WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.719 If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, 00:00:06.379 --> 00:00:11.640 the wife and her children shall be her masters, and he shall go out by himself. 00:00:12.359 --> 00:00:21.900 But if the servant plainly says, I love my master, my wife, and my children, I will not go out free. 00:00:22.660 --> 00:00:26.460 Then his master shall bring him to the judges. 00:00:26.460 --> 00:00:38.439 He shall also bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl, and he shall serve him forever. 00:00:38.939 --> 00:00:45.400 Heavenly Father, this morning we turn to your word, we read your word, and I pray that your message will go forth, 00:00:45.519 --> 00:00:53.620 that every one of all the people here this morning, including myself, will gain by it and draw something from it. 00:00:53.619 --> 00:00:58.039 We pray for your Holy Spirit, anointing upon these words and what you've given. 00:00:58.519 --> 00:00:59.699 In Jesus' name, amen. 00:01:01.199 --> 00:01:05.759 I've entitled the subject this morning plainly and clearly, I love my master. 00:01:06.259 --> 00:01:07.459 I love my master. 00:01:07.459 --> 00:01:15.219 There are times that we see people that come to the Lord. 00:01:16.780 --> 00:01:19.879 They come to the Lord and they serve God for a short period. 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:26.000 And there's nothing like, I love seeing new Christians. 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:29.979 I just, I get, there's something about a new Christian, the excitement. 00:01:30.859 --> 00:01:34.539 They have an excitement like the old don't. 00:01:34.540 --> 00:01:36.560 It's just like a kid with a new toy. 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:38.700 And I love seeing new Christians. 00:01:38.880 --> 00:01:42.800 But there's people that come to the Lord and they serve God for a short period. 00:01:43.540 --> 00:01:48.219 But when the newness leaves, so do they. 00:01:50.060 --> 00:01:57.120 Their interest in God remains as long as they feel that there is something in it for them. 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:04.700 But no real love relationship develops on their part. 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:07.600 Relationship. 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:12.980 Barb and I have been married for 41 years. 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:15.540 We celebrated in June. 00:02:15.659 --> 00:02:16.400 41 years. 00:02:16.620 --> 00:02:17.740 I'm right, yeah? 00:02:18.420 --> 00:02:19.620 41 years. 00:02:19.620 --> 00:02:24.719 You know, I loved that woman so much when I married her. 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:25.860 I wanted to marry her. 00:02:26.620 --> 00:02:31.180 The first time I met her and the first time I saw her, I knew she was wife material. 00:02:31.920 --> 00:02:33.080 I had to have her. 00:02:33.200 --> 00:02:33.860 And I loved her. 00:02:33.920 --> 00:02:35.420 I married her because I loved her. 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:44.460 It didn't take, but our first year of marriage, there started to, what did I do? 00:02:44.460 --> 00:02:49.420 You know, I still love her, but we've got some challenges. 00:02:51.920 --> 00:02:59.740 I recall, and I bring this up once in a while, that in the middle of our yard, I could even 00:02:59.740 --> 00:03:04.460 take you to our homestead back there then, the place I was standing. 00:03:04.460 --> 00:03:13.659 My dad was out, and he saw that things just were a little bit tense because we were in 00:03:13.659 --> 00:03:14.219 the house. 00:03:14.340 --> 00:03:15.819 We had lunch or something. 00:03:16.640 --> 00:03:20.080 And he walked up to me in the middle of the yard, and he says, you're having a tough time. 00:03:20.420 --> 00:03:21.640 I never said anything. 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:26.900 And he waited a moment, and he says, I'm just going to let you know that if there comes that 00:03:26.900 --> 00:03:30.379 there has to be a decision between you and Barb, I'll let you know right now it's not going 00:03:30.379 --> 00:03:30.740 to be you. 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:31.520 It's going to be Barb. 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:35.900 So, in other words, boy, get it together. 00:03:36.060 --> 00:03:36.960 Get your act together. 00:03:38.500 --> 00:03:39.840 You're going to have challenges. 00:03:41.340 --> 00:03:42.920 There's going to be tough times. 00:03:45.020 --> 00:03:46.540 Do you love her? 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:54.240 Five years down the road, not much changes, but I'll tell you, five years down the road, 00:03:54.340 --> 00:03:56.719 I loved her more than the first day that I married her. 00:03:57.800 --> 00:03:59.820 Or a tenth year, it gets greater and greater. 00:03:59.819 --> 00:04:06.819 Today, after 41 years, I told her, I says, you know, if you're up to it, I'd be ready 00:04:06.819 --> 00:04:08.259 to go for another 41 years. 00:04:09.560 --> 00:04:10.579 I love her. 00:04:11.239 --> 00:04:12.060 I love her. 00:04:13.340 --> 00:04:16.459 But how easy it would be to cop out. 00:04:17.339 --> 00:04:18.600 And I know things happen. 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:19.579 Things happen. 00:04:21.240 --> 00:04:22.639 I'm not going to go in. 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:26.399 Every individual, it's a different story. 00:04:27.019 --> 00:04:28.419 Love relationship. 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:32.620 And relationship always requires two. 00:04:32.620 --> 00:04:37.720 I know that I love her. 00:04:37.720 --> 00:04:41.199 I know that Barb loves me. 00:04:42.300 --> 00:04:52.620 Now, our Heavenly Father, his kingship and his sonship, Jesus Christ, 00:04:52.620 --> 00:04:58.340 I know the love they have for me. 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:00.600 Relationship. 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:03.000 It requires two. 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:06.839 Now, we have just read this passage. 00:05:07.660 --> 00:05:11.279 The law that was, and we look at it as being then. 00:05:12.060 --> 00:05:15.519 But oftentimes, we miss something that God is showing us. 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:17.980 Because it's Old Testament. 00:05:19.259 --> 00:05:22.759 And we are quick to say, that doesn't apply to me today. 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:26.240 And justly so. 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:29.800 We talk about keeping the Ten Commandments. 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:32.959 And how about all the other Ten Commandments? 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:35.060 How about all the other Ten Commandments? 00:05:35.159 --> 00:05:40.300 Like there were like 400, maybe more, that God gave. 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:42.319 Many, many commandments. 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:51.079 Leviticus ends off with, these are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses. 00:05:51.079 --> 00:05:55.579 For the children of Israel in Mount Sinai. 00:05:56.759 --> 00:05:58.359 And I'm not a Jew. 00:05:58.819 --> 00:06:00.519 I'm not a Jew in Israel. 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:05.180 And I'm not at, I'm not standing at Mount Sinai. 00:06:06.019 --> 00:06:07.779 I'm in Mount Zion. 00:06:08.799 --> 00:06:12.000 Several years ago at the other church, I spoke a message. 00:06:13.259 --> 00:06:16.399 Mount Sinai, Mount Zion. 00:06:16.399 --> 00:06:21.279 Mount Sinai says that you can't touch God. 00:06:21.859 --> 00:06:23.259 You have to go through someone. 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:28.239 Zion says, Mount Zion says, I can go to the throne room directly. 00:06:30.099 --> 00:06:32.019 But wait a minute, Paul says. 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:37.500 The things that are written in the book of the law are written for our admonition. 00:06:38.259 --> 00:06:39.959 And for our instruction. 00:06:39.959 --> 00:06:46.919 And he tells us that these things are a shadow of good things to come. 00:06:47.719 --> 00:06:50.079 But the substance is Christ. 00:06:51.779 --> 00:06:52.899 Hebrews 10. 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:57.299 The shadow is the law. 00:06:59.259 --> 00:07:02.599 I refuse to go back under the law. 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:07.660 The substance is now Christ. 00:07:09.500 --> 00:07:11.700 The shadow is the Old Testament. 00:07:12.620 --> 00:07:13.740 What is a shadow? 00:07:14.640 --> 00:07:15.920 I see your shadow. 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:17.100 I see my shadow. 00:07:17.500 --> 00:07:18.200 What is it? 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:20.100 It's a faint outline. 00:07:20.420 --> 00:07:22.000 Faint outline. 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:28.980 The substance is the New Testament. 00:07:28.980 --> 00:07:37.540 So this passage that we just read is a picture of our substance in Christ Jesus. 00:07:38.259 --> 00:07:42.000 Concerning our relationship to him. 00:07:42.420 --> 00:07:45.160 Concerning whether we are a hired servant. 00:07:46.060 --> 00:07:48.840 Or a bond servant. 00:07:49.860 --> 00:07:53.900 The two kinds of servants pictured here this morning. 00:07:53.899 --> 00:07:58.399 And here he says. 00:07:58.719 --> 00:08:01.500 If thou buy a Hebrew servant. 00:08:02.139 --> 00:08:04.299 Or a Hebrew slave. 00:08:05.579 --> 00:08:07.579 Six years shall you serve. 00:08:07.819 --> 00:08:10.899 And on the seventh you shall go out for nothing. 00:08:13.060 --> 00:08:14.560 If you came in. 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:17.379 If he came in by himself. 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:20.399 He shall go out by himself. 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:22.560 And if he married. 00:08:22.739 --> 00:08:24.539 Then his wife shall go out with him. 00:08:25.859 --> 00:08:28.620 If his master has given him a wife. 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:30.299 And he born sons. 00:08:30.739 --> 00:08:31.719 Or daughters. 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:33.319 Then the wife. 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:34.500 And children. 00:08:35.019 --> 00:08:36.139 Shall be his masters. 00:08:36.620 --> 00:08:37.340 They stay behind. 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:40.600 And he shall go out by himself. 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:46.120 This is a picture of a hired servant. 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:51.440 There were two kinds of Hebrew servants in the Old Testament. 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:54.639 And both are acceptable by God. 00:08:57.440 --> 00:08:59.960 Both were ordained by the law. 00:09:02.379 --> 00:09:05.759 The two kinds being the hired servant. 00:09:06.820 --> 00:09:09.299 One that was purchased in the slave market. 00:09:09.299 --> 00:09:12.979 And served for a limited time. 00:09:14.899 --> 00:09:16.779 A limited period of time. 00:09:17.459 --> 00:09:19.319 Six years he served his master. 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:24.599 And six we know is the Bible number for man. 00:09:26.259 --> 00:09:30.219 There is a common number for the events in the Bible. 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:35.279 The number of the beast is six, six, six. 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:38.839 The Bible number for man is six. 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:42.059 Man was created on the sixth day. 00:09:43.139 --> 00:09:46.139 The Bible number for God is one and three. 00:09:46.959 --> 00:09:49.419 The Bible number for perfection is seven. 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:52.579 The Bible number for testing is 40. 00:09:53.799 --> 00:09:56.699 Jesus fasted 40 days and was tested. 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:01.259 Moses was on the backside of the desert for 40 years. 00:10:02.319 --> 00:10:03.220 The flood. 00:10:03.439 --> 00:10:04.199 It rained. 00:10:04.200 --> 00:10:04.780 How long? 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:07.320 40 days and 40 nights. 00:10:08.440 --> 00:10:10.360 Israel wandered in the wilderness. 00:10:10.560 --> 00:10:11.040 How long? 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:11.980 40 years. 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:16.840 Elijah went 40 days to Horeb, the mount of God. 00:10:17.660 --> 00:10:21.280 40 is the number of testing in the Bible. 00:10:22.140 --> 00:10:24.520 But six is the number of man. 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:35.179 Now this Hebrew servant would serve the master that bought him for six years. 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:41.679 And during this time, his master was required to provide him the things that would sustain him. 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:49.459 And if his master so pleased, his master could even give him things besides food, shelter, and clothing. 00:10:49.460 --> 00:10:57.940 He could give him a wife. 00:10:57.940 --> 00:11:01.100 He could give him many riches. 00:11:01.100 --> 00:11:06.560 He could give him authority over other servants. 00:11:06.560 --> 00:11:12.759 And during these six years, the hired Hebrew servant came to know his master. 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:16.159 And came to know the things about his master. 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:23.200 If the master was a hard man, he would just have to wait out his time. 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:27.600 And at the end of six years, he'd have to let him go. 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:31.379 That man could not keep him forever. 00:11:32.280 --> 00:11:35.940 The law required that the master must let him go. 00:11:35.940 --> 00:11:40.820 But if during that time, it was more than just a legal purchase. 00:11:41.700 --> 00:11:45.120 But it became a love relationship. 00:11:46.020 --> 00:11:48.960 I mean, the master was good to his servant. 00:11:49.740 --> 00:11:53.500 And his master didn't lord it or rule it over him. 00:11:53.940 --> 00:11:56.220 But his master loved him. 00:11:57.060 --> 00:11:59.660 And the master gave him many things. 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:02.840 And the man loved and enjoyed. 00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:07.379 And it seemed that the servant was a son to his master. 00:12:07.940 --> 00:12:11.100 And became close to him. 00:12:11.780 --> 00:12:14.100 Then he had to make a decision. 00:12:15.060 --> 00:12:20.899 Because at the end of six years, he could not say, well, I'm not sure. 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:25.600 He had to make a decision. 00:12:26.820 --> 00:12:29.759 The master could not buy him for another six years. 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:34.319 But at the end of six years, the servant had two choices. 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:37.439 Stay or go. 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:40.460 And that decision stuck. 00:12:41.819 --> 00:12:45.960 If he decided to leave, when he left, he was gone for good. 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:48.639 He could never come back. 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:53.720 But if he decided to stay, he had to plainly say, 00:12:53.720 --> 00:12:57.360 I love my master. 00:12:58.160 --> 00:12:59.100 Verse five. 00:13:00.540 --> 00:13:03.620 There could be no doubt on the part of the servant. 00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:06.879 There could be no apprehension. 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:11.519 The servant had to plainly say, I love my master. 00:13:11.820 --> 00:13:13.240 And I will stay. 00:13:14.540 --> 00:13:17.700 In turn, the master would bring him to the judges of the city. 00:13:17.700 --> 00:13:21.240 And there in the presence of all the elders of the city, 00:13:22.060 --> 00:13:26.020 his master would take him to the door of the house. 00:13:27.160 --> 00:13:28.879 And he would take an awl, 00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:33.500 which is a sharp pointed metal instrument, 00:13:34.060 --> 00:13:38.860 and pierce it through the lower left lobe of his ear. 00:13:40.140 --> 00:13:41.920 This part never heals up. 00:13:43.640 --> 00:13:45.220 There's always a hole there. 00:13:45.220 --> 00:13:53.300 The awl didn't make just a small piercing that our women have in their ear. 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:58.019 But the awl made a hole large enough in his ear 00:13:58.019 --> 00:14:04.000 that someone passing by would look at him and see it and say, 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:07.460 Oh, look, there's a bondservant. 00:14:08.160 --> 00:14:09.580 He loves his master. 00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:12.560 That's a bondservant. 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:17.259 I mean, there's a mark in his body 00:14:17.259 --> 00:14:21.759 that would say, 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:24.739 I belong to my master. 00:14:25.959 --> 00:14:27.679 And if he went through this procedure, 00:14:27.819 --> 00:14:29.319 he was trusting in his master 00:14:29.319 --> 00:14:32.979 that in the master's goodness, 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:37.500 he would serve his master forever. 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:40.559 There could be no termination. 00:14:41.779 --> 00:14:43.879 He would have to serve his master 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:46.460 until one of two things happened. 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:49.120 Either his master dies, 00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:50.860 or he dies. 00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:55.179 He had to serve him forever. 00:14:56.779 --> 00:15:00.500 Now, the basis on which the servant would make to serve his master 00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:01.320 was simply, 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:04.040 I love my master. 00:15:05.520 --> 00:15:07.140 He's more than just a master. 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:09.660 He's more than just a lord. 00:15:10.260 --> 00:15:11.140 I love him. 00:15:12.300 --> 00:15:13.740 There is a bond, 00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:16.379 a close relationship there. 00:15:17.500 --> 00:15:18.640 Now, let's think. 00:15:19.640 --> 00:15:21.360 That is a shadow. 00:15:23.280 --> 00:15:25.240 Today, in the spiritual realm, 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:27.360 in the spiritual realm, 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:28.460 we have a master. 00:15:30.419 --> 00:15:31.600 Matthew 23, 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:33.980 verse 8. 00:15:42.700 --> 00:15:43.980 But you do not 00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:46.120 be called rabbi, 00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:47.320 for one is your teacher, 00:15:47.460 --> 00:15:47.940 the Christ. 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:49.240 You are all brethren. 00:15:50.060 --> 00:15:51.680 Do not call anyone on earth 00:15:51.680 --> 00:15:52.240 your father, 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:53.700 for one is your father, 00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:54.860 he who is in heaven. 00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:56.519 And do not be called teachers, 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:58.419 for one is your teacher, 00:15:58.539 --> 00:15:59.180 the Christ. 00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:03.800 Jesus said, 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:04.800 you have one master. 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:08.419 You will have one master, 00:16:08.800 --> 00:16:09.639 even Christ. 00:16:13.419 --> 00:16:14.800 There is no other higher. 00:16:17.220 --> 00:16:18.820 No one among you is higher. 00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:23.580 No one among you is higher than another. 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.779 One master, 00:16:25.779 --> 00:16:25.800 one master, 00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:27.139 and that's Christ. 00:16:28.980 --> 00:16:31.019 But be not called rabbi, 00:16:31.680 --> 00:16:33.320 for one is your master, 00:16:34.060 --> 00:16:34.840 Jesus said. 00:16:35.560 --> 00:16:38.039 And call no man father upon the earth, 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:39.300 for one is your father, 00:16:40.139 --> 00:16:41.320 which is in heaven. 00:16:42.180 --> 00:16:43.000 Verse 9. 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:45.980 A group of 70 men, 00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:46.000 a group of 70 men, 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:48.860 chose who is going to be a rabbi, 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:50.179 by laying on of hands, 00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.559 the Sanhedrin. 00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:54.139 They would give him a key, 00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:56.220 to be worn as a badge of honor. 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:00.019 And this was the way Pharisees did it, 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:01.679 the religious. 00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:03.879 You were given a key, 00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:05.339 that even went to, 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:06.039 or with you, 00:17:06.140 --> 00:17:07.759 to the grave when you die. 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:09.720 It went with you. 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:11.019 And now because, 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:13.740 you had this distinction, 00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:17.099 everyone in the name of religion, 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:19.259 must call you father. 00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:25.599 You were not ordained, 00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.579 of God, 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:28.099 but by man. 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:31.579 The fathers of Matthew 23, 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:32.839 were hypocrites, 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:35.959 who lorded it, 00:17:36.139 --> 00:17:37.000 over others, 00:17:38.139 --> 00:17:39.779 solely because of religious, 00:17:40.399 --> 00:17:41.879 position and power. 00:17:43.439 --> 00:17:44.339 Jesus said, 00:17:44.679 --> 00:17:45.699 cut out the titles. 00:17:47.159 --> 00:17:48.339 These so honorable, 00:17:49.179 --> 00:17:49.500 titles. 00:17:52.159 --> 00:17:52.459 I, 00:17:53.419 --> 00:17:54.759 when I was a, 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:55.439 child, 00:17:55.659 --> 00:17:57.279 we had a pastor, 00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:57.839 which I, 00:17:58.379 --> 00:17:59.819 his name was Ken Agree, 00:17:59.919 --> 00:18:00.220 and I, 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:02.199 I actually typed him in the other day, 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:02.640 I want to know, 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:03.420 if he's still alive. 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:04.180 I think he is. 00:18:04.580 --> 00:18:05.440 He was a good man. 00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:06.160 He was our pastor, 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:07.059 for many years. 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:08.660 And I just remember, 00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.319 he used to say, 00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:10.340 people would say, 00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:11.319 reverent Agree, 00:18:11.420 --> 00:18:11.840 and he says, 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.080 I'm, 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:13.019 don't reverent me. 00:18:13.620 --> 00:18:14.580 There is only one, 00:18:14.620 --> 00:18:15.220 that's reverent. 00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:16.299 And you know, 00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:17.519 funny how, 00:18:17.860 --> 00:18:18.940 that sticks with you. 00:18:19.600 --> 00:18:20.759 I was just a child, 00:18:20.860 --> 00:18:21.519 and I remember that. 00:18:21.660 --> 00:18:22.120 But funny how, 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:23.039 that sticks with you. 00:18:24.980 --> 00:18:26.059 Cut out the titles. 00:18:27.580 --> 00:18:28.480 The so called, 00:18:28.580 --> 00:18:29.460 honorable titles. 00:18:29.460 --> 00:18:31.720 God and Jesus, 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:32.579 are the only ones, 00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.319 that have a right, 00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:34.579 to these honorable titles. 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:37.940 God is the only father, 00:18:38.100 --> 00:18:38.759 of Christians. 00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:41.440 And Christ is the only leader, 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:42.500 and head of the church. 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:44.940 And Jesus said, 00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:49.120 with all authority, 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:51.579 either, 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:54.900 either you will love the one, 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:56.039 and hate the other. 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:58.879 Or you will hold to the one, 00:18:58.980 --> 00:19:00.039 and despise the other. 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:05.299 And I want to tell you something. 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:07.099 If I, 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:08.279 love Jesus, 00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:10.379 I automatically, 00:19:10.379 --> 00:19:11.139 hate the devil. 00:19:14.859 --> 00:19:15.319 Yes, 00:19:15.379 --> 00:19:16.539 I'm going to proclaim, 00:19:16.859 --> 00:19:17.200 this morning, 00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:17.500 I, 00:19:17.659 --> 00:19:19.359 I hate the devil. 00:19:22.099 --> 00:19:23.319 If I love Jesus, 00:19:23.399 --> 00:19:24.259 with all my heart, 00:19:24.399 --> 00:19:24.940 my soul, 00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:25.539 my mind, 00:19:25.600 --> 00:19:26.279 and my strength, 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:28.000 I automatically, 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:29.180 hate the devil. 00:19:30.420 --> 00:19:31.700 By the same token, 00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:33.480 if you do not, 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.160 hate Satan, 00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:35.700 you automatically, 00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:36.279 tell him, 00:19:36.340 --> 00:19:37.000 that you love him. 00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:39.000 And when you tell, 00:19:39.120 --> 00:19:39.340 Satan, 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:40.039 that you love him, 00:19:40.080 --> 00:19:40.820 you're telling Jesus, 00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.680 that you hate him. 00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:44.960 You can't, 00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:46.039 you can't have both ways. 00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:48.559 It's one or the other. 00:19:49.620 --> 00:19:50.960 It's just as different, 00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:52.519 as north is from south, 00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:54.279 day and night, 00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:55.500 east, 00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.420 east from west. 00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:59.480 If the devil doesn't know, 00:19:59.639 --> 00:20:00.339 that you hate him, 00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:01.599 then the devil thinks, 00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.680 you love him. 00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:06.720 And the Bible says, 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:12.440 in Hebrews 1, 00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:14.559 verse 9, 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:18.220 because thou hast loved righteousness, 00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:21.059 and hated iniquity, 00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:24.120 God hath anointed thee, 00:20:24.620 --> 00:20:27.400 with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 00:20:27.620 --> 00:20:27.860 Hey, 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:28.400 brother, 00:20:28.600 --> 00:20:28.940 sister, 00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:30.140 family, 00:20:31.180 --> 00:20:32.059 you're anointed, 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:34.440 anointed with righteousness, 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:35.440 righteousness, 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:36.759 anointed, 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:39.299 with righteousness. 00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:45.240 You're anointed with the oil of gladness, 00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:47.820 above thy fellows. 00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:47.879 righteousness. 00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:52.259 And if you love righteousness, 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:55.379 you love the one that gives righteousness, 00:20:56.099 --> 00:20:56.500 God. 00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:59.139 And if you hate wickedness, 00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:01.099 you automatically hate the wicked one. 00:21:02.159 --> 00:21:05.059 You cannot love both. 00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:08.599 You cannot hold to both. 00:21:09.159 --> 00:21:10.980 You're either going to love one, 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:12.159 and hate the other. 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:12.500 Now, 00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:14.940 when you're lost and undone, 00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:16.560 you are in the slave market. 00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.279 Spiritually, 00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:22.440 you're in the slave market. 00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:27.000 God's seeking out your soul. 00:21:28.320 --> 00:21:29.840 But so is Satan. 00:21:31.540 --> 00:21:33.140 You're in the slave market, 00:21:33.560 --> 00:21:34.740 spiritually speaking. 00:21:37.060 --> 00:21:38.640 And the spirit is real. 00:21:38.800 --> 00:21:39.700 It's a real realm. 00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:44.200 And Paul says that we've been redeemed. 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:46.380 We have been purchased. 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:50.500 Purchased out from the market of sin, 00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:54.200 by the precious blood of Jesus Christ. 00:21:54.980 --> 00:22:00.080 The word redeemed means bought out of a slave market. 00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:04.840 The picture here is we are in a slave market, 00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:08.460 and we have no way to support ourselves. 00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:13.900 And we're standing in the middle of the marketplace, 00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:17.580 dressed in our own filthy rags. 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:19.140 But one day, 00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:20.880 Jesus comes to the marketplace, 00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:22.799 and says, 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:25.259 I'll take that one. 00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:29.120 I'll take that one. 00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:33.360 I want that one too. 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:37.479 And you look at him. 00:22:38.139 --> 00:22:39.619 You look him in the eye, 00:22:40.179 --> 00:22:40.919 and you say, 00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:42.299 what will you do with me 00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:44.339 if I go with you? 00:22:46.179 --> 00:22:47.259 And Jesus says, 00:22:47.479 --> 00:22:48.740 I'll take your rags 00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:50.339 from off your back. 00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:55.539 I'll put a beautiful robe of righteousness upon you. 00:22:57.359 --> 00:23:00.339 I'll put a ring of authority upon your hands. 00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:03.359 I see that you're barefooted there, 00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:07.439 and your feet are bruised from the rocks of sin. 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:11.779 I'll put beautiful shoes on you, 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:13.160 and I'll shod your feet 00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:15.380 with the preparation of the gospel of peace. 00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:18.799 I'll give you a new name, 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:21.440 and I'll write that name down 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:23.880 in my Lamb's book of life. 00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:26.660 And I'll give you a new life. 00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:29.980 Isn't that amazing? 00:23:34.080 --> 00:23:35.140 It's reality. 00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:40.080 This isn't a story from Mother's Goose. 00:23:40.820 --> 00:23:41.660 This is reality. 00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:46.720 I believe that when Jesus first saves somebody, 00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:49.660 that he doesn't place the same demands 00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:52.800 of full and complete surrender to him 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:59.079 in the same sense of complete possession 00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:02.680 that he does with a more mature child of God. 00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:06.039 And that's why baby Christians 00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:09.480 get by with things that the rest of us can't. 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:12.419 I believe what Jesus does 00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:14.279 is that he possesses that one 00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:17.399 and lets that one experience him for a while, 00:24:18.419 --> 00:24:20.599 decide whether or not he's going to come 00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:22.480 to the place of full surrender. 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:25.259 Let's turn to Romans 12. 00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:38.779 Verse 1 and 2. 00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:40.440 I beseech you, therefore, brethren, 00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:42.079 by the mercies of God, 00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:44.339 that you present your bodies 00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:46.200 a living sacrifice, holy, 00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:48.500 acceptable to God, 00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:51.079 which is your reasonable service. 00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:54.779 And do not be conformed to this world, 00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:58.199 but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, 00:24:58.659 --> 00:25:01.720 that you may prove what is good 00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:04.179 and acceptable and perfect will of God. 00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:07.220 This isn't the first verse, 00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:11.000 the first thing that a new Christian learns 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:12.139 when he comes to Jesus. 00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:16.420 I have a saying that I say all the time. 00:25:17.080 --> 00:25:18.900 I love to fish. 00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:20.940 I would fish every day of my life 00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:22.600 if I could. 00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:24.200 I'm praying for that. 00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.860 I really am. 00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.800 I want a long life. 00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:27.200 I want to fish. 00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.800 I just love to fish. 00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.320 In fact, we don't go fishing. 00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:31.040 We go catching. 00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:36.100 But I have a saying that I say, 00:25:36.699 --> 00:25:38.919 I've never cleaned a fish before I caught it. 00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:41.500 When someone comes to Jesus, 00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:44.119 they come as they are. 00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:49.219 And I've had friends that I've known that for, 00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.319 man, oh, man, 00:25:50.699 --> 00:25:52.959 I wish their language would clean up a little bit. 00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:55.519 But with tears streaming down their eyes, 00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:56.919 they talk about the love of Jesus, 00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:58.079 what God has done for them. 00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:01.679 And, you know, things don't change a lot. 00:26:01.679 --> 00:26:03.019 They've got problems. 00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:06.099 My brother, many years ago, 00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:10.200 went out and he started a church. 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:13.400 He went out and he went out onto the street. 00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:16.160 He grabbed those that were on drugs, 00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:18.900 those that were committing adultery, 00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:20.859 those that were down and out. 00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:25.139 He said there isn't one person in my church 00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:27.279 that doesn't have a smoking problem 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.779 or drinking. 00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:30.720 But he says that we gather. 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:32.259 And he says, he says, 00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:33.720 they talk about the love of Jesus. 00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:35.740 And he says, I'm teaching them. 00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:38.039 Prior to that, 00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:40.200 he served in a large church 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:42.220 that held two millionaires, 00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.680 the piano player, 00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:45.160 and one had invented, 00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.200 they had a pickle company. 00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:48.680 Big church, beautiful building. 00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:50.940 Nice, nice. 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:53.779 They had more problems in that church 00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:55.059 than you could shake a stick at. 00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.819 He said, which one did I love? 00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:59.259 It was those new Christians, 00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:00.460 those new Christians 00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:02.119 that were just learning 00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:03.720 about the love of Jesus. 00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.460 They're growing. 00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:10.460 So for a while, we served Jesus. 00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:15.859 And oh, he's good to us, isn't he? 00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:18.700 Jesus is good to us. 00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:21.779 In the natural realm, 00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:26.580 this master would give his servant life 00:27:26.580 --> 00:27:34.840 and a home 00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:36.759 and things like this. 00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:39.160 In the spiritual realm, 00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.680 Jesus gives us blessings. 00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:45.620 the baptism of his precious Holy Spirit, 00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:47.580 wonderful healings. 00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:49.160 The Bible is full. 00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:52.460 Every promise in this book is mine. 00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:54.560 Every chapter, every verse, every line. 00:27:55.600 --> 00:27:57.840 And I'm a student. 00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:59.360 I'm a student of this word, 00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:01.759 and I'm learning about the wonderful blessings 00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:03.759 that he bestows upon us. 00:28:04.560 --> 00:28:06.620 He gives us wonderful experiences. 00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:08.659 I've had many throughout my day. 00:28:09.939 --> 00:28:12.959 Many wonderful experiences with him. 00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:16.639 He lavishes us with his beautiful garments. 00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:19.619 He puts upon us tender mercies. 00:28:20.159 --> 00:28:21.979 He crowns us with his love. 00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:24.639 He makes you rich in his mercies. 00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:27.219 And you say, it seems so wonderful. 00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:30.559 And then one day it comes to your amazement 00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:32.059 that he says, 00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:35.720 okay, you've served me for a season. 00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:38.240 You've seen what it's like. 00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:40.579 Now it's time to make a decision. 00:28:42.620 --> 00:28:44.319 Now you call me Master, 00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:46.600 Lord, 00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:50.319 and while you say, 00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:51.519 for so I am, 00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:54.779 why call me Lord, Lord, 00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:56.799 and do not the things that I say? 00:28:57.220 --> 00:29:00.819 If I'm really your Lord, 00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:03.500 you're going to make a decision 00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:05.660 right now 00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:07.339 and become my bondservant 00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:12.860 and become fully consecrated. 00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:16.660 And you will do what I command you, 00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:18.940 and you will not just be a hired servant 00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:21.720 anymore. 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:27.120 The beautiful thing 00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:31.660 about our God, 00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:35.579 the best gift 00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:37.660 that God ever gave man 00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.860 was the gift of choice. 00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:42.180 That's the gift of love. 00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:44.799 I'm not going to force you to love me. 00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:47.140 I want you to love me. 00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:49.259 Love me because you want to. 00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:50.859 The gift of choice. 00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:56.680 Are you a bondservant 00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:58.420 because you love me? 00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:01.779 Now the only kind of servant 00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:03.059 that the Lord will commit 00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:04.519 the true riches unto 00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:06.660 is not the hired servant. 00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:09.840 the one who's been bought 00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:10.580 with the blood. 00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:13.480 And when I say riches, 00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:16.600 I'm not talking money. 00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:19.920 It's all the blessings of God. 00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:21.960 Everything comes from God. 00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:27.080 The one who's been branded 00:30:27.080 --> 00:30:28.140 in his body. 00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:30.720 Paul at the beginning 00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.440 of his letters. 00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.000 Paul, 00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:33.640 a servant of Jesus Christ. 00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.220 Paul, 00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:35.640 a bondservant. 00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:38.280 Peter's epistle. 00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:38.800 Peter, 00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:40.259 a bondservant 00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:41.580 of Jesus Christ. 00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.700 James, 00:30:43.320 --> 00:30:44.400 a bondservant 00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:45.560 of Jesus Christ. 00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:47.540 Do you remember reading that? 00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:49.400 Paul said, 00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.820 henceforth, 00:30:51.020 --> 00:30:52.200 let no man trouble me 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:53.740 for I bear in my body 00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.340 the marks 00:30:54.340 --> 00:30:56.240 of the Lord Jesus. 00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.580 When this man 00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:59.420 in the Old Testament 00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.480 decided to be 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.400 a bondservant, 00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.980 he had a mark 00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.540 that everyone 00:31:03.540 --> 00:31:04.840 could see. 00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:07.000 and it distinguished 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:08.139 him 00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:10.059 and set him apart. 00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:12.480 And they knew, 00:31:12.959 --> 00:31:14.059 everyone that looked 00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.819 on him knew, 00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:16.099 that this man 00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.679 had entered 00:31:16.679 --> 00:31:18.000 into such a love 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.619 relationship 00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:20.139 with his master 00:31:20.139 --> 00:31:21.039 that he decided 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.879 he would never 00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:22.519 depart. 00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:25.199 That he would 00:31:25.199 --> 00:31:25.819 serve his, 00:31:25.959 --> 00:31:26.899 he would serve 00:31:26.899 --> 00:31:27.519 his master 00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:27.939 forever. 00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:30.000 And this is the 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.500 true picture 00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.799 of being a bondservant. 00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:34.400 Who is the master? 00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.920 The Lord Jesus. 00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:39.080 And Christ, 00:31:40.080 --> 00:31:42.039 70 times in the New Testament, 00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:43.420 Jesus is referred to 00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:45.080 as master. 00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.159 master. 00:31:47.419 --> 00:31:48.679 Now let's go back 00:31:48.679 --> 00:31:49.480 to our numbers. 00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:52.099 Seven is perfection. 00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:55.099 Master means teacher. 00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:58.480 Master means instructor. 00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:01.339 Master means Lord. 00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:01.419 Lord. 00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:04.500 If you tie the number 00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.319 of perfection 00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:06.639 together 00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:08.559 with that 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.319 and you find 00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:09.839 that Jesus 00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:11.419 is the perfect Lord, 00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:13.500 he's the perfect 00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.199 instructor, 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:16.899 there's only 00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:17.639 two masters. 00:32:18.959 --> 00:32:19.919 The other one 00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:20.639 is full of hate 00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:21.399 and wickedness 00:32:21.399 --> 00:32:23.399 and even 00:32:23.399 --> 00:32:24.500 hates those 00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.319 that love him. 00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.500 There are people 00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.599 that worship Satan 00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:31.660 but Satan 00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:32.559 doesn't love them, 00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.339 he hates them. 00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.099 He hates them. 00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:37.420 The devil hates you. 00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:39.279 If you serve him, 00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:40.259 he still hates you. 00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:42.319 Jesus loves you. 00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:45.019 Jeremiah 31 00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:46.000 and 3 says, 00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:47.279 I have loved thee 00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:48.500 with an everlasting 00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.599 love. 00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.799 His love for me 00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.759 doesn't change. 00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:54.660 His love for me 00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.420 doesn't fail. 00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:57.160 His love for me 00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.960 doesn't waver 00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.740 day by day. 00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:00.259 If I feel 00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:01.340 in a spiritual state, 00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:02.779 guess what? 00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:04.019 He still loves me. 00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.920 If I feel, 00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:08.640 if I praise him, 00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:12.059 if I don't feel 00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:13.100 in a spiritual state, 00:33:13.360 --> 00:33:14.340 he still loves me. 00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:16.340 If I praise him, 00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:16.799 you know, 00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.500 he loves me. 00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:19.360 If I don't praise him, 00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.600 if I curse him, 00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.860 he still loves me. 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:24.019 If I open up my Bible 00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.700 and read it, 00:33:24.840 --> 00:33:25.579 he loves me. 00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:27.439 And if I close 00:33:27.439 --> 00:33:28.279 the pages 00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:29.939 of the Bible, 00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:30.919 of this book, 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:32.199 and I take 00:33:32.199 --> 00:33:33.559 and just chuck it down 00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.679 and, you know, 00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:36.099 spit on it, 00:33:36.159 --> 00:33:36.539 you know what? 00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:37.559 He still loves me. 00:33:38.939 --> 00:33:40.879 If I resist temptation, 00:33:41.879 --> 00:33:43.720 our Lord loves us. 00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:45.259 He loves me. 00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.779 If I yield to temptation, 00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.720 he still loves me. 00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:51.500 Now, 00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.299 he's not pleased 00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:53.200 that I do that. 00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:57.440 I'm a bond servant. 00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:02.079 He's not pleased 00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.799 that I do that, 00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:04.079 but he still loves me 00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:06.220 because he loves me 00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:07.660 with an everlasting love. 00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:12.099 That's my Jesus. 00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:21.380 Heavenly Father, 00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:21.960 this morning, 00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.460 I thank you 00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.019 for your word. 00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:25.839 And Lord, 00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.539 I just pray 00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:26.900 that 00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:29.799 every one of us 00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:34.380 may be pricked 00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:35.039 in our heart 00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:38.219 even though 00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:39.380 we're a bond servant 00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:40.519 of you. 00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.380 we've become 00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:42.119 a bond servant. 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:48.480 But we'll realize 00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:49.219 even 00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:51.440 in a deeper way 00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:54.820 how true 00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.759 we must live 00:34:55.759 --> 00:34:57.019 for our Master. 00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:58.980 Jesus. 00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.800 Thank you, Lord.