WEBVTT 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:03.279 Daniel chapter 4 and Acts chapter 12. 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:04.959 Good to have you here tonight. 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:08.240 I'm going to give you the negative first and give you the positive second. 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:10.160 Look at Daniel chapter 4. 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:14.400 And let me give you a uh, if you would, a lead-in to this message. 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:19.920 Daniel chapter 4, and you'll you'll think you'll know the direction, but we're going to switch it opposite just in the middle. 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:21.280 Daniel chapter 4. 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:28.559 And uh notice, if you would, in uh in Daniel chapter 4, there's a there's a king in here that gets a little bit lifted up. 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:31.359 Daniel chapter 4, and look verse 28. 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:35.759 All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar. 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:41.280 At the end of twelve months, he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:49.920 The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon that, what's the next little word? 00:00:50.560 --> 00:01:01.280 You ought to underline that because he made a terrible statement there, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of what's that next little word? 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:06.159 My power, for the honor of my majesty. 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:11.359 That's a that's a that's a terribly tragic statement, which he's gonna find out later. 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:19.519 I'll guarantee you he wishes he would have never said that, although the end result of what God did changed his mind about how great he was. 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:20.000 Amen? 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:28.560 He says, Is not this grabylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom of by the might of my power for the honor of my majesty? 00:01:28.719 --> 00:01:36.159 You know, in Isaiah, Satan, uh the the anointed cherub in the covered, had a problem with talking about what he was going to do. 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:39.599 And here Nebuchadnezzar gets a hold of that, and look at verse 31. 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:52.879 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven saying, Oh King Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken, the kingdom is departed from thee. 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:57.280 And they shall drive thee from men, and you shall be a hippie. 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:05.519 And thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, see, a hippie. 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:07.840 They shall make thee to eat grass. 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:09.840 That's a hippie, as oxen. 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:19.439 And seven times shall pass over thee until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, who giveth it to whomsoever he will. 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:22.800 Now you know the Bible says this that pride goeth before what? 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:26.400 A fallen haughty spirit before destruction. 00:02:26.639 --> 00:02:35.919 The idea here is someone that's lifted up in pride, God has a way of humbling, or if he can't humble him, he takes care of him in a different way. 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:38.319 Look at Acts, if you would, chapter 12. 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:40.159 Acts, chapter 12. 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:48.800 Now, Nebuchadnezzar was humbled, and if you read the story at the end, he exalted and praised the Most High, and he came to his senses. 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:49.360 Amen. 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:55.120 But he had to go out and get eagle's feathers for a while, like hare and claws and all kinds of things, and eat like an ox. 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:59.199 And God showed him who was controlling what was going on in his kingdom. 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:00.400 Acts chapter 12. 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:06.960 There are times, I think, when God says, Well, I don't know if I'm going to be able to, I know I won't be able to get through this, and so I just take care of this one another way. 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:09.599 Look at Acts chapter 12 and notice verse 20. 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:13.599 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon. 00:03:13.759 --> 00:03:21.520 But they came with one accord to him, and having made Blastoise the king's chamberlain, their friend, desired peace because their country was nourished by the king's country. 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:30.159 And upon a set day, Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne and made an oration unto them. 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:32.080 And the people gave a shout. 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:33.439 It was in the script, amen. 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:42.960 You're supposed to shout after the king gave this oration, saying, It is not, it is the voice of a God and not of a man. 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:46.159 Now I guess God was just done with Herod. 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:47.439 Verse 23. 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:51.120 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him. 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:54.159 Because he gave not God the glory. 00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:55.919 And he was eaten of what? 00:03:56.479 --> 00:03:58.080 What a way to go, amen. 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:00.479 And gave up the ghost. 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:06.960 The idea here is Herod was lifted up into thinking he was something that he wasn't, and God took care of him. 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:11.280 Now God took care of Nebuchadnezzar one way, he took care of Herod another way. 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:14.080 Look if you would at 2 Chronicles 26. 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:18.079 I'm going to tell you, it's dangerous to be lifted up in the wrong way. 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:21.120 It's dangerous to be lifted up in the wrong way. 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:23.199 2 Chronicles 26. 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:27.759 Lifted up in pride, thinking that we have done anything. 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:32.079 Without God's help, without God's blessing, without God's power. 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:34.800 And everybody knows that, but I want to show you something in just a moment. 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:37.120 Look at 2 Chronicles 26. 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:40.160 If you know the story, Uzziah here is the king. 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:43.199 He's a king for 52 years in Jerusalem. 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:48.639 And boy, I tell you what, verse 7, the Bible says of 2 Chronicles 26, God helps him. 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:58.160 And he builds towers and he builds many wells and he has much cattle and his vineyards do very, very well, and there's inventions and everything. 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:03.759 In verse 15, it talks about the towers and the arrows that are shot and the stones that are made. 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:05.360 And God marvelously helped him. 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:07.040 But look at verse 16. 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:09.120 But when he was what? 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:09.920 Strong. 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:11.519 His heart was, say it. 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:13.839 Everybody say it, his heart was what? 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:16.399 Lifted up to his what? 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:17.360 Destruction. 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:19.600 Just mark it down beside your verse there. 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:20.879 It was pride. 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:25.439 He was lifted up to his destruction, for he transgressed against the Lord his God. 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:34.399 The Bible says that he goes into the temple of God and he begins to burn incense, but he knew, or I'm sorry, the priest was the only one supposed to burn incense. 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:40.959 And when he comes in, verse 17, Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord. 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:42.399 Eighty men follow him in. 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:43.519 They were valiant men. 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:51.360 And they withstood Uzziah the king and said unto him, It appartaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord. 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:55.600 But to the priests, the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense. 00:05:55.839 --> 00:05:58.560 Go out of the sanctuary, for thou hast trespassed. 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:00.160 Hey, that's pretty point blank. 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:00.959 Go out of here. 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:04.000 You're not supposed to be in here burning the incense, king. 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:08.160 You're sinning, neither shall it be for thine honor from the Lord God. 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:09.600 Verse 19, look at it. 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:11.040 His heart's lifted up. 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:27.680 Then Uzziah was wroth, he was angry, and had a censer in his hands to burn incense, and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord from beside the incense altar. 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:29.680 You say, where'd the leprosy come from? 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:31.680 It came straight from God, amen. 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:36.240 Because his heart was lifted up, and God was displeased with this pride in there. 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:36.959 Verse 20. 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:44.000 And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked upon him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence. 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:46.879 Yea, himself hasted also to go out. 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:48.639 Good move, Uzziah, amen. 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:50.480 Because the Lord had smitten him. 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:53.199 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death. 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:54.879 What we've just read is three accounts. 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:56.879 Nebuchadnezzar was lifted up. 00:06:57.120 --> 00:06:59.600 But he got right later, but God had to deal with him. 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:03.920 Herod was lifted up, and God smote him, and here Uzziah was lifted up. 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:09.120 His own pride caused this leprosy, and his leprosy was there unto the day of death. 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:11.839 So there's a kind of lifting up that is dangerous. 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:13.839 Now look if you would at 2 Chronicles. 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:17.040 2 Chronicles, you're right there, chapter 17. 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:20.160 2 Chronicles, chapter 17. 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:27.439 A little verse here that bears our attention. 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:32.319 Look at verse 1. 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:37.199 Jehoshaphat, his son reigned, and his stead has strengthened himself against Israel. 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:45.759 Goes on down to say he placed garrisons and talks a little bit about how he walked in the first ways of his father David in verse 3. 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:53.600 It says he sought the Lord God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel, talking specifically about Ahab. 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:54.399 Verse 5. 00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:58.879 Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand. 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:02.480 And all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat's presence. 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:05.199 And he had riches and honor in abundance. 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:06.800 I want you to see verse 6. 00:08:06.959 --> 00:08:10.319 Would you underline a little phrase there, a little statement? 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:12.000 And his heart was what? 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:13.279 Wait a minute. 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:23.680 Don't stop there because it's not a heart being lifted up like Nebuchadnezzar's was, or like if you would, uh Uzziah's was, or like Herod's was. 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:28.720 His heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord. 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:38.000 I don't know how you view that statement, but I put out when I read that and studied a little bit, I put out to the side of my Bible confidence. 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:42.000 There's a difference, brethren, between confidence and pride. 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:43.919 Let me say it again. 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:49.600 There's a difference in being lifted up in the ways of the Lord and being lifted up in self. 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:52.159 Lifted up in self is pride. 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:55.039 And God resisteth the proud. 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:56.720 He giveth grace to the humble. 00:08:56.879 --> 00:09:00.799 But here's Jehosaphat, who's lifted up in the ways of the Lord. 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:06.000 There's nothing wrong with saying, I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:07.840 That's confidence, amen. 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:19.360 And I don't know about you today, but as I study the Bible, I see the Holy Spirit putting some statements in this book of men whose hearts were lifted up in the ways of the Lord, and I just want to show you some of them tonight. 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:21.440 Look at Numbers chapter 13. 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:24.799 Numbers chapter 13 and Judges chapter 7. 00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:26.720 Now we can get downtrodden. 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:28.559 Numbers 13, are you turning there? 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:30.960 And Judges chapter 7. 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:35.919 We can get downtrodden and depressed and say, you know, I can't do anything for God. 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:39.840 I think if we read our Bible, humility is one thing. 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:42.240 Humility takes away pride. 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:46.240 But we ought to not lose our confidence in what God can do through us. 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:50.480 Look at Numbers chapter 13 and Judges chapter 7. 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:56.639 And by the way, remember the Holy Spirit wrote this book and put this in here for our admonition. 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:58.720 Numbers chapter 13. 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:04.080 Every once in a while you could have some failures in your life and some shortcomings and some falterings. 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:05.120 And please look up here. 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:07.519 There are times you just make big mistakes. 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:09.200 I've made some big mistakes. 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:11.360 I've made some mistakes this year. 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:17.759 And sometimes God has to come back and say, learn from your mistakes, but don't lose your confidence. 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:20.320 Don't lose your confidence in me. 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:22.159 Look at Numbers chapter 13. 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:24.399 And I just read you one verse as we go through. 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:25.759 Look at verse 30. 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:27.120 Verse 30. 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:33.919 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses and said, Let us go up at once and possess us. 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:36.320 Here's a man who was lifted up in the ways of the Lord. 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:37.039 Look what he says. 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:40.799 For we are well able to overcome it. 00:10:40.960 --> 00:10:42.080 Mark it down, brethren. 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:43.279 That's confidence. 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:45.600 That's confidence in what God can do. 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:47.679 That's confidence that God can do it. 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:50.799 Because the next thing they're said, the men are saying, No, we can't go up. 00:10:51.039 --> 00:10:55.919 Caleb was lifted up in the ways of the Lord and said, You don't, you, we got to look at God's ways here. 00:10:56.240 --> 00:11:00.799 God can cause us to overcome this, and we are well able to go up and conquer. 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:03.200 Look if you would at Judges chapter 7. 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:04.879 Judges chapter 7. 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:07.440 And I'm trying to preach this with a little energy tonight. 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:10.080 You may say, well, you know, I'm just kind of going through the summer. 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:18.480 Brethren, I don't know about you, but there are times when we do some things and go through some things where God has to say, hey, get your confidence back again. 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:21.120 Get your confidence in what I can do through you again. 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:22.399 I've got more for you to do. 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:24.240 I'm going to take you through a new paradigm. 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:29.679 I've got more for you to plan in your life and get a greater confidence in what I can do through you and with you. 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:31.679 Look at Judges chapter 7. 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:32.799 This is Gideon. 00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:35.120 Look at his little statement in verse 15. 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:43.360 And it was so when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and the interpretations thereof that he worshiped and returned into the host of Israel and said what? 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:44.000 Say it. 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:45.679 Everybody say it. 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:46.080 What? 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:46.799 Arise. 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:48.320 It's a vote of confidence here. 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:50.080 He's confident what God's going to do. 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:53.919 For the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:54.879 Please. 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:58.639 His heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord. 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:00.799 Where's your heart tonight? 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:04.399 If it's lifted up in pride, God's going to humble us. 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:09.600 But there's nothing wrong with saying it's not pride, it's confidence. 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:13.279 We ought to have some confidence when we go soul winning. 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:16.720 We ought to have some confidence when we teach Sunday school. 00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:21.679 We ought to have some confidence out there in the business world that God's going to bless what we're doing. 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:24.159 Yes, we're going to make some mistakes. 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:26.000 Yes, God's going to chasten us once in a while. 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:30.559 Brother, we ought to have confidence as Christians and get in our hearts and say, you know what? 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:31.759 It's not over with yet. 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:33.039 I'm not done with it yet. 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:35.759 Or eyes, God's going to do something yet in my life. 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:39.440 Look, if you would at uh Moses, I'm sorry, Exodus chapter 8. 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:40.399 Stay with me. 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:42.000 Exodus chapter 8. 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:44.879 And also, would you pick up Acts chapter 4? 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:48.559 Exodus chapter 8 and Acts chapter 4. 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:52.480 Remember, the Holy Spirit wrote this for our admonition. 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:55.600 Exodus chapter 8 and Acts chapter 4. 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:05.120 Well, I don't know. 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:10.399 I don't know if God could ever use me. 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:15.519 Look at me. 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:18.720 Boy, when he saved me, he didn't get much. 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:24.639 And I don't know. 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:27.679 I don't think God ever wants to use me. 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:30.559 I I wonder if he even likes me. 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:38.960 Oh, honey, God wants to use you. 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:40.879 Oh, I don't know. 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:46.240 He uses other men, but I don't think he wants to use me. 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:49.200 Oh, yes, yes, yes, he does, honey. 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:50.559 He really does. 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:51.519 He can use you. 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:54.480 You you got a you got a lot of things going for you. 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:55.120 No. 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:57.200 I'm just nothing. 00:13:57.600 --> 00:13:59.519 I'm just I'm just nothing. 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:01.279 Here, let me help you, man. 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:09.600 Now knock it off! 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:14.720 Look if you would at Exodus chapter 8. 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:19.200 Where's the confidence of reading your Bible and seeing God can do? 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:23.039 Exodus chapter 8. 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:28.000 If you know the story very well, there's some heavy duty negotiations going on here. 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:30.320 And Moses is dealing with the head of state. 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:35.039 And look if you would at chapter 8, and notice if you would, verse 25. 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:41.039 Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron and said, Go, ye sacrifice to your God in the land. 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:44.000 And Moses said, it is not meet so to do. 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:45.440 You know what Moses says? 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:49.039 No, we're not going to stay here and sacrifice Pharaoh. 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:50.480 That's confidence. 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:54.639 For we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God. 00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:59.840 Lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before your eyes, and will they not stone us? 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:02.399 No, no, no, Pharaoh, here's what we're gonna do. 00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:05.120 We're telling you what we're going to do. 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:12.240 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice the Lord our God as he shall command us. 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:13.360 You know what he's saying? 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:14.960 We're not listening to you, Pharaoh. 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:16.320 We are listening to God. 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:17.279 You know what that is? 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:18.240 Confidence. 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:23.759 That's being lifted up in the ways of the Lord and taking control and doing what God wants him to do. 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:25.759 Look if you would at chapter 10. 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:26.799 Chapter 10. 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:29.200 And notice if you would, verse 8. 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:31.519 Chapter 10 and verse 8. 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:34.320 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh. 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:37.360 And he said unto them, Go, serve the Lord your God. 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:40.720 But but now he's asked them a question, Who are they that shall go? 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:50.080 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds, until we go. 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:51.120 Or will we go? 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:54.320 For we must hold a feast unto the Lord. 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:55.919 Pharaoh said, Who's going to go? 00:15:56.080 --> 00:16:01.600 And Moses said, Lock, stock, barrel, everything that breathes, that's ours is going with us. 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:03.759 And you don't know, but some of yours is going with us too. 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:04.240 Amen. 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:07.679 The idea here is Moses has some confidence built up. 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:11.039 He didn't start that way, but God built that confidence up. 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:16.000 He started at a burning bush, and God worked on him, and he got some confidence, but it wasn't pride. 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:23.440 The Bible says that Moses was a meek man, the meekest of all, if you would, but God gave him some confidence that he could do the job. 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:26.399 Look at verse 24, if you would, verse 24. 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:31.679 And Pharaoh called unto Moses and said, Go, ye, serve the Lord. 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:34.960 Only let your flocks and your herds be stayed. 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:37.440 Let your little ones also go with you. 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:45.600 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God. 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:48.399 Our cattle also shall go with us. 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:51.440 There shall not an hoof be left behind. 00:16:51.679 --> 00:17:00.480 For therefore or thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God, and we must know, and we know not that what we must serve the Lord until we come hither. 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:01.279 You know what he says? 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:03.679 There's not a hoof stay in here, Pharaoh. 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:06.400 We're all gone out, and you're not stopping us. 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:07.839 Please look up here. 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:10.400 It's not pride, it's confidence. 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:13.680 His heart is lifted up in the ways of the Lord. 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:15.440 Somebody says, How do you get that? 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:29.519 You study your Bible, you obey the Holy Spirit, and when we make mistakes, we let him chastise us, we let him see what we do wrong, we we accept him, we don't get depressed too long, and we come back out of it and say, God can use me again. 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:33.200 Look if you would a little bit further and look at Acts chapter 4. 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:34.720 Acts chapter 4. 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:38.160 The Holy Spirit is not a mealy-mouthed individual. 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:39.920 Acts chapter 4. 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:41.359 Yes, he's a God of comfort. 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:42.720 Yes, he's a God of concern. 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:47.759 Yes, he's a God of tears, but he's also a God that knows what's going on and what he's going to do. 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:49.440 Look at Acts chapter 4. 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:51.920 Look if you would at verse number 19. 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:53.279 Verse number 19. 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:55.119 Are you getting the message tonight? 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:56.319 Verse 19. 00:17:56.480 --> 00:18:04.960 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than in God judge ye. 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:09.920 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:12.720 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go. 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:13.200 What? 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:17.200 Because they wouldn't bow down to them, saying, You can't do what you're doing. 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:23.200 You can't open your mouth on the streets, you can't open your mouth in the prisons, you can't open your mouth at work, you can't open your mouth. 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:24.720 They said, Hey, you know what we're going to do? 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:26.480 Look what he says in chapter 5. 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:29.039 Chapter 5, and look at verse 27. 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:35.680 And when they had brought them, verse 27 of chapter 5, they set them before the council. 00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:44.400 And the high priest asked them, saying, Did not we straightly command you that you should not teach in his name? 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:47.839 Behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine. 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:51.599 And then tend to bring this man's blood upon us. 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:53.039 Verse 29. 00:18:53.599 --> 00:19:00.559 Peter, then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than man. 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:02.160 You know what they said? 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:07.200 Their hearts was lifted up in the way of the Lord, and they told them, Don't go out and speak that stuff anymore. 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:14.000 Don't go out and tell them that this Jesus was crucified for us, and now he's risen or by us and now he's risen from the dead. 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:16.160 Don't go out and spread that about us. 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:17.599 Don't go out and preach him anymore. 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:19.759 Don't go out and beg the doctrine upon him anymore. 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:20.799 And they said, you know what? 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:22.079 We're not listening to you. 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:25.680 We're listening to God, and we're going to obey him more than we're going to obey you. 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:26.480 Look up here. 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:27.839 That's confidence. 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:31.119 That's hearts lifted up in the ways of the Lord. 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:34.559 I'm asking you tonight, is your heart still lifted up in the ways of God? 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:41.119 That blew it. 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:42.960 Man, I messed up. 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:44.400 Oh man. 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:46.799 Oh boy, and everybody knows. 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:47.759 Oh boy. 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.759 Oh, what are they gonna think? 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:50.559 What are they gonna think? 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:51.599 What are they gonna think? 00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:57.440 Oh man. 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:02.160 Oh, I'm there. 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:02.799 Let's see. 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:04.000 Where can I go? 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:07.200 Uh yeah, let's see. 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:09.519 Where do you direct me to go, God? 00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:11.200 I know I gotta leave here. 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:14.079 I gotta get out of here. 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.920 They know that I'm weak. 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:17.440 They know that I made mistakes. 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:18.400 Oh man. 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.279 Let's see. 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.559 Oh God, lead me now. 00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:21.920 I know you're leading me to somewhere else. 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:23.920 Oh God, lead me somewhere. 00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:26.160 Oh God, lead me somewhere. 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:28.960 I can't I can't face this anymore, God. 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:32.000 Oh God, lead lead thy servant somewhere. 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:38.799 I know you have a place of refuge for me from this great uh antagonism directed toward me. 00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:40.240 Nobody said a word. 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:47.200 You're allowed to make mistakes here. 00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:54.240 I lost the confidence of my wife. 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:56.319 I've made some mistakes. 00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:58.559 Ma'am, let me help you out. 00:20:58.799 --> 00:21:04.079 If you've got a husband that never makes mistakes, let's go out to the lake and watch him walk on water. 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:07.920 He's gonna make some. 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:12.240 And man, when you make them, don't try to. 00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:17.039 Well, honey, it really wasn't my fault, you know. 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:24.960 It was honey, I blew it. 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:34.799 But I read a lot of in the Bible, and I've been in my Bible a lot, and I see a lot of other guys that have blown it in here, and I think God's grace will supply and be sufficient and everything. 00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:37.359 You know, uh honey, I blew it financially. 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:37.920 I really did. 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:39.839 I I went out and got that thing and we didn't need it. 00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:41.359 But you know what I was reading the other day? 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:49.039 There was a king that hired some mercenaries, and he spent a lot of money on them and everything, and and God came to him through a prophet and said, You know what? 00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:50.640 You're doing wrong, big boy. 00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:52.000 Uh you get rid of them. 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:54.400 And and the and the king said, What about the money? 00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:58.480 And honey, what he said in that Bible was God is able to supply much more than this. 00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:59.759 So I just want you to know I blew it. 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:01.440 But God will take care of us. 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.720 That'll work. 00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:07.599 Some confidence in what we're doing. 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:14.000 Yeah, we have our ups and downs, but brother, we shouldn't walk down and every once in a while stick our head out of the water to see what's going on in the world. 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:18.240 Look, if you were a little bit further, and it gets a little bit more pointed as we go on. 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:19.680 Look at Daniel 3. 00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:20.960 Daniel 3. 00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:22.559 Now, let me remind you of something. 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:30.480 The same Holy Spirit that speaks of love and mercy and gentleness also speaks in this way of confidence. 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.279 Would you agree? 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.880 I'm not reading anything in here. 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:34.799 I'm just reading his words. 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:36.640 Daniel chapter 3. 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:40.880 And notice also if you would pick up Ezra chapter 4. 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:45.119 Daniel 3 and Ezra chapter 4. 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:55.519 I was asked the other day, Pastor Fisher, when you preach, it seems like you use a lot of scriptures. 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:57.039 I said, man, you know why? 00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:59.440 I can't remember jokes. 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:02.319 Now, some guys are good at it. 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:05.440 I mean, they do a great job with using humor to keep people's attention. 00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.400 I'm not against that. 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:09.680 Man, you tell me a joke one day, I forgot it the next. 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:11.200 I'm just not good at it. 00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:17.279 I'm not saying, hey, Brother Turner got up here, and man, I tell you what, he used humor in the right way, and it was great. 00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:21.599 Man, I remember, I'll never forget, uh, new New Life, New Life. 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:22.960 New man. 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.839 New man. 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:25.119