1 00:00:29,939 --> 00:00:30,899 Chapter number four. 2 00:00:32,259 --> 00:00:34,019 There's a verse there that. 3 00:00:35,059 --> 00:00:39,619 It stays in my head and in my heart and just kind of rotates around 4 00:00:39,619 --> 00:00:40,499 all the time. 5 00:00:40,579 --> 00:00:42,659 I shared it with you several months ago. 6 00:00:44,179 --> 00:00:47,299 It simply says, draw nigh to God and he'll draw nigh to you. 7 00:00:48,179 --> 00:00:52,099 We don't use the word nigh very much, but it means near. 8 00:00:52,899 --> 00:00:53,739 Draw nigh. 9 00:00:53,739 --> 00:00:56,579 Draw near to God, he'll draw nigh to you. 10 00:00:57,849 --> 00:01:01,129 It's almost like God is saying, you go first. 11 00:01:02,969 --> 00:01:07,929 I know God is the instigator and starts everything, but in this 12 00:01:07,929 --> 00:01:14,569 verse it just seems to say, james says, draw nigh to God and 13 00:01:14,569 --> 00:01:15,769 he'll draw nigh to you. 14 00:01:16,489 --> 00:01:19,489 And we talked about that, about how near is near. 15 00:01:19,489 --> 00:01:23,289 And not everybody would define the word near the same way. 16 00:01:25,359 --> 00:01:26,999 How near are you? 17 00:01:26,999 --> 00:01:28,479 How near is someone else? 18 00:01:28,879 --> 00:01:33,999 And I made that statement that we're as near as we want to be. 19 00:01:34,719 --> 00:01:36,239 God never put limits. 20 00:01:36,799 --> 00:01:40,679 He never put up fences and say, you can get close, but not that 21 00:01:40,679 --> 00:01:41,039 close. 22 00:01:42,239 --> 00:01:46,359 He says, just draw nigh and I'll draw nigh to you. 23 00:01:46,359 --> 00:01:50,569 And I want to talk a little bit tonight about this subject called 24 00:01:50,569 --> 00:01:52,729 the Bullseye Christian. 25 00:01:54,169 --> 00:01:55,689 The Bullseye Christian. 26 00:01:55,929 --> 00:02:00,729 One of my favorite games growing up, and still to some extent, 27 00:02:00,729 --> 00:02:02,249 is horseshoes. 28 00:02:02,329 --> 00:02:04,009 I love to pitch horseshoes. 29 00:02:04,889 --> 00:02:09,209 One time I played with a champion horseshoe player in Columbus, 30 00:02:09,209 --> 00:02:13,449 Georgia, and he was out there playing, and I went over and reinvested 31 00:02:13,449 --> 00:02:13,769 myself. 32 00:02:13,769 --> 00:02:15,049 I didn't know he was a champion. 33 00:02:15,609 --> 00:02:17,449 He said, you want to play a little bit? 34 00:02:17,449 --> 00:02:18,169 I said, sure. 35 00:02:18,409 --> 00:02:20,609 He says, well, I'm not bragging, but I'll just go ahead 36 00:02:20,609 --> 00:02:24,329 and tell you now I'm a national champion horseshoe player. 37 00:02:25,689 --> 00:02:27,929 I said, well, this ought to be interesting. 38 00:02:29,289 --> 00:02:31,129 And I said, well, let's do it. 39 00:02:31,129 --> 00:02:37,529 And he never, ever missed making a ringer. 40 00:02:38,329 --> 00:02:42,099 Never the whole time we were there, just one after another. 41 00:02:42,499 --> 00:02:43,539 I couldn't believe it. 42 00:02:44,739 --> 00:02:49,579 I didn't play with him much after that, but growing up, I used 43 00:02:49,579 --> 00:02:50,459 to play horseshoes. 44 00:02:50,459 --> 00:02:54,379 And my best friend and I, we'd walk to school and we'd come home 45 00:02:54,379 --> 00:02:56,698 and he'd go, he lived a little further than I. 46 00:02:56,698 --> 00:02:58,179 This mic's a little bit loud. 47 00:02:58,179 --> 00:02:59,579 It's distracting me. 48 00:02:59,579 --> 00:03:02,019 If you would turn it down just a little and. 49 00:03:02,659 --> 00:03:03,379 But we play. 50 00:03:03,379 --> 00:03:04,339 We'd come home and play. 51 00:03:04,419 --> 00:03:05,219 He'd stop and play. 52 00:03:05,219 --> 00:03:06,019 We'd play one game. 53 00:03:06,019 --> 00:03:09,359 We had a post there, and we put a little notch how many games 54 00:03:09,359 --> 00:03:10,919 I'd won and how many he won. 55 00:03:11,079 --> 00:03:13,399 As far as I know, that post is still there. 56 00:03:16,839 --> 00:03:18,519 But what about archery? 57 00:03:18,519 --> 00:03:21,279 Has anybody ever done archery? 58 00:03:21,279 --> 00:03:23,399 Shooting Some of you. 59 00:03:24,759 --> 00:03:25,319 All right. 60 00:03:26,439 --> 00:03:30,799 Well, believe it or not, even though I failed in horseshoe, in 61 00:03:30,799 --> 00:03:32,759 archery, I never missed a bullseye. 62 00:03:34,629 --> 00:03:35,989 But I had a little strategy. 63 00:03:35,989 --> 00:03:38,309 I would just shoot the arrow and wherever it hit, then I would 64 00:03:38,309 --> 00:03:39,749 draw the bullseye around it. 65 00:03:40,549 --> 00:03:42,469 So I always got a bullseye. 66 00:03:43,589 --> 00:03:44,869 And that's the way I think. 67 00:03:44,869 --> 00:03:47,109 A lot of people say, well, draw not a God. 68 00:03:47,269 --> 00:03:51,149 I'll just go as close as I can and I'll draw that circle, and there 69 00:03:51,149 --> 00:03:51,589 I am. 70 00:03:52,949 --> 00:03:59,189 But it's interesting to me that when Jesus started his earthly 71 00:03:59,189 --> 00:04:04,289 ministry, we find the first time we find the word multitudes 72 00:04:04,689 --> 00:04:05,169 plural. 73 00:04:06,049 --> 00:04:08,129 He drew multitudes of people. 74 00:04:10,289 --> 00:04:15,809 But as he continued his ministry, the rings got smaller and 75 00:04:15,809 --> 00:04:17,009 smaller and smaller. 76 00:04:17,009 --> 00:04:19,249 The multitudes got smaller. 77 00:04:20,049 --> 00:04:21,129 Go back and read it. 78 00:04:21,129 --> 00:04:23,009 I'll show it to you here in just a moment. 79 00:04:23,729 --> 00:04:25,409 They got smaller and smaller. 80 00:04:26,219 --> 00:04:28,779 Started out with multitudes. 81 00:04:29,579 --> 00:04:35,219 In fact, we find that In Matthew, chapter 9, verse 36, the 82 00:04:35,219 --> 00:04:42,379 multitudes, Jesus many times would call people and they would 83 00:04:42,379 --> 00:04:43,499 follow for a while. 84 00:04:45,499 --> 00:04:49,259 But God reciprocates our moves. 85 00:04:50,059 --> 00:04:52,739 The Bible says, give and it shall be given unto you. 86 00:04:52,739 --> 00:04:53,739 Call unto me and. 87 00:04:54,079 --> 00:04:55,359 And I'll answer thee. 88 00:04:57,439 --> 00:04:59,759 Turn ye unto me, and I will turn unto you. 89 00:05:00,719 --> 00:05:04,239 God said, return unto me and I will return unto you. 90 00:05:04,239 --> 00:05:09,039 It's like he reciprocates what we do. 91 00:05:10,399 --> 00:05:11,719 He tells us to turn. 92 00:05:11,719 --> 00:05:13,039 Then he says, then I'll turn. 93 00:05:15,599 --> 00:05:17,679 Draw nigh to God, he'll draw nigh to you. 94 00:05:18,799 --> 00:05:20,319 Here's an interesting one, though. 95 00:05:20,319 --> 00:05:22,319 He said, I love them that love me. 96 00:05:24,169 --> 00:05:26,169 That's kind of interesting, isn't it? 97 00:05:26,649 --> 00:05:31,609 We know that God loved the world and he had compassion and he 98 00:05:31,609 --> 00:05:33,449 died for the sins of the whole world. 99 00:05:33,769 --> 00:05:38,329 But in the context of the Bible, it says, when you love me. 100 00:05:38,969 --> 00:05:41,209 I know he loves us even when we're unlovable. 101 00:05:41,209 --> 00:05:44,289 But there's something about that verse that says, along with 102 00:05:44,289 --> 00:05:47,529 the other verses, you love me and I'll love you back. 103 00:05:49,379 --> 00:05:53,459 God loved me while I was yet sinner and Christ died for me. 104 00:05:55,059 --> 00:06:00,259 But this verse, I love them that love me, is not in the context 105 00:06:00,259 --> 00:06:01,139 of redemption. 106 00:06:01,139 --> 00:06:07,299 It's more about relation or affection, expressing love to God 107 00:06:07,299 --> 00:06:07,619 daily. 108 00:06:07,619 --> 00:06:08,979 I love them that love me. 109 00:06:11,059 --> 00:06:12,099 I'll love you back. 110 00:06:13,869 --> 00:06:17,869 No matter how much power and work and money is behind electricity, 111 00:06:17,869 --> 00:06:22,509 we get no benefit from it unless the switch is turned on, right? 112 00:06:24,749 --> 00:06:25,949 Think about that for a moment. 113 00:06:25,949 --> 00:06:27,229 The switch is turned on. 114 00:06:27,229 --> 00:06:29,389 It's like God put switches in the Bible. 115 00:06:30,349 --> 00:06:35,109 When we turn on the switch, he's omnipotent, he's almighty. 116 00:06:35,109 --> 00:06:36,829 There's nothing Too hard for God. 117 00:06:37,229 --> 00:06:40,669 But God, in his desire and design, placed these switches. 118 00:06:41,989 --> 00:06:45,749 Prayer, call unto me, I'll answer you. 119 00:06:46,309 --> 00:06:47,349 That's the switch. 120 00:06:47,589 --> 00:06:48,189 Turn on. 121 00:06:48,189 --> 00:06:54,749 Prayer, peace, joy, blessings, forgiveness, wisdom, courage, everything 122 00:06:54,749 --> 00:06:56,549 we need for anything we face. 123 00:06:57,429 --> 00:07:01,669 But we do not get one ounce of benefit unless we flip the switch. 124 00:07:03,189 --> 00:07:05,429 In other words, we act. 125 00:07:05,589 --> 00:07:07,269 Faith is an action word. 126 00:07:08,659 --> 00:07:10,179 It always is an action word. 127 00:07:10,179 --> 00:07:13,659 You read in Hebrews 11 and go back there sometime. 128 00:07:13,659 --> 00:07:19,099 If you remember your grammar and circle every verb, almost every 129 00:07:19,099 --> 00:07:20,259 verse is a verb. 130 00:07:22,099 --> 00:07:26,259 Because faith always produces action. 131 00:07:28,099 --> 00:07:31,219 We don't really believe it until we do it, until we try it, 132 00:07:31,219 --> 00:07:33,139 until we test it, until we turn the switch. 133 00:07:33,929 --> 00:07:38,809 God says, knock and it shall be opened unto you. 134 00:07:39,289 --> 00:07:41,769 That's a switch, isn't it? 135 00:07:43,289 --> 00:07:46,969 Ask, give, and it shall be given unto you. 136 00:07:48,729 --> 00:07:51,609 And then he moves, and then you move, and then he moves. 137 00:07:51,609 --> 00:07:53,369 And that's the Christian life. 138 00:07:53,369 --> 00:07:57,609 It's about God moving and our moving back and forth. 139 00:07:59,219 --> 00:08:02,579 But in the Bible and in the lifetime of Christ, people follow 140 00:08:02,579 --> 00:08:04,899 Jesus for different reasons. 141 00:08:05,939 --> 00:08:07,699 But the crowds diminished. 142 00:08:09,139 --> 00:08:10,019 Multitudes. 143 00:08:10,019 --> 00:08:15,139 The Bible says in Matthew 9, verse 36, the multitudes, most of 144 00:08:15,139 --> 00:08:16,659 them probably weren't even saved. 145 00:08:17,059 --> 00:08:18,819 They came for various reasons. 146 00:08:18,819 --> 00:08:19,739 They were curious. 147 00:08:19,739 --> 00:08:23,739 They had heard about this man that can perform miracles. 148 00:08:23,739 --> 00:08:27,399 They had heard about this and about what he did and how he spoke 149 00:08:27,399 --> 00:08:29,119 and all those things. 150 00:08:29,199 --> 00:08:30,799 And so they would show up. 151 00:08:32,319 --> 00:08:35,999 Joel said in the book of Joel the Prophet, he said, multitudes, 152 00:08:35,999 --> 00:08:38,399 multitudes in the valley of decision. 153 00:08:40,959 --> 00:08:43,119 These were people who had not made up their mind. 154 00:08:43,279 --> 00:08:46,559 They couldn't say, the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. 155 00:08:47,439 --> 00:08:50,399 Because Jesus saw them as sheep, having no shepherd. 156 00:08:51,689 --> 00:08:56,329 In the whole multitude, it was mixed, unsaved souls, lost people, 157 00:08:57,289 --> 00:09:01,209 families that make up the people of the entire world. 158 00:09:02,809 --> 00:09:07,008 Jesus referred to his Sermon on the Mount as the crowd on the 159 00:09:07,008 --> 00:09:09,249 broad road that leadeth to destruction. 160 00:09:09,249 --> 00:09:10,729 And many there be that find it. 161 00:09:12,729 --> 00:09:17,339 Maybe you know people who are in the group, but they're not in 162 00:09:17,339 --> 00:09:17,859 the family. 163 00:09:18,499 --> 00:09:19,619 The family of God. 164 00:09:21,619 --> 00:09:24,419 You can be inside a church building, but outside the family 165 00:09:24,419 --> 00:09:30,339 of God, people can be religious, but be religiously lost, 166 00:09:31,219 --> 00:09:32,099 never born again. 167 00:09:34,339 --> 00:09:35,259 The multitudes. 168 00:09:35,259 --> 00:09:37,139 But then in Acts chapter four. 169 00:09:37,219 --> 00:09:38,899 Let's just look at that real quick. 170 00:09:39,619 --> 00:09:43,369 The Book of Acts, chapter 4, and I think it's verse 32. 171 00:09:46,169 --> 00:09:52,929 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of 172 00:09:52,929 --> 00:09:53,689 one soul. 173 00:09:54,569 --> 00:09:57,889 Neither said any of them that all of the things which he possessed 174 00:09:57,889 --> 00:09:58,649 was his own. 175 00:09:58,649 --> 00:10:00,169 But they had all things common. 176 00:10:00,729 --> 00:10:05,329 So there was a group in that first ring, the multitudes. 177 00:10:05,329 --> 00:10:07,129 But then we come to that Second ring. 178 00:10:08,179 --> 00:10:12,259 And these were people who trusted Christ as their Savior. 179 00:10:14,899 --> 00:10:16,579 Some of them responded. 180 00:10:17,779 --> 00:10:21,459 Their action is based upon repentance and faith. 181 00:10:21,699 --> 00:10:22,659 Turning to Christ. 182 00:10:24,819 --> 00:10:27,459 There's three things that we used to often. 183 00:10:28,579 --> 00:10:33,339 I used to often emphasize when presenting the gospel and telling 184 00:10:33,339 --> 00:10:34,259 people about Christ. 185 00:10:35,429 --> 00:10:35,989 Three things. 186 00:10:38,869 --> 00:10:39,909 Sense the need. 187 00:10:39,909 --> 00:10:42,189 A lot of people don't get saved because they don't sense the 188 00:10:42,189 --> 00:10:43,269 need of being saved. 189 00:10:44,389 --> 00:10:47,469 They don't sense the need of they've done anything really bad. 190 00:10:47,469 --> 00:10:50,468 Well, what's really bad and what's kind of bad and what's bad 191 00:10:50,468 --> 00:10:52,109 and what's not so bad? 192 00:10:52,109 --> 00:10:56,909 I mean, where do you stop sensing the need? 193 00:10:56,909 --> 00:10:58,149 That's where it starts. 194 00:10:59,269 --> 00:11:01,989 If you just jump to someone and give them the gospel, how to 195 00:11:01,989 --> 00:11:02,549 be saved. 196 00:11:03,399 --> 00:11:04,839 And they say, you want to go to hell? 197 00:11:04,839 --> 00:11:05,959 No, I don't want to go to hell. 198 00:11:06,439 --> 00:11:07,439 You want to go to heaven? 199 00:11:07,439 --> 00:11:07,759 Yes. 200 00:11:07,759 --> 00:11:08,199 Okay. 201 00:11:08,199 --> 00:11:09,719 Bow your head and pray this prayer. 202 00:11:10,759 --> 00:11:12,279 Ask Jesus to come into your heart. 203 00:11:12,919 --> 00:11:13,799 You'll be saved. 204 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:18,199 But they never sense the need to be saved. 205 00:11:20,439 --> 00:11:22,199 But then to see the significance. 206 00:11:22,199 --> 00:11:24,279 Second of all, the significance of Christ. 207 00:11:25,079 --> 00:11:25,799 Why Christ? 208 00:11:25,799 --> 00:11:27,239 Why couldn't somebody else? 209 00:11:27,639 --> 00:11:29,559 His death, burial and resurrection. 210 00:11:30,229 --> 00:11:32,829 Christ had to be a man to die. 211 00:11:32,829 --> 00:11:33,589 For a man. 212 00:11:34,149 --> 00:11:35,349 God can't die. 213 00:11:35,989 --> 00:11:38,229 So Christ became a man to die. 214 00:11:40,309 --> 00:11:44,989 He had to be God in order to provide perfect righteousness for 215 00:11:44,989 --> 00:11:45,189 us. 216 00:11:45,189 --> 00:11:46,549 He was raised from the dead. 217 00:11:46,629 --> 00:11:51,869 Sense the need, see the significance, and then secure the 218 00:11:51,869 --> 00:11:52,469 benefits. 219 00:11:54,069 --> 00:11:54,869 Secure them. 220 00:11:55,759 --> 00:11:57,359 That's what it means to receive Christ. 221 00:11:59,999 --> 00:12:02,359 Draw nigh to God and he'll draw nigh to you. 222 00:12:02,359 --> 00:12:03,199 Multitudes. 223 00:12:03,999 --> 00:12:05,839 Out of that came a multitude. 224 00:12:06,719 --> 00:12:07,919 And then we go to John. 225 00:12:08,159 --> 00:12:12,919 If you turn your Bible to John, chapter 6, verse 10, we go 226 00:12:12,919 --> 00:12:17,119 to the second ring, or actually the third ring on the target. 227 00:12:17,839 --> 00:12:20,799 John, chapter 6 and verse number 10. 228 00:12:20,799 --> 00:12:22,839 You'll remember it as soon as I start reading it. 229 00:12:22,839 --> 00:12:24,559 Jesus said, make the men sit down. 230 00:12:25,309 --> 00:12:26,749 There was much grass in the place. 231 00:12:26,749 --> 00:12:28,069 So the men sat down. 232 00:12:28,069 --> 00:12:29,789 The number was what, 5,000? 233 00:12:30,829 --> 00:12:33,229 We don't know how many was in the first multitude. 234 00:12:33,709 --> 00:12:37,069 We don't really know how many was in the second multitude that 235 00:12:37,069 --> 00:12:37,789 came out of that. 236 00:12:37,789 --> 00:12:42,269 But now we're down to 5,000. 237 00:12:44,509 --> 00:12:45,869 The smaller circle. 238 00:12:47,069 --> 00:12:49,709 And Jesus fed them, the Bible says. 239 00:12:49,709 --> 00:12:54,539 But after that, he began to preach, to preach the word to them. 240 00:12:55,579 --> 00:13:00,379 They came for the dinner, but not for the sermon. 241 00:13:02,139 --> 00:13:05,099 Jesus told his disciples to have the crowd sit down. 242 00:13:07,179 --> 00:13:13,819 And the Bible says that Jesus actually said, I'm the bread of life, 243 00:13:14,459 --> 00:13:15,259 did he not? 244 00:13:17,259 --> 00:13:19,779 But he said, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every 245 00:13:19,779 --> 00:13:22,059 word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 246 00:13:23,069 --> 00:13:25,189 And so he used that analogy. 247 00:13:25,189 --> 00:13:28,989 Jesus was going to feed them the word. 248 00:13:30,269 --> 00:13:36,749 Well, this was the crowd that wanted the word of God. 249 00:13:38,108 --> 00:13:40,989 A lot of people come out of one group into another group and 250 00:13:41,709 --> 00:13:45,429 they say, well, that church isn't too bad, but there's just too 251 00:13:45,429 --> 00:13:47,229 much Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible. 252 00:13:48,199 --> 00:13:50,759 And some people say, give me more, give me more, give me more. 253 00:13:51,159 --> 00:13:52,119 They can't get enough. 254 00:13:53,639 --> 00:13:57,239 But some people have more than they want. 255 00:13:57,239 --> 00:14:03,519 Sometimes I wish this crowd was bigger, but usually the more 256 00:14:03,519 --> 00:14:04,839 emphasis on the Bible. 257 00:14:05,719 --> 00:14:11,159 You know, the Bible has a powerful way of either drawing or 258 00:14:11,159 --> 00:14:11,639 driving. 259 00:14:13,329 --> 00:14:14,209 Have you noticed that? 260 00:14:16,289 --> 00:14:17,849 It's just kind of like a sword. 261 00:14:17,849 --> 00:14:20,289 The Bible says the word of God is like a sword. 262 00:14:23,089 --> 00:14:26,729 There's no way for a person to be spiritual unless he first becomes 263 00:14:26,729 --> 00:14:29,809 scriptural when the bread is broken. 264 00:14:30,049 --> 00:14:31,569 We sang the song recently. 265 00:14:32,369 --> 00:14:36,369 Come and dine, come and dine. 266 00:14:37,089 --> 00:14:39,249 Draw nigh to God and he'll draw nigh to you. 267 00:14:41,959 --> 00:14:50,839 But the next group, 500, who are they? 268 00:14:52,359 --> 00:14:55,999 Jesus said to them in Luke 9, if any man will come after me, let 269 00:14:55,999 --> 00:15:02,359 him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 270 00:15:04,519 --> 00:15:08,539 This is the group who not only hear the word of God, but they make 271 00:15:08,539 --> 00:15:11,539 a decision to follow the God of the Word. 272 00:15:12,739 --> 00:15:17,299 If any man come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross 273 00:15:17,299 --> 00:15:18,179 and follow me. 274 00:15:18,659 --> 00:15:21,539 Whosoever will save his life shall lose his life. 275 00:15:22,019 --> 00:15:26,779 But whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall 276 00:15:26,779 --> 00:15:27,379 save it. 277 00:15:27,699 --> 00:15:30,419 It's one thing to hear the word of God preached, but it's another 278 00:15:30,419 --> 00:15:40,209 thing to make a decision to obey it, to follow separates the 279 00:15:40,209 --> 00:15:40,489 crowd. 280 00:15:40,489 --> 00:15:47,209 I mean, here we went from 5,000 sitting down, eating, to 500 281 00:15:48,329 --> 00:15:49,129 just like that. 282 00:15:50,969 --> 00:15:52,569 Jesus said, follow me. 283 00:15:53,769 --> 00:15:55,609 Take up the cross and follow me. 284 00:15:57,849 --> 00:16:02,829 You're never going to get the multitudes or the multitude or maybe 285 00:16:02,989 --> 00:16:07,749 a lot of thousands upon thousands to cross the line of self 286 00:16:07,749 --> 00:16:12,749 denial, self will, self centeredness. 287 00:16:13,389 --> 00:16:14,749 It's always been that way. 288 00:16:16,029 --> 00:16:16,989 It always will. 289 00:16:16,989 --> 00:16:21,829 Jesus made it very clear, if you follow me, you're going to have 290 00:16:21,829 --> 00:16:22,269 to die. 291 00:16:23,149 --> 00:16:24,349 That's what it crossed for. 292 00:16:24,349 --> 00:16:27,389 The cross wasn't to wear around your neck. 293 00:16:28,189 --> 00:16:30,189 It wasn't anything like that. 294 00:16:30,429 --> 00:16:35,269 Somebody who had the cross meant that they were getting ready 295 00:16:35,269 --> 00:16:35,789 to die. 296 00:16:37,549 --> 00:16:41,309 But Jesus said, except the corn of wheat fall into the ground 297 00:16:41,309 --> 00:16:43,549 and die, it abideth alone. 298 00:16:43,549 --> 00:16:46,989 But if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. 299 00:16:46,989 --> 00:16:50,349 He's not talking about physical death, he's talking about 300 00:16:50,349 --> 00:16:51,189 spiritual death. 301 00:16:51,189 --> 00:16:52,189 Dying to self. 302 00:16:56,189 --> 00:17:02,189 The piano over here is dead until someone with talent plays it 303 00:17:03,149 --> 00:17:03,549 right. 304 00:17:04,189 --> 00:17:06,349 Just sitting there and you just look at it all day long. 305 00:17:07,229 --> 00:17:13,189 It won't make a sound like putting on a coat when you put a 306 00:17:13,189 --> 00:17:14,029 coat on it. 307 00:17:15,949 --> 00:17:18,189 The coat that I have on does what I do. 308 00:17:18,559 --> 00:17:22,159 If it starts doing what it wants to do without me, I'm getting 309 00:17:22,159 --> 00:17:22,719 out of here. 310 00:17:23,919 --> 00:17:24,479 Amen. 311 00:17:26,399 --> 00:17:27,519 It's cooperative. 312 00:17:30,079 --> 00:17:30,919 If my car. 313 00:17:30,919 --> 00:17:34,479 I'm driving down the road with a car and the car decides to do what 314 00:17:34,479 --> 00:17:39,439 it wants to do, I get rid of it because the car is out of control. 315 00:17:39,519 --> 00:17:41,039 It can lead to disaster. 316 00:17:41,999 --> 00:17:43,599 Like a life without God. 317 00:17:44,968 --> 00:17:46,008 You get in the picture. 318 00:17:46,648 --> 00:17:47,528 Multitudes. 319 00:17:48,408 --> 00:17:49,288 Multitude. 320 00:17:49,848 --> 00:17:54,168 5,000 eating bread, which is a picture of the word of God. 321 00:17:57,528 --> 00:17:58,168 500. 322 00:18:00,568 --> 00:18:08,248 And then it goes from 500 to 120. Who are these? 323 00:18:10,659 --> 00:18:13,219 Acts, chapter one, verse number 14. 324 00:18:13,379 --> 00:18:15,099 These were people who were doing something. 325 00:18:15,099 --> 00:18:19,299 They were willing to do something that I suppose is maybe 326 00:18:19,299 --> 00:18:21,539 one of the hardest things for Christians to do. 327 00:18:21,539 --> 00:18:24,019 And I think you might agree with me. 328 00:18:25,539 --> 00:18:27,779 Wait, the waiters. 329 00:18:28,419 --> 00:18:31,219 You're not going to have big crowds of people waiting. 330 00:18:31,859 --> 00:18:33,139 They want to take charge. 331 00:18:34,019 --> 00:18:35,139 I want it now. 332 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:37,519 Mm. 333 00:18:39,839 --> 00:18:42,559 Jesus said, go to Jerusalem and tarry. 334 00:18:43,599 --> 00:18:47,999 Wait until the power of God comes down. 335 00:18:48,399 --> 00:18:50,159 You'll be endued with power. 336 00:18:52,399 --> 00:18:52,799 You know? 337 00:18:52,799 --> 00:18:54,679 I need to think about that more in my own life. 338 00:18:54,679 --> 00:18:58,639 When I get tired of waiting, I need to remind myself, hey, this 339 00:18:58,639 --> 00:19:00,039 might be a matter of more power. 340 00:19:00,039 --> 00:19:05,619 If I'm willing to wait instead of taking over, I might be able to 341 00:19:05,619 --> 00:19:07,659 experience more of God's power in my life. 342 00:19:12,059 --> 00:19:15,619 It's one thing to pray, but it's another thing to tarry. 343 00:19:15,619 --> 00:19:16,539 They're not the same. 344 00:19:17,499 --> 00:19:20,659 It's one thing to read the Bible, but it's another thing to 345 00:19:20,659 --> 00:19:21,259 tarry. 346 00:19:21,899 --> 00:19:22,619 To wait. 347 00:19:22,939 --> 00:19:23,819 How many times? 348 00:19:24,619 --> 00:19:27,139 If I'd have thought about it and had more time, I would have counted 349 00:19:27,139 --> 00:19:31,019 how many times that word wait is in the Bible is a lot. 350 00:19:32,779 --> 00:19:38,099 The difference between success and failure in the natural and the 351 00:19:38,099 --> 00:19:41,419 supernatural is waiting. 352 00:19:42,939 --> 00:19:43,819 I don't like it. 353 00:19:43,819 --> 00:19:44,299 Do you? 354 00:19:46,299 --> 00:19:48,779 I don't think you would stand up and say, I do. 355 00:19:49,739 --> 00:19:52,059 There may be some say I just love to wait. 356 00:19:53,579 --> 00:19:55,339 But it's not our nature to wait. 357 00:19:55,859 --> 00:19:58,899 Our old nature says, I want to be satisfied now. 358 00:20:00,739 --> 00:20:01,699 What does it mean? 359 00:20:01,699 --> 00:20:05,939 It means to become consumed and obsessed and desperate and hungry 360 00:20:06,099 --> 00:20:10,499 for the unexplainable, willing to pay the price, making it a priority. 361 00:20:12,499 --> 00:20:20,179 Revival and tarrying is inseparable waiting. 362 00:20:22,989 --> 00:20:23,869 Salvation is free. 363 00:20:23,869 --> 00:20:27,389 But there's a price tag on revival in God's power. 364 00:20:27,389 --> 00:20:31,389 And it's connected to waiting because waiting is trusting. 365 00:20:34,349 --> 00:20:37,909 So that kind of Causes us all to bow our head a little bit quickly 366 00:20:37,909 --> 00:20:40,349 because we think, oh, we trust God. 367 00:20:40,349 --> 00:20:44,349 But when we have to wait, we don't want to trust God. 368 00:20:44,909 --> 00:20:48,919 Trusting God's timing, that's not an easy challenge. 369 00:20:50,279 --> 00:20:53,399 In fact, sometimes it takes most of our life before we think, 370 00:20:53,399 --> 00:20:55,719 you know, I hurry too much. 371 00:20:57,159 --> 00:20:59,239 I'm worn out now and tired and old. 372 00:21:00,839 --> 00:21:02,359 I wish I'd learned to wait. 373 00:21:02,999 --> 00:21:04,919 I wouldn't have made all those mistakes. 374 00:21:07,079 --> 00:21:08,439 Price tag, waiting. 375 00:21:10,039 --> 00:21:15,289 Only 120 people went up to that upper room, waited on God. 376 00:21:15,449 --> 00:21:16,889 That was the church, by the way. 377 00:21:16,889 --> 00:21:18,089 That was the early church. 378 00:21:18,169 --> 00:21:19,369 It had already been formed. 379 00:21:19,369 --> 00:21:26,649 Christ started his church before Pentecost, But what about 380 00:21:26,649 --> 00:21:27,249 the next one? 381 00:21:27,249 --> 00:21:29,849 Because it's getting smaller, smaller and smaller. 382 00:21:33,609 --> 00:21:35,529 It went from 120 to 70. 383 00:21:36,489 --> 00:21:37,689 Anybody remember that? 384 00:21:38,409 --> 00:21:38,773 70. 385 00:21:38,854 --> 00:21:39,219 70. 386 00:21:40,899 --> 00:21:47,499 Two by two, two by two, went out and shared the gospel and talked 387 00:21:47,499 --> 00:21:49,219 and told people about Jesus. 388 00:21:49,859 --> 00:21:52,579 Started out with multitudes, multitudes, thousands. 389 00:21:54,819 --> 00:21:57,379 500, 120. 390 00:21:58,739 --> 00:22:08,989 But now 70 in that early church went out two by two. 391 00:22:11,229 --> 00:22:13,149 They're going out to share the gospel. 392 00:22:15,549 --> 00:22:18,949 God intended every believer to tell all he knows about the gospel 393 00:22:18,949 --> 00:22:19,709 to other people. 394 00:22:22,429 --> 00:22:26,349 But it's still not over 70. 395 00:22:27,869 --> 00:22:31,029 Most preachers would be pretty excited to have 70 people out on 396 00:22:31,029 --> 00:22:31,669 visitation. 397 00:22:31,669 --> 00:22:34,109 Or 70 people say, let's go soul winning. 398 00:22:35,219 --> 00:22:37,379 Be pretty unusual these days. 399 00:22:40,259 --> 00:22:44,099 But then the numbers shrunk to 12. 400 00:22:45,779 --> 00:22:48,059 Anybody know who the 12 were? 401 00:22:48,059 --> 00:22:48,979 They were the what? 402 00:22:49,059 --> 00:22:49,779 Disciples. 403 00:22:51,299 --> 00:22:54,659 The 12 that came out of the 70. 404 00:22:54,739 --> 00:22:56,259 They stepped across the line. 405 00:22:56,579 --> 00:23:01,949 These were the 12 men who were willing to quit their jobs, sell 406 00:23:01,949 --> 00:23:05,269 their houses, and follow Christ. 407 00:23:06,149 --> 00:23:09,389 Actually, probably these days, people would say, oh, yeah, they 408 00:23:09,389 --> 00:23:11,349 were the 12 fanatics. 409 00:23:15,269 --> 00:23:21,109 I know God doesn't call everyone to leave their home and 410 00:23:21,349 --> 00:23:23,749 quit their job and to follow. 411 00:23:23,749 --> 00:23:26,789 But I think he calls all of us to be willing to do that. 412 00:23:28,839 --> 00:23:30,719 And most of us would say, yeah, I'd be willing. 413 00:23:30,719 --> 00:23:32,679 But we've never really been tested, have we? 414 00:23:33,559 --> 00:23:39,239 We've never really been tested with, I want you to follow me. 415 00:23:40,199 --> 00:23:40,999 Where are we going? 416 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:43,479 What difference does it make? 417 00:23:43,719 --> 00:23:44,439 Follow me. 418 00:23:45,959 --> 00:23:47,039 How much time I've got. 419 00:23:47,039 --> 00:23:48,119 What difference does it make? 420 00:23:49,479 --> 00:23:54,299 I think I've shared with you several times how close my granddaddy 421 00:23:54,299 --> 00:23:54,859 and I were. 422 00:23:55,419 --> 00:23:56,939 And we went everywhere together. 423 00:23:57,019 --> 00:23:57,739 Everywhere. 424 00:23:58,219 --> 00:23:59,659 I mean, he never left. 425 00:23:59,659 --> 00:24:01,939 It was four kids, but I was the oldest. 426 00:24:01,939 --> 00:24:04,299 And wherever he went, let's go. 427 00:24:05,419 --> 00:24:07,179 And, man, I ran to the car. 428 00:24:08,779 --> 00:24:13,779 But when I became older and almost in my teens, I remember like 429 00:24:13,779 --> 00:24:14,459 it was yesterday. 430 00:24:15,019 --> 00:24:16,259 Granddad would say, you want to go? 431 00:24:16,259 --> 00:24:17,259 And I said, where are we going? 432 00:24:17,499 --> 00:24:19,339 I never asked him, where we were going before. 433 00:24:20,629 --> 00:24:21,829 I just wanted to be with him. 434 00:24:22,149 --> 00:24:22,869 Didn't matter. 435 00:24:25,989 --> 00:24:29,069 A lot of people say, well, yeah, I'll follow Jesus, but where 436 00:24:29,069 --> 00:24:29,589 are we going? 437 00:24:30,149 --> 00:24:31,509 How long are we going to be gone? 438 00:24:31,989 --> 00:24:33,069 Who's going to pay the bills? 439 00:24:33,069 --> 00:24:34,069 How much is it going to cost? 440 00:24:35,189 --> 00:24:37,269 You see, it gets smaller. 441 00:24:37,269 --> 00:24:38,709 The crowd gets smaller. 442 00:24:39,429 --> 00:24:40,789 We're not talking about multitudes. 443 00:24:40,789 --> 00:24:42,149 We're not talking about thousands. 444 00:24:42,149 --> 00:24:43,509 We're not talking about hundreds. 445 00:24:44,389 --> 00:24:49,069 Twelve, you say? 446 00:24:49,069 --> 00:24:50,709 Well, God hasn't called me to do that. 447 00:24:50,709 --> 00:24:51,869 Well, have you volunteered? 448 00:24:54,749 --> 00:24:56,389 This will really date me, okay? 449 00:24:56,389 --> 00:25:00,389 And I've already told you, I know I'm an old man, but I remember 450 00:25:00,389 --> 00:25:04,069 very clearly in elementary school when the highlight of the 451 00:25:04,069 --> 00:25:06,509 day was who gets to clean the erasers? 452 00:25:08,589 --> 00:25:12,679 He'd go, oh, please, preacher, you're older than I thought you were. 453 00:25:13,959 --> 00:25:15,999 But I remember that like it was yesterday. 454 00:25:15,999 --> 00:25:18,599 And I remember just five minutes before. 455 00:25:18,599 --> 00:25:20,679 And I mean, we were. 456 00:25:21,159 --> 00:25:22,679 Let me, let me, let me. 457 00:25:23,719 --> 00:25:26,519 And the teacher would always call somebody else. 458 00:25:26,519 --> 00:25:28,119 And, man, my heart would sink. 459 00:25:33,799 --> 00:25:38,759 What about when the Lord calls today for people to volunteer to 460 00:25:39,429 --> 00:25:39,989 do the work? 461 00:25:40,149 --> 00:25:45,829 Do you jump up and say, let me, let me, let me, like you used 462 00:25:45,829 --> 00:25:47,829 to do when you first got saved? 463 00:25:47,829 --> 00:25:49,189 Yeah, I'll do it. 464 00:25:49,589 --> 00:25:51,349 I'll clean up, I'll set up. 465 00:25:51,349 --> 00:25:52,229 I'll take it down. 466 00:25:53,909 --> 00:25:55,469 Just tell me what needs to be done. 467 00:25:55,469 --> 00:25:56,149 I'll do it. 468 00:25:57,269 --> 00:26:00,469 But in most churches now, we assume somebody else will do it, 469 00:26:00,469 --> 00:26:04,109 and we're busy and we're tired and understand that, and God understands 470 00:26:04,109 --> 00:26:04,269 that. 471 00:26:04,269 --> 00:26:05,469 I'm just talking about in here. 472 00:26:05,469 --> 00:26:08,809 I'm talking about the bullseye Christian. 473 00:26:08,809 --> 00:26:10,849 I mean, the one that gets right there in the center. 474 00:26:11,089 --> 00:26:11,809 Who is it? 475 00:26:13,729 --> 00:26:17,089 Well, after the 12, then it dropped down to three. 476 00:26:17,809 --> 00:26:18,929 Peter, James and John. 477 00:26:18,929 --> 00:26:20,289 They were the inner circle. 478 00:26:21,409 --> 00:26:25,449 Remember, they were there in the garden of Gethsemane with Jesus 479 00:26:25,449 --> 00:26:26,489 as he was praying. 480 00:26:26,489 --> 00:26:29,969 I know they fell asleep, but it was only three. 481 00:26:31,249 --> 00:26:33,169 They might have been in that first one. 482 00:26:33,169 --> 00:26:35,169 The multitudes maybe, I don't know. 483 00:26:36,309 --> 00:26:37,829 But now it's down to three. 484 00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:43,829 Hmm. 485 00:26:46,869 --> 00:26:48,469 But there's one final call. 486 00:26:51,989 --> 00:26:53,389 Who's going to be the bullseye? 487 00:26:53,389 --> 00:26:54,389 Who's going to be the one? 488 00:26:57,189 --> 00:27:03,319 There was only one disciple at the cross, as they hung Jesus on 489 00:27:03,319 --> 00:27:08,079 the cross, there was two women and one man who was. 490 00:27:10,199 --> 00:27:10,719 Was John. 491 00:27:12,639 --> 00:27:16,559 John was going to be the bullseye Christian. 492 00:27:19,759 --> 00:27:22,079 He would be the one who stayed to. 493 00:27:27,929 --> 00:27:28,569 How about that? 494 00:27:32,169 --> 00:27:33,929 He was not just called John. 495 00:27:34,249 --> 00:27:37,369 In fact, I'm almost through here. 496 00:27:37,369 --> 00:27:45,129 But in the Gospel of John, chapter number 13, verse number 23. 497 00:27:47,929 --> 00:27:52,809 Now, there was leaning On Jesus bosom one of his disciples 498 00:27:54,259 --> 00:27:56,099 whom Jesus loved. 499 00:27:57,779 --> 00:27:59,219 Now I know he loved them all. 500 00:27:59,539 --> 00:28:02,739 Don't you know that we know that Jesus didn't have favorites. 501 00:28:02,739 --> 00:28:08,139 But out of those, there was only one at that table that was leaning 502 00:28:08,139 --> 00:28:10,819 on Jesus pretty close. 503 00:28:11,219 --> 00:28:18,699 Wouldn't you say, In John, same book, John, Gospel of John, 504 00:28:18,699 --> 00:28:23,689 chapter number 21, verse number seven. 505 00:28:27,529 --> 00:28:34,169 Therefore, that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, it 506 00:28:34,169 --> 00:28:34,969 is the Lord. 507 00:28:36,569 --> 00:28:39,969 Now, when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his 508 00:28:39,969 --> 00:28:44,009 fisher's coat unto him, for he was naked and had cast himself into 509 00:28:44,009 --> 00:28:44,569 the sea. 510 00:28:47,459 --> 00:28:55,539 In John 21:20, then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple 511 00:28:55,539 --> 00:29:00,099 whom Jesus loved following, which also leaned on his breast at 512 00:29:00,099 --> 00:29:05,219 supper and said, lord, which is he that betrayeth thee. 513 00:29:05,939 --> 00:29:07,299 Jesus loved Peter. 514 00:29:08,019 --> 00:29:08,979 He loved James. 515 00:29:09,699 --> 00:29:11,379 He loved all his disciples. 516 00:29:12,769 --> 00:29:16,409 But nowhere else in the Bible does it say that disciple whom Jesus 517 00:29:16,409 --> 00:29:17,009 loved. 518 00:29:18,929 --> 00:29:20,449 Doesn't that interest you? 519 00:29:20,449 --> 00:29:25,849 Isn't that something that you would try to imagine what it would 520 00:29:25,849 --> 00:29:26,449 be like for? 521 00:29:26,449 --> 00:29:29,769 Jesus said, you know that woman over there at Heritage that 522 00:29:29,769 --> 00:29:30,289 I love? 523 00:29:30,689 --> 00:29:31,889 He loves all of us. 524 00:29:32,289 --> 00:29:33,329 But this was different. 525 00:29:33,409 --> 00:29:34,369 This was special. 526 00:29:35,009 --> 00:29:45,559 This was one who got the attention of Christ, The only one 527 00:29:45,559 --> 00:29:47,719 Jesus ever actually said this. 528 00:29:49,799 --> 00:29:50,199 Why? 529 00:29:51,799 --> 00:29:56,239 I don't know exactly all the answers, but John loved Christ so 530 00:29:56,239 --> 00:29:59,559 much that it made an impression on him. 531 00:30:01,959 --> 00:30:03,119 Nothing between them. 532 00:30:03,119 --> 00:30:04,789 Totally communicated, committed. 533 00:30:05,909 --> 00:30:08,309 Can you imagine Jesus saying that about you? 534 00:30:09,989 --> 00:30:17,229 If you was to put yourself on that target, would you be the bullseye 535 00:30:17,229 --> 00:30:17,749 Christian? 536 00:30:19,669 --> 00:30:22,469 It doesn't mean you would love Jesus more than everybody else. 537 00:30:22,469 --> 00:30:23,429 That's not the point. 538 00:30:23,429 --> 00:30:25,029 That's not what he was talking about. 539 00:30:25,109 --> 00:30:27,829 He just said, there's something about John, the beloved. 540 00:30:28,069 --> 00:30:28,949 He loves me. 541 00:30:29,109 --> 00:30:30,709 Everywhere I go, I bump into him. 542 00:30:30,789 --> 00:30:31,789 He never leaves me. 543 00:30:31,789 --> 00:30:32,789 He wants to be there. 544 00:30:32,789 --> 00:30:34,949 And he was there all the way to the very end. 545 00:30:37,219 --> 00:30:44,539 John, Would you be in the bullseye? 546 00:30:44,539 --> 00:30:46,259 Would you be the bullseye Christian? 547 00:30:48,659 --> 00:30:52,659 I was telling Shelley, when I was thinking about this, about a 548 00:30:52,659 --> 00:30:55,379 lady, she's still living and still goes to victory. 549 00:30:56,419 --> 00:30:59,539 Her husband, Powell Johnson, he was a. 550 00:31:01,149 --> 00:31:03,549 A man that served God in a wonderful way. 551 00:31:04,669 --> 00:31:06,749 But she reminds me every once in a while. 552 00:31:07,629 --> 00:31:11,309 She, for some reason, wrote down a lot of notes when I would 553 00:31:11,309 --> 00:31:12,069 preach sermons. 554 00:31:12,069 --> 00:31:13,469 And she'd say, hey, come here. 555 00:31:14,189 --> 00:31:15,629 Said, look at there. 556 00:31:15,629 --> 00:31:17,869 You preached that on such and such a date. 557 00:31:18,589 --> 00:31:19,549 She'd keep a. 558 00:31:19,709 --> 00:31:21,389 She'd kind of keep a mark there. 559 00:31:23,389 --> 00:31:29,239 But it wasn't too long ago when we were talking, and she said, 560 00:31:30,279 --> 00:31:33,079 you remember that sermon you preached, the bullseye Christian? 561 00:31:33,079 --> 00:31:34,119 I said, yes, I do. 562 00:31:34,759 --> 00:31:36,399 She said, ever since I heard that. 563 00:31:36,399 --> 00:31:37,359 That's been my prayer. 564 00:31:37,359 --> 00:31:41,999 I said, lord, I want to be the bullseye Christian when the crowds 565 00:31:41,999 --> 00:31:44,999 get smaller and smaller and people leave and people quit and 566 00:31:44,999 --> 00:31:47,079 people go and people this and people that. 567 00:31:48,519 --> 00:31:54,709 She said, I want to be that one that stayed by the staff all 568 00:31:54,709 --> 00:31:57,189 the way to the end. 569 00:32:00,629 --> 00:32:06,309 I just want you to think about that tonight and in the days ahead. 570 00:32:07,988 --> 00:32:12,469 Because people come and people go, you're still here. 571 00:32:15,509 --> 00:32:17,429 Other people may go, will you still be here? 572 00:32:17,869 --> 00:32:18,669 Maybe they won't. 573 00:32:20,269 --> 00:32:24,429 Maybe this will be the group of people. 574 00:32:24,429 --> 00:32:25,549 This will be the ones. 575 00:32:25,549 --> 00:32:27,949 This will be the Gideon's 300. 576 00:32:29,869 --> 00:32:31,869 And God says, now I can do something. 577 00:32:33,629 --> 00:32:35,709 Started out with 32,000. 578 00:32:38,269 --> 00:32:40,309 And God said, that's way too many. 579 00:32:40,309 --> 00:32:42,469 Because if I give the victory, everybody will know. 580 00:32:42,469 --> 00:32:43,589 Well, who wouldn't win a victory? 581 00:32:43,589 --> 00:32:49,329 He had 32,000 people, people and then went. 582 00:32:52,609 --> 00:32:56,849 I mean, just like that, 20,000 of them left. 583 00:32:58,129 --> 00:32:59,329 And then more and more. 584 00:33:01,329 --> 00:33:03,769 Would you bow your heads for just a moment and think about this 585 00:33:03,769 --> 00:33:07,409 simple thought, the bull's eye Christian. 586 00:33:10,129 --> 00:33:14,259 It's not wrong, it's not pride thing to say. 587 00:33:14,259 --> 00:33:16,139 I want to be that kind of a Christian. 588 00:33:23,499 --> 00:33:26,699 What are you going to be known for after the Lord calls you home? 589 00:33:28,699 --> 00:33:30,459 What will people say about you? 590 00:33:36,539 --> 00:33:37,499 I'm just asking. 591 00:33:42,599 --> 00:33:43,559 Famous, maybe. 592 00:33:43,559 --> 00:33:45,719 Is it wrong to want to be famous for God? 593 00:33:45,799 --> 00:33:46,199 No. 594 00:33:47,319 --> 00:33:52,679 As long as we don't brag on it, put our chest out and our nose 595 00:33:52,679 --> 00:33:55,399 up in the air and say, I'm famous. 596 00:33:57,159 --> 00:33:59,839 But there wouldn't be anything wrong for you to say, lord, I want 597 00:33:59,839 --> 00:34:01,279 to be famous for my faith. 598 00:34:01,279 --> 00:34:02,359 I want to believe you. 599 00:34:02,359 --> 00:34:03,319 I want to prove you. 600 00:34:05,169 --> 00:34:08,529 I want to be famous for being faithful. 601 00:34:10,769 --> 00:34:12,289 Lord, it's all for your glory. 602 00:34:12,289 --> 00:34:12,889 It's by you. 603 00:34:12,889 --> 00:34:13,849 It's nothing I can do. 604 00:34:13,849 --> 00:34:15,169 But I want to be known. 605 00:34:15,169 --> 00:34:18,889 I want to be famous for this not being selfish, but for being 606 00:34:18,889 --> 00:34:19,569 selfless. 607 00:34:21,489 --> 00:34:24,129 I want to be famous for witnessing. 608 00:34:24,129 --> 00:34:26,449 I want to be famous for compassion. 609 00:34:27,409 --> 00:34:32,379 I want to be famous for being a prayer warrior. 610 00:34:33,339 --> 00:34:37,579 I want to be famous for being an encourager. 611 00:34:37,579 --> 00:34:38,619 Those I could list. 612 00:34:38,699 --> 00:34:40,299 We could go on and on and on. 613 00:34:41,899 --> 00:34:46,419 There were men and women in the Bible that God seemed to underline. 614 00:34:46,419 --> 00:34:48,259 And they were famous for certain things. 615 00:34:48,259 --> 00:34:49,739 They weren't super Christians. 616 00:34:51,019 --> 00:34:53,579 There were people that allowed God to use them. 617 00:34:56,068 --> 00:34:59,628 You don't want to be famous for being a gossiper or a tightwad 618 00:34:59,628 --> 00:35:04,228 or a complainer or always late or untrustworthy. 619 00:35:04,788 --> 00:35:08,788 You don't want to be famous for being a bragger or easily offended 620 00:35:08,788 --> 00:35:13,788 or always knowing it all or having a bad temper and we could 621 00:35:13,788 --> 00:35:14,548 go on and on. 622 00:35:17,428 --> 00:35:19,668 What would you want to be famous for if you could do it? 623 00:35:19,668 --> 00:35:20,868 I'm not talking about bragging. 624 00:35:20,868 --> 00:35:22,519 I'm talking about for God. 625 00:35:22,519 --> 00:35:23,719 For the glory of God. 626 00:35:24,759 --> 00:35:29,879 What would you say tonight, Lord, I want to be the bullseye Christian. 627 00:35:31,559 --> 00:35:34,519 Let's stand with our heads bowed and eyes closed just for another 628 00:35:34,519 --> 00:35:34,999 moment.