Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE
PRESENTS: EXPERIENCE THE POWER,
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WITH WALTER L. PEARSON JR.
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(theme music) TODAY
PASTOR PEARSON'S MESSAGE
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IS ENTITLED "PLAYING CHURCH."
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(theme music) WP:
I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO GO
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TO THE BOOK OF FIRST PETER.
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AND SHOULD I STALL
WHILE YOU FIND FIRST PETER ?
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I THINK YOU CAN
DO IT FAIRLY EASY.
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WELL, THE EASY WAY TO DO
THAT, NAH, I WON'T TELL YOU.
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TOO MANY PEOPLE
HAVE ALREADY FOUND IT.
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FIRST PETER, CHAPTER 2, AND
LOOK AT VERSE 5, FIRST PETER,
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CHAPTER 2, VERSE 5.
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"YE, ALSO, AS LIVELY STONES ARE
BUILT UP A SPIRITUAL HOUSE AND
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HOLY PRIESTHOOD TO OFFER UP
SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES ACCEPTABLE
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TO GOD BY JESUS CHRIST."
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WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ?
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FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
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YOUR POWER, THROUGH JESUS
CHRIST, YOUR POWER THROUGH
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THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
REACHING AROUND THE GLOBE, AND
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PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE
DRAWING PEOPLE TO JESUS CHRIST.
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NOW, FATHER, WE ONLY ASK THAT
YOU CONTINUE WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
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WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT US.
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IT'S NOT BY MIGHT.
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IT'S NOT BY POWER.
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IT'S BY YOUR SPIRIT
THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING DRAWN.
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SO, TONIGHT WE
COMMIT OURSELVES ONCE AGAIN.
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WE'LL FOLLOW WHERE
JESUS LEADS IF YOU'LL SIMPLY
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GIVE US YOUR GRACE.
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THIS IS OUR PRAYER
IN JESUS'S NAME, AMEN.
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THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE ARE
PART OF A SPIRITUAL BUILDING.
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I ENTITLED THIS MESSAGE
TONIGHT "PLAYING CHURCH."
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AND I DID IT INTENTIONALLY
BECAUSE TONIGHT I WILL SHARE
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WITH YOU MY BELIEF THAT IF
SATAN CAN'T KEEP YOU AWAY FROM
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CHURCH, HE WILL BRING YOU
TO CHURCH BUT NOT LET YOU DO
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CHURCH AS THE BIBLE SUGGESTS.
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IN OTHER WORDS, I KNOW
YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO WON'T
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GO INSIDE OF A CHURCH.
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I'VE MET PLENTY OF THEM.
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THEY SAY, I WOULDN'T
GO CLOSE TO A CHURCH.
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AND I HOPE BY THE TIME I'M
FINISHED TONIGHT THAT YOU'LL
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UNDERSTAND THAT THAT
MAY NOT BE THE GREATEST
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DECISION OF YOUR LIFE.
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BECAUSE THE FACT IS THAT AS
THE TEXT JUST TOLD US, WE BECOME
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PART OF A SPIRITUAL BUILDING.
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IT'S AN INVISIBLE BUILDING
BUT WHEN WE ARE ALL LINKED
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TOGETHER IN CHRIST, WE ARE
ACTUALLY THE BODY OF CHRIST.
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WE BECOME THE CHURCH.
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SO, IT MAY NOT BE THE GREATEST
DECISION YOU EVER MADE TO STAY
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AWAY FROM THAT ORGANIZATION.
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BUT THERE ARE SOME FOLK WHO COME
TO CHURCH AND THEN THE DEVIL
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STARTS PLAYING LITTLE GAMES.
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HE TRIES TO GET YOU AWAY
FROM THE REAL MEANING OF CHURCH.
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THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE,
AND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
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THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO THINK THAT GOING TO
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CHURCH IS A FASHION SHOW.
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THE BIBLE SAYS THAT MAN
LOOKS ON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE,
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BUT GOD LOOKS ON THE HEART.
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SO, I HAVE NOTHING
AGAINST PEOPLE DRESSING WELL
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TO GO TO CHURCH.
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IN FACT, IF YOU SERVE GOD
AND RETURN A FAITHFUL TITHE
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AND AN OFFERING, HOW MANY
KNOW THAT GOD WILL OPEN THE
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FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN AND MIGHT
MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO
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GET CLOTHES WITHOUT MONEY.
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HE DOES THAT.
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THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD CLOTHES
THE LILIES OF THE FIELDS.
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AND IF HE MAKES THEM BEAUTIFUL,
HOW MANY KNOW THAT HE CAN
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MAKE YOU LOOK YOUR BEST ?
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I THINK WHEN YOU COME
INTO GOD'S HOUSE THERE
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IS NOTHING WRONG WITH
WEARING SOMETHING PRESENTABLE
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TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE.
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BUT YOU CAN'T
GET CAUGHT UP IN IT.
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THERE WAS A CHURCH
THAT I PASTORED LONG AGO.
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YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHERE IT WAS.
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THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN
WHO TIMED HIS ENTRANCE.
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HE WOULD WEAR A
DIFFERENT SUIT EVERY SABBATH.
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AND HE WAITED UNTIL
I HAD JUST STOOD UP.
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I WAS JUST FINISHED WITH
MY TEXT, WHEN EVERYBODY'S
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CONCENTRATION WAS ON
THE BIBLE, AND THEN HE'D
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MAKE HIS GRAND ENTRANCE.
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I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DID IT
EITHER--IT WAS AS THOUGH HE
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WAS FLOATING DOWN THE AISLE.
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AND JUST AS HE THOUGHT, PEOPLE
WOULD TURN AND LOOK AT HIM.
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AND THEY'D SAY, OH, HE
NEVER WEARS THE SAME SUIT.
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WELL, ONE DAY I
HAD A TALK WITH HIM.
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I TOLD HIM HOW I WAS NOT AMUSED.
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I SAID, DO YOU KNOW
THAT YOU COME IN THE SAME
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TIME EVERY WEEK ?
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HE SAID, OH, I
NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT.
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I'M NOT SURE THAT WAS THE TRUTH.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK ?
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HE SAID, NO, I GUESS
THAT'S JUST WHEN I COME IN.
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I SAID, AND OF COURSE, WE
ARE HAPPY, EVERY ONE OF US
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IS HAPPY THAT THE LORD
HAS GIVEN YOU DIFFERENT SUITS.
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I DON'T KNOW WHERE
YOU'RE GETTING THEM FROM,
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BUT HALLELUJAH.
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IT'S JUST THAT WE
DON'T COME TO CHURCH TO GET
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EXCITED ABOUT YOUR CLOTHES.
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WE'RE HERE TO PRAISE THE
NAME OF JESUS AND TO WORSHIP HIM
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IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS.
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NOW I MAY BE WRONG, BUT I DO
THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
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WHO, WHEN THEY HAVE CAUGHT
A SALE, AND WHEN EVEN THEY ARE
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SHOCKED AT WHAT THEY HAVE ON.
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YOU CAN'T TELL, CAN'T
YOU, BECAUSE THEY KIND OF. . .
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WHEN THEY ARE EVEN SHOCKED,
THEY WILL COME IN AND THEN
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THEY'LL THINK OF
SOMETHING, AND THEY'LL GO OUT.
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AND THEY'LL COME BACK
IN, AND THEY'LL REMEMBER
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SOMETHING ELSE AND GO OUT.
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WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO
SOMEHOW, MAYBE I'M MISREADING,
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I HOPE I'M NOT MISJUDGING,
BUT IT APPEARS THAT WHEN
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THEY DRESS IN A NORMAL
FASHION, THEY CAN SIT DOWN.
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BUT WHEN THEY THINK THEY'RE
LOOKING REALLY GOOD, THEY GOT
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TO MOVE AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
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I'M NOT MAD AT YOU.
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I HOPE YOU FIND ANOTHER SALE.
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I WISH YOU WOULD FIND A SALE
WHERE THEY GOT SOMETHING FOR ME.
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BUT WHEN YOU DRESS UP, YOU
ARE NOT THE CENTER OF ATTENTION
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IN GOD'S HOUSE.
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JESUS IS THE
CENTER OF ATTENTION.
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I'VE MET PEOPLE WHO HAPPEN
TO PURCHASE A NEW AUTOMOBILE.
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AND YOU KNOW YOU
CAN'T BRING IT IN.
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THEY WOULD IF THEY COULD.
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SO THEY HAVE TO SAY,
LOOK, YOU KNOW SOMETHING ?
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I WAS REALLY, REMEMBER I'VE BEEN
SAYING I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU ?
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COULD YOU COME OUT WITH ME NOW ?
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I'VE GOT IT IN MY TRUNK, OKAY ?
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AND THEN YOU GO OUT AND
YOU SAY, WHERE'S YOUR CAR ?
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OH, IT'S RIGHT OUT HERE.
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AND THEY TAKE YOU.
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HEY, YOU GOT A NEW CAR.
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OH, THAT WASN'T THE REASON
WHY I BROUGHT YOU OUT HERE.
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THIS IS JUST SOMETHING TO
GET ME FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
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THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL TAKE
YOU HOME TO SEE THEIR HOUSES.
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THEY WILL TALK
ABOUT THEIR INCOME.
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I HAVE COME TO BELIEVE THAT
PEOPLE WHO TELL YOU HOW MUCH
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THEY EARN ARE DISINGENUOUS.
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BECAUSE IF YOU REALLY
EARN A LOT OF MONEY, YOU DON'T
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WANT THE WORD TO GET AROUND.
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PEOPLE LIKE ME WILL COME
AND BORROW MONEY FROM YOU.
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WELL, IF GOD HAS BLESSED YOU,
YOU MIGHT JUST WANT TO SAY, IF
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ANYBODY SAYS, AH, I UNDERSTAND
YOU EARN A LOT OF MONEY.
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YOU OUGHT TO JUST
SAY, GOD IS GOOD, GOD IS
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GOOD, THAT'S ENOUGH.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK ?
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AND GOWILL LEAD YOU TO
THE PEOPLE WHO NEED YOUR HELP.
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NOW I'M SAYING SOME
THINGS THAT MIGHT SOUND A LITTLE
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COMICAL, BUT YOU
KNOW THAT IT'S THE TRUTH.
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THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
GET CAUGHT UP IN FELLOWSHIP.
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THEY ARE SO CAUGHT UP IN
FELLOWSHIP THAT IT WON'T STOP.
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AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING ?
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I EVEN PRAY SOMETIMES
THAT MS. RIGHT AND MR.
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RIGHT WILL MEET IN CHURCH.
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I BELIEVE, LISTEN TO THIS
CAREFULLY, EVERYBODY WHO'S
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SINGLE, I BELIEVE THAT
THE LIKELIHOOD OF FINDING MS.
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RIGHT OR MR. RIGHT
RISES EXPONENTIALLY WHEN YOU
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COME TO THE HOUSE OF GOD.
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BECAUSE THERE ARE A
LOT OF PEOPLE THERE WHO
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BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST.
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HOWEVER, I'D LIKE TO
SUGGEST THAT YOU PAUSE FOR A
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MINUTE IN YOUR CHASE.
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PAUSE TO WORSHIP THE LORD.
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BECAUSE HE CAN LEAD
YOU TO THE RIGHT PERSON.
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AND YOU OUGHT TO GIVE HIM
THE RESPECT OF JUST TAKING
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A BREAK FROM YOUR ACTIVITIES
LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT PERSON,
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AND PRAISE HIS NAME.
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YOU'D BE SURPRISED.
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HE CAN PULL YOU TOGETHER.
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HE CAN BRING YOU
TOGETHER IN THE PARKING LOT AT
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THE WATER FOUNTAIN.
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IT'S AMAZING WHAT GOD CAN DO.
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GOD ARRANGES MEETINGS.
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SO PUT HIM FIRST.
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NOW, TONIGHT I WANT TO DO THIS.
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I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
CHURCH OUGHT TO REALLY BE ABOUT,
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BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE TOO
MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTSIDE AND
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WON'T COME IN, AND THEN THERE
ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN,
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BUT FOR THE WRONG REASONS.
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FELLOWSHIP IS GOOD.
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NICE CLOTHES--WONDERFUL.
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NICE CAR--OKAY.
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GOD GIVES THESE GIFTS.
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BUT WHEN WE COME TOGETHER FOR
WORSHIP, WHEN WE COME TOGETHER
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IN GOD'S HOUSE, THERE
OUGHT TO BE A REASON FOR IT.
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AND THE FIRST THING WE
NEED TO START OUT KNOWING
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IS THAT THE HEAD OF
THE CHURCH IS JESUS CHRIST.
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SO, LET'S NOT PLAY THINKING
THAT IT'S SOMETHING OWNED BY A
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MULTITUDE AND IT MIGHT BE PUT
FORTH AS A SOCIAL ORGANIZATION.
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I KNOW THAT
FELLOWSHIP IS WONDERFUL.
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I ENJOY IT.
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IN FACT, I DON'T
EVEN LIKE CHURCHES WHERE
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PEOPLE DON'T FELLOWSHIP.
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I GO THERE ONCE, BUT SOMEBODY
WOULD HAVE TO FORCE ME TO GO
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BACK AGAIN IF PEOPLE DON'T
HAVE THE JOY OF JESUS IN THEM.
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I BELIEVE THAT WHEN JESUS IS IN
YOUR HEART YOU FELLOWSHIP WITH
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EACH OTHER, BECAUSE IF GOD
IS MY FATHER AND YOU ARE IN
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THE FAMILY OF GOD, YOU
ARE ALREADY MY FAMILY MEMBER.
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I MIGHT NOT HAVE MET YOU BEFORE.
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I MAY NOT KNOW YOU, BUT
IF YOU'RE IN THE FAMILY,
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YOU'RE JUST ONE OF THE
BROTHERS OR THE SISTERS.
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BUT YOU CAN'T GET
CAUGHT UP IN ANYTHING WHERE
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JESUS IS NOT THE CENTER.
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SO, THE BIBLE SAYS IN EPHESIANS,
CHAPTER 5, WELL, I OUGHT TO
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GET IT IN CHAPTER 1 FIRST.
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LADIES, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND
IN JUST A MOMENT WHY I'M
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GOING TO TAKE IT FIRST
FROM EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 1.
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I'LL GO TO CHAPTER 5.
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EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 1
IS WHERE I NEED IT FIRST.
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AND VERSE 22, IT SAYS:
"AND HATH PUT ALL THINGS UNDER
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HIS FEET, AND GAVE HIM TO
BE THE HEAD OVER ALL THINGS
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TO THE CHURCH, WHICH IS
HIS BODY, THE FULLNESS OF HIM
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THAT FILLETH ALL AND ALL."
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SO THE HEAD OF THE
CHURCH IS NOT THE PASTOR.
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NOW, EVERY PASTOR
REALLY KNOWS THAT.
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I'LL TELL YOU,
SOMETIMES PASTORS ARE TEMPTED.
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I HAVE BEEN TEMPTED TO
THINK THIS IS MY CHURCH.
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YOU KNOW, EVERY NOW AND THEN I
LANDED IN A PLACE THAT I KIND OF
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LIKED AND I'D KIND OF DRIVE BY
THE PLACE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, SEE
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MY NAME ON THE SIGN, YOU KNOW.
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OH, THIS IS REALLY NICE.
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THIS IS MY CHURCH.
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WELL, NO--THAT'S NOT THE WAY YOU
SAY IT WHEN YOU'RE REALLY HAPPY.
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YOU SAY, THIS IS MY CHURCH.
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BUT THERE ARE DAYS WHEN SOME
MEMBER WILL COME TO YOU WITH A
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PROBLEM, AND YOU CAN'T SOLVE IT.
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AND WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY
VERY QUICKLY IS, JESUS, YOU ARE
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THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH.
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I AM NOT IN CONTROL.
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I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE.
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THE CHURCH BELONGS TO YOU.
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BECAUSE NOBODY HUMAN CAN
SOLVE THE ISSUES THAT JESUS CAN,
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AND HE CLAIMS THE
CHURCH AND IS PROUD TO SAY THAT
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HE'S CONNECTED WITH IT.
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JESUS IS THE HEAD.
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NOW, LET ME READ THAT
ONE THAT THE LADIES MIGHT NOT
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PARTICULARLY APPROVE OF.
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IN FACT, WHEN I DO WEDDINGS,
SOME OF THEM ASK ME NOT TO
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PUT THIS ONE IN THE VOWS.
00:13:18.93\00:13:21.76
THIS IS EPHESIANS,
CHAPTER 5, VERSE 23:
00:13:21.76\00:13:24.56
"FOR THE HUSBAND IS HEAD
OF THE WIFE, EVEN AS CHRIST
00:13:24.56\00:13:29.00
IS THE OF THE CHURCH
AND THE SAVIOR OF THE BODY."
00:13:29.00\00:13:33.13
I HAVE LADIES WHO WILL
SAY, PASTOR, COULD YOU PLEASE
00:13:33.13\00:13:35.63
LEAVE THAT OUT.
00:13:35.63\00:13:37.86
BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
00:13:37.86\00:13:38.83
IF YOU MARRIED THE RIGHT MAN,
YOU DON'T CARE WHAT TEXT YOU
00:13:38.83\00:13:42.16
READ OUT OF THE BIBLE.
00:13:42.16\00:13:45.00
BECAUSTHAT SAME THOUGHT
PATTERN SUGGESTS THAT JUST
00:13:45.00\00:13:51.16
AS CHRIST WOULD GIVE HIS
LIFE, DID GIVE HIS LIFE FOR THE
00:13:51.16\00:13:55.53
CHURCH, THE RIGHT MAN WOULD
GIVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS WIFE.
00:13:55.53\00:14:01.16
AND IF YOU EVER FIND
A MAN WHO IS IN CHRIST,
00:14:01.16\00:14:05.06
WHO'S NOT SELF-CENTERED,
BUT CHRIST-CENTERED, NO TEXT IN
00:14:05.06\00:14:09.36
THE BIBLE WILL DISTURB YOU.
00:14:09.36\00:14:11.30
CAN I GET THE
LADIES TO SAY AMEN ANYWAY ?
00:14:11.30\00:14:15.03
JESUS IS THE HEAD.
00:14:15.03\00:14:16.26
BUT THE NEXT THING THAT YOU
MUST UNDERSTAND IS THAT IN THIS
00:14:16.26\00:14:19.53
HOUSEHOLD THERE ARE OTHERS.
00:14:19.53\00:14:21.40
SOMETIMES PEOPLE
THINK THERE ARE ONLY REGULAR
00:14:21.40\00:14:24.20
MEMBERS IN THE CHURCH.
00:14:24.20\00:14:25.06
THE FACT IS THAT IN
THIS HOUSEHOLD THERE ARE
00:14:25.06\00:14:27.96
OTHER MEMBERS.
00:14:27.96\00:14:28.96
THERE ARE ANGELS, THERE IS THE
HOLY SPIRIT, THERE IS JESUS, AND
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DOUBTLESS THERE ARE UNFALLEN
BEINGS IN OTHER WORLDS WHO
00:14:35.36\00:14:40.00
ARE ALL PART OF THE FAMILY.
00:14:40.00\00:14:43.93
CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING
IN THE FAMILY WITH ANGELS ?
00:14:43.93\00:14:47.66
CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING
IN THE FAMILY WITH JESUS
00:14:47.66\00:14:50.50
AS YOUR BIG BROTHER ?
00:14:50.50\00:14:52.30
CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING
THERE WITH GOD THE FATHER,
00:14:52.30\00:14:55.16
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT ?
00:14:55.16\00:14:56.83
WE ARE IN AN AMAZING FAMILY.
00:14:56.83\00:14:58.73
SO, I DON'T CARE WHAT FAMILY
BROUGHT YOU HERE BY NATURAL
00:14:58.73\00:15:02.26
BIRTH, WHEN YOU ARE BORN AGAIN
INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD, YOU
00:15:02.26\00:15:06.53
ARE IN A HIGH-CLASS FAMILY.
00:15:06.53\00:15:09.60
YOU HAVE FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES.
00:15:09.60\00:15:13.73
WHEN WE COME TO HIM, WE
MUST UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE NO
00:15:13.73\00:15:18.73
LONGER REGULAR FOLKS.
00:15:18.73\00:15:22.00
IN FACT, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
WERE BORN INTO GOOD FAMILIES.
00:15:22.00\00:15:26.30
YOU KNOW, FAMILIES WITH WEALTH.
00:15:26.30\00:15:29.03
NOT RICHES.
00:15:29.03\00:15:30.40
WEALTH.
00:15:30.40\00:15:31.90
MONEY IS ONE THING.
00:15:31.90\00:15:33.00
RATHER CRASS, THEY SAY.
00:15:33.00\00:15:34.96
I HAVEN'T WORKED
THAT HIGH YET, SO MONEY IS
00:15:34.96\00:15:37.90
STILL A BLESSING TO ME.
00:15:37.90\00:15:40.53
BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT'S CRASS.
00:15:40.53\00:15:44.96
WHEN YOU GET REAL, WHEN
YOU ACCUMULATE REAL WEALTH, IT
00:15:44.96\00:15:49.10
CARRIES WITH IT POWER.
00:15:49.10\00:15:51.90
THEN YOU WILL LOOK BACK
AND WONDER WHAT WAS YOUR
00:15:51.90\00:15:54.30
FASCINATION WITH MONEY.
00:15:54.30\00:15:56.73
I HOPE TO GET THERE ONE DAY.
00:15:56.73\00:16:00.70
BUT THE FACT IS THAT THERE
IS MORE POWER IN THIS FAMILY
00:16:00.70\00:16:05.33
THAN MONEY CAN BUY.
00:16:05.33\00:16:09.70
AND WHEN WE COME TOGETHER, WHEN
WE COME TOGETHER IN THE NAME
00:16:09.70\00:16:13.06
OF JESUS, THERE IS A
DIFFERENCE IN THE FAMILY.
00:16:13.06\00:16:16.03
NOW, I'M ABOUT TO GIVE
YOU A LIST OF PREREQUISITES
00:16:16.03\00:16:21.60
FOR GOOD CHURCH.
00:16:21.60\00:16:23.56
BECAUSE CHURCH IS NOT
JUST A POWERFUL PREACHER.
00:16:23.56\00:16:27.96
THERE ARE POWERFUL
PREACHERS EVERYWHERE.
00:16:27.96\00:16:30.70
I'VE DISCOVERED THAT IF PEOPLE
COME IN TO A FELLOWSHIP BASED
00:16:30.70\00:16:35.16
ONLY ON THE ELOQUENCE OF
THE PREACHER, THAT IT IS NOT
00:16:35.16\00:16:41.76
TRUSTWORTHY, BECAUSE THERE WILL
COME ONE DAY, ANOTHER PREACHER.
00:16:41.76\00:16:48.73
THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER PREACHER.
00:16:48.73\00:16:51.56
SO IF THE ONLY THING THAT HOLDS
YOU IN THE FELLOWSHIP IS THE
00:16:51.56\00:16:56.36
ELOQUENCE, THE MOVEMENT,
AND YOU KNOW, WE ALL STUDY THAT
00:16:56.36\00:17:00.53
STUFF, TRYING TO LOOK
MORE POWERFUL THAN WE ARE.
00:17:00.53\00:17:04.53
BUT IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS THE
POWER OF THE PREACHER IS JESUS.
00:17:04.53\00:17:10.60
IF IT'S ONLY THE WAYS AND THE
METHODS, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER
00:17:10.60\00:17:14.96
PREACHER WHO IS MORE POWERFUL.
00:17:14.96\00:17:16.53
YOU'LL ALWAYS BE CHASING
TO FIND THE GREATEST PREACHER.
00:17:16.53\00:17:21.56
THE CHURCH IS NOT BUILT
ON THE ELOQUENCE OF SPEAKERS.
00:17:21.56\00:17:27.30
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT UP IN THAT,
YOU WILL LIVE A HORRIBLE LIFE,
00:17:27.30\00:17:32.80
ALWAYS CHASING SOMETHING BETTER.
00:17:32.80\00:17:35.60
THE CHURCH IS BUILT ON THINGS
THAT ARE FAR MORE SUBSTANTIAL.
00:17:35.60\00:17:39.40
LET'S BEGIN WITH MARK,
CHAPTER 16, AND VERSE 15.
00:17:39.40\00:17:43.76
I'LL READ SOME OF THESE BECAUSE
I HAVE FAR TO GO TONIGHT,
00:17:43.76\00:17:47.23
I WON'T READ THEM ALL,
BUT I'LL GIVE YOU EACH ONE.
00:17:47.23\00:17:50.06
AND YOU SHOULD BE READY
WITH YOUR PAPER AND YOUR
00:17:50.06\00:17:53.96
PEN TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU DON'T MISS ONE OF THEM.
00:17:53.96\00:17:56.53
MARK, CHAPTER 16, AND VERSE 15.
00:17:56.53\00:18:01.03
AND HERE IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS:
"AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, GO YE
00:18:01.03\00:18:06.26
INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH
THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE."
00:18:06.26\00:18:12.06
THE FACT IS THAT THE CHURCH
EXISTS PRIMARILY TO PROPAGATE
00:18:12.06\00:18:17.96
THE FAITH, TO TALK ABOUT JESUS.
00:18:17.96\00:18:23.20
JESUS DOES NOT NEED
LAWYERS TO DEFEND HIM.
00:18:23.20\00:18:28.03
HE DOES NOT NEED
JUDGES TO SPLIT HAIRS.
00:18:28.03\00:18:31.93
HE DOES NOT NEED LAW
OFFICERS TO ENFORCE HIM.
00:18:31.93\00:18:36.46
HE ONLY NEEDS
WITNESSES TO SAY WHAT JESUS HAS
00:18:36.46\00:18:40.26
DONE IN YOUR LIFE.
00:18:40.26\00:18:42.56
WE ARE CALLED TO BE WITNESSES,
TO SHARE WITH OTHERS WHAT
00:18:42.56\00:18:48.06
JESUS HAS DONE FOR US.
00:18:48.06\00:18:49.96
YOU MAY NEVER UNDERSTAND THAT
SERMON THAT WE SHARED THE OTHER
00:18:49.96\00:18:53.70
NIGHT ON THE 2,300 DAYS.
00:18:53.70\00:18:57.33
BUT IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT
ONE DAY WHEN JESUS CAME INTO
00:18:57.33\00:19:01.36
YOUR HEART, IF YOU CAN TALK
ABOUT THE CHANGE THAT HAPPENED
00:19:01.36\00:19:05.90
IN YOU BECAUSE CHRIST BECAME
YOUR ELDER BROTHER AND BROUGHT
00:19:05.90\00:19:10.53
YOU IN THE FAMILY WITH GOD
AS YOUR FATHER, IF YOU CAN TALK
00:19:10.53\00:19:14.66
ABOUT THAT, PEOPLE WILL BE
DRAWN TO JESUS BY WHAT YOU SAY.
00:19:14.66\00:19:19.83
I PROMISE IT WILL HAPPEN.
00:19:19.83\00:19:22.40
SO, THE MAIN REASON
FOR THE CHURCH TO BE THERE,
00:19:22.40\00:19:24.80
IN FACT, IF YOU GO TO A
CHURCH WHERE NOBODY IS BEING
00:19:24.80\00:19:27.30
DRAWN, THERE'S SOMETHING
WRONG WITH THAT CHURCH.
00:19:27.30\00:19:30.53
I HAVE BEEN TO
CHURCHES WHERE THEY WERE HAPPY
00:19:30.53\00:19:34.23
WITH THE NUMBER THEY HAD.
00:19:34.23\00:19:37.93
IN FACT, I HAD A CHURCH
BOARD TO TELL ME ONE TIME, AH,
00:19:37.93\00:19:42.63
PLEASE, DON'T BRING OTHERS.
00:19:42.63\00:19:47.26
AND A BELL RANG IN
THE BACK OF MY HEAD.
00:19:47.26\00:19:49.03
I SAID, YOU KNOW SOMETHING,
YOU'RE AT THE WRONG CHURCH.
00:19:49.03\00:19:51.53
THIS IS NOT A GOOD
PLACE FOR YOU TO BE.
00:19:51.53\00:19:53.70
BECAUSE THE ONLY
THING I'M INTERESTED IN IS
00:19:53.70\00:19:55.63
BRINGING PEOPLE TO JESUS.
00:19:55.63\00:19:57.10
I THOUGHT WHEN I TOOK
THIS JOB THAT THAT WAS
00:19:57.10\00:20:00.46
WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
00:20:00.46\00:20:01.53
I THOUGHT I WAS SUPPOSED TO
GET THE TRUTH AND THE WORD OF
00:20:01.53\00:20:03.93
GOD AND PROCLAIM IT IN SUCH
A CLEAR WAY THAT WHEN PEOPLE
00:20:03.93\00:20:07.13
HEARD IT THEY WOULD
RUN AND SAY, CAN I GET IN ?
00:20:07.13\00:20:11.36
BUT IF I'M AT A PLACE
WHERE THEY'RE SAYING, WE'RE VERY
00:20:11.36\00:20:13.26
COMFORTABLE, WE'RE
VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE
00:20:13.26\00:20:17.86
SIZE OF OUR CHURCH.
00:20:17.86\00:20:19.70
PLEASE DON'T DO ANY OF THAT
THING CALLED EVANGELISM, BECAUSE
00:20:19.70\00:20:24.46
THEN WE'LL GET ALL KINDS OF
DIFFERENT PEOPLE, NOT LIKE US.
00:20:24.46\00:20:28.66
AND THEY WILL COME AND DISTURB
THE EQUANIMITY THAT WE ENJOY.
00:20:28.66\00:20:33.70
AND IT WAS NOT LONG AFTER
THAT THAT I REQUESTED, AND
00:20:33.70\00:20:36.73
RECEIVED, A TRANSFER.
00:20:36.73\00:20:41.63
BECAUSE I'VE GOT TO PREACH
ME SOME JESUS--WHAT DO YOU SAY ?
00:20:41.63\00:20:44.90
THEN, THE CHURCH IS HERE TO
PROVIDE SPIRITUAL FELLOWSHIP.
00:20:44.90\00:20:48.33
HEBREWS, CHAPTER 10 AND VERSE
25 SAYS, THAT YOU OUGHT NOT
00:20:48.33\00:20:52.10
FORSAKE THE
ASSEMBLING OF YOURSELF TOGETHER.
00:20:52.10\00:20:55.26
I KNOW THAT IT MAY SEEM
SIMPLER TO WORSHIP GOD ALONE.
00:20:55.26\00:21:03.53
NOW YOU GOT QUIET
AND I UNDERSTAND IT.
00:21:03.53\00:21:05.50
YOU MAY THINK THAT'S A
MOMENT WHERE YOU DON'T WANT TO
00:21:05.50\00:21:07.50
BE DRAWN INTO A TRICK.
00:21:07.50\00:21:09.83
BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S COMPLICATED
TO LIVE EVEN WITH THE PEOPLE WHO
00:21:09.83\00:21:14.03
THINK OF THEMSELVES AS SAINTS.
00:21:14.03\00:21:18.46
BECAUSE EVERYBODY WHO SAYS
THEY'RE A SAINT, IS NOT A SAINT.
00:21:18.46\00:21:24.30
SOMETIMES YOU'LL BE SHOCKED
AT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:21:24.30\00:21:27.80
THOUGHT OF TO BE THE
MOST RELIGIOUS ARE THE MOST
00:21:27.80\00:21:31.26
CAUSTIC WITH THEIR TONGUES.
00:21:31.26\00:21:34.33
THEY MAY NOT HAVE A
WEAPON, BUT THEIR TONGUES HAVE
00:21:34.33\00:21:38.16
BECOME THEIR WEAPONS.
00:21:38.16\00:21:40.43
AND THEY CAN EVISCERATE
YOU--STANDING RIGHT IN
00:21:40.43\00:21:42.46
THE LOBBY OF THE CHURCH.
00:21:42.46\00:21:46.43
AND SOUND HOLY
WHILE THEY'RE DOING IT.
00:21:46.43\00:21:50.70
BUT THE FACT IS THAT GOD HAS
SAID YOU OUGHT TO BE TOGETHER.
00:21:50.70\00:21:54.16
I BELIEVE THAT IN THE FELLOWSHIP
WITH OTHER BELIEVERS THERE IS
00:21:54.16\00:21:59.46
A TENSION THAT HELPS US GROW.
00:21:59.46\00:22:02.73
MY WIFE AND I WERE
CAUGHT IN A CERTAIN CITY.
00:22:02.73\00:22:05.10
WE HAD NO MONEY AND NOTHING
TO DO, BUT WE WERE DRESSED
00:22:05.10\00:22:08.13
AND WE ONLY STOPPED
THERE FOR A MOMENT AND WE WERE
00:22:08.13\00:22:10.46
GOING TO STAY OVERNIGHT.
00:22:10.46\00:22:11.50
AND WE WERE
WONDERING WHAT SHOULD WE DO ?
00:22:11.50\00:22:13.43
WE HAD IN OUR HOTEL AN
ADVERTISEMENT FOR A TRIP
00:22:13.43\00:22:18.33
THOUGH A DIAMOND FACTORY.
00:22:18.33\00:22:21.16
NOW, I FIGURED THAT WAS
ONE OF THE SAFEST THINGS
00:22:21.16\00:22:23.30
WE COULD DO BECAUSE
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
00:22:23.30\00:22:25.70
AND WE DIDN'T WANT ANY DIAMONDS.
00:22:25.70\00:22:27.36
WE WOULDN'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO WITH THEM.
00:22:27.36\00:22:29.16
SO WE WENT AND
DRESSED UP AND THEY PICKED US
00:22:29.16\00:22:31.93
UP IN A LIMOUSINE.
00:22:31.93\00:22:33.86
I GUESS THEIR ASSUMPTION WAS
THAT WE WOULD PURCHASE DIAMONDS.
00:22:33.86\00:22:39.06
AND WE WENT THERE AND INSTEAD
OF GETTING A DIAMOND, I GOT
00:22:39.06\00:22:42.23
A SERMON ILLUSTRATION.
00:22:42.23\00:22:45.10
ONE OF THOSE FOLK IN THE FACTORY
SHOWED US THAT THE WAY YOU START
00:22:45.10\00:22:48.53
SHAPING A DIAMOND INTO THAT
CONE SHAPE IS THAT YOU RUB TWO
00:22:48.53\00:22:53.83
DIAMONDS AGAINST EACH OTHER.
00:22:53.83\00:22:57.96
I SAID, WELL,
WHY DO YOU DO THAT ?
00:22:57.96\00:22:59.63
HE SAID, BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING
ELSE HARD ENOUGH TO SHAPE A
00:22:59.63\00:23:04.73
DIAMOND THAN ANOTHER DIAMOND.
00:23:04.73\00:23:08.50
YOU SEE MY SERMON
ILLUSTRATION COMING ON ?
00:23:08.50\00:23:11.36
SO I GOT EXCITED IN THERE.
00:23:11.36\00:23:12.46
IT WASN'T BECAUSE I
WAS GOING TO BUY A DIAMOND,
00:23:12.46\00:23:14.26
I SAID, GOD IS GOOD.
00:23:14.26\00:23:16.96
THE REASON WHY GOD
PUTS CHRISTIANS WITH OTHER
00:23:16.96\00:23:19.73
CHRISTIANS IS BECAUSE NOBODY
ELSE IS HARD ENOUGH TO SHAPE US.
00:23:19.73\00:23:27.13
BUT WHEN HE PUTS US AGAINST
EACH OTHER SOMETIMES AND IN
00:23:27.13\00:23:31.10
TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER SOMETIMES,
AT THE MOMENT THAT YOU THINK
00:23:31.10\00:23:35.10
THINGS ARE GOING WRONG IN
YOUR RELATIONSHIP, WHAT THE LORD
00:23:35.10\00:23:38.56
IS DOING IS USING ANOTHER
CHRISTIAN TO HELP SHAPE YOUR
00:23:38.56\00:23:42.43
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE AND
MAKE YOU WHAT YOU OUGHT TO BE.
00:23:42.43\00:23:46.43
BUT HE CAN'T SHAPE YOU WITH
SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT A DIAMOND.
00:23:46.43\00:23:50.30
I THINK I DID OKAY
IN THE DIAMOND FACTORY.
00:23:50.30\00:23:52.43
WHAT DO YOU THINK ?
00:23:52.43\00:23:54.73
THEN THE CHURCH IS THERE
ALSO TO RELIEVE HUMAN MISERY.
00:23:54.73\00:24:01.36
MATTHEW, CHAPTER 25--IF
YOU BEGIN WITH VERSE 35 AND GO
00:24:01.36\00:24:05.46
TO VERSE 40, YOU WILL
FIND QUESTIONS BEING ASKED
00:24:05.46\00:24:08.90
THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU.
00:24:08.90\00:24:10.36
JESUS SAYS, I WAS IN
PRISON AND YOU DIDN'T VISIT ME.
00:24:10.36\00:24:16.56
I WAS HUNGRY AND
YOU DIDN'T FEED ME.
00:24:16.56\00:24:21.36
I WAS THIRSTY AND YOU
WOULDN'T GIVE ME DRINK.
00:24:21.36\00:24:24.60
AND SOMEONE ASKED WHEN
DID WE SEE YOU IN PRISON ?
00:24:24.60\00:24:28.96
WHEN WERE YOU NAKED ?
00:24:28.96\00:24:30.73
WHEN WERE YOU HUNGRY ?
00:24:30.73\00:24:32.33
HE SAID, WHEN YOU SEE THE
LEAST OF THESE, WHO ARE IN
00:24:32.33\00:24:37.46
THOSE SITUATIONS, IT
WAS ME YOU WERE LOOKING AT.
00:24:37.46\00:24:42.36
THE CHURCH MUST
ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS OF POVERTY
00:24:42.36\00:24:48.30
AND NEED, BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT JESUS DID WHEN HE WAS
00:24:48.30\00:24:52.26
ON EARTH IN HUMAN FORM.
00:24:52.26\00:24:55.06
NOW, I DON'T BELIEVE IN GIVING
TO EVERYONE WHO'S STANDING
00:24:55.06\00:24:59.76
BESIDE THE STREET WITH A SIGN.
00:24:59.76\00:25:02.96
YOU KNOW SOME OF THE
RUMORS ABOUT THOSE FOLKS.
00:25:02.96\00:25:05.93
AND I THINK IT OUGHT
TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
00:25:05.93\00:25:08.20
ORGANIZED THEN THAT.
00:25:08.20\00:25:10.23
YOU OUGHT TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE ARE FED ALL YEAR,
00:25:10.23\00:25:13.63
NOT JUST AT THANKSGIVING.
00:25:13.63\00:25:16.13
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