1 00:00:00,06 --> 00:00:05,06 The following program is altered by the oval open door church yet when George 2 00:00:05,07 --> 00:00:10,72 Church he's committed to loving God loving people and loving why our doors are open 3 00:00:10,73 --> 00:00:17,25 to whomever no mass required yet when your church is located in downtown area next 4 00:00:17,26 --> 00:00:24,16 to the southwest corner. Welcome to there Rizzo your home where there 5 00:00:24,17 --> 00:00:28,54 is hope is Richard over your pastor of your church and your. 6 00:00:34,06 --> 00:00:40,12 A verse seventeen spoken in pub or seventeen This is bread then join in following 7 00:00:40,13 --> 00:00:45,05 my example that those dubs serve those who walk according to the pattern you have 8 00:00:45,06 --> 00:00:50,87 in us. Now many know all that it says and I should grab this again I mean no says 9 00:00:50,88 --> 00:00:55,25 a bit different Mary the King James brethren be force of me that like the same. 10 00:00:57,36 --> 00:01:04,33 Thing which was so as you have seen for an example. It what is saying is. Rock 11 00:01:04,34 --> 00:01:08,49 stars are violent example I'm setting some possible past speak in 12 00:01:08,50 --> 00:01:11,04 a Says my example and I got 13 00:01:11,05 --> 00:01:16,36 a question for you. Is he talking about his example walking with Christ is that 14 00:01:16,37 --> 00:01:21,49 what he's talking about can you say that can you say 15 00:01:21,62 --> 00:01:26,99 a neighbor a coworker. A student 16 00:01:27,39 --> 00:01:28,64 a grocery clerk or 17 00:01:29,04 --> 00:01:35,74 a gas attendant I want you to walk like I walk with Jesus can you say that 18 00:01:36,52 --> 00:01:41,38 and if you can't see what is there you hold on to that makes then you can say that 19 00:01:41,99 --> 00:01:46,44 the past says that we should follow his example not just his example but others who 20 00:01:46,45 --> 00:01:50,83 are following his example now I want to clarify something to pass 21 00:01:50,84 --> 00:01:56,88 a baby like me to trick question. Did he say be like me 22 00:01:57,84 --> 00:02:04,03 or do you say far my example. The reason I asked that is because pas not say you 23 00:02:04,04 --> 00:02:08,61 have to have the same personality is me he's not saying that you have to be an 24 00:02:08,62 --> 00:02:12,94 apostle like an apostle he's not saying he had to have the same Cohen as me he's 25 00:02:12,95 --> 00:02:14,79 not saying that you just need to be 26 00:02:14,80 --> 00:02:21,62 a duplicate Apostle Paul would he say no is to be an example as he is an example of 27 00:02:21,63 --> 00:02:27,27 following Christ and so we all can have all personalities we all can ever own 28 00:02:27,28 --> 00:02:31,79 callings and in the midst of that we would do things differently but I reflect in 29 00:02:31,80 --> 00:02:32,67 Christ and 30 00:02:32,68 --> 00:02:36,45 a perfect example of that there's somebody as the prophet the calling of 31 00:02:36,46 --> 00:02:38,13 a prophet but then 32 00:02:38,14 --> 00:02:44,45 a can of exhorter and that was part of Pascali if they had that kind of calling are 33 00:02:44,46 --> 00:02:45,30 they going to be maybe 34 00:02:45,31 --> 00:02:51,24 a little more direct when they say they. Are they going to maybe confront sin or 35 00:02:51,25 --> 00:02:56,66 they may be going to challenge more Absolutely but if somebody has the calling of 36 00:02:56,67 --> 00:02:59,54 being a giver they probably don't do 37 00:02:59,55 --> 00:03:04,43 a whole lot of talking to you about how you're living your life where they do. It 38 00:03:04,44 --> 00:03:08,75 is good. Different calling different personality but if somebody is 39 00:03:08,76 --> 00:03:13,70 a giver should they reflect Jesus Christ absolutely somebody is 40 00:03:13,71 --> 00:03:18,23 a prophecy refect Jesus Christ absolutely should they walk in the fruit of the 41 00:03:18,24 --> 00:03:22,80 spirit absolutely different callings if somebody is an evangelist they're going to 42 00:03:22,81 --> 00:03:26,67 act differently to somebody else I was talking to Mike this time but somebody 43 00:03:26,68 --> 00:03:30,44 really lives there that has kind of an evangelist to call right that you called to 44 00:03:30,45 --> 00:03:31,50 say that he has and there's a list 45 00:03:31,51 --> 00:03:36,21 a call so he wants to share with everybody what Jesus done in his life so no matter 46 00:03:36,22 --> 00:03:39,92 who you are he's good he's going to point you towards Jesus and if you're and if 47 00:03:39,93 --> 00:03:43,33 your discipline is because let me tell you what the word says about being 48 00:03:43,34 --> 00:03:47,46 disciplined that guy can give you hope that's his calling now in the midst of 49 00:03:47,47 --> 00:03:53,92 others calling should reflect Christ. So I must share our story 50 00:03:54,21 --> 00:03:58,96 and for those who have this bad habit. It's not really 51 00:03:58,97 --> 00:04:03,82 a bad habit. It's more than that but what is called Bad habit I'm sure store late 52 00:04:04,00 --> 00:04:04,58 and if you have 53 00:04:04,59 --> 00:04:08,97 a bad habit your toes are sticking out and I'm sorry but your toes are sticking out 54 00:04:08,98 --> 00:04:13,69 of her chew and I could pick somebody else's bad habit too by the way the picketing 55 00:04:13,70 --> 00:04:14,21 one was 56 00:04:14,22 --> 00:04:20,08 a perfect example so if somebody has the car to talk about Jesus shared about Jesus 57 00:04:20,09 --> 00:04:20,38 is not 58 00:04:20,39 --> 00:04:25,62 a great calling to have and so I would go out and take some people with me and we 59 00:04:25,63 --> 00:04:29,24 go and we go and find people that are homeless or whomever didn't matter who 60 00:04:29,52 --> 00:04:30,04 displays 61 00:04:30,05 --> 00:04:33,73 a final homeless cause or out been over there but we going to share the gospel with 62 00:04:33,74 --> 00:04:38,53 people in this person love talking about Jesus let me tell you we're past talking 63 00:04:38,54 --> 00:04:43,59 about not to do so we're driving down the road we just look for people off the 64 00:04:43,60 --> 00:04:47,49 street just whoever we see and we share something with them would give them food or 65 00:04:47,50 --> 00:04:50,51 maybe so drive down the road and we get out of the car there's 66 00:04:50,52 --> 00:04:55,10 a guy sitting down to the curb and he looks like he's discouraged when something is 67 00:04:55,11 --> 00:04:58,28 going on with them and they get out we start to share this guy start sharing with 68 00:04:58,29 --> 00:05:02,06 a guy and he starts talking about Jesus can set you free does could deliver you 69 00:05:02,17 --> 00:05:05,78 he's a little reefer judges can set you free and he looks the guy says Do you have 70 00:05:05,79 --> 00:05:12,72 a cigarette. Or cigarette from you. Is if you 71 00:05:12,73 --> 00:05:17,04 turn about Jesus set you free should you be asking for somebody else 72 00:05:17,05 --> 00:05:19,57 a cigarette let me tell you this 73 00:05:20,00 --> 00:05:23,77 a minute about the smoking Jesus set you free should give enough money at least the 74 00:05:23,78 --> 00:05:30,63 buyer cigarettes. So if you are free. To share money to buy your cigarettes OK 75 00:05:31,12 --> 00:05:35,29 this is what he does that was the message she's giving it's 76 00:05:35,30 --> 00:05:41,98 a mixed message cake that you want to put another sin I can but I don't need to I 77 00:05:41,99 --> 00:05:46,51 think you got the point where you got the point is that we reflect Christ Now let 78 00:05:46,52 --> 00:05:50,38 me tell you this get context if you get context if you look at Philippi and we're 79 00:05:50,39 --> 00:05:54,32 not going to read it all because before but we get context how many know the first 80 00:05:54,33 --> 00:05:59,65 seventeen comes after verse sixteen. How many other verse sixteen comes after verse 81 00:05:59,66 --> 00:06:06,09 fifty. When. I mean other Bruce right is where started at so if he say passes for 82 00:06:06,10 --> 00:06:09,80 my example probably should look at Bruce's went through sixteen A C. 83 00:06:09,81 --> 00:06:14,43 Was example it was so that we know what he means by that example and another take 84 00:06:14,44 --> 00:06:18,10 the ten of those verses were discussed summarize it in the first couple first the 85 00:06:18,11 --> 00:06:24,33 part talks about there are christian jews are trying to take Christian Gentiles and 86 00:06:24,34 --> 00:06:29,90 get them into the law and so he says watch out he says Beware he says beware of 87 00:06:29,91 --> 00:06:34,60 doors who would want to put you back into bondage those who want to put you back 88 00:06:34,61 --> 00:06:39,29 into the law if you take our culture today what he said is be wary of those who are 89 00:06:39,30 --> 00:06:42,67 Christians who tell you have to address do this do this in 90 00:06:42,68 --> 00:06:46,12 a certain way and if your knight don't really love Jesus if you enters 91 00:06:46,13 --> 00:06:49,58 a certain color you don't love Jesus if you wear 92 00:06:49,72 --> 00:06:53,82 a certain kind of outfit you don't love Jesus if you eat certain foods you don't 93 00:06:53,83 --> 00:06:55,49 love Jesus if you go to 94 00:06:55,50 --> 00:06:59,99 a movie theater or love Jesus they put all these rumors upon you the same Be wary 95 00:07:00,00 --> 00:07:05,92 of dollars and he says if anybody could be that person it could be me he says the 96 00:07:05,93 --> 00:07:10,75 reason it could be me is because I was the fair see affair sees I was the Jew of 97 00:07:10,76 --> 00:07:13,61 Jews I came from the tribe of blue Benjamin I have 98 00:07:13,62 --> 00:07:19,18 a black line. He said I was circumcised then on the eighth day why because that was 99 00:07:19,19 --> 00:07:23,56 the right day you're supposed to get circumcised if you're Jews he said I was all 100 00:07:23,57 --> 00:07:26,83 those things that he said I count on are in Vanity 101 00:07:27,81 --> 00:07:34,12 a car are useless so if you are going to follow example yes what we can do 102 00:07:34,77 --> 00:07:35,46 we can be on 103 00:07:35,47 --> 00:07:40,88 a pedestal say I'm better than you. Let me tell you that I've had people do that to 104 00:07:40,89 --> 00:07:44,42 me I've turned around to take people out and start the next you know they're not 105 00:07:44,43 --> 00:07:48,57 talking about Jesus you know where they're talking about themselves how good they 106 00:07:48,58 --> 00:07:54,98 are. Don't do that so the example of far from past is not to be to good you talk 107 00:07:54,99 --> 00:07:59,87 about your testimony absolutely you should talk about your testimony but don't make 108 00:07:59,88 --> 00:08:04,24 your. Testimony that because the focus is on you should be the God that delivered 109 00:08:04,25 --> 00:08:04,79 you they give you 110 00:08:04,80 --> 00:08:08,50 a testimony the Apostle Paul talks about some other things the other day that he 111 00:08:08,51 --> 00:08:13,76 talks about he says I forget what lies behind. And I pressed forward to Jesus to 112 00:08:13,77 --> 00:08:16,67 call him that God has for me I press it for because there's going to be 113 00:08:16,68 --> 00:08:18,22 a day that I'm in heaven as 114 00:08:18,23 --> 00:08:21,68 a part time about forgiving those other things that lay behind so if we follow 115 00:08:21,69 --> 00:08:27,68 Jesus this don't get caught up in our past this to God get caught up in the guilt 116 00:08:27,69 --> 00:08:33,73 and the shame and I guy can never use me because I've done this. Does not Apostle 117 00:08:33,74 --> 00:08:39,66 Paul said Pastor padded rod he's turned his turn around having people killed would 118 00:08:39,67 --> 00:08:44,17 it pass a path where he spent all day or he sat in the pews of the church at 119 00:08:44,18 --> 00:08:44,53 a pass 120 00:08:44,54 --> 00:08:51,63 a pass as you know I had Christians killed I had Christian slaughtered. Would 121 00:08:51,64 --> 00:08:55,70 he be out evangelizing. No way Suppose 122 00:08:55,71 --> 00:08:59,65 a process don't think about those things of the past pressed forward to what God's 123 00:08:59,66 --> 00:09:04,14 called you to do then apostle Paul says there's another example to follow he turns 124 00:09:04,15 --> 00:09:09,31 around he says I'm learning to die to self I want to come for I'm to the death of 125 00:09:09,32 --> 00:09:14,55 Jesus experience and others I want to die to self I want that old man to die at 126 00:09:14,56 --> 00:09:18,71 that sinful nature to die I want those bad habits to die I'm going to call those 127 00:09:18,72 --> 00:09:22,91 bad habits in that are sin I want that to die in my life I don't want that to be 128 00:09:22,92 --> 00:09:29,07 part of my life. And so out of it there should be that we look at our life and we 129 00:09:29,08 --> 00:09:34,83 say you know Rod there's certain things I just don't want to do anymore. And you 130 00:09:34,84 --> 00:09:38,76 know it doesn't matter how old you are we could be a little child you could be 131 00:09:38,77 --> 00:09:42,38 a grown adult that's ninety years old how many know that we sometimes do these we 132 00:09:42,39 --> 00:09:45,88 shouldn't do. And the apostle Paul says we should be at 133 00:09:45,89 --> 00:09:49,52 a place that he said I don't want to do those things because I want to give God 134 00:09:49,53 --> 00:09:55,74 glory but here's what he says this is amazing he says I come from to Jesus' death 135 00:09:56,31 --> 00:10:02,40 so I can experience His resurrection power. Do you want resurrection power in your 136 00:10:02,41 --> 00:10:07,80 life do you want victory over sin do you want to be a person that walks 137 00:10:08,29 --> 00:10:14,48 a better life. Then what do you have to do. You have to die 138 00:10:15,39 --> 00:10:21,60 does that mean literal death does God want us to say OK I want you to die. Know all 139 00:10:21,84 --> 00:10:27,44 but what he's talking about is that that bad behavior he wants to die those habits 140 00:10:27,45 --> 00:10:33,54 that he wants to die. So that example would be if you know there's something in 141 00:10:33,55 --> 00:10:35,20 your life that has 142 00:10:35,21 --> 00:10:41,52 a hold of you you're saying I want that to go away and I know that if I have that 143 00:10:41,53 --> 00:10:42,14 go away I have 144 00:10:42,15 --> 00:10:45,55 a resurrection power in my life was the resurrection power you know the 145 00:10:45,56 --> 00:10:50,93 resurrection power is whatever you died to whatever you gave up guess what you have 146 00:10:50,94 --> 00:10:53,25 power over it now there's 147 00:10:53,26 --> 00:11:00,04 a resurrection power so if I if I am. A person of this Roxanne stubbornness. 148 00:11:01,39 --> 00:11:06,19 I just I'm just stubborn I don't know I don't want to do it people ask me to do 149 00:11:06,91 --> 00:11:09,93 anybody ever been that person. Anybody been 150 00:11:09,94 --> 00:11:13,89 a person that they dead has been non-compliant at times sometimes don't do what 151 00:11:13,90 --> 00:11:20,84 you're supposed to do anybody been that person OK great app and when you died 152 00:11:20,85 --> 00:11:26,32 that is you become resurrection power because what happens you're more compliant 153 00:11:26,33 --> 00:11:26,63 you go 154 00:11:26,64 --> 00:11:31,42 a lamb with us is there power in that absolutely and I'll give you an example. 155 00:11:33,26 --> 00:11:34,64 Because I have children I'm a I'm 156 00:11:34,65 --> 00:11:39,27 a I'm going to dress the children and you that I was talking about them I talk 157 00:11:39,28 --> 00:11:46,16 about all of you. Because Roger of God But if mom says if you clean 158 00:11:46,17 --> 00:11:52,03 up your room then we're going to do this. Anybody been 159 00:11:52,04 --> 00:11:54,46 a parent. Anybody been 160 00:11:54,47 --> 00:12:00,66 a child. When man says clamp your room and we will do. We'll go and do 161 00:12:00,67 --> 00:12:07,58 this. Is a something good that's going to happen. Here's mom say if you clear be 162 00:12:07,59 --> 00:12:13,16 a room we're going to do is put you in the closet you know all the mom says she can 163 00:12:13,17 --> 00:12:17,06 put you in the room but put you in the room when mom says to clean up the room 164 00:12:17,56 --> 00:12:22,01 there's going to be something good that happens. And you clean your room what do 165 00:12:22,02 --> 00:12:28,82 you experience the experience goodness and you feel good. Don't we 166 00:12:29,46 --> 00:12:32,89 when we do something that's right and we have the right more don't we feel good 167 00:12:32,90 --> 00:12:37,73 about it afterwards well if I take this part of resurrection power limited 168 00:12:37,74 --> 00:12:42,53 resurrection powers this is what you learn how to write you know you can learn to 169 00:12:42,54 --> 00:12:47,75 clean up your room whether man tells you not. Because it just is good to have 170 00:12:47,76 --> 00:12:52,48 a clean room and to be able to did know that mommy lives at the end and end and is 171 00:12:52,49 --> 00:12:57,74 happy with what you're doing what about knowing that God loves you. Then God is 172 00:12:57,75 --> 00:13:01,40 happy with what you're doing do you know what happens it starts to become 173 00:13:01,41 --> 00:13:05,51 a lifestyle and becomes a lifestyle what happens I start being 174 00:13:05,52 --> 00:13:11,47 a certain way without even thinking about it I become transformed I become changed 175 00:13:11,95 --> 00:13:12,40 and I have 176 00:13:12,41 --> 00:13:19,00 a son and is that I want to do what I do. So the example tonight I will be talking 177 00:13:19,01 --> 00:13:25,50 about praise he should come because I only get ten minutes. Five to ten 178 00:13:25,51 --> 00:13:31,70 minutes if you don't believe in Good God does miracles watch me share in only five 179 00:13:31,71 --> 00:13:36,07 to ten minutes but in ten minutes I have to talk about praise and when there isn't 180 00:13:36,08 --> 00:13:40,85 a talk about is the fact that praise part of praise is not just giving the praise 181 00:13:40,86 --> 00:13:46,67 of their lives per praises our bodies. Given glory to how we live the life that we 182 00:13:46,68 --> 00:13:51,35 live and out of it what happens is that I start to do something I say I'm 183 00:13:51,36 --> 00:13:55,80 a praise God I'm a put this flesh that doesn't want to praise God I'm 184 00:13:55,81 --> 00:13:59,98 a purchase put his flesh under them or praise God whether through my lips or. 185 00:14:00,01 --> 00:14:03,73 Through my actions you know you were experienced if you've learned about praise you 186 00:14:03,74 --> 00:14:07,18 know what happens when you when you start to learn about praise you start to give 187 00:14:07,19 --> 00:14:12,60 God praise is that you learn about resurrection power guess what you learn when I'm 188 00:14:12,61 --> 00:14:18,72 depressed and I'm bummed out and I'm discouraged I praise God and what happens when 189 00:14:18,73 --> 00:14:25,06 I praise God. I feel better right the boss of the I was the praises of his people 190 00:14:25,07 --> 00:14:30,90 so let me give an example of that is that I turn around and I'm in the midst of it 191 00:14:30,91 --> 00:14:35,47 in the midst of sickness and I'm in distant pain all kinds of pain and how me know 192 00:14:35,48 --> 00:14:38,92 when you get in pain you get depressed you get discouraged all those things are 193 00:14:38,93 --> 00:14:43,44 going on in the midst of it and all of a sudden you say you know what I'm 194 00:14:43,45 --> 00:14:45,59 a put on some praise music and 195 00:14:45,60 --> 00:14:50,14 a person worship music and you put the music on maybe you know the worst the songs 196 00:14:50,15 --> 00:14:54,69 you don't know the words the song but you put that music on now I would encourage 197 00:14:54,70 --> 00:15:00,39 to put encouraging music on the put that music and you start listening to the words 198 00:15:00,40 --> 00:15:06,73 you don't know to the rose but it says God is with us. God is on my 199 00:15:06,74 --> 00:15:13,66 side this is he is my hero or. This is I can overcome that victory 200 00:15:13,67 --> 00:15:17,93 through him if you hear words like dad and you discourage in your bum down which is 201 00:15:17,94 --> 00:15:21,70 they're going to do to you is be a resurrection power and you and I have 202 00:15:21,71 --> 00:15:25,26 a son and you study in the roots and the next you know you find yourself that you 203 00:15:25,27 --> 00:15:28,70 start to sing some of those words and there's you know your pride in you saying God 204 00:15:28,71 --> 00:15:34,48 you are my decree God I can be an overcomer because of you your gun I can beat this 205 00:15:34,49 --> 00:15:40,40 district this this disease through you guys I'm Lord I don't care if I beat this 206 00:15:40,41 --> 00:15:44,29 disease or not I'm going to be with you if I die. Never you're 207 00:15:44,30 --> 00:15:49,16 a liar. The words that you do devils you take my life but I'm going to be with 208 00:15:49,17 --> 00:15:54,42 Jesus when you do there's something that happens or resurrection power this goes 209 00:15:54,43 --> 00:16:00,95 the next verse. For many walk of whom I've often told you. I tell you even 210 00:16:00,96 --> 00:16:05,93 weeping that the enemy is the cross of Christ Paul is saying to our doors who are 211 00:16:05,94 --> 00:16:11,01 against the message of the Gospel and if you read the context the context these 212 00:16:11,02 --> 00:16:15,48 were people who claim to be Christians if you read the context he says they're 213 00:16:15,49 --> 00:16:21,46 against the cross of Christ he says many of the law against the gospel now Paul 214 00:16:21,47 --> 00:16:26,39 says that he is the example of fat all because he's following Christ and he says 215 00:16:26,40 --> 00:16:30,73 there's others that are following Christ An example was like them and he says the 216 00:16:30,74 --> 00:16:36,49 others will walk in the opposite which one do you want to be. Which group do you 217 00:16:36,50 --> 00:16:39,91 want to be and guess what we all get a choice do you want to be 218 00:16:39,92 --> 00:16:43,30 a person that reflects the cross of Jesus Christ do you want to be 219 00:16:43,31 --> 00:16:45,86 a person that reflects the love of Christ you would appear to be 220 00:16:45,87 --> 00:16:48,91 a person that reflects the joy of Christ do you want to be 221 00:16:48,92 --> 00:16:51,52 a person that reflects the patience of Christ you want to be 222 00:16:51,53 --> 00:16:56,20 a person reflects those self-control of Christ or do you want to be the person 223 00:16:56,21 --> 00:17:02,99 that's rocket against the message of the cross guess who gets the choice we do camp 224 00:17:03,00 --> 00:17:03,76 are saying you have 225 00:17:03,77 --> 00:17:08,69 a choice right now you can fathom the rock that I'm walking that others are rocking 226 00:17:08,98 --> 00:17:11,95 are you can follow the rock of those or against the cross you get 227 00:17:11,96 --> 00:17:16,85 a choice in the matter next verse. Whose end is destruction. 228 00:17:18,91 --> 00:17:24,31 What happens if you're rocking against Jesus. Destruction comes your life you're 229 00:17:24,32 --> 00:17:28,13 fighting against God was going to happen destruction is going to happen well that's 230 00:17:28,14 --> 00:17:33,71 not true I see people living for the devil all the time they're not destroyed. But 231 00:17:33,72 --> 00:17:38,82 do you know what their heart condition is. Do you know what their mine is do you 232 00:17:38,83 --> 00:17:43,42 think that every person who seeks after money is happy. Do you think every rich 233 00:17:43,43 --> 00:17:49,61 person is happy with the statistics or. The method to 234 00:17:50,09 --> 00:17:56,91 win the lottery take their life. They win the lottery they take their life. So 235 00:17:56,92 --> 00:18:02,09 having money doesn't make you happy chasing money is the chasing God leads to what 236 00:18:02,10 --> 00:18:07,11 leads to destruction because God is the appetite with us talking about the appetite 237 00:18:07,12 --> 00:18:12,66 the desires of the flesh the sins that you want to do how many know that everyone 238 00:18:12,67 --> 00:18:18,76 has a some point of time have run to do a sin. Now I know you use 239 00:18:18,77 --> 00:18:24,11 a spiritual You never want to descend. Where maybe you didn't willfully want to sin 240 00:18:24,12 --> 00:18:29,37 but did you see them and if you say you didn't sin then we need to put you on the 241 00:18:29,38 --> 00:18:35,68 cross. R Us of sin and what I'm talking about is a desire to sin. There is 242 00:18:35,69 --> 00:18:39,44 a time that you got angry and you wanted to get angry knowing that probably you 243 00:18:39,45 --> 00:18:45,09 shouldn't get angry visitor time you ever ate more ice cream that you should of and 244 00:18:45,10 --> 00:18:47,58 God told you not to K. 245 00:18:47,71 --> 00:18:53,84 That's not sin. Listen. If God says you don't eat the ice cream you scream is it 246 00:18:53,85 --> 00:18:58,83 sin is sin for you maybe not somebody else but any time 247 00:18:58,84 --> 00:19:03,34 a bill against God it's then so he says they is those who feed the appetite for 248 00:19:03,35 --> 00:19:07,83 God's appetite to God is that said they they created that sin they desire that sin 249 00:19:08,05 --> 00:19:11,93 maybe you don't want to desire the sin maybe don't want this in your life but guess 250 00:19:11,94 --> 00:19:16,39 what not doing what you can to stop doing this and so people would say I don't want 251 00:19:16,40 --> 00:19:21,66 to do drugs anymore. But they hang around at the crack house. 252 00:19:23,21 --> 00:19:28,11 They're not going to do sensitive don't want to do drugs anymore do you think. That 253 00:19:28,12 --> 00:19:34,98 they don't are pretty stupid. But you know what I really died so why do I 254 00:19:34,99 --> 00:19:41,86 use my example all the time I really don't want to over eat an ice cream. I don't 255 00:19:41,87 --> 00:19:45,60 want all the sugar in my body and I want all the fat in my body just not healthy 256 00:19:45,61 --> 00:19:45,81 did 257 00:19:45,82 --> 00:19:52,65 a lot of ice cream so if I say that then I have to do something about it right one 258 00:19:52,66 --> 00:19:57,90 way I do it because I'm weak and I are probably saying I'm weak to step out of the 259 00:19:57,91 --> 00:20:04,76 twelve steps. Is I don't buy ice cream. And put it in my house 260 00:20:05,48 --> 00:20:10,39 because I put it in my house because sometimes I buy ice cream. And an open house 261 00:20:10,40 --> 00:20:16,33 a political belief or call me finds out. And then I feel really guilty. 262 00:20:17,50 --> 00:20:22,26 And most the time I don't confess it to her. Maybe sometimes like offensive to God 263 00:20:22,26 --> 00:20:27,62 . But try to get away without confessing God up hoping that he did see me do it. 264 00:20:29,43 --> 00:20:33,81 You know I'm going to buy your been down there oh so out of it as I don't put in 265 00:20:33,82 --> 00:20:38,76 the house. I don't feed that appetite for ice cream by putting in the how if I 266 00:20:38,77 --> 00:20:43,31 think more about what God has for me in heaven how probably not of want to embrace 267 00:20:43,32 --> 00:20:49,72 some of the things that's on earth. So some days make people happy. And 268 00:20:49,73 --> 00:20:55,82 in some things are not sent for that make you happy is OK to be happy. Does God 269 00:20:55,83 --> 00:21:00,18 want to sad though I was to be happy was this to be not only of after his but they 270 00:21:00,19 --> 00:21:04,03 have joy and so we have those things in our life and so there's days that we do 271 00:21:04,04 --> 00:21:07,34 that make us happy that make us feel good there's nothing wrong with them as long 272 00:21:07,35 --> 00:21:13,72 as they don't become gods. The Americans all the time said we don't have false gods 273 00:21:13,72 --> 00:21:19,62 . Christian said all the time we don't have false gods let me tell you something 274 00:21:20,58 --> 00:21:26,93 oh August August. I know I can get away with this she's already smiling 275 00:21:27,67 --> 00:21:32,48 Shelley knows what I'm going to do. Because I have permission I don't have 276 00:21:32,49 --> 00:21:33,34 permission I could do 277 00:21:33,35 --> 00:21:40,03 a day off but if you have to rush wrestling in. That state 278 00:21:40,04 --> 00:21:44,02 o'clock or nine o'clock ten o'clock at night whatever time it is pass all you 279 00:21:44,03 --> 00:21:49,63 raised her and she's she's out there if you have to and if you say you got shut 280 00:21:49,64 --> 00:21:54,41 down pretty early she's never done this shutdown for early so I go to wrestling 281 00:21:54,42 --> 00:21:54,78 that is 282 00:21:54,79 --> 00:22:00,99 a god isn't it. Now you picked I mean we picked up Pat raise your hand if you want 283 00:22:01,00 --> 00:22:06,43 me to pick on you OK. So you get a pliant is rich 284 00:22:06,44 --> 00:22:08,21 a sign that there's days on earth instead of an F. 285 00:22:08,55 --> 00:22:11,86 Out of it is whatever it is that we struggle with you know what it is that you 286 00:22:11,87 --> 00:22:16,24 struggle with is that are you worship it instead of worshipping God How many know 287 00:22:16,25 --> 00:22:21,31 in the Bible whatever it tells us not to do they said tells us how to do all we 288 00:22:21,32 --> 00:22:25,32 know the Bible tells us that there are certain things we shouldn't do it will tell 289 00:22:25,33 --> 00:22:30,20 you what things we should do the bible will give us answers it gives us solutions 290 00:22:30,21 --> 00:22:31,57 it gives us this is 291 00:22:31,58 --> 00:22:38,50 a road map for everybody that he. If this Bible forgets doesn't understand 292 00:22:38,70 --> 00:22:42,61 this Babbitts shows me how to live if it shows me how to live in 293 00:22:42,62 --> 00:22:48,51 a custom God who loves me guess what every day God asked of me in this Bible he's 294 00:22:48,52 --> 00:22:50,82 going to empower me to do it and it's going to give me 295 00:22:50,83 --> 00:22:55,17 a better life do you believe that. K. 296 00:22:55,33 --> 00:22:59,78 This will give me a better life oh that means then if I just read this Bible 297 00:22:59,79 --> 00:23:01,08 a fabulous says it's going to give me 298 00:23:01,09 --> 00:23:04,85 a better life so that means my life is is going to be perfect and no troubles will 299 00:23:04,86 --> 00:23:09,46 come my way did I say that I said it gives you 300 00:23:09,47 --> 00:23:11,76 a better right I did say that I was going to make 301 00:23:11,77 --> 00:23:16,08 a life of nice and simple and easy everything else what is the better life the 302 00:23:16,09 --> 00:23:17,06 better life if you're 303 00:23:17,07 --> 00:23:21,16 a Christian what is the better life the better life is to have the Holy Spirit 304 00:23:21,17 --> 00:23:22,33 dwelling in you in such 305 00:23:22,34 --> 00:23:26,92 a way that there's an overflowing power of the Holy Spirit are you there are no 306 00:23:26,93 --> 00:23:29,01 eighteen in here in your life in such 307 00:23:29,02 --> 00:23:34,64 a way that when they throw stones at you to kill you you say go for it I'm not 308 00:23:34,65 --> 00:23:39,89 going to deny Jesus that is the better life to Ridge you need to know Jesus Christ 309 00:23:39,90 --> 00:23:44,17 your Lord and Savior Jesus said Behold I stand at the door and not going to be one 310 00:23:44,18 --> 00:23:49,71 hears my voice and opens the door I will come in robust and thirteen says recalls 311 00:23:49,72 --> 00:23:56,30 upon the name or will be saved. Johnson says you must be born again 312 00:23:56,34 --> 00:23:56,81 X. 313 00:23:56,85 --> 00:24:01,97 Sixteen thirty one says believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved Matthew 314 00:24:01,98 --> 00:24:06,68 want to do says repent you can believe the gospel will you accept Jesus Christ as 315 00:24:06,69 --> 00:24:10,33 your Lord Savior today you want to get more information you can always go to our 316 00:24:10,34 --> 00:24:14,50 website to learn how to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior you can go to 317 00:24:14,51 --> 00:24:18,13 there is hope. 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You know why some people don't love 327 00:25:05,28 --> 00:25:09,54 life they don't love God and they don't love people if you don't have got you don't 328 00:25:09,55 --> 00:25:12,99 love people don't love like let me tell you something else when you have 329 00:25:13,00 --> 00:25:16,65 a life you will have people you'll love God because possibly 330 00:25:16,66 --> 00:25:19,46 a US and out of it if you have our love and 331 00:25:19,47 --> 00:25:23,99 a passion for God and you say GOD I JUST LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART Thank you Jesus 332 00:25:24,00 --> 00:25:28,86 so you've done so much for me that I just love you that what can I do for you 333 00:25:29,58 --> 00:25:33,24 that's what happens when you have true love through our yard What can I DO YOU LOVE 334 00:25:33,25 --> 00:25:37,84 ME How can I love you you know God is going to answer love people that's what he's 335 00:25:37,85 --> 00:25:41,65 going to say he's going to say love me because you already love him anybody know 336 00:25:41,66 --> 00:25:46,18 that the greatest commandment. Love the Lord thy God with all your heart soul mind 337 00:25:46,26 --> 00:25:51,65 and the second greatest commandment is what love others as yourself so loving God 338 00:25:51,66 --> 00:25:55,64 leads to loving people let me tell you if you love God or I love you so much what 339 00:25:55,65 --> 00:26:00,26 can I do he says I want you to love this person over here I want you to love this 340 00:26:00,27 --> 00:26:03,75 person over here I want you to do this for this person here almost Are you start 341 00:26:03,76 --> 00:26:07,43 loving people start loving gun you don't think that you have some fire in you you 342 00:26:07,44 --> 00:26:10,83 know that you have some love in you that you start loving life you excited about 343 00:26:10,84 --> 00:26:14,92 life can I tell you one reason most people aren't excited about life connected most 344 00:26:14,93 --> 00:26:18,83 people aren't excited about life where they chasing the chase now after dig when 345 00:26:18,84 --> 00:26:20,79 you love life there's accent about life when there's 346 00:26:20,80 --> 00:26:24,03 a fire let me tell you if you say I don't have a fire in me why don't I have 347 00:26:24,04 --> 00:26:27,27 a fire even when I'm not excited about life you're probably not loving God loving 348 00:26:27,28 --> 00:26:34,11 people try it just try it if you if you think life is kind of boring 349 00:26:34,44 --> 00:26:38,63 to start saying God help me to love people and let me tell you you will be able to 350 00:26:38,64 --> 00:26:43,09 love people the way God has you to love Him unless you start loving God alone I am 351 00:26:43,10 --> 00:26:45,97 my life and I'm a deadbeat human being I'm 352 00:26:45,98 --> 00:26:50,79 a deadbeat Christian I'm the most boring Christian there is God change me OK you 353 00:26:50,80 --> 00:26:54,52 know what I'm going start loving people who are so used to love me people file 354 00:26:54,53 --> 00:26:59,92 people on loving. You start to love people and they backstab you so what do you do 355 00:26:59,93 --> 00:27:05,28 with that give up yes you do last until you give up but when you start to love 356 00:27:05,29 --> 00:27:09,07 people you realize you don't have the ability when you go till you've got 357 00:27:09,08 --> 00:27:13,23 a God God give me the ability to love people and you know how do you know you do 358 00:27:13,58 --> 00:27:17,87 this to show you how much he loves you and we realize how much he loves you you 359 00:27:17,88 --> 00:27:20,91 can't help but get back to love people so that's 360 00:27:20,92 --> 00:27:27,83 a vision. You have been listening to there is so with Pastor 361 00:27:27,84 --> 00:27:31,34 Richard over through Jesus Christ we can live 362 00:27:31,35 --> 00:27:37,91 a victorious life. Seattle open door church located in period committed to loving 363 00:27:37,92 --> 00:27:43,01 God loving people and loving life Seattle open door church once you know that 364 00:27:43,02 --> 00:27:47,46 regardless of where you've been or what you've done God loves you there doors are 365 00:27:47,47 --> 00:27:52,14 open to anyone and everyone their services are Sunday mornings at eleven Seattle 366 00:27:52,15 --> 00:27:56,19 open door church is located at six twenty five south west one hundred forty ninth 367 00:27:56,20 --> 00:27:59,26 Street in period next to the southwest courthouse.