1 00:00:02,380 --> 00:00:07,760 Starting with chapter 7 of Amos and verse 2 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:08,420 10. 3 00:00:09,620 --> 00:00:12,880 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:17,480 Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired 5 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,760 against thee in the midst of the house 6 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:21,260 of Israel. 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:25,340 The land is not able to bear all 8 00:00:25,340 --> 00:00:26,520 his words. 9 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:32,660 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by 10 00:00:32,660 --> 00:00:35,660 the sword, and Israel shall surely be led 11 00:00:35,660 --> 00:00:37,960 away captive out of their own land. 12 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,360 Also Amaziah saith unto Amos, O thou seer, 13 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,360 go flee thee away into the land of 14 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,400 Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there, 15 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,560 but prophesy not again any more at Bethel, 16 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,500 for it is the king's chapel, and it 17 00:00:55,500 --> 00:00:56,900 is the king's court. 18 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,620 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I 19 00:01:00,620 --> 00:01:03,620 was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's 20 00:01:03,620 --> 00:01:06,640 son, but I was an herdman, and a 21 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:07,980 gatherer of sycamore fruit. 22 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,860 And the Lord took me as I followed 23 00:01:10,860 --> 00:01:11,460 the flock. 24 00:01:11,820 --> 00:01:14,380 And the Lord said unto me, Go prophesy 25 00:01:14,380 --> 00:01:15,940 unto my people Israel. 26 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:18,940 Now therefore hear thou the word of the 27 00:01:18,940 --> 00:01:19,160 Lord. 28 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,700 Thou sayest prophesy not against Israel, and drop 29 00:01:22,700 --> 00:01:24,820 not thy word against the house of Isaac. 30 00:01:25,420 --> 00:01:28,220 Therefore thus saith the Lord, thy wife shall 31 00:01:28,220 --> 00:01:30,040 be in harlot in the city, and thy 32 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,880 sons and thy daughters shall fall by the 33 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,300 sword, and thy land shall be divided by 34 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:37,960 line, and thou shalt die in a polluted 35 00:01:37,960 --> 00:01:41,320 land, and Israel shall surely go into captivity 36 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:44,960 forth of his land. 37 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:45,960 Let's pray. 38 00:01:46,380 --> 00:01:48,000 Father, thank you for your word. 39 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,840 We're looking forward to you ministering this morning 40 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:52,320 to us from the word. 41 00:01:52,580 --> 00:01:54,320 We pray for any that do not know 42 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,300 Jesus as their Savior that might be here 43 00:01:57,300 --> 00:01:59,840 with us or listening by radio, that they 44 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,060 would know that you love them, that they 45 00:02:02,060 --> 00:02:03,880 must repent of their sin, and they must 46 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,300 believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, if they 47 00:02:06,300 --> 00:02:06,900 will be saved. 48 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,120 We thank you for your grace to us 49 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,360 in extending this wonderful gift of eternal life 50 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,940 through Christ Jesus, for it's in his name 51 00:02:14,940 --> 00:02:15,420 we pray. 52 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:16,200 Amen. 53 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,300 I have a picture. 54 00:02:24,540 --> 00:02:25,760 I was talking to one of my little 55 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:27,660 girls last night, and I asked her if 56 00:02:27,660 --> 00:02:29,020 she knew what a yoke was, and I 57 00:02:29,020 --> 00:02:33,720 tried drawing a yoke, and then she went 58 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,060 into our bedroom, because up on our wall 59 00:02:36,060 --> 00:02:38,280 were a bunch of pictures, and she found 60 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:39,260 a yoke. 61 00:02:41,590 --> 00:02:44,650 Now there you have an ox yoked with 62 00:02:44,650 --> 00:02:47,850 a donkey, and the little thing says, Christian, 63 00:02:47,990 --> 00:02:50,830 beware of an unequal yoke with those who 64 00:02:50,830 --> 00:02:52,430 are an unbelieving folk. 65 00:02:53,180 --> 00:02:54,250 Pretty good little rhyme. 66 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:04,090 Now one thing about a yoke is that 67 00:03:04,090 --> 00:03:08,650 for us as Christians, if we're yoked to 68 00:03:08,650 --> 00:03:13,550 the Lord, it's a yoke of freedom. 69 00:03:14,690 --> 00:03:17,410 God has bound us to himself. 70 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:19,650 When we stay in step with him, there's 71 00:03:19,650 --> 00:03:23,330 no pressure, there's no burden, but if we 72 00:03:23,330 --> 00:03:25,810 get out of step with him, we will 73 00:03:25,810 --> 00:03:28,350 feel the weight of the load. 74 00:03:28,710 --> 00:03:31,830 We will feel the weight and the strain 75 00:03:31,830 --> 00:03:34,730 on us of the yoke, but as long 76 00:03:34,730 --> 00:03:37,310 as we stay in step with him, his 77 00:03:37,310 --> 00:03:38,930 burden is light. 78 00:03:40,730 --> 00:03:43,970 As I was reading in Matthew, I don't 79 00:03:43,970 --> 00:03:45,050 know if I have that marked. 80 00:03:45,150 --> 00:03:45,970 I don't think I do. 81 00:03:46,170 --> 00:03:47,950 Matthew 11, 28, and 29. 82 00:03:48,570 --> 00:03:50,950 I might just slip back there real quick 83 00:03:50,950 --> 00:03:52,810 and read that, because we're going to go 84 00:03:52,810 --> 00:03:54,730 into the life of Amos this morning. 85 00:03:55,430 --> 00:04:01,010 Amos was yoked together with the Lord, and 86 00:04:01,010 --> 00:04:03,430 we're going to start off and go through 87 00:04:03,430 --> 00:04:05,830 several things as we mentioned, what was it, 88 00:04:06,110 --> 00:04:12,290 three weeks ago, since we've been gone for, 89 00:04:12,830 --> 00:04:14,250 we haven't been together for a while. 90 00:04:15,209 --> 00:04:17,050 I think we had said that there was 91 00:04:17,050 --> 00:04:17,690 something there. 92 00:04:18,370 --> 00:04:20,790 I didn't write this down in the life. 93 00:04:20,790 --> 00:04:22,390 Did I say it like this, in the 94 00:04:22,390 --> 00:04:26,330 life of Amos, of his character that was 95 00:04:26,330 --> 00:04:27,030 like Christ? 96 00:04:27,250 --> 00:04:28,390 Was it something like that? 97 00:04:33,140 --> 00:04:35,140 Anyway, I'm coming back to pick up on 98 00:04:35,140 --> 00:04:37,100 that, but there was something there that I 99 00:04:37,100 --> 00:04:38,660 wanted to share with you, but Jesus had 100 00:04:38,660 --> 00:04:42,460 said, coming to me, all ye that labor 101 00:04:42,460 --> 00:04:44,540 and are heavy laden, and I will give 102 00:04:44,540 --> 00:04:47,020 you rest, take my yoke upon you and 103 00:04:47,020 --> 00:04:48,600 learn of me, for I am meek and 104 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,180 lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest 105 00:04:52,180 --> 00:04:54,760 into your souls, for my yoke is easy 106 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:56,820 and my burden is light. 107 00:04:56,940 --> 00:04:59,700 So being yoked with Jesus, many people think 108 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:01,860 they have this thing that Satan's put into 109 00:05:01,860 --> 00:05:05,260 their mind that it's going to be hard 110 00:05:05,260 --> 00:05:05,680 for you. 111 00:05:05,780 --> 00:05:08,720 It's going to be something unpleasant to have 112 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:10,360 to get your life right with the Lord 113 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:11,280 and get saved. 114 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,480 But those of us that have truly been 115 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,000 born again know that it is opposite of 116 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,300 that, is a freeing and a releasing. 117 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,100 We're freed from the burden of our sins. 118 00:05:21,580 --> 00:05:24,100 We find that being yoked to Christ is 119 00:05:24,100 --> 00:05:27,760 very pleasant, very enjoyable, very peaceful, even though 120 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,900 the trials and experiences of life are still 121 00:05:29,900 --> 00:05:32,160 just as tough as they were before, maybe 122 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,720 even tougher because now the enemy doesn't like 123 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:36,740 us because we're not on his side. 124 00:05:37,420 --> 00:05:40,800 But there is an interesting thing about Amos. 125 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:46,020 You see, Amos was not a professional prophet. 126 00:05:46,780 --> 00:05:50,960 And I don't think professional preachers and all 127 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:52,400 that kind of stuff do us much good 128 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:52,700 today. 129 00:05:53,340 --> 00:05:57,700 We need men that, wherever they're at, that 130 00:05:57,700 --> 00:06:00,480 are touched with God's Spirit. 131 00:06:01,580 --> 00:06:03,600 And as I've gone through the school systems, 132 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,540 and many have this, the systems deaden us, 133 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,300 bring us into their own little system. 134 00:06:11,180 --> 00:06:16,220 And they quench the Spirit by not teaching 135 00:06:16,220 --> 00:06:17,980 us the ways of God and teaching us 136 00:06:17,980 --> 00:06:18,720 the ways of man. 137 00:06:19,700 --> 00:06:22,640 Amos had the rare privilege of being a 138 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:27,040 prophet that was not inhibited in any way. 139 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,600 Now, Israel was on the north, Judah was 140 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:31,300 on the south. 141 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,280 He was from Judah, but God had called 142 00:06:34,280 --> 00:06:37,400 him to go up to Israel and prophesy 143 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:38,490 against Israel. 144 00:06:39,470 --> 00:06:44,150 And the king up there, Jeroboam and Uzziah, 145 00:06:44,250 --> 00:06:46,090 those two, if you go back over to 146 00:06:46,090 --> 00:06:47,770 chapter one, it tells you the words of 147 00:06:47,770 --> 00:06:50,210 Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, 148 00:06:51,070 --> 00:06:53,550 which he saw concerning Israel in the days 149 00:06:53,550 --> 00:06:56,070 of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the 150 00:06:56,070 --> 00:06:58,670 days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king 151 00:06:58,670 --> 00:06:59,270 of Israel. 152 00:06:59,790 --> 00:07:04,610 So he's going specifically after Israel, the king 153 00:07:04,610 --> 00:07:07,170 of Israel, two years before the earthquake. 154 00:07:07,850 --> 00:07:10,230 And he said, the Lord will roar from 155 00:07:10,230 --> 00:07:11,870 Zion, and we go into these things. 156 00:07:12,030 --> 00:07:14,970 Now, let me just jump into this. 157 00:07:17,290 --> 00:07:20,590 When God is going to do something with 158 00:07:20,590 --> 00:07:21,830 you, I was going to get an olive. 159 00:07:22,070 --> 00:07:24,030 I was looking for some things for it, 160 00:07:24,030 --> 00:07:26,030 and I forgot to get the olive, bring 161 00:07:26,030 --> 00:07:26,850 it with me today. 162 00:07:27,350 --> 00:07:31,290 But some of you use olive oil to 163 00:07:31,290 --> 00:07:33,210 cook with or to eat or whatever. 164 00:07:33,970 --> 00:07:36,510 Now, you don't get that oil unless that 165 00:07:36,510 --> 00:07:39,270 olive has gone through a process. 166 00:07:39,990 --> 00:07:41,970 Now, I like to eat green olives. 167 00:07:42,830 --> 00:07:44,330 And as well as I understand the difference 168 00:07:44,330 --> 00:07:45,950 between a green olive and a black olive, 169 00:07:46,570 --> 00:07:49,850 besides being one green and one black, you 170 00:07:49,850 --> 00:07:50,850 can correct me on this. 171 00:07:50,910 --> 00:07:52,730 Is it true that the green olive was 172 00:07:52,730 --> 00:07:55,490 picked green and the black olive ripened up? 173 00:07:56,550 --> 00:07:57,750 Anybody know anything about olives? 174 00:08:00,290 --> 00:08:01,450 You don't know any more than I do, 175 00:08:01,490 --> 00:08:01,730 do you? 176 00:08:02,650 --> 00:08:04,450 But somebody over here in the face he's 177 00:08:04,450 --> 00:08:05,730 making doesn't like olives, period. 178 00:08:07,670 --> 00:08:08,650 You think that's true? 179 00:08:09,030 --> 00:08:10,070 I like green olives. 180 00:08:11,310 --> 00:08:12,990 I'll eat the black ones if they're served 181 00:08:12,990 --> 00:08:13,130 me. 182 00:08:13,990 --> 00:08:16,530 But either way, to get the oil out 183 00:08:16,530 --> 00:08:19,710 of the olive, the olive has to be 184 00:08:19,710 --> 00:08:19,990 what? 185 00:08:21,150 --> 00:08:21,630 Crushed. 186 00:08:22,810 --> 00:08:24,670 And then the oil comes out. 187 00:08:27,290 --> 00:08:30,270 And when God takes us through a crushing, 188 00:08:30,730 --> 00:08:32,470 at first, we're just a little uncomfortable. 189 00:08:32,890 --> 00:08:34,610 We're, you know, we begin to squirm a 190 00:08:34,610 --> 00:08:37,289 little bit, just like maybe you're sitting in 191 00:08:37,289 --> 00:08:38,630 church and maybe it begins to get a 192 00:08:38,630 --> 00:08:40,610 little warm and the heat begins to build 193 00:08:40,610 --> 00:08:40,770 up. 194 00:08:40,830 --> 00:08:41,890 You get a little bit more warm. 195 00:08:41,950 --> 00:08:43,390 You loosen your tie or you want to 196 00:08:43,390 --> 00:08:44,330 take your coat off. 197 00:08:44,510 --> 00:08:47,050 And then that's the way it is when 198 00:08:47,050 --> 00:08:48,690 God begins to work in our life. 199 00:08:48,730 --> 00:08:50,210 First of all, he just makes us squirm. 200 00:08:50,290 --> 00:08:51,930 Then he begins to put the pressure on 201 00:08:51,930 --> 00:08:53,710 us until more pressure is there. 202 00:08:53,710 --> 00:08:56,170 So finally, we think this is very uncomfortable. 203 00:08:56,630 --> 00:09:01,410 And then at some point, something breaks and 204 00:09:01,410 --> 00:09:02,950 God gets what he wants out of us. 205 00:09:03,010 --> 00:09:04,850 Probably just a yielding up to him to 206 00:09:04,850 --> 00:09:05,890 quit resisting him. 207 00:09:06,610 --> 00:09:10,010 But then when it breaks, when we break, 208 00:09:10,210 --> 00:09:13,110 then the flow of the Spirit of God 209 00:09:13,110 --> 00:09:14,450 is able to come out of our life. 210 00:09:14,470 --> 00:09:16,330 And God may take us through that many 211 00:09:16,330 --> 00:09:19,270 different times through our life as he doesn't 212 00:09:19,270 --> 00:09:21,250 usually deal with every area at one time. 213 00:09:21,250 --> 00:09:22,830 We may think we've got there. 214 00:09:22,950 --> 00:09:24,430 Finally, we've gone through maybe a few. 215 00:09:24,770 --> 00:09:26,350 Well, boy, I've arrived and whatever. 216 00:09:26,770 --> 00:09:28,750 But Paul said that he died daily. 217 00:09:31,030 --> 00:09:34,230 The Christian life, it's a continual thing. 218 00:09:34,350 --> 00:09:36,590 But when God begins to get you in 219 00:09:36,590 --> 00:09:38,610 that position and then he gets you crushed 220 00:09:38,610 --> 00:09:40,810 and broke, then out flows the blessing. 221 00:09:42,230 --> 00:09:47,390 Now, Amos was a prepared man for this 222 00:09:47,390 --> 00:09:47,750 mission. 223 00:09:48,830 --> 00:09:51,250 And I don't know what God's doing in 224 00:09:51,250 --> 00:09:53,290 your life, but I know that when God 225 00:09:53,290 --> 00:09:55,770 is doing something in your life or in 226 00:09:55,770 --> 00:09:59,230 mine, we can usually see something's going on. 227 00:09:59,690 --> 00:10:01,370 And the Lord has told us, and I'm 228 00:10:01,370 --> 00:10:03,310 going to bring these things back around, to 229 00:10:03,310 --> 00:10:04,470 bear one another's burdens. 230 00:10:06,050 --> 00:10:07,450 We're going to come back to this in 231 00:10:07,450 --> 00:10:09,970 a few minutes, to bear one another's burdens 232 00:10:09,970 --> 00:10:11,470 on how to do that. 233 00:10:12,490 --> 00:10:14,510 But I know God's been doing this in 234 00:10:14,510 --> 00:10:16,150 my life in the last few weeks. 235 00:10:16,830 --> 00:10:18,990 There's been more and more pressure and more 236 00:10:18,990 --> 00:10:19,630 and more pressure. 237 00:10:19,790 --> 00:10:22,490 And finally, something broke the other night. 238 00:10:22,570 --> 00:10:24,850 I began to see what God was doing. 239 00:10:25,330 --> 00:10:26,990 And then when I saw it, there was 240 00:10:26,990 --> 00:10:28,790 just a freeing on my spirit. 241 00:10:29,830 --> 00:10:33,970 When I saw something, we just we resist 242 00:10:33,970 --> 00:10:35,710 pain and we resist pressure. 243 00:10:37,050 --> 00:10:40,170 Many times without realizing that's the way God's 244 00:10:40,170 --> 00:10:42,570 going to bring some more olive oil out. 245 00:10:42,570 --> 00:10:45,130 Now, let's look at these character qualities that 246 00:10:45,130 --> 00:10:46,910 were in Amos, that were in Christ very 247 00:10:46,910 --> 00:10:47,270 quickly. 248 00:10:48,230 --> 00:10:50,770 The background again, he's been called to go 249 00:10:50,770 --> 00:10:54,330 up to Israel and go up there and 250 00:10:54,330 --> 00:10:55,270 preach against them. 251 00:10:55,370 --> 00:10:57,070 And we're going to learn something interesting about 252 00:10:57,070 --> 00:10:57,790 that. 253 00:10:57,870 --> 00:10:59,870 It was a very, the days that he 254 00:10:59,870 --> 00:11:01,650 went, he went walking into town. 255 00:11:02,170 --> 00:11:02,850 Here he comes. 256 00:11:03,130 --> 00:11:05,470 He's the prophet, got his suitcase, finds a 257 00:11:05,470 --> 00:11:06,250 motel, whatever. 258 00:11:06,590 --> 00:11:07,970 And then he starts preaching. 259 00:11:09,490 --> 00:11:11,550 They thought he was crazy. 260 00:11:11,550 --> 00:11:14,270 As usually prophets, they think they're crazy. 261 00:11:15,770 --> 00:11:18,290 Because he was saying, God is going to 262 00:11:18,290 --> 00:11:18,730 judge. 263 00:11:19,170 --> 00:11:20,430 God is going to judge us. 264 00:11:20,750 --> 00:11:21,890 God is going to get you. 265 00:11:23,290 --> 00:11:25,690 But they're looking around and said, boy, things 266 00:11:25,690 --> 00:11:26,330 are really good. 267 00:11:26,630 --> 00:11:28,010 They were very prosperous. 268 00:11:29,270 --> 00:11:30,870 They were living in luxury. 269 00:11:31,270 --> 00:11:33,690 And it didn't happen until 50 years later. 270 00:11:35,330 --> 00:11:37,530 50 years later. 271 00:11:38,730 --> 00:11:40,670 And so you may be a message for 272 00:11:40,670 --> 00:11:42,910 somebody and they think what you say to 273 00:11:42,910 --> 00:11:44,970 them or whatever is just off the wall, 274 00:11:45,090 --> 00:11:47,650 but you just be faithful like Amos, let 275 00:11:47,650 --> 00:11:48,730 God take care of it. 276 00:11:49,030 --> 00:11:50,850 50 years later, this happened. 277 00:11:51,030 --> 00:11:53,370 But right then, it didn't look like it. 278 00:11:53,730 --> 00:11:56,630 Like today, you know, many say, how can 279 00:11:56,630 --> 00:11:58,130 God do anything to our country? 280 00:11:58,410 --> 00:12:00,750 Look at all the prosperity, whether many of 281 00:12:00,750 --> 00:12:02,790 us that sense what God, the spirit of 282 00:12:02,790 --> 00:12:05,370 God is saying and we think can happen 283 00:12:05,370 --> 00:12:07,330 fast in our country. 284 00:12:08,530 --> 00:12:13,050 Now, the first character quality about Amos back 285 00:12:13,050 --> 00:12:15,390 in chapter seven, that'll be our text was 286 00:12:15,390 --> 00:12:16,130 his humility. 287 00:12:17,270 --> 00:12:19,530 He said, I was no prophet. 288 00:12:20,570 --> 00:12:22,530 And you can see that in Christ, of 289 00:12:22,530 --> 00:12:25,010 course, it said that he humbled himself. 290 00:12:25,430 --> 00:12:27,410 Says, I was no prophet. 291 00:12:28,250 --> 00:12:30,670 Verse 14, then answered Amos and said to 292 00:12:30,670 --> 00:12:32,630 Amazigh, I was no prophet. 293 00:12:34,490 --> 00:12:40,760 Now, it'd be like somebody I've I've been 294 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:44,040 exposed to this somewhat in the in the 295 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,920 area of training I went through the ultimate 296 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:51,260 goal of a lot of the preachers, they 297 00:12:51,260 --> 00:12:54,660 wouldn't tell you out publicly, whatever. 298 00:12:54,780 --> 00:12:56,320 But if you talk to them, the ultimate 299 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,160 goal of a lot of their education was 300 00:12:59,160 --> 00:12:59,820 to get honor. 301 00:13:00,460 --> 00:13:02,460 And that's why many kept on going and 302 00:13:02,460 --> 00:13:04,260 getting more degrees and more degrees so they 303 00:13:04,260 --> 00:13:06,080 could get that doctorate degree. 304 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:08,780 I know one man that got the doctorate 305 00:13:08,780 --> 00:13:10,340 degree and he sold his soul to the 306 00:13:10,340 --> 00:13:10,560 devil. 307 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:12,760 And every time I saw him after he 308 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:15,620 switched, he had the countenance of Satan on 309 00:13:15,620 --> 00:13:15,720 him. 310 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:17,320 It was just so awful. 311 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:18,960 But I knew what he had done because 312 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:20,520 I'd watched him go through the process. 313 00:13:21,700 --> 00:13:22,540 You're a prophet. 314 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:24,400 Prophets. 315 00:13:25,340 --> 00:13:26,700 He said, I'm not a prophet. 316 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:28,360 I don't have the doctorate degree. 317 00:13:28,460 --> 00:13:29,660 I don't have nothing like that. 318 00:13:29,860 --> 00:13:31,100 He was very humble. 319 00:13:31,100 --> 00:13:33,980 And that's why God took him out, because 320 00:13:33,980 --> 00:13:36,160 when there are a lot of prophets around. 321 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:39,500 But a proud prophet can't be used. 322 00:13:40,140 --> 00:13:42,800 So God went and got one out taking 323 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:43,480 care of the crops. 324 00:13:43,860 --> 00:13:45,700 Another thing, he was honest. 325 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:47,740 He was very honest. 326 00:13:48,700 --> 00:13:50,900 And about Jesus, neither was there guile found 327 00:13:50,900 --> 00:13:51,640 in his mouth. 328 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:52,560 Verse 14. 329 00:13:53,380 --> 00:13:55,340 He says, I was a herdsman, a gatherer 330 00:13:55,340 --> 00:13:56,140 sick of more fruit. 331 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:58,820 He could have let it stand. 332 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:00,160 Oh, I'm a prophet. 333 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:01,540 They think I'm a prophet. 334 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,700 He didn't see himself like that as a 335 00:14:03,700 --> 00:14:03,960 prophet. 336 00:14:04,180 --> 00:14:07,880 He saw himself as just an ordinary farmer 337 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:08,180 boy. 338 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,040 Something else about him, though, he was very 339 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:12,880 wise. 340 00:14:13,940 --> 00:14:14,720 How do you know that? 341 00:14:15,980 --> 00:14:17,940 Well, I don't know if you read Amos 342 00:14:17,940 --> 00:14:18,320 or not. 343 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:19,060 Now I have. 344 00:14:20,180 --> 00:14:22,600 But I noticed this about his preaching. 345 00:14:23,300 --> 00:14:26,640 In chapter one, go back to Amos and 346 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:28,040 chapter one in verse three. 347 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,300 He starts off, thus said the Lord for 348 00:14:32,300 --> 00:14:34,320 three transgressions of Damascus. 349 00:14:35,420 --> 00:14:37,400 And then he goes into the things about 350 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:37,980 Damascus. 351 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,600 You look at verse six, thus said the 352 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:43,780 Lord for three transgressions of Gaza. 353 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:45,580 And then he goes into all the things 354 00:14:45,580 --> 00:14:46,160 about Gaza. 355 00:14:46,460 --> 00:14:48,840 Now, if you'll notice, these are the enemies 356 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:50,480 around Israel. 357 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:51,980 Damascus, Gaza. 358 00:14:51,980 --> 00:14:52,940 Look at verse nine. 359 00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:55,280 Thus said the Lord for three transgressions of 360 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:55,720 Tyrus. 361 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:57,800 So he preaches against Tyrus. 362 00:14:57,860 --> 00:15:00,000 Here is Amos out in the middle of 363 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:00,880 the square, probably. 364 00:15:01,140 --> 00:15:03,220 And he's come there to preach a message 365 00:15:03,220 --> 00:15:03,640 to them. 366 00:15:03,700 --> 00:15:06,240 But he starts off by preaching against the 367 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:06,540 enemies. 368 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:07,760 So he hits Damascus. 369 00:15:08,180 --> 00:15:08,940 Big old shout. 370 00:15:09,300 --> 00:15:11,040 Hooray, preach it, Amos. 371 00:15:11,180 --> 00:15:12,480 Preach it, that a boy. 372 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:14,480 And so then he hits Gaza. 373 00:15:14,820 --> 00:15:16,480 Boy, you're right on the target. 374 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,220 Those old rascals over there, Gaza, God's going 375 00:15:19,220 --> 00:15:19,620 to get them. 376 00:15:19,620 --> 00:15:21,220 And so he goes down the line. 377 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:22,060 Verse nine. 378 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:22,760 Tyrus. 379 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:23,280 Yay. 380 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:25,660 And he says all the things that God's 381 00:15:25,660 --> 00:15:26,600 going to do against Tyrus. 382 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:28,380 And you come down to verse 11. 383 00:15:28,500 --> 00:15:30,480 Thus said the Lord for three transgressions of 384 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:30,720 Edom. 385 00:15:30,940 --> 00:15:32,240 All the things that God's going to do 386 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:32,620 to Edom. 387 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:34,300 Yeah, that a boy, Amos. 388 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:34,900 Get him. 389 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:35,520 Preach it. 390 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:36,400 Preach it, preacher. 391 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:37,760 You know all this stuff. 392 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:40,280 Verse 13. 393 00:15:40,540 --> 00:15:42,440 Thus said the Lord for three transgressions of 394 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:43,400 the children of Ammon. 395 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:46,000 And then verse one of chapter two. 396 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:47,480 Three transgressions of Moab. 397 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:48,580 All the way around. 398 00:15:49,500 --> 00:15:50,860 Boy, they're really rooting him on. 399 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:52,460 And then he hit Judah. 400 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:55,440 Remember the kingdom had been split? 401 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:57,360 Judah down to the south, his homeland. 402 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,100 Verse four of chapter two. 403 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,840 Thus said the Lord for three transgressions of 404 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:02,140 Judah. 405 00:16:02,620 --> 00:16:04,560 For for I will not turn away the 406 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,260 punishment thereof, because they have despised the law 407 00:16:07,260 --> 00:16:07,820 of the Lord. 408 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:11,260 And have not kept his commandments, and their 409 00:16:11,260 --> 00:16:13,520 lies caused them to err, after the which 410 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:14,640 their fathers have walked. 411 00:16:14,700 --> 00:16:16,360 But I will send a fire upon Judah, 412 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:18,840 and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. 413 00:16:19,380 --> 00:16:22,060 And I can just imagine these self-righteous, 414 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:23,120 because that's what they were. 415 00:16:23,180 --> 00:16:24,960 He's going to hit them on their hypocrisy. 416 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:26,820 Saying, boy, that's it. 417 00:16:27,540 --> 00:16:28,540 Get them, God. 418 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:30,020 Get them down there in the south and 419 00:16:30,020 --> 00:16:30,280 Judah. 420 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:32,540 Those old sinners. 421 00:16:33,540 --> 00:16:35,780 And then that was his wisdom. 422 00:16:37,460 --> 00:16:38,900 He went all around. 423 00:16:39,140 --> 00:16:40,700 Got everybody surrounding them. 424 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,120 And then he hit Israel. 425 00:16:42,940 --> 00:16:44,220 He had their attention. 426 00:16:45,420 --> 00:16:47,700 And then in verse six. 427 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,780 Thus said the Lord for three transgressions of 428 00:16:50,780 --> 00:16:51,240 Israel. 429 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:53,140 And for for I will not turn away 430 00:16:53,140 --> 00:16:55,700 the punishment thereof, because they sold the righteous 431 00:16:55,700 --> 00:16:59,820 for silver, and the poor for a pair 432 00:16:59,820 --> 00:17:00,260 of shoes. 433 00:17:00,460 --> 00:17:02,040 And he goes into things about them. 434 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:04,660 And then all of a sudden, his ratings 435 00:17:04,660 --> 00:17:08,980 on the national popularity chart, went from top 436 00:17:08,980 --> 00:17:10,680 100% down to zero. 437 00:17:11,740 --> 00:17:14,200 Amos has already flipped his lid. 438 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,920 Now, he was a pretty good preacher. 439 00:17:18,859 --> 00:17:21,020 But he was very wise in the way 440 00:17:21,020 --> 00:17:21,619 he did it. 441 00:17:22,579 --> 00:17:24,220 Now, if we're going to talk to unsaved 442 00:17:24,220 --> 00:17:26,119 people and share the gospel with them, I 443 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:28,120 believe that's one thing we need is the 444 00:17:28,120 --> 00:17:30,160 wisdom of Christ and how to share. 445 00:17:30,380 --> 00:17:32,640 Many people have been turned off of Jesus 446 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,780 because of unwise witnessing. 447 00:17:36,260 --> 00:17:38,840 You know, the Bible says, ye shall be 448 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:39,280 witnesses. 449 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:43,360 That means that you yourself will be the 450 00:17:43,360 --> 00:17:43,820 witness. 451 00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:48,560 How you live, how you dress, how you 452 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:51,440 talk, how you carry on yourself out at 453 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:53,420 work and go in different places. 454 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:55,560 You are a witness. 455 00:17:57,220 --> 00:17:59,060 Then, of course, what we say. 456 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,440 But many think what I say and how 457 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:02,840 I live doesn't matter. 458 00:18:03,580 --> 00:18:04,660 And it does. 459 00:18:05,580 --> 00:18:06,560 It does. 460 00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:07,820 So he used wisdom. 461 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:08,980 He was very wise. 462 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,060 Christ is the wisdom of God. 463 00:18:12,060 --> 00:18:13,720 1 Corinthians says. 464 00:18:13,820 --> 00:18:14,540 Now, one other thing. 465 00:18:14,620 --> 00:18:15,220 He was bold. 466 00:18:15,620 --> 00:18:17,540 Now, we've got that figured out real quick. 467 00:18:18,340 --> 00:18:19,220 He was bold. 468 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,040 He was uninhibited. 469 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:22,940 But you want to know why he was 470 00:18:22,940 --> 00:18:23,540 so bold? 471 00:18:25,530 --> 00:18:29,390 Tells us in Amos that he feared God. 472 00:18:30,470 --> 00:18:31,790 That's why he was so bold. 473 00:18:32,230 --> 00:18:35,730 Look at 7, 16, back to our main 474 00:18:35,730 --> 00:18:36,210 passage. 475 00:18:36,690 --> 00:18:40,230 When he got done explaining to the king 476 00:18:40,230 --> 00:18:42,990 that he was not a professional prophet, he 477 00:18:42,990 --> 00:18:45,290 didn't have the training or whatever that prophets 478 00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:45,570 got. 479 00:18:45,790 --> 00:18:46,910 He was just a farmer boy. 480 00:18:47,430 --> 00:18:49,190 He lit right into him. 481 00:18:51,070 --> 00:18:53,430 Didn't back off, didn't back off one inch, 482 00:18:53,630 --> 00:18:54,790 didn't even bat an eyelash. 483 00:18:55,130 --> 00:18:59,150 Because in verse 16, the king had said, 484 00:18:59,230 --> 00:19:02,270 Go prophesy unto, he said in 15, Go 485 00:19:02,270 --> 00:19:03,570 prophesy unto my people Israel. 486 00:19:04,130 --> 00:19:07,250 Now, therefore, verse 16, Hear thou the word 487 00:19:07,250 --> 00:19:07,850 of the Lord. 488 00:19:08,850 --> 00:19:10,210 He was very bold. 489 00:19:10,810 --> 00:19:12,290 Hear thou the word of the Lord, thou 490 00:19:12,290 --> 00:19:14,650 sayest prophesy not against Israel and drop not 491 00:19:14,650 --> 00:19:16,190 thy word against the house of Isaac. 492 00:19:16,310 --> 00:19:18,230 Therefore, thus saith the Lord, thy wife shall 493 00:19:18,230 --> 00:19:18,950 be in Harlot. 494 00:19:20,190 --> 00:19:21,190 Do you tell the king that? 495 00:19:23,490 --> 00:19:25,510 In the city, thy sons and thy daughters 496 00:19:25,510 --> 00:19:26,830 shall fall by the sword. 497 00:19:27,530 --> 00:19:28,430 Never backed off. 498 00:19:28,510 --> 00:19:30,170 He was very bold. 499 00:19:32,390 --> 00:19:33,210 One other thing. 500 00:19:34,290 --> 00:19:35,670 There was another verse on that too. 501 00:19:35,750 --> 00:19:36,970 If you want to see his boldness in 502 00:19:36,970 --> 00:19:38,630 4, 12, it was all over the place. 503 00:19:38,790 --> 00:19:40,990 In verse 4, 12, Therefore, thus will I 504 00:19:40,990 --> 00:19:43,030 do unto thee, O Israel, because I will 505 00:19:43,030 --> 00:19:44,430 do this unto thee. 506 00:19:44,790 --> 00:19:46,850 Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. 507 00:19:48,070 --> 00:19:49,110 Very bold. 508 00:19:49,270 --> 00:19:50,690 That's where we get that phrase. 509 00:19:50,790 --> 00:19:52,290 Prepare to meet thy God. 510 00:19:52,610 --> 00:19:55,910 Very bold in proclaiming what God was going 511 00:19:55,910 --> 00:19:56,330 to do. 512 00:19:58,150 --> 00:20:00,070 You know, it was said about Jesus in 513 00:20:00,070 --> 00:20:01,010 John chapter 7. 514 00:20:01,510 --> 00:20:03,410 He speaketh boldly. 515 00:20:04,410 --> 00:20:05,950 He speaketh boldly. 516 00:20:06,590 --> 00:20:08,330 Made me wonder, well, what are the Pharisees 517 00:20:08,330 --> 00:20:08,990 speaking like? 518 00:20:09,510 --> 00:20:11,830 You see, the Pharisees cannot speak with boldness 519 00:20:11,830 --> 00:20:15,310 because they were trapped in this system of 520 00:20:15,310 --> 00:20:17,130 training, of having the fear of man. 521 00:20:20,980 --> 00:20:22,220 So if you have the fear of man, 522 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,420 you'll never have boldness with God. 523 00:20:25,620 --> 00:20:26,880 Because if you have the fear of man, 524 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:28,680 there'll be something you won't say. 525 00:20:29,180 --> 00:20:31,480 There'll be some places you will not preach 526 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:33,740 in a certain way or whatever. 527 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,720 You'll have restrictions on you. 528 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:38,880 No restrictions on Amos. 529 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:40,240 Prepare to meet thy God. 530 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:43,240 Didn't care if it offended him. 531 00:20:43,380 --> 00:20:43,960 One other thing. 532 00:20:44,020 --> 00:20:44,600 Two other things. 533 00:20:45,460 --> 00:20:46,820 He was faithful. 534 00:20:47,620 --> 00:20:49,780 How do you know he was faithful? 535 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,060 40 times in the book of Amos. 536 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:54,980 How many chapters? 537 00:20:55,300 --> 00:20:57,000 Seven, eight chapters, nine. 538 00:20:57,700 --> 00:20:58,240 Forget it. 539 00:20:58,260 --> 00:20:59,120 There's nine chapters. 540 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:01,140 40 times, nine chapters. 541 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:12,340 40 times he said that. 542 00:21:12,970 --> 00:21:15,700 He was faithful to his task. 543 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,320 That was the fifth character quality. 544 00:21:18,540 --> 00:21:22,020 His humility, his honesty, his wisdom, his boldness, 545 00:21:22,340 --> 00:21:23,180 his faithfulness. 546 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,400 Thus saith the Lord to his master. 547 00:21:27,100 --> 00:21:28,000 Then the sixth one. 548 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:30,900 And the sixth one we're going to camp 549 00:21:30,900 --> 00:21:33,920 around and do a little bit of observing 550 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:34,440 of it. 551 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,340 Because you may not have noticed this about 552 00:21:37,340 --> 00:21:37,720 Amos. 553 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:40,020 And I wish you'd all read the book 554 00:21:40,020 --> 00:21:40,420 of Amos. 555 00:21:40,500 --> 00:21:42,060 I should have probably gave you an assignment 556 00:21:42,060 --> 00:21:44,400 required reading to read the book of Amos 557 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:45,880 by the time we got back. 558 00:21:47,300 --> 00:21:51,060 But Amos had, and I believe for all 559 00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:53,740 of us, there'll be probably one aspect of 560 00:21:53,740 --> 00:21:55,900 our life that will reflect the character of 561 00:21:55,900 --> 00:21:57,260 Christ the most. 562 00:21:58,540 --> 00:22:00,700 And maybe we might call that our gifting. 563 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:03,580 That the spirit of God gives us. 564 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,900 If that's the case, what would really be 565 00:22:05,900 --> 00:22:06,960 the gifting of Amos? 566 00:22:08,850 --> 00:22:12,630 This prophet taken out of the fruit farm 567 00:22:12,630 --> 00:22:16,330 from being just a farmer boy, a shepherd. 568 00:22:18,910 --> 00:22:21,550 What would have been probably the deepest character 569 00:22:21,550 --> 00:22:23,490 quality in his life that would have been 570 00:22:23,490 --> 00:22:25,150 observed above all things? 571 00:22:25,970 --> 00:22:27,810 I believe it would have been this. 572 00:22:28,930 --> 00:22:32,430 That he bore in his heart and on 573 00:22:32,430 --> 00:22:36,530 his life the impression of a man with 574 00:22:36,530 --> 00:22:36,970 a burden. 575 00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:41,030 He was a man with a burden. 576 00:22:41,710 --> 00:22:45,110 Not his burden, but God's burden. 577 00:22:46,110 --> 00:22:48,230 He was a man with a burden. 578 00:22:49,030 --> 00:22:52,650 And that was why he was preaching with 579 00:22:52,650 --> 00:22:55,910 all of these other character qualities because God 580 00:22:55,910 --> 00:22:58,810 had impressed his burden into his spirit. 581 00:22:59,870 --> 00:23:01,650 And he had to go. 582 00:23:02,630 --> 00:23:04,370 This is sort of like it says in 583 00:23:04,370 --> 00:23:07,410 Corinthians that we have been given the ministry 584 00:23:07,410 --> 00:23:08,290 of reconciliation. 585 00:23:11,110 --> 00:23:13,090 Christ came down and did it. 586 00:23:13,290 --> 00:23:15,850 And then we have been given the commission. 587 00:23:17,550 --> 00:23:20,870 And we are witnesses not because we have 588 00:23:20,870 --> 00:23:24,110 to, but because we are a witness. 589 00:23:24,590 --> 00:23:27,770 He was burdened because he was impressed with 590 00:23:27,770 --> 00:23:28,670 God's spirit. 591 00:23:29,610 --> 00:23:30,710 Now, how do you know that? 592 00:23:31,530 --> 00:23:33,090 How do you know that he had this 593 00:23:33,090 --> 00:23:33,390 burden? 594 00:23:34,550 --> 00:23:37,450 I believe he did because of his illustrations. 595 00:23:37,450 --> 00:23:40,430 He was a farmer boy, and he had 596 00:23:40,430 --> 00:23:42,690 all these illustrations as he went through there. 597 00:23:42,770 --> 00:23:44,830 I wrote these down over here, just his 598 00:23:44,830 --> 00:23:45,750 visions. 599 00:23:47,630 --> 00:23:50,870 The devouring locust, the consuming fire, the searching 600 00:23:50,870 --> 00:23:55,350 plum line, the summer basket of fruit, then 601 00:23:55,350 --> 00:23:56,130 the Lord at the altar. 602 00:23:56,270 --> 00:23:58,050 Five visions that were in this book. 603 00:23:58,530 --> 00:23:59,590 But he used illustrations. 604 00:23:59,810 --> 00:24:01,010 For instance, let me show you this. 605 00:24:01,110 --> 00:24:04,550 In chapter 8, where was it? 606 00:24:11,060 --> 00:24:16,560 In chapter 2, look at 13, verse 13. 607 00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:22,420 Behold, I am pressed under you as a 608 00:24:22,420 --> 00:24:26,220 cart is pressed that is full of sheaves. 609 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:32,300 Now God is saying this, but I believe 610 00:24:32,300 --> 00:24:38,900 Amos is preaching this message like it's his 611 00:24:38,900 --> 00:24:41,020 message too, because God has put it in 612 00:24:41,020 --> 00:24:41,180 him. 613 00:24:41,540 --> 00:24:43,000 And so he comes out, and he's saying 614 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000 these words that God has put into his 615 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:45,260 heart. 616 00:24:45,460 --> 00:24:47,100 And then he comes to these, I am 617 00:24:47,100 --> 00:24:51,100 pressed, I am pressed under you. 618 00:24:51,260 --> 00:24:53,120 God is saying, I'm pressed under you. 619 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,200 And Amos felt this pressing too. 620 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,840 Do you ever feel the things that Christ 621 00:24:58,840 --> 00:24:59,220 feels? 622 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:01,460 If you have His spirit, you will. 623 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,340 He says, I am pressed under you as 624 00:25:05,340 --> 00:25:08,200 a cart is pressed that is full of 625 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:08,540 sheaves. 626 00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:10,160 Now, let me ask you this question. 627 00:25:11,180 --> 00:25:14,340 What does the name Amos mean? 628 00:25:16,380 --> 00:25:17,420 Burden, exactly. 629 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:19,560 Burden. 630 00:25:20,300 --> 00:25:23,000 I did a little, I got my dictionary 631 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:23,440 out. 632 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,440 Noah Webster's 1888 and looked up. 633 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,560 You know, we sing that song, burdens are 634 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,820 lifted at Calvary, but Calvary also some burdens 635 00:25:31,820 --> 00:25:32,760 can be found there. 636 00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:35,620 You take up your cross, and for Christ, 637 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:36,460 you may have a burden. 638 00:25:36,460 --> 00:25:37,720 It means to carry. 639 00:25:38,460 --> 00:25:39,700 First three definitions. 640 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:41,680 One, to carry. 641 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:44,420 He was carrying God's burden. 642 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:49,060 The second definition was to carry with difficulty 643 00:25:49,060 --> 00:25:53,960 that which is grievous, worrisome, or oppressive. 644 00:25:55,240 --> 00:26:00,160 The third definition, now get this, meant a 645 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,800 birth, a birth. 646 00:26:05,390 --> 00:26:07,390 And you can see the correlation there as 647 00:26:07,390 --> 00:26:09,710 it's taken in with a mother that's going 648 00:26:09,710 --> 00:26:12,730 to, a woman that's going to bring forth 649 00:26:12,730 --> 00:26:14,210 a child, birth it. 650 00:26:15,390 --> 00:26:18,270 Then she becomes a mother, but it can 651 00:26:18,270 --> 00:26:21,110 become a burden carrying that baby for nine 652 00:26:21,110 --> 00:26:22,190 months at certain times. 653 00:26:22,730 --> 00:26:25,110 Some women go through a heavy burden. 654 00:26:27,300 --> 00:26:28,140 Some give their life. 655 00:26:29,660 --> 00:26:32,120 Some have their bodies affected for the rest 656 00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:32,700 of their lives. 657 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:34,920 But a birth. 658 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,600 Now, it's just like the olive. 659 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,900 You put the pressure on it, and then 660 00:26:39,900 --> 00:26:42,680 the oil is birthed out of the burden. 661 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,600 So out of your burden, there will be 662 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,380 the birth of something. 663 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,720 And think about this to give you some 664 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:53,640 illustration maybe. 665 00:26:54,700 --> 00:26:58,880 In Galatians 6.2, let's turn over there. 666 00:26:59,340 --> 00:27:01,580 Galatians 6.2. I don't think we should 667 00:27:01,580 --> 00:27:08,330 miss this because I think we miss it 668 00:27:08,330 --> 00:27:08,850 sometimes. 669 00:27:08,850 --> 00:27:11,170 We see the passage, but we really don't 670 00:27:11,170 --> 00:27:12,710 get the spirit of the passage. 671 00:27:20,270 --> 00:27:24,510 Galatians 6.2, and we'll start off verse 672 00:27:24,510 --> 00:27:24,850 one. 673 00:27:25,470 --> 00:27:27,570 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a 674 00:27:27,570 --> 00:27:30,410 fault, ye which are spiritual restore such a 675 00:27:30,410 --> 00:27:33,810 one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself, 676 00:27:33,910 --> 00:27:35,330 lest thou also be tempted. 677 00:27:36,090 --> 00:27:37,230 And I might make a note here. 678 00:27:37,310 --> 00:27:40,490 The spiritual man has the ability not only 679 00:27:40,490 --> 00:27:42,970 to see the need, but has the ability 680 00:27:42,970 --> 00:27:46,470 also to know how to set the captive 681 00:27:46,470 --> 00:27:49,530 free, to proclaim liberty to the captive. 682 00:27:50,670 --> 00:27:53,230 The spiritual man has learned how to pray. 683 00:27:54,370 --> 00:27:58,190 The critic, the hypocrite has just learned how 684 00:27:58,190 --> 00:28:00,170 to see the need and maybe point out 685 00:28:00,170 --> 00:28:05,270 the need and maybe even make himself feel 686 00:28:05,270 --> 00:28:08,230 a little bit good because he doesn't have 687 00:28:08,230 --> 00:28:08,870 that need. 688 00:28:09,430 --> 00:28:11,950 But the spiritual man sees that need and 689 00:28:11,950 --> 00:28:14,190 feels that need and senses what the spirit 690 00:28:14,190 --> 00:28:15,350 of God wants to do. 691 00:28:15,770 --> 00:28:17,570 Maybe he'll never even talk to him. 692 00:28:17,870 --> 00:28:19,970 Maybe he'll never even see him or whatever, 693 00:28:20,350 --> 00:28:22,750 but he knows how to pray. 694 00:28:23,570 --> 00:28:26,510 Now, verse two, bear ye one another's burdens 695 00:28:26,510 --> 00:28:28,330 and so fulfill the law of Christ. 696 00:28:28,590 --> 00:28:30,090 Do you remember what the law of Christ 697 00:28:30,090 --> 00:28:30,470 is? 698 00:28:33,270 --> 00:28:35,770 It's the law of love. 699 00:28:36,630 --> 00:28:38,750 The Lord said by this, all men know 700 00:28:38,750 --> 00:28:41,530 that you're my disciples, if you have love 701 00:28:41,530 --> 00:28:42,270 one to another. 702 00:28:42,570 --> 00:28:45,150 So suppose you see a brother with a 703 00:28:45,150 --> 00:28:45,410 burden. 704 00:28:45,990 --> 00:28:47,550 Let's use this for an illustration. 705 00:28:48,750 --> 00:28:50,770 Suppose two men are working. 706 00:28:52,090 --> 00:28:53,150 They're both Christians. 707 00:28:54,370 --> 00:28:56,450 And suppose one's working for another one. 708 00:28:57,950 --> 00:29:00,410 And so that means that he's his employer 709 00:29:00,410 --> 00:29:00,890 or whatever. 710 00:29:01,490 --> 00:29:03,370 But suppose the one that's working for the 711 00:29:03,370 --> 00:29:06,590 other one has a burden, has a need. 712 00:29:07,750 --> 00:29:14,710 His responsibility of working for his friend, his 713 00:29:14,710 --> 00:29:16,850 labor in Christ or whatever, is to be 714 00:29:16,850 --> 00:29:18,710 diligent, to do what he can to help 715 00:29:18,710 --> 00:29:18,930 him. 716 00:29:19,270 --> 00:29:22,130 But his master, so to say, the one, 717 00:29:22,210 --> 00:29:26,430 his boss, also has a responsibility to bear 718 00:29:26,430 --> 00:29:29,630 his employer's burden as the employer would have 719 00:29:29,630 --> 00:29:32,610 a responsibility to bear his boss's burden since 720 00:29:32,610 --> 00:29:33,370 they're one in Christ. 721 00:29:33,470 --> 00:29:35,090 And Paul talked about this later on. 722 00:29:35,870 --> 00:29:40,330 Now, suppose when it came payday, he had 723 00:29:40,330 --> 00:29:43,610 a hundred dollars coming to him and his 724 00:29:43,610 --> 00:29:46,930 employer knew that all he needed to pay 725 00:29:46,930 --> 00:29:48,490 him was a hundred dollars, but he knew 726 00:29:48,490 --> 00:29:50,810 that his brother had a need. 727 00:29:51,470 --> 00:29:53,970 Then what he would do, because he has 728 00:29:53,970 --> 00:29:56,010 the spirit of Christ in him, he knows 729 00:29:56,010 --> 00:29:57,350 how to bear his brother's burden. 730 00:29:57,530 --> 00:29:59,570 Instead of writing out the check for a 731 00:29:59,570 --> 00:30:01,830 hundred dollars, he would write the check out 732 00:30:01,830 --> 00:30:05,690 for the need, not according to the ways 733 00:30:05,690 --> 00:30:06,190 of the world. 734 00:30:06,470 --> 00:30:08,030 And do you know this is what Jesus 735 00:30:08,030 --> 00:30:10,890 meant when he said, by this shall all 736 00:30:10,890 --> 00:30:12,290 men know that you're my disciples? 737 00:30:12,610 --> 00:30:16,410 When they see this unusual type of love, 738 00:30:17,770 --> 00:30:20,190 this is different from the way of the 739 00:30:20,190 --> 00:30:20,390 world. 740 00:30:20,730 --> 00:30:22,910 This is how we bear one another's burdens. 741 00:30:24,030 --> 00:30:26,350 When people come into our church, we come 742 00:30:26,350 --> 00:30:29,990 together, we will be real in every sense 743 00:30:29,990 --> 00:30:32,870 of our heart and our soul and our 744 00:30:32,870 --> 00:30:33,850 mind towards one another. 745 00:30:34,850 --> 00:30:37,370 Just like Ananias and Sapphira, when they came 746 00:30:37,370 --> 00:30:38,290 in, they were not real. 747 00:30:39,090 --> 00:30:42,330 Just like that, the Spirit of God, old 748 00:30:42,330 --> 00:30:43,970 Peter the prophet, was after them. 749 00:30:45,270 --> 00:30:49,390 Because they were giving, but it was not 750 00:30:49,390 --> 00:30:50,130 out of love. 751 00:30:50,310 --> 00:30:51,890 The rest of the giving was out of 752 00:30:51,890 --> 00:30:54,330 love, sacrificial love, deep giving. 753 00:30:55,650 --> 00:30:57,590 And this is the type of thing that 754 00:30:57,590 --> 00:31:01,050 impressed the world to where thousands of people 755 00:31:01,050 --> 00:31:02,950 became Christians when they saw it. 756 00:31:03,410 --> 00:31:04,390 Do we see this? 757 00:31:05,230 --> 00:31:07,350 Now, we can't do anything else about everybody 758 00:31:07,350 --> 00:31:07,750 else. 759 00:31:08,070 --> 00:31:10,070 But by the Spirit of God, as we 760 00:31:10,070 --> 00:31:12,270 grow and God keeps adding to our church, 761 00:31:12,670 --> 00:31:16,030 we can practice biblical Christianity. 762 00:31:17,010 --> 00:31:18,150 And it won't hurt. 763 00:31:18,870 --> 00:31:22,830 If it hurts, then you are out of 764 00:31:22,830 --> 00:31:24,090 the yoke with Christ. 765 00:31:24,550 --> 00:31:27,090 You have slipped and maybe you're pulling. 766 00:31:27,850 --> 00:31:29,970 You know, you heard the saying, give till 767 00:31:29,970 --> 00:31:30,370 it hurts. 768 00:31:32,690 --> 00:31:35,190 As a Christian, it doesn't hurt to give. 769 00:31:35,290 --> 00:31:36,050 We love to give. 770 00:31:36,930 --> 00:31:39,090 And I'm not really preaching about giving money 771 00:31:39,090 --> 00:31:39,830 or giving whatever. 772 00:31:40,190 --> 00:31:43,890 I'm preaching about the spirit that Amos had 773 00:31:44,530 --> 00:31:46,250 of bearing God's burden. 774 00:31:47,190 --> 00:31:49,110 This is the same spirit where he says, 775 00:31:49,290 --> 00:31:50,830 bear ye one another's burdens. 776 00:31:51,130 --> 00:31:52,630 God may have a burden for you to 777 00:31:52,630 --> 00:31:53,390 bear for him. 778 00:31:53,390 --> 00:31:56,130 Or he may want you to bear a 779 00:31:56,130 --> 00:31:59,290 relative's burden or a friend or a neighbor 780 00:31:59,290 --> 00:32:00,570 or somebody in this fellowship. 781 00:32:01,090 --> 00:32:03,330 But he says, bear ye one another's burdens. 782 00:32:04,010 --> 00:32:06,030 And so fulfill the law of Christ. 783 00:32:06,130 --> 00:32:07,310 And you come all the way down there 784 00:32:07,310 --> 00:32:10,150 and look at verse 9 and 10. 785 00:32:10,290 --> 00:32:11,150 10 specifically. 786 00:32:11,570 --> 00:32:13,790 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do 787 00:32:13,790 --> 00:32:16,270 good unto all men, especially unto them who 788 00:32:16,270 --> 00:32:17,850 are of the household of faith. 789 00:32:18,530 --> 00:32:20,610 And I went through the book of James 790 00:32:20,610 --> 00:32:21,150 this morning. 791 00:32:21,470 --> 00:32:23,090 My devotions, I just went through it. 792 00:32:23,390 --> 00:32:24,610 Very early this morning. 793 00:32:25,010 --> 00:32:26,630 And just letting the spirit of God hit 794 00:32:26,630 --> 00:32:29,090 me because James is very, very strong on 795 00:32:29,090 --> 00:32:29,330 this. 796 00:32:29,650 --> 00:32:30,870 Faith without works, you get faith. 797 00:32:31,290 --> 00:32:32,670 Is there any evidence in your life? 798 00:32:35,590 --> 00:32:37,470 Burden bearing, bear ye one another's burdens. 799 00:32:40,050 --> 00:32:41,050 You know what Amos did? 800 00:32:41,610 --> 00:32:45,370 By bearing this burden that God had for 801 00:32:45,370 --> 00:32:45,510 Israel. 802 00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:46,650 You see, God loved Israel. 803 00:32:46,770 --> 00:32:48,770 He didn't want to whack them and wipe 804 00:32:48,770 --> 00:32:49,130 them off. 805 00:32:49,470 --> 00:32:52,330 He was sending Amos as his love messenger. 806 00:32:52,910 --> 00:32:55,790 And the last thing Amos did for them 807 00:32:55,790 --> 00:32:57,490 in all of his preaching, he hit all 808 00:32:57,490 --> 00:32:59,090 the enemies and everybody's, hooray, he hit it. 809 00:32:59,130 --> 00:33:01,390 Then when he hit them, whoa, wait Amos. 810 00:33:02,650 --> 00:33:07,150 And then the priest, actually, the priest was 811 00:33:07,150 --> 00:33:08,430 the one that got him ran out of 812 00:33:08,430 --> 00:33:08,730 town. 813 00:33:09,050 --> 00:33:11,450 Came and told some lies about him to 814 00:33:11,450 --> 00:33:11,890 the king. 815 00:33:12,210 --> 00:33:14,110 The king came over and said, don't do 816 00:33:14,110 --> 00:33:14,350 this. 817 00:33:14,410 --> 00:33:16,030 He turned and said, I'm not a prophet. 818 00:33:16,650 --> 00:33:18,350 Your wife's going to end up being a 819 00:33:18,350 --> 00:33:19,470 harlot and your children are going to die 820 00:33:19,470 --> 00:33:20,010 by the sword. 821 00:33:20,390 --> 00:33:21,570 You know what they did with him? 822 00:33:21,710 --> 00:33:23,550 But before they did it, he did this. 823 00:33:24,870 --> 00:33:26,970 He gave them hope and encouragement. 824 00:33:28,030 --> 00:33:31,450 The last book of Amos, 9, 11, 12, 825 00:33:31,770 --> 00:33:33,770 he gave them hope and encouragement. 826 00:33:34,150 --> 00:33:36,190 A true prophet of God may preach the 827 00:33:36,190 --> 00:33:38,570 doom, but he's going to give the hope 828 00:33:38,570 --> 00:33:41,710 and the encouragement that God extends to them. 829 00:33:41,850 --> 00:33:43,670 And this is how you can discern whether 830 00:33:43,670 --> 00:33:45,770 or not someone that is preaching the gospel 831 00:33:45,770 --> 00:33:47,610 and sharing Christ really has the spirit of 832 00:33:47,610 --> 00:33:47,850 Christ. 833 00:33:48,130 --> 00:33:50,350 Do they also have the hope and encouragement 834 00:33:50,350 --> 00:33:52,690 along with, you're going to die and go 835 00:33:52,690 --> 00:33:53,070 to hell. 836 00:33:54,110 --> 00:33:55,810 But you don't have to. 837 00:33:56,230 --> 00:33:58,730 God loves you and I'm praying for you. 838 00:33:58,970 --> 00:34:01,090 I'm weeping that you will repent and receive 839 00:34:01,090 --> 00:34:01,910 Christ as your savior. 840 00:34:03,430 --> 00:34:06,110 I'll never forget my first witnessing experience. 841 00:34:07,489 --> 00:34:10,310 I was not too sharp at it, but 842 00:34:10,310 --> 00:34:11,530 I never forgot it. 843 00:34:11,889 --> 00:34:13,510 And I learned a lot from it. 844 00:34:14,610 --> 00:34:16,190 I was in the seventh grade. 845 00:34:17,570 --> 00:34:20,230 We were in the locker room, the old 846 00:34:20,230 --> 00:34:22,030 smelly locker room in junior high. 847 00:34:22,030 --> 00:34:24,170 And there was one guy there, he was 848 00:34:24,170 --> 00:34:25,550 this much taller than me. 849 00:34:25,909 --> 00:34:26,850 His name was James. 850 00:34:27,730 --> 00:34:29,790 I think he had flunked about five or 851 00:34:29,790 --> 00:34:31,110 six times growing up. 852 00:34:31,170 --> 00:34:33,489 So he was about five years older than 853 00:34:33,489 --> 00:34:34,570 everybody else in there. 854 00:34:34,730 --> 00:34:36,310 But he hadn't gave up, he was still 855 00:34:36,310 --> 00:34:36,670 in there. 856 00:34:37,150 --> 00:34:40,230 And he had the raunchiest mouth. 857 00:34:40,550 --> 00:34:42,929 And he was just, he shouldn't have been 858 00:34:42,929 --> 00:34:44,310 there with us younger guys. 859 00:34:45,370 --> 00:34:46,810 I don't know what made me say it. 860 00:34:47,590 --> 00:34:49,110 But I looked up at him one day 861 00:34:49,110 --> 00:34:51,510 and I said, James, you're gonna go to 862 00:34:51,510 --> 00:34:51,870 hell. 863 00:34:53,510 --> 00:34:55,370 I've learned a little bit about it since. 864 00:34:55,690 --> 00:34:56,650 You know what James did? 865 00:34:56,810 --> 00:34:58,330 Maybe you heard this story before. 866 00:35:00,390 --> 00:35:02,110 He reached down and grabbed me around the 867 00:35:02,110 --> 00:35:03,590 neck and picked me up. 868 00:35:03,830 --> 00:35:05,530 And I thought I'm gonna go somewhere. 869 00:35:06,150 --> 00:35:08,310 I mean, he's holding everybody by the neck. 870 00:35:08,870 --> 00:35:10,270 And then he sat me down. 871 00:35:11,070 --> 00:35:12,750 I decided I needed to sharpen up on 872 00:35:12,750 --> 00:35:15,810 my witnessing techniques a little bit. 873 00:35:15,990 --> 00:35:16,690 No kidding. 874 00:35:16,690 --> 00:35:19,990 But I didn't do it with love. 875 00:35:22,130 --> 00:35:24,430 Now, if I did it with love, maybe 876 00:35:24,430 --> 00:35:25,070 it would have broken. 877 00:35:25,850 --> 00:35:28,030 But because I just was tired of hearing 878 00:35:28,030 --> 00:35:28,810 him say that. 879 00:35:29,210 --> 00:35:31,090 And I wasn't always that bold, whatever. 880 00:35:31,250 --> 00:35:33,850 That was probably more stupidity doing it. 881 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,060 But Amos gave them hope and encouragement. 882 00:35:40,380 --> 00:35:42,000 I never did get to the gospel with 883 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:42,160 him. 884 00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:43,980 I didn't have a chance. 885 00:35:44,240 --> 00:35:45,840 I just said that and then he grabbed 886 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:46,140 me. 887 00:35:47,060 --> 00:35:48,720 Give them hope and encouragement. 888 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:50,180 Let's pray. 889 00:35:52,660 --> 00:35:55,080 Father, we have this yoke. 890 00:35:56,910 --> 00:35:58,410 This picture of this yoke. 891 00:35:59,850 --> 00:36:01,870 And you said that your burden is light. 892 00:36:02,590 --> 00:36:05,070 I pray this morning that as maybe we 893 00:36:05,070 --> 00:36:06,890 have a burden that you've given to us 894 00:36:06,890 --> 00:36:07,370 to bear. 895 00:36:08,350 --> 00:36:10,690 And maybe like Amos, it's not too popular. 896 00:36:10,870 --> 00:36:12,330 It's not too comfortable. 897 00:36:12,730 --> 00:36:14,810 It's not too popular. 898 00:36:15,210 --> 00:36:17,690 But whatever it is you've caused to do. 899 00:36:18,310 --> 00:36:21,370 Father, I pray that we would do it 900 00:36:21,370 --> 00:36:23,670 with humility as Amos did. 901 00:36:24,570 --> 00:36:27,550 And we would be honest as Amos was. 902 00:36:28,490 --> 00:36:29,610 With no guile. 903 00:36:30,250 --> 00:36:32,290 But yet that we would do it with 904 00:36:32,290 --> 00:36:32,710 wisdom. 905 00:36:33,210 --> 00:36:35,750 And that we would bear our burden with 906 00:36:35,750 --> 00:36:36,430 boldness. 907 00:36:36,970 --> 00:36:38,530 And with faithfulness. 908 00:36:42,070 --> 00:36:43,090 And with joy. 909 00:36:44,830 --> 00:36:47,530 Because we understand from you, as you had 910 00:36:47,530 --> 00:36:49,390 the burden of the sins of the world. 911 00:36:50,910 --> 00:36:52,730 That you endured the cross. 912 00:36:52,730 --> 00:36:55,330 You despised the shame for the joy that 913 00:36:55,330 --> 00:36:56,290 was set before you. 914 00:36:57,230 --> 00:36:59,710 And so Father, I'd ask that thou would 915 00:36:59,710 --> 00:37:02,050 encourage us as a body this day. 916 00:37:02,290 --> 00:37:04,030 As we learn to grow together. 917 00:37:04,230 --> 00:37:05,750 We make our mistakes together. 918 00:37:06,410 --> 00:37:09,210 And we learn to understand each other more. 919 00:37:09,530 --> 00:37:11,370 As we move on ahead into this. 920 00:37:12,090 --> 00:37:13,810 The days that are ahead of us. 921 00:37:14,290 --> 00:37:16,470 That there just be more and more love 922 00:37:16,470 --> 00:37:18,530 flowing out of our hearts as we grow. 923 00:37:19,310 --> 00:37:21,390 And as we share our burdens together. 924 00:37:21,390 --> 00:37:22,790 We bear one another's burdens. 925 00:37:22,930 --> 00:37:26,170 There just be such a fragrance of Christ 926 00:37:26,170 --> 00:37:27,330 in our lives. 927 00:37:27,370 --> 00:37:28,590 Not only here as a body. 928 00:37:28,750 --> 00:37:30,790 As we meet together for church. 929 00:37:30,930 --> 00:37:31,850 For fellowship and worship. 930 00:37:31,910 --> 00:37:32,990 But as we go out. 931 00:37:33,630 --> 00:37:36,090 That there would be this testimony of others. 932 00:37:37,230 --> 00:37:38,590 There's something about them. 933 00:37:39,330 --> 00:37:40,430 There's something there. 934 00:37:41,210 --> 00:37:42,710 There's something about their love. 935 00:37:42,770 --> 00:37:44,450 And how they work together for each other. 936 00:37:44,550 --> 00:37:46,050 How they share with one another. 937 00:37:46,370 --> 00:37:47,610 How they care for one another. 938 00:37:48,310 --> 00:37:49,350 That I need. 939 00:37:49,910 --> 00:37:51,810 And that we would have that testimony that 940 00:37:51,810 --> 00:37:52,890 the early church had. 941 00:37:53,270 --> 00:37:54,870 Of their love for one another. 942 00:37:55,570 --> 00:37:56,970 Lord, I thank you for each one here. 943 00:37:57,110 --> 00:37:58,250 I thank you for their love. 944 00:37:58,790 --> 00:37:59,910 For me and my family. 945 00:38:00,670 --> 00:38:02,110 How they care for us. 946 00:38:02,390 --> 00:38:04,130 How we know that we have a body. 947 00:38:04,590 --> 00:38:05,250 A fellowship. 948 00:38:05,970 --> 00:38:07,590 That will encourage us. 949 00:38:08,290 --> 00:38:11,010 That will endure us. 950 00:38:11,610 --> 00:38:12,550 At times. 951 00:38:12,650 --> 00:38:13,810 And that will understand. 952 00:38:14,390 --> 00:38:16,390 Thank you for the word from Amos this 953 00:38:16,390 --> 00:38:16,990 morning, Lord. 954 00:38:16,990 --> 00:38:18,950 Thank you for the man of God. 955 00:38:19,110 --> 00:38:20,490 That you took. 956 00:38:20,910 --> 00:38:22,110 Right where he was. 957 00:38:23,250 --> 00:38:25,450 Diligent in his business of farming. 958 00:38:25,630 --> 00:38:26,950 And taking care of the flocks. 959 00:38:27,550 --> 00:38:30,270 So he could be also faithful and diligent. 960 00:38:30,830 --> 00:38:33,310 In the business that he had for you. 961 00:38:33,410 --> 00:38:34,470 Thank you in Jesus name. 962 00:38:35,130 --> 00:38:35,410 Amen.