1 00:00:02,580 --> 00:00:06,980 What an introduction. 2 00:00:06,980 --> 00:00:09,280 Yeah, hey, figure your life out right now, bud. 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:10,860 (audience laughing) 4 00:00:10,860 --> 00:00:12,500 Very unkind. 5 00:00:12,500 --> 00:00:16,140 I cannot with them little dudes, man. 6 00:00:16,140 --> 00:00:19,400 I was back there and I knew what was about to happen. 7 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:24,340 Well, thank you for that introduction, guys. 8 00:00:24,340 --> 00:00:27,560 If you don't know what CBC is, it's Carols by Candlelight. 9 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,240 CBC, if you're just wondering what that acronym was about, 10 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,640 that's Carols by Candlelight, and it is a family tradition. 11 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:38,240 I would invite everybody to take full advantage 12 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:39,440 of those opportunities. 13 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,560 I know Christmas and holidays tend to be a busy season, 14 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,120 but what better way to spend it with family, 15 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,120 gather it around, and center it and focus on the kingdom. 16 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,920 So we're gonna get into the Word this morning. 17 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,900 We are closing out our year-long series. 18 00:00:55,900 --> 00:00:58,720 We went from His Word, His life, and we've been 19 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:02,260 in His church, and this is probably the strangest way 20 00:01:02,260 --> 00:01:04,680 to close out a series that I know. 21 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,760 And so if you would, stand with me if you're able, 22 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,120 and we'll read and find out what we're gonna be talking 23 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:11,120 about this morning. 24 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:15,260 So we're gonna be in Acts chapter 20, 25 00:01:15,260 --> 00:01:16,360 and we're gonna read seven through 11. 26 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:17,480 Are you ready? 27 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:18,840 Okay. 28 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,460 On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together 29 00:01:22,460 --> 00:01:27,040 to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart 30 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:31,920 on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight. 31 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,660 There were many lamps in the upper room 32 00:01:34,660 --> 00:01:39,000 where we were gathered, and a young man named Eutychus, 33 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,720 sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep 34 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,440 as Paul talked still longer. 35 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:49,020 And being overcome by sleep, he fell down 36 00:01:49,020 --> 00:01:52,720 from the third story and was taken up dead. 37 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,920 But Paul went down and bent over him, 38 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,940 and taking him in his arms said, "Do not be alarmed, 39 00:01:59,940 --> 00:02:02,380 "for his life is in him." 40 00:02:02,380 --> 00:02:07,720 And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, 41 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:11,960 he conversed with them a long while until daybreak, 42 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:16,360 and so departed, and they took the youth away alive 43 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,560 and were not a little comforted. 44 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:19,900 Father, we thank you for your word. 45 00:02:19,900 --> 00:02:21,340 I thank you for the life that it brings. 46 00:02:21,340 --> 00:02:24,160 God, I pray that our hearts would be ready 47 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,280 to encounter you today, that we would hear your call, 48 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,360 and we would respond to your voice. 49 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,720 I pray for every heart in the room, 50 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,160 that they would be awakened from their sleep to see you 51 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:36,760 and to hear you speak, Lord God. 52 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,200 I ask that your anointing would reside on me 53 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:40,560 through the power of the Holy Ghost, 54 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,560 that Jesus would be magnified and glorified 55 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,520 through my words and your scriptures today. 56 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:47,360 Father, we thank you. 57 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:48,320 It's in Christ's name I pray. 58 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:49,400 Amen and amen. 59 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,160 You guys can be seated. 60 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:55,440 This is probably one of the lesser known passages in Acts. 61 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,800 Typically gets overshadowed by Paul's trip to Ephesus 62 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,600 in chapter 19, where they have a full on riot 63 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,340 outside of the temple of Artemis, 64 00:03:03,340 --> 00:03:07,780 or in chapter 21, where Paul returns to Jerusalem. 65 00:03:07,780 --> 00:03:11,600 But if we read carefully and look closely, 66 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,620 then we can see some dynamic lessons tucked in here 67 00:03:15,620 --> 00:03:19,440 that we can apply in our walk with Jesus. 68 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,120 Today we're gonna look at several external factors 69 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:27,440 and some internal reasons why we have fallen asleep 70 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,520 and why this is so dangerous. 71 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:33,160 So just to give you a little bit of a framework for this, 72 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,280 chapter 20 opens up after the riot at Ephesus 73 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,200 and Paul and his brothers are continuing on in their journey 74 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:40,440 in verses one through six. 75 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,120 I just wanna read this to you guys real quick. 76 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,040 I don't have it on the screen, so just listen. 77 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,900 Or if you have your Bibles, we are in Acts chapter 20. 78 00:03:46,900 --> 00:03:49,100 I'm gonna be reading verses one through six. 79 00:03:49,100 --> 00:03:53,320 "After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples 80 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,640 "and after encouraging them, he said farewell 81 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:57,580 "and departed to Macedonia. 82 00:03:57,580 --> 00:03:59,420 "When he had gone through those regions 83 00:03:59,420 --> 00:04:02,460 "and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece. 84 00:04:02,460 --> 00:04:04,440 "There he spent three months, 85 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,180 "and when a plot was made against him by the Jews, 86 00:04:07,180 --> 00:04:09,200 "as he was about to set sail for Syria, 87 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,100 "he decided to return through Macedonia. 88 00:04:12,100 --> 00:04:14,840 "So Peter the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, 89 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,060 "accompanying him, and the Thessalonians, 90 00:04:17,060 --> 00:04:20,360 "Aristochus and Secundus and Gaius of Derbe, 91 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,180 "and Timothy and the Asians, Tychus and Tropimus. 92 00:04:24,180 --> 00:04:28,120 "These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas, 93 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,180 "but we sailed away from Philippi 94 00:04:30,180 --> 00:04:32,260 "after the days of unleavened bread, 95 00:04:32,260 --> 00:04:35,120 "and in five days we came to them at Troas, 96 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,100 "where we stayed for seven days." 97 00:04:38,100 --> 00:04:42,080 So Paul had previously sent Titus to Corinth 98 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:43,620 to handle some church problems. 99 00:04:43,620 --> 00:04:46,340 Anybody know anything about some church problems? 100 00:04:46,340 --> 00:04:48,180 Don't eat y'all gun hall. 101 00:04:48,180 --> 00:04:50,680 Don't be talking about church problems. 102 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,480 You're at my church. 103 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,780 So we've all encountered some church problems, 104 00:04:55,780 --> 00:04:58,060 and that's part of it. 105 00:04:58,060 --> 00:05:00,460 That's part of life in the body, right? 106 00:05:00,460 --> 00:05:01,460 But here's what you don't do 107 00:05:01,460 --> 00:05:04,960 when you encounter church problems all the time. 108 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:07,800 There are times when you don't need to be in a body 109 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,740 or a congregation or where God will pull you out, 110 00:05:10,740 --> 00:05:13,200 but most of the time, the reason we leave 111 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,780 isn't the reason why God wants us to go. 112 00:05:15,780 --> 00:05:16,980 We just don't like the problems, 113 00:05:16,980 --> 00:05:19,140 and instead of staying and being a part of solutions, 114 00:05:19,140 --> 00:05:21,520 sometimes we up and run, sometimes. 115 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:22,840 See that qualifier? 116 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:25,840 So Paul sends Titus to Corinth 117 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:27,320 to handle some church problems, 118 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,120 and he expected him to meet him at Troas, 119 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:33,920 and it bothered Paul that he didn't come. 120 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,060 And he tells us that in 2 Corinthians 2, 12, and 13, 121 00:05:37,060 --> 00:05:38,620 it bothered him, it upset him. 122 00:05:38,620 --> 00:05:42,540 But later, later Titus did come with some good news, 123 00:05:42,540 --> 00:05:45,400 and Paul wrote his second letter to the Corinthian church 124 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,240 and sent it on ahead with Titus. 125 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:49,640 Then Paul spent three months, 126 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:51,840 we just read he spent three months in Greece 127 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:53,200 before heading to Troas, 128 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:54,400 and it was during this time 129 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:56,180 that he wrote his letter to the Romans. 130 00:05:56,180 --> 00:05:58,520 So that three month period before he gets here, 131 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:03,480 this is where he writes his letter to the Romans, okay? 132 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,080 So now we're at Troas, 133 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,600 and we pick up before Paul leaves town again, 134 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,800 and this story is absolutely ridiculous to me, 135 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,060 and I can see the entire thing playing out in my mind. 136 00:06:13,060 --> 00:06:15,600 I don't know if you really understood what happened, 137 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:17,600 if you could see the scene or the scenario, 138 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,300 but if not, I would like to paint it for you a little bit. 139 00:06:20,300 --> 00:06:26,380 So it says, we, we, who is writing the book of Acts? 140 00:06:26,380 --> 00:06:29,540 Well, we know Luke wrote the book of Acts, 141 00:06:29,540 --> 00:06:31,120 and Luke is a physician. 142 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,660 So we know at least Luke is there, 143 00:06:33,660 --> 00:06:34,960 Paul is there, 144 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,160 and Eutychus who fell out of the window was there. 145 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,460 We can assume that all of his homies 146 00:06:39,460 --> 00:06:42,060 that he just mentioned, being with him, 147 00:06:42,060 --> 00:06:44,660 Tychus, Timothy, the Asians, whoever they were, 148 00:06:44,660 --> 00:06:46,740 they're all there, okay? 149 00:06:46,740 --> 00:06:51,100 And so we know it's at least Luke, Paul, and Eutychus, 150 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:54,400 and it's the first day of the week, it's Sunday, 151 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,300 and they've worked all day, 152 00:06:56,300 --> 00:06:57,900 and here they are in the upper room, 153 00:06:57,900 --> 00:07:02,880 and Paul has talked till midnight, midnight. 154 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:07,880 Some of y'all start getting antsy at 1201, 1202. 155 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,760 They work all day, show up to Bible study, 156 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:14,320 and Paul is just dragging on and on, 157 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,400 and they ain't eat nothing, right? 158 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:17,600 They haven't eat anything, 159 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,820 and Paul is talking until midnight, 160 00:07:19,820 --> 00:07:22,160 and my buddy Eutychus, he's tired, 161 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,700 he goes up, props up against the window, 162 00:07:24,700 --> 00:07:26,860 and he falls out of the window. 163 00:07:26,860 --> 00:07:29,800 I don't know if you saw that. 164 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,080 Well, look how far he fell. 165 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:33,980 Look, third story. 166 00:07:33,980 --> 00:07:37,020 If somebody falls out of that loft, 167 00:07:37,020 --> 00:07:40,620 you're gonna be, and that's about what, one and a half? 168 00:07:40,620 --> 00:07:43,120 So somebody, look, when you're driving in 169 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,260 and you see that Springhouse church up there, 170 00:07:45,260 --> 00:07:47,280 somebody's hanging up there dropping those letters. 171 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:48,420 They're working on those letters, 172 00:07:48,420 --> 00:07:50,660 and all of a sudden, wham! 173 00:07:50,660 --> 00:07:53,100 So he falls out of the window, and I can just see him. 174 00:07:53,100 --> 00:07:55,960 Look, they're all, Paul is just going on and on and on, 175 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:57,900 and the guy falls out of the window, splat, 176 00:07:57,900 --> 00:07:59,700 and they'll run over, and they're like. 177 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,000 I don't know if this is what happened, 178 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,240 but this is what I imagine. 179 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,940 And they look out the window, like, 180 00:08:05,940 --> 00:08:08,380 oh my gosh, he's dead, he's dead. 181 00:08:08,380 --> 00:08:10,780 And then they run down there, they run down the stairs, 182 00:08:10,780 --> 00:08:11,840 you know what I'm saying, 'cause they all had 183 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,240 spiral staircases, so they go down the stairs. 184 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:19,080 They go down the stairs, and they go there, 185 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:20,320 and Luke is a doctor. 186 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,460 That's why it's important that you know Luke's there. 187 00:08:22,460 --> 00:08:24,760 Luke says, bro, he's dead. 188 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:28,020 He is dead, and Paul's like, this is what I do with my kids. 189 00:08:28,020 --> 00:08:30,060 When they're hurt, their hands will be all twisted up, 190 00:08:30,060 --> 00:08:33,000 and they're like, you're good, you're good. 191 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,160 That's literally what Paul says. 192 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:39,380 He's like, no, you're fine, please be okay. 193 00:08:39,380 --> 00:08:45,480 You're fine, get up, get up, get up. 194 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,220 So they pick him up, and they take him back upstairs, 195 00:08:49,220 --> 00:08:51,520 and in my mind, they prop him in a corner 196 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,380 like Weekend at Bernie's, and then, 197 00:08:54,380 --> 00:08:55,520 look, do you know what I'm saying? 198 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,020 Look, think about, this is what, look. 199 00:08:58,020 --> 00:09:00,460 And then they took him back away alive, 200 00:09:00,460 --> 00:09:02,700 and they were not just a little comforted, 201 00:09:02,700 --> 00:09:04,060 they were fired up. 202 00:09:04,060 --> 00:09:07,540 They're like, oh my gosh, what a Bible study. 203 00:09:07,540 --> 00:09:10,900 Dude falls out, they go down there, right, 204 00:09:10,900 --> 00:09:12,900 and they pick him up, then they go upstairs, 205 00:09:12,900 --> 00:09:15,940 and then they have dinner, and then Paul keeps going 206 00:09:15,940 --> 00:09:19,240 until the morning, and now they gotta leave and go to work. 207 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:20,820 What a night. 208 00:09:20,820 --> 00:09:21,640 What a night. 209 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:23,840 Some of you guys have had nights you'd like to forget. 210 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:26,420 I guarantee this was a night they will never forget. 211 00:09:26,420 --> 00:09:28,720 (congregation laughing) 212 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:30,420 And it's just tucked in there, 213 00:09:30,420 --> 00:09:32,600 little seven verses right there, 214 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:34,660 and Luke was like, you guys, you're not gonna believe this 215 00:09:34,660 --> 00:09:36,700 if I tell you what happened in our Bible study. 216 00:09:36,700 --> 00:09:38,260 This is why the gospel exploded. 217 00:09:38,260 --> 00:09:40,460 They're like, either I'm never going to a Bible study, 218 00:09:40,460 --> 00:09:42,640 or I've gotta come, one of the two. 219 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:47,640 It's absolutely wild and ridiculous, 220 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,280 but there are some context clues 221 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:50,940 that give us some insight as to why, 222 00:09:50,940 --> 00:09:53,780 why did this guy fall asleep, and why is this important? 223 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:59,880 Well, notice it said they met on the first day of the week. 224 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:02,980 Now, why does this matter? 225 00:10:02,980 --> 00:10:06,900 Because we know that usually Jews, 226 00:10:06,900 --> 00:10:09,960 the first day, the Sabbath was on Saturday, 227 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,340 this was the first day of the week following the Sabbath. 228 00:10:13,340 --> 00:10:15,560 That was the first mention of Christians 229 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:18,140 meeting together on a Sunday, 230 00:10:18,140 --> 00:10:20,340 and it would have typically been a day 231 00:10:20,340 --> 00:10:22,700 that they would have worked, 232 00:10:22,700 --> 00:10:24,540 and Eutychus, being a young man, 233 00:10:24,540 --> 00:10:27,080 he worked most likely all day, 234 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:28,740 and then went to Bible study, 235 00:10:28,740 --> 00:10:32,040 and he probably didn't have a work from home or IT job. 236 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,120 He was doing something physical. 237 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,560 So the first clue that we have is he was tired. 238 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:41,600 He was probably tired, man. 239 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:46,600 It's midnight, and any time you're over 40 240 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,000 or getting close to that, midnight seems like a number 241 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:51,640 that's not even real anymore. 242 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:54,840 I looked at my wife a few years back, 243 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:56,480 I said, "Is this the same nine o'clock 244 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:58,580 "we used to get ready to go out at?" 245 00:10:58,580 --> 00:11:01,320 Can't be the same nine o'clock. 246 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:02,840 I'm serious, I'm at the age 247 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,520 where I start thinking about timelines. 248 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:06,720 If you invite me to do something, 249 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,380 I'm like, "What time are we starting? 250 00:11:08,380 --> 00:11:09,760 "How long is this thing gonna be?" 251 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:12,400 Now, I'm 45, I shut down, I can't. 252 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:13,360 I absolutely cannot. 253 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,460 So I get it, I get it, he was tired. 254 00:11:16,460 --> 00:11:19,760 I can barely watch a show or a movie with my wife. 255 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,000 This is actual footage of me and Jess, 256 00:11:22,860 --> 00:11:24,880 just about at least twice a week, 257 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,140 maybe three times depending on how the week's gone. 258 00:11:27,140 --> 00:11:28,680 Sometimes, we don't have a lot of TV time, 259 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:30,240 but sometimes we wanna sit down 260 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:31,880 and watch a show at the end of the day, 261 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,680 or we wanna watch our stories, and this is us right here. 262 00:11:34,680 --> 00:11:38,820 I am dead serious too. 263 00:11:38,820 --> 00:11:40,780 She's like, "You're not even watching." 264 00:11:40,780 --> 00:11:41,880 I'm like, "Yes, I am." 265 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:45,860 You see the progress right there? 266 00:11:45,860 --> 00:11:46,760 That's me. 267 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:50,160 And in my mind, 268 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,700 and in my mind, I have only closed my eyes 269 00:11:53,700 --> 00:11:57,100 for 30 seconds at most, at most. 270 00:11:57,100 --> 00:12:00,500 It's been 17 minutes, and I don't even act like I was, 271 00:12:00,500 --> 00:12:02,640 she knows I've been sleeping, mouth open. 272 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:07,120 I'll wake myself up, snore, I'm tired, man. 273 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:08,480 I get it. 274 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:10,020 I'm trying to figure out where we're at in the show 275 00:12:10,020 --> 00:12:11,120 without asking. 276 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:19,660 Some of us are tired, 277 00:12:19,660 --> 00:12:21,920 and when you're tired, you lose focus. 278 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,200 When you're tired, you lose focus. 279 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,160 Notice how your fuse is a lot shorter when you're tired. 280 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,460 Anybody notice that? 281 00:12:30,460 --> 00:12:32,240 I'm a lot less patient with my kids when I'm tired. 282 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,440 I'm a lot less patient, a period, when I'm tired. 283 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,000 Do you notice that you're more susceptible 284 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,640 to temptation when you're tired? 285 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,680 A lot of times, the enemy's not coming at me, 286 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:42,820 oh, well, sometimes he does 287 00:12:42,820 --> 00:12:44,880 as soon as I get up out of the bed, right? 288 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,180 It's full-on gauntlet, it's the war, 289 00:12:47,180 --> 00:12:50,720 but most of the time, I don't struggle with temptation 290 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,800 to be my own boss or to be my own God 291 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,320 right after I've been prayed up and surrendered to the king 292 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:56,500 and I've been in the scriptures 293 00:12:56,500 --> 00:12:57,960 and I'm ready to go attack the day. 294 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:00,400 It's usually later on when I'm tired 295 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,100 or things haven't gone well, 296 00:13:02,100 --> 00:13:05,760 like those certain combinations. 297 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:08,400 When I'm exhausted, I'm more susceptible to temptation. 298 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,540 I'm more likely to say things like this, 299 00:13:10,540 --> 00:13:12,480 man, I need a glass of wine, 300 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:17,980 or I need to veg out on social media or TV. 301 00:13:17,980 --> 00:13:21,180 And this is not an indictment about anyone who drinks wine. 302 00:13:21,180 --> 00:13:23,740 This is an indictment of when we make statements like, 303 00:13:23,740 --> 00:13:25,820 man, I need this. 304 00:13:25,820 --> 00:13:27,980 I need this to help me relax. 305 00:13:27,980 --> 00:13:30,620 I'm tired, so I need something else. 306 00:13:30,620 --> 00:13:35,220 What does Jesus say right here in Matthew? 307 00:13:35,220 --> 00:13:39,060 He doesn't, look what he says, come to me. 308 00:13:39,060 --> 00:13:40,980 Come to me. 309 00:13:40,980 --> 00:13:45,480 Not run to that or go get that thing that you think 310 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:48,840 is going to help you relax or sustain you 311 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:50,920 or give you stamina. 312 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:54,840 Jesus says, come to me, all who labor 313 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:56,040 and are heavy laden in what? 314 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:57,800 I'll give you rest. 315 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,720 But then look, these two things seem diametrically opposed 316 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:02,540 to one another. 317 00:14:02,540 --> 00:14:05,000 He says, come to me and I'll give you rest 318 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:09,420 and then take my yoke upon you and learn of me 319 00:14:09,420 --> 00:14:10,940 for I'm gentle and lowly in heart, 320 00:14:10,940 --> 00:14:13,020 you will find rest for your souls. 321 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:14,540 Do you know what a yoke is? 322 00:14:14,540 --> 00:14:17,140 Y'all know what a yoke is. 323 00:14:17,140 --> 00:14:20,760 We got an expansive population here for you young cats. 324 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,900 You've never seen oxen or farmers. 325 00:14:23,900 --> 00:14:26,980 To be honest, I've never seen an oxen or farmers 326 00:14:26,980 --> 00:14:28,660 in real life. 327 00:14:28,660 --> 00:14:30,660 But I know what it is. 328 00:14:30,660 --> 00:14:32,620 And there's two sides to the yoke. 329 00:14:32,620 --> 00:14:35,120 One is the larger side for the lead animal. 330 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,260 The other is a smaller side for the one 331 00:14:37,260 --> 00:14:38,100 that's gonna follow. 332 00:14:38,100 --> 00:14:39,500 And guess what, it's four. 333 00:14:39,500 --> 00:14:40,820 It's not, they don't put a yoke on them 334 00:14:40,820 --> 00:14:43,620 and they just go hang out and sit in the barn. 335 00:14:43,620 --> 00:14:45,920 They don't, they yoke them up to do what? 336 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:49,060 So he says, come to me, I'll give you rest 337 00:14:49,060 --> 00:14:50,180 and then let's get to work. 338 00:14:50,180 --> 00:14:51,000 What? 339 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,740 But you don't have to do the heavy lifting 340 00:14:54,740 --> 00:14:56,220 because you're resting in me, 341 00:14:56,220 --> 00:14:58,340 but you still gotta do something. 342 00:14:58,340 --> 00:14:59,980 You still gotta walk. 343 00:14:59,980 --> 00:15:01,540 You still gotta follow me. 344 00:15:01,540 --> 00:15:03,340 There's work to be done, 345 00:15:03,340 --> 00:15:05,980 but you gotta get out of the driver's seat, boy. 346 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:09,100 That's what's burning you out. 347 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:11,860 That's why you're tired 'cause you put on the big side 348 00:15:11,860 --> 00:15:14,080 and you ain't got the muscle to do it, son. 349 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,360 I know you think you've been in here five days a week, 350 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,720 5.45 a.m., you think you look good in a t-shirt, 351 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,180 but you don't have the stamina and the strength 352 00:15:23,180 --> 00:15:24,320 to drive this train. 353 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:27,740 So get on the small side and follow me. 354 00:15:27,740 --> 00:15:29,860 That's what he said. 355 00:15:29,860 --> 00:15:36,140 We need to understand that work is good 356 00:15:36,140 --> 00:15:37,740 and the rest is holy. 357 00:15:37,740 --> 00:15:41,080 Work is good and rest is holy 358 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,200 and sometimes when we're tired, 359 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:46,060 it's hard for us to stay awake and alert. 360 00:15:46,060 --> 00:15:48,960 Hear what I'm saying? 361 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:50,700 We need the Holy Spirit to help us. 362 00:15:50,700 --> 00:15:55,700 Clue number two, there was many lamps in the upper room. 363 00:15:55,700 --> 00:15:57,920 Many lamps. 364 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,080 You ever come in the house and all the lights is off 365 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:01,620 and just candles burning? 366 00:16:01,620 --> 00:16:04,540 That's like, you see it on the little fireplace? 367 00:16:04,540 --> 00:16:06,580 That's a cozy atmosphere, ain't it? 368 00:16:06,580 --> 00:16:08,580 Right? 369 00:16:08,580 --> 00:16:11,220 Imagine this for a minute. 370 00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:13,800 Again, think about the story. 371 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:15,200 It's a long day. 372 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:16,360 They hadn't eaten. 373 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,420 Paul is so, he is boring them to death. 374 00:16:19,420 --> 00:16:21,960 Literally, it's midnight. 375 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:23,860 Paul even says, listen, 376 00:16:23,860 --> 00:16:25,920 I know I'm not the most eloquent speaker. 377 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:27,100 Paul's not dynamic. 378 00:16:27,100 --> 00:16:28,180 Paul's bringing truth. 379 00:16:28,180 --> 00:16:29,800 Nobody liked Paul. 380 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:30,860 Nobody liked Paul. 381 00:16:30,860 --> 00:16:33,580 Paul was a thorn in the Roman side. 382 00:16:33,580 --> 00:16:35,040 He was taking everybody off. 383 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:38,920 They was running him out of town, hitting him with rocks. 384 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:40,140 They thought he was dead one time, 385 00:16:40,140 --> 00:16:41,580 drug him out, threw him out in the bushes, 386 00:16:41,580 --> 00:16:44,080 woke up next day, went to another town, was preaching. 387 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:45,020 Nobody liked Paul. 388 00:16:45,020 --> 00:16:48,780 Read, listen, I don't know if y'all reading 389 00:16:48,780 --> 00:16:50,780 the same thing I'm reading, 390 00:16:50,780 --> 00:16:54,020 but I read it as if this is actual real life 391 00:16:54,020 --> 00:16:55,140 eyewitness testimony. 392 00:16:55,140 --> 00:16:56,500 If it's not eyewitness testimony, 393 00:16:56,500 --> 00:17:00,080 why put a story like this in here that's made up? 394 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:01,620 You don't just make that up. 395 00:17:01,620 --> 00:17:03,360 Nobody liked him. 396 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:04,900 It's a long day. 397 00:17:04,900 --> 00:17:07,400 It's midnight and look, the lamps are burning. 398 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:09,780 And you stand over, 399 00:17:09,780 --> 00:17:13,140 put a bunch of tiki torches in your bedroom 400 00:17:13,140 --> 00:17:15,540 and see how that feels after about three hours. 401 00:17:15,540 --> 00:17:19,700 Fumes, right? 402 00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:21,260 Smoke rolling around. 403 00:17:21,260 --> 00:17:22,740 Think about the oil that they would have used 404 00:17:22,740 --> 00:17:24,040 in those lamps. 405 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:25,420 Certain type of olive oil. 406 00:17:25,420 --> 00:17:27,580 When the, ooh, here's a side note. 407 00:17:27,580 --> 00:17:31,220 When the olives were taken and pressed, 408 00:17:31,220 --> 00:17:34,220 the first oil that came off of it was used 409 00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:36,360 for the lamps in the temple. 410 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:39,860 The olives that were crushed and pressed 411 00:17:39,860 --> 00:17:41,680 was used to light the way 412 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:44,000 and to anoint the kings and the people. 413 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,960 Okay, the oil that was in there was burning. 414 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:49,300 The oil was burning. 415 00:17:49,300 --> 00:17:50,300 Smoke is rolling. 416 00:17:50,300 --> 00:17:51,960 It's dim, it's cozy. 417 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:53,360 Probably a little hot and stuffy. 418 00:17:53,360 --> 00:17:56,360 There's a bunch of guys up there that we hear. 419 00:17:56,360 --> 00:17:57,680 And my man, Eutycus was like, 420 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:00,800 I just need to get over by this window for a minute. 421 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:02,740 You love fresh air, I'm tired, right? 422 00:18:02,740 --> 00:18:06,680 I mean, think, put yourself in a situation. 423 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:08,760 So he gets over there by the window. 424 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:14,240 Can you see it? 425 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:15,500 You can see it. 426 00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:16,920 You can see it now. 427 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:20,520 He moves closer to the window, gets some fresh air. 428 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:24,160 He sits back against the window sill and he nods off. 429 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:25,260 He nods off. 430 00:18:25,260 --> 00:18:27,300 What happened? 431 00:18:27,300 --> 00:18:29,020 What happened to him? 432 00:18:29,020 --> 00:18:29,940 He got comfortable. 433 00:18:30,940 --> 00:18:32,820 He got comfortable. 434 00:18:32,820 --> 00:18:35,900 Some of us have fallen asleep 435 00:18:35,900 --> 00:18:37,180 because we're too comfortable. 436 00:18:37,180 --> 00:18:39,520 The reason why I struggle to stay awake 437 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:40,800 watching shows with my wife 438 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,220 is because I got too comfortable. 439 00:18:42,220 --> 00:18:44,060 She said, babe, sit up, go get some water, 440 00:18:44,060 --> 00:18:47,140 get some popcorn, eat something, do something. 441 00:18:47,140 --> 00:18:48,180 To stay awake. 442 00:18:48,180 --> 00:18:50,700 You gotta do something to engage you. 443 00:18:50,700 --> 00:18:51,660 You gotta do something. 444 00:18:51,660 --> 00:18:53,780 There's nothing to challenge us 445 00:18:53,780 --> 00:18:56,900 or keep us engaged in the kingdom. 446 00:18:56,900 --> 00:18:58,820 We show up on Sunday, 447 00:18:58,820 --> 00:19:01,900 then we walk out of the building and we go about our life. 448 00:19:01,900 --> 00:19:04,920 There's nothing to challenge us and encourage us 449 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:06,420 and keep us engaged. 450 00:19:06,420 --> 00:19:07,860 We're too comfortable. 451 00:19:07,860 --> 00:19:11,820 We're comfortable in my checkbox Christianity. 452 00:19:11,820 --> 00:19:15,120 I'm comfortable letting this be the amount of word 453 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:17,020 I get for the week. 454 00:19:17,020 --> 00:19:20,420 I'm comfortable learning this much of God's character 455 00:19:20,420 --> 00:19:22,500 never to apply it into the world. 456 00:19:22,500 --> 00:19:28,260 There's nothing to keep us engaged. 457 00:19:28,260 --> 00:19:30,020 Do you know something can be interesting 458 00:19:30,020 --> 00:19:31,780 without you being interested in it? 459 00:19:31,780 --> 00:19:35,020 Something can be interesting 460 00:19:35,020 --> 00:19:36,780 without you being interested in it. 461 00:19:36,780 --> 00:19:40,460 The Bible warns us about getting too comfortable. 462 00:19:40,460 --> 00:19:42,180 This is what happened in Exodus. 463 00:19:42,180 --> 00:19:44,820 Now, the children of Israel 464 00:19:44,820 --> 00:19:48,260 have been brought out of bondage from Egypt 465 00:19:48,260 --> 00:19:49,660 and this is what they say. 466 00:19:49,660 --> 00:19:52,160 This is the type of bellyaching they're doing. 467 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,980 And the people of Israel said to them, 468 00:19:54,980 --> 00:19:58,860 oh, would that we had died by the hand of the Lord 469 00:19:58,860 --> 00:20:00,060 in the land of Egypt. 470 00:20:00,060 --> 00:20:03,440 This emphasis is mine, by the way. 471 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:09,540 When we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, 472 00:20:09,540 --> 00:20:11,980 for you have brought us out into this wilderness 473 00:20:11,980 --> 00:20:16,540 to kill us this whole assembly with hunger. 474 00:20:16,540 --> 00:20:18,880 Then the Lord said to Moses, 475 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:22,220 behold, I'm about to rain bread from heaven for you 476 00:20:22,220 --> 00:20:25,700 and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion 477 00:20:25,700 --> 00:20:28,140 every day that I may test them 478 00:20:28,140 --> 00:20:30,660 whether they will walk in my law or not. 479 00:20:30,660 --> 00:20:32,380 The people were complaining 480 00:20:32,380 --> 00:20:35,340 because they had gotten comfortable in Egypt. 481 00:20:35,340 --> 00:20:38,140 Some of us have gotten comfortable in bondage 482 00:20:38,140 --> 00:20:41,780 instead of walking in faith day by day by day 483 00:20:41,780 --> 00:20:44,480 that God will be the one that sustains us. 484 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,260 We'd rather go back to the world to give us what we need 485 00:20:47,260 --> 00:20:49,980 until we're full and fat and happy. 486 00:20:49,980 --> 00:20:52,180 It's a challenge to walk by faith. 487 00:20:52,180 --> 00:20:57,280 It's a challenge to walk by faith. 488 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:00,220 I guarantee your prayers are a lot different 489 00:21:00,220 --> 00:21:03,020 when the ends don't look like they're gonna meet 490 00:21:03,020 --> 00:21:04,680 than when they've been met, tied up in the night, 491 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,120 you don't even know where the ends are even at. 492 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:10,820 How were your prayers when you needed God to show up? 493 00:21:10,820 --> 00:21:15,920 Crying out, God, I need you, I need you in this moment. 494 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:19,100 Or when you've had long seasons of sustained difficulty, 495 00:21:19,100 --> 00:21:21,500 man, it's like a face step, it challenges you, 496 00:21:21,500 --> 00:21:23,640 you're awake, you're alert. 497 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,400 And it may wear you out, but you're awake and you're alert. 498 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:30,760 But sometimes when we get too comfortable, fall asleep. 499 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:35,560 Just fall asleep, I'm cozy, I'm good. 500 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:40,620 Then he says in 1 Corinthians 2, this is what Paul said, 501 00:21:40,620 --> 00:21:47,280 I decided, I made a decision, a decision, a choice 502 00:21:47,940 --> 00:21:51,860 to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ 503 00:21:51,860 --> 00:21:52,960 and Him crucified. 504 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:56,600 Paul says to only know Christ and Him crucified. 505 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:01,260 Newsflash, the cross is about sacrifice and suffering 506 00:22:01,260 --> 00:22:03,100 so that you don't get too comfortable. 507 00:22:03,100 --> 00:22:07,040 The world wants to fill you up. 508 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,540 God says to empty yourself, right, Chris? 509 00:22:09,540 --> 00:22:11,500 Right? 510 00:22:11,500 --> 00:22:13,900 The world says that you can do it, you got it, man. 511 00:22:13,900 --> 00:22:15,400 You should be proud of yourself. 512 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,460 And Jesus says, hey, whoever humbles himself 513 00:22:17,460 --> 00:22:18,740 will be exalted. 514 00:22:18,740 --> 00:22:20,640 It's an upside down kingdom. 515 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,840 You can't beat me 'cause I want you to win. 516 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,440 You're not my competition. 517 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:28,920 I can rejoice with those who rejoice. 518 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:37,680 Because we're on in the kingdom, moving together. 519 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,180 You're not my competition. 520 00:22:40,180 --> 00:22:43,300 When we get comfortable, we're in danger of falling asleep. 521 00:22:43,300 --> 00:22:46,060 In this case, it got my man, Eutychus, killed. 522 00:22:47,180 --> 00:22:48,220 It got Eutychus killed. 523 00:22:48,220 --> 00:22:49,620 Thank God Paul was there. 524 00:22:49,620 --> 00:22:51,680 Some of us. 525 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:55,500 Me and James were like, oh, dang, he's dead. 526 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:57,220 What are we gonna tell his mom? 527 00:22:57,220 --> 00:23:03,360 We'd have panicked. 528 00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:04,380 We'd have went and prayed over him, 529 00:23:04,380 --> 00:23:06,420 but Doug would have been the first one down there. 530 00:23:06,420 --> 00:23:07,820 Y'all coming down here or not? 531 00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:12,020 And me and James like, oh my God, he's dead. 532 00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:17,720 Thank God Paul was there. 533 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:18,780 So we got this story. 534 00:23:18,780 --> 00:23:21,780 But being tired and comfortable 535 00:23:21,780 --> 00:23:23,500 can certainly be problematic. 536 00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:27,820 These are external factors, okay? 537 00:23:27,820 --> 00:23:30,060 What about what's going on inside of us? 538 00:23:30,060 --> 00:23:33,340 What about what's going on inside of us? 539 00:23:33,340 --> 00:23:35,940 Why are we awake and alive 540 00:23:35,940 --> 00:23:39,160 and we find ourselves sleepwalking through life? 541 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,500 What are some of these internal factors? 542 00:23:44,420 --> 00:23:47,700 Well, the first one that you can extrapolate 543 00:23:47,700 --> 00:23:50,060 is we're disinterested. 544 00:23:50,060 --> 00:23:54,000 To be honest, we don't even really care that much. 545 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,640 We don't care that much. 546 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:00,660 Sometimes we're in here in church service 547 00:24:00,660 --> 00:24:04,120 making grocery lists and playing video games. 548 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:08,580 I've done it. 549 00:24:08,580 --> 00:24:10,980 The list, not the games. 550 00:24:10,980 --> 00:24:13,860 Why? 551 00:24:13,860 --> 00:24:14,700 Because I'm not disinterested. 552 00:24:14,700 --> 00:24:16,740 I'm not interested in this. 553 00:24:16,740 --> 00:24:18,500 I'm not interested in hearing this teaching. 554 00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:19,740 I'm not interested in this. 555 00:24:19,740 --> 00:24:22,120 I've already read that verse before. 556 00:24:22,120 --> 00:24:24,620 I've read that before. 557 00:24:24,620 --> 00:24:25,460 I've been here. 558 00:24:25,460 --> 00:24:26,660 I'm guilty of it. 559 00:24:26,660 --> 00:24:31,380 When was the last time we brought a Bible with us, 560 00:24:31,380 --> 00:24:33,060 the church? 561 00:24:33,060 --> 00:24:34,660 Again, this is not an indictment. 562 00:24:34,660 --> 00:24:39,220 You may have your eye scroll like Rhonda likes to call it. 563 00:24:39,220 --> 00:24:42,100 It's your eye scroll. 564 00:24:42,100 --> 00:24:44,500 You can open up the scrolls to the passages. 565 00:24:44,500 --> 00:24:48,320 It was the last time we brought this anywhere. 566 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,860 I'm not trying to be harsh, but we should examine ourselves. 567 00:24:51,860 --> 00:24:55,540 If we truly understood even 10% of the redemption story, 568 00:24:55,540 --> 00:24:57,940 it would consume our entire being. 569 00:24:57,940 --> 00:25:00,520 But the problem is we don't understand the redemption story 570 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:04,500 because we come into it with a consumer mindset. 571 00:25:04,500 --> 00:25:08,540 The Bible is all about me and my salvation 572 00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:10,900 and God's plan for my life. 573 00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:12,580 I don't find that anywhere in there 574 00:25:12,580 --> 00:25:14,340 that that's the focus of this word. 575 00:25:14,340 --> 00:25:21,080 I'm gonna tell you what, the last time I checked, 576 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,700 John 1 says everything was created by Jesus, 577 00:25:24,700 --> 00:25:27,100 for Jesus and through Jesus. 578 00:25:27,100 --> 00:25:30,140 I'm an ancillary character in God's family. 579 00:25:30,140 --> 00:25:33,440 I am important, but the story's not about me. 580 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,060 So every time I pick this up, why am I trying to find out, 581 00:25:36,060 --> 00:25:37,920 God, what are you trying to say to me? 582 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:39,340 What do you want me to do? 583 00:25:39,340 --> 00:25:41,260 How can I be doing this? 584 00:25:41,260 --> 00:25:44,060 Yes, that's a part of it, but that's not the part of it. 585 00:25:44,060 --> 00:25:47,960 But when I go into it with this consumer mindset, 586 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:49,700 anything that doesn't apply to me, 587 00:25:49,700 --> 00:25:51,360 I'm not interested in it. 588 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:53,300 It don't apply to me. 589 00:25:53,300 --> 00:25:55,340 I've already been set free from pornography. 590 00:25:55,340 --> 00:25:57,560 I don't have to worry about that. 591 00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:58,740 You realize that a lot of time, 592 00:25:58,740 --> 00:26:00,800 God doesn't want you just to be free. 593 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,640 He wants to set you free to help others be set free. 594 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:08,100 I shared this with 60 guys last night around a fire 595 00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:11,320 about all the little ways God will use all of the hurts 596 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,660 and pains and healings in your life to help others. 597 00:26:14,660 --> 00:26:17,420 But if I'm always looking about, 598 00:26:17,420 --> 00:26:19,860 God, where's my next level of healing, 599 00:26:19,860 --> 00:26:20,980 my next level of freedom? 600 00:26:20,980 --> 00:26:22,980 And I'm not dismissing. 601 00:26:22,980 --> 00:26:27,060 Please hear me when I say that God wants you set free, 602 00:26:27,060 --> 00:26:29,500 that the scriptures are meant to encourage you. 603 00:26:29,500 --> 00:26:31,500 They are meant to challenge you. 604 00:26:31,500 --> 00:26:33,540 They are meant to inspire you. 605 00:26:35,380 --> 00:26:39,580 But when I understand God's big plan of redemption 606 00:26:39,580 --> 00:26:43,840 that he's building, he's bringing his family back together, 607 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,780 we are part of God's family. 608 00:26:45,780 --> 00:26:47,700 And from Eden to Revelation, 609 00:26:47,700 --> 00:26:51,180 the story is I want my family back. 610 00:26:51,180 --> 00:26:54,460 And I will send my son to bring my other sons 611 00:26:54,460 --> 00:26:56,160 back into the family. 612 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,180 It's the whole story. 613 00:26:58,180 --> 00:26:59,660 That baby is totally fine. 614 00:26:59,660 --> 00:27:03,440 If we can get through somebody falling out of a window 615 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,680 and keep having church service than a baby, 616 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:10,700 the man died and they was like, 617 00:27:10,700 --> 00:27:14,760 "Pick him up, I'm not done with my sermon." 618 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:20,560 So y'all are hostages until I'm done today. 619 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,200 I promise you that. 620 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:23,280 Baby don't bother me. 621 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:27,160 We're raising people from the dead during the Bible study. 622 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,780 What are we talking about? 623 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,980 If somebody dying is not a distraction 624 00:27:33,980 --> 00:27:36,500 and the crying baby is not, 625 00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:42,140 'cause what a blessing it is 626 00:27:42,140 --> 00:27:43,740 that our children are in church. 627 00:27:43,740 --> 00:27:47,000 That baby gets to be around, 628 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,620 that baby gets to be in an environment 629 00:27:49,620 --> 00:27:52,300 where the Holy Spirit is welcomed. 630 00:27:52,300 --> 00:27:55,020 That baby gets to be around parents who are trying to come 631 00:27:55,020 --> 00:27:56,700 and trying to listen to God's word. 632 00:27:56,700 --> 00:27:59,860 That baby gets to be around parents that are active 633 00:27:59,860 --> 00:28:01,420 and working in the community. 634 00:28:01,420 --> 00:28:04,640 Parents that said, "I'm tired, but I'm here. 635 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,500 "I'm tired, God, keep me awake. 636 00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:09,260 "Somebody take my baby." 637 00:28:09,260 --> 00:28:10,600 (congregation laughing) 638 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:11,420 Right? 639 00:28:11,420 --> 00:28:16,100 That's real. 640 00:28:16,100 --> 00:28:17,560 And all the mamas in the room is like that, 641 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,580 gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme. 642 00:28:19,580 --> 00:28:22,420 And there's my wife, my wife, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme. 643 00:28:22,420 --> 00:28:24,880 Right? 644 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,560 Baby's fine. 645 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,360 That baby's fine. 646 00:28:29,700 --> 00:28:31,300 She's right where she need to be. 647 00:28:31,300 --> 00:28:34,260 We're disinterested 648 00:28:34,260 --> 00:28:35,860 'cause we either really don't care that much 649 00:28:35,860 --> 00:28:38,940 or I got this, I've got this. 650 00:28:38,940 --> 00:28:40,780 I read that, I've done that. 651 00:28:40,780 --> 00:28:46,700 The next reason, which is actually listed third, 652 00:28:46,700 --> 00:28:49,460 oh, they fixed it, praise the Lord. 653 00:28:49,460 --> 00:28:53,080 My team, my team, can't do it without a team. 654 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:56,480 Second reason, while we're falling asleep, 655 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:57,980 is we're disengaged. 656 00:28:57,980 --> 00:29:01,980 To disengage means to be emotionally detached, 657 00:29:01,980 --> 00:29:03,620 emotionally detached. 658 00:29:03,620 --> 00:29:06,940 This does not involve me, so I will detach myself from it. 659 00:29:06,940 --> 00:29:09,500 Remember I just said the other part 660 00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:11,320 is about a consumer mindset. 661 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:14,540 This is not interesting because I've already dealt with that 662 00:29:14,540 --> 00:29:15,460 or attained that. 663 00:29:15,460 --> 00:29:17,340 This one is, this don't apply to me, 664 00:29:17,340 --> 00:29:19,200 so I'm not even gonna pay attention. 665 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,520 We're disengaged. 666 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,500 We have no problem staying awake for the action, 667 00:29:24,500 --> 00:29:26,060 but not for the story. 668 00:29:26,060 --> 00:29:27,140 And guess what? 669 00:29:27,140 --> 00:29:30,420 Most of the Christian walk is the story. 670 00:29:30,420 --> 00:29:33,860 Mastering the mundane. 671 00:29:33,860 --> 00:29:36,700 The everyday ordinary walk. 672 00:29:36,700 --> 00:29:39,940 Some of you guys that know me, most of you guys, 673 00:29:39,940 --> 00:29:42,380 but what is my favorite day of the week? 674 00:29:42,380 --> 00:29:43,220 Tuesday. 675 00:29:43,220 --> 00:29:44,460 Tuesday. 676 00:29:44,460 --> 00:29:46,980 Why is it Tuesday, right? 677 00:29:46,980 --> 00:29:50,620 'Cause it's an ordinary day, James. 678 00:29:50,620 --> 00:29:52,400 I think personally, this is not, 679 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,380 you can't find this in the scriptures. 680 00:29:54,380 --> 00:29:56,540 Some days they tell you what day of the week it was, 681 00:29:56,540 --> 00:30:00,420 but I personally think on those unlisted days, 682 00:30:00,420 --> 00:30:02,300 all the cool stuff was a Tuesday. 683 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:05,940 I think David killed Goliath on a Tuesday. 684 00:30:05,940 --> 00:30:08,500 It's my personal belief. 685 00:30:08,500 --> 00:30:10,360 Can't challenge me according to the scriptures. 686 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,300 Somebody's gonna go back in the historical record 687 00:30:12,300 --> 00:30:13,420 and they're gonna track that down. 688 00:30:13,420 --> 00:30:15,420 Y'all will use stars and alignment 689 00:30:15,420 --> 00:30:17,740 and you'll be like, here's actually when it was. 690 00:30:17,740 --> 00:30:20,660 If it's on Wednesday, Wednesday's my favorite day of the week. 691 00:30:20,660 --> 00:30:23,200 (audience laughing) 692 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:24,340 Think about it. 693 00:30:24,340 --> 00:30:27,580 It's an ordinary day, most of the cool moments 694 00:30:27,580 --> 00:30:30,500 that God has for us are the mountain top experiences 695 00:30:30,500 --> 00:30:32,340 we didn't know we were gonna have. 696 00:30:32,340 --> 00:30:37,000 David had no idea he was gonna fight Goliath that day. 697 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,140 Go back and read it. 698 00:30:38,140 --> 00:30:39,180 Go back and read it. 699 00:30:39,180 --> 00:30:43,820 His brothers are at the battle for two weeks 700 00:30:43,820 --> 00:30:45,860 and he's back home with dad. 701 00:30:45,860 --> 00:30:50,640 You're the little brother and all your brothers are at war. 702 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:51,900 You wanna be there with them. 703 00:30:51,900 --> 00:30:55,580 No, you gotta be out here with the flock. 704 00:30:55,580 --> 00:30:59,180 Now, mind you, David had a king's anointing 705 00:30:59,180 --> 00:31:01,260 in a shepherd boy situation. 706 00:31:01,260 --> 00:31:04,860 Are you hearing me? 707 00:31:04,860 --> 00:31:08,180 A king's anointing in a shepherd situation. 708 00:31:08,180 --> 00:31:11,280 And so some of us hit the anointing or the call 709 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:12,980 or somebody prophesies over your life 710 00:31:12,980 --> 00:31:15,940 and you're ready to make it happen right now. 711 00:31:15,940 --> 00:31:17,540 No, I need you to be out here 712 00:31:17,540 --> 00:31:19,900 with these sheep for a little while. 713 00:31:19,900 --> 00:31:23,540 I need you to be still so I can teach you a few things. 714 00:31:23,540 --> 00:31:26,080 So David shows up, his dad says, 715 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:29,880 hey, I want you to bring your brothers some cheese and bread. 716 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,120 Take your brothers some snacks. 717 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,660 And David shows up and these boys have been getting 718 00:31:36,660 --> 00:31:39,840 punked out by the Philistines for two weeks. 719 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:43,740 Goliath shows up every day and was like, you guys are weak. 720 00:31:43,740 --> 00:31:46,580 There is not even a man out here that's willing to fight me. 721 00:31:46,580 --> 00:31:48,460 And for two weeks, I'm like, shut up, man. 722 00:31:48,460 --> 00:31:50,260 I'm talking about my mama like that. 723 00:31:50,260 --> 00:31:53,380 And David shows up and what does David say? 724 00:31:53,380 --> 00:31:56,380 He's like, are y'all gonna let him talk to y'all like that? 725 00:31:56,380 --> 00:31:58,200 Y'all say, y'all been out here for two weeks 726 00:31:58,200 --> 00:31:59,820 letting him talk to you like this? 727 00:31:59,820 --> 00:32:02,540 Who is this uncircumcised Philistine 728 00:32:02,540 --> 00:32:05,460 that dare defies the armies of the living God? 729 00:32:05,460 --> 00:32:07,780 That's what he said, who is this guy? 730 00:32:07,780 --> 00:32:09,860 And if you look at what he said, basically he said, 731 00:32:09,860 --> 00:32:12,340 this guy doesn't know God and you know God. 732 00:32:12,340 --> 00:32:15,300 Why are you letting him talk to you like that? 733 00:32:15,300 --> 00:32:17,940 The culture doesn't know God and you do. 734 00:32:17,940 --> 00:32:20,220 Why are you letting him run it? 735 00:32:20,220 --> 00:32:22,300 Why do we let the world run the arts? 736 00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:24,140 Why do we let the world have music? 737 00:32:24,140 --> 00:32:26,620 Why do we let the world dictate what we do? 738 00:32:26,620 --> 00:32:29,860 And we say, our Christians shouldn't be engaged. 739 00:32:29,860 --> 00:32:31,420 We should just go along to get along. 740 00:32:31,420 --> 00:32:32,660 Absolutely not. 741 00:32:32,660 --> 00:32:36,180 Jesus stood as Caesarea Philippi and said, 742 00:32:36,180 --> 00:32:39,580 on this rock, this revelation that I am the son of God, 743 00:32:39,580 --> 00:32:42,540 that I am the Christ, on this rock, this foundation, 744 00:32:42,540 --> 00:32:45,340 I will build my church and the gates of hell 745 00:32:45,340 --> 00:32:46,860 will not prevail against it. 746 00:32:46,860 --> 00:32:48,440 Do you know what gates do? 747 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,020 Do you know what gates do? 748 00:32:51,020 --> 00:32:52,900 They try to keep somebody out. 749 00:32:52,900 --> 00:32:57,420 You put up a gate or a fence or a wall, it's a protection. 750 00:32:57,420 --> 00:32:59,300 It's a defensive mechanism. 751 00:32:59,300 --> 00:33:01,420 And Jesus says right there in that moment, 752 00:33:01,420 --> 00:33:04,520 hey, the gospel is more powerful 753 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:05,880 than the kingdom of darkness. 754 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:08,100 Its gates can't stop it. 755 00:33:08,100 --> 00:33:09,640 The only thing that can stop it 756 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:11,780 is when my people sit back and do nothing. 757 00:33:11,780 --> 00:33:16,500 When we sit back and we get tired and we get comfy 758 00:33:16,500 --> 00:33:18,940 and we're disinterested and we're disengaged, 759 00:33:18,940 --> 00:33:21,860 guess what, ain't no gates being broken 760 00:33:21,860 --> 00:33:24,560 because we've not engaged the culture. 761 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,800 Because we're not awake, we're sleepy. 762 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:34,600 Finally, the one I think might be the worst 763 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:38,300 that we succumb to is we're disingenuous. 764 00:33:38,300 --> 00:33:43,820 We aren't sincere. 765 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:46,320 We pretend to care. 766 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:51,100 You can only fake it for so long before you fall asleep. 767 00:33:51,100 --> 00:33:55,820 Tell you right now, you can fake it for your spouse, 768 00:33:55,820 --> 00:33:57,140 but that ain't gonna get you so far. 769 00:33:57,140 --> 00:33:59,020 I tried that, did I not? 770 00:33:59,020 --> 00:34:02,840 She'd catch me doing stuff and I would try to, 771 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,100 this is our first marriage, not our second marriage. 772 00:34:05,100 --> 00:34:06,820 We've been married twice, never been divorced, 773 00:34:06,820 --> 00:34:08,320 if that makes any sense, okay? 774 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:12,020 It's a wild story, just catch me. 775 00:34:12,020 --> 00:34:14,860 Come by the shop, I'll tell you about God's goodness. 776 00:34:14,860 --> 00:34:17,300 I wish I had time, I ain't got time. 777 00:34:17,300 --> 00:34:20,700 So, what was I saying? 778 00:34:20,700 --> 00:34:21,900 Oh, confess. 779 00:34:21,900 --> 00:34:23,040 She would catch me doing something 780 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:26,140 and I would try to confess, how much can I confess 781 00:34:26,140 --> 00:34:29,160 and be okay, right? 782 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:30,340 You ever done that? 783 00:34:30,340 --> 00:34:31,980 How much can I tell this person 784 00:34:31,980 --> 00:34:35,180 and then they forgive me without having to tell everything? 785 00:34:35,180 --> 00:34:39,860 I'd be like, yeah, I smoked cigarettes three times this week 786 00:34:39,860 --> 00:34:44,500 for 51 weeks, you know what I mean? 787 00:34:45,460 --> 00:34:49,840 And then you like keep moving the line times five, right? 788 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:52,240 You know, you're like, how much can I confess? 789 00:34:52,240 --> 00:34:55,740 You can fake it with your spouse, 790 00:34:55,740 --> 00:34:57,240 you can fake it with your friends. 791 00:34:57,240 --> 00:34:59,520 I faked it with my friends for a long time. 792 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:01,980 I faked it with them and guess what? 793 00:35:01,980 --> 00:35:04,880 They faked it right back, knew I was screwing around, 794 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,340 knew I'd been smoking cigarettes for 51 weeks. 795 00:35:07,340 --> 00:35:10,220 They ain't said a word, said a word. 796 00:35:10,220 --> 00:35:13,660 That's a made up thing, but you understand what I'm saying? 797 00:35:13,660 --> 00:35:14,860 I faked it with them, so guess what? 798 00:35:14,860 --> 00:35:16,300 They faked it right back with me. 799 00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:17,580 Well, I don't wanna call him out. 800 00:35:17,580 --> 00:35:21,740 I don't wanna, what if I offend him? 801 00:35:21,740 --> 00:35:25,660 Oh, God forbid you offend somebody into the kingdom 802 00:35:25,660 --> 00:35:29,100 that you offend somebody out of their sin, God forbid. 803 00:35:29,100 --> 00:35:31,900 You say something that causes the Holy Spirit to say, 804 00:35:31,900 --> 00:35:33,460 I've been trying to get your attention 805 00:35:33,460 --> 00:35:35,780 and you won't listen, so I said, Kurt. 806 00:35:35,780 --> 00:35:42,580 I don't know, but I keep faking it with him. 807 00:35:42,580 --> 00:35:44,980 It might take one of those moments. 808 00:35:44,980 --> 00:35:47,680 What would it look like if I was authentic with people? 809 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:52,100 You can fake it for your kids. 810 00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:54,740 I don't want our kids to see us going through problems. 811 00:35:54,740 --> 00:35:56,780 No, what you need to do is let them see you go 812 00:35:56,780 --> 00:35:58,860 through problems, see how you go through problems 813 00:35:58,860 --> 00:36:01,460 and how you make up and come out of those problems. 814 00:36:01,460 --> 00:36:05,220 That's like when we go gossip to somebody. 815 00:36:05,220 --> 00:36:06,580 There's a statistic that shows 816 00:36:06,580 --> 00:36:09,540 that most wives hate their friends' husbands. 817 00:36:09,540 --> 00:36:12,540 (audience laughing) 818 00:36:12,540 --> 00:36:18,780 Most wives hate their, their friends hate their husband. 819 00:36:18,780 --> 00:36:20,020 I don't know if I said that. 820 00:36:20,020 --> 00:36:21,260 Not hate their friend's husband. 821 00:36:21,260 --> 00:36:22,340 Yeah, same thing. 822 00:36:22,340 --> 00:36:25,980 It was messed up in my head. 823 00:36:25,980 --> 00:36:28,580 So here's why, here's why. 824 00:36:28,580 --> 00:36:31,220 They will go and they will say, girl, he did this 825 00:36:31,220 --> 00:36:33,220 and he did that and he did this and he did that 826 00:36:33,220 --> 00:36:34,660 and he did this and he did that. 827 00:36:34,660 --> 00:36:36,780 And then they never go back and say, 828 00:36:36,780 --> 00:36:38,500 but you're not gonna believe how he repented 829 00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:40,020 and how God changed his heart. 830 00:36:40,020 --> 00:36:42,460 Oh my gosh, he's been a different guy. 831 00:36:42,460 --> 00:36:45,340 And so all they know is he's terrible. 832 00:36:45,340 --> 00:36:48,380 Hey, come here, how you doing? 833 00:36:48,380 --> 00:36:49,860 Good morning, right? 834 00:36:49,860 --> 00:36:52,460 (audience laughing) 835 00:36:52,460 --> 00:36:53,660 And you're like, what did I do? 836 00:36:53,660 --> 00:36:55,900 I've been following Jesus for three years now. 837 00:36:55,900 --> 00:36:57,060 Like, I don't understand it 838 00:36:57,060 --> 00:37:00,780 'cause she didn't go back and tell on him, right? 839 00:37:00,780 --> 00:37:05,860 You can fake it for your employer. 840 00:37:07,700 --> 00:37:08,900 That's a big one, man. 841 00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:10,540 A lot of people will work places 842 00:37:10,540 --> 00:37:12,660 and their boss don't know what kind of person they are, 843 00:37:12,660 --> 00:37:14,420 good or bad. 844 00:37:14,420 --> 00:37:17,140 Hide in secret sin on company time 845 00:37:17,140 --> 00:37:20,620 or a desire to pray for people, 846 00:37:20,620 --> 00:37:23,620 praying quietly in a break room, scared to death. 847 00:37:23,620 --> 00:37:28,460 Y'all know I'm telling the truth. 848 00:37:28,460 --> 00:37:30,900 But then what? 849 00:37:30,900 --> 00:37:33,940 Fake it till you make it is a lie. 850 00:37:33,940 --> 00:37:37,260 What a joke, what a dumb, what a joke. 851 00:37:37,260 --> 00:37:39,460 Don't ever tell me fake it till you make it. 852 00:37:39,460 --> 00:37:42,380 'Cause you won't. 853 00:37:42,380 --> 00:37:43,220 Why? 854 00:37:43,220 --> 00:37:45,140 'Cause you've been practicing being fake. 855 00:37:45,140 --> 00:37:46,620 How's that gonna help you be real 856 00:37:46,620 --> 00:37:48,220 by practicing being fake? 857 00:37:48,220 --> 00:37:50,820 That don't even compute. 858 00:37:50,820 --> 00:37:54,900 I've been fake so long, I've finally been real. 859 00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:57,900 (audience laughing) 860 00:37:57,900 --> 00:38:00,940 Where is that in the gospel? 861 00:38:00,940 --> 00:38:02,140 Where is that? 862 00:38:02,140 --> 00:38:05,700 We're supposed to be authentic and genuine people. 863 00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:08,540 And that even means saying, here I am, 864 00:38:08,540 --> 00:38:09,380 here's what I'm struggling with, 865 00:38:09,380 --> 00:38:11,540 here's where I'm at right now. 866 00:38:11,540 --> 00:38:13,220 I lost my mind for three days, 867 00:38:13,220 --> 00:38:14,620 I need somebody to help me. 868 00:38:14,620 --> 00:38:20,060 You'll burn out, you'll get tired 869 00:38:20,060 --> 00:38:22,940 and you'll eventually give up and give in. 870 00:38:22,940 --> 00:38:26,660 Body of Christ, it is time for us to wake up. 871 00:38:26,660 --> 00:38:32,500 Wake up and engage the culture and advance the gospel. 872 00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:36,780 It is time for us to wake up from our slumber. 873 00:38:36,780 --> 00:38:41,780 Did you notice Paul didn't stop talking 874 00:38:41,780 --> 00:38:43,380 just 'cause Eutychus fell asleep? 875 00:38:43,380 --> 00:38:47,700 It was only after he fell out of the window 876 00:38:47,700 --> 00:38:49,300 they was forced to deal with it. 877 00:38:49,300 --> 00:38:55,420 He didn't stop preaching 'cause you fell asleep. 878 00:38:55,420 --> 00:38:59,100 But when you fell out of the window, 879 00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:01,260 now we all gotta stop and go deal with it. 880 00:39:01,300 --> 00:39:02,660 Now we all gotta stop. 881 00:39:02,660 --> 00:39:06,140 You can sleep if you want to, but you're gonna miss out. 882 00:39:06,140 --> 00:39:06,980 And guess what? 883 00:39:06,980 --> 00:39:09,900 That's not helpful, I need you. 884 00:39:09,900 --> 00:39:11,860 I'm tired. 885 00:39:11,860 --> 00:39:13,940 I can't stay awake for a show. 886 00:39:13,940 --> 00:39:17,540 Everything we've been talking about 887 00:39:17,540 --> 00:39:19,740 this entire calendar year, 888 00:39:19,740 --> 00:39:23,700 we've been exploring God's word, his church, his life. 889 00:39:23,700 --> 00:39:27,620 We have had services where people had hands laid on them, 890 00:39:27,620 --> 00:39:30,180 they were filled with joy, they were filled with joy. 891 00:39:30,180 --> 00:39:31,940 They were filled with the Holy Spirit, 892 00:39:31,940 --> 00:39:33,620 we're equipped and empowered. 893 00:39:33,620 --> 00:39:36,860 We have encouraged relationship with the Holy Ghost. 894 00:39:36,860 --> 00:39:39,820 We have shown you how God desires that relationship 895 00:39:39,820 --> 00:39:42,620 to be sent out to advance the gospel. 896 00:39:42,620 --> 00:39:46,180 And instead we just sit and get comfy and let Kevin do it 897 00:39:46,180 --> 00:39:48,500 and let Barbie do it and let James do it. 898 00:39:48,500 --> 00:39:50,100 Somebody else will do it. 899 00:39:50,100 --> 00:39:52,620 You post something, hey guys, we need help doing this. 900 00:39:52,620 --> 00:39:54,220 Somebody else will sign up. 901 00:39:54,220 --> 00:39:56,900 Somebody else will show up. 902 00:39:56,900 --> 00:39:58,540 Somebody else will hold the doors. 903 00:39:58,540 --> 00:40:00,300 I don't need to help with offering. 904 00:40:00,300 --> 00:40:02,100 Somebody already does that. 905 00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:05,020 Baby, Kurt's tired of doing it. 906 00:40:05,020 --> 00:40:07,420 He's really not, Kurt don't even do it. 907 00:40:07,420 --> 00:40:08,500 Sign up, Kurt. 908 00:40:08,500 --> 00:40:11,820 (congregation laughing) 909 00:40:11,820 --> 00:40:13,900 But you know what I'm saying? 910 00:40:13,900 --> 00:40:16,820 We got that mindset, somebody else will do that. 911 00:40:16,820 --> 00:40:18,940 Somebody else has got that. 912 00:40:18,940 --> 00:40:19,780 Because guess what? 913 00:40:19,780 --> 00:40:21,660 That don't really interest me. 914 00:40:21,660 --> 00:40:26,580 I'm not interested in serving, 915 00:40:26,580 --> 00:40:28,980 I'm interested in serving where I wanna serve. 916 00:40:28,980 --> 00:40:32,100 I said it, yeah, I said it, go ahead. 917 00:40:32,100 --> 00:40:37,100 My email is kevin.oday@smert.com/theholyspirit. 918 00:40:37,100 --> 00:40:51,820 The Holy Spirit empowers us to engage in the teaching, 919 00:40:52,820 --> 00:40:57,260 to engage in the teaching, to become better equipped 920 00:40:57,260 --> 00:41:01,220 to advance the gospel and make disciples. 921 00:41:01,220 --> 00:41:06,220 The Holy Spirit empowers us to engage the teaching 922 00:41:06,220 --> 00:41:10,340 so that we are better equipped to advance the gospel 923 00:41:10,340 --> 00:41:11,780 and make disciples. 924 00:41:11,780 --> 00:41:17,980 After they picked my man up off the ground 925 00:41:17,980 --> 00:41:20,700 and carried him back upstairs, they have dinner. 926 00:41:22,100 --> 00:41:22,940 They had dinner. 927 00:41:22,940 --> 00:41:26,220 Now remember, this included a communion. 928 00:41:26,220 --> 00:41:28,580 It says they broke bread, right? 929 00:41:28,580 --> 00:41:30,780 That breaking bread is very important, 930 00:41:30,780 --> 00:41:32,780 that phrasing, they broke bread. 931 00:41:32,780 --> 00:41:34,260 It doesn't just mean our slang word, 932 00:41:34,260 --> 00:41:35,580 they broke bread, they had dinner, 933 00:41:35,580 --> 00:41:37,140 they went out to Apple, but no, 934 00:41:37,140 --> 00:41:40,500 they broke the body of Christ in remembrance. 935 00:41:40,500 --> 00:41:42,940 When they got together, they shared a meal 936 00:41:42,940 --> 00:41:45,420 and they had communion together. 937 00:41:45,420 --> 00:41:47,580 They broke bread to remind them 938 00:41:47,580 --> 00:41:49,420 of the broken body of Christ. 939 00:41:49,420 --> 00:41:52,620 They drank the wine together to remind them 940 00:41:52,620 --> 00:41:55,540 of the shed blood of Christ. 941 00:41:55,540 --> 00:41:59,500 Whenever we are tired, the Holy Spirit brings us back 942 00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:01,460 to the cross of Jesus. 943 00:42:01,460 --> 00:42:04,660 The man fell asleep. 944 00:42:04,660 --> 00:42:07,620 He died, it affected the whole congregation. 945 00:42:07,620 --> 00:42:09,540 God performed a miracle in his life 946 00:42:09,540 --> 00:42:13,380 and the first thing they did was they went and had communion. 947 00:42:13,380 --> 00:42:15,740 They went back upstairs and said, 948 00:42:15,740 --> 00:42:16,860 we need to take communion. 949 00:42:16,860 --> 00:42:17,700 Why? 950 00:42:17,700 --> 00:42:20,780 Because it recalibrates us, it centers us, 951 00:42:20,780 --> 00:42:24,380 it gets us outside of that consumer all about me mindset 952 00:42:24,380 --> 00:42:26,180 and places our focus and our vision 953 00:42:26,180 --> 00:42:28,420 on the cross of Jesus Christ. 954 00:42:28,420 --> 00:42:31,260 And we can all come because the ground is level there. 955 00:42:31,260 --> 00:42:34,300 We can all come. 956 00:42:34,300 --> 00:42:38,180 And then Paul talks for the rest of the night 957 00:42:38,180 --> 00:42:44,580 and rolls out at sunrise 958 00:42:44,580 --> 00:42:46,340 and now they gotta go back to work. 959 00:42:47,340 --> 00:42:48,980 What a night. 960 00:42:48,980 --> 00:42:51,820 And you know what's crazy? 961 00:42:51,820 --> 00:42:55,780 We have no idea what he even talked about. 962 00:42:55,780 --> 00:42:58,300 Like this is not like, 963 00:42:58,300 --> 00:43:00,340 and this is what you read in the book of Timothy. 964 00:43:00,340 --> 00:43:01,820 Like this is what they were talking about 965 00:43:01,820 --> 00:43:02,900 was the first Timothy. 966 00:43:02,900 --> 00:43:05,620 No, we have no idea what they were talking about. 967 00:43:05,620 --> 00:43:08,060 But apparently it was important enough 968 00:43:08,060 --> 00:43:10,860 that they went and had communion and he kept on talking. 969 00:43:10,860 --> 00:43:11,860 So that's why I said, 970 00:43:11,860 --> 00:43:14,500 the baby crying is not gonna stop the message 971 00:43:14,500 --> 00:43:16,860 because sometimes the word is important enough 972 00:43:16,860 --> 00:43:19,500 that any distraction, anybody that's tired, 973 00:43:19,500 --> 00:43:20,580 anybody that needs to heal, 974 00:43:20,580 --> 00:43:23,100 gonna get healed and we're gonna finish the word. 975 00:43:23,100 --> 00:43:28,060 Because the word gives life. 976 00:43:28,060 --> 00:43:31,020 In the beginning was the word, the word was with God, 977 00:43:31,020 --> 00:43:35,020 the word was not the Bible, the word, Jesus himself. 978 00:43:35,020 --> 00:43:38,940 The Bible is not the fourth member of the Trinity, 979 00:43:38,940 --> 00:43:41,980 the word of God, Jesus Christ is. 980 00:43:41,980 --> 00:43:43,860 And the word was important to Paul 981 00:43:43,860 --> 00:43:46,700 because he thought, I'm leaving tomorrow 982 00:43:46,700 --> 00:43:48,500 and I've got tonight. 983 00:43:48,500 --> 00:43:50,740 When was the last time we took advantage of, 984 00:43:50,740 --> 00:43:54,100 this might be the only time I have 985 00:43:54,100 --> 00:43:56,740 to say what I need to say to these people. 986 00:43:56,740 --> 00:43:59,380 This might be the only time I have 987 00:43:59,380 --> 00:44:01,860 to speak truth into somebody's life. 988 00:44:01,860 --> 00:44:03,700 I'll let him keep going the next time I'll get it. 989 00:44:03,700 --> 00:44:06,940 And he gets drunk and gets in a car wreck and kills himself. 990 00:44:06,940 --> 00:44:10,180 Now I know that's drastic and extreme, 991 00:44:10,180 --> 00:44:11,820 but when we take it serious, 992 00:44:11,820 --> 00:44:14,380 the ordinary everyday moments 993 00:44:14,380 --> 00:44:16,020 that God has given us in our life, 994 00:44:16,020 --> 00:44:17,740 instead we're tired and we're comfy 995 00:44:17,740 --> 00:44:20,900 or I'm not really interested or I'm only interested in myself 996 00:44:20,900 --> 00:44:22,260 and so we miss it. 997 00:44:22,260 --> 00:44:26,460 We miss it because we're sleepy and we're dozing 998 00:44:26,460 --> 00:44:30,300 and it's time for the body of Christ to wake up. 999 00:44:30,300 --> 00:44:31,140 Wake up! 1000 00:44:31,140 --> 00:44:34,380 Worship team, would you come out? 1001 00:44:34,380 --> 00:44:39,740 I'm tired. 1002 00:44:41,420 --> 00:44:44,020 Straight up, man's jacket wearing me out right now. 1003 00:44:44,020 --> 00:44:45,900 I ain't comfortable. 1004 00:44:45,900 --> 00:44:51,980 Are you tired? 1005 00:44:51,980 --> 00:44:54,100 I get tired sometimes. 1006 00:44:54,100 --> 00:44:57,460 It's okay to be tired. 1007 00:44:57,460 --> 00:44:59,420 I'm not saying like, this is not, 1008 00:44:59,420 --> 00:45:02,380 you should always be full of energy. 1009 00:45:02,380 --> 00:45:03,220 No. 1010 00:45:03,220 --> 00:45:08,180 But when I'm tired, I have to be aware that I'm tired. 1011 00:45:08,180 --> 00:45:10,420 Humans have this innate ability 1012 00:45:10,420 --> 00:45:12,340 to think about what we're thinking about 1013 00:45:12,340 --> 00:45:14,540 and you can recognize seasons where you're like, 1014 00:45:14,540 --> 00:45:17,300 God, I'm exhausted and I need rest 1015 00:45:17,300 --> 00:45:18,580 because I wanna pay attention 1016 00:45:18,580 --> 00:45:19,940 to the things that you have for me. 1017 00:45:19,940 --> 00:45:23,060 I wanna see other people's needs, but God, I'm tired. 1018 00:45:23,060 --> 00:45:24,500 I am not just physically tired. 1019 00:45:24,500 --> 00:45:25,900 I am emotionally drained. 1020 00:45:25,900 --> 00:45:27,980 I have been stressed out. 1021 00:45:27,980 --> 00:45:31,740 We just went through an extremely stressful political season. 1022 00:45:31,740 --> 00:45:35,900 Dear God, what a time to be alive. 1023 00:45:35,900 --> 00:45:37,980 Stress me how? 1024 00:45:37,980 --> 00:45:40,540 All my YouTube thumbnails, I'm like, can I get back 1025 00:45:40,540 --> 00:45:43,140 to football and that's stressing me out. 1026 00:45:43,140 --> 00:45:48,420 World almost ended for so many people. 1027 00:45:48,420 --> 00:45:50,100 There are global conflicts. 1028 00:45:50,100 --> 00:45:51,620 It is a stressful time and then see, 1029 00:45:51,620 --> 00:45:53,440 we can get tired real easy. 1030 00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:56,380 It's real easy to get tired. 1031 00:45:56,380 --> 00:45:59,140 And what does Jesus say? 1032 00:45:59,140 --> 00:46:00,420 Hey, come to me. 1033 00:46:00,420 --> 00:46:02,460 Don't run to anything else. 1034 00:46:02,460 --> 00:46:04,500 Come to me and I'll give you rest 1035 00:46:04,500 --> 00:46:06,140 so you can get back to work 1036 00:46:06,140 --> 00:46:08,540 so that we can get back in the fight 1037 00:46:08,540 --> 00:46:11,500 'cause the gates of hell are not gonna stop the gospel. 1038 00:46:11,500 --> 00:46:14,580 But I need you to do it. 1039 00:46:14,580 --> 00:46:16,540 You know, when Jesus said, 1040 00:46:16,540 --> 00:46:18,980 greater things you'll do than me, 1041 00:46:18,980 --> 00:46:21,100 he didn't mean you're gonna walk through walls 1042 00:46:21,100 --> 00:46:23,920 and you're gonna be raising everybody from the dead. 1043 00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:28,920 No, what he meant was I can only be in one place 1044 00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:33,300 at one time and I gotta walk everywhere I'm gonna go. 1045 00:46:33,300 --> 00:46:36,420 But when I go, I'm sending my spirit 1046 00:46:36,420 --> 00:46:39,620 and he's gonna be in you and you and you and you and you 1047 00:46:39,620 --> 00:46:40,460 and you and you and you and you. 1048 00:46:40,460 --> 00:46:41,300 And guess what? 1049 00:46:41,300 --> 00:46:44,600 You can go and you can go and you can go 1050 00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:47,420 and we are collectively a lot greater force 1051 00:46:47,420 --> 00:46:49,380 than Jesus the Christ on earth 1052 00:46:49,380 --> 00:46:51,240 being in one place by himself. 1053 00:46:51,240 --> 00:46:54,020 So greater things you'll do than me, why? 1054 00:46:54,020 --> 00:46:55,500 'Cause you're gonna advance the gospel 1055 00:46:55,500 --> 00:46:57,820 and bring more people back into my family, 1056 00:46:57,820 --> 00:47:02,160 back into the family, back into the family. 1057 00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:04,720 What if you're comfortable? 1058 00:47:04,720 --> 00:47:06,240 Are you too comfortable? 1059 00:47:06,240 --> 00:47:07,700 You got lazy in your walk? 1060 00:47:07,700 --> 00:47:10,120 You just relax, you're just chilled out. 1061 00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:12,320 Man, I got this, I'm good, I'm in a good season. 1062 00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:14,560 It's okay to be in a good place. 1063 00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:15,560 Don't get comfy. 1064 00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:18,660 Have you lost interest? 1065 00:47:18,660 --> 00:47:21,640 Are you even interested in advancing the gospel? 1066 00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:23,960 Are you even interested in becoming a disciple? 1067 00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:25,420 Are you even interested in making, 1068 00:47:25,420 --> 00:47:27,000 do you even know what that means? 1069 00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:28,080 Well, guess what? 1070 00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:29,960 Today's the day. 1071 00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:33,900 (gentle music) 1072 00:47:33,900 --> 00:47:35,560 Are you disengaged, are you detached, 1073 00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:38,860 are you simply faking it and acting like you don't care? 1074 00:47:38,860 --> 00:47:39,880 Well, it's time to wake up 1075 00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:41,760 and come back to the table of grace. 1076 00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:43,960 The table of grace is what centers us. 1077 00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:48,120 It recalibrates us and it allows us to focus 1078 00:47:48,120 --> 00:47:49,600 on the reason why we started the race. 1079 00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:51,880 Can I get some elders and prayer partners 1080 00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:53,220 to come down, please? 1081 00:47:53,220 --> 00:47:59,000 I love what Paul says here 1082 00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:02,200 because if you're tired and if you've gotten lazy 1083 00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:05,280 or you've gotten comfortable or you're not interested 1084 00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:07,620 or you're disengaged or you're faking it, 1085 00:48:07,620 --> 00:48:10,340 look what Paul says about the man who fell asleep, 1086 00:48:10,340 --> 00:48:12,200 taking him in his arms. 1087 00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:15,400 He said, "Don't be alarmed, his life is in him 1088 00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:17,160 "and life is in you." 1089 00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:19,960 So you may have dozed off, you may have stopped caring. 1090 00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:20,900 Well, guess what? 1091 00:48:20,900 --> 00:48:24,880 Life is still in you and you can wake up. 1092 00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:26,040 It's not too late. 1093 00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:27,560 You didn't fall out of the window. 1094 00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:30,540 You're not dead, you're under the sound of my voice 1095 00:48:30,540 --> 00:48:31,800 so I know you're under the sound 1096 00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:33,720 and the conviction of the Holy Spirit as well. 1097 00:48:33,720 --> 00:48:37,360 So you have the opportunity to come to this altar 1098 00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:39,780 and say, "God, I wanna wake up. 1099 00:48:39,780 --> 00:48:41,280 "I wanna get back in the fight. 1100 00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:45,780 "I'm tired, I'm comfy, I don't really care much, 1101 00:48:45,780 --> 00:48:50,720 "I'm disengaged, I need your help, Holy Spirit." 1102 00:48:50,720 --> 00:48:53,080 And so if that's you, I invite you to come today. 1103 00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:56,000 And if it's not you, then I want you to worship 1104 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:58,480 and pray for those that have said, "Yes, I'm tired. 1105 00:48:58,480 --> 00:48:59,720 "Yes, I'm comfy. 1106 00:48:59,720 --> 00:49:01,540 "Yes, I'm not interested." 1107 00:49:01,540 --> 00:49:05,920 Because all of the brothers went down with Paul 1108 00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:08,800 and all of them went back up together 1109 00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:12,480 and were on fire at what God was doing. 1110 00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:17,140 So no matter what side of the coin you're on this morning, 1111 00:49:17,140 --> 00:49:19,500 you are responsible to respond. 1112 00:49:19,500 --> 00:49:21,520 Let's worship.