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Matt Hagee - Don't Waste the Grace

April 22, 2026 | 27:29

Matt Hagee - Don't Waste the Grace
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Hagee Ministries | Matt Hagee - Don't Waste the Grace | April 22, 2026
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  • Pastor matt hagee: this week,
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  • Pastor matt hagee: this week, we turn to the book of 1 peter,
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  • We turn to the book of 1 peter, and 1 peter, like last week,
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  • And 1 peter, like last week, 1 corinthians,
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  • 1 corinthians, is a letter that is written by
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  • Is a letter that is written by the pastor to the church.
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  • The pastor to the church. paul was the author
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  • Paul was the author of last week's letter,
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  • Of last week's letter, peter is writing this week's.
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  • Peter is writing this week's. and just like paul,
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  • And just like paul, peter is encouraging
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  • Peter is encouraging his church to be unified.
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  • His church to be unified. your willingness to walk
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  • Your willingness to walk in agreement and unity is not
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  • In agreement and unity is not something that god will force,
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  • Something that god will force, it's something that he gives you
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  • It's something that he gives you the opportunity to choose.
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  • The opportunity to choose. and in order to do it,
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  • And in order to do it, you have to consider others
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  • You have to consider others more than yourself.
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  • More than yourself. now, when you choose
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  • Now, when you choose to consider others more than
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  • To consider others more than yourself and you walk in
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  • Yourself and you walk in unity with one another,
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  • Unity with one another, what you receive
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  • What you receive is an exponential increase
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  • Is an exponential increase of the power and the presence
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  • Of the power and the presence of god in your life.
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  • Of god in your life. because whenever you do this,
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  • Because whenever you do this, god begins to bless you
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  • God begins to bless you beyond what you have
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  • Beyond what you have the ability to contain.
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  • The ability to contain. as a member of the fellowship,
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  • As a member of the fellowship, not an isolated individual,
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  • Not an isolated individual, you discover that one of us
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  • You discover that one of us can put a thousand to flight,
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  • Can put a thousand to flight, but two of us can put
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  • But two of us can put ten thousand to flight.
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  • Ten thousand to flight. individually, we are all limited
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  • Individually, we are all limited in our ability, but together,
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  • In our ability, but together, we have an unlimited amount
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  • We have an unlimited amount of power because it is,
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  • Of power because it is, as god said, "not by might,
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  • As god said, "not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit,"
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  • Nor by power, but by my spirit," says the lord.
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  • Says the lord. now, when you read
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  • Now, when you read this text in 1 peter 4,
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  • This text in 1 peter 4, peter is urging the church
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  • Peter is urging the church to be unified and he says it
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  • To be unified and he says it very clearly in the first
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  • Very clearly in the first verse that we read, verse 7.
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  • Verse that we read, verse 7. he says, "the end of all
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  • He says, "the end of all things is at hand.
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  • Things is at hand. therefore, be serious."
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  • Therefore, be serious." you don't have time to waste
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  • You don't have time to waste is what he's telling the church.
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  • Is what he's telling the church. the end of all things
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  • The end of all things is at hand.
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  • Is at hand. get serious about
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  • Get serious about working together.
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  • Working together. be watchful in your prayers.
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  • Be watchful in your prayers. don't waste time arguing
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  • Don't waste time arguing about your differences.
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  • About your differences. come together in the force
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  • Come together in the force of fellowship and go into
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  • Of fellowship and go into heavenly places in
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  • Heavenly places in united prayer and pull down
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  • United prayer and pull down strongholds and anything
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  • Strongholds and anything that exalts itself against
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  • That exalts itself against the knowledge of god.
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  • The knowledge of god. bind the enemy so that
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  • Bind the enemy so that he is defeated and turn
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  • He is defeated and turn god's power and his might loose.
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  • God's power and his might loose. lay hands on the sick
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  • Lay hands on the sick and watch them recover
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  • And watch them recover because the bible says
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  • Because the bible says that we can do that.
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  • That we can do that. pray for boldness
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  • Pray for boldness and the kind of boldness that
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  • And the kind of boldness that turns the world upside down.
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  • [applause]
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  • The bible says
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  • The bible says of the new testament church
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  • Of the new testament church that when they had prayed,
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  • That when they had prayed, the very doors of the building
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  • The very doors of the building where they were
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  • Where they were praying were shaken,
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  • Praying were shaken, and they went out
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  • And they went out of that place and they turned
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  • Of that place and they turned the world upside down.
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  • The world upside down. you have the power to do
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  • You have the power to do that when you're unified in
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  • That when you're unified in the fellowship of the faith.
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  • The fellowship of the faith. the point is we don't
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  • The point is we don't have time to waste with our
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  • Have time to waste with our silly arguments and fights.
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  • Silly arguments and fights. we don't have time to waste when
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  • We don't have time to waste when there's a lost and dying world
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  • There's a lost and dying world that needs jesus christ.
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  • That needs jesus christ. we don't have time
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  • We don't have time to surrender more ground
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  • To surrender more ground to the enemy because
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  • To the enemy because we would rather serve self
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  • We would rather serve self than serve one another.
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  • Than serve one another. if we're going to do
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  • If we're going to do what james 4 says,
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  • What james 4 says, which is submit to god,
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  • Which is submit to god, resist the devil
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  • Resist the devil and watch him flee,
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  • And watch him flee, then we are going to have
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  • Then we are going to have to give ourselves, heart,
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  • To give ourselves, heart, soul, mind, and body to walking
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  • Soul, mind, and body to walking in unity one with the other.
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  • In unity one with the other. it's time to get serious
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  • It's time to get serious is what peter said.
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  • Is what peter said. and the things that he gave us
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  • And the things that he gave us to get serious about come
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  • To get serious about come in this list.
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  • In this list. the first is prayer.
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  • The first is prayer. he says, "be serious
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  • He says, "be serious and watchful in your prayers."
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  • And watchful in your prayers." on the top of every
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  • On the top of every believer's priority list
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  • Believer's priority list should be prayer.
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  • Should be prayer. why?
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  • Why? because prayer is what
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  • Because prayer is what connects you with heaven
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  • Connects you with heaven and prayer is what connects you
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  • And prayer is what connects you with the body of christ.
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  • With the body of christ. jesus didn't teach
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  • Jesus didn't teach his disciples to preach,
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  • His disciples to preach, he taught his disciples to pray.
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  • He taught his disciples to pray. jesus, who is the author
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  • Jesus, who is the author and the finisher of our faith,
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  • And the finisher of our faith, was committed to prayer.
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  • Was committed to prayer. on the night before
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  • On the night before he was arrested to be
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  • He was arrested to be tried and crucified,
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  • Tried and crucified, he didn't go find
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  • He didn't go find a defense attorney,
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  • A defense attorney, he went to the garden
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  • He went to the garden and he prayed.
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  • And he prayed. in john 17,
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  • In john 17, he wasn't praying for himself,
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  • He wasn't praying for himself, he was praying for you.
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  • He was praying for you. and what he prayed is that you
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  • And what he prayed is that you would be sanctified by the word.
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  • Would be sanctified by the word. and what he prayed is that
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  • And what he prayed is that you would be united one
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  • You would be united one with the other.
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  • With the other. he said in verse 21,
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  • He said in verse 21, "let them be one even
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  • "let them be one even as you and i are one
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  • As you and i are one so that the world would
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  • So that the world would know that you sent me."
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  • Know that you sent me." in verse 23,
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  • In verse 23, he prayed that we would
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  • He prayed that we would become perfect in one.
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  • Become perfect in one. what does it mean
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  • What does it mean to be perfect in one?
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  • To be perfect in one? it doesn't mean that you
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  • It doesn't mean that you are going to be flawless
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  • Are going to be flawless or i am going to be flawless.
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  • Or i am going to be flawless. what it means is where
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  • What it means is where i'm weak, you're strong.
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  • I'm weak, you're strong. where you're weak, i'm strong,
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  • Where you're weak, i'm strong, and we're perfect together.
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  • And we're perfect together. and then, he prayed that
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  • And then, he prayed that we would be where he is
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  • We would be where he is and that we would see him
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  • And that we would see him in his glory like he had
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  • In his glory like he had before the world began
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  • Before the world began in verse 24.
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  • In verse 24. ephesians 6:18, we're commanded
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  • Ephesians 6:18, we're commanded as a church praying always.
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  • As a church praying always. philippians 4:6, it says,
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  • Philippians 4:6, it says, "be anxious for nothing,
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  • "be anxious for nothing, but in everything
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  • But in everything by prayer and supplication
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  • By prayer and supplication with thanksgiving,
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  • With thanksgiving, make your request
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  • Make your request known to god."
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  • Known to god." we're powerful
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  • We're powerful when we pray together.
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  • When we pray together. we're defeated
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  • We're defeated when we pray divided.
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  • When we pray divided. here's what the bible says,
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  • Here's what the bible says, jesus speaking,
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  • Jesus speaking, "if any two of you gather
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  • "if any two of you gather concerning anything
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  • Concerning anything in my name and ask the father,
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  • In my name and ask the father, you'll have it."
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  • You'll have it." the prayer of agreement
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  • The prayer of agreement is a powerful thing.
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  • Is a powerful thing. in this letter to the church
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  • In this letter to the church in 1 peter 3, peter is writing,
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  • In 1 peter 3, peter is writing, speaking of unity,
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  • Speaking of unity, and he's talking about
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  • And he's talking about husbands and wives,
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  • Husbands and wives, and how the power of that
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  • And how the power of that relationship impacts
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  • Relationship impacts their prayer life.
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  • Their prayer life. in chapter 3:7, he says,
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  • In chapter 3:7, he says, "husbands, dwell with your wife
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  • "husbands, dwell with your wife according to understanding."
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  • According to understanding." men, if you have the courage,
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  • Men, if you have the courage, how many of you know that it
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  • How many of you know that it takes the holy spirit's help
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  • Takes the holy spirit's help to understand your wife?
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  • [laughter]
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  • The rest of you cowards...
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  • [laughter]
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  • You either get up and teach
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  • You either get up and teach a marriage seminar or you go
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  • A marriage seminar or you go take some courage pills.
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  • Take some courage pills. now, what peter
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  • Now, what peter is saying here has to do
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  • Is saying here has to do with unity and prayer.
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  • With unity and prayer. he says, "dwell with them
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  • He says, "dwell with them according to understanding
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  • According to understanding so that your prayers
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  • So that your prayers would not be hindered."
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  • Would not be hindered." jesus christ, speaking about
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  • Jesus christ, speaking about unity in matthew 5, he says,
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  • Unity in matthew 5, he says, "if you bring a gift
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  • "if you bring a gift to the altar and you remember
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  • To the altar and you remember that your brother has
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  • That your brother has something against you,
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  • Something against you, leave your gift."
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  • Leave your gift." that was a controversial
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  • That was a controversial statement because in the life
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  • Statement because in the life of a righteous jew,
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  • Of a righteous jew, the most sacred thing
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  • The most sacred thing you could do is take
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  • You could do is take a gift to the altar.
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  • A gift to the altar. and what jesus is saying
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  • And what jesus is saying is if you are doing
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  • Is if you are doing the holiest of things
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  • The holiest of things and you remember that
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  • And you remember that you're not walking in unity,
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  • You're not walking in unity, stop acting holy and go get
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  • Stop acting holy and go get right and then come back
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  • Right and then come back to the altar.
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  • To the altar. god doesn't want to hear
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  • God doesn't want to hear from us until we're walking
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  • From us until we're walking in unity with other children
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  • In unity with other children here on earth.
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  • Here on earth. the next priority that god
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  • The next priority that god gives us after prayer is
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  • Gives us after prayer is a fervent love for one another.
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  • A fervent love for one another. a fervent love for one another.
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  • A fervent love for one another. fervent love is not
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  • Fervent love is not conditional love,
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  • Conditional love, it's unconditional love.
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  • It's unconditional love. unconditional love
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  • Unconditional love is altogether different because
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  • Is altogether different because unconditional love is not
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  • Unconditional love is not measured by a feeling,
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  • Measured by a feeling, it's defined by
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  • It's defined by what you are willing
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  • What you are willing to self-sacrifice for others.
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  • To self-sacrifice for others. this is what 1 john 3 says,
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  • This is what 1 john 3 says, "by this we know
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  • "by this we know love because he, jesus,
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  • Love because he, jesus, laid down his life for us."
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  • Laid down his life for us." how many of you
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  • How many of you see self-sacrifice there?
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  • See self-sacrifice there? and then, it says "because
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  • And then, it says "because he laid down his life for us,
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  • He laid down his life for us, we should also lay down
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  • We should also lay down our lives for," who?
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  • Our lives for," who? "the brethren."
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  • "the brethren." the same way that
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  • The same way that he loved us is how
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  • He loved us is how we should love one another.
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  • We should love one another. you cannot be unified
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  • You cannot be unified in anything unless you are
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  • In anything unless you are willing to self-sacrifice.
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  • Willing to self-sacrifice. self-sacrifice is the only way
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  • Self-sacrifice is the only way that two that are different
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  • That two that are different can come together.
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  • Can come together. amos 3:3 asks the question,
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  • Amos 3:3 asks the question, "can two walk together
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  • "can two walk together unless they be agreed?"
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  • Unless they be agreed?" so, understand that what christ
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  • So, understand that what christ is asking of you is not
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  • Is asking of you is not something that is super
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  • Something that is super difficult, it's something you
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  • Difficult, it's something you just have to say yes to,
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  • Just have to say yes to, self-sacrifice.
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  • Self-sacrifice. in 1 peter 4:9,
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  • In 1 peter 4:9, one of the greatest evidences
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  • One of the greatest evidences of self-sacrificial love
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  • Of self-sacrificial love is hospitality.
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  • Is hospitality. in verse 9 it says,
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  • In verse 9 it says, "be hospitable to one another
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  • "be hospitable to one another without grumbling."
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  • Without grumbling." now, there is the condition.
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  • Now, there is the condition. it doesn't say, "be hospitable
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  • It doesn't say, "be hospitable to one another," it says,
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  • To one another," it says, "do it without," what?
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  • "do it without," what? be hospitable without grumbling.
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  • Be hospitable without grumbling. in titus 1:7-8, it says that
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  • In titus 1:7-8, it says that an overseer in the church,
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  • An overseer in the church, a bishop, must be hospitable.
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  • A bishop, must be hospitable. gracious to outsiders,
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  • Gracious to outsiders, inclusive, not exclusive.
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  • Inclusive, not exclusive. be hospitable without grumbling
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  • Be hospitable without grumbling because the kind of love that
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  • Because the kind of love that we have for one another
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  • We have for one another is not transactional.
  • 00:09:12.746 --> 00:09:15.215
  • Is not transactional. what is it that makes you
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  • What is it that makes you grumble about hospitality?
  • 00:09:16.216 --> 00:09:18.986
  • Grumble about hospitality? it's when you don't get back
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  • It's when you don't get back what you think you deserve.
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  • What you think you deserve. "i don't know why
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  • "i don't know why we're bringing them back over,
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  • We're bringing them back over, they never stay and do
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  • They never stay and do the dishes."
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  • [laughter]
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  • If you do it with fervent love,
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  • If you do it with fervent love, there's nothing that you
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  • There's nothing that you expect in return.
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  • Expect in return. and when you don't expect
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  • And when you don't expect anything in return and you
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  • Anything in return and you do it as unto the lord,
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  • Do it as unto the lord, you'll do it without
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  • You'll do it without grumbling because you know
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  • Grumbling because you know it's what god wants you to do.
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  • It's what god wants you to do. when you read the word of god
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  • When you read the word of god in hebrews 13, it says,
  • 00:09:46.680 --> 00:09:47.948
  • In hebrews 13, it says, "do not forget
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  • "do not forget to entertain strangers."
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  • To entertain strangers." that means to be
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  • That means to be hospitable to them,
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  • Hospitable to them, "because in doing so,
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  • "because in doing so, you have unwittingly
  • 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:54.187
  • You have unwittingly entertained angels."
  • 00:09:54.254 --> 00:09:57.491
  • Entertained angels." heaven touches earth
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  • Heaven touches earth when god's kids get
  • 00:09:58.892 --> 00:10:00.460
  • When god's kids get together in unity.
  • 00:10:00.527 --> 00:10:02.863
  • Together in unity. god shows up, he hangs out,
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  • God shows up, he hangs out, he shows off when
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  • He shows off when we're together
  • 00:10:06.900 --> 00:10:08.168
  • We're together in his love, in his house,
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  • In his love, in his house, sharing hospitality with
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  • Sharing hospitality with one another.
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  • One another. when we get together
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  • When we get together in love without grumbling
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  • In love without grumbling as we're supposed to do,
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  • As we're supposed to do, verse 10 says that we are
  • 00:10:17.477 --> 00:10:18.545
  • Verse 10 says that we are to minister to one another.
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  • To minister to one another. it doesn't say when we
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  • It doesn't say when we get together we're supposed
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  • Get together we're supposed to complain to one another.
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  • To complain to one another. it says when we get together
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  • It says when we get together we're supposed to minister,
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  • We're supposed to minister, which means to serve.
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  • Which means to serve. and in the ministry
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  • And in the ministry that we have,
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  • That we have, it says each one
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  • It says each one has received a gift.
  • 00:10:33.994 --> 00:10:35.362
  • Has received a gift. minister to one another
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  • Minister to one another as good stewards,
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  • As good stewards, somebody say stewards.
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  • Somebody say stewards. of the manifold grace of god.
  • 00:10:41.034 --> 00:10:43.637
  • Of the manifold grace of god. now, that word manifold means
  • 00:10:43.704 --> 00:10:45.405
  • Now, that word manifold means that from many different
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  • That from many different things comes one.
  • 00:10:46.707 --> 00:10:49.409
  • Things comes one. so, what this word is saying
  • 00:10:49.476 --> 00:10:51.278
  • So, what this word is saying is that from unique individuals
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  • Is that from unique individuals all over the place,
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  • All over the place, god has pulled you from
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  • God has pulled you from the north, south, east,
  • 00:10:56.950 --> 00:10:57.851
  • The north, south, east, and west, every tribe,
  • 00:10:57.918 --> 00:10:58.985
  • And west, every tribe, every tongue, every kindred,
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  • Every tongue, every kindred, every nation with
  • 00:11:00.253 --> 00:11:01.588
  • Every nation with the same thing, grace.
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  • The same thing, grace. it was grace that
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  • It was grace that reached me and it's
  • 00:11:06.226 --> 00:11:07.594
  • Reached me and it's grace that reached you.
  • 00:11:07.661 --> 00:11:09.730
  • Grace that reached you. and he pulled us from
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  • And he pulled us from all of these different places
  • 00:11:10.797 --> 00:11:11.965
  • All of these different places to the same place for
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  • To the same place for the same purpose,
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  • The same purpose, and that place is the church
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  • And that place is the church and that purpose is to serve,
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  • And that purpose is to serve, and he gives us
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  • And he gives us several pictures of it.
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  • Several pictures of it. the first that he gives us
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  • The first that he gives us comes in 1 corinthians 12:12,
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  • Comes in 1 corinthians 12:12, and it's a body.
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  • And it's a body. he likens the church
  • 00:11:28.515 --> 00:11:30.183
  • He likens the church to the body of a human being,
  • 00:11:30.250 --> 00:11:32.919
  • To the body of a human being, and he says that
  • 00:11:32.986 --> 00:11:33.520
  • And he says that there's many parts of a body.
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  • There's many parts of a body. there's exterior parts that are
  • 00:11:35.188 --> 00:11:37.023
  • There's exterior parts that are obvious in their purpose.
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  • Obvious in their purpose. there's things for grabbing,
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  • There's things for grabbing, and things for hearing,
  • 00:11:40.460 --> 00:11:41.428
  • And things for hearing, and things for seeing,
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  • And things for seeing, and things for speaking.
  • 00:11:42.596 --> 00:11:43.630
  • And things for speaking. but he also then says,
  • 00:11:43.697 --> 00:11:45.565
  • But he also then says, "as there is
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  • "as there is in the physical body,
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  • In the physical body, there is also in
  • 00:11:48.068 --> 00:11:49.202
  • There is also in the church unseen parts."
  • 00:11:49.269 --> 00:11:52.272
  • The church unseen parts." you have a brain,
  • 00:11:52.339 --> 00:11:52.973
  • You have a brain, you have a heart,
  • 00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:53.707
  • You have a heart, you have lungs.
  • 00:11:53.774 --> 00:11:56.176
  • You have lungs. and what he says is,
  • 00:11:56.243 --> 00:11:56.877
  • And what he says is, how can the body function
  • 00:11:56.943 --> 00:11:58.578
  • How can the body function if the unseen things
  • 00:11:58.645 --> 00:11:59.746
  • If the unseen things are given less priority
  • 00:11:59.813 --> 00:12:02.149
  • Are given less priority than the seen things?
  • 00:12:02.215 --> 00:12:03.250
  • Than the seen things? how can this pitcher throw
  • 00:12:03.316 --> 00:12:04.684
  • How can this pitcher throw the pitch if his brain,
  • 00:12:04.751 --> 00:12:06.052
  • The pitch if his brain, and his lungs,
  • 00:12:06.119 --> 00:12:07.020
  • And his lungs, and his heart do not work
  • 00:12:07.087 --> 00:12:08.755
  • And his heart do not work with his exterior body?
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  • To the empty tomb,
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  • With his exterior body?
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  • With his exterior body? sometimes we get so caught up
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  • Sometimes we get so caught up in what somebody else
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  • In what somebody else is doing that we don't do
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  • Is doing that we don't do what god called us to do.
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  • What god called us to do. and what paul says
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  • And what paul says to the church in 1 corinthians
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  • To the church in 1 corinthians in verse 18 is that,
  • 00:13:19.860 --> 00:13:21.795
  • In verse 18 is that, "god has set the members,
  • 00:13:21.862 --> 00:13:23.296
  • "god has set the members, each one of them in the body
  • 00:13:23.363 --> 00:13:24.898
  • Each one of them in the body as he pleased."
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  • As he pleased." so, you are where you are,
  • 00:13:27.534 --> 00:13:29.836
  • So, you are where you are, like you are,
  • 00:13:29.903 --> 00:13:30.704
  • Like you are, as you are because
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  • As you are because that's where god put you.
  • 00:13:32.339 --> 00:13:35.075
  • That's where god put you. and then, in verse 22, it says,
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  • And then, in verse 22, it says, "there are seen and unseen parts
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  • "there are seen and unseen parts not valuable and less valuable."
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  • Not valuable and less valuable." all are necessary,
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  • All are necessary, all deserve honor.
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  • All deserve honor. in verse 25 it says that there
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  • In verse 25 it says that there should be no schism in the body.
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  • Should be no schism in the body. do you know what a schism is?
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  • Do you know what a schism is? it's a fracture.
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  • It's a fracture. it's not an amputation,
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  • It's not an amputation, it's just a place
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  • It's just a place where something is broken
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  • Where something is broken or out of whack.
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  • Or out of whack. and if you've ever
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  • And if you've ever had a fracture,
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  • Had a fracture, how many of you know
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  • How many of you know how painful it is to move
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  • How painful it is to move when something's broken?
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  • When something's broken? the next picture that we're
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  • The next picture that we're given comes in ephesians 2:19,
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  • Given comes in ephesians 2:19, and it's the building.
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  • And it's the building. this building says that
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  • This building says that you're no longer strangers
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  • You're no longer strangers but you're now fellow citizens
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  • But you're now fellow citizens with the saints and the members
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  • With the saints and the members of the household of god.
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  • Of the household of god. verse 20, that we've been built
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  • Verse 20, that we've been built on the apostles and the prophet
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  • On the apostles and the prophet jesus christ himself being
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  • Jesus christ himself being our chief cornerstone.
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  • Our chief cornerstone. he's the foundation
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  • He's the foundation of the building.
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  • Of the building. if what you're doing is not
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  • If what you're doing is not built on him, it's not his.
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  • Built on him, it's not his. now, as the cornerstone,
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  • Now, as the cornerstone, in architecture,
  • 00:14:35.435 --> 00:14:36.870
  • In architecture, that stone is the stone
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  • That stone is the stone that bears the weight
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  • That bears the weight of the building.
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  • Of the building. when we come into the building
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  • When we come into the building and we are a part of his church,
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  • And we are a part of his church, you need to know that
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  • You need to know that you are not here to let
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  • You are not here to let your weight fall on others,
  • 00:14:48.648 --> 00:14:50.317
  • Your weight fall on others, your weight falls on him
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  • Your weight falls on him because he's the only stone
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  • Because he's the only stone that's got enough strength
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  • That's got enough strength to carry all the weight.
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  • [applause]
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  • Now, when it comes
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  • Now, when it comes to the building that we're
  • 00:15:03.229 --> 00:15:04.364
  • To the building that we're describing here in 1 peter 2:5,
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  • Describing here in 1 peter 2:5, peter says that
  • 00:15:07.667 --> 00:15:08.468
  • Peter says that we're living stones.
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  • We're living stones. that we are living stones that
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  • That we are living stones that are being built up into
  • 00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:13.807
  • Are being built up into a spiritual house.
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  • A spiritual house. how many of you have ever
  • 00:15:15.809 --> 00:15:16.810
  • How many of you have ever seen a stone mason work?
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  • Seen a stone mason work? and what a stone mason will do
  • 00:15:20.613 --> 00:15:21.848
  • And what a stone mason will do is he has a big ol' pile
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  • Is he has a big ol' pile of stones and rocks that
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  • Of stones and rocks that he wants to put into something,
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  • He wants to put into something, and over here he's got whatever
  • 00:15:25.518 --> 00:15:27.153
  • And over here he's got whatever he's constructing,
  • 00:15:27.220 --> 00:15:27.921
  • He's constructing, a retaining wall, a building,
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  • A retaining wall, a building, whatever it happens to be.
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  • Whatever it happens to be. and whenever he comes
  • 00:15:31.424 --> 00:15:32.058
  • And whenever he comes to the pile of rocks,
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  • To the pile of rocks, he picks up a rock.
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  • He picks up a rock. and have you ever noticed
  • 00:15:34.694 --> 00:15:35.261
  • And have you ever noticed that it's not quite the shape
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  • That it's not quite the shape or size that he wants,
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  • Or size that he wants, and he looks at
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  • And he looks at where he wants to put it,
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  • Where he wants to put it, and then he decides
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  • And then he decides how much it needs
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  • How much it needs to change and move around.
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  • To change and move around. and then, what does he do
  • 00:15:44.437 --> 00:15:45.338
  • And then, what does he do with the rock that
  • 00:15:45.405 --> 00:15:46.139
  • With the rock that he pulled out of the pile?
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  • And he knocks off this edge,
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  • And he knocks off this edge, and he takes off that piece,
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  • And he takes off that piece, and he rounds out that corner.
  • 00:15:53.747 --> 00:15:56.516
  • And he rounds out that corner. he doesn't talk to the rock.
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  • He doesn't talk to the rock. "do you mind if i trim you up?"
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  • [laughter]
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  • He doesn't ask the rock,
  • 00:16:03.556 --> 00:16:05.025
  • He doesn't ask the rock, "would you care to be stuck
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  • "would you care to be stuck next to this rock?"
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  • Next to this rock?" he doesn't even consider
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  • He doesn't even consider if the rock is allergic
  • 00:16:11.297 --> 00:16:12.766
  • If the rock is allergic to cement or not,
  • 00:16:12.832 --> 00:16:14.034
  • To cement or not, he just covers it whenever
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  • He just covers it whenever it's ready and he sticks it
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  • It's ready and he sticks it where he wants it to go.
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  • Where he wants it to go. you know why?
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  • You know why? because the rock's purpose
  • 00:16:20.306 --> 00:16:21.741
  • Because the rock's purpose is not to decide
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  • Is not to decide what the rock gets to do,
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  • What the rock gets to do, the rock's purpose is to be
  • 00:16:23.877 --> 00:16:25.745
  • The rock's purpose is to be yielded in the hands
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  • Yielded in the hands of the craftsman so that he can
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  • Of the craftsman so that he can build what he needs to build.
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  • Build what he needs to build. and when you come
  • 00:16:31.184 --> 00:16:31.918
  • And when you come to this building,
  • 00:16:31.985 --> 00:16:33.219
  • To this building, what we need to recognize
  • 00:16:33.286 --> 00:16:34.988
  • What we need to recognize is that when the grace of god
  • 00:16:35.055 --> 00:16:36.723
  • Is that when the grace of god pulls us out of this
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  • Pulls us out of this pile of rocks,
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  • Pile of rocks, we don't need to object
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  • We don't need to object when he starts knocking off
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  • When he starts knocking off our rough edges and shaping us
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  • Our rough edges and shaping us up so that he can put us
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  • Up so that he can put us where he wants to put us to do
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  • Where he wants to put us to do what we need to do so that
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  • What we need to do so that we can serve his purpose.
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  • [applause]
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  • The third picture
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  • The third picture comes from galatians 3,
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  • Comes from galatians 3, it's a family.
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  • It's a family. and it's a family just
  • 00:17:03.416 --> 00:17:04.517
  • And it's a family just like every natural family that
  • 00:17:04.584 --> 00:17:06.386
  • Like every natural family that generationally continues
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  • Generationally continues to change and grow.
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  • To change and grow. it matures.
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  • It matures. and as it matures,
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  • And as it matures, it begins to multiply.
  • 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:16.262
  • It begins to multiply. in galatians 3:26, it says,
  • 00:17:16.329 --> 00:17:18.164
  • In galatians 3:26, it says, "you are all sons of god through
  • 00:17:18.231 --> 00:17:19.632
  • "you are all sons of god through faith in christ jesus."
  • 00:17:19.699 --> 00:17:21.968
  • Faith in christ jesus." verse 28, it says,
  • 00:17:22.035 --> 00:17:23.103
  • Verse 28, it says, "neither jew, nor greek,
  • 00:17:23.169 --> 00:17:24.370
  • "neither jew, nor greek, nor slave, nor free,
  • 00:17:24.437 --> 00:17:25.605
  • Nor slave, nor free, neither male nor female."
  • 00:17:25.672 --> 00:17:27.340
  • Neither male nor female." he says, "but you are
  • 00:17:27.407 --> 00:17:28.341
  • He says, "but you are all sons of god
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  • All sons of god and joint heirs.
  • 00:17:29.742 --> 00:17:31.878
  • And joint heirs. the seed of abraham
  • 00:17:31.945 --> 00:17:33.613
  • The seed of abraham according to the promise."
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  • According to the promise." what does it mean
  • 00:17:35.982 --> 00:17:36.683
  • What does it mean to be the seed of abraham
  • 00:17:36.749 --> 00:17:38.017
  • To be the seed of abraham according to the promise?
  • 00:17:38.084 --> 00:17:38.918
  • According to the promise? it means that by jesus christ,
  • 00:17:38.985 --> 00:17:41.187
  • It means that by jesus christ, you have been grafted
  • 00:17:41.254 --> 00:17:41.955
  • You have been grafted into the will and the promise
  • 00:17:42.021 --> 00:17:44.190
  • Into the will and the promise that god gave abraham.
  • 00:17:44.257 --> 00:17:47.026
  • That god gave abraham. god told abraham in genesis 12,
  • 00:17:47.093 --> 00:17:48.962
  • God told abraham in genesis 12, "i'll bless those
  • 00:17:49.028 --> 00:17:49.696
  • "i'll bless those who bless you."
  • 00:17:49.762 --> 00:17:50.296
  • Who bless you." because you have
  • 00:17:50.363 --> 00:17:51.698
  • Because you have faith in jesus,
  • 00:17:51.764 --> 00:17:52.799
  • Faith in jesus, you've joined the family of god
  • 00:17:52.866 --> 00:17:54.701
  • You've joined the family of god and the same promise that was
  • 00:17:54.767 --> 00:17:56.136
  • And the same promise that was given to abraham is yours
  • 00:17:56.202 --> 00:17:58.204
  • Given to abraham is yours because of jesus.
  • 00:17:58.271 --> 00:18:00.006
  • Because of jesus. in verse 22 --
  • 00:18:00.073 --> 00:18:01.374
  • In verse 22 -- in genesis 22:17,
  • 00:18:01.441 --> 00:18:04.077
  • In genesis 22:17, it says that god was going
  • 00:18:04.144 --> 00:18:05.445
  • It says that god was going to multiply and increase
  • 00:18:05.512 --> 00:18:06.813
  • To multiply and increase the seed of abraham
  • 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:08.148
  • The seed of abraham as the sands of the sea
  • 00:18:08.214 --> 00:18:09.849
  • As the sands of the sea and the stars of the sky.
  • 00:18:09.916 --> 00:18:12.886
  • And the stars of the sky. and here was the promise that
  • 00:18:12.952 --> 00:18:13.753
  • And here was the promise that was to abraham's descendants,
  • 00:18:13.820 --> 00:18:15.488
  • Was to abraham's descendants, "you shall possess the gates
  • 00:18:15.555 --> 00:18:17.657
  • "you shall possess the gates of your enemies."
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  • Of your enemies." what we're reading here
  • 00:18:20.293 --> 00:18:21.961
  • What we're reading here in the new testament
  • 00:18:22.028 --> 00:18:22.896
  • In the new testament in the book of galatians
  • 00:18:22.962 --> 00:18:24.364
  • In the book of galatians that we're heirs
  • 00:18:24.430 --> 00:18:25.431
  • That we're heirs with abraham is to say that god
  • 00:18:25.498 --> 00:18:27.400
  • With abraham is to say that god has given his children
  • 00:18:27.467 --> 00:18:29.435
  • Has given his children a will and testament that
  • 00:18:29.502 --> 00:18:31.504
  • A will and testament that is found in his word,
  • 00:18:31.571 --> 00:18:33.239
  • Is found in his word, and because you have come
  • 00:18:33.306 --> 00:18:35.308
  • And because you have come to faith in jesus christ,
  • 00:18:35.375 --> 00:18:36.676
  • To faith in jesus christ, you have this inheritance
  • 00:18:36.743 --> 00:18:38.211
  • You have this inheritance as your portion.
  • 00:18:38.278 --> 00:18:40.780
  • As your portion. that's good news
  • 00:18:40.847 --> 00:18:41.481
  • That's good news for somebody today.
  • 00:18:41.548 --> 00:18:44.584
  • For somebody today. the last picture
  • 00:18:44.651 --> 00:18:45.251
  • The last picture that we see is the army.
  • 00:18:45.318 --> 00:18:48.354
  • That we see is the army. the army is seen in ephesians 6
  • 00:18:48.421 --> 00:18:50.323
  • The army is seen in ephesians 6 where we're told to put
  • 00:18:50.390 --> 00:18:51.391
  • Where we're told to put on the whole armor of god.
  • 00:18:51.457 --> 00:18:53.426
  • On the whole armor of god. and any time that you see
  • 00:18:53.493 --> 00:18:54.694
  • And any time that you see a military unit working
  • 00:18:54.761 --> 00:18:56.296
  • A military unit working together for any reason,
  • 00:18:56.362 --> 00:18:57.564
  • Together for any reason, whether they're in
  • 00:18:57.630 --> 00:18:58.565
  • Whether they're in parade dress and marching,
  • 00:18:58.631 --> 00:19:00.233
  • Parade dress and marching, or they're operating
  • 00:19:00.300 --> 00:19:01.201
  • Or they're operating secret special missions
  • 00:19:01.267 --> 00:19:02.869
  • Secret special missions in the middle of the night,
  • 00:19:02.936 --> 00:19:03.903
  • In the middle of the night, they are doing different things,
  • 00:19:03.970 --> 00:19:05.638
  • They are doing different things, but they're doing it
  • 00:19:05.705 --> 00:19:06.639
  • But they're doing it all together because they have
  • 00:19:06.706 --> 00:19:09.175
  • All together because they have one mission, one goal,
  • 00:19:09.242 --> 00:19:11.578
  • One mission, one goal, one purpose to accomplish
  • 00:19:11.644 --> 00:19:12.445
  • One purpose to accomplish over and over and over.
  • 00:19:12.512 --> 00:19:14.180
  • Over and over and over. it doesn't matter
  • 00:19:14.247 --> 00:19:14.914
  • It doesn't matter what picture you look at.
  • 00:19:14.981 --> 00:19:15.982
  • What picture you look at. a body, a building,
  • 00:19:16.049 --> 00:19:17.217
  • A body, a building, a family, an army.
  • 00:19:17.283 --> 00:19:19.852
  • A family, an army. what we recognize
  • 00:19:19.919 --> 00:19:20.820
  • What we recognize is that we are to work
  • 00:19:20.887 --> 00:19:22.522
  • Is that we are to work together in unity,
  • 00:19:22.589 --> 00:19:25.124
  • Together in unity, which means that we have
  • 00:19:25.191 --> 00:19:26.259
  • Which means that we have to steward his grace.
  • 00:19:26.326 --> 00:19:30.063
  • To steward his grace. 1 peter 4, "minister to one
  • 00:19:30.129 --> 00:19:32.966
  • 1 peter 4, "minister to one another as good stewards
  • 00:19:33.032 --> 00:19:37.070
  • Another as good stewards of the grace of god."
  • 00:19:37.136 --> 00:19:40.006
  • Of the grace of god." what does it mean
  • 00:19:40.073 --> 00:19:40.573
  • What does it mean to steward something?
  • 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:42.942
  • To steward something? first, when you're the steward
  • 00:19:43.009 --> 00:19:44.043
  • First, when you're the steward it means that you don't own it,
  • 00:19:44.110 --> 00:19:45.812
  • It means that you don't own it, you're just in charge
  • 00:19:45.878 --> 00:19:46.813
  • You're just in charge of making sure it does what
  • 00:19:46.879 --> 00:19:48.014
  • Of making sure it does what it's supposed to do.
  • 00:19:48.081 --> 00:19:50.516
  • It's supposed to do. and one of the things
  • 00:19:50.583 --> 00:19:51.251
  • And one of the things that you have to remember
  • 00:19:51.317 --> 00:19:52.185
  • That you have to remember as a child of god is that
  • 00:19:52.252 --> 00:19:53.586
  • As a child of god is that the earth is the lord's.
  • 00:19:53.653 --> 00:19:54.587
  • The earth is the lord's. he owns it all.
  • 00:19:54.654 --> 00:19:56.422
  • He owns it all. and you and i
  • 00:19:56.489 --> 00:19:58.091
  • And you and i are stewards of it.
  • 00:19:58.157 --> 00:20:01.361
  • Are stewards of it. my children, i'm their parent,
  • 00:20:01.427 --> 00:20:04.964
  • My children, i'm their parent, but they belong to god.
  • 00:20:05.031 --> 00:20:07.267
  • But they belong to god. it's my job to steward them.
  • 00:20:07.333 --> 00:20:12.005
  • It's my job to steward them. this church, it's god's church.
  • 00:20:12.071 --> 00:20:16.142
  • This church, it's god's church. you and i as members
  • 00:20:16.209 --> 00:20:17.510
  • You and i as members of this church,
  • 00:20:17.577 --> 00:20:18.244
  • Of this church, this is his house,
  • 00:20:18.311 --> 00:20:19.612
  • This is his house, we're just the housekeepers.
  • 00:20:19.679 --> 00:20:23.349
  • We're just the housekeepers. when you start looking
  • 00:20:23.416 --> 00:20:23.950
  • When you start looking at things as if you own them,
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  • At things as if you own them, god has a way of reminding
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  • God has a way of reminding you how little you own.
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  • You how little you own. so, when you hear that
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  • So, when you hear that you're a steward of god's grace,
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  • You're a steward of god's grace, what does that mean?
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  • What does that mean? that means that
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  • That means that everything that you have,
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  • Everything that you have, you have by god's grace.
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  • You have by god's grace. and when you received it as
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  • And when you received it as a gift of his grace,
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  • A gift of his grace, according to ephesians 2,
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  • According to ephesians 2, he had good works
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  • He had good works preplanned for you.
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  • Preplanned for you. he knew you were going
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  • He knew you were going to come to the family,
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  • To come to the family, he knew you would be
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  • He knew you would be part of the building,
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  • Part of the building, he knew when your puzzle piece
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  • He knew when your puzzle piece was going to arrive and
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  • Was going to arrive and be placed on the set.
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  • Be placed on the set. and because he's sovereign
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  • And because he's sovereign and knows all before
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  • And knows all before you got there,
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  • You got there, he said, "when they get here,
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  • He said, "when they get here, this is what i want.
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  • This is what i want. i'm gonna give 'em
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  • I'm gonna give 'em a singing gift
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  • A singing gift and i want them to sing.
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  • And i want them to sing. i'm gonna give them this gift
  • 00:21:16.169 --> 00:21:17.003
  • I'm gonna give them this gift and i won't do that one.
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  • And i won't do that one. yup, he's gonna
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  • Yup, he's gonna go to youth camp,
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  • Go to youth camp, even though he don't wanna
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  • Even though he don't wanna go to youth camp, he's going
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  • Go to youth camp, he's going to youth camp, and then --
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  • To youth camp, and then -- yeah, he's gonna drive the bus
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  • Yeah, he's gonna drive the bus in the inner city.
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  • In the inner city. he's gonna say
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  • He's gonna say that prayer about africa,
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  • That prayer about africa, i'm gonna take him up on
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  • I'm gonna take him up on that africa trip."
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  • That africa trip." whatever it is,
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  • Whatever it is, god's got it all planned out.
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  • God's got it all planned out. and it's a part of his grace
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  • And it's a part of his grace in your life.
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  • In your life. and when he says
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  • And when he says that you should walk in it,
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  • That you should walk in it, what he's saying is,
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  • What he's saying is, "don't waste the grace
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  • "don't waste the grace that i gave you.
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  • That i gave you. you pour your life out
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  • You pour your life out upon others so that they can
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  • Upon others so that they can see what my grace did for you
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  • See what my grace did for you and believe that that
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  • And believe that that grace can do it for them."
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  • [applause]
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  • This is why paul said,
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  • This is why paul said, "by the grace of god,
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  • "by the grace of god, i am what i am and his grace
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  • I am what i am and his grace towards me was not in vain."
  • 00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:09.922
  • Towards me was not in vain." paul's saying, "i didn't
  • 00:22:09.989 --> 00:22:10.590
  • Paul's saying, "i didn't waste the grace."
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  • Waste the grace." he said, "i'm an apostle
  • 00:22:11.991 --> 00:22:12.825
  • He said, "i'm an apostle by his grace.
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  • By his grace. i'm a teacher by his grace.
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  • I'm a teacher by his grace. i can preach by his grace.
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  • I can preach by his grace. i lead by his grace."
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  • I lead by his grace." and paul says,
  • 00:22:19.966 --> 00:22:21.033
  • And paul says, "any gift that i have,
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  • "any gift that i have, any form of knowledge,
  • 00:22:22.468 --> 00:22:23.903
  • Any form of knowledge, any measure of talent,
  • 00:22:23.970 --> 00:22:25.204
  • Any measure of talent, any type of ability,
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  • Any type of ability, it's because of god's grace
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  • It's because of god's grace that i have it."
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  • That i have it." and then, he said,
  • 00:22:30.710 --> 00:22:31.377
  • And then, he said, "but his grace towards me
  • 00:22:31.444 --> 00:22:33.079
  • "but his grace towards me was not in vain," why?
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  • Was not in vain," why? because he said, "i labored.
  • 00:22:36.382 --> 00:22:38.384
  • Because he said, "i labored. i went to work.
  • 00:22:38.451 --> 00:22:40.086
  • I went to work. i did what i was
  • 00:22:40.153 --> 00:22:41.020
  • I did what i was supposed to do."
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  • Supposed to do." grace and faith
  • 00:22:43.289 --> 00:22:44.357
  • Grace and faith always go together.
  • 00:22:44.424 --> 00:22:45.458
  • Always go together. ephesians 2:8, "it is by grace
  • 00:22:45.525 --> 00:22:48.561
  • Ephesians 2:8, "it is by grace that you have been saved," how?
  • 00:22:48.628 --> 00:22:50.496
  • That you have been saved," how? "through faith."
  • 00:22:50.563 --> 00:22:53.299
  • "through faith." faith is what you
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  • Faith is what you give to god but if god
  • 00:22:54.267 --> 00:22:55.601
  • Give to god but if god didn't give grace to you,
  • 00:22:55.668 --> 00:22:57.470
  • Didn't give grace to you, you would have nothing
  • 00:22:57.537 --> 00:22:58.404
  • You would have nothing to have faith in.
  • 00:22:58.471 --> 00:23:02.008
  • To have faith in. so, whenever you have faith,
  • 00:23:02.074 --> 00:23:03.543
  • So, whenever you have faith, james tells us faith without
  • 00:23:03.609 --> 00:23:05.645
  • James tells us faith without works is, what?
  • 00:23:05.711 --> 00:23:07.013
  • Works is, what? dead.
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  • Dead. so, how much sense does it make
  • 00:23:08.347 --> 00:23:10.149
  • So, how much sense does it make for you in faith to receive
  • 00:23:10.216 --> 00:23:12.285
  • For you in faith to receive god's grace, get saved,
  • 00:23:12.351 --> 00:23:14.320
  • God's grace, get saved, and then not put your faith
  • 00:23:14.387 --> 00:23:16.355
  • And then not put your faith to work and do the good works
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  • To work and do the good works that his grace gave you to do?
  • 00:23:18.090 --> 00:23:20.860
  • That his grace gave you to do? the first thing that his grace
  • 00:23:20.927 --> 00:23:23.396
  • The first thing that his grace gives you is salvation.
  • 00:23:23.463 --> 00:23:27.533
  • Gives you is salvation. but after that,
  • 00:23:27.600 --> 00:23:28.601
  • But after that, it's your faith going to work
  • 00:23:28.668 --> 00:23:30.536
  • It's your faith going to work doing what he created you
  • 00:23:30.603 --> 00:23:32.138
  • Doing what he created you to do so that his grace
  • 00:23:32.205 --> 00:23:33.973
  • To do so that his grace in your life is not in vain.
  • 00:23:34.040 --> 00:23:39.178
  • In your life is not in vain. because if he gave you the gift
  • 00:23:39.245 --> 00:23:40.313
  • Because if he gave you the gift to sing and you don't sing,
  • 00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:42.615
  • To sing and you don't sing, it's in vain.
  • 00:23:42.682 --> 00:23:43.950
  • It's in vain. if he gave you the gift to lead
  • 00:23:44.016 --> 00:23:44.884
  • If he gave you the gift to lead and you don't lead,
  • 00:23:44.951 --> 00:23:46.819
  • And you don't lead, it's in vain.
  • 00:23:46.886 --> 00:23:47.720
  • It's in vain. if he gave you the gift to give
  • 00:23:47.787 --> 00:23:49.155
  • If he gave you the gift to give and you don't give,
  • 00:23:49.222 --> 00:23:50.223
  • And you don't give, it's in vain.
  • 00:23:50.289 --> 00:23:51.557
  • It's in vain. if he gave you
  • 00:23:51.624 --> 00:23:52.058
  • If he gave you the gift to discern
  • 00:23:52.124 --> 00:23:53.125
  • The gift to discern and you don't use it,
  • 00:23:53.192 --> 00:23:54.260
  • And you don't use it, it's in vain.
  • 00:23:54.327 --> 00:23:55.328
  • It's in vain. whatever it is that he gave you,
  • 00:23:55.394 --> 00:23:57.563
  • Whatever it is that he gave you, if you don't put it to work,
  • 00:23:57.630 --> 00:23:58.898
  • If you don't put it to work, it is in vain.
  • 00:23:58.965 --> 00:24:00.333
  • It is in vain. and the reason that i am
  • 00:24:00.399 --> 00:24:01.501
  • And the reason that i am compelling you with this message
  • 00:24:01.567 --> 00:24:03.135
  • Compelling you with this message today is because just like
  • 00:24:03.202 --> 00:24:04.704
  • Today is because just like peter said to his church,
  • 00:24:04.770 --> 00:24:06.405
  • Peter said to his church, i'm saying to this church,
  • 00:24:06.472 --> 00:24:07.740
  • I'm saying to this church, it's time to get serious
  • 00:24:07.807 --> 00:24:09.642
  • It's time to get serious because soon and very soon,
  • 00:24:09.709 --> 00:24:11.544
  • Because soon and very soon, we're going to see jesus.
  • 00:24:11.611 --> 00:24:12.879
  • We're going to see jesus. and when we see jesus,
  • 00:24:12.945 --> 00:24:14.480
  • And when we see jesus, what he's going to say is,
  • 00:24:14.547 --> 00:24:16.215
  • What he's going to say is, "what did you do with my grace?
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  • [applause]
  • 00:24:19.485 --> 00:24:22.588
  • What did you do with my grace?
  • 00:24:23.089 --> 00:24:26.025
  • What did you do with my grace? with all of the gifts,
  • 00:24:26.092 --> 00:24:27.059
  • With all of the gifts, and all of the talents,
  • 00:24:27.126 --> 00:24:28.060
  • And all of the talents, and all the resources
  • 00:24:28.127 --> 00:24:29.161
  • And all the resources i gave you, did you pour it
  • 00:24:29.228 --> 00:24:31.097
  • I gave you, did you pour it out or bottle it up?
  • 00:24:31.163 --> 00:24:33.866
  • Out or bottle it up? because if you bottled it up,
  • 00:24:33.933 --> 00:24:37.103
  • Because if you bottled it up, you didn't do
  • 00:24:37.169 --> 00:24:37.603
  • You didn't do what i asked you to do.
  • 00:24:37.670 --> 00:24:40.139
  • What i asked you to do. but if you poured it out,
  • 00:24:40.206 --> 00:24:42.975
  • But if you poured it out, i'll pour more in.
  • 00:24:43.042 --> 00:24:45.344
  • I'll pour more in. if you pour it out,
  • 00:24:45.411 --> 00:24:47.380
  • If you pour it out, i'll expand your territory.
  • 00:24:47.446 --> 00:24:49.348
  • I'll expand your territory. if you pour it out,
  • 00:24:49.415 --> 00:24:51.050
  • If you pour it out, you'll walk and not grow weary,
  • 00:24:51.117 --> 00:24:52.718
  • You'll walk and not grow weary, you'll run and not faint.
  • 00:24:52.785 --> 00:24:54.120
  • You'll run and not faint. you'll rise up on wings like
  • 00:24:54.186 --> 00:24:55.421
  • You'll rise up on wings like eagles because that's
  • 00:24:55.488 --> 00:24:56.389
  • Eagles because that's what happens for those
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  • What happens for those who wait upon the lord.
  • 00:24:57.456 --> 00:24:59.058
  • Who wait upon the lord. if you pour it out when you get
  • 00:24:59.125 --> 00:25:00.760
  • If you pour it out when you get to the end of your days,
  • 00:25:00.826 --> 00:25:01.861
  • To the end of your days, you'll be able to say
  • 00:25:01.928 --> 00:25:02.962
  • You'll be able to say like paul,
  • 00:25:03.029 --> 00:25:03.462
  • Like paul, "i have been poured out,
  • 00:25:03.529 --> 00:25:05.464
  • "i have been poured out, and i have
  • 00:25:05.531 --> 00:25:05.831
  • And i have fought a good fight,
  • 00:25:05.898 --> 00:25:07.066
  • Fought a good fight, and i have kept the faith,
  • 00:25:07.133 --> 00:25:08.868
  • And i have kept the faith, and i have finished the race.
  • 00:25:08.935 --> 00:25:10.636
  • And i have finished the race. there is now laid up for me in
  • 00:25:10.703 --> 00:25:12.672
  • There is now laid up for me in heaven a crown, and a treasure,
  • 00:25:12.738 --> 00:25:15.308
  • Heaven a crown, and a treasure, and a reward, why?
  • 00:25:15.374 --> 00:25:16.876
  • And a reward, why? because i didn't bottle it up,
  • 00:25:16.943 --> 00:25:18.377
  • Because i didn't bottle it up, i didn't waste it.
  • 00:25:18.444 --> 00:25:19.645
  • I didn't waste it. i used it."
  • 00:25:19.712 --> 00:25:22.815
  • I used it." church, we don't
  • 00:25:22.882 --> 00:25:23.549
  • Church, we don't have time to waste,
  • 00:25:23.616 --> 00:25:26.485
  • Have time to waste, because we have a god to serve.
  • 00:25:26.552 --> 00:25:30.089
  • Because we have a god to serve. and in doing so,
  • 00:25:30.156 --> 00:25:33.526
  • And in doing so, if we steward his grace,
  • 00:25:33.593 --> 00:25:37.163
  • If we steward his grace, he'll pour more on you
  • 00:25:37.229 --> 00:25:39.498
  • He'll pour more on you than you can contain.
  • 00:25:39.565 --> 00:25:42.702
  • Than you can contain. we have work to do.
  • 00:25:42.768 --> 00:25:45.037
  • We have work to do. time is short.
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  • Time is short. will you do it with me?
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