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1 Corinthians chapter 6, look please if you

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would, one of the most familiar portions of

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Scripture in all of the Bible, verse number

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1 Corinthians chapter number 6, please, and verse

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number 19.

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The Bible says what?

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Will you not that your body is the

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temple of the Holy Ghost which is in

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you, which you have of God, and you

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are not your own?

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For ye are bought with a price, therefore

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glorify God in your body and in your

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spirit with your God.

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And this morning as we begin our series

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of meetings, I preach the simple sermon, Who

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Does God Think He Is Anyhow?

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Thank you very much.

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You may be seated.

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Let's bow our heads and hearts and pray.

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And let's ask the Lord to bless our

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time together this morning.

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Who Does God Think He Is Anyhow?

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Now, my father, once again, I pray to

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your Lord that you would empty me of

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myself and that you would fill me with

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the Holy Spirit of God.

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Father, I pray for these my friends, this

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congregation, that you would help them as they

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listen to the Bible and truly that there

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be one who has come to this service

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but has never come to the Lord Jesus

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Christ.

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I pray today, Lord, that you would convict

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them and you would speak to their hearts.

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Then for God's people, Lord, I pray that

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you would also stir up, change us and

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convict us using the precious pages of the

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word of God.

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Lord, I just plead the blood of the

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Lord Jesus Christ upon this service.

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We know that the devil does not like

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singing, but we know that he cannot stand

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and he thoroughly hates the preaching of the

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word of God.

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And so, Lord, we claim the victory that

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we already have in the word of God.

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So help these as they listen to the

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word of God.

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Father, in private, I've done my best to

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pray myself full.

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And now in public, I pray you'd help

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me to preach myself empty.

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Fill me with the Spirit of God like

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never before, I pray in Jesus name.

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Amen.

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I'm sure from those pews in this pulpit,

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you're no stranger to 1st and 2nd Corinthians.

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It doesn't take a brain surgeon and rocket

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scientist to figure out that when you get

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to 1st and 2nd Corinthians, you have the

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most spiritually immature, carnally minded group of people

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and all of the New Testament.

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Now, the apostle Paul fixed a couple of

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problems at the church at Philippi.

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He fixed a few throughout Thessalonica and some

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over in Ephesians and the Galatian church had

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a few problems that needed to be fixed.

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But there was not another church under the

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sound of the apostle Paul's voice on the

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face of God's earth throughout the New Testament

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that had more struggles, that had more temptations,

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that had more problems and had more immaturity

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and carnality than the church that was at

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Corinth.

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As a matter of fact, the first book

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was 16 chapters long and the apostle Paul,

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through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, was

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not able to even fix all the problems

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in 16 chapters.

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And so he had book number two.

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He had the second edition, if you will,

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that was 13 chapters.

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And after all of those chapters, those people

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still had problem after problem after problem.

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Paul told them about seven different times in

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the first few chapters of the first book

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that their problem was carnality, that their problem

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was spiritual immaturity.

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Now, I didn't make this up.

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It's in the Word of God.

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They had problems in the church with fornication,

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ladies and gentlemen.

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I mean, they had problems with adultery.

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I mean, they had problems with all kind

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of gross immorality and ungodliness.

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They had problems with one man would take

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this man to court and God's people were

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suing one another.

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And God's people were bickering and fighting.

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And I mean, bitterness had set in.

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church wouldn't speak to these people on this

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And I mean, there was bitterness and strife

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and contention.

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And Paul said, Are ye not carnal?

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But I believe in First Corinthians, chapter number

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six, to be followed up with Second Corinthians,

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chapter number five, I believe we find out

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what the real problem at Corinth was.

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You see, the Bible gives us the real

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signs for why these people were so immature,

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why they were full of immorality and fornication

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and adultery, and why they were lovers of

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pleasure more than lovers of God, why they

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knew nothing about the great significant fundamental doctrines

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of a faith.

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That's why you have First Corinthians, chapter 15.

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These people did not even know the significance

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of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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And the Apostle Paul spent 58 verses explaining

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to them the importance thereof.

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But then in chapter number 16, they didn't

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know anything about giving to the local church.

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They knew nothing about tithing.

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They knew nothing about offering.

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They knew nothing about grace giving.

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And so the Apostle Paul in chapter nine

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and in chapter 16 had to tell them

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the importance of giving to the local church.

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And I'm telling you problem after problem, after

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problem, after problem.

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But do you know why they have the

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problem?

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It's real simple.

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Because in First Corinthians, chapter number six, and

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in Second Corinthians, chapter number five, two portions

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of Scripture that parallel one another, the Apostle

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Paul basically told them, he just took everything

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and boiled it down in a great big

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pot and said, you know what your problem

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is, Corinth?

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He said, you have the idea that once

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you get saved, you think you can live

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any way you want to.

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He says, you think once you get saved,

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because you've got your fire insurance and your

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little back door out of hell, he said,

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you think you can do anything you want

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to with anybody that you want to.

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And you think because you've got grace, it

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gives you a license to sin.

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And the Apostle Paul pulled out the gospel

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gun.

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He begins to pull the trigger 90 miles

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to nothing and said, you people need to

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understand that you belong to God.

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And the Apostle Paul was doing his best

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to drive it deep within their heads and

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deep within their hearts that they had no

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right to live any way that they wanted

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to, for they did not belong to themselves,

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if you will, they belong to God.

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And many times, ladies and gentlemen, in Baptist

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churches, many teenagers, middle-aged people, older people,

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single people, married people, they have the idea,

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who does God think he is to tell

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me how to live my life?

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Who does God think he is to tell

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me how to be at Sunday school and

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Sunday morning and Sunday night and Wednesday night

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and to come to a revival meeting or

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a missions conference?

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Who does God think he is to tell

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me how to dress and what I ought

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to watch on television and what I ought

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to listen to in the privacy of my

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own vehicle?

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Who in the wild world does God think

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he is?

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That's a wonderful question.

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I'm glad you brought it up because the

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Apostle Paul answers it in verse number 19.

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Look in your Bibles please, 1 Corinthians chapter

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6 and verse number 19.

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Paul said, what?

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And you'll notice the question mark, but it's

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more of an emphatic question.

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He wasn't asking out of ignorance.

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He was asking because he could not believe

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that these people did not understand this simple

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principle of the Bible.

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He said, know ye not that your body

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is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which

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is in you, which you have of God,

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notice the emphasis, and ye are not your

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own.

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Why not?

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For you are bought with a price.

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Therefore, glorify God in your body and in

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your spirit which are God's.

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As we start our meeting this morning, I

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want to give you two simple reasons why

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God owns you and everything that you have.

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According to the Bible, Genesis chapter 2 and

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verse number 7, God owns your breath.

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And the Lord God formed a man out

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of the dust of the ground and breathed

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into his nostrils the breath of life, and

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man became a living soul.

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According to the Bible, he owns your body.

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Right here, 1 Corinthians chapter 6 verses 19

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and 20.

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But like or not, ladies and gentlemen, contrary

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to popular belief, God owns your bank account.

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He owns your house.

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He owns your car.

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He owns every single thing that we say

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belongs to us.

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In all actuality, according to the Bible, it

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belongs to God.

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And so I'm going to give you two

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undeniable, irrefutable reasons that nobody on the face

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of God's earth can argue with.

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Two simple reasons why God can tell you

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what he wants you to do, when he

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wants you to do it, with no questions

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asked whatsoever, complete and utter obedience to the

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will of God.

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Two simple reasons why the apostle Paul tells

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us, why Jesus tells us, why all the

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writers of the Old and New Testament tell

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us, God owns us and he can do

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with his people as he pleases.

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Simple outline, get it down.

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Number one, first and foremost, God owns me

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by right of creation.

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By the very simple scriptural fact that God

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created me for his glory, not for mine,

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God owns my body and everything that I

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have.

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Genesis chapter one in verse number one, in

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the beginning, God created the heaven and earth

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and the earth was void and darkness was

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upon the face of the deep.

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And God said, let there be light.

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And guess what?

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There was light.

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The verse I quoted just a moment ago,

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Genesis chapter two and verse number seven.

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Why is it that God looked at God,

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if you will, the Trinity?

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Why is it that they said, let us

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make man in our image?

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They already had the birds of the air

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and the fish of the sea.

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There was already the grass and there was

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already the atmosphere and the stars and the

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planets and the rocks and the God had

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already raised the mountains and lowered the valleys

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and put everything in its proper order and

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its proper place.

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And if you study the first few chapters

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of the book of Genesis, you will find

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out that God was pleased with his perfect

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creation.

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He said, man, that is good.

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And that is good.

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And that is good.

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But yet there was still something that was

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missing.

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It was the crowning work of God's creation

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and it was creating a man in the

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very image of God.

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some dirt and we are a glorified mud

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ball from the hand of God.

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He took some dirt.

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He breathed into the nostrils, the breath of

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life.

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And the Bible says that man became a

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living soul.

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And when both man and just a few

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verses later, his wife, Eve, the mother of

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all women living, when they were then there

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as the two first people in the Bible,

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God did not say that's good.

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God said, that is very good.

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That is the only work of creation whereby

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God was overwhelmingly pleased with what he had

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created.

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You think the sky and the trees and

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the rocks and the rails and the sea,

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all of that was created by God.

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And he enjoyed that and received pleasure from

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that.

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But there was something that he wanted that

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was more.

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He created a man.

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He created a woman.

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They had a perfect, perfect union together, perfect

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fellowship, relationship, and union with God.

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And God said, that is what I like.

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Now, if we were to have a show

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of hands for time's sake, we will not.

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We could ask the question.

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I wonder why is it according to the

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word of God, God even bothered creating man.

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Now, you know, if you read your Bible,

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you'll find out Jesus Christ was the lamb

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slain before the foundation of the world.

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The fall of man did not take God

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by surprise.

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God knew what was going to happen in

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the Garden of Eden.

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God knew exactly what was going to happen

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in Isaiah chapter 14 and Ezekiel chapter 28.

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When the devil was kicked out of heaven,

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he knew what would take place.

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So why then in our human minds, we

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would ask, why did he even bother?

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Why did he even waste his very valuable,

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precious, sovereign time on you and me?

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Little bitty insignificant, nothing, just little bitty, tiny

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peons.

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Why is it that God would waste his

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time?

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Why did God create man?

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Well, I've had a number of answers to

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that particular question, especially when you preach to

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young people at camp.

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You ask young people, you know, teenagers, you

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should know what the Bible answer is, but

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you get around some junior age kids.

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Hey, why is it that God created man?

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And I'll say, you'll come up with a

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whole boatload of reasons.

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You ask 60 kids, you'll get 49 and

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a half answers.

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And I mean, they'll come up with all

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kinds of nice little things.

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Some of them say most of them would

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get together and say, well, you know, the

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reason God created man is because God was

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lonely.

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You know, God was up in heaven and

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just got a little tired of little fluttering

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angels fluttering around his throne.

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And so he needed somebody to fellowship with

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on an intimate basis.

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He needed somebody to fellowship with and to

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talk with, and he was lonely.

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So he created man for fellowship.

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Yes and no, because God does want your

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fellowship.

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James four, four, draw nine to God.

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He'll draw nine to you.

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God desires the fellowship of his people, but

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he did not create you so he could

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fellowship with you.

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Fellowship with God is a byproduct of our

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relationship, but it's not the main reason we

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were created.

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As a matter of fact, the Bible tells

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us in the book of revelation, why we

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were created in verse number 11, it was

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for the honor and for the pleasure of

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him that created us.

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You see, I wasn't created so God could

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fellowship with me.

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I was created to live a life that

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would bring honor, glory, and pleasure to almighty

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God.

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The Bible says in Philippians chapter two, verses

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five to 11, let this mind be in

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you, which was also in Christ Jesus, who

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being in the form of God, thought it

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not robbery to be equal with God, but

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made himself of no reputation and took upon

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in the form of a servant was made

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in the likeness of men being found in

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fashion as a man.

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He humbled himself and became obedient unto death,

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even the death of the cross.

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Wherefore, God also had highly exalted him and

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given him a name which is above every

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name, that at the name of Jesus, every

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knee should bow, things in heaven and things

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in earth and things under the earth, and

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that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ

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is Lord to the glory of God the

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Father.

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What is the pervading, permeating message of scripture?

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It is me and my life to submit

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to the lordship of Jesus Christ so that

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I in my flesh, who is incapable, by

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the way, of pleasing God with my flesh

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and with my pride, but submitting myself to

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the lordship of Christ to bring honor and

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glory to the one that saved me.

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That is the reason you're sitting in this

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building this morning, not for you, but for.

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Somebody says, well, I'll raise my kids the

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way I want to because they're my kids.

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You'll raise your kids according to the nurse

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and admiration of the Lord, because God just

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let you borrow them just for a little

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while.

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They belong to him.

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And ladies and gentlemen, everything that we have

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is from God.

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And he owns up, number one, by right

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of creation.

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That is why the apostle Paul said in

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1 Corinthians 10, 31, whether therefore he eat

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or drink.

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Now, those are daily necessities of life.

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Some people consider it a little more necessary

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than others, and that's obvious.

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But nonetheless, the Bible says, whether therefore he

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eat or drink or whatsoever, that's a big

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word, whatsoever you do, get it, do all

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to the glory of God.

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Now, let me ask you a question.

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If, in fact, God is going to ask

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us to do something, doesn't it logically stand

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to reason that God's going to explain to

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us how to do it?

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Just if I get up there and say,

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okay, church, let's talk about this, church, glorify

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God.

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If my eyes closed, let's go to the

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house.

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I didn't do you a real good job,

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did I?

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You see, if I just said you glorify

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God, glorify God, glorify God, you walk out

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of here and you think to yourself, okay,

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that's what I want.

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I want to glorify God.

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I want to honor God.

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But what does it mean to bring glory

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to God?

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Does it mean that everywhere that I go,

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that I'm always talking about the Lord?

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Does it mean that everywhere that I go,

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that I've got great big thick coke bottle

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glasses, and I've got great big old bell

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-bottom pants built up all the way to

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my waist, you know?

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And I walk around with a jacket that

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don't even match my socks, or a pair

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of socks that don't even match the tie.

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And I wear a big old Family King

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James Bible about that big under my arm.

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And I walk around and say, glory to

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God, peace on earth, goodwill toward men.

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No, he said be different and glorify Him,

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not be stupid and not glorify Him.

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And there's a fine line between the two.

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What does it mean to bring honor to

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God?

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What does it mean when Paul said, when

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you eat, glorify God?

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When you drink, glorify God?

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When you drive, glorify God?

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What does it mean to bring glory to

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God in everything that you do?

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Well, you know what the word glory means?

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The word glory is the same word that

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we derive our English word, opinion.

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So in essence, Paul says, in your eating,

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in your drinking, in every area and aspect

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of your life, you are a person that

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should bring a proper opinion of who your

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God is.

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And you know why America's going to hell

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in a handbasket?

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Because most Baptists that I know give a

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pretty sorry opinion of who their God is,

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and you know what to do to prove

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it.

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Ladies and gentlemen, our lives should be lives

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that are lived for the honor and glory

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of God, not to bring a reproach to

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the cause of Christ, but to move on

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the cause of Christ, and to bring honor

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and glory and adoration to the Lord Jesus

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Christ simply means that I live a life

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that shows other or gives other the opinion

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that my God is a big God, that

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He's a holy God, that He's a righteous

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God.

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And that is exactly from cover to cover

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of this book the reason that you and

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I were created.

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Now, I know what the liberals say, and

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I know what the modernists say, and I

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know what some of the new evangelicals say.

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They say, well, you know, we need to

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give a little bit on this issue of

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evolution.

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You know, perhaps millions of years ago, there

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was a little pollywog that turned into a

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monkey.

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Perhaps millions of years ago, you know, as

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Dr. P.

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R.

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Lakin used to eloquently say, as poetic as

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he was, once there was a tadpole small

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and thin, and then there was a froggy

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with my tail tucked in, and then there

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was a monkey in a coconut tree, and

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now I'm a doctor with a PhD.

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Now, if you believe that this morning, please

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don't shake my hand after the service because

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I'm not meant to eat it all morning

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and I don't want to mess up my

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batting average.

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Now, I'm going to tell you something, friend.

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If you believe that you're from a monkey,

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there's something bad wrong with the Wheaties you've

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been eating for breakfast.

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If you believe that you're from a zebra,

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or you're from an amoeba, or you're from

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a rock, you have not been reading the

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Bible.

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You have been reading the newspaper, that is

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for sure.

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Now, I've got a bunch of kinfolk.

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I mean a bunch of them that years

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ago probably swung by their neck, but I

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never met a one that swung by their

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tail, that's for sure.

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Because I'm from the hand of God.

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I'm from the sovereign, providential, creative hand of

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God.

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It was His idea to create me.

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It was His initiative that created me.

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Why did He do that?

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So that I can bring glory and honor

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00:17:37,780 --> 00:17:38,860
to Him.

545
00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:40,840
Now, look back at verse 19, would you?

546
00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:45,320
1 Corinthians 6, Paul says, What know ye

547
00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:46,080
not?

548
00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:48,080
It almost has the idea you should know

549
00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,840
this, but since you're acting like you don't,

550
00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:50,420
I'll tell you anyhow.

551
00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:52,460
He says, What know ye not that your

552
00:17:52,460 --> 00:17:56,640
body is the temple of the Holy Ghost,

553
00:17:57,120 --> 00:17:59,680
which is in you, talking to Christians.

554
00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:01,960
Not talking to reprobate, talking to Christians, which

555
00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,020
is in you, which you have of God,

556
00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,600
and ye are not your own.

557
00:18:07,100 --> 00:18:08,840
You remember the Old Testament, I'm sure, there

558
00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:10,000
was a man by the name of the

559
00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:10,460
High Priest.

560
00:18:11,260 --> 00:18:13,080
Now, the High Priest was not your average

561
00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:14,320
go-blow, word-of-the-meal type of

562
00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:14,540
priest.

563
00:18:14,700 --> 00:18:16,320
He was higher than the others as far

564
00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,800
as his responsibilities in the temple were concerned.

565
00:18:19,540 --> 00:18:21,040
Now, there were many priests that wore the

566
00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:21,680
priestly garments.

567
00:18:21,820 --> 00:18:22,760
They had the priestly robe.

568
00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:25,680
They went through the priestly religiosity, if you

569
00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:25,860
will.

570
00:18:25,940 --> 00:18:27,940
They did all of that because in the

571
00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:31,380
Old Testament, they lived, if you will, in

572
00:18:31,380 --> 00:18:33,140
fear of God.

573
00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,680
They knew that that sin had to be

574
00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:37,300
atoned for once a year.

575
00:18:38,020 --> 00:18:39,140
And so they had the tabernacle.

576
00:18:39,140 --> 00:18:41,020
They'd set it up and they'd have the

577
00:18:41,020 --> 00:18:42,980
laver and the table of showbread to the

578
00:18:42,980 --> 00:18:43,360
right there.

579
00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,100
They'd have the, you know, the candlesticks with

580
00:18:45,100 --> 00:18:46,700
the seven candlesticks on it and this, that,

581
00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:47,060
and the other.

582
00:18:47,300 --> 00:18:49,260
They would have all of the religion and

583
00:18:49,260 --> 00:18:51,020
all the routine and all the things that

584
00:18:51,020 --> 00:18:51,760
they would have to go through.

585
00:18:51,860 --> 00:18:54,600
Now, most people could go in to the

586
00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,100
outer court, the temple, the temple of the

587
00:18:57,100 --> 00:18:57,940
tabernacle.

588
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They could go and they could do certain

589
00:18:59,260 --> 00:19:01,500
things, many people for the sins of their

590
00:19:01,500 --> 00:19:03,620
family or just maybe for the sins of

591
00:19:03,620 --> 00:19:03,880
themselves.

592
00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:06,640
They could go to the outside brazen altar

593
00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,520
and they could make a sacrifice.

594
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But only one man, one time a year,

595
00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:12,480
not four times or six times, but one

596
00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:14,920
time, could walk up those steps, walk to

597
00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,460
the back of that tabernacle and could pull

598
00:19:17,460 --> 00:19:19,360
back the little sash and walk into what

599
00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:21,440
the Bible refers to many times as the

600
00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,540
Holy of Holies.

601
00:19:24,660 --> 00:19:26,480
Now, the Holy of Holies, ladies and gentlemen,

602
00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:28,840
cannot be described by a mere man who

603
00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:30,240
is preaching in a pulpit in a revival

604
00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:30,480
meeting.

605
00:19:30,580 --> 00:19:32,160
The Holy of Holies was something that was

606
00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:32,660
magnificent.

607
00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:35,800
It is not where Moses and Aaron sat

608
00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,260
down for a nice little political preacher talk

609
00:19:38,260 --> 00:19:39,000
in a cup of coffee.

610
00:19:39,580 --> 00:19:41,240
It was not where there was any president

611
00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:42,660
or any great pontiff of the land.

612
00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,040
It was not where some great person was.

613
00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,040
But in the Holy of Holies was the

614
00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:48,360
ark of a covenant with the two golden

615
00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:50,680
cherubim facing themselves with the wings covering their

616
00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:51,140
face.

617
00:19:51,420 --> 00:19:52,360
A sign of humility.

618
00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,780
And between the two golden cherubims on the

619
00:19:55,780 --> 00:19:57,940
mercy seat was the very, did you hear

620
00:19:57,940 --> 00:19:58,100
me?

621
00:19:58,380 --> 00:19:59,720
The very glory of God.

622
00:20:00,540 --> 00:20:04,640
The very presence of the Christ, Holy God.

623
00:20:06,700 --> 00:20:09,540
That man with trembling hands would take that

624
00:20:09,540 --> 00:20:11,540
basin of blood after they had slit that

625
00:20:11,540 --> 00:20:13,400
animal's throat from ear to ear.

626
00:20:14,060 --> 00:20:16,280
Every drop of blood was put inside of

627
00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:16,960
that little basin.

628
00:20:17,180 --> 00:20:18,440
He would walk in and he would go

629
00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:19,500
up the steps and I'm sure in the

630
00:20:19,500 --> 00:20:20,800
back of his mind he's thinking to himself,

631
00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:22,320
I hope every sin is confessed.

632
00:20:22,700 --> 00:20:23,880
I hope the people are praying.

633
00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:25,460
I hope I've done a thorough job of

634
00:20:25,460 --> 00:20:26,280
getting my heart right.

635
00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:26,700
Well, God.

636
00:20:27,380 --> 00:20:28,840
He would walk and pull back that little

637
00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:30,420
silk sash and walk into the back into

638
00:20:30,420 --> 00:20:32,180
the very presence of Almighty God.

639
00:20:32,420 --> 00:20:34,140
And he would make an atonement for the

640
00:20:34,140 --> 00:20:36,280
people's sins for one year.

641
00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:37,200
What a way to live.

642
00:20:37,740 --> 00:20:39,700
I'm glad Jesus Christ made an atonement and

643
00:20:39,700 --> 00:20:41,640
sacrificed his life for all of eternity.

644
00:20:42,060 --> 00:20:42,980
But he would go back there.

645
00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:43,840
He would lay it.

646
00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:45,340
But did you know that the Bible in

647
00:20:45,340 --> 00:20:47,040
history records for us that this man on

648
00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:49,500
his garment would have a robe tied around

649
00:20:49,500 --> 00:20:49,960
his waist.

650
00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:53,600
He was probably, I guess, supposed maybe about

651
00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,960
20 or 25, 30 feet long.

652
00:20:56,580 --> 00:20:58,540
Because on the bottom of that man's robe

653
00:20:58,540 --> 00:21:00,260
there was bells and pomegranates.

654
00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:01,800
Bible says a bell and a pomegranate, bell

655
00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:02,860
and a pomegranate all the way around.

656
00:21:02,940 --> 00:21:04,700
You see, as that man would walk, he

657
00:21:04,700 --> 00:21:05,900
would jingle and jangle and they would hear

658
00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:07,040
the bells ringing as he was in the

659
00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:07,900
very presence of God.

660
00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:11,040
But when the bells stopped ringing, they knew

661
00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:12,680
that this man had sin in his heart

662
00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:14,160
that was not dealt with and he would

663
00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,720
perish in the very holiness of God.

664
00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,180
And there wasn't a Jew on the face

665
00:21:18,180 --> 00:21:20,800
of God's earth that would be foolish enough

666
00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:22,260
to walk in there and drag his dead

667
00:21:22,260 --> 00:21:23,020
carcass out.

668
00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:25,140
Rather, they would take that rope and they

669
00:21:25,140 --> 00:21:27,360
would pull that dead high priest out from

670
00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:29,160
the very presence of God because they could

671
00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:30,980
not go in because they themselves would perish

672
00:21:30,980 --> 00:21:33,240
in the holiness of God.

673
00:21:33,820 --> 00:21:36,480
And that was a place called the Holy

674
00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:37,880
of Holies.

675
00:21:38,940 --> 00:21:39,600
It was sacred.

676
00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:41,860
It was a place that they looked to

677
00:21:41,860 --> 00:21:44,200
and they said, that is where God.

678
00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,360
So the apostle Paul, preaching obviously to these

679
00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:51,400
people, knew that they were going to know

680
00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,000
their Old Testament Bible very well.

681
00:21:53,740 --> 00:21:56,140
So he uses a word that they would

682
00:21:56,140 --> 00:21:57,820
all identify with.

683
00:21:57,940 --> 00:22:01,340
He says, your body is the temple of

684
00:22:01,340 --> 00:22:01,960
the Holy Ghost.

685
00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:03,720
Look at where temple is in 1 Corinthians

686
00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:05,000
6, verse number 19.

687
00:22:05,120 --> 00:22:05,800
Study it sometime.

688
00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:10,000
It is literally translated the Holy of Holies.

689
00:22:11,420 --> 00:22:12,120
Do you know what that means?

690
00:22:12,180 --> 00:22:14,380
That means 1 Corinthians 4, Paul is exactly

691
00:22:14,380 --> 00:22:15,840
right when he says, God does not dwell

692
00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,020
with tents and tabernacles made with man's hands,

693
00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:22,220
but in our very earthly bodies.

694
00:22:22,260 --> 00:22:23,180
Now, I don't understand that.

695
00:22:23,420 --> 00:22:26,020
My little finite mind cannot compute something that

696
00:22:26,020 --> 00:22:28,440
is so big, that is so honorable, that

697
00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,820
is so great, that is so magnificent that

698
00:22:30,820 --> 00:22:33,720
God lives in my very body right this

699
00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:34,360
very moment.

700
00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:36,380
And no longer does God dwell in a

701
00:22:36,380 --> 00:22:37,320
building, if you will.

702
00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,500
No longer is the Holy of Holies in

703
00:22:40,500 --> 00:22:42,700
the back of a tabernacle between the mercy

704
00:22:42,700 --> 00:22:43,040
seats.

705
00:22:43,260 --> 00:22:45,700
But my body has now become the Holy

706
00:22:45,700 --> 00:22:48,200
of Holies because God resides.

707
00:22:50,250 --> 00:22:52,390
Mr. Webster, in 1828, just before he wrote

708
00:22:52,390 --> 00:22:54,510
his dictionary, it came to him and he

709
00:22:54,510 --> 00:22:56,150
said, Mr. Webster, you're the most brilliant man

710
00:22:56,150 --> 00:22:57,990
we believe the world has ever known.

711
00:22:58,930 --> 00:23:00,450
Not only did he write a dictionary, but

712
00:23:00,450 --> 00:23:02,350
you study Mr. Webster's dictionary just a little

713
00:23:02,350 --> 00:23:03,770
bit and you read some little deals he

714
00:23:03,770 --> 00:23:05,350
had in there about repentance and justification.

715
00:23:06,310 --> 00:23:08,110
And definitions about inspiration.

716
00:23:08,230 --> 00:23:09,710
I'm telling you, this man, do God.

717
00:23:09,810 --> 00:23:11,110
I've also read his autobiography.

718
00:23:11,410 --> 00:23:12,990
Here's a man who was saved out of

719
00:23:12,990 --> 00:23:13,950
a wicked, wicked life.

720
00:23:14,170 --> 00:23:14,830
But God used him.

721
00:23:14,850 --> 00:23:15,690
He was a brilliant man.

722
00:23:15,990 --> 00:23:18,090
Wrote that dictionary there in 1828 and he

723
00:23:18,090 --> 00:23:18,950
had a professor.

724
00:23:19,370 --> 00:23:20,610
The man come to him one day and

725
00:23:20,610 --> 00:23:21,770
began to talk to him and wanted to

726
00:23:21,770 --> 00:23:23,790
interview him about a particular job and some

727
00:23:23,790 --> 00:23:24,070
things.

728
00:23:24,310 --> 00:23:25,890
And he said, Mr. Webster, just a simple

729
00:23:25,890 --> 00:23:26,930
question I'd like to ask you.

730
00:23:26,990 --> 00:23:29,630
He said, what is it that is the

731
00:23:29,630 --> 00:23:31,710
greatest thought that has ever coursed its way

732
00:23:31,710 --> 00:23:32,410
through your brain?

733
00:23:33,030 --> 00:23:35,310
What is the deepest thought you have ever

734
00:23:35,310 --> 00:23:35,490
had?

735
00:23:35,490 --> 00:23:38,330
They said, we commend you and we look

736
00:23:38,330 --> 00:23:39,670
at you as one of the most brilliant

737
00:23:39,670 --> 00:23:40,610
men in all the world.

738
00:23:41,030 --> 00:23:45,330
What is the most magnificent, stunning thought that

739
00:23:45,330 --> 00:23:47,550
you've ever laid in bed at night and

740
00:23:47,550 --> 00:23:49,510
thought about just before you close your eyes

741
00:23:49,510 --> 00:23:49,950
and sleep?

742
00:23:50,610 --> 00:23:54,130
And without a moment's hesitation, he said, the

743
00:23:54,130 --> 00:23:56,090
greatest thought I've ever had in all of

744
00:23:56,090 --> 00:24:00,070
my life is simply God lives in my

745
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:02,100
life.

746
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,100
And he owns me, number one, and can

747
00:24:05,100 --> 00:24:08,320
tell me what to do, number one, by

748
00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,360
right of creation.

749
00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:13,400
He lives within me so that I may

750
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,140
bring honor and glory to him.

751
00:24:16,340 --> 00:24:18,100
By the way, that's why you ought not

752
00:24:18,100 --> 00:24:18,900
mess up your body.

753
00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:22,220
That's why in everything that you do in

754
00:24:22,220 --> 00:24:24,740
your eating, in your drinking, in every area

755
00:24:24,740 --> 00:24:27,000
of your life, you bring honor and glory

756
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:27,260
to God.

757
00:24:27,380 --> 00:24:30,300
Because sorry, friend, it's not your body.

758
00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:32,100
It's God's body.

759
00:24:32,620 --> 00:24:33,980
You say, well, I do with my body

760
00:24:33,980 --> 00:24:34,500
what I want to.

761
00:24:34,740 --> 00:24:37,140
That's fine, but you'll meet God for what

762
00:24:37,140 --> 00:24:40,940
you did with his holy of holy tabernacle

763
00:24:40,940 --> 00:24:42,280
that is your body.

764
00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:44,280
You smoke on your body.

765
00:24:44,340 --> 00:24:44,880
That's your problem.

766
00:24:44,980 --> 00:24:45,720
You'll meet God for that.

767
00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:47,600
You drink in your body.

768
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:48,180
That's your problem.

769
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:49,000
You'll meet God for that.

770
00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:51,220
You use your body to do things you

771
00:24:51,220 --> 00:24:51,700
ought not do.

772
00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:52,440
That's your problem.

773
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,320
You will meet God for that because your

774
00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:59,000
body belongs to God, not to you.

775
00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:00,000
So how do you know that?

776
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,760
Because God created you for him, not for

777
00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:04,000
me and not for you.

778
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,180
So Paul says, okay, folks, your body is

779
00:25:06,180 --> 00:25:07,040
a temple of the Holy Ghost.

780
00:25:07,500 --> 00:25:08,720
God owns you, number one, by right of

781
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:10,440
creation, but simply God owns you, number two,

782
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:11,300
by right of salvation.

783
00:25:12,020 --> 00:25:13,980
By the very right that he redeems you

784
00:25:13,980 --> 00:25:15,260
out of the slave market, out of the

785
00:25:15,260 --> 00:25:16,280
cesspool of iniquity.

786
00:25:16,580 --> 00:25:17,160
Look at verse 20.

787
00:25:17,260 --> 00:25:17,460
What's that?

788
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,400
First Corinthians chapter six in verse 20.

789
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,940
He says, for ye are bought with a

790
00:25:22,940 --> 00:25:23,240
price.

791
00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:25,420
Therefore, here it is again.

792
00:25:26,140 --> 00:25:29,200
Glorify God in your body and in your

793
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:29,700
spirit.

794
00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,500
Notice which are yours.

795
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:33,340
Let him say that.

796
00:25:33,340 --> 00:25:36,760
It says, which are God's.

797
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,440
And so Paul says, listen here, folks, God

798
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:39,880
can tell you what to do, when he

799
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:41,720
wants to, why he wants to, because he

800
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:42,460
created you.

801
00:25:42,660 --> 00:25:44,200
He lives within your very body at the

802
00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:44,920
point of salvation.

803
00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:46,980
He said, but more than that, you are

804
00:25:46,980 --> 00:25:48,260
bought with a price.

805
00:25:48,420 --> 00:25:50,200
First Peter chapter number one, verses 18 and

806
00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:50,520
19.

807
00:25:50,860 --> 00:25:52,960
For you are not redeemed with corruptible things,

808
00:25:53,020 --> 00:25:55,220
such as silver and gold, from your vain

809
00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:58,200
conversation received by tradition of your father, but

810
00:25:58,200 --> 00:25:59,740
with the blood.

811
00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:02,480
The blood of the Lord Jesus Christ as

812
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,720
of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

813
00:26:04,940 --> 00:26:06,640
Hebrews chapter nine in verse number 22.

814
00:26:06,940 --> 00:26:08,680
And almost all things are purged by the

815
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:10,800
law with blood and without the shedding of

816
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:12,860
blood, there is no remission.

817
00:26:13,120 --> 00:26:15,740
Ephesians chapter one and verse number seven repeated

818
00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:18,040
in Colossians chapter one in verse number seven.

819
00:26:18,260 --> 00:26:19,960
The Bible says in whom we have redemption,

820
00:26:20,220 --> 00:26:22,080
it needs to be purchased out of a

821
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,860
slave market of sin and whom we have

822
00:26:23,860 --> 00:26:27,920
redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of

823
00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,500
sins, according to the riches of his grace.

824
00:26:30,580 --> 00:26:32,720
And ladies and gentlemen, I'm not redeemed with

825
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,000
Bill Gates, millions and billions and gigalillions.

826
00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:37,420
I'm not redeemed with a Baptist offering.

827
00:26:37,660 --> 00:26:39,020
I'm not redeemed with money.

828
00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:41,520
I'm not redeemed with corruptible things that will

829
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:43,240
fade away, such as silver and gold.

830
00:26:43,460 --> 00:26:45,780
But I've been redeemed with the precious red

831
00:26:45,780 --> 00:26:48,120
royal crimson full of Calvary, the blood of

832
00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:50,260
Jesus Christ, the only thing that can take

833
00:26:50,260 --> 00:26:52,720
a wicked sin infested sinner.

834
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:54,960
And according to Isaiah chapter one in verse

835
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:58,020
number 18, makes him as pure as the

836
00:26:58,020 --> 00:26:58,680
driven snow.

837
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,760
God said, come now, let us reason together.

838
00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:02,880
Know your sins be as solid.

839
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,540
They shall be as snow, so they be

840
00:27:05,540 --> 00:27:06,520
red like crimson.

841
00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:08,140
They shall be as wool.

842
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:10,260
You know, we teach little kids sometimes about

843
00:27:10,260 --> 00:27:11,700
how black sin is.

844
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,860
And it's a good picture because middle of

845
00:27:13,860 --> 00:27:14,680
darkness rather than light.

846
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:16,220
But according to your Bible, sin's not black.

847
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,460
According to your Bible, ladies and gentlemen, sin

848
00:27:19,460 --> 00:27:21,360
is crimson red.

849
00:27:22,500 --> 00:27:27,380
The brightest, most outlandish color of red that

850
00:27:27,380 --> 00:27:29,040
you can muster up in your mind.

851
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,440
God says when he sees a sinner, he

852
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:36,660
sees them as a crimson red sinner.

853
00:27:36,820 --> 00:27:37,740
Now, how does that work?

854
00:27:38,660 --> 00:27:41,840
If I am crimson red in the sight

855
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,680
of God, I mean light bulb, shiny red

856
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:45,600
in God's eyes.

857
00:27:46,140 --> 00:27:47,880
If I'm red in the eyes of God,

858
00:27:48,460 --> 00:27:50,260
but if I am to be washed in

859
00:27:50,260 --> 00:27:52,560
the precious red royal blood of the Lord

860
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,040
Jesus Christ, am I or am I not

861
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,160
seen by God through the blood?

862
00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:57,760
Yes, I am.

863
00:27:57,800 --> 00:27:58,620
That's what the Bible says.

864
00:27:58,620 --> 00:28:00,780
Therefore, now no condemnation to them which are

865
00:28:00,780 --> 00:28:02,940
in Christ Jesus who walk not after the

866
00:28:02,940 --> 00:28:04,120
flesh, but after the spirit.

867
00:28:04,220 --> 00:28:04,340
Why?

868
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:07,920
Much more being justified by his blood.

869
00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:09,280
We have peace with God.

870
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,340
OK, so here I am as a sinner,

871
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,360
light bulb, tacky red in the eyes of

872
00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:14,760
God.

873
00:28:15,020 --> 00:28:17,060
Then I am washed April the 17th of

874
00:28:17,060 --> 00:28:20,280
1992, 830 at night, washed in the precious

875
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,760
red royal blood of Calvary because by faith

876
00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:24,860
and faith alone, I turn from my way

877
00:28:24,860 --> 00:28:26,020
and turn to God's way.

878
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:27,160
So let me ask you a question.

879
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,400
How can a red sinner be covered in

880
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,540
red blood and according to God be seen

881
00:28:31,540 --> 00:28:33,460
as white as snow?

882
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:35,320
I'll tell you, I remember when I was

883
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,780
a kid, I used to like Cracker Jacks.

884
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,740
I'm careful about saying sometimes what I like

885
00:28:40,740 --> 00:28:41,160
in the pulpit.

886
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:42,340
OK, that's not a point for Walton.

887
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:43,400
Next week, we're going to be at Valley

888
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:44,800
Drive Baptist Church in Fielddale, Virginia.

889
00:28:45,260 --> 00:28:45,820
Last year we were there.

890
00:28:45,860 --> 00:28:46,920
I said, I like red velvet cake.

891
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:47,860
We got seven of them things.

892
00:28:47,980 --> 00:28:50,820
OK, so when I was a kid, I

893
00:28:50,820 --> 00:28:52,000
liked Cracker Jacks.

894
00:28:52,020 --> 00:28:53,000
I'm not a big fan of them now,

895
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:54,020
but I'll eat them, I suppose, if I

896
00:28:54,020 --> 00:28:55,060
was in a desert and I started them

897
00:28:55,060 --> 00:28:55,540
and I had to.

898
00:28:55,540 --> 00:28:58,300
But the Cracker Jack pops always enjoyed the

899
00:28:58,300 --> 00:28:58,580
toy.

900
00:28:58,960 --> 00:28:59,960
And if you'll be honest with you, when

901
00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:01,240
you ate Cracker Jacks and when you ate

902
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:02,600
cereals as a kid, you could have cared

903
00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:03,640
less if you were starving to death.

904
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:05,080
You didn't want the Cracker Jacks and you

905
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:05,840
didn't want the Cheerios.

906
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:07,140
You wanted the toy on the inside.

907
00:29:07,420 --> 00:29:08,900
And I remember I'd reach inside there and

908
00:29:08,900 --> 00:29:10,020
I'd pull out all that little stuff you

909
00:29:10,020 --> 00:29:11,180
could stick all over you and stick all

910
00:29:11,180 --> 00:29:11,620
over the house.

911
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:12,320
And Mama loved that.

912
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:13,800
But they always had them little big coasters.

913
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:14,340
Remember those?

914
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:16,240
They had those little deals you'd put out.

915
00:29:16,620 --> 00:29:18,480
And here were these, these sinuses.

916
00:29:18,700 --> 00:29:19,760
I mean, mumbo jumbo.

917
00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,140
I mean, you couldn't understand a word it

918
00:29:22,140 --> 00:29:22,260
said.

919
00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:23,520
I mean, it was all messed up and

920
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:25,100
all, you know, it had to be field

921
00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:26,080
filled out is what they called it.

922
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:27,700
So what they had are these red words

923
00:29:27,700 --> 00:29:27,940
everywhere.

924
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:29,480
Then they had these little blank spots all

925
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:29,920
over the place.

926
00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,180
And they had all these little red decoders

927
00:29:32,180 --> 00:29:32,540
in there.

928
00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:34,120
Remember that little cellophane red deal?

929
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,220
And so you'd get that little red cellophane

930
00:29:37,220 --> 00:29:39,360
magnifier, whatever it was, and you'd take that

931
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:42,800
red cellophane and you'd put it over the

932
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:44,600
top of that red word.

933
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,060
And you remember what color it would be?

934
00:29:49,990 --> 00:29:51,050
You could see like this.

935
00:29:52,470 --> 00:29:54,290
But you could get a regular old cellophane

936
00:29:54,290 --> 00:29:55,190
and look through it and it'd still be

937
00:29:55,190 --> 00:29:55,430
red.

938
00:29:56,770 --> 00:29:58,370
You put your glasses off, put your glasses

939
00:29:58,370 --> 00:29:59,550
on, you'd look through a paper towel if

940
00:29:59,550 --> 00:30:00,530
you wanted to, it'd still be red.

941
00:30:01,910 --> 00:30:03,110
It was only when you put the red

942
00:30:03,110 --> 00:30:04,430
decoder on top of the red words that

943
00:30:04,430 --> 00:30:05,310
you could look at it and see it

944
00:30:05,310 --> 00:30:05,530
white.

945
00:30:05,630 --> 00:30:07,230
You know what, ladies and gentlemen, I'm light

946
00:30:07,230 --> 00:30:09,230
blue, tacky red in the eyes of God.

947
00:30:10,030 --> 00:30:12,250
But when the blood has been applied from

948
00:30:12,250 --> 00:30:14,810
my heart, when I was redeemed, God looks

949
00:30:14,810 --> 00:30:17,630
through the blood and he sees me as

950
00:30:17,630 --> 00:30:18,430
white as it is.

951
00:30:19,730 --> 00:30:22,230
And the Bible says I have been created

952
00:30:22,230 --> 00:30:24,990
for his glory and saved for his glory.

953
00:30:25,110 --> 00:30:26,450
Somebody says, well, I live my life the

954
00:30:26,450 --> 00:30:27,490
way I want to because I'm going to

955
00:30:27,490 --> 00:30:28,430
heaven when I die.

956
00:30:28,690 --> 00:30:29,910
And the only reason you got saved wasn't

957
00:30:29,910 --> 00:30:30,390
to go to heaven.

958
00:30:31,550 --> 00:30:32,770
If the only reason you got saved was

959
00:30:32,770 --> 00:30:33,810
to go to heaven, God had put you

960
00:30:33,810 --> 00:30:34,710
there the day you got saved.

961
00:30:34,790 --> 00:30:35,710
He left you there for a purpose.

962
00:30:35,850 --> 00:30:37,790
That's to honor and bring glory to the

963
00:30:37,790 --> 00:30:39,890
Lord Jesus Christ, the one that resides in

964
00:30:39,890 --> 00:30:40,630
your very body.

965
00:30:40,870 --> 00:30:43,150
And Paul said, you are bought with a

966
00:30:43,150 --> 00:30:43,510
price.

967
00:30:44,290 --> 00:30:46,970
That price is the blood of Jesus Christ.

968
00:30:47,070 --> 00:30:48,290
You've heard it a million and one times,

969
00:30:48,330 --> 00:30:49,350
but let it be reiterated.

970
00:30:49,910 --> 00:30:52,390
Salvation is free, but it is not cheap.

971
00:30:52,390 --> 00:30:54,210
It costs heaven's best.

972
00:30:55,010 --> 00:30:56,830
The Lord Jesus Christ robed himself in human

973
00:30:56,830 --> 00:30:58,770
glory and came down here and took upon

974
00:30:58,770 --> 00:31:00,190
him the form of a man and was

975
00:31:00,190 --> 00:31:00,670
spit upon.

976
00:31:00,790 --> 00:31:02,450
The beard was plucked out by his very

977
00:31:02,450 --> 00:31:02,830
roots.

978
00:31:02,990 --> 00:31:05,650
And ladies and gentlemen, he shed every single

979
00:31:05,650 --> 00:31:07,450
drop of blood for you and for me

980
00:31:07,450 --> 00:31:09,310
so that we may be redeemed out of

981
00:31:09,310 --> 00:31:10,590
the slave market of iniquity.

982
00:31:10,950 --> 00:31:13,050
And don't you tell me you can live

983
00:31:13,050 --> 00:31:14,510
your life any way that you want to

984
00:31:14,510 --> 00:31:16,990
because you cannot, because he created you for

985
00:31:16,990 --> 00:31:19,210
his glory and saved you for his glory.

986
00:31:20,310 --> 00:31:22,330
Paul said, the very Chicana glory of the

987
00:31:22,330 --> 00:31:26,090
Holy God resides in your very...

988
00:31:28,060 --> 00:31:30,360
There is a fountain filled with blood drawn

989
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:31,350
from Immanuel's veins.

990
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:34,280
And sin is purged beneath that flood, loose

991
00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:35,520
all their guilty stains.

992
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:38,340
Dying, he rejoiced to see that fountain in

993
00:31:38,340 --> 00:31:40,520
his day, and there may I, through how

994
00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:44,040
I see, wash all my sins away.

995
00:31:44,460 --> 00:31:46,120
What can wash away my sin?

996
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,080
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

997
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,360
What can make me whole again?

998
00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:53,320
Nothing but the blood of Jesus, not your

999
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,720
church membership, not your baptismal certificate, not being

1000
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,240
a Baptist, a Catholic, a dog walker, a

1001
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:02,220
tongue speaker, an Episcopalian, anything like that, ladies

1002
00:32:02,220 --> 00:32:02,600
and gentlemen.

1003
00:32:02,700 --> 00:32:05,200
There is one thing that'll wash your sins

1004
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:06,680
away in the sight of God, and that

1005
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,960
is the blood of Jesus Christ.

1006
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:10,880
And that is the only thing that'll wash

1007
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:12,680
your sins away in the sight of Almighty

1008
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:13,140
God.

1009
00:32:13,380 --> 00:32:15,220
You see, ladies and gentlemen, here's the truth

1010
00:32:15,220 --> 00:32:15,640
of the Bible.

1011
00:32:15,780 --> 00:32:18,420
Everybody in this room, everybody, from the front

1012
00:32:18,420 --> 00:32:19,540
to the back, from the left to the

1013
00:32:19,540 --> 00:32:21,120
right, come up here.

1014
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:25,180
Your pastor could take a great big 50

1015
00:32:25,180 --> 00:32:26,260
-gallon drum.

1016
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:28,500
He'd take more than that, by the way,

1017
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:29,120
if everybody in the front.

1018
00:32:29,900 --> 00:32:32,620
He'd take a big 50-gallon drum, let

1019
00:32:32,620 --> 00:32:35,060
it all come up here and just shed

1020
00:32:35,060 --> 00:32:38,220
blood like wild animals in that 50-gallon

1021
00:32:38,220 --> 00:32:38,800
drum.

1022
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:40,760
Just fill it up to the top.

1023
00:32:41,660 --> 00:32:43,620
Let all the people there, put it up

1024
00:32:43,620 --> 00:32:45,360
here on the community table.

1025
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:47,900
The preacher get his Bible and start reading

1026
00:32:47,900 --> 00:32:49,020
some verses about the blood.

1027
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:51,300
He says, God, you see all these people

1028
00:32:51,300 --> 00:32:51,680
in here?

1029
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:53,680
This is their blood.

1030
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,240
We got 50 gallons of it.

1031
00:32:57,940 --> 00:33:00,020
We want you to know that this is

1032
00:33:00,020 --> 00:33:03,140
our offering, our sacrifice to you so that

1033
00:33:03,140 --> 00:33:05,000
we can enter the pearly gates and we

1034
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,200
can walk the streets of gold.

1035
00:33:06,260 --> 00:33:06,980
And I want you to know everybody in

1036
00:33:06,980 --> 00:33:08,040
this room would go straight to hell.

1037
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:10,900
Because God didn't accept your blood.

1038
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:13,840
He accepted Christ's blood and that's it.

1039
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,320
He said that we have been not with

1040
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,100
corruptible things, but the silver and gold from

1041
00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:25,040
your vain lifestyle, vain conversation received by the

1042
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:25,740
tradition.

1043
00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,760
And all these silly traditions and ideas, they

1044
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:30,180
cared more about the traditions of man than

1045
00:33:30,180 --> 00:33:31,260
they did the doctrines of the word of

1046
00:33:31,260 --> 00:33:31,580
God.

1047
00:33:32,180 --> 00:33:33,980
Paul said there's only one thing that'll save

1048
00:33:33,980 --> 00:33:35,580
your never dying soul and wash you clean,

1049
00:33:35,700 --> 00:33:37,960
wash you white and give you merit in

1050
00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:38,680
the eyes of God.

1051
00:33:38,780 --> 00:33:39,500
It's not your works.

1052
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:40,540
It's not any of those things.

1053
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,440
He said it's the blood of the Lord

1054
00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:43,060
Jesus Christ.

1055
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,200
And by the way, for saved people, not

1056
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:46,960
only is it the blood that saves us,

1057
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:48,320
but the blood secures us.

1058
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:49,420
It sanctifies us.

1059
00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:50,360
It sets us free.

1060
00:33:50,660 --> 00:33:52,300
And by the way, it gives us safety

1061
00:33:52,300 --> 00:33:54,620
because the Bible says in Revelation chapter 12

1062
00:33:54,620 --> 00:33:56,500
and verse 11, and they overcame him.

1063
00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:58,600
That's the devil by the blood of the

1064
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:00,020
lamb or the devil starts in about the

1065
00:34:00,020 --> 00:34:02,440
blood and he'll run a long, long ways

1066
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,820
from that church building because there's no power

1067
00:34:04,820 --> 00:34:06,240
through the devil.

1068
00:34:06,420 --> 00:34:08,320
Whenever we start talking about and preaching about

1069
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:09,520
and singing about and playing about.

1070
00:34:09,780 --> 00:34:11,540
That's why sometimes when I pray, I say,

1071
00:34:11,580 --> 00:34:12,840
Lord, give us the victory we already have.

1072
00:34:12,860 --> 00:34:13,920
And I plead the blood of the Lord

1073
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,520
Jesus Christ because they overcame him by the

1074
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:17,960
blood of the lamb, by the word of

1075
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:18,560
their testimony.

1076
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:20,420
And they love not their lives under the

1077
00:34:20,420 --> 00:34:20,620
death.

1078
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:21,800
What am I saying this morning?

1079
00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:23,780
I'm telling you, ladies and gentlemen, the blood

1080
00:34:23,780 --> 00:34:25,699
is important for several reasons.

1081
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:27,500
But one of the biggest reasons it's important

1082
00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:29,860
is because it redeems your soul.

1083
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,060
And that's why you have no right to

1084
00:34:32,060 --> 00:34:33,020
live in the way that you want to.

1085
00:34:34,380 --> 00:34:37,260
That's why this week you can't sit around

1086
00:34:37,260 --> 00:34:39,520
at about 6.45 and 7 o'clock

1087
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:40,699
and 7.15 and say, well, you know

1088
00:34:40,699 --> 00:34:40,800
what?

1089
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,280
I don't think it's a real big deal

1090
00:34:42,739 --> 00:34:43,960
that I go to church this week.

1091
00:34:43,980 --> 00:34:45,840
I suppose I'll just watch TV.

1092
00:34:47,219 --> 00:34:47,620
Is that right?

1093
00:34:49,100 --> 00:34:50,739
According to the word of God, ladies and

1094
00:34:50,739 --> 00:34:52,960
gentlemen, you're not commanded to come to this

1095
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:54,000
church to hear me preach.

1096
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:56,300
You're not commanded to come to this church

1097
00:34:56,300 --> 00:34:57,380
to hear these people sing.

1098
00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:59,440
You're commanded to be faithful to the house

1099
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:01,140
of God because you've been redeemed so you

1100
00:35:01,140 --> 00:35:02,440
can bring honor and glory to God.

1101
00:35:03,620 --> 00:35:05,800
And if you think you can sit home

1102
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,020
or the house of God is being filled

1103
00:35:08,020 --> 00:35:09,680
and the man of God is preaching and

1104
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:11,600
people are singing, and if you think you

1105
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,400
can bring more honor to God watching a

1106
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:16,720
ball game, I wonder about your spirit's condition.

1107
00:35:19,110 --> 00:35:21,210
Ladies and gentlemen, we've been created and we've

1108
00:35:21,210 --> 00:35:22,310
been redeemed for him.

1109
00:35:23,810 --> 00:35:26,770
We all know we belong to him.

1110
00:35:28,010 --> 00:35:30,710
I preached this message about a week, a

1111
00:35:30,710 --> 00:35:31,730
week and a half ago whenever it was

1112
00:35:31,730 --> 00:35:32,650
in Ghana, West Africa.

1113
00:35:33,830 --> 00:35:35,730
And as I was preaching this sermon, I

1114
00:35:35,730 --> 00:35:37,190
came to this illustration and I'm about to

1115
00:35:37,190 --> 00:35:38,450
give you and the light bulb came on.

1116
00:35:38,530 --> 00:35:40,030
I'm obviously preaching to an interpreter.

1117
00:35:40,590 --> 00:35:41,870
And yes, I slow down when I preach

1118
00:35:41,870 --> 00:35:42,370
to an interpreter.

1119
00:35:42,830 --> 00:35:45,630
But this guy being on the mission field,

1120
00:35:45,730 --> 00:35:46,730
this was the best interpreter.

1121
00:35:46,830 --> 00:35:47,510
He's 21 years old.

1122
00:35:47,530 --> 00:35:49,730
He's the best interpreter I've ever had.

1123
00:35:49,770 --> 00:35:51,630
You hit the pulpit, he hit the pulpit.

1124
00:35:51,710 --> 00:35:53,510
You lifted the Bible, he lifted the Bible.

1125
00:35:53,790 --> 00:35:55,290
You put out your sweat rag, he put

1126
00:35:55,290 --> 00:35:55,930
out his sweat rag.

1127
00:35:56,030 --> 00:35:57,430
I mean, buddy, he could just stay right

1128
00:35:57,430 --> 00:35:57,790
with you.

1129
00:35:57,990 --> 00:35:58,950
And I didn't have to slow down a

1130
00:35:58,950 --> 00:35:59,270
whole lot.

1131
00:35:59,330 --> 00:36:01,170
I mean, this guy could give it all.

1132
00:36:01,470 --> 00:36:02,350
I don't know if you understand what I'm

1133
00:36:02,350 --> 00:36:03,290
saying, but God broke anyhow.

1134
00:36:03,530 --> 00:36:05,030
But I mean, this guy, he's just moving.

1135
00:36:05,430 --> 00:36:06,850
And I was preaching this sermon and I

1136
00:36:06,850 --> 00:36:07,630
gave an invitation.

1137
00:36:08,030 --> 00:36:09,490
And this was on Sunday night.

1138
00:36:09,530 --> 00:36:11,050
We started a crusade in a little village

1139
00:36:11,050 --> 00:36:13,030
called Abra on Monday night through Thursday night.

1140
00:36:13,330 --> 00:36:14,730
And we had services every morning at 10,

1141
00:36:14,810 --> 00:36:15,670
services every night at 7.

1142
00:36:15,890 --> 00:36:16,950
Time means nothing over there.

1143
00:36:16,950 --> 00:36:18,270
You start at 10, that means you start

1144
00:36:18,270 --> 00:36:18,570
at 12.

1145
00:36:18,650 --> 00:36:19,530
If you start at 7, that means you

1146
00:36:19,530 --> 00:36:20,350
start at 1030 at night.

1147
00:36:20,430 --> 00:36:23,410
But nonetheless, on Sunday night, we actually started

1148
00:36:23,410 --> 00:36:23,890
on time.

1149
00:36:23,990 --> 00:36:25,050
And he had about, I don't know, about

1150
00:36:25,050 --> 00:36:26,890
8,500 people in his church, something like

1151
00:36:26,890 --> 00:36:27,090
that.

1152
00:36:27,310 --> 00:36:28,290
And there was a lot of teenagers.

1153
00:36:28,950 --> 00:36:30,410
And he has just a bunch of young

1154
00:36:30,410 --> 00:36:31,110
people that he works with.

1155
00:36:31,150 --> 00:36:32,890
And I'm telling you, I preach this message

1156
00:36:32,890 --> 00:36:34,790
about God's ownership and about God owning you.

1157
00:36:34,870 --> 00:36:36,350
And I'm telling you, when I gave the

1158
00:36:36,350 --> 00:36:38,250
invitation, I mean, it was like a battlefield.

1159
00:36:39,070 --> 00:36:40,930
I mean, them adults and them kids, I

1160
00:36:40,930 --> 00:36:41,790
mean, little kids.

1161
00:36:42,630 --> 00:36:44,670
I mean, they sprawled out on that old

1162
00:36:44,670 --> 00:36:47,470
concrete, dirt-infested roach crawling forward.

1163
00:36:47,930 --> 00:36:49,170
And I mean, they lay on the ground.

1164
00:36:49,190 --> 00:36:50,330
And I'm telling you, we didn't have one

1165
00:36:50,330 --> 00:36:52,070
of them 35-second, you come now, we're

1166
00:36:52,070 --> 00:36:53,130
closing the service pipe of deals.

1167
00:36:53,410 --> 00:36:55,150
I'm telling you, they fell on their face

1168
00:36:55,150 --> 00:36:57,210
and they wept and they sprawled.

1169
00:36:57,390 --> 00:36:59,010
And them teenagers had their hands up in

1170
00:36:59,010 --> 00:37:00,450
the air saying, God, forgive me.

1171
00:37:00,730 --> 00:37:02,210
And I mean, some of them could speak

1172
00:37:02,210 --> 00:37:03,670
English, but I mean, in their own little

1173
00:37:03,670 --> 00:37:05,390
native tongue, I mean, them people getting right

1174
00:37:05,390 --> 00:37:05,830
to God.

1175
00:37:06,030 --> 00:37:07,870
I mean, big old watermelons here screaming down

1176
00:37:07,870 --> 00:37:08,330
their face.

1177
00:37:08,570 --> 00:37:10,950
And I'm telling you, those people were overcome

1178
00:37:11,510 --> 00:37:13,650
after I had preached with a sense that

1179
00:37:13,650 --> 00:37:16,350
I belong to God.

1180
00:37:17,110 --> 00:37:18,690
Buddy, when they get in Africa, they get

1181
00:37:18,690 --> 00:37:18,830
it.

1182
00:37:19,790 --> 00:37:21,010
They're not some of these ones, they get

1183
00:37:21,010 --> 00:37:21,230
saved.

1184
00:37:21,270 --> 00:37:22,410
You better baptize them right then because they

1185
00:37:22,410 --> 00:37:23,470
won't be back for six more years.

1186
00:37:23,550 --> 00:37:24,530
No, but if they get it, they're in.

1187
00:37:25,570 --> 00:37:27,750
I mean, those people are in.

1188
00:37:28,470 --> 00:37:29,930
And I'll tell you more about the meeting

1189
00:37:29,930 --> 00:37:31,190
as the week progresses.

1190
00:37:31,390 --> 00:37:32,730
But I'll be honest with you, folks.

1191
00:37:33,090 --> 00:37:36,230
I don't believe I've ever seen people pray

1192
00:37:36,230 --> 00:37:37,850
and get ahold of God when they found

1193
00:37:37,850 --> 00:37:38,810
that man's got on.

1194
00:37:39,850 --> 00:37:41,670
I'm telling you, those people prayed and slaughtered

1195
00:37:41,670 --> 00:37:42,190
a bunch of babies.

1196
00:37:42,190 --> 00:37:43,290
They stayed for probably 20 minutes.

1197
00:37:44,110 --> 00:37:45,570
No music, no singing, nothing like that.

1198
00:37:45,590 --> 00:37:47,310
You don't have pianos in a little school

1199
00:37:47,310 --> 00:37:47,890
room over in Africa.

1200
00:37:47,970 --> 00:37:48,410
You ain't got that.

1201
00:37:48,490 --> 00:37:49,970
They don't have anything, any amenities like we

1202
00:37:49,970 --> 00:37:50,130
got.

1203
00:37:50,210 --> 00:37:51,590
I mean, I took a leather Bible over

1204
00:37:51,590 --> 00:37:52,730
there and told them I was going to

1205
00:37:52,730 --> 00:37:55,090
give away Bibles on Thursday night or Wednesday

1206
00:37:55,090 --> 00:37:56,110
night and on Friday night to the people

1207
00:37:56,110 --> 00:37:56,930
who brought the most visitors.

1208
00:37:57,270 --> 00:37:58,070
I had some leather Bibles.

1209
00:37:58,170 --> 00:37:59,810
I think I paid like $18, $25, something

1210
00:37:59,810 --> 00:38:00,330
like that.

1211
00:38:00,570 --> 00:38:01,590
It's about the same size as the one

1212
00:38:01,590 --> 00:38:01,930
I preached.

1213
00:38:02,030 --> 00:38:03,810
So the missionary got one of them and

1214
00:38:03,810 --> 00:38:05,050
he took it up and he said, he

1215
00:38:05,050 --> 00:38:07,270
said, it's a little leather Bible, genuine leather.

1216
00:38:07,330 --> 00:38:07,990
You say, big deal.

1217
00:38:08,030 --> 00:38:08,810
That's a real big deal to them.

1218
00:38:08,810 --> 00:38:09,550
They don't have it over there.

1219
00:38:09,590 --> 00:38:10,750
I'm telling you, they'll take a Bible.

1220
00:38:11,090 --> 00:38:12,890
I mean, they'll beat the door down to

1221
00:38:12,890 --> 00:38:13,350
have a Bible.

1222
00:38:13,570 --> 00:38:14,750
So he said, I should have to get

1223
00:38:14,750 --> 00:38:15,010
a crowd.

1224
00:38:15,070 --> 00:38:15,590
He said, watch this.

1225
00:38:15,850 --> 00:38:16,570
He said, come on.

1226
00:38:16,910 --> 00:38:18,670
I he said, we're going to give away

1227
00:38:18,670 --> 00:38:20,830
a black, genuine leather Bible.

1228
00:38:20,950 --> 00:38:21,530
Then he said this.

1229
00:38:21,770 --> 00:38:23,670
He said, it's all the way from America.

1230
00:38:23,910 --> 00:38:24,790
Well, they think that's something.

1231
00:38:25,390 --> 00:38:26,750
I had three check marks in my box

1232
00:38:26,750 --> 00:38:27,590
when I got off the airplane.

1233
00:38:27,710 --> 00:38:28,370
I was white.

1234
00:38:28,730 --> 00:38:30,390
I was from the USA and I was

1235
00:38:30,390 --> 00:38:30,750
a preacher.

1236
00:38:30,910 --> 00:38:31,650
I'll be honest with you.

1237
00:38:31,790 --> 00:38:33,710
Those people would treat you like a God.

1238
00:38:34,210 --> 00:38:35,530
They wouldn't let me carry anything.

1239
00:38:35,810 --> 00:38:36,810
I mean, it started to make me feel

1240
00:38:36,810 --> 00:38:37,410
a little bit insecure.

1241
00:38:37,630 --> 00:38:38,630
I mean, I'd be walking out.

1242
00:38:38,630 --> 00:38:39,610
They'd take something out of my hand.

1243
00:38:39,710 --> 00:38:40,330
They'd take something out.

1244
00:38:40,450 --> 00:38:42,110
They wouldn't let me carry a thing.

1245
00:38:42,230 --> 00:38:43,230
But man, when he got up and said,

1246
00:38:43,270 --> 00:38:45,190
we got a black, genuine leather Bible from

1247
00:38:45,190 --> 00:38:45,570
America.

1248
00:38:45,730 --> 00:38:47,590
He said, it's just like the one, the

1249
00:38:47,590 --> 00:38:48,750
evangelist preachers did.

1250
00:38:49,430 --> 00:38:50,470
And the light bulb went on.

1251
00:38:51,070 --> 00:38:53,050
And the next night, you can hire a

1252
00:38:53,050 --> 00:38:54,650
taxi over there all day long.

1253
00:38:54,770 --> 00:38:55,990
I mean, $12.59. You can hire a

1254
00:38:55,990 --> 00:38:58,670
taxi and earn money for two bucks all

1255
00:38:58,670 --> 00:38:59,910
day long.

1256
00:39:00,730 --> 00:39:02,190
You've got to go to Nashville or somewhere

1257
00:39:02,190 --> 00:39:02,550
like that.

1258
00:39:02,650 --> 00:39:03,810
You've got to do that up in Lynchburg.

1259
00:39:03,930 --> 00:39:04,830
You've got to do that for him.

1260
00:39:04,870 --> 00:39:05,530
It costs you a lot of money.

1261
00:39:06,090 --> 00:39:08,610
And for them, seven days or seven dollars

1262
00:39:08,610 --> 00:39:10,130
a week is a big paying job.

1263
00:39:10,870 --> 00:39:12,350
They pay their church secretary 12 bucks a

1264
00:39:12,350 --> 00:39:12,490
week.

1265
00:39:12,550 --> 00:39:13,510
But if you think he's a Bill Gates

1266
00:39:13,510 --> 00:39:14,270
millionaire, that's for sure.

1267
00:39:14,470 --> 00:39:15,510
Seven bucks a week.

1268
00:39:15,770 --> 00:39:17,030
And this guy, when he found out he

1269
00:39:17,030 --> 00:39:17,970
could get a leather Bible, you know what

1270
00:39:17,970 --> 00:39:18,170
he did?

1271
00:39:18,850 --> 00:39:21,670
He paid for the taxis of, which probably

1272
00:39:21,670 --> 00:39:23,510
took about, I don't know, eight or 10

1273
00:39:23,510 --> 00:39:24,950
because they pack them in like circus clowns

1274
00:39:24,950 --> 00:39:25,150
over there.

1275
00:39:25,250 --> 00:39:26,090
I mean, they just pile them in.

1276
00:39:27,070 --> 00:39:29,150
He paid for the taxis of and brought

1277
00:39:29,150 --> 00:39:33,930
on Wednesday night 50 people to the revival.

1278
00:39:35,310 --> 00:39:38,610
That means he probably invited he brought 50

1279
00:39:38,610 --> 00:39:40,710
people to the revival meeting so he could

1280
00:39:40,710 --> 00:39:41,250
win a Bible.

1281
00:39:42,170 --> 00:39:43,910
I'm telling you, when those people get their

1282
00:39:43,910 --> 00:39:45,370
hearts right with God over there, they have

1283
00:39:45,370 --> 00:39:50,510
a sense of, they know they owe God

1284
00:39:51,070 --> 00:39:51,870
something big.

1285
00:39:52,010 --> 00:39:52,730
And it's the right.

1286
00:39:53,530 --> 00:39:55,910
That's why Paul said, it's not your unreasonable,

1287
00:39:56,110 --> 00:39:58,590
but it's your reasonable church.

1288
00:39:59,250 --> 00:40:00,270
I give you this to work through.

1289
00:40:01,530 --> 00:40:03,330
Those young men I read about, my wife

1290
00:40:03,330 --> 00:40:04,970
talks about him sometimes in her children's meetings.

1291
00:40:05,130 --> 00:40:05,990
His name was Johnny Turnbull.

1292
00:40:06,750 --> 00:40:08,730
Johnny Turnbull was like any little eight, nine,

1293
00:40:08,810 --> 00:40:09,410
10 year old kid.

1294
00:40:09,510 --> 00:40:10,950
He had a creative mind.

1295
00:40:11,770 --> 00:40:13,850
Mr. Johnny Turnbull, one day went downstairs on

1296
00:40:13,850 --> 00:40:15,310
a Saturday afternoon and asked his father if

1297
00:40:15,310 --> 00:40:16,450
he could mess around with some of his

1298
00:40:16,450 --> 00:40:16,690
tools.

1299
00:40:16,790 --> 00:40:17,530
He said, yes, you can.

1300
00:40:17,630 --> 00:40:19,610
Just the hand tools, not really in the

1301
00:40:19,610 --> 00:40:20,630
power tools, anything like that.

1302
00:40:20,670 --> 00:40:21,470
Don't cut your fingers off.

1303
00:40:21,770 --> 00:40:22,750
And so he went down there and he

1304
00:40:22,750 --> 00:40:23,350
got the hammering.

1305
00:40:23,370 --> 00:40:23,890
He got the painting.

1306
00:40:23,950 --> 00:40:24,630
He got the sawing.

1307
00:40:24,790 --> 00:40:25,410
He got the chipping.

1308
00:40:25,490 --> 00:40:26,450
He got to doing everything he could.

1309
00:40:26,490 --> 00:40:29,090
And finally, after several hours, he made himself

1310
00:40:29,090 --> 00:40:32,350
a little makeshift toy boat, a little sailboat.

1311
00:40:33,070 --> 00:40:34,810
He put a little stick on that thing

1312
00:40:34,810 --> 00:40:36,330
and put a little white sail on it.

1313
00:40:36,330 --> 00:40:38,870
He got his mama's purple fingernail polish and

1314
00:40:38,870 --> 00:40:40,650
put J period, T period right there in

1315
00:40:40,650 --> 00:40:42,250
big letters standing for Johnny Turnbull.

1316
00:40:42,790 --> 00:40:44,470
Got himself a little Pepsi cola and pop

1317
00:40:44,470 --> 00:40:45,790
the lid off, drunk it down real good.

1318
00:40:45,990 --> 00:40:47,110
He put that little tab there on the

1319
00:40:47,110 --> 00:40:48,050
side and nailed it down.

1320
00:40:48,250 --> 00:40:49,410
And he took a kite string and tied

1321
00:40:49,410 --> 00:40:49,970
it to that little thing.

1322
00:40:50,030 --> 00:40:51,170
And he said, mama, he said, I'm going

1323
00:40:51,170 --> 00:40:52,130
to go out down here to the little

1324
00:40:52,130 --> 00:40:53,190
city park and I'm going to put that

1325
00:40:53,190 --> 00:40:54,390
thing in the lake and I'm going to

1326
00:40:54,390 --> 00:40:55,410
let it go out like a kite.

1327
00:40:55,450 --> 00:40:56,330
I'm going to watch it kind of flip

1328
00:40:56,330 --> 00:40:56,590
around.

1329
00:40:56,870 --> 00:40:57,890
He got him a little bit of tape,

1330
00:40:57,970 --> 00:41:00,110
you know, some sticky tack stuff like that.

1331
00:41:00,130 --> 00:41:01,290
And he got his little G.I. Gobi

1332
00:41:01,290 --> 00:41:02,470
and stuck them all around there like there

1333
00:41:02,470 --> 00:41:03,410
was a bunch of sailors, you know.

1334
00:41:03,610 --> 00:41:04,790
And so he went down there, but he

1335
00:41:04,790 --> 00:41:05,250
was all happy.

1336
00:41:05,350 --> 00:41:06,870
He had him a patriotic boat, red, white

1337
00:41:06,870 --> 00:41:07,950
and blue, all different colors.

1338
00:41:08,390 --> 00:41:09,470
Man, he was just so happy he couldn't

1339
00:41:09,470 --> 00:41:09,890
stand it.

1340
00:41:09,950 --> 00:41:11,030
He went down and put that little boat

1341
00:41:11,030 --> 00:41:12,030
in the water and that little thing got

1342
00:41:12,030 --> 00:41:13,210
to sailing out over the sea.

1343
00:41:13,530 --> 00:41:14,430
I mean, it was going out there in

1344
00:41:14,430 --> 00:41:15,610
the lake and he got that thing going

1345
00:41:15,610 --> 00:41:16,890
out to the back of the auditorium, you

1346
00:41:16,890 --> 00:41:17,950
know, all the way back a little bit

1347
00:41:17,950 --> 00:41:19,330
farther about out where the parking lot was.

1348
00:41:19,670 --> 00:41:21,110
And then he just having himself a time.

1349
00:41:21,330 --> 00:41:22,370
He got out in that water just a

1350
00:41:22,370 --> 00:41:23,450
little bit, but he got up to his

1351
00:41:23,450 --> 00:41:24,810
ankles and then he just watching that little

1352
00:41:24,810 --> 00:41:25,090
boat.

1353
00:41:25,310 --> 00:41:26,430
He'd bring it in a little bit and

1354
00:41:26,430 --> 00:41:28,010
the wind would catch it.

1355
00:41:28,170 --> 00:41:29,290
And all of a sudden, the waves got

1356
00:41:29,290 --> 00:41:30,470
up a little bit and the wind got

1357
00:41:30,470 --> 00:41:31,410
up a little bit and hit that thing

1358
00:41:31,410 --> 00:41:32,070
right out of his hand.

1359
00:41:32,330 --> 00:41:33,650
And so that thing started going down the

1360
00:41:33,650 --> 00:41:34,550
little side of the beach there.

1361
00:41:34,630 --> 00:41:35,850
But he was running down through that water

1362
00:41:35,850 --> 00:41:37,450
ankle deep and it started getting out more

1363
00:41:37,450 --> 00:41:37,690
and more.

1364
00:41:37,710 --> 00:41:38,770
He reached over and grabbed the whole that

1365
00:41:38,770 --> 00:41:39,450
thing and picked it up.

1366
00:41:39,530 --> 00:41:40,590
And when he did, he put a little

1367
00:41:40,590 --> 00:41:42,030
bit too much tension on that string and

1368
00:41:42,030 --> 00:41:42,870
click it broke.

1369
00:41:42,970 --> 00:41:43,290
And there goes.

1370
00:41:44,690 --> 00:41:47,390
Oh, man, I'm telling you, you talk about

1371
00:41:47,390 --> 00:41:50,550
discouragement, despair and distress filled his heart.

1372
00:41:50,810 --> 00:41:51,770
Anxiety overwhelmed him.

1373
00:41:51,810 --> 00:41:52,850
And he thought he was going to tear

1374
00:41:52,850 --> 00:41:53,530
down the spot.

1375
00:41:54,150 --> 00:41:54,950
But he tried to be a good little

1376
00:41:54,950 --> 00:41:55,970
boy and he went home, told his mom

1377
00:41:55,970 --> 00:41:56,570
all about it.

1378
00:41:57,410 --> 00:41:58,650
Sunday came, went to church.

1379
00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:00,410
Monday came, went to school.

1380
00:42:00,770 --> 00:42:02,050
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

1381
00:42:02,430 --> 00:42:03,670
Finally, about the end of the week or

1382
00:42:03,670 --> 00:42:05,350
so, Thursday or Friday there that week, he

1383
00:42:05,350 --> 00:42:07,370
began to come back home from school.

1384
00:42:07,450 --> 00:42:08,710
It was only several blocks from his home.

1385
00:42:08,770 --> 00:42:10,230
He was walking, riding his bike as if

1386
00:42:10,230 --> 00:42:10,450
it was.

1387
00:42:10,710 --> 00:42:13,050
And he went by Mr. Smith's toy shop

1388
00:42:13,050 --> 00:42:14,150
and he looked over the window and guess

1389
00:42:14,150 --> 00:42:14,590
what he saw?

1390
00:42:14,650 --> 00:42:15,670
It was a surprise and amazement.

1391
00:42:15,730 --> 00:42:16,230
You guessed it.

1392
00:42:16,270 --> 00:42:16,710
There it was.

1393
00:42:16,830 --> 00:42:19,210
Day period, tea period, white sail, little piece

1394
00:42:19,210 --> 00:42:20,010
of string coming off.

1395
00:42:20,250 --> 00:42:21,950
And sitting under a cellophane wrapper was a

1396
00:42:21,950 --> 00:42:23,770
red, white and blue toy sailboat.

1397
00:42:24,030 --> 00:42:25,210
And it was obvious that it had been

1398
00:42:25,210 --> 00:42:26,550
made by God.

1399
00:42:27,570 --> 00:42:29,990
Oh man, he busted through that door and

1400
00:42:29,990 --> 00:42:30,470
he went over there.

1401
00:42:30,510 --> 00:42:31,870
Mr. Smith was dealing with a customer, but

1402
00:42:31,870 --> 00:42:32,290
he didn't care.

1403
00:42:32,690 --> 00:42:33,950
He walked over and pulled on his apron

1404
00:42:33,950 --> 00:42:36,350
strings and Mr. Smith, that boat is mine.

1405
00:42:36,670 --> 00:42:37,850
He said, that boat belongs to me.

1406
00:42:37,890 --> 00:42:38,950
If there's ever been a boat that belongs

1407
00:42:38,950 --> 00:42:39,290
to me.

1408
00:42:39,450 --> 00:42:40,710
He said, I've spent all my time and

1409
00:42:40,710 --> 00:42:42,230
wealth working on that thing for several hours.

1410
00:42:42,450 --> 00:42:43,450
And he said, I lost it, gave him

1411
00:42:43,450 --> 00:42:43,890
the whole story.

1412
00:42:43,950 --> 00:42:44,870
And he said, Johnny, you know what?

1413
00:42:44,890 --> 00:42:45,990
You've never had reason to lie to me

1414
00:42:45,990 --> 00:42:46,190
before.

1415
00:42:46,250 --> 00:42:46,910
And I believe you, son.

1416
00:42:47,710 --> 00:42:48,730
He said, but a little girl came in

1417
00:42:48,730 --> 00:42:49,630
here the other day and sold me that

1418
00:42:49,630 --> 00:42:50,410
boat for five.

1419
00:42:52,870 --> 00:42:55,250
He said, if you want that boat, you're

1420
00:42:55,250 --> 00:42:56,090
going to have to learn a little bit

1421
00:42:56,090 --> 00:42:57,790
about responsibility and you're going to have to

1422
00:42:57,790 --> 00:43:00,010
buy that boat for five dollars or so.

1423
00:43:00,830 --> 00:43:02,210
He said, now, Mr. Smith, let me ask

1424
00:43:02,210 --> 00:43:02,790
you a question, pal.

1425
00:43:02,870 --> 00:43:03,710
He said, I'm just a little kid.

1426
00:43:03,750 --> 00:43:04,510
He said, I don't know why, where am

1427
00:43:04,510 --> 00:43:06,270
I supposed to amass a fortune of five

1428
00:43:06,270 --> 00:43:06,550
dollars?

1429
00:43:07,590 --> 00:43:08,570
And he said, I don't know, but I'll

1430
00:43:08,570 --> 00:43:09,630
tell you what, I'll make a deal with

1431
00:43:09,630 --> 00:43:09,790
you.

1432
00:43:09,870 --> 00:43:11,430
You promise me that you will buy this

1433
00:43:11,430 --> 00:43:13,090
boat and I promise you, I'll keep it

1434
00:43:13,090 --> 00:43:14,490
until you get the five dollars, no matter

1435
00:43:14,490 --> 00:43:15,310
how long it takes.

1436
00:43:16,310 --> 00:43:17,710
He said, you got yourself a deal, buddy.

1437
00:43:17,790 --> 00:43:18,310
He ran out of there.

1438
00:43:18,350 --> 00:43:19,390
He went down to the church and asked

1439
00:43:19,390 --> 00:43:20,390
the preacher for everything he could do.

1440
00:43:20,730 --> 00:43:21,410
He painted the fences.

1441
00:43:21,550 --> 00:43:22,130
He scrubbed toilets.

1442
00:43:22,130 --> 00:43:24,690
He scrubbed the ground out of the bathroom

1443
00:43:24,690 --> 00:43:25,070
floor.

1444
00:43:25,230 --> 00:43:25,810
I mean, he did everything.

1445
00:43:25,930 --> 00:43:26,930
I mean, he washed cars.

1446
00:43:27,290 --> 00:43:28,070
He did everything.

1447
00:43:28,370 --> 00:43:29,090
Mowed the lawn.

1448
00:43:29,390 --> 00:43:30,590
He clipped the weeds.

1449
00:43:30,870 --> 00:43:32,350
I mean, he works and works and works.

1450
00:43:32,450 --> 00:43:33,750
And about two weeks went by and finally,

1451
00:43:33,810 --> 00:43:34,930
buddy, he cashed in on the product.

1452
00:43:35,270 --> 00:43:36,410
He broke the head right off that piggy

1453
00:43:36,410 --> 00:43:37,910
bank and all them pennies and nickels and

1454
00:43:37,910 --> 00:43:39,370
dimes and quarters came out of there and

1455
00:43:39,370 --> 00:43:40,650
all the little trash that comes out with

1456
00:43:40,650 --> 00:43:41,510
it that he had in his pocket.

1457
00:43:41,810 --> 00:43:42,950
I mean, maybe there's a dollar bill or

1458
00:43:42,950 --> 00:43:43,070
two.

1459
00:43:43,130 --> 00:43:44,090
And I mean, he started to pull it

1460
00:43:44,090 --> 00:43:44,330
together.

1461
00:43:44,630 --> 00:43:46,070
He put in a Ziploc sandwich bag and

1462
00:43:46,070 --> 00:43:47,650
he had about 57 cents more than what

1463
00:43:47,650 --> 00:43:47,930
he needed.

1464
00:43:48,270 --> 00:43:49,130
And then he threw that stuff in there,

1465
00:43:49,210 --> 00:43:50,770
jumped on his bicycle and he got down

1466
00:43:50,770 --> 00:43:52,170
to that toy store so quickly he couldn't

1467
00:43:52,170 --> 00:43:52,490
understand.

1468
00:43:52,850 --> 00:43:55,130
He got there at eight forty five on

1469
00:43:55,130 --> 00:43:55,710
a Saturday morning.

1470
00:43:55,810 --> 00:43:57,050
The store didn't open till nine o'clock

1471
00:43:57,050 --> 00:43:58,730
and for 15 minutes he beat on the

1472
00:43:58,730 --> 00:44:00,410
door for Mr. Smith to open the storeroom

1473
00:44:00,410 --> 00:44:00,670
door.

1474
00:44:00,970 --> 00:44:02,350
And finally, at nine o'clock, right on

1475
00:44:02,350 --> 00:44:03,910
the dot, Mr. Smith comes over there.

1476
00:44:03,970 --> 00:44:05,150
The bells is jingling, jangling.

1477
00:44:05,350 --> 00:44:06,770
He opens up the door and that boy

1478
00:44:06,770 --> 00:44:08,470
makes a beeline right to the cash register.

1479
00:44:08,730 --> 00:44:09,410
He runs over there.

1480
00:44:09,590 --> 00:44:11,190
He opens up that Ziploc sandwich bag.

1481
00:44:11,230 --> 00:44:12,670
He pours out that five dollars and fifty

1482
00:44:12,670 --> 00:44:13,210
seven cents.

1483
00:44:13,410 --> 00:44:14,810
I mean, pennies and nickels and dimes going

1484
00:44:14,810 --> 00:44:15,450
all over the place.

1485
00:44:15,750 --> 00:44:17,270
And Mr. Smith said, slow down.

1486
00:44:17,510 --> 00:44:18,850
And so he goes over there and he

1487
00:44:18,850 --> 00:44:19,290
picks it up.

1488
00:44:19,290 --> 00:44:20,290
He counts it all out.

1489
00:44:20,430 --> 00:44:21,430
He says, that's the pack.

1490
00:44:21,510 --> 00:44:22,630
He says, you can have the extra.

1491
00:44:22,790 --> 00:44:23,830
He said, all I want is my little

1492
00:44:23,830 --> 00:44:24,030
boat.

1493
00:44:24,250 --> 00:44:25,550
Mr. Smith said, well, you kept your end

1494
00:44:25,550 --> 00:44:26,710
of the bargain so I suppose it'd be

1495
00:44:26,710 --> 00:44:27,190
good for anything.

1496
00:44:28,250 --> 00:44:29,870
Mr. Smith walked over and picked up that

1497
00:44:29,870 --> 00:44:31,910
little red, white and blue boat, J period,

1498
00:44:32,090 --> 00:44:34,050
T period, all the little incidentals that he

1499
00:44:34,050 --> 00:44:35,530
put in it several weeks before.

1500
00:44:36,490 --> 00:44:38,050
He pulled out a little cellophane wrapper off

1501
00:44:38,050 --> 00:44:40,390
and blew the dust off that he accumulated

1502
00:44:40,390 --> 00:44:41,370
there in the storefront window.

1503
00:44:42,070 --> 00:44:44,030
And he gave it to little Johnny Turnbuckle.

1504
00:44:44,730 --> 00:44:46,390
So Johnny Turnbuckle grabbed that thing and put

1505
00:44:46,390 --> 00:44:47,390
it in his arms and held it like

1506
00:44:47,390 --> 00:44:47,970
a puppy doll.

1507
00:44:48,630 --> 00:44:50,270
He started stroking that little cell.

1508
00:44:51,150 --> 00:44:52,710
He started making sure the letters were all

1509
00:44:52,710 --> 00:44:53,430
in the right place.

1510
00:44:53,550 --> 00:44:54,610
And he started looking at all them colors.

1511
00:44:54,750 --> 00:44:55,690
And he looked at the bottom of that

1512
00:44:55,690 --> 00:44:56,730
thing and the back of that thing and

1513
00:44:56,730 --> 00:44:57,290
the front of that thing.

1514
00:44:57,550 --> 00:44:59,310
I mean, he flipped it 360 degrees.

1515
00:44:59,370 --> 00:45:00,610
He looked in every direction he could look.

1516
00:45:00,890 --> 00:45:01,930
I mean, every nook and every cranny.

1517
00:45:02,050 --> 00:45:03,190
The GI Joe man wasn't on there but

1518
00:45:03,190 --> 00:45:04,170
he just happened to have the boat back.

1519
00:45:17,900 --> 00:45:19,500
But you're twice as just born as you're

1520
00:45:19,500 --> 00:45:20,900
saved by the grace of God because first

1521
00:45:20,900 --> 00:45:23,600
he made you and then he bought you.

1522
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:26,320
And how dare you ask the question, who

1523
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:27,740
does God think he is anyhow?

1524
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:28,660
I think he is.

1525
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:29,700
He's your Lord.

1526
00:45:29,700 --> 00:45:30,780
He's your savior.

1527
00:45:31,060 --> 00:45:32,000
He's your master.

1528
00:45:32,460 --> 00:45:34,160
And he can tell you to do anything

1529
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:37,600
he wants to without you asking one single

1530
00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:42,120
because he owns it this morning.