1 00:00:30,099 --> 00:00:38,699 And so Genesis chapter number three, in verse number nine, the 2 00:00:38,699 --> 00:00:43,859 Bible says that the Lord called unto Abram or unto Adam. 3 00:00:43,859 --> 00:00:45,779 Excuse me, Abram. 4 00:00:46,659 --> 00:00:49,779 The Lord called unto Adam. 5 00:00:49,779 --> 00:00:51,939 This is the first time that God called. 6 00:00:53,299 --> 00:00:56,739 As far as the scripture is concerned, I'm sure the Bible says 7 00:00:56,739 --> 00:00:57,939 they walked in the garden. 8 00:00:58,799 --> 00:01:04,399 And I'm sure he said, let's go for a walk again and enjoy the fellowship. 9 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:08,319 And the Bible says, God created you and I for his pleasure. 10 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:13,999 Okay, not so much about employment as is enjoyment. 11 00:01:14,799 --> 00:01:19,039 God, it's hard to believe that God wanted to enjoy you and me. 12 00:01:20,159 --> 00:01:21,199 He didn't need it. 13 00:01:21,359 --> 00:01:22,239 He didn't need us. 14 00:01:22,239 --> 00:01:24,479 He could call angels and who else? 15 00:01:24,479 --> 00:01:25,039 The birds? 16 00:01:25,039 --> 00:01:26,799 Everybody else to do what he wanted to do. 17 00:01:27,389 --> 00:01:28,749 But he chose to use us. 18 00:01:28,749 --> 00:01:29,869 But it's interesting. 19 00:01:29,869 --> 00:01:36,269 The first time God called Adam, it was because Adam was hiding. 20 00:01:38,269 --> 00:01:41,789 And God could have said, well, let him go. 21 00:01:41,789 --> 00:01:42,509 Who cares? 22 00:01:43,629 --> 00:01:44,989 But God cares. 23 00:01:45,709 --> 00:01:49,309 And when we stray, God goes after us. 24 00:01:49,629 --> 00:01:53,039 And sometimes, even when we run from God, God runs after us. 25 00:01:54,869 --> 00:01:55,669 We belong to him. 26 00:01:55,669 --> 00:01:56,709 We've been redeemed. 27 00:01:56,789 --> 00:01:57,589 We're family. 28 00:01:57,909 --> 00:01:59,189 We're children of God. 29 00:02:00,309 --> 00:02:04,149 And I think you just wonder sometimes. 30 00:02:04,629 --> 00:02:06,629 Of course, God knew where Adam was. 31 00:02:08,869 --> 00:02:10,629 Adam didn't realize where he was. 32 00:02:10,629 --> 00:02:12,749 He was away from God and hiding from God. 33 00:02:12,749 --> 00:02:13,989 He'd never done that before. 34 00:02:15,749 --> 00:02:17,829 But aren't you glad God went after him? 35 00:02:18,879 --> 00:02:19,919 You don't need to raise your hand. 36 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,199 But how many times has God gone after you? 37 00:02:23,679 --> 00:02:25,879 He knew right where you are, right where you're doing, but he 38 00:02:25,879 --> 00:02:26,479 called you. 39 00:02:27,119 --> 00:02:39,159 Now go to the Book of Romans, or as Roman as Brother Dave shared 40 00:02:39,159 --> 00:02:39,599 with us. 41 00:02:39,599 --> 00:02:40,959 I thought that was pretty cool. 42 00:02:41,759 --> 00:02:46,379 In chapter 11 of the book of Romans, verse 29. 43 00:02:48,859 --> 00:02:50,539 For the gifts and calling. 44 00:02:51,339 --> 00:02:53,059 I want you to underline that word. 45 00:02:53,059 --> 00:02:53,459 Calling. 46 00:02:53,459 --> 00:02:54,499 He called Adam. 47 00:02:54,499 --> 00:03:00,099 And now it says, the gifts and callings of God are without repentance. 48 00:03:00,099 --> 00:03:02,139 Repentance means a change of mind. 49 00:03:02,939 --> 00:03:07,819 And so when God calls, he has a plan and he has a purpose for you. 50 00:03:09,099 --> 00:03:15,029 And then we go to Philippians, the book of Philippians. 51 00:03:15,029 --> 00:03:19,869 Just keep going over the same direction to Philippians, chapter 52 00:03:19,949 --> 00:03:23,789 number three and verse number 14. 53 00:03:26,189 --> 00:03:33,429 Paul said, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling. 54 00:03:33,429 --> 00:03:34,189 There it is again. 55 00:03:34,269 --> 00:03:36,749 We'll find a lot of times we're not gonna look them all up 56 00:03:36,749 --> 00:03:37,149 tonight. 57 00:03:38,749 --> 00:03:40,509 But he says it's a high calling. 58 00:03:41,389 --> 00:03:43,109 And I want to speak to you about that tonight. 59 00:03:43,109 --> 00:03:44,269 Have you answered the call? 60 00:03:44,429 --> 00:03:46,029 He said, well, I'm not a preacher. 61 00:03:47,309 --> 00:03:50,229 Well, that's what I want you to see, that there's a lot more callings. 62 00:03:50,229 --> 00:03:51,709 Of God than just to preach. 63 00:03:53,309 --> 00:03:56,229 And by the way, I'm a firm believer that God has called. 64 00:03:56,229 --> 00:03:58,349 And I don't think God calls women to preach. 65 00:03:58,989 --> 00:04:00,869 I don't think we find that in the scripture. 66 00:04:00,869 --> 00:04:04,829 God has other things for women to do that are good and wonderful. 67 00:04:04,829 --> 00:04:08,869 And God has a plan to use women in home and at the church and 68 00:04:08,869 --> 00:04:09,829 wherever you are. 69 00:04:11,029 --> 00:04:12,389 But God calls men. 70 00:04:12,629 --> 00:04:13,749 But let me tell you something. 71 00:04:15,429 --> 00:04:21,469 God doesn't call all men to preach, but he calls all men to be 72 00:04:21,469 --> 00:04:22,309 willing to preach. 73 00:04:23,429 --> 00:04:24,469 You say, well, I can't. 74 00:04:24,469 --> 00:04:26,469 God wouldn't call you to do something you can't do. 75 00:04:27,029 --> 00:04:28,309 He didn't call you to preach. 76 00:04:28,959 --> 00:04:31,679 But when we start saying, well, I'm ready to do anything except 77 00:04:31,679 --> 00:04:32,079 preach. 78 00:04:33,599 --> 00:04:36,639 God doesn't call everybody to be missionaries, but he calls everyone 79 00:04:36,639 --> 00:04:38,239 to be willing to be a missionary. 80 00:04:40,639 --> 00:04:42,679 Shelly and I was going somewhere the other day and we was 81 00:04:42,679 --> 00:04:43,999 falling behind a moving truck. 82 00:04:43,999 --> 00:04:51,999 And on the back of the truck it says, anywhere, anytime, anything. 83 00:04:52,239 --> 00:04:54,799 I thought, boy, that's a good three point sermon right there. 84 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:57,969 Lord, I'll do whatever you want me to do, anytime. 85 00:04:57,969 --> 00:05:01,489 A lot of us say, well, when I get old and retire, yeah, then I'll 86 00:05:01,489 --> 00:05:01,849 do something. 87 00:05:01,849 --> 00:05:02,849 No, anytime. 88 00:05:04,209 --> 00:05:09,009 That's a challenge for most every one of us because we have our 89 00:05:09,009 --> 00:05:09,449 plans. 90 00:05:09,449 --> 00:05:11,649 But what if God said, there's something I want you to do and I 91 00:05:11,649 --> 00:05:17,009 want you to do it today, anytime, anywhere. 92 00:05:17,249 --> 00:05:20,529 It's easy to say anywhere, but that might mean you might have to 93 00:05:21,379 --> 00:05:24,739 pull up the stakes of the tent, right? 94 00:05:25,779 --> 00:05:26,379 Abraham. 95 00:05:26,379 --> 00:05:28,699 God called Abraham and he didn't even tell him where he was 96 00:05:28,699 --> 00:05:29,059 going. 97 00:05:30,259 --> 00:05:33,619 And the Bible says Abraham went out not knowing whither he went. 98 00:05:33,619 --> 00:05:36,419 But God said, go that way. 99 00:05:37,299 --> 00:05:38,019 And he did. 100 00:05:39,219 --> 00:05:42,179 Anywhere, anytime, anything. 101 00:05:42,979 --> 00:05:43,699 Calling. 102 00:05:44,819 --> 00:05:48,619 And I want you to think about calling what other calling. 103 00:05:48,619 --> 00:05:51,819 Maybe God hasn't called you to preach. 104 00:05:52,379 --> 00:05:55,539 And by the way, I don't think any man in his right mind would choose 105 00:05:55,539 --> 00:05:59,499 to be a preacher if he understands what pastoring and preaching 106 00:05:59,499 --> 00:06:00,139 is all about. 107 00:06:00,379 --> 00:06:01,899 I wouldn't want to be anything else. 108 00:06:01,899 --> 00:06:04,779 I wouldn't want to trade places with anybody else. 109 00:06:05,579 --> 00:06:08,059 But I didn't choose to be a preacher. 110 00:06:09,339 --> 00:06:14,929 We had an old black man in seminary when I went to school and 111 00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:21,209 he had a great, great message that preachers quoted for many, many 112 00:06:21,209 --> 00:06:21,569 years. 113 00:06:22,929 --> 00:06:29,089 And he said in this sermon, he said, God, he said, you don't take 114 00:06:29,089 --> 00:06:29,969 up preaching. 115 00:06:30,129 --> 00:06:32,209 A lot of people say, well, I'm tired of what I'm doing, I think 116 00:06:32,209 --> 00:06:33,889 I'm gonna take up preaching for a while. 117 00:06:34,289 --> 00:06:36,049 He said, you don't Take up preaching. 118 00:06:36,049 --> 00:06:37,929 Cause preaching, you don't take it up. 119 00:06:37,929 --> 00:06:39,049 Preacher comes from up. 120 00:06:39,049 --> 00:06:41,319 Down, not from down, up. 121 00:06:42,359 --> 00:06:43,479 And you have to be called. 122 00:06:44,439 --> 00:06:49,239 But there's other things in the Bible that God calls us to do. 123 00:06:50,359 --> 00:06:53,079 And let's start with the one that you probably would guess. 124 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,479 Did God call you to be saved? 125 00:06:59,639 --> 00:07:01,999 Were you looking for a savior when you got saved? 126 00:07:01,999 --> 00:07:03,239 Or was he looking for you? 127 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:07,119 Was you just sitting down one day all by yourself saying, oh, I 128 00:07:07,119 --> 00:07:08,439 wish the Lord would save me. 129 00:07:09,019 --> 00:07:10,339 I want to be saved really bad? 130 00:07:10,339 --> 00:07:10,659 No. 131 00:07:10,659 --> 00:07:12,539 The Holy Spirit began to work on you. 132 00:07:12,539 --> 00:07:18,179 And all of a sudden God began to call you to trust him. 133 00:07:18,179 --> 00:07:19,979 Because no man seeketh the Lord. 134 00:07:21,179 --> 00:07:23,179 That's our nature, is to run from God. 135 00:07:23,179 --> 00:07:24,579 And Brother Dave brought that up. 136 00:07:24,579 --> 00:07:25,019 Very good. 137 00:07:25,019 --> 00:07:27,139 We're dead until we get saved. 138 00:07:27,139 --> 00:07:28,379 We're not even alive. 139 00:07:28,379 --> 00:07:33,339 We don't even know God, much less want to follow him or anything. 140 00:07:33,499 --> 00:07:35,739 But he calls us to be saved. 141 00:07:36,569 --> 00:07:42,329 No man cometh unto the Father, except he's drawn by the spirit of 142 00:07:42,329 --> 00:07:44,809 God, called to be saved. 143 00:07:45,049 --> 00:07:48,249 And as long as you live, you'll never receive a greater invitation. 144 00:07:48,249 --> 00:07:51,529 That's the greatest invitation anybody can ever receive. 145 00:07:51,609 --> 00:07:54,969 Come unto me and be saved. 146 00:07:56,729 --> 00:07:59,609 I believe that I would have never gotten saved had God not called 147 00:07:59,609 --> 00:07:59,929 me. 148 00:08:01,049 --> 00:08:01,769 I didn't plan. 149 00:08:01,769 --> 00:08:03,689 At 14 years old, I was. 150 00:08:03,839 --> 00:08:05,879 Went to a church there in Jacksonville, Florida, in the back 151 00:08:05,879 --> 00:08:08,559 of a pickup truck with three or four other guys. 152 00:08:08,879 --> 00:08:10,959 And we was going to check out some girls. 153 00:08:12,239 --> 00:08:13,919 Back then they were chicks. 154 00:08:15,599 --> 00:08:16,719 I shouldn't have said that. 155 00:08:17,519 --> 00:08:18,639 Not very funny. 156 00:08:19,119 --> 00:08:20,078 Maybe chickens. 157 00:08:20,159 --> 00:08:20,559 No. 158 00:08:21,599 --> 00:08:24,039 Now we went to see if there was any girls at the church. 159 00:08:24,039 --> 00:08:27,719 And before that service was over, I went down to the altar and 160 00:08:27,719 --> 00:08:28,159 was crying. 161 00:08:28,159 --> 00:08:29,759 I never cried in public before. 162 00:08:30,459 --> 00:08:31,819 And man, I was just crying. 163 00:08:31,819 --> 00:08:33,179 I was under such conviction. 164 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:35,979 I said, oh, God, I don't want to go to hell. 165 00:08:35,979 --> 00:08:37,019 Give me some relief. 166 00:08:37,019 --> 00:08:37,899 I want to be saved. 167 00:08:37,899 --> 00:08:40,179 I know Jesus is the only one that can save me. 168 00:08:40,179 --> 00:08:45,259 And I felt my pastor put his hand on my shoulder. 169 00:08:45,259 --> 00:08:47,579 We had never really formally met. 170 00:08:47,579 --> 00:08:50,699 He came to my house one night on visitation. 171 00:08:52,059 --> 00:08:55,979 And later on he said, there's only one other time in all this ministry. 172 00:08:55,979 --> 00:08:56,699 He's still living. 173 00:08:56,699 --> 00:08:57,259 87. 174 00:08:58,469 --> 00:09:03,589 He said only one other time that he went to the altar to talk 175 00:09:03,589 --> 00:09:06,949 to someone about seeing saved now if they wanted him to, but he 176 00:09:06,949 --> 00:09:10,629 was afraid he might embarrass somebody if he went up to them. 177 00:09:11,269 --> 00:09:14,349 And so he said, chuck, you want to be saved, don't you? 178 00:09:14,349 --> 00:09:15,349 I said, I sure do. 179 00:09:16,389 --> 00:09:19,029 But God had already called me to be saved. 180 00:09:19,509 --> 00:09:21,269 He spoke to my heart. 181 00:09:22,389 --> 00:09:23,509 And I got saved. 182 00:09:24,439 --> 00:09:25,239 What a great thing. 183 00:09:25,959 --> 00:09:29,079 The Bible says, though your sins be a scarlet. 184 00:09:29,079 --> 00:09:32,519 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord. 185 00:09:32,999 --> 00:09:33,679 Come now. 186 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,679 Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as 187 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:37,159 snow. 188 00:09:38,119 --> 00:09:38,599 Wow. 189 00:09:40,839 --> 00:09:44,999 And the Bible says that God would have all men to be saved, but 190 00:09:44,999 --> 00:09:46,599 all men don't want to be saved. 191 00:09:47,879 --> 00:09:49,879 God doesn't make anybody get saved. 192 00:09:51,199 --> 00:09:51,679 Amen. 193 00:09:51,839 --> 00:09:55,399 He doesn't choose eeny, meeny, miny, mo, just, you know, certain 194 00:09:55,399 --> 00:09:55,999 ones. 195 00:09:56,879 --> 00:10:02,039 The Bible says he died for every man whosoever will come unto 196 00:10:02,039 --> 00:10:02,319 me. 197 00:10:06,159 --> 00:10:08,559 Softly and tenderly, Jesus is calling. 198 00:10:09,039 --> 00:10:10,239 What a call that was. 199 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:14,759 Have you answered that call, you say, Yes, I have. 200 00:10:14,759 --> 00:10:15,559 I've been saved. 201 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:16,039 I came. 202 00:10:16,039 --> 00:10:19,889 God called me, and I followed him and he saved my soul. 203 00:10:21,009 --> 00:10:24,609 And if you don't remember that real clearly, you need to think about 204 00:10:24,609 --> 00:10:25,009 that. 205 00:10:26,049 --> 00:10:29,089 You can't be saved and not know how you got saved. 206 00:10:29,729 --> 00:10:31,609 Okay, But I meet people all the time. 207 00:10:31,609 --> 00:10:34,329 I met a man just the other day, says, oh, I've been saved all 208 00:10:34,329 --> 00:10:35,049 my life, preacher. 209 00:10:35,049 --> 00:10:35,969 You don't need to worry about me. 210 00:10:35,969 --> 00:10:39,809 I said, nobody's been saved all their life. 211 00:10:40,369 --> 00:10:42,209 And I had to explain that to him. 212 00:10:42,529 --> 00:10:44,169 He said, oh, well, I didn't mean it that way. 213 00:10:44,169 --> 00:10:46,889 I meant I just always believed in God all my life. 214 00:10:46,889 --> 00:10:48,009 I said, well, that's a lot of. 215 00:10:48,009 --> 00:10:48,609 That's different. 216 00:10:49,519 --> 00:10:53,359 There'll be people in hell that believe in God and that believe 217 00:10:53,359 --> 00:10:55,919 in Christ, but they never trusted Christ. 218 00:10:55,919 --> 00:10:57,359 They never received Christ. 219 00:10:57,919 --> 00:11:02,639 Okay, and then if you want to write these down, number one, call 220 00:11:02,639 --> 00:11:03,159 to be saved. 221 00:11:03,159 --> 00:11:06,039 Now, number two, I'm asking you the question, have you answered 222 00:11:06,039 --> 00:11:06,479 the call? 223 00:11:07,039 --> 00:11:12,719 God calls us to come out separate from the world. 224 00:11:13,599 --> 00:11:14,479 That's a calling. 225 00:11:15,429 --> 00:11:19,189 Come out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord. 226 00:11:19,189 --> 00:11:20,549 2Nd Corinthians 6:17. 227 00:11:21,989 --> 00:11:24,709 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. 228 00:11:25,429 --> 00:11:28,469 The scourge of modern Christianity, and that includes a 229 00:11:28,469 --> 00:11:30,709 lot of independent Fundamental Baptist churches. 230 00:11:30,869 --> 00:11:33,029 A lot of the scourge of a lot of churches. 231 00:11:33,029 --> 00:11:34,869 There's too much of the world in the church. 232 00:11:35,589 --> 00:11:39,949 They become very worldly, and they want to try to impress the world 233 00:11:39,949 --> 00:11:41,669 and get the world to like them. 234 00:11:41,669 --> 00:11:43,129 And, oh, there's no end. 235 00:11:43,129 --> 00:11:46,729 Once you try to impress the world, there's no ending. 236 00:11:49,449 --> 00:11:51,369 God's called us to be separate. 237 00:11:52,409 --> 00:11:57,329 In Ephesians 2, he said, Ye walk past tense, according to the 238 00:11:57,329 --> 00:11:59,209 course of this world. 239 00:12:00,009 --> 00:12:01,609 You remember Paul? 240 00:12:01,929 --> 00:12:06,369 Just not long before he died, he was pretty much alone. 241 00:12:06,369 --> 00:12:08,009 He said, all men forsook me. 242 00:12:09,799 --> 00:12:10,479 Isn't that what he said? 243 00:12:10,479 --> 00:12:12,039 He said, only Luke is with me. 244 00:12:12,439 --> 00:12:13,479 Paul and Luke. 245 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:19,119 And he was just not very long from his life be taken for his faith 246 00:12:19,119 --> 00:12:19,639 in Christ. 247 00:12:20,759 --> 00:12:24,478 And then a few verses after that, he says, demas hath forsaken 248 00:12:24,478 --> 00:12:27,319 me, having loved this present world. 249 00:12:28,439 --> 00:12:29,559 Love not the world. 250 00:12:30,519 --> 00:12:31,799 Come out from among them. 251 00:12:32,359 --> 00:12:33,559 Are you willing to do that? 252 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:34,439 Have you done that? 253 00:12:35,169 --> 00:12:36,529 And that's not just physically. 254 00:12:36,529 --> 00:12:39,409 Sometimes people can sit in church, but up here and in here, 255 00:12:40,289 --> 00:12:41,489 they want more of the world. 256 00:12:41,889 --> 00:12:44,929 They go to the world to enjoy life. 257 00:12:45,809 --> 00:12:46,849 They want to go to church. 258 00:12:46,849 --> 00:12:49,249 But when they want to have fun, they go to the world. 259 00:12:49,249 --> 00:12:51,169 Well, God's not a killjoy. 260 00:12:51,169 --> 00:12:52,369 He's not against fun. 261 00:12:52,769 --> 00:12:53,409 Amen. 262 00:12:54,369 --> 00:12:58,129 But we shouldn't have to go to the world to enjoy life. 263 00:12:58,209 --> 00:12:58,769 Amen. 264 00:12:59,489 --> 00:13:01,809 But the world never leaves us alone, does it? 265 00:13:03,799 --> 00:13:06,039 It's like they're constantly pulling and jerking. 266 00:13:06,039 --> 00:13:07,479 Come on, come on, come on. 267 00:13:09,719 --> 00:13:12,839 We're called to be separate. 268 00:13:14,279 --> 00:13:14,999 Separation. 269 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:17,879 Now, separation doesn't mean isolation. 270 00:13:18,199 --> 00:13:19,119 There's a difference. 271 00:13:19,119 --> 00:13:19,719 Amen. 272 00:13:20,519 --> 00:13:25,559 We're not to lock our doors and stay inside the house, pull the 273 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:29,319 blinds and just come out on Sunday and Wednesday night. 274 00:13:31,069 --> 00:13:34,189 How we're gonna reach people and be a testimony and all that. 275 00:13:34,189 --> 00:13:39,989 If we do that, it's not isolation, but we are to live a separation, 276 00:13:39,989 --> 00:13:41,229 a separated life. 277 00:13:41,869 --> 00:13:45,509 We're to look different and look, Smell different and live different 278 00:13:45,509 --> 00:13:47,029 and react different. 279 00:13:47,029 --> 00:13:48,429 And on and on it goes. 280 00:13:49,309 --> 00:13:52,589 We're saved, and we ought to live like we're saved. 281 00:13:54,509 --> 00:13:55,789 Have you answered that call? 282 00:13:55,789 --> 00:13:59,639 Could you say, well, I try to live a separated life. 283 00:13:59,639 --> 00:14:03,879 Sometimes I slip, and sometimes I get a little too involved, 284 00:14:03,959 --> 00:14:06,199 spend a little too much time with the things of the world. 285 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:10,399 Spend more time in the things of the world than I do with God and 286 00:14:10,399 --> 00:14:11,239 the word of God. 287 00:14:11,799 --> 00:14:18,039 But separation and listen, if those of you that have kids and little 288 00:14:18,039 --> 00:14:22,119 kids and young people, teenagers, listen, you need to show 289 00:14:22,119 --> 00:14:22,439 them. 290 00:14:23,489 --> 00:14:25,849 Don't just show them everything that's bad about the world. 291 00:14:25,849 --> 00:14:27,489 Show them what's better than the world. 292 00:14:28,849 --> 00:14:29,489 Amen. 293 00:14:30,209 --> 00:14:32,209 Don't tell them you can't go there. 294 00:14:33,409 --> 00:14:34,329 Don't ask why. 295 00:14:34,329 --> 00:14:35,409 Just do what I say. 296 00:14:35,409 --> 00:14:37,249 Well, when they're little, you have to do that. 297 00:14:38,528 --> 00:14:41,249 But as they grow up, you say, here's why we don't do that. 298 00:14:42,129 --> 00:14:43,409 Because we have Christ. 299 00:14:43,489 --> 00:14:44,609 We have a better life. 300 00:14:45,329 --> 00:14:46,289 We have joy. 301 00:14:46,849 --> 00:14:49,809 We don't just laugh on the outside, we can laugh on the inside. 302 00:14:50,269 --> 00:14:50,989 We have peace. 303 00:14:51,309 --> 00:14:52,189 The good life. 304 00:14:52,189 --> 00:14:53,229 We have the good life. 305 00:14:56,909 --> 00:14:58,069 Have you answered that call? 306 00:14:58,069 --> 00:14:58,549 Number three. 307 00:14:58,549 --> 00:14:59,549 It's the call to serve. 308 00:15:00,989 --> 00:15:02,669 The call to serve. 309 00:15:04,589 --> 00:15:05,988 Jesus said, follow me. 310 00:15:05,988 --> 00:15:08,549 He Was the, Was Jesus a servant? 311 00:15:08,549 --> 00:15:09,789 Was he not a servant? 312 00:15:11,389 --> 00:15:12,349 He sure was. 313 00:15:13,069 --> 00:15:17,719 King of Kings, Lord of Lords, and yet he took upon him the form 314 00:15:17,799 --> 00:15:18,839 of a servant. 315 00:15:19,799 --> 00:15:21,879 And he's called you and I to serve. 316 00:15:22,679 --> 00:15:23,319 You know why? 317 00:15:23,319 --> 00:15:26,239 Most of the time we get in trouble and get upset and get our 318 00:15:26,239 --> 00:15:28,279 feelings hurt because somebody didn't serve us. 319 00:15:29,559 --> 00:15:32,759 They didn't call us, they didn't check on us, they didn't take 320 00:15:32,759 --> 00:15:33,479 care of me. 321 00:15:33,719 --> 00:15:34,759 We get upset. 322 00:15:34,919 --> 00:15:38,599 Not too many people that I've met in my years of ministry get upset 323 00:15:38,599 --> 00:15:40,599 because they didn't have anybody to serve. 324 00:15:42,209 --> 00:15:43,249 They wanted to serve. 325 00:15:45,889 --> 00:15:48,689 Serve the Lord, the Bible says, with gladness. 326 00:15:50,129 --> 00:15:53,129 Boy, that's something we haven't maybe thought about in a 327 00:15:53,129 --> 00:15:53,409 while. 328 00:15:54,049 --> 00:15:55,809 Serve the Lord with gladness. 329 00:15:56,049 --> 00:15:57,488 You get to serve the Lord. 330 00:16:00,609 --> 00:16:03,489 To know him is to love him, and to love him is to serve him. 331 00:16:04,369 --> 00:16:06,769 Paul was what they call a bond slave. 332 00:16:06,769 --> 00:16:09,729 I'm sure you've heard teaching Sunday school preaching about a, 333 00:16:10,149 --> 00:16:11,269 a bond slave. 334 00:16:12,709 --> 00:16:17,949 A bond slave was one that was after he had finished out what he 335 00:16:17,949 --> 00:16:20,309 was hired to do or bought as a slave. 336 00:16:20,309 --> 00:16:21,389 And then it was time to go free. 337 00:16:21,389 --> 00:16:22,789 And he said, I don't want to go free. 338 00:16:23,669 --> 00:16:25,589 I'd have to step down to go free. 339 00:16:25,989 --> 00:16:27,269 I want to be a servant. 340 00:16:27,509 --> 00:16:30,349 And they had what they call a bondservant. 341 00:16:30,349 --> 00:16:34,269 And back in those Bible days, that was when, I don't know if that's 342 00:16:34,269 --> 00:16:37,079 the exact time, but they pierced their ear. 343 00:16:37,959 --> 00:16:42,319 I don't know if that's where pierced ear started or not, but they 344 00:16:42,319 --> 00:16:42,759 would take. 345 00:16:42,759 --> 00:16:45,319 It wasn't a little hole, they put a big hole right there. 346 00:16:45,799 --> 00:16:50,839 And that was an outward sign that they were a servant by choice 347 00:16:51,159 --> 00:16:52,439 to Jesus Christ. 348 00:16:53,719 --> 00:16:55,719 Do people know you're a servant of Christ? 349 00:16:56,679 --> 00:16:57,239 Hmm? 350 00:16:58,279 --> 00:16:58,919 Do they? 351 00:16:59,079 --> 00:17:00,439 Or do you keep that hidden? 352 00:17:01,779 --> 00:17:05,979 Little boy one time had a dog and boy, he was kind of a mangy looking 353 00:17:05,979 --> 00:17:12,499 dog, not very big, small tail was crooked and just not a real good 354 00:17:12,499 --> 00:17:13,139 looking dog. 355 00:17:13,139 --> 00:17:15,059 But the boy is proud of his dog. 356 00:17:15,459 --> 00:17:16,819 Said, what kind of dog is that? 357 00:17:16,819 --> 00:17:19,699 And the boy said, that's a police dog. 358 00:17:21,299 --> 00:17:23,139 Said, oh, come on, I'm not stupid. 359 00:17:24,179 --> 00:17:25,539 He don't even look like a police dog. 360 00:17:25,539 --> 00:17:27,139 He says he's in the secret police. 361 00:17:30,729 --> 00:17:33,929 And sometimes we want to serve, but we want to do it secretly. 362 00:17:34,489 --> 00:17:36,809 We don't want to just tell everybody, hey, you need anything? 363 00:17:36,809 --> 00:17:37,489 I'm a servant. 364 00:17:37,489 --> 00:17:38,489 I want to serve you. 365 00:17:38,649 --> 00:17:39,489 Let me do it. 366 00:17:39,489 --> 00:17:40,129 Let me help you. 367 00:17:40,129 --> 00:17:41,289 Let me take care of you. 368 00:17:42,169 --> 00:17:42,969 A servant. 369 00:17:44,169 --> 00:17:47,529 Now let me throw you a little curve here because this is important. 370 00:17:47,529 --> 00:17:48,249 Number Four. 371 00:17:48,809 --> 00:17:51,769 And you probably know what it is, but we don't like to stay there 372 00:17:51,769 --> 00:17:52,329 very long. 373 00:17:54,019 --> 00:17:56,419 The Bible says we're called to suffer. 374 00:17:58,819 --> 00:17:59,859 That's a calling. 375 00:18:00,019 --> 00:18:00,939 If you're saved. 376 00:18:00,939 --> 00:18:02,899 Did you know God called you to suffer? 377 00:18:03,139 --> 00:18:07,659 And yet sometimes we go into shock when somebody mistreats us. 378 00:18:07,659 --> 00:18:12,819 Or we suffer for our love for Christ and our commitment to Christ, 379 00:18:12,819 --> 00:18:14,139 our dedication to Christ. 380 00:18:14,139 --> 00:18:15,859 And we get all upset. 381 00:18:17,539 --> 00:18:21,979 We don't pretty much get excited about suffering. 382 00:18:22,459 --> 00:18:23,339 But you're called. 383 00:18:24,139 --> 00:18:25,899 You and I are called to suffer. 384 00:18:27,179 --> 00:18:32,139 In Philippians, chapter 1, verse 29, it says, for unto you, 385 00:18:32,139 --> 00:18:36,059 it is given in the behalf of Christ not only to believe on him, 386 00:18:36,859 --> 00:18:40,219 but also to suffer for him for his sake. 387 00:18:43,339 --> 00:18:44,899 When's the last time you thought about that? 388 00:18:44,899 --> 00:18:46,589 Well, things go wrong. 389 00:18:46,589 --> 00:18:49,989 And there's some suffering may not always be physical. 390 00:18:49,989 --> 00:18:53,429 Sometimes it may be spiritual, sometimes it may be emotional or 391 00:18:53,589 --> 00:18:54,709 mental or financial. 392 00:18:54,869 --> 00:18:57,029 But that's part of being a Christian. 393 00:18:57,429 --> 00:19:02,389 And if we suffer with him, we shall reign with him. 394 00:19:04,309 --> 00:19:06,909 It pays to serve Christ down here in this world. 395 00:19:06,909 --> 00:19:13,839 But one day when Jesus comes, we're going to be rewarded. 396 00:19:14,719 --> 00:19:17,359 I think God rewards a lot of us down in this life. 397 00:19:17,439 --> 00:19:19,199 Pays to serve God in this world. 398 00:19:19,679 --> 00:19:22,079 We don't have to be miserable till we get to heaven. 399 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:25,839 There's some good things about being a Christian down here. 400 00:19:27,919 --> 00:19:32,439 But one day God says, you're going to be happy. 401 00:19:32,439 --> 00:19:34,239 You're going to be glad that you served me. 402 00:19:35,519 --> 00:19:38,569 I'm going to give you some crowns, and you're going to take 403 00:19:38,569 --> 00:19:41,569 them and look at them and you're going to say, oh, no, Lord, 404 00:19:42,529 --> 00:19:43,249 no way. 405 00:19:43,969 --> 00:19:48,929 You wear the crown and we'll lay our crowns at the feet of Jesus. 406 00:19:51,009 --> 00:19:54,209 I don't know if I can comprehend what it would be like 407 00:19:54,449 --> 00:19:58,689 to be saved and stand before Jesus and he's handing out the crowns 408 00:19:59,169 --> 00:20:00,449 and I didn't get a crown. 409 00:20:01,649 --> 00:20:05,089 And everybody's laying them down and I'm standing in front of 410 00:20:05,089 --> 00:20:05,449 Jesus. 411 00:20:05,449 --> 00:20:07,369 I don't have anything to lay at his feet. 412 00:20:07,849 --> 00:20:10,009 He wore my crown at the cross. 413 00:20:10,009 --> 00:20:10,649 Amen. 414 00:20:11,769 --> 00:20:14,169 And they didn't just set it on him for a picture. 415 00:20:15,049 --> 00:20:19,049 They put that crown on Jesus and took a reed and started beating 416 00:20:19,049 --> 00:20:20,249 it into his skull. 417 00:20:21,769 --> 00:20:28,089 I have one of those crowns at home that was given to me many, many 418 00:20:28,089 --> 00:20:28,569 years ago. 419 00:20:28,649 --> 00:20:29,449 Many years ago. 420 00:20:29,449 --> 00:20:30,249 I still have it. 421 00:20:30,249 --> 00:20:33,269 Those crowns are that those thorns about that long, and you can't 422 00:20:33,269 --> 00:20:36,909 break them with your finger into a skull. 423 00:20:38,349 --> 00:20:43,909 But the Bible says one day God's gonna honor those who suffer 424 00:20:43,909 --> 00:20:49,149 for him because suffering for Christ displays his grace. 425 00:20:51,149 --> 00:20:56,589 Grace Shelley and I listen to pretty regular. 426 00:20:56,589 --> 00:20:58,469 A devotional that we found years ago. 427 00:20:58,469 --> 00:20:59,189 We really like it. 428 00:20:59,189 --> 00:21:00,669 It's called Grace for a Purpose. 429 00:21:01,259 --> 00:21:02,139 That's the title. 430 00:21:03,019 --> 00:21:07,979 And they're not Baptist, but they're good. 431 00:21:07,979 --> 00:21:09,979 We've enjoyed them so many, many times. 432 00:21:11,019 --> 00:21:12,859 And suffering. 433 00:21:13,579 --> 00:21:16,779 God doesn't just throw grace out like candy in a parade. 434 00:21:17,179 --> 00:21:20,299 Kids go along the line and throwing all these candies. 435 00:21:20,619 --> 00:21:22,539 No, God doesn't throw grace. 436 00:21:22,539 --> 00:21:24,219 He gives grace for a purpose. 437 00:21:25,259 --> 00:21:26,379 A lot of purposes. 438 00:21:27,009 --> 00:21:29,649 When you want to serve God, God gives you the grace to do it. 439 00:21:29,649 --> 00:21:32,609 When you want to be involved, God gives you the grace. 440 00:21:32,609 --> 00:21:35,569 When you're tired and they need you, God gives you the grace. 441 00:21:36,209 --> 00:21:40,129 And when you go through suffering, God gives you grace. 442 00:21:43,809 --> 00:21:50,609 The apostle Paul, three times, lord, remove this thorn. 443 00:21:50,609 --> 00:21:53,099 He said, no, I got a purpose. 444 00:21:53,099 --> 00:21:56,619 And you may not understand it now, and you may not like it now, 445 00:21:57,019 --> 00:21:59,819 but he said, my grace is sufficient for thee. 446 00:22:00,779 --> 00:22:04,699 Suffering for Christ causes us to lean more upon him. 447 00:22:04,699 --> 00:22:07,299 I wonder what we would look like tonight. 448 00:22:07,299 --> 00:22:09,699 Not physically, but what kind of life would we have had? 449 00:22:09,699 --> 00:22:11,099 We never had any suffering. 450 00:22:12,219 --> 00:22:17,339 I wonder if it would infect us with pride if we never had suffering, 451 00:22:19,109 --> 00:22:20,789 suffering for Christ. 452 00:22:20,789 --> 00:22:21,909 It's a testimony. 453 00:22:22,549 --> 00:22:23,829 Anybody can go to church. 454 00:22:24,389 --> 00:22:26,229 Lots of unsaved people go to church. 455 00:22:26,229 --> 00:22:29,509 But when you go through the fires, the testimony. 456 00:22:29,669 --> 00:22:32,989 When you go through rejection and you go through loneliness and 457 00:22:32,989 --> 00:22:37,549 you go through mockery and you go through things that people don't 458 00:22:37,549 --> 00:22:43,589 understand why you are what you are, and they misquote you and 459 00:22:43,589 --> 00:22:49,419 they mock you and they lie about you, and you still stay steady. 460 00:22:50,299 --> 00:22:54,459 God gives grace because you're suffering for your testimony. 461 00:22:54,939 --> 00:22:56,379 And it impresses people. 462 00:22:56,459 --> 00:22:57,299 They're not gonna. 463 00:22:57,299 --> 00:23:00,259 Unsaved people are not gonna come up to you and say, I wanna shake 464 00:23:00,259 --> 00:23:00,779 your hand. 465 00:23:01,579 --> 00:23:02,459 You just really. 466 00:23:02,539 --> 00:23:07,539 It's just amazing to me how you suffer. 467 00:23:07,539 --> 00:23:08,459 No, they don't know. 468 00:23:09,899 --> 00:23:11,499 But that's part of your testimony. 469 00:23:12,569 --> 00:23:15,289 Your kids know when your things don't go well because. 470 00:23:15,689 --> 00:23:18,369 And you don't quit because you love the Lord and you want to keep 471 00:23:18,369 --> 00:23:19,369 on keeping on. 472 00:23:19,689 --> 00:23:20,809 Suffering teaches us. 473 00:23:20,809 --> 00:23:21,929 It matures us. 474 00:23:22,889 --> 00:23:26,969 And then number five, we're called to stand. 475 00:23:28,729 --> 00:23:30,249 Have you answered that call? 476 00:23:31,289 --> 00:23:31,969 When somebody. 477 00:23:31,969 --> 00:23:34,769 We talk about answering a call, most people say, no, I'm not 478 00:23:34,769 --> 00:23:38,809 a preacher, but have you answered the call to serve? 479 00:23:38,809 --> 00:23:41,729 They answer, have you answered the call to separation? 480 00:23:42,609 --> 00:23:44,369 Are you living a separated life? 481 00:23:45,169 --> 00:23:49,249 Have you answered the call to suffer for Christ? 482 00:23:51,569 --> 00:23:53,809 Have you answered the call to stand? 483 00:23:54,929 --> 00:23:59,889 In Ephesians, chapter six, it says, finally, brethren, be strong 484 00:23:59,889 --> 00:24:02,049 in the Lord and in the Power of his might. 485 00:24:02,209 --> 00:24:07,569 Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against 486 00:24:07,569 --> 00:24:09,209 the wiles of the devil. 487 00:24:09,929 --> 00:24:13,409 But we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities 488 00:24:13,409 --> 00:24:16,969 and against powers, against rulers of the darkness of this world, 489 00:24:17,289 --> 00:24:19,449 against spiritual wickedness in high places. 490 00:24:19,529 --> 00:24:22,929 Wherefore, take unto you the whole armor of God that ye may be 491 00:24:22,929 --> 00:24:25,369 able to withstand in the evil day. 492 00:24:25,529 --> 00:24:29,769 And having done all to stand, stand. 493 00:24:29,849 --> 00:24:33,329 Therefore, three times in those three, two or three verses. 494 00:24:33,409 --> 00:24:34,769 Stand, stand, stand. 495 00:24:35,009 --> 00:24:36,369 That's part of your calling. 496 00:24:37,809 --> 00:24:39,249 God's called you to stand. 497 00:24:40,849 --> 00:24:45,289 One time God said, I sought for a man to stand in the gap before 498 00:24:45,289 --> 00:24:49,729 me for the Lord that I were not destroyed. 499 00:24:49,729 --> 00:24:51,169 And he said, I found none. 500 00:24:52,849 --> 00:24:54,729 I think that's over in Ezekiel, maybe. 501 00:24:54,729 --> 00:24:55,249 I can't remember. 502 00:24:55,249 --> 00:24:55,969 I think it is. 503 00:24:56,529 --> 00:24:57,569 Can you imagine. 504 00:24:58,859 --> 00:25:03,899 Can you imagine this church if he said, put out an email or a text 505 00:25:04,379 --> 00:25:08,939 and say, we need everybody to come to the church and take a stand. 506 00:25:09,819 --> 00:25:13,659 We're under attack and we need everybody to take a stand. 507 00:25:13,818 --> 00:25:19,419 Can you imagine nobody showing up busy? 508 00:25:19,899 --> 00:25:20,939 Didn't feel like it. 509 00:25:21,419 --> 00:25:22,059 Whatever. 510 00:25:23,669 --> 00:25:24,549 I love the song. 511 00:25:24,549 --> 00:25:28,949 Stand up, stand up for Jesus Ye soldiers of the cross Lift high 512 00:25:28,949 --> 00:25:31,829 the royal banner it must not suffer loss. 513 00:25:32,789 --> 00:25:36,749 From victory unto victory his army shall he lead Till every foe 514 00:25:36,749 --> 00:25:41,349 is vanquished and Christ is Lord indeed Stand up, stand up for 515 00:25:41,349 --> 00:25:42,909 Jesus the trumpet call. 516 00:25:42,909 --> 00:25:48,389 Obey forth to the mighty conflict in this his glorious day 517 00:25:49,039 --> 00:25:52,719 Ye that are men now serve him against unnumbered foes. 518 00:25:53,199 --> 00:25:59,879 Let courage rise with danger and strength to strength oppose. 519 00:25:59,879 --> 00:26:02,479 But this third verse is my favorite. 520 00:26:02,719 --> 00:26:07,839 It says, stand up, stand up for Jesus Stand in his strength alone 521 00:26:08,159 --> 00:26:10,159 the arm of flesh will fail you. 522 00:26:11,439 --> 00:26:13,199 Ye dare not trust your own. 523 00:26:13,999 --> 00:26:15,869 Put on the gospel armor and. 524 00:26:16,259 --> 00:26:20,339 And watching unto prayer where calls the voice of duty Be never 525 00:26:20,499 --> 00:26:22,419 wanting there. 526 00:26:24,419 --> 00:26:26,339 Are you ashamed to stand for Christ? 527 00:26:27,699 --> 00:26:31,299 That group of people who stand for Jesus unapologetically? 528 00:26:33,619 --> 00:26:35,459 It's getting smaller and smaller. 529 00:26:37,059 --> 00:26:41,619 It's so easy to just blend in and to take a stand. 530 00:26:43,899 --> 00:26:47,019 Number six, have you answered the call to soul winning? 531 00:26:48,699 --> 00:26:49,259 Hmm. 532 00:26:52,539 --> 00:26:56,779 I don't want you to raise your hand, but the facts and the percentages 533 00:26:57,499 --> 00:26:58,939 prove it over and over again. 534 00:26:59,659 --> 00:27:04,619 The great majority of Christians have never one time led 535 00:27:04,619 --> 00:27:05,499 a soul to Christ. 536 00:27:05,579 --> 00:27:06,539 What does that mean? 537 00:27:07,099 --> 00:27:09,339 Well, there's different ways to lead a soul to Christ. 538 00:27:11,669 --> 00:27:14,389 Inviting somebody to church and sitting with them and sharing 539 00:27:14,389 --> 00:27:17,109 the hymnal with them and let them give them a Bible to read along 540 00:27:17,109 --> 00:27:18,669 with it and make them feel comfortable. 541 00:27:18,669 --> 00:27:20,829 I mean, that's part of leading a soul to Christ. 542 00:27:20,829 --> 00:27:23,109 You're leading him here so they can hear the Gospel. 543 00:27:23,749 --> 00:27:27,429 There's lots of different ways, but leading someone to Christ, 544 00:27:27,589 --> 00:27:31,949 to me literally means one on one sitting down with someone and 545 00:27:31,949 --> 00:27:32,749 saying, you got a minute? 546 00:27:32,749 --> 00:27:33,629 I want to show you something. 547 00:27:33,629 --> 00:27:34,709 Yeah, I guess so. 548 00:27:35,269 --> 00:27:41,689 In taking a Bible and showing them where it says that they need 549 00:27:41,689 --> 00:27:46,569 to be saved, they've been lost, they're lost sinners, all have 550 00:27:46,569 --> 00:27:48,329 sinned and come short of the glory of God. 551 00:27:48,329 --> 00:27:49,569 We're all sinners. 552 00:27:50,289 --> 00:27:53,009 And then show them that Christ died for sinners. 553 00:27:53,009 --> 00:27:53,649 That's you and me. 554 00:27:53,649 --> 00:27:54,209 He died. 555 00:27:54,289 --> 00:27:56,169 In other words, the wages of sin is death. 556 00:27:56,169 --> 00:27:57,329 And he paid the wage. 557 00:27:57,329 --> 00:27:58,249 He never sinned. 558 00:27:58,249 --> 00:27:59,969 He never even thought about a sin. 559 00:28:00,449 --> 00:28:02,609 And yet he took the full price. 560 00:28:03,009 --> 00:28:05,959 He paid it in full for all of our sins. 561 00:28:05,959 --> 00:28:10,199 Of every man that would ever been born since Adam and Eve, whether 562 00:28:10,199 --> 00:28:12,239 they get saved or not, he paid for their sin. 563 00:28:13,999 --> 00:28:14,799 Am I right? 564 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:19,159 According to the Bible, he paid for every man's sin that ever 565 00:28:19,159 --> 00:28:23,359 be born or every sin he ever committed or thought of committing. 566 00:28:26,719 --> 00:28:30,319 And then show them how Jesus offers his hand out. 567 00:28:30,489 --> 00:28:31,249 Have you ever done that? 568 00:28:31,249 --> 00:28:32,289 You ever wanted to do that? 569 00:28:32,289 --> 00:28:33,489 Well, of course I wanted to. 570 00:28:33,489 --> 00:28:34,249 I just never. 571 00:28:34,649 --> 00:28:35,489 Just never had. 572 00:28:35,489 --> 00:28:36,329 I've never done it. 573 00:28:36,329 --> 00:28:37,209 I get nervous. 574 00:28:37,209 --> 00:28:39,449 I'm afraid I don't know my Bible very well. 575 00:28:39,449 --> 00:28:42,809 What if they ask a question that I can't answer and I'm embarrassed 576 00:28:42,809 --> 00:28:46,328 and I let the Lord down and that's just not me. 577 00:28:46,328 --> 00:28:47,369 I'm not aggressive. 578 00:28:47,369 --> 00:28:49,129 I'm not that kind of personality. 579 00:28:50,569 --> 00:28:56,739 Listen, sometimes our personality can get in the way, okay? 580 00:28:57,139 --> 00:28:59,139 God says, I'll take care of all the cants. 581 00:28:59,139 --> 00:28:59,819 You just do the. 582 00:28:59,819 --> 00:29:03,779 Can you just share the gospel with people? 583 00:29:04,659 --> 00:29:10,859 I mean, what if you just had that opportunity once a year, did 584 00:29:10,859 --> 00:29:14,419 you lead anybody to Christ or share, let's don't even say lead. 585 00:29:14,419 --> 00:29:16,819 Did you ever sit down one on one and witness? 586 00:29:17,139 --> 00:29:19,619 Did you do that at all in 2025? 587 00:29:20,099 --> 00:29:22,019 Okay, how about 2024? 588 00:29:24,769 --> 00:29:25,649 I'm just asking. 589 00:29:27,009 --> 00:29:28,329 Well, I don't like to think about it. 590 00:29:28,329 --> 00:29:29,329 Well, that's a good start. 591 00:29:29,649 --> 00:29:31,249 We shouldn't say, well, I don't care. 592 00:29:31,489 --> 00:29:32,609 I think you care. 593 00:29:33,729 --> 00:29:37,609 I think down in your heart, yes, I would love to do that. 594 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:42,969 I'd love to sit with somebody in church that I personally led to 595 00:29:42,969 --> 00:29:45,529 Christ, gave them the gospel, explained to them and prayed with 596 00:29:45,529 --> 00:29:45,809 them. 597 00:29:47,489 --> 00:29:51,009 Well, make that, put that on the top of your prayer list. 598 00:29:51,009 --> 00:29:55,689 You got what, five, maybe four or five more months left before this 599 00:29:55,689 --> 00:30:00,049 year if Jesus doesn't come back, say lord, between now and December 600 00:30:00,049 --> 00:30:00,769 31st. 601 00:30:01,889 --> 00:30:04,448 Lord, I'd like to win at least one person to Christ. 602 00:30:06,769 --> 00:30:10,209 You can't save them, but you can show them how to be saved. 603 00:30:10,449 --> 00:30:14,139 You're not going to have to give an account of how many that 604 00:30:14,139 --> 00:30:15,979 you didn't lead to Christ. 605 00:30:16,859 --> 00:30:19,339 It's about sharing the gospel. 606 00:30:20,219 --> 00:30:21,659 Christ has to save them. 607 00:30:24,379 --> 00:30:25,739 Go ye into all the world. 608 00:30:26,299 --> 00:30:29,099 Let your light so shine before men. 609 00:30:30,379 --> 00:30:31,739 We're called to send. 610 00:30:33,179 --> 00:30:37,139 Listen, the only way this church can send can fulfill the Great 611 00:30:37,139 --> 00:30:37,499 Commission. 612 00:30:37,579 --> 00:30:39,899 Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel. 613 00:30:40,169 --> 00:30:43,489 Well, has anybody here been to every country in the world and shared 614 00:30:43,489 --> 00:30:44,169 the gospel? 615 00:30:44,569 --> 00:30:44,969 No. 616 00:30:45,449 --> 00:30:47,049 Well, does that mean you didn't? 617 00:30:47,049 --> 00:30:51,289 You disobeyed Matthew 28, 1920. 618 00:30:52,329 --> 00:30:53,289 How can that happen? 619 00:30:53,449 --> 00:30:54,489 Through missionaries. 620 00:30:54,969 --> 00:30:58,569 You go as far as you can, then help a missionary to go further. 621 00:31:00,409 --> 00:31:02,809 Supporting financially in prayer. 622 00:31:04,409 --> 00:31:07,289 That's why this church has a mission program and missionaries. 623 00:31:07,599 --> 00:31:10,559 That's the only way that we can carry out the Great Commission. 624 00:31:11,999 --> 00:31:12,639 Amen. 625 00:31:14,719 --> 00:31:15,439 You're called. 626 00:31:15,919 --> 00:31:17,839 How shall they go except to be sent? 627 00:31:21,679 --> 00:31:25,519 Well, I'm about through, but there won't be long now. 628 00:31:25,519 --> 00:31:26,839 There's going to be the last call. 629 00:31:26,839 --> 00:31:27,759 You know what it is. 630 00:31:28,159 --> 00:31:28,799 Come home. 631 00:31:29,599 --> 00:31:30,559 Come up hither. 632 00:31:32,479 --> 00:31:35,949 Jesus is coming and our work will be done. 633 00:31:37,629 --> 00:31:38,989 And he'll say, come on. 634 00:31:39,309 --> 00:31:40,269 He'll call us. 635 00:31:41,389 --> 00:31:43,229 What a day that will be. 636 00:31:44,589 --> 00:31:46,229 The marriage supper of the Lamb. 637 00:31:46,229 --> 00:31:47,069 Come and dine. 638 00:31:47,229 --> 00:31:50,509 The Master calleth come and dine. 639 00:31:50,989 --> 00:31:53,909 I just picked out those seven or eight calls. 640 00:31:53,909 --> 00:31:54,509 There's others. 641 00:31:55,309 --> 00:31:58,349 God may be calling you to make things right with someone. 642 00:31:59,229 --> 00:31:59,489 Go. 643 00:31:59,639 --> 00:32:02,919 God may be calling you to pick up the slack somewhere in the church. 644 00:32:03,719 --> 00:32:07,479 He may be calling you to make a difference on the job, where you 645 00:32:07,479 --> 00:32:08,679 go to work tomorrow morning. 646 00:32:09,719 --> 00:32:13,679 He may be calling you to make a phone call that you've been putting 647 00:32:13,679 --> 00:32:13,959 off. 648 00:32:15,558 --> 00:32:17,239 There's just endless things. 649 00:32:17,639 --> 00:32:20,279 But God did not save you to just sit and stare. 650 00:32:23,799 --> 00:32:25,239 He called us to do something. 651 00:32:25,469 --> 00:32:28,189 You can't do everything, but you can do something. 652 00:32:28,909 --> 00:32:31,229 You can't go everywhere, but you can go somewhere. 653 00:32:32,109 --> 00:32:32,749 Amen. 654 00:32:33,629 --> 00:32:35,509 Don't compare yourself to somebody else. 655 00:32:35,509 --> 00:32:37,069 They'll give an account for themselves. 656 00:32:37,389 --> 00:32:39,069 You don't have to give an account of others. 657 00:32:39,709 --> 00:32:41,389 You have to give an account of yourself. 658 00:32:43,549 --> 00:32:44,349 Well done. 659 00:32:45,309 --> 00:32:47,469 Thou good and faithful servant. 660 00:32:48,509 --> 00:32:49,589 That's what you want to hear. 661 00:32:49,589 --> 00:32:50,109 Amen. 662 00:32:50,349 --> 00:32:51,549 That's what I want to hear. 663 00:32:52,909 --> 00:32:53,789 Wasted years. 664 00:32:53,949 --> 00:32:54,789 Wasted years. 665 00:32:54,789 --> 00:32:56,029 Oh, how foolish. 666 00:32:56,589 --> 00:32:59,229 Spending so much time and money and effort on things. 667 00:33:00,429 --> 00:33:02,349 It's not gonna matter in eternity. 668 00:33:03,949 --> 00:33:05,069 But souls matter. 669 00:33:06,669 --> 00:33:08,229 Your family matters. 670 00:33:08,229 --> 00:33:09,549 This church matters. 671 00:33:10,029 --> 00:33:11,309 Missions matters. 672 00:33:11,549 --> 00:33:12,749 Prayer matters. 673 00:33:13,229 --> 00:33:15,309 Learning the Bible, that matters. 674 00:33:15,709 --> 00:33:18,109 There's Things that matter, and there's things that don't matter. 675 00:33:20,539 --> 00:33:22,459 I didn't tell you anything new tonight, did I? 676 00:33:23,099 --> 00:33:24,379 You knew every one of those. 677 00:33:25,419 --> 00:33:28,499 You probably could tell me a few that I forgot to mention or didn't 678 00:33:28,499 --> 00:33:29,099 write down. 679 00:33:29,899 --> 00:33:30,979 But we're calling. 680 00:33:30,979 --> 00:33:33,979 We're called Follow me. 681 00:33:34,058 --> 00:33:39,259 Jesus said, take up thy cross and follow me. 682 00:33:41,259 --> 00:33:46,329 I've never met anybody that said I. I've been following Jesus, 683 00:33:46,329 --> 00:33:48,369 but I just wish I'd never done it. 684 00:33:48,369 --> 00:33:49,849 I've missed so much. 685 00:33:51,449 --> 00:33:52,089 I don't know why. 686 00:33:52,089 --> 00:33:54,369 I just wish I'd done something else. 687 00:33:54,369 --> 00:33:54,729 No. 688 00:33:55,769 --> 00:33:57,689 One look at the face of Christ. 689 00:33:58,489 --> 00:34:03,369 I can't prove this, and people have written songs about it, but 690 00:34:05,609 --> 00:34:07,449 I think we're gonna find out it's true. 691 00:34:07,609 --> 00:34:10,449 Just the first time we look at Jesus. 692 00:34:10,449 --> 00:34:12,489 I can't even imagine looking at Jesus. 693 00:34:12,489 --> 00:34:15,309 I can't imagine seeing him, what he looks like. 694 00:34:15,309 --> 00:34:18,549 I can't imagine that my little brain can't pick that up. 695 00:34:19,989 --> 00:34:22,869 But I got a good, strong feeling in my heart. 696 00:34:25,669 --> 00:34:29,869 And Jesus is going to come over and begin to wipe tears from 697 00:34:29,869 --> 00:34:33,189 my eyes and say, what's the matter? 698 00:34:33,189 --> 00:34:35,509 He already knows what's the matter, but he's going to ask, what's 699 00:34:35,509 --> 00:34:35,709 the matter? 700 00:34:35,709 --> 00:34:37,349 And I say, I wish I'd done more. 701 00:34:40,549 --> 00:34:41,829 I wish I'd given more. 702 00:34:42,389 --> 00:34:44,149 I wish I'd gone a little bit more. 703 00:34:46,869 --> 00:34:50,589 Well, life is over and God will wipe away our tears. 704 00:34:50,589 --> 00:34:52,509 You say, well, I didn't think there's going to be any tears in 705 00:34:52,509 --> 00:34:52,789 heaven. 706 00:34:52,789 --> 00:34:53,989 How's he going to wipe them away? 707 00:34:55,748 --> 00:34:58,349 I don't think we're going to go around crying and singing the 708 00:34:58,349 --> 00:35:01,909 blues and be depressed for the first million years. 709 00:35:02,789 --> 00:35:08,229 I think maybe at the beginning he'll wipe those tears away and then 710 00:35:08,229 --> 00:35:09,189 we're going to have a time. 711 00:35:09,189 --> 00:35:09,789 Amen. 712 00:35:10,509 --> 00:35:12,269 What a day that will be. 713 00:35:12,909 --> 00:35:15,629 Let's stand together with our heads bowed and eyes closed. 714 00:35:17,309 --> 00:35:18,749 Let's just take a moment. 715 00:35:20,029 --> 00:35:21,189 Do you need to be saved? 716 00:35:21,189 --> 00:35:22,109 God's called you. 717 00:35:23,629 --> 00:35:25,709 Have you accepted the call of separation? 718 00:35:27,309 --> 00:35:29,909 Have you accepted the call to serve? 719 00:35:29,909 --> 00:35:30,789 Are you a servant? 720 00:35:30,789 --> 00:35:32,509 Have you accepted the call to suffer? 721 00:35:33,669 --> 00:35:35,189 Maybe you're not going to leave here tonight and say, I want 722 00:35:35,189 --> 00:35:36,309 to go out and suffer some. 723 00:35:36,309 --> 00:35:39,149 No, we don't really want to choose to suffer. 724 00:35:39,149 --> 00:35:42,509 But it comes and God says, look, they hated me. 725 00:35:42,509 --> 00:35:43,349 They're going to hate you. 726 00:35:44,709 --> 00:35:46,789 Do you remind people of me? 727 00:35:46,789 --> 00:35:48,949 Jesus said they hated me with a passion. 728 00:35:51,029 --> 00:35:52,469 Are you standing for Christ? 729 00:35:54,309 --> 00:35:56,269 Have you taken up the call of soul winning? 730 00:35:56,269 --> 00:36:00,779 Heavenly Father, help us to hear your voice loud and clear above 731 00:36:00,779 --> 00:36:05,379 the voice of the world and Lord give us the grace the enablement 732 00:36:06,179 --> 00:36:12,099 through the Spirit of God to follow the call to hear the call 733 00:36:12,099 --> 00:36:13,059 to answer the call. 734 00:36:15,379 --> 00:36:18,299 I pray you'd touch hearts tonight in these last few moments 735 00:36:18,299 --> 00:36:25,119 before we leave this place in Jesus name heads are bowed I.