1 00:00:01,210 --> 00:00:03,450 Welcome to From the Pulpit in Classic Sermons. 2 00:00:03,930 --> 00:00:05,550 Each week we bring you a different message 3 00:00:05,550 --> 00:00:07,670 from some of history's greatest speakers in the 4 00:00:07,670 --> 00:00:08,290 Christian faith. 5 00:00:08,750 --> 00:00:10,550 And powerful sermons from modern preachers too. 6 00:00:11,170 --> 00:00:13,350 This week we have Francis Chan with his 7 00:00:13,350 --> 00:00:15,410 message, Lukewarm and Loving It. 8 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:19,460 You know, sometimes we'll look at another place 9 00:00:19,460 --> 00:00:20,500 and we'll go, ah, it's weird that they 10 00:00:20,500 --> 00:00:21,000 live that way. 11 00:00:21,060 --> 00:00:23,000 No, it's weird that we live this way. 12 00:00:23,540 --> 00:00:24,560 We're the weird ones. 13 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:26,820 You know, you guys, some of you could 14 00:00:26,820 --> 00:00:28,720 probably go, oh, it's weird, our pastor's Chinese. 15 00:00:29,420 --> 00:00:30,660 No, it's weird that you're not. 16 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:41,640 You know, sometimes it's like we get into 17 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,150 this world where we just think... 18 00:00:44,660 --> 00:00:45,640 I mean, you guys are. 19 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,560 You know, we get into this world where 20 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,720 we just think, gosh, you know, the way 21 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:52,460 they live is so strange. 22 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,260 No, the way we live is so strange. 23 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:57,960 I mean, isn't that crazy that if there 24 00:00:57,960 --> 00:00:59,120 were a hundred people in the room and 25 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,740 you've got your computer and your internet connection, 26 00:01:01,980 --> 00:01:03,459 you know, they would just look at you 27 00:01:03,459 --> 00:01:06,660 like, whoa, you're one of the three people 28 00:01:06,660 --> 00:01:07,780 that has all of that? 29 00:01:10,740 --> 00:01:12,800 Two dollars a day over half of the 30 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:13,080 world? 31 00:01:13,180 --> 00:01:13,980 Here's two dollars. 32 00:01:14,500 --> 00:01:15,360 Two dollars. 33 00:01:16,020 --> 00:01:17,300 I want to show you something. 34 00:01:21,510 --> 00:01:22,010 Look at you. 35 00:01:22,070 --> 00:01:22,750 Did you see that? 36 00:01:23,450 --> 00:01:29,410 They just kind of go, I don't want 37 00:01:29,410 --> 00:01:31,090 that one dollar bill to touch me. 38 00:01:32,490 --> 00:01:33,850 They just throw it back. 39 00:01:34,490 --> 00:01:35,870 There's probably a couple more on the ground 40 00:01:35,870 --> 00:01:37,110 from the last two services. 41 00:01:37,110 --> 00:01:40,050 No one's reaching for it. 42 00:01:40,610 --> 00:01:42,390 You know, I guarantee you no one's going 43 00:01:42,390 --> 00:01:44,130 to leave here today and call their friends 44 00:01:44,130 --> 00:01:46,410 and go, no way, Francis threw out two 45 00:01:46,410 --> 00:01:46,870 dollars. 46 00:01:49,450 --> 00:01:52,270 But do you understand that the majority, the 47 00:01:52,270 --> 00:01:55,090 majority of the world would look at what 48 00:01:55,090 --> 00:01:58,430 I just did and think that is crazy. 49 00:02:00,550 --> 00:02:03,570 Most people would go, I can't believe he 50 00:02:03,570 --> 00:02:04,370 just did that. 51 00:02:06,210 --> 00:02:07,590 And no one even reached for it. 52 00:02:10,820 --> 00:02:14,420 Fifty-three out of a hundred live on 53 00:02:14,420 --> 00:02:15,140 that per day. 54 00:02:16,420 --> 00:02:19,140 Now maybe if I threw out two $100 55 00:02:19,140 --> 00:02:21,380 bills, maybe someone might have reached out a 56 00:02:21,380 --> 00:02:23,940 hand because that's more like a day's wage 57 00:02:23,940 --> 00:02:24,540 for us, right? 58 00:02:24,700 --> 00:02:26,440 You know, $200 a day, you know, you 59 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:27,640 make about four grand a month. 60 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:29,340 That's about a day's wage. 61 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:32,280 Now isn't that weird? 62 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:34,060 I mean, how does that hit you to 63 00:02:34,060 --> 00:02:41,440 think that you make 100 times, 100, 100 64 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:46,080 times the amount of what the average person 65 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:47,340 on this planet makes. 66 00:02:48,340 --> 00:02:50,920 That over half of the people, you make 67 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:53,620 100 times what they make if you make 68 00:02:53,620 --> 00:02:54,480 four grand a month. 69 00:02:55,220 --> 00:02:57,320 I don't know if that's weird or it's 70 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,340 weirder that you don't think you're rich. 71 00:03:00,580 --> 00:03:02,160 You know how everyone else in the world 72 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:03,540 would look at this, they would just go, 73 00:03:03,640 --> 00:03:05,000 no way. 74 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,360 Do you know how strange it is to 75 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:08,780 the rest of the world? 76 00:03:08,940 --> 00:03:11,960 Imagine if you're one of those 53 out 77 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,180 of the 100 and you look at some 78 00:03:14,180 --> 00:03:17,300 people that are making 100 times what you 79 00:03:17,300 --> 00:03:21,920 make and you hear them complain about money. 80 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:25,160 You guys, have you ever stopped to think 81 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:26,800 how the rest of the world looks at 82 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:27,200 us? 83 00:03:28,460 --> 00:03:30,220 We are so weird. 84 00:03:31,580 --> 00:03:35,740 We are so filthy, filthy, filthy rich. 85 00:03:38,260 --> 00:03:39,600 And yet most of you would say that 86 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:40,020 you're not. 87 00:03:41,020 --> 00:03:42,700 And I'm hoping to change that today. 88 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:44,820 I'm hoping you can walk out of this 89 00:03:44,820 --> 00:03:46,080 room like I do and go, man, I 90 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:47,000 am just loaded. 91 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:52,180 I am just absolutely rich beyond imagination. 92 00:03:53,180 --> 00:03:54,920 You know, because that's the way the rest 93 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:55,740 of the world looks at me. 94 00:03:56,820 --> 00:03:58,200 And we've got to accept it. 95 00:03:59,380 --> 00:04:00,180 We're rich. 96 00:04:01,100 --> 00:04:01,980 That's my point. 97 00:04:03,220 --> 00:04:04,800 You don't like to think of yourself as 98 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:06,240 rich, but you are so rich. 99 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:09,400 And yet some of you would call yourself 100 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,360 broke and the rest of the world would 101 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:13,680 just look at you and go, man, what 102 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:14,240 an idiot. 103 00:04:15,980 --> 00:04:17,480 You're stressed out about money. 104 00:04:17,579 --> 00:04:19,720 You're stressed out about 30 years from now. 105 00:04:23,050 --> 00:04:24,070 The point is you're rich. 106 00:04:25,690 --> 00:04:26,450 I'm rich. 107 00:04:27,330 --> 00:04:32,050 And that puts us at a very serious 108 00:04:32,050 --> 00:04:34,070 disadvantage spiritually. 109 00:04:36,860 --> 00:04:40,300 What the Bible says, what Jesus says is 110 00:04:40,300 --> 00:04:44,760 you're rich, and that's a huge disadvantage for 111 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:44,980 you. 112 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,180 Jesus says it is so hard for the 113 00:04:49,180 --> 00:04:52,260 rich to enter the kingdom of God. 114 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,640 See, we thought riches were this great advantage. 115 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:58,000 Oh, it's so cool because look at all 116 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:58,200 I have. 117 00:04:58,200 --> 00:04:59,900 All those poor people over there. 118 00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:02,360 And Jesus goes, ooh, you're at such a 119 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:03,660 disadvantage because you're rich. 120 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,000 It is so hard for the rich to 121 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:06,900 enter the kingdom of heaven. 122 00:05:08,100 --> 00:05:09,120 You know how hard it is? 123 00:05:13,660 --> 00:05:14,900 You know, people have said, you know, Francis, 124 00:05:14,940 --> 00:05:16,460 you're always talking about the poor over there 125 00:05:16,460 --> 00:05:17,380 and caring for them. 126 00:05:17,580 --> 00:05:19,040 Don't you care about the people that are 127 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:19,880 spiritually poor? 128 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,940 And I go, yeah, that's why I'm in 129 00:05:21,940 --> 00:05:22,540 Simi Valley. 130 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,140 Not only we're the richest people in the 131 00:05:26,140 --> 00:05:27,640 world, but you talk about security. 132 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,260 Let's live in the safest city in the 133 00:05:29,260 --> 00:05:29,740 world, too. 134 00:05:31,900 --> 00:05:35,540 Who do you think on this planet, I 135 00:05:35,540 --> 00:05:37,800 think the toughest people to reach are right 136 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:38,440 here in this room. 137 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:44,540 The richest, safest, secure people on this planet. 138 00:05:45,660 --> 00:05:47,960 Jesus says in Luke chapter 18 where he 139 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:48,900 says it's hard. 140 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:50,960 You guys, we in this room, we're at 141 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:52,140 a serious disadvantage. 142 00:05:53,300 --> 00:05:55,180 Luke chapter 18, he talks to a person 143 00:05:55,180 --> 00:05:55,960 who has wealth. 144 00:05:56,500 --> 00:05:57,400 He talks to one of us. 145 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,460 Luke 18 verse 18, a certain ruler asked 146 00:06:01,460 --> 00:06:04,240 him, good teacher, what must I do to 147 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:05,000 inherit eternal life? 148 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:06,820 Okay, so there's this rich man who wanted 149 00:06:06,820 --> 00:06:07,580 to go to heaven, right? 150 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:08,160 That's us. 151 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:09,680 That's why you're in this room, right? 152 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:11,820 You're a rich person that wants to go 153 00:06:11,820 --> 00:06:12,160 to heaven. 154 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:14,640 That's what we have in this room. 155 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:15,920 That's what we have in the satellite room. 156 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:19,860 The satellite room, we have rich people who 157 00:06:19,860 --> 00:06:20,860 want to go to heaven and they're always 158 00:06:20,860 --> 00:06:21,480 late for church. 159 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:23,800 I'm kidding you guys. 160 00:06:24,060 --> 00:06:25,020 I know some of you guys go in 161 00:06:25,020 --> 00:06:26,400 there to make room here and thank you 162 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:26,760 for that. 163 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:27,860 The rest of you, you're just late. 164 00:06:28,660 --> 00:06:32,720 Luke 18, here's a rich young ruler, comes 165 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:34,120 to God and comes to Jesus. 166 00:06:34,260 --> 00:06:36,300 Good teacher, what must I do to inherit 167 00:06:36,300 --> 00:06:37,000 eternal life? 168 00:06:37,620 --> 00:06:39,960 Verse 19, why do you call me good, 169 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:40,780 Jesus answered. 170 00:06:41,180 --> 00:06:42,720 No one's good except God alone. 171 00:06:42,980 --> 00:06:43,820 You know the commandments. 172 00:06:44,020 --> 00:06:44,860 Don't commit adultery. 173 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:45,420 Don't murder. 174 00:06:45,540 --> 00:06:46,040 Don't steal. 175 00:06:46,140 --> 00:06:47,040 Don't give false testimony. 176 00:06:47,220 --> 00:06:48,180 Honor your father and mother. 177 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:50,900 Verse 21, all these I've kept since I 178 00:06:50,900 --> 00:06:51,420 was a boy. 179 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,940 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, 180 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:57,580 You still lack one thing. 181 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,540 Sell everything you have and give to the 182 00:07:00,540 --> 00:07:03,160 poor and you will have treasure in heaven. 183 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:04,580 Then come follow me. 184 00:07:05,460 --> 00:07:07,400 When he heard this, he became very sad 185 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:09,120 because he was a man of great wealth. 186 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,600 Jesus looked at him and said, How hard 187 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,580 it is for the rich to enter the 188 00:07:14,580 --> 00:07:15,260 kingdom of God. 189 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,200 Indeed, it's easier for a camel to go 190 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,200 through the eye of a needle than for 191 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:21,460 a rich man to enter the kingdom of 192 00:07:21,460 --> 00:07:21,840 God. 193 00:07:23,100 --> 00:07:24,820 Those who heard this ask, who then can 194 00:07:24,820 --> 00:07:25,420 be saved? 195 00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:29,080 And Jesus replied, What's impossible with man is 196 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:30,020 possible with God. 197 00:07:31,220 --> 00:07:33,140 God tells this rich man, just sell everything 198 00:07:33,140 --> 00:07:33,440 you have. 199 00:07:33,500 --> 00:07:34,020 Give to the poor. 200 00:07:34,100 --> 00:07:36,460 And the guy's like, And he just went 201 00:07:36,460 --> 00:07:37,000 away sad. 202 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:37,860 He couldn't do it. 203 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,520 And Jesus goes, Oh, it's so hard. 204 00:07:42,260 --> 00:07:45,000 It's so hard when you're rich to enter 205 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,340 the kingdom of heaven because you actually think 206 00:07:46,340 --> 00:07:47,800 your riches are worth something. 207 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:49,780 And like, I don't know if I could 208 00:07:49,780 --> 00:07:51,420 give them up because you just get so 209 00:07:51,420 --> 00:07:52,100 clouded. 210 00:07:52,180 --> 00:07:52,900 It's so hard. 211 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:54,420 He goes, It'd be easier for me to 212 00:07:54,420 --> 00:07:56,440 cram a camel into the eye of a 213 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,960 needle than it is to get a rich 214 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:00,160 man into the kingdom of God. 215 00:08:00,580 --> 00:08:02,920 Man, I've been studying this passage for 20 216 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:03,380 years. 217 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:04,960 Man, I've read this backwards. 218 00:08:05,100 --> 00:08:07,620 I've heard so many sermons on it explaining 219 00:08:07,620 --> 00:08:09,440 every piece of this or that. 220 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:12,860 After 20 years of studying, I'm just going, 221 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:13,160 You know what? 222 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:14,860 I know what this means now. 223 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,320 I finally figured out what Jesus was trying 224 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:20,280 to say when he says it's hard for 225 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:21,900 the rich to enter the kingdom of God. 226 00:08:22,820 --> 00:08:24,380 You see, what Jesus was really trying to 227 00:08:24,380 --> 00:08:28,220 say was that it's hard for the rich 228 00:08:28,220 --> 00:08:30,320 to enter the kingdom of God. 229 00:08:33,210 --> 00:08:34,309 I'm convinced of that. 230 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:39,530 You see, we sometimes, we dissect the passage 231 00:08:39,530 --> 00:08:41,130 so much that we're just blinded to what 232 00:08:41,130 --> 00:08:42,190 it's obviously saying. 233 00:08:43,310 --> 00:08:44,510 You just look at the rich guy going, 234 00:08:44,570 --> 00:08:45,490 Man, it's so hard. 235 00:08:45,490 --> 00:08:47,150 Do you understand? 236 00:08:48,910 --> 00:08:51,130 This is one of the hardest places in 237 00:08:51,130 --> 00:08:54,110 the world to tell people about Jesus, for 238 00:08:54,110 --> 00:08:56,910 them to get it because we're so rich 239 00:08:56,910 --> 00:08:57,830 and so comfortable. 240 00:08:58,990 --> 00:09:00,490 And he says, It's impossible. 241 00:09:00,870 --> 00:09:01,350 He goes, You know what? 242 00:09:01,350 --> 00:09:01,990 It's impossible. 243 00:09:02,510 --> 00:09:04,330 It's impossible for the rich to get into 244 00:09:04,330 --> 00:09:04,510 heaven. 245 00:09:04,610 --> 00:09:05,370 That's how hard it is. 246 00:09:06,650 --> 00:09:08,770 He goes, But with God, it is possible. 247 00:09:08,950 --> 00:09:11,850 It's impossible from a human level, but it 248 00:09:11,850 --> 00:09:12,690 can happen. 249 00:09:13,710 --> 00:09:14,810 It can happen. 250 00:09:14,810 --> 00:09:15,650 That's why I'm here. 251 00:09:15,750 --> 00:09:16,390 I go, You know what? 252 00:09:16,730 --> 00:09:17,770 It's not going to be easy. 253 00:09:17,850 --> 00:09:18,970 It's not going to be probable. 254 00:09:20,270 --> 00:09:21,710 But by the power of God, some of 255 00:09:21,710 --> 00:09:22,930 you could go to heaven. 256 00:09:27,900 --> 00:09:30,860 You see, because if you keep reading, you 257 00:09:30,860 --> 00:09:32,920 know, then the disciples go, Well, we left 258 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:33,460 everything. 259 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:34,560 Verse 29. 260 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:35,480 Verse 28. 261 00:09:35,940 --> 00:09:37,640 We left all we had to follow you. 262 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:39,320 And Jesus says, I tell you the truth. 263 00:09:39,420 --> 00:09:41,020 No one who's left his home, wife, brother, 264 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,320 sisters, parents, children for the sake of the 265 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:45,620 kingdom will fail to receive many times as 266 00:09:45,620 --> 00:09:46,860 much in this age and in the age 267 00:09:46,860 --> 00:09:47,240 to come. 268 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:48,860 You keep reading. 269 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,040 Jesus predicts his death and he gives the 270 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:52,200 blind beggar his sight. 271 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:54,120 And then in chapter 19, what happens? 272 00:09:54,220 --> 00:09:55,000 Look at the story. 273 00:09:55,100 --> 00:09:55,640 Very important. 274 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:57,240 Chapter 19, verse 1. 275 00:09:57,500 --> 00:10:00,880 Jesus entered Jericho and he's passing through and 276 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,580 a man was there by the name of 277 00:10:03,580 --> 00:10:04,480 Zacchaeus. 278 00:10:04,660 --> 00:10:07,940 He was a chief tax collector and was 279 00:10:07,940 --> 00:10:08,680 wealthy. 280 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:11,820 He wanted to see who Jesus was. 281 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:13,840 Being a short man, he couldn't because of 282 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:14,140 the crowd. 283 00:10:14,220 --> 00:10:16,540 So he ran ahead, climbed up a sycamore 284 00:10:16,540 --> 00:10:18,260 fig tree to see him since Jesus was 285 00:10:18,260 --> 00:10:18,800 coming that way. 286 00:10:18,820 --> 00:10:19,420 Remember the story? 287 00:10:20,540 --> 00:10:22,120 And then when Jesus reached his spot, he 288 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:23,640 looked up and said to him, Zacchaeus, come 289 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:24,380 down immediately. 290 00:10:24,680 --> 00:10:26,180 I must stay at your house today. 291 00:10:26,420 --> 00:10:28,820 So he came down at once, welcomed him 292 00:10:28,820 --> 00:10:29,280 gladly. 293 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,540 And all the people saw this and began 294 00:10:31,540 --> 00:10:33,340 to mutter, he's gone to be the guest 295 00:10:33,340 --> 00:10:33,840 of a sinner. 296 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,020 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the 297 00:10:37,020 --> 00:10:40,200 Lord, Look Lord, here and now, I give 298 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:42,340 half of my possessions to the poor. 299 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:46,080 And if I've cheated anybody out of anything, 300 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,460 I will pay back four times the amount. 301 00:10:50,660 --> 00:10:56,360 Jesus said to him, Today, salvation has come 302 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:57,500 to this house. 303 00:10:59,660 --> 00:11:02,220 So here's a wealthy man and what happened 304 00:11:02,220 --> 00:11:02,800 that day? 305 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:03,940 Salvation. 306 00:11:05,220 --> 00:11:06,120 What happened that day? 307 00:11:06,180 --> 00:11:06,860 The impossible. 308 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,700 A rich man jumped out of a tree 309 00:11:10,700 --> 00:11:13,760 and said, Here, take my money. 310 00:11:13,860 --> 00:11:15,540 Here, half goes to the poor and the 311 00:11:15,540 --> 00:11:16,820 rest of it, who did I rip off? 312 00:11:16,820 --> 00:11:18,560 Here, four times, whatever I ripped you off. 313 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:20,360 I don't care about money anymore. 314 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:23,320 Jesus just invited me in. 315 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:25,700 Jesus wants to dine with me. 316 00:11:27,100 --> 00:11:28,200 Look Lord, you know what? 317 00:11:28,220 --> 00:11:30,080 I don't care because I found this treasure 318 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:31,800 now so all my other stuff, it doesn't 319 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:31,980 matter. 320 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:33,200 I give it all away and Jesus says, 321 00:11:33,300 --> 00:11:33,920 Okay, he got it. 322 00:11:34,220 --> 00:11:36,120 See, I told you, the rich can enter 323 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:36,760 the kingdom of heaven. 324 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:40,900 It's near impossible, but with God, all things 325 00:11:40,900 --> 00:11:41,460 are possible. 326 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:42,860 And it happened. 327 00:11:43,180 --> 00:11:45,620 Salvation has come to this house. 328 00:11:45,620 --> 00:11:52,640 You see, the kingdom of heaven is not 329 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:54,900 like the rich young ruler who said, Man, 330 00:11:54,940 --> 00:11:55,800 I got my wealth. 331 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:56,800 He's telling me to give it to the 332 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:57,180 poor. 333 00:11:58,260 --> 00:11:59,500 I don't know, man. 334 00:12:00,140 --> 00:12:01,220 He went away sad. 335 00:12:01,900 --> 00:12:04,480 The kingdom of heaven is about a little 336 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:05,920 man who jumps out of a tree and 337 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:07,220 goes, Man, I don't care about my stuff. 338 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:09,440 What is the kingdom of heaven like? 339 00:12:09,680 --> 00:12:11,560 The kingdom of heaven is like a man 340 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:14,460 who finds a treasure in a field, right? 341 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:16,860 And he sees this treasure. 342 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,420 It's so great that he covers it back 343 00:12:18,420 --> 00:12:20,020 up and he goes, Man, let me just 344 00:12:20,020 --> 00:12:21,280 get rid of everything else I have because 345 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:22,700 I want that field so badly. 346 00:12:23,180 --> 00:12:24,720 He doesn't have to sit there and think 347 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:25,820 about it and go, Man, I don't know 348 00:12:25,820 --> 00:12:26,760 if it's worth it. 349 00:12:27,260 --> 00:12:30,720 It says, With great joy, you found, you 350 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:32,540 get it, you see that the treasure is 351 00:12:32,540 --> 00:12:34,400 that great that, oh, I don't even have 352 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:35,060 to think. 353 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:37,040 This isn't compared. 354 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:38,780 This isn't a, let me weigh it out, 355 00:12:38,820 --> 00:12:39,780 what's more valuable. 356 00:12:40,220 --> 00:12:42,440 With great joy, let me just sell everything 357 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:44,020 I have and get this field. 358 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:45,440 With great joy. 359 00:12:45,860 --> 00:12:48,060 I don't, do you ever picture Zacchaeus slowly 360 00:12:48,060 --> 00:12:51,400 climbing down the tree and going, Um, alright, 361 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:53,100 I guess I'll give some to the poor. 362 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:55,980 I feel kind of guilty about it anyways. 363 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:58,780 Or if I ripped you off, I'll pay 364 00:12:58,780 --> 00:12:59,180 you back. 365 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:00,840 He's that. 366 00:13:01,420 --> 00:13:03,440 You just picture this little Danny DeVito guy 367 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:05,660 going, Woo, you know, just jumping and here's 368 00:13:05,660 --> 00:13:07,940 all my money, you know, here you go. 369 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:09,880 And anyone I ripped off, I don't care 370 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:11,540 because I've got God. 371 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:14,200 It's like this treasure that was so great. 372 00:13:15,180 --> 00:13:16,820 See, but that's so rare. 373 00:13:17,540 --> 00:13:21,340 You see, because money does weird things to 374 00:13:21,340 --> 00:13:21,680 people. 375 00:13:22,700 --> 00:13:23,700 It just does. 376 00:13:23,980 --> 00:13:26,080 I've heard people say that many times. 377 00:13:26,740 --> 00:13:27,280 Haven't you heard that? 378 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:27,920 Have you heard that statement? 379 00:13:28,180 --> 00:13:28,960 Have you used that statement? 380 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:30,620 Man, money does weird things to people. 381 00:13:30,940 --> 00:13:32,560 One statement I have yet to hear in 382 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:33,180 my lifetime. 383 00:13:34,580 --> 00:13:36,260 Money has done weird things to me. 384 00:13:37,780 --> 00:13:39,140 It's always someone else, huh? 385 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:42,600 You guys, money has done weird things to 386 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:43,060 us. 387 00:13:44,380 --> 00:13:48,120 Money has done very weird things to us. 388 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:50,480 Accept it. 389 00:13:51,620 --> 00:13:54,120 See, Jesus says the thing with money is 390 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,060 it gives you this this false sense of 391 00:13:57,060 --> 00:13:57,600 security. 392 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,740 You start feeling safer the more you have 393 00:14:01,740 --> 00:14:04,140 rather than finding your security in God. 394 00:14:04,980 --> 00:14:07,720 The more you have, the less you're inclined 395 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:09,400 to believe that you're needy. 396 00:14:12,150 --> 00:14:14,870 Jesus wrote these seven letters to the churches 397 00:14:14,870 --> 00:14:16,450 in the book of Revelation. 398 00:14:16,590 --> 00:14:18,990 He writes to these seven churches and one 399 00:14:18,990 --> 00:14:20,370 of them was a pretty wealthy one. 400 00:14:21,130 --> 00:14:22,670 And when I read the letter, I just 401 00:14:22,670 --> 00:14:24,390 go, wow, that's America. 402 00:14:25,610 --> 00:14:27,090 This is a letter to the church in 403 00:14:27,090 --> 00:14:27,410 America. 404 00:14:27,550 --> 00:14:29,710 It freaks me out how similar it is. 405 00:14:29,790 --> 00:14:30,550 A lot of you guys know exactly what 406 00:14:30,550 --> 00:14:31,330 I'm talking about. 407 00:14:32,270 --> 00:14:36,190 The church in Laodicea in Revelation chapter 3, 408 00:14:36,310 --> 00:14:37,090 verse 14. 409 00:14:39,050 --> 00:14:40,530 It's crazy when you read this. 410 00:14:40,590 --> 00:14:42,070 You go, man, that's so us. 411 00:14:42,890 --> 00:14:45,090 And that's scary because it's not a nice 412 00:14:45,090 --> 00:14:45,510 letter. 413 00:14:46,850 --> 00:14:49,970 He says in Revelation 3, verse 14, he 414 00:14:49,970 --> 00:14:51,650 says, To the angel of the church in 415 00:14:51,650 --> 00:14:54,650 Laodicea write, These are the words of the 416 00:14:54,650 --> 00:14:57,670 Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler 417 00:14:57,670 --> 00:14:58,650 of God's creation. 418 00:14:58,810 --> 00:15:02,410 Verse 15, I know your deeds, that you're 419 00:15:02,410 --> 00:15:04,570 neither cold nor hot. 420 00:15:05,230 --> 00:15:06,850 I wish you were either one or the 421 00:15:06,850 --> 00:15:07,150 other. 422 00:15:07,890 --> 00:15:10,490 So because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor 423 00:15:10,490 --> 00:15:13,530 cold, I'm about to spit you out of 424 00:15:13,530 --> 00:15:14,070 my mouth. 425 00:15:15,850 --> 00:15:17,470 Again, I'm not going to go deep into 426 00:15:17,470 --> 00:15:19,870 the geography and tell you about the history 427 00:15:19,870 --> 00:15:21,450 of this and that because I think sometimes 428 00:15:21,450 --> 00:15:24,410 we miss the point of the passage by 429 00:15:24,410 --> 00:15:25,630 getting too into the details. 430 00:15:26,330 --> 00:15:27,910 And that's especially true in this passage. 431 00:15:28,350 --> 00:15:29,070 It's simple. 432 00:15:30,110 --> 00:15:32,750 Jesus says to this church, You're not hot. 433 00:15:32,950 --> 00:15:33,710 You're not cold. 434 00:15:33,930 --> 00:15:35,370 You're just kind of lukewarm, just kind of 435 00:15:35,370 --> 00:15:36,150 casual about me. 436 00:15:36,310 --> 00:15:37,470 I feel like just spitting you out of 437 00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:37,870 my mouth. 438 00:15:39,290 --> 00:15:40,670 You make me gag. 439 00:15:41,030 --> 00:15:42,670 It's not like a hot cup of coffee. 440 00:15:42,810 --> 00:15:44,190 It's not like an iced mocha. 441 00:15:44,570 --> 00:15:46,030 You're just like this lukewarm coffee. 442 00:15:46,170 --> 00:15:47,490 I sip it by accident. 443 00:15:47,630 --> 00:15:49,330 I just, oh, that's disgusting. 444 00:15:50,010 --> 00:15:50,950 He goes, that's what I think of your 445 00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:54,390 church because you're not fired up about me. 446 00:15:54,470 --> 00:15:55,810 You're not on fire. 447 00:15:56,010 --> 00:15:56,730 You're lukewarm. 448 00:15:57,590 --> 00:15:59,170 And a lot of it is because they're 449 00:15:59,170 --> 00:15:59,550 rich. 450 00:16:00,270 --> 00:16:01,530 You see it in the next verse, verse 451 00:16:01,530 --> 00:16:01,950 17. 452 00:16:02,050 --> 00:16:04,870 He says, You say, I'm rich. 453 00:16:05,550 --> 00:16:06,450 I've acquired wealth. 454 00:16:06,450 --> 00:16:07,190 I don't need a thing. 455 00:16:08,210 --> 00:16:09,770 Somebody goes, I don't need a crutch. 456 00:16:10,970 --> 00:16:11,990 I'm doing fine. 457 00:16:12,950 --> 00:16:14,970 He goes, But you don't realize that you're 458 00:16:14,970 --> 00:16:18,750 wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, naked. 459 00:16:19,350 --> 00:16:21,010 I counsel you to buy from me gold 460 00:16:21,010 --> 00:16:22,690 refined in the fire so you can become 461 00:16:22,690 --> 00:16:24,670 rich, and white clothes to wear so you 462 00:16:24,670 --> 00:16:27,130 can cover your shameful nakedness, and salve to 463 00:16:27,130 --> 00:16:28,530 put on your eyes so you can see. 464 00:16:29,730 --> 00:16:31,570 See, this church, they were kind of laid 465 00:16:31,570 --> 00:16:33,290 back about God because they didn't feel like, 466 00:16:33,510 --> 00:16:34,790 oh, I'm depending on God. 467 00:16:34,850 --> 00:16:36,130 God, give me this day. 468 00:16:36,130 --> 00:16:37,350 Give me my daily bread. 469 00:16:38,210 --> 00:16:39,170 That's not us. 470 00:16:39,450 --> 00:16:40,730 When's the last time you're like, oh, God, 471 00:16:40,850 --> 00:16:42,130 give me something to eat today. 472 00:16:44,010 --> 00:16:46,170 No, it's like, I don't really need God 473 00:16:46,170 --> 00:16:47,030 for my food. 474 00:16:47,270 --> 00:16:49,370 I don't really need God for my home. 475 00:16:49,450 --> 00:16:51,450 I don't really need God to give me 476 00:16:51,450 --> 00:16:52,150 money for the rest. 477 00:16:52,190 --> 00:16:53,830 Because I've got my whole retirement set up. 478 00:16:54,210 --> 00:16:55,650 And I've got money to leave for my 479 00:16:55,650 --> 00:16:56,770 kids, so they don't even have to depend 480 00:16:56,770 --> 00:16:57,210 on God. 481 00:16:57,810 --> 00:16:59,490 None of us really need to depend on 482 00:16:59,490 --> 00:17:01,370 Him for our daily necessities. 483 00:17:01,470 --> 00:17:03,990 He goes, It creates this sense of security 484 00:17:03,990 --> 00:17:06,050 that suddenly you feel like you're not a 485 00:17:06,050 --> 00:17:06,829 needy person. 486 00:17:07,390 --> 00:17:09,050 Because no one on their right mind would 487 00:17:09,050 --> 00:17:10,690 look at you and say, wow, you're needy. 488 00:17:10,910 --> 00:17:13,530 Those people in Simi Valley, they're so needy. 489 00:17:14,430 --> 00:17:15,450 And God says, they don't get it. 490 00:17:15,530 --> 00:17:16,990 They really are the needy ones. 491 00:17:17,970 --> 00:17:19,790 They're actually the ones that in my eyes 492 00:17:19,790 --> 00:17:22,829 are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, naked. 493 00:17:22,970 --> 00:17:23,589 It's disgusting. 494 00:17:24,710 --> 00:17:26,130 Because of their view of me. 495 00:17:26,210 --> 00:17:28,170 Because they're not on fire. 496 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:33,960 We're on fire for God right now. 497 00:17:36,610 --> 00:17:38,870 See, my concern is that some of you 498 00:17:38,870 --> 00:17:41,550 in this room, many of you, I'm not 499 00:17:41,550 --> 00:17:43,010 judging, I'm just saying that you would probably 500 00:17:43,010 --> 00:17:44,590 say it about yourself, that you're lukewarm. 501 00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:48,740 If I were to ask you, okay, are 502 00:17:48,740 --> 00:17:50,080 you on fire for God right now, or 503 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:50,620 are you lukewarm? 504 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:52,260 I think a lot of you would say 505 00:17:52,260 --> 00:17:52,840 you're lukewarm. 506 00:17:56,980 --> 00:17:58,960 What concerns me more than the fact that 507 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,840 you're lukewarm is that some of you would 508 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:03,780 say, yeah, I am lukewarm. 509 00:18:04,820 --> 00:18:06,880 And then you'll walk out the door and 510 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:07,980 you'll do nothing about it. 511 00:18:11,170 --> 00:18:14,450 What concerns me the most is that some 512 00:18:14,450 --> 00:18:15,590 of you are lukewarm. 513 00:18:15,590 --> 00:18:18,610 You know you're lukewarm, but you want to 514 00:18:18,610 --> 00:18:19,610 be lukewarm. 515 00:18:20,410 --> 00:18:22,010 You've planned your life out this way. 516 00:18:22,130 --> 00:18:24,110 You've got enough God in your life. 517 00:18:24,350 --> 00:18:26,970 It's not like you don't want to be 518 00:18:26,970 --> 00:18:27,730 on fire. 519 00:18:29,410 --> 00:18:30,910 I mean, I look at the majority of 520 00:18:30,910 --> 00:18:33,270 the American church, they don't want to be 521 00:18:33,270 --> 00:18:34,010 on fire. 522 00:18:34,270 --> 00:18:35,690 They want a little bit of God. 523 00:18:35,730 --> 00:18:36,950 Of course they want God. 524 00:18:37,170 --> 00:18:38,470 I want a little bit of God. 525 00:18:38,550 --> 00:18:39,110 I mean, it's good. 526 00:18:39,170 --> 00:18:40,210 It's good for my kids. 527 00:18:40,430 --> 00:18:41,490 It's good to give them a little bit 528 00:18:41,490 --> 00:18:42,030 of morals. 529 00:18:42,330 --> 00:18:43,610 It's good to, you know, learn to give 530 00:18:43,610 --> 00:18:45,310 a little bit here and there, serve a 531 00:18:45,310 --> 00:18:45,890 little bit. 532 00:18:46,250 --> 00:18:47,470 But I've got enough of God. 533 00:18:47,510 --> 00:18:48,290 I don't have enough money. 534 00:18:48,410 --> 00:18:49,290 I don't have enough stuff. 535 00:18:49,330 --> 00:18:50,170 I don't have a big enough house. 536 00:18:50,290 --> 00:18:51,550 I need more of that. 537 00:18:51,610 --> 00:18:53,650 But I think I've got enough God in 538 00:18:53,650 --> 00:18:54,770 my life right now. 539 00:18:55,870 --> 00:18:56,570 And it's crazy. 540 00:18:56,870 --> 00:18:58,670 Not only are you lukewarm, but that's the 541 00:18:58,670 --> 00:18:59,010 goal. 542 00:18:59,110 --> 00:19:00,590 You're lukewarm and you're loving it. 543 00:19:00,730 --> 00:19:03,050 And you hate for anyone to challenge you 544 00:19:03,050 --> 00:19:04,990 to be on fire for God. 545 00:19:06,410 --> 00:19:07,650 It's the word content here. 546 00:19:09,750 --> 00:19:11,670 It's the craziest thing. 547 00:19:12,370 --> 00:19:14,410 Do you understand this passage? 548 00:19:15,410 --> 00:19:16,830 What is lukewarm equal? 549 00:19:17,750 --> 00:19:18,490 Spit out. 550 00:19:19,450 --> 00:19:20,850 Well, what does spit out mean? 551 00:19:20,950 --> 00:19:22,690 I mean, can you explain that? 552 00:19:24,470 --> 00:19:25,550 I need to? 553 00:19:27,210 --> 00:19:28,130 What do you want? 554 00:19:28,250 --> 00:19:30,610 I mean, it's this idea of spit out. 555 00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:33,230 And people have asked, well, does it necessarily 556 00:19:33,230 --> 00:19:35,330 mean that if I'm lukewarm, that I'm going 557 00:19:35,330 --> 00:19:35,730 to hell? 558 00:19:36,730 --> 00:19:38,450 Because if you're spit out of His mouth, 559 00:19:38,490 --> 00:19:39,950 can you be spit out of His mouth 560 00:19:39,950 --> 00:19:41,490 and still be saved? 561 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:44,960 And I'm going, well, you read it. 562 00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:45,800 Look at the words. 563 00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:52,120 Okay, you're wretched, pitiful, poor, blind. 564 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:54,260 Are these words that you normally use for 565 00:19:54,260 --> 00:19:54,660 a believer? 566 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:57,860 I once was blind, but now I'm blind. 567 00:20:01,580 --> 00:20:02,940 You know, no, no. 568 00:20:02,980 --> 00:20:04,840 These are people who aren't saved. 569 00:20:04,900 --> 00:20:09,040 See, because if you get it, you won't 570 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:09,780 be lukewarm. 571 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,000 And this isn't about work salvation. 572 00:20:14,120 --> 00:20:15,520 It's not about, okay, if I work enough, 573 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:17,100 then I'm suddenly on fire. 574 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:19,460 No, I'm saying if you get it, the 575 00:20:19,460 --> 00:20:21,120 kingdom of heaven is a person who goes, 576 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:23,260 whoa, you're kidding me. 577 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:24,660 Okay, here, here's everything. 578 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:26,160 I'm getting this treasure here. 579 00:20:27,140 --> 00:20:29,260 It's not about a person going, I don't 580 00:20:29,260 --> 00:20:30,320 know, that's pretty good. 581 00:20:30,660 --> 00:20:31,860 That's pretty good too. 582 00:20:32,100 --> 00:20:33,280 I don't know what I want. 583 00:20:33,380 --> 00:20:35,460 There's God, there's the world, there's God, there's... 584 00:20:35,460 --> 00:20:36,340 I don't know. 585 00:20:36,660 --> 00:20:39,220 God says, oh, you make me want to 586 00:20:39,220 --> 00:20:39,680 gag. 587 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:44,660 So you're looking at me, okay, the maker 588 00:20:44,660 --> 00:20:46,200 of the world, and then you on this 589 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:48,740 little planet, you're looking at this little house 590 00:20:48,740 --> 00:20:50,660 here, this little car and going, man, I 591 00:20:50,660 --> 00:20:51,720 don't know if I can give that up 592 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:53,280 for retirement for a few years. 593 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:57,740 And you comparing me, the creator, the one 594 00:20:57,740 --> 00:20:59,920 who made the whole world, who spoke it 595 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:00,680 into existence. 596 00:21:01,100 --> 00:21:02,500 And you're going, ooh, I don't know if 597 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:04,820 I can give up this little thing on 598 00:21:04,820 --> 00:21:07,260 this piece of dirt for Him. 599 00:21:07,460 --> 00:21:09,020 He goes, that makes me sick. 600 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,440 You make me want to gag. 601 00:21:10,500 --> 00:21:11,860 I just want to spit you out of 602 00:21:11,860 --> 00:21:12,600 my mouth. 603 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,380 See, your riches have so blinded you that 604 00:21:16,380 --> 00:21:17,580 you think this stuff is good. 605 00:21:17,620 --> 00:21:18,840 You don't see it as dung. 606 00:21:18,900 --> 00:21:20,440 It's a big pile of crap. 607 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:21,820 And you don't get it. 608 00:21:21,860 --> 00:21:23,020 You think it's actually good. 609 00:21:23,100 --> 00:21:24,220 It's all this great stuff. 610 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:25,940 You've been blinded by it. 611 00:21:26,580 --> 00:21:27,940 He goes, and that just makes me sick. 612 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,440 God looks and He goes, man, you're comparing 613 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:31,400 me to this? 614 00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:33,820 You're wondering if I'm valuable enough? 615 00:21:34,540 --> 00:21:36,380 Man, the kingdom of heaven is a guy 616 00:21:36,380 --> 00:21:40,940 that just goes, duh, are you kidding me? 617 00:21:40,940 --> 00:21:43,160 Let me just sell everything. 618 00:21:43,860 --> 00:21:45,300 It's about a guy that jumps out of 619 00:21:45,300 --> 00:21:47,580 the tree and goes, forget it. 620 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:49,260 I can have God. 621 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,200 He goes, but these people that are lukewarm, 622 00:21:52,340 --> 00:21:53,220 that's just repulsive. 623 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:55,560 That's just sick to me. 624 00:21:57,820 --> 00:22:00,980 See, my concern is that people will see 625 00:22:00,980 --> 00:22:02,920 themselves as lukewarm, because we do this in 626 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:03,580 church all the time. 627 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,160 Yeah, I'm lukewarm. 628 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:07,760 And then ten minutes later, you're going to 629 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,920 forget about it and move on in life. 630 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,340 And I just go, what else is there 631 00:22:12,340 --> 00:22:12,940 to think about? 632 00:22:13,300 --> 00:22:15,020 Okay, so you understand what lukewarm is? 633 00:22:15,060 --> 00:22:15,860 So you're going to be spit out of 634 00:22:15,860 --> 00:22:16,400 the mouth of God. 635 00:22:16,580 --> 00:22:17,460 You just go, okay. 636 00:22:18,060 --> 00:22:21,040 I go, man, you shouldn't do anything until 637 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,860 you figure out how to be on fire 638 00:22:23,860 --> 00:22:24,320 for God. 639 00:22:24,660 --> 00:22:25,980 You should be down on your face. 640 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:29,340 You shouldn't eat again until you come before 641 00:22:29,340 --> 00:22:31,600 God and just fast and pray, God, get 642 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:32,160 me on fire. 643 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:32,840 I'm not on fire. 644 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:34,120 You've got to get me on fire for 645 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:34,280 you. 646 00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:35,660 I want to be in love with you. 647 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:37,340 I've got to see how valuable you are 648 00:22:37,340 --> 00:22:38,540 compared to all this other junk. 649 00:22:38,540 --> 00:22:40,660 You know, get me here. 650 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:42,540 That should be all you care about. 651 00:22:42,580 --> 00:22:44,660 Don't go to work tomorrow if you're lukewarm. 652 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:48,240 Man, sell your house. 653 00:22:48,420 --> 00:22:49,340 Just move. 654 00:22:49,460 --> 00:22:51,300 Do whatever it takes. 655 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:53,960 You can't end your life lukewarm. 656 00:22:54,660 --> 00:22:55,580 Do you get that? 657 00:22:57,020 --> 00:23:00,960 I mean, why are Jesus' words so strong? 658 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,080 He says in the next verse, verse 19, 659 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:05,740 why does He say it so harshly? 660 00:23:06,020 --> 00:23:09,120 Verse 19, I mean, those whom I love, 661 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,860 I rebuke and discipline, so be earnest and 662 00:23:12,860 --> 00:23:13,360 repent. 663 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:16,300 Why is God saying this? 664 00:23:16,380 --> 00:23:17,380 Because I love you. 665 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:18,860 I don't want to spit you out of 666 00:23:18,860 --> 00:23:19,180 my mouth. 667 00:23:19,220 --> 00:23:19,700 Do you understand? 668 00:23:20,620 --> 00:23:22,440 I love you, and that's why I'm speaking 669 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,340 so harshly and I'm rebuking you. 670 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,040 He goes, and I'll discipline you too. 671 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:28,700 I'll have things happen in your life that 672 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:31,760 get your attention because you're lukewarm. 673 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:34,140 And if you end this way, I'm just 674 00:23:34,140 --> 00:23:35,000 going to spit you out of my mouth 675 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:35,860 because that's disgusting. 676 00:23:35,860 --> 00:23:37,020 It's repulsive to me. 677 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,880 You make me gag when you question whether 678 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:43,880 I'm worthy of everything and you compare me 679 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,740 to your stuff and your false security, your 680 00:23:46,740 --> 00:23:47,140 idols. 681 00:23:50,130 --> 00:23:52,070 I was trying to think about this passage 682 00:23:52,070 --> 00:23:54,270 this week and say, okay, how does this 683 00:23:54,270 --> 00:23:54,790 relate? 684 00:23:55,090 --> 00:23:57,210 Because I want everything to be about love 685 00:23:57,210 --> 00:23:58,130 your neighbor as yourself. 686 00:23:59,190 --> 00:24:00,570 How does this relate to that? 687 00:24:01,590 --> 00:24:02,950 And Jesus says, I tell you this because 688 00:24:02,950 --> 00:24:03,510 I love you. 689 00:24:04,530 --> 00:24:08,870 And so I said, okay, what am I 690 00:24:08,870 --> 00:24:10,390 supposed to say to Cornerstone Church? 691 00:24:10,510 --> 00:24:12,750 What's the most loving thing I could say 692 00:24:12,750 --> 00:24:13,710 to you this morning? 693 00:24:13,790 --> 00:24:15,190 And I thought long and hard about this. 694 00:24:15,790 --> 00:24:18,590 And it's not going to sound pretty, but 695 00:24:18,590 --> 00:24:20,470 I believe it's the most loving thing I 696 00:24:20,470 --> 00:24:22,410 could say to you this morning. 697 00:24:25,580 --> 00:24:32,980 I have this haunting fear that many of 698 00:24:32,980 --> 00:24:37,660 the people that attend Cornerstone Church, even if 699 00:24:37,660 --> 00:24:39,280 you've been coming for years and grew up 700 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,200 in the church or whatever else, I have 701 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,280 this fear that some of you, possibly many, 702 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,680 many of you are going to hell. 703 00:24:55,990 --> 00:24:57,350 It keeps me up at night. 704 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:02,820 I read the Bible and I go, man, 705 00:25:03,580 --> 00:25:04,880 the kingdom of heaven is like a guy 706 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:06,980 that just sold out. 707 00:25:08,420 --> 00:25:09,700 Is that what we have here? 708 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:11,560 Some of you are, I know you are. 709 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,860 But I have this other fear of people 710 00:25:15,860 --> 00:25:19,280 that like being lukewarm and people that are 711 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:19,620 there. 712 00:25:20,740 --> 00:25:22,240 Do you understand the reality of what I 713 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:22,500 said? 714 00:25:22,580 --> 00:25:23,560 I'm talking about hell. 715 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:25,240 Have you heard that word so many times 716 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,340 that you just have grown numb to it? 717 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:28,740 Eternal punishment. 718 00:25:29,700 --> 00:25:31,140 And it's like, what in the world am 719 00:25:31,140 --> 00:25:32,240 I doing up here then? 720 00:25:36,100 --> 00:25:38,260 And again, I sure hope you don't see 721 00:25:38,260 --> 00:25:40,040 this as while Francis is up there judging 722 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:41,320 the congregation saying he's saved. 723 00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:42,580 I'm not saying that. 724 00:25:43,860 --> 00:25:45,500 I'm saying I'm willing to bet some of 725 00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:47,060 you would leave this room and say it 726 00:25:47,060 --> 00:25:50,240 about yourself that you are lukewarm, meaning you're 727 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:51,460 going to be spit out of the mouth 728 00:25:51,460 --> 00:25:53,160 of God and cast into the fires of 729 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:53,360 hell. 730 00:25:56,290 --> 00:25:57,870 That's all I'm saying is what you would 731 00:25:57,870 --> 00:25:58,650 say about yourself. 732 00:25:59,850 --> 00:26:01,590 And it blows me away that some of 733 00:26:01,590 --> 00:26:02,750 you won't do anything. 734 00:26:03,310 --> 00:26:05,270 You see, because to me, I just go, 735 00:26:05,870 --> 00:26:06,650 whatever, God. 736 00:26:07,390 --> 00:26:08,450 I've got to get this right. 737 00:26:08,890 --> 00:26:11,650 Why do you think I left the church 738 00:26:11,650 --> 00:26:12,230 in June? 739 00:26:14,460 --> 00:26:16,600 You guys write these emails, oh, because you're 740 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:17,140 mad about this. 741 00:26:17,300 --> 00:26:19,460 No, I told you why I left. 742 00:26:19,460 --> 00:26:21,400 Because I wasn't sure about myself. 743 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:23,520 I don't even know if I'm a person 744 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:25,360 that really wants the will of God. 745 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:28,600 Sometimes I get caught, what do you think, 746 00:26:28,700 --> 00:26:30,320 that suddenly I'm just oblivious to all the 747 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:30,900 riches and everything? 748 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,040 I get caught, I get sucked into Simi 749 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:38,060 Valley of this comfort, secure, happy little Disneyland 750 00:26:38,060 --> 00:26:40,660 world we live in and I get attached 751 00:26:40,660 --> 00:26:42,320 thinking this is my home, this is the 752 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:42,480 home. 753 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:44,940 And God just thinks, come on, that's not 754 00:26:44,940 --> 00:26:45,640 your house. 755 00:26:47,340 --> 00:26:48,860 I mean, I get sucked in by this 756 00:26:48,860 --> 00:26:51,680 awesome little family and how cute my kids 757 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:53,020 are and how much I love them and 758 00:26:53,020 --> 00:26:54,560 ooh, I couldn't bear to lose one. 759 00:26:54,660 --> 00:26:57,700 You know, it's like, no, God. 760 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:00,840 And again, I had to go, God, am 761 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:01,780 I lukewarm? 762 00:27:02,300 --> 00:27:03,920 Am I a man that even wants your 763 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:04,360 will? 764 00:27:04,460 --> 00:27:06,320 I've got to be right about this. 765 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,540 Man, and I've said, God, anything, anything, because 766 00:27:09,540 --> 00:27:10,780 I see the treasure now. 767 00:27:10,980 --> 00:27:11,800 Just give me that. 768 00:27:11,860 --> 00:27:12,200 Give me that. 769 00:27:12,220 --> 00:27:14,100 If you have to take everything else away, 770 00:27:14,420 --> 00:27:15,280 you know what, if you have to take 771 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:16,740 away all my stuff, it's just stuff. 772 00:27:16,740 --> 00:27:18,820 If you need to take my family away, 773 00:27:18,940 --> 00:27:20,260 it's just a family. 774 00:27:22,380 --> 00:27:24,460 I'm talking about God. 775 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:27,700 I've got to have this. 776 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:30,860 And sometimes I get clouded by the riches 777 00:27:30,860 --> 00:27:32,740 and the security that we have here. 778 00:27:32,980 --> 00:27:33,880 And that's why, God, this is going to 779 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:34,720 be hard for you. 780 00:27:35,780 --> 00:27:36,840 And I will do anything. 781 00:27:36,980 --> 00:27:37,660 I will leave. 782 00:27:37,820 --> 00:27:38,860 That's what I'm hoping. 783 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,460 I just show I'm out of here. 784 00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:42,900 If I can't pull it off here, I'm 785 00:27:42,900 --> 00:27:43,240 leaving. 786 00:27:43,740 --> 00:27:45,280 Maybe I'm just not strong enough. 787 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,300 I'd love to think that I could be 788 00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:50,060 that man here that lives in this crazy, 789 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,540 rich, safe environment and still could care less 790 00:27:53,540 --> 00:27:55,580 about all that security and have my eyes 791 00:27:55,580 --> 00:27:56,260 focused on God. 792 00:27:56,380 --> 00:27:57,260 That's what I want to be. 793 00:27:57,340 --> 00:27:58,920 I'd love to be that example here. 794 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:00,260 But if I can't, then I'm out of 795 00:28:00,260 --> 00:28:00,460 here. 796 00:28:01,580 --> 00:28:03,620 I'll sell everything and just live amongst the 797 00:28:03,620 --> 00:28:03,740 poor. 798 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,960 Maybe I'm just not strong enough to really 799 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:07,440 have my eyes on God here. 800 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:09,840 But I've got to keep fixed on Him. 801 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:10,880 I've got to be on fire. 802 00:28:10,980 --> 00:28:11,560 I'll do whatever. 803 00:28:12,340 --> 00:28:13,120 I'll jump ship. 804 00:28:13,120 --> 00:28:14,640 I am not going down with the ship. 805 00:28:16,100 --> 00:28:17,820 You're saying, wow, you're a terrible captain. 806 00:28:20,340 --> 00:28:20,840 I'm sorry. 807 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:22,040 As much as I love you, I love 808 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:23,040 myself far more. 809 00:28:24,100 --> 00:28:26,340 And I'm talking about my own salvation here. 810 00:28:26,940 --> 00:28:28,660 And again, it's not about works. 811 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:30,160 It's not about earning it. 812 00:28:30,260 --> 00:28:31,880 It's just, you know, you ever like when 813 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,900 someone's struggling, someone becomes a new believer, and 814 00:28:34,900 --> 00:28:38,880 let's say their struggle is drinking. 815 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:40,680 And you just say, you know what, maybe 816 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:42,240 you should just get out of the bar 817 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:43,040 for a little while. 818 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,140 Because maybe you're just not quite strong enough 819 00:28:46,140 --> 00:28:47,040 to handle it there. 820 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:48,780 You know, and just not wise. 821 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:50,780 You know, I've got a sickness. 822 00:28:51,780 --> 00:28:55,700 And it's called comfort, security, riches. 823 00:28:56,380 --> 00:28:58,480 And maybe I'm just not strong enough to 824 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,380 handle it here in the safest city in 825 00:29:01,380 --> 00:29:01,800 America. 826 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:05,000 You know, and so maybe it's just not 827 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,100 wise for me to be there. 828 00:29:06,180 --> 00:29:08,140 And so I've got to watch myself and 829 00:29:08,140 --> 00:29:09,660 go, man, if I can't do it, because 830 00:29:09,660 --> 00:29:11,540 this is all that matters. 831 00:29:12,140 --> 00:29:12,980 It's everything. 832 00:29:16,460 --> 00:29:18,700 I hope you're that serious about this. 833 00:29:21,140 --> 00:29:23,480 Jesus says in verse 20, next verse, He 834 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:24,800 says, Here I am. 835 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:26,560 I'm standing at the door, and I'm knocking. 836 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,020 If anyone hears My voice and opens the 837 00:29:29,020 --> 00:29:30,420 door, I'll come in and eat with him 838 00:29:30,420 --> 00:29:31,200 and he with Me. 839 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:33,500 And then verse 21, He says, To him 840 00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:36,440 who overcomes, I'll give the right to sit 841 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:38,020 with Me on My throne just as I 842 00:29:38,020 --> 00:29:40,260 overcame and sat down with My Father on 843 00:29:40,260 --> 00:29:40,840 His throne. 844 00:29:41,100 --> 00:29:42,640 He who has an ear, let him hear 845 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,240 what the Spirit says to the churches. 846 00:29:46,660 --> 00:29:48,320 See, Jesus says, Look, I'm knocking on the 847 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:48,520 door. 848 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:49,980 He goes, I'm saying this because I love 849 00:29:49,980 --> 00:29:51,240 you and I don't want to spit you 850 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:51,580 out of My mouth. 851 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:52,600 I'm knocking. 852 00:29:52,740 --> 00:29:53,660 I'm going, Please let me in. 853 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:54,100 Let me in. 854 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:54,860 I'm greater. 855 00:29:55,180 --> 00:29:56,180 These are greater riches. 856 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,300 Just look at the other stuff as dung. 857 00:29:58,540 --> 00:29:59,860 It's garbage compared to Me. 858 00:29:59,960 --> 00:30:01,720 Trust Me, it's so much better here. 859 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,560 He goes, Not only if you overcome, and 860 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:08,100 by overcome, overcome this lukewarm. 861 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:09,780 You see, the Bible says that there's this 862 00:30:09,780 --> 00:30:12,020 huge road that leads to destruction. 863 00:30:12,340 --> 00:30:15,000 There's this huge lukewarm road that leads to 864 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:15,440 destruction. 865 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:16,040 It's broad. 866 00:30:16,140 --> 00:30:16,900 Everyone's going there. 867 00:30:17,140 --> 00:30:18,560 He goes, But there's a few people. 868 00:30:19,180 --> 00:30:21,020 He goes, There's also this narrow road and 869 00:30:21,020 --> 00:30:22,720 few people will find it. 870 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:24,140 Very few that are rich. 871 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:26,580 Very few from Simi Valley. 872 00:30:27,780 --> 00:30:29,460 Very few, but they'll find it. 873 00:30:29,860 --> 00:30:31,180 And they're going to go against the flow. 874 00:30:31,380 --> 00:30:32,040 They're going to find it. 875 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,160 And if you're one of those that overcomes, 876 00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:36,620 you know, this flow that's going this direction, 877 00:30:36,740 --> 00:30:37,240 you're going, No. 878 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:38,840 I see the treasure. 879 00:30:38,980 --> 00:30:39,760 I see Jesus. 880 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:40,940 I'm going to walk to that. 881 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:42,320 I don't care if everyone's going, I got 882 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:43,240 the treasure in mind. 883 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:44,500 I'm going toward that. 884 00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:46,500 He goes, If you overcome, He goes, I'll 885 00:30:46,500 --> 00:30:47,680 give you the right to sit on my 886 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:48,360 throne with me. 887 00:30:50,060 --> 00:30:51,360 And you know what's awesome about that? 888 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,400 It's in the next verse, in chapter 4. 889 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:56,420 He says, After this, I looked up and 890 00:30:56,420 --> 00:30:58,300 I saw this door standing open in heaven. 891 00:30:58,380 --> 00:30:59,060 What does he see there? 892 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,200 He sees the throne of God. 893 00:31:01,540 --> 00:31:03,480 We've talked about chapter 4 before. 894 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:05,520 Remember, John gets to go up there and 895 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:06,420 see the throne. 896 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,540 Do you understand the picture? 897 00:31:08,740 --> 00:31:10,900 He goes, I see the throne and there's 898 00:31:10,900 --> 00:31:12,200 this being sitting on it. 899 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:15,380 He's glowing like diamonds and rubies. 900 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:16,600 It's a person. 901 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:17,380 It's God. 902 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,320 He's glowing like diamonds and rubies. 903 00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:21,820 He's got lightning coming from his throne. 904 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,660 He's got these pillars of fire. 905 00:31:24,980 --> 00:31:28,160 There's this roaring thunder coming from this throne. 906 00:31:28,380 --> 00:31:30,980 There's this big sea of glass around the 907 00:31:30,980 --> 00:31:31,240 throne. 908 00:31:31,460 --> 00:31:33,940 There's these 24 men dressed in robes and 909 00:31:33,940 --> 00:31:36,700 they're just bowing down, dropping their crowns before 910 00:31:36,700 --> 00:31:37,180 the throne. 911 00:31:37,380 --> 00:31:40,420 There's these four living creatures with eyes all 912 00:31:40,420 --> 00:31:42,860 over their bodies and six wings looking at 913 00:31:42,860 --> 00:31:46,000 the throne screaming, Holy, Holy, Holy. 914 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:50,480 He says, There's a hundred million angels all 915 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,580 bowing down and worshipping at the throne. 916 00:31:53,980 --> 00:31:57,300 And Jesus says, If you overcome, you can 917 00:31:57,300 --> 00:32:00,660 sit on that throne with me. 918 00:32:02,100 --> 00:32:04,760 You can be on that throne if you 919 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:05,400 overcome. 920 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,720 If you can see that throne and go, 921 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:09,220 Oh, wow! 922 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,800 That or this little world down here. 923 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:15,820 That's why God says, you're going to look 924 00:32:15,820 --> 00:32:18,720 at all of that and then just go, 925 00:32:18,820 --> 00:32:22,460 I don't know if that makes me sick. 926 00:32:23,460 --> 00:32:25,820 That just makes me sick. 927 00:32:26,340 --> 00:32:28,080 It makes me want to spit you out 928 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:28,700 of my mouth. 929 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:30,200 And I will. 930 00:32:32,490 --> 00:32:34,990 Because you're trying to find this pleasure outside 931 00:32:34,990 --> 00:32:35,370 of me. 932 00:32:35,470 --> 00:32:37,210 You think these things compare to me. 933 00:32:37,270 --> 00:32:38,190 That's just repulsive. 934 00:32:38,190 --> 00:32:40,110 I've shown you the throne. 935 00:32:40,910 --> 00:32:42,450 I'm saying you can sit there if you 936 00:32:42,450 --> 00:32:42,830 overcome. 937 00:32:43,950 --> 00:32:44,750 You can have me. 938 00:32:44,890 --> 00:32:45,790 You can dine with me. 939 00:32:45,850 --> 00:32:46,610 You can be with me. 940 00:32:46,690 --> 00:32:47,790 You can have true riches. 941 00:32:47,950 --> 00:32:49,570 I'll clothe you in white robes. 942 00:32:50,070 --> 00:32:51,130 You'll have it all. 943 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:54,940 And the Bible says, If you get it, 944 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:57,180 you'll say, Oh, forget all this. 945 00:32:57,340 --> 00:32:58,220 I don't even care. 946 00:33:01,290 --> 00:33:03,430 I was reading Time Magazine last week. 947 00:33:03,550 --> 00:33:04,970 Does God want you to be rich? 948 00:33:05,170 --> 00:33:05,510 Remember that? 949 00:33:06,090 --> 00:33:07,390 And if you saw Time Magazine, it's about 950 00:33:07,390 --> 00:33:09,370 all these televangelists going, Oh, God wants you 951 00:33:09,370 --> 00:33:09,790 to be rich. 952 00:33:10,030 --> 00:33:11,550 Oh, you know, all the riches are good. 953 00:33:11,670 --> 00:33:12,490 You know, you've got to strive for it. 954 00:33:12,510 --> 00:33:13,370 You've got to say, Give them to me. 955 00:33:13,870 --> 00:33:14,870 And it's going, You know what? 956 00:33:15,250 --> 00:33:18,730 If you've got the throne, you've got God, 957 00:33:18,770 --> 00:33:20,370 you won't care about the riches. 958 00:33:20,850 --> 00:33:22,390 It's not about being poor or rich. 959 00:33:22,450 --> 00:33:24,210 It's about, I don't care. 960 00:33:24,590 --> 00:33:25,930 I don't even think about it. 961 00:33:27,750 --> 00:33:29,790 If my riches are an obstacle to God, 962 00:33:29,810 --> 00:33:30,810 that's all I care about. 963 00:33:32,350 --> 00:33:34,110 Why do I want anything else? 964 00:33:35,650 --> 00:33:37,610 What else do I desire on earth? 965 00:33:38,930 --> 00:33:40,170 It's all about the throne. 966 00:33:40,170 --> 00:33:41,370 It's all about heaven. 967 00:33:42,610 --> 00:33:43,710 Are you an overcomer? 968 00:33:44,470 --> 00:33:45,150 Is that you? 969 00:33:45,250 --> 00:33:46,330 Have you overcome this world? 970 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:50,380 Here's what I want you to do. 971 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:52,760 Again, I don't want this to be me 972 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:53,660 manipulating anyone. 973 00:33:53,780 --> 00:33:55,220 I want you to be alone with God 974 00:33:55,220 --> 00:33:55,760 this morning. 975 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:58,140 I want to give you some time to 976 00:33:58,140 --> 00:33:58,700 pray to God. 977 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:02,540 Because I am not accusing any of you. 978 00:34:03,020 --> 00:34:04,840 I say I get scared about this, because 979 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:05,320 I don't know. 980 00:34:08,250 --> 00:34:09,770 But if you go, Well, you know, just 981 00:34:09,770 --> 00:34:11,810 because I serve in a lukewarm way, and 982 00:34:11,810 --> 00:34:13,570 I give in a lukewarm way, and I 983 00:34:13,570 --> 00:34:15,570 pray in a lukewarm way, doesn't mean I'm 984 00:34:15,570 --> 00:34:16,030 lukewarm. 985 00:34:16,730 --> 00:34:17,090 All right. 986 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:21,620 But you just come before God and say, 987 00:34:21,659 --> 00:34:22,179 God, am I? 988 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:24,159 Am I on fire for you? 989 00:34:24,540 --> 00:34:26,179 Do I really see how great it is 990 00:34:26,179 --> 00:34:28,179 to know you and the riches you have 991 00:34:28,179 --> 00:34:28,600 for me? 992 00:34:29,060 --> 00:34:30,260 Or am I caught up in all this 993 00:34:30,260 --> 00:34:30,580 junk? 994 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:32,239 I'm going to give you some time of 995 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:32,540 silence. 996 00:34:32,739 --> 00:34:33,880 And here's some things I want you to 997 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:34,280 pray through. 998 00:34:35,100 --> 00:34:36,460 I want you to ask God, first of 999 00:34:36,460 --> 00:34:39,360 all, God, reveal to me the areas in 1000 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:40,340 my life where I'm lukewarm. 1001 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:41,340 Can you pray that to God and say, 1002 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:42,600 God, show me where I'm lukewarm? 1003 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:44,739 You could probably pray that, right? 1004 00:34:45,100 --> 00:34:46,139 How about the second thing? 1005 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:47,420 Would you be willing to say, God, give 1006 00:34:47,420 --> 00:34:49,900 me strength in the areas where I'm weak 1007 00:34:49,900 --> 00:34:50,540 and I'm lukewarm? 1008 00:34:50,699 --> 00:34:51,400 Are you willing to pray that? 1009 00:34:54,199 --> 00:34:55,040 But here's the real question. 1010 00:34:55,100 --> 00:34:55,820 How about that third one? 1011 00:34:57,820 --> 00:34:59,400 Are you willing to say, God, do whatever 1012 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:02,800 it takes to get me on fire for 1013 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:03,040 you? 1014 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:04,640 Whatever. 1015 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:05,940 That's a scary prayer. 1016 00:35:07,580 --> 00:35:09,140 God, if you have to take everything I 1017 00:35:09,140 --> 00:35:10,780 own away from me, if that's holding me 1018 00:35:10,780 --> 00:35:12,000 back, God, please take it away. 1019 00:35:12,300 --> 00:35:13,780 Please, please, please, please, because I want you 1020 00:35:13,780 --> 00:35:14,220 so badly. 1021 00:35:15,340 --> 00:35:20,800 God, if it's loved ones, please, please, please, 1022 00:35:20,940 --> 00:35:23,380 just, I gotta be on fire for you. 1023 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:25,300 You willing to pray that? 1024 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,420 Do you see the treasure as that great? 1025 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:28,660 I hope so. 1026 00:35:30,100 --> 00:35:30,920 Just give you some time. 1027 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,140 Just bow your head before God and just 1028 00:35:33,140 --> 00:35:34,500 start asking God for those things. 1029 00:35:37,060 --> 00:35:38,780 You've been listening to the From the Pulpit 1030 00:35:38,780 --> 00:35:39,940 in Classic Sermon series. 1031 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,400 This week you heard Francis Chan with his 1032 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,060 message, Lukewarm and Loving It. 1033 00:35:44,220 --> 00:35:46,280 Tune in next week to hear Alden Gannett 1034 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:48,940 talk about answered prayer on From the Pulpit 1035 00:35:48,940 --> 00:35:50,260 in Classic Sermons.