WEBVTT 06:52.900 --> 06:58.020 Welcome to Sure Foundation Baptist Church everybody please find your seats and pick up a hymnal 06:58.820 --> 07:04.020 First song we're going to be singing is song 178 song 178 07:05.060 --> 07:10.600 Jesus loves even me song 178 on the first 07:11.900 --> 07:19.720 I am so glad that our Father in heaven tells of his love and the book he has given. 07:19.720 --> 07:23.520 Wonderful things in the Bible I see. 07:23.520 --> 07:27.560 This is the dearest that Jesus loves me. 07:27.560 --> 07:31.740 I am so glad that Jesus loves me. 07:31.740 --> 07:33.840 Jesus loves me. 07:33.840 --> 07:35.760 Jesus loves me. 07:35.760 --> 07:39.840 I am so glad that Jesus loves me. 07:39.900 --> 07:43.000 And Jesus loves even me. 07:43.600 --> 07:47.160 Though I forget him and wander away 07:47.760 --> 07:51.440 Still he don't love me wherever I stray 07:51.920 --> 07:55.520 Back to his dear loving arms would I flee 07:56.040 --> 08:01.920 When I remember that Jesus loves me. I am so glad that 08:02.840 --> 08:04.840 Jesus loves me 08:04.960 --> 08:06.960 Jesus loves me 08:07.120 --> 08:11.160 Jesus loves me. I am so glad that 08:11.600 --> 08:16.600 Jesus loves me, Jesus loves even me. 08:17.400 --> 08:25.880 Oh, if there's only one song I can sing, When in His beauty I see the great King, 08:25.880 --> 08:34.280 This shall my song in eternity be. Oh, what a wonder that Jesus loves me! 08:34.280 --> 08:42.840 I am so glad that Jesus loves me! Jesus loves me! Jesus loves me! 08:42.840 --> 08:45.400 I am so glad that Jesus loves me! 08:45.400 --> 08:47.400 Jesus loves me 08:47.520 --> 08:49.800 Jesus loves even me 08:50.440 --> 08:53.880 All right good singing brother brek. He please open us up with a word of prayer 09:10.700 --> 09:18.940 Amen next song is gonna be song 318 give my give me thy heart song 318 09:22.000 --> 09:24.160 318 on the first 09:25.100 --> 09:30.400 Give me thy heart says the father above 09:31.460 --> 09:36.880 No gifts so precious to him as our love 09:38.500 --> 09:43.420 Softly he whispers wherever thou art 09:45.620 --> 09:52.560 Gratefully trust me and give me thy heart give me 09:53.100 --> 09:58.100 Give me thy heart. 09:58.100 --> 10:05.100 Hear the soft whisper wherever thou art. 10:05.100 --> 10:12.100 From this dark world he would draw thee apart. 10:12.100 --> 10:19.100 Speaking so tenderly, give me thy heart. 10:20.000 --> 10:25.840 Give me thy heart says the Savior of men 10:27.600 --> 10:32.200 Calling in mercy again and again 10:34.040 --> 10:36.040 Trust in me only 10:36.840 --> 10:38.840 You'll never 10:39.320 --> 10:40.920 depart 10:40.920 --> 10:46.880 Have I not died for thee give me thy heart 10:48.100 --> 10:55.060 Give me thy heart, give me thy heart. 10:55.060 --> 11:02.100 Hear the soft whisper wherever thou art. 11:02.100 --> 11:09.100 From this dark world he would draw thee apart. 11:09.100 --> 11:16.000 Speaking so tenderly, give me thy heart. 11:16.200 --> 11:23.320 Give me thy heart, says the Spirit divine. 11:23.320 --> 11:30.280 All that thou hast to my keeping resign. 11:30.280 --> 11:37.320 Grace more abounding is mine to impart. 11:37.320 --> 11:44.120 Make full surrender and give me thy heart. 11:44.200 --> 11:51.400 Give me thy heart, give me thy heart. 11:51.400 --> 11:58.200 Hear the soft whisper wherever thou art. 11:58.200 --> 12:05.200 From this dark world he would draw thee apart. 12:05.800 --> 12:12.600 speaking so tenderly give me thy heart. 12:12.600 --> 12:14.600 Alright, now for some announcements. 12:16.000 --> 12:23.260 Welcome back to Shul Foundation Baptist Church. Thank you for going so willing with us in this hot weather and praise Lord for the one salvation 12:23.260 --> 12:28.140 We had so let's look at the verse of the week Roman chapter 2 verse 23 12:28.320 --> 12:33.240 Thou that makest thy boast of the law through breaking the law dishonest thou God 12:33.240 --> 12:35.800 So if you keep you know hammering on the commandments of God 12:35.800 --> 12:40.480 But you basically break them you actually dishonor God and you blaspheme God 12:40.800 --> 12:44.000 So let's not be let's not be hypocrites and let's look 12:44.000 --> 12:47.940 Look at the inside page, give us a follow on YouTube, Facebook, Rumble, and X. 12:47.940 --> 12:51.900 We have Sunday morning service at 11, Sunday afternoon service at 4, and Wednesday night 12:51.900 --> 12:53.460 Bible study at 7 p.m. 12:53.460 --> 12:59.140 We'll be going through, you know, the majority of Acts chapter number 9, mainly talking about 12:59.140 --> 13:04.660 the conversion of the, the conversion story of Saul, later known as the Apostle Paul. 13:05.300 --> 13:10.900 And we have someone in Saturday morning at 1030 and Sunday afternoon someone in at 130 and 13:11.620 --> 13:17.380 1 30 p.m. And I mean salvation's here today is looking great and we almost 13:18.900 --> 13:23.060 break 700 salvations of the year and like I said earlier you know even though we 13:25.000 --> 13:29.440 I think we'll exceed last year's salvation number 13:29.440 --> 13:33.640 even though we don't have the Philippines number, 13:33.640 --> 13:36.040 which means we have way more salvation locally speaking. 13:36.040 --> 13:37.720 So praise God for that. 13:38.100 --> 13:43.860 And upcoming events will have our annual fall fellowship at a local park on Saturday, October 13:44.660 --> 13:48.740 3rd of course more details to come and the church will be providing the 13:49.220 --> 13:54.080 Burgers and the grill and the grilling stuff and you guys will be bringing the sides. We'll have 13:55.340 --> 14:01.020 Volleyball net there's a basketball court and there's some kids waterpark. So it's gonna be a family fun time 14:01.700 --> 14:06.520 And then we have Indy's own winning on July 25th. So that's coming up really soon 14:06.520 --> 14:12.240 Please RSVP because I do want to know how many people are coming just for food purpose and just for 14:13.580 --> 14:14.620 logistic 14:14.620 --> 14:16.100 logistic purposes 14:16.100 --> 14:18.740 We're going to Purdue on August 22nd 14:19.140 --> 14:23.540 Detroit on September 5th and Notre Dame September 19 and and and 14:24.300 --> 14:29.580 26 and Evansville on October 31st and finish the year up with Winter Wonderland on 14:29.700 --> 14:34.020 726 and winter wonderland is always the fun time and the weather is all in the 14:34.020 --> 14:38.040 weather it was great for the past two winter wonderland and then we finish up 14:38.040 --> 14:42.420 at the city barbecue you know eating some brisket barbecue so it's really 14:42.420 --> 14:45.580 good just to finish the year up so please join us and even for the weather 14:45.580 --> 14:50.140 is minus 20 we'll still be going okay so it's called winter wonderland right so 14:50.140 --> 14:54.820 cooler still cooler than hell so 14:55.500 --> 14:58.300 And pray for the people that are sick 14:58.300 --> 15:01.340 and people who can't decide which church to go to. 15:01.340 --> 15:05.660 Just pray we'll come back on the attendance soon 15:05.660 --> 15:07.980 and go to our website for more details 15:07.980 --> 15:10.260 about the upcoming events. 15:10.260 --> 15:12.500 And if you finally flip on the backside, 15:12.500 --> 15:15.420 but Matt is gonna having, 15:15.420 --> 15:17.780 he'll have his birthday on the 10th. 15:18.200 --> 15:22.200 So let's sing Happy Birthday to Brother Matt. Ready? 15:22.200 --> 15:27.200 Happy birthday to you, 15:27.200 --> 15:31.200 Happy birthday to you, 15:31.200 --> 15:37.200 Happy birthday, God bless you, 15:37.200 --> 15:42.200 Happy birthday to you. 15:42.200 --> 15:44.800 Alright, how old will you be? 15:47.300 --> 15:48.140 43. 15:50.140 --> 15:52.060 That's not old, yeah, that's not old. 15:52.060 --> 15:54.020 I should say how young, how young we would be. 15:54.020 --> 15:55.980 I think that would be a better way to phrase the question, 15:55.980 --> 15:58.260 so sorry about that. 15:58.260 --> 16:01.700 And then, all right, I think that's all the announcement. 16:01.700 --> 16:03.800 Let's sing one more song and then we'll take up the offering. 16:06.100 --> 16:08.100 Song 306. 16:08.100 --> 16:10.100 Song 306. 16:10.100 --> 16:12.100 Have Thine Own Way, Lord. 16:12.100 --> 16:16.100 40 is a little up there, but... 16:16.100 --> 16:18.100 306. 16:18.100 --> 16:24.100 Have Thine Own Way, Lord. 16:24.100 --> 16:28.100 Have Thine Own Way. 16:28.100 --> 16:33.900 Thou art the Potter. 16:34.000 --> 16:38.160 I am the clay 16:38.160 --> 16:43.200 Mold me and make me 16:43.200 --> 16:47.360 After thy will 16:47.360 --> 16:52.480 While I am waiting 16:52.480 --> 16:56.560 Yielded and still 16:56.560 --> 17:00.400 Have thine own way 17:01.900 --> 17:05.900 Have thine own way 17:05.900 --> 17:10.900 Search me and try me 17:10.900 --> 17:14.900 Master today 17:14.900 --> 17:19.900 Wider than snow, Lord 17:19.900 --> 17:24.900 Wash me just now 17:25.000 --> 17:33.640 As in thy presence, humbly and bow. 17:33.640 --> 17:38.920 Have thine own way, Lord. 17:38.920 --> 17:43.000 Have thine own way. 17:43.000 --> 17:51.560 Wounded and weary, help me, I pray. 17:52.400 --> 18:01.440 Power, all power, surely is thine. 18:01.440 --> 18:10.520 Touch me and heal me, Savior divine. 18:10.520 --> 18:15.520 Have thine own way, Lord. 18:15.520 --> 18:18.520 Have thine own way. 18:19.800 --> 18:28.800 Hold o'er my being absolute sway, 18:28.800 --> 18:37.800 Fill with thy Spirit till all shall see 18:37.800 --> 18:44.800 Christ only always living in me. 18:46.200 --> 18:49.000 Alright good singing. Usher's please come up. 18:52.400 --> 18:54.400 Brother Gerard, could you please pray for our friend? 19:51.300 --> 20:00.300 Alright, we'll be in Daniel chapter 4, Daniel chapter 4. If anyone ever needs a Bible, just raise your hand and Usher will give one to you. 20:00.300 --> 20:03.300 Daniel chapter 4, the whole chapter will be read. 20:08.500 --> 20:10.500 Daniel chapter 4 of the Bible reads, 20:10.660 --> 20:16.740 Nebuchadnezzar the king unto all people, nations and languages that dwell in all the earth. 20:17.300 --> 20:23.140 peace be multiplied unto you. I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the high god 20:23.140 --> 20:29.620 hath wrought toward me. How great are his signs, and how mighty are his wonders. His kingdom is an 20:29.620 --> 20:35.620 everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. I, Nebuchadnezzar, 20:35.620 --> 20:40.020 was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace. 20:40.500 --> 20:47.500 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. 20:47.500 --> 20:57.500 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream. 20:57.500 --> 21:06.200 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans and the soothsayers, and I told the dream before them, 21:06.300 --> 21:11.100 but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. 21:11.100 --> 21:16.220 But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Spelta Shazzar, 21:16.220 --> 21:21.500 according to the name of my God, in whom is the Spirit of the Holy Gods, and before him 21:22.000 --> 21:39.000 I told the dream saying, Oh, Balthasar Master the Magicians, because I know that the spirit of the Holy Gods is in thee, and no secret trouble with thee. Tell me the visions of my dream that I might, that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. 21:39.300 --> 21:45.620 Thus were the visions of my head in my bed. I saw and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, 21:45.620 --> 21:50.580 and the height thereof was great. The tree grew and was strong, and the height thereof reached 21:50.580 --> 21:58.420 unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth. The leaves thereof were fair, 21:58.420 --> 22:00.660 and the fruit thereof much. And 22:01.500 --> 22:06.100 And it was meat for all. The beasts of the field had shadow under it. 22:06.100 --> 22:11.900 And the fowls of the heavens dwelt in the bows thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. 22:12.100 --> 22:19.300 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven. 22:19.300 --> 22:27.300 He cried aloud and said thus, Hewn down the tree and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, 22:27.300 --> 22:35.220 and scatter his fruit. Let the beasts get away from it and the fowls from his branches. Nevertheless, 22:35.220 --> 22:39.940 leave the stump of his roots in the earth even with a band of iron and 22:40.100 --> 22:47.340 grass in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven. 22:47.340 --> 22:52.500 And let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth. 22:52.500 --> 22:57.980 Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him, and let 22:57.980 --> 23:01.240 seven times pass over him. 23:01.240 --> 23:06.900 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones. 23:07.600 --> 23:12.880 to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleeth in the kingdom of men, 23:12.880 --> 23:19.120 and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basis of men. 23:19.120 --> 23:22.400 This dream I, K. Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. 23:23.200 --> 23:27.840 Now thou, O Balthashezar, declare the interpretation thereof. 23:28.500 --> 23:34.740 For as much as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation, 23:34.740 --> 23:38.660 that thou art able, for the Spirit of thy holy gods is in thee. 23:38.800 --> 23:45.300 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. 23:45.300 --> 23:51.300 The king spake and said, Belteshazzar, what not the dream of the interpretation thereof trouble thee? 23:51.300 --> 24:00.300 Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof is to thine enemies. 24:01.000 --> 24:06.840 the tree that thou sawest, which grew and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, 24:06.840 --> 24:13.480 and the sight thereof to all the earth, whose leaves were fair and fruit thereof much, 24:13.480 --> 24:15.400 and it was meat for all. 24:15.500 --> 24:21.820 Under which the beasts of the field dwelt upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation 24:21.820 --> 24:29.080 It is now okay that thou art grown and become strong for thy greatness is grown and reach unto the heaven 24:29.080 --> 24:31.080 and thy demand to the end of the earth and 24:31.400 --> 24:33.400 Whereas the king saw a watcher 24:33.900 --> 24:39.020 and the Holy One coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down and destroy it. 24:39.020 --> 24:43.900 Yet weave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with the banned iron and brass, 24:43.900 --> 24:47.900 and in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, 24:47.900 --> 24:52.860 and let his portion be with the beasts of the field till seven times pass over him. 24:52.860 --> 24:57.580 This is the interpretation, O King, and this is the decree of the Most High, 24:57.580 --> 24:59.980 which is come upon my ward the King. 25:01.300 --> 25:07.300 They shall drive thee from men, and thy dwellings shall be with the beasts of the field, and they 25:07.300 --> 25:12.740 shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, seven times 25:12.740 --> 25:18.020 shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it 25:18.020 --> 25:20.000 to whomsoever he will. 25:20.400 --> 25:27.760 and whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots, thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, 25:27.760 --> 25:31.140 after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule. 25:31.140 --> 25:38.380 Wherefore, O Cain, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, 25:38.380 --> 25:45.180 and thy iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquility. 25:45.500 --> 25:48.940 All this came upon the Cain Nebuchadnezzar. 25:48.940 --> 25:53.260 At the end of twelve months, he walked in the palace at the kingdom of Babylon. 25:53.260 --> 25:55.020 The Cain spake and said, 25:55.020 --> 26:00.700 Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, 26:00.700 --> 26:03.020 and for the honor of my majesty? 26:03.020 --> 26:07.740 While the word was in the Cain's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven saying, 26:07.740 --> 26:12.460 O Cain Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken, the kingdom is departed from thee. 26:12.800 --> 26:18.240 They shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. 26:18.240 --> 26:24.080 They shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know 26:24.080 --> 26:29.120 that the Most High ruleeth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will." 26:29.760 --> 26:33.520 The same hour was nothing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar. 26:34.100 --> 26:40.580 and he was driven from men and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, 26:40.580 --> 26:45.220 till his hairs were grown like eagle's feathers, and his nails like bird's claws. 26:45.780 --> 26:51.060 And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and my understanding 26:51.060 --> 26:56.740 returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praise and honor Him that liveth forever. 26:57.300 --> 27:02.980 whose name is everlasting dominion, his kingdom is from generation to generation. 27:02.980 --> 27:07.340 And all the inhabitants of the earth are repeated as nothing. 27:07.900 --> 27:12.780 and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth, 27:12.780 --> 27:18.940 and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? At the same time my reason return unto 27:18.940 --> 27:25.020 me, and for the glory of my kingdom my honor and brightness return unto me. My counselors and my 27:25.020 --> 27:30.860 lords sought unto me, and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. 27:30.860 --> 27:35.660 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the king of heaven. 27:35.900 --> 27:38.900 all whose works are truth in his ways judgment, 27:38.900 --> 27:43.400 and those that walk in his pride, he is able to abase. 27:43.400 --> 27:45.400 Brother Wade, could you please sit in service? 27:59.000 --> 28:00.900 If you guys would look at... 28:01.800 --> 28:06.300 In Daniel chapter 4 verse number 30 it says, 28:06.300 --> 28:10.100 The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon 28:10.100 --> 28:13.940 That I have built for the house of the kingdom 28:13.940 --> 28:18.560 By the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty? 28:18.560 --> 28:21.680 So the title of my sermon is called Reality Check. 28:21.680 --> 28:24.600 So this chapter is perfect for that. 28:24.600 --> 28:25.880 It's a great chapter. 28:25.880 --> 28:28.580 Obviously this verse just shows how Nebuchadnezzar thinks 28:28.580 --> 28:29.340 that he built. 28:29.800 --> 28:34.040 uh... everything by himself and that he has all this power and 28:34.040 --> 28:35.860 that he's just this great man 28:35.860 --> 28:39.240 and obviously the only reason you can do that is because god allowed him to do that 28:39.240 --> 28:41.060 and god gave him the power and 28:41.060 --> 28:42.540 uh... you know even the 28:42.540 --> 28:45.900 best person in the world the strongest person 28:45.900 --> 28:47.500 trump or whoever 28:47.600 --> 28:49.720 They're only there because God lets them be there. 28:49.720 --> 28:52.120 They're nothing really different than anybody else. 28:52.120 --> 28:53.120 They're just a human. 28:53.120 --> 28:54.760 They're all going to die eventually. 28:54.760 --> 28:59.200 And a lot of times, God's going to give people a reality check even before they die, which 28:59.200 --> 29:01.600 is what we've seen in this chapter. 29:01.600 --> 29:07.360 If you look at verse number 31, it says, 29:07.360 --> 29:12.880 As while the word was in the king's mouth there fell a voice from heaven saying, O King 29:12.880 --> 29:14.560 Nebuchadnezzar, to thee. 29:15.100 --> 29:20.780 it is spoken, The kingdom is departed from thee, and they shall drive thee from men, 29:20.780 --> 29:27.740 and thy dwelling shall be with the beast of the field. They shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, 29:27.740 --> 29:34.700 and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of 29:34.700 --> 29:38.900 men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, the same hour. 29:39.800 --> 29:45.340 was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar, and he was driven from men, and did he grass 29:45.340 --> 29:50.600 as oxen, and his body was wet from the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like 29:50.600 --> 29:52.500 eagle's feathers, and his nails. 29:52.900 --> 29:54.900 like bird's claws. 29:54.900 --> 29:57.400 So hey, we see that God's punishment came quick. 29:57.400 --> 29:59.900 He tells him, hey, because you think you built it, 29:59.900 --> 30:02.400 I'm going to take it away, the kingdom's departed. 30:02.400 --> 30:05.900 And in verse, if you look back up to verse 27, 30:05.900 --> 30:08.900 Daniel actually gives him a warning before this happens 30:08.900 --> 30:13.400 to kind of maybe stop God's punishment for a while 30:13.400 --> 30:16.900 and, you know, maybe get Nebuchadnezzar to think, uh... 30:17.200 --> 30:24.760 more logically in verse 27 it says wherefore oh king let my counsel be acceptable unto thee and break off thy sins 30:25.640 --> 30:32.000 by righteousness and nine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor if it may be a 30:32.680 --> 30:37.840 Lengthening of thy tranquility so hey, you know Daniel's kind of trying to talk him off the ledge and saying hey 30:37.840 --> 30:44.400 You know maybe if you do some good stuff, maybe if you you know stop being so prideful and God might 30:45.100 --> 30:48.900 you know, delay his judgment on you. 30:48.900 --> 30:50.460 But obviously he didn't do that, right? 30:50.460 --> 30:55.640 He continues and says he built everything and God had to punish him. 30:55.640 --> 31:00.120 So here I have a list of five of the biggest reality checks 31:00.120 --> 31:02.860 as people face in their life. 31:02.860 --> 31:06.860 And number one is, probably everybody can guess it, finances. 31:07.400 --> 31:13.960 It says number two is relationships, number three is parenting, number four is career, 31:13.960 --> 31:16.600 number five is health. 31:16.600 --> 31:19.320 So the first one is finances, which obviously... 31:20.000 --> 31:22.000 is probably the biggest thing in people's life, right? 31:22.000 --> 31:24.800 Because everything you do revolves around finances. 31:24.800 --> 31:27.100 Even just getting to church or going on a mission trip 31:27.100 --> 31:31.100 or eating food or living or, you know, buying some water. 31:31.100 --> 31:35.200 Like, nothing's free, so obviously finances being number one 31:35.200 --> 31:36.200 revolves everything. 31:36.200 --> 31:39.100 I mean, that affects your relationships, your parenting. 31:39.100 --> 31:41.500 If you don't feed your kids, you're not a good parent. 31:41.500 --> 31:44.500 You know, obviously even career and health. 31:44.500 --> 31:47.000 Like, if you just eat junk food because you don't have any money. 31:47.200 --> 31:54.200 So finance is number one and it says that this is often the first major reality check of adulthood, 31:54.200 --> 31:56.200 but it repeats throughout life. 31:56.200 --> 32:03.200 It is the realization that money is infinite in a lifestyle, inflation is a trap. 32:03.200 --> 32:09.200 People often face this when calculating how much of a paycheck is immediately eaten by taxes, 32:09.200 --> 32:13.200 insurance, basic utilities, or when managing. 32:13.500 --> 32:21.280 The invisible cost of maintaining a home or vehicle it shifts the mindset from what can I afford right now to how do I? 32:22.040 --> 32:24.040 build long-term 32:24.060 --> 32:29.720 Security, so if you flip over to Luke chapter 12 Luke chapter 12 so obviously 32:31.200 --> 32:36.700 When you turn 18, most people move out and they go to college and you start paying your bills. 32:36.700 --> 32:39.700 It hits you pretty quick on how much stuff costs. 32:39.700 --> 32:42.700 And even after you work a long time, even if you save some money, 32:42.700 --> 32:47.700 like it brings up here, I don't own a home but I'm sure it's even worse, but just my vehicle. 32:47.700 --> 32:49.700 It's like, should I fix it? Should I get a new one? 32:49.700 --> 32:54.200 Should I get a really good part on the car or get a cheaper part? 32:54.200 --> 32:57.700 If I fix this part, is this going to go bad? Should I replace both? 32:57.700 --> 32:59.200 And no matter how much money you have... 32:59.200 --> 33:04.000 it seems like there's enough stuff to break that you're always trying to decide on what to do. 33:04.000 --> 33:07.840 So, you know, a big thing of just growing up is learning of, like, 33:07.840 --> 33:11.040 where to put the money and what to do things. 33:11.040 --> 33:16.800 And, you know, it's always a guessing game on what's going to break next. 33:16.800 --> 33:21.840 But in Luke 12, we're going to see that even if you have enough money 33:21.840 --> 33:23.760 to where you don't have to worry about anything... 33:24.000 --> 33:30.260 Other things can happen and you can have an even worse reality check than maybe your transmission blowing up or 33:30.260 --> 33:36.040 you know, your house catching on fire or my grandma's house one time got hit by a tornado 33:36.040 --> 33:40.040 and the insurance company came and put his arm around my grandpa and said, 33:40.040 --> 33:44.040 don't worry, you have the best insurance. They called it the deluxe package. 33:44.040 --> 33:47.040 They're like, you don't have to worry about nothing, you're all covered. 33:47.040 --> 33:51.240 And then they wouldn't pay for anything. So, you know, that's about a... 33:51.600 --> 33:56.300 how it goes, but in Luke chapter 12 verse number 15 it says, 33:56.300 --> 34:00.900 And he said unto them, Take heed and beware of covetousness, 34:00.900 --> 34:05.000 for a man's life consisteth not of the abundance of the things 34:05.000 --> 34:07.400 which he possesseth. 34:07.400 --> 34:10.000 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, 34:10.000 --> 34:13.800 The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. 34:15.600 --> 34:22.600 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 34:22.600 --> 34:31.600 And he said, This will I do, I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will bestow all my fruits and my goods. 34:31.600 --> 34:40.600 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years, take thine ease, drink, ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 34:41.400 --> 34:47.000 But God said unto him, Thou fool this night, thy soul shall be required of thee. 34:47.000 --> 34:51.400 Then who shall those things be which thou hast provided? 34:52.500 --> 34:57.700 So is he that layeth up treasures for himself and is not rich towards God. 34:57.700 --> 35:03.200 So obviously we see, hey, somebody here, he's got all the money coming in, everything is going great. 35:03.200 --> 35:08.900 You know, he doesn't have to worry about any sort of reality check of something breaking in his life 35:08.900 --> 35:12.200 and not being able to afford it or being able to provide for his family, but... 35:12.500 --> 35:14.660 you know, God's gonna kill them, right? 35:14.660 --> 35:17.900 He's gonna die, and, you know, if somebody dies 35:17.900 --> 35:19.620 and they're not saved, the reality check hits 35:19.620 --> 35:22.220 when they're gonna go to hell, obviously. 35:22.220 --> 35:24.940 So, no matter what happens in your life, 35:24.940 --> 35:26.480 you're gonna have some sort of reality check 35:26.480 --> 35:27.380 in your finance, right? 35:27.380 --> 35:28.800 If you're just saving money, 35:28.800 --> 35:30.500 and you're not doing anything for God, 35:30.500 --> 35:32.700 and you die, and you get to heaven, 35:32.700 --> 35:35.220 you have no rewards, or if you're, you know, 35:35.220 --> 35:37.920 a rich person, and you just worked in Hollywood 35:37.920 --> 35:39.820 your whole life, and did all this bad stuff, 35:39.820 --> 35:40.500 and you die, you're gonna... 35:40.500 --> 35:45.200 to go to hell, and if you're just kind of the person that's barely getting by, every 35:45.200 --> 35:49.060 day could be a reality check of what's going to happen next, right? 35:49.060 --> 35:54.100 So obviously you're never going to get away from this one, but you just have to learn 35:54.100 --> 35:55.020 to... 35:55.400 --> 35:56.600 you know, make the best of it. 35:56.600 --> 35:58.100 And obviously as a parent, 35:58.100 --> 35:59.600 I think you should try to train your kids 35:59.600 --> 36:01.600 and help your kids and teach them everything 36:01.600 --> 36:03.300 that you possibly know. 36:03.300 --> 36:05.200 And, you know, there's lots of stuff online 36:05.200 --> 36:08.300 because obviously most parents like to say 36:08.300 --> 36:10.000 the younger generations are lazy, 36:10.000 --> 36:11.100 they don't know how to handle money, 36:11.100 --> 36:12.600 they don't know how to write a check. 36:12.600 --> 36:14.700 But at the same time, it's like, well, you trained them. 36:14.700 --> 36:15.800 So it's kind of your fault, right? 36:15.800 --> 36:17.900 It's like, if you were at work and you're like, 36:17.900 --> 36:20.200 man, none of these people know how to do anything 36:20.200 --> 36:21.700 and you're the trainer, it's like, 36:21.700 --> 36:23.300 well, isn't it kind of your fault, right? 36:23.400 --> 36:25.520 I mean, you need to train them. 36:25.520 --> 36:29.760 But obviously, some people can have bad financial shape, 36:29.760 --> 36:31.840 even if they are trained and do good. 36:31.840 --> 36:34.360 If you turn to Job chapter one, obviously, 36:34.360 --> 36:36.640 most people know this story, but it's always good to think 36:36.640 --> 36:39.600 because it's easy to look at people and say, 36:39.600 --> 36:41.920 well, it's the parents' fault for not training them, 36:41.920 --> 36:43.540 or it's the kids' fault for not listening, 36:43.540 --> 36:45.560 or it's society's fault. 36:45.560 --> 36:46.700 But even if you're... 36:46.900 --> 36:50.640 somebody who's good with money, somebody who works hard, 36:50.640 --> 36:54.240 somebody who's preparing for all types of stuff. 36:54.400 --> 36:59.080 God can still test you and bad things can happen and it's no fault of your own in 36:59.480 --> 37:05.720 Job chapter 1 verse 1 it says there was a man in the land of Oz whose name was Job and that man was 37:05.800 --> 37:10.740 Perfect and upright and one that feared God and eschewed evil 37:11.040 --> 37:16.320 So we see here that you know Job's upright he feared God and in verse number 3 37:16.320 --> 37:22.400 It says his substance also was seven thousand sheep and three thousand camels 37:22.400 --> 37:27.000 and 500 yoke of oxen and 500 she asses 37:27.000 --> 37:30.400 and a very great household so that this man 37:30.400 --> 37:33.100 was the greatest of all the men of the east. 37:33.100 --> 37:34.500 So obviously he's really rich, right? 37:34.500 --> 37:37.000 I mean, if he wants to grill up some camels 37:37.000 --> 37:38.700 and some oxen and some sheep, 37:38.700 --> 37:40.700 you know, he can grill up as many as he wants, 37:40.700 --> 37:43.700 unlimited food, unlimited resources, 37:43.700 --> 37:45.700 but down in verse... 37:47.700 --> 37:53.180 13, it says, And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking 37:53.180 --> 37:57.560 wine in their eldest brother's house, and there came a messenger to Job, and said, The 37:57.560 --> 38:03.860 oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them, and the Sabeans fell upon them and took 38:03.860 --> 38:04.860 them away. 38:04.860 --> 38:11.400 18 They have slain the servants with the edge of the sword, and I only am escaped alone 38:11.400 --> 38:12.180 to tell thee. 38:12.500 --> 38:17.500 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen 38:17.500 --> 38:22.760 from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them. 38:22.760 --> 38:26.180 And I only am a scape alone to tell thee. 38:26.600 --> 38:32.600 Well, he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out 38:32.600 --> 38:38.080 three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the 38:38.080 --> 38:44.240 servants with the edge of the sword, and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 38:44.240 --> 38:47.920 Well, he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were 38:47.920 --> 38:52.000 eating and drinking wine in my eldest brother's house. 38:52.400 --> 38:57.100 And behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness 38:57.100 --> 38:59.200 and smote the four corners of the house, 38:59.200 --> 39:02.700 and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead, 39:02.700 --> 39:06.100 and I only am escaped alone to tell thee." 39:06.100 --> 39:09.400 So hey, here we see that Job was great, doing everything, 39:09.400 --> 39:12.100 you know, he should be, and he still lost everything. 39:12.100 --> 39:15.500 So, you know, I don't have any great news for you. 39:15.500 --> 39:18.400 There's going to be some sort of reality check, 39:18.400 --> 39:20.400 and, you know, I'm not sure which one. 39:20.400 --> 39:21.400 what it's going to be but. 39:21.800 --> 39:24.300 You just have to make the best of it and don't quit, right? 39:24.300 --> 39:27.600 I mean, obviously, a lot of these can make you stronger. 39:27.600 --> 39:29.800 You know, like Job, you come out better. 39:29.800 --> 39:31.500 But it can also make you quit, right? 39:31.500 --> 39:32.700 There's lots of people in the Bible 39:32.700 --> 39:33.800 where something bad happens, 39:33.800 --> 39:35.600 they have some sort of reality check, 39:35.600 --> 39:36.900 and they just quit, right? 39:36.900 --> 39:40.900 And it's easy to do, especially a lot of new-I-B people, right? 39:40.900 --> 39:43.000 You travel, you drive, you take the plane. 39:43.000 --> 39:46.100 So people spend a lot of money for church. 39:46.100 --> 39:48.900 And at some point, you know, a lot of people seem to give up 39:48.900 --> 39:49.800 because the car breaks. 39:49.800 --> 39:53.800 and they don't have a car, and then they can't go to church. 39:53.800 --> 39:58.560 Obviously, a big thing with our type of church is if you're going to travel, you have to 39:58.560 --> 40:01.680 make sure you have a good car, which obviously I'm preaching to myself. 40:01.680 --> 40:06.720 My car is duct taped and zip tied, but hey, it's still going, right? 40:06.720 --> 40:10.280 If the zip ties ever let me down, I'll have to get a new one. 40:10.280 --> 40:11.720 I'll take the bullet. 40:12.500 --> 40:18.500 I always like to say they put lots of extra parts on the cars, so you can lose a couple parts and it still works. 40:18.500 --> 40:21.500 So the next one is relationships. 40:22.200 --> 40:25.200 They say relationships are in the end of the honeymoon phase. 40:25.200 --> 40:28.200 Because obviously everything when it first starts off is great. 40:28.200 --> 40:33.200 You come to a church, you like all the people, you get married, you love that person. 40:33.200 --> 40:38.200 But after a long time people start to nitpick all the little things. 40:38.200 --> 40:44.200 This person does that, or somebody stole my seat, or this person talks more to so-and-so than me. 40:44.200 --> 40:48.200 Things after a long time people start to bicker about stuff. 40:48.200 --> 40:50.200 stuff so if you go to judge 40:50.200 --> 40:59.920 is 16, we're going to see an extreme example of how bad relationships can be. 40:59.920 --> 41:04.120 And on one side, it could seem like a great relationship, and on the other side, it's 41:04.120 --> 41:08.260 terrible, but they're just putting on a facade. 41:08.260 --> 41:14.580 So in Judges 16, there's going to be, you're going to see some people are just really evil 41:14.580 --> 41:16.380 and just want to hurt you, which is a sad. 41:16.700 --> 41:19.700 not very positive sermon so far, I'm sorry about that, but 41:19.700 --> 41:25.700 Judges 16-4, it says, and it came to pass afterward 41:25.700 --> 41:31.400 that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 41:31.900 --> 41:38.380 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her and said unto her, Entice him, and see 41:38.380 --> 41:41.900 wherein his great strength lieth. 41:41.900 --> 41:48.340 And by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him, and we 41:48.340 --> 41:52.420 will give the every one of us 11. 41:53.100 --> 41:55.340 100 pieces of silver. 41:55.340 --> 41:57.100 And Delilah said to Samson, 41:57.100 --> 42:00.780 Tell me, I pray thee, where in thy great strength lieth, 42:00.780 --> 42:04.940 and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. 42:06.300 --> 42:08.020 Which is kind of a weird thing, like just right there, 42:08.020 --> 42:10.500 like why does she want to know, you know, 42:10.500 --> 42:13.220 in his mind it should kind of throw a red flag already, 42:13.220 --> 42:16.620 of like why does she want to know why I'm so strong, 42:16.620 --> 42:19.700 and where it lies, and how can somebody hurt you? 42:19.800 --> 42:21.560 And in verse number seven it says, 42:21.560 --> 42:26.940 and Samson said to her, if they bind me with seven green 42:26.940 --> 42:31.580 withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak 42:31.580 --> 42:34.020 and be as another man. 42:34.020 --> 42:37.180 So he tells her a very specific thing. 42:37.180 --> 42:40.460 And we're going to skip down, but if you keep reading, 42:40.460 --> 42:43.380 you're going to see he keeps telling her these very specific 42:43.380 --> 42:44.340 ways. 42:44.340 --> 42:44.840 And then. 42:45.300 --> 42:53.640 You think I'd throw a flag in his brain like how come like the Philistines keep trying exactly what I'm saying these super crazy weird 42:54.400 --> 42:57.600 situations, but somehow the Philistines keep doing it. 42:57.600 --> 43:01.400 But he's just blinded and he doesn't see it, right? 43:01.400 --> 43:03.900 Because he loves her and he doesn't want to admit that, 43:03.900 --> 43:07.000 hey, this person's evil and they're trying to hurt me. 43:07.000 --> 43:09.500 And, you know, there really is just people like that. 43:09.500 --> 43:11.500 I mean, you hear all types of famous people. 43:11.500 --> 43:16.000 And there was a guy on the Oklahoma City Thunder, 43:16.000 --> 43:18.500 which, you know, some people like the basketball team. 43:18.500 --> 43:22.400 But there's a player in there, I believe, and he went to a party. 43:22.400 --> 43:29.360 with the ID but somehow the lady snuck in with the fake ID or no ID and yeah 43:29.360 --> 43:31.800 and she 43:32.200 --> 43:36.200 She, you know, enticed him or whatever, and then she tried to sue him for all this money, 43:36.200 --> 43:39.700 and you know, because she's underage, but it's not his fault. 43:39.700 --> 43:42.200 She went there, you had to be a certain age to get in. 43:42.200 --> 43:43.500 She lied about it. 43:43.500 --> 43:47.500 All of it was just to try to get with an NBA player and take his money, right? 43:47.500 --> 43:52.000 And you see tons of stories like that, I mean, of Hollywood people and baseball people. 43:52.000 --> 43:56.300 There's just people out there that, hey, you have money and they're coming after you, right? 43:56.300 --> 44:00.200 And even if you don't have money, some people just want to get you in trouble. 44:00.200 --> 44:05.340 trouble for whatever reason. But obviously if you're poor you have a less likelihood. 44:05.340 --> 44:09.440 So one benefit of the financial thing is if you don't have any money you have less to 44:09.440 --> 44:14.000 worry about. So in verse number 15 it says, 44:14.000 --> 44:19.820 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with 44:19.820 --> 44:27.300 me? Thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength 44:27.300 --> 44:27.800 Liar. 44:28.300 --> 44:30.060 So again, she's just admitted to him, like, 44:30.060 --> 44:33.740 hey, you told me three times and it didn't work. 44:33.740 --> 44:37.900 You think that he'd be like, how do you know it didn't work? 44:37.900 --> 44:39.740 It's just crazy he didn't see it. 44:39.740 --> 44:41.980 I mean, it's so clear when you read it. 44:41.980 --> 44:44.060 And in verse 16, it says, and it came to pass 44:44.060 --> 44:48.060 when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him 44:48.060 --> 44:50.860 so that his soul was vexed unto death. 44:51.800 --> 44:55.600 that he told her all his heart and said unto her, 44:55.600 --> 45:01.800 There hath not come a razor upon mine head, for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb. 45:01.800 --> 45:06.300 If I be shaven, then my strength will go from me. 45:06.700 --> 45:10.940 and I shall become weak and be like any other man." 45:10.940 --> 45:14.380 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, 45:14.380 --> 45:17.820 she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, 45:17.820 --> 45:22.540 Come up this once, for he hath showed me all his heart. 45:22.540 --> 45:27.820 Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her and brought money in their hand. 45:29.100 --> 45:38.000 and she made him sleep upon her knees, and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head, 45:38.000 --> 45:43.800 and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 45:43.800 --> 45:48.200 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson, and he woke out of his sleep. 45:48.200 --> 45:52.200 It's crazy, like, how, somebody just cuts your hair off, and you're just sleeping, and you don't even notice. 45:52.700 --> 45:56.720 and he wakes out of his sleep and said, 45:56.720 --> 46:00.900 I will go out as at other times before and shake myself. 46:00.900 --> 46:04.020 And he wished not that the Lord was departed from him. 46:04.020 --> 46:07.220 But the Philistines took him and put out his eyes 46:07.220 --> 46:09.820 and brought him down to Giza and bound him 46:09.820 --> 46:11.060 with fetters of brass. 46:11.060 --> 46:14.380 And he did grind in the prison house. 46:14.380 --> 46:16.180 So obviously there was tons of red flags. 46:17.100 --> 46:22.100 I mean, just looking at the story, it's like you're shocked at how Samson couldn't figure this one out. 46:22.100 --> 46:27.100 But obviously in our life, there's lots of red flags and sometimes you don't notice it either, right? 46:27.100 --> 46:33.100 I mean, I hear tons of stories where people say, like, hey, my friend's dating some person and they're just a terrible person. 46:33.100 --> 46:36.100 I tell them all this bad stuff and they don't want to listen. 46:36.100 --> 46:39.100 And, you know, down the road, they figure out that, hey... 46:39.700 --> 46:44.700 It was bad, but obviously reading the story, you know, we should remember that. 46:44.700 --> 46:48.600 And if we're in a situation, always try to remember like, hey, what are the red flags here? 46:48.900 --> 46:52.640 And the biggest red flag is not being married, right? 46:52.640 --> 46:54.300 When you're with somebody that you're not married to, 46:54.300 --> 46:56.800 somebody that you're just dating, 46:56.800 --> 47:01.100 there's a way likelier chance that that person 47:01.100 --> 47:02.700 could do something bad to you. 47:02.700 --> 47:04.080 So I have some statistics here. 47:04.080 --> 47:07.880 It says, it's well-documented statistical reality 47:07.880 --> 47:10.900 in criminology and sociology that married individuals 47:10.900 --> 47:15.180 experience significantly lower rates of severe physical. 47:15.400 --> 47:22.600 intimate partner violence than those who are dating or co-inhabiting living together unmarried. 47:22.600 --> 47:32.700 It says according to data, the rates of domestic violence for co-inhabiting unmarried women is often more than double the rate for married women. 47:32.700 --> 47:39.400 So if you're with somebody who you're not married to, if you're a woman, it's double the rate. 47:39.600 --> 47:43.600 of some sort of violence or negative thing that can happen to you. 47:43.600 --> 47:49.600 So it says research has reportedly shown a tiered risk based on relationship status 47:49.600 --> 47:53.600 with co-inhabiting couples facing the highest risk. 47:53.600 --> 47:54.800 A study... 47:55.600 --> 47:59.600 by demographic found that over a one year period, 47:59.600 --> 48:04.600 35% of co-inhabiting couples and 20% of dating couples 48:05.200 --> 48:09.000 experience some sort of physical relationship violence. 48:09.000 --> 48:10.860 So if you're co-inhabiting, 48:10.860 --> 48:12.160 you're living with somebody you're not married to, 48:12.160 --> 48:15.120 you have a 35% chance some sort of violence happening 48:15.120 --> 48:16.240 if you're a woman. 48:16.240 --> 48:19.160 If you're dating and you're not living together, it's 20, 48:19.160 --> 48:21.840 but if you're married, it goes all the way down to 15, 48:21.840 --> 48:23.320 which is still high. 48:23.600 --> 48:31.600 15 and 35 percent is over double the likelihood of some sort of bad thing happening to you like Samson. 48:31.600 --> 48:36.600 And obviously people always like to say, hey, men are so bad and women are great, but in the Samson story, 48:36.600 --> 48:43.600 it's the woman who's doing it as well. So men aren't, you know, a zero percent risk either. 48:43.600 --> 48:47.600 the lower risk in marriage is also visible in hospital data. 48:48.600 --> 49:00.600 It says, emergency department records have found that co-inhabiting women are roughly 2.1 times more likely to present with physical injuries caused by a partner than married women. 49:00.600 --> 49:10.600 So that's why the Bible puts a huge emphasis on getting married as well, because it protects both people, especially in here it's all women, but the Samson story it's men. 49:10.600 --> 49:14.700 and uh... you have to turn here but in genesis two twenty four says 49:15.100 --> 49:20.260 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, 49:20.260 --> 49:22.140 and they shall be one flesh. 49:22.140 --> 49:24.140 Ecclesiastes 7 26 as 49:24.700 --> 49:32.140 And I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets and her hands as bands 49:32.700 --> 49:39.980 Whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her but the sinner shall be taken by her. So obviously hey 49:39.980 --> 49:44.540 that's kind of Samson's life right he's living in sin he's you know with somebody he's not married to 49:44.540 --> 49:49.580 and you know he doesn't see the flags and they're super obvious so you know I wouldn't be surprised 49:49.580 --> 49:52.380 if God was just blinding him a little bit and 49:52.700 --> 49:53.900 you know, look what happened, right? 49:53.900 --> 49:57.540 The woman ends up, you know, getting him killed 49:57.540 --> 50:01.180 and making him suffer along the way, right? 50:01.180 --> 50:03.940 So number three is parenting. 50:03.940 --> 50:08.940 So if you flip over to 1 Samuel chapter eight, parenting. 50:10.380 --> 50:12.600 So obviously... 50:12.800 --> 50:18.800 Parenting is one that everybody, you know, you find out right away everybody's got an opinion on how to do it, right? 50:18.800 --> 50:21.800 So the first thing you figure out is everybody knows, but then you're kind of like, 50:21.800 --> 50:27.800 man, your kids aren't that good, I don't know why you're telling me, you know, what to do. 50:27.800 --> 50:33.800 So, especially, you know, with parents it's funny because they'll tell you stuff and you're like, 50:33.800 --> 50:38.800 well, I know, you raised me, you didn't do that with me, you know, I laugh at that. 50:38.800 --> 50:39.600 grandparents. 50:39.700 --> 50:44.700 seem to always be way more lenient or whatever than they were with you. 50:44.700 --> 50:48.700 And here in the Bible we're going to see though that no matter what you do, 50:48.700 --> 50:51.700 there's a chance that things could turn out wrong, 50:51.700 --> 50:53.700 not everything is going to turn out right. 50:53.700 --> 50:59.700 And it should obviously, there's tons of verses that tell you what you should do. 51:00.300 --> 51:02.300 put the best outcome out there. 51:02.300 --> 51:04.800 But, you know, one of the reality checks 51:04.800 --> 51:07.000 some people have in their life is even if you're a great, 51:07.000 --> 51:09.900 godly person, your kids could turn out bad. 51:09.900 --> 51:13.900 Obviously, no one wants that, but it's a reality. 51:13.900 --> 51:17.000 And in 1 Samuel 8, we're going to see, you know, 51:17.000 --> 51:20.100 one of the greatest people in the Bible, Samuel. 51:20.100 --> 51:24.400 And, you know, I'm sure he was a great influence on his kids. 51:24.400 --> 51:26.800 I don't think he was doing anything bad. 51:27.100 --> 51:31.860 in his day-to-day life. I don't think he's in some crazy sin. He's a great prophet, but 51:31.860 --> 51:36.620 his kids didn't turn out great. So in 1 Samuel 8.1 it says, 51:36.620 --> 51:43.500 And it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. Now the 51:43.500 --> 51:50.600 name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of the second Abiah. They were judges in Beersheba, 51:50.600 --> 51:55.100 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after. 51:55.100 --> 52:00.100 after lucre and took bribes and perverted judgment. 52:00.100 --> 52:03.100 So obviously Samuel didn't do that, right? 52:03.100 --> 52:05.100 So they didn't learn it from him, but... 52:05.600 --> 52:26.600 Obviously Samuel here is at some fault because obviously when you're a parent sometimes it probably is hard to take that reality check of your kids being wicked and he allowed them to be in these positions where they could take bribes and you know pervert judgment when he should have just threw them to the side and said hey you guys are wicked you know get out of here. 52:26.600 --> 52:33.100 But obviously it's hard to do and I'm sure, you know, none of us want to deal with that or have that in our life, but... 52:33.500 --> 52:38.500 It's good to know as a reality check of, hey, someday you could have to make this decision. 52:38.500 --> 52:44.500 You might as well get it in your mind that you're going to stand firm no matter what that decision has to be. 52:44.500 --> 52:50.500 And, obviously, a lot of parents enable their kids, right? It's kind of a big thing. 52:51.000 --> 52:56.000 kids get bad and instead of kind of like this situation of a set of just throwing them to the side 52:56.320 --> 53:02.720 You allow them to take the bribe or you give them the money so they can buy the alcohol or buy food 53:03.000 --> 53:05.000 when they're really bad and 53:05.920 --> 53:13.020 There's a study here and and some notes. I want to get to but you can turn to Luke chapter 15 it says 53:14.400 --> 53:15.400 the 53:15.800 --> 53:18.800 In the field of sociology and addiction counseling, 53:18.800 --> 53:22.440 enabling is recognized as the most natural, 53:22.440 --> 53:27.600 yet ultimately destructive, default reaction a parent has 53:27.600 --> 53:31.480 when their child begins spiraling into substance abuse, 53:31.480 --> 53:34.400 gambling, or other reckless behaviors. 53:34.400 --> 53:37.600 Parents rarely enable their adult children 53:37.600 --> 53:42.160 because they want them to stay sick or in trouble. 53:42.160 --> 53:43.800 They enable them out of love. 53:43.800 --> 53:48.800 fear and a desperate desire to protect them. 53:48.800 --> 53:53.800 And then here's the key, it says the fear of rock bottom is the strongest driver. 53:53.800 --> 53:57.800 Parents are terrified that if they stop paying rent, providing a car, 53:57.800 --> 53:59.800 bailing their child out of jail... 54:00.200 --> 54:05.200 the child will end up homeless, permanently incarcerated or dead, 54:05.200 --> 54:08.200 they enable to stave off the worst case scenario. 54:08.200 --> 54:11.200 So it's actually, you know, it sounds good, right? 54:11.200 --> 54:13.200 You don't want your child to hit rock bottom, 54:13.200 --> 54:16.200 you don't want them to be homeless or whatever, 54:16.200 --> 54:19.200 but it's actually the exact opposite of what the Bible teaches on it 54:19.200 --> 54:21.200 that most people do. 54:21.200 --> 54:26.200 So in Luke 15 it actually teaches this rock bottom way 54:26.200 --> 54:28.200 way of letting somebody get fit. 54:28.200 --> 54:37.860 in fixing a child, and this is obviously what Samuelson did earlier, and obviously Eli is 54:37.860 --> 54:41.820 the same thing in the Bible. He should have taken his kids out of power and let them hit 54:41.820 --> 54:47.540 rock bottom, and hopefully they would have repented, but at some point it becomes too 54:47.540 --> 54:51.940 late obviously when you're super wicked in judgment. 54:53.200 --> 54:59.000 positions, you know, it's easy to become reprobate and never get saved, right? I mean, just look 54:59.000 --> 55:06.320 at our politicians. So in Luke 15, 11, it says, and he said, A certain man had two sons, 55:06.320 --> 55:11.120 and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that 55:11.120 --> 55:19.000 fall to me, and he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son gathered 55:19.000 --> 55:19.360 all. 55:19.700 --> 55:26.660 together and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 55:26.660 --> 55:34.820 And when he spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land, and he began to be in want. 55:35.100 --> 55:38.800 and he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, 55:38.800 --> 55:42.800 and he sent himself into the fields to feed swine, 55:42.800 --> 55:47.300 and he would fain have filled his belly with the husk that the swine did eat. 55:47.300 --> 55:50.500 And this is the key, and no man gave unto him. 55:50.500 --> 55:53.700 So that's the problem in America, somebody's always given 55:53.700 --> 55:57.600 somebody who doesn't deserve it money, the government, a person, 55:57.600 --> 56:02.300 but the key is no man gave unto him, and that's that rock bottom. 56:02.300 --> 56:03.100 You got a lot of people. 56:03.100 --> 56:07.100 get to the point where no one's giving you anything. So in verse 17 it says, 56:07.100 --> 56:12.300 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my fathers 56:12.940 --> 56:16.940 have bread enough and to spare, and I will perish with hunger? 56:17.400 --> 56:23.000 and I perish with hunger. And I will arise and go to my father and say unto him, Father, I have sinned 56:23.000 --> 56:29.400 against heaven and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son, make me as one of thy 56:29.400 --> 56:36.040 hired servants. And he arose and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father 56:36.040 --> 56:43.160 saw him and had compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him." So hey, verse 16, nobody gave 56:43.160 --> 56:45.400 on him that's the rock bottom. 56:45.400 --> 56:48.720 You know, he thinks in his mind at least that he's about to die. 56:48.720 --> 56:52.740 And maybe he's exaggerating, but even if he was at that point where he's literally about 56:52.740 --> 56:57.700 to die, but then in verse 17 the start is when he came to himself. 56:57.700 --> 57:01.120 So that's the thing, if you let somebody hit that rock bottom, that's when they're going 57:01.120 --> 57:02.120 to come to themselves. 57:02.120 --> 57:06.920 And if you never let him hit that point, if somebody would have gave to him in verse 16, 57:06.920 --> 57:08.820 he probably would have never came back. 57:08.820 --> 57:13.060 And that's the problem in America, somebody's always trying to give somebody something for 57:13.060 --> 57:13.400 for free. 57:13.400 --> 57:15.800 and not let people hit rock bottom. 57:15.800 --> 57:18.080 So most people never come back 57:18.080 --> 57:19.600 because there's a safety net, 57:19.600 --> 57:23.160 there's somebody handing you money at the gas station 57:23.160 --> 57:24.940 or at Walmart or whatever. 57:24.940 --> 57:27.460 I mean, it's the worst everywhere I go. 57:29.200 --> 57:33.200 In my town, it's like there's always somebody asking for money. 57:33.200 --> 57:35.200 It's like you walk into Target, it's like can I have some money? 57:35.200 --> 57:37.200 You walk into Walmart, can I have some money? 57:37.200 --> 57:39.200 You walk to Aldi. 57:39.200 --> 57:43.200 It's like man, how come every single time I go somewhere, somebody wants money? 57:43.200 --> 57:50.200 So it gets annoying after a long time because most of the people are well-bodied 30-year-olds or 35. 57:51.100 --> 57:52.100 What are you doing? 57:52.100 --> 57:53.100 Like, you're just here every day. 57:53.100 --> 57:54.900 And it's like, I see you all the time. 57:54.900 --> 57:55.900 You don't remember me? 57:55.900 --> 57:59.220 Like, you've asked me a million times, and I've said no every time. 57:59.220 --> 58:01.180 So quit asking me. 58:01.180 --> 58:04.780 But the next one is career. 58:04.780 --> 58:07.780 So the number four on the list of... 58:10.200 --> 58:14.440 is career and the dream job illusion. 58:14.440 --> 58:17.240 So I was kind of funny, if you've ever seen the studies, 58:17.240 --> 58:19.120 they ask people coming out of college, 58:19.120 --> 58:21.440 how much are you gonna make and what kind of job? 58:21.440 --> 58:24.500 And it's like, I'm gonna make 150,000, 58:24.500 --> 58:27.320 working 20 hours a week part-time. 58:27.320 --> 58:29.080 It's always like this crazy stuff. 58:29.080 --> 58:31.760 And then the reality is most people coming out of college 58:31.760 --> 58:33.880 are getting 30,000 or 40,000. 58:33.880 --> 58:37.020 It's way lower than they think. 58:37.300 --> 58:42.300 But if you flip over to Exodus chapter one, 58:42.300 --> 58:44.300 so obviously overall in America, you know, 58:44.300 --> 58:46.300 there's still lots of good jobs out there. 58:46.300 --> 58:47.300 Things are going good. 58:47.300 --> 58:49.300 But that doesn't necessarily mean that things are going to go good 58:49.300 --> 58:52.300 for your whole life or your kid's life. 58:52.300 --> 58:54.300 It can change at any point. 58:54.300 --> 58:57.300 So there's no guarantee just because we're in America 58:57.300 --> 58:59.300 that things are going to go great 58:59.300 --> 59:01.300 and that there's going to be good jobs out there. 59:01.300 --> 59:01.940 out there because. 59:02.500 --> 59:07.340 Obviously the children of Israel here in Exodus we're going to see like hey things are starting off really good 59:07.540 --> 59:12.720 They really don't have anything to think like you know things are going to start going really bad in our life 59:12.880 --> 59:18.360 So I think it was kind of a shock to them, but in Exodus 1 verse 8. It says now there are rows 59:19.300 --> 59:23.240 up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 59:23.240 --> 59:29.380 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier 59:29.380 --> 59:30.380 than we. 59:30.380 --> 59:33.380 So obviously in verse number 9 it sounds like they're doing pretty good, right? 59:33.380 --> 59:34.220 They're more... 59:34.700 --> 59:37.700 And they're mightier, so they must be making good living, 59:37.700 --> 59:39.000 they must be having good jobs, 59:39.000 --> 59:42.300 they must be being able to provide for their family. 59:42.300 --> 59:44.800 So if you're an Israelite at this time, 59:44.800 --> 59:45.700 you're probably thinking, 59:45.700 --> 59:47.700 hey, there's no signs of trouble, things are good, 59:47.700 --> 59:51.100 we just got a new pharaoh or a new king 59:51.100 --> 59:52.800 or whatever they call them at this time. 59:52.800 --> 59:56.500 But, you know, overall, you're probably just another day, right? 59:56.500 --> 59:58.700 But inverse number, uh... 59:59.200 --> 01:00:02.900 Now we're going to see things that change very quickly. 01:00:02.900 --> 01:00:08.540 It says, come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply and it come to pass 01:00:08.540 --> 01:00:14.600 that when they fall without any war, they join also our enemies, unto our enemies and 01:00:14.600 --> 01:00:19.040 fight against us and so get them up out of the land. 01:00:20.400 --> 01:00:24.400 So, in verse number 11, the career has taken a turn. 01:00:24.400 --> 01:00:31.800 It says, Therefore they did set over them task masters to afflict them with their burdens, 01:00:31.800 --> 01:00:38.320 and they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pythron and Ramses. 01:00:39.100 --> 01:00:46.400 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew, and they were grieved because of the children of Israel. 01:00:46.400 --> 01:00:56.200 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor, and they made their lives bitter with hard bondage in mortar and in brick, 01:00:56.200 --> 01:01:01.800 and in all manner of service in the field, all their service wherein... 01:01:02.000 --> 01:01:04.400 they made them serve was with rigor. 01:01:04.400 --> 01:01:06.900 So obviously the scenario seemed to change very quick, right? 01:01:06.900 --> 01:01:11.300 I mean, they're supposedly just as mighty as the Egyptians, 01:01:11.300 --> 01:01:13.900 not a little better, things are going good. 01:01:13.900 --> 01:01:17.700 But then all of a sudden, hey, you got task masters, 01:01:17.700 --> 01:01:19.900 they're being afflicted and... 01:01:20.200 --> 01:01:22.500 they're kind of being turned into servants, right, 01:01:22.500 --> 01:01:23.640 and having to work. 01:01:23.640 --> 01:01:26.400 And the scenario changed super quick, 01:01:26.400 --> 01:01:28.800 which obviously you just kind of read over it, 01:01:28.800 --> 01:01:30.400 and it's just like, oh, cool story, whatever. 01:01:30.400 --> 01:01:34.840 But there's actually lots of real world examples 01:01:34.840 --> 01:01:37.840 of things that have happened like this throughout history. 01:01:37.840 --> 01:01:39.280 And one of them is kind of relevant, 01:01:39.280 --> 01:01:41.000 because I don't know if they're a state now, 01:01:41.000 --> 01:01:44.200 or we took them over, or whatever, but is Venezuela. 01:01:44.200 --> 01:01:48.000 So it says in Venezuela. 01:01:48.000 --> 01:01:48.100 you 01:01:48.600 --> 01:01:52.100 which is maybe part of America now, so they might be doing better. 01:01:52.100 --> 01:01:58.100 In the 1970s, they call it the good times, from 1970s to the 1990s. 01:01:58.100 --> 01:02:02.600 It says, for decades, Venezuela was an economic powerhouse. 01:02:02.600 --> 01:02:09.100 It has the largest proven oil reserves in the world, more than Saudi Arabia. 01:02:09.400 --> 01:02:12.440 So it says, during the oil booms of the 1970s, 01:02:12.440 --> 01:02:17.480 the country was so wealthy it was nicknamed Saudi Venezuela. 01:02:17.480 --> 01:02:20.840 It had a thriving, highly educated middle class, 01:02:20.840 --> 01:02:24.120 modern infrastructure, world class healthcare, 01:02:24.120 --> 01:02:26.040 and a strong currency. 01:02:26.040 --> 01:02:29.880 Workers were paid well and the country was a destination 01:02:29.880 --> 01:02:32.440 for immigrants seeking a better life 01:02:32.440 --> 01:02:34.840 rather than a place people fled. 01:02:34.840 --> 01:02:36.840 So obviously things have 01:02:37.400 --> 01:02:39.400 Changed right I mean 01:02:39.560 --> 01:02:41.560 in 01:02:41.640 --> 01:02:43.640 2015 is 01:02:43.720 --> 01:02:44.880 when 01:02:44.880 --> 01:02:52.400 The tide turned the reality check hit it says to cover its debts the government simply printed more money 01:02:53.260 --> 01:02:55.800 triggering some of the worst hyperinflation in 01:02:56.320 --> 01:03:01.920 Recorded history so I don't know this number is right, but it's worse than our inflation which is 01:03:02.400 --> 01:03:09.900 Crazy thing, but it says at one point reaching over one million percent hyperinflation per year. It says 01:03:11.000 --> 01:03:15.000 Worthless wages. The problem wasn't that people stopped working. 01:03:15.000 --> 01:03:19.000 It was that their wages lost value by the hour. 01:03:19.000 --> 01:03:23.000 A university professor, a doctor, or a mechanic could work 60 hours a week, 01:03:23.000 --> 01:03:27.000 but because the currency was collapsing so fast, 01:03:27.000 --> 01:03:33.000 their monthly paycheck might only be worth $2 or $3 in real purchasing power. 01:03:33.400 --> 01:03:37.700 So obviously, you know, I complain about inflation 01:03:37.700 --> 01:03:41.100 and, you know, just even like the water I used to buy, 01:03:41.100 --> 01:03:44.440 like the gallons, is like doubled in price since COVID. 01:03:44.440 --> 01:03:46.340 Like everything seems like it's doubled. 01:03:46.340 --> 01:03:48.440 But here it's like you're working 60 hours 01:03:48.440 --> 01:03:50.320 and it's really only worth like two bucks 01:03:50.320 --> 01:03:52.280 because the inflation's so bad. 01:03:52.280 --> 01:03:54.920 So obviously it could happen here, 01:03:54.920 --> 01:03:56.420 it could happen anywhere, 01:03:56.420 --> 01:04:00.000 but, you know, this is a real story of things that happen. 01:04:00.000 --> 01:04:00.900 so 01:04:01.300 --> 01:04:06.300 It's humbling to think we still have it good, but then at the same time, 01:04:06.300 --> 01:04:11.300 just always be prepared that stuff like this does happen all over the world. 01:04:11.300 --> 01:04:15.300 We have been immune to it historically. 01:04:15.300 --> 01:04:20.300 We're spoiled, but it doesn't necessarily mean that it's not coming eventually. 01:04:20.300 --> 01:04:21.140 It says. 01:04:21.300 --> 01:04:28.800 Hard work took on a grim new meaning. Survival meant standing in government ration lines for eight to ten hours 01:04:29.340 --> 01:04:33.280 Just to get a bag of flour or rice because public 01:04:33.880 --> 01:04:35.280 transit 01:04:35.280 --> 01:04:42.860 Infrastructure collapsed workers often had to walk miles in the heat to get to jobs that barely paid enough to cover the calories 01:04:42.860 --> 01:04:44.600 They burned walking there 01:04:44.700 --> 01:04:51.100 It says the disconnect between how hard people were working and how little they could afford to eat 01:04:51.100 --> 01:04:57.820 led to the largest refugee crisis in modern Latin American history with over seven million Venezuelans 01:04:57.820 --> 01:05:02.060 fleeing the country simply to find wages that could feed their family. 01:05:02.900 --> 01:05:06.900 So obviously, hey, the children of Israel kind of had the same thing happen, 01:05:06.900 --> 01:05:10.400 where they just are doing good and then now they're pretty much slaves. 01:05:10.400 --> 01:05:12.900 These people, I mean, kind of the same thing, right? 01:05:12.900 --> 01:05:14.900 They're doing good and then they're pretty much slaves 01:05:14.900 --> 01:05:19.400 and working just to get enough calories to survive for one day. 01:05:19.400 --> 01:05:22.400 So, you know, thousands of years apart, 01:05:22.400 --> 01:05:27.400 and you could say probably the same thing with other nations all over the world, 01:05:27.400 --> 01:05:30.900 I'm sure in Eastern Europe, I'm sure in South America. 01:05:31.000 --> 01:05:36.600 I'm sure maybe even North Korea and how far back that goes for that was a good place. 01:05:36.600 --> 01:05:41.960 But at some point most countries were doing decent and then they got terrible. 01:05:41.960 --> 01:05:46.040 So you know America's had even its ups and downs right, the Great Depression, you see 01:05:46.040 --> 01:05:49.880 videos and photos and stuff that happened there. 01:05:50.300 --> 01:05:53.300 And obviously we don't want it to happen. 01:05:53.300 --> 01:05:56.300 And the best way for it not to happen is to serve God, 01:05:56.300 --> 01:05:58.300 to follow His commandments, to do the soul winning, 01:05:58.300 --> 01:06:00.300 to preach the truth. 01:06:00.300 --> 01:06:04.300 Because obviously God doesn't want everybody that's doing the soul winning 01:06:04.300 --> 01:06:07.300 to make $2 in real purchasing power a week. 01:06:07.300 --> 01:06:09.300 Because then who's going to do the mission trips? 01:06:09.300 --> 01:06:11.300 Who's going to do all the work? 01:06:11.300 --> 01:06:14.300 But if no one's going, then what does it matter? 01:06:14.300 --> 01:06:16.300 I mean, you're not going anyway, right? 01:06:16.300 --> 01:06:17.300 So... 01:06:17.700 --> 01:06:24.020 Obviously, the more we do, the better chance of it being postponed. 01:06:24.020 --> 01:06:28.500 But at the same time, if it does happen, you want to be prepared and you can still serve 01:06:28.500 --> 01:06:33.320 God even if you don't have money because you can still talk to people for free anywhere 01:06:33.320 --> 01:06:34.320 you go. 01:06:34.320 --> 01:06:38.580 And the only benefit when stuff like this does happen is people do get more receptive 01:06:38.580 --> 01:06:42.620 in theory and you probably do have a better chance of seeing people saved. 01:06:43.000 --> 01:06:47.000 But at the same time, it definitely does not sound like fun. 01:06:47.000 --> 01:06:49.900 So the next one, the last one is health. 01:06:53.000 --> 01:06:59.120 So, obviously we all want our health and especially when you're younger, we all think we're going 01:06:59.120 --> 01:07:05.360 to live to be 100 years old and you don't really think about the cancer and the bad 01:07:05.360 --> 01:07:06.360 things that happen. 01:07:06.360 --> 01:07:11.400 You just seem to think everything's smooth sailing, but as you get older, it seems like 01:07:11.400 --> 01:07:13.440 everything starts to hurt. 01:07:13.440 --> 01:07:17.600 But they say health and they call it the end of invincibility. 01:07:17.600 --> 01:07:19.640 So that's 30 years old if you didn't know. 01:07:20.100 --> 01:07:22.100 So once you hit 30, it's over. 01:07:22.100 --> 01:07:27.800 So you guys can turn to 1 Samuel chapter 4, 01:07:27.800 --> 01:07:30.100 and I'm going to read a few different verses here. 01:07:30.100 --> 01:07:34.800 So Psalm 89 verse 47, it says, 01:07:34.800 --> 01:07:38.900 Remember how short my time is, 01:07:38.900 --> 01:07:43.700 Wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? 01:07:44.700 --> 01:07:48.700 What man is he that liveth and shall not see death, 01:07:48.700 --> 01:07:54.100 shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave, Sila." 01:07:54.100 --> 01:07:56.500 So obviously, hey, everybody's going to die. 01:07:56.500 --> 01:08:02.900 There's not a man that's living that's not going to die one day, even us, right? 01:08:02.900 --> 01:08:08.500 So it doesn't matter how much organic food or how much... 01:08:09.200 --> 01:08:14.320 I don't know what the stem cells you inject or whatever you're doing, we're all going 01:08:14.320 --> 01:08:16.080 to die one day, every single one of us. 01:08:16.080 --> 01:08:22.520 So at some point we're all going to have the invincibility of the health go away. 01:08:22.520 --> 01:08:31.280 And in Ecclesiastes 3.20 it says, all go unto one place, all are of the dust, and all turn 01:08:31.280 --> 01:08:32.960 to dust again. 01:08:33.300 --> 01:08:39.840 So obviously, hey, all of us are going to go back and be put back in the ground. 01:08:39.840 --> 01:08:42.400 You know, none of us are going to live forever. 01:08:42.400 --> 01:08:45.400 Hebrews 9.27, it says, 01:08:45.400 --> 01:08:52.400 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. 01:08:52.400 --> 01:08:53.400 So hey, 01:08:53.400 --> 01:08:56.160 Obviously, if you're saved, you know, when you do die, 01:08:56.160 --> 01:08:58.440 it's not that bad, you're going to go to heaven. 01:08:58.440 --> 01:09:01.240 But if you're not saved, the judgment comes. 01:09:01.240 --> 01:09:03.760 But either way, none of us are going to live forever, right? 01:09:03.760 --> 01:09:06.320 So what are you going to do with your time? 01:09:06.320 --> 01:09:12.160 And in 1 Samuel 4, verse 15, we're going to see somebody 01:09:12.160 --> 01:09:16.400 who didn't take care of their health, they were in bad health, 01:09:16.400 --> 01:09:20.480 and they kind of die in a weird way, in a weird story. 01:09:20.480 --> 01:09:21.000 So. 01:09:21.000 --> 01:09:24.440 1 Samuel 4, 15, it says, 01:09:24.440 --> 01:09:27.640 now Eli was 90 and eight years old 01:09:27.640 --> 01:09:31.200 and his eyes were dimmed that he could not see 01:09:31.200 --> 01:09:32.740 and the man said. 01:09:32.800 --> 01:09:38.360 unto Eli, I am he that cometh out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. 01:09:38.360 --> 01:09:41.200 And he said, What is there done, my son? 01:09:41.200 --> 01:09:46.080 And the messenger answered and said, Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there 01:09:46.080 --> 01:09:52.920 hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Haphne and 01:09:52.920 --> 01:09:56.040 Phineas are dead, and the ark of God is taken. 01:09:56.040 --> 01:10:00.700 And it came to pass when he made mention of the Ark of God that he fell from off the 01:10:00.700 --> 01:10:00.800 Thanks for watching! 01:10:00.800 --> 01:10:08.040 seat backward by the side of the gate and his neck break, and he died, for he was an 01:10:08.040 --> 01:10:14.900 old man and heavy. And he judged Israel forty years." I kind of like that story. It's kind 01:10:14.900 --> 01:10:15.520 of funny. 01:10:15.900 --> 01:10:17.900 It just puts in that he's heavy. 01:10:17.900 --> 01:10:20.900 I guess that's kind of a good reason to work out. 01:10:20.900 --> 01:10:24.900 I don't work out enough, but you know, it just threw that in there. 01:10:24.900 --> 01:10:29.900 But obviously, hey, even Eli, who's a judge in Israel and he's... 01:10:30.900 --> 01:10:36.900 You know, God is definitely his faults, but he lived to be 98 years old, so obviously, 01:10:36.900 --> 01:10:40.900 you know, he lived a long time, and he did help Samuel. 01:10:40.900 --> 01:10:44.900 So he did some good things, but hey, everybody's going to die, right? 01:10:44.900 --> 01:10:47.900 And it's going to be very unexpected. 01:10:47.900 --> 01:10:50.900 I don't think Eli thought he was going to fall down and snap his neck. 01:10:50.900 --> 01:10:53.600 And, you know. 01:10:53.800 --> 01:10:57.640 die like that, but everybody's gonna die at some point, 01:10:57.640 --> 01:10:59.080 and you have a certain amount of time, 01:10:59.080 --> 01:11:01.520 and you gotta make the time count 01:11:01.520 --> 01:11:03.360 while you're definitely here. 01:11:03.360 --> 01:11:07.360 So if you flip over a couple pages, 2 Samuel 21. 01:11:18.700 --> 01:11:23.340 2 Samuel 21, so even King David who is this great warrior, 01:11:23.340 --> 01:11:26.300 you know, he's doing all these battles 01:11:26.300 --> 01:11:27.920 and killing thousands of people 01:11:27.920 --> 01:11:31.300 and one of the mightiest men to probably ever lived. 01:11:31.300 --> 01:11:33.420 You know, even he starts to slow down with age 01:11:33.420 --> 01:11:36.300 and 2 Samuel 21 verse 15 says, 01:11:36.300 --> 01:11:40.460 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel 01:11:40.460 --> 01:11:42.220 and David went down. 01:11:42.500 --> 01:11:46.340 and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. 01:11:46.340 --> 01:11:55.620 And David waxed faint, and his Bibenom, which was one of the sons of the giants, 01:11:55.620 --> 01:12:00.820 the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass and weight, 01:12:00.820 --> 01:12:05.540 he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. 01:12:05.540 --> 01:12:09.540 but Abishai the son of Zariah 01:12:10.900 --> 01:12:13.900 suckered him and smote the Philistine and killed him. 01:12:14.500 --> 01:12:20.960 Then the men of David swear unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more with us to battle, that 01:12:20.960 --> 01:12:23.140 thou quench not the light of Israel." 01:12:23.140 --> 01:12:27.700 So we see here, hey, David's fighting, and he's getting faint, he's getting tired. 01:12:27.700 --> 01:12:30.580 You know, he's obviously getting up there in age. 01:12:30.580 --> 01:12:37.740 And there's a guy in the army of the Philistines that thought he was about to kill David. 01:12:37.740 --> 01:12:41.780 And you know, David got lucky that one of his soldiers killed the guy first. 01:12:41.780 --> 01:12:42.500 1. 01:12:42.500 --> 01:12:46.300 Like, you can't fight anymore, you know, you're done fighting. 01:12:46.300 --> 01:12:49.400 Because hey, no matter how good, no matter how strong you are, 01:12:49.400 --> 01:12:53.640 you know, you can be the UFC champ or whatever, you know, thing, 01:12:53.640 --> 01:12:56.060 at some point you're going to slow down and there's going 01:12:56.060 --> 01:13:00.600 to be another person that comes and is going to, you know, 01:13:00.600 --> 01:13:02.540 be able to take you or whatever. 01:13:02.540 --> 01:13:06.400 And, you know, it doesn't matter how manly you are, 01:13:06.400 --> 01:13:08.760 at some point you're going to get old 01:13:08.760 --> 01:13:10.360 and you're going to go down. 01:13:10.500 --> 01:13:17.020 in strength. So it's just something to remember that hey, you know, enjoy it while you can 01:13:17.020 --> 01:13:21.820 because I'm telling you, 30 years old, it's over. So you guys can flip over to... 01:13:24.200 --> 01:13:26.200 Philippians chapter 4. 01:13:27.200 --> 01:13:33.760 And I'm going to read John 21 verse 18, and this is kind of the same thing as David, but 01:13:33.760 --> 01:13:37.520 obviously a more extreme point in his life, but it says, 01:13:37.520 --> 01:13:44.480 21 And verily I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkest whither 01:13:44.480 --> 01:13:50.800 thou wouldest. But when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hand, and another shall 01:13:50.800 --> 01:13:55.040 gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. So, hey. 01:13:55.200 --> 01:13:56.960 We all have to look forward to that, right? 01:13:56.960 --> 01:13:57.800 When you get old. 01:13:58.200 --> 01:14:04.200 You're going to want to do something and whoever's taking care of you is going to make you do what they want, right? 01:14:04.200 --> 01:14:09.200 So obviously, hey, everybody is going to get to that point if you live long enough. 01:14:09.200 --> 01:14:13.200 Hopefully, you know, we can all have our strength and just keep going. 01:14:13.200 --> 01:14:19.200 But, you know, you go to the nursing home and you see a large percentage of people are kind of in that situation where, 01:14:19.200 --> 01:14:21.200 hey, they don't get to do what they want to do. 01:14:21.200 --> 01:14:25.200 So you got to really enjoy doing the things you like while you have time. 01:14:25.900 --> 01:14:29.900 Because time is definitely limited and health is limited. 01:14:29.900 --> 01:14:32.900 There's no guarantee of when that stuff hits you. 01:14:32.900 --> 01:14:34.900 Different people have it at different ages. 01:14:34.900 --> 01:14:39.900 My grandma's in her 80s and she runs like four or five miles a day. 01:14:39.900 --> 01:14:41.900 I can't even do that. 01:14:42.700 --> 01:14:44.500 And she does not miss a day. 01:14:44.500 --> 01:14:46.760 It doesn't matter if it's, she'll go in the wintertime 01:14:46.760 --> 01:14:49.600 when it's like 20 degrees outside, like snowing. 01:14:49.600 --> 01:14:50.540 She'll go skiing. 01:14:50.540 --> 01:14:52.860 Like she works out every single day. 01:14:52.860 --> 01:14:55.960 She still does almost more push-ups than I can do 01:14:55.960 --> 01:14:56.880 than she's 84. 01:14:56.880 --> 01:14:59.400 And she broke her arm two years ago, so. 01:14:59.600 --> 01:15:06.000 I want to be like that, but I doubt it, because I'm already in worse shape and I'm 31. 01:15:06.000 --> 01:15:08.960 But in Philippians chapter 4 verse number 11 it says, 01:15:08.960 --> 01:15:14.120 Not that I speak in respect of want, for I learned in whatsoever state I am, 01:15:14.120 --> 01:15:16.120 therewith to be content. 01:15:16.120 --> 01:15:20.680 I know both how to be abased, I know how to abound everywhere and in all things. 01:15:20.680 --> 01:15:26.560 I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 01:15:26.560 --> 01:15:27.600 I can do all things. 01:15:27.600 --> 01:15:31.560 things through Christ, which strengtheneth me." 01:15:31.560 --> 01:15:35.820 So hey, we're all going to have some sort of reality check in different situations at 01:15:35.820 --> 01:15:42.840 different times, maybe all five, and hopefully not all at once, but you could. 01:15:42.840 --> 01:15:44.640 But obviously, hey, if you're... 01:15:45.100 --> 01:15:49.200 Whatever situation you should just be content with it because even if you have bad health 01:15:49.400 --> 01:15:52.820 You know people in the nursing home are actually very receptive 01:15:52.820 --> 01:15:58.560 I know at the door old people are receptive but in the nursing home for some reason they like go back to being receptive 01:15:58.560 --> 01:16:03.160 So, you know, even if you're in there and you can preach you can get lots people saved. So 01:16:03.840 --> 01:16:11.100 Obviously the worst case scenarios. There's always some some sort of positive to it. If you flip over to Luke chapter 9 01:16:12.100 --> 01:16:13.900 Luke chapter 9. 01:16:21.000 --> 01:16:25.300 So obviously most people think that hey, just serving God is just full of fun. 01:16:25.300 --> 01:16:30.000 It's just great and you go to the Naan Danam and everything's just awesome. 01:16:30.000 --> 01:16:34.400 But you know when this reality check comes, which obviously most of them don't even get it, 01:16:34.400 --> 01:16:37.000 but you know if they have any sort of... 01:16:37.000 --> 01:16:41.000 thing that does happen to them, they just give up, right? 01:16:41.000 --> 01:16:42.300 And they don't want to go through it. 01:16:42.300 --> 01:16:45.800 But obviously, the things I've talked about aren't fun, 01:16:45.800 --> 01:16:48.000 they're not something that any of us want to go through. 01:16:48.000 --> 01:16:52.200 But when Jesus talks about people that follow Him, 01:16:52.200 --> 01:16:54.200 He wants you to go through bad things 01:16:54.200 --> 01:16:56.900 and still be able to keep going. 01:16:56.900 --> 01:17:00.700 Because we're going to see here in Luke chapter 9, verse 57, 01:17:00.700 --> 01:17:03.000 these are actually pretty... 01:17:03.500 --> 01:17:12.000 crazy scenarios that people are throwing out that Jesus is telling them they can't follow him if they have this mindset. 01:17:12.000 --> 01:17:13.500 It says in verse 57, 01:17:13.500 --> 01:17:18.000 And it came to pass that as they went in the way a certain man said unto him, 01:17:18.000 --> 01:17:21.600 him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 01:17:22.200 --> 01:17:26.200 And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, 01:17:26.200 --> 01:17:30.200 but the Son of Man hath not where to lay his head." 01:17:30.200 --> 01:17:32.200 So talk about finances, right? 01:17:32.200 --> 01:17:34.200 I mean, that was number one, and Jesus don't even have anywhere 01:17:34.200 --> 01:17:37.200 he said to lay his head, so the guy's not going to follow him, 01:17:37.200 --> 01:17:41.900 because he doesn't want to have this bad of a financial situation. 01:17:41.900 --> 01:17:44.340 And he said unto another, Follow me. 01:17:44.340 --> 01:17:48.380 But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father." 01:17:48.380 --> 01:17:54.580 So hey, you have health, you have relationships, and in verse 60, Jesus said unto him, Let 01:17:54.580 --> 01:17:58.580 the dead bury their dead, but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. 01:17:59.100 --> 01:18:01.040 So, I mean, it's kind of crazy, right? 01:18:01.040 --> 01:18:03.340 He's just trying to, hey, just let me bury my father quick. 01:18:03.340 --> 01:18:04.180 I'll come follow you. 01:18:04.180 --> 01:18:07.040 But, you know, Jesus is just being very strict here on, 01:18:07.040 --> 01:18:09.680 hey, if you're gonna follow me, come follow me right now. 01:18:09.680 --> 01:18:12.520 Like, you're not gonna do it later, do it right now. 01:18:12.520 --> 01:18:13.980 And in verse 61, 01:18:13.980 --> 01:18:16.720 and another also said, 01:18:16.720 --> 01:18:20.080 Lord, I will follow thee, but let me first 01:18:20.080 --> 01:18:24.700 go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. 01:18:24.900 --> 01:18:29.860 And Jesus said to them, No man, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is 01:18:29.860 --> 01:18:31.860 fit for the kingdom of God. 01:18:31.860 --> 01:18:34.940 So hey, following Jesus isn't easy. 01:18:34.940 --> 01:18:42.380 All these things are hey, finances and relationships, careers, right? 01:18:42.380 --> 01:18:46.440 People if they follow Jesus they have to get rid of their career, their health. 01:18:46.440 --> 01:18:48.860 The guy's dad is dead. 01:18:48.860 --> 01:18:51.540 It doesn't get any much more health than that, right? 01:18:51.540 --> 01:18:52.200 I mean. 01:18:52.800 --> 01:18:55.300 There's just so much stuff and Jesus is saying, 01:18:55.300 --> 01:18:58.800 hey, if any of that's going to stop you from following me right now, 01:18:58.800 --> 01:19:00.800 then you can't follow me, right? 01:19:00.800 --> 01:19:05.800 Which obviously, don't use any of this as an excuse to quit church, right? 01:19:05.800 --> 01:19:09.300 If you miss a church because your parent died or something, come back. 01:19:09.300 --> 01:19:11.300 You can still follow Jesus. 01:19:11.300 --> 01:19:15.800 We'll just, you know, beat you up in the corner for missing church. 01:19:15.800 --> 01:19:20.800 But I'm going to read one last verse and then we'll close. 01:19:21.100 --> 01:19:23.180 It says in Luke 14, 28, 01:19:23.180 --> 01:19:26.300 For which of you intending to build a house 01:19:26.300 --> 01:19:30.300 siteth not down first, and counteth the cost, 01:19:30.300 --> 01:19:32.900 whether he have sufficient to finish it? 01:19:32.900 --> 01:19:34.860 So hey, if you're going to follow God, 01:19:34.860 --> 01:19:35.860 you're going to follow Him to the end, 01:19:35.860 --> 01:19:36.860 you want to be a disciple, 01:19:36.860 --> 01:19:40.180 and you want to be great in the Kingdom of Heaven, 01:19:40.180 --> 01:19:42.300 you have to look at all these things and think, 01:19:42.300 --> 01:19:44.140 hey, if I'm going to follow God, 01:19:44.140 --> 01:19:48.340 I'm automatically given, hey, your tithe, right? 01:19:48.340 --> 01:19:49.100 That's money you're losing. 01:19:49.100 --> 01:19:52.060 and all the travel and the cars 01:19:52.060 --> 01:19:54.580 and stuff that you're gonna have to have, 01:19:54.580 --> 01:19:56.540 the time off of work to go on mission trips 01:19:56.540 --> 01:19:58.020 or time off to go soul winning 01:19:58.020 --> 01:20:01.000 or time off to read your Bible and to pray 01:20:01.000 --> 01:20:02.980 and take care of all the kids. 01:20:02.980 --> 01:20:04.740 And there's just tons of stuff 01:20:04.740 --> 01:20:05.820 when you're gonna serve God 01:20:05.820 --> 01:20:08.100 that some other people will never go through. 01:20:08.100 --> 01:20:10.140 But at the same time, like you have to count the costs 01:20:10.140 --> 01:20:13.420 and say, hey, once I'm in it, I'm in it forever, right? 01:20:13.420 --> 01:20:15.200 And just keep going and keep going. 01:20:15.200 --> 01:20:17.060 And the reality checks will come. 01:20:17.100 --> 01:20:19.600 But at the same time, it's kind of fun, right? 01:20:19.600 --> 01:20:22.300 Who wants to have a boring life where you never get married, 01:20:22.300 --> 01:20:24.580 you never have kids, you just sit at home, 01:20:24.580 --> 01:20:27.860 you play video games, and you live in your mom's basement, 01:20:27.860 --> 01:20:29.940 so you don't have anything to worry about. 01:20:29.940 --> 01:20:32.780 But at the same time, that's like playing a video game, 01:20:32.780 --> 01:20:34.000 and you're just playing on like. 01:20:34.100 --> 01:20:39.540 easy mode the whole time, right? It gets boring, right? You want to have it on the hard mode and 01:20:40.260 --> 01:20:45.620 you know, go through it, right? And at the end of the day, it's going to be over at some point, so 01:20:45.620 --> 01:20:50.900 you might as well enjoy, make the best of it while you can, and next time I'll try to do a positive 01:20:50.900 --> 01:20:57.060 sermon. So we'll close out with a word of prayer. Thank you Lord for a great day in church. Thank you for. 01:20:57.400 --> 01:21:01.600 letting us have a great building and great people to fellowship with and 01:21:02.100 --> 01:21:07.240 keep us all safe as we travel home and just keep us moving forward and 01:21:07.720 --> 01:21:09.160 Help us 01:21:09.160 --> 01:21:13.200 Make it all the way to the finish line. We love you and thank you and in Jesus name. We pray, amen 01:21:17.100 --> 01:21:19.700 All right, amen. 01:21:19.700 --> 01:21:23.580 Last song's gonna be song 328. 01:21:23.580 --> 01:21:27.200 I want that mountain, song 328 in your hymn books. 01:21:29.700 --> 01:21:32.740 328 on the first 01:21:35.400 --> 01:21:41.200 I saw the giant preylessness upon the mountain high 01:21:41.200 --> 01:21:45.800 He laughed so hard at my unbended knee 01:21:45.800 --> 01:21:51.400 No longer in the wilderness I'll stay and so I cry 01:21:51.400 --> 01:21:55.800 I want that mountain, it belongs to me 01:21:55.800 --> 01:22:01.300 I want that mountain, I want that mountain 01:22:01.300 --> 01:22:03.400 Where the milk and honey 01:22:03.400 --> 01:22:11.520 flow where the grapes of Esko grow I want that mountain I want that mountain 01:22:11.520 --> 01:22:21.280 the mountain that my Lord has given me there was a giant of laziness who said I 01:22:21.280 --> 01:22:30.160 wouldn't go and witness for the one who set me free I'll come from out the 01:22:30.160 --> 01:22:31.400 wilderness 01:22:31.400 --> 01:22:41.000 witness now I know I want that mountain it belongs to me I want that mountain I 01:22:41.000 --> 01:22:48.700 want that mountain where the milk and honey flow where the grapes of escrow 01:22:48.700 --> 01:22:57.300 grow I want that mountain I want that mountain the mountain that my Lord has 01:22:57.300 --> 01:22:59.400 given me 01:22:59.400 --> 01:23:05.400 One faithless giant upon the crest of Hebron's lofty height 01:23:05.400 --> 01:23:10.400 Has vowed that he's the one to make me flee 01:23:10.400 --> 01:23:16.400 I'll climb from out the wilderness and trust Jehovah's might 01:23:16.400 --> 01:23:20.400 I want that mountain, it belongs to me 01:23:20.400 --> 01:23:26.400 I want that mountain, I want that mountain 01:23:27.100 --> 01:23:34.540 If the milk of gunny flow, where the grapes of escrow grow, I want that mountain. 01:23:34.540 --> 01:23:42.460 I want that mountain. The mountain that my lord has given me. 01:23:42.700 --> 01:23:48.020 Let every giant of distress and unbelief and sin 01:23:48.500 --> 01:23:51.980 Get ready now to vacate for you see 01:23:53.380 --> 01:24:01.100 I've come from out the wilderness. I know I'm going to win. I want that mountain 01:24:01.100 --> 01:24:08.160 It belongs to me. I want that mountain. I want that mountain 01:24:09.540 --> 01:24:10.700 Where the 01:24:10.700 --> 01:24:19.420 milk and honey flow where the grapes of escrow grow I want that mountain I want that mountain 01:24:19.420 --> 01:24:25.820 the mountain that my lord has given to me. 01:24:25.820 --> 01:24:29.020 Alright brother, can you please close out and word of prayer? 01:24:50.200 --> 01:24:51.200 Amen.