1 00:00:30,099 --> 00:00:32,059 Glad the Lord loves us unconditionally. 2 00:00:32,059 --> 00:00:34,299 Aren't you A love that won't stop. 3 00:00:34,299 --> 00:00:38,419 Turn your Bibles this morning to Joshua, chapter 13 as we continue 4 00:00:38,419 --> 00:00:44,259 our series on Higher Call, talking about again that higher ground 5 00:00:44,259 --> 00:00:48,739 in the Christian life and the place in which God wants us to live, 6 00:00:49,219 --> 00:00:53,779 a place of victory, that abundant life that Jesus Christ promised. 7 00:00:54,019 --> 00:00:55,139 So turn there if you would. 8 00:00:55,139 --> 00:00:59,509 And as you're turning there, we'll give kind of a update on the 9 00:00:59,509 --> 00:01:02,789 trip that we just got back from last night. 10 00:01:02,789 --> 00:01:08,069 And so we got back late last night from Cape Verde, which is an 11 00:01:08,069 --> 00:01:10,509 island, some islands on the coast of Africa. 12 00:01:12,029 --> 00:01:16,429 I was expecting, you know, island, you know, what's in the tb. 13 00:01:18,029 --> 00:01:20,939 Anyway, it's a beautiful island, but it was a little warm, 14 00:01:21,009 --> 00:01:22,449 warmer than I thought it was going to be. 15 00:01:22,929 --> 00:01:28,449 And we had just a wonderful, wonderful time, a beautiful place, 16 00:01:29,489 --> 00:01:33,729 wonderful people, just loving, kind, gracious people. 17 00:01:34,449 --> 00:01:38,329 And a little unique this time as we went to work with our missionaries, 18 00:01:38,329 --> 00:01:42,929 the Prince family there on the island. 19 00:01:43,169 --> 00:01:48,849 It's one of four or five islands and they are serving a church 20 00:01:48,849 --> 00:01:54,089 that has been on the island for 70 years, a Baptist church. 21 00:01:55,289 --> 00:02:00,889 And so they're serving under the national pastor, Brother AU I'm 22 00:02:00,889 --> 00:02:01,369 close to. 23 00:02:01,449 --> 00:02:02,089 That's close. 24 00:02:02,889 --> 00:02:04,249 Trying to pronounce it correctly. 25 00:02:04,809 --> 00:02:09,169 And what a blessing to get to know the national pastor there, the 26 00:02:09,169 --> 00:02:14,699 pastor who's been there and this past, the national pastor grew 27 00:02:14,699 --> 00:02:18,459 up in the church, was saved in that church and went out of that 28 00:02:18,459 --> 00:02:22,179 church, planted another church on another island in the Cape Verde 29 00:02:22,179 --> 00:02:26,259 Islands and was there and that church that he planted for 19 years 30 00:02:26,259 --> 00:02:30,219 and then God brought him back to his home church here just a few 31 00:02:30,219 --> 00:02:30,739 years ago. 32 00:02:31,379 --> 00:02:35,499 And the church had kind of gone through a low valley, the church 33 00:02:35,499 --> 00:02:36,179 he grew up in. 34 00:02:36,179 --> 00:02:40,188 And he's been able to, of course, by the Lord to get that church 35 00:02:40,188 --> 00:02:40,948 back on its feet. 36 00:02:40,948 --> 00:02:42,188 In fact, not just back on its feet. 37 00:02:42,188 --> 00:02:45,428 We were there last Sunday morning and they had a full crowd. 38 00:02:45,428 --> 00:02:47,068 I mean the building was just full. 39 00:02:47,548 --> 00:02:48,428 It was amazing. 40 00:02:48,588 --> 00:02:51,548 I don't know exactly the numbers, but over 100 people there, 41 00:02:52,268 --> 00:02:53,388 a packed building. 42 00:02:53,948 --> 00:02:58,828 And I got to preach, you know, in Portuguese. 43 00:02:58,828 --> 00:02:59,668 No, I'm just kidding. 44 00:02:59,668 --> 00:03:01,148 I did not preach in Portuguese. 45 00:03:01,308 --> 00:03:09,319 He someone interpreted my somewhat English And I got to preach 46 00:03:09,319 --> 00:03:11,239 there just again a great time. 47 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:16,439 We saw over 1100 patients while we were there in those those 48 00:03:16,439 --> 00:03:21,039 days, 1141 treated patients treated. 49 00:03:21,039 --> 00:03:23,159 And that's medical and optical. 50 00:03:23,479 --> 00:03:27,359 The optical became the really the point of interest because on 51 00:03:27,359 --> 00:03:34,079 the islands they again, having glasses or seeing a doctor to get 52 00:03:34,079 --> 00:03:37,799 an exam is about A month and a half salary for them. 53 00:03:38,519 --> 00:03:42,039 And so for us to be able to go in and do that, it's just. 54 00:03:42,039 --> 00:03:43,319 It's just fantastic. 55 00:03:43,799 --> 00:03:45,358 You have to experience it yourself. 56 00:03:45,358 --> 00:03:49,479 To experience seeing someone fitted for glasses who couldn't afford 57 00:03:49,479 --> 00:03:50,119 glasses. 58 00:03:50,359 --> 00:03:54,539 And to see how it changes, by the way, it's going to change their 59 00:03:54,769 --> 00:03:57,089 life, but how it transforms them right then. 60 00:03:57,649 --> 00:03:58,849 Have y' all seen that little. 61 00:03:59,089 --> 00:04:01,249 There's a commercial or it's on. 62 00:04:01,729 --> 00:04:04,449 It had been real popular, a real. 63 00:04:06,369 --> 00:04:08,209 Just trying to use the vernacular. 64 00:04:09,649 --> 00:04:12,129 And it was a baby that they fitted for glasses. 65 00:04:12,769 --> 00:04:13,729 Y' all remember that one? 66 00:04:13,729 --> 00:04:15,049 It was real popular for a long time. 67 00:04:15,049 --> 00:04:18,089 And they put those glasses on this little baby and the baby went 68 00:04:18,089 --> 00:04:19,089 from crying to like. 69 00:04:19,249 --> 00:04:20,049 And it was. 70 00:04:20,379 --> 00:04:21,899 You could see automatically. 71 00:04:22,059 --> 00:04:24,619 There was zero doubt that that little baby could see. 72 00:04:24,779 --> 00:04:26,139 And we see that when we do this. 73 00:04:26,139 --> 00:04:26,859 It's amazing. 74 00:04:27,339 --> 00:04:28,139 It's amazing. 75 00:04:29,339 --> 00:04:34,659 And then remember now, our purpose for being there is not to 76 00:04:34,659 --> 00:04:37,499 give them glasses or to give them free medicine. 77 00:04:38,059 --> 00:04:39,299 That's not the main purpose. 78 00:04:39,299 --> 00:04:40,859 The main purpose to give them the gospel. 79 00:04:41,499 --> 00:04:45,019 So everyone who comes through there has to go through. 80 00:04:46,229 --> 00:04:48,349 Has to go through the souling. 81 00:04:48,349 --> 00:04:49,469 They have to go through the gospel. 82 00:04:49,469 --> 00:04:52,909 They have to go to the evangelism area if they want to get 83 00:04:52,909 --> 00:04:53,589 their medicine. 84 00:04:54,309 --> 00:04:56,389 And we don't twist, of course, don't twist their arm. 85 00:04:56,389 --> 00:04:58,869 We didn't have as many salvations this time. 86 00:04:58,869 --> 00:05:03,189 And the Cape Verdeans, the people there are more relational. 87 00:05:03,589 --> 00:05:06,909 They're not just going to jump off and pray the prayer and go on 88 00:05:06,909 --> 00:05:07,229 with that. 89 00:05:07,229 --> 00:05:08,109 I kind of like that. 90 00:05:08,109 --> 00:05:12,189 Anyway, make sure that the decision you're making is your decision 91 00:05:12,269 --> 00:05:15,309 not based upon something you're being given or whatever. 92 00:05:15,309 --> 00:05:16,669 And so I'm so thankful though. 93 00:05:16,669 --> 00:05:19,589 We have a great missionary there, the Fritz family, we have 94 00:05:19,589 --> 00:05:21,309 a great national pastor there. 95 00:05:21,709 --> 00:05:25,109 And when we were said and done, there was a Ziploc bag, the 96 00:05:25,109 --> 00:05:29,669 gallon, Ziploc bag of little slips of paper that had phone numbers 97 00:05:29,669 --> 00:05:30,909 and addresses and names. 98 00:05:31,149 --> 00:05:34,189 Over 1100, I couldn't imagine. 99 00:05:34,269 --> 00:05:37,399 And they have every intention of following up on, on all those 100 00:05:37,399 --> 00:05:37,719 people. 101 00:05:38,199 --> 00:05:46,879 And the gospel was given to 1141 people that might not have heard 102 00:05:46,879 --> 00:05:48,279 it otherwise, might not. 103 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:50,479 Maybe that church would have got around to it. 104 00:05:50,479 --> 00:05:53,999 Maybe that church would have knocked that door or whatever the 105 00:05:53,999 --> 00:05:54,519 case is. 106 00:05:55,159 --> 00:06:00,279 But it's amazing to see what God does and what God can do. 107 00:06:00,599 --> 00:06:04,089 And it's amazing eye opening to go to the field like that and 108 00:06:04,089 --> 00:06:10,889 to see a church nationals, people from that country do such 109 00:06:10,889 --> 00:06:17,329 a great, great job, work as hard or harder, many times harder 110 00:06:17,489 --> 00:06:24,129 than all us who were helping the church family over there, church 111 00:06:24,289 --> 00:06:28,379 like minded like us, doing the same thing we're doing, doing here, 112 00:06:30,619 --> 00:06:34,139 working hard at it, getting the gospel out, understanding that's 113 00:06:34,139 --> 00:06:34,939 the number one thing. 114 00:06:35,179 --> 00:06:38,699 They're about to start a church out of that church just a 115 00:06:38,699 --> 00:06:39,419 few miles away. 116 00:06:39,739 --> 00:06:42,539 One of the things, the problem they have is their building's full 117 00:06:43,259 --> 00:06:46,379 and it would be very difficult for them to build or do. 118 00:06:46,459 --> 00:06:48,379 So let's just start another church over there. 119 00:06:48,619 --> 00:06:51,219 And all the people that live over that area are going to go to 120 00:06:51,219 --> 00:06:51,659 that church. 121 00:06:52,539 --> 00:06:53,259 Just amazing. 122 00:06:54,869 --> 00:06:56,229 But I think it's for the elder. 123 00:06:56,229 --> 00:06:59,749 Elder is gonna, is gonna be the pastor of that church. 124 00:07:00,469 --> 00:07:03,269 And so I just like the name Elder. 125 00:07:05,029 --> 00:07:08,069 At first I thought they were into the elder rule thing and I was 126 00:07:08,069 --> 00:07:10,469 like, I keep saying elder, I hope they don't have elders. 127 00:07:10,629 --> 00:07:13,709 We're gonna have some kind of doctrinal problem here and it's not 128 00:07:13,709 --> 00:07:14,349 gonna go well. 129 00:07:14,349 --> 00:07:16,389 And then I found out his name was Brother Elder. 130 00:07:17,749 --> 00:07:18,789 I was so relieved. 131 00:07:19,919 --> 00:07:21,839 Some of y' all may believe in elder rule. 132 00:07:22,239 --> 00:07:23,279 That's not Bible. 133 00:07:24,479 --> 00:07:25,039 Okay. 134 00:07:30,959 --> 00:07:33,279 You know, when I get tired, I get slap happy. 135 00:07:33,759 --> 00:07:34,719 Anybody know what that is? 136 00:07:35,839 --> 00:07:36,359 That's me. 137 00:07:36,359 --> 00:07:37,279 Slap happy. 138 00:07:38,159 --> 00:07:38,959 We got this. 139 00:07:41,279 --> 00:07:41,799 It was. 140 00:07:41,799 --> 00:07:45,209 Appreciate all the work and effort that goes into many of you 141 00:07:45,849 --> 00:07:52,329 working to help put the totes together and puppets and supplying 142 00:07:53,209 --> 00:07:55,289 so many things that we can take with us. 143 00:07:56,089 --> 00:08:01,169 And what a blessing and remind you too those who are going are paying 144 00:08:01,169 --> 00:08:01,929 their own way. 145 00:08:02,969 --> 00:08:05,969 These nurses, the other help that we had, they're paying their 146 00:08:05,969 --> 00:08:08,169 own way, taking off work. 147 00:08:08,969 --> 00:08:11,459 And I just so much commend you. 148 00:08:11,859 --> 00:08:14,659 Appreciate all the work and effort that goes into it. 149 00:08:14,659 --> 00:08:18,779 And only in eternity, honestly we say this a lot as cliche, but 150 00:08:18,779 --> 00:08:19,459 only eternity. 151 00:08:19,459 --> 00:08:25,659 We truly see the dividends, the fruit from the investment we've 152 00:08:25,659 --> 00:08:26,019 been making. 153 00:08:26,819 --> 00:08:33,099 And we see this evidence not only now, but we will see it in the 154 00:08:33,099 --> 00:08:33,379 future. 155 00:08:33,459 --> 00:08:37,109 I really believe as a song says that when we get to heaven, 156 00:08:37,109 --> 00:08:38,269 there'll be people approach us. 157 00:08:39,069 --> 00:08:42,669 They'll thank you for giving that $10 you gave to missions. 158 00:08:43,709 --> 00:08:45,069 They're going to thank you for that. 159 00:08:45,629 --> 00:08:48,469 That $5 you gave to missions, they're going to thank you for that. 160 00:08:48,469 --> 00:08:50,509 Even though you couldn't go the field, even though you couldn't 161 00:08:50,509 --> 00:08:56,949 do it's that part that you gave, the part that you have in sending 162 00:08:56,949 --> 00:08:58,029 the gospel around the world. 163 00:08:59,069 --> 00:09:00,929 And that is the purpose of the church by the way. 164 00:09:01,159 --> 00:09:01,399 Way. 165 00:09:01,879 --> 00:09:06,279 It's a constant reminder that our primary purpose as a church is 166 00:09:06,279 --> 00:09:09,559 to spread the gospel, to propagate the gospel. 167 00:09:10,199 --> 00:09:16,239 To see that that remains our number one purpose and that we not 168 00:09:16,239 --> 00:09:17,079 get sidetracked. 169 00:09:19,239 --> 00:09:21,319 So many churches have gotten sidetracked. 170 00:09:21,879 --> 00:09:24,039 The majority of churches have gotten side. 171 00:09:25,079 --> 00:09:28,619 You know, the Salvation army at one point was a Salvation Army. 172 00:09:29,739 --> 00:09:32,779 Mr. Booth's goal was to see soul saves. 173 00:09:34,299 --> 00:09:35,979 But over time, it didn't take them long. 174 00:09:37,339 --> 00:09:38,619 They got sidetracked. 175 00:09:39,179 --> 00:09:40,859 May we never get sidetracked. 176 00:09:41,659 --> 00:09:43,178 The transformation of lives. 177 00:09:45,419 --> 00:09:47,179 He's still in the transforming business. 178 00:09:48,859 --> 00:09:50,539 God's word changes lives. 179 00:09:51,739 --> 00:09:53,569 One of the one, and I'll end with this. 180 00:09:54,049 --> 00:09:55,889 I still believe this is Bible. 181 00:09:56,369 --> 00:09:59,929 The Bible says that God shall supply. 182 00:09:59,929 --> 00:10:01,889 He will supply all of our needs. 183 00:10:02,529 --> 00:10:03,729 Who is he speaking to? 184 00:10:04,769 --> 00:10:08,689 He's speaking to the Ephesus Church, but also the Philippian Church, 185 00:10:08,689 --> 00:10:11,009 but he's also speaking to every Christian. 186 00:10:11,569 --> 00:10:12,929 Every Christian is promised. 187 00:10:12,929 --> 00:10:17,049 If you're a child of God, God has promised you that he will supply 188 00:10:17,049 --> 00:10:17,809 all your needs. 189 00:10:18,939 --> 00:10:21,019 Well, again, if I go to the foreign field and I give someone 190 00:10:21,019 --> 00:10:23,819 the gospel and get saved, does that promise apply to them? 191 00:10:24,859 --> 00:10:30,059 They may be in a country where they're not as blessed as we are 192 00:10:30,059 --> 00:10:33,099 financially and able to have the things that we have. 193 00:10:33,099 --> 00:10:36,499 But that same promise that applies to me, that there's food 194 00:10:36,499 --> 00:10:39,659 on my table and there's food in my refrigerator and there's food 195 00:10:39,659 --> 00:10:44,149 in my freezer and there's food outside in my chicken coop, Food 196 00:10:45,429 --> 00:10:47,189 right now I could have as much as I want. 197 00:10:47,589 --> 00:10:48,629 Isn't that amazing? 198 00:10:49,349 --> 00:10:51,189 That same promise applies to them. 199 00:10:52,309 --> 00:10:55,269 So why would I go over there and dig a well first? 200 00:10:55,989 --> 00:10:59,589 I have no problem with mission efforts to go dig water wells. 201 00:10:59,749 --> 00:11:00,789 No problem with that. 202 00:11:01,189 --> 00:11:03,669 But if that's all I do, all I did was give them water. 203 00:11:05,829 --> 00:11:10,439 And there's no promise that God will supply all their needs if 204 00:11:10,439 --> 00:11:11,519 they're not children of God. 205 00:11:11,999 --> 00:11:14,239 If they're not saved, there's no promise there. 206 00:11:14,239 --> 00:11:16,799 But if I lead them, I give them the gospel and they get saved, 207 00:11:16,799 --> 00:11:17,359 guess what? 208 00:11:17,999 --> 00:11:19,279 Now the promise applies. 209 00:11:21,279 --> 00:11:22,959 There will always be bread on the table. 210 00:11:23,199 --> 00:11:26,799 God will never let the righteous go without bread, he said. 211 00:11:27,199 --> 00:11:28,559 It's amazing, isn't it? 212 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:30,639 God is so good. 213 00:11:32,719 --> 00:11:34,499 And that's just the practical aspect of. 214 00:11:34,809 --> 00:11:36,569 Of course, the eternal aspect of it. 215 00:11:36,969 --> 00:11:39,369 Escaping hell and having a home in heaven. 216 00:11:40,649 --> 00:11:41,889 This life is just a vapor. 217 00:11:41,889 --> 00:11:43,769 It appears for a little while and vanishes away. 218 00:11:44,169 --> 00:11:45,849 No man knows what's going to happen tomorrow. 219 00:11:45,849 --> 00:11:46,969 You better be careful. 220 00:11:47,369 --> 00:11:50,889 But, man, this life is just like the grass that appears for a 221 00:11:50,889 --> 00:11:51,889 little while here in Texas. 222 00:11:51,889 --> 00:11:53,649 And then when the heat comes out, it's gone. 223 00:11:53,649 --> 00:11:59,049 Unless you put a lot of water to it compared to eternity, this 224 00:11:59,049 --> 00:11:59,849 life is short. 225 00:12:01,859 --> 00:12:06,339 And we get the opportunity to go to foreign countries and give 226 00:12:06,339 --> 00:12:11,579 people the gospel so that their eternity changes, the eternal 227 00:12:11,579 --> 00:12:14,499 destination changes. 228 00:12:14,979 --> 00:12:20,179 By the way, we have that same opportunity here to go to our neighbor, 229 00:12:20,499 --> 00:12:23,059 to tell a friend, to tell a coworker. 230 00:12:24,579 --> 00:12:25,459 It's amazing. 231 00:12:28,029 --> 00:12:30,029 My pre sermon to the sermon. 232 00:12:32,109 --> 00:12:34,309 Joshua, chapter 13, verse one. 233 00:12:34,309 --> 00:12:35,469 I'm just going to read one verse. 234 00:12:36,189 --> 00:12:38,909 If you want to do homework, you can go home and read chapter 235 00:12:38,909 --> 00:12:41,229 11, 12 and 13, right? 236 00:12:41,229 --> 00:12:43,589 We finished with chapter 10 here. 237 00:12:43,589 --> 00:12:47,589 A couple of weeks ago we preached out of chapter 10 that the 238 00:12:47,589 --> 00:12:50,349 Lord, the Bible says the Lord fought for Israel. 239 00:12:51,239 --> 00:12:54,119 Remember, he set down, he brought down stones from heaven. 240 00:12:54,199 --> 00:12:57,879 And there's more of the enemy killed by the stones from heaven 241 00:12:58,119 --> 00:13:00,759 than there were killed by the children of Israel themselves. 242 00:13:00,919 --> 00:13:02,279 In other words, God did it. 243 00:13:03,159 --> 00:13:04,319 God fought for them. 244 00:13:04,319 --> 00:13:06,039 And I'm thankful that God fights for us. 245 00:13:07,239 --> 00:13:10,279 You can do a whole lot more if you'll let the Lord do it instead 246 00:13:10,279 --> 00:13:10,759 of you. 247 00:13:10,919 --> 00:13:14,759 I can do a whole lot more in my life, overcoming and having victory 248 00:13:14,759 --> 00:13:16,619 in my life if I will rely upon the Lord. 249 00:13:18,129 --> 00:13:19,809 The Lord fought for Israel. 250 00:13:19,809 --> 00:13:21,409 He fights for us. 251 00:13:21,409 --> 00:13:26,969 And in chapter 11, 12 and 13, we have summaries of the extent of 252 00:13:26,969 --> 00:13:31,889 the conquest of the land of Canaan as they go in and they continue 253 00:13:32,528 --> 00:13:36,489 to defeat the people of Canaan. 254 00:13:36,489 --> 00:13:37,929 So look there, chapter 13, verse one. 255 00:13:37,929 --> 00:13:39,169 Now, Joshua was old. 256 00:13:39,489 --> 00:13:42,579 He was around 90 years old and strickening years. 257 00:13:42,579 --> 00:13:45,979 And the Lord said unto him, thou art old and stricken in years. 258 00:13:46,699 --> 00:13:47,539 There remaineth. 259 00:13:47,539 --> 00:13:48,139 Listen to this. 260 00:13:48,219 --> 00:13:52,219 And there remaineth yet very much land to possess. 261 00:13:53,979 --> 00:13:56,939 Yet very much land to be possessed. 262 00:13:58,859 --> 00:14:01,179 He's saying, Joshua, you're not done. 263 00:14:03,419 --> 00:14:05,819 Joshua, there's still much to do. 264 00:14:06,619 --> 00:14:09,219 There's still more land to conquer. 265 00:14:11,699 --> 00:14:13,219 There's still much to achieve. 266 00:14:14,499 --> 00:14:17,939 Look back at chapter 11 and verse 23 just real quick should be 267 00:14:17,939 --> 00:14:19,139 able to just turn a couple of pages. 268 00:14:20,819 --> 00:14:25,019 He talks about several battles and then it says in verse 23, and 269 00:14:25,019 --> 00:14:28,459 Joshua took the whole land according to all that the Lord said 270 00:14:28,459 --> 00:14:29,099 unto Moses. 271 00:14:29,099 --> 00:14:32,819 And Joshua gave it for an inheritance, gave it unto Israel 272 00:14:32,819 --> 00:14:37,069 according to their divisions by their tribes, and the land rested 273 00:14:37,069 --> 00:14:37,629 from war. 274 00:14:38,349 --> 00:14:42,949 Now understand that as they, as they went in and as they fought 275 00:14:42,949 --> 00:14:46,989 for Canaan, God gave them victory after victory after victory 276 00:14:46,989 --> 00:14:47,789 after victory. 277 00:14:49,709 --> 00:14:51,709 But yet there was more land to be possessed. 278 00:14:51,869 --> 00:14:53,069 He did give them rest. 279 00:14:54,589 --> 00:14:55,749 He did give them rest. 280 00:14:55,749 --> 00:15:00,839 And as they allotted portions of land to each tribe, he gave them 281 00:15:00,839 --> 00:15:01,119 rest. 282 00:15:01,119 --> 00:15:06,199 And then each of the tribes was assigned to an allotment of land. 283 00:15:06,439 --> 00:15:09,479 And they were to possess that land. 284 00:15:09,719 --> 00:15:13,879 It was no longer a combined army, no longer a combined. 285 00:15:15,078 --> 00:15:17,679 The tribes were no longer combined into one big army. 286 00:15:17,679 --> 00:15:23,559 It was each individual tribes, armies that were to continue to possess 287 00:15:23,559 --> 00:15:26,269 the allotment of land that they were given. 288 00:15:27,309 --> 00:15:28,749 There's something to be said about that. 289 00:15:28,749 --> 00:15:29,869 We'll cover that. 290 00:15:30,429 --> 00:15:32,869 Either this sermon or the next one. 291 00:15:32,869 --> 00:15:33,229 Let's pray. 292 00:15:33,229 --> 00:15:36,229 Heavenly Father, Lord, we do pray that you would be with the message 293 00:15:36,229 --> 00:15:38,309 this morning, be with the word as we preach. 294 00:15:38,309 --> 00:15:42,909 God, I pray this morning again we see the importance of our trust 295 00:15:42,909 --> 00:15:47,309 in you, the importance of relying upon you, our importance 296 00:15:47,309 --> 00:15:54,399 of surrendering, yielding to you that we may have victory in our 297 00:15:54,399 --> 00:15:54,879 own lives. 298 00:15:54,879 --> 00:15:55,919 We thank you and love you. 299 00:15:55,919 --> 00:15:57,319 In Jesus name, Amen. 300 00:15:58,039 --> 00:16:01,999 God's purpose for your life, by the way, for everyone, is that 301 00:16:01,999 --> 00:16:02,839 they might be saved. 302 00:16:04,359 --> 00:16:06,279 God is no respecter of persons. 303 00:16:06,919 --> 00:16:09,119 He's not willing that any should perish, but that all should 304 00:16:09,119 --> 00:16:09,959 come to repentance. 305 00:16:10,519 --> 00:16:12,119 So God's purpose for your life. 306 00:16:12,279 --> 00:16:16,539 God's purpose for my life is that we would accept him as Savior, 307 00:16:16,699 --> 00:16:20,019 that we would be saved, that we'd be rescued from the penalty 308 00:16:20,019 --> 00:16:21,219 of sin, which is death. 309 00:16:21,219 --> 00:16:24,059 The Bible says, and death and hell were cast in the lake of fire. 310 00:16:24,059 --> 00:16:25,099 This is the second death. 311 00:16:25,419 --> 00:16:28,699 And so in order for us to escape hell and have a home in heaven, 312 00:16:28,779 --> 00:16:30,699 our sins had to be removed. 313 00:16:31,419 --> 00:16:33,659 Our sins had to be forgiven. 314 00:16:34,459 --> 00:16:36,379 But yet God said they had to be paid for. 315 00:16:36,859 --> 00:16:39,739 He's just not going to let sin just, you know, just not going to 316 00:16:39,739 --> 00:16:40,619 gloss over it. 317 00:16:40,619 --> 00:16:43,709 He's not going to like some liberal judge and just let you off 318 00:16:43,709 --> 00:16:44,149 the hook. 319 00:16:44,149 --> 00:16:45,589 No, no, no, no. 320 00:16:45,589 --> 00:16:46,629 It has to be paid for. 321 00:16:47,429 --> 00:16:51,149 But instead of you paying for it, instead of you paying for your 322 00:16:51,149 --> 00:16:54,549 own selfishness, instead of me paying for my own selfishness, my 323 00:16:54,549 --> 00:16:54,949 sin. 324 00:16:55,189 --> 00:16:58,309 Christ came and paid the price for me. 325 00:16:59,429 --> 00:17:01,349 He paid the penalty for me. 326 00:17:02,069 --> 00:17:04,469 He paid the judge for me. 327 00:17:05,669 --> 00:17:06,839 He died in my place. 328 00:17:07,709 --> 00:17:08,669 He took my death. 329 00:17:09,309 --> 00:17:10,709 He died the death I should have. 330 00:17:10,709 --> 00:17:12,589 Eric Crawford should have died on the cross. 331 00:17:13,229 --> 00:17:14,949 I should have died for my own sins. 332 00:17:14,949 --> 00:17:16,909 But yet he died for my sins. 333 00:17:17,789 --> 00:17:18,989 He died in my place. 334 00:17:18,989 --> 00:17:21,389 He's the great substitutionary death of Jesus Christ. 335 00:17:23,069 --> 00:17:26,349 What an example of love that Jesus displayed to us. 336 00:17:26,669 --> 00:17:31,709 The Creator became part of his creation in order to die for those 337 00:17:31,709 --> 00:17:32,369 he created. 338 00:17:33,879 --> 00:17:34,519 Love to love. 339 00:17:34,519 --> 00:17:35,959 What an amazing love it is. 340 00:17:37,079 --> 00:17:40,479 God's will for our life and purpose for our life is again to 341 00:17:40,479 --> 00:17:40,879 be saved. 342 00:17:40,879 --> 00:17:44,559 And then once we're saved, God's desire and God's will for our 343 00:17:44,559 --> 00:17:46,839 life is that we do live an abundant life. 344 00:17:47,799 --> 00:17:49,199 Life was not meant to be endured. 345 00:17:49,199 --> 00:17:50,439 It was meant to be enjoyed. 346 00:17:50,919 --> 00:17:53,159 As Christians, you ought to enjoy your life. 347 00:17:54,519 --> 00:17:55,959 Gotta have a life of joy. 348 00:17:56,679 --> 00:17:58,119 Notice I didn't say happen. 349 00:17:59,919 --> 00:18:01,599 There's a difference between happiness and joy. 350 00:18:02,239 --> 00:18:04,719 Joy is something given to us divinely by God. 351 00:18:04,879 --> 00:18:08,359 And we can actually have joy in spite of the circumstances we're 352 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:08,639 in. 353 00:18:09,599 --> 00:18:15,559 No matter the circumstances we're in, God wants us to have an 354 00:18:15,559 --> 00:18:16,159 abundant life. 355 00:18:16,159 --> 00:18:16,799 We call it. 356 00:18:17,199 --> 00:18:20,599 Maybe you've heard the term victorious Christian life or the 357 00:18:20,599 --> 00:18:21,679 greater Christian life. 358 00:18:22,399 --> 00:18:27,289 However you want to phrase it, that is the intent that God has for 359 00:18:27,289 --> 00:18:28,169 every Christian. 360 00:18:28,489 --> 00:18:32,409 For every Christian's life is an abundant life. 361 00:18:33,449 --> 00:18:38,009 Again, in chapters 11 and 12 and 13 we have a summarization of 362 00:18:38,009 --> 00:18:39,849 the extent of the conquering in the land of canaan. 363 00:18:40,889 --> 00:18:46,689 In chapter 12, it even covers a small portion of the conquering 364 00:18:46,689 --> 00:18:48,929 of the other side of Jordan. 365 00:18:48,929 --> 00:18:53,839 When Mo Moses allotted to Reuben and allotted to half the tribe 366 00:18:53,839 --> 00:18:56,879 of Manasseh and half the tribe and to the tribe of Gad. 367 00:18:56,959 --> 00:18:59,799 So the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and half the tribe of 368 00:18:59,799 --> 00:19:02,159 Manasseh stayed on the other side of Jordan. 369 00:19:04,239 --> 00:19:05,959 Their families didn't cross Jordan. 370 00:19:05,959 --> 00:19:06,959 Now their armies did. 371 00:19:07,519 --> 00:19:10,359 Their armies fought with the rest of the children of Israel, but 372 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:12,399 their families stayed on the other side of Jordan. 373 00:19:12,719 --> 00:19:16,399 It is a picture or an analogy of how so many Christians just never 374 00:19:16,399 --> 00:19:17,519 cross over Jordan. 375 00:19:17,919 --> 00:19:21,119 They never cross over and die to self and yield to God. 376 00:19:22,159 --> 00:19:26,479 And so by the way, that also meant that they ended up fading away 377 00:19:26,639 --> 00:19:27,039 first. 378 00:19:28,079 --> 00:19:31,279 That those two and a half tribes were defeated first. 379 00:19:31,759 --> 00:19:35,159 In fact, as you read history in the Bible and history, you see 380 00:19:35,159 --> 00:19:38,159 that they were pretty well absorbed by the nations around them. 381 00:19:38,479 --> 00:19:39,999 We just don't hear a lot about them. 382 00:19:42,809 --> 00:19:45,929 God did not intend for you to live on that side of Jordan. 383 00:19:46,889 --> 00:19:50,249 If you live on that side of Jordan, the world will absorb you. 384 00:19:51,689 --> 00:19:53,449 Can't hang around a bunch of turkeys and. 385 00:19:53,529 --> 00:19:54,409 No, I'm just kidding. 386 00:19:57,769 --> 00:20:00,689 Can't hang around a bunch of skunks and come out smelling like 387 00:20:00,689 --> 00:20:01,289 a turkey. 388 00:20:01,769 --> 00:20:05,369 Turkey smells really good when it's fried. 389 00:20:12,019 --> 00:20:14,099 Moses allotted. 390 00:20:14,499 --> 00:20:15,779 I'm using that term for a reason. 391 00:20:15,779 --> 00:20:18,259 Because if we go along in the message, this is going to be short. 392 00:20:19,699 --> 00:20:25,179 The allotment they were given, there were 31 kings over the chapter 393 00:20:25,179 --> 00:20:27,939 12 and 10 or 11, 12 and 13. 394 00:20:28,019 --> 00:20:32,549 31 kings that were subdued or again became submissive to Israel 395 00:20:32,549 --> 00:20:35,229 under the control of Israel. 396 00:20:35,709 --> 00:20:38,189 31 Kings that the children of Israel defeated. 397 00:20:39,469 --> 00:20:41,709 Let me just remind you too, in the Christian life, it's good to 398 00:20:41,709 --> 00:20:42,749 reflect on the victories. 399 00:20:43,629 --> 00:20:45,629 Because the devil sure reminds you of the defeats. 400 00:20:46,669 --> 00:20:48,949 When he reminds you of the defeats in your life, you need to 401 00:20:48,949 --> 00:20:51,149 remember and go back and count your blessings. 402 00:20:52,269 --> 00:20:54,309 The reason why the hymn writer wrote the song. 403 00:20:54,309 --> 00:20:55,309 It's a great song. 404 00:20:55,789 --> 00:20:57,549 Count your blessings, name the one rival. 405 00:20:58,979 --> 00:21:01,139 Then you'll rejoice in what God has done. 406 00:21:02,179 --> 00:21:02,819 Certainly. 407 00:21:02,979 --> 00:21:04,019 Always, always. 408 00:21:04,019 --> 00:21:12,819 And I will say that more blessings than there are curses. 409 00:21:13,939 --> 00:21:14,819 Many battles. 410 00:21:15,779 --> 00:21:17,619 Many battles lost and won. 411 00:21:18,579 --> 00:21:20,619 And there are many battles yet to be fought. 412 00:21:20,619 --> 00:21:21,699 That's what he was saying here. 413 00:21:22,019 --> 00:21:23,899 Many battles were lost in one. 414 00:21:23,979 --> 00:21:27,739 But yet he's saying to Joshua, there's many battles yet to come. 415 00:21:29,739 --> 00:21:31,059 Second Timothy, chapter four. 416 00:21:31,059 --> 00:21:35,099 Paul said to young Timothy, I have fought a good fight. 417 00:21:36,619 --> 00:21:37,899 I have finished my course. 418 00:21:38,459 --> 00:21:39,658 I have kept the faith. 419 00:21:40,859 --> 00:21:43,179 I hope when we all get to heaven, we can say the same thing. 420 00:21:45,019 --> 00:21:48,219 Christian life is a battle, and there is a great battle taking 421 00:21:48,219 --> 00:21:48,619 place. 422 00:21:49,909 --> 00:21:50,869 My life angles. 423 00:21:53,349 --> 00:21:55,749 Can I remind you too, that the land can only be. 424 00:21:56,949 --> 00:22:04,709 The land conquered can only be kept by walking with Jesus Christ. 425 00:22:07,989 --> 00:22:10,869 In other words, as I go throughout my Christian life and 426 00:22:10,949 --> 00:22:14,149 I see this victory and this victory and this victory I can't 427 00:22:14,149 --> 00:22:17,529 restore on my laurels and just say, well, I had this victory and 428 00:22:17,529 --> 00:22:17,929 this victory. 429 00:22:17,929 --> 00:22:18,569 I've arrived. 430 00:22:18,569 --> 00:22:19,129 I'm here. 431 00:22:19,769 --> 00:22:20,569 No, no, no. 432 00:22:20,889 --> 00:22:22,009 It has to be kept. 433 00:22:23,769 --> 00:22:24,329 No, no. 434 00:22:25,049 --> 00:22:28,489 The land that we have conquered, it has to be fought for, 435 00:22:28,489 --> 00:22:33,209 yes, but then it has to be kept, and it's only kept by our relationship 436 00:22:33,289 --> 00:22:35,809 and walking with the Lord Jesus Christ, not depending upon 437 00:22:35,809 --> 00:22:44,779 ourselves, but depending on, cannot be conquered or kept by our 438 00:22:44,779 --> 00:22:45,379 own efforts. 439 00:22:46,179 --> 00:22:49,299 I hope throughout this year you've seen that, and I hope maybe 440 00:22:49,459 --> 00:22:54,979 you'll stick with it, that victories are not accomplished on 441 00:22:54,979 --> 00:22:55,939 our own merit. 442 00:22:56,579 --> 00:22:59,139 Victories are not accomplished on our own effort. 443 00:23:01,379 --> 00:23:06,549 Victories are only found in relying upon Jesus Christ, the victorious 444 00:23:06,549 --> 00:23:13,149 Christian life, of entering the land of rest, entering that higher 445 00:23:13,149 --> 00:23:14,109 Christian living. 446 00:23:16,109 --> 00:23:16,469 Living. 447 00:23:16,469 --> 00:23:22,109 The higher call is found in Jesus and Jesus Christ alone. 448 00:23:24,029 --> 00:23:27,149 He says to Joshua, here there's still much land to be conquered. 449 00:23:28,189 --> 00:23:31,759 I must remind you this morning, in this life, there's no 450 00:23:31,759 --> 00:23:32,119 rest. 451 00:23:32,999 --> 00:23:36,519 And by that I mean you never get to the point where you have arrived 452 00:23:36,999 --> 00:23:38,119 in the Christian life. 453 00:23:39,079 --> 00:23:42,599 There's never a time when you can go into the end zone and spike 454 00:23:42,599 --> 00:23:44,199 the ball and say, I'm done. 455 00:23:44,839 --> 00:23:46,359 Not in the Christian life, no. 456 00:23:47,238 --> 00:23:49,159 There's always more land to conquer. 457 00:23:50,439 --> 00:23:55,879 There's always more to learn, more knowledge to possess. 458 00:23:58,929 --> 00:24:03,169 And I would remind you, this sounds negative, but it's not. 459 00:24:05,089 --> 00:24:07,169 There will always be more land of his hands. 460 00:24:07,489 --> 00:24:12,249 Again, the same Concept as you never arrive, you never get to the 461 00:24:12,249 --> 00:24:14,649 point where you can say, well, I know it all. 462 00:24:14,649 --> 00:24:16,609 No, Paul said, I press toward the mark. 463 00:24:18,129 --> 00:24:19,689 He said, I have an attainment. 464 00:24:19,689 --> 00:24:22,469 Paul, who wrote over half the New Testament, said, I have an attempt 465 00:24:22,619 --> 00:24:23,019 contained. 466 00:24:23,499 --> 00:24:24,539 I don't know it all. 467 00:24:28,939 --> 00:24:33,419 There's a continued battle taking place. 468 00:24:35,899 --> 00:24:36,899 What are we possessing? 469 00:24:36,899 --> 00:24:37,779 So what's the analogy? 470 00:24:37,779 --> 00:24:39,899 The analogy is that Christ is our possession. 471 00:24:41,659 --> 00:24:43,699 Do you want part of Christ or you want all of Christ? 472 00:24:43,699 --> 00:24:46,259 Well, he would encourage you and he would want you to have all 473 00:24:46,259 --> 00:24:46,699 of them. 474 00:24:49,349 --> 00:24:51,789 But I can tell you that you'll never be able to claim that you have 475 00:24:51,789 --> 00:24:52,389 all of them. 476 00:24:53,669 --> 00:24:55,029 But I press toward the mark. 477 00:24:55,669 --> 00:24:56,709 That is my goal. 478 00:24:56,709 --> 00:24:57,749 Christ is my goal. 479 00:24:59,509 --> 00:25:00,549 By the way, he's the one. 480 00:25:00,709 --> 00:25:04,349 He says in chapter four of Philippians, I can do all things 481 00:25:04,349 --> 00:25:05,429 through Christ who strengthens me. 482 00:25:05,429 --> 00:25:06,789 He's the one who strengthens us. 483 00:25:06,949 --> 00:25:09,869 In order that we might continue to run the race, in order 484 00:25:09,869 --> 00:25:13,069 that we might continue the battle, in order we might continue 485 00:25:13,069 --> 00:25:16,359 to pursue, possess more of our possessions, how do they have been 486 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:17,039 given to us? 487 00:25:19,759 --> 00:25:20,399 I just. 488 00:25:20,399 --> 00:25:22,719 The question this morning would be, are you satisfied? 489 00:25:24,879 --> 00:25:26,239 Are you satisfied this morning? 490 00:25:26,239 --> 00:25:27,119 You're a Christian life. 491 00:25:28,239 --> 00:25:31,159 And if so, are you then are you satisfied with less than what 492 00:25:31,159 --> 00:25:34,559 God intended for you to have in this Christian life? 493 00:25:36,479 --> 00:25:38,559 In the Christian life, we won't win every battle. 494 00:25:39,289 --> 00:25:41,609 And the Christian life will have some scars. 495 00:25:41,609 --> 00:25:46,889 And there'll be times in which we'll take the easier path rather 496 00:25:46,889 --> 00:25:48,889 than the harder path, because it's just easy. 497 00:25:50,729 --> 00:25:55,248 There'll be times we sit down and we reflect upon the battles that 498 00:25:55,248 --> 00:25:55,849 we've been in. 499 00:25:55,849 --> 00:25:57,969 And by the way, when we reflect on those battles again, it 500 00:25:57,969 --> 00:25:59,449 shouldn't be a negative or depress us. 501 00:25:59,449 --> 00:26:02,369 It should be a reflection in order that it might encourage us 502 00:26:02,369 --> 00:26:05,139 and inspire us to cry out to the Lord, Lord, because, Lord, I 503 00:26:05,139 --> 00:26:05,619 need you. 504 00:26:06,659 --> 00:26:09,979 That's what reflection gives us, by the way, good and bad, the 505 00:26:09,979 --> 00:26:10,739 good and the bad. 506 00:26:10,739 --> 00:26:14,899 If I experience joy here, here and here and here, and I experienced, 507 00:26:15,059 --> 00:26:18,139 you know, trials here, here and here, I can go back and say, 508 00:26:18,139 --> 00:26:20,899 lord, through it all, I needed you. 509 00:26:21,059 --> 00:26:23,179 And I see that, Lord, I want you. 510 00:26:23,179 --> 00:26:23,939 I need you. 511 00:26:24,499 --> 00:26:25,179 I need you. 512 00:26:25,179 --> 00:26:28,899 Reflecting on him, it is God who leads us to higher ground. 513 00:26:28,899 --> 00:26:31,309 It's the Lord who leads, leads us to higher ground. 514 00:26:31,549 --> 00:26:33,589 And all that happens at the foot of the cross. 515 00:26:33,589 --> 00:26:34,829 I appreciate the choir this morning. 516 00:26:36,109 --> 00:26:39,709 It's when we as Christians stay at the foot of the cross, understand 517 00:26:39,789 --> 00:26:42,949 that Jesus is by our side, that he's promised to never leave 518 00:26:42,949 --> 00:26:47,829 us, nor forsake us and understand there's much land to be 519 00:26:47,829 --> 00:26:52,309 possessed, land still needing to be possessed. 520 00:26:52,309 --> 00:26:53,389 What is that, by the way? 521 00:26:54,349 --> 00:26:57,399 Very quickly, number one is the knowledge of Christ. 522 00:26:59,959 --> 00:27:04,039 Some people have intelligence, some people have a good memory, or 523 00:27:04,679 --> 00:27:09,799 they're disciplined intellectually, but that's not wisdom. 524 00:27:10,679 --> 00:27:11,959 Some people just smart. 525 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:14,679 But being smart does not bring about discernment. 526 00:27:17,079 --> 00:27:19,159 I've seen a lot of smart people who can't discern. 527 00:27:23,249 --> 00:27:24,689 How many of you have experienced this? 528 00:27:24,689 --> 00:27:28,573 I have many times where I've been talking to a child maybe 6, 529 00:27:28,618 --> 00:27:32,049 7, 8 years old, and they said something about the Lord that I just 530 00:27:32,049 --> 00:27:32,769 blew me away. 531 00:27:33,569 --> 00:27:36,369 The childlike faith is amazing, isn't it? 532 00:27:37,329 --> 00:27:41,169 Some child who doesn't have the intellectual prowess of a gnat. 533 00:27:43,409 --> 00:27:46,449 But yet they say something very profound about the Lord. 534 00:27:46,779 --> 00:27:47,659 It happens all the time. 535 00:27:48,779 --> 00:27:49,579 But if you be. 536 00:27:49,579 --> 00:27:50,179 If you're going to. 537 00:27:50,179 --> 00:27:52,059 If you're a parent very long, it's going to happen to you. 538 00:27:52,059 --> 00:27:53,139 Your child's going to say something. 539 00:27:53,139 --> 00:27:55,299 If you keep them in Sunday school, you keep them in children's 540 00:27:55,299 --> 00:27:57,579 church, and you're having devotions with them and you keep 541 00:27:57,579 --> 00:28:00,179 them immersed in the word of God, it's going to happen to you. 542 00:28:00,179 --> 00:28:01,139 Your child's going to say something. 543 00:28:01,139 --> 00:28:03,379 You're going to go, what in the world are they around there? 544 00:28:03,379 --> 00:28:04,139 That's awesome. 545 00:28:05,739 --> 00:28:08,059 You could be intellectual and have no knowledge. 546 00:28:08,059 --> 00:28:10,459 And the things that are most important, of course, you know where 547 00:28:10,459 --> 00:28:11,019 this is going. 548 00:28:11,099 --> 00:28:13,189 And that most important thing is Jesus Christ. 549 00:28:14,709 --> 00:28:15,669 Do you know him? 550 00:28:16,309 --> 00:28:17,589 I mean, do you know him? 551 00:28:19,109 --> 00:28:21,349 Are you staying at Calvary daily? 552 00:28:23,269 --> 00:28:26,469 Paul said, I count all things but lost that I might know Him. 553 00:28:27,109 --> 00:28:31,269 He said, I count them but dung, refuse, sewer. 554 00:28:31,909 --> 00:28:33,189 That I might know Him. 555 00:28:34,069 --> 00:28:40,869 He said, compared to the great college I went to and the great education 556 00:28:40,949 --> 00:28:43,229 I received, he was from a wealthy family. 557 00:28:43,229 --> 00:28:46,509 He had all the, you know, great learning that the world had 558 00:28:46,509 --> 00:28:46,949 to offer. 559 00:28:47,109 --> 00:28:51,789 He said, compared to the knowledge of Jesus Christ, all this 560 00:28:51,789 --> 00:28:56,469 learning, all this wealth is nothing compared to knowing Jesus, 561 00:28:57,189 --> 00:28:58,949 to understanding and knowing Him. 562 00:28:59,109 --> 00:29:04,439 Notice this knowing him more because he's the one who set I have 563 00:29:04,439 --> 00:29:06,479 not arrived, I have not attained. 564 00:29:07,439 --> 00:29:11,359 But I press on that I might know him more. 565 00:29:12,479 --> 00:29:17,919 Because as I know him more, it's that which transforms my life. 566 00:29:18,399 --> 00:29:23,559 It's that which conforms me into the image of Jesus, which is 567 00:29:23,559 --> 00:29:26,159 the goal that God has for our lives. 568 00:29:27,039 --> 00:29:29,039 In other words, there's still so much to learn. 569 00:29:30,729 --> 00:29:34,489 How many pages of your Bible have yet to be explored? 570 00:29:35,849 --> 00:29:40,089 How many pages of your Bible have no markings in them? 571 00:29:42,889 --> 00:29:47,209 How many pages of your Bible have no highlighter or however you 572 00:29:47,209 --> 00:29:48,009 mark your Bible. 573 00:29:48,009 --> 00:29:55,539 How many pages of the Bible have you neglected pointing one finger 574 00:29:55,539 --> 00:29:56,739 at you and three back at me? 575 00:29:57,939 --> 00:29:58,579 Amen. 576 00:29:59,859 --> 00:30:03,459 Because it's by the word of God that we learn and understand 577 00:30:03,459 --> 00:30:04,739 and know Jesus Christ. 578 00:30:06,659 --> 00:30:08,739 We cannot know him unless we know His Word. 579 00:30:09,699 --> 00:30:13,219 Not only is it the knowledge of Christ, but the spiritual experiences. 580 00:30:13,619 --> 00:30:17,299 There were kings and enemies in life yet to be un. 581 00:30:17,459 --> 00:30:18,499 Yet to be conquered. 582 00:30:20,989 --> 00:30:23,429 There are some things in our lives that seem impossible. 583 00:30:23,429 --> 00:30:29,309 Some enemies in our life, some habit or something in our life that 584 00:30:29,629 --> 00:30:32,189 seems like we cannot conquer it. 585 00:30:32,829 --> 00:30:33,949 We've talked about this already. 586 00:30:35,069 --> 00:30:38,749 Maybe it is a temper, or maybe it is being hateful or critical. 587 00:30:38,749 --> 00:30:41,149 Or maybe it is a habit that you may have. 588 00:30:41,469 --> 00:30:46,799 And in spite of years of experience with that sin in your 589 00:30:46,799 --> 00:30:49,959 life or that sin in my life, we have yet to conquer it. 590 00:30:51,559 --> 00:30:53,319 How are we to move to higher ground? 591 00:30:53,799 --> 00:30:55,319 How are we to move to a higher call? 592 00:30:55,319 --> 00:30:58,559 How are we to have victory over that enemy in our life? 593 00:30:58,559 --> 00:30:59,479 How do we do that? 594 00:30:59,799 --> 00:31:00,999 Number one is receive Him. 595 00:31:00,999 --> 00:31:02,439 Do you know Jesus as your Savior? 596 00:31:03,719 --> 00:31:05,799 You're not going to overcome anything if you don't know Jesus 597 00:31:05,799 --> 00:31:06,679 Christ as your Savior. 598 00:31:07,639 --> 00:31:08,519 That's the start. 599 00:31:10,759 --> 00:31:11,339 Do you know Jesus? 600 00:31:11,489 --> 00:31:12,049 Jesus has received. 601 00:31:13,089 --> 00:31:15,449 In just a moment we're going to have an invitation invite you 602 00:31:15,449 --> 00:31:15,809 to come. 603 00:31:16,049 --> 00:31:19,129 We'd love to show you from the Bible how you can have your sins 604 00:31:19,129 --> 00:31:21,249 forgiven and have a home in heaven. 605 00:31:24,529 --> 00:31:26,849 Then understand that we need to live out our faith. 606 00:31:28,209 --> 00:31:29,969 We need to live out our faith in Him. 607 00:31:31,809 --> 00:31:36,649 I care not today what tomorrow may bring if shadow or sunshine or 608 00:31:36,649 --> 00:31:42,539 rain the Lord I know Ruleth o' er everything and all of my worry 609 00:31:42,539 --> 00:31:50,619 is what vain Living by faith in Jesus above trusting confiding 610 00:31:50,699 --> 00:31:51,979 in his great love. 611 00:31:53,819 --> 00:31:54,459 Amazing. 612 00:31:55,179 --> 00:31:56,139 Living by faith. 613 00:31:56,219 --> 00:31:57,539 We're not just saved by faith. 614 00:31:57,539 --> 00:31:58,539 We're to live by faith. 615 00:31:59,339 --> 00:32:01,979 We're not just saved by coming to the foot of the cross. 616 00:32:01,979 --> 00:32:02,429 And I'm. 617 00:32:02,499 --> 00:32:06,779 I'm so thankful that God's no respecter of persons and the foot 618 00:32:06,779 --> 00:32:08,339 of the cross is level to everyone. 619 00:32:09,299 --> 00:32:11,299 But we're not just to come to the cross for salvation. 620 00:32:11,299 --> 00:32:16,419 We're to come to the cross every day for strength, for comfort, 621 00:32:16,419 --> 00:32:17,139 for peace. 622 00:32:18,019 --> 00:32:20,899 A reminder that again that we need Him. 623 00:32:20,899 --> 00:32:21,939 Surrender to Him. 624 00:32:22,659 --> 00:32:25,899 How are we to overcome and conquer these enemies in our life? 625 00:32:25,899 --> 00:32:27,699 We're to surrender to the will of God in our life. 626 00:32:28,589 --> 00:32:29,949 What's God's will for your life? 627 00:32:31,789 --> 00:32:32,989 We're to give him all. 628 00:32:34,189 --> 00:32:35,869 We're to give him all of our talents. 629 00:32:37,069 --> 00:32:38,589 The world shouldn't get our talents. 630 00:32:38,829 --> 00:32:40,109 God should get our talents. 631 00:32:40,669 --> 00:32:42,589 If you can sing, you should be in the choir. 632 00:32:43,469 --> 00:32:45,469 If you can sing, you should be up here singing. 633 00:32:46,669 --> 00:32:47,229 Amen. 634 00:32:49,869 --> 00:32:50,949 You're a good administrator. 635 00:32:50,949 --> 00:32:54,879 You should be administrator, not just in your job and for the 636 00:32:54,879 --> 00:32:55,479 Lord, too. 637 00:32:56,119 --> 00:32:57,559 I could go on and on and on. 638 00:32:57,799 --> 00:32:59,399 You're a great caregiver. 639 00:33:00,839 --> 00:33:04,759 What a great way to be a minister to others in the church. 640 00:33:05,639 --> 00:33:07,799 And again could go on using our. 641 00:33:07,879 --> 00:33:11,399 Using all of us, giving our life, surrendering all to him. 642 00:33:11,399 --> 00:33:14,359 Our talents, our finances, you say, oh, gonna get off on that. 643 00:33:15,799 --> 00:33:18,919 I'm telling you, God will bless you. 644 00:33:20,049 --> 00:33:20,929 He's promised to. 645 00:33:20,929 --> 00:33:21,569 He'll give. 646 00:33:22,929 --> 00:33:24,569 Give your life to him. 647 00:33:24,569 --> 00:33:25,729 Give your talents to him. 648 00:33:26,049 --> 00:33:27,729 Give your finances to him. 649 00:33:28,849 --> 00:33:30,009 Oh, he doesn't ask for all. 650 00:33:30,009 --> 00:33:31,009 He asks for 10%. 651 00:33:34,609 --> 00:33:40,969 My dad just drilled into us growing up that you can do a whole 652 00:33:40,969 --> 00:33:43,089 lot more with the 90% than you can with 100. 653 00:33:43,969 --> 00:33:45,099 And that is true. 654 00:33:47,019 --> 00:33:49,339 And again, we're not TV evangelists around here. 655 00:33:50,699 --> 00:33:53,659 God's not going to give you a thousand for every hundred you give. 656 00:33:54,779 --> 00:33:56,299 But God will bless you, forgive. 657 00:33:56,779 --> 00:33:57,659 Give it all to him. 658 00:33:57,659 --> 00:33:59,899 Give your finances, give your time to him. 659 00:34:00,219 --> 00:34:01,979 Give every part of your life to him. 660 00:34:01,979 --> 00:34:02,859 Have you done that? 661 00:34:03,339 --> 00:34:04,779 Have you given all to him? 662 00:34:05,819 --> 00:34:08,699 And then claim the promises. 663 00:34:09,179 --> 00:34:10,949 Lord, I surrender to you. 664 00:34:11,189 --> 00:34:13,189 I want what you want from my life. 665 00:34:16,149 --> 00:34:18,629 We cannot live as God intended for us to live. 666 00:34:20,469 --> 00:34:28,229 If he hasn't conquered our will, if we are not all his, we're 667 00:34:28,229 --> 00:34:30,149 still keeping a few rooms to ourselves. 668 00:34:31,509 --> 00:34:32,749 Lord, you can have this. 669 00:34:32,749 --> 00:34:33,629 You can have the living room. 670 00:34:33,629 --> 00:34:34,549 You can have the kitchen. 671 00:34:34,549 --> 00:34:36,009 You can have this room and that room. 672 00:34:36,009 --> 00:34:36,729 But, Lord, this room. 673 00:34:36,729 --> 00:34:40,569 I've got that door closed and locked and padlocked. 674 00:34:41,929 --> 00:34:43,129 Oh, no, give him all. 675 00:34:45,289 --> 00:34:47,529 By the way, he can do much more with your life than you can. 676 00:34:48,249 --> 00:34:52,089 Surrender every part of him and then surrender to him and expect 677 00:34:52,089 --> 00:34:52,929 him to get the victory. 678 00:34:52,929 --> 00:34:56,609 If he says give your all to him, well, he says give your all 679 00:34:56,609 --> 00:34:58,649 to him and then he will give you the victory. 680 00:34:59,209 --> 00:35:02,979 Expect victory, understanding that he will give it to you. 681 00:35:04,739 --> 00:35:05,979 And then I want to end with this. 682 00:35:05,979 --> 00:35:07,779 So each tribe was given the allotments. 683 00:35:08,419 --> 00:35:09,939 Here's your land portion. 684 00:35:09,939 --> 00:35:11,139 Here's your land portion. 685 00:35:11,539 --> 00:35:14,499 Here's your allotment each tribe was giving. 686 00:35:14,739 --> 00:35:16,099 And here's your phrase. 687 00:35:16,579 --> 00:35:17,699 We use this phrase. 688 00:35:17,699 --> 00:35:19,299 Here is your allotment in life. 689 00:35:21,379 --> 00:35:22,899 Here is your allotment in life. 690 00:35:23,859 --> 00:35:27,449 Can I tell you, God knows best what's best for your life. 691 00:35:28,329 --> 00:35:30,009 The allotment he's given you. 692 00:35:30,249 --> 00:35:34,889 That is what's best for Your life, his yoke is easy. 693 00:35:34,889 --> 00:35:35,769 His burden's light. 694 00:35:36,649 --> 00:35:38,809 Think about the Fritz this morning. 695 00:35:39,289 --> 00:35:40,329 They may be watching. 696 00:35:41,769 --> 00:35:51,329 Here's a family, wonderful kids, Goes to a country that doesn't 697 00:35:51,329 --> 00:35:52,929 have everything that we have. 698 00:35:55,009 --> 00:35:56,449 I sweat for 10 days. 699 00:35:58,049 --> 00:36:03,369 That's why I said I love AC but they don't have it, you know, 700 00:36:03,369 --> 00:36:05,249 in certain places, they don't have the things we. 701 00:36:06,209 --> 00:36:08,209 The sacrifices are missionary, man. 702 00:36:09,729 --> 00:36:10,849 But I can tell you this. 703 00:36:11,729 --> 00:36:16,289 His brother Fritz's lot in life, that's what God gave him. 704 00:36:17,089 --> 00:36:23,069 He's way better off being in Cape Verde than he is being in Texas. 705 00:36:25,149 --> 00:36:28,469 His yoke, the yoke that God's given him, that burden that God's 706 00:36:28,469 --> 00:36:31,229 given him is way lighter in Cape Verde than it would be in Texas 707 00:36:31,469 --> 00:36:33,229 because he would be out of the will of God. 708 00:36:34,829 --> 00:36:36,589 This applies to all of us. 709 00:36:37,389 --> 00:36:41,069 The yoke that God gives us, the lot in life that God gives us 710 00:36:41,069 --> 00:36:48,359 is way easier than what you are. 711 00:36:50,439 --> 00:36:55,959 What I want to do, give him all. 712 00:36:57,479 --> 00:36:58,359 Surrender to him. 713 00:36:58,359 --> 00:36:59,879 Expect him to give you victory. 714 00:37:00,039 --> 00:37:04,479 Understand that his allotment in life is the best choice in your 715 00:37:04,479 --> 00:37:04,679 life. 716 00:37:04,679 --> 00:37:07,239 And again, I know the person who uses this term. 717 00:37:07,319 --> 00:37:16,449 But your best life is a life lived and surrendered to God's will, 718 00:37:17,889 --> 00:37:23,929 wherever that is and wherever that may be found, Are you in the 719 00:37:23,929 --> 00:37:25,009 center of God's will? 720 00:37:25,969 --> 00:37:33,249 Choose his lot for your life and not your path. 721 00:37:34,609 --> 00:37:35,819 The spirit Christian this morning. 722 00:37:35,819 --> 00:37:37,419 There's much land to be possessed. 723 00:37:38,859 --> 00:37:41,339 There's still battles that we're going to face. 724 00:37:42,539 --> 00:37:45,499 But if you'll face them, understanding and being dependent 725 00:37:45,499 --> 00:37:48,779 upon the Lord, what great victories that you'll experience 726 00:37:49,179 --> 00:37:49,979 in this life. 727 00:37:50,379 --> 00:37:53,819 I'm thankful again that God didn't say, I come to give you life. 728 00:37:54,859 --> 00:37:58,059 I've come to give you eternal life, and that's it. 729 00:37:58,859 --> 00:37:59,779 Well, that's a big deal. 730 00:37:59,779 --> 00:38:03,749 I'm thankful for that again because this life's just a vapor 731 00:38:03,749 --> 00:38:05,109 compared to eternity. 732 00:38:05,509 --> 00:38:06,589 But he didn't just say that. 733 00:38:06,589 --> 00:38:07,909 He said, I came to give you life. 734 00:38:08,389 --> 00:38:10,549 And to give you life more abundant. 735 00:38:12,149 --> 00:38:13,589 Life was not meant to be endured. 736 00:38:13,589 --> 00:38:14,589 It was meant to be enjoyed. 737 00:38:14,589 --> 00:38:16,989 And every Christian ought to enjoy life. 738 00:38:16,989 --> 00:38:18,149 Are you enjoying life? 739 00:38:18,149 --> 00:38:22,389 And then the second would be, are you fully surrendered to him? 740 00:38:23,509 --> 00:38:25,109 Because that's where the victory stands. 741 00:38:25,749 --> 00:38:31,039 The let's all stand, sing a verse of invitation inviting you 742 00:38:31,039 --> 00:38:32,559 to come to the altar. 743 00:38:33,359 --> 00:38:37,399 Maybe you need to come to the altar this morning and pray and just 744 00:38:37,399 --> 00:38:40,719 seek the Lord's face as to God's will for your life. 745 00:38:41,039 --> 00:38:43,639 Maybe this morning it's just coming and saying, lord, this habit 746 00:38:43,639 --> 00:38:45,319 or this sin in my life. 747 00:38:45,319 --> 00:38:47,279 Lord, forgive me, Lord. 748 00:38:47,279 --> 00:38:50,599 I claim the victory through the cross and through faith that 749 00:38:50,599 --> 00:38:51,279 you've given me. 750 00:38:51,929 --> 00:38:53,129 Maybe this morning you're not saved. 751 00:38:53,129 --> 00:38:55,449 Maybe you've never trusted in Jesus Christ as your Savior. 752 00:38:55,449 --> 00:38:58,209 We have counselors down here, would love to deal with you and help 753 00:38:58,209 --> 00:39:04,329 you, show you from the Bible how you can have eternal life again. 754 00:39:04,329 --> 00:39:07,009 This invitation inviting you to come and pray. 755 00:39:07,009 --> 00:39:08,569 Maybe Christian just want to come pray. 756 00:39:09,049 --> 00:39:10,409 Lay your all on the altar. 757 00:39:10,969 --> 00:39:12,809 Heavenly Father, we thank you for the time we've had. 758 00:39:12,809 --> 00:39:15,609 And we thank you for this example we have. 759 00:39:15,769 --> 00:39:19,139 And Lord, may we choose to walk with you. 760 00:39:19,299 --> 00:39:23,939 May we choose to surrender to you full in order that we might see 761 00:39:24,979 --> 00:39:26,099 victory in our own lives. 762 00:39:26,419 --> 00:39:27,939 In Jesus name, amen. 763 00:39:28,339 --> 00:39:29,059 Let's sing together. 764 00:39:29,059 --> 00:39:30,139 I need thee every hour. 765 00:39:30,139 --> 00:39:30,499 Great.