WEBVTT 00:00:00.700 --> 00:00:03.379 I believe that was a blessing to many of us this morning. 00:00:03.500 --> 00:00:07.740 Would you take the Word of God with me and turn to 1 Thessalonians chapter 5? 00:00:08.019 --> 00:00:16.039 We're beginning our last chapter in 1 Thessalonians as we've been on this book going through for 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:20.440 several months and, well, last couple of months anyway. 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:28.820 And, Lord willing, this Sunday and the next, we will finish up Paul's first letter to the 00:00:28.820 --> 00:00:30.539 church in Thessalonica. 00:00:31.400 --> 00:00:37.359 1 Thessalonians chapter 5, we'll read beginning in verse 1 in just a moment. 00:00:37.480 --> 00:00:46.780 Before I get into that, I want to share two verses from Luke chapter 12. 00:00:46.780 --> 00:00:56.020 Luke chapter 12, you don't have to turn there, stay in 1 Thessalonians unless you want to 00:00:56.020 --> 00:01:01.880 flip over quickly, but Luke chapter 12, verse 2, there is nothing covered that won't be uncovered. 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:06.520 Nothing hidden that won't be made known. 00:01:07.900 --> 00:01:12.340 Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light. 00:01:12.340 --> 00:01:20.680 And what you have whispered in an ear in private rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops. 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:25.939 Let's go over to 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 in verse 1. 00:01:26.460 --> 00:01:31.060 About the times and seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need anything to be written to you. 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:37.080 For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord, remember that phrase, will come 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:38.739 just like a thief in the night. 00:01:39.379 --> 00:01:45.060 When they say peace and security, then sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains 00:01:45.060 --> 00:01:47.379 on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 00:01:48.219 --> 00:01:56.039 But you, brothers and sisters, watch this, are not in the dark for this day to surprise you like a thief. 00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:02.680 For you are all children of light and children of the day. 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:07.620 We do not belong to the night or the darkness. 00:02:08.620 --> 00:02:14.960 So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us stay awake and be self-controlled. 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:18.200 For those who sleep, sleep at night. 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:20.640 And those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:25.460 But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled. 00:02:26.140 --> 00:02:31.879 And put on the armor of faith and love and a helmet of the hope of salvation. 00:02:31.879 --> 00:02:37.400 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:02:37.519 --> 00:02:39.519 who died for us. 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:44.900 So that whether we are awake or asleep, speaking of whether we live or die, 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:48.199 we may live together with him. 00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:55.259 Therefore, encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing. 00:02:56.740 --> 00:02:57.939 Would you pray with me? 00:02:57.939 --> 00:03:02.819 Lord Jesus, I thank you for your word that pierces to the heart. 00:03:03.639 --> 00:03:06.639 I pray that you would shine your light into the dark places. 00:03:07.500 --> 00:03:10.379 That you would remind us that we belong to the day. 00:03:11.579 --> 00:03:13.439 And it's in Jesus' name we ask it. 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:14.280 Amen. 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:16.419 That's the theme this morning. 00:03:16.579 --> 00:03:18.460 We belong to the day. 00:03:18.579 --> 00:03:22.400 Taken straight from 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 and verse 1. 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:26.439 The takeaway I hope that we can all walk out of here with this morning. 00:03:26.939 --> 00:03:33.840 The challenge to carry into our week is to let Jesus light up the darkness in and around us. 00:03:34.420 --> 00:03:39.200 Let Jesus light up the darkness in and around us. 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:45.319 Back in 1 Thessalonians chapter 5, down there in verse 2, it talks about the day of the Lord. 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:48.140 So what does it mean when it says the day of the Lord? 00:03:48.219 --> 00:03:49.259 What is the day of the Lord? 00:03:49.259 --> 00:03:55.699 The day of the Lord is God's future plan of His return, His rapture, His reign, and reckoning. 00:03:56.359 --> 00:03:57.599 So what do we mean by that? 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:03.500 We don't know exactly the order or the timing of when these events will take place with certainty. 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:09.139 And if you ask different theologians or different pastors exactly how that's all going to play out, 00:04:09.219 --> 00:04:11.159 you'll get a different answer every time just about. 00:04:11.159 --> 00:04:17.360 There are all kinds of different views on the millennium, God's thousand-year reign here on earth. 00:04:17.459 --> 00:04:25.779 There are all kinds of views, viewpoints on the tribulation time that the Bible says will be happening here on earth. 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:30.699 And even Christians may or may not go through the tribulation time, the church here. 00:04:30.779 --> 00:04:36.019 And there's all different kinds of views of what events and at what point of that event is the rapture, 00:04:36.139 --> 00:04:37.839 God bringing the church home to heaven. 00:04:37.839 --> 00:04:43.299 We don't know exactly when with certainty, but we know it will happen. 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:44.479 God will return. 00:04:44.619 --> 00:04:46.199 He will rapture His church. 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:47.579 He will reign. 00:04:47.919 --> 00:04:50.139 And there will be a day of reckoning. 00:04:50.299 --> 00:04:52.019 There will be a day of judgment. 00:04:52.759 --> 00:04:54.579 So that's what it's talking about. 00:04:54.699 --> 00:04:58.039 Generally speaking, the day of the Lord. 00:04:59.719 --> 00:05:03.299 Malachi chapter 4 and verse 1 references the day of the Lord. 00:05:03.300 --> 00:05:11.600 It says, look, the day of the Lord is coming, burning like a furnace when all the arrogant and everyone, watch this, 00:05:11.660 --> 00:05:15.860 who commits wickedness will become stubble. 00:05:16.699 --> 00:05:24.000 The coming day will consume them, says the Lord of armies, not leaving them root or branches. 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:25.819 You think God hates wickedness? 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:28.720 You think God hates darkness? 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:31.600 You think God hates sin? 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:41.180 Oftentimes, we love to cling to the parts of God that are most appealing and attractive to us. 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:46.040 But just like we have to take the whole counsel of this book, 00:05:46.440 --> 00:05:53.480 every page, every word inspired by God and given to us for direct application to our life, 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:58.560 we must also take the entire scope of what we read about our God. 00:05:58.640 --> 00:06:04.080 You can't pick and choose and cherry pick the parts of God that you like and the parts you don't like. 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:08.400 God hates wickedness. 00:06:08.540 --> 00:06:11.620 And in the end, God will judge the wicked. 00:06:11.620 --> 00:06:16.759 But then in verse 2 of Malachi chapter 4, 00:06:17.660 --> 00:06:19.560 But to you who fear my name, 00:06:20.379 --> 00:06:24.280 to you who fear my name, 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:31.579 the son of righteousness shall arise with healing in his wings. 00:06:33.019 --> 00:06:36.040 Who's he talking about when he says the son of righteousness? 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:37.220 Talk back to me, church. 00:06:37.220 --> 00:06:38.620 Jesus. 00:06:38.960 --> 00:06:39.440 Thank you. 00:06:40.060 --> 00:06:40.900 Whoever said that. 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:41.660 I think it was Aubrey. 00:06:41.780 --> 00:06:42.260 There you go. 00:06:42.400 --> 00:06:42.860 Good job. 00:06:43.460 --> 00:06:43.960 That's right. 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:47.160 The son of righteousness is Jesus. 00:06:47.380 --> 00:06:50.540 And he will arise with healing in his wings. 00:06:50.700 --> 00:06:52.020 For those who what? 00:06:52.700 --> 00:06:54.360 Fear my name. 00:06:55.440 --> 00:06:56.860 So the challenge this morning, 00:06:57.200 --> 00:06:58.940 walk in the light. 00:06:59.180 --> 00:06:59.880 Walk in the light. 00:07:00.220 --> 00:07:01.400 Would you turn with me over? 00:07:01.460 --> 00:07:02.600 We don't have it on the screens, 00:07:02.880 --> 00:07:03.640 and that's intentional. 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:08.860 Would you turn with me over to 1 John chapter 1 and verse 5. 00:07:08.919 --> 00:07:10.560 If you didn't bring a Bible with you, 00:07:10.620 --> 00:07:12.139 there's one in the pew back in front of you. 00:07:12.459 --> 00:07:15.279 1 John chapter 1 and verse 5. 00:07:15.819 --> 00:07:18.279 Let's read 1 John 1, 5, 00:07:18.419 --> 00:07:20.500 down through verse 7 together. 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:22.800 For sake of time, I'm going to go ahead and read. 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:25.300 This is the message we have heard from him 00:07:25.300 --> 00:07:26.360 and declare to you, 00:07:26.779 --> 00:07:28.939 God is light. 00:07:28.939 --> 00:07:33.120 And there is absolutely no darkness in him. 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:37.600 If we say we have fellowship with him, 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:40.719 and I think just about everybody in this room 00:07:40.719 --> 00:07:42.819 would say I have fellowship with God. 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:45.839 You would lump yourself into that category. 00:07:46.220 --> 00:07:49.339 So if we say we have fellowship with God, 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:52.540 and yet we walk in darkness, 00:07:53.220 --> 00:07:54.959 we are lying. 00:07:54.959 --> 00:07:59.339 And are not practicing the truth. 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:02.419 If we walk in the light, 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:05.120 as he himself is in the light, 00:08:05.739 --> 00:08:08.519 we have fellowship with one another. 00:08:09.139 --> 00:08:11.819 Folks, we cannot have fellowship with one another 00:08:11.819 --> 00:08:13.740 if some of us are walking in the light, 00:08:13.859 --> 00:08:15.519 and some of us are walking in darkness. 00:08:17.659 --> 00:08:19.079 I didn't make that up. 00:08:19.299 --> 00:08:20.139 It's in the Bible. 00:08:20.139 --> 00:08:25.259 We must be united 00:08:25.259 --> 00:08:28.479 in striving every day 00:08:28.479 --> 00:08:32.580 to walk in the light of fellowship with God. 00:08:34.220 --> 00:08:36.319 And abhor the darkness. 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:38.659 Run from the darkness. 00:08:40.199 --> 00:08:44.019 Flee the devil and his wickedness. 00:08:45.580 --> 00:08:48.620 Then we have fellowship with one another. 00:08:48.620 --> 00:08:51.759 And at the end of verse 7, 00:08:52.539 --> 00:08:54.039 the blood of Jesus Christ, 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:56.100 the blood of Jesus his son, 00:08:56.740 --> 00:08:58.659 cleanses us from all sin. 00:09:00.019 --> 00:09:01.379 That's what cleanses us. 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:04.980 Y'all, we're not talking about living as perfect people. 00:09:05.100 --> 00:09:06.200 That will never happen. 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:08.320 As long, and we talked about it last week, 00:09:08.379 --> 00:09:11.100 as long as we are wrapped in this sinful flesh, 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:12.899 there will constantly be a struggle 00:09:12.899 --> 00:09:16.000 between this flesh and what this flesh wants, 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:17.620 and the spirit inside of us, 00:09:17.620 --> 00:09:18.679 and what he wants. 00:09:19.500 --> 00:09:22.659 And the key is to win more battles for the spirit 00:09:22.659 --> 00:09:23.460 than you lose. 00:09:24.379 --> 00:09:27.279 The key is to continue on striving 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:28.700 to listen to the spirit 00:09:28.700 --> 00:09:31.200 and not walk in the darkness. 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:33.059 It doesn't mean that sometimes 00:09:33.059 --> 00:09:34.580 the darkness isn't going to creep in. 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:36.440 It doesn't mean that sometimes 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:39.379 the darkness isn't going to overwhelm us, 00:09:39.419 --> 00:09:41.139 and we have to then turn back 00:09:41.139 --> 00:09:42.000 to the spirit. 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:44.279 Every one of us will fall, 00:09:44.620 --> 00:09:46.860 but the righteous man falls seven times 00:09:46.860 --> 00:09:47.580 and does what? 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:49.059 Rises again. 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:50.460 Gets back up. 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:52.100 You don't walk in the darkness. 00:09:52.460 --> 00:09:53.519 You don't live there. 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:55.159 You don't stay there. 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:56.960 You get back in the light 00:09:56.960 --> 00:09:58.600 because we belong to the light. 00:09:58.940 --> 00:10:00.100 We belong to the day. 00:10:00.460 --> 00:10:01.860 God saved us from the darkness. 00:10:02.019 --> 00:10:03.500 He saved us from the wickedness. 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:05.320 You aren't trapped by that anymore. 00:10:06.220 --> 00:10:07.360 Unless you still are. 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:10.340 Unless you still are trapped by that, 00:10:10.419 --> 00:10:11.200 and you're playing church. 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:12.340 You're playing Christian. 00:10:12.540 --> 00:10:13.800 You're putting on this front. 00:10:14.060 --> 00:10:15.180 You're trying to act like 00:10:15.180 --> 00:10:16.800 you're one of God's people, 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:17.900 and you're not. 00:10:21.520 --> 00:10:23.040 And you're not hurting anybody 00:10:23.040 --> 00:10:24.520 except you. 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:27.020 God loves you. 00:10:27.379 --> 00:10:28.160 He wants you. 00:10:28.259 --> 00:10:30.440 The invitation is stretched out to you, 00:10:30.540 --> 00:10:31.740 and all you have to do 00:10:31.740 --> 00:10:33.440 is give up and say yes. 00:10:34.540 --> 00:10:37.080 We are to walk in the light. 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:40.879 There's a pastor that I read frequently 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:41.780 from time to time. 00:10:41.940 --> 00:10:44.759 He's written some encouraging books, 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:46.820 especially on the Christian life and walk. 00:10:47.020 --> 00:10:47.460 And he says, 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:48.840 walking in the light means 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:51.180 we pursue obedience 00:10:51.180 --> 00:10:53.120 and are honest 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:55.800 about our remaining darkness. 00:10:55.799 --> 00:10:55.939 darkness. 00:10:57.139 --> 00:10:58.639 I think that's a great way to put it. 00:11:01.299 --> 00:11:02.419 We are not perfect. 00:11:03.579 --> 00:11:05.179 There will still be darkness 00:11:05.179 --> 00:11:06.159 that creeps in, 00:11:06.500 --> 00:11:07.519 but we are honest 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:09.339 about our struggles. 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:10.359 We are honest 00:11:10.359 --> 00:11:14.000 about our frailties, 00:11:14.139 --> 00:11:15.039 about our weaknesses. 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:18.259 We open up. 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:19.459 We're vulnerable. 00:11:19.460 --> 00:11:21.860 And we get one another's help 00:11:21.860 --> 00:11:22.860 and God's help 00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:24.920 in dealing with it. 00:11:26.540 --> 00:11:27.620 Walking in the light 00:11:27.620 --> 00:11:29.660 means we pursue God. 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:31.700 We pursue obedience to Him. 00:11:32.660 --> 00:11:33.740 And we're honest 00:11:33.740 --> 00:11:35.280 about where we fall. 00:11:36.139 --> 00:11:36.940 And when we fall, 00:11:37.740 --> 00:11:38.900 we can lift each other up. 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:41.600 I might need you to lift me up. 00:11:42.300 --> 00:11:44.060 You might need me to lift you up. 00:11:45.160 --> 00:11:46.460 You might need one another 00:11:46.460 --> 00:11:47.840 to help lift you up. 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:50.139 And fight back 00:11:50.139 --> 00:11:50.860 against the darkness. 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:52.700 We're all prone to it. 00:11:53.019 --> 00:11:54.080 We're all weak. 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:56.519 But we don't live there. 00:11:57.220 --> 00:11:58.500 We don't walk in it. 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:00.200 We don't continue on. 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:02.960 Back in 1 Thessalonians 5, 00:12:03.560 --> 00:12:04.940 you, brothers and sisters, 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:06.320 are not in the dark. 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:09.200 You are all children of light, 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:10.920 children of the day. 00:12:11.259 --> 00:12:12.900 We do not belong to the night 00:12:12.900 --> 00:12:14.420 or the darkness. 00:12:14.980 --> 00:12:15.500 Number two, 00:12:15.500 --> 00:12:17.540 wake up from sleep. 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:18.820 Walk in the light 00:12:18.820 --> 00:12:21.120 and wake up from sleep. 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:23.259 Over in Romans chapter 13. 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:25.280 And again, 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:26.240 I'd ask you to turn there 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:26.660 if you would. 00:12:26.780 --> 00:12:27.960 Romans chapter 13 00:12:27.960 --> 00:12:29.660 and verse 11. 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:30.639 We've got a few verses 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:32.320 to read in Romans chapter 13. 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:38.940 This is the prime soteriological book 00:12:38.940 --> 00:12:39.700 of the Bible. 00:12:39.700 --> 00:12:41.540 That just means it has to do 00:12:41.540 --> 00:12:43.260 with the doctrine of salvation, 00:12:43.260 --> 00:12:44.460 how to be saved. 00:12:44.820 --> 00:12:46.420 Romans lays it out for us 00:12:46.420 --> 00:12:47.520 that we are wicked, 00:12:47.780 --> 00:12:49.320 but God loves us anyway. 00:12:49.740 --> 00:12:50.840 He sent his son Jesus 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:52.080 to die for us. 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:53.600 And because of the sacrifice 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:55.740 that Jesus made on the cross for us, 00:12:55.980 --> 00:12:57.160 you and I can be saved. 00:12:57.220 --> 00:12:58.360 We just have to turn to him, 00:12:58.640 --> 00:12:59.660 turn away from our sin, 00:12:59.659 --> 00:13:01.039 ask God for forgiveness, 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:03.259 and put all of our faith 00:13:03.259 --> 00:13:05.159 that he will save us. 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:06.519 Then, 00:13:06.659 --> 00:13:07.759 we can be saved. 00:13:08.439 --> 00:13:09.259 And that's what Romans 00:13:09.259 --> 00:13:10.679 spends a good deal of time 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:11.299 talking about. 00:13:11.459 --> 00:13:12.519 So in chapter 13, 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:14.419 down in verse 11, 00:13:15.259 --> 00:13:16.179 besides this, 00:13:16.500 --> 00:13:17.819 since you know the time, 00:13:18.299 --> 00:13:19.839 it is already the hour 00:13:19.839 --> 00:13:21.259 for you to wake up 00:13:21.259 --> 00:13:22.159 from sleep. 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:23.199 Because now, 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:25.419 our salvation is nearer 00:13:25.419 --> 00:13:27.379 than when we first believed. 00:13:27.579 --> 00:13:29.019 The night is nearly over, 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:30.699 and the day is near. 00:13:31.419 --> 00:13:32.679 So let us discard, 00:13:32.779 --> 00:13:33.279 watch this, 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:35.579 discard the deeds of darkness, 00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:38.879 and put on the armor of light. 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:41.679 Let us walk with decency, 00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:43.620 as in the daytime, 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:46.939 not in carousing and drunkenness, 00:13:47.179 --> 00:13:49.139 not in sexual impurity 00:13:49.139 --> 00:13:50.980 and promiscuity, 00:13:50.980 --> 00:13:53.299 not in quarreling and jealousy, 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:56.460 but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, 00:13:57.299 --> 00:13:59.460 and don't make plans 00:13:59.460 --> 00:14:03.899 to gratify the desires of the flesh. 00:14:07.179 --> 00:14:09.199 Don't make plans 00:14:09.199 --> 00:14:12.819 to gratify the desires of the flesh. 00:14:13.939 --> 00:14:15.980 Walk with decency, 00:14:16.299 --> 00:14:17.939 as in the daytime. 00:14:17.940 --> 00:14:22.000 Discard the deeds of darkness. 00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:23.940 Put on, arm yourself, 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:25.160 protect yourself 00:14:25.160 --> 00:14:27.520 with the armor of light. 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:31.360 We are equipped 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:33.880 with everything we need 00:14:33.880 --> 00:14:35.100 to fight back 00:14:35.100 --> 00:14:36.080 against the darkness 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:37.120 that surrounds us. 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:39.440 You walk out of this church, 00:14:39.560 --> 00:14:40.380 and the truth is, 00:14:40.580 --> 00:14:42.340 you look around inside this church, 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:43.640 and there is darkness. 00:14:44.820 --> 00:14:46.840 You walk out in the world around us, 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:48.540 we are bombarded constantly 00:14:48.540 --> 00:14:49.300 with darkness, 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:50.139 with wickedness, 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:51.519 with all those things 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:52.379 that we just read about 00:14:52.379 --> 00:14:53.200 in Romans 13. 00:14:54.700 --> 00:14:56.080 The sexual impurity, 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:57.019 the promiscuity, 00:14:57.160 --> 00:14:58.540 the carousing and drunkenness, 00:14:58.840 --> 00:14:59.879 quarreling and jealousy, 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:01.280 it finds its way 00:15:01.280 --> 00:15:02.040 into the church, 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:03.160 and it's sure enough 00:15:03.160 --> 00:15:04.080 outside the church. 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:06.180 It's everywhere. 00:15:06.620 --> 00:15:07.820 So how in the world 00:15:07.820 --> 00:15:08.660 can we, 00:15:08.780 --> 00:15:09.620 who are surrounded 00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:11.160 by so much darkness, 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:12.700 live in light? 00:15:12.700 --> 00:15:14.759 But we have to arm ourselves. 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:17.280 Put on the whole armor of God 00:15:17.280 --> 00:15:18.660 that you can be able 00:15:18.660 --> 00:15:20.920 to stand in the evil day. 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:22.140 When all the darts 00:15:22.140 --> 00:15:23.020 come against you, 00:15:23.140 --> 00:15:24.259 all the temptations 00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:25.220 come against you, 00:15:25.500 --> 00:15:26.940 you are strong enough 00:15:26.940 --> 00:15:27.640 to withstand 00:15:27.640 --> 00:15:29.120 if you arm yourself 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:29.900 with the armor of light. 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:30.300 Otherwise, 00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:31.640 you're a sitting duck. 00:15:34.020 --> 00:15:35.460 You can't fight back 00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:36.620 against the powers of darkness, 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:38.140 but with the power of light 00:15:38.140 --> 00:15:39.680 inside of you, 00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:40.660 it is strong enough. 00:15:40.659 --> 00:15:42.299 It is stronger than anything. 00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:43.659 Where sin abounded, 00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:45.839 grace much more abounded. 00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:48.360 God is stronger than the devil. 00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:51.279 The spirit is stronger 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:52.279 than your flesh. 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:54.019 But you have to give in 00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:54.620 to the spirit. 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:57.819 You have to stop 00:15:57.819 --> 00:15:58.879 giving in to the flesh. 00:15:58.980 --> 00:16:00.419 You have to say no to yourself. 00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:02.819 We all do. 00:16:04.079 --> 00:16:05.759 Time and time again, 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:10.259 we will face this battle. 00:16:11.659 --> 00:16:12.980 I wish I could say 00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:14.120 it's all going to get easier 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:14.679 from here. 00:16:15.079 --> 00:16:16.439 But until we get home 00:16:16.439 --> 00:16:17.279 to heaven someday, 00:16:17.439 --> 00:16:18.419 that's why we look 00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:20.039 with such great anticipation 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:22.399 to see our Jesus, 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:23.559 to see our Savior, 00:16:23.839 --> 00:16:25.299 to see His second coming 00:16:25.299 --> 00:16:26.679 and rapture us home to heaven. 00:16:26.899 --> 00:16:28.059 It's going to be wonderful 00:16:28.059 --> 00:16:29.639 and finally the battle 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:30.199 will be over. 00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:31.579 Finally, 00:16:31.719 --> 00:16:32.480 we'll quit losing 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:33.159 these battles. 00:16:33.819 --> 00:16:34.240 Finally, 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:35.699 He'll bring us home 00:16:35.699 --> 00:16:36.519 to heaven someday. 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:38.139 But until that day, 00:16:38.339 --> 00:16:40.039 He did not leave us alone. 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:41.699 He did not leave us abandoned. 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:43.620 He left us with everything 00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:44.319 we need. 00:16:45.059 --> 00:16:46.399 His Holy Spirit. 00:16:47.139 --> 00:16:48.079 His Word, 00:16:48.419 --> 00:16:50.199 which contains every instruction 00:16:50.199 --> 00:16:51.399 we need for life. 00:16:53.299 --> 00:16:54.159 It's there. 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:56.759 What are we going to do with it? 00:16:58.059 --> 00:16:59.899 Wake up from sleep. 00:17:02.199 --> 00:17:03.179 Walk in the light. 00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:05.839 Wake up from your sleep. 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:07.299 Maybe there's people 00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:08.099 in here this morning 00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:09.220 who are living in the dark. 00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:10.700 You're walking in the dark. 00:17:12.879 --> 00:17:13.899 Maybe there's people 00:17:13.899 --> 00:17:14.960 who are asleep 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:17.019 and it's time to wake up. 00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:19.180 It's time to put on 00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:20.059 the armor of light. 00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:21.639 It's time to walk 00:17:21.639 --> 00:17:22.839 in the light 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:23.740 that Jesus gives. 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:26.500 You know who you are. 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:27.559 You know what you've done. 00:17:27.679 --> 00:17:28.899 You know whatever it is. 00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:30.940 There's no possible way 00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:31.779 that I could know 00:17:31.779 --> 00:17:33.119 everything that's going on 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:33.720 in your life, 00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:34.679 in your heart. 00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:35.819 But you do. 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:37.399 And God does. 00:17:38.139 --> 00:17:39.139 And He's calling to you 00:17:39.139 --> 00:17:39.619 this morning. 00:17:40.639 --> 00:17:41.319 He's saying, 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.940 I can shine my light 00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:44.359 into the dark areas. 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:45.980 Let me do it. 00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:48.819 Folks, if you're walking 00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:49.360 in darkness, 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.059 you know what you're going 00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:50.599 to produce? 00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:52.039 The fruits of darkness. 00:17:53.120 --> 00:17:53.920 If you're walking 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:54.519 in the light, 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.539 you're going to produce 00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:56.799 the fruit of God's light. 00:17:58.420 --> 00:17:59.740 So what are the action steps? 00:17:59.860 --> 00:18:00.339 Number one, 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:01.579 find self-control 00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:03.039 by daily surrender 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:04.440 to spirit control. 00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:06.759 It's a continual battle. 00:18:06.900 --> 00:18:08.339 We're always going to face it. 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:09.240 Paul wrote about it 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:09.940 in the book of Romans. 00:18:10.059 --> 00:18:10.420 He said, 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.799 the things I want to do, 00:18:11.860 --> 00:18:12.980 I find myself not doing. 00:18:13.180 --> 00:18:14.460 The things I don't want to do, 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:15.819 that's what I find myself doing. 00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:17.140 We will all continually 00:18:17.140 --> 00:18:18.259 struggle with this, 00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:19.900 but it's about giving in 00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:20.880 to the Spirit 00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:23.099 and surrendering self-control. 00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:24.819 You will get yourself 00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:25.299 in trouble. 00:18:25.579 --> 00:18:27.039 I will get myself in trouble. 00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:28.120 The Holy Spirit 00:18:28.120 --> 00:18:29.339 is the only one 00:18:29.339 --> 00:18:30.360 that will keep me 00:18:30.360 --> 00:18:31.720 from being ashamed. 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:33.500 Paul said in Romans 1.16, 00:18:33.700 --> 00:18:34.900 I am not ashamed 00:18:34.900 --> 00:18:36.259 of the gospel of Christ. 00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:37.539 There was plenty other things 00:18:37.539 --> 00:18:38.200 in Paul's life 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:39.620 that he had to be ashamed of. 00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.660 He killed Christians, 00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:41.400 for goodness sakes. 00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:42.279 I really hope 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:43.140 there's nobody in here 00:18:43.140 --> 00:18:43.960 who's killed Christians. 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:45.960 Otherwise, 00:18:46.120 --> 00:18:46.940 we've got another problem. 00:18:48.340 --> 00:18:49.539 We've got a security team, 00:18:49.620 --> 00:18:49.720 though, 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.680 so just so you're aware. 00:18:54.539 --> 00:18:55.539 Paul had done 00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:56.140 terrible, 00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:57.360 despicable things 00:18:57.360 --> 00:18:58.960 that he was ashamed of, 00:18:59.039 --> 00:18:59.600 but he said, 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.740 I found one thing 00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:02.000 that I'm not ashamed of, 00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:03.240 and it's the gospel of Jesus. 00:19:04.380 --> 00:19:05.600 And so if you stay 00:19:05.600 --> 00:19:06.220 in the light 00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:07.519 and you walk in the light, 00:19:07.579 --> 00:19:08.180 then you will not 00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:09.180 be shamed by that. 00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:10.799 You will not hang 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:11.799 your head in shame 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:13.500 when it's revealed 00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:15.140 what you've done 00:19:15.140 --> 00:19:15.980 in the light. 00:19:16.060 --> 00:19:17.140 But how many times 00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:18.120 have you and I, 00:19:18.360 --> 00:19:19.360 you don't need to raise your hand, 00:19:19.560 --> 00:19:20.279 how many times 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:20.840 have you and I 00:19:20.840 --> 00:19:21.380 been ashamed 00:19:21.380 --> 00:19:22.340 of what we did in the dark? 00:19:25.380 --> 00:19:26.420 So we must find 00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:28.240 self-control by how? 00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:29.440 Man, you say, 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:30.560 you figured out 00:19:30.560 --> 00:19:31.799 the secret to self-control? 00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:32.680 That's great, man. 00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.259 You should go make 00:19:33.259 --> 00:19:34.000 a billion dollars 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:35.400 and sell a bunch of books 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:36.299 and speak at a bunch 00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:36.799 of conferences. 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:38.180 It's by surrendering 00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:39.200 to spirit control. 00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:39.700 I'm sorry, 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.299 I wish there was 00:19:40.299 --> 00:19:41.019 an easier answer, 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:41.899 but there's not. 00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:42.799 For you or for me, 00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:44.000 we must surrender 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.879 to the Holy Spirit 00:19:44.879 --> 00:19:46.119 and give up self. 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:47.019 Secondly, 00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:48.419 find an accountability partner. 00:19:49.619 --> 00:19:50.639 That's where it gets sticky. 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:52.419 You can't fight 00:19:52.419 --> 00:19:53.200 this battle alone. 00:19:53.659 --> 00:19:54.460 God never intended 00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:55.059 for you to fight 00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:55.779 this battle alone. 00:19:57.899 --> 00:19:58.899 You've got darkness 00:19:58.899 --> 00:19:59.940 that's overwhelming you. 00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:00.859 It's beating you up. 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:01.940 You can't seem 00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:02.519 to shake it. 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:03.159 You can't seem 00:20:03.159 --> 00:20:04.079 to find the light. 00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:05.519 You need help. 00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:07.359 This church 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:08.980 is here to help. 00:20:09.339 --> 00:20:10.559 We're not a trophy club. 00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:11.299 We're a hospital. 00:20:12.879 --> 00:20:14.519 But sometimes we act 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.720 more like a trophy club. 00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:19.379 There are people 00:20:19.379 --> 00:20:20.659 all throughout this church 00:20:20.659 --> 00:20:21.980 who would love 00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:23.000 to help you 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:24.119 bear your burden. 00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:26.639 Keep it confident. 00:20:27.899 --> 00:20:28.960 Keep it quiet. 00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:30.539 Deal with it only 00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:31.079 in the circles 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:32.200 it needs to be dealt with. 00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.720 But we, 00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:35.799 as the body of Christ, 00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:37.200 are here to help 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.899 and are called 00:20:37.899 --> 00:20:39.399 to help one another. 00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:42.019 If you're ignoring 00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.619 that help, 00:20:43.419 --> 00:20:44.500 that's on you. 00:20:44.919 --> 00:20:45.599 It's not on us. 00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:48.399 Find self-control 00:20:48.399 --> 00:20:49.319 by daily surrender 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:50.159 to spirit control. 00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:51.859 Find an accountability 00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:52.919 partner. 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:54.119 I'd be happy to do it. 00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:54.500 I'd be happy 00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:54.960 to help you 00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.779 find someone else. 00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.740 Someone you love. 00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.839 Someone you trust. 00:20:58.940 --> 00:21:00.619 Someone who you know 00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:01.419 and loves you. 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.519 Cares about you. 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:05.160 So the takeaway is 00:21:05.160 --> 00:21:05.879 let Jesus 00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:07.079 light up 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:08.240 the darkness 00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:10.019 in and around you. 00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:11.700 It's a hard sermon 00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.200 to preach 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:13.039 but we're preaching 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.639 the text 00:21:13.639 --> 00:21:14.480 as it comes up. 00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:17.299 We are not 00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.160 children of the dark. 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:20.400 So let us not 00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:21.180 walk in the darkness. 00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:23.240 Let us not live 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:25.299 publicly 00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:26.740 or privately 00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:28.099 like those 00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:28.879 without Christ. 00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:31.460 let Jesus 00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:32.900 shine his light 00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:33.740 because God 00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.640 wants to do 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:35.700 incredible things. 00:21:36.760 --> 00:21:37.560 Bear incredible 00:21:37.560 --> 00:21:38.060 fruit 00:21:38.060 --> 00:21:39.220 of his light 00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:40.280 in your life. 00:21:41.280 --> 00:21:41.960 We belong 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:43.200 to the day. 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.740 Let's pray together. 00:21:46.580 --> 00:21:47.360 Lord Jesus 00:21:47.360 --> 00:21:47.960 I don't know 00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:48.800 what's on every heart 00:21:48.800 --> 00:21:49.320 this morning. 00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:50.360 I know what's on mine. 00:21:54.300 --> 00:21:55.500 I just ask 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:57.180 that you would 00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.860 convict us 00:21:57.860 --> 00:21:58.140 God 00:21:58.140 --> 00:22:00.020 as only 00:22:00.020 --> 00:22:00.860 you are able 00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:02.800 shine your light 00:22:02.800 --> 00:22:03.520 into the dark 00:22:03.520 --> 00:22:04.000 places. 00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:08.280 In our hearts 00:22:08.280 --> 00:22:10.320 around us 00:22:10.320 --> 00:22:10.840 there's people 00:22:10.840 --> 00:22:11.480 who want to share 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.060 the gospel 00:22:12.060 --> 00:22:13.060 with others 00:22:13.060 --> 00:22:13.580 in their 00:22:13.580 --> 00:22:14.360 neighborhood 00:22:14.360 --> 00:22:14.980 in their 00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:16.220 community 00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.600 at their 00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:17.020 workplace 00:22:17.020 --> 00:22:17.660 and it just 00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:18.160 seems like 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:18.780 they're surrounded 00:22:18.780 --> 00:22:19.600 by darkness. 00:22:20.080 --> 00:22:20.880 Every time 00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:21.520 we wake up 00:22:21.520 --> 00:22:22.060 in this world 00:22:22.060 --> 00:22:22.880 it seems like 00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:23.700 there's so little 00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.120 light 00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:25.880 but your light 00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:26.640 is more powerful 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:28.380 than the darkness. 00:22:29.320 --> 00:22:30.360 Remind us of that. 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.740 Let us not be 00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.100 overcome 00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:33.660 by the darkness. 00:22:33.820 --> 00:22:34.360 Let us not 00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:35.420 be overwhelmed 00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:36.280 by the night. 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.400 Joy comes 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:40.940 in the morning. 00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:42.000 You do 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:43.140 incredible things 00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:44.400 with sunrises 00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:45.800 if we study 00:22:45.800 --> 00:22:46.280 the scriptures. 00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.560 You can make 00:22:48.560 --> 00:22:49.020 a sunrise 00:22:49.020 --> 00:22:49.840 in our day. 00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:53.699 we claim 00:22:53.699 --> 00:22:54.259 the healing 00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:55.599 from the 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:55.899 sun of 00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:56.339 righteousness 00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:58.699 that you 00:22:58.699 --> 00:22:59.079 mentioned 00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.539 in Malachi. 00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:03.099 God I ask 00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:03.559 that you would 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.220 convict hearts 00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:05.199 convict my heart 00:23:05.199 --> 00:23:07.159 shine your light 00:23:07.159 --> 00:23:08.039 into the darkest 00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.819 areas of our 00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.179 hearts 00:23:09.179 --> 00:23:10.980 illuminate it 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:13.240 and then help 00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.839 us to take 00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.439 the steps 00:23:14.439 --> 00:23:14.839 needed. 00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.339 Daily go to 00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:18.699 the word 00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.480 daily go to 00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.059 you in prayer. 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.120 Find an 00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.559 accountability 00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.059 partner 00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.640 and daily 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:24.220 go to 00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:25.039 seek spirit 00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.759 control over 00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.460 self-control. 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.279 Lord we need 00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.380 it. 00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:28.740 This town 00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.200 doesn't need 00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.519 any more 00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:29.940 fruits of 00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.240 darkness. 00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:31.799 Our families 00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.259 don't need 00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.580 any more 00:23:32.580 --> 00:23:33.039 fruits of 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:33.340 darkness. 00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.940 This church 00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.440 sure doesn't 00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:35.819 need any 00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:37.140 more fruits 00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.840 of darkness. 00:23:39.080 --> 00:23:39.700 Shine the 00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.100 light God. 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.200 There's 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:43.740 somebody here 00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.180 who says 00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.539 God has 00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:44.759 never 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.259 shined his 00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.600 light into 00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:46.080 my heart. 00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.119 prayer. 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:49.039 I need to 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.480 ask him to 00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.039 forgive my 00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.379 sins. 00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:50.819 Put my 00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.299 faith in 00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.240 him to 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.720 save me. 00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.379 Would you 00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:53.679 slip your 00:23:53.679 --> 00:23:53.980 hand up 00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.359 right now? 00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:55.220 Nobody's 00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.659 looking around 00:23:55.659 --> 00:23:55.960 but I'd 00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.419 like to see 00:23:56.419 --> 00:23:56.639 you and 00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:57.000 pray for 00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.220 you. 00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.339 Would you 00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:58.639 slip your 00:23:58.639 --> 00:23:58.919 hand up 00:23:58.919 --> 00:23:59.279 right now? 00:23:59.319 --> 00:23:59.539 I need 00:23:59.539 --> 00:23:59.819 to ask 00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:01.679 Jesus to 00:24:01.679 --> 00:24:02.199 forgive me 00:24:02.199 --> 00:24:02.539 of my 00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:02.960 sins. 00:24:03.199 --> 00:24:03.419 Put all 00:24:03.419 --> 00:24:03.859 my faith 00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.179 in him 00:24:04.179 --> 00:24:04.539 as my 00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:04.859 savior. 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.419 Thank you. 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:10.639 You can put 00:24:10.639 --> 00:24:10.919 your hands 00:24:10.919 --> 00:24:11.159 down. 00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.259 God, 00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:14.920 I mean if 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.140 you would 00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:15.440 say I 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:15.980 need prayer. 00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.060 I'm not 00:24:17.060 --> 00:24:17.200 going to 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.820 get specific 00:24:17.820 --> 00:24:18.220 of what 00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.980 it is but 00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.259 I need 00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.560 prayer. 00:24:20.800 --> 00:24:21.040 Would you 00:24:21.040 --> 00:24:21.320 slip your 00:24:21.320 --> 00:24:21.600 hand up 00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:22.000 this morning? 00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.200 Thank you. 00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:29.840 God, 00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.140 you know 00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:30.620 every heart 00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:30.860 and you know 00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:31.600 every situation. 00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.000 Just ask 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.220 that you 00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.700 would convict 00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.040 us through 00:24:35.040 --> 00:24:35.560 your scriptures. 00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.480 Let us 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.940 walk in the 00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.360 light God. 00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:40.939 it's in 00:24:40.939 --> 00:24:41.199 Jesus' 00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:41.599 name we 00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:41.979 ask it. 00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.399 Amen. 00:24:43.959 --> 00:24:44.199 Brother 00:24:44.199 --> 00:24:44.379 Gray.