1 00:00:02,580 --> 00:00:09,100 - Amen, amen, amen, amen. 2 00:00:09,100 --> 00:00:10,600 Well, good morning, Springhouse. 3 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,880 Look at the person next to you and say, "I like you." 4 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,880 (audience laughing) 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:21,560 - I like you. 6 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:22,820 - If you're joining us on live stream, 7 00:00:22,820 --> 00:00:24,160 thank you for joining us today. 8 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,160 Guys, it's a good day to be in the house of the Lord, 9 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:26,980 is it not? 10 00:00:26,980 --> 00:00:28,960 God is really moving in our midst 11 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,460 and he's always up to something really good. 12 00:00:31,460 --> 00:00:33,700 We're gonna continue our series today, His Church. 13 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:35,960 And as I explained to you last week, 14 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:37,120 because I know that several of you, 15 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:38,800 and I've been very encouraged that several of you 16 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,400 are following along in the Word with us 17 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:42,920 as we're traveling along in Acts, 18 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,540 but because of some schedule changes that we had to make, 19 00:00:45,540 --> 00:00:49,320 we are jumping today from Acts chapter nine to chapter 13. 20 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:50,840 Is that correct, Barbie? 21 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:51,660 I hope so. 22 00:00:51,660 --> 00:00:54,600 I hope she didn't change the plan, you know? 23 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,400 But 13, next week we will go to chapter 12 24 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:58,620 and then next week 11. 25 00:00:58,620 --> 00:01:00,280 So we're just going backwards, okay? 26 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,480 So we're going to 13, 12, and 11. 27 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,100 And I do encourage you because when you come in prepared, 28 00:01:05,100 --> 00:01:08,400 when you set yourself apart and prepare before you come, 29 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,540 man, the Lord really can move and speak to your heart. 30 00:01:11,540 --> 00:01:15,820 So go ahead and get into the Word, 13, 12, and 11. 31 00:01:15,820 --> 00:01:19,920 Guys, one of the very best decisions 32 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,340 that Pastor Ronnie made for Springhouse Church 33 00:01:23,340 --> 00:01:27,440 was to install Barbie Laughlin as a pastor of this house. 34 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:28,340 (audience cheering) 35 00:01:28,340 --> 00:01:32,520 I would not want to be doing this role 36 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:36,120 with anyone else beside my side except for Barbie. 37 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,080 Would you welcome our executive pastor, Pastor Barbie? 38 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:42,080 (audience cheering) 39 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:49,000 I really thought he was gonna be out of town, so. 40 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,880 (audience laughing) 41 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:52,800 So chapter 13, is it? 42 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,160 (audience laughing) 43 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:56,740 I really like the Psalms. 44 00:01:56,740 --> 00:01:59,400 (audience laughing) 45 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,420 We're gonna dig into chapter 13. 46 00:02:01,420 --> 00:02:05,500 I am really excited about what the Lord is doing 47 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:07,560 in this house. 48 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,520 Guys, let me tell you, Pastor Bruce stopped in to see me 49 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:16,060 this week, which was an honor in and of itself, 50 00:02:16,060 --> 00:02:18,100 just to be able to spend some time with him. 51 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:20,540 And one of the first things he said to me, 52 00:02:20,540 --> 00:02:24,100 because he was with us last Sunday, 53 00:02:24,100 --> 00:02:29,100 and he went, "Barbie, the Holy Ghost is in that place. 54 00:02:29,100 --> 00:02:30,720 "The Holy Ghost is in that place." 55 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:31,560 I'm like, I know! 56 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:33,920 It's pretty awesome. 57 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:37,240 But to be encouraged by someone who plowed this soil 58 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,700 for so long for him to step in and be excited 59 00:02:40,700 --> 00:02:42,620 about what God's doing in this house 60 00:02:42,620 --> 00:02:44,600 was extremely encouraging. 61 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,600 So I guess we will teach out of chapter 13 today. 62 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:50,840 And if you will stand with us, we are gonna, 63 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:54,060 do you know why we ask you to stand for this? 64 00:02:54,060 --> 00:02:58,520 We honor the word by giving it our full attention. 65 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,260 We look at the word, we take it to heart, and we honor. 66 00:03:02,260 --> 00:03:03,640 This is scriptural. 67 00:03:03,640 --> 00:03:06,760 When they would read the scrolls in the word, 68 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:08,680 the people would stand for the reading, 69 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:10,360 and that's what we do. 70 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,160 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, 71 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:17,960 the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul 72 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,960 "for the work to which I have called them." 73 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,640 So after they had fasted and prayed, 74 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:26,800 they placed their hands on them and sent them off. 75 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,420 Does that not sound like an old Holy Ghost thing? 76 00:03:29,420 --> 00:03:33,080 They fasted, they prayed, and they laid on hands. 77 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,120 I'm digging this a little bit. 78 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,580 Anyway, the two of them, sent on their way 79 00:03:38,580 --> 00:03:42,400 by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia 80 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,080 and sailed from there to Cyprus. 81 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,740 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word 82 00:03:48,740 --> 00:03:51,280 of God in the Jewish synagogues. 83 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,860 John was with them as their helper. 84 00:03:54,860 --> 00:03:57,320 They traveled through the whole island 85 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,520 until they came to Paphos. 86 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,620 There they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet 87 00:04:03,620 --> 00:04:08,380 named Barjesus, who was an attendant of the proconsul, 88 00:04:08,380 --> 00:04:10,140 Sergius Paulus. 89 00:04:10,140 --> 00:04:15,200 The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul 90 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,160 because he wanted to hear the word of God, 91 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:22,320 but Elimes, the sorcerer, for that is what his name means, 92 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:27,080 opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith. 93 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,120 Then Saul, who was also called Paul, 94 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,880 filled with the Holy Spirit, say that again, 95 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,640 filled with the Holy Spirit, one more time, 96 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,520 filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elimes 97 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:43,040 and said, "You are a child of the devil 98 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,160 "and an enemy of everything that is right. 99 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:50,380 "You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. 100 00:04:50,380 --> 00:04:54,880 "Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord? 101 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,700 "Now the hand of the Lord is against you. 102 00:04:57,700 --> 00:05:00,560 "You are going to be blind for a time, 103 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:04,300 "not even able to see the light of the sun." 104 00:05:04,300 --> 00:05:07,920 Immediately mist and darkness came over him 105 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:12,920 and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand. 106 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,800 When the proconsul saw what had happened, 107 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,600 he believed, for he was amazed at the teaching about the Lord. 108 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,700 Father God, may we always be amazed 109 00:05:23,700 --> 00:05:27,240 at the teaching of the Lord, not the teaching of a man, 110 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,420 but the teaching of the Lord. 111 00:05:29,420 --> 00:05:30,760 Father God, I'm asking, Lord, 112 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:32,980 that we would have ears that hear you today, 113 00:05:32,980 --> 00:05:34,440 but Father, even beyond that, 114 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,620 hearts that are changed by your word today, 115 00:05:37,620 --> 00:05:40,220 Father, we're gonna lean in, we're gonna listen to you, 116 00:05:40,220 --> 00:05:43,080 we're gonna invite the Holy Spirit to do what he does 117 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,840 and bring discernment in all things today. 118 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:50,840 We just wanna sit at your feet and learn from you. 119 00:05:50,840 --> 00:05:53,440 Father, let my stuff fall in your stand. 120 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:57,740 In Jesus' name, amen, amen. 121 00:05:57,740 --> 00:06:00,160 Because this is the text we're starting with, 122 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,440 that is where I'm going to begin in this teaching. 123 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,240 I have been charged with the opportunity 124 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,340 to share with you regarding false teachers. 125 00:06:08,340 --> 00:06:12,200 And I honestly believe that the best way for me 126 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,560 to share with you about false teachers 127 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:18,480 is to tell you about right teachers, 128 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,400 teachers who are committed to the Lord. 129 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,760 But we are gonna touch on false teachers for just a moment 130 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:25,240 because that's where we begin. 131 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,360 And then we're gonna, hopefully, 132 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,260 God is gonna take us through the scriptures 133 00:06:29,260 --> 00:06:31,920 and give us a little bit more insight. 134 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,900 The very first thing I see in this passage of scripture 135 00:06:34,900 --> 00:06:38,360 is that we're talking about them coming across 136 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:43,360 a false prophet and teacher, sorcerer, 137 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,880 we called him Bar Jesus. 138 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:47,800 Well, it's actually Bar Yessu. 139 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:51,100 But in Nashville, it's Bar Jesus. 140 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:57,880 So Bar Yessu is a prophet and he has drawn close 141 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,880 to leaders and power and authority. 142 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:02,960 You know what's interesting about this? 143 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:07,960 His name, Bar Yessu, literally means son of Jesus. 144 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,920 And on the surface, that sounds great, doesn't it? 145 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,460 He's associated with Jesus. 146 00:07:13,460 --> 00:07:15,540 But let me tell you something, nowhere in the word of God 147 00:07:15,540 --> 00:07:17,960 are you called the son of Jesus. 148 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:20,840 Nowhere in the word are you referred to as the son of Jesus. 149 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:24,440 You are sons and daughters of a living God. 150 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:28,260 Just because something has the name Jesus attached to it 151 00:07:28,260 --> 00:07:31,680 doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's sound, 152 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:33,800 doesn't mean it's healthy for you. 153 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,720 So he calls himself Bar Yessu. 154 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,680 And I think it's interesting, later on we find out 155 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:43,760 that the apostles call him exactly what he is. 156 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,660 But sometimes one of the things you need to watch for 157 00:07:46,660 --> 00:07:50,800 are people who come in the name of Jesus, 158 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,640 but are sharing something that isn't of him. 159 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:57,200 It says that he was a sorcerer. 160 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:58,960 It says that he was a sorcerer. 161 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,600 Sorcerers by design, I mean, you're all are gonna think 162 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,200 about Dumbledore, I know. 163 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:08,200 But we're gonna talk about sorcerers are actually performers. 164 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:12,140 They're performers and their job is to create an illusion 165 00:08:12,140 --> 00:08:15,200 that causes false things to appear real 166 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,620 or real things to appear false. 167 00:08:17,620 --> 00:08:22,620 And the key word in this is performer. 168 00:08:22,620 --> 00:08:26,340 You don't want a performer unless you're going to a play. 169 00:08:26,340 --> 00:08:28,640 Then it's really good to have a good performer. 170 00:08:29,660 --> 00:08:33,220 But from your pulpit, you don't want a performer. 171 00:08:33,220 --> 00:08:36,800 You want somebody who's delivering a word of truth 172 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:38,500 that comes from God. 173 00:08:38,500 --> 00:08:41,440 And we have to pay attention to that. 174 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,620 One of the first things I wanna take you to 175 00:08:43,620 --> 00:08:46,920 is Acts chapter eight, we're gonna jump back. 176 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,580 I believe Pastor Kevin taught from chapter eight 177 00:08:49,580 --> 00:08:51,000 a little while ago. 178 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,380 But chapter eight, while we find out, 179 00:08:53,380 --> 00:08:58,060 I love the sound of turning pages. 180 00:08:59,060 --> 00:09:01,060 I really do, you just don't get the same thing 181 00:09:01,060 --> 00:09:02,320 as you scroll. 182 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,980 But that's me personally. 183 00:09:04,980 --> 00:09:07,520 I love two of my favorite sounds in the morning 184 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,300 is the sound of coffee brewing and pages turning. 185 00:09:10,300 --> 00:09:12,320 That's my favorite. 186 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:13,160 That's my favorite. 187 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,460 But Acts chapter eight, we're gonna jump back 188 00:09:15,460 --> 00:09:18,300 and we're gonna look at another sorcerer, 189 00:09:18,300 --> 00:09:21,660 another prophet, another false teacher. 190 00:09:21,660 --> 00:09:23,260 What we find, if you wanna read it, 191 00:09:23,260 --> 00:09:25,700 you start about in verse nine and go through verse 24. 192 00:09:25,700 --> 00:09:27,500 And I really encourage you to go do that 193 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:29,980 because it gives us some strong watch words. 194 00:09:29,980 --> 00:09:33,880 But what we find in Simon, the sorcerer, 195 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:35,900 is that the first thing we learn about him 196 00:09:35,900 --> 00:09:37,820 is that he was great. 197 00:09:37,820 --> 00:09:40,980 He proclaimed his own greatness. 198 00:09:40,980 --> 00:09:44,780 People who believe their own hype are dangerous. 199 00:09:44,780 --> 00:09:48,500 People who are popular to themselves, 200 00:09:48,500 --> 00:09:51,460 you wanna be careful of. 201 00:09:51,460 --> 00:09:55,300 People who, it also says, and the people were drawn to him, 202 00:09:55,300 --> 00:09:57,500 dependent upon the translation that you read, 203 00:09:57,500 --> 00:09:59,900 talks about he could always draw a crowd. 204 00:09:59,900 --> 00:10:03,760 And they would say, "He is the power of God. 205 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,480 "This man has the power of God." 206 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,940 Not everything that looks like power comes from God. 207 00:10:09,940 --> 00:10:13,060 There are false and counterfeit sources. 208 00:10:13,060 --> 00:10:14,180 There are powers. 209 00:10:14,180 --> 00:10:15,340 If we're gonna believe in God, 210 00:10:15,340 --> 00:10:18,140 we must also believe in the demonic forces. 211 00:10:18,140 --> 00:10:20,020 If we're gonna believe that God is powerful, 212 00:10:20,020 --> 00:10:22,780 we must understand that there is a counterfeit 213 00:10:22,780 --> 00:10:24,260 as well to that. 214 00:10:24,260 --> 00:10:27,060 So God wouldn't have us ignorant, 215 00:10:27,060 --> 00:10:29,460 but one of the signs that you look for 216 00:10:29,460 --> 00:10:31,020 when you're trying to determine, 217 00:10:31,020 --> 00:10:35,540 is this just a good show, or is this genuine? 218 00:10:35,540 --> 00:10:38,340 Watch the train of the glory. 219 00:10:38,340 --> 00:10:40,820 Watch the train of worship as it goes. 220 00:10:40,820 --> 00:10:44,540 People who will receive exaltation for themselves 221 00:10:44,540 --> 00:10:46,100 are dangerous. 222 00:10:46,100 --> 00:10:48,480 They're dangerous, and just because there's a little flash 223 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:51,300 and a little shine doesn't mean it's authentic. 224 00:10:51,300 --> 00:10:54,140 Sometimes you can receive a word from someone 225 00:10:54,140 --> 00:10:56,260 and that word is not sourced 226 00:10:56,260 --> 00:10:58,020 from where it should be sourced from, 227 00:10:58,020 --> 00:11:02,600 and in that case, it's no better than getting a palm reading. 228 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,560 Seriously. 229 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:06,740 Check the source. 230 00:11:06,740 --> 00:11:09,180 And one of the things that we do in checking the source 231 00:11:09,180 --> 00:11:11,660 is we see where's the worship going. 232 00:11:11,660 --> 00:11:13,980 Am I applauding the prophet, 233 00:11:13,980 --> 00:11:18,400 or am I applauding the God he's serving? 234 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,460 Am I applauding the God that he is serving? 235 00:11:21,460 --> 00:11:22,920 Worship is a big telltale thing. 236 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:27,180 God doesn't, it's unhealthy to be in a place 237 00:11:27,180 --> 00:11:29,940 where your people are worshiping their pastor, 238 00:11:29,940 --> 00:11:33,500 or your people are following a teacher, following a leader, 239 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:37,020 instead of the person they are supposed to be following. 240 00:11:37,020 --> 00:11:39,720 Pay attention to who's getting the attention. 241 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:41,780 Pay attention to where the worship goes. 242 00:11:41,780 --> 00:11:45,720 And in that, I really, something that has been in my spirit 243 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:49,240 for a while that I just want to encourage you in 244 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,700 is the train of worship. 245 00:11:52,700 --> 00:11:57,700 In the vein of worship, do you understand 246 00:11:57,700 --> 00:12:02,300 that not every false teaching is gonna come from a pulpit? 247 00:12:02,300 --> 00:12:05,620 Do you understand that every false teaching 248 00:12:05,620 --> 00:12:09,460 is not necessarily gonna take place in a place like this? 249 00:12:09,460 --> 00:12:13,300 It's gonna come across TikTok, it's gonna be on Facebook, 250 00:12:13,300 --> 00:12:15,420 it's gonna be on your television screens, 251 00:12:15,420 --> 00:12:18,620 it's gonna be on your computer monitors, 252 00:12:18,620 --> 00:12:22,580 and it's gonna come from bands on a stage. 253 00:12:22,580 --> 00:12:24,700 And not necessarily a secular band. 254 00:12:24,700 --> 00:12:27,620 Listen guys, we know the message of a secular band 255 00:12:27,620 --> 00:12:29,260 is not gonna be Christ-centered. 256 00:12:29,260 --> 00:12:33,020 But sometimes we run across worship, 257 00:12:33,020 --> 00:12:36,460 I use that term lightly, that is not Christ-centered. 258 00:12:36,460 --> 00:12:38,860 Are you paying attention these days 259 00:12:38,860 --> 00:12:41,520 and how many of our songs are about us? 260 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:45,320 And that's appropriate, there are songs of ascent, 261 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,020 there are psalms of ascent 262 00:12:47,020 --> 00:12:50,100 that are specifically designed to give the testimony 263 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:51,660 of what God has done in our life. 264 00:12:51,660 --> 00:12:54,340 That is the psalm of ascent and that is absolutely right 265 00:12:54,340 --> 00:12:57,780 and absolutely perfect, but it should never stop there. 266 00:12:57,780 --> 00:12:59,660 It should never stop there. 267 00:12:59,660 --> 00:13:01,680 That worship, there's a completion. 268 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:06,580 Pastor Jonathan, I have the privilege 269 00:13:06,580 --> 00:13:08,700 of having an office across from his. 270 00:13:08,700 --> 00:13:10,700 And during the week, let me tell you something, 271 00:13:10,700 --> 00:13:14,780 it is a very rare day that I don't hear him 272 00:13:14,780 --> 00:13:17,380 in there worshiping, that I don't hear him in there 273 00:13:17,380 --> 00:13:19,500 with his guitar, that I don't hear him in, 274 00:13:19,500 --> 00:13:21,380 turn it down, man, no I'm kidding. 275 00:13:21,380 --> 00:13:23,980 [audience laughing] 276 00:13:23,980 --> 00:13:25,960 I just wanted to do that publicly so he'd stop, 277 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:26,800 no I'm kidding. 278 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,420 I listen to him worship, I listen to the way 279 00:13:30,420 --> 00:13:34,220 that he enters in, he prays over this set list. 280 00:13:34,220 --> 00:13:36,420 And I want you to pay attention to what he did today. 281 00:13:36,420 --> 00:13:38,740 If you didn't pay attention to what he did today, 282 00:13:38,740 --> 00:13:40,580 he started with praise. 283 00:13:40,580 --> 00:13:42,840 He knows that the word tells us, 284 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,060 I will enter his gates with thanksgiving. 285 00:13:45,060 --> 00:13:47,780 And that we are to enter his courts with praise. 286 00:13:47,780 --> 00:13:49,460 That's exactly what he did. 287 00:13:49,460 --> 00:13:52,780 And then he moved toward proclamation, 288 00:13:52,780 --> 00:13:55,860 Yahweh, we love you, Yahweh, we love you. 289 00:13:55,860 --> 00:13:57,140 And we were able to sing that, 290 00:13:57,140 --> 00:13:58,860 and we were able to enter into that. 291 00:13:58,860 --> 00:14:01,920 And then we had, the next thing we had a proclamation, 292 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:05,900 we had Sarah singing, this is how I fight my battles. 293 00:14:05,900 --> 00:14:07,820 This is how I fight my battles. 294 00:14:07,820 --> 00:14:10,320 And then we moved to a place, we had another, 295 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:12,820 and then we moved to a place of completion 296 00:14:12,820 --> 00:14:16,860 where we moved into adoration. 297 00:14:16,860 --> 00:14:20,780 Adoration, you God are holy forever. 298 00:14:20,780 --> 00:14:22,900 You God are holy forever. 299 00:14:22,900 --> 00:14:24,960 Your name is the highest. 300 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:28,860 No one like him. 301 00:14:28,860 --> 00:14:30,880 Now here's the danger point guys. 302 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:34,280 There are places all over, and we do it ourselves too. 303 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,140 We never complete the cycle. 304 00:14:36,140 --> 00:14:38,820 We don't complete that cycle, and so we get stuck. 305 00:14:38,820 --> 00:14:40,360 It's wonderful to be in praise, 306 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,520 and it's wonderful to jump, and it's wonderful to leap, 307 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:46,820 and it's wonderful, but there's more to the story. 308 00:14:46,820 --> 00:14:49,920 And so often some of the things that we're being taught 309 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,540 are this feel good God that we jump and we shout, 310 00:14:52,540 --> 00:14:54,500 but we never complete that cycle, 311 00:14:54,500 --> 00:14:56,940 and get into the place where we are acknowledging 312 00:14:56,940 --> 00:15:01,940 the absolute holiness of God, the sovereignty of who he is. 313 00:15:01,940 --> 00:15:04,200 Let me tell you why that's dangerous. 314 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:10,600 Because all too often praise and songs sell, 315 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:18,140 but worship and adoration invites presence, invites presence, 316 00:15:18,140 --> 00:15:22,020 and the enemy does not care how loud you shout. 317 00:15:22,020 --> 00:15:25,260 What he doesn't want you to do is ever fall on your knees, 318 00:15:25,260 --> 00:15:27,400 get on your face before a sovereign God, 319 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:30,900 and surrender your life, and that's the danger 320 00:15:30,900 --> 00:15:34,500 that we face sometimes in the distortion of going 321 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:37,060 this is great, this is great, this is perfect, 322 00:15:37,060 --> 00:15:40,240 but have you stopped in your praise? 323 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:44,100 Have you accelerated and moved to a place of worship 324 00:15:44,100 --> 00:15:46,920 before him, acknowledging him? 325 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:50,780 It's not just teachers with books in front of them 326 00:15:50,780 --> 00:15:53,580 that are giving us our doctrine today. 327 00:15:53,580 --> 00:15:56,980 It's people with guitars and microphones that are, 328 00:15:56,980 --> 00:15:58,860 there's a song that says Jesus turned, 329 00:15:58,860 --> 00:16:01,300 God turned his face away. 330 00:16:01,300 --> 00:16:03,020 That's not scripture. 331 00:16:03,020 --> 00:16:05,760 It's a great song, it's a great thing to sing, 332 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:08,600 but it's not true, and there are distortions 333 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,460 that we're getting that unless you know the truth, 334 00:16:11,460 --> 00:16:13,160 you're never gonna recognize the distortion, 335 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,060 and that's where I'm going with today. 336 00:16:15,060 --> 00:16:16,460 I'm gonna tell you about the truth. 337 00:16:16,460 --> 00:16:19,580 I'm gonna tell you what a pastor, leader, teacher 338 00:16:19,580 --> 00:16:21,840 should actually look like to you, 339 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,380 someone that you want to invest in the words 340 00:16:25,380 --> 00:16:29,020 that they're giving because they're the word of God. 341 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:35,320 Scripture tells us, well, I'll jump there, 342 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:40,560 but Acts 13, Paul corrects Bariassu. 343 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:44,840 He corrects him and he says, you are a son of the devil. 344 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:47,460 You're not, which was interesting to me 345 00:16:47,460 --> 00:16:51,440 because he called himself the son of Jesus. 346 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:55,920 And Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, 347 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,220 Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, 348 00:16:58,220 --> 00:17:01,040 looks at it and says, you are a son of the devil, 349 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,820 and you are an opponent of everything 350 00:17:03,820 --> 00:17:04,780 that God is trying to do. 351 00:17:04,780 --> 00:17:05,860 Let me tell you something. 352 00:17:05,860 --> 00:17:08,580 The things that we do, they can cause harm 353 00:17:08,580 --> 00:17:10,740 in the kingdom if they're not sound. 354 00:17:10,740 --> 00:17:12,780 They can cause damage in the kingdom. 355 00:17:12,780 --> 00:17:15,660 I'll love later when Peter confronts Simon, 356 00:17:15,660 --> 00:17:18,920 listen to this, tell me if this does not strike you. 357 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,300 Peter goes in and he begins to, 358 00:17:22,300 --> 00:17:23,820 they begin to lay hands on people 359 00:17:23,820 --> 00:17:25,700 and they begin to receive the Holy Ghost, 360 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:28,140 and here's Simon, the sorcerer, 361 00:17:28,140 --> 00:17:31,020 the performer, the one who thought he was great 362 00:17:31,020 --> 00:17:33,980 and allowed the people to exalt him. 363 00:17:33,980 --> 00:17:38,060 That guy, it says he gets, he becomes a believer 364 00:17:38,060 --> 00:17:40,260 and he is baptized. 365 00:17:40,260 --> 00:17:42,780 And it's after he is a believer 366 00:17:42,780 --> 00:17:46,420 and he's been baptized that he goes, I wanna buy that. 367 00:17:46,420 --> 00:17:50,020 I wanna buy that power that you have. 368 00:17:50,020 --> 00:17:53,580 And Peter turns around and corrects him sternly, 369 00:17:53,580 --> 00:17:54,920 we'll just call it that. 370 00:17:56,540 --> 00:18:00,900 And he says, again, basically, you're a son of the devil. 371 00:18:00,900 --> 00:18:04,100 You are opposing the move of God. 372 00:18:04,100 --> 00:18:05,980 But let me tell you something. 373 00:18:05,980 --> 00:18:08,460 Just because, two things. 374 00:18:08,460 --> 00:18:12,340 You can be a believer, you can be baptized 375 00:18:12,340 --> 00:18:14,660 and still really blow it. 376 00:18:14,660 --> 00:18:17,500 Really, really mess up. 377 00:18:17,500 --> 00:18:20,860 And how sad would it have been for Peter 378 00:18:20,860 --> 00:18:23,300 to just walk away and let him stay in his mess. 379 00:18:23,300 --> 00:18:26,100 But he didn't, he turned around and he corrected him. 380 00:18:26,100 --> 00:18:29,340 And he's like, you can't buy this thing. 381 00:18:29,340 --> 00:18:32,660 But the wonderful thing about it was Simon said, 382 00:18:32,660 --> 00:18:34,800 please pray for me. 383 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:38,180 Please pray for me that none of those things befall me. 384 00:18:38,180 --> 00:18:42,100 Pray for me when you are captured and when you are snared 385 00:18:42,100 --> 00:18:44,580 and when you mess up and somebody loves you enough 386 00:18:44,580 --> 00:18:47,440 to come and go, what are you thinking? 387 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:48,660 What have you done? 388 00:18:48,660 --> 00:18:52,020 Your response should not be, well, who are you? 389 00:18:52,020 --> 00:18:54,940 It should be, pray for me. 390 00:18:54,940 --> 00:18:59,100 Pray for me that none of those things would befall me. 391 00:18:59,100 --> 00:19:01,960 Oh, Jesus, help me, Lord. 392 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,420 Okay, so those are some things you don't want. 393 00:19:05,420 --> 00:19:08,240 You do not want somebody who has a whole lot of shine 394 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:09,380 and is shallow. 395 00:19:09,380 --> 00:19:11,660 You don't want somebody whose personality 396 00:19:11,660 --> 00:19:13,640 overrides his anointing. 397 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:15,900 You don't want somebody where you walk out of a room 398 00:19:15,900 --> 00:19:18,060 singing their praises instead of God's. 399 00:19:18,060 --> 00:19:21,540 You don't want somebody who has a Sunday relationship 400 00:19:21,540 --> 00:19:24,020 with God that can speak an eloquent word 401 00:19:24,020 --> 00:19:28,300 but has no true authority in the Spirit. 402 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:33,300 Because a person can, can, can I tell you something else? 403 00:19:33,300 --> 00:19:37,460 Not all false teachers are intentionally corrupt. 404 00:19:37,460 --> 00:19:42,100 A lot of them are just immature in their faith. 405 00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:46,020 We promote young people so fast and we give them a voice 406 00:19:46,020 --> 00:19:48,180 and an authority and they have no roots 407 00:19:48,180 --> 00:19:50,740 and they have no grounding and they have no foundation 408 00:19:50,740 --> 00:19:54,300 and so they're teaching us what they've learned themselves 409 00:19:54,300 --> 00:19:58,020 from others rather than the authority of God. 410 00:19:58,020 --> 00:20:01,140 Not all false teachers, not all people who are missing it 411 00:20:01,140 --> 00:20:04,340 are out to get you, they just don't know. 412 00:20:04,340 --> 00:20:05,600 But let me tell you something, 413 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,460 you're not gonna recognize it if you don't know. 414 00:20:08,460 --> 00:20:12,620 And so allowing the gift of the Holy Spirit 415 00:20:12,620 --> 00:20:17,620 to birth discernment in our life changes everything. 416 00:20:17,620 --> 00:20:20,360 So what's a pastor supposed to look like? 417 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:25,360 Not sharp, not flashy and glory driven 418 00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:29,020 with a distorted word? 419 00:20:29,020 --> 00:20:30,020 What's it supposed to look like? 420 00:20:30,020 --> 00:20:32,180 Let's look at the word and see what it says. 421 00:20:32,180 --> 00:20:37,520 First let's go to Matthew 7, verse 15. 422 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:45,620 The word says, I am so in joy in my amplified Bible, 423 00:20:45,620 --> 00:20:47,260 seriously. 424 00:20:48,180 --> 00:20:51,620 Verse 16 it says, by, well 15 says, 425 00:20:51,620 --> 00:20:53,480 beware of false prophets and teachers 426 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,180 who come to you dressed as sheep, 427 00:20:55,180 --> 00:20:57,240 appearing as gentle and innocent, 428 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,320 but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 429 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:03,300 By their fruit you will recognize them. 430 00:21:03,300 --> 00:21:07,640 That is by their contrived doctrine and self-focus. 431 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,080 By their fruit you will recognize them. 432 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,080 Now this was really big in my spirit. 433 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:16,520 You do understand that the quality of fruit 434 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,780 is what matters, not the quantity. 435 00:21:18,780 --> 00:21:23,780 You can be a growing, prospering, big church 436 00:21:23,780 --> 00:21:26,440 and not be a healthy church. 437 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:27,880 You can have a thousand apples, 438 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:29,260 but if only two of them are good, 439 00:21:29,260 --> 00:21:31,400 you've not got a lot of good fruit. 440 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,340 It's in the quality of what it is. 441 00:21:33,340 --> 00:21:36,520 And I mean, seriously guys, how can it be about numbers? 442 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:40,980 The word of God tells us that God took armies of thousands 443 00:21:40,980 --> 00:21:43,480 and reduced them to 300 because he didn't want man 444 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:45,340 to brag about the numbers that he had. 445 00:21:45,340 --> 00:21:47,100 We did that sometimes. 446 00:21:47,100 --> 00:21:50,620 We love the big numbers because it shows the army 447 00:21:50,620 --> 00:21:52,680 we have built. 448 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,660 I don't wanna fight with an army I've built, trust me. 449 00:21:55,660 --> 00:21:58,020 I don't have the skills, I want the 300. 450 00:21:58,020 --> 00:22:00,280 And I believe that if we will trust God for that, 451 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:04,240 it's not about numbers guys, it's about good fruit. 452 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,060 It's about good fruit. 453 00:22:06,060 --> 00:22:08,780 Taylor Swift had a concert in February. 454 00:22:08,780 --> 00:22:13,780 Two days back to back, over 300,000 people attended that. 455 00:22:13,780 --> 00:22:15,040 What does that prove? 456 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:17,200 Proves we like a good show. 457 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,700 We like a good show. 458 00:22:19,700 --> 00:22:22,860 When I go into my church, I don't want a good show. 459 00:22:22,860 --> 00:22:24,580 If I want a good show, I'll watch it on TV 460 00:22:24,580 --> 00:22:28,280 or I'll come and watch Springhouse Theater do something. 461 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:29,360 Which they're pretty awesome, 462 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:31,620 Sound of Music going on as we speak. 463 00:22:31,620 --> 00:22:35,160 Amazing crowds, great production. 464 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,940 But that's not why I come here on Sunday mornings. 465 00:22:38,940 --> 00:22:41,120 That's not why I do this. 466 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:43,840 I come because I wanna worship with you. 467 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,240 I wanna worship the Creator with you. 468 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:50,340 I wanna listen to a sound word from somebody 469 00:22:50,340 --> 00:22:54,340 who's actually studied the scriptures for themselves. 470 00:22:54,340 --> 00:22:55,880 For themselves. 471 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,040 That's what, and you know what fruit, 472 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,120 it says you'll know them by your fruit. 473 00:23:00,120 --> 00:23:02,660 If fruit isn't numbers, what is it? 474 00:23:02,660 --> 00:23:06,800 Fruit is a church where lives are being changed. 475 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:10,760 Fruit is a church where marriages are being restored. 476 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:14,520 Fruit is a place where salvations are happening. 477 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:16,760 And the Holy Spirit is delivering people 478 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:18,680 from bondages that they've been in. 479 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:22,320 Fruit is sound and it's good. 480 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,760 Just like when he says taste and see that the Lord is good. 481 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:27,680 He is good. 482 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:31,040 Now, let's get one more passage of scripture in here 483 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:32,640 that I think is so important. 484 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:36,960 In your pastors and leaders, 2 Corinthians 11. 485 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:39,720 [paper rustling] 486 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:46,120 This is the kind of pastor, teacher, leader, 487 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:49,240 worship leader that you want. 488 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:53,160 It says, Paul says, I, in verse two, 489 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:57,040 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy 490 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,600 because I have promised you to one husband 491 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:05,800 to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. 492 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:07,840 You want leaders who will lead you 493 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,240 in an upward call toward Christ. 494 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,040 You want leaders who are presenting to you 495 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,400 that you don't have to stay in your sin. 496 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,360 You want leaders who are telling you 497 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:21,440 that you can live a godly life before him. 498 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,000 You want teachers that will do exactly what Kevin 499 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,560 just now did, teaching my message. 500 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,440 But to go, there's an upward call. 501 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:30,920 There's an upward call. 502 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:35,320 There's a reference in here, Paul calls this God, 503 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:38,520 this fashionable God of darkness. 504 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,280 A fashionable God of darkness. 505 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:44,720 There is a very popular God that many people serve today 506 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,280 who will allow you to stay bound all of your life, 507 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,920 living on grace and mercy, which we all do, 508 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,680 but never telling you you can be free. 509 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:55,520 You want a message that's coming straight 510 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:56,720 from the throne room? 511 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:01,040 Is that it was for freedom that Christ has set you free. 512 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:06,040 Do not be yoked again with slavery. 513 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,160 That's the message God has for you. 514 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:12,180 And if his messengers are not telling you that, run. 515 00:25:12,180 --> 00:25:13,020 Run. 516 00:25:13,020 --> 00:25:19,680 We can put on a good show and we can garner a crowd, 517 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,360 but it will not build his church. 518 00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:25,760 And we are about building his church. 519 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:26,980 This is what scripture says. 520 00:25:26,980 --> 00:25:30,000 This is the kind of pastor, leader, teacher you want. 521 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,420 I'm jealous for you with a godly jealousy 522 00:25:32,420 --> 00:25:37,240 because I have promised you if your pastors 523 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:41,960 and your leaders do not feel a sense of responsibility 524 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:46,160 for you before the Lord, there's a problem. 525 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:47,080 There's a problem. 526 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,640 If they're asking you to serve them 527 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:52,920 rather than them serving you, there's a problem 528 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,080 because Christ came to serve. 529 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,400 And your leaders should be servant-hearted. 530 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:04,400 And finally, 2 Corinthians chapter four. 531 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:08,040 Listen. 532 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:12,320 (audience laughing) 533 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,840 You're gonna fall in love with that sound. 534 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,440 You're gonna buy a real Bible. 535 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:22,080 Can you do this with your phone? 536 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,440 Ah, Jesus. 537 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,320 You do that and something from TikTok's 538 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,040 gonna spring up under there. 539 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:29,560 (audience laughing) 540 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,720 You're gonna post something you don't mean to post. 541 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:40,880 Get yourself one of these. 542 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,640 And the beauty of it is it's large print. 543 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:45,920 Woo, yes! 544 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,920 (audience cheering) 545 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:57,160 Oh, okay. 546 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,560 (audience laughing) 547 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,120 God is so good. 548 00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:06,000 Okay, can anybody find 2 Corinthians? 549 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:12,640 Verse chapter four, verse one and two. 550 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:13,480 Listen to this. 551 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:15,200 This is what Paul says. 552 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,160 Therefore, since we have this ministry, 553 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,760 just as we have received mercy from God, 554 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:24,080 we do not get discouraged or lose our motivation. 555 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,480 You want a pastor who doesn't stay discouraged, 556 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:28,720 who doesn't run when things get tough, 557 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:33,200 who digs his feet in and gets right in the mud with you. 558 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,000 That's the kind of pastor you want. 559 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,240 You want one that says, 560 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,880 it says we renounce the disgraceful things 561 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:40,760 hidden because of shame. 562 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,280 We don't walk in trickery. 563 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,040 We don't adulterate the word. 564 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:49,040 We state it openly and leave it open to be judged. 565 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:52,440 You want a pastor who's transparent. 566 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,880 You want a leader who will let you in their life 567 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:56,680 and tell you that they got a speeding ticket 568 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:00,400 going through the school zone. 569 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,400 (audience laughing) 570 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:10,600 Now listen, I would not have told you that 571 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:12,600 if he hadn't told you that first. 572 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,840 But I am gonna tell you this, no I'm kidding. 573 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:19,840 You want a pastor who loves the Lord. 574 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,780 You want a pastor who's gonna open up his life 575 00:28:22,780 --> 00:28:25,080 and his heart, who's gonna dig in the word 576 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:26,480 and who's gonna share with you. 577 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,280 Let me tell you what else you want. 578 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:30,480 You want a pastor who loves you, 579 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:33,560 who loves your family, who cares for you. 580 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:35,880 God gave me the most perfect example. 581 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,700 You wanna see what a man of God looks like. 582 00:28:37,700 --> 00:28:41,680 You wanna see what a pastor that loves the Lord, 583 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,120 digs in the truth and serves well. 584 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,200 I've got one for you right here. 585 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,360 (audience cheering) 586 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:56,660 You know what he's doing? 587 00:28:56,660 --> 00:28:58,860 Nobody would work the nursery that day. 588 00:28:58,860 --> 00:29:02,020 And pastor will, I'll work it. 589 00:29:02,020 --> 00:29:03,960 Do you know how many times he's done that? 590 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,580 Do you know how many times he's loved on my grandson? 591 00:29:07,580 --> 00:29:08,580 Isn't he cute? 592 00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:12,460 My grandson's cute too. 593 00:29:12,460 --> 00:29:15,460 (audience laughing) 594 00:29:17,340 --> 00:29:19,800 Let me tell you something about Will Sevier. 595 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:24,960 He is one of the most humble men that I know. 596 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,800 He is one of the most kind-hearted, servant-hearted 597 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,680 people that I know and he is sound. 598 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:35,120 Sound all the way through. 599 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,360 That's the kind of pastor you want. 600 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,780 That's the kind of person that you want. 601 00:29:39,780 --> 00:29:41,480 And guys, let me tell you something. 602 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:42,760 You don't need to focus. 603 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:44,360 Come on out worship band. 604 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,040 I mean true worship band, come on out. 605 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:50,040 (audience laughing) 606 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:52,380 I'm getting so much trouble. 607 00:29:52,380 --> 00:29:55,380 (audience laughing) 608 00:29:55,380 --> 00:29:58,880 Let me tell you something guys. 609 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:00,920 We don't need to walk around focusing on Satan 610 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:02,300 and what he's doing. 611 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:04,360 If you will focus on the true, 612 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:08,000 if you will focus on the ministers who are pouring out truth, 613 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,120 opening their lives and serving you, 614 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,360 you're not gonna have to worry about the other. 615 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:16,380 If you will ask the Holy Spirit of God 616 00:30:16,380 --> 00:30:20,440 to give you a gift of discernment. 617 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:24,060 If you will press into the gift of the Holy Spirit 618 00:30:24,060 --> 00:30:27,240 and allow him to give you the gift of discernment, 619 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,160 you will walk through life going, that's not him. 620 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:31,560 That's not God. 621 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:33,860 Oh no, that's not God. 622 00:30:33,860 --> 00:30:37,720 And you will leave those places where you and your family 623 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:41,080 and your spirit and your life are in danger 624 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:45,580 for believing the false. 625 00:30:45,580 --> 00:30:47,240 God is good. 626 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:48,840 God is faithful. 627 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:53,240 And if we will press into him, we will press into him, 628 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:54,840 God will release truth. 629 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:58,240 He will reveal to you the true and the false 630 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:01,160 and your life and the lives of your family 631 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,580 and the lives of the generations to come 632 00:31:03,580 --> 00:31:07,400 that are following you will be transformed 633 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:12,480 because God will draw a bloodline in your life 634 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:16,460 that changes everything from here to there, everything. 635 00:31:16,460 --> 00:31:18,940 So what we're getting ready to do 636 00:31:18,940 --> 00:31:21,820 is we're getting ready to complete the circle again. 637 00:31:21,820 --> 00:31:25,140 I'm gonna ask some of the worship warriors, 638 00:31:25,140 --> 00:31:29,800 some of the, is anybody else who's in the praise team here? 639 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:33,860 I need you if you are. 640 00:31:33,860 --> 00:31:36,360 If you play an instrument, 641 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:40,100 if you stand on this front line, 642 00:31:40,100 --> 00:31:42,500 you guys are gonna be our prayer warriors today. 643 00:31:42,500 --> 00:31:48,140 And if you need prayer today for anything, 644 00:31:48,140 --> 00:31:51,260 see these guys don't stand up here because they're gifted. 645 00:31:51,260 --> 00:31:52,980 They stand up here because they're anointed 646 00:31:52,980 --> 00:31:54,700 and they have set their lives apart 647 00:31:54,700 --> 00:31:56,580 to follow the purposes of God. 648 00:31:56,580 --> 00:31:57,820 And this is part of that. 649 00:31:57,820 --> 00:31:59,340 It's not about a microphone. 650 00:31:59,340 --> 00:32:01,800 It's about a life that is dedicated to him. 651 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,320 So what we're gonna do is we're gonna complete the circle. 652 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:07,380 We are gonna enter into holy forever one more time 653 00:32:07,380 --> 00:32:09,660 and we are going to worship him 654 00:32:09,660 --> 00:32:13,940 and we are gonna finish this gathering with adoration 655 00:32:13,940 --> 00:32:17,420 and we are gonna invite the presence of the Holy Spirit 656 00:32:17,420 --> 00:32:20,460 to just come in and do what he does best, 657 00:32:20,460 --> 00:32:22,680 wreck our lives and change everything. 658 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:23,900 So if you would stand with me, 659 00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:25,700 we're gonna enter into worship. 660 00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:27,600 Let's go ahead, guys. 661 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:29,620 Father, we're asking you. 662 00:32:29,620 --> 00:32:32,100 We're inviting the Holy Spirit, though you are here, 663 00:32:32,100 --> 00:32:34,340 we're asking for the fullness. 664 00:32:34,340 --> 00:32:37,700 In the name of Jesus, do what you do. 665 00:32:37,700 --> 00:32:38,700 We're gonna worship. 666 00:32:39,700 --> 00:32:40,540 Jesus. 667 00:32:43,900 --> 00:32:45,960 you