1 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,680 All right, you guys, so we are talking about faithfulness today. 2 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:13,200 Faithfulness. 3 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:19,280 And in my preparation for this and looking through scripture on 4 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,440 what it talks about, faithfulness, what I'm going to try 5 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:27,600 to do today is to show you guys what the Bible is actually says 6 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,040 about faithfulness. 7 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,800 Not what Webster's dictionary has to say, not what your parents 8 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,520 taught you about faithfulness or your last church or whoever taught 9 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,200 you, but what the Bible actually says. 10 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,639 Because I promise you, it's different. 11 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:44,240 It's different. 12 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:46,920 It's not the same thing of what you were taught. 13 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,160 And I believe today there's gonna be revelation that takes place 14 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:54,120 as we go through this word because it is alive and active and 15 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,000 sharper than any two edged sword. 16 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,600 All right, you guys, you ready to jump into this? 17 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:03,200 I'm like out of breath. 18 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,160 I half lost my voice from the first sermon and I'm out of breath. 19 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,000 I'm like, whoo. 20 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:12,720 It's a good workout being in this church. 21 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:13,840 Come on now. 22 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:21,500 So faithfulness has more to do with, with your calling, your purpose 23 00:01:21,740 --> 00:01:24,540 and your gifts than what you think. 24 00:01:25,980 --> 00:01:28,780 It's not just about coming on time to church. 25 00:01:29,420 --> 00:01:31,500 It's not just about being dedicated. 26 00:01:31,740 --> 00:01:34,060 It's not just about being consistent. 27 00:01:34,460 --> 00:01:37,820 Those things are what Christians do anyways. 28 00:01:38,620 --> 00:01:40,940 And if you don't do those things, check your heart. 29 00:01:42,620 --> 00:01:45,620 Come on now, I'm starting you guys. 30 00:01:45,620 --> 00:01:47,260 I told you, you got to preach with me today. 31 00:01:47,810 --> 00:01:51,090 Even when it hurts, even when we're like, oh shoot, he's talking 32 00:01:51,090 --> 00:01:51,490 to me. 33 00:01:53,250 --> 00:01:58,690 But faithfulness has so much to do to what God has actually called 34 00:01:58,690 --> 00:02:03,370 you to do on this earth, in this season, in this time, and the 35 00:02:03,370 --> 00:02:05,330 giftings that he has given you. 36 00:02:06,050 --> 00:02:08,610 Because every single one of you has a purpose. 37 00:02:09,330 --> 00:02:11,410 Every single one of you has a calling. 38 00:02:11,730 --> 00:02:12,770 Do you believe that? 39 00:02:14,060 --> 00:02:15,300 Let me tell you in Scripture. 40 00:02:15,300 --> 00:02:17,100 Psalm 139, 16. 41 00:02:18,220 --> 00:02:19,900 Psalm 139:16. 42 00:02:19,900 --> 00:02:25,100 It says, you, eyes saw me when I was formless, which means I wasn't 43 00:02:25,100 --> 00:02:25,580 made yet. 44 00:02:25,580 --> 00:02:27,980 I wasn't even a twinkle in my mother's eye. 45 00:02:28,380 --> 00:02:32,140 Way before you were born, it says, you saw me. 46 00:02:32,460 --> 00:02:38,980 And all of my days were written in your book and planned 47 00:02:38,980 --> 00:02:42,460 before a single one of them began. 48 00:02:44,060 --> 00:02:48,100 It means way before you were born, even when the Lord hovered 49 00:02:48,100 --> 00:02:52,260 over the earth and it was just him and it was void and dark, he 50 00:02:52,260 --> 00:02:57,740 had your face in his mind and he said, I'm going to call them, 51 00:02:57,980 --> 00:03:01,740 I'm going to choose them, I'm going to give them purpose, and I'm 52 00:03:01,740 --> 00:03:03,500 going to give them gifting. 53 00:03:04,780 --> 00:03:12,110 Every single one of them and so when we start to look at, wow, 54 00:03:12,110 --> 00:03:13,790 Lord, you actually called me. 55 00:03:14,430 --> 00:03:18,470 I have a purpose on this earth that's more than just working 40 56 00:03:18,470 --> 00:03:22,390 hours or 45 hours a week and coming home and eating dinner and 57 00:03:22,390 --> 00:03:25,590 watching Netflix and going to bed and starting all over again the 58 00:03:25,590 --> 00:03:26,110 next day. 59 00:03:26,190 --> 00:03:28,430 I have more calling and purpose than that. 60 00:03:28,910 --> 00:03:29,470 Yes. 61 00:03:30,910 --> 00:03:32,030 Yes, you do. 62 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:41,520 And what I love about our purpose is that the only way you 63 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,760 can operate in it is in the supernatural. 64 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:50,120 There is no possible way to live your purpose in the natural. 65 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:54,720 The moment you begin to use it, in the abilities he's given you, 66 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:55,320 the giftings. 67 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,600 He's giving you your purpose, all those things in the natural. 68 00:03:59,430 --> 00:04:00,070 Guess what? 69 00:04:00,070 --> 00:04:02,310 You're about six months away from burnout. 70 00:04:04,870 --> 00:04:08,590 I'm telling you, I have met so many people, and it's like, pastor 71 00:04:08,590 --> 00:04:09,910 Josh, I'm exhausted. 72 00:04:10,070 --> 00:04:10,950 I'm so tired. 73 00:04:10,950 --> 00:04:12,390 I can't do this anymore. 74 00:04:12,390 --> 00:04:16,230 I'm like, where does your strength come from? 75 00:04:18,550 --> 00:04:24,950 Because what he calls us to do is lift our eyes up and say, my strength 76 00:04:24,950 --> 00:04:30,240 comes from you, Lord Jesus, not from anything I have inside of 77 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,960 me, because I'm just a broken vessel. 78 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:36,560 You guys believe that? 79 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:43,920 And so if he's called us, he's chosen us. 80 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:46,560 Our face is in his mind. 81 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,680 Let's go to first Peter four. 82 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:53,560 First Peter four, 10. 83 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:54,960 We're gonna do 10 and 11. 84 00:04:56,150 --> 00:04:57,270 First Peter four, 10. 85 00:04:57,430 --> 00:05:02,590 I hope you're taking notes on this, please, in a book on your phone, 86 00:05:02,590 --> 00:05:04,470 however you can do it, please. 87 00:05:05,830 --> 00:05:06,950 First Peter 4, 10. 88 00:05:06,950 --> 00:05:07,550 It says this. 89 00:05:07,550 --> 00:05:11,830 As each has received a gift. 90 00:05:13,590 --> 00:05:20,470 Use it to serve one another as good stewards of God's varied grace. 91 00:05:21,630 --> 00:05:25,510 Let me read this over again, because you could read this and be 92 00:05:25,510 --> 00:05:26,510 like, that's a great verse. 93 00:05:26,510 --> 00:05:27,630 It's like, wait a minute. 94 00:05:29,150 --> 00:05:30,510 It says, as each. 95 00:05:30,750 --> 00:05:34,910 Everyone say, each has received a gift. 96 00:05:35,550 --> 00:05:36,670 Everyone say gift. 97 00:05:38,190 --> 00:05:41,790 What this is saying is, you know who the each is? 98 00:05:42,670 --> 00:05:43,070 You. 99 00:05:43,790 --> 00:05:44,510 The church. 100 00:05:45,470 --> 00:05:49,810 As each one has been given a gift. 101 00:05:51,250 --> 00:05:54,490 If you are sitting in this room and you call yourself a child 102 00:05:54,490 --> 00:05:57,130 of God, and He is your heavenly Father, and you've submitted 103 00:05:57,130 --> 00:06:01,050 your life to him, guess what he has given you. 104 00:06:01,050 --> 00:06:01,650 Gifts. 105 00:06:02,530 --> 00:06:03,010 Plural. 106 00:06:04,290 --> 00:06:05,410 Every single one. 107 00:06:06,050 --> 00:06:11,650 It doesn't say, as each of you possibly have received something, 108 00:06:12,290 --> 00:06:16,570 or if he has willed it, maybe I pray that he's given you a gift. 109 00:06:16,570 --> 00:06:19,090 No, it says, as each one has received. 110 00:06:19,310 --> 00:06:20,830 Received a gift. 111 00:06:21,790 --> 00:06:24,030 Hundred percent of the church gets a gift. 112 00:06:24,750 --> 00:06:25,950 No one's left out. 113 00:06:26,270 --> 00:06:29,310 It doesn't matter where you're from, what color you are, what language 114 00:06:29,310 --> 00:06:29,950 you speak. 115 00:06:30,030 --> 00:06:33,870 If you're a child of God, he has given you gifts. 116 00:06:34,750 --> 00:06:36,750 And how do you use those gifts? 117 00:06:36,830 --> 00:06:41,550 It says, use it to serve one another. 118 00:06:42,190 --> 00:06:43,150 Who's one another? 119 00:06:44,430 --> 00:06:44,830 You. 120 00:06:46,410 --> 00:06:48,090 One another is the church. 121 00:06:49,130 --> 00:06:56,650 So he has given each member of his bride a gift to serve one another 122 00:06:57,690 --> 00:07:02,250 as good stewards of God's varied grace. 123 00:07:03,770 --> 00:07:10,910 So he's given you a gift, and now he is asking you to steward the 124 00:07:11,140 --> 00:07:11,700 that gift. 125 00:07:12,740 --> 00:07:16,260 What I love about that word, when you break it down into the Greek, 126 00:07:17,140 --> 00:07:19,780 the way that you would say it in Greek is charisma. 127 00:07:20,820 --> 00:07:21,620 Everyone try that. 128 00:07:21,620 --> 00:07:22,140 Try to. 129 00:07:22,140 --> 00:07:22,940 It's like you're getting. 130 00:07:22,940 --> 00:07:24,260 There's phlegm in your throat. 131 00:07:24,340 --> 00:07:25,380 Charisma. 132 00:07:25,460 --> 00:07:26,260 Charisma. 133 00:07:26,260 --> 00:07:26,900 It's an H. 134 00:07:28,180 --> 00:07:32,420 The way that you say it in English is charisma. 135 00:07:33,460 --> 00:07:34,340 Charisma. 136 00:07:34,340 --> 00:07:36,020 How do you break that word down? 137 00:07:36,590 --> 00:07:37,070 Charis. 138 00:07:37,310 --> 00:07:38,270 And then an ma. 139 00:07:38,270 --> 00:07:39,950 What does charis mean? 140 00:07:40,750 --> 00:07:41,310 Grace. 141 00:07:43,710 --> 00:07:45,150 Grace gift. 142 00:07:47,150 --> 00:07:48,270 You don't earn it. 143 00:07:48,510 --> 00:07:50,430 It's not like, hey, I've been saved for 20 years. 144 00:07:50,430 --> 00:07:51,230 Where's my gift? 145 00:07:51,470 --> 00:07:54,190 I've been, hey, Lord, I've been doing this for a while. 146 00:07:54,190 --> 00:07:54,910 What's the deal? 147 00:07:54,990 --> 00:07:56,590 He says, no, you're my child. 148 00:07:56,590 --> 00:08:01,030 And even in your brokenness, even in your sin, even wherever you 149 00:08:01,030 --> 00:08:05,210 are broken, down in the ditch, if you are my child, the Lord says, 150 00:08:05,210 --> 00:08:08,250 I have given you a grace gift. 151 00:08:09,130 --> 00:08:10,090 Charisma. 152 00:08:10,410 --> 00:08:11,290 Charisma. 153 00:08:11,370 --> 00:08:17,210 Even that word, how Webster says it is, you're excited. 154 00:08:18,090 --> 00:08:18,890 You have energy. 155 00:08:20,490 --> 00:08:25,930 No, it means that you understand that God has given you 156 00:08:25,930 --> 00:08:29,130 a gift and you are now going to properly steward it. 157 00:08:30,030 --> 00:08:32,670 And you go from charisma to charismatic. 158 00:08:34,590 --> 00:08:37,550 And so when people are like, is V1 Church a charismatic church? 159 00:08:38,590 --> 00:08:42,030 I'm like, for the last 2,000 years, the church has been a charismatic 160 00:08:42,030 --> 00:08:42,310 church. 161 00:08:42,310 --> 00:08:43,790 I don't know any other way to be. 162 00:08:44,990 --> 00:08:49,070 To understand the gifting and operate in it is to be charismatic. 163 00:08:49,550 --> 00:08:51,550 It doesn't mean to be flamboyant. 164 00:08:52,190 --> 00:08:54,110 It doesn't mean to have a lot of energy. 165 00:08:54,990 --> 00:08:59,460 It means that the Lord has given you a grace gift that, that 166 00:08:59,460 --> 00:09:06,100 you can access, but you are called to steward. 167 00:09:07,780 --> 00:09:11,900 It is a calling to steward the grace gift in your life. 168 00:09:11,900 --> 00:09:13,980 And I love this because it says, whoever speaks. 169 00:09:13,980 --> 00:09:14,980 This is in verse 11. 170 00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:19,500 Whoever speaks as one who speaks oracles of God, whoever serves 171 00:09:19,500 --> 00:09:28,330 as one who serves by the strength that God supplies, not what 172 00:09:28,330 --> 00:09:33,650 you supply, not by you doing a whole bunch of stuff, not by you 173 00:09:33,650 --> 00:09:35,890 just conjuring something up in yourself. 174 00:09:35,890 --> 00:09:40,650 It says, no, it's the strength that God supplies in. 175 00:09:40,650 --> 00:09:46,930 And this is why, in order that everything, God may get the glory 176 00:09:47,170 --> 00:09:49,170 through Jesus Christ. 177 00:09:50,370 --> 00:09:53,970 So when we access his strength and not ours. 178 00:09:53,970 --> 00:09:55,010 Who gets the glory? 179 00:09:55,930 --> 00:09:56,490 Jesus. 180 00:09:57,370 --> 00:10:02,170 The moment you operate in your strength, you get the glory. 181 00:10:02,170 --> 00:10:05,130 And you also get burnt out and fall into sin. 182 00:10:07,690 --> 00:10:12,530 And I see people who live in cycles of sin over and over and over 183 00:10:12,530 --> 00:10:16,450 and 20 years, 30 years, 40 years, it's like, I've been addicted 184 00:10:16,450 --> 00:10:16,810 to this. 185 00:10:16,890 --> 00:10:20,050 I get free, I get addicted, I get free, I get addicted, I get free. 186 00:10:20,050 --> 00:10:21,860 And I'm like, well, what is going on? 187 00:10:21,860 --> 00:10:25,220 It's because you're trying to access your own strength. 188 00:10:26,100 --> 00:10:27,940 The Lord says, it's not on you. 189 00:10:27,940 --> 00:10:30,740 It's on me and the work that he's already done. 190 00:10:33,460 --> 00:10:36,220 And so I believe there's freedom for some of you guys in this 191 00:10:36,220 --> 00:10:39,180 room who've been dealing with something for years and years and 192 00:10:39,180 --> 00:10:39,460 years. 193 00:10:39,460 --> 00:10:42,500 And you're like, I just keep falling back into it. 194 00:10:43,220 --> 00:10:48,650 Get out of your own strength and access his strength through the 195 00:10:48,650 --> 00:10:51,690 power of Jesus Christ in the working of the Holy Spirit. 196 00:10:53,290 --> 00:10:54,890 All right, let me keep moving. 197 00:10:54,970 --> 00:10:56,130 That's a whole sermon, right? 198 00:10:56,130 --> 00:10:57,690 Just in that little section there. 199 00:10:57,850 --> 00:10:58,490 Whoo. 200 00:10:59,930 --> 00:11:06,330 And so I love when it says, serve one another as good stewards, 201 00:11:07,370 --> 00:11:11,330 because what that's sharing with us is our giftings are truly 202 00:11:11,330 --> 00:11:12,410 for one another. 203 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:20,620 They are for each one of us to operate in, but then to then pray 204 00:11:20,620 --> 00:11:24,740 for, intercede for, and think about other people. 205 00:11:25,780 --> 00:11:30,660 Truly stewarding the gift of God in your life roots out selfishness. 206 00:11:32,420 --> 00:11:35,060 Because what I see a lot in church. 207 00:11:36,420 --> 00:11:37,860 Can I just speak freely? 208 00:11:38,580 --> 00:11:38,840 Is. 209 00:11:38,910 --> 00:11:44,430 Is a bunch of selfish people who are like, my gifting my thing. 210 00:11:44,910 --> 00:11:45,950 What about me? 211 00:11:46,510 --> 00:11:51,670 And it's like, what if our mindset can be, hey, I've been praying 212 00:11:51,670 --> 00:11:55,630 for you all week, and I heard from the Lord about your family, 213 00:11:55,710 --> 00:11:58,670 and I'm here as a prophet to speak over your life. 214 00:11:59,550 --> 00:12:00,830 What if all of us. 215 00:12:00,830 --> 00:12:05,550 And that's not just for me to do, that's for all of us to do that. 216 00:12:06,030 --> 00:12:09,310 Imagine a church where you come in and 500 people. 217 00:12:09,310 --> 00:12:10,510 I've been praying for you. 218 00:12:11,310 --> 00:12:12,350 I'm here for you. 219 00:12:12,750 --> 00:12:15,950 And it's not, oh, someone needs to disciple me. 220 00:12:16,670 --> 00:12:18,590 It's who am I discipling? 221 00:12:20,430 --> 00:12:23,230 Whose calling and purpose am I calling out? 222 00:12:23,630 --> 00:12:26,910 Because the moment you start to think about other people, you 223 00:12:26,910 --> 00:12:28,750 begin to live your purpose. 224 00:12:30,590 --> 00:12:33,265 And so when you don't make it about you, guess what? 225 00:12:33,265 --> 00:12:33,380 God. 226 00:12:33,610 --> 00:12:34,730 God makes it about you. 227 00:12:36,970 --> 00:12:39,930 This is counterintuitive to how the world operates, because the 228 00:12:39,930 --> 00:12:42,730 world tells you, hey, you gotta take care of you. 229 00:12:43,290 --> 00:12:44,810 You gotta love you. 230 00:12:44,970 --> 00:12:46,610 You gotta love yourself more. 231 00:12:46,610 --> 00:12:48,370 No, we gotta love Jesus more. 232 00:12:48,370 --> 00:12:48,890 Church. 233 00:12:49,289 --> 00:12:51,370 He never called us to Love ourselves. 234 00:12:51,850 --> 00:12:55,450 He calls us to love one another and to love him. 235 00:12:56,410 --> 00:12:59,730 And it's actually the love of self that will get you into the root 236 00:12:59,730 --> 00:13:01,370 of all other types of evils. 237 00:13:02,300 --> 00:13:05,660 So all these psychiatrists are telling a bunch of kids to love themselves 238 00:13:05,660 --> 00:13:06,060 more? 239 00:13:06,540 --> 00:13:09,500 No, love Jesus more. 240 00:13:13,100 --> 00:13:17,340 Suicide is at its highest it's ever been in the history of mankind. 241 00:13:17,660 --> 00:13:18,060 Why? 242 00:13:18,380 --> 00:13:21,820 Because people are telling their kids to love themselves more. 243 00:13:23,500 --> 00:13:25,100 This is the Bible, you guys. 244 00:13:27,190 --> 00:13:30,230 It's Lord Jesus, I want to love you more. 245 00:13:31,910 --> 00:13:35,630 And the difference is, is when you love him more, he begins to tell 246 00:13:35,630 --> 00:13:36,950 you how much you're worth. 247 00:13:38,230 --> 00:13:41,030 There's a massive difference between you loving yourself and you 248 00:13:41,030 --> 00:13:43,950 understanding how much you're worth, because you're worth dying 249 00:13:43,950 --> 00:13:44,310 for. 250 00:13:44,470 --> 00:13:45,510 You're worth everything. 251 00:13:45,590 --> 00:13:49,150 And if you were the only one on this earth, Jesus still would 252 00:13:49,150 --> 00:13:50,310 have died for you. 253 00:13:50,790 --> 00:13:52,230 So you are worth everything. 254 00:13:54,580 --> 00:13:56,420 But you're not meant to love yourself. 255 00:13:57,060 --> 00:14:00,740 Please, if your therapist is telling you to love yourself more, 256 00:14:00,740 --> 00:14:01,380 leave them. 257 00:14:02,900 --> 00:14:04,500 Because what it does is it will. 258 00:14:05,300 --> 00:14:07,940 It literally plants seeds of selfishness. 259 00:14:08,340 --> 00:14:09,380 It's about me. 260 00:14:09,460 --> 00:14:10,340 And it's even. 261 00:14:10,580 --> 00:14:13,220 You can get selfish even about your own calling. 262 00:14:14,820 --> 00:14:17,620 Like, people spend all their time, what's my calling? 263 00:14:17,620 --> 00:14:18,380 What's my purpose? 264 00:14:18,380 --> 00:14:21,840 What's the biggest question I get more than any other? 265 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:22,640 And what? 266 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,840 My DMs and Instagram, you open up and there's 99 plus. 267 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,480 And I'm like, oh, my goodness, who are these people? 268 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:32,040 And it's literally messages after, like, pages and pages and 269 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:32,400 pages. 270 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:36,080 Pastor Prophet Josh, who they'll call me, all different things. 271 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:38,280 Can you just please be praying for me? 272 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:40,240 I need to know what my purpose is. 273 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:43,520 You know what your purpose is? 274 00:14:45,530 --> 00:14:48,570 To find other people's purposes and call it out of them. 275 00:14:49,210 --> 00:14:50,810 I'm telling you guys, there's something. 276 00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:55,050 It's like, what the Lord needs to do in this time and season is 277 00:14:55,050 --> 00:15:00,609 a root out the selfishness in his bride and say, I am committed 278 00:15:00,609 --> 00:15:01,130 to you. 279 00:15:01,290 --> 00:15:01,970 And guess what? 280 00:15:01,970 --> 00:15:04,410 When I commit to you, you commit to me. 281 00:15:05,050 --> 00:15:07,850 And then I come to church and you're like, pastor Josh, I've been 282 00:15:07,850 --> 00:15:10,310 praying for you all week, and I got a word for. 283 00:15:10,540 --> 00:15:10,940 For you. 284 00:15:15,020 --> 00:15:16,220 Are you receiving this? 285 00:15:21,820 --> 00:15:24,940 So how do we actually steward the gifts? 286 00:15:25,980 --> 00:15:26,780 So we're called. 287 00:15:27,580 --> 00:15:28,620 We're chosen. 288 00:15:28,780 --> 00:15:29,900 We're given gifts. 289 00:15:29,900 --> 00:15:31,780 We're called to steward those gifts. 290 00:15:31,780 --> 00:15:33,860 But how do we actually do it? 291 00:15:33,860 --> 00:15:36,140 Because remember, this sermon is about faithfulness. 292 00:15:37,490 --> 00:15:40,290 I'm helping define what faithfulness actually is. 293 00:15:40,850 --> 00:15:42,130 So how do we steward them? 294 00:15:42,130 --> 00:15:44,210 Let's go to First Corinthians 4. 295 00:15:45,650 --> 00:15:47,370 First Corinthians 4, right? 296 00:15:47,370 --> 00:15:49,970 In verse one, we're just gonna read one and two. 297 00:15:51,330 --> 00:15:53,730 First Corinthians 4:1, verse two, it says this. 298 00:15:54,930 --> 00:16:02,850 This is how one should regard us, the church, as servants of Christ 299 00:16:03,990 --> 00:16:08,230 and stewards of the mysteries of God. 300 00:16:09,430 --> 00:16:12,150 Now, if it just ended there, it'd be like, man, what a great verse. 301 00:16:12,310 --> 00:16:13,430 We're called the steward. 302 00:16:13,670 --> 00:16:15,030 We're called servants of Christ. 303 00:16:15,030 --> 00:16:16,630 But there's something that he says here. 304 00:16:16,630 --> 00:16:18,870 This is Apostle Paul speaking to us. 305 00:16:18,870 --> 00:16:19,829 Now, the Church. 306 00:16:20,870 --> 00:16:26,470 In verse two, it says, moreover, it is required. 307 00:16:27,510 --> 00:16:36,350 Everyone say, required of stewards that they be found faithful. 308 00:16:38,830 --> 00:16:40,990 It is a requirement. 309 00:16:41,870 --> 00:16:47,150 This isn't Paul saying, hey, I just pray that you steward that gift. 310 00:16:47,630 --> 00:16:49,070 I hope that you do it. 311 00:16:50,030 --> 00:16:53,750 If you're able to get to it, if you have time, try to steward 312 00:16:53,750 --> 00:16:54,430 that gift. 313 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,720 There's few times in the New Testament where it actually says 314 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,760 requirement or required. 315 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:07,320 So if you're a Christian, there's something required of you. 316 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,960 It's like, hey, this isn't like, hey, I hope you guys do this. 317 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:17,400 This is, hey, the Lord is actually saying, it is required of 318 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:22,160 stewards that they be found faithful. 319 00:17:25,120 --> 00:17:29,560 This is a heavy passage because, like, wait a minute, I thought 320 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:30,680 we weren't in the law anymore. 321 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:31,920 This is a covenant of grace. 322 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:33,840 Of course it's a covenant of grace. 323 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:36,640 But. 324 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:41,600 But what this passage is saying is that for you to truly live 325 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:46,080 how God intended you to live in your purpose, in your calling 326 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:50,680 as stewards, you must understand what it actually means 327 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:52,700 to be found faithful. 328 00:17:54,300 --> 00:17:55,820 So what is faithfulness? 329 00:17:56,620 --> 00:17:57,740 You guys ready to hear? 330 00:18:01,260 --> 00:18:06,940 We're going to go to Matthew 25, Matthew 25, verse 14. 331 00:18:07,100 --> 00:18:12,700 We're going to start in 14 and just read a little bit Matthew 25:14. 332 00:18:14,220 --> 00:18:15,780 I'm trying to go as fast as I can. 333 00:18:15,780 --> 00:18:18,460 I know we got a bunch of brunches and it's Father's Day and. 334 00:18:19,460 --> 00:18:23,460 Yeah, but, man, I'm telling you guys, if you could get this inside 335 00:18:23,460 --> 00:18:25,940 of you, I promise you, your whole life will change. 336 00:18:26,820 --> 00:18:28,340 Your entire life will change. 337 00:18:30,180 --> 00:18:31,580 Matthew 25:14. 338 00:18:31,580 --> 00:18:36,260 It says this, for it is just like a man about to go on a journey. 339 00:18:36,900 --> 00:18:38,860 This is Jesus talking, okay? 340 00:18:38,860 --> 00:18:40,140 This is red letter text. 341 00:18:40,140 --> 00:18:41,380 Jesus write to us. 342 00:18:41,460 --> 00:18:45,140 Matthew's writing it down, transcribing it, and now, 2,000 years 343 00:18:45,140 --> 00:18:46,260 later, we could read it. 344 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,840 And this thing is alive, okay? 345 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,880 It says he called his own servants and entrusted his possessions 346 00:18:54,120 --> 00:18:54,840 to them. 347 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:55,880 To one. 348 00:18:55,880 --> 00:19:00,760 He gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, 349 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,320 depending on each one's ability. 350 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,840 Then he went on a journey immediately. 351 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,800 The man who had received Five talents. 352 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:13,080 I just read that. 353 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:14,640 That just jumped out of me. 354 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:15,640 It says, immediately. 355 00:19:17,260 --> 00:19:18,060 Immediately. 356 00:19:18,940 --> 00:19:21,820 He's given a gift immediately. 357 00:19:22,620 --> 00:19:27,020 Not 10 years later, not 15 years later, not when you get time 358 00:19:27,020 --> 00:19:30,460 to it, not when it works for you and your schedule. 359 00:19:30,460 --> 00:19:34,460 And when it goes around your Netflix and your sports for your 360 00:19:34,460 --> 00:19:36,780 kids, it says, immediately. 361 00:19:37,980 --> 00:19:42,860 The man who had received five talents put them together to work 362 00:19:43,500 --> 00:19:45,260 and earned five more. 363 00:19:46,140 --> 00:19:50,060 In the same way, the man with two earned two more. 364 00:19:50,620 --> 00:19:54,900 But the man who had received one talent went off, dug a hole in 365 00:19:54,900 --> 00:19:58,540 the ground, and hid his master's money. 366 00:20:00,540 --> 00:20:05,620 You see how it says his masters, the gifts that he has given 367 00:20:05,620 --> 00:20:07,260 you are his gifts for you. 368 00:20:07,990 --> 00:20:10,390 They're not your gifts, they're his gifts. 369 00:20:10,630 --> 00:20:16,150 This is why he's calling us to steward it, his master's money. 370 00:20:16,310 --> 00:20:21,470 In verse 19, it says, After a long time, the master of those servants 371 00:20:21,470 --> 00:20:23,670 came and settled accounts with them. 372 00:20:24,630 --> 00:20:29,110 The man who had received five talents approached, presented five 373 00:20:29,110 --> 00:20:29,470 more. 374 00:20:29,470 --> 00:20:33,870 So he has five and he gets 10 and said, Master, you gave me five 375 00:20:33,870 --> 00:20:34,390 talents. 376 00:20:34,630 --> 00:20:37,110 See, I've earned five more. 377 00:20:38,430 --> 00:20:45,390 Verse 21, it says his master said to him, well done, good and 378 00:20:45,550 --> 00:20:52,030 faithful servant, you were faithful. 379 00:20:52,590 --> 00:20:57,950 He says it twice, good and faithful servant, you were faithful. 380 00:20:58,510 --> 00:21:00,350 He's emphasizing something here. 381 00:21:01,070 --> 00:21:02,990 There's an emphasis on faithful. 382 00:21:05,030 --> 00:21:07,270 He says, you were faithful over a few things. 383 00:21:07,670 --> 00:21:11,350 I will put you in charge of many things. 384 00:21:12,390 --> 00:21:15,350 Share your master's joy. 385 00:21:18,070 --> 00:21:20,310 How does the master Jesus. 386 00:21:21,190 --> 00:21:22,390 This is Jesus here. 387 00:21:22,870 --> 00:21:26,550 He's not only speaking to his disciples and people, but the master 388 00:21:26,550 --> 00:21:27,910 in this is Jesus. 389 00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:31,920 How does he define faithfulness in this story? 390 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:38,880 In what I believe is at the very heart of faithfulness, multiplication. 391 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:47,200 The way that the Bible defines faithfulness is you are given a gift. 392 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:51,280 And the Lord sees how much you can actually multiply that gift. 393 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,120 You know how you multiply a gift? 394 00:21:55,790 --> 00:21:56,590 You use it. 395 00:21:57,950 --> 00:21:59,630 Do you know how you multiply something? 396 00:21:59,630 --> 00:22:00,670 You impart it. 397 00:22:04,030 --> 00:22:05,790 Like, how do you multiply something? 398 00:22:08,110 --> 00:22:12,470 And the danger that we're in in the church culture and the society 399 00:22:12,470 --> 00:22:18,070 that we live in is if you multiplied most Christians, there 400 00:22:18,070 --> 00:22:19,750 wouldn't be more gospel preaching. 401 00:22:19,750 --> 00:22:21,310 There would be more guile. 402 00:22:22,820 --> 00:22:25,700 There would be more people talking bad about one another. 403 00:22:27,140 --> 00:22:31,620 And so my question to you is, if we multiplied you by a hundred 404 00:22:31,860 --> 00:22:36,100 and sent you into Chicago, would Chicago hear about Jesus more? 405 00:22:36,420 --> 00:22:38,180 Or would they hear more gossip? 406 00:22:41,460 --> 00:22:42,900 I'm telling you, guys like this. 407 00:22:43,380 --> 00:22:46,780 This is what at the root of this thing is, Lord, if I'm gonna 408 00:22:46,780 --> 00:22:48,920 steward the gift that you have for me, I. 409 00:22:49,230 --> 00:22:51,390 I cannot keep it for myself. 410 00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:59,910 It is to serve one Another, because I'm a proper steward. 411 00:22:59,910 --> 00:23:04,430 And all of us, he's calling you today and he's asking you, have 412 00:23:04,430 --> 00:23:08,270 you stewarded the gifts that he has given you? 413 00:23:09,950 --> 00:23:11,230 Let that sink in. 414 00:23:11,790 --> 00:23:16,520 Because every single one of you has a gift and is called, has 415 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:17,120 purpose. 416 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:25,040 And the Lord wants to use you in his church to multiply the thing 417 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:26,000 that's in you. 418 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:32,800 And so your team is not your team like, in the church. 419 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:34,440 It's not like, oh, this is the. 420 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:34,880 I'm the. 421 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:36,640 I'm the leader of the ushers. 422 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:37,200 This thing. 423 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:38,480 I'm the prayer lead. 424 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:39,920 This is my team. 425 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,060 No, that's Jesus's team. 426 00:23:42,060 --> 00:23:42,200 The. 427 00:23:42,350 --> 00:23:44,030 That's not even the pastor's team. 428 00:23:44,190 --> 00:23:45,870 That's Jesus's team. 429 00:23:47,070 --> 00:23:49,910 And sometimes we're trying to take ownership of something that 430 00:23:49,910 --> 00:23:54,190 was never meant to be ours in the first place, and we find our 431 00:23:54,190 --> 00:23:54,910 identity. 432 00:23:55,550 --> 00:23:56,350 Come on, now. 433 00:23:56,510 --> 00:24:01,230 We end up finding our identity in being a prayer team leader and 434 00:24:01,230 --> 00:24:04,910 not an actual minister of the gospel outside of these walls. 435 00:24:07,230 --> 00:24:09,490 Because the stewards of gifting. 436 00:24:10,210 --> 00:24:12,690 Come on, let me preach to you guys for a minute. 437 00:24:13,410 --> 00:24:17,330 I'm telling you, I'm not talking about serving in the church. 438 00:24:18,210 --> 00:24:22,410 Serving in the church is a basic thing that all Christians should 439 00:24:22,410 --> 00:24:23,650 be doing anyways. 440 00:24:24,770 --> 00:24:29,490 It's not like, oh, man, I gotta try to get myself up to just 441 00:24:29,490 --> 00:24:30,930 try to serve in the church. 442 00:24:31,170 --> 00:24:33,650 No, serving the church is literally like the. 443 00:24:33,890 --> 00:24:34,970 It's the baseline. 444 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:41,360 It's literally an overflow of how you've been living all week. 445 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:46,960 Because if you were stewarding the gift in yourself and stirring 446 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,640 up the gift that God gave you, you would be preaching the gospel 447 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:51,920 to everyone you see. 448 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:55,120 You would be the hands and feet of Jesus to the least of these. 449 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:59,800 You would be giving food and shelter and money and resources and 450 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:01,230 your whole life to people. 451 00:25:02,510 --> 00:25:06,830 And on Sunday, you would come in in strength and boldness. 452 00:25:08,190 --> 00:25:11,310 And you know how the church actually comes in most of the time 453 00:25:12,030 --> 00:25:13,550 is on their hands and knees. 454 00:25:13,950 --> 00:25:18,590 Like, I finally made it to Sunday. 455 00:25:21,790 --> 00:25:22,910 I need these people. 456 00:25:23,950 --> 00:25:25,710 I finally made it here. 457 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,400 I got no breath left in my lungs. 458 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:31,800 Do you know how we're supposed to come in here? 459 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,200 We're supposed to come in here literally, like, I'm straight up 460 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,120 Elijah fire, where it's like, we come in with a chariot, and people 461 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:41,120 are like, oh, my goodness. 462 00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:42,280 They didn't even take a car. 463 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,840 They took a chariot from heaven up in here. 464 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,240 And you come with boldness and you're like, I'm here to see the 465 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,240 purposes of God in each and every one of you. 466 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:55,670 I'm here to see the calling of God and the giftings ripped out of 467 00:25:55,670 --> 00:25:57,790 your chest and I'll show it to your face. 468 00:25:59,630 --> 00:26:02,670 Imagine if every single one of you lived like that. 469 00:26:03,950 --> 00:26:08,510 And what the church expects is only the pastors to do that. 470 00:26:09,790 --> 00:26:11,710 Listen, I will do that. 471 00:26:12,830 --> 00:26:14,830 I always have and I always will. 472 00:26:15,390 --> 00:26:18,830 One of my main purposes is literally to see the purpose of God 473 00:26:18,990 --> 00:26:19,910 called out of you. 474 00:26:19,910 --> 00:26:23,150 And I will show it to your face and I will tell you, and I'll 475 00:26:23,150 --> 00:26:25,970 send you texts, text messages and videos and I'll call you out 476 00:26:25,970 --> 00:26:27,930 on Sunday and every other day. 477 00:26:28,010 --> 00:26:28,930 But here's the thing. 478 00:26:28,930 --> 00:26:30,730 It's not just the pastor's duty. 479 00:26:30,970 --> 00:26:36,010 You all are saints and ministers of the gospel, every single 480 00:26:36,170 --> 00:26:36,970 one of you. 481 00:27:46,941 --> 00:27:49,701 So a lot of times people like, I need to go, I need to hear from 482 00:27:49,701 --> 00:27:50,461 the pastor. 483 00:27:51,581 --> 00:27:53,501 I'll only talk to the pastor. 484 00:27:54,061 --> 00:27:57,021 You know, many times I've heard that I'll only talk. 485 00:27:57,271 --> 00:27:58,791 No, no, no, I won't tell you. 486 00:27:59,511 --> 00:28:01,111 I gotta talk to the higher up. 487 00:28:01,511 --> 00:28:02,071 Guess what? 488 00:28:02,071 --> 00:28:03,191 You're all higher up. 489 00:28:03,911 --> 00:28:08,271 Like if we actually understood who we are in Christ, that we are 490 00:28:08,271 --> 00:28:12,631 seated right next to him in the heavenly places, above principalities, 491 00:28:12,791 --> 00:28:13,951 above the powers. 492 00:28:13,951 --> 00:28:17,831 And we look down on them and say, demon, get out of Northwest 493 00:28:17,831 --> 00:28:18,551 Indiana. 494 00:28:18,711 --> 00:28:19,991 I don't look up to you. 495 00:28:19,991 --> 00:28:22,731 I look down on you and I say, get out. 496 00:28:23,281 --> 00:28:23,521 Out. 497 00:28:26,321 --> 00:28:27,841 You are a saint. 498 00:28:28,561 --> 00:28:30,001 You are a priest. 499 00:28:30,641 --> 00:28:34,641 You don't need a title, a position, you don't need to be ordained. 500 00:28:34,881 --> 00:28:39,040 I'm here to commission every single one of you to operate in your 501 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,121 God given callings. 502 00:28:49,051 --> 00:28:52,291 Man, you guys, thanks for preaching this with me. 503 00:28:52,291 --> 00:28:54,811 I feel the presence of God is in this room. 504 00:28:54,811 --> 00:28:57,811 I believe that as I've been speaking, he's stirring something 505 00:28:57,811 --> 00:28:58,651 inside of you. 506 00:28:58,731 --> 00:29:01,131 I'm telling you, it's like a big pot right now. 507 00:29:01,211 --> 00:29:03,531 And he's like, oh, come on, come on, daughter. 508 00:29:03,531 --> 00:29:06,331 And I'm here and I got a heavenly shovel. 509 00:29:07,131 --> 00:29:10,771 Because some of you guys have your talents buried so deep in the 510 00:29:10,771 --> 00:29:11,051 ground. 511 00:29:11,691 --> 00:29:13,531 Come on, let me preach at you real quick. 512 00:29:14,421 --> 00:29:17,021 Some of you guys have your talents so deep in the ground that 513 00:29:17,021 --> 00:29:18,581 you haven't seen them in 15 years. 514 00:29:19,141 --> 00:29:23,261 And I come here with a shovel and a pickaxe and I will shovel deep 515 00:29:23,261 --> 00:29:27,061 down and call those things back up and say, maybe you left it, 516 00:29:27,061 --> 00:29:28,341 but this is the season. 517 00:29:28,341 --> 00:29:34,101 You will see it, operate in it, and know that you are called. 518 00:29:40,191 --> 00:29:41,311 This is what prophets do. 519 00:29:41,311 --> 00:29:44,031 By the way, prophets have shovels. 520 00:29:45,151 --> 00:29:46,391 We're treasure seekers. 521 00:29:46,391 --> 00:29:47,391 I'm a treasure hunter. 522 00:29:48,111 --> 00:29:51,111 Literally, I look at every single one of you and I see the purpose 523 00:29:51,111 --> 00:29:54,431 of God in you, and I see how he wants to use you. 524 00:29:54,511 --> 00:29:55,630 And I see the per. 525 00:29:55,630 --> 00:29:59,191 And it's like, what prophets do is we go ahead and we're like, 526 00:29:59,191 --> 00:30:00,671 hey, I've seen it already. 527 00:30:01,311 --> 00:30:03,711 I've seen what the Lord wants to do in you. 528 00:30:03,871 --> 00:30:05,471 If you could just see it yourself. 529 00:30:05,471 --> 00:30:09,671 But sometimes you, because of how crazy your life is and how nuts 530 00:30:09,671 --> 00:30:12,631 your circumstances are and how many bills you have and how your 531 00:30:12,631 --> 00:30:18,431 kids are and all these things that I'm like, listen, the Lord has 532 00:30:18,431 --> 00:30:19,311 called you. 533 00:30:20,751 --> 00:30:22,271 He's called you. 534 00:30:24,351 --> 00:30:29,751 And even in our sin and brokenness and craziness and hectic 535 00:30:29,751 --> 00:30:37,801 lives and all of those things, he uses us as ministers of the Gospel. 536 00:30:45,241 --> 00:30:45,801 All right? 537 00:30:49,561 --> 00:30:52,841 So he says, well done, good and faithful servant. 538 00:30:53,241 --> 00:30:55,561 You were faithful. 539 00:30:55,641 --> 00:30:57,481 You multiplied what you had. 540 00:30:59,041 --> 00:31:00,881 Let me just say one other thing. 541 00:31:02,241 --> 00:31:06,961 I'm sorry that what was multiplied to you in your previous 542 00:31:06,961 --> 00:31:11,841 generations was not love, joy, peace and patience and godliness. 543 00:31:11,841 --> 00:31:15,761 It was sin and suffering and abuse and hurt. 544 00:31:15,761 --> 00:31:21,721 I'm sorry because some of you guys lineage, what was handed down 545 00:31:21,721 --> 00:31:23,921 to you was actually sin. 546 00:31:26,791 --> 00:31:30,551 But when the chain breaker is in the room, I'm telling. 547 00:31:30,551 --> 00:31:34,871 When the chain breaker is in the room, you say, listen, it may 548 00:31:34,951 --> 00:31:39,511 have gone down this line, but when it got to me, Lord Jesus, for 549 00:31:39,511 --> 00:31:44,071 me and my house, I will serve the Lord. 550 00:31:44,551 --> 00:31:49,671 For me and my house, I will serve the Lord. 551 00:31:52,931 --> 00:31:57,651 And so many times we look at how our dads were, how our great 552 00:31:57,731 --> 00:32:02,291 grandparents were, and it's like, listen, I'm telling you, you 553 00:32:02,291 --> 00:32:08,211 are called, you are chosen, you are different than them, and 554 00:32:08,211 --> 00:32:10,371 you break every single line. 555 00:32:10,371 --> 00:32:11,171 Say no. 556 00:32:11,971 --> 00:32:13,571 For me and my house. 557 00:32:16,141 --> 00:32:17,341 For me in my house. 558 00:32:29,901 --> 00:32:30,541 Come on. 559 00:32:30,941 --> 00:32:32,701 The Holy Spirit's moving you guys. 560 00:32:32,701 --> 00:32:33,821 You feel him moving? 561 00:32:35,581 --> 00:32:39,861 My prayer was that I would stir it up enough in this room that 562 00:32:39,861 --> 00:32:43,191 every single one of you, you would get off your butts and start 563 00:32:43,191 --> 00:32:45,831 to say, lord Jesus, not any longer. 564 00:32:46,231 --> 00:32:47,431 Not anymore. 565 00:32:47,671 --> 00:32:49,511 I will serve the Lord. 566 00:32:49,671 --> 00:32:51,991 I will minister to the saints. 567 00:32:51,991 --> 00:32:55,351 I will operate in my calling and my gifting. 568 00:32:55,431 --> 00:32:59,831 And what he's called me to do, I will fulfill. 569 00:33:04,071 --> 00:33:04,591 Come on. 570 00:33:04,591 --> 00:33:05,591 He's called you. 571 00:33:05,991 --> 00:33:07,281 He's called you. 572 00:33:08,001 --> 00:33:09,201 He's called you. 573 00:33:10,961 --> 00:33:11,761 I see it. 574 00:33:11,761 --> 00:33:14,121 I'm looking at a room of a bunch of cho. 575 00:33:14,121 --> 00:33:15,361 This is the ecclesia. 576 00:33:15,361 --> 00:33:19,681 I'm looking at the called out ones, the chosen ones before the 577 00:33:19,681 --> 00:33:20,961 foundations of the earth. 578 00:33:20,961 --> 00:33:26,241 He said, I will use you in your generation for your family. 579 00:33:31,281 --> 00:33:32,891 Can I just preach for another. 580 00:33:32,891 --> 00:33:33,931 Just couple minutes? 581 00:33:41,771 --> 00:33:46,251 So the five makes 10, the two makes four. 582 00:33:46,491 --> 00:33:47,651 He says the same thing. 583 00:33:47,651 --> 00:33:51,131 To the guy who did two, he says, well done, good and faithful 584 00:33:51,131 --> 00:33:51,531 servant. 585 00:33:51,531 --> 00:33:53,531 You were found faithful. 586 00:33:54,891 --> 00:33:56,411 But then he gets to the one. 587 00:33:58,661 --> 00:34:01,381 And this is actually some of you guys in this room right now. 588 00:34:01,941 --> 00:34:02,981 And I'm just. 589 00:34:02,981 --> 00:34:04,181 I have to call it out. 590 00:34:06,421 --> 00:34:10,261 What he does is he receives that talent immediately. 591 00:34:10,981 --> 00:34:13,621 It says, he goes and he buries it. 592 00:34:15,541 --> 00:34:16,901 He doesn't lose it. 593 00:34:18,101 --> 00:34:19,861 He keeps it for himself. 594 00:34:20,581 --> 00:34:23,901 And so when the master comes back, he says, master, but I have 595 00:34:23,901 --> 00:34:25,401 the one you gave me. 596 00:34:28,761 --> 00:34:30,521 And what does the master say? 597 00:34:30,681 --> 00:34:45,641 He says, if you knew me, if you knew me, the only way to actually 598 00:34:45,881 --> 00:34:50,041 operate in your purpose, in your calling, in your giftings. 599 00:34:50,041 --> 00:34:52,071 If is is you have to know. 600 00:34:52,381 --> 00:34:54,621 Know the heart of God. 601 00:34:56,701 --> 00:35:00,941 You have to know the heart of your heavenly Father, that he has 602 00:35:00,941 --> 00:35:05,021 good plan for you, that he does have a destiny for you. 603 00:35:05,421 --> 00:35:09,541 Because the enemy will lie to you every day of your life and say, 604 00:35:09,541 --> 00:35:11,021 oh, no, that's not a good father. 605 00:35:11,261 --> 00:35:13,101 You've lost so much already in your life. 606 00:35:13,101 --> 00:35:15,261 You got to try to hoard what you still have. 607 00:35:15,501 --> 00:35:20,311 And what the Lord says, no, give out your gifts to others. 608 00:35:20,951 --> 00:35:25,671 Give out your gifts to others and more will be given to you. 609 00:35:32,711 --> 00:35:34,871 I know I just flew through that passage. 610 00:35:35,991 --> 00:35:50,881 But when you look at why he didn't multiply it, why did he not 611 00:35:50,881 --> 00:35:51,521 multiply? 612 00:35:54,921 --> 00:35:57,521 Was 100% because of fear. 613 00:35:59,361 --> 00:36:01,441 100% because of fear. 614 00:36:02,481 --> 00:36:04,921 Fear stopped him in his tracks. 615 00:36:04,921 --> 00:36:08,481 And this is how the enemy will still use fear to this day. 616 00:36:09,671 --> 00:36:11,191 It's like you don't really know God. 617 00:36:12,231 --> 00:36:13,031 You don't really. 618 00:36:13,191 --> 00:36:14,551 Oh, no, you're confused. 619 00:36:15,191 --> 00:36:16,631 That's not your real purpose. 620 00:36:17,671 --> 00:36:19,031 You think you could do that? 621 00:36:21,191 --> 00:36:22,631 Let the pastors do that? 622 00:36:23,751 --> 00:36:25,431 They're better at talking than you. 623 00:36:26,471 --> 00:36:27,751 That's what the enemy will tell. 624 00:36:27,751 --> 00:36:32,111 I'm here to tell you because some of you guys are Moses right 625 00:36:32,111 --> 00:36:32,911 now on the mountain. 626 00:36:32,911 --> 00:36:34,641 You're like, lord, I don't. 627 00:36:34,641 --> 00:36:35,601 I can't speak. 628 00:36:35,841 --> 00:36:37,121 I don't even know what to do. 629 00:36:37,441 --> 00:36:40,081 And the Lord said, just go. 630 00:36:41,281 --> 00:36:43,041 Because I am who I am. 631 00:36:43,281 --> 00:36:45,761 And if you have, I am with you. 632 00:36:46,081 --> 00:36:49,681 You can do anything and everything that he's called you to. 633 00:36:51,761 --> 00:36:52,961 And Moses goes. 634 00:36:53,121 --> 00:36:57,441 He not only sees his staff coming to a snake, he sees nine other 635 00:36:57,681 --> 00:36:58,801 miracles happen. 636 00:36:58,961 --> 00:37:00,411 He parts the sea. 637 00:37:00,411 --> 00:37:03,051 He sees God come down on Mount Sinai. 638 00:37:03,131 --> 00:37:09,451 He sees literally just by Moses saying, lord, I'm willing, 639 00:37:10,811 --> 00:37:12,251 Lord, I'll be faithful. 640 00:37:14,171 --> 00:37:18,251 This is what faithfulness is, church, for you to say, the Lord 641 00:37:18,491 --> 00:37:22,731 call me, and I will multiply what he has given me in front of 642 00:37:22,731 --> 00:37:26,291 everybody, and I will pour out and I Will give, give out. 643 00:37:26,371 --> 00:37:31,411 And like a drink offering to the church, I will pour myself out 644 00:37:31,411 --> 00:37:32,131 for it. 645 00:37:34,051 --> 00:37:37,171 You guys receive that because this is. 646 00:37:37,171 --> 00:37:39,371 I'm telling you guys, if we could. 647 00:37:39,371 --> 00:37:41,251 If we could lock into this. 648 00:37:42,131 --> 00:37:47,051 And 100% of you, not just on Sunday morning, but every day of 649 00:37:47,051 --> 00:37:49,491 your life, you're texting, calling each other. 650 00:37:49,651 --> 00:37:50,211 I got. 651 00:37:50,211 --> 00:37:51,901 The Lord has placed plans for you. 652 00:37:51,981 --> 00:37:52,941 Come over to my house. 653 00:37:52,941 --> 00:37:54,301 I want to lay hands on you. 654 00:37:54,301 --> 00:37:55,661 I'm going to pray for you. 655 00:37:55,661 --> 00:37:59,061 We're going to see the gifting and the calling, the charisma that 656 00:37:59,061 --> 00:38:02,621 he's given you, the grace, gifting come alive in you. 657 00:38:03,741 --> 00:38:07,101 And I don't care how long it takes to shovel it out of the ground. 658 00:38:07,581 --> 00:38:12,581 I am committed to shovel and shovel and shovel until that thing 659 00:38:12,581 --> 00:38:15,901 comes alive inside of you. 660 00:38:19,191 --> 00:38:20,951 That's what the church exists to do. 661 00:38:23,191 --> 00:38:24,071 It's like, what. 662 00:38:24,071 --> 00:38:25,031 We're all here. 663 00:38:25,671 --> 00:38:26,791 We said yes. 664 00:38:27,271 --> 00:38:27,871 If you're. 665 00:38:27,871 --> 00:38:30,151 You could be a million other places right now. 666 00:38:30,391 --> 00:38:32,231 You could be sitting in your garage. 667 00:38:32,231 --> 00:38:35,311 You could be in your basement right now watching something that 668 00:38:35,311 --> 00:38:35,751 you shouldn't. 669 00:38:35,751 --> 00:38:38,231 But you said, no, I'm gonna come here and I'm gonna. 670 00:38:38,231 --> 00:38:41,631 And it's like, there's something about you guys hunger in 671 00:38:41,631 --> 00:38:42,151 this room. 672 00:38:42,881 --> 00:38:44,561 And I'm saying it just for this service. 673 00:38:45,281 --> 00:38:47,481 There's something about the hunger in this room. 674 00:38:47,481 --> 00:38:48,961 The Lord's like, I see you. 675 00:38:49,121 --> 00:38:50,001 I see you. 676 00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:50,641 And I. 677 00:38:50,641 --> 00:38:53,681 And I literally smell a sweet incense going to heaven. 678 00:38:53,761 --> 00:38:57,841 And we are turning the head of God right now to look down on his 679 00:38:57,841 --> 00:38:58,161 people. 680 00:38:58,481 --> 00:39:00,241 And he's saying, I see you. 681 00:39:00,401 --> 00:39:02,161 I see your sacrifice. 682 00:39:02,401 --> 00:39:03,761 I see your gift. 683 00:39:03,921 --> 00:39:08,391 And it is pleasing and it is holy to the almighty God. 684 00:39:08,541 --> 00:39:08,861 God. 685 00:39:11,181 --> 00:39:13,101 And he has a gift for you today. 686 00:39:15,341 --> 00:39:18,261 I believe there's many of you today that are like, I have no clue 687 00:39:18,261 --> 00:39:19,261 what my calling is. 688 00:39:20,141 --> 00:39:22,461 I don't know what the Lord put me on this earth to do. 689 00:39:22,461 --> 00:39:23,581 I don't know exact. 690 00:39:24,781 --> 00:39:26,141 You've come to the right place. 691 00:39:27,981 --> 00:39:29,821 You're in the right building right now. 692 00:39:30,141 --> 00:39:32,461 If you're like, man, I've been alive for 40 years. 693 00:39:32,461 --> 00:39:35,111 50 years, 70 years, 80 years. 694 00:39:35,271 --> 00:39:36,871 I don't care how old you are. 695 00:39:37,351 --> 00:39:40,071 The enemy will still tell you that you don't have a purpose. 696 00:39:40,071 --> 00:39:41,111 You don't have a calling. 697 00:39:41,111 --> 00:39:42,311 You don't have a destiny. 698 00:39:42,391 --> 00:39:46,151 I'm here to shut the devil's mouth today and say, not in my house, 699 00:39:46,871 --> 00:39:57,071 not in this church, man. 700 00:39:57,071 --> 00:39:57,511 Y' all. 701 00:39:58,631 --> 00:39:59,831 You guys are preaching with. 702 00:39:59,831 --> 00:40:00,391 I feel. 703 00:40:01,301 --> 00:40:03,301 It's like I feel a withdrawal right now. 704 00:40:03,701 --> 00:40:05,621 It's like there's a hunger in this room. 705 00:40:06,181 --> 00:40:07,661 And it's not a withdrawal from me. 706 00:40:07,661 --> 00:40:09,221 It's a withdrawal from the spirit. 707 00:40:09,301 --> 00:40:10,781 You're like, lord, give me more. 708 00:40:10,781 --> 00:40:11,581 Give me more. 709 00:40:11,581 --> 00:40:12,181 Give me more. 710 00:40:12,181 --> 00:40:15,701 I want that gift, Lord, because it's gifts, plural. 711 00:40:16,660 --> 00:40:17,981 People are like, what's your gift? 712 00:40:17,981 --> 00:40:19,141 I'm like, every one of them. 713 00:40:19,461 --> 00:40:21,821 I want to use whatever you got for me, Lord. 714 00:40:21,821 --> 00:40:22,581 I want them all. 715 00:40:22,741 --> 00:40:25,541 And I'm gonna knock on that door until I have them all. 716 00:40:26,671 --> 00:40:29,791 Because the Bible says, earnestly seek and ask and knock 717 00:40:29,791 --> 00:40:30,511 at the door. 718 00:40:30,511 --> 00:40:35,711 And he will answer for those who ask, you just have to ask. 719 00:40:41,391 --> 00:40:45,471 Alright, I got done with like 50% of this sermon, but let me. 720 00:40:45,471 --> 00:40:54,121 Can we just minister for a minute, ma' am? 721 00:40:55,401 --> 00:40:57,721 I feel the presence of God in this room. 722 00:40:58,361 --> 00:41:00,281 I feel his presence in this room. 723 00:41:00,281 --> 00:41:01,801 I feel he's urging you. 724 00:41:04,521 --> 00:41:04,961 It's like. 725 00:41:04,961 --> 00:41:06,681 I feel like a holy agitation. 726 00:41:07,161 --> 00:41:08,521 There's like an agitation. 727 00:41:08,521 --> 00:41:10,281 He's agitating you right now. 728 00:41:10,841 --> 00:41:12,921 He's like, come on, you buried that talent. 729 00:41:13,481 --> 00:41:14,521 You buried it. 730 00:41:15,081 --> 00:41:16,361 It's time to dig it up. 731 00:41:19,251 --> 00:41:21,171 And your parents told you you couldn't do it. 732 00:41:21,171 --> 00:41:22,931 Your boss told you you couldn't do it. 733 00:41:23,011 --> 00:41:27,131 I'm here as a man of God and as a pastor and a prophet that the 734 00:41:27,131 --> 00:41:32,611 Lord has called you to use your gifting that he has given you. 735 00:41:35,331 --> 00:41:39,171 And I come with the authority that he has given me through Jesus 736 00:41:39,171 --> 00:41:44,581 Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit to call it out. 737 00:41:46,821 --> 00:41:49,861 In previous seasons, you had demons cast out of you. 738 00:41:49,861 --> 00:41:53,381 In this season, you're getting your calling ripped out of your chest 739 00:41:53,381 --> 00:41:54,741 and shown to your face. 740 00:41:55,621 --> 00:41:56,141 Come on. 741 00:41:56,141 --> 00:41:57,941 This is a different season for you. 742 00:41:58,181 --> 00:42:00,101 This is a different season for you. 743 00:42:01,621 --> 00:42:02,981 This isn't last year. 744 00:42:03,221 --> 00:42:04,821 This isn't five years ago. 745 00:42:05,141 --> 00:42:06,461 This isn't 10 years ago. 746 00:42:06,461 --> 00:42:12,351 The Lord says, today I will pour my spirit out on my people. 747 00:42:12,991 --> 00:42:15,951 Today I will pour out my spirit. 748 00:42:17,871 --> 00:42:19,791 All right, can you guys get to your feet? 749 00:42:19,791 --> 00:42:25,031 Can you guys stand up for me all around this in eight, in a two 750 00:42:25,031 --> 00:42:25,551 as well. 751 00:42:28,031 --> 00:42:29,791 I feel such an urgency. 752 00:42:31,711 --> 00:42:33,791 I feel an urgency from the spirit. 753 00:43:39,132 --> 00:43:40,572 Come on, let him speak to you. 754 00:43:41,692 --> 00:43:42,212 Let the. 755 00:43:42,212 --> 00:43:44,492 Let the Holy Spirit speak to you in this moment. 756 00:43:51,142 --> 00:43:52,262 Let him speak to you. 757 00:43:53,862 --> 00:43:55,302 This is what we asked for. 758 00:43:56,902 --> 00:43:58,342 This is what we cried out for. 759 00:43:58,342 --> 00:44:01,142 Not to hear my voice, but to hear his voice. 760 00:44:05,622 --> 00:44:06,142 Come on. 761 00:44:06,142 --> 00:44:06,342 What? 762 00:44:06,342 --> 00:44:08,662 What some of you guys. 763 00:44:10,502 --> 00:44:15,462 The Lord spoke to you in previous seasons of your life how 764 00:44:15,462 --> 00:44:19,382 he was going to use you, how he was going to work through you. 765 00:44:21,302 --> 00:44:23,782 And because of different situations in your life. 766 00:44:23,782 --> 00:44:28,582 I saw trauma, I saw hurt, I saw abuse, I saw neglect. 767 00:44:28,742 --> 00:44:29,942 I saw sin. 768 00:44:30,102 --> 00:44:33,262 I saw all these different things that kind of came for some 769 00:44:33,262 --> 00:44:33,942 of you guys. 770 00:44:34,102 --> 00:44:35,502 Maybe not all of those things. 771 00:44:35,502 --> 00:44:40,312 Maybe it's one of those things, and you left that thing on 772 00:44:40,312 --> 00:44:40,752 the ground. 773 00:44:42,192 --> 00:44:45,392 And the Lord says, it's time to pick it back up. 774 00:44:46,432 --> 00:44:47,712 It's time to pick it up. 775 00:44:47,712 --> 00:44:51,112 Some of you guys, I'm telling you, are gonna get activated in the 776 00:44:51,112 --> 00:44:54,352 spirit, and your life is never gonna be the same after today. 777 00:44:54,592 --> 00:44:58,152 In 20 years from now, you're gonna say on this date, on Father's 778 00:44:58,152 --> 00:45:01,672 Day, the Lord did something in me and through me, and he spoke to 779 00:45:01,672 --> 00:45:04,272 me and he awoken something in me. 780 00:45:05,272 --> 00:45:07,072 We got to stir up the gifts. 781 00:45:07,072 --> 00:45:08,792 Like Paul says to Timothy. 782 00:45:08,792 --> 00:45:10,472 He says, stir up the gift. 783 00:45:10,712 --> 00:45:14,592 So that means it's either dormant or it's alive, but it's not 784 00:45:14,592 --> 00:45:15,032 gone. 785 00:45:15,992 --> 00:45:18,952 Your gift may be dormant right now, and the Lord is. 786 00:45:19,112 --> 00:45:21,032 He's stirring something up. 787 00:45:21,352 --> 00:45:23,192 He's stirring something up. 788 00:45:27,032 --> 00:45:33,042 So, Lord Jesus, Lord, we pray to you. 789 00:45:33,042 --> 00:45:39,722 We cry out to you, Lord. 790 00:45:39,722 --> 00:45:45,202 Every gift that we've dropped, every talent that we've buried, Lord, 791 00:45:45,202 --> 00:45:49,962 you are requiring of us to be stewards, Lord. 792 00:45:49,962 --> 00:45:53,122 We don't want to be cast out like the one who buried it. 793 00:45:54,082 --> 00:45:54,402 Lo. 794 00:45:54,402 --> 00:45:55,522 We want more. 795 00:45:56,812 --> 00:45:58,372 We want more, Jesus. 796 00:45:58,372 --> 00:45:59,372 We want more. 797 00:46:06,652 --> 00:46:09,052 Could you guys just close your eyes for just a minute? 798 00:46:09,612 --> 00:46:11,452 Just everyone in the room, close your eyes. 799 00:46:12,412 --> 00:46:13,292 If that's you. 800 00:46:13,532 --> 00:46:14,332 If you're just. 801 00:46:14,332 --> 00:46:17,492 I'm not gonna have you come forward or anything, but if that's 802 00:46:17,492 --> 00:46:21,072 you, and you're like, I don't know what my true calling is, or 803 00:46:21,302 --> 00:46:22,182 I've buried my. 804 00:46:22,262 --> 00:46:22,942 My calling. 805 00:46:22,942 --> 00:46:24,982 I've buried my gifting, and I have to re. 806 00:46:24,982 --> 00:46:25,862 Dig this up. 807 00:46:26,022 --> 00:46:29,222 Or you're like, Lord Jesus, what am I actually called to do? 808 00:46:29,302 --> 00:46:31,622 I want you to just raise your hand in this room. 809 00:46:32,342 --> 00:46:32,782 Come on. 810 00:46:32,782 --> 00:46:33,942 There's hands everywhere. 811 00:46:36,022 --> 00:46:36,422 Come on. 812 00:46:36,422 --> 00:46:37,742 This is a sign to the Lord. 813 00:46:37,742 --> 00:46:41,062 This is you saying, lord, I lift my hand up to the. 814 00:46:41,062 --> 00:46:41,982 To the heavens. 815 00:46:41,982 --> 00:46:43,942 I lift my hand up to you, Lord. 816 00:46:44,662 --> 00:46:46,502 It's been buried for too long. 817 00:46:47,882 --> 00:46:50,442 It's been buried for far too long, Jesus. 818 00:46:58,762 --> 00:47:02,282 So, Lord Jesus, I pray for every single person in this room, 819 00:47:03,722 --> 00:47:04,082 Lord. 820 00:47:04,082 --> 00:47:06,482 We cry out with our hands raised, Lord. 821 00:47:06,482 --> 00:47:10,042 We say, jesus, Jesus, Jesus. 822 00:47:10,522 --> 00:47:12,042 It's only by your power. 823 00:47:12,612 --> 00:47:16,972 It's only by your might, Lord, sorry that we have not stewarded 824 00:47:16,972 --> 00:47:18,932 the gifts that you have given us, Lord. 825 00:47:19,732 --> 00:47:22,652 Sorry, Lord, that we have buried some of the things that you've 826 00:47:22,652 --> 00:47:23,892 called us to come to light. 827 00:47:24,452 --> 00:47:29,252 But, Father, today I bring that thing back out to life. 828 00:47:29,412 --> 00:47:33,732 I bring it into the Light and say, lord Jesus, activate me in my 829 00:47:33,732 --> 00:47:34,372 calling. 830 00:47:34,612 --> 00:47:36,292 Activate me and my giftings. 831 00:47:36,292 --> 00:47:39,482 Lord Jesus, I am a minister of the gospel. 832 00:47:39,722 --> 00:47:42,922 I am a saint who is called and chosen. 833 00:47:43,322 --> 00:47:45,802 Lord Jesus, we are chosen by you. 834 00:47:46,362 --> 00:47:50,522 So, Father, I pray that you would activate every single gift 835 00:47:50,522 --> 00:47:51,802 in the name of Jesus. 836 00:47:52,442 --> 00:47:55,962 Lord, activate every single gift in the name of Jesus. 837 00:48:02,922 --> 00:48:03,942 All right, you could lower your. 838 00:48:04,092 --> 00:48:04,612 Your hands. 839 00:48:04,612 --> 00:48:08,012 The last thing we're gonna sing for just a minute. 840 00:48:11,052 --> 00:48:17,052 When we're singing mountain be raised or valley be raised, up mountain 841 00:48:17,052 --> 00:48:21,052 be lowered, I believe that there's some things in front of you 842 00:48:21,052 --> 00:48:24,332 guys that seems absolutely impossible. 843 00:48:26,492 --> 00:48:28,812 Like you need the hand of God to move. 844 00:48:29,372 --> 00:48:30,292 You need the hand. 845 00:48:30,292 --> 00:48:30,772 I see it. 846 00:48:30,772 --> 00:48:31,122 I've been. 847 00:48:31,352 --> 00:48:34,192 As I've been preaching, I've been seeing some of you guys, and 848 00:48:34,192 --> 00:48:37,432 it's like, there are Jericho walls in front of you. 849 00:48:37,592 --> 00:48:40,272 There is a mountain in front of you, and you're like, I have no 850 00:48:40,272 --> 00:48:42,232 clue how this thing's gonna move. 851 00:48:42,472 --> 00:48:45,272 I have no clue how the Lord's actually gonna do it. 852 00:48:45,432 --> 00:48:49,112 Maybe you do have faith, but I'm here to tell you the Lord is 853 00:48:49,112 --> 00:48:51,592 stirring something and doing something right now. 854 00:48:51,832 --> 00:48:54,312 I believe faith is a gift from God. 855 00:48:54,472 --> 00:48:56,392 It's one of the gifts that he gives. 856 00:48:56,882 --> 00:48:57,602 Praise God. 857 00:48:57,762 --> 00:49:01,802 It's not just hearing the word of God, but it's also a gift that 858 00:49:01,802 --> 00:49:02,802 he gives his people. 859 00:49:03,202 --> 00:49:06,762 And I believe that you're leaving this building and this room 860 00:49:06,762 --> 00:49:10,802 today saying, lord, I know that you will heal me. 861 00:49:11,282 --> 00:49:13,442 I know that you will move the mountain. 862 00:49:13,602 --> 00:49:14,482 I know, Father. 863 00:49:14,482 --> 00:49:18,802 And without a shadow of a doubt, I have faith for the impossible. 864 00:49:20,482 --> 00:49:21,682 So this is what I want to do. 865 00:49:21,682 --> 00:49:22,882 Can we sing that part? 866 00:49:25,332 --> 00:49:26,052 They were ready. 867 00:49:26,292 --> 00:49:26,772 Come on. 868 00:49:26,772 --> 00:49:30,732 So what is in front of you right now if you got to come to the 869 00:49:30,732 --> 00:49:35,292 front and say, lord Jesus, I'm here, and I'm petitioning you, and 870 00:49:35,292 --> 00:49:36,852 I'm bringing him up to heaven. 871 00:49:36,852 --> 00:49:41,172 And, Lord, I will bring every single impossible thing to the throne. 872 00:49:41,172 --> 00:49:43,972 And say, lord Jesus, have your way. 873 00:49:44,452 --> 00:49:45,892 Move every mountain. 874 00:49:46,452 --> 00:49:48,852 Raise every single valley in the name of. 875 00:49:49,002 --> 00:49:49,642 Of Jesus. 876 00:49:50,762 --> 00:49:52,282 So worship him today. 877 00:49:52,762 --> 00:49:54,042 Worship him today. 878 00:50:14,932 --> 00:50:22,282 Sam.