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 church it is time to go ahead and get started. We'll grab a hymnal, turn to our first hymn number

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 172, 172, Divine Selling, 72, 72 there on the fir.

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 Heavenly Father, we thank you just again for this day, for all the salvations that were had this

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 afternoon and the seeds that were. Lord, I pray just as we did for this morning that you would be

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 with us for the evening service, that you'd incline your ear as we sing out our praises unto you

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 from the heart, Lord, that we just believe and we care and we actually want to lift up our voices

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 and praise you. And I just pray that you would also incline your ear to us as we do so and that

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 you'd also open, soften rather, our hearts to the message and fill pasture with your spirit.

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 These things we pray in Jesus name, amen. For our next hymn, number 155, we will sing this twice

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 through. 155, 155, doxology. 155 there on the first, remember we'll sing it twice through.

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 Nusher can bring you one. On the front is our Bible memory passage of the week, that's second

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 Timothy chapter number 1 verse 12, so keep up the work with memorizing that chapter. Then we have

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 our service times listed, Sunday morning at 10 30, Sunday evening at 4 30, and our Wednesday Bible

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 study through Ecclesiastes at 7 o'clock. Below that we have our official soul winning times listed

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 there, and then our year to date soul winning statistics. We had three as a group out today

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 that I saw plus two, so five. I'll check the single group, but great job out soul winning today.

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 I ran into a Muslim that for once was honest with me, and he told me that Muslims do not believe in

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 Jesus. Usually they try to lie to you and say, "Oh Muslims, we believe Jesus. We accept him. He's

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 a prophet." He just said, "Muslims don't believe in Jesus." I said, "Thank you for being honest,

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 because most Muslims lie to me and tell me that you do." But he just, right before that he told

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 me he never lied, so he's a liar. It's just really hard to have conversations with Muslims, but when

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 you run into them, if they're not receptive, go to the next door, because right after that we got a

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 bunch of people saved, so don't waste your time with those type of people if they're not interested.

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 We do have our online visitor card, QR code there, as well as online giving, and our updated prayer

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 list. If you could keep all those requests in prayer, and then if you have any requests to add,

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 please email the church. We'd be happy to add that for you. On the back we have our upcoming events.

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 Please do make sure to sign up for the OSU Stillwater Soaring Marathon. If you are attending,

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 I know we're kind of used to using the physical sign-up sheet for things, but for the Soaring

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 Marathon I figured we'd use Pastor Shelley's website, GodResource.com/events. Please do sign

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 up for that if you are going to be going. May 9th, that we do have a physical sign-up for.

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 In the back for the ladies tea. It's not too late to sign up. Please do participate. We'd love to

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 have you for that. May 20th through the 24th is the Anti-Israel Conference at Steadfast Baptist

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 Church. June 14th, Brother Ben from Steadfast is going to come up and preach both services for us.

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 Make sure to attend that weekend while I'm in Germany. And then June 17th through the 20th

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 are the official dates of the conference itself in Frankfurt for the European So-Winning Conference

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 in Frankfurt, Germany. And that's going to be it for announcements. We'll go ahead and go to our

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 third song together. Our third hymn this evening, number 100, Day by Day. Hymn number 100, Day by

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 Day. 100 there on the 1st.

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 Day by day, passing on, strength I've found, to be my child, teaching it, might be so, man of

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 me, as I do, day what he deems deadly, help is near me, a step for each other, so I'll be laid,

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 I'll be in bed, there's a plan to try, sleep on the land.

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 Joshua chapter 11, Joshua chapter 11, and it came to pass when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those

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 things that he sent to Jobab king of Medan, and to the king of Shimran, and to the king of Akshav,

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 and to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of

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 Kinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, and to the Canaanite on the east,

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 and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in

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 the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mispe. And they went out, they and all

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 their hosts, with them, much peopled, even as the sand that is in upon the seashore and multitude,

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 with horses and chariots, very many. And when all these kings were met together,

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 they came and pitched together at the waters of Miram to fight against Israel.

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 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them, for tomorrow about this time

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 will I deliver them up all slain before Israel. Thou shalt hawk their horses and burn their

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 chariots with fire. So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by

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 the waters of Miram suddenly, and they fell upon them. And the LORD delivered them into the hand

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 of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Miseroth-Mayim,

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 and unto the valley of Mispi eastward. And they smote them until they left them none remaining.

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 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him. He hawked their horses and burnt their chariots

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 with fire. And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smoked the king thereof

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 with a sword. For Hazor before time was the head of all those kingdoms. And they smote all the

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 souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was not

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 any left to breathe. And he burnt Hazor with fire. And all the cities of those kings, and all the

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 kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword. And he utterly destroyed

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 them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded. But as for the cities that stood still in their

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 strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only. That did Joshua burn. And all the spoil of

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 these cities, and the cattle the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves.

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 But every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them.

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 Neither left they any to breed. As the Lord commanded Moses his servant,

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 so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua. He left nothing undone of all that the Lord

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 commanded Moses. So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land

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 of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same,

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 even from the Mount Halak, that goeth up unto Sir, even unto Baal-gad, in the valley of Lebanon,

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 under Mount Hermon, and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. And Joshua made war

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 a long time with all those kings. It was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel,

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 save the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon, all other they took in battle. For it was of the Lord

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 to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy

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 them utterly, and that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord commanded

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 Moses. And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron,

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 from Dibur, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel.

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 Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. There was none of the Anakims left in the land

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 of the children of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod they remained. So Joshua took the

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 whole lands according to all that the Lord said unto Moses. And Joshua gave it for an inheritance

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 unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes, and the land rested from war.

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 Let's bow our heads for a word of prayer. Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this day

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 and for the soul-winning teaching this morning. I pray that you would go fast along with your spirit

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 and open our ears to the secret message. Amen. Joshua chapter 11, let's start reading in verse

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 15. The Bible says, "As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua,

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 and so did Joshua. He left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses."

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 Notice how in this verse here it doesn't say that Joshua left absolutely nothing undone in his entire

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 life. No, rather he left nothing undone of all the things that were commanded Moses. He prioritized

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 the commandments that God gave to Moses in his life. And so the title of my sermon this evening

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 is this "Priorities." Go to Psalm chapter number 90. But I kind of like that statement

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 that we get there in Joshua chapter 11 that Joshua left nothing undone of all the commandments,

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 showing that of all the things that there were in his life, what is it that Joshua spent his time?

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 What did he give his attention to? What did he make sure that he fulfilled in life? It was the

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 commandments that God gave to Moses. He had the right priorities in life and I want to give you

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 a few statements this evening about having the right priorities. Number one, you cannot do

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 everything in life. You cannot do everything in life and honestly this is a sermon that someone

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 like me really needs because I am the type of person that can just get fascinated and obsessed

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 by just like a wide array of random things. Anyone else like that in the room where you can just find

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 yourself finding yourself interested or obsessed with just like everything and it's kind of hard

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 for me sometimes to make sure that I'm giving my attention to the right thing so I need this

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 sermon as well but number one you cannot do everything in life. Look at Psalm 90 verse 10

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 the Bible says this the days of our years are three score years and ten and if by reason of

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 strength they be four score years that's 80 yet is their strength labor and sorrow for it is soon

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 cut off and we fly away who know it the power of thine anger even according to thy fear so is thy

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 wrath so teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom it's good for us to

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 think about our lives soberly and remember truly what a short time it is that we have on this earth

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 and a lot of people in this life they live to be 60 years old 70 years old if by reason of strength

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 people make it to 80 even it's even rarer for someone to make it into their 90s way rarer to

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 make it even into their 100s and in the grand scheme of eternity and just even the history of

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 this world our lifespan is so incredibly short the bible says that our life is like a vapor

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 it appears for one moment and then boom it's gone it vanished it away right and so in our lives you

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 know time is going by very quickly and it's very important for us to be sober and have wisdom in

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 our lives saying hey you know what i cannot do everything in life there are going to be some

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 things in life that are going to be left undone but what i like about joshua is it says that

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 there's nothing left undone of all the commandments that god gave to moses see there's a lot of things

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 in my life that i just find interesting and if i did not sit down and think about my life soberly

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 and really try to apply my heart to wisdom and use my time wisely i could really get into those

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 things you know for example i really like to play guitar and like if i just had unlimited time i

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 could totally see myself just really getting into guitar and just trying to become an expert

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 guitar player but you know what i've not even gotten close to that here's why it is nowhere near

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 the top of my priority lists it's not saying i wouldn't enjoy it i would enjoy it i would have

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 a lot of fun doing that you know i like to go hunting i like to go fishing i really like aviation

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 and flying but you know these things are just nowhere near the top of my priority list there

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 in my in my life there's going to be a lot of hunting that was left undone there's going to be

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 a lot of fishing that is left undone but you know what i don't want my soul winning to be left undone

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 i don't want my church attendance to be left undone i don't want my bible reading to be left

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 undone where a lot of people in this world they have the wrong priorities they're making sure oh

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 we're going to get our camping done we're going to get our fishing done we're going to learn to

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 be an expert guitarist but they don't read the bible they don't go to church and you know what

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 they're wasting their life they're not realizing hey you know what i am not able to accomplish

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 everything in my life my life is short it's going to be 60 years maybe 70 maybe 80 maybe more than

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 that but for most of us it's just going to be boom gone like that and even me you know i'm a

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 young man but i feel like i could just immediately snap myself back to being a child in my mind and

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 then just like boom here i am today and that time just went so fast and i'm sure everyone feels that

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 way where you just remember you're you and then just boom here you are today life is going by

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 fast and you better realize that you cannot do everything in life go to luke chapter number 10

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 while you're turning there john 21 25 says this and there are also many other things which jesus

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 did the which if they should be written everyone i suppose that even the world itself could not

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 contain the books that should be written amen you know this idea of how you can't do everything in

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 life even the bible itself kind of recognizes this saying hey the bible doesn't have literally

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 every single thing that jesus did because if the bible included everything jesus did i think the

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 world itself wouldn't even be able to contain the books right so there had to be some prioritization

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 in the word of god that god chose to inspire and preserve for us we don't have literally every

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 single thing jesus did there had to be a realization saying hey you know we have to have a book that

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 contains the word of god and it has to have the priorities of what matters to god that we were

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 that we have received so number one you can't do everything in life number two you must choose what

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 to do and what to leave undone you must choose what to do and what to leave undone luke chapter

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 10 verse 38 now it came to pass as they went that he entered into a certain village and a certain

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 woman named martha received him into her house and she had a sister called mary which also sat at

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 jesus's feet and heard his word but martha was covered about much serving and came to him and

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 said lord does thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone bid her therefore that she

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 helped me and jesus answered and said unto her martha martha thou art careful and troubled about

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 many things but one thing is needful and mary hath chosen that better part the witch which shall

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 not be taken away from her so notice in life you're not going to be able to get everything done

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 and so we have to choose what it is we'll do what it is that we'll leave undone at the moment that

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 jesus was in the home of mary and martha mary chose hey i'm going to leave the chores undone

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 for a moment because the lord jesus christ is here what did she do she had the right priorities

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 whereas martha she was going to make sure that the chores are done but that was at the expense

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 of her time with the lord jesus christ what is this proving hey you cannot do everything in life

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 you cannot do everything in life so you must choose intentionally what is it i'm gonna leave

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 done what is it that i'm going to leave undone joshua he left nothing undone of all the

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 commandments that god gave to moses martha made sure that she was not leaving undone her time

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 with the lord jesus christ mary she made the choice oh i'm gonna get my chores done not gonna

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 spend time with the lord jesus christ it's like it's not saying that oh you know mary was good

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 because she just eternally forsook her chores or something like that but it's just pointing out

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 that at that moment she had the right priorities and like i tell my wife like my wife is very busy

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 she's got a bunch of kids she's homeschooling she's taking care of the house like i would rather

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 certain things be left undone than others like like here's some things i don't ever want undone

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 reading the bible like i don't want the homeschooling left undone i don't want my

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 dinner left undone like if i have to choose like is the house going to be like perfectly clean

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 or am i going to have dinner i would rather dinner okay we're just going to have to choose in life

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 there's going to be some things we have to choose this is what's going to be done this is what's

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 going to be left undone you know in my house there's a lot of projects at my house that are

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 just left undone i mean i've got i've got a fence to fix i've got birds that live underneath the

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 awning and my siding of my house i need to trim the trees but you know what all that stuff is

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 going to be left undone for a long time because i've got a lot of important things to do i've got

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 priorities in my life and here's the thing i could go do all those things and make my house look

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 really nice but then i would be leaving undone other things that are way more important i don't

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 want to leave my saturday soul winning time undone to do some carnal tours around the house i don't

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 want to make my bible reading have that be a time that's undone because i'm getting the birds out

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 of the siding or whatever like you know what it's just you have to make priorities in your life

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 you have to come to a decision purposely saying what is actually important in my life what are

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 some things that i'm willing to leave undone what are some things i'm not willing to leave undone

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 i like joshua's mentality he's saying hey i'm not going to leave anything undone of the commandments

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 that god gave moses that's the right mentality go if you would to matthew chapter number 16

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 matthew chapter number 16 matthew 16 look at verse 24 then said jesus unto his disciples

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 if any man will come after me notice this let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me

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 for whosoever will save his life shall lose it and whosoever will lose his life for my sake

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 shall find it for what is a man profited if he if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own

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 soul or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul you know what if you actually want to say

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 hey i want to make a priority in my life i actually want to follow the lord jesus christ

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 with all my heart i want to make serving god a priority in my life i want that to be the

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 main thing in my life you know what that means there's probably some carnal dreams and desires

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 that you have that you will have to sacrifice for the lord jesus christ sometimes you will have to

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 lose your life in order to find it sometimes you will have to deny yourself in order to follow

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 the lord jesus christ you know this is the difference between someone just being saved

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 and being a disciple salvation believe in the lord jesus christ and thou shalt be saved being a

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 disciple denying yourself denying your life losing your life for the sake of the gospel

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 you know that is what's really important you think about it think about some examples in the bible

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 peter and andrew to follow the lord jesus christ you know what they had to do they had to forsake

00:46:24.110 --> 00:46:29.240
 their business they had a fishing business who knows how long it was in their family but i'm sure

00:46:29.240 --> 00:46:33.730
 they worked really really hard i'm sure it was you know what they were giving their life's work too

00:46:33.730 --> 00:46:40.810
 but in order to follow jesus jesus said hey follow me and i will make you fishers of men they had to

00:46:40.810 --> 00:46:45.770
 leave their business and look i'm not saying that god is asking every single person to do that if

00:46:45.770 --> 00:46:49.960
 you're a business owner you have to give that up or something but look there's some people where

00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:54.310
 that is the case where you would need to leave your business what's an example of that well how

00:46:54.310 --> 00:46:58.680
 about like full-time ministry you know we need some people in this world that are willing to

00:46:58.680 --> 00:47:05.050
 sacrifice career sacrifice business and give themselves fully to the work of god if those

00:47:05.050 --> 00:47:09.870
 people didn't exist well guess what there'd be a lot of stuff undone in the kingdom of god there'd

00:47:09.870 --> 00:47:15.150
 be a lot of stuff undone in the house of god if literally no one in this world was willing to

00:47:15.150 --> 00:47:20.840
 sacrifice those things we need some people willing to do that how about abraham abraham had to

00:47:20.840 --> 00:47:26.630
 forsake the land of his fathers you know a lot of people today they live super far from a good

00:47:26.630 --> 00:47:32.870
 church but they make priority their land their priority is their family farm and you know what

00:47:32.870 --> 00:47:36.870
 they're they're willing to leave the work of god undone because they want to make sure all their

00:47:36.870 --> 00:47:42.240
 farm work is done you know some people in this world god is calling them to leave a mother and

00:47:42.240 --> 00:47:48.690
 father leave the land of their heritage leave the farm leave the ranch and go to a good church that

00:47:48.690 --> 00:47:53.210
 would be god's will for some people it was god's will for abraham to leave the country of his

00:47:53.210 --> 00:48:00.770
 fathers how about moses moses had to leave the riches and pleasures of egypt i mean moses grew

00:48:00.770 --> 00:48:07.850
 up in pharaoh's tutelage and he grew up being like an egyptian he was powerful he had the riches he

00:48:07.850 --> 00:48:13.720
 had the pleasures of egypt he gave those things up he sacrificed those things to lead the people

00:48:13.720 --> 00:48:18.960
 of god and so it's like again why would someone do that because they have the right priorities

00:48:18.960 --> 00:48:24.210
 they realize hey we cannot have it all in life we cannot get every single thing done in life

00:48:24.210 --> 00:48:30.920
 we have to prioritize the things that actually matter you know paul gave up his status as a

00:48:30.920 --> 00:48:36.430
 pharisee right paul was a pharisee of the pharisees he had you know prestige and status being a

00:48:36.430 --> 00:48:42.050
 religious leader he forsook it all to follow the lord jesus christ go to philippians chapter number

00:48:42.050 --> 00:48:49.570
 three you know there are many things that i would like to do in my life but i have made the choice

00:48:49.570 --> 00:48:55.910
 to serve god you know it's not like oh man you know you fundamentalists you christians you you

00:48:55.910 --> 00:49:01.790
 people that are religious though you go to church three times a week you go soul winning you know

00:49:01.790 --> 00:49:05.290
 you only do that because you don't know how to have any fun in your life you only do that because

00:49:05.290 --> 00:49:09.830
 there's literally nothing else going on in your life you know that is not true i know tons of

00:49:09.830 --> 00:49:14.660
 people where i'm sure if we just sat down a list of things we would like to do on a weekend or

00:49:14.660 --> 00:49:19.100
 like to do spending our life there's lots of fun things in this world that i'm sure we would all

00:49:19.100 --> 00:49:23.800
 like to do but guess what some of those things if you want to serve god are going to be left

00:49:23.800 --> 00:49:29.870
 undone your little dream list your little bucket list your little travel to see the seven wonders

00:49:29.870 --> 00:49:34.430
 of the world you know sometimes that's just going to be left undone sometimes you're not going to

00:49:34.430 --> 00:49:38.150
 get the bucket list filled off sometimes you're not going to travel everywhere you want to travel

00:49:38.150 --> 00:49:43.630
 sometimes you're not going to live out every dream that you want to live out if you want to serve god

00:49:43.630 --> 00:49:49.210
 now here's the thing if you just want to serve mammon with your life and be selfish and only

00:49:49.210 --> 00:49:53.090
 care about money i'm sure there's plenty of carnal things that you can accomplish but then

00:49:53.090 --> 00:49:58.800
 you're going to be leaving undone the spiritual you can't do both you can't serve god and mammon

00:49:58.800 --> 00:50:06.630
 jesus said look at what uh philippians three verse eight says yay doubtless and i count all things

00:50:06.630 --> 00:50:12.570
 but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of christ jesus my lord for whom i have suffered

00:50:12.570 --> 00:50:20.420
 the loss of all things notice and do count them but dung that i may win christ so notice anything

00:50:20.420 --> 00:50:27.200
 that the apostle paul gave up to serve christ he says i have no regrets why because when you

00:50:27.200 --> 00:50:32.430
 actually do make the right decision in life and you actually do prioritize serving god and you

00:50:32.430 --> 00:50:36.470
 leave some of your carnal dreams behind you'll realize that what you're doing is so much better

00:50:36.470 --> 00:50:40.670
 than the dreams that you had like you know i'll just be honest some some silly dreams i had growing

00:50:40.670 --> 00:50:44.720
 up is you know i really love hunting and fishing and i grew up in idaho i spent a lot of time

00:50:44.720 --> 00:50:48.610
 there i mean carnally speaking like what i was preaching about this morning living out in the

00:50:48.610 --> 00:50:53.230
 middle of the woods sounds pretty fun but you know that's a selfish carnal desire that i had

00:50:53.230 --> 00:50:57.690
 and i'm glad i didn't chase that because winning souls is so much more fulfilling

00:50:57.690 --> 00:51:01.530
 than being in the middle of the woods but you know brother cameron i'm just gonna call him out he

00:51:01.530 --> 00:51:05.580
 told me the same thing today that at one point he wanted to live in the middle of alaska and

00:51:05.580 --> 00:51:10.340
 homestead that's probably a pretty common desire that men have to kind of go out in the woods and

00:51:10.340 --> 00:51:14.970
 just you know rough it out there you know that's a carnal desire that i'm sure many people have

00:51:14.970 --> 00:51:19.330
 but if you actually live out that desire you're going to leave a lot of stuff undone for the lord

00:51:19.330 --> 00:51:24.440
 right you know oh we have all these dreams all these you know careers that man may have a desire

00:51:24.440 --> 00:51:29.310
 to have but those careers keep them out of church man you got to leave one thing undone either your

00:51:29.310 --> 00:51:33.620
 dream career is going to be left undone or serving god's going to be left undone make the right

00:51:33.620 --> 00:51:38.630
 decision right leave those dreams that you have undone and serve god and then when you do that

00:51:38.630 --> 00:51:42.030
 you're you're gonna actually find out that you're not going to have any regrets he says all that

00:51:42.030 --> 00:51:47.290
 stuff that was lost it's done it's crap it's meaningless it's worthless you will have no

00:51:47.290 --> 00:51:59.530
 regrets serving god go to uh luke chapter number nine luke chapter number nine cannot do everything

00:51:59.530 --> 00:52:06.150
 in life luke chapter number nine verse 57 and it came to pass as they went in the way a certain man

00:52:06.150 --> 00:52:12.890
 said unto him lord i will follow thee whithersoever thou goest and jesus said unto him foxes have holes

00:52:12.890 --> 00:52:19.280
 and birds of the air have nests but the son of man hath not where to lay his head so if you're

00:52:19.280 --> 00:52:23.910
 living at the time of jesus walking this earth and you think to yourself you know i'd like to be a

00:52:23.910 --> 00:52:28.880
 disciple of jesus christ i would like to follow the lord jesus christ and you have that desire

00:52:28.880 --> 00:52:32.970
 in your heart but maybe in another chamber of your heart you have this desire i would like to

00:52:32.970 --> 00:52:38.400
 live in a really nice house i would like to have a really nice pleasurable comfortable life life

00:52:38.400 --> 00:52:43.130
 you got to choose because he's saying hey the son of man hath not where to lay his head you would

00:52:43.130 --> 00:52:47.330
 have to make a decision here and say hey one of these are going to be done one's going to be left

00:52:47.330 --> 00:52:54.230
 undone where are your priorities in life he says in verse 59 and he said unto another follow me but

00:52:54.230 --> 00:53:00.440
 he said lord suffer me first to go and bury my father jesus said unto him let the dead bury their

00:53:00.440 --> 00:53:07.340
 dead but go thou and preach the kingdom of god you see he wants to follow jesus and he also wants

00:53:07.340 --> 00:53:12.200
 to bury his father well you got priorities in life and one's going to be done one's going to

00:53:12.200 --> 00:53:17.340
 be left undone now that's pretty intense right there i mean imagine your father dying but the

00:53:17.340 --> 00:53:21.940
 lord jesus christ is saying hey go preach the kingdom of god one of these is about to be done

00:53:21.940 --> 00:53:26.090
 one is about to be left undone but you know what you should do is you should always prioritize the

00:53:26.090 --> 00:53:30.510
 lord jesus christ even over family and you know what's great is when your family serves god with

00:53:30.510 --> 00:53:35.420
 you but that's not always the case but you know what you should always put the lord jesus christ

00:53:35.420 --> 00:53:40.330
 first and if you are seriously a disciple of the lord jesus christ you know what that means that

00:53:40.330 --> 00:53:45.410
 means that you probably won't be able to attend every single wedding every single funeral every

00:53:45.410 --> 00:53:50.850
 single family function every single thing this world has to offer because if you did you would

00:53:50.850 --> 00:53:56.210
 start to notice oh the spiritual is being left undone right i mean we could all just figure out

00:53:56.210 --> 00:54:00.740
 ways to fill our time in our life but if you just do that with carnal things then you're going to

00:54:00.740 --> 00:54:07.240
 be leaving the spiritual undone verse 61 and another also said lord i will follow thee but

00:54:07.240 --> 00:54:13.000
 let me first go bid them farewell which are at my home at my house and jesus said unto him no man

00:54:13.000 --> 00:54:17.540
 having his hands to the plow and looking back is fit for the kingdom of god i mean this guy just

00:54:17.540 --> 00:54:22.560
 says let me go say goodbye to mommy and daddy he's just like if you do that you're not even

00:54:22.560 --> 00:54:28.010
 fit for the kingdom of god he's like come follow me right now you know man looking back is fit

00:54:28.010 --> 00:54:32.480
 for the kingdom of god i mean that's an intense level of discipleship right there but here's the

00:54:32.480 --> 00:54:39.040
 thing no one accomplishes great things for god in their life by accident right no one just like

00:54:39.040 --> 00:54:43.660
 stumbles themselves into being a great servant of god no one like accidentally stumbles into being

00:54:43.660 --> 00:54:48.270
 a disciple of jesus christ you know along the way of serving god there are going to be all these

00:54:48.270 --> 00:54:51.690
 little things that are calling for your attention calling for your time and you're going to

00:54:51.690 --> 00:54:57.190
 constantly in life be having to make a decision a conscious decision saying hey what am i going to

00:54:57.190 --> 00:55:01.320
 do what am i going to leave undone that is something that's going to go on for the rest

00:55:01.320 --> 00:55:11.170
 of your life if you want to serve god it's never an accident go if you would to exodus 18 you know

00:55:11.170 --> 00:55:17.980
 the reason why people do big works whether that's carnally speaking or or things for god is that

00:55:17.980 --> 00:55:23.760
 they're actually intentionally purposely doing the big things and not letting all the little things

00:55:23.760 --> 00:55:28.660
 get in their way because little things are constantly calling for our attention little

00:55:28.660 --> 00:55:32.830
 things are constantly begging for our time and there's a great story that illustrates this in

00:55:32.830 --> 00:55:39.840
 exodus chapter 18 it says verse 13 and it came to pass on the morrow that moses sat to judge the

00:55:39.840 --> 00:55:46.640
 people and the people stood by moses from the morning unto the evening so if you notice morning

00:55:46.640 --> 00:55:52.000
 to evening you know what that is that's all of moses's time i mean all of his working hours all

00:55:52.000 --> 00:55:58.860
 of his time is being taken up by people coming up to him one by one and asking for advice asking

00:55:58.860 --> 00:56:05.430
 for judgment trying to get in front of the man of god that's taking up 100 of his day okay and look

00:56:05.430 --> 00:56:11.360
 you know man you provide you can see how easy it is for just 100 of your day to be taken up by

00:56:11.360 --> 00:56:18.790
 little things verse 14 and when moses father-in-law saw all that he did to the people he said what is

00:56:18.790 --> 00:56:24.520
 this thing that thou doest to the people why sittest thou thyself alone and all the people

00:56:24.520 --> 00:56:31.220
 stand by thee from morning unto even and moses said unto his father-in-law because the people

00:56:31.220 --> 00:56:38.020
 come unto me to inquire of god it's like here's why i'm doing this father-in-law because tasks

00:56:38.020 --> 00:56:42.670
 are coming upon me right and it's like it's very easy in life to find ourselves just constantly

00:56:42.670 --> 00:56:48.540
 being bombarded with little things little tasks that can keep us away from doing the big things

00:56:48.540 --> 00:56:52.040
 why are you doing this moses well because they keep coming because the problems keep coming

00:56:52.040 --> 00:56:59.920
 because the people keep coming that's why i'm doing it but notice he says um verse 17 and moses

00:56:59.920 --> 00:57:05.520
 father-in-law said unto him the thing that thou doest is not good thou wilt surely wear away both

00:57:05.520 --> 00:57:11.990
 thou and this people that is with thee for this thing is too heavy for thee thou art not able to

00:57:11.990 --> 00:57:18.160
 perform it thyself alone back to point number one you can't do everything in life you will not be

00:57:18.160 --> 00:57:23.480
 able to accomplish everything in life harken now into my voice i will give thee counsel and god

00:57:23.480 --> 00:57:29.290
 shall be with thee be thou for the people to godward that thou mayest bring the causes unto god

00:57:29.290 --> 00:57:35.870
 and thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk

00:57:35.870 --> 00:57:42.260
 and the work that they must do moreover thou shalt provide out of all all the people able men such

00:57:42.260 --> 00:57:47.880
 as fear god men of truth hating covetousness in place such over them to be rulers of thousands

00:57:47.880 --> 00:57:53.950
 rulers of hundreds rulers of 50s rulers of teens let them judge the people at all seasons and it

00:57:53.950 --> 00:58:00.410
 shall be that every great matter they shall bring unto thee but every small matter they shall judge

00:58:00.410 --> 00:58:06.810
 so shall it be easier for thyself and they shall bear the burden with thee so moses's father-in-law

00:58:06.810 --> 00:58:13.100
 gives moses and uh admonishment and encouragement to say hey why don't you get some other good men

00:58:13.100 --> 00:58:18.500
 why don't you delegate some of your tasks to other qualified men that way you could focus

00:58:18.500 --> 00:58:23.820
 on the big things the great matters the big important matters can come to you but all the

00:58:23.820 --> 00:58:29.850
 easy small trivial repetitive recurring issues that people come to you with have these other people

00:58:29.850 --> 00:58:34.580
 handle those things one of the things i think we can learn from that is that we as christians we

00:58:34.580 --> 00:58:40.960
 ought to be spending our lives doing the things that only we can do how about soul winning i mean

00:58:40.960 --> 00:58:45.550
 this is the great commission this is why we're here on this earth this is our purpose in life

00:58:45.550 --> 00:58:49.750
 is to preach the gospel to every creature this is the great thing this i mean it's called the great

00:58:49.750 --> 00:58:55.100
 commission right this is the big work this is the first work and it's like look there's so many

00:58:55.100 --> 00:58:59.720
 little things in life that'll call for our attention that'll get us distracted from the

00:58:59.720 --> 00:59:04.580
 main work but we need to remind ourselves hey we're here to do the big things we're here to do

00:59:04.580 --> 00:59:09.200
 the main things and yeah there's so much on a sunday or on a saturday morning there's so much

00:59:09.200 --> 00:59:13.580
 on a sunday afternoon that could distract us away from that but we got to remind ourselves of our

00:59:13.580 --> 00:59:18.540
 priorities in life we got to realize hey not everything can be done some things are going to

00:59:18.540 --> 00:59:23.110
 be left undone but let's not have it be the big things that are undone let's not have it be the

00:59:23.110 --> 00:59:27.760
 soul winning that's undone and of course you know this could help you in many areas of your life

00:59:27.760 --> 00:59:31.960
 you know if you're at work there's some things you're probably more specialized in doing than

00:59:31.960 --> 00:59:37.710
 others there's probably some big overarching goals that you have if you're the owner of the company

00:59:37.710 --> 00:59:42.860
 if you're a manager or even if you're a technician specializing in your area you want to be focusing

00:59:42.860 --> 00:59:47.680
 on the things that only you can do you know it's not it's not a good management principle

00:59:47.680 --> 00:59:53.580
 when the management is doing all the menial labor of the lower level workforce that's not a good

00:59:53.580 --> 00:59:58.280
 manager someone who's just literally doing all the same work as the people are under him no he

00:59:58.280 --> 01:00:02.580
 wants to delegate those things that he could focus on the big vision of the company how he

01:00:02.580 --> 01:00:06.960
 could push things forward how he could expand into the market and help his company grow because

01:00:06.960 --> 01:00:11.280
 that's how his workers get paid right and so you could work with that in a whole bunch of different

01:00:11.280 --> 01:00:16.680
 areas but you know you need to do the things that matter most the things that only you can do you

01:00:16.680 --> 01:00:21.200
 know moms anyone can clean up the house and i'm not saying you shouldn't clean up the house but you

01:00:21.200 --> 01:00:26.000
 know what you're giving to them to raise those kids to teach those kids the word of god to train

01:00:26.000 --> 01:00:31.620
 those kids that's the most important thing go to nehemiah chapter six there's another great story

01:00:31.620 --> 01:00:39.190
 that illustrates this in nehemiah you know nehemiah he's trying to do a great work he's trying to

01:00:39.190 --> 01:00:44.340
 rebuild the wall that's his focus that's his overarching mission and of course there's all

01:00:44.340 --> 01:00:49.690
 these small things that are trying to take him away distract him from doing that it says in nehemiah

01:00:49.690 --> 01:00:55.880
 chapter six verse one now it came to pass when sand ballot and tobiah and geisham the arabian

01:00:55.880 --> 01:01:00.390
 and the rest of our enemies heard that i'd builded the wall and that there was no breach left there

01:01:00.390 --> 01:01:05.510
 in though at that time i had not set up the doors upon the gates that sand ballot and geisham sent

01:01:05.510 --> 01:01:11.840
 unto me saying come let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of ono but they

01:01:11.840 --> 01:01:18.100
 thought to do me mischief and i sent messengers unto them saying i am doing a great work so that i

01:01:18.100 --> 01:01:25.610
 cannot come down why should the work cease whilst i leave it and come down to you yet they sent

01:01:25.610 --> 01:01:32.450
 unto me four times after this sort and i answered them after the same manner notice nehemiah hey he

01:01:32.450 --> 01:01:37.490
 had his priorities some things are going to be done some things are going to be undone he wants

01:01:37.490 --> 01:01:41.960
 the wall to be done he wants the great work for god to be done you know the meetings with sand

01:01:41.960 --> 01:01:47.430
 ballot and tabiah and all these time wasters he's like let those things be left undone he

01:01:47.430 --> 01:01:52.890
 recognizes i cannot do everything in life i cannot accomplish everything i can't stop this great

01:01:52.890 --> 01:01:57.760
 work that i'm doing for god to come down and talk to you right there's so many things in our life

01:01:57.760 --> 01:02:03.100
 that are just begging for our attention ready to waste our time but we need to take ownership of

01:02:03.100 --> 01:02:07.440
 these things and tell our life hey you know what prioritize the things that actually matter the

01:02:07.440 --> 01:02:13.540
 things i want done forget about the things that i want undone go to james chapter number four

01:02:13.540 --> 01:02:24.750
 james chapter number four number three make daily decisions that line up with your priorities in

01:02:24.750 --> 01:02:29.670
 life i said number one you cannot do everything in life number two you must choose what to do

01:02:29.670 --> 01:02:35.680
 and what to leave undone number three make daily decisions that line up with your priorities in

01:02:35.680 --> 01:02:40.870
 life i mean you can sit down on paper and say oh i want to serve god with my life oh i want to be

01:02:40.870 --> 01:02:46.000
 a disciple of jesus christ but you know what what you do on a daily basis and what you do on a weekly

01:02:46.000 --> 01:02:51.020
 basis reveals who you really actually are you know it just every day oh i want to be a disciple i

01:02:51.020 --> 01:02:55.920
 want to serve god you just never read your bible though you never pray you never go soul winning

01:02:55.920 --> 01:03:00.320
 you never go to church it's like you can sit there and pretend like that's your priority in life

01:03:00.320 --> 01:03:06.780
 but what you do on a daily and a weekly basis is who you really are look at james chapter 4 verse

01:03:06.780 --> 01:03:15.600
 13 go to now ye that say today or tomorrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year

01:03:15.600 --> 01:03:21.540
 and buy and sell and get gain whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow for what is your

01:03:21.540 --> 01:03:26.390
 life it is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away for that you

01:03:26.390 --> 01:03:31.870
 ought to say if the lord will we shall live and do this or that but now you rejoice in your boasting

01:03:31.870 --> 01:03:38.940
 all such rejoicing is evil therefore to him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not to him it is

01:03:38.940 --> 01:03:45.100
 Sin you know if there's something important in your life that you want to accomplish do it now

01:03:45.100 --> 01:03:50.120
 Don't sit here and say like man. I really I really want to prioritize serving God

01:03:50.120 --> 01:03:55.230
 I really want to prioritize being a faithful church member being a faithful soul winner

01:03:55.230 --> 01:03:59.370
 Going out on a mission strip doing great works for God. I really want to prioritize in my life

01:03:59.370 --> 01:04:04.230
 And you know what I'll do that someday. I'll do that when I get order older

01:04:04.230 --> 01:04:09.220
 I'll do that when I get my finances in order. I'll do that when I'm married

01:04:09.220 --> 01:04:12.470
 I'll do that when I have kids. I'll do that when I'm retired

01:04:12.470 --> 01:04:18.250
 No go to now the Bible says go to now if there's something in your life

01:04:18.250 --> 01:04:21.680
 You want to accomplish you know what start doing that thing now?

01:04:21.680 --> 01:04:28.290
 Make sure that your daily actions actually are matching up with the priorities that you say you have in your life

01:04:28.290 --> 01:04:34.290
 Why because him that knoweth to do good and do with it not to him it is sin right and boy a boy

01:04:34.290 --> 01:04:39.130
 There are so many saved believers in this world that know that it's right to preach the gospel

01:04:39.130 --> 01:04:40.610
 But they don't do it and you know what that's a sin

01:04:40.610 --> 01:04:47.690
 And you know don't tell me that your priority in life is serving God and following Jesus if you're not a soul winner

01:04:47.690 --> 01:04:53.710
 Why because Jesus said follow me and I will make you fishers of men if you're not a soul winner

01:04:53.710 --> 01:04:58.070
 You're not following Jesus stop deceiving yourself. You're self-deluded today

01:04:58.070 --> 01:05:00.860
 If you think you're serving God and you're not preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ

01:05:00.860 --> 01:05:04.910
 You're self-deluded today if you think I'm a spiritual person, but you don't read the Bible

01:05:04.910 --> 01:05:10.850
 You're self-deluded today. If you think oh, I love God, but I don't go to church. No, you don't you're honoring him

01:05:10.850 --> 01:05:13.260
 With your lips and with your mouth, but your heart is far from him

01:05:13.260 --> 01:05:15.660
 You know, if you actually have a priority of wanting to serve God

01:05:15.660 --> 01:05:22.800
 Why don't you let your actions show that on a daily basis on a weekly basis go to Matthew chapter number four

01:05:22.800 --> 01:05:28.810
 Let's talk about a different a couple different categories of people in life because you know, I don't want to leave

01:05:28.810 --> 01:05:34.910
 Undone the important things of life. I would love to get to the end of my life and be like Joshua

01:05:34.910 --> 01:05:39.950
 Where's like hey, he left nothing undone of all the commandments that God gave, you know

01:05:39.950 --> 01:05:44.580
 Let let the house projects be left undone. Let mastering the guitar be left undone

01:05:44.580 --> 01:05:49.760
 I mean, that'd be cool someday, but if I have to choose between the two it's like let all that stuff be left undone

01:05:49.760 --> 01:05:57.990
 Let's make sure that the important things in life are done. Let's talk about Christians in general, right many Christians today are

01:05:57.990 --> 01:06:04.920
 Prioritizing things in life that are not the right priorities that God gave, you know

01:06:04.920 --> 01:06:07.570
 What's an example of this a lot of Christians today?

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 Prioritize things like I don't know becoming an online influencer like these are becoming this is like a really big category is like being

01:06:15.160 --> 01:06:21.410
 Christian influencers and it's not like pastors and ordainment of God and people that are leading a church

01:06:21.410 --> 01:06:27.910
 It's just like these random bozos are prioritizing like becoming some sort of internet influencer when what they should be

01:06:27.910 --> 01:06:33.500
 Prioritizing is following a man of God what they should be prioritizing is being a blessing to their church

01:06:33.600 --> 01:06:40.960
 What they should be prioritizing is reading the Word of God, right? Look at Matthew chapter number four. Look what it says in verse number four

01:06:40.960 --> 01:06:46.060
 It says but he answered and said it is written man shall not live by bread alone

01:06:46.060 --> 01:06:49.460
 But by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God

01:06:49.460 --> 01:06:52.140
 The Bible says nothing about becoming an online influencer

01:06:52.140 --> 01:06:57.230
 But it does say something about reading this book the Bible doesn't say anything about becoming an influencer

01:06:57.230 --> 01:07:00.070
 But it does say that you would live by every word of God

01:07:00.070 --> 01:07:04.310
 You know, the Bible does not say anything about reading books about the Bible

01:07:04.310 --> 01:07:10.310
 It talks about reading the Bible, right? I mean a lot of Christians say they have their priority is all let's let's have a little

01:07:10.310 --> 01:07:16.140
 Devotion with God and they open up books about the Bible, but the Bible doesn't emphasize this

01:07:16.140 --> 01:07:21.110
 That's not the priorities that God gives that's a messed up priority that you have in your life

01:07:21.110 --> 01:07:26.100
 If you want to leave, you know undone the commandments of the Lord will then focus on your little devotionals

01:07:26.100 --> 01:07:26.770
 But you know what?

01:07:26.770 --> 01:07:32.870
 Let's leave the devotionals undone and let's leave the Word of God read and look I'm someone I love to read

01:07:32.870 --> 01:07:39.090
 I love to read all sorts of different books secular books, you know, even some, you know religiously themed books

01:07:39.090 --> 01:07:45.570
 But you know what if I have to ever choose those books are always gonna be left unread and the Bible is gonna be left

01:07:45.570 --> 01:07:47.640
 Read if I have to choose between the two, right?

01:07:47.640 --> 01:07:50.310
 I mean if I have only time in the day to read one thing

01:07:50.310 --> 01:07:52.710
 It's gonna be the King James Bible 100% of the time

01:07:52.710 --> 01:07:57.620
 It's wrong to sit here and forsake reading the Bible to read a book about the Bible

01:07:57.620 --> 01:08:02.190
 Why Psalm 11 says blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly

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 Nor standeth in the way of sinners nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful

01:08:06.510 --> 01:08:10.880
 But his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law doth he meditate

01:08:10.880 --> 01:08:17.160
 Day and night look I'm not against reading other books. I encourage you to read other books

01:08:17.160 --> 01:08:19.140
 I encourage you to become educated

01:08:19.140 --> 01:08:22.190
 But if you ever come to a decision in your life where it's like I can only do one or the other

01:08:22.190 --> 01:08:28.860
 You know what you do meditate read the words of God day and night prioritize the King James Bible over other books

01:08:28.860 --> 01:08:33.050
 Here's another example. You know, the Bible does not command you to go to Bible College

01:08:33.220 --> 01:08:38.620
 This is a big, you know priority for some Christians and their big priority in life is going to Bible College

01:08:38.620 --> 01:08:40.600
 The Bible doesn't say to go to Bible College

01:08:40.600 --> 01:08:47.510
 What it does say is to study to show thyself approved unto God and there's some people they they want to go to Bible College

01:08:47.510 --> 01:08:53.300
 They want to attend a physical institution. They want to get a piece of paper saying look, he's a pastor

01:08:53.300 --> 01:08:59.370
 Look this 21 year old with no wife. No kids. No experience hasn't been proved

01:08:59.370 --> 01:09:04.600
 Look, he's a pastor because he went to Bible College. The Bible doesn't say to go to Bible College. It says to study to show

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 Thyself approved unto God, you know if you want to be a pastor you better get your priorities right in life

01:09:11.230 --> 01:09:16.340
 You know what your priority should be is reading this book cover to cover dozens of times

01:09:16.340 --> 01:09:17.830
 That should be your priority

01:09:17.830 --> 01:09:24.780
 And you know what if we actually had preachers today young men today that want to be pastors if they read this two dozen times

01:09:25.160 --> 01:09:31.460
 Before they got ordained. Maybe there wouldn't be a bunch of pastors in this country that don't know what repentance is

01:09:31.460 --> 01:09:38.360
 Maybe wouldn't have a bunch of pastors today getting up and saying oh god loves the faggots bring the faggots into the church

01:09:38.360 --> 01:09:46.070
 Let them be nursery workers bring them in oh, you know just denying the reprobate doctrine not understanding scripture

01:09:46.070 --> 01:09:49.310
 Not being clear with what they preach. It is a shame today

01:09:49.310 --> 01:09:53.980
 Why because pastors and preachers oftentimes don't have the right priorities

01:09:54.160 --> 01:09:57.030
 Let's go to the Bible college. Let's get a piece of paper

01:09:57.030 --> 01:10:00.280
 What does that benefit you if you don't know the Bible?

01:10:00.280 --> 01:10:06.360
 And you know, I just want to repeat what I said this morning any pastor whether he is saved or not if he cannot

01:10:06.360 --> 01:10:11.780
 Clearly preach what salvation is he needs to sit down and shut up period

01:10:11.780 --> 01:10:15.510
 And you know if you're in a church and your pastor is confused on repentance

01:10:15.510 --> 01:10:21.240
 You should leave because you know someone is not worthy of being followed as a spiritual leader

01:10:21.470 --> 01:10:26.160
 When they can't sit here and teach the most important doctrine in the Bible

01:10:26.160 --> 01:10:29.160
 Why because they've sat there and they prioritize their Bible college

01:10:29.160 --> 01:10:34.330
 They prioritize getting their little degree, but they didn't actually sit down and study the Word of God

01:10:34.330 --> 01:10:37.640
 You know before you get up behind a pulpit and preach the Word of God

01:10:37.640 --> 01:10:43.270
 Why don't you sit down shut up and study the Word of God? It's a shame to get up and preach lies

01:10:43.270 --> 01:10:46.700
 It's a shame to get up and preach false doctrine

01:10:46.700 --> 01:10:49.250
 I don't care who you are you've got the wrong priority in your life

01:10:49.250 --> 01:10:54.370
 You know the Bible doesn't say to come down to an old-fashioned altar

01:10:54.370 --> 01:10:58.780
 Come on down to an old-fashioned altar and get right with God

01:10:58.780 --> 01:11:03.660
 That's not what the Bible says the Bible says draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you

01:11:03.660 --> 01:11:08.360
 Cleanse your hands you sinners and purify your hearts you double-minded, you know

01:11:08.360 --> 01:11:11.500
 Instead of putting on a show of you getting right with God

01:11:11.500 --> 01:11:16.300
 Why don't you actually get right with God wouldn't that be a good priority to have in your life?

01:11:16.300 --> 01:11:20.980
 But a lot of people oh, they just want to hear the preacher say every head bowed every eyes closed

01:11:21.060 --> 01:11:27.320
 Come on down to an old-fashioned altar and do business with God and get right with God. Hey instead of looking spiritual

01:11:27.320 --> 01:11:28.170
 Here's an idea

01:11:28.170 --> 01:11:30.160
 Why don't you actually be spiritual?

01:11:30.160 --> 01:11:37.320
 Because why is it that so many people in these churches that have altar calls are just coming down and re getting saved every week

01:11:37.320 --> 01:11:44.850
 Bro, there's a problem here. Look if you're not right with God instead of trying to make people, you know

01:11:44.850 --> 01:11:48.440
 Think you're getting right with God think you're spiritual. Why don't you actually just get right with God?

01:11:48.440 --> 01:11:54.720
 Why don't you just actually let the Word of God smite your heart and say God, I'm sorry. I want to change

01:11:54.720 --> 01:12:00.130
 Hey God, I want to get this out of my life him that know to do good and do it that not to him at a sin

01:12:00.130 --> 01:12:03.450
 God, I know I should be doing this and I want to start doing that. You know what?

01:12:03.450 --> 01:12:08.270
 You don't need to tell everyone. Why don't you just actually do it? You don't need to tell everyone you're getting right with God

01:12:08.270 --> 01:12:12.640
 Why don't you just actually get right with God? That would be having the right priorities in your life

01:12:12.640 --> 01:12:15.710
 You know, the Bible doesn't say thou shalt watch, you know

01:12:16.440 --> 01:12:22.740
 24,000 sermons per week the Bible says to go to church the Bible says not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together

01:12:22.740 --> 01:12:27.380
 You know if someone out there is just watching sermon after sermon, but they're not going to church

01:12:27.380 --> 01:12:29.300
 You've got the wrong priorities in life

01:12:29.300 --> 01:12:35.460
 You know the Bible doesn't say thou shalt be reachable by the whole world 24/7

01:12:35.460 --> 01:12:40.440
 But it does say to pray to your father which is in secret go to Matthew chapter number six

01:12:40.440 --> 01:12:47.920
 You know, we live in a world today that's so connected and digital and people their priority in life is just making sure that they're reachable

01:12:48.260 --> 01:12:54.720
 By everyone every single second of the day and there's this high pressure to be online be reachable be connected

01:12:54.720 --> 01:12:55.480
 But you know what?

01:12:55.480 --> 01:12:59.970
 There's some times where you should be disconnected from this world and connected to the Lord in prayer

01:12:59.970 --> 01:13:01.790
 Look at Matthew chapter 6 verse 6

01:13:01.790 --> 01:13:08.700
 But thou when thou prayest enter into thy closet and when thou hast shut thy door pray to thy father

01:13:08.700 --> 01:13:14.410
 Which is in secret and thy father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly, you know

01:13:14.410 --> 01:13:17.550
 You should prioritize some alone time where you're not reachable

01:13:17.550 --> 01:13:25.600
 You should prioritize some times where you can't be gotten a hold of because you're praying to your father in your closet in secret

01:13:25.600 --> 01:13:27.160
 It's just you and the Lord, you know

01:13:27.160 --> 01:13:35.110
 I've got a lot of unopened Facebook messenger messages that are gonna be left undone in my life

01:13:35.110 --> 01:13:39.560
 And you know what? That's no offense to all the people that message me

01:13:39.560 --> 01:13:42.270
 But you know what? There's some things in my life that are gonna be done

01:13:42.270 --> 01:13:45.130
 There's some things in my life that are gonna be left undone

01:13:45.130 --> 01:13:50.820
 And you know what the Facebook messages are gonna be unread the texts are gonna be unread the Instagram messages are gonna be unread

01:13:50.820 --> 01:13:55.280
 The emails sometimes gonna be unread because I am going to be praying to my father

01:13:55.280 --> 01:13:59.970
 I am going to get my Bible time in I am going to pastor this church

01:13:59.970 --> 01:14:04.440
 I am going to write sermons. I am going to be the father to my children

01:14:04.440 --> 01:14:08.450
 I am going to be the husband to my wife because I have priorities in my life

01:14:08.450 --> 01:14:12.110
 And I realize hey not everything can be done not everything could be done

01:14:12.110 --> 01:14:18.130
 I am going to say hey some of those things are going to be left undone and honestly I hate Facebook messenger anyways

01:14:18.130 --> 01:14:22.120
 It is probably the surest bet that I will never respond to you unless you are my mother

01:14:22.120 --> 01:14:26.250
 Email the church if you want to get a hold of me ok I hate Facebook messengers so much

01:14:26.250 --> 01:14:32.600
 You know the bible never commands you to go to a foreign country to build schools and purify water

01:14:32.600 --> 01:14:37.450
 But it does say go forth into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature

01:14:37.450 --> 01:14:40.920
 Boy a lot of churches today have their priorities messed up

01:14:40.920 --> 01:14:46.230
 And they want to spend all these thousands of dollars doing missions trips throughout the world

01:14:46.230 --> 01:14:49.820
 But they're not even preaching the gospel, they're purifying water

01:14:49.820 --> 01:14:51.980
 You know is there anything wrong with purifying water?

01:14:51.980 --> 01:14:54.980
 No, I hope there's some people in this world that purify water

01:14:54.980 --> 01:14:59.340
 But you know what? We as Christians should do the one thing we should do that we can do

01:14:59.340 --> 01:15:00.680
 Preach the gospel

01:15:00.680 --> 01:15:02.620
 See you don't have to be saved to purify water

01:15:02.620 --> 01:15:05.390
 You don't have to be saved to build schools

01:15:05.390 --> 01:15:09.600
 You don't have to be saved to give ham sandwiches to the poor people of Africa

01:15:09.600 --> 01:15:11.850
 But you do need to be saved to get someone else saved

01:15:11.850 --> 01:15:14.440
 And so what should we be focusing on?

01:15:14.440 --> 01:15:15.410
 What should be our priority?

01:15:15.410 --> 01:15:17.500
 Is preaching the gospel

01:15:17.500 --> 01:15:21.030
 Go if you would to 1 Timothy 5

01:15:21.030 --> 01:15:24.040
 Let's talk about another group

01:15:24.040 --> 01:15:25.030
 Husbands

01:15:25.030 --> 01:15:27.980
 The Bible does not say that you need to be your wife's emotional cheerleader

01:15:27.980 --> 01:15:31.890
 You know that that's not your priority as a husband

01:15:31.890 --> 01:15:33.820
 That's what the world would have you to think

01:15:33.820 --> 01:15:34.840
 What is a husband's duty?

01:15:34.840 --> 01:15:37.370
 Be your wife's biggest fan

01:15:37.370 --> 01:15:38.360
 Be your wife's cheerleader

01:15:38.360 --> 01:15:43.300
 You know the Bible doesn't say that you have to constantly romance your wife with gifts or vacations

01:15:43.300 --> 01:15:45.280
 And money to keep her happy and content

01:15:45.280 --> 01:15:48.530
 You know what the Bible actually says is for you to provide for your family

01:15:48.530 --> 01:15:50.220
 1st Timothy 5 verse 8

01:15:50.220 --> 01:15:53.380
 But if any provide not for his own and especially for those of his own house

01:15:53.380 --> 01:15:56.330
 He has denied the faith and is worse than an infidel

01:15:56.330 --> 01:16:00.540
 You know if you're a man and you're not providing for your family

01:16:00.540 --> 01:16:02.570
 Oh boy, but you're such a good cheerleader

01:16:02.570 --> 01:16:04.620
 I mean you're really emotionally supportive

01:16:04.620 --> 01:16:06.620
 Your priorities are jacked up my friend

01:16:06.620 --> 01:16:11.020
 And the world just wants to tell you what's a perfect husband look like?

01:16:11.020 --> 01:16:12.010
 You know he's a cheerleader

01:16:12.010 --> 01:16:14.990
 He's the Labrador husband

01:16:14.990 --> 01:16:17.970
 He is just so easy to be controlled by the wife

01:16:17.970 --> 01:16:19.960
 And he's so submissive, he's so obedient

01:16:19.960 --> 01:16:22.250
 I'm sorry, that's the jacked up priority

01:16:22.250 --> 01:16:23.200
 You know what your priority is?

01:16:23.200 --> 01:16:24.260
 Is to provide

01:16:24.260 --> 01:16:25.220
 You know what your priority is?

01:16:25.220 --> 01:16:27.460
 Is to lead and to love your wife

01:16:27.460 --> 01:16:28.390
 Go if you would to Ephesians 5

01:16:28.390 --> 01:16:33.020
 The Bible doesn't say that you need to be a modern, sensitive man

01:16:33.020 --> 01:16:36.070
 And share all your feelings with your wife

01:16:36.070 --> 01:16:38.730
 And come home from a hard day's work

01:16:38.730 --> 01:16:41.680
 And just unload all your emotions on her

01:16:41.680 --> 01:16:43.710
 And just tell her how hard your day was

01:16:43.710 --> 01:16:44.850
 You know what it tells you to do?

01:16:44.850 --> 01:16:47.120
 Is to love her like Christ loved the church

01:16:47.120 --> 01:16:48.090
 You know what it tells you to do?

01:16:48.090 --> 01:16:50.050
 Is to lead her spiritually

01:16:50.050 --> 01:16:51.630
 Ephesians 5 verse 25

01:16:51.630 --> 01:16:53.710
 Husbands, love your wives

01:16:53.710 --> 01:16:57.060
 Even as Christ also loved the church

01:16:57.060 --> 01:16:58.990
 And gave himself for it

01:16:58.990 --> 01:17:00.020
 Why?

01:17:00.020 --> 01:17:01.930
 That he might sanctify and cleanse it

01:17:01.930 --> 01:17:04.180
 With the washing of water by the word

01:17:04.180 --> 01:17:05.390
 That he might present it to himself

01:17:05.390 --> 01:17:08.330
 A glorious church not having spot or wrinkle

01:17:08.330 --> 01:17:09.310
 Or any such thing

01:17:09.310 --> 01:17:11.920
 But that it should be holy and without blemish

01:17:11.920 --> 01:17:13.880
 See if your husband, oh you're so supportive

01:17:13.880 --> 01:17:15.850
 You're so emotionally sensitive

01:17:15.850 --> 01:17:17.870
 But you're not leading your wife spiritually

01:17:17.870 --> 01:17:18.840
 Your priorities are messed up

01:17:18.840 --> 01:17:22.490
 I'm sure there's a lot of husbands that on paper

01:17:22.490 --> 01:17:24.460
 People would be like, oh this husband's doing such a good job

01:17:24.460 --> 01:17:25.450
 Let me tell you something

01:17:25.450 --> 01:17:26.440
 If you're not taking your wife to church

01:17:26.440 --> 01:17:27.420
 You're not doing a good job

01:17:27.420 --> 01:17:30.740
 If you're not leading your wife spiritually

01:17:30.740 --> 01:17:32.750
 You're not doing a good job as a husband

01:17:32.750 --> 01:17:34.700
 You need to sit here and stop having the world's philosophy

01:17:34.700 --> 01:17:37.780
 And get the right priorities in your life

01:17:37.780 --> 01:17:41.010
 Let's talk about wives

01:17:41.010 --> 01:17:47.100
 You know the Bible never commands wives to be a trad wife influencer

01:17:47.100 --> 01:17:49.510
 I mean isn't this the priority for some women today?

01:17:49.510 --> 01:17:51.490
 I know what I'll do

01:17:51.490 --> 01:17:55.450
 Instead of being a loud mouth, busy body feminist online

01:17:55.450 --> 01:17:58.430
 I'll be a loud mouth, busy body trad wife online

01:17:58.430 --> 01:18:02.700
 And I'll spend all of my days filming myself in the kitchen

01:18:02.700 --> 01:18:05.670
 And spending 8 hours editing a 60 second video

01:18:05.670 --> 01:18:07.650
 To show the world how trad I am

01:18:07.650 --> 01:18:11.700
 It's like the Bible doesn't say to be an online trad wife

01:18:11.700 --> 01:18:13.730
 You know what it says is to raise your kids

01:18:13.730 --> 01:18:14.690
 To love your husband

01:18:14.690 --> 01:18:16.970
 To be a keeper at home

01:18:16.970 --> 01:18:18.930
 Instead of showing off what a great housekeeper you are

01:18:18.930 --> 01:18:20.880
 Why don't you actually be a good housekeeper

01:18:20.880 --> 01:18:23.080
 Why don't you actually take care of your home

01:18:23.080 --> 01:18:25.150
 And not live this fake manufactured life

01:18:25.150 --> 01:18:27.700
 Look at Titus chapter 2

01:18:27.700 --> 01:18:28.680
 Titus chapter 2 verse 3

01:18:28.680 --> 01:18:30.640
 It says the aged women likewise

01:18:30.640 --> 01:18:33.980
 That they be in behavior as becomeeth holiness

01:18:33.980 --> 01:18:35.080
 Not false accusers

01:18:35.080 --> 01:18:37.200
 Not given to much wine

01:18:37.200 --> 01:18:38.180
 Teachers of good things

01:18:38.180 --> 01:18:40.140
 That they may teach the young women to be sober

01:18:40.140 --> 01:18:41.230
 To love their husbands

01:18:41.230 --> 01:18:42.180
 To love their children

01:18:42.180 --> 01:18:43.290
 To be discreet

01:18:43.290 --> 01:18:44.270
 Chased

01:18:44.270 --> 01:18:45.260
 Keepers at home

01:18:45.260 --> 01:18:46.250
 Good, obedient to their own husbands

01:18:46.250 --> 01:18:48.230
 That the word of God be not blasphemed

01:18:48.230 --> 01:18:51.200
 The Bible never climbs you to go climb the corporate ladder

01:18:51.200 --> 01:18:52.350
 Ladies

01:18:52.350 --> 01:18:53.440
 It says to be a keeper at home

01:18:53.440 --> 01:18:59.980
 The Bible never says to be, you know, obsessed with every online Facebook spat of drama

01:18:59.980 --> 01:19:01.060
 You know what it says?

01:19:01.060 --> 01:19:02.020
 Is to love your children

01:19:02.020 --> 01:19:03.400
 To love your husband

01:19:03.400 --> 01:19:05.390
 To be a keeper at home

01:19:05.390 --> 01:19:07.360
 You know what the Bible says in Ephesians chapter 5?

01:19:07.360 --> 01:19:09.320
 Wives, obey your husbands

01:19:09.320 --> 01:19:11.790
 Oh, but I've got such a good job

01:19:11.790 --> 01:19:13.740
 Well, if you're not obeying your husband, you're pretty worthless

01:19:13.740 --> 01:19:16.060
 You have the wrong priorities in life

01:19:16.060 --> 01:19:19.120
 Go to Ephesians chapter 6

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 Ephesians chapter number 6

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 What about parents?

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 You know, the Bible doesn't say

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 Make sure you take your kids camping

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 Make sure that your kids get lots of vacations when they grow up

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 Make sure that on Christmas morning

01:19:33.310 --> 01:19:35.470
 They've got like 20 presents to open up

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 Make sure when your kid loses a tooth

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 That you give them money

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 That you give them some sort of treat

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 I mean, these are the type of things that the world would say

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 If you're doing these things, you're a good parent

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 If you could give your kid vacations

01:19:47.890 --> 01:19:49.870
 If you could play ball with your kids

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 If you give them money

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 If you give them Christmas parents

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 You're doing such a good job as a parent

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 The Bible doesn't say to do any of those things

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 The Bible actually says in verse number 4

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 "And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath

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 But bring them up in the nurture

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 And admonition of the Lord"

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 You know the Bible doesn't say

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 "Thou shalt have your kids play organized sports"

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 You know the Bible doesn't say

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 "Thou shalt take your kids fishing"

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 "Thou shalt play ball with your kids"

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 "Thou shalt play hide and seek with your kids"

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 The Bible says to raise them in the

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 Nurture and admonition of the Lord

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 And some parents today would do a better job

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 As a father and as a mother

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 If you stop worrying about

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 Taking your kids camping and playing ball

01:20:31.340 --> 01:20:33.320
 And playing hide and seek and playing tag

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 And actually teaching them the word of God

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 Some of you would be better parents if you spent less time

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 And money on, I gotta make sure that kids

01:20:39.890 --> 01:20:41.870
 Play all the sports, do all the things

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 And you actually taught them how to be a soul winner

01:20:43.890 --> 01:20:46.240
 You actually modeled a life of being free to thrive

01:20:46.240 --> 01:20:48.460
 You actually modeled a life of saying

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 Hey, God is the most important thing

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 That is actually in the eyes of God, the best type of parent

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 Because there's a lot of parents in this world

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 That can just give their kids the moon

01:20:56.930 --> 01:20:59.490
 They can give their kids a college education

01:20:59.490 --> 01:21:01.480
 They can pay for their car

01:21:01.480 --> 01:21:03.470
 They can pay for their first house

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 They did all the daddy things, they were there for everything

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 They played ball, they did all those things

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 But you know what, if that kid doesn't grow up

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 With the spiritual bone in his body

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 What did it accomplish?

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 Were you really having the right priorities?

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 Maybe not, you know I'm just sick of our society

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 Lifting up people, acting like

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 If you could do all these things, you're a good parent

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 But you know, oh these poor

01:21:24.420 --> 01:21:26.410
 Fundamental Baptist kids that are three to thrive

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 It's like, it's such a joke folks

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 Raise your children in the

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 Nurture and admonition of the Lord, and you know what

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 I think that serving God is the best way to have fun anyways

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 I mean my kids are all

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 Under the age of seven and they've all been to the Bahamas

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 So I'm just saying

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 You could sometimes have both of these

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 Things, but here's the thing, if I had to choose

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 If it's like, you know, vacation in the Bahamas

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 You know, soul wedding in the Bahamas

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 Or just like, making sure that they serve

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 God on a regular basis, I'm always going to

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 Choose that one. Deuteronomy chapter number six

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 Deuteronomy chapter number six, I'll just read it for you

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 Verse seven, "And thou shalt teach them

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 Diligently unto thy children, and shalt

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 Talk of them when thou sittest in thine house

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 And when thou walkest by the way

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 And when thou liest down, and when thou

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 Rises up." You know, if you

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 Take your kids camping every weekend

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 And you take them fishing every weekend

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 But you don't ever have a time where you sit down and teach them

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 The word of God, you have messed up

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 Priorities. You have messed up in your priorities

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 In your life. You need to get back to

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 What the Bible teaches as a good parent

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 Is a parent that's just teaching their children the word of God.

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 What about pastors? Go to 2 Timothy chapter 4

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 2 Timothy chapter 4. You know

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 The Bible does not say to pastors

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 "Thou shalt be a stand-up comedian."

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 Right? A lot of pastors today

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 They just kind of hijack God's time

01:22:42.290 --> 01:22:44.610
 Behind the pulpit. They hijack God's

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 People's time. And they're just doing like a

01:22:46.570 --> 01:22:48.990
 Stand-up comedy routine. And look, I'm not

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 Against using comedy every once in a while

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 And being entertaining and being

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 Dynamic in these things. But look, this

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 Is the house of God. Here's the

01:22:57.420 --> 01:22:59.380
 Sacred desk here. Here's the word of God that's being

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 Preached. It's not a comedy show.

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 The house of God is serious.

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 And you know what? It's not a time to be pulling

01:23:05.550 --> 01:23:07.530
 Stunts. You know, when every single

01:23:07.530 --> 01:23:09.500
 Sermon is this weird, cutesy, clickbaity

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 Thing, I have read flags about

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 A preacher like that. I'm just like, "Hey,

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 What chapter in the Bible were you

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 Reading where you came to this Sermon

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 Title?" Right? We all have seen preachers

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 Like that, where it's just like the craziest

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 Sermon titles, the most random

01:23:24.210 --> 01:23:26.180
 Topics. It's like, "What does this

01:23:26.180 --> 01:23:28.260
 Have to do with the Bible? How

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 Are you having the right priorities preaching

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 All this nonsense? What does the Bible say?

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 Second Timothy 4 verse 2, "Preach

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 The Word, be instant in season,

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 Out of season, reprove, rebuke,

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 Exhort with all long-suffering

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 And doctrine." Look, my priorities

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 Is not to be liked,

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 Is not to be, "Wow, that pastor's

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 Funny. Wow, that pastor's dynamic."

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 My job is to preach the Word of God.

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 And if I'm preaching the Word of God,

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 Then I have fulfilled my duty. Now look,

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 Praise God for pastors that are really dynamic

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 And they're teaching truth, and they're

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 Reproving, they're rebuking correctly,

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 They're exhorting correctly, and they're

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 Fun to listen to as well. Praise God for that.

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 And I'm not against the occasional

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 Sermon that's a little more fun, that's a little

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 More on a different type of a topic.

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 Like even this morning I preached about

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 David Koresh, but if you just go to our YouTube

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 Channel, you just look at the tiles of my sermons,

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 They're almost always just coming directly from the

01:24:20.280 --> 01:24:22.760
 Bible, just straight from the text. I don't have

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 All these weird, cutesy, made-up

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 Sermons because I'm trying to preach

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 The word. And you know what, when

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 I was being trained to be a pastor, you know what

01:24:31.100 --> 01:24:33.070
 Pastor Shelley said about me, is that

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 Man, his preaching is boring, but it's biblical.

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 And I'm like, I'll take it. I'll take

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 That. You know, rather than like, wow,

01:24:39.760 --> 01:24:41.740
 What a crazy, weird idea

01:24:41.740 --> 01:24:43.710
 Sermon title. But it's like, but where did you

01:24:43.710 --> 01:24:46.150
 Get that from the Bible? I don't want

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 To come to church to hear your opinion

01:24:48.230 --> 01:24:50.200
 Your ideas, your stupid little

01:24:50.200 --> 01:24:52.180
 Clickbait titles. Preach

01:24:52.180 --> 01:24:54.630
 The word. You know, the Bible does not say

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 Make sure you have lots of church events.

01:24:58.240 --> 01:25:00.150
 You know, the Bible doesn't say thou shalt have a sweetheart's banquet.

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 The Bible doesn't say make documentaries.

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 The Bible doesn't even say to do weddings

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 Or funerals. The Bible doesn't say to do counseling.

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 Look, I'm not against those

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 Things. But if those things are getting

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 In the way of a pastor's

01:25:14.530 --> 01:25:16.570
 Priorities, then he needs to get back

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 To his priorities, right?

01:25:18.770 --> 01:25:20.740
 I mean, if a pastor is just obsessed

01:25:20.740 --> 01:25:22.710
 With these extra biblical topics

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 And he's not preaching the word

01:25:24.680 --> 01:25:26.710
 He's not studying the Bible

01:25:26.710 --> 01:25:28.680
 He's not praying to God. He's not doing the work

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 Of the evangelist, well then his priorities

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 Have become messed up. Go to Acts chapter number

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 Six. Acts chapter number

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 Six. And look, I love

01:25:37.810 --> 01:25:40.100
 Events. And I love our sweetheart's

01:25:40.100 --> 01:25:42.070
 Banquet. And I love, you know, the idea

01:25:42.070 --> 01:25:44.040
 Of doing a documentary and all these things

01:25:44.040 --> 01:25:46.220
 But I'm just telling you, that stuff is

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 Not my biblical priorities.

01:25:48.150 --> 01:25:50.530
 You know, even counseling, even weddings, even

01:25:50.530 --> 01:25:52.500
 Funerals. Hey, I'll do weddings, I'll do funerals.

01:25:52.500 --> 01:25:54.610
 The Bible doesn't tell me to do that though.

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 And so here's the thing. I'm not going to stop

01:25:56.740 --> 01:25:58.770
 Studying the Bible to go perform a bunch of weddings.

01:25:58.770 --> 01:26:00.880
 I'm not going to stop studying the Bible

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 To go do a bunch of funerals or something like that.

01:26:02.840 --> 01:26:05.530
 Look at Acts chapter six, verse one.

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 "And in those days, when the number of the

01:26:07.510 --> 01:26:09.490
 Disciples was multiplied, there arose

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 A murmuring of the Grecians against the

01:26:11.460 --> 01:26:13.440
 Hebrews, because their widows were

01:26:13.440 --> 01:26:15.450
 Neglected in the daily ministration.

01:26:15.450 --> 01:26:17.940
 Then the Twelve called the multitude

01:26:17.940 --> 01:26:20.000
 Of the Disciples unto them, and said,

01:26:20.000 --> 01:26:22.400
 'It is not reason that we should

01:26:22.400 --> 01:26:24.620
 Leave the word of God and serve

01:26:24.620 --> 01:26:26.860
 Tables.'" Notice there's all these

01:26:26.860 --> 01:26:28.840
 Administrative tasks that are

01:26:28.840 --> 01:26:30.820
 Kind of falling by the wayside just because

01:26:30.820 --> 01:26:32.800
 They're so busy, they're so overburdened with work,

01:26:32.800 --> 01:26:34.780
 And it's affecting people. The

01:26:34.780 --> 01:26:36.920
 Widows are not being taken care of,

01:26:36.920 --> 01:26:39.400
 And these Disciples are saying, "Look, it is

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 Not reason, it does not make sense,

01:26:41.360 --> 01:26:43.320
 It's not profitable for us to

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 Stop doing the one thing that we

01:26:45.430 --> 01:26:47.420
 Can do, right? The one thing that

01:26:47.420 --> 01:26:49.440
 Matters most, the big things, the Word of

01:26:49.440 --> 01:26:51.380
 God, studying the Word of God, to go serve

01:26:51.380 --> 01:26:53.410
 Tables, right? They're trying to say, "Hey, we

01:26:53.410 --> 01:26:55.410
 Need to keep our priorities intact."

01:26:55.410 --> 01:26:57.970
 That's why it says in verse 3, "Wherefore

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 Brethren, look ye out among you seven

01:26:59.930 --> 01:27:01.900
 Men of honest report, full of the Holy

01:27:01.900 --> 01:27:04.110
 Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint

01:27:04.110 --> 01:27:06.060
 Over this business." Like, here's some

01:27:06.060 --> 01:27:08.100
 Church staff being hired, right?

01:27:08.100 --> 01:27:10.160
 And even, even this job is very

01:27:10.160 --> 01:27:12.140
 Important, because it doesn't say like, "Go find

01:27:12.140 --> 01:27:14.120
 Some bum, some random bum, some loser."

01:27:14.120 --> 01:27:16.090
 It says, "No, find seven men of honest

01:27:16.090 --> 01:27:18.190
 Report, full of the Holy Ghost and

01:27:18.190 --> 01:27:20.150
 Wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business."

01:27:20.150 --> 01:27:22.400
 But, verse 4, "But we will

01:27:22.400 --> 01:27:24.320
 Give ourselves continually to prayer

01:27:24.320 --> 01:27:26.590
 And to the ministry of

01:27:26.590 --> 01:27:29.270
 The Word." Also, the Bible says

01:27:29.270 --> 01:27:31.230
 In 2nd Timothy 4-5, "But watch

01:27:31.230 --> 01:27:33.190
 Thou in all things, endure afflictions,

01:27:33.190 --> 01:27:35.190
 Do the work of an evangelist."

01:27:35.190 --> 01:27:37.580
 When it comes to ministers

01:27:37.580 --> 01:27:39.640
 And pastors, what are

01:27:39.640 --> 01:27:41.640
 Their main priority? It's

01:27:41.640 --> 01:27:43.850
 Prayer, it's studying the Word of

01:27:43.850 --> 01:27:46.030
 God, it's preaching the Word of God,

01:27:46.030 --> 01:27:47.980
 It's doing the work of an evangelist,

01:27:47.980 --> 01:27:50.080
 Soul winning, right? These are the things

01:27:50.080 --> 01:27:52.180
 Pastors should be focusing on today.

01:27:52.180 --> 01:27:54.140
 Prayer, soul winning, preaching,

01:27:54.140 --> 01:27:56.100
 Studying the Word of God. That is what they're

01:27:56.100 --> 01:27:58.540
 Supposed to be doing. You know, I think about a lot of

01:27:58.540 --> 01:28:00.500
 Pastor Jack Hiles sermons, he was talking about

01:28:00.500 --> 01:28:02.470
 How when he was a young pastor

01:28:02.470 --> 01:28:04.510
 And he was working full time for

01:28:04.510 --> 01:28:06.470
 The church, he's like, "I'd spend 20 hours

01:28:06.470 --> 01:28:08.440
 In week, soul winning, and 20 hours a week

01:28:08.440 --> 01:28:10.550
 In prayer." And it's like,

01:28:10.550 --> 01:28:12.770
 That's actually good use of a pastor's time.

01:28:12.770 --> 01:28:14.750
 Studying the word of God, praying,

01:28:14.750 --> 01:28:16.720
 Preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ,

01:28:16.720 --> 01:28:18.690
 You know, serving tables, running events,

01:28:18.690 --> 01:28:20.770
 That is all extra stuff. And there's nothing wrong

01:28:20.770 --> 01:28:22.750
 With those things whatsoever. I love those things.

01:28:22.750 --> 01:28:24.730
 I plan on continuing to do those things.

01:28:24.730 --> 01:28:26.710
 But I'm not going to do those things

01:28:26.710 --> 01:28:28.690
 At the expense of studying the Bible.

01:28:28.690 --> 01:28:30.840
 Reading his word, praying, going soul winning.

01:28:30.840 --> 01:28:33.020
 Go back to Joshua chapter number 11.

01:28:33.020 --> 01:28:35.930
 We'll close in Joshua chapter number 11.

01:28:35.930 --> 01:28:37.880
 Joshua chapter number 11, verse 15.

01:28:37.880 --> 01:28:44.860
 Notice this again.

01:28:44.860 --> 01:28:46.790
 "As the Lord commanded Moses,

01:28:46.790 --> 01:28:48.980
 his servant,

01:28:48.980 --> 01:28:51.040
 so did Moses command Joshua,

01:28:51.040 --> 01:28:52.980
 and so did Joshua.

01:28:52.980 --> 01:28:55.280
 He left nothing undone

01:28:55.280 --> 01:28:57.540
 of all that the Lord

01:28:57.540 --> 01:28:59.700
 commanded Moses."

01:28:59.700 --> 01:29:01.650
 Man, Joshua had his priorities

01:29:01.650 --> 01:29:04.000
 set straight in life.

01:29:04.000 --> 01:29:05.950
 And you know, what an honor to him

01:29:05.950 --> 01:29:07.900
 that the word of God records for us

01:29:07.900 --> 01:29:09.900
 that Joshua had his priorities

01:29:09.900 --> 01:29:12.090
 set straight. It doesn't say that

01:29:12.090 --> 01:29:14.080
 he left nothing undone in all of his life.

01:29:14.080 --> 01:29:16.270
 It says that, hey, he didn't leave anything undone

01:29:16.270 --> 01:29:18.220
 of all the commandments

01:29:18.220 --> 01:29:20.630
 of God. Here's a quote for you

01:29:20.630 --> 01:29:22.590
 from Pastor Jack Hiles. He said this,

01:29:22.590 --> 01:29:25.080
 "Don't show me what you've done.

01:29:25.080 --> 01:29:27.600
 Show me what you've left undone.

01:29:27.600 --> 01:29:29.580
 Most of us leave the important things

01:29:29.580 --> 01:29:31.750
 undone." That's a good quote right there.

01:29:31.750 --> 01:29:34.060
 Hey, you know, don't show me what you've done.

01:29:34.060 --> 01:29:36.040
 Show me what you've left undone because

01:29:36.040 --> 01:29:38.010
 most people leave the most important

01:29:38.010 --> 01:29:39.990
 things undone. Don't show me

01:29:39.990 --> 01:29:41.970
 oh, I took my kid camping every single weekend.

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 Oh, man, he played in so many sports.

01:29:44.210 --> 01:29:46.180
 Oh, man, you should see the tree on Christmas

01:29:46.180 --> 01:29:48.160
 morning in our house. We have so much. Oh,

01:29:48.160 --> 01:29:50.140
 every time they lose a tooth, man, there's so much money

01:29:50.140 --> 01:29:52.210
 being thrown at them. No, no, no. Show me what

01:29:52.210 --> 01:29:54.150
 you've left undone. Did you leave teaching them to be a

01:29:54.150 --> 01:29:56.470
 soul winner undone? Did you leave teaching them

01:29:56.470 --> 01:29:58.410
 how to be free to thrive in church undone?

01:29:58.410 --> 01:30:00.650
 Because you know what? You've exposed your priorities

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 in life. And oftentimes, people are

01:30:03.250 --> 01:30:05.220
 leaving the most important things undone.

01:30:05.220 --> 01:30:07.190
 If you're going to leave something undone

01:30:07.190 --> 01:30:09.700
 in life, don't let it be the commandments of God.

01:30:09.700 --> 01:30:11.650
 Hey, at the end, let it be said of you, hey,

01:30:11.650 --> 01:30:13.670
 he left nothing undone of all the commandments

01:30:13.670 --> 01:30:15.690
 that God gave, right?

01:30:15.690 --> 01:30:17.630
 Hey, and if I make it to the end of my life

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 and it says, man, the project

01:30:20.240 --> 01:30:23.050
 truck was left undone, the

01:30:23.050 --> 01:30:25.050
 1969 F-100

01:30:25.050 --> 01:30:27.390
 Ford, the project, it was left undone,

01:30:27.390 --> 01:30:29.310
 okay? The mastery of the

01:30:29.310 --> 01:30:31.960
 guitar, it was left undone. You know,

01:30:31.960 --> 01:30:33.920
 I hope to get my pilot's license someday,

01:30:33.920 --> 01:30:35.890
 but if the pilot's license has to be left

01:30:35.890 --> 01:30:38.300
 undone, that's okay. If,

01:30:38.300 --> 01:30:40.270
 you know, a wall full of photographs

01:30:40.270 --> 01:30:42.230
 of all the places I've traveled, if that has to be

01:30:42.230 --> 01:30:44.590
 left undone, that's okay.

01:30:44.590 --> 01:30:46.750
 As long as the important things are not

01:30:46.750 --> 01:30:49.230
 left undone, if I can make it to the end of my life

01:30:49.230 --> 01:30:51.210
 and it's like, hey, soul winning was not left

01:30:51.210 --> 01:30:53.550
 undone, reading the Bible was not left

01:30:53.550 --> 01:30:55.820
 undone, pastoring was not left

01:30:55.820 --> 01:30:58.020
 undone, being a father to those kids

01:30:58.020 --> 01:31:00.110
 was not left undone, being a husband

01:31:00.110 --> 01:31:02.100
 to my wife was not left undone,

01:31:02.100 --> 01:31:04.040
 then hey, you know what, let all that other stuff

01:31:04.040 --> 01:31:06.240
 be left undone, because

01:31:06.240 --> 01:31:08.220
 I want to have the right priorities

01:31:08.220 --> 01:31:10.200
 in life. Let this sermon tonight be

01:31:10.200 --> 01:31:12.180
 a time of reflection for you, and just

01:31:12.180 --> 01:31:14.160
 asking yourself, you know, what is it in my life that I'm

01:31:14.160 --> 01:31:16.330
 leaving undone? Are you leaving things

01:31:16.330 --> 01:31:18.500
 in your life undone that you

01:31:18.500 --> 01:31:20.430
 are looking at saying like, "No, I do want that done.

01:31:20.430 --> 01:31:22.480
 I actually do want that finished." Okay, well let

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 your daily and your weekly activities

01:31:24.650 --> 01:31:26.690
 actually reflect that. Let's pray. Lord, thank you

01:31:26.690 --> 01:31:29.150
 so much for your word. Thank you for

01:31:29.150 --> 01:31:31.140
 this example here with Joshua. I

01:31:31.140 --> 01:31:33.130
 pray that all of us would just consider our lives

01:31:33.130 --> 01:31:35.120
 and the actions that we have going

01:31:35.120 --> 01:31:37.110
 on, that we make sure that we're setting the right

01:31:37.110 --> 01:31:39.100
 priorities for our life, that we're

01:31:39.100 --> 01:31:41.090
 executing on those tasks, Lord,

01:31:41.090 --> 01:31:43.080
 and just help us to have a heart that's drawn very

01:31:43.080 --> 01:31:45.070
 closely to you and not the things of this

01:31:45.070 --> 01:31:47.060
 world. We love you in Jesus name we pray, Amen.