Sermon #S012 - (The
Unrealistic Church - Part 1)
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Pastor Snell: Exodus 36 and
verse number one is a very
powerful story for our
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consideration as we talk today
on how faith impacts the body of
Christ. Exodus 36:1, when you
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get there just say, "Amen." The
Bible says, "And Bezalel and
Aholiab, and every gifted
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artisan in whom the LORD has put
wisdom and understanding, to
know how to do all manner of
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work for the service of the
sanctuary, shall do according to
all that the LORD has commanded.
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Then Moses called Bezalel and
Aholiab, and every gifted
artisan in whose heart the LORD
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had put wisdom, every one whose
heart was stirred, to come and
do the work." Do the work.
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"And they received from Moses
all the offering which the
children of Israel had
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brought for the work of the
service of making the sanctuary.
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So they continued bringing
to him freewill offerings every
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morning. Then all the craftsmen
who were doing all the work of
the sanctuary came, each from
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the work he was doing, and
they spoke to Moses, saying,
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'The people bring much more than
enough for the service of the
work which the LORD commanded us
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to do.' So Moses gave a
commandment, and they caused it
to be proclaimed throughout the
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camp, saying, 'Let neither man
nor woman do any more work for
the offering of the sanctuary.'"
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And watch this, the Bible says,
"And the people were restrained
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from bringing, for the material
they had was sufficient for all
the work to be done-indeed too
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much." But I want to read for
emphasis Verse 5, the Bible
says, "And they spoke to Moses
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saying, The people bring much
more than enough for the service
of the work, which the Lord has
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commanded us to do.' " Today,
saints, for a little while, I
want to talk to you under the
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subject - The Unrealistic
Church. The Unrealistic Church.
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Let's pray together. Father, you
have brought about a revival in
the body of Christ.
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Now, I'm praying that that
revival would express itself in
a reformation that changes the
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trajectory of history, that
allows us to complete the work
that you've given us to do so
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Jesus can come. So, Father, we
need your Holy Spirit to rain
down so that the Word can be
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preached. But, Lord, we need an
even greater anointing so that
the Word can be received.
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So, Lord, would you allow faith
to be multiplied exponentially
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in this place. And, Lord, may
your spirit be so dense that it
smothers every other alternative
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principality. This, Father, is
our prayer and our plea, we ask
it in the wonderful name of
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Jesus. Let them that believe say
together, Amen. And, Amen, you
may be seated in the house of
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the Lord today. Again, we're
talking today about the
unrealistic church. You know,
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saints, our text today is one of
the few bright spots in Israel's
wilderness narrative.
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And in many ways, this story is
a microcosm of what the church
should and could actually be.
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In the building of the temple,
God's people were so liberal
with their ministry gifts
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and with their financial gifts
that they actually had to be
restrained from giving
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because what they gave was more
than enough. And perhaps this
particular story is interesting.
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It's one that we hardly
reference. In fact, if you are
not a student of the Bible,
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you've probably never heard this
story preached. And what we tend
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to do, my friends is to
highlight Israel's failures.
We're very familiar with the
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fact that they murmured and
complain. We are all aware that
they did not have gratitude for
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the manner that was supplied. We
are very aware of how they
fashioned a molten calf.
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We have all taken note of their
meltdown once they got the
report of the twelve spies.
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But the miracle of generosity
and committed service is way too
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often overlooked. And, see,
there is this emphasis on what
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Israel did wrong but there was
always an omission of the things
that they actually got right.
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And let me pause to say this,
friends, that there is always an
emphasis on what the church is
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doing wrong, but we are quick to
omit the things that the church
actually does correct.
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You see, friends, there is the
emergence of what I call gripe
culture in the church where we
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accurately point out everything
that is wrong in the church. And
that's not a problem because the
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church, in fact, needs some
correction, but the problem with
gripe culture is that it is
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quick to make a criticism but it
is slow to make a contribution.
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In fact, saints, let me say it
this way that I've been around
long enough to know criticizing
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people and I know contributing
people and I need you to know
that they are never ever the
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same people. In fact, I saw
someone put on Facebook this
week that there is more love in
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the club than there is in the
church, but I need you to know
the devil is a liar.
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In fact, the community will
attest by where they go to have
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their needs met. In fact, when
somebody needs a light bill
paid, they ain't sitting outside
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the club because they know
there's no compassion there.
They're going to make their way
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to wherever God's people are
because that's where the mercy
is. When somebody's hungry and
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needs something to eat, they're
going to wait outside of a
church service, they're not
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going to happy hour. They're
going to find a Dorcas Ministry
because that's where the love
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actually is. And, see, the
problem is that we are uneven in
our assessment and somewhat
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forgetful. See, we're quick to
remember the old lady that
talked about how short your
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skirt is but we forget about
those old ladies that fill cards
with money when you graduated
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from school. Isn't it amazing
how we are quick to say how the
church has failed the young
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people, but we forget about all
the AYM pathfinder leaders that
drove church vans at the
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midnight hour to make sure that
you got to a federation or to
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your game? We are quick to
highlight those that corrected
us harshly but we forget those
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that interceded for us fiercely.
And, see, the problem with gripe
culture is that we only notice
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what is wrong. Ain't that crazy
how loud we get when the church
school is struggling
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but we ain't got nothing to say
when the principal brings forth
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a good report? We noticed
whenever the usher has an off
day but we never say thank you
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for all of the gracious days. We
are quick to notice the young
person wearing jewelry in the
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choir but we forget to notice
that there's a young person
actually singing, are y'all not
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with me, in the choir. And what
I want to just pause and say,
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saints, is you ought to get to a
place where you become weary of
those whose spiritual gift is
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criticism. You ought to be aware
of those who feel like they've
been anointed to point out and
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tear down and call out
everything that is wrong in the
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church. In fact, the problem is
that we don't have a strong
enough harvest in the church
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because we've got
too many church weeds.
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You always are anxious whenever
you see weeds in your grass or
in your garden because what
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weeds do is they kill everything
in sight because they hoard all
the nutrients from the soil.
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They hoard all the water
or hydration from the soil.
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They'll even block the sunlight
from getting to other plants.
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And how many of us know that
we got some weeds in the church?
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And, see, be careful because
they think they're coming to
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befriend you but they're
actually taking all of your
hydration. They're robbing you
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of all your nutrients and the
crazy thing about some is that
they will drive everybody out of
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the church but still be sitting
up here every Sabbath and you've
got to be careful of the weeds
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so they don't steal your
joy. Can the church say, Amen?
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[Congregation: Amen]
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Pastor Snell: And so go back
with me if you don't mind to
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Exodus and I want you to go
over one chapter to Chapter 35
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and I want you to look at verse
30 as we quickly unpack the word
today. Exodus 35:30.
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When you get there say, Amen.
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Exodus 35:30. The Bible says,
"And Moses said to the children
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of Israel, "See, the Lord has
called by name Bezalel the son
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of Uri, the son of Hur, of the
tribe of Judah; and He has
filled him with the Spirit of
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God, in wisdom and
understanding, in knowledge and
all manner of workmanship, to
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design artistic works, to work
in gold and silver and bronze,
in cutting jewels for setting,
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in carving wood, and to
work in all manner of artistic
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workmanship." Now, saints, there
are just again a few things I
want to share with you today
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but I need you to understand
that in an unrealistic church,
the members understand the
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purpose of their gifts. See, I
need to know that there's a
formula. In an unrealistic
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church, they have excessive
people who give and they've got
an excessive number of people
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who serve. And, see, the reason
we don't have an excessive
number of people who serve is
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because we don't understand the
purpose of our gifts. You see, I
need you to notice something,
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saints. Did you notice that in
the text that these men that the
spirit falls on that they are
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not Levites? In other words,
these are not priests. They are
not prophets. They are not a
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part of the ecclesiastical
order. But the Bible says that
the spirit falls upon men that
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have the gift to be able to
engrave and embroider, to design
and build and understand that
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the same spirit that comes upon
Moses to prophesy is the same
spirit that comes upon them to
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build and to put things in
place. Now, I need you to get
this because a surface reading
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of the text makes it look like
the spirit just came on them in
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their sleep and equipped them
with these gifts that they first
put in use when they begin to
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build the tabernacle. That's
not true. In fact, up until this
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point, the only time they've had
a chance to use their gifts was
to design and engraved buildings
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and temples in
the land of Egypt.
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But the word says that it was
the spirit that put in them the
ability to perform this
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workmanship, and what is being
revealed is that even though
they've only use these gifts in
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Egypt, the gifts were
actually given to them by God.
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So, in other words, these gifts
may have been honed in Egypt.
They may have been developed in
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Egypt. They may have
been perfected in Egypt,
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but the scripture is teaching us
that the gifts were ultimately
given to them by God.
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In other words, friends, the
purpose of this is to make an
acknowledgement that all of the
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gifts are given to us by Jesus.
It is why the Book of James says
that every good and perfect gift
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comes from above and it comes
down from the Father of Lights.
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See, we think that the only
spiritual gifts are the gifts to
be able to preach and to sing.
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But the Bible says that the
spirit gave ability to people to
do design work and engraving,
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to teach and to do tapestry,
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and I guess what I'm asking
today - do I have at least seven
or eight folk in the building
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or online that understand every
gift I have and every gift I
manage centrally comes from God?
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In other words, I need you to
know, saints, that every gift
you demonstrate has been given
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to you from above. Is there
anybody that understands that
the ability to cut wood with
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skill is a gift from God? That
the ability to be patient with
young people is a gift from God?
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That if you have the stomach to
handle the scent of a nursing
home or ICU, it is a gift from
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the Lord? The ability to design
a room from top to bottom is a
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gift from God. And what I need
to say to somebody is that your
gift may have been honed in
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University, your intellect may
have been trained through study,
your gift may have been
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developed in trade school, you
may have been established in
medical school, but the steady
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hand of the surgeon came from
God. And what I want to be clear
on today is that I'm not
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anti-education but too often
what we do is we credit our
alumni status, as if somehow,
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the ivy league is what produced
you, or somehow the trade school
is what produced you,
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or somehow your mentor is what
produced you or somehow it is
your HBCU that actually produced
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you. And let me be clear,
friends of mine, that I thank
God for all of my teachers
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but I give the praise to God who
is my supplier. Is there anybody
that knows that all they could
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do was train and hone the gifts
that have been given to you by
God? In other words, let me say
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it this way. I remember I was at
a very important business
meeting with some men who are
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people of some means, and it's
crazy because after we had eaten
our good meal, one of the men
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said, I want to call for the
chef because what he wanted to
do was compliment the chef. Now,
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I need to know I've seen that on
television, but I've never seen
it happen in real life. And so
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when the chef came out, he
affirmed the food that has been
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prepared and he talked about
what a great job had been done
then he took a very generous
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gift financially and
put it in the chef's hands.
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And it's amazing because, after
a while, the server got all in
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their feelings and the server
says, "I'm the one that plated
the food and I'm the one that
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delivered the food but you gave
the gift to the chef," and the
man quite bluntly said,
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"I'll never put the one that
delivered the food on the same
level as the one that created
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the food." And I guess what I'm
saying is that when you've been
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gifted by God, you never give
the same credit to the one that
honed the gift as you do to the
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God that produced the gift and
gave you the gift and developed
it inside of you. Are you
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hearing what I'm saying, church?
And, see, the one thing I need
us to understand is one of the
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mistakes that we make is we make
a distinction between spiritual
gifts and secular gifts.
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See, the problem with that is
that it connotes the idea that
there are certain gifts that are
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given by the spirit and then
there are certain gifts that
emerge out of my own natural
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ability. But how many of us
know that every gift you have is
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spiritual because they're all
assigned and authored by Jesus
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Christ. In fact, the only thing
that makes certain gifts secular
is where you actually employ
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them. You see the miracle here
in Exodus chapter 36 is
essentially where God is
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reclaiming his gifts. He's
saying to his people, you have
used my gifts to build Egypt,
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now, I need you to use my gifts
to build my work. See, one of
the problems with the church as
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we have emerged from the
pandemic is that we use our
gifts to build Egypt but we
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withheld them from building up
God's work. Can I just say it
like I feel it today? I'll be
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honest with you, as we've come
from the pandemic, the only
thing COVID is keeping us from
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doing is serving God. Come on
and say, Amen, today. The truth
is COVID is not keeping us off
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planes, it's not keeping us from
going to work, it's not keeping
us from going out of the
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country, it's not keeping us
from going to the game, it's not
keeping us out of stadiums. The
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only thing it's keeping us out
of is the ministry and the work
of Jehovah. And, see, I need us
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to hear me on this, saints,
because how many of us have been
on this journey of unrealistic
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faith? Has anybody been blessed
by God in an unrealistic way,
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but what I want to caution us is
to not make the journey selfish
where we're only believing for
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my work. I only believe for my
dreams. I only believe for my
brand and I do it at the expense
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of God's work. See, how many of
us know that God doesn't want
you to have to choose between
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doing His work and doing your
own? But he wants as you grow
his work, I need you to know
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that he's going to bless and
grow your work. See, I need you
to get that this text is so
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critical because some of us are
using our gifts to grow Egypt's
work, but we're withholding them
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from God's work. Do you realize
that 1 Corinthians 12 literally
says, saints, that your gifts
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were given to you for the
edification of the body, which
is the Church of God and, see,
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you will never be able to give
your gifts until you understand
why you have been given your
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gifts and, see, the problem is
that we give our gifts to Egypt
but then we lease them to the
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church. See, we're at a place
where we're giving Egypt the
first fruits and we're giving
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Jehovah the leftovers or the
remnants. And, see, this is why,
friends, you to to understand
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the purpose and the reason for
your gifts. See, when I
understand the purpose of my
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gifts and I understand who's
given me my gifts, I then
understand who I'm under
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obligation to. Okay? Let me say
it again. When I understand who
gave me the gift, it becomes
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clear who I'm under obligation
to. So, I need you to understand
that you're not under obligation
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to the one who pays you for your
gifts, your under obligation to
the one who supplied your gifts.
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See, and that's why friends of
mine when you come to serve in
the church, this is why you
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don't come in here like a
volunteer who's doing God or
doing the church or doing the
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pastor a favor. When you come,
you serve no matter whether or
not you like the pastor. You
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serve whether or not the folk
get on your nerves. You serve
even if nobody else comes. Why?
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Because your obligation is not
to the team, it's not to the
people, your obligation is to
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the one who gave you the gifts.
And I'm going to just say
something because I'm feeling
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controversial today. This is why
we need to eliminate the whole
concept of ministry volunteers.
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See, I need us to understand the
reason we've embraced the idea
of being a ministry volunteer.
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Why? Because what that means
is that I'm not under any real
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obligation. You see real
volunteers show up when they
feel like it, they go home when
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they feel like it. They serve
when it's convenient and then
they quit when it's not
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convenient and see they act as
if they are making a donation to
something that is optional for
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them. But how many of us know
that if your gifts have been
given to you by God that you're
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not, I volunteer at the church,
you are under an obligation to
the God who actually gave you
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the gifts. Let me say it how I
feel it. You are volunteer at
the YMCA. You volunteer at The
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Parks and Recreation. You
volunteer at the Community
Reading Club, but when you come
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to the house of God, you are a
soldier that has enlisted in the
army of Christ. You realize that
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he is your commanding officer
and because he gave you the
gifts, you've got an obligation
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to give them back to him and you
feel like this is just your
reasonable act of worship.
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See, friends of mine, when you
understand that your gifts come
from God, when you're asked to
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serve, the first question is not
how much does it pay? Oh, God.
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And let me be clear that I
don't have a problem paying
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or blessing those who serve in
the church but how many of us
understand that when your gifts
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come from God, there is a
different currency that you
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seek. You seek a currency that
is unto the God who gave where
you live to hear him say
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because you've been a good
steward of your gifts. You just
want to hear him say, "Well
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done, good and
faithful servants."
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Do you understand, friends of
mine, that the word Minister
doesn't mean Pastor?
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See, a pastor is just one of
many types of ministers that
actually help to grow the body
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of Christ. Are you with me? But
see the problem is because we
have outsourced all of the
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ministry responsibilities, when
we say Minister, you only look
for somebody that's been to
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Oakwood or the Seminary. And see
what we got to do, friends of
mine, is we've got to
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reinstitute the formula for
success. See, I need somebody to
understand this principle. The
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reason why your work isn't
blessed as it should be is
because you've done it at the
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expense of his work. See, God
never designed you to have to
choose between the growth of His
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kingdom and the growth of your
work, but see the issue is that
we've got to prioritize it the
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correct way. See, remember, go
home and read Matthew chapter 6.
There's some things Jesus told
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us not to even worry about.
Jesus says, stop worrying about
pagan things. He says, don't
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worry about what you're going to
eat and what you're going to
wear and where you're going to
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live. While Pagans chase after
that kind of stuff, your
heavenly father knows what
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things you have need of and he
summarizes the whole thing in
Matthew 6:33 when he says, "Seek
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ye first the kingdom of God and
its righteousness." Watch this,
"All other things will be added
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unto you." Do y'all hear me
today, saints? Do I have at
least seven saints in the room
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that can testify that when you
put God first that you will not
go lacking in any good thing. I
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need you to know that when you
put God first, God will bless
you in an unrealistic way. When
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you put his work first, he'll
bless you in a way where the
math doesn't even add up. That's
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why God said if you give, it'll
be given back to you. Press
down, shaken together, and
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running over. It's why the word
says, "If you give a faithful
tithe and offering, he'll bless
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you in a way that you don't have
room enough to be able to
receive it." That's why the
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Bible in Deuteronomy 28 says
that if you obey the
Commandments of the Lord, he
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says I'll make you the head and
not the tail. I'll put you above
and not beneath. I'll make you a
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lender and not a borrower. Is
there anybody that knows that
when you put God first, you'll
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be blessed in the city, you'll
be blessed in the field, you'll
be blessed when you go in,
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you'll be blessed when you come
out? Your body is going to be
blessed. Your children are going
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to be blessed. Your enemies may
come in a fist, but they don't
run out like some fingers. I
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need you to know that God will
take care of those that
prioritize his business. Pastor
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Snell: Hey, hey everybody!
Listen, we were blessed there in
the house. I pray you were
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blessed there, rigth there in
your home. I want to encourage
you to make sure you to come
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back and join us same time same
place as i share with you part
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two of the message entitled "The
Unrealistic Church". It's going
to bless you and it's going to
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grow you Don't miss it!. I look
forward to seeing you next week.
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(Breath of Life Theme Music)
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Pastor Snell: Breath of Life is
so exciting to be preaching the
gospel this summer in the Queen
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City in Charlotte, North
Carolina, From July the 10th
through July, the 23rd,
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we are going to be preaching the
gospel and the Trinity Worship
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Center. We'll be blessed in song
by gospel recording artist Kirk
Carr and the Kirk Carr Singers.
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We'll meet each night at 7 p.m.,
with the exception of Tuesday
and Thursday night.
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For more information, go to
our website at breathoflife.tv.
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