:24:49,154 --> 00:24:50,595 question I can ask you is, where will 747 00:24:50,595 --> 00:24:53,079 you spend eternity? We're not promised tomorrow. We're 748 00:24:53,079 --> 00:24:54,519 not promised to make it home today or 749 00:24:54,519 --> 00:24:56,279 to the restaurant we go to wherever we 750 00:24:56,279 --> 00:24:58,359 go. We're not promised to finish the service 751 00:24:58,359 --> 00:24:59,019 this morning. 752 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,240 So if that happens, where will you spend 753 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:01,740 eternity? 754 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,000 And where will our children spend eternity? Where 755 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,779 will our family members spend eternity? 756 00:25:07,184 --> 00:25:09,184 And we'll I do it. We all do. 757 00:25:09,184 --> 00:25:09,845 We we, 758 00:25:10,224 --> 00:25:11,204 request prayer 759 00:25:11,904 --> 00:25:13,264 for our loved ones, and we should we 760 00:25:13,264 --> 00:25:14,544 should pray for them, but are we really 761 00:25:14,544 --> 00:25:16,384 doing all we can to reach them? You 762 00:25:16,384 --> 00:25:18,304 know, we have access to most of these, 763 00:25:18,304 --> 00:25:20,159 I'm sure. When's the last time you called 764 00:25:20,159 --> 00:25:21,919 one of them up and told them about 765 00:25:21,919 --> 00:25:23,519 Jesus? When is the last time you truly 766 00:25:23,519 --> 00:25:25,460 prayed for them? All those things 767 00:25:25,919 --> 00:25:28,079 we need to pray and have other people 768 00:25:28,079 --> 00:25:29,679 pray here, of course, and request and pray 769 00:25:29,679 --> 00:25:31,279 for that. But it's also up to us. 770 00:25:31,279 --> 00:25:33,039 If we are burdened enough to request a 771 00:25:33,039 --> 00:25:35,264 prayer, we need to be praying for them. 772 00:25:35,264 --> 00:25:37,505 And, many times, you know, I'm guilty of 773 00:25:37,505 --> 00:25:39,105 it. People ask, will you pray for this? 774 00:25:39,105 --> 00:25:40,384 And we'll all say, Oh yeah, I'll pray 775 00:25:40,384 --> 00:25:42,224 for that. And then it leaves our mind 776 00:25:42,224 --> 00:25:44,384 5 seconds later, you know, you're thinking we 777 00:25:44,384 --> 00:25:46,400 never actually pray for it. You So we 778 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:47,679 need to make the effort. If we say 779 00:25:47,679 --> 00:25:49,039 we're gonna pray, we need to pray. And 780 00:25:49,039 --> 00:25:50,400 the same thing with the prayer request, if 781 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,240 we're mentioning it to other people, we need 782 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,259 to be praying with all we have and 783 00:25:54,799 --> 00:25:57,039 the help of others around us too. But 784 00:25:57,039 --> 00:25:58,799 our children, you know, we see these little 785 00:25:58,799 --> 00:26:01,039 ones up here. That's where that's the important 786 00:26:01,039 --> 00:26:01,539 thing. 787 00:26:02,014 --> 00:26:03,875 We're not gonna live forever. 788 00:26:04,255 --> 00:26:05,855 The next generation is coming up after us. 789 00:26:05,855 --> 00:26:07,774 We've got so many little ones in here 790 00:26:07,774 --> 00:26:09,534 right now, and they need to know about 791 00:26:09,534 --> 00:26:11,474 Jesus. They need to know about salvation 792 00:26:11,855 --> 00:26:13,234 and things like that because 793 00:26:13,710 --> 00:26:15,309 we get so involved. There's nothing wrong with 794 00:26:15,309 --> 00:26:17,149 these things. So don't, don't take, like I'm 795 00:26:17,149 --> 00:26:19,149 saying, these are bad things, but we're so 796 00:26:19,149 --> 00:26:20,690 involved with sports and 797 00:26:21,149 --> 00:26:23,869 all these rec recreational activities and after school 798 00:26:23,869 --> 00:26:25,950 activity. And those are great, but we're so 799 00:26:25,950 --> 00:26:28,130 focused on trying to make them a professional 800 00:26:28,335 --> 00:26:31,054 athlete or professional this and to make sure 801 00:26:31,054 --> 00:26:32,575 that they get into the greatest college. And 802 00:26:32,575 --> 00:26:34,654 those are fine. Those are great goals. But 803 00:26:34,654 --> 00:26:36,095 if they do all of that and miss 804 00:26:36,095 --> 00:26:36,595 Jesus, 805 00:26:37,054 --> 00:26:39,154 what have we done? We failed at that. 806 00:26:39,454 --> 00:26:40,194 And so 807 00:26:40,494 --> 00:26:43,134 I want Ariel to be successful in everything 808 00:26:43,134 --> 00:26:45,110 she does, of course, but I want her 809 00:26:45,110 --> 00:26:47,269 to be successful and working for the Lord, 810 00:26:47,269 --> 00:26:48,570 number 1 above all. 811 00:26:48,950 --> 00:26:50,549 I mean, I want her to whatever God 812 00:26:50,549 --> 00:26:52,630 has for her, whatever it may be, I 813 00:26:52,630 --> 00:26:54,170 want that. But 814 00:26:54,549 --> 00:26:56,309 seeing what you know, Kyrie up here and 815 00:26:56,309 --> 00:26:58,075 Benjamin, that right area is what I'm most 816 00:26:58,075 --> 00:26:59,755 concerned with is that they're gonna be serving 817 00:26:59,755 --> 00:27:01,115 the Lord and doing what God has them 818 00:27:01,115 --> 00:27:03,835 to do because this is just temporary. You 819 00:27:03,835 --> 00:27:05,835 know? And the odds of them becoming a 820 00:27:05,835 --> 00:27:07,994 professional athlete or whatever that we're trying to 821 00:27:07,994 --> 00:27:10,095 get them to are very, very slim. 822 00:27:10,799 --> 00:27:13,039 And there's nothing wrong with those goals. And 823 00:27:13,039 --> 00:27:14,880 God may give them that platform. I pray 824 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,720 he does. I mean, we've had some locally 825 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,400 that are playing in the NFL right now 826 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,720 that have a huge platform. And Tim Tebow, 827 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:22,400 all these people that have used our platform 828 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:24,404 for good, That may be God's will for 829 00:27:24,404 --> 00:27:26,005 your life, but most of the time it's 830 00:27:26,005 --> 00:27:27,524 probably not gonna be that, but you can 831 00:27:27,524 --> 00:27:29,444 be a witness in your work, in your 832 00:27:29,444 --> 00:27:31,144 school, to your family members, 833 00:27:31,524 --> 00:27:33,524 to those around you. That's where you need 834 00:27:33,524 --> 00:27:35,365 to focus on. And that's you need your 835 00:27:35,365 --> 00:27:37,660 identity to be in Christ. And then all 836 00:27:37,660 --> 00:27:39,740 those other tools and all those other platforms 837 00:27:39,740 --> 00:27:41,740 are just ways to present Christ, and that's 838 00:27:41,740 --> 00:27:42,960 how we need to see it. 839 00:27:43,340 --> 00:27:43,840 So 840 00:27:44,299 --> 00:27:46,460 I'm gonna have, Sarah come up and sing, 841 00:27:46,700 --> 00:27:48,539 the song of invitation. It's been on my 842 00:27:48,539 --> 00:27:50,480 heart all week, and I believe it goes, 843 00:27:51,554 --> 00:27:53,634 really well with this because I wanna leave 844 00:27:53,634 --> 00:27:55,095 with this question right here. 845 00:27:55,394 --> 00:27:57,575 With all this being said this morning, 846 00:27:57,875 --> 00:27:59,815 how could you say no to God? 847 00:28:00,595 --> 00:28:02,434 After all we've talked about, we sung the 848 00:28:02,434 --> 00:28:04,409 songs. I've mentioned some of it about what 849 00:28:04,409 --> 00:28:06,490 God did for you, how he died for 850 00:28:06,490 --> 00:28:08,490 you. He took your place. He created every 851 00:28:08,490 --> 00:28:10,809 part of you. Every little detail of you, 852 00:28:10,809 --> 00:28:13,289 he made in a unique way, and there's 853 00:28:13,289 --> 00:28:15,130 no one else like you. We're all one 854 00:28:15,130 --> 00:28:16,190 of a kind masterpieces, 855 00:28:16,914 --> 00:28:18,595 and all he asks is just to accept 856 00:28:18,595 --> 00:28:20,035 him and live for him. How can we 857 00:28:20,035 --> 00:28:21,474 say no to that? And you'll hear in 858 00:28:21,474 --> 00:28:22,755 the words of the song, and I pray 859 00:28:22,755 --> 00:28:24,934 it convicts your heart that it talks about 860 00:28:24,994 --> 00:28:27,075 looking at his tear stained eyes and the 861 00:28:27,075 --> 00:28:29,394 the blood that's pouring out and saying, no. 862 00:28:29,394 --> 00:28:30,690 I don't want that. I don't want that 863 00:28:30,769 --> 00:28:32,210 gift that you're giving me. Like, how can 864 00:28:32,210 --> 00:28:33,970 we say no to that? But you may 865 00:28:33,970 --> 00:28:35,909 have said yes to salvation. 866 00:28:36,369 --> 00:28:38,129 You may be thinking, well, I'm saying that. 867 00:28:38,129 --> 00:28:39,970 I I didn't say no to that, but 868 00:28:39,970 --> 00:28:41,329 how could you say no to what God 869 00:28:41,329 --> 00:28:43,250 has for you? You know, God may be 870 00:28:43,250 --> 00:28:45,009 working in your life this morning. He may 871 00:28:45,009 --> 00:28:46,494 be trying to tell you, hey. You need 872 00:28:46,494 --> 00:28:47,775 to do this. This is what I have 873 00:28:47,775 --> 00:28:48,974 for you. This is my will for you, 874 00:28:48,974 --> 00:28:50,575 and we're thinking, no. I I can't do 875 00:28:50,575 --> 00:28:52,894 that. And I didn't necessarily say the words 876 00:28:52,894 --> 00:28:54,494 no all the time, but I feel like 877 00:28:54,494 --> 00:28:55,934 god was calling me into this a long 878 00:28:55,934 --> 00:28:57,534 time ago, and I just kinda I wrestle 879 00:28:57,534 --> 00:28:59,380 with it and wrestle with it. But I 880 00:28:59,380 --> 00:29:01,140 didn't wanna say no anymore. I just wanted 881 00:29:01,140 --> 00:29:02,900 to say yes. And if if we just 882 00:29:02,900 --> 00:29:05,539 say yes, God can do the rest. And 883 00:29:05,539 --> 00:29:06,900 that's all he's looking for is just a 884 00:29:06,900 --> 00:29:09,380 yes, and just come and be that willing 885 00:29:09,380 --> 00:29:11,700 servant because it's scary. Doing this this morning 886 00:29:11,700 --> 00:29:13,460 is scary. The things I've done the last 887 00:29:13,460 --> 00:29:15,164 2 months are scary, but God's been with 888 00:29:15,164 --> 00:29:16,924 me through every step of the way, and 889 00:29:16,924 --> 00:29:18,684 it's a blessing. I wouldn't change nothing for 890 00:29:18,684 --> 00:29:19,884 it. And it just makes me wanna do 891 00:29:19,884 --> 00:29:21,965 more and more for him. So this morning, 892 00:29:21,965 --> 00:29:23,565 I wanna ask you, don't say no to 893 00:29:23,565 --> 00:29:25,725 God. Don't if you don't know him as 894 00:29:25,725 --> 00:29:27,745 your savior, your Lord and your savior, 895 00:29:28,285 --> 00:29:30,769 don't say no to him. Say yes. Come 896 00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:32,369 today and you can know him today before 897 00:29:32,369 --> 00:29:34,369 you leave. And maybe you are saved this 898 00:29:34,369 --> 00:29:35,730 morning, and you're not where you need to 899 00:29:35,730 --> 00:29:37,889 be. You're just going through the motions. You're 900 00:29:37,889 --> 00:29:40,289 you're being defeated all throughout the week because 901 00:29:40,289 --> 00:29:43,109 you're just you're you're wearing the Christian uniform. 902 00:29:43,169 --> 00:29:45,554 You're just not in the game. And maybe 903 00:29:45,554 --> 00:29:47,154 you need to come down here and join 904 00:29:47,154 --> 00:29:49,355 in the fight, and God's calling you to 905 00:29:49,394 --> 00:29:50,674 It may be something in the church, it 906 00:29:50,674 --> 00:29:52,134 may be something at your word, 907 00:29:52,755 --> 00:29:54,994 and maybe starting a devotion with your coworkers, 908 00:29:54,994 --> 00:29:57,139 it may be reaching out to someone in 909 00:29:57,139 --> 00:29:59,019 the grocery store or a lost loved one. 910 00:29:59,019 --> 00:30:00,619 You know what God's calling you to do, 911 00:30:00,619 --> 00:30:02,159 so don't say no to them. 912 00:30:02,619 --> 00:30:03,919 Thank you, brother Scott. 913 00:30:04,299 --> 00:30:06,079 Five questions to ask ourselves, 914 00:30:06,460 --> 00:30:08,460 who is Jesus to me? Is he a 915 00:30:08,460 --> 00:30:10,319 good teacher, or is he lord? 916 00:30:10,664 --> 00:30:13,065 What do I believe? Do we study in 917 00:30:13,065 --> 00:30:15,225 order to grow our faith? Why am I 918 00:30:15,225 --> 00:30:17,465 here today? Why do we attend church? Why 919 00:30:17,465 --> 00:30:19,785 do we listen to content like this? Why 920 00:30:19,785 --> 00:30:21,565 do we spend time with other believers? 921 00:30:22,184 --> 00:30:23,404 When will I surrender 922 00:30:23,705 --> 00:30:25,164 and accept the call? 923 00:30:25,769 --> 00:30:28,490 When will we allow God to direct our 924 00:30:28,490 --> 00:30:29,950 lives each day? 925 00:30:30,570 --> 00:30:32,190 Where will I spend eternity? 926 00:30:32,730 --> 00:30:35,210 This last question is the most important question 927 00:30:35,210 --> 00:30:36,190 we ask ourselves. 928 00:30:36,650 --> 00:30:38,890 And here on this podcast, we pray each 929 00:30:38,890 --> 00:30:41,505 week that God will draw the lost to 930 00:30:41,505 --> 00:30:43,204 him, and they will accept 931 00:30:43,505 --> 00:30:44,884 the free gift of salvation 932 00:30:45,265 --> 00:30:46,404 offered by Christ. 933 00:30:46,865 --> 00:30:48,565 In Acts chapter 16, 934 00:30:49,025 --> 00:30:51,105 we find the story of Paul and Silas 935 00:30:51,105 --> 00:30:53,664 and the jailer who asked the question, what 936 00:30:53,664 --> 00:30:55,765 must I do to be saved? 937 00:30:56,630 --> 00:30:58,809 And in chapter 16 verse 31, 938 00:30:59,190 --> 00:31:02,070 Paul and Silas answer him, and they said, 939 00:31:02,070 --> 00:31:04,549 believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt 940 00:31:04,549 --> 00:31:05,289 be saved, 941 00:31:05,590 --> 00:31:07,130 thou and thy house. 942 00:31:07,509 --> 00:31:09,269 And that is the truth we are called 943 00:31:09,269 --> 00:31:10,970 to take to the world as Christians. 944 00:31:11,350 --> 00:31:12,170 Make Jesus 945 00:31:12,525 --> 00:31:13,505 Lord of your life. 946 00:31:13,805 --> 00:31:15,805 We hope that you've enjoyed the content tonight. 947 00:31:15,805 --> 00:31:17,404 We hope you got something out of it, 948 00:31:17,404 --> 00:31:19,085 and we hope to hear from you again 949 00:31:19,085 --> 00:31:21,404 next week. Remember to leave a comment, let 950 00:31:21,404 --> 00:31:22,605 us know if you would like to be 951 00:31:22,605 --> 00:31:24,445 added to our prayer list. We will gladly 952 00:31:24,445 --> 00:31:26,205 add you, and we will definitely be praying 953 00:31:26,205 --> 00:31:28,819 for you. May god bless, and we'll see 954 00:31:28,819 --> 00:31:31,079 you all next week. Have a good night. 955 00:31:32,099 --> 00:31:35,240 Special thank you to Carter Pridemore, Brian Harris, 956 00:31:35,380 --> 00:31:36,440 Waverly Henderson, 957 00:31:36,740 --> 00:31:39,859 Tatum Harris Spears, and Josie Partain for our 958 00:31:39,859 --> 00:31:41,784 theme song, Truth Set Me Free. 959 00:31:42,164 --> 00:31:44,585 I've been Tyler Goza on production and audio. 960 00:31:45,044 --> 00:31:46,964 We hope you can join us live next 961 00:31:46,964 --> 00:31:48,585 Monday at 6 PM CST. 962 00:31:48,964 --> 00:31:50,024 Thank you for listening. 963 00:31:50,325 --> 00:31:52,184 But truth found me there. 964 00:31:52,964 --> 00:31:55,144 It was in my darkest eye. 965 00:31:55,684 --> 00:31:58,529 I traded my black heart for joy, for 966 00:31:58,529 --> 00:31:59,429 something real, 967 00:31:59,730 --> 00:32:01,109 something with power. 968 00:32:03,329 --> 00:32:05,429 Truth set me free. 969 00:32:06,130 --> 00:32:08,309 Truth came to me. 970 00:32:08,849 --> 00:32:09,375 I once