1 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,742 And so the title of this sermon is reaching a lost and dying 2 00:00:13,806 --> 00:00:15,566 world with Jesus Christ. 3 00:00:15,718 --> 00:00:18,090 Parentheses, including your own family. 4 00:00:19,910 --> 00:00:21,170 Oh, there we go. 5 00:00:21,590 --> 00:00:23,930 We always forget we're one of those churches. 6 00:00:25,990 --> 00:00:27,846 You know, all the visitors are always like. 7 00:00:27,878 --> 00:00:30,816 They keep telling me it's not a cult, but every time this dude 8 00:00:30,848 --> 00:00:32,500 talks, everybody goes, hmm. 9 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:37,680 Okay, I'm by. 10 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:38,432 I'm playing. 11 00:00:38,576 --> 00:00:42,936 But, you know, it's because we're connected by the spirit. 12 00:00:43,048 --> 00:00:46,168 And this kind of unity is John 17. 13 00:00:46,304 --> 00:00:48,376 Jesus prayed that we would be one. 14 00:00:48,528 --> 00:00:51,528 And so unity is always going to freak people out who don't know 15 00:00:51,544 --> 00:00:54,888 the things of the spirit because the things of the spirit 16 00:00:55,024 --> 00:00:55,512 will. 17 00:00:55,616 --> 00:00:58,928 They connect us in a way that is beyond race. 18 00:00:58,984 --> 00:01:01,488 It's beyond what version of Spanish you use. 19 00:01:01,624 --> 00:01:04,136 You know, it's beyond geographic borders. 20 00:01:04,248 --> 00:01:07,320 And so God will connect us in the spirit, and it won't even make 21 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:08,272 sense to people. 22 00:01:08,416 --> 00:01:10,080 But by the spirit, it makes sense. 23 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:11,736 Can I get an amen on that? 24 00:01:11,928 --> 00:01:13,672 Okay, so now you have the title of the sermon. 25 00:01:13,696 --> 00:01:17,376 So I'm gonna do the introduction, which is a diagnosis 26 00:01:17,488 --> 00:01:18,224 of our world. 27 00:01:18,272 --> 00:01:19,864 So let me diagnose our world. 28 00:01:19,992 --> 00:01:23,186 So let's begin with the reality that we see around us. 29 00:01:23,328 --> 00:01:27,822 Most people we meet are lost in sin and brokenness. 30 00:01:27,966 --> 00:01:29,382 So this is a diagnosis. 31 00:01:29,446 --> 00:01:32,982 Most of the people that you'll meet in life an overwhelming majority 32 00:01:33,006 --> 00:01:35,530 of them, are lost in sin and brokenness. 33 00:01:35,910 --> 00:01:36,790 But here's the thing. 34 00:01:36,830 --> 00:01:40,926 For many sin, it doesn't actually feel like death to them. 35 00:01:41,038 --> 00:01:42,654 This is the thing I want you to understand. 36 00:01:42,782 --> 00:01:44,610 It feels like life. 37 00:01:44,910 --> 00:01:47,518 It feels exhilarating, right? 38 00:01:47,614 --> 00:01:49,590 So it feels even freeing. 39 00:01:49,630 --> 00:01:54,198 So when we talk about sexuality, it doesn't feel like death. 40 00:01:54,254 --> 00:01:56,766 When they have a one night stand, it actually feels like, now 41 00:01:56,798 --> 00:01:57,454 they're alive. 42 00:01:57,542 --> 00:02:00,870 That's how you get Carrie Bradshaw and Sex and the city that 43 00:02:00,910 --> 00:02:05,662 runs that many seasons is because to them, sin doesn't feel 44 00:02:05,726 --> 00:02:06,326 like death. 45 00:02:06,398 --> 00:02:08,118 It feels exhilarating. 46 00:02:08,294 --> 00:02:11,942 It's like, oh, I met this guy and we hooked up and da da da. 47 00:02:11,966 --> 00:02:13,430 Oh, tell me the story, girl. 48 00:02:13,550 --> 00:02:14,790 Let's go get a mimosa. 49 00:02:14,830 --> 00:02:15,502 Da da da. 50 00:02:15,606 --> 00:02:17,754 This feels exhilarating to them. 51 00:02:17,902 --> 00:02:18,930 Then they tell this story. 52 00:02:18,970 --> 00:02:19,802 Oh, I'm laughing. 53 00:02:19,906 --> 00:02:21,514 Look what I did when I was drunk. 54 00:02:21,642 --> 00:02:22,994 I got caught up on my body. 55 00:02:23,042 --> 00:02:24,090 I got this crazy story. 56 00:02:24,130 --> 00:02:25,714 I kicked this guy and broke his rib. 57 00:02:25,762 --> 00:02:27,110 That's crazy, bro. 58 00:02:27,650 --> 00:02:29,270 Frank the tank, bro. 59 00:02:30,770 --> 00:02:31,746 So it's like. 60 00:02:31,858 --> 00:02:35,986 And I'm being funny on purpose because sin is exhilarating when 61 00:02:36,018 --> 00:02:40,322 your spirit is dead because you're satisfying the desires of 62 00:02:40,346 --> 00:02:41,230 your flesh. 63 00:02:41,570 --> 00:02:44,456 So your flesh is saying, yes, I love being drunk. 64 00:02:44,538 --> 00:02:46,396 Anybody who's like, I don't like being drunk, it's like, you're 65 00:02:46,428 --> 00:02:47,360 lying, bro. 66 00:02:47,660 --> 00:02:48,492 You're lying. 67 00:02:48,596 --> 00:02:51,652 You know, now there's a point of no return where you're like, I 68 00:02:51,676 --> 00:02:53,212 wish I didn't do this. 69 00:02:53,396 --> 00:02:56,516 And for the Italians, it's the lemon chili or whatever they have, 70 00:02:56,548 --> 00:02:58,240 the limoncello. 71 00:02:58,780 --> 00:03:00,428 It's like tequila with the. 72 00:03:00,524 --> 00:03:03,164 Some of you ate the worm, you know? 73 00:03:03,292 --> 00:03:07,540 And so every culture has this, you know, this relationship with 74 00:03:07,580 --> 00:03:10,020 alcohol, and they romanticize it. 75 00:03:10,060 --> 00:03:11,388 They glorify it. 76 00:03:11,484 --> 00:03:13,292 They have stories connected to it. 77 00:03:13,356 --> 00:03:16,452 When you go to a sports stadium, it's like, good luck trying 78 00:03:16,476 --> 00:03:18,940 to find something healthy to eat, but you can find something that 79 00:03:18,980 --> 00:03:19,820 destroys your body. 80 00:03:19,860 --> 00:03:23,356 You can get unlimited alcohol without anybody noticing, because 81 00:03:23,428 --> 00:03:26,580 this is what our culture has accepted, right? 82 00:03:26,740 --> 00:03:30,708 Over 50% of marriages end in divorce because we don't believe 83 00:03:30,764 --> 00:03:31,524 in covenant. 84 00:03:31,572 --> 00:03:34,980 We believe in commitment, and commitments can be broken. 85 00:03:35,100 --> 00:03:38,100 And so now if you're here and you've had a divorce, there's no 86 00:03:38,140 --> 00:03:38,806 judgment. 87 00:03:38,948 --> 00:03:42,618 And I believe that God will use your situation and use your circumstance. 88 00:03:42,714 --> 00:03:46,762 And even Jesus gave a prescription for when divorces more 89 00:03:46,786 --> 00:03:47,818 than appropriate. 90 00:03:47,954 --> 00:03:50,050 And Jesus himself spoke on that topic. 91 00:03:50,090 --> 00:03:53,738 But my point is, we've normalized some of these things that, 92 00:03:53,834 --> 00:03:57,026 you know, I can't tell you how many couples come to our office, 93 00:03:57,098 --> 00:04:00,586 or we do marriage counseling, and, hey, we're thinking about getting 94 00:04:00,618 --> 00:04:04,232 a divorce, and we ask them the question, how did you first meet? 95 00:04:04,386 --> 00:04:07,372 And they begin to tell the story, and their heart goes back 96 00:04:07,396 --> 00:04:08,324 to those moments. 97 00:04:08,452 --> 00:04:11,332 And then we take them on a journey, and they reconcile and they 98 00:04:11,356 --> 00:04:11,788 heal. 99 00:04:11,884 --> 00:04:14,572 But what we realize is, they were never mothered, and they were 100 00:04:14,596 --> 00:04:17,916 never fathered, and they were never taught how to be in a healthy 101 00:04:17,948 --> 00:04:18,476 marriage. 102 00:04:18,588 --> 00:04:21,340 So the man doesn't know how to be a husband. 103 00:04:21,460 --> 00:04:23,428 The woman doesn't know how to be a wife. 104 00:04:23,524 --> 00:04:27,380 And they're lacking skills, and so they need to be taught. 105 00:04:27,420 --> 00:04:29,756 Those are things that you should have learned in a home, but 106 00:04:29,788 --> 00:04:31,760 how could you learn what you never saw? 107 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,720 So this is the diagnosis that we're in. 108 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,576 And then the other thing is, right now, you know, amongst our 109 00:04:38,608 --> 00:04:40,808 Gen Z and our young people, you know, there's. 110 00:04:40,904 --> 00:04:44,608 We were in Italy, actually, and we saw a guy in a full blown, 111 00:04:44,704 --> 00:04:47,400 like, blue wolf costume. 112 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,424 And my daughter Bella goes, oh, look, it's a furry. 113 00:04:50,472 --> 00:04:51,520 And I was like, what is that? 114 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:55,744 Oh, it's a person that identifies as an animal, you know? 115 00:04:55,792 --> 00:04:56,920 And I don't know the extent. 116 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:58,584 For each person, this is individual. 117 00:04:58,632 --> 00:05:01,112 So for some people, it might be fun for some people, it might 118 00:05:01,136 --> 00:05:02,948 be a legitimate mental illness. 119 00:05:03,064 --> 00:05:04,636 I don't understand all that. 120 00:05:04,748 --> 00:05:07,920 What I'm saying is, but it does get attention. 121 00:05:09,140 --> 00:05:10,172 It does get attention. 122 00:05:10,236 --> 00:05:13,636 So even I'll be honest with you, when I was a teenager and I 123 00:05:13,668 --> 00:05:18,124 had hair, I was a hardcore Christian, but I was a christian 124 00:05:18,172 --> 00:05:19,276 punk rocker. 125 00:05:19,428 --> 00:05:22,076 So, you know, we got tattoos and we dyed our hair. 126 00:05:22,108 --> 00:05:25,076 I'd come home with red hair, green hair, blue hair, dreadlocks. 127 00:05:25,188 --> 00:05:25,828 That was. 128 00:05:25,924 --> 00:05:28,388 But for me, I was a hardcore Christian. 129 00:05:28,444 --> 00:05:31,970 I had my dreadlocks in a baggie, and Julie threw him away. 130 00:05:32,350 --> 00:05:34,810 I can't understand why she would do that. 131 00:05:36,230 --> 00:05:39,290 So they just never came back. 132 00:05:40,510 --> 00:05:41,710 But here's my point. 133 00:05:41,830 --> 00:05:45,598 There was an aspect to that that was attention seeking, because 134 00:05:45,654 --> 00:05:49,254 I was a Christian, but I was an orphan, and there's nothing wrong. 135 00:05:49,342 --> 00:05:52,382 It's possible to dye your hair and not want attention because you're 136 00:05:52,406 --> 00:05:54,278 an artist and this is who you are. 137 00:05:54,454 --> 00:05:56,180 These things are nuanced. 138 00:05:56,350 --> 00:06:00,260 But I do think that what you're seeing in culture is an escalation 139 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:05,408 of attention seeking by virtue of being spiritually dead. 140 00:06:05,584 --> 00:06:08,800 And so it's like each generation goes further and further. 141 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:09,872 Now it's. 142 00:06:09,936 --> 00:06:15,720 I'm going to demand that you call me one of 47 gender identifiers. 143 00:06:15,840 --> 00:06:19,248 And by the way, my brother, who just got his master's from NYU 144 00:06:19,304 --> 00:06:23,032 in social work, they had to take time in every single one of 145 00:06:23,056 --> 00:06:27,902 their classes and go around the room, and they told every NY 146 00:06:28,006 --> 00:06:32,566 master's student that they had to hear people's pronouns and store 147 00:06:32,598 --> 00:06:35,998 them in their phone, and do not address any of the students, 148 00:06:36,094 --> 00:06:39,838 your fellow peers, without first going back to the contact in 149 00:06:39,854 --> 00:06:44,310 their phone to refresh what their pronouns are before you talk 150 00:06:44,350 --> 00:06:45,118 to them. 151 00:06:45,294 --> 00:06:46,526 And this is real. 152 00:06:46,598 --> 00:06:49,390 Like, what I'm telling you is, like, it's not anecdotal, it's not 153 00:06:49,430 --> 00:06:50,286 something I read on news. 154 00:06:50,318 --> 00:06:54,354 That is my blood brothers experience at NYU just recently in 155 00:06:54,362 --> 00:06:55,618 a master's program. 156 00:06:55,794 --> 00:06:59,950 But I think to a certain extent, how does this happen? 157 00:07:00,770 --> 00:07:05,786 How it happens is there's this exhilaration of, I feel small, I 158 00:07:05,818 --> 00:07:08,002 feel little, I feel insignificant. 159 00:07:08,106 --> 00:07:11,666 But when you have to treat me different and you have to treat me 160 00:07:11,698 --> 00:07:15,830 on my terms that I've created, now, you will respect me. 161 00:07:16,730 --> 00:07:20,074 You have to acknowledge me because I'm wearing a big blue wolf 162 00:07:20,122 --> 00:07:22,686 outfit, so you can't ignore me anymore. 163 00:07:22,758 --> 00:07:25,410 But then I also get to hide behind the outfit. 164 00:07:25,750 --> 00:07:26,614 See what I'm saying? 165 00:07:26,662 --> 00:07:29,654 Like, this is diagnosing culture. 166 00:07:29,742 --> 00:07:34,454 And by the way, and I say this with the most optimism possible, 167 00:07:34,542 --> 00:07:35,850 it's gonna get worse. 168 00:07:36,910 --> 00:07:37,766 It's gonna get worse. 169 00:07:37,798 --> 00:07:39,054 It's not gonna get better. 170 00:07:39,182 --> 00:07:40,142 It's gonna get worse. 171 00:07:40,206 --> 00:07:44,198 That's how you get a revival is things get so bad that revival 172 00:07:44,254 --> 00:07:48,430 is the only option, and you'll get a great awakening in America 173 00:07:48,470 --> 00:07:49,608 like never before. 174 00:07:49,774 --> 00:07:52,640 We're in the surge before the wave right now. 175 00:07:52,980 --> 00:07:54,820 And so that's all my diagnosis. 176 00:07:54,860 --> 00:07:56,652 Now, where do we get this biblically? 177 00:07:56,716 --> 00:08:00,476 Proverbs, chapter 14, verse twelve, says, there is a way that 178 00:08:00,508 --> 00:08:04,732 seems right to man, but its end is the way of death. 179 00:08:04,916 --> 00:08:06,372 So proverbs proves this. 180 00:08:06,396 --> 00:08:10,588 So for those of you who are taking notes, proverbs 1412 says, 181 00:08:10,644 --> 00:08:14,284 there is a way that seems right to man, but it ends in the 182 00:08:14,292 --> 00:08:14,964 way of death. 183 00:08:15,052 --> 00:08:17,918 So this just proves everything I said, it seems right. 184 00:08:18,004 --> 00:08:21,938 Well, I'm a lesbian because it feels right when I'm with women. 185 00:08:22,074 --> 00:08:29,070 No, your sexual gratification does not equal your sexual identity. 186 00:08:29,490 --> 00:08:32,130 Because you can gratify yourself with minors. 187 00:08:32,210 --> 00:08:33,950 That doesn't make it appropriate. 188 00:08:34,570 --> 00:08:39,306 So if you define gratification as your identity, then you are gonna 189 00:08:39,338 --> 00:08:41,870 end up excusing the inexcusable. 190 00:08:42,170 --> 00:08:43,634 And so that's why. 191 00:08:43,762 --> 00:08:46,626 But see, then what happens is you have a whole generation that's 192 00:08:46,658 --> 00:08:48,350 been programmed by pornography. 193 00:08:48,450 --> 00:08:52,118 So they've learned how to find gratification in many things, but 194 00:08:52,134 --> 00:08:56,526 then they've made the mistake of making their identity that gratification. 195 00:08:56,718 --> 00:09:00,990 But the message of the gospel is actually, don't gratify yourself, 196 00:09:01,070 --> 00:09:02,158 die to yourself. 197 00:09:02,254 --> 00:09:04,774 And when you lose your life, that's when you find it. 198 00:09:04,902 --> 00:09:08,366 So this is why Jesus got crucified, because the things that 199 00:09:08,398 --> 00:09:11,942 he said were the opposite of the roman culture, and then they 200 00:09:11,966 --> 00:09:13,690 offended the jewish culture. 201 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:18,376 So, like, if you're a christian today and you're not offending 202 00:09:18,448 --> 00:09:23,576 people, you don't sound like Jesus, because the words of Jesus 203 00:09:23,648 --> 00:09:27,528 in a culture like America is going to offend fake christians, 204 00:09:27,584 --> 00:09:31,392 and it's going to offend Americans, and your goal is not to 205 00:09:31,416 --> 00:09:35,056 offend them, because Jesus goal was to display the love of the 206 00:09:35,088 --> 00:09:35,656 father. 207 00:09:35,808 --> 00:09:39,176 But the most compassionate thing you can do is tell somebody 208 00:09:39,208 --> 00:09:41,100 the truth in a world full of lies. 209 00:09:41,940 --> 00:09:43,400 Okay, you with me? 210 00:09:43,940 --> 00:09:49,516 Now the world is drowning in the temporary pleasure of sin, unaware 211 00:09:49,548 --> 00:09:51,920 of the internal consequences of it. 212 00:09:52,780 --> 00:09:54,852 This is where I need to help you. 213 00:09:54,916 --> 00:09:56,680 The solution is you. 214 00:09:57,820 --> 00:09:59,220 This is why you're alive. 215 00:09:59,340 --> 00:09:59,948 Okay? 216 00:10:00,044 --> 00:10:02,196 The solution, it begins with you. 217 00:10:02,308 --> 00:10:03,412 It begins with you. 218 00:10:03,476 --> 00:10:05,484 So now let's go to the next part. 219 00:10:05,652 --> 00:10:10,052 So, sin has this false life that leads to death. 220 00:10:10,196 --> 00:10:15,004 Romans chapter six, verse 23, tells us, for the wages of sin, is 221 00:10:15,052 --> 00:10:15,596 death. 222 00:10:15,748 --> 00:10:18,428 But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus. 223 00:10:18,484 --> 00:10:23,188 Now, every single one of you that have heard this, you think about 224 00:10:23,244 --> 00:10:25,276 death probably as the physical death. 225 00:10:25,348 --> 00:10:27,748 So the wage of sin is physically dying. 226 00:10:27,884 --> 00:10:31,012 But I want to expand your understanding of the scripture. 227 00:10:31,116 --> 00:10:36,154 Because there's relational death, there's emotional death, there 228 00:10:36,202 --> 00:10:38,826 is spiritual death, and there's physical death. 229 00:10:38,938 --> 00:10:43,430 So the wages of sin, it will kill your relationships. 230 00:10:44,130 --> 00:10:45,594 The wages of sin is death. 231 00:10:45,642 --> 00:10:47,266 It's relational death. 232 00:10:47,418 --> 00:10:48,110 Right. 233 00:10:48,650 --> 00:10:52,154 There's many people that come out of the homosexual community that 234 00:10:52,202 --> 00:10:56,138 tell me personally that it was one of the most loveless environments, 235 00:10:56,234 --> 00:10:59,298 and people were cheating, and people were sleeping around, and 236 00:10:59,314 --> 00:11:00,506 they were using each other. 237 00:11:00,578 --> 00:11:00,762 And. 238 00:11:00,786 --> 00:11:04,122 And it's the brutality of that community that's actually drawn them 239 00:11:04,146 --> 00:11:08,258 to the cross, because they got so tired of being used inside of 240 00:11:08,274 --> 00:11:11,298 the context of that community that they were like, it put them 241 00:11:11,314 --> 00:11:12,870 on a search of real love. 242 00:11:13,490 --> 00:11:16,786 And in finding love, the Bible says, seek, and you will find. 243 00:11:16,858 --> 00:11:18,618 Knock, and the door will be open to you. 244 00:11:18,674 --> 00:11:19,226 Right? 245 00:11:19,378 --> 00:11:23,710 And so the thing about sin is that it temporarily exhilarates, 246 00:11:24,050 --> 00:11:26,510 but then over the long term, it annihilates. 247 00:11:27,130 --> 00:11:29,530 So in the short term, it exhilarates. 248 00:11:29,690 --> 00:11:32,106 In the long term, it actually annihilates. 249 00:11:32,218 --> 00:11:35,586 So it's like you begin to do these attitudes and behaviors and 250 00:11:35,618 --> 00:11:37,906 actions, and you're like, man, this feels so good. 251 00:11:37,978 --> 00:11:40,586 But what's happening is that there is a permanent consequence 252 00:11:40,618 --> 00:11:42,546 to a temporary exhilaration. 253 00:11:42,738 --> 00:11:44,378 Are y'all still with me? 254 00:11:44,554 --> 00:11:46,202 So this is what we need to understand. 255 00:11:46,306 --> 00:11:50,114 Romans chapter six, verse 23 says, the wages of sin is death, 256 00:11:50,202 --> 00:11:52,962 but we need to understand it'll kill your relationships. 257 00:11:52,986 --> 00:11:54,618 Just ask any addict. 258 00:11:54,794 --> 00:11:57,746 You know, there's a point where your addiction will end up 259 00:11:57,778 --> 00:11:59,146 killing all your relationships. 260 00:11:59,178 --> 00:12:01,098 It'll burn every single bridge. 261 00:12:01,234 --> 00:12:04,826 And because people are so sick and tired of always bailing you out, 262 00:12:04,938 --> 00:12:07,690 that eventually they just say, you're not getting any more money. 263 00:12:07,730 --> 00:12:10,426 Cause you're not using it to get your hair done or your nail's 264 00:12:10,458 --> 00:12:10,626 done. 265 00:12:10,658 --> 00:12:13,146 You're snorting it, you're shooting it, you're drinking it. 266 00:12:13,218 --> 00:12:16,314 And what happens is, addicts, the wages of sin is death. 267 00:12:16,442 --> 00:12:19,710 Before they physically die, they kill every relationship. 268 00:12:20,390 --> 00:12:22,086 So the wages of sin is death. 269 00:12:22,158 --> 00:12:24,542 Now, if you're in a local church and you're a Christian who's 270 00:12:24,566 --> 00:12:27,166 sinning, you're also gonna kill your relationships. 271 00:12:27,318 --> 00:12:30,750 And that's why my top viewed videos are why God removes people. 272 00:12:30,870 --> 00:12:33,942 Because everybody always wants to believe it's someone else's fault 273 00:12:33,966 --> 00:12:34,890 than their own. 274 00:12:35,910 --> 00:12:38,526 So it's like, if I look at your life, and you don't have any 275 00:12:38,558 --> 00:12:40,006 friends for more than five years. 276 00:12:40,038 --> 00:12:43,758 You're the problem, because we've got to become the kind of people 277 00:12:43,814 --> 00:12:47,198 that if the wages of sin is death, then the gift of God is what, 278 00:12:47,254 --> 00:12:48,258 eternal life? 279 00:12:48,374 --> 00:12:50,370 But your relationship should come to life. 280 00:12:50,410 --> 00:12:53,362 Your physical body should start coming to life, your emotions 281 00:12:53,426 --> 00:12:54,066 come to life. 282 00:12:54,138 --> 00:12:54,842 He wants to. 283 00:12:54,906 --> 00:12:58,794 He came that you would have life and life more abundantly. 284 00:12:58,842 --> 00:13:00,066 Are y'all with me? 285 00:13:00,218 --> 00:13:04,610 So if you're taking notes, the way to summarize this is sin is a 286 00:13:04,650 --> 00:13:05,710 slow poison. 287 00:13:07,450 --> 00:13:09,690 Sin is a slow poison. 288 00:13:09,850 --> 00:13:13,996 And you won't even recognize that it's actually killing you until 289 00:13:14,178 --> 00:13:16,096 things in your life start dying. 290 00:13:16,288 --> 00:13:16,992 Okay? 291 00:13:17,096 --> 00:13:18,860 Sin is a slow poison. 292 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:23,224 And so for now, people think they're truly living, but eventually 293 00:13:23,272 --> 00:13:24,576 they find out that they're dying. 294 00:13:24,648 --> 00:13:25,352 Okay? 295 00:13:25,496 --> 00:13:27,128 Now my next point. 296 00:13:27,304 --> 00:13:28,576 Here's the solution. 297 00:13:28,728 --> 00:13:31,008 Cause I've been meditating on this all week. 298 00:13:31,184 --> 00:13:36,152 The more real that Jesus is to you, the more real he becomes to 299 00:13:36,176 --> 00:13:36,740 them. 300 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:38,456 Let me rewind that. 301 00:13:38,608 --> 00:13:43,596 The more real Jesus is to you, the more real he becomes to them. 302 00:13:43,668 --> 00:13:45,604 I'm going to tell you a private prayer, and it's not going 303 00:13:45,612 --> 00:13:46,524 to be private anymore. 304 00:13:46,572 --> 00:13:49,372 So I've hesitated to say this publicly. 305 00:13:49,516 --> 00:13:53,292 One of my private prayers for years and years is that I would host 306 00:13:53,356 --> 00:13:57,396 the Holy Ghost in my personal life to the degree that I wouldn't 307 00:13:57,428 --> 00:14:00,988 even have to tell people I'm a Christian, but that they would know, 308 00:14:01,124 --> 00:14:05,276 they would be able to tangibly experience it emanating from me as 309 00:14:05,308 --> 00:14:06,480 a result of. 310 00:14:08,150 --> 00:14:09,782 Of my time with him. 311 00:14:09,926 --> 00:14:12,878 And it's so funny because I've increased that prayer recently. 312 00:14:12,974 --> 00:14:16,310 Like, God, I want to be so saturated in your glory. 313 00:14:16,430 --> 00:14:20,374 I want to be so saturated in your presence that I don't have to 314 00:14:20,422 --> 00:14:22,166 advertise for people I'm a Christian. 315 00:14:22,238 --> 00:14:23,318 But they just. 316 00:14:23,374 --> 00:14:26,150 Even if they don't have language for it, they're like, there's 317 00:14:26,190 --> 00:14:26,510 something. 318 00:14:26,590 --> 00:14:27,358 There's something. 319 00:14:27,494 --> 00:14:30,534 It was funny because I told that story of being at Buffalo wild 320 00:14:30,582 --> 00:14:31,182 wings. 321 00:14:31,286 --> 00:14:34,670 And the waiter, I just sit in there, and the waiter's like, I actually 322 00:14:34,710 --> 00:14:35,366 was eating alone. 323 00:14:35,398 --> 00:14:37,890 So eating alone at Buffalo wild wings is awesome. 324 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:41,900 Some of y'all need to date yourself. 325 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:45,168 And so I'm sitting there, and the waiter comes up to me. 326 00:14:45,184 --> 00:14:46,800 He's like, hey, I just got a question for you. 327 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:47,664 Are you a Christian? 328 00:14:47,712 --> 00:14:51,104 And I started crying because he didn't realize he was answering 329 00:14:51,152 --> 00:14:53,260 the prayer that I had prayed privately. 330 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:56,240 And I never said nothing to this guy about God. 331 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,056 And I said, I am. 332 00:14:58,088 --> 00:14:59,176 And he was like, well, why are you crying? 333 00:14:59,208 --> 00:15:02,760 I was like, because my private prayer has been that people would 334 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,708 know that the Lord is with me in a tangible way. 335 00:15:05,844 --> 00:15:09,340 And I said, you're fulfilling that. 336 00:15:09,420 --> 00:15:11,052 I said, well, are you a Christian? 337 00:15:11,076 --> 00:15:12,452 And he said, I used to be. 338 00:15:12,596 --> 00:15:15,076 And he said, matter of fact, not only did I used to be a Christian, 339 00:15:15,108 --> 00:15:17,508 but I was going to seminary to become a pastor. 340 00:15:17,604 --> 00:15:20,604 And I dropped out of seminary when I stopped believing in God. 341 00:15:20,772 --> 00:15:23,236 I'm like, well, you're about to believe in him again before this 342 00:15:23,268 --> 00:15:24,132 meal is over. 343 00:15:24,236 --> 00:15:25,252 I literally told him that. 344 00:15:25,276 --> 00:15:27,708 And I said, not only that, but you're going to pick up the mantle, 345 00:15:27,764 --> 00:15:30,408 go back to seminary, and you're going to be a pastor, and 346 00:15:30,424 --> 00:15:33,820 you're going to tell the story of what's happening right now. 347 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,976 And then he started crying, and I said, now bring me some more 348 00:15:38,008 --> 00:15:38,820 wings. 349 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:47,580 Felt the anointing on that. 350 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,740 So let me talk to you. 351 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:58,172 The more real Jesus becomes to you, the more real he becomes to 352 00:15:58,196 --> 00:15:58,760 them. 353 00:15:59,060 --> 00:16:02,476 And we need to be praying that people will just know there's something 354 00:16:02,548 --> 00:16:02,996 different. 355 00:16:03,108 --> 00:16:04,960 Don't ever mess up your witness. 356 00:16:05,300 --> 00:16:08,716 If cussing all the time is messing up your witness, stop trying 357 00:16:08,748 --> 00:16:10,920 to justify it and just stop doing it. 358 00:16:11,460 --> 00:16:13,164 You want to say the f word? 359 00:16:13,252 --> 00:16:13,964 Forgive. 360 00:16:14,092 --> 00:16:15,660 There's an f word for you. 361 00:16:15,780 --> 00:16:17,560 You want to say the d word? 362 00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:18,572 I don't know. 363 00:16:18,596 --> 00:16:19,880 I'm thinking about it. 364 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:22,280 Huh? 365 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:24,300 Deliverance. 366 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,300 Somebody anointed on this second row. 367 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:29,584 You want to say the s word? 368 00:16:29,632 --> 00:16:30,500 Salvation? 369 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:32,496 You don't. 370 00:16:32,648 --> 00:16:34,448 But Christian, I can cuss. 371 00:16:34,504 --> 00:16:38,512 And Jesus called him vipers, and you ain't Jesus, and that wasn't 372 00:16:38,536 --> 00:16:39,200 the same thing. 373 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:40,616 You know what you're doing? 374 00:16:40,808 --> 00:16:41,432 You know what I mean? 375 00:16:41,456 --> 00:16:42,900 Don't mess up your witness. 376 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:45,020 Don't mess up your witness. 377 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,696 And I'm not saying this to condemn you, but your goal should 378 00:16:48,728 --> 00:16:51,064 be that, like, man, I emanate the presence of God. 379 00:16:51,152 --> 00:16:53,240 And then yesterday, you know, I was hanging out with these people, 380 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:54,168 and this guy turned to me. 381 00:16:54,184 --> 00:16:56,760 He was like, man, I just feel the presence of God all over you. 382 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:58,112 And again, I started crying. 383 00:16:58,176 --> 00:17:01,968 But then I was in Alabama two days before that, and the pastor 384 00:17:02,024 --> 00:17:03,736 there said the same thing. 385 00:17:03,928 --> 00:17:07,800 So I'm getting data, and, you know, John the Baptist said, I decrease 386 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:09,336 so that he increases. 387 00:17:09,488 --> 00:17:12,656 So that should be our aspiration, is that we decrease so 388 00:17:12,688 --> 00:17:13,784 he increases. 389 00:17:13,912 --> 00:17:17,010 Matthew, chapter five, verse 16, says it like this. 390 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:21,758 Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good 391 00:17:21,814 --> 00:17:24,518 deeds and glorify your father in heaven. 392 00:17:24,654 --> 00:17:28,302 So notice that Jesus doesn't say, let your light shine before 393 00:17:28,406 --> 00:17:29,250 christians. 394 00:17:30,190 --> 00:17:35,006 He says, let your light shine before those that do not know me, 395 00:17:35,038 --> 00:17:36,078 before all men. 396 00:17:36,134 --> 00:17:37,318 Let your light shine. 397 00:17:37,454 --> 00:17:40,046 Right now, we need to be shining the light of Christ. 398 00:17:40,198 --> 00:17:43,558 It's like, how are we going to talk somebody out of confusion and 399 00:17:43,574 --> 00:17:45,490 then bring them into our confusion? 400 00:17:46,330 --> 00:17:50,498 I mean, one of the biggest advertisements for the body of Christ 401 00:17:50,634 --> 00:17:54,170 should be not a perfect marriage, but a healthy one. 402 00:17:54,330 --> 00:17:54,866 It's not. 403 00:17:54,898 --> 00:17:56,650 Me and Julie never get mad at each other. 404 00:17:56,690 --> 00:17:59,550 It's just that Julie finally started apologizing. 405 00:18:00,890 --> 00:18:03,190 You all laughed because you knew that wasn't true. 406 00:18:03,690 --> 00:18:05,978 It's because I started saying I was sorry. 407 00:18:06,114 --> 00:18:09,458 And so you guys don't aspire to have Julie and I's marriage because 408 00:18:09,514 --> 00:18:13,518 it's perfect, but because it's real and because we're showing the 409 00:18:13,534 --> 00:18:14,750 love of Christ to each other. 410 00:18:14,830 --> 00:18:17,086 I had a prophetic dream for my wife last night. 411 00:18:17,118 --> 00:18:19,878 I'm not going to tell it to you, but the first thing I did this 412 00:18:19,934 --> 00:18:21,798 morning and she said, hey, babe, good morning. 413 00:18:21,894 --> 00:18:24,766 I said, julie, I had this dream and I started ministering, 414 00:18:24,838 --> 00:18:26,662 and she was just in the bed, she was crying. 415 00:18:26,726 --> 00:18:27,430 I needed that. 416 00:18:27,470 --> 00:18:28,166 I accept that. 417 00:18:28,198 --> 00:18:32,206 I receive that because before I come to this stage to minister 418 00:18:32,278 --> 00:18:35,050 to his bride, I got to minister to my bride. 419 00:18:37,310 --> 00:18:39,864 So you're like, what's Pastor Mike doing at six in the morning? 420 00:18:39,902 --> 00:18:41,676 And given my wife a prophetic word? 421 00:18:41,748 --> 00:18:44,940 And that's why when I come up to give God's wife a prophetic word, 422 00:18:44,980 --> 00:18:46,100 it's also powerful. 423 00:18:46,180 --> 00:18:48,636 Cause who's faithful with little, he'll make you ruler over 424 00:18:48,668 --> 00:18:49,240 much. 425 00:18:49,820 --> 00:18:51,920 Julia just said he called me little. 426 00:18:56,020 --> 00:18:57,204 Okay, number point. 427 00:18:57,252 --> 00:18:58,120 Number three. 428 00:18:58,980 --> 00:19:01,156 Radiate the presence of God. 429 00:19:01,348 --> 00:19:04,280 Your role isn't to drag people to church. 430 00:19:04,700 --> 00:19:07,928 Your role isn't to argue people into the faith. 431 00:19:08,124 --> 00:19:11,856 Your role is to let your light shine, which radiates. 432 00:19:11,928 --> 00:19:15,744 It's like, you don't invite moths to your house, but your lights 433 00:19:15,792 --> 00:19:16,380 do. 434 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:24,712 You don't invite moths to your house, but your lights do. 435 00:19:24,896 --> 00:19:27,600 It's like, stop inviting people to church. 436 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:32,080 Radiate Jesus, and they'll be drawn to you and you, and they'll 437 00:19:32,120 --> 00:19:33,248 end up at church with you. 438 00:19:33,264 --> 00:19:34,380 You get what I'm saying? 439 00:19:34,870 --> 00:19:36,726 Acts, chapter 14, verse 13. 440 00:19:36,798 --> 00:19:38,518 For the note takers, write this down. 441 00:19:38,614 --> 00:19:40,410 Acts, chapter four, verse 13. 442 00:19:40,990 --> 00:19:45,646 When Peter and John boldly started preaching the gospel, that's 443 00:19:45,678 --> 00:19:47,710 when people said, this is what they said. 444 00:19:47,790 --> 00:19:50,726 They realized that they had been with Jesus. 445 00:19:50,918 --> 00:19:52,878 So this is the biblical explanation. 446 00:19:52,934 --> 00:19:54,650 Acts, chapter four, verse 13. 447 00:19:56,030 --> 00:19:58,102 Peter and John are just doing ministry. 448 00:19:58,206 --> 00:20:01,568 And what people said in response to that was, whoa, they've 449 00:20:01,624 --> 00:20:03,192 been with Jesus. 450 00:20:03,376 --> 00:20:08,500 So it's like, when you start talking, I want people to say, whoa, 451 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:10,900 they've been with Jesus. 452 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,232 They've been with Jesus. 453 00:20:13,376 --> 00:20:15,584 Okay, I'm about to close right now. 454 00:20:15,752 --> 00:20:16,620 Okay. 455 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,736 Romans chapter two, verse four, says, it's the kindness of 456 00:20:21,768 --> 00:20:23,580 God that leads to repentance. 457 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:27,660 It's the kindness of God that leads to repentance. 458 00:20:28,020 --> 00:20:31,620 And so what we're gonna begin to do as a church is we are about 459 00:20:31,660 --> 00:20:32,692 to radiate. 460 00:20:32,876 --> 00:20:35,940 We're about to shine the light of Christ to all men. 461 00:20:36,100 --> 00:20:39,220 We're about to take inventory, because you can't listen, if you're 462 00:20:39,260 --> 00:20:42,020 here at any one of our campuses and you're like, you're 463 00:20:42,060 --> 00:20:45,524 devastated that your husband doesn't serve the Lord, stop asking 464 00:20:45,572 --> 00:20:46,884 him to serve the Lord. 465 00:20:47,012 --> 00:20:50,604 And you just go deeper in your relationship with God and radiate 466 00:20:50,652 --> 00:20:51,156 the Lord. 467 00:20:51,228 --> 00:20:53,320 But the Lord would serve your husband. 468 00:20:53,710 --> 00:20:57,094 Jesus said, I didn't come to the world to be served. 469 00:20:57,222 --> 00:20:59,198 I came to the world to serve. 470 00:20:59,374 --> 00:21:00,710 And so when you put that. 471 00:21:00,790 --> 00:21:03,974 Whatever your husband wanted, put that plate down when you put. 472 00:21:04,022 --> 00:21:04,678 When you come in. 473 00:21:04,694 --> 00:21:06,638 Oh, you know, when you begin to do that. 474 00:21:06,654 --> 00:21:09,838 I remember one of the first vlogs I did was I. 475 00:21:09,974 --> 00:21:13,302 A guy was telling me about how he massaged his wife's feet all the 476 00:21:13,326 --> 00:21:13,846 time. 477 00:21:13,998 --> 00:21:16,230 And the more he was telling me that, I started feeling guilty. 478 00:21:16,270 --> 00:21:19,010 Cause I was like, I haven't touched Julie's feet in a long time. 479 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,160 But I was always asking Julie to. 480 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:27,576 He liked the emotional music behind this, but I was asking everybody 481 00:21:27,608 --> 00:21:29,416 or her to always rub my feet. 482 00:21:29,488 --> 00:21:31,344 Cause my feet are always hurting. 483 00:21:31,512 --> 00:21:33,696 And so then I put the camera. 484 00:21:33,728 --> 00:21:36,860 I hid the camera, and I put the camera hidden. 485 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:38,416 And Julie was sitting in a chair. 486 00:21:38,448 --> 00:21:40,344 I said, jules, I just walked over. 487 00:21:40,472 --> 00:21:41,864 I started rubbing her feet. 488 00:21:41,992 --> 00:21:45,016 And I got so convicted because. 489 00:21:45,088 --> 00:21:48,772 And you could see it on video, literally, Julie's like, are you 490 00:21:48,796 --> 00:21:49,572 okay? 491 00:21:49,756 --> 00:21:51,316 And I'm, like, massaging her feet. 492 00:21:51,348 --> 00:21:51,876 Are you okay? 493 00:21:51,908 --> 00:21:52,604 Are you okay? 494 00:21:52,692 --> 00:21:55,540 And the more I did it, she was like, finally, I kid you not, she 495 00:21:55,580 --> 00:21:57,120 asked me, are you terminal? 496 00:21:58,980 --> 00:22:02,040 So my wife was thinking like, Mike, this is it. 497 00:22:02,860 --> 00:22:03,836 Mike's gonna die. 498 00:22:03,868 --> 00:22:06,684 And he's trying to be real good before he dies. 499 00:22:06,732 --> 00:22:09,972 So I preach his funeral real good, you know, like, she's thinking 500 00:22:09,996 --> 00:22:11,684 in her mind, like, mike must be. 501 00:22:11,772 --> 00:22:12,852 And I literally. 502 00:22:12,956 --> 00:22:17,572 It started as a joke, but it convicted me so deep that I was like, 503 00:22:17,636 --> 00:22:20,652 I'm to the point where if I massage my wife's feet, she thinks 504 00:22:20,676 --> 00:22:21,480 I'm dying. 505 00:22:22,860 --> 00:22:23,908 So here's my point. 506 00:22:23,964 --> 00:22:24,540 Here's my point. 507 00:22:24,580 --> 00:22:28,940 That Jesus said, I didn't come into the world to be served. 508 00:22:28,980 --> 00:22:30,268 I came to serve. 509 00:22:30,404 --> 00:22:33,396 And the reason why christians have such a hard time is because 510 00:22:33,468 --> 00:22:37,560 we have so much brokenness that we always want to be served. 511 00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:42,944 But the message of the cross is, even in the midst of your pain, 512 00:22:43,092 --> 00:22:44,160 learn how to serve. 513 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:47,872 So I know your husband hurts you, but serve him, because that's 514 00:22:47,896 --> 00:22:49,072 what Jesus would do. 515 00:22:49,176 --> 00:22:51,896 And then I know the world hurts you, but serve them. 516 00:22:51,928 --> 00:22:54,360 Like, don't just bash the gay community. 517 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:55,940 Serve the gay community. 518 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:57,856 I mean, everybody's. 519 00:22:57,928 --> 00:23:00,880 All the pastors are always asking me, why do you have so many 520 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,152 people who are leaving LGBTQ? 521 00:23:03,296 --> 00:23:05,912 I'm like, they're never gonna leave it unless they're leaving it 522 00:23:05,936 --> 00:23:07,184 for something better. 523 00:23:07,352 --> 00:23:10,546 And the men and the women, I've said, hey, thanksgiving, I want 524 00:23:10,578 --> 00:23:11,586 you at my house. 525 00:23:11,698 --> 00:23:13,426 Christmas, I want you at my house. 526 00:23:13,498 --> 00:23:16,650 Cause I'm not gonna ask you to leave a community and not give you 527 00:23:16,690 --> 00:23:18,874 deeper community, a real community. 528 00:23:19,002 --> 00:23:23,458 And so every year, my house is filled with people that I'm not blood 529 00:23:23,514 --> 00:23:24,970 related to over the holidays. 530 00:23:25,010 --> 00:23:27,978 Because what I'm saying is, there's no longer jew nor gentile, 531 00:23:28,074 --> 00:23:30,586 slave nor free, male or female. 532 00:23:30,658 --> 00:23:32,066 We are one through Christ. 533 00:23:32,178 --> 00:23:36,728 And I know that your sin is different than my sin, but we both 534 00:23:36,784 --> 00:23:38,180 need the blood of the lamb. 535 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,000 Then they begin to get free from the inside out. 536 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:43,672 This is the heart of this house. 537 00:23:43,776 --> 00:23:46,856 So I want to make a moment right now on film, and this moment 538 00:23:46,888 --> 00:23:48,952 is actually not for the people in the room. 539 00:23:49,016 --> 00:23:52,512 I want to do something for your friends and family, because 540 00:23:52,536 --> 00:23:53,376 I've been feeling this. 541 00:23:53,448 --> 00:23:54,456 Can I close like this? 542 00:23:54,488 --> 00:23:57,656 It's going to be different, because many of you guys have friends 543 00:23:57,688 --> 00:24:02,280 and family that just don't understand why you give, why you 544 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:05,024 serve, why you attend, why you're always reading the Bible, 545 00:24:05,152 --> 00:24:07,248 why you stopped listening to one radio station. 546 00:24:07,304 --> 00:24:08,128 You listen to another. 547 00:24:08,184 --> 00:24:09,336 They just don't get it. 548 00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:12,488 So I thought to myself, I'm gonna put something on video so you 549 00:24:12,504 --> 00:24:14,176 can send this to your friends and family. 550 00:24:14,328 --> 00:24:15,272 And I'm gonna try to. 551 00:24:15,336 --> 00:24:18,024 As the lead pastor of this church, I'm gonna try to explain 552 00:24:18,072 --> 00:24:21,200 to them what I think is happening, and then you can share 553 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:22,580 this with them if you want. 554 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:23,820 All right. 555 00:24:24,120 --> 00:24:24,808 Okay. 556 00:24:24,904 --> 00:24:27,856 So if you're watching this right now, it's probably because 557 00:24:27,928 --> 00:24:30,544 one of your family members or one of your friends sent this to 558 00:24:30,552 --> 00:24:30,672 you. 559 00:24:30,696 --> 00:24:34,846 My name's Mike, and I'm the lead pastor of v one church, and 560 00:24:34,958 --> 00:24:37,574 I want to try to explain some things just quickly. 561 00:24:37,742 --> 00:24:39,710 They probably are going to the church all the time. 562 00:24:39,750 --> 00:24:41,390 They might even be talking about the church. 563 00:24:41,430 --> 00:24:44,286 And it's annoying you because you're, like, thinking that they've 564 00:24:44,318 --> 00:24:45,410 lost their mind. 565 00:24:45,950 --> 00:24:49,166 And I just want to help you understand what I think is happening. 566 00:24:49,198 --> 00:24:52,822 As somebody who has been an atheist for a little while, somebody 567 00:24:52,846 --> 00:24:55,894 who struggled with alcohol addiction, somebody whose marriage 568 00:24:55,942 --> 00:25:00,412 was almost broken, I also come to the church every single week, 569 00:25:00,516 --> 00:25:03,772 and I also serve the church, and I also give my finances to the 570 00:25:03,796 --> 00:25:04,228 church. 571 00:25:04,324 --> 00:25:08,148 And if I could explain what I think is happening, by the way, at 572 00:25:08,204 --> 00:25:12,260 every seat across all of our v one church locations, we have a card 573 00:25:12,380 --> 00:25:15,844 that says, if you're not feeling v one, go try these other 574 00:25:15,892 --> 00:25:16,620 churches. 575 00:25:16,740 --> 00:25:20,052 So I just want to start by saying, you don't have to come here, 576 00:25:20,236 --> 00:25:22,572 even if they're constantly begging you to show up. 577 00:25:22,596 --> 00:25:23,912 And it's getting annoying. 578 00:25:24,076 --> 00:25:27,600 But I believe in the concept of the church, even if it's not our 579 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:28,392 church. 580 00:25:28,576 --> 00:25:32,304 And what I think is happening is that your friend didn't find religion. 581 00:25:32,432 --> 00:25:34,360 Your family member didn't find religion. 582 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:35,660 They found Jesus. 583 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,488 And when they found Jesus, he started changing everything about 584 00:25:39,544 --> 00:25:42,592 their pain, their brokenness, and some of the things that they 585 00:25:42,616 --> 00:25:43,576 don't do anymore. 586 00:25:43,688 --> 00:25:46,784 It's not because they have rules and obligations. 587 00:25:46,872 --> 00:25:48,256 It's because they're free. 588 00:25:48,408 --> 00:25:51,448 And the Bible says, whom the son, the son is Jesus. 589 00:25:51,504 --> 00:25:52,430 He's God's son. 590 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,842 Whom the son sets free is free indeed. 591 00:25:54,946 --> 00:25:56,914 So that's why they don't want to get drunk anymore. 592 00:25:56,962 --> 00:25:58,066 That's why they're not talking. 593 00:25:58,098 --> 00:25:59,586 That's why they stopped cussing. 594 00:25:59,698 --> 00:26:01,750 It's not cause they're trying to be good. 595 00:26:02,130 --> 00:26:05,410 Because the Bible says, for all have sinned and fallen short 596 00:26:05,450 --> 00:26:06,490 of the glory of God. 597 00:26:06,570 --> 00:26:09,150 So I'm the lead pastor, and I'm not good. 598 00:26:09,490 --> 00:26:10,186 You're not good. 599 00:26:10,218 --> 00:26:11,242 None of us are good. 600 00:26:11,346 --> 00:26:15,578 And the gospel of Jesus Christ is not that he takes good people 601 00:26:15,754 --> 00:26:17,856 or bad people and makes them good. 602 00:26:18,018 --> 00:26:21,900 It's just that he takes people who are dead, and he makes them come 603 00:26:21,940 --> 00:26:22,600 alive. 604 00:26:22,940 --> 00:26:27,572 And so your family member is the most alive they've ever been. 605 00:26:27,756 --> 00:26:30,580 And they're not perfect yet, and they still relapse and they still 606 00:26:30,620 --> 00:26:34,220 make mistakes, but they're really, really trying to become more 607 00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:34,820 like Jesus. 608 00:26:34,860 --> 00:26:37,628 Cause when they met Jesus, they said, this is who I want to 609 00:26:37,644 --> 00:26:38,020 be like. 610 00:26:38,060 --> 00:26:39,172 This is my hero. 611 00:26:39,276 --> 00:26:40,812 This is who I want to be like. 612 00:26:40,916 --> 00:26:42,348 And that's what's happening. 613 00:26:42,444 --> 00:26:45,642 And it doesn't matter if it happens at v one church, we don't 614 00:26:45,666 --> 00:26:47,058 want your family members money. 615 00:26:47,114 --> 00:26:48,350 We don't use people. 616 00:26:48,970 --> 00:26:51,786 But what they're doing even when they give financially is they're 617 00:26:51,818 --> 00:26:55,070 saying, I want more people to experience this. 618 00:26:55,890 --> 00:26:59,266 Right now I'm standing in what used to be a bar where people would 619 00:26:59,298 --> 00:27:01,762 give money they didn't have for alcohol. 620 00:27:01,866 --> 00:27:04,554 They would do drugs in this bar, and we turned it into a church. 621 00:27:04,642 --> 00:27:06,882 And a lot of these people are saying, I used to give this money 622 00:27:06,906 --> 00:27:08,330 to miller light, bud light. 623 00:27:08,450 --> 00:27:10,696 I used to spend this money in stupid ways. 624 00:27:10,778 --> 00:27:12,324 I'll gladly give it to the church. 625 00:27:12,372 --> 00:27:13,492 I think that's what it is. 626 00:27:13,516 --> 00:27:15,436 And we're not begging them to give it. 627 00:27:15,628 --> 00:27:18,604 So I just wanted to disarm you for a second, but I wanna say something 628 00:27:18,652 --> 00:27:19,440 to you. 629 00:27:20,340 --> 00:27:23,012 They also sent this to you because they believe that you need 630 00:27:23,036 --> 00:27:24,400 to meet Jesus, too. 631 00:27:25,460 --> 00:27:28,396 And I wanna do whatever I can to make that happen right now. 632 00:27:28,428 --> 00:27:31,956 Because maybe you'll never come to church, but maybe you'll 633 00:27:31,988 --> 00:27:32,204 watch. 634 00:27:32,252 --> 00:27:33,036 Maybe you watch. 635 00:27:33,108 --> 00:27:37,410 I think if you watch to this point, it's because you truly believe 636 00:27:37,580 --> 00:27:42,350 that he is real and his holy spirit is right there with you confirming 637 00:27:42,390 --> 00:27:42,782 it. 638 00:27:42,886 --> 00:27:46,382 You know, God will chase you down and he'll have little signs 639 00:27:46,446 --> 00:27:49,142 everywhere, and you'll see all the signs and you won't be able to 640 00:27:49,166 --> 00:27:49,750 deny it. 641 00:27:49,830 --> 00:27:51,182 And right now is one of those signs. 642 00:27:51,206 --> 00:27:52,910 So I want to pray for you right now. 643 00:27:53,070 --> 00:27:55,302 Matter of fact, if you're here in this room, can we just stand to 644 00:27:55,326 --> 00:28:00,094 our feet and we're going to pray this all together. 645 00:28:00,142 --> 00:28:03,502 Is there anybody here at any campus or in this room that wants 646 00:28:03,526 --> 00:28:06,010 to also give their life to Jesus? 647 00:28:06,350 --> 00:28:09,286 Okay, I see three people right here in the room. 648 00:28:09,318 --> 00:28:14,902 Just immediately lift up their hand, praise God, right here in the 649 00:28:14,926 --> 00:28:15,662 room, three people. 650 00:28:15,726 --> 00:28:18,782 And I know if you're watching, we're gonna pray all together right 651 00:28:18,806 --> 00:28:18,942 now. 652 00:28:18,966 --> 00:28:21,118 Because I believe what's happening is sacred. 653 00:28:21,294 --> 00:28:22,726 I believe it's holy. 654 00:28:22,878 --> 00:28:25,862 And there were many people, even while I was talking, I was watching 655 00:28:25,886 --> 00:28:27,566 them wipe tears from their eyes. 656 00:28:27,758 --> 00:28:31,246 And those tears are spiritual, because what's happening is we're 657 00:28:31,278 --> 00:28:34,886 saying, God, I was made by you. 658 00:28:35,038 --> 00:28:36,862 I was made for you. 659 00:28:37,046 --> 00:28:39,822 And now I want to give this breath back to you. 660 00:28:39,966 --> 00:28:42,550 So we're going to pray across every location right now. 661 00:28:42,670 --> 00:28:44,382 Would you all just say these words with me? 662 00:28:44,406 --> 00:28:47,450 Say, heavenly Father, I'm yours. 663 00:28:47,790 --> 00:28:49,410 I want to live for you. 664 00:28:49,870 --> 00:28:51,530 I'll die to self. 665 00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:56,206 I want to walk this walk on the narrow road. 666 00:28:56,398 --> 00:28:58,130 Wash me with your blood. 667 00:28:59,020 --> 00:29:05,480 Renew my mind and as I renew this commitment to serve you forever. 668 00:29:05,900 --> 00:29:07,400 No turning back. 669 00:29:07,860 --> 00:29:14,332 I belong to you, Jesus, all my days, and I choose to follow you 670 00:29:14,356 --> 00:29:16,652 now as a disciple. 671 00:29:16,836 --> 00:29:21,800 I thank you for your church that's going to help me on this journey. 672 00:29:22,140 --> 00:29:27,592 And today I'm stepping in to a new chapter in Jesus name. 673 00:29:27,736 --> 00:29:28,168 Come on. 674 00:29:28,184 --> 00:29:30,340 Can we all just shout amen right now? 675 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:32,144 Come on. 676 00:29:32,192 --> 00:29:33,208 Hallelujah. 677 00:29:33,384 --> 00:29:36,528 Thank you, Father, for what happened today in this service. 678 00:29:36,704 --> 00:29:39,808 Thank you, Jesus, for what you did in this place. 679 00:29:39,944 --> 00:29:43,456 And, Father, I ask you right now that as each and every one of 680 00:29:43,488 --> 00:29:47,656 them go into small groups, as each and every one of them join teams 681 00:29:47,688 --> 00:29:50,880 to serve, as each and every one of them become members. 682 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:54,304 God, that you would just drive this thing deeper in their heart, 683 00:29:54,392 --> 00:29:56,620 that they would become more like you. 684 00:29:56,700 --> 00:29:58,836 A clearer reflection of who you are. 685 00:29:58,908 --> 00:30:02,612 That addictions would continue to be broken, that strongholds would 686 00:30:02,636 --> 00:30:03,876 come down in their mind. 687 00:30:03,988 --> 00:30:08,196 That the assignment of Satan is canceled right now by the blood 688 00:30:08,228 --> 00:30:10,972 of Jesus, and that they'll never be the same. 689 00:30:11,076 --> 00:30:16,428 And before the end of 2024, their entire household will be saved. 690 00:30:16,524 --> 00:30:18,892 Their coworkers are coming to Jesus. 691 00:30:18,996 --> 00:30:20,596 And, Father, I thank you. 692 00:30:20,668 --> 00:30:24,962 That whom the Son said sets free, let's say it across every location, 693 00:30:25,106 --> 00:30:27,218 is free indeed. 694 00:30:27,274 --> 00:30:29,150 Come on, somebody shout.