1 00:00:30,259 --> 00:00:31,379 Is its mission program. 2 00:00:32,659 --> 00:00:33,699 That's a vital sign. 3 00:00:33,699 --> 00:00:36,499 You ever gone to the doctor and they take your vital signs. 4 00:00:37,219 --> 00:00:40,739 I don't like where they weigh you, but I like it when they take 5 00:00:40,739 --> 00:00:43,299 your blood pressure and all that stuff and they say, hey, you're 6 00:00:43,299 --> 00:00:44,179 doing pretty good. 7 00:00:44,739 --> 00:00:49,619 But the mark of a healthy church and a live church. 8 00:00:49,619 --> 00:00:54,019 A living church is a church that's sounding out the gospel as 9 00:00:54,019 --> 00:00:54,899 far as it can. 10 00:00:55,059 --> 00:00:58,269 And have any ever looked inside of an airplane cockpit, A 11 00:00:58,269 --> 00:01:00,189 big airplane like a 747? 12 00:01:00,429 --> 00:01:02,109 Anybody ever peek through the door? 13 00:01:02,349 --> 00:01:03,389 What does it look like? 14 00:01:03,709 --> 00:01:04,429 Look at that. 15 00:01:05,309 --> 00:01:07,229 Can you imagine flying an airplane? 16 00:01:07,229 --> 00:01:09,469 And they say, now keep an eye on the gauges. 17 00:01:11,869 --> 00:01:14,189 Well, it's kind of like pasturing. 18 00:01:15,549 --> 00:01:19,709 There's a lot of gauges recently I did this just for our 19 00:01:19,709 --> 00:01:20,429 staff here. 20 00:01:20,589 --> 00:01:20,849 And. 21 00:01:20,999 --> 00:01:23,799 And that's not all of them, but each one of those represents 22 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,719 a ministry in this church, Things that people are doing. 23 00:01:28,439 --> 00:01:33,279 And it was kind of a surprise for people to see it like that all 24 00:01:33,279 --> 00:01:34,039 at one place. 25 00:01:34,519 --> 00:01:37,679 And that's part of pastoring is how we doing in this area? 26 00:01:37,679 --> 00:01:42,839 How are we doing in this area that says Sunday school and youth 27 00:01:42,839 --> 00:01:46,519 ministry and children's ministry and missions and counseling 28 00:01:46,519 --> 00:01:49,969 and special days and funerals and weddings and kitchen. 29 00:01:49,969 --> 00:01:51,849 And it just goes on and on and on. 30 00:01:51,849 --> 00:01:57,089 I never even counted them, but I'm sure because those are just based 31 00:01:57,089 --> 00:02:01,729 on what I could see and just being here a very short time. 32 00:02:02,289 --> 00:02:05,169 But I want you to keep that picture in your mind. 33 00:02:05,809 --> 00:02:09,409 And there's no ministry that is not important. 34 00:02:10,449 --> 00:02:12,649 And so they're all connected. 35 00:02:12,649 --> 00:02:16,719 You can't see the lines, but if you could come up here, you'd 36 00:02:16,719 --> 00:02:19,159 see each one of them has a line going to the other. 37 00:02:19,159 --> 00:02:21,559 So they're all connected. 38 00:02:22,199 --> 00:02:23,879 And so there's a lot to pray about. 39 00:02:24,439 --> 00:02:26,839 And if you're not involved, somebody ought to. 40 00:02:26,839 --> 00:02:31,479 If anybody asks you what do you do at that church, you ought 41 00:02:31,479 --> 00:02:34,399 to be able to tell them there's something that you do other 42 00:02:34,399 --> 00:02:34,999 than sit. 43 00:02:34,999 --> 00:02:38,199 Thank God we have some that sit, some that come and listen. 44 00:02:38,519 --> 00:02:39,719 But I think everybody. 45 00:02:39,719 --> 00:02:40,599 Because you're a part. 46 00:02:40,599 --> 00:02:44,629 You know, Paul said a church is like a physical body, and there's 47 00:02:44,629 --> 00:02:46,269 a lot of parts in our body. 48 00:02:46,829 --> 00:02:48,669 And so you need to be connected. 49 00:02:48,669 --> 00:02:52,189 And so if you never have or you're not sure, most people say, 50 00:02:52,189 --> 00:02:53,349 well, I couldn't do anything. 51 00:02:53,349 --> 00:02:54,349 You'd be surprised. 52 00:02:54,989 --> 00:02:57,629 And God sets you in a church for a reason. 53 00:02:58,589 --> 00:03:00,109 Okay, for a reason. 54 00:03:00,109 --> 00:03:03,909 A lot of people go a long time in their life and they never figured 55 00:03:03,909 --> 00:03:06,749 out really what does God want me to do? 56 00:03:07,349 --> 00:03:12,629 At the Heritage Baptist Church, there's three ways to look 57 00:03:12,629 --> 00:03:17,069 at the church as far as our connection to God. 58 00:03:17,069 --> 00:03:21,349 There's the upreach that's looking up, that's worship. 59 00:03:22,229 --> 00:03:26,629 Then there's the inreach that's caring about each other here 60 00:03:26,629 --> 00:03:28,389 in the church, discipleship. 61 00:03:29,269 --> 00:03:34,479 And then there's the outreach reaching people with the gospel. 62 00:03:35,359 --> 00:03:39,639 If we don't have a good inreach and people aren't being rooted 63 00:03:39,639 --> 00:03:42,959 and deep and growing in their life, it's not going to be a very 64 00:03:42,959 --> 00:03:44,079 effective mission. 65 00:03:45,199 --> 00:03:48,918 And if there's no worship, if people don't just can't wait to get 66 00:03:48,918 --> 00:03:52,359 to church to worship God, there is something more important 67 00:03:52,359 --> 00:03:53,119 than the work. 68 00:03:53,279 --> 00:03:54,319 That's the worship. 69 00:03:55,759 --> 00:03:57,279 That's the way God designed it. 70 00:03:57,279 --> 00:03:58,079 You worship. 71 00:03:58,729 --> 00:04:03,649 And when we worship God, we get so filled with the glory and 72 00:04:03,649 --> 00:04:07,729 greatness and goodness and grace of God that we want to tell 73 00:04:07,729 --> 00:04:09,449 somebody, okay? 74 00:04:09,689 --> 00:04:12,409 So it all comes out of that. 75 00:04:13,449 --> 00:04:17,409 And so each year I think we have the mission conference and then 76 00:04:17,409 --> 00:04:21,409 there's several other emphasis like today, super Sunday to keep 77 00:04:21,409 --> 00:04:21,929 missions. 78 00:04:22,729 --> 00:04:26,069 First, there's only the Great Commission. 79 00:04:26,549 --> 00:04:28,869 There's only thing greater than the Great Commission. 80 00:04:28,869 --> 00:04:31,589 Now listen, is the Great Commissioner. 81 00:04:35,749 --> 00:04:36,549 Who's that? 82 00:04:37,429 --> 00:04:38,949 Who's the Great Commissioner? 83 00:04:40,789 --> 00:04:41,189 Christ. 84 00:04:42,389 --> 00:04:45,429 And he didn't just give it to all Christians in general, he gave 85 00:04:45,429 --> 00:04:46,469 it to his church. 86 00:04:46,869 --> 00:04:52,159 He only started one church and that's the church that we are to 87 00:04:52,239 --> 00:04:52,799 pattern. 88 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:56,879 This church after is the church that Jesus started, okay, 89 00:04:57,039 --> 00:04:59,839 which was primarily identified by doctrine. 90 00:05:00,879 --> 00:05:04,319 Did you know that Baptists are the only really denomination? 91 00:05:04,319 --> 00:05:07,439 And I know we don't go to heaven by being in the right denomination. 92 00:05:07,999 --> 00:05:11,799 I know that's all come from people messing up on teaching and 93 00:05:11,799 --> 00:05:13,919 passing down and all that kind of stuff. 94 00:05:14,479 --> 00:05:16,839 But you know, Baptist is the only one that believes you can't 95 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:17,839 lose your salvation. 96 00:05:19,329 --> 00:05:21,249 They believe once you're saved, you're saved forever. 97 00:05:21,249 --> 00:05:23,089 Because we're not saved by works. 98 00:05:23,969 --> 00:05:26,449 If we were works, then we wouldn't know for sure. 99 00:05:26,449 --> 00:05:30,809 But if it's a gift as the Bible says it is, then we can know. 100 00:05:30,809 --> 00:05:35,809 But the Great Commissioner, just before Jesus gave the Great 101 00:05:35,809 --> 00:05:41,089 Commission, in Matthew 28, the Bible says in verse 17 that they 102 00:05:41,089 --> 00:05:42,049 worshiped him. 103 00:05:42,369 --> 00:05:45,999 Did you know that's just few verses right above go into all the 104 00:05:45,999 --> 00:05:47,399 world and preach the gospel. 105 00:05:47,639 --> 00:05:49,639 It says they worshiped him. 106 00:05:50,519 --> 00:05:53,159 And that is what motivated them. 107 00:05:53,399 --> 00:05:57,879 That's what catapulted them into the greatest work they could 108 00:05:57,879 --> 00:05:58,999 ever be involved with. 109 00:05:59,319 --> 00:06:01,959 So there's a great alignment this way. 110 00:06:02,999 --> 00:06:08,119 There Is a great assignment that we're to teach the word of God 111 00:06:08,999 --> 00:06:09,639 as a church. 112 00:06:09,639 --> 00:06:13,279 We're to edify each other, we're to build up each other. 113 00:06:14,239 --> 00:06:15,759 We're to teach the word of God. 114 00:06:15,759 --> 00:06:17,599 We're to disciple new Christians. 115 00:06:18,239 --> 00:06:20,439 So there's the assignment. 116 00:06:20,439 --> 00:06:25,399 First, the alignment worship, the assignment, the church, and then 117 00:06:25,399 --> 00:06:26,879 there's the great attachment. 118 00:06:26,879 --> 00:06:27,758 What is that? 119 00:06:28,559 --> 00:06:34,159 Go ye into all the world and lo, I am with you always. 120 00:06:36,079 --> 00:06:39,199 If there's no God, there's no low. 121 00:06:39,759 --> 00:06:40,399 Okay? 122 00:06:41,039 --> 00:06:42,639 I mean, that's what Jesus said. 123 00:06:42,639 --> 00:06:43,839 That's the context. 124 00:06:44,479 --> 00:06:48,079 Jesus said, I'm gonna be with you when you're doing what I told 125 00:06:48,079 --> 00:06:52,079 you to do, which is the great, great commission. 126 00:06:52,799 --> 00:06:54,719 But everything comes out of worship. 127 00:06:54,719 --> 00:07:00,079 There's the outflow and the inflow and the overflow. 128 00:07:00,879 --> 00:07:04,599 You see, we ought to be living so close to Christ that our cup's 129 00:07:04,599 --> 00:07:09,279 running over and people are coming to get a drink because of 130 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:09,999 the overflow. 131 00:07:10,239 --> 00:07:12,399 Is your life overflowing right now? 132 00:07:12,479 --> 00:07:15,439 Could you say with David, my cup runneth over. 133 00:07:16,639 --> 00:07:17,919 I hope you can do that. 134 00:07:19,519 --> 00:07:22,119 You know, in the book of Psalm 40, we'll get to our text here in 135 00:07:22,119 --> 00:07:22,719 just a moment. 136 00:07:22,719 --> 00:07:25,199 But in Psalm 40, you remember that. 137 00:07:25,199 --> 00:07:26,719 It's a very wonderful verse. 138 00:07:26,719 --> 00:07:32,489 It says, he brought me up also out of an horrible pit and set my 139 00:07:32,489 --> 00:07:33,849 feet upon a rock. 140 00:07:34,489 --> 00:07:35,929 You know what it says after that? 141 00:07:36,969 --> 00:07:39,289 And he established my goings. 142 00:07:41,049 --> 00:07:41,849 Goings? 143 00:07:42,169 --> 00:07:45,209 Yes, he brought you up to send you out. 144 00:07:46,089 --> 00:07:47,449 That's why he saved you. 145 00:07:48,249 --> 00:07:51,529 If he didn't need you to do anything when you got saved, you'd 146 00:07:51,529 --> 00:07:52,489 go straight to heaven. 147 00:07:53,289 --> 00:07:55,529 Every time somebody got saved, they'd die. 148 00:07:57,119 --> 00:07:58,639 That wouldn't be so good, would it? 149 00:08:01,039 --> 00:08:04,559 But he brought you up to send you out. 150 00:08:05,519 --> 00:08:06,719 Are you doing anything? 151 00:08:08,639 --> 00:08:09,439 What are you doing? 152 00:08:10,639 --> 00:08:11,838 What on earth are you doing? 153 00:08:11,838 --> 00:08:18,119 For heaven's sake, go as far as you can, then give, then send 154 00:08:18,119 --> 00:08:18,959 someone else. 155 00:08:20,079 --> 00:08:25,969 Further, the question, ladies and gentlemen, is not are the heathen 156 00:08:25,969 --> 00:08:27,929 who have never heard really lost? 157 00:08:28,729 --> 00:08:33,129 No, the question is, are those who never tell really saved? 158 00:08:34,409 --> 00:08:38,929 You may need to learn more about how to tell and all those kind 159 00:08:38,929 --> 00:08:39,369 of things. 160 00:08:40,329 --> 00:08:45,569 But if you don't want to tell, we can teach you the how to, but 161 00:08:45,569 --> 00:08:46,969 we can't teach you the want to. 162 00:08:48,609 --> 00:08:53,209 I think one of the marks of a truly born again Christian is they 163 00:08:53,209 --> 00:08:54,689 want somebody else to know too. 164 00:08:55,169 --> 00:08:56,289 Start with my family. 165 00:08:56,449 --> 00:08:58,529 I want all my family to go to heaven. 166 00:08:59,169 --> 00:09:01,889 I don't want to be some of my family missing in heaven. 167 00:09:06,769 --> 00:09:13,009 When Jesus was 12 years old, he had been missing for a little 168 00:09:13,009 --> 00:09:13,329 while. 169 00:09:14,729 --> 00:09:17,809 Mary And Joseph were traveling and he stayed behind. 170 00:09:17,809 --> 00:09:20,049 He didn't tell them, and that's another story. 171 00:09:20,049 --> 00:09:21,249 But man, they panicked. 172 00:09:21,249 --> 00:09:25,089 And they had gone a day before they realized he wasn't there. 173 00:09:25,089 --> 00:09:28,929 Because they traveled in big caravan, maybe sometimes up to a 174 00:09:28,929 --> 00:09:29,329 hundred people. 175 00:09:29,329 --> 00:09:33,289 So it'd be easy maybe to lose someone, lose a child. 176 00:09:33,449 --> 00:09:35,649 Oh, you've seen Jesus? 177 00:09:35,649 --> 00:09:36,609 No, I thought you had him. 178 00:09:36,609 --> 00:09:37,569 Well, I thought you had him. 179 00:09:37,569 --> 00:09:38,569 It's not my responsibility. 180 00:09:39,969 --> 00:09:43,369 Anyway, they went back a day there, a day back, and they found 181 00:09:43,369 --> 00:09:43,889 Jesus. 182 00:09:44,929 --> 00:09:51,209 He was 12 years old and he was speaking in the synagogue to all 183 00:09:51,209 --> 00:09:53,569 the olders, the elders, the older people. 184 00:09:54,849 --> 00:09:59,089 And when Mary and Joseph found him, they said, what are you doing? 185 00:09:59,089 --> 00:10:02,969 If you allow me to paraphrase it for just a second, you know what 186 00:10:02,969 --> 00:10:03,409 he said? 187 00:10:04,289 --> 00:10:06,049 He said, no, you're not. 188 00:10:06,769 --> 00:10:09,089 I must be about my father's business. 189 00:10:11,729 --> 00:10:13,649 My father's a 12 year old. 190 00:10:13,649 --> 00:10:17,009 I must be about my father's business. 191 00:10:19,009 --> 00:10:26,129 But then, just before he left this earth after the resurrection, 192 00:10:26,929 --> 00:10:33,679 he looked at his church and he said, you're the light of the world. 193 00:10:34,879 --> 00:10:37,119 He already said, I'm the light of the world. 194 00:10:38,159 --> 00:10:42,679 But now he's telling his church, you are the light of the 195 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:42,959 world. 196 00:10:44,639 --> 00:10:50,319 In other words, he said, I'm turning the business over to you 197 00:10:52,719 --> 00:10:54,479 as the Father hath sent me. 198 00:10:56,319 --> 00:10:59,359 Jesus said, so send I you. 199 00:11:00,879 --> 00:11:03,679 He turned the business over to you to me. 200 00:11:04,799 --> 00:11:06,559 So I want to preach on this subject. 201 00:11:07,359 --> 00:11:08,959 Why don't you mind your own business? 202 00:11:11,039 --> 00:11:11,519 Amen. 203 00:11:11,519 --> 00:11:13,279 That's a question that needs to be answered. 204 00:11:13,439 --> 00:11:18,039 Can you imagine Jesus had a men's meeting, business meeting and 205 00:11:18,039 --> 00:11:21,079 they're all gathered around the table with their computers and 206 00:11:21,079 --> 00:11:21,359 everything. 207 00:11:21,359 --> 00:11:25,429 I know that's a little silly, but can you imagine Jesus talking 208 00:11:25,429 --> 00:11:30,389 to them and telling them about the greatest business in the world? 209 00:11:31,909 --> 00:11:34,949 There's no business like God's business. 210 00:11:35,829 --> 00:11:38,389 That's the only thing that really going to count in eternity. 211 00:11:39,989 --> 00:11:43,869 And yet we give so little percentage of our thoughts and our 212 00:11:43,869 --> 00:11:48,629 time and even our money to get involved with things that's going 213 00:11:48,629 --> 00:11:49,429 to last forever. 214 00:11:54,479 --> 00:11:55,839 Why don't you mind your own business? 215 00:12:00,399 --> 00:12:02,879 What about this business that we are in? 216 00:12:04,719 --> 00:12:08,999 Well, it's owned and operated by God the Father, God the Son and 217 00:12:08,999 --> 00:12:10,079 God the Holy Spirit. 218 00:12:12,479 --> 00:12:17,769 It's his business planned, actually planned before the foundation 219 00:12:17,769 --> 00:12:18,369 of the world. 220 00:12:18,369 --> 00:12:22,129 Did you know the Bible says before God created the world, he 221 00:12:22,129 --> 00:12:25,289 had a plan of how you and I could be saved. 222 00:12:25,609 --> 00:12:28,889 Because he was omniscient. 223 00:12:28,889 --> 00:12:32,249 He knew we were gonna need a savior. 224 00:12:33,209 --> 00:12:38,369 He gave Adam a free choice and Eve right there weren't predestined 225 00:12:38,369 --> 00:12:40,009 some to heaven and some to hell. 226 00:12:41,219 --> 00:12:43,499 If that was the case, he would have never told Adam. 227 00:12:43,499 --> 00:12:45,379 Now, stay away from that tree over there. 228 00:12:46,179 --> 00:12:47,699 In other words, he had a choice. 229 00:12:48,739 --> 00:12:51,219 He made the wrong choice, right? 230 00:12:52,659 --> 00:12:54,739 And plunged man into sin. 231 00:12:55,139 --> 00:13:00,779 But before even the world was created, God so loved us and the 232 00:13:00,779 --> 00:13:03,619 world that he had a plan. 233 00:13:03,699 --> 00:13:06,499 And it all worked out according to his plan. 234 00:13:08,359 --> 00:13:10,199 But now it's a family business. 235 00:13:11,399 --> 00:13:14,039 There's only two families in the world. 236 00:13:15,159 --> 00:13:16,759 Sin gets you into one family. 237 00:13:17,399 --> 00:13:19,479 Salvation gets you into the other family. 238 00:13:21,719 --> 00:13:22,399 Jesus. 239 00:13:22,399 --> 00:13:23,319 Sometimes we. 240 00:13:23,719 --> 00:13:26,399 We picture Jesus a little different maybe than what? 241 00:13:26,399 --> 00:13:26,839 The Bible. 242 00:13:26,839 --> 00:13:28,679 Because we don't know the Bible like we should. 243 00:13:29,639 --> 00:13:31,919 But Jesus even told a bunch of people. 244 00:13:31,919 --> 00:13:33,959 He said, you of your father, the devil. 245 00:13:35,339 --> 00:13:37,019 Jesus would say something like that. 246 00:13:37,099 --> 00:13:37,699 Oh, yeah. 247 00:13:37,699 --> 00:13:41,339 He said a lot of things that might raise our eyebrows. 248 00:13:44,699 --> 00:13:45,419 There's only. 249 00:13:46,459 --> 00:13:49,579 I heard a priest say one time, there's only two kinds of people, 250 00:13:49,579 --> 00:13:51,099 the saints and the ain'ts. 251 00:13:53,899 --> 00:13:57,539 But we can't boast about us being one of the saints of God because 252 00:13:57,539 --> 00:13:59,499 it's by grace that we're saved. 253 00:14:00,779 --> 00:14:02,299 He didn't award it to us. 254 00:14:02,459 --> 00:14:06,779 Salvation's not a reward for being a good person. 255 00:14:09,019 --> 00:14:10,139 It's by grace. 256 00:14:12,619 --> 00:14:15,659 And when you're saved, you inherit the business. 257 00:14:16,539 --> 00:14:18,299 As a church, you inherit the business. 258 00:14:20,459 --> 00:14:22,179 By the way, this is another sermon. 259 00:14:22,179 --> 00:14:25,979 But Jesus gave the authority to carry out the Great Commission 260 00:14:25,979 --> 00:14:29,429 to the church, not to just all Christians. 261 00:14:31,349 --> 00:14:35,109 People who just kind of go out on their own, start their own religion 262 00:14:35,109 --> 00:14:38,909 or their own church and start taking on this and doing that and 263 00:14:38,909 --> 00:14:39,189 all. 264 00:14:39,269 --> 00:14:41,029 They don't have the authority to do that. 265 00:14:41,909 --> 00:14:44,709 I'm not saying we're better than anybody else. 266 00:14:44,709 --> 00:14:46,269 I'm saying all Baptists are saved. 267 00:14:46,269 --> 00:14:47,909 A lot of Baptists aren't even saved. 268 00:14:48,709 --> 00:14:52,589 You're not saved by being a Baptist or a Methodist or a Catholic 269 00:14:52,589 --> 00:14:53,589 or anything else. 270 00:14:55,039 --> 00:14:59,679 But when you get saved by the grace of God, you become an heir 271 00:15:00,399 --> 00:15:01,199 to the business. 272 00:15:02,799 --> 00:15:04,239 And here's something else. 273 00:15:04,399 --> 00:15:10,319 After you're saved and you get into the business of winning souls 274 00:15:10,399 --> 00:15:15,719 and sharing the gospel around the world, you get to own stock in 275 00:15:15,719 --> 00:15:16,239 that business. 276 00:15:18,399 --> 00:15:19,039 Amen. 277 00:15:20,489 --> 00:15:22,009 You get to invest in it. 278 00:15:23,289 --> 00:15:27,209 Maybe you right now not be able to invest your money in the 279 00:15:27,209 --> 00:15:29,289 markets and stock markets and all that. 280 00:15:29,769 --> 00:15:35,049 I'm not saying you should or you shouldn't, but I'm saying that 281 00:15:35,369 --> 00:15:42,969 as a Christian, when you pray, when you give to missions, when you 282 00:15:42,969 --> 00:15:48,249 encourage a missionary, when you say, brother Joe and Amy, we're 283 00:15:48,249 --> 00:15:49,169 glad you're here. 284 00:15:49,649 --> 00:15:53,009 We don't have a missionary where you're going, I hope we can. 285 00:15:54,049 --> 00:15:55,369 And that encourages them. 286 00:15:55,369 --> 00:15:59,049 And every time you do that, encourage any missionary, you're 287 00:15:59,049 --> 00:16:02,369 investing in the business. 288 00:16:04,369 --> 00:16:07,729 Every prayer, every penny. 289 00:16:08,929 --> 00:16:10,129 And here's something else. 290 00:16:10,369 --> 00:16:11,409 There's no risk. 291 00:16:13,399 --> 00:16:15,839 A lot of people don't want to invest their money in this world 292 00:16:15,839 --> 00:16:18,599 and the economy because it's kind of risky. 293 00:16:21,319 --> 00:16:25,479 Remember, most of us are very familiar with the stock market crash 294 00:16:26,679 --> 00:16:28,199 in history years ago. 295 00:16:29,559 --> 00:16:33,079 And people committed suicide. 296 00:16:33,079 --> 00:16:37,759 And men with suits and ties and coats stood in bread lines for 297 00:16:37,759 --> 00:16:39,479 a little bit of bread and some soup. 298 00:16:40,709 --> 00:16:42,229 You say that'll never happen here. 299 00:16:44,229 --> 00:16:44,949 I don't know. 300 00:16:45,909 --> 00:16:48,709 Our economy is kind of teetering right now. 301 00:16:49,429 --> 00:16:50,549 But I tell you what. 302 00:16:51,429 --> 00:16:52,949 I'd rather be on God's economy. 303 00:16:54,549 --> 00:16:55,429 His is different. 304 00:16:56,229 --> 00:16:56,989 Put me first. 305 00:16:56,989 --> 00:16:57,749 I'll take care. 306 00:16:57,749 --> 00:16:59,669 Don't worry about what you eat, drink, put on. 307 00:16:59,989 --> 00:17:03,669 Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all 308 00:17:03,669 --> 00:17:04,389 these things. 309 00:17:04,709 --> 00:17:07,579 We don't have to live in worry and fear and frustration. 310 00:17:09,339 --> 00:17:10,379 But there's no risk. 311 00:17:13,499 --> 00:17:17,899 And it's the most important business in all the world. 312 00:17:18,539 --> 00:17:20,619 There's no business like God's business. 313 00:17:21,979 --> 00:17:23,739 The business of reaching souls. 314 00:17:23,739 --> 00:17:24,699 Eternal souls. 315 00:17:24,859 --> 00:17:30,939 What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose 316 00:17:30,939 --> 00:17:32,709 his own soul? 317 00:17:33,509 --> 00:17:38,349 Can you imagine having a mansion and a three car garage and 318 00:17:38,349 --> 00:17:40,909 swimming pool and all this kind of stuff? 319 00:17:40,909 --> 00:17:42,709 And there's nothing wrong with having those. 320 00:17:43,109 --> 00:17:49,069 But if that's all a man has, what about when he dies? 321 00:17:49,069 --> 00:17:50,229 What about his soul? 322 00:17:53,989 --> 00:17:55,509 It's an unfailing business. 323 00:17:57,029 --> 00:17:59,589 The gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 324 00:18:00,989 --> 00:18:02,029 It's never going to crash. 325 00:18:02,029 --> 00:18:03,149 Like the stock market. 326 00:18:03,789 --> 00:18:05,949 A lot of churches, unfortunately. 327 00:18:05,949 --> 00:18:06,989 Now listen to me. 328 00:18:08,909 --> 00:18:09,949 Too many of them. 329 00:18:10,509 --> 00:18:12,429 A lot of churches have gone out of business. 330 00:18:13,469 --> 00:18:15,629 And some are on the verge of going out of business. 331 00:18:18,669 --> 00:18:19,509 Ichabod. 332 00:18:19,509 --> 00:18:21,789 That means the glory of God hath departed. 333 00:18:22,669 --> 00:18:25,309 Can you imagine being in a church where God left? 334 00:18:27,279 --> 00:18:27,759 Makes me. 335 00:18:28,879 --> 00:18:33,639 It gives me a chill to think we'd sit in a church and sing and 336 00:18:33,639 --> 00:18:35,599 worship and give and God's not even there. 337 00:18:36,479 --> 00:18:37,359 Ichabod. 338 00:18:38,879 --> 00:18:39,999 They're going out of business. 339 00:18:40,239 --> 00:18:41,199 A lot of them already have. 340 00:18:41,199 --> 00:18:41,999 You know why? 341 00:18:42,319 --> 00:18:47,199 Because they got out of the most important business of reaching 342 00:18:47,199 --> 00:18:50,559 souls and sending missionaries. 343 00:18:52,249 --> 00:18:54,169 You see, you either are a go or a sender. 344 00:18:55,289 --> 00:18:56,729 That's the only choice you got. 345 00:18:58,089 --> 00:19:00,729 You say, well, God doesn't call everybody to be a missionary. 346 00:19:00,889 --> 00:19:04,009 I think he calls everybody to be willing to be a missionary. 347 00:19:04,649 --> 00:19:06,689 But I think we're talking about four missions. 348 00:19:06,689 --> 00:19:08,929 I think in a real sense, you are a missionary. 349 00:19:08,929 --> 00:19:09,689 If you're saved. 350 00:19:10,329 --> 00:19:11,929 You're a missionary to Haslett. 351 00:19:11,929 --> 00:19:13,329 You're a missionary to Fort Worth. 352 00:19:13,329 --> 00:19:14,609 You're a missionary to Dallas. 353 00:19:14,609 --> 00:19:16,489 You're a missionary as far as you can go. 354 00:19:17,699 --> 00:19:18,579 You're a missionary. 355 00:19:18,739 --> 00:19:24,259 You're on a mission, sharing the gospel with people, telling people, 356 00:19:24,259 --> 00:19:26,099 showing you love them, that you really care. 357 00:19:26,099 --> 00:19:28,819 Not a phony, not a hypocrite. 358 00:19:29,219 --> 00:19:30,659 You genuinely care. 359 00:19:30,659 --> 00:19:32,259 You're authentic, you're real. 360 00:19:34,819 --> 00:19:36,419 But let me remind you of something. 361 00:19:37,539 --> 00:19:38,979 It's also a hated business. 362 00:19:42,749 --> 00:19:43,709 It's a hated business. 363 00:19:46,269 --> 00:19:50,429 That's why the devil wants to fight churches like this, not just 364 00:19:50,429 --> 00:19:51,349 throw a little dart. 365 00:19:51,349 --> 00:19:54,109 He wants to set off bombs. 366 00:19:56,829 --> 00:20:02,829 His goal is to destroy, divide and destroy, put it out of business. 367 00:20:06,269 --> 00:20:12,759 Even Paul said, a great door and effectual is opened unto us. 368 00:20:13,639 --> 00:20:16,199 But there are many adversaries. 369 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:21,359 If we had time, I'd have Brother Joe come back up here and 370 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:26,039 say, tell us something about the adversaries of missionaries. 371 00:20:29,319 --> 00:20:30,919 And let me also say this. 372 00:20:32,919 --> 00:20:34,959 It's a short term business that we're in. 373 00:20:34,959 --> 00:20:36,199 We don't have a lot of time. 374 00:20:38,299 --> 00:20:39,099 Time is running out. 375 00:20:39,099 --> 00:20:39,899 I must work. 376 00:20:40,059 --> 00:20:44,619 Jesus said the works of him that sent me while it is day, because 377 00:20:44,619 --> 00:20:48,299 the night cometh, when no man can work. 378 00:20:49,259 --> 00:20:52,299 If you ever thought about getting involved in this business, 379 00:20:52,458 --> 00:20:54,779 you're in it whether you realize it or not. 380 00:20:54,859 --> 00:20:56,339 But you may not be too involved. 381 00:20:56,339 --> 00:20:59,739 But if you've ever thought about getting more involved, today's 382 00:20:59,739 --> 00:21:00,139 the day. 383 00:21:01,989 --> 00:21:03,509 We have no promise of tomorrow. 384 00:21:04,629 --> 00:21:05,509 Can you imagine? 385 00:21:05,509 --> 00:21:09,029 Let me be a little ridiculous for a moment just to make the point. 386 00:21:10,549 --> 00:21:18,349 Can you imagine calling 911 and get a recording and it says, 387 00:21:18,349 --> 00:21:19,349 could you hold please? 388 00:21:22,149 --> 00:21:26,629 That's kind of facetious, isn't it, to get a busy signal when 389 00:21:26,629 --> 00:21:27,909 you call 91 1? 390 00:21:32,179 --> 00:21:37,099 Well, a lot of missionaries call their churches, but they get 391 00:21:37,099 --> 00:21:38,099 a busy signal. 392 00:21:39,379 --> 00:21:43,619 A lot of times God is calling us to do certain things, to go further, 393 00:21:43,619 --> 00:21:44,498 a new place. 394 00:21:46,499 --> 00:21:48,019 But it's a busy signal. 395 00:21:48,259 --> 00:21:52,099 You see, 911 means this is an emergency. 396 00:21:53,869 --> 00:21:56,109 This could be a matter of life and death. 397 00:21:59,949 --> 00:22:02,949 I can't keep up with it, Brother Joe. 398 00:22:02,949 --> 00:22:08,069 But I've heard, last I read about it now it can take almost up 399 00:22:08,069 --> 00:22:11,709 to five years for a missionary to get support, to get to the field, 400 00:22:12,989 --> 00:22:14,429 going around to churches. 401 00:22:16,269 --> 00:22:17,789 Can you help us out a little bit? 402 00:22:21,239 --> 00:22:26,599 Can you imagine how many souls could perish in four or five years 403 00:22:27,639 --> 00:22:29,759 while the missionary is trying to get to a city? 404 00:22:29,759 --> 00:22:33,599 And he just mentioned one, they have no knowledge of a gospel 405 00:22:33,599 --> 00:22:34,599 preaching church. 406 00:22:34,679 --> 00:22:36,039 That's hard for us to believe. 407 00:22:36,279 --> 00:22:39,799 It's Hard for us to imagine a town, a village, a city. 408 00:22:40,039 --> 00:22:41,319 And there's no church. 409 00:22:41,959 --> 00:22:45,599 Oh, there's religious things, but there's no church that's preaching 410 00:22:45,599 --> 00:22:48,879 and teaching the Bible and winning people to Christ and baptizing 411 00:22:48,879 --> 00:22:50,839 them and teaching them how to go. 412 00:22:51,699 --> 00:22:53,179 You mean to tell me there's church? 413 00:22:53,179 --> 00:22:54,459 There's places like that? 414 00:22:54,459 --> 00:22:55,299 Yes, there is. 415 00:22:56,259 --> 00:23:01,379 Even in 2026, it's hard for us to believe we're in our little surround, 416 00:23:01,379 --> 00:23:05,699 our little circle, and we don't usually go outside of that 417 00:23:05,699 --> 00:23:06,259 circle. 418 00:23:10,819 --> 00:23:15,139 You know, there's so many different facets to missions. 419 00:23:16,909 --> 00:23:21,589 And one I often think about is in Acts, chapter nine. 420 00:23:21,589 --> 00:23:24,029 You might remember the Apostle Paul. 421 00:23:24,989 --> 00:23:29,749 He hadn't been saved very long, but he was being let down in 422 00:23:29,749 --> 00:23:34,749 a basket because he was a missionary and his life was at stake. 423 00:23:36,509 --> 00:23:40,029 And we have no idea who it was that let him down in that basket. 424 00:23:41,469 --> 00:23:42,509 We don't know their name. 425 00:23:44,819 --> 00:23:46,179 Where'd they get the basket? 426 00:23:47,299 --> 00:23:50,739 Did some man or woman or lady or a couple ladies make a basket 427 00:23:50,739 --> 00:23:54,099 and set it over here with some other baskets and had no idea that 428 00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:57,539 in a few weeks or months that basket was going to be used to hold 429 00:23:57,699 --> 00:24:00,339 the greatest missionary that ever lived. 430 00:24:02,259 --> 00:24:04,419 You and I probably wouldn't listen. 431 00:24:04,819 --> 00:24:11,109 The Apostle Paul went to Rome at the end of his life to give the 432 00:24:11,109 --> 00:24:11,629 gospel. 433 00:24:12,349 --> 00:24:13,549 Where did Rome go? 434 00:24:14,269 --> 00:24:15,229 To America. 435 00:24:17,069 --> 00:24:17,709 From Europe. 436 00:24:18,909 --> 00:24:22,589 The Bible, the preachers, the greatest meetings in churches and 437 00:24:22,589 --> 00:24:26,949 revivals for years was in England and in Europe, all around 438 00:24:26,949 --> 00:24:27,309 there. 439 00:24:27,549 --> 00:24:30,109 And then they sent the gospel to America. 440 00:24:32,669 --> 00:24:40,559 But those people probably had no idea, no idea whatsoever what 441 00:24:40,559 --> 00:24:41,719 was in that basket. 442 00:24:43,399 --> 00:24:44,279 You never know. 443 00:24:45,639 --> 00:24:48,439 You take on a missionary, put him in the basket. 444 00:24:50,519 --> 00:24:54,479 God may be getting ready to reach a whole continent, a whole 445 00:24:54,479 --> 00:24:54,759 nation. 446 00:24:56,439 --> 00:24:58,519 And this church would have had a part in that. 447 00:24:59,079 --> 00:25:01,239 You could have had a part in that individually. 448 00:25:02,139 --> 00:25:03,019 Well, as a church. 449 00:25:07,099 --> 00:25:07,579 Wow. 450 00:25:09,659 --> 00:25:11,099 And they were. 451 00:25:11,419 --> 00:25:14,379 Don't you think when they was letting down somebody in a basket 452 00:25:14,699 --> 00:25:17,099 that they were cooperating with each other? 453 00:25:19,819 --> 00:25:23,139 I mean, can you imagine one of them saying, how come you get to 454 00:25:23,139 --> 00:25:23,859 hold that side? 455 00:25:23,859 --> 00:25:27,039 That's the side I wanted to. 456 00:25:27,349 --> 00:25:28,229 That's ridiculous. 457 00:25:30,549 --> 00:25:34,869 A lot of churches are not getting along with each other, therefore 458 00:25:36,469 --> 00:25:38,069 they're getting paralyzed. 459 00:25:39,989 --> 00:25:41,989 They're becoming wrapped up in the self. 460 00:25:41,989 --> 00:25:44,149 Those of you that know something about plants. 461 00:25:44,789 --> 00:25:49,269 My wife has two green thumbs and I don't. 462 00:25:50,229 --> 00:25:51,309 I don't even have a thumb. 463 00:25:51,309 --> 00:25:52,869 But anyway, she. 464 00:25:54,009 --> 00:25:58,769 She says we got to transfer that plant into a bigger planter 465 00:25:58,769 --> 00:26:00,569 because it's becoming root bound. 466 00:26:01,689 --> 00:26:06,089 If the roots can't go out, they start going around and around 467 00:26:07,129 --> 00:26:07,769 and around. 468 00:26:07,849 --> 00:26:12,249 And if a church is not careful in spreading out and winning people, 469 00:26:13,609 --> 00:26:15,529 it could choke itself to death. 470 00:26:17,609 --> 00:26:22,529 A church can choke itself because it's all wrapped up, up in 471 00:26:22,529 --> 00:26:22,889 them. 472 00:26:29,449 --> 00:26:31,129 And Paul trusted those guys. 473 00:26:32,009 --> 00:26:35,289 Anybody here ever been let down off a roof in a basket? 474 00:26:37,049 --> 00:26:40,089 I mean, if Paul could have looked at him and said, I don't know 475 00:26:40,089 --> 00:26:43,769 about you guys, you don't look very strong or you don't do this, 476 00:26:45,129 --> 00:26:46,569 evidently trusted him. 477 00:26:48,979 --> 00:26:52,099 Can a missionary trust the Heritage Baptist Church? 478 00:26:54,659 --> 00:26:58,219 If he says, well, I don't know who's praying, but I've been to Heritage 479 00:26:58,219 --> 00:26:59,779 and I know they're praying for us. 480 00:27:02,979 --> 00:27:04,739 I know we can count on their support. 481 00:27:05,459 --> 00:27:06,819 They've never failed. 482 00:27:10,739 --> 00:27:12,579 I know you've heard this story before, but. 483 00:27:12,579 --> 00:27:15,949 And also I'll do the short version, because in this church you've 484 00:27:15,949 --> 00:27:16,669 been organized. 485 00:27:16,669 --> 00:27:20,669 Your mission program is well organized, and it's going to get 486 00:27:20,669 --> 00:27:21,349 better and better. 487 00:27:22,389 --> 00:27:28,829 But we have the rope holders here at this church, and it's the 488 00:27:28,829 --> 00:27:29,829 greatest illustrate. 489 00:27:29,829 --> 00:27:31,789 I know you've probably heard it because Brother Stewart's been 490 00:27:31,789 --> 00:27:34,549 here and he tells it and I've been telling it for years. 491 00:27:35,589 --> 00:27:39,589 Brother Joe, you may not have heard it, but it's a true story. 492 00:27:40,699 --> 00:27:42,219 But I'll give you the short version. 493 00:27:43,099 --> 00:27:48,379 A passenger ship going through the ocean and someone falls overboard, 494 00:27:50,059 --> 00:27:52,059 and everybody can't believe what they're seeing. 495 00:27:52,059 --> 00:27:54,899 And they can hear him screaming and they can look over 496 00:27:54,899 --> 00:27:59,419 the side and they can see him doing this and holding up his hand 497 00:27:59,419 --> 00:28:00,539 and screaming for help. 498 00:28:01,419 --> 00:28:05,499 And some man on the ship watching all this, takes a rope, 499 00:28:05,499 --> 00:28:11,059 ties it around in a big knot, he throws the rope into the crowd 500 00:28:11,459 --> 00:28:14,419 and he dives off the ship to save the man. 501 00:28:16,259 --> 00:28:20,659 But everybody was so involved and so excited and so interested 502 00:28:20,659 --> 00:28:24,099 and paralyzed with fear as they watched the water. 503 00:28:24,099 --> 00:28:29,499 And the men, no one picked up the end of the rope, and it just 504 00:28:29,499 --> 00:28:33,379 went around and around the feet and the legs of those people. 505 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:36,879 And there's almost everybody on the side of the ship looking over, 506 00:28:36,879 --> 00:28:40,919 and they saw the end of the rope go under the water. 507 00:28:42,359 --> 00:28:49,239 And both men perished simply because no one held the rope. 508 00:28:50,199 --> 00:28:53,479 Probably someone assumed, well, man, this is a big ship. 509 00:28:53,479 --> 00:28:55,239 Surely somebody will grab the rope. 510 00:28:56,839 --> 00:29:01,239 A lot of times we as a church say, well, somebody will take care 511 00:29:01,239 --> 00:29:01,679 of it. 512 00:29:02,319 --> 00:29:03,439 Somebody will do it. 513 00:29:04,959 --> 00:29:07,039 But somebody turns out to be nobody. 514 00:29:14,239 --> 00:29:17,039 How serious do you take your responsibility? 515 00:29:21,039 --> 00:29:25,119 In Isaiah 6, God said, who shall go for us? 516 00:29:25,119 --> 00:29:29,909 And Isaiah said, here am I, Lord, send me. 517 00:29:31,909 --> 00:29:35,669 You know, we all like to quote Philippians 4:19. 518 00:29:36,709 --> 00:29:41,069 My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in Christ 519 00:29:41,069 --> 00:29:41,589 Jesus. 520 00:29:41,589 --> 00:29:46,389 And that's a great statement, and it's very true, but many times 521 00:29:47,029 --> 00:29:52,309 we don't realize that the context of that verse was a missionary 522 00:29:52,309 --> 00:29:52,949 context. 523 00:29:54,449 --> 00:30:00,329 He said, because you have given to me and sent me my God shall 524 00:30:00,329 --> 00:30:01,489 supply all your need. 525 00:30:03,409 --> 00:30:05,089 I know that's not the only verse. 526 00:30:05,889 --> 00:30:09,969 And I know when you honor God with tithes and offerings, he promises 527 00:30:09,969 --> 00:30:10,929 to take care of us. 528 00:30:11,249 --> 00:30:19,819 But that particular verse was in the context of missions, in the 529 00:30:19,819 --> 00:30:22,779 Book of or the Book of Philippians, chapter number four, 530 00:30:22,779 --> 00:30:23,899 if you want to look it up. 531 00:30:26,859 --> 00:30:30,059 I've never heard of a church going out of business because they 532 00:30:30,299 --> 00:30:32,699 spent too much money and time on missions. 533 00:30:33,339 --> 00:30:35,259 I've never known a church to go broke. 534 00:30:36,379 --> 00:30:37,099 We're broke. 535 00:30:37,499 --> 00:30:39,219 We can't pay the bills anymore. 536 00:30:39,219 --> 00:30:41,739 Why we gave all the money to the missionaries. 537 00:30:42,779 --> 00:30:45,139 Maybe that has happened, I don't know. 538 00:30:45,139 --> 00:30:46,459 I never heard of such a thing. 539 00:30:48,579 --> 00:30:51,979 When I pastored, been pastor for over 50 years. 540 00:30:51,979 --> 00:30:54,419 And we had Missions Conference. 541 00:30:54,579 --> 00:31:00,419 My first church, I pastored in 1975, I was 23 years old. 542 00:31:01,219 --> 00:31:04,299 And I said, the first thing I'd like us to do is have a missions 543 00:31:04,299 --> 00:31:04,819 conference. 544 00:31:04,819 --> 00:31:05,779 They go, what's that? 545 00:31:06,979 --> 00:31:10,139 I said, we're going to have some missionaries come and we're 546 00:31:10,139 --> 00:31:11,379 going to start supporting them. 547 00:31:13,709 --> 00:31:15,309 God bless in a wonderful way. 548 00:31:17,309 --> 00:31:18,349 You want to get involved. 549 00:31:18,349 --> 00:31:22,029 There's no experience necessary, really, just commitment. 550 00:31:23,229 --> 00:31:25,789 Just say, lord, show me what to do. 551 00:31:26,189 --> 00:31:27,389 Tell me what to do. 552 00:31:29,389 --> 00:31:31,149 You've heard my message, I'm about through. 553 00:31:31,149 --> 00:31:34,589 But don't shake your head and say, well, yeah, I guess I should. 554 00:31:35,549 --> 00:31:36,989 No, that's not good enough. 555 00:31:37,389 --> 00:31:38,829 Don't say, well, I must. 556 00:31:39,489 --> 00:31:40,529 That's still not good enough. 557 00:31:41,649 --> 00:31:42,929 When you say, I will. 558 00:31:43,489 --> 00:31:44,849 Now we're getting somewhere. 559 00:31:46,289 --> 00:31:51,169 I will, I will pray, I will read the mission letter. 560 00:31:51,489 --> 00:31:52,649 I will get involved. 561 00:31:52,649 --> 00:31:56,249 I will get online and get their email address and talk with 562 00:31:56,249 --> 00:32:00,809 them and speak to them and let them know my name and my wife's name 563 00:32:00,809 --> 00:32:01,689 or my family name. 564 00:32:01,689 --> 00:32:03,169 And we're praying for you today. 565 00:32:04,289 --> 00:32:04,689 My. 566 00:32:05,649 --> 00:32:08,769 I bet you missionaries, I never talked to a lot of them about 567 00:32:08,769 --> 00:32:13,489 that, but I bet you probably there's not very many people that 568 00:32:13,489 --> 00:32:14,769 just want to talk to them. 569 00:32:16,609 --> 00:32:20,369 Just say, let you know you're being thought about today. 570 00:32:21,409 --> 00:32:24,209 And my kids, just before they left a while ago to go to school, 571 00:32:25,329 --> 00:32:28,289 they mention your name in prayer. 572 00:32:29,729 --> 00:32:30,689 Can you imagine? 573 00:32:34,199 --> 00:32:40,879 Throw out the lifeline across the dark wave There is a brother 574 00:32:40,879 --> 00:32:46,039 whom someone should save Somebody's brother. 575 00:32:46,999 --> 00:32:51,319 Oh, who then will dare to throw out the lifeline his peril 576 00:32:52,119 --> 00:32:57,159 to share Throw out the lifeline with hand quick and strong 577 00:32:57,689 --> 00:32:58,839 with why do you tarry? 578 00:32:58,839 --> 00:33:00,159 Why tarry so long? 579 00:33:00,319 --> 00:33:04,959 See, he is sinking oh, hasten today and out with the lifeboat Away 580 00:33:05,439 --> 00:33:12,279 then away soon will the season of rescue be o' Er soon will they 581 00:33:12,279 --> 00:33:19,839 drift to eternity shore Haste then, my brother no time for delay 582 00:33:21,119 --> 00:33:30,969 but throw out the lifeline and save them today Throw out the lifeline 583 00:33:32,729 --> 00:33:44,889 Throw out the lifeline Someone is drifting away Throw out the lifeline 584 00:33:46,649 --> 00:33:58,659 Throw out the lifeline Someone is sinking today what about you? 585 00:33:58,659 --> 00:34:01,699 Are you in the family of God? 586 00:34:01,699 --> 00:34:03,139 Do you know you've been born again? 587 00:34:04,419 --> 00:34:05,699 Do you know you're saved? 588 00:34:06,179 --> 00:34:08,219 Do we need to throw out the lifeline to you? 589 00:34:08,219 --> 00:34:09,539 You may be a member of the church. 590 00:34:10,419 --> 00:34:14,659 You may have been baptized, you might teach or be in the choir. 591 00:34:16,059 --> 00:34:18,859 None of those things means you're saved. 592 00:34:20,139 --> 00:34:21,739 Do you know for sure? 593 00:34:21,819 --> 00:34:23,819 Not 99.9%. 594 00:34:25,019 --> 00:34:29,899 Can you say if I died today, I'd open my eyes in heaven. 595 00:34:30,779 --> 00:34:34,899 Because I've put all of my hope, all of my faith, all of my 596 00:34:34,899 --> 00:34:36,779 weight on Jesus Christ. 597 00:34:38,379 --> 00:34:44,889 His life, his death, his burial, his resurrection as the God 598 00:34:45,289 --> 00:34:45,689 man. 599 00:34:46,729 --> 00:34:47,689 Totally God. 600 00:34:49,369 --> 00:34:50,249 Totally man. 601 00:34:52,569 --> 00:34:53,809 We don't want to invite you in. 602 00:34:53,809 --> 00:34:55,369 Just a moment to come. 603 00:34:55,529 --> 00:35:00,649 You say I may be saved, but sometimes I have doubts. 604 00:35:00,729 --> 00:35:01,849 Sometimes I struggle. 605 00:35:02,889 --> 00:35:03,609 I'm not sure. 606 00:35:03,609 --> 00:35:06,569 Then why don't you just come and let someone show you and you 607 00:35:06,569 --> 00:35:11,059 can say that's what I believe and you can get that assurance back. 608 00:35:13,139 --> 00:35:14,179 Go back to your seat. 609 00:35:14,179 --> 00:35:15,219 I know I'm saved. 610 00:35:15,619 --> 00:35:17,539 That's just the devil bothering me. 611 00:35:18,739 --> 00:35:23,219 I'm putting my faith in Christ, not baptism, not a prayer, 612 00:35:23,699 --> 00:35:25,379 not in my family's faith. 613 00:35:26,579 --> 00:35:27,779 I know I'm saved. 614 00:35:28,819 --> 00:35:29,459 Christian. 615 00:35:29,699 --> 00:35:33,979 How involved are you in the business if you're gonna mind your 616 00:35:33,979 --> 00:35:34,419 own business? 617 00:35:35,459 --> 00:35:38,099 If you're a Christian, that business is the business of Christ. 618 00:35:38,819 --> 00:35:40,179 That's why you're still here. 619 00:35:40,899 --> 00:35:43,059 That's why God hasn't taken you yet. 620 00:35:43,299 --> 00:35:46,259 Some people died last night and they will this morning. 621 00:35:46,259 --> 00:35:47,379 But you're still alive. 622 00:35:48,179 --> 00:35:50,019 Why, you're one of the lucky ones. 623 00:35:50,019 --> 00:35:52,099 No, God's not through with you. 624 00:35:54,499 --> 00:35:55,579 He's not through with you. 625 00:35:55,579 --> 00:35:56,819 You're here for a purpose. 626 00:35:59,699 --> 00:36:02,179 Let's stand with our heads bowed and eyes closed. 627 00:36:03,249 --> 00:36:06,889 Maybe you're not a member of the church and say, I don't think 628 00:36:06,889 --> 00:36:10,609 I need to be a member of a church that cares and not just has 629 00:36:10,609 --> 00:36:10,929 a. 630 00:36:11,969 --> 00:36:15,809 They're not just mission minded, but they're mission hearted. 631 00:36:17,809 --> 00:36:21,969 So we're going to sing a verse of Invitation and if no one comes. 632 00:36:22,049 --> 00:36:23,289 We won't belabor. 633 00:36:23,289 --> 00:36:27,169 But who knows? 634 00:36:28,449 --> 00:36:31,689 God may be dealing with the person behind you or in front of 635 00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:32,929 you, or beside you.