1 00:00:37,659 --> 00:00:41,104 All right, well, let's wrap this up tonight. 2 00:00:42,084 --> 00:00:43,644 As I said, I was. 3 00:00:43,764 --> 00:00:44,820 I was getting ready to come down here. 4 00:00:44,852 --> 00:00:47,308 I said, I'm glad I don't have to tote a bunch of stuff down here 5 00:00:47,356 --> 00:00:47,724 tonight. 6 00:00:47,804 --> 00:00:52,500 The notebook is finished, and we're going to just wrap it up with, 7 00:00:52,612 --> 00:00:55,424 I hope, a message that'll be a help and a blessing to you. 8 00:00:55,894 --> 00:01:00,478 I really labored honestly in thought and prayer over what to preach. 9 00:01:00,526 --> 00:01:04,166 Probably for the last three weeks, I had several messages that 10 00:01:04,190 --> 00:01:05,914 I thought I wanted to preach. 11 00:01:06,334 --> 00:01:07,142 Here's the thing. 12 00:01:07,198 --> 00:01:10,694 I didn't want to come across as trying to guilt you into anything. 13 00:01:10,854 --> 00:01:13,862 I didn't want to come across as trying to shame anybody into doing 14 00:01:13,918 --> 00:01:14,622 anything. 15 00:01:14,798 --> 00:01:15,718 Here's what I know. 16 00:01:15,766 --> 00:01:18,422 I know that if you do anything out of guilt, it's only, well, number 17 00:01:18,438 --> 00:01:19,926 one, it'd be the wrong motives. 18 00:01:20,110 --> 00:01:21,874 And then number two, it won't last. 19 00:01:22,214 --> 00:01:24,034 So I didn't want that to happen. 20 00:01:24,574 --> 00:01:27,110 And so I just kept praying, lord, what can I do? 21 00:01:27,142 --> 00:01:28,318 What can I say? 22 00:01:28,486 --> 00:01:31,182 And so the Lord laid this upon my heart, and I hope that it'll be 23 00:01:31,198 --> 00:01:33,766 a help and a blessing to you if you would go ahead and open your 24 00:01:33,790 --> 00:01:37,248 Bibles into First Thessalonians, chapter 4, 1 Thessalonians, 25 00:01:37,349 --> 00:01:38,310 chapter 4. 26 00:01:38,342 --> 00:01:41,214 And when you find your place there, just hold it and then Turn 27 00:01:41,254 --> 00:01:44,887 over to First Corinthians, chapter 15, 1 Thessalonians, chapter 28 00:01:44,981 --> 00:01:45,353 4. 29 00:01:45,447 --> 00:01:50,994 Find your spot there and then go over to First Corinthians 15. 30 00:01:53,494 --> 00:01:59,998 A pastor has referred a few times in the past to a sermon that 31 00:02:00,046 --> 00:02:05,714 I preached once on the subject of living in light of eternity. 32 00:02:07,134 --> 00:02:10,766 While I don't remember the specific message that he was talking 33 00:02:10,790 --> 00:02:14,118 about, I've preached on that subject many times, as most preachers 34 00:02:14,166 --> 00:02:17,836 have, but I don't remember the specific message that I preached. 35 00:02:17,860 --> 00:02:22,700 But that particular truth has been a really a tremendous source 36 00:02:22,732 --> 00:02:26,988 of encouragement as well as a catalyst for many things in my Christian 37 00:02:27,036 --> 00:02:30,064 walk over these past 40 years that I've been saved. 38 00:02:31,124 --> 00:02:37,652 The truth and the realization of eternity has brought me back from 39 00:02:37,788 --> 00:02:39,544 a backslidden condition. 40 00:02:41,254 --> 00:02:45,734 And while I wish I could say that it has 100% of the time kept 41 00:02:45,774 --> 00:02:50,102 me from sin, I can say with a great deal of conviction that many 42 00:02:50,158 --> 00:02:55,554 times, many, many times, the realization of eternity has definitely 43 00:02:56,014 --> 00:02:57,834 kept me from sin. 44 00:03:02,974 --> 00:03:07,530 The realization of eternity is what drives me to keep on keeping 45 00:03:07,562 --> 00:03:08,134 on. 46 00:03:08,554 --> 00:03:10,722 That's what drives me to keep on for Jesus. 47 00:03:10,778 --> 00:03:11,418 It's what. 48 00:03:11,546 --> 00:03:18,654 It's when things aren't pleasant, just keep on doing it. 49 00:03:21,554 --> 00:03:24,534 When I'm tired and I feel like hanging it up. 50 00:03:25,714 --> 00:03:29,626 It's knowing that there's an eternity that just keeps me going 51 00:03:29,810 --> 00:03:30,854 for Christ. 52 00:03:32,924 --> 00:03:39,704 When people disappoint, when circumstances are far less than ideal, 53 00:03:40,604 --> 00:03:47,556 that truth, that living in light of eternity, that's what I 54 00:03:47,580 --> 00:03:48,824 try to focus on. 55 00:03:49,284 --> 00:03:55,836 And I want to focus tonight as we ask and answer the question found 56 00:03:55,900 --> 00:03:57,441 in First Corinthians 15. 57 00:03:57,531 --> 00:04:00,594 Are you there in First Corinthians 15? 58 00:04:00,684 --> 00:04:05,594 All right, look with me in verse 58, First Corinthians 15:58. 59 00:04:10,494 --> 00:04:16,954 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, 60 00:04:17,574 --> 00:04:21,494 always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as ye know 61 00:04:21,534 --> 00:04:26,432 your labor is not in vain in the Lord, I claim Psalm chapter 40, 62 00:04:26,479 --> 00:04:29,040 verse 1 through 3 is my life verse. 63 00:04:29,232 --> 00:04:34,304 I identify with that so much, but I identify with this particular 64 00:04:34,384 --> 00:04:37,560 verse for ministry and if any. 65 00:04:37,712 --> 00:04:41,720 You know, throughout the years I've had people ask me to sign their 66 00:04:41,752 --> 00:04:43,512 Bible, and I'm always honored to do that. 67 00:04:43,568 --> 00:04:47,444 And this is the verse that I'll always put underneath my name. 68 00:04:48,264 --> 00:04:51,914 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, 69 00:04:51,994 --> 00:04:53,594 always abounding in the work of the Lord. 70 00:04:53,634 --> 00:04:56,458 For as much as you know that your labor is not in vain in the 71 00:04:56,466 --> 00:05:01,418 Lord, I want to focus tonight as we ask and answer the question, 72 00:05:01,546 --> 00:05:06,562 why should I remain steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the 73 00:05:06,578 --> 00:05:07,450 work of the Lord? 74 00:05:07,562 --> 00:05:12,146 I like it when the sermon gives its own title, because I'm 75 00:05:12,170 --> 00:05:15,346 not real creative either when it comes to things like that. 76 00:05:15,530 --> 00:05:19,386 Why remain steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the 77 00:05:19,410 --> 00:05:20,494 work of the Lord? 78 00:05:22,724 --> 00:05:27,060 While this particular verse is used many times in many sermons out 79 00:05:27,092 --> 00:05:30,732 of context to convey different true principles. 80 00:05:30,788 --> 00:05:34,308 And it's not wrong to take it out of context to convey a principle 81 00:05:34,356 --> 00:05:38,340 that's true as long as you're not trying to twist it and make it 82 00:05:38,372 --> 00:05:40,524 say something it doesn't mean. 83 00:05:40,684 --> 00:05:43,879 But the strict interpretation of it is found in verse 51 through 84 00:05:43,945 --> 00:05:44,206 57. 85 00:05:44,271 --> 00:05:47,828 You'll find the context of this verse in 51 through 57. 86 00:05:47,916 --> 00:05:49,692 I'm not going to read all of those, but I want you to look at 87 00:05:49,708 --> 00:05:50,461 verse 51. 88 00:05:50,557 --> 00:05:52,436 Look at verse 51. 89 00:05:52,460 --> 00:05:54,660 The Bible says, behold, I show you a mystery. 90 00:05:54,732 --> 00:05:59,572 We shall not all sleep in death, but we shall all be changed 91 00:05:59,628 --> 00:06:03,940 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump. 92 00:06:04,012 --> 00:06:07,268 For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, 93 00:06:07,436 --> 00:06:09,604 and we shall be changed. 94 00:06:09,644 --> 00:06:12,868 Now go ahead and turn with me to First Thessalonians, chapter 4, 95 00:06:12,950 --> 00:06:17,377 and let's read verse 16 and 17 again, we're looking at. 96 00:06:17,459 --> 00:06:20,656 We're getting the context of First Corinthians 15:58. 97 00:06:20,738 --> 00:06:25,985 So he says, for the Lord himself in verse 16 of 1 Thessalonians, 98 00:06:26,067 --> 00:06:26,846 chapter 4. 99 00:06:27,030 --> 00:06:30,502 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, 100 00:06:30,638 --> 00:06:33,982 with the voice of the archangel, with the trump of God. 101 00:06:34,038 --> 00:06:36,510 And the dead in Christ shall rise first. 102 00:06:36,622 --> 00:06:39,646 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together 103 00:06:39,710 --> 00:06:42,172 with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. 104 00:06:42,318 --> 00:06:45,072 And so shall we ever be with the Lord. 105 00:06:45,208 --> 00:06:47,504 Now, if you just put those together, same thing. 106 00:06:47,544 --> 00:06:48,296 It's the context. 107 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,840 Go back to verse 58 in 1st Corinthians 15. 108 00:06:50,952 --> 00:06:53,680 So reading all of that, he said, we're going to meet the Lord, 109 00:06:53,712 --> 00:06:55,440 and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 110 00:06:55,512 --> 00:07:00,536 Therefore, therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, 111 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,968 unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, because he's 112 00:07:04,016 --> 00:07:04,604 coming. 113 00:07:05,064 --> 00:07:06,524 He's coming back. 114 00:07:06,864 --> 00:07:10,192 And it could be today, it could be tomorrow, it could be next 115 00:07:10,248 --> 00:07:10,844 week. 116 00:07:11,274 --> 00:07:12,258 He is coming. 117 00:07:12,306 --> 00:07:14,418 He said, look, it's on the horizon. 118 00:07:14,586 --> 00:07:17,194 And I know they've said this in every generation, but, brother, 119 00:07:17,234 --> 00:07:19,214 it is closer now than it's ever been. 120 00:07:20,074 --> 00:07:21,098 Look, we might be. 121 00:07:21,146 --> 00:07:24,074 We might have been looking for trump, but I'm listening for the 122 00:07:24,114 --> 00:07:24,386 trump. 123 00:07:24,450 --> 00:07:25,130 Amen. 124 00:07:25,282 --> 00:07:27,074 I mean, it is around the corner. 125 00:07:27,114 --> 00:07:28,414 I really believe that. 126 00:07:28,714 --> 00:07:36,534 And so with that, with knowing that my beloved brethren, be steadfast, 127 00:07:37,004 --> 00:07:41,020 unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, Forasmuch as 128 00:07:41,052 --> 00:07:46,164 you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord, it is the 129 00:07:46,204 --> 00:07:49,084 reality of the second coming of Jesus Christ. 130 00:07:49,164 --> 00:07:52,428 More to the point, it's referring to the first phase of the 131 00:07:52,476 --> 00:07:54,972 second Coming, known as the Rapture. 132 00:07:55,148 --> 00:07:56,060 It could happen. 133 00:07:56,172 --> 00:07:57,332 I mean, that quick. 134 00:07:57,428 --> 00:08:00,704 I mean, it will happen that quick in a blink of an eye. 135 00:08:01,284 --> 00:08:04,652 So why should we be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the 136 00:08:04,668 --> 00:08:06,420 work of the Lord in light of his coming? 137 00:08:06,492 --> 00:08:09,272 Number one, because the night comes when no man can work. 138 00:08:09,328 --> 00:08:10,976 I want to give you six quick points, okay? 139 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,524 And then we're going to shut it down. 140 00:08:12,944 --> 00:08:14,352 Nothing you haven't heard before. 141 00:08:14,408 --> 00:08:16,136 But I think that in light of. 142 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:20,072 On the heels of the entire last eight or nine weeks that we've 143 00:08:20,088 --> 00:08:24,976 been covering personal evangelism, you already know we have 144 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,440 a mandate to win souls. 145 00:08:26,472 --> 00:08:27,368 You know that. 146 00:08:27,496 --> 00:08:29,408 I don't have to keep reiterating that. 147 00:08:29,496 --> 00:08:30,096 You know that. 148 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,568 We have a mandate from God to witness. 149 00:08:32,616 --> 00:08:34,208 We have a mandate from Jesus Christ. 150 00:08:34,256 --> 00:08:35,752 We have a mandate from the apostles. 151 00:08:35,808 --> 00:08:38,754 We have a mandate written for us in the Word of God, the church 152 00:08:38,794 --> 00:08:42,282 has a mandate in Matthew 28, Mark 16. 153 00:08:42,458 --> 00:08:47,602 Well, you know that I don't have to keep saying that, but what 154 00:08:47,618 --> 00:08:53,210 I hope, I encourage us to do is to live in light of eternity, 155 00:08:53,362 --> 00:08:57,690 live in light of the fact that Jesus could come back tomorrow, he 156 00:08:57,722 --> 00:08:59,146 could come back tonight. 157 00:08:59,290 --> 00:09:02,986 And if we'll live with that thought in mind, I think being a 158 00:09:03,010 --> 00:09:06,454 soul winner, witnessing to people, will take care of itself. 159 00:09:08,914 --> 00:09:11,134 And hopefully now you're more prepared to do it. 160 00:09:13,234 --> 00:09:15,706 The night comes when no man can work. 161 00:09:15,850 --> 00:09:19,114 Our days of opportunity to have done something for the Lord 162 00:09:19,154 --> 00:09:20,614 will be gone forever. 163 00:09:21,514 --> 00:09:22,546 Can I say that again? 164 00:09:22,610 --> 00:09:25,082 Our days, our days of opportunity. 165 00:09:25,178 --> 00:09:28,298 Our opportunity to have done something for the Lord is going to 166 00:09:28,306 --> 00:09:29,214 come to an end. 167 00:09:29,594 --> 00:09:31,454 And we don't get a do over. 168 00:09:31,874 --> 00:09:33,854 When it's done, it's done. 169 00:09:35,674 --> 00:09:37,602 That's the thing about wasted time. 170 00:09:37,658 --> 00:09:38,770 You can't reclaim it. 171 00:09:38,802 --> 00:09:39,954 You can't recycle it. 172 00:09:39,994 --> 00:09:42,094 Once it's gone, it's gone forever. 173 00:09:42,794 --> 00:09:43,946 Can't do anything about it. 174 00:09:43,970 --> 00:09:44,698 John 9:4. 175 00:09:44,746 --> 00:09:48,482 Jesus himself said, I must work the works of him that sent me. 176 00:09:48,578 --> 00:09:52,018 While it is day, the night cometh when no man can work. 177 00:09:52,146 --> 00:09:54,298 Our opportunity is fleeting. 178 00:09:54,386 --> 00:09:55,586 This life is fleeting. 179 00:09:55,650 --> 00:09:56,562 What is life? 180 00:09:56,658 --> 00:09:59,818 James said, it is but a vapor that appears for a little time and 181 00:09:59,826 --> 00:10:02,474 then vanishes away. 182 00:10:03,494 --> 00:10:08,214 And I can say that with every passing year with more conviction. 183 00:10:08,374 --> 00:10:09,794 I am shocked. 184 00:10:10,254 --> 00:10:17,554 I can't believe that I'm 61. 185 00:10:18,334 --> 00:10:19,794 In another week or two. 186 00:10:20,454 --> 00:10:21,678 I mean, I can't believe it. 187 00:10:21,726 --> 00:10:23,958 My mind just says, no, you're not. 188 00:10:24,086 --> 00:10:24,862 No, you're not. 189 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:27,198 And then I try to do those things that I did when I was. 190 00:10:27,246 --> 00:10:29,558 And then you've heard the stories, and some of you can actually 191 00:10:29,606 --> 00:10:30,270 say, amen. 192 00:10:30,342 --> 00:10:30,934 Amen. 193 00:10:31,054 --> 00:10:31,742 I can't believe it. 194 00:10:31,758 --> 00:10:33,902 And some of y'all are out there saying, 70 and 80, and you're 195 00:10:33,918 --> 00:10:35,078 like, son, you're just a pup. 196 00:10:35,166 --> 00:10:36,674 I don't feel like a pup. 197 00:10:38,454 --> 00:10:39,454 But I'm here to tell. 198 00:10:39,494 --> 00:10:41,886 I just want to tell you, man, it's gone so fast. 199 00:10:41,950 --> 00:10:44,994 I can't believe how quickly it's gone. 200 00:10:46,734 --> 00:10:48,478 Life's a vapor, and I believe it. 201 00:10:48,566 --> 00:10:49,598 We don't get a do over. 202 00:10:49,646 --> 00:10:51,430 We get one opportunity at this thing. 203 00:10:51,502 --> 00:10:55,046 One chance to make a difference for Jesus Christ. 204 00:10:55,190 --> 00:10:56,324 One opportunity. 205 00:10:56,454 --> 00:10:59,640 We are created beings and we're limited by time and space. 206 00:10:59,712 --> 00:11:01,884 We're not gonna live upon this earth forever. 207 00:11:02,624 --> 00:11:03,424 We're just not. 208 00:11:03,464 --> 00:11:03,760 I know. 209 00:11:03,792 --> 00:11:05,280 We think we're bullet the younger we are. 210 00:11:05,312 --> 00:11:06,864 We think we're bulletproof, man. 211 00:11:06,904 --> 00:11:10,328 I mean, 20 years seems like eternity. 212 00:11:10,455 --> 00:11:15,152 Psalm 90 says, verse 10 says, the days of our years are threescore 213 00:11:15,208 --> 00:11:15,760 years and 10. 214 00:11:15,792 --> 00:11:19,328 And if by reason of strength they be fourscore, yet is their strength, 215 00:11:19,376 --> 00:11:22,064 labor, and sorrow, for it is soon cut off and we fly away. 216 00:11:22,104 --> 00:11:24,575 He said threescore and 10. 217 00:11:24,647 --> 00:11:25,326 That's 70. 218 00:11:25,430 --> 00:11:28,034 That's nine years away from where I am. 219 00:11:29,174 --> 00:11:30,382 You know what I'm thinking? 220 00:11:30,478 --> 00:11:33,110 I'm thinking if I'm going to do something for the Lord, I better 221 00:11:33,142 --> 00:11:34,114 get her done. 222 00:11:34,614 --> 00:11:39,158 Because I realize how quickly I got to 61 and 10 years. 223 00:11:39,246 --> 00:11:41,274 Nine years is going to come quick. 224 00:11:41,694 --> 00:11:44,318 It's not going to take any time at all for me to get to 70. 225 00:11:44,366 --> 00:11:46,766 And if I'm going to do something for Jesus, I better get 226 00:11:46,790 --> 00:11:47,754 to doing it. 227 00:11:50,624 --> 00:11:51,928 Hebrews 9:27. 228 00:11:51,976 --> 00:11:55,544 As it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this, the 229 00:11:55,584 --> 00:11:55,968 judgment. 230 00:11:56,016 --> 00:12:00,112 So why should we be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the 231 00:12:00,128 --> 00:12:00,776 work of the Lord? 232 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,152 Because the night will come when no man can work. 233 00:12:03,248 --> 00:12:07,084 Secondly, because no other work on earth matters in eternity. 234 00:12:07,584 --> 00:12:10,248 No other work matters in eternity. 235 00:12:10,296 --> 00:12:13,784 So what if you gave your life, your entire life, what if you gave 236 00:12:13,824 --> 00:12:18,158 your life to a career and you were the very best in your field 237 00:12:18,206 --> 00:12:20,886 and you achieved all the accolades and the honors that you 238 00:12:20,910 --> 00:12:23,646 could get, all the awards that you could possibly get. 239 00:12:23,830 --> 00:12:27,030 I mean, if people sought for your expert advice because you were 240 00:12:27,062 --> 00:12:32,514 a professional in your particular field and then you died 241 00:12:33,614 --> 00:12:39,646 and you stand before the Lord Jesus Christ and he says, give an 242 00:12:39,670 --> 00:12:45,924 account, what could you say? 243 00:12:47,824 --> 00:12:53,284 I mean, if you spent your entire life working at your vocation, 244 00:12:54,104 --> 00:12:57,524 which could be honorable this side of eternity. 245 00:12:57,984 --> 00:13:01,608 I'm not saying having a particular career for 40 or 50 years 246 00:13:01,656 --> 00:13:02,160 is wrong. 247 00:13:02,232 --> 00:13:03,424 I'm not saying that at all. 248 00:13:03,464 --> 00:13:05,244 Please don't misconstrue what I'm saying. 249 00:13:05,584 --> 00:13:08,544 But what if that's all you did? 250 00:13:11,964 --> 00:13:13,664 We will give an account. 251 00:13:14,004 --> 00:13:16,964 We will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 252 00:13:17,084 --> 00:13:20,044 All of us will to give an account for the things done in this 253 00:13:20,084 --> 00:13:20,380 body. 254 00:13:20,452 --> 00:13:24,444 Whether it's good or bad, all of us will. 255 00:13:24,524 --> 00:13:25,700 If you're saved. 256 00:13:25,892 --> 00:13:28,284 If you're not saved, there's another judgment for you. 257 00:13:28,364 --> 00:13:32,966 And we're not even gonna talk about that tonight, but fear it very 258 00:13:32,990 --> 00:13:33,554 much. 259 00:13:35,854 --> 00:13:39,694 The Bible tells of a man who worked hard and he was blessed with 260 00:13:39,814 --> 00:13:41,550 substance and material goods. 261 00:13:41,582 --> 00:13:44,998 And rather than be a blessing to those around him with his abundance, 262 00:13:45,046 --> 00:13:47,406 he said, I'm going to tear down my little old barns, and I'm 263 00:13:47,430 --> 00:13:50,846 going to build me some big ones, and I'm going to put all the 264 00:13:50,870 --> 00:13:53,150 stuff I'm going to put all my goods into this big barn. 265 00:13:53,182 --> 00:13:54,262 And you know what I'm going to do? 266 00:13:54,278 --> 00:13:55,294 I'm going to quit working. 267 00:13:55,414 --> 00:13:56,594 I'm going to retire. 268 00:13:57,014 --> 00:14:00,270 I'm going to just eat, drink and be merry on all the stuff that 269 00:14:00,302 --> 00:14:01,114 I have. 270 00:14:02,734 --> 00:14:04,314 But what did God say? 271 00:14:04,774 --> 00:14:08,654 How did God respond to this man's actions and his attitude toward 272 00:14:08,734 --> 00:14:10,554 all that he had worked for? 273 00:14:10,934 --> 00:14:15,822 He said in Luke 12:20, God said unto him, thou fool this night 274 00:14:15,958 --> 00:14:17,622 thy soul shall be required of thee. 275 00:14:17,678 --> 00:14:21,118 Then who shall those things be which thou hast provided? 276 00:14:21,166 --> 00:14:24,366 God called him a fool, not for working hard and being rewarded for 277 00:14:24,390 --> 00:14:25,078 his hard work. 278 00:14:25,126 --> 00:14:27,822 That's not what he called him a fool for, but for being selfish 279 00:14:27,878 --> 00:14:32,728 and for not thinking in terms of eternity, for not laying up treasures 280 00:14:32,776 --> 00:14:35,564 in heaven by being a blessing to others. 281 00:14:36,784 --> 00:14:38,312 That's why he called him a fool. 282 00:14:38,448 --> 00:14:40,404 He lived for the moment. 283 00:14:42,224 --> 00:14:53,480 Listen, the devil wants to ride my shoulder sometimes, and he 284 00:14:53,512 --> 00:14:58,082 likes to say, well, you can't enjoy the moment. 285 00:14:58,218 --> 00:14:59,658 How can you enjoy the moment? 286 00:14:59,706 --> 00:15:00,834 How can you live in the moment? 287 00:15:00,874 --> 00:15:04,450 How can you enjoy the day when your day is constantly filled with 288 00:15:04,482 --> 00:15:06,534 thinking about what's going on next month? 289 00:15:07,674 --> 00:15:10,562 When I have to plan for next month, it's hard to enjoy the day. 290 00:15:10,618 --> 00:15:13,058 That's what the devil wants me to always think of. 291 00:15:13,186 --> 00:15:14,810 He wants me to always think about. 292 00:15:14,882 --> 00:15:15,802 But you know what? 293 00:15:15,938 --> 00:15:19,114 If we spend our day living day to day, I'm just living for the moment, 294 00:15:19,154 --> 00:15:19,898 living for the moment. 295 00:15:19,946 --> 00:15:20,450 Just spend. 296 00:15:20,522 --> 00:15:22,810 I'm just living for the I've heard so many people say that. 297 00:15:22,842 --> 00:15:23,714 Just live for the day. 298 00:15:23,754 --> 00:15:24,818 Don't worry about eternity. 299 00:15:24,906 --> 00:15:27,162 No, we have to live in light of eternity. 300 00:15:27,258 --> 00:15:29,346 That's why God called this man a fool. 301 00:15:29,450 --> 00:15:32,762 For not again, not for working hard and being rewarded for his work, 302 00:15:32,858 --> 00:15:39,522 but for not living in term, in thinking in terms of eternity in 303 00:15:39,538 --> 00:15:40,774 Matthew 25. 304 00:15:43,994 --> 00:15:45,474 Go ahead and turn over there with me. 305 00:15:45,554 --> 00:15:46,826 I'll just read all of this. 306 00:15:46,930 --> 00:15:47,570 It's a lot. 307 00:15:47,642 --> 00:15:48,402 Let's go ahead and read it. 308 00:15:48,418 --> 00:15:50,494 Matthew 25 let's go ahead and read this. 309 00:15:51,984 --> 00:15:54,040 I'm going to go ahead and get started because I'm going to read 310 00:15:54,072 --> 00:15:54,760 several verses here. 311 00:15:54,792 --> 00:15:58,072 Matthew 25, beginning in verse 31 when the Son of man shall come 312 00:15:58,088 --> 00:16:00,656 in his glory, and all the holy angels with him. 313 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,760 Then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory, and before him 314 00:16:03,792 --> 00:16:06,640 shall be gathered all nations, and he shall separate them one from 315 00:16:06,672 --> 00:16:09,528 another, as the shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats. 316 00:16:09,656 --> 00:16:12,520 And verse 33 says, and he shall set the sheep on his right 317 00:16:12,552 --> 00:16:14,152 hand, but the goats on the left. 318 00:16:14,288 --> 00:16:17,160 Then shall the king say unto them on his right hand, come ye blessed 319 00:16:17,192 --> 00:16:20,170 to my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the 320 00:16:20,202 --> 00:16:21,290 foundation of the world? 321 00:16:21,402 --> 00:16:23,370 For I was an hungry and ye gave me meat. 322 00:16:23,482 --> 00:16:25,042 I was thirsty and ye gave me drink. 323 00:16:25,098 --> 00:16:28,490 I was a stranger and you took me in naked and ye clothed me. 324 00:16:28,522 --> 00:16:29,906 I was sick and you visited me. 325 00:16:29,930 --> 00:16:32,114 I was in prison and you came unto me. 326 00:16:32,274 --> 00:16:34,730 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, lord, when saw 327 00:16:34,762 --> 00:16:38,018 we thee hungered and fed thee and thirsty and gave thee drink? 328 00:16:38,186 --> 00:16:41,202 When saw we thee a stranger and took thee in or naked and clothed 329 00:16:41,218 --> 00:16:41,578 thee? 330 00:16:41,666 --> 00:16:44,226 When saw we thee sick or in prison, and came unto thee? 331 00:16:44,250 --> 00:16:47,476 And the king shall answer and say unto them, verily I say unto 332 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:50,292 you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these 333 00:16:50,348 --> 00:16:52,784 my brethren, you have done it unto me. 334 00:16:53,924 --> 00:16:58,548 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, depart from 335 00:16:58,556 --> 00:17:01,612 me, ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and 336 00:17:01,628 --> 00:17:02,236 his angels. 337 00:17:02,340 --> 00:17:04,124 For I was an hungry and ye gave me no meat. 338 00:17:04,164 --> 00:17:05,996 I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink. 339 00:17:06,140 --> 00:17:09,140 I was a stranger and you took me not in naked, and ye clothed me 340 00:17:09,172 --> 00:17:12,344 not sick and in prison, and ye visited me not. 341 00:17:12,784 --> 00:17:15,536 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee 342 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:19,000 a hunger and a thirst, or stranger naked and sick in prison 343 00:17:19,192 --> 00:17:22,084 and did not minister unto thee, then shall he answer. 344 00:17:23,224 --> 00:17:26,816 Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one 345 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:30,164 of the least of these, you did it not to me. 346 00:17:30,784 --> 00:17:35,832 Why should we be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the 347 00:17:35,848 --> 00:17:36,488 work of the Lord? 348 00:17:36,536 --> 00:17:40,584 Because the night comes when no man can work and there's no other 349 00:17:40,624 --> 00:17:45,844 work on earth that matters in eternity, nothing else. 350 00:17:46,384 --> 00:17:49,484 You've heard it so often it's become trite. 351 00:17:50,704 --> 00:17:53,840 Only one life will soon be passed. 352 00:17:54,032 --> 00:17:56,608 Only what's done for Christ will last. 353 00:17:56,696 --> 00:18:01,164 It's so simple, but it's so packed with truth. 354 00:18:03,544 --> 00:18:08,772 God is not going to ask you to give account of how great we were 355 00:18:08,868 --> 00:18:10,100 at our careers. 356 00:18:10,292 --> 00:18:11,764 And I'm all for careers. 357 00:18:11,924 --> 00:18:16,340 I regret one of the regrets I have as a, as a 60 year old man now, 358 00:18:16,372 --> 00:18:20,064 well, just life in general was that I never actually learned a trade 359 00:18:21,484 --> 00:18:23,612 in ministry that would have come in really handy. 360 00:18:23,668 --> 00:18:25,664 I never actually learned to trade. 361 00:18:26,804 --> 00:18:27,548 I was in. 362 00:18:27,636 --> 00:18:30,652 I was in electronics before I got saved and then I got saved and 363 00:18:30,668 --> 00:18:31,704 went into ministry. 364 00:18:32,054 --> 00:18:34,830 And then when I tried to get back into telecommunications, all 365 00:18:34,862 --> 00:18:38,470 the technology passed me by, it was all fiber optics. 366 00:18:38,542 --> 00:18:41,954 And when I was in telecommunications, it was still 367 00:18:43,254 --> 00:18:50,274 32 pair cable and 64 pair cable and amphenols and yeah, anyway. 368 00:18:52,574 --> 00:18:57,110 But God doesn't care about my When I get to heaven, he's not going 369 00:18:57,142 --> 00:18:59,354 to ask me to give account of my vocation. 370 00:18:59,734 --> 00:19:01,910 Unless, of course, I had people that I had the opportunity 371 00:19:01,942 --> 00:19:02,918 to witness to. 372 00:19:03,046 --> 00:19:05,502 So why should we be steadfast, unmovable? 373 00:19:05,598 --> 00:19:08,038 Because no other work on earth matters in eternity. 374 00:19:08,086 --> 00:19:09,278 Let me give you another thought. 375 00:19:09,326 --> 00:19:09,694 Number three. 376 00:19:09,734 --> 00:19:13,870 Because we are to store up treasures in heaven, and the only 377 00:19:13,902 --> 00:19:17,998 way to do that is to labor for the Lord down here. 378 00:19:18,126 --> 00:19:20,006 That's the only way. 379 00:19:20,190 --> 00:19:21,622 We can't take it with us. 380 00:19:21,758 --> 00:19:23,914 I mean, I'm gonna say things you've heard forever. 381 00:19:24,294 --> 00:19:27,104 Never saw a U haul on the back of a hearse. 382 00:19:27,804 --> 00:19:28,624 Amen. 383 00:19:29,484 --> 00:19:30,468 They're not going to put it in. 384 00:19:30,516 --> 00:19:32,516 If they can put it in the casket, but it's not going to go 385 00:19:32,540 --> 00:19:36,052 any further than the ground, I wouldn't be surprised if you put 386 00:19:36,068 --> 00:19:38,236 it in the casket and the guy who buries you waits till everybody 387 00:19:38,260 --> 00:19:39,504 leaves and takes it out. 388 00:19:41,004 --> 00:19:43,704 If I wasn't a saved man, I'm sure that's what I'd do. 389 00:19:45,964 --> 00:19:49,292 We're to store up treasures in heaven, he tells us in Matthew 6:19 390 00:19:49,348 --> 00:19:51,988 lay not up treasures for your lay not up for yourselves treasures 391 00:19:52,036 --> 00:19:55,176 upon the earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, where thieves 392 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:56,168 break through and steal. 393 00:19:56,256 --> 00:19:59,072 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither 394 00:19:59,128 --> 00:20:02,320 moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through 395 00:20:02,352 --> 00:20:03,204 and steal. 396 00:20:03,744 --> 00:20:07,008 He said for as much in verse 58 for as much as you know your labor 397 00:20:07,056 --> 00:20:08,520 is not in vain in the Lord. 398 00:20:08,592 --> 00:20:13,444 Sometimes we think it is because we don't have a immediate 399 00:20:15,384 --> 00:20:19,894 because it's not an immediate evidence. 400 00:20:20,554 --> 00:20:22,866 Sometimes we think, well, I'm wasting my time. 401 00:20:23,010 --> 00:20:24,506 Why do I keep doing this? 402 00:20:24,650 --> 00:20:25,298 Knock doors. 403 00:20:25,346 --> 00:20:27,754 You knock doors for a week and you don't see anybody Knock doors 404 00:20:27,794 --> 00:20:30,014 for a month and no results. 405 00:20:30,394 --> 00:20:34,898 Knock doors for six months, pass out new move in bags for a year, 406 00:20:34,986 --> 00:20:35,954 and nobody comes. 407 00:20:35,994 --> 00:20:37,534 And you think, well, I've just quit. 408 00:20:37,994 --> 00:20:39,654 This isn't doing any good. 409 00:20:44,284 --> 00:20:48,104 Your labor is not in vain in the Lord. 410 00:20:50,164 --> 00:20:53,276 I think too often we don't understand the value of our efforts 411 00:20:53,340 --> 00:20:55,340 for God and for kingdom work. 412 00:20:55,372 --> 00:20:57,652 Either we don't consider it, or we don't equate what we do for 413 00:20:57,668 --> 00:21:03,668 the Lord with value, because we don't see an immediate return 414 00:21:03,796 --> 00:21:04,744 on investment. 415 00:21:06,124 --> 00:21:08,516 But we've got to understand that in every little thing that we 416 00:21:08,540 --> 00:21:11,428 do in the name of Christ, we're laying up treasures in heaven. 417 00:21:11,476 --> 00:21:15,944 Inasmuch as you do it to the least of these you do it unto me. 418 00:21:17,804 --> 00:21:22,636 Romans 12:16 says, Mind not high things condescend to men of 419 00:21:22,660 --> 00:21:23,624 low estate. 420 00:21:26,764 --> 00:21:30,624 Every tract distributed or given away is treasure. 421 00:21:32,404 --> 00:21:36,674 Every new moving bag left at a door is Is a treasure. 422 00:21:37,414 --> 00:21:39,830 Every gospel witness is a treasure. 423 00:21:39,902 --> 00:21:43,194 Every attempt at a gospel witness is a treasure. 424 00:21:45,094 --> 00:21:49,718 Every kind unselfish act done for the purpose of influencing others. 425 00:21:49,766 --> 00:21:52,394 For Jesus Christ is a treasure. 426 00:21:54,654 --> 00:21:58,914 Everything that we do for Jesus Christ is a treasure. 427 00:21:59,654 --> 00:22:02,634 But we don't want to do them for the purpose of treasure. 428 00:22:03,524 --> 00:22:04,660 We do them well. 429 00:22:04,692 --> 00:22:05,812 I'm getting to that. 430 00:22:05,988 --> 00:22:09,140 But all the blessings that are promised us in the New Testament 431 00:22:09,172 --> 00:22:12,344 are spiritual in nature rather than material. 432 00:22:13,964 --> 00:22:16,636 That's why we need to stay away from the thieves and liars who 433 00:22:16,660 --> 00:22:18,132 say, God wants you to be rich. 434 00:22:18,268 --> 00:22:19,436 Stay away from those guys. 435 00:22:19,500 --> 00:22:22,556 Matthew 10:40 he that receiveth you receiveth me, and he 436 00:22:22,580 --> 00:22:24,668 that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 437 00:22:24,756 --> 00:22:27,524 I like verse 42 Whosoever shall give a drink to one of these 438 00:22:27,564 --> 00:22:28,504 little ones. 439 00:22:29,314 --> 00:22:31,578 Whosoever has given a drink unto one of these little ones, a 440 00:22:31,586 --> 00:22:34,578 cup of cold water only in the name of the disciple. 441 00:22:34,746 --> 00:22:37,774 Verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward 442 00:22:38,674 --> 00:22:40,254 just handing out a cup of. 443 00:22:40,994 --> 00:22:43,414 You ever give a bottle of water to your mailman? 444 00:22:48,154 --> 00:22:51,306 I mean something as simple as handing a bottle of water to your 445 00:22:51,330 --> 00:22:52,650 mailman when it's hot out. 446 00:22:52,722 --> 00:22:53,466 Here you go. 447 00:22:53,570 --> 00:22:54,618 May the Lord bless you. 448 00:22:54,666 --> 00:22:55,788 God bless you. 449 00:22:55,986 --> 00:22:57,124 God bless you. 450 00:22:57,984 --> 00:23:00,856 I mean, if you do it truly, not just to have a little, you know, 451 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:05,120 a little tag on the end of it, but to really mean, may the Lord 452 00:23:05,152 --> 00:23:05,752 bless you today. 453 00:23:05,808 --> 00:23:06,804 God bless you. 454 00:23:08,424 --> 00:23:09,728 Something as simple as that. 455 00:23:09,776 --> 00:23:12,416 Whatever we do in the name of the Lord, working for the Lord, it's 456 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:12,944 a treasure. 457 00:23:12,984 --> 00:23:14,480 It's a treasure in heaven. 458 00:23:14,672 --> 00:23:17,832 Why should we be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the 459 00:23:17,848 --> 00:23:18,408 work of the Lord? 460 00:23:18,456 --> 00:23:20,764 Because the night comes when no man can work. 461 00:23:22,074 --> 00:23:22,730 It's going to be done. 462 00:23:22,762 --> 00:23:23,974 It might be tonight. 463 00:23:24,874 --> 00:23:27,122 And even if Jesus doesn't come back, we're not. 464 00:23:27,178 --> 00:23:28,374 We're going to die. 465 00:23:29,714 --> 00:23:31,826 We are going to die. 466 00:23:31,890 --> 00:23:33,674 Is it appointed unto man wants to die. 467 00:23:33,754 --> 00:23:35,094 We've got an appointment. 468 00:23:36,154 --> 00:23:37,490 Do we want to stand before? 469 00:23:37,602 --> 00:23:38,802 There's an old hymn. 470 00:23:38,938 --> 00:23:40,850 Must I empty handed go? 471 00:23:40,882 --> 00:23:43,202 I can't remember the name, the word of it now, but must I empty 472 00:23:43,258 --> 00:23:43,802 handed go? 473 00:23:43,858 --> 00:23:46,034 No, I don't want to go empty handed. 474 00:23:46,194 --> 00:23:50,056 I want to be able to have crowns, to be able to lay down at 475 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:50,924 his feet. 476 00:23:51,864 --> 00:23:53,648 I want to have rewards, I do. 477 00:23:53,696 --> 00:23:55,520 Because I want to give them back to him. 478 00:23:55,672 --> 00:23:57,244 Because I just. 479 00:23:57,624 --> 00:24:03,232 I know that he never asked for anything in return, but I can't imagine 480 00:24:03,328 --> 00:24:09,080 living this life that he saved me to live and not doing anything 481 00:24:09,152 --> 00:24:10,044 for him. 482 00:24:13,234 --> 00:24:15,058 The night will come when no man can work. 483 00:24:15,106 --> 00:24:18,162 Why should we be steadfast, unmovable? 484 00:24:18,298 --> 00:24:21,894 Because no other work on earth matters in eternity. 485 00:24:22,634 --> 00:24:25,226 And then number three, because we are to store up treasures in heaven. 486 00:24:25,250 --> 00:24:25,626 He told. 487 00:24:25,690 --> 00:24:29,034 He told us to lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, 488 00:24:29,114 --> 00:24:30,130 but lay up treasures in heaven. 489 00:24:30,162 --> 00:24:31,174 How do we do that? 490 00:24:32,154 --> 00:24:35,494 The smallest thing in the name of the Lord. 491 00:24:37,474 --> 00:24:38,454 Number four. 492 00:24:39,604 --> 00:24:40,892 Why should we be steadfast? 493 00:24:40,948 --> 00:24:43,460 Because we don't know when our last day on earth will be. 494 00:24:43,532 --> 00:24:44,344 Kind of. 495 00:24:45,604 --> 00:24:47,124 Kind of stepping over myself there. 496 00:24:47,164 --> 00:24:50,684 But Matthew 24:36, he said, but of that day and hour knoweth 497 00:24:50,724 --> 00:24:54,220 no man, Know not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 498 00:24:54,292 --> 00:24:55,700 And now I skip down to verse 42. 499 00:24:55,732 --> 00:24:57,424 He says, watch therefore. 500 00:24:57,964 --> 00:24:58,748 Watch therefore. 501 00:24:58,796 --> 00:25:01,464 For you know not what hour your Lord doth come. 502 00:25:02,204 --> 00:25:06,238 You know not, but know this, that if the goodman of the house 503 00:25:06,286 --> 00:25:09,606 had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, 504 00:25:09,630 --> 00:25:11,750 and he would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 505 00:25:11,822 --> 00:25:15,582 Therefore be ye also ready for such an hour as ye think not the 506 00:25:15,598 --> 00:25:16,630 Son of man cometh. 507 00:25:16,782 --> 00:25:20,886 If we had a guaranteed 7 or 80 or 100 years upon this earth, we 508 00:25:20,910 --> 00:25:21,430 would. 509 00:25:21,582 --> 00:25:26,954 We would put off all the unpleasant and sacrificial things 510 00:25:27,294 --> 00:25:31,734 and hard things that we need to do in life until the very last 511 00:25:31,774 --> 00:25:32,394 minute. 512 00:25:33,514 --> 00:25:34,218 If we knew. 513 00:25:34,266 --> 00:25:38,602 If we had a guaranteed 70 years or 80 or 90, we would wait. 514 00:25:38,658 --> 00:25:46,426 We would wait because those things, the spiritual things, the 515 00:25:46,450 --> 00:25:48,454 things that aren't pleasing to the flesh. 516 00:25:49,114 --> 00:25:52,106 Just about everything that we do for God is not pleasing to the 517 00:25:52,130 --> 00:25:55,414 flesh because it typically involves some kind of sacrifice, 518 00:25:55,834 --> 00:26:01,262 whether it's sleep or time or money or strength or effort takes. 519 00:26:01,358 --> 00:26:01,974 We don't. 520 00:26:02,094 --> 00:26:05,542 We would put that off if we could, but we don't know when. 521 00:26:05,598 --> 00:26:07,394 We don't know how long we have. 522 00:26:08,494 --> 00:26:12,554 Everybody in this room knows of somebody who died way too early, 523 00:26:13,134 --> 00:26:15,514 at least in our estimation. 524 00:26:19,054 --> 00:26:19,954 Christians. 525 00:26:23,414 --> 00:26:24,246 Surely you. 526 00:26:24,310 --> 00:26:25,394 I know. 527 00:26:25,534 --> 00:26:26,242 I know some. 528 00:26:26,298 --> 00:26:29,610 Surely you know some Christians who have taken their lives 529 00:26:29,722 --> 00:26:30,374 even. 530 00:26:34,394 --> 00:26:35,814 And we just don't know. 531 00:26:37,194 --> 00:26:39,654 We just don't know when our last day on earth will be. 532 00:26:42,874 --> 00:26:45,266 You ever watch I'm guilty. 533 00:26:45,330 --> 00:26:52,644 I'll watch videos on YouTube clips, and I hate watching the ones 534 00:26:52,684 --> 00:26:53,492 that are supposed to be like. 535 00:26:53,508 --> 00:26:55,504 You ever watch, like the funniest home videos? 536 00:26:56,564 --> 00:26:59,324 And then they get to the ones that just aren't funny? 537 00:26:59,444 --> 00:27:00,132 I mean, they. 538 00:27:00,228 --> 00:27:04,744 People getting hurt like kids Jumping through a trampoline or something. 539 00:27:05,684 --> 00:27:06,236 I don't. 540 00:27:06,300 --> 00:27:07,228 I can't let. 541 00:27:07,396 --> 00:27:09,900 When I see people, like somebody riding a bicycle and they 542 00:27:09,932 --> 00:27:13,544 crash their bike or doing a skateboard, and it's really bad, 543 00:27:14,204 --> 00:27:15,012 I get a. 544 00:27:15,108 --> 00:27:15,748 My stomach. 545 00:27:15,796 --> 00:27:20,374 I get a pit in my stomach and I'm like, oh, it hurts. 546 00:27:20,754 --> 00:27:22,254 Just hurts me. 547 00:27:23,834 --> 00:27:29,506 Well, I watch on YouTube sometimes even crashes, crashes, 548 00:27:29,650 --> 00:27:32,574 truck crashes and people that are. 549 00:27:33,154 --> 00:27:35,334 Can I use the id 10t? 550 00:27:36,074 --> 00:27:38,214 You can spell that out and you'll get to it. 551 00:27:38,714 --> 00:27:46,156 I watch id 10t videos how people drive because they didn't 552 00:27:46,220 --> 00:27:48,300 take driving classes from me. 553 00:27:48,492 --> 00:27:51,464 So they all suffered from ID10T error. 554 00:27:53,244 --> 00:27:58,064 And while I'm being comical, honestly, some of those are real. 555 00:27:58,524 --> 00:28:00,028 Some of those are. 556 00:28:00,196 --> 00:28:01,104 They're just. 557 00:28:01,564 --> 00:28:04,100 And I think to myself sometimes when you see some of those 558 00:28:04,132 --> 00:28:09,732 people crashing and you know it's fatal, and I think to myself, 559 00:28:09,788 --> 00:28:11,236 I wonder how old they were. 560 00:28:11,420 --> 00:28:13,304 I wonder how many were in that car. 561 00:28:13,684 --> 00:28:15,344 I wonder where they're at now. 562 00:28:16,684 --> 00:28:19,028 And they wonder where they were headed. 563 00:28:19,116 --> 00:28:21,180 I wonder if they were on their way to vacation. 564 00:28:21,372 --> 00:28:22,700 I wonder if they were going to work. 565 00:28:22,732 --> 00:28:24,060 I wonder if they were heading home from work. 566 00:28:24,092 --> 00:28:27,180 I wonder if they were going to their daughter's birthday party. 567 00:28:27,252 --> 00:28:29,132 I wonder if they were on their way to the wedding. 568 00:28:29,308 --> 00:28:31,664 I wonder if they were late for their own wedding. 569 00:28:33,244 --> 00:28:38,304 Nobody expects to die in an accident. 570 00:28:40,204 --> 00:28:42,548 And nobody in here knows at this point. 571 00:28:42,596 --> 00:28:45,544 Right now, nobody in this room knows the day of your death. 572 00:28:47,084 --> 00:28:49,664 We don't know when our last day on Earth will be. 573 00:28:50,244 --> 00:28:52,584 I have a couple of things I want to read to you real quick. 574 00:28:54,204 --> 00:28:55,304 Just some things. 575 00:28:55,724 --> 00:28:58,544 I actually tape these into my Bible. 576 00:29:00,604 --> 00:29:01,996 Jonathan Edwards wrote this. 577 00:29:02,060 --> 00:29:02,864 Resolved. 578 00:29:03,574 --> 00:29:06,834 Resolve to live with all my might while I do live. 579 00:29:07,654 --> 00:29:10,542 Resolve never to lose one moment of time, but improve it in 580 00:29:10,558 --> 00:29:12,834 the most profitable way I possibly can. 581 00:29:13,294 --> 00:29:15,914 Resolve never to do anything out of revenge. 582 00:29:16,214 --> 00:29:19,942 Resolve never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if 583 00:29:19,958 --> 00:29:21,874 it were the last hour of my life. 584 00:29:22,654 --> 00:29:24,190 John Rhodes wrote this. 585 00:29:24,302 --> 00:29:26,126 Do more than exist, live. 586 00:29:26,310 --> 00:29:28,414 Do more than touch, feel. 587 00:29:28,574 --> 00:29:30,654 Do more than look, observe. 588 00:29:30,814 --> 00:29:32,966 Do more than read, absorb. 589 00:29:33,070 --> 00:29:35,118 Do more than hear, listen. 590 00:29:35,246 --> 00:29:37,434 Do more than listen, understand. 591 00:29:37,814 --> 00:29:40,326 Do more than think, ponder. 592 00:29:40,510 --> 00:29:41,954 Do more than talk. 593 00:29:42,254 --> 00:29:47,878 Say something I quoted the other day, I think, in Sunday school 594 00:29:47,926 --> 00:29:48,134 class. 595 00:29:48,174 --> 00:29:51,390 I can't remember who the author was, where it came from. 596 00:29:51,422 --> 00:29:52,634 I don't know who said it. 597 00:29:53,214 --> 00:29:57,334 I think it was Jonathan Edwards or David Brainerd said, I'm 598 00:29:57,454 --> 00:29:58,674 wherever you are. 599 00:29:58,974 --> 00:30:00,154 Be all there. 600 00:30:02,894 --> 00:30:05,534 Live and live with a purpose. 601 00:30:05,574 --> 00:30:07,434 And our purpose is Jesus Christ. 602 00:30:08,614 --> 00:30:13,942 And nothing else matters as much as that why should we be steadfast, 603 00:30:13,998 --> 00:30:16,414 unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord? 604 00:30:16,574 --> 00:30:18,582 Because the night comes when no man can work. 605 00:30:18,638 --> 00:30:21,312 Because no other work on earth matters in eternity. 606 00:30:21,478 --> 00:30:23,876 Because we are the store of treasures in heaven and because we 607 00:30:23,900 --> 00:30:25,788 don't know when our last day on earth will be. 608 00:30:25,876 --> 00:30:28,864 And then number five because there will be a day of accountability. 609 00:30:29,204 --> 00:30:32,099 There will be a day of accountability again in 2nd Corinthians 610 00:30:32,175 --> 00:30:32,516 5:10. 611 00:30:32,580 --> 00:30:35,364 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ that 612 00:30:35,404 --> 00:30:38,692 everyone may receive the things done in his body according 613 00:30:38,748 --> 00:30:42,604 to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 614 00:30:42,764 --> 00:30:46,556 If there are no eternal ramifications or consequences of 615 00:30:46,580 --> 00:30:49,772 what we do in this life, then the motivation for selfless service 616 00:30:49,828 --> 00:30:51,744 and holy living would be gone. 617 00:30:53,484 --> 00:30:55,504 We would just eat, drink and be merry. 618 00:30:55,804 --> 00:30:57,184 Just party on. 619 00:30:58,444 --> 00:31:01,784 But the fact of the matter is we do give an account. 620 00:31:02,404 --> 00:31:03,492 We will give an account. 621 00:31:03,548 --> 00:31:08,380 We will stand before God and you know, we should always be abounding 622 00:31:08,412 --> 00:31:09,236 in the work of the Lord. 623 00:31:09,300 --> 00:31:16,140 Abounding carries the idea of exceeding the requirements or overflowing 624 00:31:16,172 --> 00:31:17,100 or overdoing something. 625 00:31:17,132 --> 00:31:19,624 This is being the second second mile Christian. 626 00:31:19,704 --> 00:31:23,272 You know I've often said this, I've said this many many times because 627 00:31:23,368 --> 00:31:34,576 I know how oppressive a guilt trip a that's not what I'm looking 628 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:34,856 for. 629 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:39,584 A guilt trip a performance based Christianity can be. 630 00:31:39,624 --> 00:31:43,632 I know how oppressive a performance based Christianity can 631 00:31:43,648 --> 00:31:43,968 be. 632 00:31:44,056 --> 00:31:47,312 I've said this many times, many many times. 633 00:31:47,408 --> 00:31:50,568 And I want to say it again because after coming off of that 634 00:31:50,656 --> 00:31:54,524 nine or however many weeks it was of going over soul winning. 635 00:31:55,424 --> 00:31:59,120 The last thing I want to do is make someone feel guilty or feel 636 00:31:59,152 --> 00:32:02,004 like you're in a performance based church. 637 00:32:03,784 --> 00:32:06,712 I know that pastor and I think alike on this. 638 00:32:06,768 --> 00:32:12,204 If we had to choose one, we would rather you be a soul winner 639 00:32:12,554 --> 00:32:14,374 than to go soul winning. 640 00:32:16,074 --> 00:32:19,178 Because if the only time you passed out a tract or a new move 641 00:32:19,226 --> 00:32:21,850 in bag or even mention the name of Christ was on Tuesday night 642 00:32:21,882 --> 00:32:26,614 or Saturday morning, it's the point. 643 00:32:28,154 --> 00:32:32,226 I would whole lot rather you get up in the morning and spend some 644 00:32:32,250 --> 00:32:33,374 time with the Lord. 645 00:32:33,954 --> 00:32:36,714 And it may not be much time, but as much time as you can. 646 00:32:36,754 --> 00:32:38,058 Maybe you can only do five minutes. 647 00:32:38,106 --> 00:32:40,016 Maybe you can talk to the Lord on the way to work. 648 00:32:40,130 --> 00:32:43,708 And then when you get to work you just you bubble over for Jesus 649 00:32:43,756 --> 00:32:46,740 Christ and you live a life that is pleasing to him in the sight 650 00:32:46,772 --> 00:32:47,844 of everybody else. 651 00:32:47,964 --> 00:32:50,836 And I promise you, and you probably you've already experienced 652 00:32:50,860 --> 00:32:54,988 this, but if you work among among a bunch of heathen there sometime 653 00:32:55,076 --> 00:32:58,144 somebody's going to come up to you and they're going to say, hey, 654 00:32:58,444 --> 00:33:03,900 Ephraim, man, I'm having it at home, man. 655 00:33:03,932 --> 00:33:05,184 Would you pray for me? 656 00:33:07,454 --> 00:33:07,862 Why? 657 00:33:07,918 --> 00:33:14,310 Because they see and then you can be a soul winner without even 658 00:33:14,342 --> 00:33:15,594 going soul winning. 659 00:33:18,014 --> 00:33:21,358 And if we would be sensitive to the spirit of God when we're going 660 00:33:21,406 --> 00:33:27,554 about our day, he can say, steve, give that guy a try. 661 00:33:29,614 --> 00:33:33,624 And you're being a soul winner and not going soul winning. 662 00:33:34,404 --> 00:33:36,532 And I think that yields so much. 663 00:33:36,668 --> 00:33:38,844 I'm not saying that we should forego soul winning. 664 00:33:38,884 --> 00:33:39,620 It's great. 665 00:33:39,772 --> 00:33:41,820 It's a great tool and we should continue to do it. 666 00:33:41,852 --> 00:33:44,172 But if you can't make it out on Tuesday night, I don't want you, 667 00:33:44,228 --> 00:33:44,396 man. 668 00:33:44,420 --> 00:33:45,984 I wonder what they think about me. 669 00:33:46,884 --> 00:33:48,184 Please don't do that. 670 00:33:49,124 --> 00:33:53,044 But for your sake and for the sake of those that you have the opportunity 671 00:33:53,084 --> 00:33:56,412 to influence and for the sake of the gospel, live for Jesus when 672 00:33:56,428 --> 00:33:57,148 you're on the job. 673 00:33:57,196 --> 00:33:59,166 Live for Jesus when you're in the grocery store. 674 00:33:59,300 --> 00:34:00,066 Live for Jesus. 675 00:34:00,130 --> 00:34:00,842 Somebody. 676 00:34:01,018 --> 00:34:03,694 I was so glad I was behaving myself the other day. 677 00:34:04,954 --> 00:34:09,298 Not that I don't, but honestly, I mean, you know, how easily, 678 00:34:09,386 --> 00:34:16,554 how easy could it have been for me to been looking at a magazine 679 00:34:16,594 --> 00:34:19,578 or the wrong kind of magazine because they have them at Walmart, 680 00:34:19,626 --> 00:34:20,050 right? 681 00:34:20,162 --> 00:34:23,242 So how easy could it have been for me to be looking at the wrong 682 00:34:23,298 --> 00:34:24,454 kind of magazine? 683 00:34:26,084 --> 00:34:29,228 And unbeknown to me on the other side of the store, Little Eddie 684 00:34:29,316 --> 00:34:31,172 said, I think that's Brother Stone. 685 00:34:31,228 --> 00:34:32,344 Let's go get him. 686 00:34:33,924 --> 00:34:39,964 And so in the cart, they stalked me through Walmart and came 687 00:34:40,004 --> 00:34:43,684 up behind me and tugged on my jacket and little Abby standing there 688 00:34:43,724 --> 00:34:45,804 and little Eddie in the cart and Ms. 689 00:34:45,844 --> 00:34:46,624 Rachel. 690 00:34:49,004 --> 00:34:54,584 And I'm so glad that Jesus Christ is in my life and the Holy 691 00:34:54,624 --> 00:34:57,964 Spirit gives me conviction to live for him. 692 00:34:58,784 --> 00:35:02,472 I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I'm so glad that it. 693 00:35:02,648 --> 00:35:06,200 That I'm just living right. 694 00:35:06,392 --> 00:35:08,976 I mean, that I'm not trying to pat myself on the back. 695 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,404 Do you understand what I'm saying? 696 00:35:11,184 --> 00:35:14,320 I hope that that is a motive for you to live right. 697 00:35:14,512 --> 00:35:16,368 Just go out into the world and live right. 698 00:35:16,416 --> 00:35:17,684 Because you never know. 699 00:35:19,053 --> 00:35:22,269 My wife and I many times have had people come up to us on deputations 700 00:35:22,381 --> 00:35:24,341 and they literally, they would come up to us, they would see our 701 00:35:24,357 --> 00:35:27,269 kids, the way we act, and they would say, are you guys believers? 702 00:35:27,341 --> 00:35:28,325 Are you guys Christians? 703 00:35:28,389 --> 00:35:28,861 We would have. 704 00:35:28,917 --> 00:35:31,605 We would have strangers pay for our meals in the restaurants 705 00:35:31,669 --> 00:35:35,589 because our children acted Like Christians, they weren't repressed, 706 00:35:35,621 --> 00:35:36,525 they weren't oppressed. 707 00:35:36,589 --> 00:35:37,573 Our children weren't. 708 00:35:37,693 --> 00:35:38,741 You know, we didn't keep them under it. 709 00:35:38,757 --> 00:35:41,525 Well, we did, but they didn't act like it. 710 00:35:41,549 --> 00:35:42,213 They didn't know it. 711 00:35:42,253 --> 00:35:42,885 They just grew up. 712 00:35:42,909 --> 00:35:45,490 As you know, people say, let them be kids. 713 00:35:45,522 --> 00:35:46,330 So I let them be kids. 714 00:35:46,362 --> 00:35:47,934 But they're going to be Christian kids. 715 00:35:49,194 --> 00:35:55,538 And Christian kids don't run around the restaurant terrorizing 716 00:35:55,586 --> 00:35:56,614 everybody else. 717 00:35:58,754 --> 00:35:59,482 Amen. 718 00:35:59,618 --> 00:36:02,098 Christian kids don't walk up and down the aisle or sit in the 719 00:36:02,106 --> 00:36:03,354 car and say, maya, I want that. 720 00:36:03,394 --> 00:36:03,890 I want that. 721 00:36:03,922 --> 00:36:04,894 I want that. 722 00:36:07,914 --> 00:36:09,414 Not my little heathen. 723 00:36:12,454 --> 00:36:12,926 I'm sorry. 724 00:36:12,950 --> 00:36:14,074 I got off track. 725 00:36:14,534 --> 00:36:16,474 There will be a day of accountability. 726 00:36:21,974 --> 00:36:26,974 God has so abundantly overdone Himself for us who deserve nothing 727 00:36:27,014 --> 00:36:27,834 from Him. 728 00:36:28,134 --> 00:36:31,514 We should determine to overdo ourselves if that were possible, 729 00:36:32,734 --> 00:36:35,794 in service to him to Whom we owe everything. 730 00:36:37,434 --> 00:36:39,854 He owes us nothing, but he did everything. 731 00:36:40,274 --> 00:36:45,570 We owe him everything, but he asks nothing, except, be ye holy, 732 00:36:45,602 --> 00:36:46,694 for I am holy. 733 00:36:47,434 --> 00:36:48,434 So on and so forth. 734 00:36:48,474 --> 00:36:52,194 Let me wrap this up by giving you my last thought. 735 00:36:52,274 --> 00:36:54,898 Why should we be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the 736 00:36:54,906 --> 00:36:55,418 work of the Lord? 737 00:36:55,466 --> 00:36:57,734 Because the night will come when no man can work. 738 00:36:58,354 --> 00:37:00,658 Because no other work on earth matters in eternity. 739 00:37:00,706 --> 00:37:02,642 Because we are to store up treasures in heaven. 740 00:37:02,738 --> 00:37:05,848 Because we don't know when our last day on earth will be, and because 741 00:37:05,896 --> 00:37:07,384 there will be a day of accountability. 742 00:37:07,464 --> 00:37:10,944 But then, for the most obvious reason of all, because the love of 743 00:37:10,984 --> 00:37:13,364 Christ constrains us to do so. 744 00:37:14,744 --> 00:37:16,912 The love of Christ constrains us. 745 00:37:17,088 --> 00:37:18,744 2nd Corinthians 5:14. 746 00:37:18,824 --> 00:37:22,448 For the love of Christ, Paul said, constrains us, compels us. 747 00:37:22,536 --> 00:37:25,044 We're driven by his love for us. 748 00:37:26,704 --> 00:37:28,444 How do we repay love? 749 00:37:29,504 --> 00:37:30,904 He doesn't ask us to repay. 750 00:37:30,944 --> 00:37:34,416 Isn't it amazing thing that he died and he did what he did with 751 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:35,112 no. 752 00:37:35,288 --> 00:37:37,644 No guarantee of reciprocation. 753 00:37:40,824 --> 00:37:42,004 No guarantee. 754 00:37:48,424 --> 00:37:49,688 How do we repay love? 755 00:37:49,736 --> 00:37:50,352 We pay re. 756 00:37:50,408 --> 00:37:52,124 We repay love with love. 757 00:37:52,704 --> 00:37:56,616 Love is measured by the amount of sacrifice made on behalf of the 758 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:57,964 one being loved. 759 00:38:03,434 --> 00:38:06,854 What have we done for Jesus that demonstrates our love for Him? 760 00:38:08,434 --> 00:38:10,534 What have we sacrificed for him? 761 00:38:10,874 --> 00:38:11,948 1 hour per week? 762 00:38:12,003 --> 00:38:13,050 2 hours per week? 763 00:38:13,106 --> 00:38:14,322 3 hours per week? 764 00:38:14,458 --> 00:38:17,454 Is that really a sacrifice for us? 765 00:38:20,674 --> 00:38:22,506 How many hours of our life. 766 00:38:22,690 --> 00:38:26,514 How many hours of our life are spent living or even thinking or 767 00:38:26,554 --> 00:38:30,442 serving the Lord Jesus Christ? 768 00:38:30,578 --> 00:38:34,210 How often do we speak of God to others outside of our own family, 769 00:38:34,282 --> 00:38:35,802 outside of our own home? 770 00:38:35,978 --> 00:38:38,174 How often do we speak of God to others? 771 00:38:39,314 --> 00:38:41,522 You might say, well, I'm an introvert well, that's good. 772 00:38:41,578 --> 00:38:43,538 I'm glad you're an introvert, because you know what that means. 773 00:38:43,586 --> 00:38:48,242 That means any effort on your part is a sacrifice to go outside 774 00:38:48,298 --> 00:38:49,454 your comfort zone. 775 00:38:51,994 --> 00:38:55,290 But beloved, listen, you don't have to be directly involved in a 776 00:38:55,322 --> 00:38:58,734 specific ministry of Heritage Baptist Church in order to abound 777 00:38:59,124 --> 00:39:00,344 in his work. 778 00:39:01,364 --> 00:39:03,116 We love for everybody to get involved. 779 00:39:03,180 --> 00:39:06,916 In fact, we love it so much, we put a sign up sheet for Walk through 780 00:39:06,940 --> 00:39:09,184 Bethlehem right back there on the back table. 781 00:39:11,124 --> 00:39:14,500 For those of you who did it last year, your spot's still saved. 782 00:39:14,652 --> 00:39:16,464 We just need you to fill it in. 783 00:39:18,564 --> 00:39:19,464 Amen. 784 00:39:21,884 --> 00:39:25,692 But serving God again is living in such a way that our every 785 00:39:25,748 --> 00:39:27,624 action is done with him in mind. 786 00:39:29,444 --> 00:39:31,116 It's lifting him up publicly. 787 00:39:31,180 --> 00:39:32,708 Every opportunity that we get. 788 00:39:32,796 --> 00:39:35,620 It's being faithful to share your story with someone who needs 789 00:39:35,652 --> 00:39:37,144 a word of encouragement. 790 00:39:37,724 --> 00:39:41,384 It's reaching out to someone in need with what you have. 791 00:39:43,364 --> 00:39:45,652 My brethren, listen, Jesus is coming back. 792 00:39:45,748 --> 00:39:47,628 He's coming back to claim his bride. 793 00:39:47,716 --> 00:39:49,140 That's me and that's you. 794 00:39:49,172 --> 00:39:50,276 If you're saved. 795 00:39:50,460 --> 00:39:52,612 And we don't know when that is. 796 00:39:52,788 --> 00:39:58,586 So we better get busy and not get caught off guard because one 797 00:39:58,610 --> 00:40:02,010 day it's gonna all be over and it might be sooner than we think. 798 00:40:02,042 --> 00:40:02,774 And I. 799 00:40:03,114 --> 00:40:04,914 I just want to stay busy for the Lord. 800 00:40:04,994 --> 00:40:08,734 I want to be a soul winner even if I don't go soul winning. 801 00:40:10,354 --> 00:40:14,202 And now that we said that and over the past eight weeks, now you, 802 00:40:14,298 --> 00:40:16,254 you can apply it. 803 00:40:17,674 --> 00:40:24,384 Well, we can't apply it if we don't purpose to abound in every 804 00:40:24,424 --> 00:40:25,088 work to. 805 00:40:25,176 --> 00:40:30,024 He says, my beloved brethren, to be steadfast, unmovable, always 806 00:40:30,144 --> 00:40:32,432 abounding in the work of the Lord. 807 00:40:32,528 --> 00:40:35,040 One of the reasons that's been such a blessing to me in my life 808 00:40:35,072 --> 00:40:38,564 is because my ministry has been so fluid. 809 00:40:39,464 --> 00:40:45,600 And the Lord didn't say be steadfast, unmovable, Always abounding 810 00:40:45,632 --> 00:40:50,834 in one spot, one ministry forever. 811 00:40:51,134 --> 00:40:54,234 He said, always abounding in the work of the Lord. 812 00:40:54,694 --> 00:40:59,262 I know preachers and children of God, Christians have changed ministries. 813 00:40:59,318 --> 00:41:02,974 And not just change, they just do many things and they can do many 814 00:41:03,014 --> 00:41:03,238 things. 815 00:41:03,286 --> 00:41:04,390 And God bless you. 816 00:41:04,422 --> 00:41:09,774 When you're in the church and you do all kinds of stuff, man, great 817 00:41:09,814 --> 00:41:11,274 is your reward in heaven. 818 00:41:11,734 --> 00:41:12,262 Thank you. 819 00:41:12,318 --> 00:41:13,134 I think about brother. 820 00:41:13,214 --> 00:41:14,470 Think of our brother Johnson right there. 821 00:41:14,502 --> 00:41:19,950 Just the talent that he has to build things and to think of things 822 00:41:19,982 --> 00:41:22,150 and to design things and brother Gidney back there and the 823 00:41:22,182 --> 00:41:28,814 children's church, and we don't stop to consider somebody hung 824 00:41:28,854 --> 00:41:29,566 those flags. 825 00:41:29,630 --> 00:41:30,870 Go up to the Children's church. 826 00:41:30,942 --> 00:41:33,070 How many of you have never been up to the junior church? 827 00:41:33,142 --> 00:41:34,670 How many of you have never been up there? 828 00:41:34,742 --> 00:41:36,674 Raise your hand up if you've never been up there. 829 00:41:37,814 --> 00:41:41,156 There's a bunch of you been up there, but there's several in here 830 00:41:41,180 --> 00:41:41,820 who haven't. 831 00:41:41,932 --> 00:41:44,092 You ought to go up there and see that puppet stage. 832 00:41:44,268 --> 00:41:48,024 Brother Johnson, Brother Gidney, Brother, and a few others 833 00:41:48,364 --> 00:41:50,636 have worked together with them to put that thing together. 834 00:41:50,700 --> 00:41:51,828 That's amazing. 835 00:41:51,996 --> 00:41:53,428 That thing is awesome. 836 00:41:53,596 --> 00:41:54,700 You know what that is? 837 00:41:54,812 --> 00:41:56,132 Treasures in Heaven. 838 00:41:56,308 --> 00:41:57,604 It's Treasures in Heaven. 839 00:41:57,684 --> 00:41:58,864 You know what that is? 840 00:42:00,364 --> 00:42:01,664 It's soul winning. 841 00:42:02,244 --> 00:42:04,464 Because those children are hearing the gospel. 842 00:42:05,444 --> 00:42:06,784 Everything matters. 843 00:42:07,344 --> 00:42:11,400 What I want to encourage everyone to do tonight is just live 844 00:42:11,432 --> 00:42:12,364 for the Lord. 845 00:42:12,824 --> 00:42:13,784 You live for Jesus. 846 00:42:13,824 --> 00:42:14,844 Put him first. 847 00:42:15,224 --> 00:42:16,584 Soul winning will come. 848 00:42:16,704 --> 00:42:17,440 Amen. 849 00:42:17,592 --> 00:42:19,160 Let's stand together and we'll pray. 850 00:42:19,272 --> 00:42:20,844 Let's have a verse of invitation. 851 00:42:23,544 --> 00:42:39,894 Stand together and we'll pray our Father tonight. 852 00:42:40,514 --> 00:42:44,794 There's so many things that were going around in my mind about 853 00:42:44,834 --> 00:42:45,610 what to preach. 854 00:42:45,682 --> 00:42:53,974 And, Lord, I didn't, you know, I didn't want to come across as being 855 00:42:55,154 --> 00:43:00,844 judgmental or pressure or throwing a guilt trip on people. 856 00:43:00,884 --> 00:43:02,104 I didn't want to do that. 857 00:43:02,764 --> 00:43:06,540 But, Lord, I don't think it's too much to ask for us to just live 858 00:43:06,572 --> 00:43:10,504 for you every day in all that we do. 859 00:43:10,964 --> 00:43:14,748 And I think that if we'll do that, we'll see souls come to us 860 00:43:14,836 --> 00:43:17,916 who will have an opportunity to share the gospel, maybe through 861 00:43:17,940 --> 00:43:20,504 a tract, maybe through a spoken word. 862 00:43:21,724 --> 00:43:23,144 But, Lord, use us. 863 00:43:23,614 --> 00:43:24,630 We want that. 864 00:43:24,742 --> 00:43:27,154 We want to make a difference in the lives of others. 865 00:43:28,254 --> 00:43:31,554 That's what you left us here for, to make a difference. 866 00:43:31,934 --> 00:43:33,514 Lord, help us to do that. 867 00:43:35,134 --> 00:43:39,790 Many people here have a great career, and I pray that in the midst 868 00:43:39,822 --> 00:43:44,734 of their career that they'll use it as an opportunity to honor 869 00:43:44,774 --> 00:43:49,046 you and to make a difference in their sphere of influence that 870 00:43:49,070 --> 00:43:50,980 others might come to know you as well. 871 00:43:51,142 --> 00:43:55,312 Lord, use us is our prayer in Jesus name, with heads bowed just 872 00:43:55,328 --> 00:43:58,176 for a few moments as brother Caleb sings through a verse or two 873 00:43:58,200 --> 00:43:59,072 of invitation. 874 00:43:59,248 --> 00:44:02,440 If the Lord spoke to your heart tonight, why don't you come? 875 00:44:02,472 --> 00:44:04,888 Maybe it's been a while since you jumped in and got busy doing 876 00:44:04,936 --> 00:44:05,208 anything. 877 00:44:05,256 --> 00:44:07,968 Why don't you come tonight and say, lord, I want to get involved. 878 00:44:08,016 --> 00:44:08,704 I want to do something.