WEBVTT 00:00:00.239 --> 00:00:00.560 Amen. 00:00:00.880 --> 00:00:02.479 Boy, you know, summer's great. 00:00:02.640 --> 00:00:03.839 We all need a summer. 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:06.080 We all need vacations and breaks. 00:00:06.160 --> 00:00:09.519 And uh it's but I'm glad that you're on Facebook. 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:16.000 And if you're on Facebook, uh, I don't have anything bad on Facebook on my Facebook page. 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:18.960 If it does, I'd get rid of it real quick. 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:25.280 But uh, if you're on Facebook, if I'm not your friend, but friend me. 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:27.679 Because I like to keep up with you. 00:00:27.839 --> 00:00:29.600 And I'll be looking and going. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.719 Next thing I know, Susan grabs my phone and starts looking. 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:33.600 I said, What are you doing? 00:00:33.679 --> 00:00:34.880 She said, Well, I want to see Facebook. 00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:37.840 I said, Well, no, I don't have time to look at mine, but she looked at mine. 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:42.399 So if you want to keep up with me and Susan, just Facebook us. 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:48.240 Uh uh, FaceTime us, not Facebook us, I guess, but uh, I'd love to be your friend. 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:49.679 I love to keep up with you. 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:57.439 Uh, I pray for you that way a lot, specifically when you're sharing things that's going on in your life. 00:00:57.679 --> 00:01:00.479 So uh, young people, I'm so excited. 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:02.320 I miss those days. 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:08.560 Uh I had some of the greatest days and times of my ministry at the Gotel camps. 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:18.560 And uh I'm gonna pray that Rick's gonna get his heart right and invite me back to do be the campus pastor one summer in one of the camps. 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:21.359 Uh I used to love being the campus pastor. 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:28.799 I'd hang out with the kids all day and preach to them, love on them, and boy, did we have some great times at Gotel. 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:31.519 Life-changing times, even in my own life. 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:33.519 So I praise the Lord for that. 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:35.040 I want you to turn with me. 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:41.359 Now, by the way, this Wednesday, this Wednesday, uh 11, is that correct? 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:44.959 11 to 4 at uh Lay Lake. 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:49.840 There's sign up sheets in the lobby, directions in the lobby. 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:54.000 For y'all to come down to our lot uh in Lay Lake, Susan. 00:01:54.159 --> 00:01:57.439 I have a place down there, and uh, we love sharing everything we have. 00:01:57.519 --> 00:01:58.799 We don't own anything. 00:01:58.959 --> 00:02:00.000 We really don't. 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:02.400 I'm telling you, we do not own anything. 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:06.719 Everything that God's allowed us to possess is His. 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:08.400 I mean that. 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:14.879 And uh that's why God, I think, has allowed us to have some things because we share them with everybody. 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:19.439 And uh so come be our guest and enjoy the 4th of July. 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:20.479 We're gonna have boating. 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:22.000 We got several boats coming. 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:25.199 Larry's bringing his little island for the kids out. 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:27.120 Uh it's just gonna be awesome. 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:28.879 He's got a pontoon boat too. 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:31.520 I think uh Paul's bringing his speed boat. 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:32.400 I've got a boat. 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:36.560 Uh so and I think uh uh Wade, where's Wade? 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:37.120 Is he here? 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:38.240 I saw him earlier. 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:41.759 He may be doing security today, but there he is. 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:44.080 I think Aren't you coming with a boat too? 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:46.879 We four, yeah, we're gonna have plenty of boats. 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:52.080 Last couple of times we've done this, we've uh we've uh not had enough boats. 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:55.680 Everybody had to wait to ride, so we're gonna have plenty of boat riding. 00:02:55.840 --> 00:03:01.759 You uh enjoy the boat riding on Lake Lake, Wednesday, and uh Susan Scott ported the brain. 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:07.120 We'll have hot dogs and whatever else, and I'm sure somebody's gonna bring a hamburger. 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:08.719 If you do, we'll grill it too. 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:11.360 But the church is providing hot dogs, correct? 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:13.599 And so, but I like hot dogs too. 00:03:13.759 --> 00:03:15.280 But uh, it's gonna be a great time. 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:17.680 We're just gonna have a good time on the 4th of July. 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:22.240 So come uh sign up again, you give them some suggestions. 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:24.479 Uh, it's really easy to get there. 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:28.960 It's 280 all the way down to Children's Burg, take a ride on whatever that highway is. 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:31.680 Uh it's written down, okay. 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:35.120 But old Fayetteville. 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:38.159 Here's the URL. 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:40.159 Yeah, it's written down. 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:45.360 Nehemiah chapter 8. 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:47.599 Nehemiah chapter 8. 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:52.400 And by the way, last night, I don't know how many pieces of I. 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:55.360 Rick, do you have even an idea how much? 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:56.639 About a thousand. 00:03:57.039 --> 00:03:58.479 About a thousand pieces. 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:05.280 We started about what, 4 o'clock, 4 30, and we didn't leave there until about 9 30 last night. 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:08.080 We saw more people during that time. 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:11.599 And let me go ahead, because you're gonna hear about this. 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:13.120 Okay? 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:16.959 I'm gonna go ahead and admit I'm guilty. 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:20.720 I had a church member come up to me last night. 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:23.199 I won't call any names, Suzanne. 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:33.439 But, but, and she said, Pastor Danny, do you know you are parked in front of the liquor store. 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:40.079 Hello? 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:45.839 Yes, I did it on purpose. 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:50.399 It's the best spot in Win Dixie parking lot. 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:53.040 It's where everybody comes by. 00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:56.800 And boy, did we have a good time. 00:04:56.879 --> 00:05:10.800 You ought to see some of the faces going into the liquor store looking at that big yellow bread truck on the very front saying, Jesus is awesome, and they're walking in and then they're walking out. 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:20.079 And I'm saying, God bless you, God bless you, Jesus is awesome. 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:25.759 But we had a blast last night. 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:28.319 I loved our ice cream truck. 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:31.040 In fact, uh there's several churches now. 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:47.040 I saw in the Alabama State Paper, uh, Daddy B, we celebrated Susan's dad's 80th birthday yesterday, and uh uh he showed me in the Alabama paper that there was a big new ice cream truck with another church, and I've had several pastors call me and said, we're gonna do that. 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:47.759 We're gonna do that. 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:48.959 I said, Go do it. 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:51.040 It's the best thing we've ever done. 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:52.240 It really is. 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:58.879 Well, we just finished our series on putting on the armor of God. 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:07.279 And the last thing we dealt with was prayer, verse 18, was not a piece, but was a power for the pieces of armor. 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:13.439 But in verse 17, we said, take the helmet of salvation, the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:22.000 And so after that series, I thought to myself, we can't get past our offensive weapon, the sword of the spirit. 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:36.879 And so this morning, I want to bring to you a message out of Nehemiah chapter 8, which I think is probably one of the greatest chapters of showing you the power of the Word of God. 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:42.959 The power, I've titled the message through the Word of God. 00:06:43.519 --> 00:06:48.160 Do you know there are four great lies in America today? 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:53.519 Lie number one, I will respect you in the morning. 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:55.439 Yeah. 00:06:56.399 --> 00:07:00.079 Lie number two, checks in the mail. 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:07.439 Lie number three, the deliveries on the truck. 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:09.199 Huh. 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:09.839 Yeah. 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:13.279 I've often wondered where in the world is that truck. 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:15.839 Lie number four. 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:20.720 I'm from the IRS and I'm here to help you. 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:28.079 But there's a fifth lie. 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:46.160 And the fifth lie is that you and I can have revival in our own life that we can have a resurgence of all that God is in our life without the word of God. 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:48.639 That is a lie. 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:54.639 Because the sword of the Spirit is our power. 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:59.920 Luke 4.32, the word of God is with power. 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:14.240 And so today I want to show you an event that after the wall had been rebuilt in a miraculous 52 days, the people then call the preacher. 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:19.439 I like that, the people called the preacher to preach the word. 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:24.240 And let's pick up the story in verse 1. 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:56.639 And all the people, now notice not some of the people, but all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the watergate, and they spake unto Ezra, the preacher, the scribe, who had written a lot of the uh Old Testament and written down the word of God, to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel. 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:19.919 And Ezra, the priest, brought the law before the congregation, brought the word of God before the congregation, both the men and women, and all, there's that word again, that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month, and he read therein before the street that was before the water gate. 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:20.799 Now, watch this. 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:30.320 Now, this is a good example or a good indication that these people were not Baptists. 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:32.559 Watch. 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:35.919 From the morning until midday. 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:42.799 In other words, they got there when the sun came up and they didn't leave till afternoon. 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:49.039 We're talking about they came to church for five, six, maybe seven hours. 00:09:49.279 --> 00:09:53.440 Woo! Sounds like an Auburn, Alabama football game. 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:56.159 Hello, just a thought. 00:09:56.799 --> 00:10:06.159 Isn't it amazing how we'll get up early and spend seven, eight hours a ball game, and then if you come to church and go over an hour, you hear griping and grumbling. 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:08.960 Just a comparison. 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:11.679 Huh? 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:15.440 Okay, you know where I'm going today, don't you, huh? 00:10:15.679 --> 00:10:16.240 Amen. 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:19.200 But no, I want you to understand something, folks. 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:25.120 These people were excited about coming to hear the word of God. 00:10:25.600 --> 00:10:26.240 Amen. 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:28.639 They were excited about coming. 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:33.679 And let me say, we've, you know, our church is between 250 and 300 strong. 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:36.799 Now we don't get all 300 every Sunday. 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:41.200 In fact, when we do, we can't put everybody in here, but God's gonna fix that soon. 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:47.519 But but but we have a group of 200 folks that love, that are here faithfully in. 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:53.759 I mean, Sunday in, Sunday out, Wednesday in, Wednesday out, that have a hunger for the Word of God. 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:57.919 And our new Sunday school program and Bible study program. 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:01.759 We, you know, those five rooms, we're gonna need more soon. 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:04.240 And we will when we when we build that gym. 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:06.639 We'll be able to have more Sunday school classes in here. 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:11.840 And and and but what I'm saying is, folks, they had a hunger, and I want you to see this. 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:13.279 I want you to see this. 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:17.679 From the morning until midday before the men and the women and those that could understand. 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:18.639 Now, watch this. 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:22.480 And the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:28.080 In other words, the word attentive there, or the word understand, and the word attentive mean they did two things. 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:29.360 One, they asked for the book. 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:32.960 Number two, they were attentive to the book. 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:37.200 They didn't come because it was a ritual. 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:40.799 They didn't come because it was profitable. 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:47.840 They didn't come for any personal gain other than to learn more about Jehovah. 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:52.000 Jehovah Jirah, the God that provides. 00:11:52.159 --> 00:11:56.559 They had a hunger for the word of God, the Torah, the first five books of Moses. 00:11:56.960 --> 00:12:00.639 They wanted to know what God said to them. 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:07.919 So, with that said, I want us to look at four key things this morning. 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:14.000 The first thing is they desired the word of God. 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:17.200 Now that word desire is a powerful word. 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:25.919 I looked it up and looked at three different places in the Bible, in the old, two in the Old Testament, and two and one in the New Testament. 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:37.759 In fact, Psalm 73, 25 says, There is none upon this earth that I desire more than you, God. 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:39.120 That's what it says. 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:44.000 There is none upon the earth that I desire besides thee, O God. 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:48.480 Now the word there in the Hebrew is Hafiz. 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:50.320 Hafiz. 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:53.919 And it literally means to delight. 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:56.000 It means pleasurable. 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:58.960 It means to be pleased. 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:06.080 It means to be pleased with the delight of what you're doing. 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:07.279 To be pleased. 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:10.960 Not just that you're doing something, but it's pleasurable. 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:11.919 Amen. 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:19.279 Now, for most of you that go to a football game, me included, and I like football, I'm not getting down on football. 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:24.879 It's just that we have two gods in Alabama, false gods, Auburn and Alabama. 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:30.960 Now, I'm not saying that the university is false gods, but what's a false God? 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:32.960 Let me teach, let me tell you what a God is. 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:36.799 Something that you desire as a Christian, you desire more than the real God. 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:39.279 That's a false God. 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:40.240 Amen. 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:44.080 That's the easiest definition if you're a Christian. 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:52.480 But what I am saying, and by the way, both of those great institutions, my wife graduated from the University of Alabama. 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:56.159 Pam and them, you've graduated from Auburn. 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:59.679 I thought, Brent, no, you are a California guy out by Sacramento. 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:06.080 But what I'm saying is, folks, these folks had a desire for the living God. 00:14:06.799 --> 00:14:12.320 They knew that the Bible was his book and they wanted to know everything about him. 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:14.240 They desired the word. 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:17.200 Now, there's another place the word desire is used. 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:19.679 It's used in Psalms 38, verse 9. 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:20.799 Listen to what it says. 00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:25.519 Lord, all my desire is before thee. 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:29.519 Now, it's a different Hebrew word they use there. 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:34.720 And that word is a word that is kind of a little bit different. 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:35.840 It's tafi. 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:40.000 And it literally means, are you ready for this? 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:43.840 It means longing of one's heart. 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:57.039 In other words, when when he made the statement, when the psalmist said, Lord, all my desire is before thee, he was saying, All that I want, all that I long to do is for you. 00:14:58.080 --> 00:14:58.720 Wow. 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:04.480 Now, I have to admit, I'm not sure all the time my desire is that. 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:10.159 Sometimes my desire is longing to do what I want to do. 00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:11.919 Am I the only one? 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:28.960 But the psalmist is saying, all I want to do, and you put the two words together, all I want to do, I long to please you in everything that I do. 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:33.279 Now that's what the word desire here means. 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:39.440 And this is what the people meant when they said to Ezra, Go get the book. 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:41.360 Bring the book. 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:43.759 We want to be pleasing to God. 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:48.559 And the only way we can be pleasing to God is to know what God wants us to do. 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:50.080 Can I get an amen? 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:52.000 And how do we know that? 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:53.360 Through his love letter. 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:56.000 There's one other word for desires used. 00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:57.759 It's in the New Testament. 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:06.799 As newborn babes desire the sincere milk of the word that they may grow thereby. 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:11.519 Now that Greek word is epotheo. 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:17.039 Epipotheo. 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:25.440 And it literally means a longing for to pursue with love. 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:27.440 Now watch this. 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:35.360 That word can be used for good or for bad. 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:44.559 The difference is, if it's used for God, it's a love for and a desire to do what God's called me to do. 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:46.879 I want to be pleasing to Him. 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:56.159 The other word that could be synonym could be used for this Greek word, epepotheo, is lust. 00:16:56.879 --> 00:17:05.680 You can have a lust and a love for the worldliness and the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:11.680 So, desires can be good or desires can be bad. 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:13.119 Can I get an amen? 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:17.359 And it all is determined by what? 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:18.799 Your heart. 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:22.240 And that's why what? 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:27.119 The Solomon said in Proverbs 4.23, guard your heart. 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:28.880 Why? 00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:31.599 For out of it flows the what? 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:34.880 The desires of your life. 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:38.880 The desires for good or the desires for bad. 00:17:39.119 --> 00:17:40.640 It's your choice. 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:45.599 You'll either be pleasing to yourself or you'll be pleasing to God. 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:49.680 That's pretty simplistic, I understand, but it's pretty powerful. 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:55.279 Because you either live to please yourself or to please God. 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:58.880 That's the two choices. 00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:02.720 You say, well, I live to please my husband or please others. 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:05.519 Well, you're again, you're pleasing self. 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:10.240 You should and I should live to please God. 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:12.079 And this is what they wanted. 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:17.440 They desired God with all their hearts. 00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:18.640 Now, watch this. 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:19.759 This is good. 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:23.759 What does it really mean then to desire God? 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:25.279 I'm going to give you four things. 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:29.920 First of all, it means that you love as newborn babes, what? 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:31.119 Say it with me. 00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:32.319 Desire what? 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:35.839 The milk of the word, the word of God, so that we may grow by. 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:40.240 So it means that we are to love the word of God. 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:44.079 We are to love what God's word tells us to do. 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:46.640 And in order to do that, we have to do four things. 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:47.759 Number one, A. 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:52.240 We have to heed it. 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:54.799 We have to heed it. 00:18:55.759 --> 00:19:07.119 The Bible very clearly says that in several verses, he says, and Jesus said in Matthew 13, 9, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:14.000 James 1.22 says, Be ye doers of the word, not hearers only, deceiving your own self. 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:19.359 Revelation 1.3 says, Blessed are they that hear the word of God and read the word of God. 00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:21.200 So first of all, we've got to heed it. 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:23.680 You remember what we say around here about the word? 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:24.720 We say, what? 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:29.279 One, we love it, we learn it, we live it. 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:30.799 Amen. 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:32.480 And you could add another error. 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:34.000 Lecture it. 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:36.319 Talk about it. 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:37.519 Share it. 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:38.480 Amen. 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:41.920 So here we see, all right, notice the second thing. 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:44.799 Not only do we heed it, number two, we hide it. 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:52.400 Thy word have I, come on, you know it, hid in my heart that I might not what? 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:55.039 Sin against thee. 00:19:55.440 --> 00:20:04.480 Joshua 1.8, the book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that's written therein. 00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:06.319 Then shall I make the way prosperous? 00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:08.319 Watch, then shall thy have good success. 00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:23.519 The only place in the Word of God that God says you'll be successful is by in direct relationship to how you take the Word of God, put the Word of God in your heart, hide it in your heart, heed the Word of God, do the Word of God, and He says you will be successful. 00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.759 Third thing. 00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:31.279 Not only do we heed it, hide it, number three, we handle it. 00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:33.119 What does that mean? 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:37.680 Well, you know what Paul said about handling it? 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:40.720 He said, He said, uh study. 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:43.200 Remember what he told Timothy? 00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:48.720 I love this verse because it relates so well to our our uh a one-overse. 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:52.480 In fact, that's the one- of verse, 2 Timothy 2.15. 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:58.000 Study to show thyself to approve unto God a workman that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 00:20:58.240 --> 00:21:02.559 In order, hey, to heed it, to hide it, you gotta study it. 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.359 Amen. 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:06.079 You gotta you gotta put it in your heart. 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:07.680 I can't wait this fall. 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:13.119 Our new series we're gonna kick off in August is hey, experiencing God. 00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:16.559 And I'm gonna be bringing a series on knowing God. 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:18.559 You're gonna be studying in Sunday school. 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:19.440 You don't want to miss it. 00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:20.480 Bible study. 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:22.160 Uh uh Dr. 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:24.319 Blackaby's book on experiencing God. 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:27.440 I went through that workbook, it changed my life. 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:32.720 You're gonna be challenged to really know God like you've never known him before. 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:33.599 But guess what? 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.480 How do you do that? 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:42.799 I was talking to Don outside, and he was talking about he's been witnessing the Mormons, and and I and he was saying, Well, we need a class on apologetics. 00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:44.720 Well, let me tell you what apologetics are. 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:55.920 And I was at the graduate level for almost 14 years, and uh let me tell you what apologetics really the definition of apologetics is defending your faith. 00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:59.440 And in order to defend your faith, though, you gotta know the word of God. 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:02.160 The word of God is your faith. 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:13.359 So if you know the word of God, it's pretty simple that, hey, if you know the word when somebody is telling you something that doesn't agree and add up to the word of God, it's wrong. 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:16.079 Amen. 00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:25.119 So if you know the word of God, you desire the word of God, if you hide it, you heed it, you handle it, you study it, then guess what? 00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:28.799 Number four, you're ready now to hold it forth. 00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:30.880 You're ready to share it. 00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:38.000 He says in Philippians 2.16, holding forth the word of life. 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:43.519 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God. 00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:46.079 1 Peter 4.11. 00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:48.400 Be ready to give an answer. 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:50.400 1 Peter 3.15. 00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:55.519 To every man that asks you the question of the hope that lies in you. 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:59.599 But you can't give something forth if you don't know it. 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:03.119 It's amazing what we do with our phones. 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:06.400 Siri, you ask them questions. 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:11.200 Took my Siri six months to understand my dialect. 00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:15.200 But finally she does. 00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:17.279 Every once in a while, she still messes up. 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:22.640 But really, I mean it's amazing how she can bring it up just like this, just like this. 00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:25.039 Used to, you have to get your cocoards out. 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:27.920 Now all you gotta do is quote a part of the verse, and she brings it right up. 00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:29.599 It's unbelievable. 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.599 Well, guess what? 00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:35.839 What would be unbelievable is that you could bring that verse up. 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:39.920 In fact, Susan used to ask me all the time, honey, where's this verse? 00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:41.680 I'd say, Well, look it up. 00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:44.400 That's the way you learn it. 00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:54.000 Now she says, Siri, where's and I've cheated and done it a couple of times myself. 00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:57.119 But really, this is what we're talking about. 00:23:57.359 --> 00:24:01.599 This is what it means to desire the Word of God. 00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:03.039 Can I get an amen? 00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:05.440 They desired the Word of God. 00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:09.599 Now, now, I gotta give you the little across the case that's not there. 00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:12.160 But the B-I-B-L-E, what? 00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:14.400 B-I-B-L-E. 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:17.599 Now, y'all think that's corny. 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:19.599 You know why you think it's corny? 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:22.880 Because you didn't go to Sunday school early. 00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:26.400 We used to have a song, the B-I-B-L-E. 00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:28.880 That's the book for me. 00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:32.960 I stand alone on the Word of God, the B-I-B-L-E. 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:38.079 Bible! All right. 00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:43.680 I'm gonna tell you why, or what that B-I-B-L-L I means, and then maybe you'll shout it. 00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:45.839 Letter B, it brightens your life. 00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:49.039 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and light unto my path. 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:51.599 Letter I, it instructs my life. 00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:55.920 Establish my footsteps in thy word, and do not let any iniquity have dominion over me. 00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:58.000 Psalms 119, 133. 00:24:58.240 --> 00:25:00.400 Second, letter B, it builds my life. 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:04.799 And now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of grace which is able to build you up. 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:06.319 Acts 20, 32. 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:12.079 Letter L in the word Bible, it liberates you from sin and Satan. 00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:16.000 Sin, I word have a hit in my heart that I might not sin against thee. 00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:24.000 Satan, hey, Revelation 12, 11, and by the blood of the Lamb and the Word of my testimony, they overcame who? 00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:25.279 Satan. 00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.960 And then letter E. 00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:29.440 The word is everlasting. 00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:36.240 Before anything was, God's word was, and after everything will be, God's word still will be. 00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:40.160 For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. 00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:42.720 Psalms 119, verse 89. 00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:47.359 Now do you see why I love the B-I-B-L-E. 00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:55.440 It brightens my life, it instructs my life, it builds my life, it liberates my life from sin and Satan, and it's everlasting. 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:58.559 Now we're gonna try that song again. 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.200 Ready? 00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:03.519 The B-I-B-L. 00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:05.039 Come on. 00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:07.279 That's the book for me. 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:12.160 I stand alone on the Word of God, the B-I-B-L. 00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.920 That's about a C. 00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.880 Come on, guys. 00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:24.160 But that's it. 00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:26.559 We used to do that at camp. 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:29.519 Hey, teenagers, you talking about having fun. 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.559 We had fun. 00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:40.400 But I when they left there that week when I was there, I promise you, I my desire was to create in them a desire for the word of God. 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:43.119 And that's what it is. 00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.160 Number two. 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:52.559 Not only did they desire the word of God, but look at verse 4 and 5. 00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:56.880 They declared the word of God. 00:26:57.359 --> 00:27:00.319 And Ezra, the scribes, stood upon a pulpit of wood. 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:01.759 That's why it's elevated. 00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:04.160 That's why you see this pulpit. 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:06.960 Which they had made for the purpose. 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:09.200 Notice the purpose of this pulpit. 00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:14.400 And beside him stood his other 13 priests that helped him. 00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:16.559 Six on one side, seven on the other. 00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:18.240 And then look at verse 5. 00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:24.480 Then Ezra opened the book, the Word of God, in the sight of all people. 00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.839 I love that. 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.680 All the people were hungry for the Word. 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.640 They were there. 00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:30.880 And he was above all the people. 00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:32.559 He was elevated. 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:35.039 And when he opened it, watch this. 00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:37.200 All the people stood up. 00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:43.759 They stood up in honor of the Word of God. 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:45.599 I know a lot of churches. 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:55.440 I used to, when I was preaching everywhere, sometimes I'd get up and tell them my text and begin to, and as I told them to open the text, they opened it, but guess what? 00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:58.880 Then the whole church would stand up with their Bibles open. 00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:02.160 First time it did me, it kind of shocked me. 00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.279 I went, whoa. 00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:06.079 And then I realized what they were doing. 00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:08.319 And I said, thank you. 00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:16.960 Thank you for the honor that you're giving to God Jehovah and his book, his love letter to you. 00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.920 Thank you. 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:19.359 So they stood up. 00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:21.200 Look what else they did. 00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:24.960 Another good reason they may not have been Baptists. 00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:27.440 The people answered, Amen. 00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.240 Amen. 00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:33.759 You know what the word amen means? 00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.759 So be it. 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:37.359 It's a confirmation. 00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:40.559 In other words, they were confirming the word of God. 00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:50.880 When you say amen, you are confirming that that word, that principle, that direction is real in your life. 00:28:52.559 --> 00:29:00.319 Now you understand why we may not have a whole lot of amens, because it's not real or hey, it's not a confirmation in your life. 00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:10.799 For example, deacon that comes with the boys home sometimes back there, when I say it's time to give our offering and to bring our tithe to the storehouse. 00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:12.160 What does the deacon do? 00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.039 Amen. 00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:15.599 He's the only one that says that. 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:23.279 But it's a confirmation that he knows that truth is real in his life. 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.400 So be it. 00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:28.000 A lot of times we have to say, oh me. 00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:33.440 Because we're convicted of the principle, but we know it's not real in our lives. 00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:35.039 We're not doing it. 00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:38.000 But we know we've been convicted of it. 00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:40.480 And that too could be an amen. 00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:45.839 And it's an amen and thank you, Lord, for showing me the truth that I need in my life. 00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.799 Amen. 00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:48.240 So be it. 00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.599 So that's very important. 00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.880 Look what else they did. 00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:54.720 Not only did they confirm the word, but then they lifted their hands. 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:56.799 Oh my goodness, I have people all the time. 00:29:56.880 --> 00:30:01.519 I just don't think you ought to be loud and saying amen and you ought not to lift your hands. 00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:04.400 I said, my goodness, show me that scripturally. 00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:11.119 Let me tell you, I think, I think there's times to be still and know he's God. 00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:15.920 There's reverent times, but they're cheerleading times too, and I happen to be a part of the cheerleader. 00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:24.559 The Bible very clearly looks, says, lift, they lifted their hands. 00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:26.160 You know what they were doing there. 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:33.359 Hey, they were blessing the Lord for the word of God, saying, Thank you, Lord, for your word. 00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:40.480 In fact, Psalms 106, verse 48 says, I will lift my hands up to thee for the word of God. 00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.039 Blessing. 00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.640 And here's another one. 00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:47.359 Psalms 134, verse 2 says, I will lift my hands in the sanctuary and bless the Lord. 00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:49.039 What are you blessing the Lord for? 00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:50.960 Let me tell you what you're blessing him for. 00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:56.880 For his word, for his presence, for his truth, for who he is to you. 00:30:58.480 --> 00:31:00.559 That is to me and exciting. 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:02.319 Hey, you want to do a wave? 00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:04.400 Well, wave for Jesus. 00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:07.119 Amen. 00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.960 That's what he's talking about. 00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:10.880 And then look what else they did. 00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:13.759 And they bowed their heads. 00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:16.480 They came to the altar. 00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.519 They bowed down. 00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:19.119 They lay prostrate. 00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:22.400 Crying out to God. 00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:24.000 Thanking him. 00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:26.960 Praising him, yes, but praying to him. 00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:28.720 Yes, all of it. 00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:32.319 Honoring who he was. 00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.720 Awesome. 00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.920 Awesome. 00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:39.200 They declared the word of God. 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:47.519 Now, I want you to look at what it does and what I love about the word of God when we declare it. 00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:54.000 Now, turn, well, bring up, Jason, 2 Timothy. 00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:56.880 Go to 2 Timothy. 00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.640 This is awesome. 00:31:58.799 --> 00:32:00.799 Let me show you what the Word of God does. 00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:02.400 It does two things. 00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:05.839 2 Timothy 3, 16. 00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:08.400 It does something for the congregation. 00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:11.359 Each of us individually. 00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.839 I want you to see this. 00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.880 This is awesome. 00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:22.880 In 2 Timothy chapter 3, look at what it does. 00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:41.599 All scripture, not some, is given by the inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect, mature, complete. 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:50.960 In other words, your armor may be on, completely on, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:53.440 So, look at what it does. 00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:55.119 Again, you can't miss this. 00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:56.000 This is powerful. 00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:57.759 It's given by the inspiration of God. 00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:59.759 Look at what it's profitable for. 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:04.640 It's profitable for teaching us doctrine. 00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:06.079 Doctrine is truth. 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:08.079 It means teaching truth. 00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:10.000 Look what else it is. 00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:14.079 Not only is it, hey, for doctrine, but for reproof. 00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:15.519 It's for correction. 00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:17.599 The word of God corrects us. 00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:22.799 That's why you hear your pastor say all the time, a proverb a day keeps the devil away. 00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:27.039 A proverb a day, 31 chapters of Proverbs, you go through it once a month. 00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:29.519 It tells you what to do and what not to do. 00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.200 Powerful. 00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:33.519 It is God's wisdom to you and me. 00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:37.359 God gives wisdom, out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. 00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.880 Proverbs 2, 6. 00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:40.160 So we see that. 00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:45.440 So it teaches us, it rebukes us, and then number three, it corrects us. 00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:53.039 Not only does it rebuke us for doing what's wrong, then it corrects us and it shows us how to do what's right. 00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:55.200 Powerful. 00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:57.839 And then, are you ready? 00:33:58.000 --> 00:34:00.400 Then he says, for instruction in righteousness. 00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.759 It disciples us. 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:16.559 The word of God disciples us, it teaches us the truth so that we will be ready to give an answer when asked of the truth that, hey, lies within us with joy and with excitement. 00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:19.119 Let me say something. 00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:22.239 This book right here is not boring. 00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:25.360 This book is alive. 00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:31.760 It's real, it's powerful, it's quick and sharper than any two-edged sword. 00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:33.920 It is the spirit that quickens. 00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:35.280 The flesh profits, nothing. 00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:40.159 These things, Jesus said, I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life. 00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:42.079 John 6, 63. 00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.960 Amen. 00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:49.199 What a beautiful, beautiful exhortation by Paul. 00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.559 Now, are you ready? 00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:52.880 Let me show you what it does to the church. 00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:54.880 Go to Ezekiel 37. 00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:59.440 I don't know if it's up there, but Ezekiel 37 is a whole chapter. 00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.960 And look at what happens. 00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:09.679 When the word of God is preached in a church, and the hand of the Lord was upon me, Ezekiel said, and he carried me out in the spirit of the Lord. 00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.800 Boy, that's it. 00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:13.360 You need to be carried out in the spirit. 00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:15.599 You need to be walking in the spirit. 00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:17.599 You need to be praying in the spirit. 00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:23.119 We talked about that last week when I brought, if you missed that message on praying in the spirit, please go online. 00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.760 Watch it. 00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:30.800 You got to get that's probably, I think, one of the greatest messages I've preached to my own self about prayer in a long time. 00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:32.079 I needed that. 00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:33.519 I needed that. 00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:35.280 That we need to be praying in the spirit. 00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:39.920 And most of the time we're praying in the flesh and the difference. 00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:50.480 So here we see that Ezekiel said, I'm, hey, I'm in the spirit, and you've thrown me down in the midst of the valley of dry bones. 00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:54.480 Ha ha! Again, the average Baptist church. 00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.559 Dry. 00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.920 No life. 00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:59.119 No excitement. 00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:00.639 Did you hear what the kids said? 00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:01.760 Did you hear what they said? 00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:04.239 Did you get one common denominator out of all that? 00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.840 It's exciting. 00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:11.039 Serving Jesus Christ is exciting. 00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:15.760 I had a lady one time said, I'm not sure it's quite as exciting as you. 00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:18.639 I said, Well, God bless you. 00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:20.320 I love you too. 00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:29.760 But let me tell you, when he becomes alive in you, I don't care if you are an introvert or an extrovert, something's gonna come out. 00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:39.679 I can't help but speak the things that I've seen and heard, Peter said in Acts 4.20. 00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.639 I can't help it. 00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:42.320 I get the can't help it. 00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:51.760 It's not a I don't I don't get up and say, well, it's preaching time, put on this mask and go out and say, Oh, Jesus is awesome. 00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:54.559 No, I wake up, Jesus is awesome. 00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:57.679 I go to sleep, Jesus is awesome. 00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:01.440 And I wear it everywhere I go just to remind me. 00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:13.360 I had that that band really saved me from making a doing something I shouldn't have done the other day on the airplane. 00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:14.800 I did. 00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:18.960 Because the stewardess grabbed my little bag. 00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:21.440 She said, I need your purse. 00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:30.800 I said, I don't have a purse. 00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:36.639 I need that. 00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:38.559 And she was reaching to get it. 00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:47.280 So she, grandma. 00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:49.039 What do you call it? 00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.400 Murce. 00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:51.599 That's what she called it. 00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:52.800 Oh, it's a mirth. 00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:55.599 I said, no, it's not a purse. 00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:58.480 It's a bag. 00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:01.280 I had my bill full on my phone. 00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:02.000 That's it. 00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:03.039 Leather. 00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:04.880 Salt. 00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:09.119 So she grabs my mirth. 00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:13.199 And puts it up in the back. 00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:18.000 I've been wearing that bag. 00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:22.480 For years on every airplane I've ever been on. 00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:30.159 I have never, in all the flights I've ever been on, and I've been on a bunch, had anybody want my nurse. 00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:35.679 I even said, I'll put it behind me. 00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:38.960 Because you're not supposed to be able to fly off. 00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:41.519 She said, no, I'm sorry, you gotta put it up here. 00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:45.199 And then I looked down. 00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:49.280 The Holy Spirit said, You're wearing Jesus' also. 00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:53.760 What would Jesus do? 00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:57.920 I said, Do I have to? 00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.400 Yes. 00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.639 Yes, ma'am. 00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.719 I was good. 00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:06.800 Oh, but inside. 00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:09.360 Now wait. 00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:15.280 Susan's got this big laptop. 00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:20.400 Sitting in her lap. 00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:22.639 I call it a missile. 00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:30.239 I'm telling you, it would have killed you if it if the plane had gone down and that big sucker hit you, you're gone. 00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:33.039 And you know what she says? 00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:36.639 In fact, Susan was gonna be nice and give her the thing to put. 00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:39.039 She said, Oh no, ma'am, you can hold that. 00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:40.079 I went. 00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:48.719 Oh, you're gonna put my little bag up there, and this is gonna sit right by me to kill me if we go down. 00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:59.119 Holy Spirit said, What would Jesus do? 00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:04.880 But I really had to repent there for about 10 minutes because I was mad. 00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:06.880 Oh, I was mad. 00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:09.199 I'm not joking, her computer. 00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:12.320 I'm not exaggerating, it's as big as this pulpit thing right here. 00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:14.079 Oh no, you can keep it. 00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:16.559 And I just looked at her. 00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:17.039 I did. 00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:17.840 I just went. 00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:29.760 I don't know why I told you that story. 00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:35.519 I needed to confess. 00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:36.159 That's it. 00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:36.719 I come. 00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:38.639 You've been my priest this morning. 00:40:38.800 --> 00:40:40.639 I needed to get that off my chest. 00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:42.320 God, I bless you, Lord. 00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:43.119 Amen. 00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:50.239 But now notice Elijah. 00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:52.400 Not Elijah. 00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:53.280 Zeke. 00:40:53.760 --> 00:40:56.239 Ezra said, What am I gonna do? 00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:58.079 I'm in a bunch of dead bones. 00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:59.039 They're not alive. 00:40:59.199 --> 00:41:00.000 Notice what he says. 00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:02.239 This is awesome, verse 4, three times. 00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:03.679 He says, Prophesy. 00:41:03.760 --> 00:41:05.119 That word there means preach. 00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:08.639 And he preached and the dry bones heard the word of the Lord. 00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:13.840 And hey, verse 5, breath entered into them that they could live. 00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:16.239 So he preached, and life came into them. 00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:17.280 Look at verse 7. 00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:18.880 Now what do I do, Lord? 00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:21.440 Preach again as I was commanded. 00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:29.360 And I preached, and there was a noise, and behold, a shaking, and the bones came together, behold, hey, his bones. 00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:34.639 In other words, not only was there life to the body, now unity came to the body. 00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:38.719 They came together, toe bones connected to the footbone. 00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:43.280 And then look what else happened. 00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:44.400 Verse 10. 00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:47.039 And what I do now, hey, there's life. 00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:48.079 We're all coming together. 00:41:48.239 --> 00:41:49.599 Then he says, preach. 00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:51.599 As he commanded. 00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:55.519 And breath came into them, and they lived and stood up upon the feet. 00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:57.840 An exceeding army. 00:41:59.360 --> 00:42:02.239 God takes the word of God and he brings life to us. 00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:13.119 Then he brings us together and we become an army to reach Chelsea and Westover and this surrounding area with the gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:14.000 The good news. 00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:20.800 Number three. 00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:29.360 So for the church, it builds an army. 00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:32.559 They desired the word, they declared the word. 00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:35.199 And number three, they were dedicated to the word. 00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:37.440 Why were they dedicated to the word? 00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:41.519 Don't you miss this in John chapter 1, verses 1 through 3? 00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:43.360 Listen to what it says. 00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:49.519 In the beginning was the word, the word was with God, and the word was God. 00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:52.480 And the same was in the beginning with God. 00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:56.960 All things were made by him, and without him was not anything made that was made. 00:42:58.159 --> 00:42:59.840 So what does that mean? 00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:08.320 First of all, it literally means that the word of God, I love this, the word of God is eternal. 00:43:08.800 --> 00:43:10.960 Before anything was, his word was. 00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:14.400 After everything will be, his word still will be. 00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:20.079 Psalms 119, 89, forever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. 00:43:20.239 --> 00:43:24.400 The grass withest, the flower faded, but the word of God shall stand forever. 00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:25.920 Isaiah 48. 00:43:28.639 --> 00:43:32.079 Secondly, not only is the word eternal, it's created. 00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:42.639 Psalms 33, 6 says, the, hey, and the world, actually, he says, and by the word of God the heavens were made. 00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:49.039 Genesis 1 3, God said, Let there be light, and there was light. 00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:57.679 So Hebrews 11 3, and we understand that through the word of God, the world was created. 00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:05.280 So, not only do we see that the word of God is eternal, it's creative. 00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:09.199 And then look at verse 14 in John chapter 1. 00:44:09.519 --> 00:44:18.400 And the word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory of the only begotten Son of the living God. 00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:23.679 Hey, not only do we see that it was eternal, creative, but it was incarnate. 00:44:23.920 --> 00:44:26.880 And was Jesus Himself, the Logos. 00:44:32.239 --> 00:44:47.679 So when you're praying and in the spirit, you're praying with who God is, who Christ is, what He is, all that He is, all His characteristics, all His attributes, all His power. 00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:50.400 His word is with power. 00:44:51.679 --> 00:44:53.360 That's awesome. 00:44:54.320 --> 00:44:55.760 That's awesome. 00:44:56.880 --> 00:44:59.199 So we see. 00:45:06.880 --> 00:45:09.360 And there was a dedication to the Word. 00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:12.559 Now, I have time. 00:45:12.639 --> 00:45:13.840 I gotta show you this. 00:45:14.159 --> 00:45:17.039 Because we got some preachers here and missionaries here. 00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:24.239 Notice in verse 5, when he says an Ezra, open the book. 00:45:25.039 --> 00:45:30.239 There's 13 other preacher, priests there, scribes there. 00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:32.000 Why did they call for Ezra? 00:45:33.760 --> 00:45:38.000 When I first read this passage, I asked myself, why did they call for Ezra? 00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:47.519 Well, you study the history of Ezra and you know he was a pretty good uh leader and and and all, but but there was a reason. 00:45:47.679 --> 00:45:50.079 I think the main reason they called for Ezra. 00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:55.840 Just flip back over a few pages to Ezra chapter 7, one verse, verse 10. 00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:57.199 You gotta see this. 00:45:57.440 --> 00:46:00.000 This is so powerful. 00:46:02.480 --> 00:46:04.800 Examples, I even put it there for you. 00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:06.239 It was so powerful. 00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:08.000 I want you to see this. 00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:16.880 Ezra prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord and to do it and to teach Israel statutes and judgments. 00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:18.000 This is very important. 00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:25.679 In fact, when I went back and studied this word in the Hebrew text, I saw the secrets of the way it was written. 00:46:25.760 --> 00:46:30.800 And I think God had a divine purpose for just the principles in this verse. 00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:32.079 It's so powerful. 00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:33.280 I want you to see it. 00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:35.599 Ezra prepared his heart. 00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:40.880 And here's, hey, hey, you want to be a man of God, a woman of God, used by God in a great way? 00:46:41.039 --> 00:46:52.320 And I, you know, when I first read this years ago, I meant way back, uh, I said, Lord, if there's ever a revival that breaks out and the people are hungry for you, I want to be a part of that. 00:46:52.480 --> 00:47:02.719 I want to be a preacher that they would call for Pastor Danny to come because they know that Pastor Danny has these characteristics and these qualities that are real in his life. 00:47:02.880 --> 00:47:03.440 Here they are. 00:47:03.599 --> 00:47:05.840 Number one, he had a prepared heart. 00:47:06.559 --> 00:47:07.760 Look at what it says. 00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:09.519 Ezra prepared his heart. 00:47:09.760 --> 00:47:11.519 It was a prepared heart. 00:47:11.599 --> 00:47:13.519 And you know why it was a prepared heart? 00:47:13.760 --> 00:47:18.800 Because he had a love for God ready and a love for people. 00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:24.320 And that's our key foundational verse, Luke 10, 27. 00:47:24.480 --> 00:47:32.239 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all the soul, with all the strength, with all thy mind, and thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 00:47:33.840 --> 00:47:36.400 He had a love for God and a love for people. 00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:40.960 He had a heart filled for love for God and people. 00:47:41.199 --> 00:47:42.960 Notice the second thing he had. 00:47:43.840 --> 00:47:52.639 And to seek the law of the Lord, number two, he had a pathos, a passion for the word of God. 00:47:53.760 --> 00:47:57.599 He had a pathos, a passion for the word of God. 00:47:57.840 --> 00:48:04.000 He loved the book, he studied the book, he wrote the book, he lived in the book. 00:48:05.199 --> 00:48:09.519 If we grasp this church, you've not seen anything that God won't. 00:48:09.679 --> 00:48:15.440 I'm telling you, God's got plans for this little community in this area that you can't even conceive. 00:48:15.599 --> 00:48:34.800 But if you will grasp this and say, I want to be a part of this, I want this in my life, and you individually as a congregation start having a desire for this book, and hey, a dedication to this book, and then start declaring this book, we're gonna see things that we could never explain. 00:48:36.960 --> 00:48:39.199 Now, watch, watch. 00:48:39.440 --> 00:48:41.039 Notice what else? 00:48:41.519 --> 00:48:46.000 Prepared heart, passion for the word, then to do it. 00:48:46.559 --> 00:48:47.519 To do it. 00:48:48.400 --> 00:48:50.000 He practiced it. 00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:52.639 He practiced the word of God. 00:48:54.719 --> 00:48:56.400 He practiced it. 00:48:56.880 --> 00:48:59.119 I love what Paul says. 00:49:01.440 --> 00:49:03.920 First of all, let me go back and I'll give you some verses. 00:49:04.079 --> 00:49:05.440 Hey, he had a prepared heart. 00:49:05.599 --> 00:49:07.360 Proverbs 23, 7. 00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:08.320 Guard your heart. 00:49:08.480 --> 00:49:10.079 I'm at Proverbs 4.23. 00:49:10.239 --> 00:49:13.519 Proverbs 23, 7, as a man thinks in his heart, so is he. 00:49:13.679 --> 00:49:15.519 And then the passion for God's word. 00:49:15.840 --> 00:49:17.280 Hey, here it is. 00:49:18.480 --> 00:49:20.239 Acts 18.24. 00:49:20.480 --> 00:49:26.880 Apollos was an eloquent man, mighty in the scriptures. 00:49:27.519 --> 00:49:31.039 And listen to, you know, this one in Acts 17.11. 00:49:31.199 --> 00:49:39.760 It literally says that they were eager with joy to get, hey, to get in the word of God and to study it, what? 00:49:40.079 --> 00:49:41.920 Day by day, to see what it said. 00:49:42.159 --> 00:49:44.000 Acts 17.11. 00:49:44.400 --> 00:49:46.559 And then the practice of the word. 00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:52.960 Paul said in 1 Corinthians 9 14, he that preaches the word must live the word. 00:49:53.440 --> 00:49:54.480 That's good. 00:49:54.719 --> 00:50:05.199 And then listen to what Paul told Timothy in 2 Corinthians 6.3, giving no offense in anything, that the ministry be not blamed. 00:50:05.440 --> 00:50:11.679 Verse 4, but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God. 00:50:11.840 --> 00:50:14.159 That's what it means to be above reproach. 00:50:14.480 --> 00:50:21.519 It means that people cannot bring any kind of accusation against your Lord by your testimony. 00:50:21.760 --> 00:50:22.239 What? 00:50:23.039 --> 00:50:25.920 This is what I taught for years to preach your boys. 00:50:26.079 --> 00:50:27.039 This is it. 00:50:29.280 --> 00:50:30.559 To do it. 00:50:31.679 --> 00:50:34.400 You got to have a prepared heart. 00:50:34.639 --> 00:50:36.159 You got to love God with all your heart. 00:50:36.400 --> 00:50:38.000 Hey, love people with all your heart. 00:50:38.159 --> 00:50:39.920 Then you gotta, hey, passion for the word. 00:50:40.159 --> 00:50:42.159 You gotta study the word day and night. 00:50:42.320 --> 00:50:45.920 Acts 6, 4, give yourself continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word. 00:50:46.159 --> 00:50:47.599 That was to the pastors. 00:50:48.559 --> 00:50:49.920 And then you gotta live it. 00:50:50.079 --> 00:50:51.599 You gotta live it out. 00:50:51.760 --> 00:50:53.679 You gotta practice what you preach. 00:50:53.920 --> 00:51:00.800 How many of you, my granddaddy, son, sonny, tiny boy, you gotta practice what you preach. 00:51:01.119 --> 00:51:03.119 Or your preaching's no good. 00:51:07.119 --> 00:51:12.079 I would have destroyed my testimony just like that the other day on that airplane. 00:51:14.559 --> 00:51:17.360 But my flesh and Satan was saying, get her. 00:51:20.559 --> 00:51:22.559 And my wife was pinching me. 00:51:22.719 --> 00:51:24.480 I forgot to tell you that part. 00:51:27.760 --> 00:51:30.800 And when she pinched me, that's when I saw Jesus is awesome. 00:51:30.960 --> 00:51:33.679 You thought it was you, honey, it was Jesus' awesome. 00:51:38.320 --> 00:51:45.760 Because she knew when she saw I looked at her her computer and then looked at that lady, she was going, mm-mm. 00:51:53.679 --> 00:51:55.199 That was cute. 00:51:58.159 --> 00:51:58.719 That's right. 00:51:58.880 --> 00:52:00.000 Thank you, Deedra. 00:52:00.480 --> 00:52:02.559 No, it wasn't cute at all then. 00:52:02.719 --> 00:52:04.159 But prepared heart. 00:52:04.239 --> 00:52:06.480 Hey, wait, passion, practice it. 00:52:06.559 --> 00:52:07.599 Now are you ready? 00:52:07.840 --> 00:52:09.760 Don't miss this, young preachers. 00:52:10.800 --> 00:52:12.800 I know Ty's going into ministry. 00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:14.239 David, a lot of you. 00:52:14.480 --> 00:52:18.000 Some of you uh ladies said God's called you to ministry. 00:52:18.159 --> 00:52:19.519 Listen, listen, this is it. 00:52:19.679 --> 00:52:22.960 This is the formula for success in the ministry. 00:52:23.519 --> 00:52:29.679 Has nothing to do with numbers, has nothing to do with my pay, salary, all that. 00:52:30.800 --> 00:52:33.840 What it has to do with a prepared heart. 00:52:37.519 --> 00:52:39.280 Loving God and loving people. 00:52:39.920 --> 00:52:45.199 Secondly, it has everything to do with a passion for the Word of God. 00:52:46.320 --> 00:52:48.480 Thirdly, you gotta live it. 00:52:48.719 --> 00:52:49.760 You gotta practice it. 00:52:49.920 --> 00:52:51.679 You gotta be a living testimony. 00:52:51.920 --> 00:52:52.960 Now, are you ready? 00:52:53.280 --> 00:52:58.480 Tell you the secret, then you're qualified to preach it. 00:53:00.239 --> 00:53:05.280 But if those other three aren't first, you're not qualified to preach it. 00:53:05.840 --> 00:53:11.920 And when you step up in that pulpit and you're not qualified, all you're doing is giving a lesson. 00:53:13.199 --> 00:53:16.400 You're not preaching in the fullness of the Spirit of God. 00:53:18.480 --> 00:53:20.159 And that's the key. 00:53:20.639 --> 00:53:22.079 That's the key. 00:53:22.960 --> 00:53:23.599 Amen. 00:53:24.320 --> 00:53:28.079 And you can do that with one, and my wife will tell you. 00:53:28.320 --> 00:53:30.880 We had a little revival on the plane going down there. 00:53:31.039 --> 00:53:34.480 The lady named Beth sitting to her, come to find out she's a dynamic Christian. 00:53:34.639 --> 00:53:38.000 We were sharing Jesus, and we're doing it pretty loud so everybody could hear. 00:53:41.280 --> 00:53:46.960 But that's what you do if there's a pathos, because you can't help it. 00:53:48.400 --> 00:53:49.920 Oh, I wouldn't want to offend anybody. 00:53:50.000 --> 00:53:52.880 Where in the world are you gonna offend them to if they're going to hell? 00:53:55.519 --> 00:53:56.159 Hello. 00:54:01.519 --> 00:54:03.840 He's just too aggressive for me. 00:54:04.400 --> 00:54:04.719 Okay? 00:54:05.920 --> 00:54:06.880 That's okay. 00:54:07.119 --> 00:54:08.320 I can't help it. 00:54:08.480 --> 00:54:09.360 I didn't. 00:54:09.760 --> 00:54:11.440 You don't like my attitude. 00:54:11.519 --> 00:54:13.599 You don't now, good attitude. 00:54:13.840 --> 00:54:17.599 But you don't like my personality? 00:54:17.760 --> 00:54:19.840 Hey, talk to the Lord about it. 00:54:20.159 --> 00:54:24.559 He created me, and let me remind you, I'm fearfully and wonderfully made. 00:54:29.599 --> 00:54:31.599 And I know I married a complete opposite. 00:54:31.760 --> 00:54:33.599 See, she's sitting there just smiling. 00:54:33.760 --> 00:54:37.119 I'm jumping, doing high fives, and she's just smiling. 00:54:37.280 --> 00:54:38.320 It doesn't matter. 00:54:38.559 --> 00:54:40.239 What matters is what is your heart. 00:54:40.400 --> 00:54:44.320 I can tell you one thing, her heart's going, whoopee, whoopee, whoopee, whoopee. 00:54:45.599 --> 00:54:47.840 I just say, act mine out. 00:54:49.280 --> 00:54:49.920 Amen. 00:54:52.320 --> 00:54:54.320 Somebody said, what do you want to be for Jesus? 00:54:54.480 --> 00:54:55.840 I'm a cheerleader for Jesus. 00:54:55.920 --> 00:54:56.960 That's what I am. 00:54:57.280 --> 00:54:59.039 That really is what I am. 00:54:59.599 --> 00:55:01.199 No, I no doubt about it. 00:55:01.440 --> 00:55:03.119 Then the last thing, and I'm three. 00:55:06.400 --> 00:55:07.519 Boy, we got something. 00:55:08.800 --> 00:55:09.920 Meal today. 00:55:11.199 --> 00:55:12.000 I'm hungry. 00:55:12.239 --> 00:55:13.360 Anyone else hungry? 00:55:18.480 --> 00:55:20.159 There'll be a demonstration. 00:55:22.000 --> 00:55:24.239 This is this is awesome. 00:55:24.960 --> 00:55:25.280 Okay. 00:55:25.679 --> 00:55:26.239 Get ready. 00:55:26.320 --> 00:55:27.679 Fill in the blanks. 00:55:30.800 --> 00:55:34.960 Number one, there'll be a demonstration of repentance. 00:55:37.119 --> 00:55:38.719 Look at verse nine. 00:55:41.840 --> 00:55:42.800 At the end. 00:55:44.400 --> 00:55:46.960 This day is holy unto the Lord our God. 00:55:47.199 --> 00:55:50.960 Mourn not and weep, nor weep for all the people. 00:55:51.119 --> 00:55:51.840 Now watch. 00:55:52.079 --> 00:55:54.719 Welp when they heard the words of the law. 00:55:54.880 --> 00:55:59.039 Weeping, you'll have tears of repentance. 00:55:59.679 --> 00:56:01.280 You'll have tears of joy. 00:56:01.440 --> 00:56:02.880 And you'll see that in a minute. 00:56:03.199 --> 00:56:06.159 But mainly here, you heard the young people. 00:56:06.320 --> 00:56:07.920 Some said they got saved. 00:56:08.079 --> 00:56:10.159 That was tears of salvation. 00:56:10.320 --> 00:56:16.480 You heard some that said they were saved, but they they hadn't needed their fire rekindled, or they came back. 00:56:17.199 --> 00:56:18.239 That's what we're talking about. 00:56:18.400 --> 00:56:23.280 The word of God so convinced them of what they hadn't been doing, knowing that what they need to be doing. 00:56:23.360 --> 00:56:25.119 And basically, I can tell you what that is. 00:56:25.280 --> 00:56:26.480 They were out of the word of God. 00:56:26.559 --> 00:56:32.800 You can't stay in the word of God with a prepared heart and a passion for the truth and it not set you on fire. 00:56:33.599 --> 00:56:37.840 His word was in my heart as a burning fire. 00:56:38.400 --> 00:56:40.960 Shut up in my bones, Jeremiah said. 00:56:41.119 --> 00:56:43.280 Even when I didn't want to preach, I couldn't help but preach. 00:56:43.440 --> 00:56:44.880 Jeremiah 29. 00:56:46.159 --> 00:56:47.920 So we see that. 00:56:48.159 --> 00:56:51.280 Notice, secondly, there'll be rejoicing. 00:56:51.519 --> 00:56:52.320 Verse 10. 00:56:52.559 --> 00:56:56.400 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat. 00:56:58.000 --> 00:57:01.920 Don't ever tell me that eating fat's not biblical. 00:57:03.760 --> 00:57:04.400 Hello. 00:57:05.440 --> 00:57:12.159 I'm on a no-fat diet, and I found this is a great place to say that's not biblical. 00:57:12.639 --> 00:57:14.639 And I just took that out of context. 00:57:14.880 --> 00:57:16.480 But eat the fat. 00:57:17.199 --> 00:57:18.800 And drink the sweet. 00:57:18.960 --> 00:57:20.000 Oh my goodness. 00:57:20.159 --> 00:57:20.960 I hadn't had a milk. 00:57:21.199 --> 00:57:22.880 I'm going to get me a milkshake today. 00:57:22.960 --> 00:57:25.599 Hey, where's my little girl that brought me uh? 00:57:28.159 --> 00:57:28.960 Thank you. 00:57:29.119 --> 00:57:37.039 She works at Sonic's, and a week ago, a week and a half ago, I told her, I said, I love Sonic's peanut butter milkshakes. 00:57:37.280 --> 00:57:39.440 You know what she had last Sunday for me? 00:57:39.599 --> 00:57:43.280 She had me a peanut butter milkshake, brought it right there. 00:57:43.360 --> 00:57:46.239 And I didn't offer to share with anyone. 00:57:47.920 --> 00:57:52.159 And I'm glad my wife was in Sunday school where she'd have been drinking it. 00:57:53.519 --> 00:57:55.920 But, amen, sweetie, I love you. 00:57:56.480 --> 00:57:59.920 You can do that anytime you feel that of the Holy Spirit. 00:58:02.239 --> 00:58:03.679 It's biblical. 00:58:04.000 --> 00:58:05.840 Drink the sweet. 00:58:07.039 --> 00:58:10.320 And send portion of them for whom nothing is prepared. 00:58:10.480 --> 00:58:12.000 For this day is holy. 00:58:12.159 --> 00:58:17.519 Watch this unto our Lord, neither be ye sorry, for the joy of the Lord is your strength. 00:58:17.679 --> 00:58:18.800 There'll be joy. 00:58:18.960 --> 00:58:20.559 And then, are you ready? 00:58:20.800 --> 00:58:23.360 Number three, there, verse 12. 00:58:23.599 --> 00:58:25.280 There'll be renewing. 00:58:25.760 --> 00:58:29.039 And all the people went their way to eat and to drink. 00:58:29.119 --> 00:58:31.039 That's what we're fixing to do. 00:58:31.679 --> 00:58:39.039 And to send portions and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. 00:58:39.280 --> 00:58:39.679 Mm-mm. 00:58:40.159 --> 00:58:43.119 Verse 13 then says, understanding the words of the law. 00:58:43.280 --> 00:58:50.880 And if you go on and read all the way through chapter 9 down to verse 4, you'll see the results of revival. 00:58:51.039 --> 00:58:52.559 The great joy, holy. 00:58:52.880 --> 00:58:54.480 The people love to come to church. 00:58:54.639 --> 00:59:00.480 Hey, daily search of the truth, confession, restitution, fasting, and prayer. 00:59:00.800 --> 00:59:08.239 Unbelievable results because of the power through the Word of God. 00:59:09.840 --> 00:59:12.320 Here's my prayer for our church. 00:59:13.039 --> 00:59:27.360 When we started this church, one of our, actually one of the first key core values, you'll see them on the wall up there, was clear biblical truth. 00:59:28.079 --> 00:59:29.119 That's it. 00:59:30.239 --> 00:59:32.320 It's built on the word of God. 00:59:32.880 --> 00:59:36.800 Nothing more, nothing less, because that's all you need. 00:59:37.039 --> 00:59:37.599 Right here. 00:59:37.760 --> 00:59:39.039 The B-I-B-L-E. 00:59:39.840 --> 00:59:41.519 That's the book for me. 00:59:42.239 --> 00:59:43.840 So let me tell you. 00:59:44.239 --> 00:59:48.000 My heart's desire for our church. 00:59:48.639 --> 00:59:49.760 And we're getting there. 00:59:50.320 --> 00:59:51.679 We're headed that place. 00:59:51.840 --> 01:00:00.320 We are to be known for a place that you can come and be loved by God, regardless of your past. 01:00:00.960 --> 01:00:04.079 We're not interested in your past, we're interested in your future. 01:00:04.239 --> 01:00:06.800 And God has a fantastic future for you. 01:00:06.960 --> 01:00:22.400 And we want to show you that future by teaching you how to study the word of God, how to live, hey, how to love the word of God, learn the word of God, live the word of God so that you can lecture, share the word of God to give an answer. 01:00:22.559 --> 01:00:24.960 When you do that, people will come. 01:00:25.440 --> 01:00:31.039 People that are hungry for the word of God in the last days that we're living, and we're living there. 01:00:31.280 --> 01:00:33.119 Hey, they're gonna come for the truth. 01:00:33.199 --> 01:00:34.960 They want to know the real truth. 01:00:35.280 --> 01:00:37.519 The revelation series was phenomenal. 01:00:37.679 --> 01:00:42.159 The people that watched it online, I couldn't, it was unreal how many people watched this. 01:00:42.400 --> 01:00:43.840 Watch that study. 01:00:43.920 --> 01:00:46.719 They want to know the truth about the end of times. 01:00:50.000 --> 01:00:50.639 Do you know him? 01:00:51.039 --> 01:00:58.800 Paul said that I might know him and the power of his resurrection, the fellowship of his suffering. 01:00:59.920 --> 01:01:01.679 It may conform upon the Him. 01:01:01.840 --> 01:01:04.960 The only way you're gonna know is through this book.