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Sermon #B659 - Get Some Roots
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Dr. Byrd: Matthew 13:1, if you
have it, let me hear you say,
"Amen." [Congregation: Amen]
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The word says, "The same day,
Jesus went out of the house and
sat by the seaside.
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And great multitudes were
gathered together unto Him, so
that He went into a ship and
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sat, and the whole
multitude stood on the shore.
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And He spoke many things unto
them in parable saying, "Behold,
a sower went forth to sow.
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And when he sowed, some seeds
fell by the wayside, and the
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fowls, birds came and devoured
them up. Some fell upon stony
places, where they had not much
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earth; and forthwith they sprung
up, because they had no deepness
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of earth. And when the sun was
up, they were scorched, and
because they had no root,
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they withered away. And some
fell among thorns; and the
thorns sprung up and choked
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them. But others fell into good
ground and brought forth fruit,
some in hundredfold,
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some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Who hath ears to hear, let him
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hear."" Verse 18. "Hear ye
therefore the parable of the
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sower. When anyone heareth the
Word of the Kingdom and
understandeth it not,
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then cometh the wicked one
and catcheth away that which was
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sown in his heart. This is
he which received seed by his
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wayside. But he that received
the seed into stony places, the
same is he that heareth the
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Word, and anon with joy
receiveth it; yet hath he not
root in himself, but endureth
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for a while. For when
tribulation or persecution
ariseth because of the Word, by
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and by he is offended. He also
that received seed among the
thorns is he that heareth the
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Word; and the care of this world
and the deceitfulness of riches,
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choke the Word, and
he becometh unfruitful.
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But he that received seed
into the good ground is he that
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heareth the Word and
understandeth it; which also
beareth fruit and bringeth
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forth, some in hundredfold,
some sixty, and some thirty."
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Today, I just want to briefly
challenge you on the subject:
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get some roots. [
Congregation: All right]
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Get some roots. In each of the
synoptic Gospels, that's
Matthew, that's Mark, that's
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Luke, Matthew 13, Mark 4, Luke
8, we find the Parable of the
Sower. Everybody say, "Sower."
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[ Congregation: Sower]
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Any time the same story is
repeated three times in a row,
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you know it has to be important
because repetition deepens the
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impression. Do I have a witness
in this place? [ Congregation:
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Agreeing] Now, remember, a
parable is nothing more than a
simple story whose primary
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purpose is to teach truth.
When Jesus teaches by a parable,
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understand, we must remember
it's not necessarily truth in
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itself but a mirror by which
truth can be seen. In this
Parable of the Sower,
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Jesus teaches truth by dealing
with the perception of God's
Word by four different
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types of hearers. Now what's
interesting about this parable
is that it's one of the
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few parables that Jesus doesn't
let us try to figure out its
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meaning. Jesus shares
the Parable of the Sower,
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but then he tells us what it
means so there's no question in
our minds as to what
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he's talking about. In this
parable, Jesus says that there
is a sower, everybody say,
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“Sower,” again [
Congregation: Sower]
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who goes out to sow or plants
seed. As he plants seed, he
throws seed on the ground.
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The seed falls on four different
types of soil. In soil type
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number one, the farmer throws
seed on the soil but the birds
just come by and pick up
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and eat up the seed. In soil
type number two, the farmer
throws seed over rocks,
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the seeds spring up but soon,
the sun cuts the seed down.
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In soil type number three, the
farmer throws seed on soil among
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thorns but the thorns spring up
and choked the seeds out. But
then there's soil type number
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four, the farmer throws seed on
good soil. When the seed falls,
it grows. It develops.
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It produces a great
harvest. In this parable,
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what Jesus is asking is
what kind of soil are you? Now,
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today, I want to deal just with
one soil type and I want to deal
with soil type number two,
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rocky soil. I want
to deal with this today
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because it's applicable to us as
we deal with this chaotic
coronavirus pandemic.
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What am I talking about? In soil
type number two, the farmer
throw seed over rocks.
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The seed springs up but the sun
shortly thereafter cuts the seed
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down. In this soil type, it
represents a person who has no
deep roots. [ Congregation:
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Agreeing] They hear the Word of
God. [ Congregation: Agreeing]
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When they hear it, they're full
of happiness. They're full of
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energy. They're full of
excitement. They say "Amen."
They shout "Hallelujah." They
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say, "Thank you, Jesus." They
clap their hands. They stomp
their feet. They shout.
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They're excited. They hear
the Word of God and they respond
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with joy. But because they have
no roots as soon as trouble
comes, as soon as trials come
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they're looking for a way
out. Do you hear what I'm saying
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today? The seed of a Gospel
falls into the hearts of rocky
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soil hearers and there's enough
soil to germinate, but the soil
is so shallow [ Congregation:
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Agreeing] and the effect of the
Gospel is so superficial that
the seed withers away.
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The Gospel appeals to
their emotions. They're quick to
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respond. But when the hype wears
off, when the excitement wears
off, so does the Gospel.
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They accept what seems
to be good at the moment
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but they fail to count
the cost of discipleship
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and the fact that discipleship
costs you something.
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You see, friends of mine, I've
learned in my life, next month,
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I'll be 48, can you
believe it? I've learned.
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I've learned that when you
decide to follow Jesus it's
going to cost you something.
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Discipleship means taking up
your cross and following Jesus
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Christ. Jesus teaches throughout
the New Testament, in Matthew 5,
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Mark 9, Luke 14, that being a
disciple is likened unto salt. [
Congregation: Agreeing]
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Remember, it was Jesus who said,
"You are the salt of the earth."
[ Congregation: Agreeing]
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If you are a follower of Jesus,
if you are a disciple, you're a
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salt. As salt, you have purpose
in culture. As Christians, we're
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not here to adopt and adapt to
culture, but we're supposed to
be the change agents in culture.
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We're in this world but not
of this world. [ Congregation:
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Agreeing] People ought to get
nervous when we congregate on
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Sabbath mornings. People ought
to know that while we're here,
something is going on.
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That we're being empowered
to change the corrupting culture
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that surround us. The only
reason that the world has not
collapsed is because you're in
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it and I'm in it because salt we
are. We're decays, if you will,
retards the decaying process.
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Now, you heard me give
this illustration to some of you
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before. Back in the day, when a
piece of meat was bought, when
somebody bought meat
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before we were vegetarians, salt
was placed on that meat to
penetrate that meat,
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to purify that meat, so that it
might preserve that meat. [
Congregation: Agreeing]
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It would be salt that would keep
the meat fresh and healthy for a
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later time. Are you hearing
what I'm saying? [ Congregation:
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Agreeing] That's why our veggie
meat has the tendency to be
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salty because salt slows the
decaying process. Are you
hearing what I'm saying?
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[ Congregation: Agreeing]
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You all know it. Veggie meat
can sit in a can for weeks, even
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months because it contains salt,
and salt retards the decaying
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process. When people didn't have
refrigerators, when people
didn't have ice boxes,
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they would place their meat in
salt, put it in a holding place,
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and the meat didn't destroy, it
didn't decay because the salt
was penetrating it,
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the salt was purifying it,
and the salt was preserving it.
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The only reason why our culture
does not totally decay is
because we're in it.
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Take the church out of culture,
and the culture is going to fall
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apart. The world is not
destroyed because we're here.
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Jesus said you are
the salt of the earth.
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Some of you all are sitting
there and looking at me like I
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lost my mind. But if you can't
get excited about that, it might
be because you aren't real
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salts. Because you do know
they have a thing called salt
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substitutes. Looks like salt,
tastes like salt, smells like
salt, but it's not salt
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because we've got folks that
look like disciples, they smell
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like disciples, they walk like
disciples, they pray like
disciples, they preach like
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disciples, they can even praise
like disciples, but they're not
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disciples because the true test
of a disciple is if you're
salty, then folks around you get
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thirsty. Thirst after God's
righteousness, thirsting after
His love, His truth.
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We need some salt and when
you're a disciple for Jesus,
when you're salty for Jesus,
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it costs you something.
[ Congregation: Agreeing]
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It's not always going to be
peachy and cream. It's not going
to always be a bed of roses.
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While I'm a witness however that
serving the Lord will pay off
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after a while, Jesus is telling
us in soil type number two that
there are people who
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enthusiastically hear the word
of God say, "Amen," shout,
"Hallelujah, Praise the Lord,
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The Lord is good, blessed be
the name of the Lord [foreign
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language] A lot of people hear
the Word of God, are excited
about the Word of God,
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but they have no root.
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Don't make the mistake of
substituting emotional reaction
for spiritual depth
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because some people have
big emotional reaction but no
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spiritual depth. They do all
their shouting and Amen, but as
soon as the doctor says,
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"You have a tumor in your
stomach," they're ready to give
up. When the doctor says,
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"You have a foot to be
amputated," they're ready to
throw in the towel.
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When they break up with
somebody, they're ready to die,
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or when they hear about the
coronavirus, they're ready to
scream. But the devil is a lie.
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No weapon formed against you is
going to prosper. If God be for
us, who can be against us?
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The Bible says that through much
affliction, we shall inherit the
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Kingdom of God, which means
you've got to go through some
fire to come out as pure gold.
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Let me be clear because I
don't want anyone thinking I'm
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crushing amens. I like good
amens. I'm not against shouting.
I don't care if people shout,
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"Hallelujah." I was preaching in
Africa. I will say it in
English. They will say it in
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Swahili. Someone will start
shouting, "Hallelujah." I'm not
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against shouting. I'm not
against saying, "Amen,"
particularly when the Word gets
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good. I love call and response.
I love when people talk to the
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man of God. I love a full
balanced, lively worship
service. I don't want a boring
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church. I don't want a dead
church. God's not dead. God's
alive. [ Congregation: Agreeing]
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But at the end of the day, you
better have some roots, because
if you don't have any root,
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you're not going to be able to
bear any fruit. You got to have
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some substance. You got to
have some meat. [ Congregation:
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Agreeing] You got to get
deep. [ Congregation: Agreeing]
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Because at the end of the day,
you're going to be tested by
trials, tested by tribulations,
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tested by troubles. The only way
you're going to make it is if
you've got some roots.
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Let me preach it like I feel it
right about now. [ Congregation:
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Agreeing] Don't stop worshiping
him when things get rough. [
Congregation: Agreeing]
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Get some roots. Get deep in the
Word of God. Not a surface word
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but a deep word. Let me tell you
all something. Young people,
Reggie said this is last Sabbath
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year, you'll leave, and finish
school, graduate, and go pastor
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somebody. Let me tell you this.
The days of pleasure preaching
are over. [ Congregation:
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Agreeing] The days of preaching
to make folks feel good are
over.[ Congregation: Agreeing]
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All this cotton candy preaching.
[ Congregation: Agreeing]
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Big and sweet on the outside,
hollow and empty on the inside.
[ Congregation: Agreeing]
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We need a word with some
roots. [ Congregation: Agreeing]
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I was talking to Pastor Williams
last week. I said, "Pastor, we
got the revival next week
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before we had to postponed I
said, “What should I preach?” He
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said, "You baptized 15,000
people in Africa. Preach the
same thing you preached there,
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whatever it was." [
Congregation: Clapping,
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Agreeing] Let me tell you all
something. I like Daniel in the
Lion's Den. I like David and
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Goliath. I like the three
Hebrew boys in a fiery furnace.
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I like the New Testament stories
about Jesus. But I also need
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Daniel Chapter 7. Now, I need
you all to understand, God works
everything out in his time.
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How will it be that the Sabbath
school lessons right now this
quarter on prophecies of
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Daniel, and we're dealing with
the coronavirus. That's not by
coincidence, my friends.
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I need to know the prophecies
of Daniel 7 and Daniel 8.
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I need to know that Jesus is
in the heavenly sanctuary right
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now, seated at the
right hand of the Father
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and that is moved from the holy
place into the most holy place,
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and he is engaged right now in
the investigative or pre-advent
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judgments. I need to know about
the lions, the leopards, and the
bearers of Revelation 13.
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I need to know the time
prophecies of 1,260 days, 42
months, and a time, time,
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and the dividing of time in
Revelation 13. I need to know
about the beasts of Revelation
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13. I need to know that the
first beast of Revelation 13 is
the number of a man. 666.
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I need to know that the second
beast of Revelation 13 arises
out of the earth around the
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same time that the first
beast is losing its power.
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I need to know that the second
beast will force the first--
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the earth to worship the
first beast of Revelation 13.
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I need to know that a beast
represents a kingdom or power [
Congregation: Agreeing]
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And that the second beast is a
lamb-like beast who in the form
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of a nation Preaches peace but
speaks like a dragon. I need to
know that the day is coming
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where we will not be able to buy
or sell. That we're moving to a
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cashless society. If nobody
else preaches it, Carlton P. Dr.
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Byrd: is going to preach the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. I need
some roots. I need a deeper
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word. Do you realize that North
Korea is increasing its number
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of missile tests? Any time you
have a test, whether it's
academic or military,
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it's a preparation
for the real thing.
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Do you realize that universal
healthcare in the United States
is still unresolved?
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Do you realize that a tornado
ripped through Nashville just
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two weeks ago? Do you realize
that the coronavirus has
literally shut the world down
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and send it into panic? Do you
realize there are more people
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who have the coronavirus
than is being reported?
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But all the cases
had not been confirmed
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because there aren't enough
test kits to test the number of
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people who want or need to be
tested. Do you realize what's
happening before our eyes?
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We've got closed schools, closed
churches, closed cruises, closed
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flights closed sports
leagues, closed sporting events.
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Do you all realize how
much money they're losing?
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Closed amusement parks. Disney
World is closed. Mickey has
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corona. [Congregation: Laughing,
Clapping] Closed cities. In one
case, a closed country.
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It's all happened
within a month's time.
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That's why I
believe in Ellen White,
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because there's no way a lady
with a third-grade education
could have as much knowledge
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as she had and
write like she did.
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Ellen White told us that in the
last days the final movements
would be rapid ones.
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We've gone from no coronavirus
cases on January 14th to 142,320
coronavirus cases on
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March 14th. We've gone from no
reported deaths on January 14th
to 5,388 deaths on March 14th.
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Wake up.Get some roots.
Don't be seed that sprouts up
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but then is cut
down when trouble comes.
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Rocky soil type people. Let the
Gospel appeal to their emotions.
They're quick to respond.
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But when the hype wears off,
when the excitement wears off,
so does the Gospel.
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I'm about to sit down, but
I got one final point to make.
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I'm seeing people get all
hyped because we're facing
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coronavirus. Now,
they're ready to come to Jesus.
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And live right because they're
scared. Now, if it's this
pandemic that leads you to
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greater Spiritual-thinking,
spiritual insights, spiritual
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awareness, And spiritual
behavior, praise the Lord.
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If it's this pandemic
that leads you to Jesus Christ
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Hallelujah. Sometimes, God can
use something like this to get
us where we need to be.
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Sometimes God can use something
like this to wake us all up
those in the church
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because we always want to sit
here talk about tell them, no.
Those in the church
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and those out of the church. Do
I have a witness in this place?
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But please don't let it be that
just as soon as the coronavirus
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hype wears off that your
spirituality wears off and you
go back doing the same things
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you were doing and being the
same person who you were before.
You see, some of you are not old
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enough, some of the students,
but some of us, we're a little
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older. We remember 19 years ago,
when we were faced with the 9/11
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crisis. People started
praying like never before.
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People started praying. They
started studying the Bible. They
started going to church.
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But as soon as the hype, as soon
as the hysteria and energy wore
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off, you didn't see people
praying anymore. You didn't see
people studying their Bible
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anymore. You didn't see people
going to church anymore. It was
back to business as usual.
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Their seed sprouted up but
it was soon cut off. Get some
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roots. Jesus didn't bleed on
Calvary because he felt like
it.Jesus went to Calvary
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because he loves you. Jesus bled
on Calvary because he loves you.
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Jesus went to Calvary to
save me. I love the Lord.[piano
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playing] I won't take that back
because he's been so good to me.
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I've seen Jesus.[Congregation:
Agreeing, Clapping]
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I've seen the Holy
Ghost.[ Congregation: Agreeing,
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Clapping] Now, old folks will
say, "Oh, the Holy Ghost," but
I've seen the Holy Ghost.
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Get some root in the
Word of God. Trouble is here.
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Trial is here. Tribulation
is here. Coronavirus, it's here.
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Get out of denial. It's here.
I read Isaiah 41 and God said,
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"Fear thou not; for I am with
thee: be not dismayed; for I am
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thy God: I will strengthen
thee; yea, I will help thee;
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I will uphold thee with the
right hand of righteousness."
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‘Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus.
Don't let your root sprout up
and then let it get cut off.
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Don't be excited in Jesus, and
just as soon as trouble comes,
your seed is cut off.
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On the flip side, don't let
trouble, don't let a pandemic
get you excited in Jesus.
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Then, when the pandemic wears
off, your seed is cut off. Get
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some roots. Thank you very much
for tuning in to this week's
Breath of Life broadcast.
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We hope and pray that you've
been blessed by Dr. Byrd's
inspirational message.
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00:24:48.62\00:24:50.89
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[MUSIC]
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[Congregation: Clapping]
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Dr:Byrd: While in Philadelphia,
we had the blessed privilege to
meet Ashner Sanders.
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Ashner heard God's truth about
our bodies being God's temple
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and was convicted to
live a healthy lifestyle.
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He told us a little
bit about his journey
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and what it was like hearing
God's word on the subject for
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the first time. Asher:As a kind
in high school and stuff like
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that-- The Muslim guys who come
and tell you, " Don't eat that
pig man, that pig is diseased."
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That pig is dirty
and all that and --
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But I never thought about
it. Cause my mom-- when I was a
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kid-- my mom said any thing that
you eat and bless before God,
you can consume it.
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So I was like, until God tells
me something like that I'm gonna
go ahead and eat it.
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Now I'm a diabetic. I got all
these problems, Heart disease,
all the stuff like that.
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But you know? God is good all
the time and because of that
sermon that Dr. Byrd preached.
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I went home that night and
I got rid of all that pork.
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I was just gonna through it out.
I took it out of my freezer, I
was gonna throw it out--
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Get rid of it-- I
had just went shopping.
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but that didn't mean nothing
because I want to live, the way
the bible says for us to live.
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I don't know how many pastors I
heard preached but nobody has
ever affected live Dr. Byrd.
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Completely changed my life.
I'm ready to join this church.
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Dr:Byrd: It is one of my
greatest joys as a pastor and
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evangelist to see the spiritual
light bulb of discovery turn on
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as people become convicted to
live a life according to
biblical principles.
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There are so many
people just like Ashner
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who are amazed to hear that
God cares about their physical
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health as well as
their spiritual health.
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