Participants: Chuck Holtry
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00:35 >>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS, AND WELCOME AGAIN TO 00:36 SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. NOW, OF COURSE, THINGS ARE A 00:39 LITTLE DIFFERENT HERE ON THE SET - NOT OUR TYPICAL SABBATH SCHOOL 00:42 STUDY HOUR SET - THE REASON BEING IS WE'RE IN ALBUQUERQUE, 00:45 NEW MEXICO FILMING THE LANDMARKS OF BIBLE PROPHECY. OUR AFCOE 00:50 STUDENTS ARE HERE AND THEY'RE THE AUDIENCE FOR TODAY. 00:52 AND TODAY WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTER FOR OUR STUDY 00:56 TOGETHER. 00:58 IT'S EVANGELIST AND TEACHER CHUCK HOLTRY WHO WILL BE LEADING 00:59 US THROUGH OUR STUDY OF THE LESSON QUARTERLY. 01:03 NOW THE LESSON TODAY, THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, IS LESSON #11, IF 01:06 YOU HAVE YOUR LESSON QUARTERLY, ON THE BOOK OF JAMES. 01:10 AND IT'S TALKING ABOUT PREPARING FOR THE HARVEST. 01:13 SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO FOLLOW ALONG YOU CAN DO SO. 01:16 TO OUR FRIENDS JOINING US, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD TODAY'S LESSON BY 01:19 GOING TO THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH WEBSITE - THAT'S 01:21 'GRANITEBAYSDA.ORG' OR YOU CAN GO THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE. 01:26 YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A COPY OF TODAY'S LESSON AND FOLLOW ALONG 01:29 WITH US. WE HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT GOES 01:31 ALONG WITH OUR STUDY FOR TODAY: IT'S AMAZING FACTS STUDY GUIDE 01:35 ENTITLED 'THE ULTIMATE DELIVERANCE.' AND WE'LL BE HAPPY 01:39 TO SEND THAT TO ANYONE WHO CALLS AND ASKS. 01:41 THE NUMBER TO CALL FOR OUR FREE OFFER IS 866-788-3966. 01:48 AGAIN, THAT IS 866-788-3966 AND YOU CAN ASK FOR OFFER #105 01:56 ENTITLED 'THE ULTIMATE DELIVERANCE' AND WE'LL BE HAPPY 01:58 TO SEND THAT TO YOU. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL AND ASK. 02:02 WELL, BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH OUR STUDY TODAY, LET'S BOW OUR 02:04 HEADS AND ASK GOD'S BLESSING UPON OUR TIME TOGETHER. 02:07 DEAR FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO 02:09 GATHER TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN TO STUDY YOUR WORD. 02:12 WE'D LIKE TO ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME AND FILL OUR HEARTS AND 02:14 OUR MINDS. LORD, GUIDE US INTO A DEEPER AND 02:17 A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF THIS VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT THAT 02:21 WE'RE GOING TO BE STUDYING ABOUT TODAY, FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' 02:23 NAME, AMEN. I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR TEACHER 02:27 TO COME OUT AND JOIN US THIS MORNING, CHUCK HOLTRY. 02:31 >>THANK YOU JEAN. GOOD MORNING. HAPPY SABBATH. 02:36 ON MY WAY HERE THIS MORNING I WAS RUNNING INTO A LOT OF 02:40 TRAFFIC. I WAS LATE, AS I AM SOMETIMES, 02:45 AND I WAS IN SUCH A HURRY AND IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY LIGHT WAS 02:48 YELLOW ABOUT 300 FEET BEFORE I GOT THERE. 02:52 AND I WAS WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING. 02:55 AND I FELT THAT I NEEDED SOMETHING CALLED PATIENCE. 03:00 YOU KNOW, AS I WAS LOOKING AT OUR STUDY WE'RE GOING TO BE 03:02 JUMPING INTO JUST SHORTLY, AS I WAS LOOKING AT OUR STUDY I 03:05 REALIZED THAT PATIENCE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES 03:08 THAT GOD IS TRYING TO TEACH US HERE IN JAMES CHAPTER 5. 03:11 SO IF YOU'D OPEN UP YOUR BIBLES WITH ME TO JAMES CHAPTER 5, AND 03:13 WE'RE GOING TO READ VERSES 7 THROUGH 12 - 03:16 THE SECTION OF OUR READING FOR THIS LESSON. 03:19 JAMES 5, WE'LL BE READING 7 THROUGH 12. 03:21 AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF JUMP INTO OUR SUBJECT. 03:25 NOW, PATIENCE IS MENTIONED TWO PLACES IN THE BOOK OF JAMES. 03:31 THE FIRST PLACE IS WHERE? CHAPTER 1 RIGHT IN THE 03:34 BEGINNING, AND THE NEXT PLACE IS HERE IN CHAPTER 5. 03:38 LET'S GO AHEAD AND READ IT. "BE PATIENT THEREFORE, BRETHREN, 03:43 UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD. BEHOLD, THE HUSBANDMAN WAITETH 03:46 FOR THE PRECIOUS FRUIT OF THE EARTH, AND HATH LONG PATIENCE 03:49 FOR IT UNTIL HE RECEIVE THE EARLY AND LATTER RAIN. 03:54 BE YE ALSO PATIENT; STABLISH YOUR HEARTS: 04:00 FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD DRAWETH NIGH. 04:02 GRUDGE NOT ONE AGAINST ANOTHER, BRETHREN, LEST YE BE CONDEMNED: 04:05 BEHOLD, THE JUDGE STANDETH BEFORE THE DOOR. 04:07 TAKE, MY BRETHREN, THE PROPHETS, WHO HAVE SPOKEN IN THE NAME OF 04:10 THE LORD, FOR AN EXAMPLE OF SUFFERING AFFLICTION, AND OF 04:15 PATIENCE. BEHOLD, WE COUNT THEM" - WHAT'S THAT NEXT WORD? - 04:19 "HAPPY WHICH ENDURE." - WOW - 04:24 "WE COUNT THEM HAPPY WHICH ENDURE. 04:26 YE HAVE HEARD OF THE PATIENCE OF JOB, AND HAVE SEEN THE END OF 04:28 THE LORD; THAT THE LORD IS VERY PITIFUL, AND OF TENDER MERCY. 04:31 BUT ABOVE ALL THINGS, MY BRETHREN, SWEAR NOT, NEITHER BY 04:34 HEAVEN, NEITHER BY THE EARTH, NEITHER BY ANY OTHER OATH: BUT 04:38 LET YOUR YEA BE YEA; AND YOUR NAY, NAY; LEST YE FALL INTO 04:41 CONDEMNATION." THIS SECTION REALLY FOCUSES ON 04:48 SPEAKING TO WHAT GROUP OF PEOPLE? 04:51 SPECIFICALLY, THE BRETHREN. IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE BOOK OF 04:56 JAMES, YOU FIND THE BRETHREN ARE MENTIONED 15 TIMES. 05:00 OF THOSE 15 TIMES, FOUR OF THEM ARE FOUND IN JUST THIS SHORT 05:03 SECTION OF SIX VERSES. THIS IS A QUARTER OF THE TIMES 05:07 IN THE WHOLE BOOK, JUST IN A SHORT SECTION. 05:09 BRETHREN, I'M SPEAKING TO YOU. THE SECTION WE JUST LOOKED AT 05:13 LAST WEEK, WE SAW WAS SPEAKING TO THE RICH, RIGHT? 05:17 NEXT WEEK WE'RE LOOKING AT A BEAUTIFUL SECTION TALKING ABOUT 05:20 PRAYER - AN ADMONITION TO PRAY, BUT TODAY WE'RE LOOKING 05:23 SPECIFICALLY AT THIS SECTION TO THE BRETHREN - THIS ADMONITION 05:28 OF CHARACTER FOR THE END OF TIME. 05:32 THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO PULL OUT MY NOTES HERE, AND I'D 05:35 LIKE TO LOOK AT A FEW ELEMENTS HERE. 05:40 JAMES CHAPTER 1, VERSES 3 TO 4 - YOU CAN JUST TURN THERE WITH ME. 05:44 JAMES CHAPTER 1, VERSES 3 TO 4, THE BIBLE SAYS, "KNOWING 05:50 THIS, THAT THE TRYING OF YOUR FAITH WORKETH PATIENCE. 05:53 BUT LET PATIENCE HAVE HER PERFECT WORK, THAT YE MAY BE 05:56 PERFECT AND ENTIRE, WANTING NOTHING." 05:58 YOU GET THIS VERY BEGINNING STATEMENT SAYING YOU NEED TO 06:00 HAVE WHAT? PATIENCE. AND PATIENCE DOES SOMETHING 06:03 GREAT FOR US. WHAT DOES IT DO FOR US? 06:05 IT MAKES US PERFECT AND ENTIRE, ULTIMATELY. 06:10 SO THAT IS PATIENCE. AND THEN, IN THE END OF THE BOOK 06:13 IN JAMES CHAPTER 5, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT IT HERE, IT SAYS, "BE 06:21 PATIENT THEREFORE, BRETHREN, UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD." 06:24 - AND THEN IT TELLS US THAT THE HUSBANDMAN DOES SOMETHING VERY 06:26 INTERESTING. WHAT KIND OF PATIENCE DOES THE 06:27 HUSBANDMAN HAVE? I'M LOOKING AT THE KING JAMES 06:28 VERSION HERE, IT SAYS HE HAS LONG PATIENCE. 06:32 IT'S NOT JUST PATIENCE, IT'S LONG PATIENCE. 06:35 HAVE YOU EVER FELT THAT YOU NEEDED LONG PATIENCE? 06:39 I THINK THERE ARE SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I NEED LONG PATIENCE. 06:42 YOU KNOW, BEFORE I GOT MARRIED I WAS A VERY PATIENT MAN. 06:47 THEN AFTER A YEAR OR TWO OF MARRIAGE, I BECAME PATIENT 06:49 AGAIN. AND THEN WHEN I HAD CHILDREN 06:52 I STARTED QUESTIONING WHETHER I EVER HAD PATIENCE. 06:56 AND I REALIZE, AS I GO THROUGH STAGES, GOD IS TAKING CHUCK AND 07:00 HE'S WORKING SPECIFICALLY ON PATIENCE. 07:04 YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE HE'S DOING THAT WITH ALL OF US. 07:07 HE WANTS US TO BE PATIENT. NOW, THE LAST PART OF JAMES - 07:14 JAMES CHAPTER 5, VERSE 11 - I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT IT SAYS IN 07:20 ANOTHER VERSION, I SHOULD HAVE READ THAT, BUT IT SAYS, "HAPPY 07:22 ARE YE WHO ENDURE." HAPPY ARE YE THAT ENDURE. 07:29 I NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT. I'M GOING TO SPEND SOME MORE 07:33 TIME LOOKING AT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER THIS MORNING. 07:35 BUT DO THESE KIND OF SERMONS HAVE ANY RELEVANCE TO US TODAY? 07:40 I MEAN, I COULD UNDERSTAND IT IN THE FIRST CENTURY CHURCH WHEN 07:43 YOU'RE BEING PERSECUTED AND YOUR LIFE ISN'T EASY AND EVERYTHING'S 07:45 DIFFICULT, BUT TODAY, DO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HAPPINESS AND 07:48 ENDURANCE? I GUESS NOT. ABSOLUTELY. 07:55 IT IS JUST AS RELEVANT TODAY - THIS IDEA OF PATIENCE, THIS IDEA 07:59 OF HAPPY ENDURANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US. 08:03 THERE ARE FOUR AREAS WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS MORNING. 08:07 FIRST AREA IS WHAT TO HAVE PATIENCE FOR. 08:10 WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT IN VERSE 7. 08:12 THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HOW LONG DO WE HAVE PATIENCE. 08:15 THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ANOTHER PART WHERE I JUST 08:18 FORGET. DO YOU MIND IF I LOOK IT UP? 08:20 YES, WHO HAS PATIENCE? WE HAVE SOME EXAMPLES THAT HAVE 08:23 BEEN GIVEN US, IN THE BIBLE, OF THOSE WHO HAVE PATIENCE. 08:26 AND FINALLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHY. 08:29 WHY DO WE HAVE PATIENCE? AND SO, WITH THAT IN MIND, DO 08:33 YOU MIND OPENING UP - LET'S LOOK - READ VERSE 7 TOGETHER AGAIN. 08:36 VERSE 7, THE BIBLE SAYS, "BE PATIENT THEREFORE, BRETHREN, 08:44 UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD." - THEN IT SAYS - "BEHOLD, THE 08:49 HUSBANDMAN" - HOLD ONTO THAT THOUGHT. 08:52 WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO THAT - "BEHOLD THE HUSBANDMAN 08:54 WAITETH FOR THE PRECIOUS FRUIT OF THE EARTH, AND HATH LONG 09:01 PATIENCE FOR IT, UNTIL HE RECEIVE THE EARLY AND LATTER 09:06 RAIN." NOW, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT 09:09 OF FOCUS ON DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, BUT PATIENT, HUSBANDMAN, THE 09:16 WHOLE PICTURE THAT'S THERE. YOU'VE HAD GARDENS, RIGHT? 09:19 I'M GUESSING MOST OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY HAD A GARDEN. 09:20 MY DAUGHTER AND I LIKE GARDENING. 09:24 SHE'S FOUR YEARS OLD AND SHE'LL COME OUT AND SHE WILL JOIN ME AS 09:27 WE GARDEN. AND WE HAVE FUN TOGETHER. 09:29 AND WE ARE ALWAYS DOING THE SAME EXACT THING. 09:32 THE FIRST THING WE DO WHEN WE GET TO THE GARDEN IS NOT TO 09:34 WATER. THE FIRST THING WE DO WHEN WE 09:37 GET TO THE GARDEN IS NOT TO PULL WEEDS. 09:39 THE FIRST THING WE DO WHEN WE GET TO THE GARDEN IS TO LOOK FOR 09:41 FRUIT. 'DADDY, WHERE'S THE TOMATOES?' 'WELL, WE'VE GOT TWO 09:46 MONTHS TO GO.' 'DADDY, WHERE'S THE SQUASH?' 09:49 'IT'S NOT READY YET.' 'DADDY, CAN I SEE THE POTATOES?' 09:53 'YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THEM.' RIGHT? 09:55 SO WE HAVE THIS LONG PATIENT WAITING BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING 09:59 FOR FRUIT. NOW SOMETIMES MY DAUGHTER AND I 10:03 MAYBE AREN'T THE PATIENT PEOPLE WAITING FOR FRUIT. 10:05 YOU END UP PICKING GREEN TOMATOES EVERY NOW AND THEN JUST 10:08 HOPING THAT THEY'LL RIPEN UP AND YOU CAN SAY, 'AT LEAST I PICKED 10:09 MY FIRST FRUIT.' WAITING. YOU KNOW, WAITING FOR SOMETHING 10:15 THAT YOU REALLY, REALLY WANT IS WHAT'S HARDEST. AM I RIGHT? 10:21 I FIND THAT WAITING FOR THINGS I DON'T CARE ABOUT IS EASY. 10:24 IN FACT, I LIKE THAT. YOU CAN PUT IT OFF AS LONG AS YOU WANT. 10:27 BUT WHEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DESIRE, SOMETHING THAT I WANT, 10:31 PATIENCE IS HARD. CAN YOU AGREE WITH ME? 10:37 IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS JUST VERY DIFFICULT. 10:42 YOU KNOW, HUSBANDMAN, WHO IS THIS TALKING ABOUT? 10:47 IT'S A GREAT ILLUSTRATION, ISN'T IT? BUT IS THERE AN 10:51 APPLICATION THAT GOD IS BRINGING OUT HERE IN THE BOOK OF JAMES? 10:55 I BELIEVE SO, WITHOUT A QUESTION. AND I'M GOING TO 10:58 START IN THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING IF THAT'S OKAY. 11:01 WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK WITH ME TO THE BOOK OF GENESIS? 11:03 GENESIS CHAPTER 2 AND VERSE 8 - GENESIS CHAPTER 2 AND VERSE 8, 11:10 THE BIBLE SAYS, "AND THE LORD GOD" - DID WHAT? - 11:15 "PLANTED" - WHO PLANTED IT? - "THE LORD GOD PLANTED." 11:20 SO WE SEE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING - SECOND CHAPTER OF 11:22 THE BIBLE, FIRST PART OF THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, THAT 11:25 GOD IS A PLANTER. COULD I SAY FARMER? IS THAT OKAY? 11:30 GARDENER? COULD I EVEN SAY HUSBANDMAN? 11:33 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE CALLS HIM A HUSBAND ALREADY SO I DON'T THINK 11:36 I'M STRETCHING TOO FAR OUT WHEN I SAY THAT. 11:38 SO WE SEE - VERY BEGINNING - JESUS IS A PLANTER. 11:42 I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT ANOTHER PASSAGE, ISAIAH CHAPTER 5 - 11:45 ISAIAH CHAPTER 5 - AND THIS REALLY TIES IN BEAUTIFULLY WITH 11:49 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IN JAMES CHAPTER 5. 11:51 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ISAIAH 5 AND I'M GOING TO START WITH 11:56 VERSE 1. I'M GOING TO START WITH VERSE 1 - JAMES CHAPTER 5 AND 12:02 WE'LL START WITH VERSE 1, "NOW WILL I SING TO MY WELLBELOVED A 12:07 SONG OF MY BELOVED TOUCHING HIS VINEYARD." 12:11 - WHO IS THIS SPEAKING OF? IT'S SPEAKING OF JESUS, RIGHT? 12:14 IT'S SPEAKING OF GOD - GOD THE SON - "MY WELLBELOVED HATH A 12:17 VINEYARD IN A VERY FRUITFUL HILL: AND HE FENCED IT, AND 12:20 GATHERED OUT THE STONES THEREOF, AND PLANTED IT WITH THE CHOICEST 12:23 VINE, AND BUILT A TOWER IN THE MIDST OF IT, AND ALSO MADE A 12:26 WINEPRESS THEREIN: AND HE LOOKED THAT IT SHOULD BRING FORTH 12:29 GRAPES, AND IT BROUGHT FORTH" - WHAT? - "WILD GRAPES." 12:33 SO HERE IT IS, WE SEE THIS PICTURE OF GOD PLANTING A 12:37 VINEYARD IN A VERY FRUITFUL HILL; PUTTING THE VERY BEST 12:39 PLANTS HE COULD PUT INTO IT AND HE GOES TO FIND FRUIT AND WHAT 12:42 DOES HE FIND? BAD FRUIT. 12:44 OH, THERE'S FRUIT ALRIGHT, BUT IT'S BAD FRUIT. 12:46 NOW, IS IT NORMAL FOR GARDENERS TO GO LOOKING FOR FRUIT? 12:51 ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ILLUSTRATING WITH A LITTLE BIT 12:53 EARLIER. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR. 12:55 AS A GARDENER, WHAT AM I WAITING FOR? 12:57 FRUIT - GOOD FRUIT, THANK YOU. "AND NOW, O INHABITANTS OF 13:02 JERUSALEM, AND MEN OF JUDAH, JUDGE, I PRAY YOU, BETWIXT ME 13:06 AND MY VINEYARD. WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE MORE 13:08 TO MY VINEYARD, THAT I HAVE NOT DONE IN IT? 13:10 WHEREFORE, WHEN I LOOKED THAT IT SHOULD BRING FORTH GRAPES, 13:13 BROUGHT IT FORTH WILD GRAPES?" HE SAID, 'I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I 13:18 POSSIBLY CAN WITH MY VINEYARD.' SO I'M JUST TRYING TO LAY OUT 13:21 THE POINTS HERE FROM SCRIPTURE THAT GOD IS A HUSBANDMAN. 13:24 WOULD YOU ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT? LET'S TURN TO JOHN 13:27 CHAPTER 15 - JOHN CHAPTER 15 AND VERSE 1 - JOHN CHAPTER 15 - 13:34 AND YOU'RE PROBABLY, 'OH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, I REMEMBER THIS 13:37 PASSAGE - BEAUTIFUL PASSAGE HERE IN THE BOOK OF JOHN. 13:40 JESUS IS SPEAKING TO HIS DISCIPLES. 13:42 THIS IS SOME OF THE FINAL COUNSEL HE GIVES BEFORE HIS 13:44 CRUCIFIXION. IN JOHN CHAPTER 15, VERSE 1, 13:47 JESUS SAYS, "I AM THE TRUE VINE, AND MY FATHER IS" - WHAT? 13:54 >>VINEDRESSER. >>THAT'S RIGHT, IT SAYS 13:55 VINEDRESSER BUT IN MY PASSAGE HERE IT SAYS, "HUSBANDMAN." 14:00 WOW, HE IS THE ONE. WHO IS IT? MY FATHER. 14:05 GOD THE FATHER IS THE HUSBANDMAN. NOW, I'D LIKE TO 14:09 EMPHASIZE ONE MORE POINT AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE ON THIS. 14:12 MATTHEW CHAPTER 15, VERSE 3. WHILE YOU'RE TURNING TO MATTHEW 14:16 15, VERSE 3, I WANT TO JUST EMPHASIZE ONE ELEMENT FROM JAMES 14:20 5 THAT WE LOOKED AT AND THAT IS THE HUSBANDMAN HAS WHAT KIND OF 14:25 PATIENCE WHEN HE'S LOOKING FOR FRUIT? 14:27 >>LONG. >>LONG PATIENCE. 14:29 AND SO WE'RE SEEING HERE THAT GOD THE FATHER IS A HUSBANDMAN. 14:33 HE HAS WHAT KIND OF PATIENCE? LONG PATIENCE. MATTHEW 15 AND 14:38 VERSE 13, "BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID, EVERY PLANT, WHICH MY 14:41 HEAVENLY FATHER HATH NOT PLANTED, SHALL BE ROOTED UP. 14:45 I WANT TO EMPHASIZE JESUS IS SAYING THE HEAVENLY FATHER 14:47 PLANTS THINGS. IF IT'S NOT BEEN PLANTED BY HIM, 14:50 IT'S GOING TO GET ROOTED UP. BUT IF IT'S BEEN PLANTED BY HIM 14:52 IT'S A GOOD THING, AMEN? HAS GOD HAD PATIENCE WITH YOU? 15:01 HE'S THE HUSBANDMAN, RIGHT? I LIKE TO SAY THAT THE PRECIOUS 15:05 FRUIT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR IS COMING FROM YOU AND I. 15:09 IS HE WAITING WITH LONG PATIENCE? 15:12 YOU KNOW, MY CHILDREN ARE QUITE YOUNG YET, SO I HAVEN'T HAD THE 15:16 CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE LONG PATIENCE. 15:19 SOME OF YOU WHO ARE PARENTS MAY DISAGREE WITH ME AND SAY, 15:21 'YOU'VE ALREADY EXPERIENCED LONG PATIENCE.' BUT THE REALITY IS, I 15:25 HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE. WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT CHRIST HAS 15:27 DONE WITH ME - AND MAYBE YOU CAN SAY THE SAME THING FOR 15:29 YOURSELVES, HE HAS HAD WHAT? LONG PATIENCE. 15:34 YOU KNOW, I'M - I WON'T GIVE YOU MY AGE BECAUSE THIS IS BEING 15:38 VIDEOED, BUT I'M GETTING UP THERE. 15:40 AND HE'S HAD LONG PATIENCE WITH ME. 15:45 HE STILL HAS TO SAY, 'CHUCK, UH UH, NO.' HE STILL CALLS AND 15:50 WORKS ON MY HEART AND SAYS, 'THIS IS WHERE I LIKE YOU TO 15:53 WALK.' DOESN'T HE DO THAT WITH ALL OF US? 15:57 HE HAS LONG PATIENCE. WHAT'S THIS LONG PATIENCE FOR? 16:00 LET'S GO BACK TO JAMES CHAPTER 5. 16:03 JAMES CHAPTER 5 - I LIKE READING IT FROM THE BIBLE AGAIN, "BE 16:11 PATIENT THEREFORE, BRETHREN, UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD. 16:14 BEHOLD THE HUSBANDMAN WAITETH FOR THE PRECIOUS FRUIT OF THE 16:16 EARTH, AND HATH LONG PATIENCE FOR IT, UNTIL HE RECEIVE THE 16:18 EARLY AND LATTER RAIN." WHAT IS THE HUSBANDMAN WAITING FOR? 16:21 THE BIBLE SAYS, WHAT? PRECIOUS FRUIT - 16:25 "PRECIOUS FRUIT OF THE EARTH." WHAT IS FRUIT? 16:29 YOU READY TO DO SOME MORE STUDY? PROVERBS CHAPTER 12, VERSE 12 - 16:34 PROVERBS CHAPTER 12 AND VERSE 12 - WHAT IS THIS FRUIT? 16:38 WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON IN THIS FIRST SECTION - AND THERE'S FOUR 16:40 SECTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON IN THIS 16:42 FIRST SECTION IS THIS: WHAT ARE WE HAVING PATIENCE FOR? 16:46 IN THIS CASE, WHAT IS GOD HAVING PATIENCE FOR? 16:49 PROVERBS 12:12 SAYS THIS, "THE WICKED DESIRETH THE NET OF EVIL 16:54 MEN: BUT THE ROOT OF THE RIGHTEOUS YIELDETH" - WHAT? 17:00 - "FRUIT." SO THE ROOT OF THE RIGHTEOUS YIELDS FRUIT. 17:03 SO FRUIT IS SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM RIGHTEOUS ROOTS, 17:06 IF I COULD SAY THAT AT THIS POINT. 17:07 LET'S LOOK AT ANOTHER PASSAGE - ISAIAH CHAPTER 37 - ISAIAH 37 17:12 AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT VERSE 31. 17:15 ISAIAH 37 AND VERSE 31- ISAIAH'S GIVING A PROPHECY OF WHAT WILL 17:22 TAKE PLACE, TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. 17:25 "THE REMNANT" - IT SAYS THIS - "AND THE REMNANT 17:27 THAT IS ESCAPED OF THE HOUSE OF JUDAH SHALL AGAIN TAKE ROOT 17:33 DOWNWARD, AND BEAR FRUIT UPWARD:" SO THERE'S A DESIRE 17:38 THAT JUDAH, THE REMNANT OF JUDAH, WILL DO WHAT? 17:42 TAKE ROOT DOWNWARD AND BEAR FRUIT UPWARD. 17:47 NOW LET'S LOOK AT ONE MORE PASSAGE HERE - GALATIANS CHAPTER 17:50 5 AND VERSE 22. YOU, OF COURSE, KNEW THAT THIS 17:53 WAS A PLACE WE HAVE TO GO WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING FRUIT. 17:56 GALATIANS CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 22. 17:59 I LIKE TO - WHAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD IS THIS: 18:03 WE CAN LOOK THAT THE RIGHTEOUS HAVE FRUIT AND WE CAN REALIZE 18:07 THAT THE REMNANT OF JUDAH HAVE FRUIT. 18:09 BUT IT'S NICE WHEN THE BIBLE JUST SPELLS THINGS OUT, ISN'T 18:12 IT? AND HERE WE SEE IT IN GALATIANS 18:14 CHAPTER 5, VERSES 22 AND 23, "BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS 18:22 LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH, 18:30 MEEKNESS, TEMPERANCE: AGAINST SUCH THERE IS" - WHAT? - 18:35 "THERE IS NO LAW." SO HERE IS THAT KIND OF FRUIT. 18:39 AND MY QUESTION FOR US TODAY IS 'IS GOD WAITING TO SEE THAT 18:43 FRUIT IN OUR LIVES?' ABSOLUTELY. 18:46 YOU KNOW, HE'S WAITING TO SEE US BE MEEK. 18:50 SOMETIMES THAT'S A HARD THING, ISN'T IT? 18:53 ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST AND YOU 18:55 KNOW EVERYTHING. GOD IS WAITING FOR WHAT? MEEKNESS. 19:03 GOD IS ALSO WAITING FOR LOVE, ISN'T HE? 19:05 HE'S WAITING FOR US TO SHOW TO THE WORLD WHO HE REALLY IS. 19:10 1 JOHN 4:8 SAYS "...GOD IS" - WHAT? - "LOVE." 19:13 AND GOD IS WAITING FOR THAT TO BE SEEN. 19:16 YOU KNOW, I GET AMAZED OF WHAT GOD'S WAITING FOR. 19:21 NOW, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S JUST THE HUSBANDMAN, THE FATHER, 19:25 WHO'S WAITING FOR FRUIT. I THINK ALL OF US NEED TO WAIT. 19:30 THE SAME EXACT PATIENCE THAT THE HEAVENLY FATHER SHOWS ME, AND 19:34 YOU, IS THE PATIENCE I SHOULD BE SHOWING TOWARDS OTHERS. 19:43 THERE'S NO 'AMEN' JUST IF YOU'RE WATCHING. 19:45 THE SAME EXACT PATIENCE THAT THE HEAVENLY FATHER SHOWS US IS THE 19:51 KIND OF PATIENCE WE SHOULD BE SHARING WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 19:53 >>AMEN. >>GOD TELLS US THAT WE NEED WHAT 19:57 KIND OF PATIENCE? LONG PATIENCE. NOW I'D BETTER STOP ON THIS 20:01 SECTION OR I WILL CONTINUE AND WE'LL FINISH UP WITH A SERMON. 20:04 WE NEED TO DO A BIBLE STUDY, OKAY? 20:05 LET'S GO INTO OUR NEXT VERSE - JAMES CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 8 - 20:16 JUST LIKE THE HUSBANDMAN, GOD THE FATHER, IS PATIENT - I LOVE 20:21 THE WAY IT STATES IT HERE - "BE YE ALSO PATIENT;" - AND, OF 20:26 COURSE, THAT'S WHAT WE JUST LOOKED AT - A GREAT CONNECTION 20:28 INTO VERSE 8 - "STABLISH YOUR HEARTS: FOR THE COMING OF THE 20:31 LORD DRAWETH NIGH." BE YE PATIENT ALSO. 20:39 STABLISH YOUR HEARTS - WHY? "FOR THE COMING OF THE 20:43 LORD DRAWETH NIGH." HOW - HOW CAN CHUCK HOLTRY BE PATIENT? 20:49 HOW CAN YOU BE PATIENT? I BELIEVE IT'S IN THIS VERSE. 20:55 "STABLISH YOUR HEARTS:" - YES, WE NEED TO BE PATIENT FOR THE 20:59 COMING OF THE LORD, AMEN. I NEED TO STABLISH MY HEART. 21:03 THAT'S KIND OF AN INTERESTING WORD. 21:05 I'M USED TO SEEING 'ESTABLISH.' AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS 21:08 IN SOME, BUT KING JAMES IS 'STABLISH.' 21:11 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO 'STABLISH' ONE'S HEART? 21:14 I LIKE TO LOOK AT A FEW PLACES AND THEN WE'LL GO AND LOOK AT 21:19 WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD DRAWING NIGH. 21:22 'STABLISH' - ROMANS CHAPTER 16 - ROMANS CHAPTER 16 AND WE'RE 21:27 GOING TO BE LOOKING AT VERSE 25 - ROMANS 16, VERSE 25 - THIS IS 21:42 KIND OF AN ADDENDUM THAT'S BEING ADDED HERE IN THE BOOK OF 21:44 ROMANS. YOU HAVE YOUR AMEN IN VERSE 24 21:46 AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER 'AMEN' IN VERSE 27. 21:48 HERE IN VERSE 25 IT SAYS, "NOW TO HIM THAT IS OF POWER TO 21:53 STABLISH YOU ACCORDING TO MY GOSPEL, AND THE PREACHING OF 21:56 JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO THE REVELATION OF THE MYSTERY, WHICH 21:59 WAS KEPT SECRET SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN," - 22:01 IT CONTINUES IN VERSE 26. VERSE 27 SAYS, "TO GOD ONLY 22:05 WISE, BE GLORY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST FOR EVER. AMEN." 22:07 NOW TO HIM THAT IS GOD - THAT IS OF POWER TO STABLISH YOU 22:13 ACCORDING TO MY GOSPEL. WHO? HOW AM I STABLISHED? 22:17 I'M STABLISHED BY WHO? GOD, ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL. 22:21 YOU KNOW, JAMES 5, VERSE 8 SAID, "STABLISH YOUR HEARTS." 22:25 AND SOMETIMES WE LOOK AND SAY, 'YEAH, HOW IS THAT GOING TO 22:28 HAPPEN? HOW CAN I STABLISH MY HEART? 22:30 I'M A HUMAN BEING. I'VE GOT ISSUES.' THAT'S RIGHT. 22:32 GOD'S GOING TO STABLISH YOUR HEART. ROMANS CHAPTER 16 - 22:36 LET'S LOOK AT ANOTHER PASSAGE HERE THAT CONNECTS WITH THAT. 22:38 1 THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 3 - 1 THESSALONIANS, CHAPTER 3 AND 22:43 WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT VERSE 12. 22:46 "AND THE LORD" - THIS IS 1 THESSALONIANS 3 - I'M STARTING 22:48 IN VERSE 12 - I'LL GO THROUGH TO VERSE 13, "AND THE LORD MAKE YOU 22:51 TO INCREASE AND ABOUND IN LOVE ONE TOWARD ANOTHER, AND TOWARD 22:55 ALL MEN, EVEN AS WE DO TOWARD YOU. 22:57 TO THE END HE" - THAT IS, THE LORD - "MAY STABLISH YOUR HEARTS 23:01 UNBLAMEABLE IN HOLINESS BEFORE GOD, EVEN OUR FATHER, AT THE 23:05 COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH ALL HIS SAINTS." 23:07 THERE'S AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKING PLACE - A 23:10 STABLISHING OF MY HEART, WHICH, BY THE WAY, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN 23:12 THIS IN YOUR SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON. 23:13 STABLISH MEANS WHAT? TO STRENGTHEN - TO SET FIRMLY. 23:18 'GOD, I WANT YOU TO STRENGTHEN MY HEART.' IT SAYS THAT GOD 23:22 STRENGTHENS, IN ROMANS 16, HERE IT SAYS THAT THE LORD 23:24 STRENGTHENS MY HEART - OR STABLISHES - MY HEART. 23:35 I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW 'NIGH' OR 'NEAR' FITS IN. 23:41 JAMES CHAPTER 5, VERSE 8 SAYS THAT "THE COMING OF THE LORD 23:45 DRAWETH" - WHAT? - "NEAR" OR "NIGH." 23:49 HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED HOW HE COULD SAY THAT 2,000 YEARS AGO? 23:54 2,000 YEARS AGO HE SAID, 'THE COMING OF THE LORD DRAWS NEAR. 23:58 HOW CAN THAT BE? I WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH IT A 24:00 LITTLE BIT THIS MORNING AND WE SAY, OF COURSE, THE COMING OF 24:03 JESUS IS CLOSER TODAY THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY, AMEN? 24:06 THE COMING IS A WHOLE LOT CLOSER THIS YEAR IN 24:08 2000-WHATEVER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR. AND IN THAT WAY, YES, 24:14 THE COMING OF THE LORD DOES DRAW NIGH. 24:15 BUT THERE'S ANOTHER WAY. 24:16 YOU AND I CAN LOOK AROUND US AND WE CAN SEE PROPHETIC SIGNS - I 24:20 MEAN, WE'RE SITTING AT A SITE OF A PROPHECY SEMINAR RIGHT NOW - 24:24 AND WE CAN SEE SIGNS ALL AROUND US SAYING WE ARE LIVING WHEN 24:27 MOST OF THESE SIGNS ARE TAKING PLACE - WE ARE COMING CLOSER TO 24:31 THAN WE'VE EVER BEEN TO THE SECOND COMING. 24:34 IT IS NEAR, EVEN AT THE DOORS. BUT THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER WAY. 24:39 I THINK, ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. THINK ABOUT IT. 24:42 WHEN WE DIE, OUR NEXT CONSCIOUS THOUGHT IS GOING TO BE 24:44 THE COMING OF THE LORD. 24:46 SO YOU KNOW - I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, 'YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT - IT'S 24:50 NOT GOING TO BE IN MY LIFETIME.' AND I HAVE TO DISAGREE. 24:54 I MEAN, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN YOUR LIFETIME, 24:56 BUT IN ESSENCE, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE LIFETIME TO BE READY FOR IT. 25:01 YOU ONLY HAVE ONE LIFETIME TO LET THE LORD STABLISH YOU. 25:05 IT'S KIND OF A NEAT THOUGHT, ISN'T IT? 25:07 FOR NONE OF US IS IT GOING TO BE LONGER THAN ONE LIFETIME. 25:11 IT IS, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING. 25:16 I WAS REALLY LOOKING AT THIS SAYING, 'HOW CAN I SAY THIS TO 25:18 MAKE SURE I'M NOT SAYING THE WRONG THING. 25:20 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WE HAVE ONE LIFETIME, AND THEN 25:24 WE SLEEP AND REST PATIENTLY UNTIL THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS 25:27 CHRIST. WE HAVE ONE LIFETIME. 25:30 WHAT A - LET'S DO WHAT WE CAN IN THAT LIFETIME, AMEN? 25:33 AND THAT'S THE PICTURE WE SEE. IT IS DEFINITELY DRAWING NEAR. 25:39 NOW, THIS NEXT SECTION IN JAMES, IS A LITTLE BIT MORE TOUCHY. 25:45 WE'VE LOOKED AT WHAT TO HAVE PATIENCE FOR - 25:47 WHAT DO WE HAVE PATIENCE FOR - FRUIT, RIGHT? 25:53 THERE'S A PATIENCE THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR FRUIT AND WE'RE 25:55 BEING PATIENT ALSO UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD. 25:58 WE HAVE THESE TWO PATIENCES THAT ARE COMING OUT. 26:00 WE'VE LOOKED A LITTLE BIT AT HOW TO HAVE PATIENCE. 26:03 HOW AM I GOING TO DO THAT? I NEED TO WHAT? 26:04 STABLISH MY HEART. WE LOOKED AT THAT. 26:07 AND WHO DOES THAT STABLISHING? GOD DOES. JESUS DOES THAT. 26:11 SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS NEXT PASSAGE IN VERSE - JAMES 26:17 CHAPTER 5, VERSE 9, "GRUDGE NOT ONE AGAINST ANOTHER, 26:22 BRETHREN, LEST YE BE CONDEMNED: BEHOLD, 26:24 THE JUDGE STANDETH BEFORE THE DOOR." 26:27 YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOKED I SAID, 'HOW DOES THIS FIT IN?' 26:30 AND THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS IT FITS IN, BUT I'D LIKE TO 26:33 LOOK AT ONE, IF THAT'S OKAY. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE A GRUDGE? 26:37 DON'T RAISE YOUR HAND. YOU EVER HAD A GRUDGE? 26:43 YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE COULD HOLD GRUDGES BETTER THAN OTHERS. 26:45 BUT I THINK THAT ALL OF US STRUGGLE WITH GRUDGING ONE WAY 26:46 OR ANOTHER. SOMETIMES WE HAVE GRUDGES 26:48 AGAINST PEOPLE WHO HOLD GRUDGES, RIGHT? GRUDGING. 26:53 DO YOU REALIZE THAT IF YOU HAVE A GRUDGE, IT'S A SURE SIGN THAT 26:55 YOU DON'T HAVE PATIENCE. YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? 26:59 IF I'M GRUDGING SOMEONE, IT'S A SURE SIGN THAT I DON'T HAVE 27:02 PATIENCE. BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED 27:05 TO HAVE LONG PATIENCE FOR FRUIT. AND IF SOMEONE IS NOT SHOWING 27:08 THE FRUIT - AND I GET GRUDGING AGAINST THEM BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T 27:10 SHOW THEIR FRUIT, I'M LACKING WHAT? LONG PATIENCE. 27:15 "GRUDGE NOT ONE AGAINST ANOTHER, BRETHREN, LEST YE BE CONDEMNED: 27:19 BEHOLD, THE JUDGE STANDETH BEFORE THE DOOR." 27:22 WOW, WHAT A PICTURE - GRUDGING. 27:26 I WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH THIS A LITTLE BIT. 27:30 A FRIEND OF MINE WAS LOOKING INTO THIS PASSAGE IN JAMES 27:33 CHAPTER 5 AND HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID, "WE NEED, AS CHRISTIANS 27:38 TODAY, WE NEED TO HAVE A LIFESTYLE OF PATIENCE." 27:44 HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF THAT? WE NEED TO HAVE A WHAT? 27:48 A LIFESTYLE OF PATIENCE. IT'S ONE THING TO SAY, 'OKAY, 27:51 I'M GOING TO BE PATIENT FOR MY GARDEN TO GROW.' 27:53 'I'M GOING TO BE PATIENT FOR THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS 27:56 CHRIST.' GOD GAVE ME PATIENCE TO WAIT, BUT THIS IS NOT JUST 28:00 SIMPLY PATIENCE THEOLOGICALLY, THIS IS PATIENCE IN MY LIFE - 28:05 A LIFESTYLE OF PATIENCE. 28:07 IT'S NOT JUST SAYING, 'OKAY, I'M WAITING FOR JESUS TO COME. 28:08 I'M GOING TO WAIT PATIENTLY.' IT'S MORE THAN THAT. 28:12 GOD IS ASKING FOR A LIFESTYLE OF PATIENCE. 28:15 NOW, I CAN'T ASK YOU WHAT IT'S DOING TO YOU, BUT WHEN I THINK 28:18 OF LIFESTYLE PATIENCE, I FEEL CONDEMNED. 28:21 AND I SAY, 'WHO NEEDS TO STABLISH MY HEART?' 28:25 GOD, PLEASE HELP ME, AMEN? MY MOM HAD THIS LITTLE PLAQUE - 28:31 I REMEMBER AS A KID GROWING UP SEEING IT SITTING NEXT TO OUR 28:33 TOASTER OVEN. AND THERE WAS THIS MOTHER WHO 28:36 WAS COMING FROM A CLOTHESLINE WITH A BIG BASKET OF CLEAN 28:39 CLOTHES, AND THERE WAS HER SON COMING IN COVERED WITH MUD. 28:43 AND THE CAPTION ON THE PLAQUE SAID, 'LORD, GIVE ME 28:45 PATIENCE...BUT HURRY!' AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THAT'S 28:51 REALITY, ISN'T IT? I WAS LISTENING TO A SERMON 28:55 RECENTLY AND IT WAS TALKING ABOUT A FAMOUS PREACHER. 28:58 HE WAS A VERY KIND, LOVING MAN, BUT ONE DAY ONE OF HIS FRIENDS 29:02 WALKED INTO THIS PASTOR'S OFFICE AND HE WAS PACING BACK AND FORTH 29:05 INSIDE THAT OFFICE. AND HIS FRIEND SAID, 'WHAT'S WRONG?' 29:08 BECAUSE HE HAD NEVER SEEN HIS FRIEND SO AGITATED BEFORE. 29:10 AND HE SAID, 'I'M IN A HURRY AND THE LORD ISN'T.' 29:15 YOU EVER FEEL LIKE THAT SOMETIMES? 29:17 WE NEED TO BE HAVING A LIFESTYLE OF PATIENCE. 29:22 AND PART OF THAT IS GRUDGING NOT. 29:24 NOW I'M GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME DEALING WITH GRUDGING, JUST 29:26 BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING, I THINK, THAT WE DEAL WITH 29:29 SOMETIMES. AND IT IS A DETRIMENT TO PATIENCE. 29:33 DO YOU MIND JUST TURNING TO A FEW TEXTS WITH ME? 29:36 I LIKE TO LOOK AT LEVITICUS CHAPTER 19 - 29:39 LEVITICUS CHAPTER 19 AND VERSE 18 - 29:48 LEVITICUS 19 AND VERSE 18 - WHILE YOU'RE TURNING THERE - 29:50 YOU'RE ALMOST THERE, YOU KNOW IT SAID THAT WE'RE NOT 29:53 SUPPOSED TO JUDGE BECAUSE THE JUDGE - WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO 29:56 GRUDGE BECAUSE THE JUDGE IS STANDING AT THE DOOR. 29:59 YOU KNOW WHAT I BELIEVE THAT MEANS? 30:03 AT LEAST IN APPLICATION? I BELIEVE IT SAYS DON'T HOLD A 30:06 GRUDGE BECAUSE THE JUDGE IS THERE. 30:08 IT'S FOR HIM TO TAKE CARE OF AND NOT YOU. SIT BACK AND RELAX. 30:11 YOU KNOW, TOO MANY - YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE LOOK AT IT - 'DON'T 30:15 GRUDGE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE JUDGED IF YOU GRUDGE.' AND I 30:18 WON'T DOUBT THAT, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT ANOTHER REASON WE 30:21 DON'T NEED TO GRUDGE IS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN CHARGE. 30:24 WHO'S IN CHARGE? THE JUDGE IS. LET HIM TAKE CARE OF IT. 30:28 LEVITICUS CHAPTER 19 AND VERSE 18, "THOU SHALT NOT AVENGE, NOR 30:32 BEAR ANY GRUDGE AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF THY PEOPLE, BUT THOU 30:36 SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF: I AM THE LORD." 30:41 WOW. DON'T GRUDGE, INSTEAD OF 30:43 GRUDGING WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO? 30:45 OH, NOT JUST LOVE - LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. 30:52 THAT'S THE PICTURE THAT'S BEING PULLED OUT HERE. 30:54 LET'S LOOK AT ANOTHER PASSAGE. 1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 24 AND WE ARE 30:58 GOING TO BE LOOKING AT VERSE 12 - 1 SAMUEL 24 AND VERSE 12. 31:03 THIS IS DAVID SPEAKING TO SAUL WHEN SAUL CAUGHT UP WITH HIM 31:10 TRYING TO KILL HIM. AND HERE'S WHAT DAVID SAYS: "THE 31:14 LORD JUDGE BETWEEN ME AND THEE, AND THE LORD AVENGE ME OF THEE: 31:21 BUT MINE HAND SHALL NOT BE UPON THEE." WHAT A PICTURE. 31:26 IT'S NOT FOR ME TO DO. GOD'S IN CHARGE. 31:28 NOW I WISH DAVID KEPT THAT HIS WHOLE LIFE, AMEN? 31:31 BUT AT THIS POINT THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. 31:33 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE HE'S GIVING US OF GOD. 31:34 GOD'S IN CHARGE, I'M NOT IN CHARGE. 31:37 AND, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD, AREN'T YOU? 31:39 BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU AND I CAN AVENGE OURSELVES ON PEOPLE THAT 31:41 GOD WOULD - IS PULLING AND DRAWING TO HIMSELF. 31:45 AND, AS A RESULT OF US TRYING TO AVENGE OURSELVES, THEY ARE 31:48 PUSHED FURTHER AWAY FROM GOD. LET GOD TAKE CARE OF IT. 31:52 THE NEXT ONE IS FOUND IN JEREMIAH CHAPTER 15 AND VERSE 15 31:56 - JEREMIAH 15:15, "O LORD, THOU KNOWEST:" - I'LL WAIT TILL YOU 32:04 TURN THERE, BUT THOSE FIRST FOUR WORDS ARE BEAUTIFUL - OH LORD, 32:07 YOU KNOW - OH LORD, YOU KNOW. DOES HE? 32:12 DOES HE KNOW WHAT YOU FACE? DOES HE KNOW THE STRUGGLE YOU'RE 32:16 FACING WITH PATIENCE RIGHT NOW? DOES HE KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 32:19 TESTING YOUR PATIENCE RIGHT NOW? DOES HE KNOW THE STRUGGLE 32:22 THEY'RE HAVING? OH LORD - WHAT IS THAT? - 32:25 YOU KNOW. "O LORD, THOU KNOWEST: 32:27 REMEMBER ME, AND VISIT ME, AND REVENGE ME OF MY PERSECUTORS; 32:31 TAKE ME NOT AWAY IN THY LONGSUFFERING: KNOW THAT FOR 32:34 THY SAKE I HAVE SUFFERED REBUKE." YOU KNOW I USED TO READ 32:37 STUFF LIKE THIS FROM JEREMIAH - ESPECIALLY DAVID. 32:39 YOU GET THESE PSALMS OF DAVID - 'KILL HIM FOR ME, GOD, PLEASE.' 32:43 HE DOESN'T QUITE SAY THAT, BUT WHAT IS - YOU HAVE TO REALIZE 32:47 THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT GOD KNEW ALL THINGS. 32:50 AND IF GOD KNOWS ALL THINGS, HE'S GOING TO BE RIGHTEOUS AND 32:54 HE'S GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. IT'S A GOOD THING. 32:57 'OH GOD, YOU KNOW.' LET'S LOOK AT ONE LAST PASSAGE ON THIS AREA 33:01 AND THAT'S ROMANS CHAPTER 12 AND VERSE 19 - ROMANS 12 AND VERSE 33:08 19, "DEARLY BELOVED, AVENGE NOT YOURSELVES, BUT RATHER GIVE 33:18 PLACE UNTO WRATH:" - IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T GET ANGRY - "FOR IT 33:25 IS WRITTEN, VENGEANCE IS MINE; I WILL REPAY, SAITH THE LORD." 33:33 WHY IS VENGEANCE GOD'S? BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE WHO WANTS 33:35 TO HIT SOMEBODY? WHY IS VENGEANCE GOD'S? 33:39 BECAUSE HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THE PROPER PUNISHMENT? 33:41 WHY IS VENGEANCE GOD'S? 'OH LORD, YOU KNOW.' THAT'S IT. 33:48 SO WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH FEELING LIKE GETTING A GRUDGE 33:50 AGAINST SOMEONE, 'OH LORD, YOU KNOW. 33:55 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M FACING, GOD. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE FACING, 33:58 GOD, YOU KNOW.' LET ME BE - CAN I USE THE WORD? 34:03 - PATIENT. LET ME BE PATIENT. 34:08 WE HAVE A GOOD GOD, DON'T WE? I GET EXCITED. 34:13 I - WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND I WAS STARTING TO IMPATIENTLY LOOK FOR 34:19 A SPOUSE, AS SOMETIMES WE DO - 'GOD, PLEASE, IS THIS THE RIGHT 34:26 PERSON?' I WOULD PRAY AND BEG GOD AND 34:27 PRAY AND BEG GOD - AND GOD WAS QUIET. 34:29 YOU KNOW WHY GOD'S QUIET SOMETIMES, BECAUSE HE ALREADY 34:31 TOLD US AND HE DOESN'T NEED TO TELL US AGAIN. 34:33 AND THEN ANOTHER TIME I'D PRAY AND BEG GOD, 'PLEASE, PLEASE' - 34:36 AND I WAS ALL IMPATIENT - 'GOD, I NEED THIS.' AND GOD'S JUST 34:39 SMILING - I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS SMILING, BUT I FELT LIKE IT 34:41 SOMETIMES. 'JUST RELAX, CHUCK, HAVE 34:44 PATIENCE.' I REMEMBER I WAS TALKING TO MY DAD ONE TIME ABOUT 34:49 IT AND HE SAID, 'SON, I HOPE YOU FIND A PATIENT WIFE.' AND I 34:54 DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A COMPLIMENT OR NOT. 34:56 'I HOPE YOU FIND A PATIENT WIFE.' WELL, I PRAISE GOD I DID. 34:59 BUT I FOUND OUT THAT PATIENCE IS NECESSARY. 35:05 AND I TELL YOU THAT PATIENCE MAKES RELATIONSHIPS WORK. 35:10 PATIENCE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THIS, BUT I WAS 35:13 DOING SOME RESEARCH FOR THIS LESSON AND ON - THERE ARE 35:16 ACTUALLY WHOLE SEMINARS FOR PROFESSIONALS - LEADERS - ON HOW 35:20 TO BE PATIENT. PROFESSIONALS GO TO SEMINARS AND 35:25 PAY BIG MONEY TO LEARN HOW TO BE PATIENT. 35:27 AND YOU GOT TO BE HERE FOR FREE TODAY. 35:29 THIS IS FANTASTIC. AND I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THE 35:31 COUNSEL IN THE WORD OF GOD IS BETTER THAN WHAT THEY GIVE. 35:33 WOULD YOU SAY 'AMEN?' PATIENCE IS SOMETHING THAT 35:37 PEOPLE REALIZE IS A KEY TO SUCCESS. 35:40 IF YOU'RE NOT A PATIENT MAN - IF YOU'RE NOT A PATIENT WOMAN, PRAY 35:44 THAT THE LORD WILL STABLISH YOUR HEART. 35:48 THAT HE WILL COME AND GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH THAT IS NECESSARY. 35:51 YOU KNOW, JAMES DOESN'T JUST TELL ME ABOUT WHAT TO HAVE 35:58 PATIENCE FOR. YES, THE COMING OF THE LORD IS 36:01 PART OF IT, BUT I'M HAVING PATIENCE FOR FRUIT. 36:03 AND HE DOESN'T JUST DESCRIBE HOW TO HAVE PATIENCE, BUT HE ALSO 36:07 TELLS ME WHO HAS HAD PATIENCE IN THE PAST AND I CAN LOOK AT THEM 36:10 AND GET SOME IDEAS. JAMES CHAPTER 5 - JAMES CHAPTER 36:15 5 AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR NEXT VERSE, VERSE 10. 36:26 "TAKE, MY BRETHREN, THE PROPHETS." - THERE IT IS - 36:28 "TAKE, MY BRETHREN," - I KNOW THIS - 'MY BRETHREN, LISTEN UP. 36:31 I'VE GOT AN EXAMPLE FOR YOU - "TAKE, MY BRETHREN, THE 36:35 PROPHETS, WHO HAVE SPOKEN IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, FOR AN 36:39 EXAMPLE" - AND IF I JUST STOP THERE WE'D SAY, 'OKAY, GOOD. 36:41 WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO OUT AND SPEAK IN THE NAME OF THE LORD 36:45 AND EVERYTHING'S FINE?' THE PROPHETS ARE OUR EXAMPLE. 36:47 LET'S JUST GO OUT AND GIVE IT TO THEM. BUT IT DOESN'T SAY THAT'S 36:51 WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE THE EXAMPLE FROM. 36:53 IT SAYS, "TAKE, MY BRETHREN, THE PROPHETS," - MY PAGES KEEP 36:58 TURNING - "WHO HAVE SPOKEN IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, FOR AN 37:00 EXAMPLE OF SUFFERING AFFLICTION, AND OF PATIENCE." 37:07 I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE ELIJAH AS MY EXAMPLE SO I CAN GO OUT 37:14 AND BLAST AWAY THE SIN. AND HE SAYS, 'UH UH, EXAMPLE OF WHAT? 37:22 SUFFERING AFFLICTION AND OF PATIENCE.' OH, I WANT THAT. 37:32 I DON'T WANT THE SUFFERING AFFLICTION. 37:33 I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. 37:35 BUT I'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF PATIENCE. 37:37 THE PATIENCE THAT MY CHILDREN WOULD ALWAYS SEE THE CHARACTER 37:40 OF GOD IN THEIR FATHER. HOW ABOUT THAT? 37:42 THE KIND OF CHARACTER - THE KIND OF PATIENCE - SO WHEN I'M 37:46 WORKING WITH MY FRIENDS THEY DON'T SEE MY STRESSED OUT LOOK 37:49 WHEN I'M LIKE, 'UH UH, YOU PUSHED ME TOO FAR.' 37:51 I'M SPEAKING TO PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME. 37:54 I DON'T WANT THAT, I WANT TO HAVE PATIENCE. 37:58 YOU KNOW, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE AND IF I WAS IN A CLASS 38:04 WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF INTERACTION, WHAT I WOULD SAY 38:06 IS, 'COULD YOU GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME PROPHETS WHO 38:09 SUFFERED AFFLICTION AND HAVE GIVEN US AN EXAMPLE OF 38:13 PATIENCE?' AND YOU WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO LIST DOZENS 38:16 TO ME, FROM THE BIBLE. AM I RIGHT? CAN YOU THINK OF AN OLD 38:32 I THOUGHT THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT EASIER. YOU CAN'T. 38:35 WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO SPEAK FOR GOD - WHEN YOU'RE CALLED TO BE A 38:40 SPOKESMAN FOR GOD - WHEN YOU'RE CALLED TO BE AN EXAMPLE FOR GOD, 38:43 DARE I SAY AN AMBASSADOR, AS PAUL SAYS - YOU WILL SUFFER 38:47 AFFLICTION AND YOU WILL NEED PATIENCE. 38:51 BECAUSE I GUARANTEE YOU IT'S PATIENCE AND AFFLICTION THAT 38:53 DETERMINES WHETHER A PERSON IS A CHRISTIAN OR NOT. 38:57 IT IS PATIENCE AND AFFLICTION THAT DETERMINES WHEN A PERSON IS 39:01 A CHRISTIAN OR NOT. I WAS OUT WITH MY FATHER. 39:06 MY FATHER USED TO BE A SALESMAN. 39:07 AND WE WOULD GO FROM PLACE TO PLACE. 39:10 AND I REMEMBER I WOULD IN SUMMERTIME I WOULD GO OUT AND 39:13 TRAVEL WITH MY DAD AND MY DAD IS A PATIENT MAN. 39:17 HE'S NOT PERFECT, BUT HE'S PATIENT. I APPRECIATE THAT. 39:21 AND WE WERE OUT AND MY DAD WAS SELLING HIS PRODUCT THERE AT 39:24 THIS LOCAL STORE AND HE WALKED IN AND THE MAN STARTED ANGRILY 39:29 YELLING AT MY DAD AND CURSING AT HIM. AND MY LITTLE - I DON'T 39:33 KNOW WHAT I WAS - 8 OR 9 YEARS OLD - MY LITTLE HEART WAS NOT 39:36 PATIENT AND IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT WILLING TO SUFFER 39:39 AFFLICTION. AND I GOT UP THERE AND I SAID, 39:41 'HOW COULD YOU SPEAK THAT WAY TO MY DAD?' - 39:43 I DIDN'T SAY IT, I WAS TOO SCARED. 39:45 BUT I WAS FEELING THAT INSIDE. AND MY DAD JUST SAT THERE AND 39:49 LET THIS MAN JUST YELL AT HIM. AND AFTER ABOUT 15 - 20 MINUTES, 39:55 MY DAD CONTINUED WITH WHAT HE WAS DOING. 39:56 THE MAN ENDED UP BUYING HUNDREDS OF - MAYBE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 39:59 WORTH OF PRODUCT FROM MY DAD. NOW, OF COURSE I DIDN'T NOTICE 40:03 IT AT THAT POINT, I LOOK BACK NOW AND SAY, 'MAN, MY DAD'S 40:06 WISE.' PATIENCE, RIGHT? NOW AS I CRAWLED BACK INTO THE 40:10 CAR AND WE'RE TRAVELING BACK DOWN THE ROAD, I LOOKED AT MY 40:13 DAD AND SAID, 'WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING? 40:15 HOW CAN YOU JUST STAND THERE AND LET SOMEONE LIKE - SPEAK TO YOU 40:18 LIKE THAT?' YOU KNOW WHAT MY DAD SAID, 'JUST 40:20 BECAUSE HE GOT OUT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED DOESN'T MEAN I 40:23 HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE WRONG SIDE OF BED.' YOU KNOW WHAT HE 40:26 WAS DOING THERE? TWO THINGS. 40:28 HE WAS LOOKING AT THAT PERSON AND SAYING, 'THIS PERSON IS NOT 40:30 NORMALLY LIKE THIS, MAYBE. MAYBE THEY JUST HAD A BAD DAY. 40:32 HAVE MERCY ON THEM. AND WHY SHOULD I BE UNKIND TO 40:36 SOMEONE WHO'S HAVING A BAD DAY? MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? 40:41 PATIENCE. LONG PATIENCE. 40:45 YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO - THERE ARE SO MANY PROPHETS, I CAN'T TAKE 40:50 THE TIME TO LOOK AT THEM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ONE 40:52 PERSON SPECIFICALLY. IS THAT OKAY? 40:54 LET'S LOOK AT CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 11 - CHAPTER 5, VERSE 11 - 41:02 THERE'S A CHINESE PROVERB THAT SAYS, 'PATIENCE IS A BITTER 41:06 PLANT, BUT ITS FRUIT IS SWEET.' PATIENCE IS A BITTER PLANT, BUT 41:11 ITS FRUIT IS SWEET. JAMES CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 11, 41:16 "BEHOLD WE COUNT THEM" - WHAT'S THAT NEXT WORD? 41:20 - "HAPPY WHICH ENDURE." HAPPY WHICH ENDURE. 41:27 I'M GOING TO STOP WITH THAT. WE'LL GO TO OUR NEXT SENTENCE 41:28 LATER. BEHOLD, WE COUNT THEM HAPPY 41:31 WHICH ENDURE. I LIKE ATHLETICS. 41:34 I LIKE WATCHING RACES - RUNNING, SPECIFICALLY - I AM ALWAYS 41:38 AMAZED AT PEOPLE WHO RUN MARATHONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 41:41 I HAVE FRIENDS WHO DO - ARE ULTRA-MARATHONERS. 41:43 AND WHENEVER YOU SEE A PERSON RUNNING A MARATHON AND YOU CAN 41:46 SEE THEM PUSHING THROUGH THAT WALL THAT YOU HIT AND YOU - I 41:53 CAN'T GO ANOTHER STEP - AND ONLY BY SHEER WILLPOWER DOES ONE FOOT 41:57 GO IN FRONT OF THE NEXT FOOT. THEY'RE ENDURING. 42:01 AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM RIGHT THEN, YOU DON'T THINK OF 42:03 HAPPINESS, DO YOU? DO YOU THINK OF HAPPINESS WHEN 42:07 YOU SEE A PERSON AT THAT POINT? THEIR BODY IS READY TO FALL 42:10 APART IN PAIN AND THEIR MUSCLES ARE GIVING UP. 42:13 DO YOU CONSIDER THEM HAPPY? HAPPY ARE THEY WHICH ENDURE. 42:19 BUT WHEN THEY CROSS THE FINISH LINE, WHEN THEY FINISH AND 42:23 COMPLETE 26.2 MILES, OR WHATEVER LENGTH OF RACE THEY'RE RUNNING, 42:27 HAPPY ARE THEY WHICH ENDURE. 42:31 HAPPINESS IN ENDURANCE MOST OFTEN TAKES PLACE AT THE END. 42:37 NOW THERE IS A JOY IN THE JOURNEY AND I'M NOT GOING TO 42:41 ARGUE THAT, BUT MOST OF THE TIME WE DON'T SEE THE HAPPINESS UNTIL 42:46 THE END. YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO DO 42:49 WHAT'S EASY AND FUN NOW, AND DON'T ENDURE, MOST OF THE TIME 42:54 YOU'RE GOING TO FIND YOURSELF UNHAPPY. IS THAT RIGHT? 42:58 THINK OF THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE WHAT WAS EASY AND 43:00 FUN WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, IN THEIR TEENAGE YEARS AND THEIR 43:04 TWENTIES - THEY DID WHAT WAS EASY, WHAT WAS SIMPLE TO DO AND 43:08 DID NOT TRY TO ENDURE. ARE THEY HAPPY TODAY? 43:13 MOST OF THEM WILL LOOK AT YOU IN THE FACE AND SAY, 'I TRIED AND 43:15 IT DIDN'T WORK. I'M NOT HAPPY.' HAPPINESS COMES IN ENDURANCE. 43:20 HAPPINESS COMES WHEN YOU PUSH IT AS FAR AS YOU CAN, TRUSTING THAT 43:23 GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF WHAT YOU NEED. 43:25 HAPPY ARE THEY WHICH ENDURE. THERE'S A STORY I LIKE TO SHARE 43:31 OF A MAN BY THE NAME OF SHUN FUJIMOTO. I'LL SHARE IT BRIEFLY. 43:35 SHUN FUJIMOTO WAS A JAPANESE GYMNAST IN THE 1976 OLYMPICS. 43:39 HE WAS A GIFTED MAN, PROBABLY ONE OF THE MAIN LEADING GYMNASTS 43:45 ON THE JAPANESE TEAM. THEY WERE IN A BIG BATTLE 43:50 BETWEEN THE RUSSIANS - TRYING TO SEE WHO WAS GOING TO GET THE 43:52 TEAM GOLD MEDAL - DOING EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY COULD. 43:55 AND SHUN FUJIMOTO WAS THE ONE WHO WAS NEEDED TO MAKE IT 43:57 HAPPEN. HOWEVER, SHUN FUJIMOTO FINISHED 43:59 UP HIS FLOOR ROUTINE - HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LEG - 44:02 LIKE AIR ENTERED IN. HE FOUND OUT LATER THAT HE HAD 44:05 CRACKED HIS PATELLA - HIS KNEECAP - EXTREME PAIN. 44:10 BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO TELL ANYBODY BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY 44:12 NEEDED HIM TO WIN. SO HE DECIDED HE WAS GOING TO DO WHAT? ENDURE. 44:16 SO HE WENT AND DID THE POMMEL HORSE ROUTINE AND FINISHED WITH 44:19 A GREAT SCORE. BUT BY THAT TIME PEOPLE STARTED TO NOTICE. 44:24 YOU KNOW, WHAT, THIS MAN'S NOT DOING WELL. 44:27 BUT THE FINAL ROUTINE THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO WAS AN EASY 44:30 ONE UNTIL THE DISMOUNT AND THAT IS THE HIGH RINGS. 44:34 HIS JOB WAS TO GO OUT AND SCORE THE BEST HE POSSIBLY COULD. 44:38 SHUN FUJIMOTO HOBBLED UP TO THE RINGS, WAS LIFTED UP - YOU COULD 44:43 SEE THE PAIN ETCHED ON HIS FACE AS HE WENT THROUGH AN ALMOST 44:45 SPOTLESS ROUTINE AND DID A DOUBLE BACK ON THE WAY OFF AND 44:50 LANDED AND HELD HIS STICK. INCREDIBLE. AMAZING. 44:56 YOU KNOW, HE FORGOT - HERE'S WHAT HE SAID, AND I'M GOING TO 45:00 PARAPHRASE IT - 'I FORGOT MY PAIN AS I LOOKED AT MY GOAL.' 45:08 I FORGOT MY PAIN WHEN I LOOKED FOR MY GOAL. 45:11 HAPPY ARE THEM WHICH - WHAT? - ENDURE. 45:15 LET'S LOOK AT THE LAST PART OF VERSE 11 HERE, "YE HAVE HEARD OF 45:19 THE PATIENCE OF JOB, AND HAVE SEEN THE END OF THE LORD; THAT 45:27 THE LORD IS VERY PITIFUL, AND OF TENDER MERCY." IN OTHER WORDS, 45:29 YOU'VE SEEN WHAT GOD - THE END THAT THE LORD GIVES TO PEOPLE. 45:32 YOU'VE SEEN JOB, YOU'VE HEARD OF HIS PATIENCE AND YOU'VE SEEN THE 45:36 END THAT THE LORD GIVES TO PEOPLE LIKE THAT. 45:39 AND THEN IT SAYS, "THE LORD IS VERY" - WHAT? 45:42 - "PITIFUL, AND OF TENDER MERCY." 45:44 HAPPY ARE YE WHICH ENDURE. DID JOB UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS 45:54 GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES? YOU AND I CAN LOOK AT IT, RIGHT? 45:59 WE CAN LOOK AT JOB CHAPTER 1 AND JOB CHAPTER 2 AND WE REALIZE 46:01 THAT THERE IS THIS UNSEEN GREAT CONTROVERSY GOING ON BEHIND THE 46:04 SCENES. BUT DID JOB KNOW THAT? HE DIDN'T. 46:09 AND SO HE ENDURED PATIENTLY, EVEN THOUGH HE COULDN'T SEE WHY. 46:16 THAT'S THE HARD PART, ISN'T IT? IF I KNOW THAT I CAN FIGHT MY 46:21 RACE THROUGH AND I GET A CROWN AT THE END, YES, I CAN DO IT 46:26 BECAUSE I CAN SEE WHAT THE RESULTS OF MY PATIENCE ARE. 46:30 AND I KNOW THE REASON I'M STRUGGLING IS BECAUSE IT'S 46:32 NORMAL TO STRUGGLE WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING A RACE. 46:35 BUT IT'S HARD, SOMETIMES, TO HAVE PATIENCE WHEN YOU DON'T 46:38 KNOW WHY YOU ARE STRUGGLING. 'WHY GOD?' 46:44 HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE ASKED THAT QUESTION? 'WHY ME? 46:48 WHY THIS TIME?' HAPPY ARE YE THAT ENDURE. 46:52 THAT'S PRETTY ROUGH FOR JAMES TO CONNECT 46:55 'HAPPY ARE YE THAT ENDURE' WITH THE STORY OF JOB. ISN'T IT? 46:59 I DON'T KNOW IF JOB WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. 47:02 NO, I THINK JOB'D UNDERSTAND, DON'T YOU? NOW WHEN - WHEN - 47:07 WHEN GOD CAME DOWN - CONDESCENDED - TO SPEAK TO JOB 47:12 AND SAID, 'JOB, LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY THIS ALL HAPPENED. 47:16 FIRST OF ALL, SATAN CAME UP TO THIS COUNCIL AND HE TALKED TO ME 47:19 AND THEN I SAID TO SATAN YOU CAN DO THIS BUT YOU CAN'T DO THIS.' 47:23 IS THAT WHAT GOD SAID TO JOB? IS THAT WHAT HE SAID? 47:28 WHAT DID HE SAY? 'WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I CREATED THE HEAVENS? 47:33 WERE YOU AROUND WHEN I DID THIS?' 47:35 HE NEVER, EVER SAID, 'JOB, HERE'S WHY YOU WENT THROUGH IT.' 47:39 HE JUST SIMPLY SAID, 'I'M IN CHARGE, JOB. RELAX.' 47:43 'THOU LORD, YOU KNOW.' I THINK THAT'S OUR PHRASE FOR PATIENCE, 47:50 ISN'T IT? 'THOU LORD' - WHAT? - 'YOU KNOW.' JAMES CHAPTER 5, 48:00 YOU SEE IN VERSE 8 - VERSE 7 - BEING PATIENT AND HOW THE 48:05 HUSBANDMAN WAITS FOR PATIENCE. WE'RE WAITING FOR WHAT? FRUIT. 48:09 WHAT KIND OF PATIENCE DO WE HAVE WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR FRUIT? 48:11 LONG PATIENCE. THEN IN VERSE 8, I REALIZED THAT 48:14 HOW I HAVE PATIENCE IS I NEED TO DO WHAT? 48:17 I NEED TO STABLISH MY HEART. PATIENCE IS A LIFESTYLE. 48:24 PATIENCE IS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HERE OR A 48:28 LITTLE BIT HERE. PATIENCE IS SOMETHING THAT I 48:30 HAVE AT ALL TIMES. NOT BECAUSE CHUCK HOLTRY HAS 48:35 PATIENCE IN AND OF HIMSELF - WHO IS STABLISHING MY HEART? 48:39 THE LORD IS. GOD IS. THEN I LOOK AND, OF COURSE THAT 48:43 TAKES IN THE GRUDGING WE SAW IN VERSE 9. 48:45 THEN I LOOK AND I SEE WHO HAS HAD PATIENCE, VERSE 10. 48:48 WHO'S HAD PATIENCE? THE PROPHETS. 48:51 AND WE REALIZE THAT WE CAN'T EVEN THINK OF A PROPHET WHO 48:53 DIDN'T SUFFER AFFLICTION. THEY ALL HAD PATIENCE. 48:56 WHAT AN INCREDIBLE PICTURE WE SEE LAID OUT THERE. 48:59 AND THEN WE FIND OUT THAT THOSE WHO HAVE PATIENCE - THOSE WHO 49:03 ENDURE - I'M PUTTING THOSE TWO TOGETHER EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT 49:06 SYNONYMOUS, THEY'RE CLOSE. THOSE THAT ENDURE - THOSE WHO 49:09 HAVE PATIENCE - END UP BEING WHAT? WHAT'S THE DESCRIPTION? 49:13 HAPPY OR BLESSED, RIGHT? I CAN SAY THAT? 49:20 PATIENCE, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING. 49:28 I'D LIKE TO COMMENT BRIEFLY ON JAMES 5:12 IF THAT'S OKAY. 49:33 AND YOU'RE SAYING, 'CHUCK WHERE DOES THIS TIE IN?' 49:38 YEAH, I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING. 49:40 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING - JAMES CHAPTER 5, LET'S READ IT. 49:42 "BUT ABOVE ALL THINGS, MY BRETHREN, SWEAR NOT, NEITHER BY 49:47 HEAVEN, NEITHER BY THE EARTH, NEITHER BY ANY OTHER OATH: BUT 49:51 LET YOUR YEA BE YEA; AND YOUR NAY BE NAY; LEST YE FALL INTO 49:56 CONDEMNATION." JAMES - THE BOOK OF JAMES - IS 50:03 VERY CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH A SPECIFIC SERMON OF JESUS. WHERE? 50:12 WHAT SERMON OF JESUS IS ALMOST REPRODUCED IN JAMES, BUT A 50:16 LITTLE BIT MORE PRACTICAL - NOT PRACTICAL, BUT IN ANOTHER WAY. 50:19 IT'S THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 50:21 MATTHEW CHAPTER 5, VERSES - MATTHEW 5:6 AND 7 - THAT SERMON 50:26 ON THE MOUNT - IF YOU COMPARE THAT WITH JAMES CHAPTER - JAMES 50:29 1, 2, 3, 4, AND 5 - THE WHOLE BOOK OF JAMES - IT'S AMAZING. 50:32 JAMES IS JUST TAKING THAT SERMON ON THE MOUNT AND APPLYING IT TO 50:36 THE EARLY CHURCH IN A VERY BEAUTIFUL WAY. 50:39 THIS CALL THAT WE'VE SEEN IN VERSES 7 THROUGH 11 FOR 50:43 PATIENCE, THEN WE SEE HERE, IN VERSE 12, ANOTHER QUOTE 50:48 ACTUALLY, NOT QUITE DIRECT FROM THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 50:51 THERE'S THIS TIE THROUGHOUT IT. HOW DO I HAVE PATIENCE? 50:59 THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO HAVE PATIENCE. 51:01 IT'S FOUND IN REVELATION CHAPTER 13. 51:06 REVELATION CHAPTER 13 AND VERSE 10. 51:11 REVELATION CHAPTER 13 - THE FIRST SECTION OF REVELATION 13, 51:16 VERSES 1 THROUGH 9 IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT? 51:20 ABOUT THE FIRST BEAST, RIGHT? 51:21 THIS BEAST IS GOING TO RISE UP OUT OF THE SEA THAT IS GOING TO 51:24 CHALLENGE GOD'S PEOPLE AND, DARE I SAY, EVEN PERSECUTE THEM. 51:28 DO WE HAVE ANY VERSES HERE? ABSOLUTELY. LOOK AT IT. 51:31 IN VERSE 5, "AND THERE WAS GIVEN UNTO HIM A MOUTH SPEAKING GREAT 51:36 THINGS AND BLASPHEMIES; AND POWER WAS GIVEN UNTO HIM 51:39 TO CONTINUE FORTY AND TWO MONTHS." 51:41 SO HERE IS THIS POWER SPEAKING AGAINST GOD - BLASPHEMING. 51:45 AND THEN IN VERSE 7 IT SAYS, "AND IT WAS GIVEN UNTO HIM TO 51:47 MAKE WAR WITH THE SAINTS, AND TO OVERCOME THEM: AND POWER WAS 51:50 GIVEN HIM OVER ALL KINDREDS, AND TONGUES, AND NATIONS." 51:54 WOW, I'VE GOT A POWER THAT'S BLASPHEMING GOD, FIGHTING GOD'S 51:59 PEOPLE AND HURTING THEM. THEN, LET'S LOOK AT VERSE 11, 52:06 "AND I BEHELD ANOTHER BEAST COMING UP OUT OF THE EARTH; AND 52:09 HE HAD TWO HORNS LIKE A LAMB, AND HE SPAKE AS A DRAGON. 52:12 AND HE EXERCISETH ALL THE POWER OF THE FIRST BEAST BEFORE HIM," 52:15 - AND SOME OF YOU ARE SAYING, 'CHUCK, THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO 52:16 BE A PROPHECY SEMINAR.' HOLD ON, THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE 52:20 THAT'S COMING OUT HERE IN REVELATION CHAPTER 13. 52:22 IT SAYS IN VERSE 15 THAT "HE HAD POWER TO GIVE LIFE UNTO THE 52:26 IMAGE OF THE BEAST, THAT THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST SHOULD BOTH 52:28 SPEAK, AND CAUSE THAT AS MANY AS WOULD NOT WORSHIP 52:30 THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST SHOULD BE KILLED." 52:32 MY FRIENDS, THOSE CHRISTIANS THAT ARE FAITHFUL TO JESUS 52:35 CHRIST, WHO REFUSE TO WORSHIP THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST, WILL BE 52:37 TRIED TO BE KILLED - THEY WILL TRY TO. 52:39 I'VE GOT A PERSECUTING POWER - BEAST NUMBER ONE - REVELATION 52:44 13:1 THROUGH 9. I'VE GOT A PERSECUTING POWER - 52:47 BEAST NUMBER TWO - BEAST COMING UP OUT OF THE EARTH - REVELATION 52:50 CHAPTER 13, VERSES 11 THROUGH 18. 52:52 AND IN THE MIDST OF THESE TWO POWERS, NOTICE WHAT IT SAYS IN 52:55 VERSE 10, "HE THAT LEADETH INTO CAPTIVITY SHALL GO INTO 53:00 CAPTIVITY: HE THAT KILLETH WITH THE SWORD MUST BE KILLED WITH 53:03 THE SWORD." - THEN NOTICE THIS PHRASE - 53:06 "HERE IS THE PATIENCE AND THE FAITH OF THE SAINTS." 53:12 WHEN YOU'RE SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES. 53:16 WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE PERSECUTION IS THE CUP THAT GOD HAS GIVEN 53:19 YOU, HERE IS THE PATIENCE AND THE FAITH OF THE SAINTS. 53:24 WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S NO HOPE AND THAT THE WORLD IS 53:27 AGAINST YOU - AND IT WILL BE, MY FRIENDS, IF YOU REMAIN FAITHFUL 53:30 TO JESUS CHRIST - HERE IS THE PATIENCE AND THE FAITH OF THE 53:35 SAINTS. WHAT A PICTURE IS BEING LAID OUT. 53:40 WHY FAITH? WHY PATIENCE? 53:44 YOU KNOW THAT IT'S ALMOST A REPEAT IN ROMANS - EXCUSE ME, 53:47 REVELATION 14:12 14:12 SAYS WHAT? 53:50 HERE IS THE PATIENCE AND THE FAITH OF THE SAINTS. 53:53 HERE ARE THEY THAT KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND HAVE THE 53:54 FAITH OF JESUS. AT BOTH PLACES - IN REVELATION 53:59 14 IT'S RIGHT AFTER THE MARK OF THE BEAST ISSUE. 54:02 HERE'S THE PATIENCE AND THE FAITH OF THE SAINTS. WHY? 54:06 YOU CANNOT HAVE PATIENCE IF YOU DON'T HAVE FAITH. 54:14 THE FRUIT OF FAITH IS PATIENCE. RIGHT? 54:24 I HAVE FAITH THAT GOD'S IN CHARGE. 'OH LORD,' - WHAT? - 54:28 'YOU KNOW.' SO I HAVE PATIENCE. 54:34 I BELIEVE THAT GOD IS THE ONE WHO TAKES VENGEANCE, BECAUSE 54:37 HE'S THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE AND DOES THE BEST FOR EVERYONE. 54:40 SO I HAVE PATIENCE. I BELIEVE THAT GOD CAN DO A 54:46 MIRACLE IN THE HEART OF US. I HAVE FAITH THAT HE WILL 54:50 JUSTIFY ME AND SANCTIFY ME BY FAITH. 54:54 AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I HAVE PATIENCE. 55:00 SOMETIMES, I BELIEVE, YOU AND I, IF WE FOCUS ON OURSELVES, SEE 55:09 ALL THE BATTLES AT EVERY SIDE. WE SEE THE ENEMIES ATTACKING, 55:15 EITHER THROUGH OUR MIND OR THROUGH PEOPLE OR THROUGH 55:18 CIRCUMSTANCES AND WE SAY, HOW AM I GOING TO SURVIVE? 55:21 AND I WANT TO SAY, 'HERE IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS. 55:25 HERE ARE THEY THAT HAVE FAITH. 55:29 THIS IS HOW YOU AND I CAN MAKE IT.' 55:34 I'D LIKE TO CLOSE WITH THIS THOUGHT. 55:39 'HAPPY ARE YE THAT ENDURE.' HAPPY ARE YE, BECAUSE BY FAITH 55:48 YOU AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS AN END TO WHAT WE'RE LIVING IN. 55:52 THERE IS AN END TO THE SUFFERING. 55:54 I WAS SPEAKING TO A GENTLEMAN LAST NIGHT AND HE WAS JUST 55:57 POURING OUT HIS HEART TO ME. HE WAS SAYING, 'CHUCK, YOU KNOW 55:59 WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH.' AND I HAD NO IDEA. 56:02 AS HE SHARED WHAT HE WAS STRUGGLING WITH, MY HEART BROKE. 56:05 I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT HE'S GOING THROUGH. 56:09 HAPPY IS HE IF HE ENDURES. I BELIEVE HE WILL. 56:16 'HERE IS THE PATIENCE AND THE FAITH OF THE SAINTS.' I PRAY 56:25 THAT FOR YOU. I PRAY THAT FOR ME. MAY GOD GIVE US PATIENCE. 56:32 MAY GOD GIVE US FAITH THAT HAS ITS FRUIT IN PATIENCE. 56:36 LET'S PRAY AS WE ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE WITH US. 56:41 FATHER, WE PRAY YOU WILL DRAW CLOSE TO EACH ONE OF US HERE. 56:46 FILL US WITH YOUR SPIRIT. ESTABLISH OUR HEARTS. 56:52 AND FATHER, GIVE US THAT GRACE TO ENDURE WITH PATIENCE BECAUSE 56:59 OF OUR FAITH IN YOU. WE PRAY IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 57:06 >>DID YOU KNOW THAT NOAH WAS PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM? 57:09 OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN THE ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND 57:13 PROBABLY TELLING STORIES ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO. 57:16 FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD TO THE LAST-DAY EVENTS OF 57:19 REVELATION, BIBLEHISTORY.COM IS A FREE RESOURCE WHERE YOU CAN 57:23 EXPLORE MAJOR BIBLE EVENTS AND CHARACTERS. ENHANCE YOUR 57:27 KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIBLE AND DRAW CLOSER TO GOD'S WORD. GO DEEPER. 57:32 VISIT THE AMAZING BIBLE TIMELINE AT 'BIBLEHISTORY.COM'. 57:38 >>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 57:42 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, MAN HAS WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY 57:45 OF THE WEEK. NOW, EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF 57:48 PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE FIRST DAY. WHAT HAPPENED? 57:52 WHY DID GOD CREATE A DAY OF REST? 57:54 DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP? 57:57 WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT? DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND GOD'S 58:01 LAW AND HOW IT WAS CHANGED. 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