Sermon #S039 - That Wasn't
Part Of The Agenda - (Part 2)
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Welcome to the Breath of Life
Television Ministries broadcast
with Pastor Debleaire Snell!
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In today's episode, Pastor Snell
will continue part two of the
powerful Message entitled:
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“That Wasn't on The Agenda.”
Now, let's go deeper into the
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word of God! Pastor Snell: See
friends, our flesh is so
powerful. It is so strong.
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It is so desensitized that it
cannot be trained just by choice
and good intention.
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Sometimes it is the burden that
trains the flesh. It is the
burden that disrupts the flesh.
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It is the burden that God
lays upon us that moves us
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into a posture of prayerfulness
that we would not seek outside
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of that burden. Are you hearing
me today? And see, I need us to
know that every now
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and then God has to kind of draw
you as the prophet says,
"outside of yourself."
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So that you can become intensely
interested in the salvation of
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others, because in a life where
you don't have to lift something
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for somebody else and you don't
have to carry something for
somebody else and you don't have
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to bear something for somebody
else. What happens is we live a
self-centered life that leaves
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us estranged from the most
high. [Congregation: Affirming]
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And let me just share with you
a quick quote here, Desire of
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Ages, page 781. Hopefully,
this will come up here in just a
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second. Desire of Ages, 771,
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because I want you to see what a
difference the burden actually
makes in the life of the
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believer. Are you with me today,
Friends? Listen, Desire of Ages,
excuse me, page 742. She
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literally says, "At
this time, a stranger Simon,
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a Cyrenian, coming from the
country meets the throng. He
hears the taunts of ribaldry to
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the crowd and he hears the words
contemptuously repeated, 'Make
way for the King of the Jews!'
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He stops in astonishment at the
scene and he expresses his
compassion as they seize him
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and place a cross
upon his wide shoulders.
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Simon had heard of Jesus. His
sons were believers in the
Savior but he himself was not a
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what? [Congregation: [disciple]]
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Bearing the cross to Calvary...
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[Congregation: Wow.]
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...was a blessing to Simon. He
was ever after grateful for this
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providence, it led him to take
upon himself the cross of Christ
from choice and ever cheerfully
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stand beneath its
burden. [Congregation: Cheering]
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In other words, it was carrying
the cross that made him choose
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the cross. [Congregation: Yeah!]
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Are you all hearing me today,
friends? And see, now, as I'm
looking at this thing, I'm
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trying to figure out, okay? How
does my man Simon decide by
carrying the cross to become a
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lifelong disciple? Can I just
talk for a quick moment and I'm
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done? See, one of the things I
like about Simon, friends, is he
meets Jesus at the cross, not in
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a crisis.
[Congregation: Affirming]
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So, let's meet your boy
Simon in a time when most
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people did not travel more than
20 miles outside of where they
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lived. We know that Simon
was a person of some means
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because he's literally traveling
from one country to the next
that he has some means to be
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able to move about. And see, the
reason I need you to know is
that it is a crisis for Jesus,
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but it is not a crisis for
Simon. In other words, he got
some money in the bank, he got
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kids and grandkids. He's got
some things going for him but he
meets him at the cross, not a
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crisis. Now, the question is,
have you ever wondered why
certain people in the Bible are
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named by name and some are
only known by their condition?
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[Congregation: Oh...]
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Now again, I don't have an exact
answer but the reason certain
names we know, we know Lazarus,
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and we know Mary, and we know
Martha, and we know Nicodemus
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and we know Simon when they
didn't really do anything all
that extraordinary,
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but guess what? We never know
the name of the woman with the
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issue of blood. We don't know
the name of the man with the
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withered hand. We don't know the
name of the 10 lepers who were
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healed by Jesus. And again,
I don't want to state this as a
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doctrine but one scholar begins
to suggest the reason that some
are known only by condition is
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because as soon as their
condition was reversed, they
stopped following the Lord.
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But those whose names are known
were recorded because they
continue to abide in a
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relationship with the
Lord. [Congregation: Affirming]
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In other words, see, the
problem, when you meet Jesus in
a crisis, is that as soon as the
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crisis is
averted, then guess what?
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Your need for the Savior
dissipates. And let me suggest
that a crisis can lead you to
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Jesus, but it's the cross
that fastens you to the Lord.
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[Congregation: Affirming
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In other words, what makes the
difference for Simon is that he,
like Nicodemus, like Mary,
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who was there on
the resurrection.
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What may have compelled them to
become lifelong followers of
Jesus is that they had an
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experience that was beyond an
uncomfortable circumstance. They
had an experience that had its
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genesis or its roots in the
foundation of the cross. Are you
hearing me today, friends?
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[Congregation: Affirming]
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In other words, friends, it
didn't begin with a need. It
began with a cross.
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See, I need us to get that
miracle Saints will shout for a
season, but crucified Saints
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shout for a lifetime. See the
question then begs, why say it
gently? Why are we so
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inconsistent? Why is our
spiritual life fluctuating so
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much? Why is there so much
vacillation in our walk with
God? Why is it one step forward
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on Sabbath and 6
steps backward on Sunday?
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Like why is there so much
back and forth and hot and cold?
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Like why is there no consistent
incline in the walk of most
people's walk with Jesus?
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And the reason is that some of
us have met Jesus in a crisis.
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Some have met Jesus just threw
a religious cultural upbringing.
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But the reason sometimes it
never sticks is because we've
never met Jesus at the foot of
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the cross.
[Congregation: Affirming]
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See for most of us, religion is
about what Jesus can do, but
real religion is about what He
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already did.
[Congregation: Affirming]
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See, for most of us, our praise
is on hold because we're waiting
to see what He's going to do
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next. But I got a reason to
praise Him every day of my life.
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[Congregation: Cheering]
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Because of what he's already
done. And see, within all of the
miasmas of religion friends,
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you cannot let the
cross get lost in it.
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So, there are some of us that
read the book of Revelation,
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we know the signs and we
know the plagues and we know the
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144,000 and we know The Beast
but we don't know The Lamb.
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[Congregation: Affirming]
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We got some Vault man that
understands the sanctuary, and
its intricacies. We know the
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veil. We know how tall it was
and how wide it was but we ain't
never been to the altar.
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Do you realize that for most
folk the cross is an accessory?
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[Congregation: Affirming]
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Not just in style, but
also in theology. For most folk,
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the cross is just something I
put around my neck or tattooed
on my arm or a plug in my ears,
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but until the cross becomes
the object of your constant
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meditation,
[Congregation: Cheering]
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it will have no transforming
effect upon your life.
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Even when you look at most
contemporary gospel music, it
says stuff about everything but
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the cross. Most contemporary
music is about my blessing and
my harvest and my breakthrough
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and me reaching out and getting
mine. Where are the songs that
sing about the old rugged cross?
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[Congregation: Cheering]
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Are you all hearing me today
friends? So, the question then
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becomes friends is how then do I
know if I'm experiencing genuine
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conversion? See, I need you to
know that if you're being
converted, guess what? It
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doesn't begin with a need or a
deficit. It doesn't begin with a
bill or a disease or even if it
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starts that way, it's completed
when you experience crucifixion.
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[Congregation: Affirming]
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So, let me ask you this,
friends, is our practice more to
be crucified or to be exalted?
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Can we go to the Bible for a
moment? I'm almost done. Can we
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go to the Bible? Let's go into
the good book. Galatians 2:20.
There are some things I need you
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to know because we need to
change the theme of our
religious meditation. In fact,
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I'm looking at some, don't wait
for it to come up on the screen.
Open your Bibles. Galatians
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2:20. Are you all with the
pastor today? [Congregation:
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Affirming] I'm talking about
what your ambitions ought to be
in Christ. Galatians 2:20.
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When you get it, let
me hear you say, amen.
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[Congregation: Amen]
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The Bible says I have been
crucified with Christ. It is no
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longer I who live, but it is
Christ that lives in me, and the
life which I now live in the
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flesh, I now live by
faith in the Son of God,
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who loved me and gave himself
for me, are you all hearing me
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today, friends?
[Congregation: Affirming]
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See, I need you to know that you
hadn't been converted if after
you met Christ, all you did was
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amend your life. If all you did
was adjust your life, know that
old life had to be crucified and
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I get a new start and the life
that I live in this body, it is
the spirit of God that resides
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in me and I'm a new person
in him. Are you all hearing me
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today? [Congregation: Affirming]
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In other words, it's my goal to
glorify myself or to crucify the
flesh. Let's go over to
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Galatians 6:14. When you
get there, let me hear you say,
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amen. [Congregation: Amen.]
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Galatians 6:14, in other words,
for a believer, not about my
empire. It's not about my name.
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It's not about my reputation. If
I'm in Christ, I got one brag in
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my spirit.
[Congregation: Cheering]
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Galatians 6:14. Look at this.
But God forbid that I should
boast. Are you all hearing me
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today? [Congregation: Affirming]
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He says, God forbid if I boast
except in the cross of our Lord,
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Jesus Christ, by whom the world
has been crucified to me and I
to the world. I don't know if
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you're all hearing the pastor
today. Do you realize that you
want to have one brag in your
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spirit? And your brag ought to
not be about what you drive,
your brag ought not to be about
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what you wear, your brag ought
not to be about how many letters
are behind your name,
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I've got one boast and it is in
the work that Jesus did at the
cross. Are you hearing me today?
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[Congregation: Cheering]
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All right, can we go
a little bit further?
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See, one of the ways you know
you're being converted is that
you use the right metrics to
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establish whether or not you're
saved, right? Can we go to the
book? Go with me, if you don't
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mind, over here to Titus 3:3
and 7. Are you all hearing the
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pastor today?
[Congregation: Affirming]
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When you get there,
let me hear you say amen.
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[Congregation: Amen.]
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I'm going to tell you why it
is that I'm having you read this
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verse because most of us
when I ask you, "Are you saved?"
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the first thing you do is start
thinking about how good you've
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been. [Congregation: Oh.]
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When I asked you, "Are you
saved?" you immediately begin to
start weighing your good versus
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your bad. But do you realize,
that is a faulty metric to
measure how saved you actually
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are? [Congregation: Amen.]
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Because guess what, man, it is
not by our deeds that we are
saved. When I'm trying to figure
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out how saved I am, I don't look
at how good I've been. I look at
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how good He is.
[Congregation: Affirming]
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Okay. You all don't believe it.
Titus 3:3. For we ourselves were
also once foolish, disobedient,
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deceived, serving various lusts
and pleasures, living in malice
and envy, hateful and hating one
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another. But when the kindness
and the love of God our Savior
toward man appeared, anybody
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thankful that it appeared today,
not by works of righteousness,
which we have done, but
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according to His mercy, He has
saved us through the washing of
regeneration and the renewing of
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the Holy Spirit, whom He has
poured out on us abundantly
through Jesus Christ, our
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Savior, that having been
justified by His grace, we
should become heirs according to
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the promise of hope of eternal
life. Are you all hearing me
today, friends? [Congregation:
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Affirming] In other words,
friends, I need us to understand
the reason we don't have the joy
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of salvation is because we don't
have no assurance in salvation.
See the problem is, when you
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ain't got no assurance of
salvation, what happens is you
go from being saved to lost 7
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times in the same day based upon
how good or bad you have been.
But how many of us know that if
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you have the Son, then guess
what? You have life.
[Congregation: Affirming]
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The Bible says, "For God so
loved the world," ain't this
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good news? Stop frowning up your
faces. "God so loved the world
that he gave his only begotten
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Son, that whosoever believes
shall not perish but have
everlasting life." Are you all
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hearing the word today friends?
[Congregation: Cheering]
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Last thing, Revelation 5:11. Go
over there to the last book of
the Bible. Everybody will be
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able to find this one, When you
get there, let me hear you say
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amen. [Congregation: Affirming]
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In other words, when you want to
know if you're being converted
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first, you got to look at the
metrics of your salvation.
You've got to look at whether or
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not you're trying to be
glorified or crucified but one
of the things that is the truest
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measure is you find out by
actually seeing what is the
cause of praise in your life.
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Revelation 5:11. This is a scene
in heaven and we see what calls
for the worship in glory. In
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Revelation 5:11, when you get
there, let me hear you say amen.
[Congregation: Amen]
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"Then I looked and heard the
voice of many angels around the
throne and the living creatures
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and the elders. And the number
of them was 10,000 times 10,000
and thousands of thousands
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saying with a...?
[Congregation: Loud voice.]
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Loud voice. Can I just say
something real quick? That
heaven is a loud place.
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[Congregation: Cheering]
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And if you don't like a loud
church, it might be hot where
you're going. Oh, you're not
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hearing what I'm
saying. [Congregation: Cheering]
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It's going to be mighty quiet
down there. And they said with a
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loud voice, worthy is the Lamb
who was slain to receive power
and riches and wisdom,
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and strength, and glory and
blessing. Did you all hear the
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pastor today?
[Congregation: Affirming]
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In other words, the reason for
worship in heaven is not just
that the Lamb provided.
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It's not that he protected. It
is not that he supplied but it
was that the Lamb was slain.
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[Congregation: Cheering]
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Is there anybody that can just
take a moment to say I'm not
just going to wait until he
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provides? I'm not just going to
wait until I get a man. I'm not
just going to wait till I get
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some more money. I'm not just
going to wait till I get a
promotion. I've got a different
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reason to praise him.
[Congregation: Clapping]
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See, some wait till the choir
starts singing good. Some wait
until the preaching gets good,
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but guess what? When you know
the Lamb has been slain, you
don't start worship when the
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church starts. You continue
worship that started while you
were still at home because glory
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is called forth
because the Lamb was slain.
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[Congregation: Clapping]
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Are you all hearing me today,
friends? So your boy, Simon? He
didn't ask for this.
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I'm going over my time, but pray
for me for a second. He didn't
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ask for this. They see Him
sympathizing and they say, "All
right since you're going to be
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down with him? You carry
it." [Congregation: Laughing]
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So that's what happens I need
you to see something happen
literally in the physical
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picture or image that Jesus is
in front of Simon in chains. And
Simon is carrying the cross
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behind him. So, every time Jesus
turns, Simon turns because the
weight of the cross is so heavy,
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he can't even really hold his
head up. All he can do is look
and step in the footprints of
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Jesus Christ.
[Congregation: Cheering]
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In this story, you see both
justifications, he is crucified,
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then you see sanctification as
he follows in the footsteps of
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Jesus Christ. So, when Jesus
turns, he turns, when Jesus
moves, he moves. He can't look
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up and figure his own way. All
he can do is follow in the
bloody footsteps of Jesus
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Christ. [Congregation: Cheering]
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One of his first spiritual
lessons is not to follow the
crowd but to follow Jesus.
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[Congregation: Cheering]
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Why is that important? Because
after Jesus is resurrected, and
he goes back to glory,
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because he started following
Jesus, he's going to keep on
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following Jesus. See, I need you
to know, friends, that in your
sanctification journey,
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you've got to follow Jesus
more than you follow the people.
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[Congregation: Affirming]
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Because if you don't follow
Jesus, you'll get offended by
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people and leave.
[Congregation: Cheering]
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See Simon didn't start out
following Peter, because when he
found out Peter was a bigoted,
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racist, good for nothing, he
would have walked out of the
church, but he didn't come into
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the church after Peter.
He came in following Jesus.
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[Congregation: Cheering]
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And you've got to follow Jesus,
even when the crowd doesn't
follow Him no more.
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And watch this, friends. So
again, Jesus is in front of him.
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Now, you've got to remember,
Jesus has been beaten and
flogged all night with the
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cat-o'-nine-tails so that, guess
what it means, Jesus has wounds
and scars by all of his major
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arteries and blood vessels
inside of his body. And because
Jesus is fatigued... You know,
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friends, most people would
actually live on the cross for
days. [Congregation: Murmuring]
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But one of the reasons that
Jesus only lasted on the cross
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is a few hours is because he's
been bleeding all night long.
And you know, that when, am I
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telling the truth, Doc? That
when your heart is pumping
because of movement, more blood
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begins to gush from your body.
So, we just talked about a
bloody cross, but Jesus has
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created a bloody path.
[Congregation: Affirming]
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So, he's not just walking
in His footsteps but his feet
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or his sandals are getting
covered from toe to heel in the
blood of Jesus Christ.
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[Congregation: Affirming]
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Why is that important? So, his
whole foot, his entire sandal
has blood all over it, Doc.
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And it's crazy because when he
goes home later that day and he
gets to his son's house, guess
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what? The servant is going to
meet him at the door and get
ready to wash his feet.
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[Congregation: Yeah.]
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And I learned that ancient
servants then and even now where
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they still do it, they are so
skilled at their job that they
can actually tell where you've
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been by looking at what
kind of dirt is on your feet.
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[Congregation: Yeah.]
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So that if he had come through
Egypt, he would have dark soil
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all over his feet. If he had
come by the Dead Sea, he would
have orange soil over his feet
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because the saline count is so
high. If he had come through
Damascus, he would have bright
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red soil all over his feet. If
he had come by Jericho, he would
have powdery white soil all over
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his feet. But when he sits down
to get the dirt washed off of
his feet, the servant is getting
00:22:24.61\00:22:33.08
ready to guess where he's come
from by seeing what kind of dirt
he has but guess what? The
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servant can't see no
dirt. [Congregation: Cheering]
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The servant can't find no dirt.
He can't tell where he's come
from because it's all covered in
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the blood of Jesus.
[Congregation: Clapping]
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Hey, anybody thankful when they
tried to unearth your dirt, they
tried to inspect your past,
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they want to know where you came
from, they want to know what to
did wrong, they want to know
00:22:59.11\00:23:07.45
what you used to be? They can't
find out because your past has
been washed, covered, and
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enveloped in the blood of
Jesus. [Congregation: Cheering]
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What can wash away my sins?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
What can make me whole again?
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Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
There was a fountain and it's
filled with blood and it flows
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from Emmanuel's veins and
sinners plunge beneath that
flood and they lose all their
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guilty stains.
[Congregation: Affirming]
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So, when you get converted to
Christ, there's always somebody
that wants to say, "I knew you
00:23:57.33\00:24:04.47
back when. Well, you got to them
church folk fooled but I knew
you right back then."
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And it's going to be always
somebody having a conversation
00:24:08.74\00:24:13.21
about your past. But guess what?
Where it counts, it ain't being
discussed. Because it's covered
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completely, drowned, erased,
immersed in the blood, if you're
thankful for the blood, somebody
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shout hallelujah today.
[Congregation: Hallelujah.]
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You ever dreaded the start of a
new week? Has the start of a new
week ever felt too big for you?
00:24:34.87\00:24:41.24
I want to help you out with that
Breath Of Llife presents. Fresh
00:24:41.28\00:24:46.95
Start Sundays. It's a series of
programs designed to help you
face the New Week with a reset,
00:24:46.98\00:24:56.16
a kick start to just begin with
a whole new energy. Every first
and third Sunday. I invite you
00:24:56.19\00:25:02.50
to join me in the Scripture lab.
When I'm in the lab, we're going
to be testing, breaking down and
00:25:02.53\00:25:08.90
applying the word of God. It's
going to be a space where we
answer your questions, settle
00:25:08.94\00:25:12.91
disputes, and help you come to
conclusions about doctrine and
larger social issues.
00:25:12.94\00:25:17.85
Every second Sunday, I invite
you to join Gianna and myself as
we begin a series of
00:25:17.88\00:25:25.79
conversations around dating and
relationships entitled Points of
View. We're going to be sharing
00:25:25.82\00:25:31.89
from our own experience and
we're going to be joined by an
array of experts and panelists
00:25:31.93\00:25:38.43
designed to help build us up and
be strengthened in the areas of
dating and marriage.
00:25:38.47\00:25:42.14
And every fourth Sunday is what
we're calling Vision Sunday.
00:25:42.17\00:25:46.71
Plus the news you and I are
going to be reaching out to
pastors, ministry leaders,
00:25:46.74\00:25:55.28
entrepreneurs, CEOs, writers,
inventors to make sure that
those visions don't get stuck in
00:25:55.32\00:25:59.85
your head, but that they might
be able to be implemented in
your daily experience.
00:25:59.89\00:26:04.79
Friends, we're done featuring
the New Week. We're done
dreading what's to come.
00:26:04.83\00:26:09.36
We're going to start the week
with hope, beginning the day
with encouragement and clarity,
00:26:09.40\00:26:15.14
because the best way to have a
great finish is to have a fresh
00:26:15.17\00:26:19.74
start. Join us starting in the
month of July, every Sunday at
10 a.m.. I look forward to
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seeing you for a Fresh Start.
Calling all young adults. This
is Pastor Debleaire Snell,
00:26:41.23\00:26:49.87
inviting you to our second
annual young adult rally. Last
year we went down to South
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Florida, where we did it big.
But this year we're coming right
here to the Windy City, Chicago,
00:26:56.91\00:27:03.49
Illinois. Labor Day weekend.
This year's theme is
"Strengthening Your Core" We're
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going to be giving our young
adults all the tools to prosper
in their inner man or inner
00:27:08.76\00:27:12.06
woman so that they might be able
to thrive in every other way.
We're going to be partnering
00:27:12.09\00:27:16.40
with the leadership of the Lake
Region Conference. And I want
you to know that whether you're
00:27:16.43\00:27:20.57
here in Lake Region or on the
West Coast, East Coast or in the
south, this is for you. That
00:27:20.60\00:27:26.71
Friday night, there's going to
be a vesper service and a
feature live stage play that
00:27:26.74\00:27:30.75
Sabbath morning. Join me at the
New Life Worship Center for our
morning core groups.
00:27:30.78\00:27:35.72
We're going to have breakfast
and then during our divine
00:27:35.75\00:27:39.59
worship service, I'm going to be
partnered with the Music
Ministry of Koryn Hawthorne for
00:27:39.62\00:27:44.96
that afternoon. We're going to
go into our core classes.
There's going to be panel
00:27:44.99\00:27:48.56
discussions. A close out concert
and then Sunday morning before
you head back will conclude with
00:27:48.60\00:27:55.80
a young adult fellowship. It's
going to be a great time of
inspiration. Instruction.
00:27:55.84\00:28:01.38
Fellowship. You're going to
leave better then you came and
your core is going to be
00:28:01.41\00:28:07.08
terrific. Join us at our website
at www breathoflife.tv where you
can get link to our registration
00:28:07.12\00:28:15.52
and find more details. I look
forward to seeing you labor Day
weekend right here in the Windy
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City. (Breath of
Life Theme Music)
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