WEBVTT 09:00.900 --> 09:04.100 Good morning everyone. We are going to go ahead and get started this morning. 09:04.100 --> 09:07.420 Our clock is falling a little behind, but the time is right. 09:07.420 --> 09:10.420 It is time to get started. Welcome to Anchor Baptist Church. 09:10.420 --> 09:14.140 Our first hymn for the morning is number 112, 09:14.140 --> 09:17.100 Be Still My Soul. 09:17.100 --> 09:20.260 Hymn number 112, 112, 09:20.260 --> 09:22.800 Be Still My Soul. 09:28.400 --> 09:32.840 112, 112, Be Still My Soul. 09:32.840 --> 09:34.920 Let's sing it all together. 09:34.920 --> 09:40.280 Be still my soul, the Lord is. 12:24.900 --> 12:28.980 Thank you for yet another day to gather together to sing out praises in your name and to hear 12:28.980 --> 12:29.980 from your word. 12:29.980 --> 12:34.300 Lord, I just pray that you'd be with those who are potentially still traveling back from 12:34.300 --> 12:37.700 the missions trip to Fiji and all the souls that were saved there. 12:37.700 --> 12:42.260 I pray that you'd be with us here locally for the services and for our soul winning 12:42.260 --> 12:45.900 this afternoon and that you would open our ears to the message both this morning and 12:45.900 --> 12:46.900 this evening. 12:46.900 --> 12:48.180 These things we pray in Jesus name. 12:48.180 --> 12:49.180 Amen. 12:49.180 --> 12:50.180 Amen. 12:50.180 --> 12:52.340 Next to him, number 406. 12:52.900 --> 12:56.900 Hymn number 406, who is on the Lord's side? 13:00.500 --> 13:01.000 Ahem. 13:06.500 --> 13:11.060 406-406 who is on the Lord's side. Let's sing it out. 16:59.600 --> 17:03.440 Please raise your hand and an usher would be glad to bring you one there on 17:04.040 --> 17:09.800 The front is our Bible memory passage of the week there second Timothy chapter number two 17:10.320 --> 17:16.360 Verse five and of course our goal is to memorize the entire epistle here of second Timothy 17:17.160 --> 17:21.600 Had a great day yesterday. We our church was invited to do an interview 17:22.560 --> 17:23.900 surprisingly with 17:24.100 --> 17:27.300 public television of the nation of Israel. 17:27.300 --> 17:28.900 So that was interesting. 17:28.900 --> 17:31.860 So this is the government funded propaganda arm 17:31.860 --> 17:33.980 of the Israeli public television. 17:33.980 --> 17:37.060 So it's like BBC in England or PBS here, 17:37.060 --> 17:38.380 something like that. 17:38.380 --> 17:40.460 And they're making a documentary 17:40.460 --> 17:42.660 basically about Jewish guilt. 17:42.700 --> 17:47.500 of the crucifixion of Jesus and Judaism and anti-Semitism in general. 17:47.500 --> 17:51.820 They interviewed me for about 45 minutes, 50 minutes or something like that 17:51.820 --> 17:53.460 regarding what the Bible teaches on this. 17:54.100 --> 17:59.220 At one point, the producer started throwing stuff and yelling in anger. 17:59.220 --> 18:06.580 I don't know if that was because of what the Bible was saying, or because the interviewer was just not able to get me in the traps that he was trying to lay. 18:06.580 --> 18:11.180 If you go on our YouTube channel, it's posted up there if you want to watch that full interview. 18:11.180 --> 18:13.020 I think you'll at least find it interesting. 18:13.020 --> 18:22.020 That's pretty funny how Israel and the Jews are losing in this topic so badly that the Israeli government is reaching out to anchor Baptist Church. 18:22.100 --> 18:26.740 for an interview. It just goes to show what's happening in this world. 18:26.740 --> 18:30.620 But the Bible is so clearly on our side, it's not even funny. 18:30.620 --> 18:35.500 It was a really fun time. The guy interviewing me was a nice guy. 18:35.500 --> 18:41.540 He wasn't a religious Jew at all. He's a secular. He called himself a secular Jew, a cultural Jew. 18:41.540 --> 18:42.740 He lives in Israel. 18:42.900 --> 18:46.820 So it was a good conversation had a good time. So definitely check that out on our YouTube channel 18:47.540 --> 18:52.040 On the left side there. We got our service times Sunday morning 1030 Sunday evening 18:52.140 --> 18:55.960 430 our Wednesday Bible study through the gospel of Mark at 7 p.m 18:56.380 --> 19:02.940 We have all of our soul winning times listed there below all those meet here at the church building except for Saturday 19:03.480 --> 19:10.900 Yesterday we had a SWAT soul winning time and sometimes when you go to the SWAT locations things can get a little interesting 19:10.900 --> 19:15.060 and so we had a very angry man who was drunk 19:15.060 --> 19:18.100 dealing with us and thankfully nothing happened 19:18.100 --> 19:20.140 but be aware, I always offer people, 19:20.140 --> 19:22.460 hey if you want a regular map when we're doing the SWOT, 19:22.460 --> 19:24.900 I'll give you a regular map, especially you ladies 19:24.900 --> 19:26.860 because sometimes things get a little crazy. 19:26.860 --> 19:28.160 Just letting you know on that. 19:28.160 --> 19:29.260 Then we have our year to date, 19:29.260 --> 19:32.540 soul winning statistics, July we have 62. 19:33.000 --> 19:38.960 US for the year 430 Philippines 798 so we're at 1235 for the year 19:39.500 --> 19:45.220 A couple of our church members, Brother Sonny, Brother Theodore, just went to Fiji, and the 19:45.220 --> 19:48.380 report I heard is that it was very receptive. 19:48.380 --> 19:52.020 In Theodore's words, he said it was better than the Philippines, which is just crazy. 19:52.020 --> 19:56.180 And he said the reason for that is because there's absolutely no language barrier at 19:56.180 --> 20:00.860 all, whereas sometimes in the Philippines there can be people who speak only Tagalog. 20:01.400 --> 20:04.880 And so Brother Theodore told me he had 80 salvations in a few days there. 20:04.880 --> 20:06.680 So praise the Lord for that. 20:06.680 --> 20:10.280 It looked like a really great group of people, some soul winners from Steadfast, 20:10.280 --> 20:12.320 and First Works, and Anchor Baptist Church. 20:12.320 --> 20:12.500 you 20:12.600 --> 20:17.680 So great work that was done there. Just hearing a few minutes from brother Theodore. He sold me 20:17.680 --> 20:20.040 I'm wanting to go there. I would love to go there in the future 20:20.040 --> 20:24.560 So if you've never been on a missions trip, you got to make it a priority to plan a missions trip 20:24.880 --> 20:29.720 It's definitely a life-changing experience and it's gonna be the best soul winning you've ever had in your life 20:29.800 --> 20:33.800 Oklahoma is a great place to preach the gospel, but it's not Fiji. It's not the Bahamas 20:33.960 --> 20:37.920 It's not the Philippines. And so if you ever get a chance to go I highly recommend it 20:38.600 --> 20:45.800 We do have there our online visitor card as well as our online giving information as well as our prayer list 20:46.360 --> 20:50.760 There's one that's time sensitive there an update for miss jennifer for a monday appointment 20:51.160 --> 20:54.280 Please keep that in prayer today and tomorrow morning 20:54.920 --> 20:56.920 On the back we have our upcoming events 20:57.600 --> 21:03.520 Our next Sony marathon is in Shawnee, Oklahoma. I understand that some people are having issues 21:03.520 --> 21:07.680 signing up on the website, so I'll make sure to get another paper printed to sign up physically 21:07.680 --> 21:13.520 as well. But that's August 15th, meeting at 9 a.m. at Chick-fil-A. August 23rd is the next 21:13.520 --> 21:18.640 men's preaching night for the evening service. We'll have a potluck and game night after that. 21:19.100 --> 21:27.100 September 19th, we're going to do the Osage Indian Sowing Marathon in Pahuska in the northeast part of the state up there. 21:27.100 --> 21:33.000 Then we've got October 24th, Orr Family Farm Fellowship Saturday. 21:33.300 --> 21:37.140 October 31st, that's the next Saturday, our Chili Cook Off. 21:37.140 --> 21:39.660 And then November 7th, Enid, Oklahoma, 21:39.660 --> 21:41.140 soul winning marathon. 21:41.140 --> 21:42.800 And of course, there'll be some more events 21:42.800 --> 21:44.500 throughout the year as well. 21:44.500 --> 21:47.340 Lord Willing, our documentary, Lord Willing, 21:47.340 --> 21:49.700 will be done before the end of the year. 21:49.700 --> 21:50.940 And we're gonna, Lord Willing, 21:50.940 --> 21:53.860 have some more cool guest preachers this year as well. 21:53.860 --> 21:55.700 So just stay tuned for those things. 21:55.700 --> 21:57.100 But that's gonna be it for announcements. 21:57.100 --> 21:59.140 We'll go ahead and go to our third song. 21:59.140 --> 21:59.700 Thanks for watching! 22:03.000 --> 22:09.600 Our third song this morning, number 223, 223, 22:09.600 --> 22:11.200 Springs of Living Water. 22:15.900 --> 22:20.900 223, 223, Springs of Living Water. 22:27.000 --> 22:29.400 223 let's sing it out all together 24:36.900 --> 24:42.420 as the offering plates are being passed, turn if you would to Matthew chapter 13. 24:42.420 --> 24:44.500 Matthew chapter number 13. 25:54.100 --> 25:58.220 Matthew Chapter 13 The same day went Jesus out of the house 25:58.220 --> 26:03.260 and sat by the seaside, and great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he 26:03.260 --> 26:07.460 went into a ship and sat, and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 26:07.800 --> 26:13.280 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow. 26:13.280 --> 26:17.840 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them 26:17.840 --> 26:18.840 up. 26:18.840 --> 26:22.120 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth. 26:22.120 --> 26:25.240 And forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth. 26:26.000 --> 26:30.800 And when the sun was up, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they withered away. 26:30.800 --> 26:34.640 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprung up and choked them. 26:34.640 --> 26:41.280 But other fell into good grounds, and brought forth fruit, some in hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. 26:41.600 --> 26:44.040 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 26:44.040 --> 26:46.280 And the disciples came and said unto him, 26:46.280 --> 26:48.760 Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 26:48.760 --> 26:50.280 He answered and said unto them, 26:50.280 --> 26:52.640 Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries 26:52.640 --> 26:56.000 of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 26:56.000 --> 26:58.560 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, 26:58.560 --> 27:00.360 and he shall have more abundance. 27:00.360 --> 27:03.200 But whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away 27:03.200 --> 27:04.480 even that he hath. 27:04.700 --> 27:09.640 Therefore speak I to them in parables, because they seeing see not, and hearing they hear 27:09.640 --> 27:12.260 not, neither do they understand. 27:12.260 --> 27:16.820 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and 27:16.820 --> 27:22.060 shall not understand, and by seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive. 27:22.060 --> 27:23.400 this people 27:24.200 --> 27:29.600 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, 27:29.600 --> 27:37.100 lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. 27:37.100 --> 27:41.600 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. 27:41.600 --> 27:51.900 For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them, and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. 27:52.200 --> 27:56.520 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower, When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, 27:56.520 --> 27:59.800 And understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, 27:59.800 --> 28:02.680 And catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. 28:02.680 --> 28:08.120 This is he which receiveth seed by the wayside. But he that receiveth seed into stony places, 28:08.120 --> 28:12.040 The same is he that heareth the word, And anon with joy receiveth it. 28:12.300 --> 28:16.180 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while. 28:16.180 --> 28:22.560 For when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. 28:22.560 --> 28:26.880 He also that receiveth seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word, and the care 28:26.880 --> 28:32.320 of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomeeth unfruitful. 28:32.800 --> 28:37.760 But he that receives seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word and understandeth it, 28:37.760 --> 28:43.600 which also beareth fruit and bringeth forth, some in hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 28:43.600 --> 28:48.560 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which 28:48.560 --> 28:54.160 sowed good seed in his field. But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, 28:54.160 --> 28:59.440 and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the 28:59.440 --> 29:00.440 tears also. 29:00.800 --> 29:05.680 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good 29:05.680 --> 29:07.200 seed in thy field? 29:07.200 --> 29:09.000 From whence then hath it tares? 29:09.000 --> 29:11.680 And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. 29:11.680 --> 29:15.960 The servant said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29:15.960 --> 29:21.000 But he said, Nay, lest while you gather up the tares, you root up also the wheat with 29:21.000 --> 29:21.400 them. 29:22.000 --> 29:27.120 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, 29:27.120 --> 29:31.280 Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them, 29:31.280 --> 29:33.040 But gather the wheat into my barn. 29:33.600 --> 29:36.080 Another parable put ye forth unto them, saying, 29:36.080 --> 29:39.200 The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, 29:39.200 --> 29:41.800 Which a man took and sowed in his field. 29:41.900 --> 29:47.020 which indeed is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown it is the greatest among herbs, 29:47.020 --> 29:51.260 and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. 29:52.380 --> 29:56.620 Another parable spake he unto them, The kingdom of heaven is like unto Levin, 29:56.620 --> 30:00.860 which woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was Levins. 30:01.420 --> 30:04.780 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables, 30:04.780 --> 30:07.180 and without a parable spake he not unto them. 30:07.700 --> 30:11.060 that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet, saying, 30:11.060 --> 30:15.300 I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter things which have been kept secret 30:15.300 --> 30:19.540 from the foundation of the world. Then Jesus sent the multitude away and 30:19.540 --> 30:22.980 went into the house. And his disciples came unto him, saying, 30:22.980 --> 30:26.100 Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. 30:26.200 --> 30:30.600 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of Man. 30:30.600 --> 30:34.040 The field is the world, the good seed are the children of the kingdom, 30:34.040 --> 30:36.600 but the tares are the children of the wicked one. 30:36.900 --> 30:42.900 The enemy that sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are the angels. 30:42.900 --> 30:48.400 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of this world. 30:48.400 --> 30:57.900 The Son of Man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity, and shall cast them into a furnace of fire. 30:57.900 --> 31:00.400 There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 31:00.800 --> 31:05.040 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their father, 31:05.040 --> 31:10.880 who hath ears to hear, let him hear. Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure 31:10.880 --> 31:16.000 hid in a field, the which when a man hath found he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth 31:16.000 --> 31:21.600 and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto 31:21.600 --> 31:24.160 a merchant man seeking goodly pearls. 31:24.300 --> 31:29.820 who when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it. 31:29.820 --> 31:34.940 Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea and gathered of every 31:34.940 --> 31:40.540 kind, which when it was full they drew to shore, and sat down and gathered the good into vessels, 31:40.540 --> 31:46.060 but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall come forth 31:46.060 --> 31:48.060 and sever the wicked from among the just. 31:48.400 --> 31:52.800 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 31:53.600 --> 31:58.160 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 31:58.800 --> 32:03.600 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven 32:03.600 --> 32:09.040 is like unto a man that is in householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and 32:09.040 --> 32:09.700 old. 32:10.000 --> 32:14.400 And it came to pass that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. 32:14.400 --> 32:18.720 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, 32:18.720 --> 32:20.800 in so much that they were astonished, and said, 32:21.760 --> 32:24.720 Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? 32:25.360 --> 32:28.640 Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, 32:28.640 --> 32:31.840 and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas, 32:32.400 --> 32:36.960 and his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? 32:37.500 --> 32:40.460 and they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, 32:40.460 --> 32:45.100 A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country and in his own house. 32:45.100 --> 32:49.020 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. 32:49.020 --> 32:51.980 Let's pray. Your heavenly father, thank you for this day. 32:51.980 --> 32:55.020 I pray that you would fill pastor with your spirit, 32:55.020 --> 32:59.020 help them preach an edifying sermon for us and help us to receive it. Amen. 32:59.740 --> 33:03.900 Amen. We're in Matthew chapter 13. Let's start reading in verse number 44. 33:05.000 --> 33:12.240 Jesus said again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hid in a field the which when a man hath found 33:12.600 --> 33:19.280 He hideth and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath and buyeth that 33:19.760 --> 33:20.600 field 33:20.800 --> 33:27.660 One observation I want to make about this parable is just thinking about the actual physical truth thinking about the actual carnal 33:28.340 --> 33:33.480 Illustration that Jesus is giving here when this man finds treasure in his field 33:34.000 --> 33:35.720 Obviously he's excited for that 33:35.720 --> 33:41.920 But it's not like he just kind of cordons off this one little part of the field that just has the treasure and he just 33:41.920 --> 33:46.060 Purchases only that treasure. He actually just purchases the whole field 33:46.600 --> 33:52.120 You've got to think about, for example, in places like Oklahoma, there's been many people 33:52.120 --> 33:56.160 throughout the history of this state that have found some oil on their land and they're 33:56.160 --> 33:58.700 excited they find this treasure. 33:58.700 --> 34:02.760 When you find out that you have oil on this land, people are willing to just buy up this 34:02.760 --> 34:06.360 whole huge piece of land for the oil that is there. 34:06.700 --> 34:09.400 And you got to think about when you're buying a field, 34:09.400 --> 34:12.200 whether that's in Oklahoma or wherever this is talking about, 34:12.200 --> 34:14.520 you're not just buying the treasure. 34:14.520 --> 34:16.740 You're not just buying the oil. 34:16.740 --> 34:20.500 What you're also buying is all the bugs on that field 34:20.500 --> 34:24.700 and all the ticks and the foxes and the coyotes 34:24.700 --> 34:27.600 and the bramble bushes and maybe some old 34:27.600 --> 34:30.580 dilapidated structures from times past 34:30.580 --> 34:34.280 and maybe some trash from trespassers dumping onto your land 34:34.280 --> 34:34.700 and maybe. 34:34.700 --> 34:38.780 just all sorts of other less desirable things in that field. 34:38.780 --> 34:40.740 But you know what, you're okay with putting up 34:40.740 --> 34:42.260 with those less desirable things 34:42.260 --> 34:45.100 because of the fact that there's treasure within that field, 34:45.100 --> 34:47.420 because of the fact that there's something valuable 34:47.420 --> 34:49.040 within that field. 34:49.040 --> 34:51.320 You know, when I grew up, me and my brothers, 34:51.320 --> 34:55.720 we had a big field literally right behind our house. 34:55.720 --> 34:57.320 And we would just jump over our fence 34:57.320 --> 34:59.260 and we would play in that field. 34:59.260 --> 35:02.580 And in that field was Black Widows. 35:02.600 --> 35:09.280 and snakes and trash and metal pipes sticking up out of the ground and 35:10.120 --> 35:13.640 Foxes and you know just bugs and just nasty stuff 35:13.720 --> 35:19.820 But here's what that field had it was a place where we could build ramps for our bikes and play and have fun as kids 35:20.400 --> 35:25.360 It was a place where me and my brothers, we would dig foxholes that would probably injure 35:25.360 --> 35:26.640 someone if they didn't see it. 35:26.640 --> 35:31.680 We're like recreating like little Vietnam war traps, if you will. 35:31.680 --> 35:35.880 That field was a place where we would just have the coolest airsoft wars you could possibly 35:35.880 --> 35:36.380 imagine. 35:36.700 --> 35:41.800 There was a time there was a certain time of year where the grass would grow taller than we were at the time 35:41.800 --> 35:48.380 And we would get like this scythe and we would just cut out like this little maze so we could just have like the most crazy 35:49.100 --> 35:51.100 intense airsoft wars 35:51.100 --> 35:57.240 Imaginable and look you could look at that field and say like hey, it's just a field. It's gross. There's spiders. There's snakes 35:57.240 --> 36:01.400 There's trash. There's you know homeless people sometimes there's all this bad stuff 36:01.400 --> 36:04.600 but you know what there was treasure in that field for us because 36:04.700 --> 36:06.720 of the way that we got to use it. 36:06.720 --> 36:09.260 And for the Oklahoman, yeah, there's a lot of problems 36:09.260 --> 36:11.160 with some of the land, but there's oil there, 36:11.160 --> 36:12.280 there's treasure there. 36:12.280 --> 36:13.820 This guy finds the treasure. 36:13.820 --> 36:15.960 Yeah, there's probably issues there, but you know what? 36:15.960 --> 36:17.840 There's treasure in his field as well. 36:17.840 --> 36:19.100 And the title of my sermon is this, 36:19.100 --> 36:21.740 the treasure in your field. 36:21.740 --> 36:23.840 The treasure in your field. 36:23.840 --> 36:25.340 Go to Job chapter number two. 36:26.420 --> 36:27.000 You know. 36:27.200 --> 36:32.800 One of the things we can learn right off the bat from this is that life is a combination of good and bad. 36:33.200 --> 36:36.880 There is no one in this world that is just getting the treasure 36:37.200 --> 36:40.880 No one's just like I'm just only gonna buy the treasure forget the rest of the field 36:40.880 --> 36:48.040 You know, there's a combination of the snakes and the the weird, you know trash and all that stuff and the treasure life is a 36:48.040 --> 36:51.840 Combination of good and bad look what job said in verse number seven 36:51.840 --> 36:58.420 It says in verse 7 of chapter 2 so went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord and smote job 36:58.580 --> 37:01.180 with sore boils from the soul 37:01.200 --> 37:06.640 of his foot unto his crown. This is not the treasure of his life. This is the field. This 37:06.640 --> 37:12.800 is the bad stuff. Then he took him a pot shirt to scrape himself with all and he sat down 37:12.800 --> 37:18.520 among the ashes. Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Curse 37:18.520 --> 37:24.400 God and die. But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. 37:24.800 --> 37:31.840 Notice this what shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil? 37:32.560 --> 37:36.160 In all this did Job sin with his lips 37:36.600 --> 37:44.000 Job is just pointing out. Hey, are we only going to receive the treasure from God or are we not also going to receive? 37:44.100 --> 37:52.100 The field are we not going to receive good from hand of God and look every person in this life has good given them from God 37:52.600 --> 37:57.860 Saved or unsaved God causes the rain to fall on the just and on the unjust 37:57.860 --> 38:04.520 You know even reprobates in this world if they're breathing air that's from God that they can live. Okay, so I don't care 38:04.600 --> 38:10.260 Who you are how bad your situation in life is there is some good in your life and also 38:10.840 --> 38:14.040 Don't look at someone who you would say man. They have such a perfect life 38:14.040 --> 38:18.920 They have such a good life you may think that but I guarantee you they have bad in their life as well 38:18.920 --> 38:22.160 And we all have different good and bad in our life 38:22.160 --> 38:27.780 And let me say this the people in your life are going to be a combination of good and bad 38:28.400 --> 38:33.320 And it doesn't matter if it's your neighbor, your friend, your grandma, your spouse, your 38:33.320 --> 38:37.820 children, your parents, your doctor, your pastor, your teacher. 38:37.820 --> 38:42.400 We are all going to be a combination of that treasure and that field. 38:42.400 --> 38:43.400 Right? 38:43.400 --> 38:47.960 And so we want to be people that are not those that just focus on all the negative in life 38:47.960 --> 38:52.800 and complain about the thorns and complain about the problems and complain about things 38:52.800 --> 38:54.380 you don't like about someone. 38:54.380 --> 38:56.380 We should be people that are going to focus. 38:56.400 --> 39:02.800 the treasure that is in your field and if you actually want to be someone that has joy and 39:03.120 --> 39:08.800 Be someone that actually is productive with your life. You cannot be these hyper critical 39:09.280 --> 39:15.760 hyper complaining people that all you want to do is focus on the thorns and the negatives and the evils of your life because 39:15.760 --> 39:20.080 Look if you want to do that you could find it and if I want to do that I can find it 39:20.080 --> 39:22.080 But you know people like that are miserable people 39:22.900 --> 39:29.860 It cracks me up these people that think they're like these expert psycho, you know analysts because they could point out problems in people 39:29.860 --> 39:31.860 It's like wow congratulations 39:31.940 --> 39:35.860 Wow, you figured out romans 323 for all of sin and come short of the glory of god 39:36.100 --> 39:38.100 Aren't you special? Aren't you amazing? 39:38.180 --> 39:40.980 You know, you should become a psychologist or something. No, you know what? 39:40.980 --> 39:45.060 Why don't you be a person that tries to focus on the good in people in your lives? 39:45.460 --> 39:50.820 And not just nitpick each other and not just look for all the issues you could find in someone this is 39:50.900 --> 39:55.820 is how you're going to end up being lonely and miserable and nobody liking you. 39:55.820 --> 39:58.520 Go if you would to Matthew chapter number 18. 39:58.520 --> 40:00.920 Matthew chapter number 18. 40:00.920 --> 40:05.840 Let's make some application of this concept into just several different areas of our life. 40:05.840 --> 40:09.320 Number one, look for the treasure in your church. 40:09.700 --> 40:13.480 Look for the treasure in your church so many people today 40:13.700 --> 40:16.740 they just constantly want to hyper criticize and 40:17.020 --> 40:22.060 Focus on the field of whatever church they go to and look if you're going to any church in this world 40:22.060 --> 40:25.780 And you want to find problems you will find it because there's people there 40:26.300 --> 40:30.220 There are sinners there sinners are running things sinners are attending 40:30.380 --> 40:32.940 And so if you want to look for problems you will find it 40:33.180 --> 40:39.260 But what I suggest you do is that you look for treasure in your church look at matthew chapter 18 verse 20 40:40.300 --> 40:43.420 For where two or three are gathered together in my name 40:44.220 --> 40:45.820 There am I 40:45.820 --> 40:47.100 in the midst of them 40:47.300 --> 40:51.260 Hey, I'll concede. Yeah anchor Baptist Church. We have a field 40:51.260 --> 40:55.480 You know why because we're sinners here in this room today, but you know, there's a great treasure here today 40:55.480 --> 41:00.700 It's the Lord Jesus Christ because we're two or three are gathered together in his name 41:00.800 --> 41:06.400 He is here in the midst and so many people just treat church lightly. It's not a big deal 41:06.580 --> 41:12.040 They'll miss on a whim. They'll prioritize their job. They'll prioritize, you know, their fun and entertainment 41:12.500 --> 41:15.160 Whereas there's treasure here today. Why? 41:15.300 --> 41:17.580 because Jesus Christ is here. 41:17.580 --> 41:18.920 His word is here. 41:18.920 --> 41:19.760 And you know what? 41:19.760 --> 41:21.540 He's not out at the lake with you 41:21.540 --> 41:23.180 when you're skipping church. 41:23.180 --> 41:25.380 He's not out on the job site with you 41:25.380 --> 41:26.620 when you're skipping church. 41:26.620 --> 41:28.700 He's right here with us today. 41:28.900 --> 41:32.900 And look, you could go ahead and point out the problems that I have. 41:32.900 --> 41:35.420 You could point out, oh, I don't like the building. 41:35.420 --> 41:36.880 I don't like the programs. 41:36.880 --> 41:38.580 I wish we did things on this date. 41:38.580 --> 41:40.060 I wish we did things this way. 41:40.060 --> 41:43.540 Okay, you could be the person that points out the field, congratulations, or you could 41:43.540 --> 41:45.980 say, you know what, there's treasure at Anchor Baptist Church. 41:46.600 --> 41:51.240 And the people who realize that, they're gonna be more fulfilled, they're gonna be more spiritual, 41:51.240 --> 41:57.320 they're gonna be closer to God in life, rather than being this just complaining, spoiled brat. 41:58.040 --> 42:02.040 And you know how I know this? Because I've been to other parts of this world where their churches 42:02.040 --> 42:06.920 suck and they're happy with the churches that they have if there's some treasure there. 42:07.400 --> 42:09.280 And they learn like, yeah, I don't like that. 42:09.280 --> 42:12.520 You know, my pastor gets on me for soul winning a certain way 42:12.520 --> 42:14.200 or preaches the pre-trib rapture. 42:14.200 --> 42:16.600 But it's like, hey, they've got the King James Bible. 42:16.600 --> 42:19.000 Hey, they're preaching salvation by faith alone. 42:19.000 --> 42:20.680 And so there's some treasure there. 42:20.680 --> 42:23.320 And look, there's just some people that are just froward. 42:23.320 --> 42:26.160 There are some people that are just scorners and froward. 42:26.160 --> 42:29.320 And it does not matter how much good they have in their life. 42:29.320 --> 42:31.800 They just want to complain and whine and moan. 42:32.300 --> 42:34.140 And there's some people where they go. 42:34.140 --> 42:36.260 They go to a good old IFB church, 42:36.260 --> 42:38.300 but they're just a pain in the pastor's neck. 42:38.500 --> 42:44.460 They're complaining. They're not a blessing to the church. They're not going out soul-winning. They're not bringing people in as visitors 42:44.480 --> 42:50.140 They're not praying for their pastor. They're not being an encouragement to him. They're not saying amen 42:50.140 --> 42:51.660 They're not engaging in the sermon 42:51.660 --> 42:57.820 All they're doing is complaining about what he has wrong and then they think that their problems are to get fixed by coming to a 42:57.820 --> 42:59.820 New ife church, but they're the problem 43:00.800 --> 43:07.360 They're the person that's just an ungrateful jerk and they come in they come here and you're gonna find here another field a 43:07.920 --> 43:10.420 Different field that you don't like but you know I submit to you 43:10.420 --> 43:15.600 Why don't you just be a person that focuses on the treasure in the field go to Colossians chapter number one 43:16.520 --> 43:17.900 Colossians chapter number one 43:23.400 --> 43:25.400 Colossians 1 look at verse number 13 43:26.760 --> 43:27.920 Speaking of Jesus here 43:27.920 --> 43:35.080 It says who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear son 43:35.400 --> 43:39.920 In whom we have redemption through his blood even the forgiveness of sins 43:40.080 --> 43:44.640 Who is the image of the invisible God the firstborn of every creature? 43:45.600 --> 43:51.600 For by Him were all things created that are in heaven and that are in earth visible and 43:51.600 --> 43:58.080 invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions or principalities or powers, all things were 43:58.080 --> 44:01.000 created by Him and for Him. 44:01.000 --> 44:05.480 And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist. 44:05.480 --> 44:09.960 Notice this, and He is the head of the body, the church. 44:10.400 --> 44:17.380 Who is the beginning the firstborn from the dead that in all things he might have the preeminence 44:18.120 --> 44:25.020 You know whatever field you want to pick a part in your church where you go to whether that's anchor Baptist Church or someone 44:25.020 --> 44:31.520 Listening online, you know if you've got a church where Jesus Christ is the head of the church then you have treasure in your church 44:32.100 --> 44:34.480 because there are a lot of churches in this world 44:34.480 --> 44:36.720 that are not going to look to the Bible 44:36.720 --> 44:39.280 and submit to the Bible as the final authority, 44:39.280 --> 44:42.420 they are going to look to a council of elders, 44:42.420 --> 44:46.080 a council of deacons, some denominational hierarchy. 44:46.080 --> 44:49.100 How about the pope of the Catholic Church? 44:49.100 --> 44:50.120 And it's like, let me tell you, 44:50.120 --> 44:51.460 if you're going to the Catholic Church, 44:51.460 --> 44:53.160 there's no treasure in that field. 44:53.300 --> 44:59.760 There's no treasure whatsoever. And so it's like people going to a saved Baptist Church with a saved pastor 45:00.120 --> 45:04.920 King James only soul winning preaching doctrine from the King James Bible 45:04.920 --> 45:10.460 You know what that is something to be thankful for and to not take lightly and to not take for granted 45:11.000 --> 45:17.120 And it's funny like what is the difference in life between some people who read the Word of God? 45:17.900 --> 45:22.380 who listen to preaching, who go out and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, and there are 45:22.380 --> 45:27.420 some people in this world that are willing to sell all that they have, leave their career, 45:27.420 --> 45:32.100 leave their family, leave their hometown to go to a great church. 45:32.100 --> 45:35.300 Then there's people where a great church is just spoon-fed to them. 45:35.300 --> 45:40.580 They grow up in a great church or one just happens to be in their geographical area and 45:40.580 --> 45:42.060 they just treat it lightly. 45:42.060 --> 45:43.060 What's the difference? 45:43.060 --> 45:43.380 Someone's heart. 45:43.900 --> 45:47.240 One person is focusing on the treasure in the field, 45:47.240 --> 45:49.920 the other person, all they can see is all the problems, 45:49.920 --> 45:53.040 but by doing that, you miss out on the treasure. 45:53.040 --> 45:55.500 You know, if someone just looks at a field 45:55.500 --> 45:57.720 from a superficial level in Oklahoma. 45:58.200 --> 45:59.560 Would you see the oil? 45:59.560 --> 46:00.560 Likely not. 46:00.560 --> 46:03.040 I know sometimes it bubbles to the surface, I get that. 46:03.040 --> 46:07.080 But a lot of times the oil's way down deep and you never know it's there until you actually 46:07.080 --> 46:08.080 look for it. 46:08.080 --> 46:11.120 And it's like some people, that's how they go through life, is they're just looking on 46:11.120 --> 46:15.280 the superficial that is like, oh, strip mall, no, I'm good. 46:15.280 --> 46:17.720 You know, oh, you guys, you know, aren't renowned or super big. 46:17.720 --> 46:18.720 No, I'm good. 46:18.720 --> 46:21.980 Where it's like, well, you should be looking for is the treasure, the King James Bible, 46:21.980 --> 46:23.920 the doctrine that's being preached. 46:23.920 --> 46:26.160 out and winning souls to Jesus Christ. 46:26.200 --> 46:27.880 doing something for the Lord. 46:27.880 --> 46:29.800 Go to Ephesians chapter four. 46:29.800 --> 46:31.660 Ephesians chapter number four. 46:33.800 --> 46:38.680 Ephesians chapter number four look at verse 11 46:39.460 --> 46:42.220 the Bible says and he that's God and 46:42.980 --> 46:48.640 He gave some apostles and some prophets and some 46:49.220 --> 46:51.680 evangelists and some pastors 46:52.300 --> 46:54.300 Teachers, you know the Bible says that 46:55.020 --> 47:01.820 Ministers are something that is given by God and it's not something that every single person in this world has 47:02.020 --> 47:06.820 What's the purpose it says verse 12 for the perfecting of the Saints for the work of the ministry? 47:07.300 --> 47:09.940 for the edifying of the body of Christ 47:10.600 --> 47:15.380 Till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto 47:15.380 --> 47:22.000 a perfect man unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. 47:22.400 --> 47:27.600 Look, there's there's people every single week that message me on Instagram or email me 47:28.160 --> 47:31.280 Trying to see hey, can you can you send someone to start a church here? 47:31.360 --> 47:33.360 Can you send someone to start a church there? 47:33.520 --> 47:36.400 And it's like look i'm not claiming to be anything special 47:36.560 --> 47:40.160 But I am a safe pastor and according to the bible, that's at least something 47:40.640 --> 47:42.720 Right, and that's something that we should not take for granted 47:42.720 --> 47:48.420 I don't think anyone here is but you know, there's some people in this world that do take those things for granted 47:48.900 --> 47:55.220 There are people I've seen go to great churches like steadfast Baptist Church with a great man of God pastor Shelley 47:55.220 --> 48:01.040 And I've seen people you know just despise him and not you know be thankful for the work that he's putting in 48:01.040 --> 48:03.220 I mean look at look at our friend pastor Stephen Anderson 48:04.320 --> 48:11.180 Arguably one of the greatest pastors alive today. I would say yeah, probably probably the greatest pastor alive today, and how many fools 48:12.000 --> 48:18.960 Have we seen just take that for granted, despise it, turn their back on Him, not take advantage 48:18.960 --> 48:21.160 of that great, you know what, gift of God. 48:21.160 --> 48:24.020 Yeah, I'll go ahead and say it, it's a gift of God. 48:24.020 --> 48:27.040 And people like to make fun of Pastor Shelley for saying that, but doesn't the Bible say 48:27.040 --> 48:31.420 right here that ministers are given by God? 48:31.420 --> 48:33.280 And not everyone has a good pastor. 48:33.600 --> 48:36.900 And there are some people where they have a decent pastor, 48:36.900 --> 48:38.740 a pretty good pastor, and all they want to do 48:38.740 --> 48:41.260 is pick him apart, criticize him, 48:41.260 --> 48:43.100 complain about everything that he's not, 48:43.100 --> 48:44.280 instead of saying, hey, you know what, 48:44.280 --> 48:46.180 there's some treasure in my pastor, 48:46.180 --> 48:48.520 and thank God my pastor's King James only, 48:48.520 --> 48:50.420 and thank God my pastor's putting in the work, 48:50.420 --> 48:52.860 trying his best, trying to do what's right for the church, 48:52.860 --> 48:54.380 trying to lead us in the right way. 48:54.380 --> 48:56.060 You know, there's some people that take advantage of that, 48:56.060 --> 48:57.700 and there's some people that are thankful for that. 48:57.800 --> 49:02.600 And it's not a difference of, you know, who's the greatest pastor, because even if you have the greatest pastor, 49:02.600 --> 49:07.300 there's still people that want to criticize and complain and whine and moan. 49:07.300 --> 49:10.000 You know what? This is just not the attitude that we should have. 49:10.300 --> 49:14.460 Because if you're if you're unhappy in a good church, I submit to you 49:14.460 --> 49:19.340 You'll still be unhappy in a great church because the problem is not the good church or the great church 49:19.340 --> 49:21.500 The problem is the person themselves 49:21.980 --> 49:27.500 That's the issue is a heart that does not want to focus on the treasure rather. You just want to focus on 49:28.060 --> 49:31.260 The field go if you would to song of solomon chapter number five 49:32.060 --> 49:36.320 Song of solomon chapter number five and look, I don't think we have any issue with that here 49:36.600 --> 49:38.840 But you know these are just good reminders. 49:38.840 --> 49:39.680 You know every once in a while, 49:39.680 --> 49:41.800 if I do something to piss you off, 49:41.800 --> 49:44.100 you're like, man, Pastor Oz has a field. 49:44.100 --> 49:47.060 You could have had Salvador. 49:47.060 --> 49:50.140 You could have had Pastor who, right? 49:50.140 --> 49:51.520 And again, I'm not saying anyone's complaining 49:51.520 --> 49:53.800 or being like that, but hey, just remind yourself of that. 49:53.800 --> 49:55.360 Oh, Pastor Oz has a field. 49:55.360 --> 49:56.560 Yeah, you know what though? 49:56.560 --> 49:58.940 I'm not Salvador, so just remember that. 49:58.940 --> 49:59.780 All right. 49:59.780 --> 50:02.780 Number two, look for the treasure. 50:04.100 --> 50:05.300 in your spouse. 50:05.500 --> 50:12.900 Look for the treasure in your spouse now look when you first get married you don't have to look for the treasure right we've heard of 50:12.940 --> 50:19.860 The honeymoon phase and if you're married you've gone through the honeymoon phase where everything your spouse does is wonderful 50:19.900 --> 50:26.000 And great, and you just get along and you guys are just so in love and just everything is sunshine and rainbows 50:26.100 --> 50:31.300 But you know what I submit to you after a while of living with someone you might have to look for the treasure a little 50:31.300 --> 50:33.500 Bit and that's okay, right why because? 50:33.500 --> 50:36.020 Because you know what, your spouse has a field. 50:36.020 --> 50:39.180 And you have a field that your spouse has to deal with. 50:39.180 --> 50:40.620 But here's the thing, you could be the person 50:40.620 --> 50:44.100 that just focuses on the field and complain and whine 50:44.100 --> 50:46.820 and be unhappy and discontented in your marriage. 50:46.820 --> 50:48.180 Or you could say, hey, you know what, 50:48.180 --> 50:49.900 there's treasure in my spouse. 50:49.900 --> 50:51.300 And I should thank God for that treasure 50:51.300 --> 50:53.460 and I could focus on that treasure. 50:53.460 --> 50:56.260 Look at Song of Solomon chapter number five, verse 10. 50:57.140 --> 50:58.740 It says, my beloved is white. 50:58.800 --> 51:01.440 And Ruddy, Jaz, this is talking about me right here, right? 51:01.440 --> 51:02.440 Keep this in mind. 51:02.440 --> 51:07.720 My beloved is white and Ruddy, the chiefest among 10,000. 51:07.720 --> 51:09.280 Notice the attitude that the wife here 51:09.280 --> 51:10.680 has towards her husband. 51:10.680 --> 51:14.520 And she's saying, ugh, he doesn't put away his dirty clothes. 51:14.520 --> 51:17.160 Ugh, he doesn't put the toilet seat down. 51:17.160 --> 51:18.920 Ugh, he doesn't make enough money. 51:18.920 --> 51:21.000 She's like, you know what, man, he's white. 51:21.000 --> 51:22.600 And he's Ruddy. 51:22.600 --> 51:25.000 And he's the chiefest among 10,000. 51:25.000 --> 51:25.200 you 51:25.800 --> 51:31.320 So among 10,000 men right in her mind she's saying my husband is the best 51:31.840 --> 51:35.800 Among 10, you know, give me 10,000 other dudes. That's the best guy right there 51:36.320 --> 51:44.560 His head is as the most fine golds. He's blonde his locks are bushy and black. Oh, that's gone there as a raven 51:45.000 --> 51:48.360 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, 51:48.360 --> 51:54.760 lost with milk and fitly set. His cheeks are as bed of spices as sweet flowers. 51:54.760 --> 51:58.520 His lips like lilies dropping sweet smelling myrrh. 51:59.000 --> 52:03.000 His hands are as gold rings set with the barrel. 52:03.000 --> 52:07.600 His belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. 52:07.600 --> 52:13.600 His legs are as pillars of marble set upon sockets of fine gold. 52:13.600 --> 52:17.600 His countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. 52:17.600 --> 52:19.400 His mouth is most sweet. 52:19.400 --> 52:20.500 Notice this, yay. 52:20.500 --> 52:23.300 He is altogether lovely. 52:23.600 --> 52:28.840 This is my beloved and this is my friend. Oh daughters of Jerusalem 52:29.080 --> 52:35.660 Notice that when the wife just kind of sets back and just looks at the big picture of her husband 52:35.660 --> 52:37.860 She says you know what he is just all together 52:38.460 --> 52:43.360 Lovely now does that mean that Solomon was a sinless man? No 52:44.000 --> 52:46.160 Did Solomon have a field? 52:46.160 --> 52:48.440 Yes, Solomon had some issues. 52:48.440 --> 52:50.640 And you know what, every single husband in this room 52:50.640 --> 52:55.000 has a field, has an issue, has problems, has sin. 52:55.000 --> 52:56.560 But you know what a smart wife would do? 52:56.560 --> 53:00.040 She would look back in the big picture of her life 53:00.040 --> 53:02.000 and in the big picture of her husband 53:02.000 --> 53:04.480 and she's not gonna look at him with a magnifying glass 53:04.480 --> 53:07.400 and find all of his problems, find all of his faults. 53:07.400 --> 53:10.480 She says, you know what, he's just altogether lovely. 53:11.100 --> 53:12.100 You know what that is? 53:12.100 --> 53:14.600 That's a woman that instead of focusing on the field, 53:14.600 --> 53:16.700 is gonna focus on the treasure. 53:16.700 --> 53:18.300 Because if you have treasure in your field, 53:18.300 --> 53:20.140 you're gonna say, yeah, there's black widows, 53:20.140 --> 53:23.540 there's snakes, there's bushes, there's some trash, 53:23.540 --> 53:24.940 there's some problems, but you know what? 53:24.940 --> 53:26.740 There's treasure in that field. 53:26.740 --> 53:28.820 And so I like the field overall. 53:28.820 --> 53:30.820 I want the whole field because of the fact 53:30.820 --> 53:33.180 that it has treasure in your field. 53:33.180 --> 53:34.120 And you know what, ladies? 53:34.120 --> 53:38.260 You'd be a happier person than rather nagging your husband. 53:38.500 --> 53:41.100 into fixing all the issues in his field 53:41.100 --> 53:42.420 is just, why don't you just praise him 53:42.420 --> 53:44.420 for the treasure that's in his field. 53:44.420 --> 53:46.300 Have you noticed that nagging has never worked 53:46.300 --> 53:48.540 one time in your life? 53:48.540 --> 53:50.860 Do you realize that if nagging worked, 53:50.860 --> 53:53.140 that all marriages would be perfect by now? 53:53.140 --> 53:54.700 Because every woman does this? 53:55.100 --> 53:58.260 It's not gonna work. This is not a nagging wife right here 53:58.260 --> 54:03.280 This is a wife that's praising her husband, which you better believe men crave respect 54:03.460 --> 54:09.900 They crave that adoration from their spouse from their wife and you know what this wife is wise for doing so 54:10.460 --> 54:16.460 Good to Proverbs chapter number 18 Proverbs chapter number 18. You know, it's the exact same thing for men 54:17.900 --> 54:21.740 It's such an ugly thing to see a man complaining about his wife. 54:21.740 --> 54:28.940 It's such a pathetic, gross thing to hear of a man just trash talking his wife, putting her down, 54:28.940 --> 54:33.980 you know, making fun of her to his friends or stuff like that, or talking about other women at the 54:33.980 --> 54:39.020 job site with the bros. You know, that's a wicked attitude. Here's what the Bible says, Proverbs 18, 54:39.020 --> 54:43.820 verse 22, who so findeth a wife, findeth a good thing. 54:44.600 --> 54:48.300 Obtaineth favor of the Lord. Hey, you know what? 54:48.300 --> 54:55.620 There's treasure in that field there and the Bible says if you found a wife you found a good thing and you've obtained favor from God 54:55.620 --> 54:57.380 Almighty, you know what? 54:57.380 --> 55:03.140 This should be a good reminder for you men that lately if you've been a little upset with some things that your wife has done 55:03.480 --> 55:07.460 You're a little bit bitter at her not every single thing that she does in life 55:07.500 --> 55:11.900 You're just you know, 100% jazzed about but you know what? Let me ask you. Is there treasure in the field though? 55:12.900 --> 55:16.400 Let me ask you this, did she birth and raise your children? 55:16.400 --> 55:18.080 Does she cook you food? 55:18.080 --> 55:19.360 Does she clean your home? 55:19.360 --> 55:22.140 Does she educate your child and nurture them 55:22.140 --> 55:24.460 and bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord? 55:24.460 --> 55:26.140 Does she teach them the Bible? 55:26.140 --> 55:28.000 Is she doing the memory verse with them? 55:28.000 --> 55:29.300 Is she loving your kids? 55:29.300 --> 55:30.460 Is she loving you? 55:30.460 --> 55:32.860 Well then shut up about your complaints. 55:32.860 --> 55:34.680 Because there's a lot of guys in this world 55:34.680 --> 55:38.140 that have nowhere close to the caliber of wives 55:38.140 --> 55:39.100 that are in this room. 55:39.500 --> 55:45.220 Your wife is going to anchor Baptist Church and your wife is reading the King James Bible and your wife is a sole winner 55:45.220 --> 55:47.260 For Jesus Christ. Let me tell you something 55:47.260 --> 55:50.740 You found a good thing and you have obtained favor of the Lord 55:50.740 --> 55:56.740 You know you would be such a wicked person to complain about the field when you have so much treasure in your wife 55:57.460 --> 55:59.460 Go to Proverbs 31 55:59.660 --> 56:01.660 Proverbs chapter 31 56:01.940 --> 56:03.500 Look at verse number 10 56:03.700 --> 56:09.880 Who can find a virtuous woman notice for her price is far above rubies 56:10.260 --> 56:12.260 Look rubies are super expensive 56:12.820 --> 56:20.900 There are rubies you could find that are literally just hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars and the Bible says that a virtuous woman 56:21.140 --> 56:26.260 She's rare who could find her but you know what the reason she's so valuable is because she's rare 56:26.260 --> 56:30.220 And if you have that virtuous woman, man, you better realize you have a special treasure 56:30.800 --> 56:37.960 Her price her value is far above rubies far above even just monetary value. You know what you should appreciate 56:38.640 --> 56:40.400 your wife 56:40.400 --> 56:43.960 You say your wife has a field okay, but she's also the mother of your children 56:44.760 --> 56:48.160 She also cooks you great meals. She also loves you 56:48.760 --> 56:54.720 For you right? I don't think there's any rich dudes in here if your wife loves you. She actually loves you for you 56:55.200 --> 56:59.360 You know, a lot of people grow up and they like want to be a celebrity. They want to be famous 56:59.840 --> 57:04.640 But i've heard a lot of these people talking about like they they struggle with the idea of dating or finding a girl 57:04.880 --> 57:07.120 Because there's so many people that just want them for their money 57:07.600 --> 57:14.320 And it's like here's here's what's awesome about getting married when I was 21 and jasmine was 18 is I had absolutely nothing 57:14.640 --> 57:17.540 And the only reason that she liked me was for me 57:17.800 --> 57:20.600 I had no money, I wasn't a pastor, 57:20.600 --> 57:22.100 none of those things whatsoever. 57:22.100 --> 57:23.900 She actually just likes me. 57:23.900 --> 57:24.980 And that's crazy. 57:24.980 --> 57:27.580 And so look, that's a great treasure to me 57:27.580 --> 57:28.780 that I should appreciate. 57:28.780 --> 57:31.900 And it's like, look, oh, my husband's not perfect. 57:31.900 --> 57:34.620 He doesn't make as much money as so-and-so. 57:34.620 --> 57:36.800 Shut up and appreciate the treasure that you have. 57:37.400 --> 57:43.200 Does your husband live every stupid day of his life sleep-deprived to take care of you and to love you and 57:43.320 --> 57:47.800 to pay for you and your children and does he go out and work his tail off and 57:48.200 --> 57:52.480 Sacrifice pleasures for himself so that you and the children can be blessed 57:52.480 --> 57:58.500 Then let me tell you something you have treasure in your field and you should appreciate that go to Ephesians chapter number six 57:59.360 --> 58:03.580 Ephesians chapter six number three look for the treasure in your children 58:04.200 --> 58:07.680 Man, the way some people talk about their kids makes me so sad. 58:07.680 --> 58:12.960 Like, there's some people that all they do is criticize their children. 58:12.960 --> 58:14.840 All they do is look down on them. 58:14.840 --> 58:16.840 All they do is act like they're a burden. 58:16.840 --> 58:21.080 All they do is act like it was the worst thing that ever happened to them to have kids. 58:21.080 --> 58:22.080 And guess what? 58:22.080 --> 58:25.720 Some people, they have kids and then they snip or then they get a surgery or then they 58:25.720 --> 58:29.360 prevent themselves from having more just because they hated it so much. 58:29.360 --> 58:30.360 You know what? 58:30.700 --> 58:32.460 If you have kids, let me tell you something. 58:32.460 --> 58:33.540 Do kids have problems? 58:33.540 --> 58:36.100 Yes, foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, 58:36.100 --> 58:38.540 but you have treasure in your field. 58:38.540 --> 58:40.040 Number one, there's some people 58:40.040 --> 58:42.100 that can't have kids that want them. 58:42.100 --> 58:44.340 Number two, you know, your kids are growing up 58:44.340 --> 58:46.680 as Christians in a great church 58:46.680 --> 58:48.840 and are way better than the kids in this world. 58:48.840 --> 58:50.980 How do I know that goes soul winning? 58:50.980 --> 58:53.920 And you know, we have treasure in our field today as parents. 58:53.920 --> 58:56.120 Look what the Bible says, Ephesians 6 verse one. 58:56.400 --> 59:00.680 Children obey your parents and the Lord for this is right honor thy father and mother 59:01.120 --> 59:05.720 Which is the first commandment with promise that it may be well with thee and thou mayst live 59:06.120 --> 59:09.700 Long on the earth. So what's the commandment to the children obey? 59:10.520 --> 59:12.920 honor respect do what they say 59:13.760 --> 59:15.880 Verse 4 and ye fathers 59:16.680 --> 59:19.220 Notice provoke not your children to wrath 59:20.100 --> 59:25.100 but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 59:25.100 --> 59:29.100 Raising children, the Bible points out, we need both of these things 59:29.100 --> 59:33.100 and the Bible does not give us a ton of specifics. 59:33.100 --> 59:39.100 In marriage and in child rearing, the Bible actually does not give a ton of instruction, 59:39.100 --> 59:42.100 but rather the Bible gives us guiding principles. 59:42.600 --> 59:49.880 That's the guiding principle in marriage wives obey your husbands submit unto them husbands. Love your wives 59:50.080 --> 59:53.900 What does the Bible tell parents to do to discipline our children? 59:54.080 --> 01:00:00.800 To give them the rod to spank them to give them correction and it says this to raise them in the nurture and 01:00:01.680 --> 01:00:07.200 Admonition of the Lord. What's admonition? Hey telling them. Hey, you're wrong on this. This is how you do things, right? 01:00:07.240 --> 01:00:10.600 Let me correct this, you know discipline is an important 01:00:10.600 --> 01:00:12.440 part of child rearing, but you know what? 01:00:12.440 --> 01:00:16.040 That also needs to be balanced with love. 01:00:16.040 --> 01:00:17.880 And look, it's not that spanking isn't loving, 01:00:17.880 --> 01:00:19.640 it is loving, but I'm saying there needs to be 01:00:19.640 --> 01:00:23.180 also some nurture coming from us as parents as well. 01:00:23.180 --> 01:00:25.040 Provoking your children under wrath. 01:00:25.040 --> 01:00:28.140 You know, we've all heard those adults that grow up 01:00:28.140 --> 01:00:31.520 super just emotionally unstable because they have 01:00:31.520 --> 01:00:34.400 daddy issues, because it's like dad never said 01:00:34.400 --> 01:00:35.400 that they love them. 01:00:35.500 --> 01:00:38.700 Or were proud of them? Dad never spent any time? 01:00:38.700 --> 01:00:41.900 Dad always viewed them as a burden or something to be cast away? 01:00:41.900 --> 01:00:49.580 Or didn't like them? Or mom was just angry and just, you know, screaming and just over the top and just not loving to them? 01:00:49.580 --> 01:00:52.780 You know, that should not be the way that a Christian home is. 01:00:53.300 --> 01:00:55.940 Not saying that there's never a time to blow your top. 01:00:55.940 --> 01:00:58.140 Not saying not to spank your kids. 01:00:58.140 --> 01:01:01.480 But what I'm saying is that from the depths of your heart, 01:01:01.480 --> 01:01:04.100 you should just have so much love for your children. 01:01:04.100 --> 01:01:05.980 I can't give this to someone. 01:01:05.980 --> 01:01:07.860 I don't understand how people don't have this. 01:01:07.860 --> 01:01:09.540 To me, it's just natural. 01:01:09.540 --> 01:01:10.540 But it's like you should just have 01:01:10.540 --> 01:01:12.540 so much love for your children. 01:01:12.540 --> 01:01:15.540 You should prioritize spending time with them. 01:01:15.540 --> 01:01:18.160 You should tell them, I love you. 01:01:18.400 --> 01:01:22.800 You should give your kids hugs and affection and kisses and all these things 01:01:22.800 --> 01:01:27.040 because of the fact that we're supposed to raise them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 01:01:27.400 --> 01:01:32.200 Look, I discipline my children and when they do wrong, I will give them spankings. 01:01:32.200 --> 01:01:37.000 I will give them hard punishments when they deserve it, but my kids know that I love them 01:01:37.000 --> 01:01:38.000 very much. 01:01:38.000 --> 01:01:44.020 And I pray for my kids every single day and I am painfully aware at how fast time is going 01:01:44.020 --> 01:01:45.020 by. 01:01:45.020 --> 01:01:48.800 Any other parent is painfully aware of how fast time is going by. 01:01:48.800 --> 01:01:53.680 And I'm just like, wow, this number of summers until this person is an adult, I'm just like... 01:01:54.000 --> 01:01:59.360 That's crazy to me. But you know, I'm a busy person. I'm a full-time pastor 01:01:59.360 --> 01:02:04.360 I work a full-time secular job, but you know what I have to be careful myself not to just 01:02:04.880 --> 01:02:10.300 Neglect my kids and not spend time with them and not show them that love because of the fact that I want to make sure 01:02:10.720 --> 01:02:16.760 That my kids are being raised in the nurture and admonition of the Lord go if you would to Proverbs chapter number 17 01:02:17.400 --> 01:02:22.960 But look, I just, I think it's gross when all you ever hear from parents is just negative 01:02:22.960 --> 01:02:25.160 towards their children. 01:02:25.160 --> 01:02:29.600 All you ever hear is just, you're terrible, you can never do anything right, you're this, 01:02:29.600 --> 01:02:30.600 you're that. 01:02:30.600 --> 01:02:31.600 You know what? 01:02:31.600 --> 01:02:33.200 That is going to break your child's spirit eventually. 01:02:33.600 --> 01:02:37.920 And one thing I love about having young kids and one thing I'm cherishing because I know 01:02:37.920 --> 01:02:42.880 I've seen it that's not gonna last forever is like all of my kids I have all their hearts they love 01:02:42.880 --> 01:02:47.440 me so much they want to spend time with me they want to go to the grocery store with me we all 01:02:47.440 --> 01:02:51.920 know though as teenagers that usually changes for some kids right or they want to back up a little 01:02:51.920 --> 01:02:57.200 bit it's like I know that day may come but like right now I'm trying to hold on to that as much 01:02:57.200 --> 01:02:59.440 as possible look what the bible says in proverbs 17 01:03:00.100 --> 01:03:05.100 Verse 22, a merry heart doeth good like a medicine, 01:03:05.100 --> 01:03:09.540 but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 01:03:09.540 --> 01:03:11.540 We need to be careful as parents 01:03:11.540 --> 01:03:15.220 not to break our children's spirit, right? 01:03:15.220 --> 01:03:16.300 Because the Bible says, hey, 01:03:16.300 --> 01:03:19.200 a merry heart doeth good like a medicine. 01:03:19.400 --> 01:03:22.700 Being cheerful is good for your physical health. 01:03:22.700 --> 01:03:24.200 It's good for your emotional well-being. 01:03:24.200 --> 01:03:26.600 It's good for your spiritual well-being to be happy. 01:03:26.600 --> 01:03:31.400 But notice a broken spirit, man, it just dries the bones. 01:03:31.400 --> 01:03:36.400 And I would hate to be a parent that's given this great treasure by God. 01:03:36.800 --> 01:03:45.540 This great gift by God, and it's just all I ever do is criticize and beat down and speak down to and be negative to and be angry at. 01:03:45.540 --> 01:03:47.540 You know, that's a that's the wrong way to parent. 01:03:47.540 --> 01:03:50.640 That's not the right attitude to have. 01:03:50.640 --> 01:03:55.140 Make sure you're not you're not someone who's just always angry at your children. 01:03:55.140 --> 01:04:02.400 And you know what? A lot of reasons why people are just always angry at their children is because they're not spanking biblically. 01:04:02.900 --> 01:04:05.460 Some people are like, oh, I don't want to spank my kids 01:04:05.460 --> 01:04:07.820 because that's child abuse. 01:04:07.820 --> 01:04:09.780 That's going to break their spirit. 01:04:09.780 --> 01:04:10.780 No, no, no. 01:04:10.780 --> 01:04:12.880 What's better is just there's a problem. 01:04:12.880 --> 01:04:16.220 You spank them, you hug them, and you move on with your life, 01:04:16.220 --> 01:04:17.680 and they love you, and you love them, 01:04:17.680 --> 01:04:19.680 rather than you're just holding on to bitterness 01:04:19.680 --> 01:04:20.660 against your kids. 01:04:20.660 --> 01:04:23.300 And just day after day, you're angry at your children. 01:04:23.300 --> 01:04:25.560 And day after day, you're screaming at them 01:04:25.560 --> 01:04:28.280 and just yelling at the top of your lungs and being angry. 01:04:28.280 --> 01:04:29.380 How is that? 01:04:29.380 --> 01:04:30.800 How is that more loving? 01:04:30.900 --> 01:04:33.700 Then just oh you sinned spanking move on 01:04:34.740 --> 01:04:39.140 That's the reason a lot of parents have this constant anger go if you would to proverbs chapter number 29 01:04:39.540 --> 01:04:41.540 Let me prove this biblically 01:04:43.140 --> 01:04:51.240 Proverbs 29 verse 17 notice this correct thy son and he shall give thee rest 01:04:52.100 --> 01:04:55.500 Yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. 01:04:55.500 --> 01:04:57.640 Now this is what the Bible says, 01:04:57.640 --> 01:04:59.560 that if you correct your son, 01:04:59.560 --> 01:05:01.900 he's gonna give you rest. 01:05:01.900 --> 01:05:04.940 He's gonna give you delight unto your soul. 01:05:04.940 --> 01:05:08.480 Let me especially talk about young kids, right? 01:05:08.480 --> 01:05:10.180 Because I've never raised teenagers, 01:05:10.180 --> 01:05:11.540 I've never had adult kids, 01:05:11.540 --> 01:05:14.280 and I realize that adult kids out of the house, 01:05:14.280 --> 01:05:15.660 man, they've got free will, 01:05:15.660 --> 01:05:18.320 they've got their own thing going on, right? 01:05:18.500 --> 01:05:23.940 But I submit to you that toddlers will behave the exact level that you allow them to behave. 01:05:24.900 --> 01:05:29.940 And if you just have a kid and it's just like this kid just never gives me rest, I'm always angry, 01:05:29.940 --> 01:05:34.340 I'm always upset at this person, I'm always just screaming at them, you know, chances are you're 01:05:34.340 --> 01:05:39.940 probably not correcting the way that you should. Because, you know, I've been around church people 01:05:39.940 --> 01:05:45.940 for well over a decade and, you know, I've seen some pretty ridiculous spankings. 01:05:46.600 --> 01:05:54.000 I've heard the the tap for the six-year-old, you know, the six-year-old that's getting taps like this. It's like look give them the rod 01:05:54.600 --> 01:06:02.440 Give them correction give them spanking that the Bible says thou shalt beat him with the rod and shalt deliver his soul from hell 01:06:02.720 --> 01:06:08.600 Okay, the Bible says hey that it's a it's actually a hateful thing to withhold correction from your son 01:06:08.600 --> 01:06:11.620 You know, I'm for giving kids real spankings 01:06:12.400 --> 01:06:15.400 My kids get real spankings, but here's the thing. 01:06:15.400 --> 01:06:17.900 The spanking is like, okay, we're upset about an issue, 01:06:17.900 --> 01:06:21.400 and in one moment we're fixing it, and then we're happy. 01:06:21.800 --> 01:06:26.080 Then, we have love, we have joy, there's no bitterness, there's no anger. 01:06:26.080 --> 01:06:29.480 And look, these things take time, it takes consistency. 01:06:29.480 --> 01:06:33.080 It's not, well I spanked my toddler one time and then they're fixed. 01:06:33.080 --> 01:06:35.160 No, this can take some time. 01:06:35.160 --> 01:06:38.920 But there's some people where it's just like, you know, you're five-year-old, you're six-year-old, 01:06:38.920 --> 01:06:42.600 you're seven-year-old, still just obeys nothing that you say. 01:06:42.600 --> 01:06:46.060 You know, they run out to the road, you calling to them doesn't stop them in their tracks. 01:06:46.060 --> 01:06:49.800 You know, I believe that's a failure to discipline properly at that. 01:06:49.800 --> 01:06:54.280 age. I get it, kids are older, they do their own thing, but it's like you can control a 01:06:54.280 --> 01:07:01.160 toddler. I think God has enabled adults to control a toddler. Go to Proverbs 1.27, or 01:07:01.160 --> 01:07:08.480 I'm sorry, Psalm 127. If you have Proverbs 127, let me know. Psalm 127. 01:07:13.400 --> 01:07:20.640 Look what the Bible says in verse 3, lo, children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit 01:07:20.640 --> 01:07:22.680 of the womb is His reward. 01:07:22.680 --> 01:07:26.320 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man, so are children of the youth. 01:07:26.320 --> 01:07:30.880 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them. 01:07:30.880 --> 01:07:35.560 They shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. 01:07:35.560 --> 01:07:39.960 Every once in a while you should remind yourself, hey, these children are a gift from God. 01:07:40.300 --> 01:07:45.500 It's a heritage of the Lord. It's a great treasure that God has given me 01:07:45.500 --> 01:07:49.140 And you know what the Bible says a normal person is happy 01:07:49.660 --> 01:07:53.980 When his when his quiver is full of them, so look if you're not happy 01:07:54.600 --> 01:07:58.400 By the fact that you're having children will number one I would ask you are you correcting your son? 01:07:58.560 --> 01:08:03.840 Because the Bible says correct thy son and he shall give thee rest that you'll have delight unto your soul 01:08:03.840 --> 01:08:06.800 And if you're still not happy then there's probably just you have a heart problem 01:08:06.800 --> 01:08:10.920 I don't know you need to get on your face and ask God to renew your heart or something to be filled with the Holy 01:08:10.920 --> 01:08:12.920 Spirit, but you know it is not a normal attitude 01:08:13.600 --> 01:08:15.680 To have children given to you by God 01:08:16.200 --> 01:08:20.480 these wonderful blessings, this great treasure that God has given to us 01:08:20.480 --> 01:08:24.240 and you're just constantly just angry and bitter and not happy about having 01:08:24.240 --> 01:08:24.960 those kids 01:08:24.960 --> 01:08:28.800 you know you need to remind yourself every once in a while, yes, parenting is hard 01:08:28.800 --> 01:08:33.560 yes there's challenges, yes there's a field but there's also treasure in that field 01:08:33.560 --> 01:08:37.040 go to Proverbs chapter number 10 Proverbs 01:08:37.040 --> 01:08:38.200 chapter number 10 01:08:40.400 --> 01:08:46.120 It's like look I'll take the field of raising kids every day then to be job. I 01:08:46.840 --> 01:08:52.420 Mean, how'd you like just lose all your children, right? And it's like I think about that. Yeah, there's problems 01:08:52.420 --> 01:08:58.280 There's hardships, but it's like but but my kids are healthy and happy and it's like my kids are at the age where we're all 01:08:58.280 --> 01:09:01.700 Friends and love each other that may that may not last forever. I hope it does 01:09:01.700 --> 01:09:04.180 I pray that it does but man, I'm telling you right now 01:09:04.180 --> 01:09:08.000 There's treasure in my field and I would be a fool to waste these years 01:09:08.500 --> 01:09:12.540 You'd be a fool to waste these years because you know what there's only so many summers left 01:09:12.660 --> 01:09:17.300 There's only so much time left that we have with these kids that should be a sobering thought for all of us 01:09:18.380 --> 01:09:21.360 Number four look for the treasure in your career 01:09:21.880 --> 01:09:26.660 Look for the treasure in your career look at what Proverbs 10 verse 4 says he becomeeth poor 01:09:27.100 --> 01:09:29.580 That dealeth with a slack hand 01:09:30.200 --> 01:09:34.360 But, the hand of the diligent maketh rich. 01:09:34.360 --> 01:09:39.640 You know, maybe your field isn't the problem, maybe you're the problem. 01:09:39.640 --> 01:09:42.080 Maybe your work ethic is the problem. 01:09:42.080 --> 01:09:45.840 Maybe the attitude you show up to work with is the problem. 01:09:45.840 --> 01:09:49.960 Maybe your refusal to cooperate with anyone is your problem. 01:09:50.300 --> 01:09:53.900 There's a lot of people today that want to complain about their field. 01:09:53.900 --> 01:09:56.600 Isn't it funny how where you work is called the field, right? 01:09:56.600 --> 01:09:58.400 It's the field of work that you're in. 01:09:58.400 --> 01:10:01.300 But let me tell you something, I bet you there's some treasure in your field. 01:10:01.900 --> 01:10:05.600 If I wanted to nitpick, I could give you some things that I don't like about my job, 01:10:05.600 --> 01:10:07.300 because that's called work. 01:10:08.000 --> 01:10:10.300 There's not, you're not going to like everything about your job. 01:10:10.300 --> 01:10:13.900 But you know what? I am thankful to God for the jobs plural that I have. 01:10:14.200 --> 01:10:18.480 There's problems with both of them. There's a field in both of them, but you know what? 01:10:18.480 --> 01:10:21.100 I'm thankful to God for those things and here's what you should do 01:10:21.100 --> 01:10:24.540 You should go to work and you should focus on the treasure in your field 01:10:24.540 --> 01:10:26.140 And if you don't like it 01:10:26.140 --> 01:10:31.800 Well, then how about you be a diligent person and start working harder and then go to another field be a diligent person 01:10:31.800 --> 01:10:35.420 So you could see that field say hey, I'm gonna buy this field. I'll start working in this field 01:10:35.460 --> 01:10:41.080 There's nothing wrong with changing fields, but here's the thing look for the treasure in your field Proverbs 22 01:10:41.900 --> 01:10:44.060 Proverbs chapter number 22 01:10:46.420 --> 01:10:53.020 Verse 29 see is thou a man diligent in his business. He shall stand before Kings 01:10:53.600 --> 01:10:56.760 He shall not stand before mean men. 01:10:58.140 --> 01:11:01.720 So notice the person that advances in their career, 01:11:01.720 --> 01:11:03.880 where they're not amongst the average, 01:11:03.880 --> 01:11:05.840 they're actually standing before kings, 01:11:05.840 --> 01:11:08.360 they've got promoted, they've got advancement 01:11:08.360 --> 01:11:09.200 in their career. 01:11:09.200 --> 01:11:11.140 Notice what the Bible says about that person. 01:11:11.140 --> 01:11:11.980 He's what? 01:11:11.980 --> 01:11:14.640 Diligent in his business. 01:11:14.640 --> 01:11:15.760 You know what that means? 01:11:15.760 --> 01:11:17.720 That means that they were the type of person 01:11:17.720 --> 01:11:21.600 where they were willing to put up with some black widows. 01:11:21.800 --> 01:11:25.960 Some coyotes, some foxholes, some trash in the field, 01:11:25.960 --> 01:11:29.480 some spiky bushes, some dilapidated structures. 01:11:29.480 --> 01:11:33.360 They're willing to deal with that to get to the treasure. 01:11:33.360 --> 01:11:35.560 And it's like, how do you get to the treasure in your career? 01:11:35.560 --> 01:11:36.560 How do you advance? 01:11:36.560 --> 01:11:39.060 You do the things that other people don't want to do. 01:11:39.400 --> 01:11:45.160 Because here's what most people do in life and I think you knew have talked about this a lot a lot of people they just they 01:11:45.160 --> 01:11:52.280 Meet resistance and the moment they read meet resistance they quit and if you could be the type of person 01:11:52.440 --> 01:11:58.880 That is a problem solver where people go to you to figure out problems. Let me tell you a secret about my job 01:11:59.700 --> 01:12:04.700 Working in the field of computers and IT's in IT is that a lot of the questions I get asked 01:12:04.700 --> 01:12:08.820 I have no idea what the answer is no clue whatsoever 01:12:09.540 --> 01:12:13.580 But you know what I do. I use this awesome thing called the internet and 01:12:13.980 --> 01:12:18.720 Believe it or not. This is not an esoteric magical device that is only given to me 01:12:19.360 --> 01:12:25.460 Everybody has this but not everybody has the work ethic to find the answers to their questions 01:12:25.900 --> 01:12:29.540 And usually in my field, when I'm asked a question 01:12:29.540 --> 01:12:32.000 and I don't know, I usually can find the answer 01:12:32.000 --> 01:12:35.540 in 30 seconds, literally 30 seconds. 01:12:35.540 --> 01:12:37.820 But it's like why does this field exist? 01:12:37.820 --> 01:12:40.240 Because a lot of people are so lazy, 01:12:40.240 --> 01:12:42.880 they will not put in 30 seconds of work. 01:12:42.880 --> 01:12:45.140 And imagine more and more complex issues. 01:12:45.140 --> 01:12:47.580 Maybe it takes you a whole day to figure something out. 01:12:47.580 --> 01:12:48.880 You're a valuable person. 01:12:49.300 --> 01:12:53.300 What if it takes you a week or a month to fix a problem? 01:12:53.300 --> 01:12:55.780 You're a very valuable person. 01:12:55.780 --> 01:12:58.980 And look, if you want to stand before kings in your job, 01:12:58.980 --> 01:13:00.900 whatever field, be the person where you're like, 01:13:00.900 --> 01:13:02.740 hey, I will endure the snakes, 01:13:02.740 --> 01:13:04.260 I will endure the black widows, 01:13:04.260 --> 01:13:05.940 I will endure the foxholes, 01:13:05.940 --> 01:13:07.380 I will endure the trash, 01:13:07.380 --> 01:13:09.700 I will endure the dilapidated buildings 01:13:09.700 --> 01:13:11.140 to get to that treasure, 01:13:11.140 --> 01:13:13.620 because you don't even have to be good in this world, 01:13:13.620 --> 01:13:14.820 you just have to not quit. 01:13:15.400 --> 01:13:16.940 And if you want to excel in your career, 01:13:16.940 --> 01:13:18.480 you don't even have to be that smart, 01:13:18.480 --> 01:13:19.660 you don't have to be that skilled, 01:13:19.660 --> 01:13:20.820 you don't have to be that good, 01:13:20.820 --> 01:13:23.800 you just have to be someone who actually tries. 01:13:23.800 --> 01:13:26.080 And it's like there's this phenomenon 01:13:26.080 --> 01:13:28.480 where people think the expert bias, 01:13:28.480 --> 01:13:30.320 I may not be using the exact right word for that, 01:13:30.320 --> 01:13:31.280 but it's where you think like, 01:13:31.280 --> 01:13:34.500 man, experts in this field, they're just so great, 01:13:34.500 --> 01:13:35.660 they're so wonderful. 01:13:35.660 --> 01:13:38.480 Then you hire an attorney for the first time, 01:13:38.480 --> 01:13:41.580 and you're like, wow, this person is an idiot. 01:13:41.700 --> 01:13:43.420 You hire an attorney and you're like, 01:13:43.420 --> 01:13:45.760 I did all your job for you. 01:13:47.260 --> 01:13:49.100 And I just worked for Pastor Shelley. 01:13:49.100 --> 01:13:51.860 And I'm just like, I'm making all of the evidence 01:13:51.860 --> 01:13:52.940 and I'm writing everything up for you. 01:13:52.940 --> 01:13:56.300 And it's like, oh, the experts, right? 01:13:56.300 --> 01:13:58.300 You know, my brothers are both in the military. 01:13:58.300 --> 01:14:01.460 Oh yeah, special forces and Marines, 01:14:01.460 --> 01:14:03.300 man, they must be really good at shooting. 01:14:03.300 --> 01:14:05.380 My brother is high up in the military 01:14:05.380 --> 01:14:07.700 and he's just like, everyone sucks at shooting. 01:14:08.000 --> 01:14:13.240 You know you watch cop videos where they get into like a shootout with someone it's like female officer fires 01:14:13.560 --> 01:14:17.920 47 rounds hits no one and it's just like oh man the experts 01:14:17.920 --> 01:14:22.240 It's just like you could do a lot more than you give yourself credit for if you just try 01:14:22.240 --> 01:14:28.680 If you just try and you actually are serious about learning, you know, you could learn a lot of Bible if you actually try. Oh 01:14:30.080 --> 01:14:35.160 Someone's a pastor. They must know the Bible really really well. Have you ever visited other churches? 01:14:35.800 --> 01:14:39.640 There's a lot of people that are in the pastorate that don't even understand salvation. 01:14:39.640 --> 01:14:42.720 They're not even babes in Christ. 01:14:42.720 --> 01:14:46.320 They haven't even read their Bible cover to cover one single time. 01:14:46.320 --> 01:14:50.560 And it's like, look, just because someone's a pastor doesn't mean that they understand 01:14:50.560 --> 01:14:52.100 the Bible that well. 01:14:52.100 --> 01:14:55.640 And you, as a layman, you know, you could be better in knowledge than a lot of pastors 01:14:55.640 --> 01:14:57.320 in this world if you do this simple thing. 01:14:57.320 --> 01:14:57.640 Try. 01:14:58.400 --> 01:15:02.400 Try. Now a lot of people, they just focus on the field and say, well that's hard. 01:15:02.400 --> 01:15:06.400 That's hard to read the Bible cover to cover. Yeah it is hard, but you know what? 01:15:06.400 --> 01:15:10.400 There's treasure at the end of it. And here's the cool thing about the 01:15:10.400 --> 01:15:14.400 Word of God is that yeah, it's difficult. You put time into it, but every single 01:15:14.400 --> 01:15:17.800 time you read the Bible, you're getting more treasure every single time. 01:15:17.800 --> 01:15:20.800 It's just an inexhaustible field of treasure. 01:15:20.800 --> 01:15:23.100 It's just you bought that land in Oklahoma 01:15:23.100 --> 01:15:25.800 and it's just got quadrillions and quadrillions 01:15:25.800 --> 01:15:26.900 of gallons of oil. 01:15:26.900 --> 01:15:28.500 It'll just never ever run out. 01:15:28.500 --> 01:15:30.200 You know, that's what the word of God is like. 01:15:30.200 --> 01:15:31.500 But how do you get that treasure? 01:15:31.500 --> 01:15:33.100 You have to work at it. 01:15:33.100 --> 01:15:34.000 You have to actually pray, 01:15:34.000 --> 01:15:35.100 God, please give me understanding. 01:15:35.100 --> 01:15:37.900 God, please help me to see the treasure out of your word. 01:15:37.900 --> 01:15:40.400 Doesn't Psalm 119 say, Lord, it says, 01:15:40.400 --> 01:15:43.100 open my eyes that I may behold wondrous things 01:15:43.100 --> 01:15:44.500 out of thy law. 01:15:44.500 --> 01:15:45.500 That's treasure. 01:15:47.500 --> 01:15:51.500 Go to Colossians chapter three, Colossians chapter number three. 01:15:59.000 --> 01:16:04.000 Colossians 3 verse 22 servants obey in all things your masters according to the flesh 01:16:04.380 --> 01:16:08.840 not with eyes service as men pleasers but in singleness of heart fearing God and 01:16:09.520 --> 01:16:12.420 whatsoever you do do it heartily as 01:16:13.200 --> 01:16:16.280 To the Lord and not unto men 01:16:16.840 --> 01:16:23.860 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance you that that's treasure right there for ye serve the Lord Christ 01:16:23.920 --> 01:16:25.920 Maybe you don't like your field 01:16:26.200 --> 01:16:28.080 Maybe you don't like your job. 01:16:28.080 --> 01:16:29.800 Maybe you don't like your boss. 01:16:29.800 --> 01:16:31.480 Maybe you don't like your coworkers. 01:16:31.480 --> 01:16:34.480 Maybe you don't like your tasks on a day-to-day basis. 01:16:34.480 --> 01:16:36.120 But here's one thing that we all have, 01:16:36.120 --> 01:16:40.280 is we all have the opportunity to work hard as unto Christ. 01:16:40.800 --> 01:16:43.840 and Christ can reward us for our work. 01:16:43.840 --> 01:16:44.680 You know what? 01:16:44.680 --> 01:16:47.080 That makes no difference whether you're a CEO 01:16:47.080 --> 01:16:49.280 or whether you are cleaning bathrooms. 01:16:49.280 --> 01:16:51.780 You can earn rewards from Jesus Christ 01:16:51.780 --> 01:16:54.420 by working hard unto him. 01:16:54.420 --> 01:16:56.120 So even if you don't like your job, 01:16:56.120 --> 01:16:59.060 I submit to you that there's still treasure in your field 01:16:59.060 --> 01:17:00.800 because if you're working unto Christ, 01:17:00.800 --> 01:17:03.160 you can still be rewarded greatly. 01:17:03.160 --> 01:17:07.700 Look, moms, there's some days where your field is a field. 01:17:08.000 --> 01:17:14.260 It's not even you know spiders. It's poop literally and vomit and and all sorts of issues that you've got to deal with 01:17:14.360 --> 01:17:19.140 But you know what work hard as unto the Lord and Jesus Christ will reward you for that 01:17:19.880 --> 01:17:24.180 Jesus Christ it says you'll receive the reward of the inheritance 01:17:24.300 --> 01:17:29.980 Look there could be treasure in any field that you're working in if you're working as unto the Lord 01:17:30.160 --> 01:17:33.060 First Timothy 6 if you would first Timothy chapter number 6 01:17:34.200 --> 01:17:36.700 And look, I hope you do like your job. 01:17:36.700 --> 01:17:37.820 I hope you do like your boss. 01:17:37.820 --> 01:17:39.680 I hope you do like your coworkers. 01:17:39.680 --> 01:17:44.060 And sometimes you may even be blessed to have a boss who is saved. 01:17:44.060 --> 01:17:47.020 That's awesome blessing right there, having a boss that is saved. 01:17:47.020 --> 01:17:50.200 Look what the Bible says about that situation, 1 Timothy 6 verse 1. 01:17:50.600 --> 01:17:54.680 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters 01:17:55.160 --> 01:18:00.400 Worthy of all honor that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed 01:18:00.400 --> 01:18:06.140 So regardless of how your boss is you should count him worthy of honor just cuz God said so 01:18:06.360 --> 01:18:13.100 Because the Bible says so you don't want God's word and doctrine to be blasphemed when we go to work as Christians obey the boss 01:18:13.760 --> 01:18:16.260 Respect the boss. Don't try to be little the boss 01:18:17.400 --> 01:18:19.400 Do a good job as an employee. Look at verse 2. 01:18:19.400 --> 01:18:27.400 And they that have believing masters, so if your boss is saved, let them not despise them, because they are brethren. 01:18:28.400 --> 01:18:35.840 But rather do them service because they are faithful and beloved partakers of the benefit these things teach and exhort 01:18:35.840 --> 01:18:38.620 But I will sing look if you have a saved boss 01:18:38.960 --> 01:18:43.660 Don't despise that person and I think one one idea 01:18:43.660 --> 01:18:47.580 This is trying to get a call across is like not taking advantage of that person 01:18:48.100 --> 01:18:53.940 Because I've worked with saved believers before and I've seen this dynamic where it's like hey we go to church together 01:18:53.940 --> 01:18:58.060 So, you know, you're not gonna tell on me to the boss. You're not gonna get me in trouble or stuff like that 01:18:58.220 --> 01:19:00.220 It's like don't don't despise 01:19:00.940 --> 01:19:06.440 Christians when you're working for them don't use their their grace, you know against them or something like that 01:19:06.620 --> 01:19:10.000 You should love them even more if they're your boss and they're saved 01:19:10.400 --> 01:19:13.840 You should try to do them even more service because they're saved. 01:19:13.840 --> 01:19:18.480 That's what the Bible says and hey, maybe you don't like your job, but you have a good boss. 01:19:18.480 --> 01:19:19.920 There's treasure in your field. 01:19:19.920 --> 01:19:21.600 Focus on the treasure. 01:19:21.600 --> 01:19:25.200 Maybe you don't like your job, but you like your co-workers. 01:19:25.200 --> 01:19:26.720 That's treasure in your field. 01:19:26.720 --> 01:19:30.800 I mean, your boss and your co-workers sometimes can kind of make or break a job. 01:19:31.100 --> 01:19:32.680 I think we've all been there. 01:19:32.680 --> 01:19:37.980 When you've just had those coworkers, it just makes the job absolutely miserable. 01:19:37.980 --> 01:19:41.620 You know, when you're a teenager and you're working at a restaurant and you have sodomite 01:19:41.620 --> 01:19:44.260 coworkers, that makes the job miserable. 01:19:44.260 --> 01:19:47.740 So it's like, look, if you have a safe boss, or even if you just have a good boss that 01:19:47.740 --> 01:19:49.500 you like, that's treasure in your field. 01:19:49.900 --> 01:19:51.200 Hey, maybe you don't like your boss, 01:19:51.200 --> 01:19:52.040 maybe you don't like your job, 01:19:52.040 --> 01:19:53.380 but you like your coworkers. 01:19:53.380 --> 01:19:54.700 That's treasure in your field. 01:19:54.700 --> 01:19:55.540 What am I saying? 01:19:55.540 --> 01:19:58.020 Just focus on the treasure in your field. 01:19:58.020 --> 01:19:59.100 Maybe you don't like your boss, 01:19:59.100 --> 01:20:00.380 maybe you don't like your coworkers, 01:20:00.380 --> 01:20:02.340 but man, your job pays you good. 01:20:02.340 --> 01:20:03.700 And you take care of your family. 01:20:03.700 --> 01:20:05.560 Maybe you enjoy the work that you do. 01:20:05.560 --> 01:20:08.140 There's treasure in your field. 01:20:08.140 --> 01:20:09.620 Proverbs 17. 01:20:09.620 --> 01:20:13.120 Number five, look for the treasure in your friends. 01:20:13.120 --> 01:20:14.300 Look for the treasure. 01:20:14.400 --> 01:20:20.820 your friends. Here's what the Bible says in Proverbs 17 verse 17. A friend loveth 01:20:20.820 --> 01:20:27.140 at all times and a brother is born for adversity. It's very easy to be someone's 01:20:27.140 --> 01:20:31.860 friend when they're rich, when they're blessing you, when they're on top of the 01:20:31.860 --> 01:20:36.000 world, when things are going great in their life. But who are the real friends 01:20:36.000 --> 01:20:37.400 that are there for you when you're down? 01:20:38.000 --> 01:20:42.900 Who are the real friends that are there for you after you've had a bad day and you've been kind of a jerk? 01:20:43.280 --> 01:20:46.060 Right, maybe maybe that person wasn't the best friend to you 01:20:46.280 --> 01:20:52.000 But the Bible says that a friend love it at all times and a brother is born for adversity 01:20:52.000 --> 01:20:56.600 There's gonna be times in your friendships where you're like reminded while this person has a field 01:20:56.920 --> 01:20:59.080 But let me remind you you have a field 01:20:59.800 --> 01:21:06.520 And how would you like your friendships to be based on someone just hyper focusing on your field? 01:21:06.520 --> 01:21:08.760 Let me tell you what, you'd have very little friends in life. 01:21:09.100 --> 01:21:11.700 You'd have very close, very few close relationships. 01:21:11.700 --> 01:21:13.940 There'd be very few people that love you. 01:21:13.940 --> 01:21:15.980 Here's the thing, you reap what you sow. 01:21:15.980 --> 01:21:18.200 If you're a person who loves at all times, 01:21:18.200 --> 01:21:19.820 who invests into people, 01:21:19.820 --> 01:21:21.420 you don't hold every little thing 01:21:21.420 --> 01:21:23.180 that they've done against them. 01:21:23.180 --> 01:21:25.380 You actually just love them despite their field. 01:21:25.380 --> 01:21:26.540 You know, you're gonna find that you have friends 01:21:26.540 --> 01:21:28.180 that could do the same thing to you. 01:21:28.180 --> 01:21:29.920 And you're gonna want that someday 01:21:29.920 --> 01:21:31.180 when you are at a low point. 01:21:31.180 --> 01:21:32.660 Go to 2 Timothy chapter one. 01:21:33.000 --> 01:21:36.600 You know there was a time where everyone in Asia 01:21:36.600 --> 01:21:38.760 forsook the Apostle Paul. 01:21:40.160 --> 01:21:41.720 Now let me tell you, the Apostle Paul, 01:21:41.720 --> 01:21:43.180 does he have a field, yes or no? 01:21:43.180 --> 01:21:44.800 Yes he does, he's a sinner. 01:21:44.800 --> 01:21:46.720 But is the Apostle Paul like the worst guy 01:21:46.720 --> 01:21:47.560 you could be friends with? 01:21:47.560 --> 01:21:49.720 Or is he like one of the best guys you could be friends with? 01:21:50.100 --> 01:21:56.520 Like being friends with the Apostle Paul should be a great honor to associate with Paul to be a friend of Paul 01:21:56.520 --> 01:22:02.080 To be someone that you could invest in his life and love but even the Apostle Paul says this in verse 15 01:22:02.700 --> 01:22:10.360 This thou knowest that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me of whom are fey jealous and 01:22:10.760 --> 01:22:13.280 Hermogenes that's a sad statement to think of 01:22:13.900 --> 01:22:21.700 And look, there's times in this world, you know, I don't believe that Paul was reaping what he's own in this sense because I don't think he was a bad friend of these people. 01:22:21.700 --> 01:22:25.300 I don't think he was doing something wrong, but sometimes you just go through different trials in life. 01:22:25.300 --> 01:22:35.600 And here's the Apostle Paul, the greatest apostle in my opinion, the greatest missionary, the greatest evangelist, the greatest preacher of the gospel, and just everyone in Asia turns away from him. 01:22:35.600 --> 01:22:38.400 Everyone just drops him like a bad habit. 01:22:39.200 --> 01:22:44.240 But look at verse 16, the Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiferous, for he oft 01:22:44.240 --> 01:22:47.640 refreshed me, it was not ashamed of my chain. 01:22:47.640 --> 01:22:48.640 You know what his chain is? 01:22:48.640 --> 01:22:49.320 It's his field. 01:22:49.800 --> 01:22:50.800 Right? 01:22:50.800 --> 01:22:54.620 Hey, he's looking at the Apostle Paul and it's like, the great Apostle Paul, chosen 01:22:54.620 --> 01:22:59.640 by the Lord Jesus Christ, to go start churches all over this world and preach the gospel 01:22:59.640 --> 01:23:04.920 and turn people from idolatry and pagan religion to turning to the Lord Jesus Christ. 01:23:04.920 --> 01:23:05.920 And how wonderful is Paul? 01:23:05.920 --> 01:23:07.240 Oh, but he has a chain, doesn't he? 01:23:07.900 --> 01:23:12.300 But he's hated and despised. Oh, he's the off scouring of the world 01:23:12.660 --> 01:23:19.920 Everyone looks at him and detests him and hates him and he's stoned and he's shipwrecked and he's you know threatened by 01:23:20.020 --> 01:23:25.480 You know his fellow countrymen and his brothers and all these people you know getting arrested. He has a chain 01:23:26.020 --> 01:23:28.020 But he also has treasure. I 01:23:28.340 --> 01:23:33.060 Mean if there's someone that has treasure, it's the Apostle Paul and and we would just be fools as people 01:23:33.500 --> 01:23:37.900 to just look at the field of our friends and not see the treasure there. 01:23:37.900 --> 01:23:39.900 And it's crazy. 01:23:40.600 --> 01:23:46.360 How and I don't think we have this issue but this happens in churches this and this will happen again where it's like here 01:23:46.360 --> 01:23:52.360 We are in a like-minded church where we agree on 99% of things we agree on all of the fundamentals 01:23:52.360 --> 01:23:54.500 We agree on most of secondary topics 01:23:54.500 --> 01:23:58.660 We agree on most tertiary and even beyond that and there's still some people 01:23:58.720 --> 01:24:04.240 That are so focused on the field of their brother and sister in Christ that they cannot see the treasure that they have 01:24:05.100 --> 01:24:10.620 It's like you have a great church to go to with great people that have the same goals in life that have the same 01:24:10.680 --> 01:24:15.940 Zeal for Christ and if you cannot love your brother despite his field, you probably don't love God either 01:24:16.240 --> 01:24:21.980 In fact, let me rephrase that you don't love God either because you if you cannot love your brother, you don't love God 01:24:22.360 --> 01:24:29.220 That is what the Bible teaches in on a cyphers. Okay, Paul's got a chain, but on a cyphers is not ashamed of his chain 01:24:29.580 --> 01:24:32.740 He's like cool. Hey suffering for Christ. That's great 01:24:33.600 --> 01:24:36.300 Verse 17, but when he was in Rome, 01:24:36.300 --> 01:24:38.880 he sought me out very diligently and found me. 01:24:38.880 --> 01:24:42.240 There was no Facebook, instant messaging, phone calls, 01:24:42.240 --> 01:24:44.160 you know, Snapchat, Instagram. 01:24:44.160 --> 01:24:46.120 He had to go find Paul. 01:24:46.120 --> 01:24:47.320 He's like, oh, Paul's in Rome? 01:24:47.320 --> 01:24:51.600 I'm gonna diligently find this guy just to refresh him, 01:24:51.600 --> 01:24:55.400 just to express love to him, just to be a friend to him, 01:24:55.400 --> 01:24:57.360 even if he wasn't gonna receive anything back. 01:24:57.360 --> 01:24:59.560 And let me remind you, this wasn't when, 01:24:59.560 --> 01:25:01.600 wow, Paul's at the top of the world and he's a rock. 01:25:01.600 --> 01:25:04.000 He's loved no this is when everyone's forsaken him 01:25:04.400 --> 01:25:11.880 It's real easy to stand with people where when they're succeeding when they're on the top of the world where it's a bandwagon of success 01:25:11.880 --> 01:25:15.940 It's so easy to join that bandwagon, but what about when your friend is down? 01:25:16.540 --> 01:25:20.820 What about when they mess up? What about when things are going wrong for them in their life? 01:25:20.820 --> 01:25:26.860 What if things are falling apart? You know where are you for them at that point that really goes to show the type of friend that? 01:25:26.860 --> 01:25:27.600 you are 01:25:28.000 --> 01:25:34.720 Verse 18 the Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day and in how many things he 01:25:34.720 --> 01:25:40.240 Ministered unto me at Ephesus thou knowest very well. He's like man. This guy just did me so much good 01:25:40.820 --> 01:25:43.980 You want to know why because onus cipher has said hey the Apostle Paul 01:25:44.080 --> 01:25:47.960 He may have a field but you know what there's treasure in that field 01:25:48.700 --> 01:25:55.440 You know, I'm friends with a lot of people that the world would look at and despise and detest and hate 01:25:55.440 --> 01:25:59.700 And think negatively of and let me tell you what I don't give a rip 01:25:59.920 --> 01:26:03.760 What people think about my friend pastor Jonathan Shelley because you know what? 01:26:03.760 --> 01:26:10.780 I know there's treasure in that field and could you just look at pastor Shelley and just nitpick him and say like man 01:26:10.780 --> 01:26:12.780 He likes golf. I mean he likes golf 01:26:13.400 --> 01:26:16.100 What a stereotypical Baptist preacher, right? 01:26:16.100 --> 01:26:18.300 He likes all, but who cares, right? 01:26:18.300 --> 01:26:20.000 There's treasure in that field. 01:26:20.000 --> 01:26:22.600 And yeah, he's maybe a little bit of a picky eater, 01:26:22.600 --> 01:26:23.680 but you know what, at least he's gonna take you 01:26:23.680 --> 01:26:25.140 to a really good restaurant. 01:26:25.140 --> 01:26:27.380 He's not gonna suffer for low quality food. 01:26:27.380 --> 01:26:29.020 You know, if you go out to eat with Pastor Shelley, 01:26:29.020 --> 01:26:31.620 it's gonna be a super awesome place. 01:26:31.620 --> 01:26:35.280 You know Pastor Anderson, I'm sure he's got a field, right? 01:26:35.280 --> 01:26:36.520 People don't like him. 01:26:36.520 --> 01:26:38.280 People don't like his reputation. 01:26:38.280 --> 01:26:39.680 He likes Indian food. 01:26:39.680 --> 01:26:40.520 It's crazy. 01:26:40.900 --> 01:26:43.460 But there's treasure in pastor anderson is there not? 01:26:44.500 --> 01:26:48.340 One of the greatest preachers in this world saving probably millions of people 01:26:48.900 --> 01:26:53.800 Throughout the course of his ministry leading the charge and mission strips preaching great doctrinal sermons 01:26:54.300 --> 01:27:01.120 Changing thousands if not millions of people's minds on things like the preacher rapture on things like the Zionism 01:27:01.700 --> 01:27:06.680 Firing up an entire generation of people to renew the old paths of confrontational soul winning 01:27:06.680 --> 01:27:11.720 It's like you go ahead and show me the field. I don't care because there's treasure in the field 01:27:12.300 --> 01:27:18.260 While a lot of people when people are looking at his field or even his perceived field said I'm out of here 01:27:18.260 --> 01:27:23.400 I'm gonna forsake my friend. I'm gone. You know, there's some people that are saying hey, I know there's treasure there 01:27:23.400 --> 01:27:25.780 I'm not gonna forsake my friend 01:27:26.300 --> 01:27:31.240 You know, there's there's a field that pastor Reyes has have you ever seen how short pastor Reyes is, right? 01:27:31.240 --> 01:27:35.060 I mean when he preached her I'm pretty sure he had to preach right here because he couldn't preach right here 01:27:35.060 --> 01:27:39.500 Hey, you pastor Reyes has got a field, but you know, there's treasure in pastor Reyes. He's a great man of God 01:27:40.200 --> 01:27:41.740 He preaches good sermons. 01:27:41.740 --> 01:27:44.340 He's a faithful, humble servant of God 01:27:44.340 --> 01:27:47.800 that's winning souls every single week in Houston, Texas. 01:27:47.800 --> 01:27:49.700 Boy, talk about working in a field. 01:27:49.700 --> 01:27:51.700 Bros in Houston, Texas, that's a field. 01:27:51.700 --> 01:27:54.540 But you know what, hey, even in the field of Houston, 01:27:54.540 --> 01:27:56.740 there's one piece of treasure there. 01:27:56.740 --> 01:27:58.880 Spring Crest Baptist Church. 01:27:58.880 --> 01:28:01.140 You know, show me the field with my friends. 01:28:01.140 --> 01:28:02.440 Hey, I'll show you the treasure. 01:28:02.440 --> 01:28:05.980 Pastor Mejia, his building literally explodes sometimes. 01:28:06.860 --> 01:28:08.020 Talk about a field. 01:28:08.400 --> 01:28:12.560 I mean, you never know. His building could just blow up from sodomite terrorists. 01:28:13.440 --> 01:28:19.440 Ben literally looks like a 9-11 hijacker. But let me tell you what, there's treasure in that field. 01:28:21.040 --> 01:28:27.120 Time would fail me to tell you of Cameron's field. He likes Whataburger. He likes anime. 01:28:27.840 --> 01:28:31.440 I mean, this guy's got a field, but you know what? There's treasure in my friend Cameron. 01:28:32.100 --> 01:28:36.020 Because he's a faithful soul winner. He loves the word of God. I mean, let me tell you 01:28:36.660 --> 01:28:43.300 Theodore that there's a field there if I'm preaching and I'm preaching about hey people who go to hell for all of eternity 01:28:43.300 --> 01:28:45.860 They're gonna be burning in torments. He's gonna be smiling at me 01:28:46.980 --> 01:28:52.260 And when I say god loves you he's gonna be smiling at me and right now I bet you he's smiling right now 01:28:52.900 --> 01:28:56.980 But you know what? There's treasure in brother Theodore because he's a servant of god 01:28:57.780 --> 01:28:59.100 Because he's a soul winner 01:28:59.200 --> 01:29:03.020 Because he wants to go to Fiji to preach the gospel. Oh, but he has a field 01:29:03.020 --> 01:29:06.120 You know brother Alex has a field bro shot himself 01:29:07.180 --> 01:29:11.120 We call him Houston because he looks like he's working in mission control 01:29:11.120 --> 01:29:13.400 He's got so much technology hooked up to his head 01:29:13.620 --> 01:29:18.100 But you know what Alex is one of the most generous people I've ever met in my entire life, right? 01:29:18.100 --> 01:29:22.020 I mean who in here has not been blessed by Alex in some way. Alex is a great friend 01:29:22.720 --> 01:29:24.600 Alex is a helpful person 01:29:24.800 --> 01:29:27.800 I mean my friend Brother Rich, that guy's got a field. 01:29:27.800 --> 01:29:29.700 He questions the moon landings. 01:29:29.700 --> 01:29:31.660 He doesn't question Artemis, okay? 01:29:31.660 --> 01:29:33.660 But let me tell you what, Brother Rich has treasure. 01:29:34.200 --> 01:29:36.040 He is super helpful to our church. 01:29:36.040 --> 01:29:37.760 He's helping us with our documentary. 01:29:37.760 --> 01:29:40.040 He's a very smart and talented person. 01:29:40.040 --> 01:29:41.840 He loves the Lord his God. 01:29:41.840 --> 01:29:43.120 He's a great soul winner. 01:29:43.120 --> 01:29:46.120 He's faithful to Pastor Shelley and Set Fast Baptist Church. 01:29:46.120 --> 01:29:48.520 I'm just telling you, you would be a smart person 01:29:48.520 --> 01:29:51.560 to start looking at the treasure in your friends 01:29:51.560 --> 01:29:53.160 rather than while they have a field. 01:29:53.500 --> 01:30:00.960 Yeah, no duh genius. We all have a field. Congratulations. Dr. Spock aren't you a wonderful psychologist that you could point out that someone has a field 01:30:00.960 --> 01:30:03.360 You know, I'm more impressed by someone who could point out the treasure 01:30:04.000 --> 01:30:08.120 And I'm more impressed with the onus if erases that when everyone is forsaking Paul 01:30:08.120 --> 01:30:14.040 He says I'm not ashamed of your chain. I'll still love you. I'll still be your friend 01:30:14.040 --> 01:30:17.560 Look, I'm not naming everyone but let me tell you what the people in my life 01:30:17.560 --> 01:30:20.800 I try my best to look for the treasure in those people 01:30:21.900 --> 01:30:25.560 There's people I am just looking for the best in them. I'm thinking of the best in them 01:30:25.600 --> 01:30:31.260 That's how I try to treat people in my life. Am I perfect? No, but I am trying to look for the treasure in people 01:30:31.960 --> 01:30:34.860 Go to Matthew 8. I'll read for you Proverbs 18 verse 24 01:30:34.860 --> 01:30:39.500 The Bible says a man that hath friends must show himself friendly 01:30:39.500 --> 01:30:42.740 And there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother 01:30:42.860 --> 01:30:46.980 You will not have friends if all you do is point out people's fields 01:30:47.900 --> 01:30:53.600 You will not have friends if all you do is you hyper focus and complain and whine about people's field 01:30:53.760 --> 01:30:56.000 Why don't you actually appreciate someone's treasure? 01:30:56.640 --> 01:31:03.760 Why don't you help someone by loving them rather than constantly criticizing them and look we need reproof 01:31:03.760 --> 01:31:07.080 We need rebuke we need but it needs to come from a place of love 01:31:07.900 --> 01:31:13.380 That's the difference when someone's approving you and you know, this person loves me and wants the best for me 01:31:13.420 --> 01:31:19.140 That's different than someone's like all you ever do is point out my field and you forsake me in my time of need and you're 01:31:19.140 --> 01:31:25.100 Not a good friend and you don't even like me. Why would I listen to your criticism? Why would I listen to your rebuke? 01:31:25.100 --> 01:31:28.660 Hey, I'll take the rebuke from someone who loves me. That's a different story 01:31:30.420 --> 01:31:34.160 Last point number six look for the treasure in serving God 01:31:35.200 --> 01:31:39.360 Let's be honest, serving God is going to have a field. 01:31:39.360 --> 01:31:41.560 They're serving God, let me tell you this, 01:31:41.560 --> 01:31:43.920 are gonna be some of the most fun times in your life, 01:31:43.920 --> 01:31:46.320 some of the most exciting, some of the most rewarding, 01:31:46.320 --> 01:31:49.600 but they're also going to be times where it's thorns 01:31:49.600 --> 01:31:52.880 and black widows and snakes and foxholes 01:31:52.880 --> 01:31:54.560 and issues and problems. 01:31:54.560 --> 01:31:56.480 There's going to be a field. 01:31:56.480 --> 01:31:59.280 Look at what the Bible says here in Matthew 18 verse 19. 01:31:59.900 --> 01:32:05.340 And a certain scribe came and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoe'er thou 01:32:05.340 --> 01:32:10.300 goest. Boy, don't we hear that all the time. Oh, I'll be there at church. Oh, I'm coming 01:32:10.300 --> 01:32:17.180 this Sunday. No problem. I'll be there preacher. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes 01:32:17.180 --> 01:32:22.860 and the birds of the air have nests, but the son of man have not where to lay his head. 01:32:23.420 --> 01:32:26.860 You know, even the Lord Jesus Christ had a field. 01:32:27.400 --> 01:32:30.700 That field was not his sin of course he was sinless 01:32:30.800 --> 01:32:36.120 But the field was there's gonna be problems that you're gonna encounter in following the Lord Jesus Christ 01:32:36.120 --> 01:32:40.680 If you follow the Lord Jesus Christ that is not a path to being loved by everyone 01:32:40.920 --> 01:32:44.820 To health and wealth and success and and being loved by this world 01:32:44.820 --> 01:32:51.040 He says you know what if you follow me the foxes have it better than me and the birds of the air have better 01:32:51.280 --> 01:32:53.520 Accommodations than me are you sure you want to follow me? 01:32:53.900 --> 01:32:55.180 Do you really want to follow me? 01:32:55.180 --> 01:32:56.180 Because guess what? 01:32:56.180 --> 01:32:57.940 There's going to be a field involved. 01:32:57.940 --> 01:33:02.740 Verse 21, and another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and 01:33:02.740 --> 01:33:06.500 bury my father, seemingly reasonable request. 01:33:06.500 --> 01:33:11.060 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me and let the dead bury their dead. 01:33:11.500 --> 01:33:17.500 Hey, sometimes there could be a field of life not being as comfortable for you as you would like it to. 01:33:17.500 --> 01:33:22.060 Sometimes there's going to be a field of, hey, I would like to be maybe closer to my family. 01:33:22.060 --> 01:33:25.740 I would like to maybe not have issues or problems in relationships. 01:33:25.740 --> 01:33:28.780 But he's like, hey, if you want to follow me, you better let the dead bury their dead. 01:33:29.420 --> 01:33:32.940 You better just accept that there's going to be a field in following me. 01:33:32.940 --> 01:33:38.780 And you can either accept that and go on to be a disciple or let that field stop you and you will not serve God. 01:33:40.000 --> 01:33:42.880 Go to Matthew chapter number 10 Matthew chapter number 10 01:33:44.640 --> 01:33:48.420 I don't know what people think they're signing up for when they actually want to serve god 01:33:48.700 --> 01:33:55.420 But let me tell you what, you're not signing up for comfort and prosperity and wealth and to be loved and to never get yelled at out 01:33:55.420 --> 01:34:00.940 soul-winning and to never have problems in your relationships and to never have people backstab you or treat you evil 01:34:01.260 --> 01:34:04.460 Or the news lie about you or the israeli government come out 01:34:04.460 --> 01:34:09.580 But i'm just telling you let me tell you what you're signing up for. Let's read it matthew 10 verse 16 01:34:09.820 --> 01:34:13.200 Behold I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves 01:34:14.000 --> 01:34:19.040 Be therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves. I don't want to be a sheep in the midst of wolves 01:34:19.560 --> 01:34:23.700 I've been in the midst of wolves before while I was hunting elk as a human and that was kind of scary 01:34:23.720 --> 01:34:27.840 Well, I had a gun imagine being a sheep in the midst of wolves 01:34:28.620 --> 01:34:35.320 Verse 17 but beware of men for they will deliver you up to the councils and they will scourge you in their synagogues 01:34:36.300 --> 01:34:41.900 Hey guys, I'm about to send you on your first mission strip. This is him sending out his disciples the very first time 01:34:41.900 --> 01:34:45.260 That's what Matthew 10 is. He's like, let me explain to you. You're going into a dangerous situation 01:34:45.860 --> 01:34:49.740 We're doing some swat soul-witting. You're gonna be like sheep in the midst of wolves 01:34:49.740 --> 01:34:54.940 They're gonna send you to the synagogues to be beaten. Hey, you're gonna be what scourged in the synagogues? 01:34:54.940 --> 01:34:57.500 A lot of people would not continue with this 01:34:58.260 --> 01:35:01.260 And he shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake 01:35:01.800 --> 01:35:07.080 For a testimony against them and the Gentiles. Oh, I don't want any persecution at my job. Oh, I don't want the news 01:35:07.160 --> 01:35:10.120 Oh, I don't want the government. He's saying you do this you're gonna be brought before the government 01:35:10.760 --> 01:35:12.040 in question 01:35:12.040 --> 01:35:16.120 Verse 19 but when they deliver you up take no thought how or what ye shall speak 01:35:16.440 --> 01:35:19.160 For it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak 01:35:19.640 --> 01:35:23.320 For it is not ye that speak but the spirit of your father would speak within you 01:35:24.120 --> 01:35:26.200 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death 01:35:27.000 --> 01:35:28.300 Boy, doesn't that sound fun? 01:35:28.500 --> 01:35:35.140 and the father of the child and the children shall rise up against their parents and cause them to be put to death 01:35:36.500 --> 01:35:40.260 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake 01:35:40.900 --> 01:35:44.020 But he that endureth to the end shall be saved 01:35:44.660 --> 01:35:49.880 Right. Hey, here's what you're signing up for. Are you wanting to just be hated by all men? 01:35:50.400 --> 01:35:53.920 Hey, the foxes of the air, the foxes of the field, they have holes. 01:35:53.920 --> 01:35:55.200 The birds of the air, they have nests. 01:35:55.200 --> 01:35:57.440 The son of man has not to lay his, where to lay his head. 01:35:57.440 --> 01:35:59.920 You sign up following me, you're going to be persecuted. 01:35:59.920 --> 01:36:01.840 You're going to be hated. You're going to be scourged. 01:36:01.840 --> 01:36:03.600 You're going to be brought before the government. 01:36:03.600 --> 01:36:04.960 You're going to be disliked. 01:36:04.960 --> 01:36:06.640 Your family is going to turn against you. 01:36:06.640 --> 01:36:08.720 Your brother is going to deliver you up to be killed. 01:36:08.720 --> 01:36:12.640 The father, the child, the children are going to raise up against their parents. 01:36:12.640 --> 01:36:14.400 And it says in verse number 23, 01:36:14.400 --> 01:36:16.840 But when they persecute you in this city, 01:36:16.840 --> 01:36:18.200 flee into another. 01:36:18.300 --> 01:36:23.020 For verily I say unto you you shall not have gone over the cities of Israel till the Son of Man become 01:36:23.820 --> 01:36:26.300 Listen to this the disciple is not above his master 01:36:27.260 --> 01:36:29.340 Nor the servant above his lord 01:36:29.340 --> 01:36:32.140 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master 01:36:32.540 --> 01:36:37.180 And the servant as his lord if they have said if they've called the master of the house beels above 01:36:37.820 --> 01:36:41.420 How much more shall they call him them of his household? 01:36:42.300 --> 01:36:44.300 We can't expect to be 01:36:44.700 --> 01:36:51.980 Treated any better than the Lord Jesus Christ if we're following him and did Jesus get health and wealth and prosperity and loved by everyone 01:36:52.060 --> 01:36:54.000 No, he was rejected 01:36:54.200 --> 01:36:59.180 No, he was forsaken by his friends. No, he was betrayed by one of his own disciples 01:36:59.300 --> 01:37:04.060 No, he was spit in his face. He was buffeted. He had his beard ripped out 01:37:04.060 --> 01:37:06.060 He had a crown of thorns placed on his head 01:37:06.060 --> 01:37:09.400 He was beaten so badly the Bible says that you could see his bones 01:37:09.620 --> 01:37:14.860 They cast lots for his garment. They made fun of him and railed against him when he was on the cross 01:37:14.940 --> 01:37:20.060 They drove nails through his hands and through his feet. They made him hang there for six agonizing hours 01:37:20.700 --> 01:37:22.200 choking on his own blood 01:37:22.200 --> 01:37:25.680 and spit and then he dies and goes to hell for three days and three nights. 01:37:25.680 --> 01:37:26.920 What does the Bible say? 01:37:26.920 --> 01:37:28.840 We're not better than him. 01:37:28.840 --> 01:37:30.440 So you know what I should expect? 01:37:30.440 --> 01:37:33.320 If I want to serve God, I should expect there's going to be a field. 01:37:33.320 --> 01:37:34.520 I should expect, hey, you know what? 01:37:34.520 --> 01:37:35.880 There's going to be a field. 01:37:35.880 --> 01:37:40.240 And for some people, that field might be more messed up than other fields than other people. 01:37:40.240 --> 01:37:41.240 Right? 01:37:41.240 --> 01:37:43.520 Hey, some of the disciples were literally martyred. 01:37:43.520 --> 01:37:44.900 They were literally killed. 01:37:44.900 --> 01:37:48.040 Some of us, our field is just like, you know, your mom thinks you're weird. 01:37:48.700 --> 01:37:50.700 Right? Someone yells at you out soul winning. 01:37:50.700 --> 01:37:54.700 Someone threatens you out soul winning and nothing even happens. 01:37:54.700 --> 01:37:57.700 You got questioned by your job and nothing even happened. 01:37:57.700 --> 01:38:00.700 A news article was posted and nothing even happened. 01:38:00.700 --> 01:38:04.700 Is it a field? Sure it's a field but let me tell you what, there's treasure serving God. 01:38:04.700 --> 01:38:08.700 There is treasure serving God. It's like well why? 01:38:08.700 --> 01:38:10.700 Why would I serve God then? 01:38:11.600 --> 01:38:15.160 If there's all this field, there's all these problems, there's all these relationship issues, 01:38:15.160 --> 01:38:17.640 there's all these lies, there's all these issues, here's why. 01:38:17.640 --> 01:38:20.440 There's treasure in serving God. 01:38:20.440 --> 01:38:25.800 Matthew 25 verse 21 says, His Lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant. 01:38:26.300 --> 01:38:31.400 Thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things, enter 01:38:31.400 --> 01:38:33.160 thou into the joy of thy Lord." 01:38:33.160 --> 01:38:38.480 Hey, there's fields, there's problems, there's persecution, there's people hating you for 01:38:38.480 --> 01:38:42.320 no reason, there's people turning on you, there's all these things, but you know what? 01:38:42.320 --> 01:38:46.500 It's worth it to endure that field so that someday you can have the treasure of Jesus 01:38:46.500 --> 01:38:49.360 saying unto you, well done my good and faithful servant. 01:38:49.360 --> 01:38:51.340 Hey enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. 01:38:51.340 --> 01:38:52.860 You've been faithful over a few things. 01:38:52.860 --> 01:38:54.300 I'll make you ruler over many. 01:38:54.300 --> 01:38:55.760 Many things. 01:38:55.760 --> 01:38:58.140 That is treasure that is worth it, my friend. 01:38:58.140 --> 01:38:59.140 And that's what I want to exhort you. 01:38:59.140 --> 01:39:00.140 Hey, you know what? 01:39:00.140 --> 01:39:04.560 Serving God, sometimes it's going to be a field, but you should focus on the treasure 01:39:04.560 --> 01:39:06.120 rather than the field. 01:39:06.120 --> 01:39:07.120 What treasure do we have? 01:39:07.120 --> 01:39:10.300 How about the fact that we are ambassadors for Jesus Christ? 01:39:10.300 --> 01:39:12.160 What a treasure that is. 01:39:12.160 --> 01:39:16.300 What a treasure that I am a representative of God Almighty. 01:39:16.800 --> 01:39:22.560 What a blessing and honor it is that my office reflects the Lord Jesus Christ. 01:39:22.560 --> 01:39:23.560 That is a treasure. 01:39:23.560 --> 01:39:25.360 Hey, is there a field with pastoring? 01:39:25.360 --> 01:39:28.680 Sure there's a field with pastoring, just like there's a field with everything, but 01:39:28.680 --> 01:39:29.680 you know what? 01:39:29.680 --> 01:39:30.680 There's treasure there. 01:39:30.680 --> 01:39:33.520 There's treasure for you as a soul winner, for Jesus Christ. 01:39:33.520 --> 01:39:39.780 There's treasure that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Ghost. 01:39:39.780 --> 01:39:42.580 of the members of the Godhead dwells within us. 01:39:43.000 --> 01:39:44.500 That is a great treasure. 01:39:44.500 --> 01:39:46.600 You ever think about that? 01:39:46.600 --> 01:39:47.300 How about this? 01:39:47.300 --> 01:39:50.300 Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us 01:39:50.300 --> 01:39:52.840 that we should be called the children of God. 01:39:52.840 --> 01:39:54.340 That's treasure. 01:39:54.340 --> 01:39:57.920 We are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. 01:39:57.920 --> 01:39:59.300 That's treasure. 01:39:59.300 --> 01:40:02.180 How about we get to make a difference, pulling some 01:40:02.180 --> 01:40:03.280 out of the fire? 01:40:03.280 --> 01:40:04.500 That's treasure. 01:40:04.700 --> 01:40:09.580 How about we get to help people whose life is wrecked by sin and we could bring them into the house of god 01:40:09.740 --> 01:40:13.420 And get them some hard preaching and change their life. That's treasure 01:40:14.220 --> 01:40:17.020 How about someday we get to meet the lord in the air someday? 01:40:17.580 --> 01:40:18.860 That's treasure 01:40:18.860 --> 01:40:25.440 How about someday we get glorified bodies that will never die never get sick never get injured. That's treasure 01:40:26.000 --> 01:40:30.480 How about someday we'll get to descend from heaven with the Lord when he's on his white horse 01:40:30.480 --> 01:40:34.320 and we get to watch him destroy all of his enemies in front of us? That's treasure. 01:40:35.040 --> 01:40:40.640 How about someday we get to rule and reign with Christ for a thousand years? That's treasure. 01:40:40.640 --> 01:40:46.240 How about we get to inherit the new heaven and the new earth? That's treasure. And be with the 01:40:46.240 --> 01:40:51.440 Lord forever and ever where there's no tears and no crying and no hunger and no death and no pain. 01:40:52.000 --> 01:40:52.800 That's treasure. 01:40:53.700 --> 01:40:56.700 How about someday we'll be on streets of gold? That's treasure. 01:40:56.700 --> 01:40:59.700 It's like, well why would you go through all the pain? 01:40:59.700 --> 01:41:01.700 Why would you go through the field of life? 01:41:01.700 --> 01:41:03.700 Because there's treasure in serving God. 01:41:03.700 --> 01:41:05.700 And I'm just like, some people, I'm just like, 01:41:05.700 --> 01:41:08.700 when are you going to wake up to what is important in life? 01:41:08.700 --> 01:41:10.700 When are you going to stop living for this world? 01:41:10.700 --> 01:41:14.700 When are you going to actually start becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ? 01:41:14.700 --> 01:41:18.540 When are you going to start realizing, hey, there's problems, there's a field, but you 01:41:18.540 --> 01:41:21.300 know what, there's treasure with the Lord Jesus Christ. 01:41:21.300 --> 01:41:22.920 Sign me up for the field. 01:41:22.920 --> 01:41:24.180 Sign me up for the hatred. 01:41:24.180 --> 01:41:27.920 Sign me up for the problems because someday I'm telling you, there's treasure beyond anything 01:41:27.920 --> 01:41:29.380 we could possibly imagine. 01:41:29.380 --> 01:41:32.520 Go to 1 Corinthians 15. 01:41:32.520 --> 01:41:33.700 First Corinthians 15. 01:41:33.700 --> 01:41:41.020 Boy, when a man finds treasure in his field, he sells all that he has to buy that field 01:41:41.020 --> 01:41:42.020 because of the treasure. 01:41:42.700 --> 01:41:44.220 And you know what we should do? 01:41:44.220 --> 01:41:47.180 The Bible says that we should give our bodies a living sacrifice. 01:41:47.180 --> 01:41:48.940 That's a reasonable service. 01:41:48.940 --> 01:41:52.820 There is great treasure in believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. 01:41:52.820 --> 01:41:54.300 It's called being saved. 01:41:54.300 --> 01:41:57.540 There's great treasure in being a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ. 01:41:57.540 --> 01:41:58.740 It's called rewards in heaven. 01:41:59.100 --> 01:42:00.700 It's called getting people saved. 01:42:00.700 --> 01:42:02.180 It's called doing the work of God. 01:42:02.180 --> 01:42:03.020 And you know what? 01:42:03.020 --> 01:42:04.700 If you're actually a wise person, 01:42:04.700 --> 01:42:06.140 and if you could look at this world 01:42:06.140 --> 01:42:08.060 through spiritual glasses for a moment, 01:42:08.060 --> 01:42:09.980 you would sell everything you have. 01:42:09.980 --> 01:42:13.140 You would sacrifice all of your worldly ambitions and dreams 01:42:13.140 --> 01:42:15.300 to fully sell out for Jesus Christ, 01:42:15.300 --> 01:42:17.820 because that's all that's going to matter someday. 01:42:17.820 --> 01:42:20.980 And someday at the judgment seat of Christ, 01:42:20.980 --> 01:42:23.220 I think we're all going to look back and say, wow, 01:42:23.220 --> 01:42:24.460 we wasted time. 01:42:24.460 --> 01:42:25.140 But you know what? 01:42:25.140 --> 01:42:26.900 I want to minimize that as much as possible. 01:42:27.300 --> 01:42:33.780 I only have 70 or 80 years in this dumb world in this flesh in this corruptible flesh 01:42:34.020 --> 01:42:36.020 Why don't I use it doing something for god? 01:42:36.340 --> 01:42:40.820 Why don't I use it and get busy for god and not sit here to just please myself? 01:42:41.860 --> 01:42:46.740 1st crenthians 15 verse 58 therefore my beloved brethren be ye steadfast unmovable 01:42:47.460 --> 01:42:54.100 Always abounding in the work of the lord for as much as you know that your labor is not in vain in the lord 01:42:55.200 --> 01:42:58.480 You know, even if you found a field in Oklahoma 01:42:58.480 --> 01:43:02.280 that was never purchased or was up for sale or something like that 01:43:02.280 --> 01:43:06.040 and you found out, you know, this field has an inexhaustible amount of oil 01:43:06.040 --> 01:43:09.080 and I am so rich, you know, you buy that 01:43:09.080 --> 01:43:12.080 and you get rich, you know, all that money's gonna perish someday. 01:43:12.500 --> 01:43:18.220 All of its gonna be completely vain even if you strike it rich even if you found literal treasure in this world 01:43:18.220 --> 01:43:21.260 It will mean nothing for eternity and it'll be gone 01:43:21.260 --> 01:43:27.620 You can't take it with you. But here's what the Bible says that our labor is not in vain in the Lord 01:43:28.180 --> 01:43:33.800 That's what's cool. Is that hey, even if I if I could trade all the money in the world for one soul 01:43:33.800 --> 01:43:35.300 I've ever saved I would not do it 01:43:35.500 --> 01:43:39.940 Because guess what that money's gonna perish but the soul I got saved is gonna be in heaven for all of eternity 01:43:40.460 --> 01:43:45.100 And it's just time for us as Christians to reevaluate our priorities in life 01:43:45.780 --> 01:43:51.580 Are you focusing on the treasure in your field or are you just the person that all you can see is the field? 01:43:51.700 --> 01:43:57.500 If you're the person you just all you do is focus on the field you complain about the field you are missing out on joy 01:43:58.260 --> 01:44:00.260 fulfillment and purpose in your life 01:44:00.800 --> 01:44:05.800 Be someone that focuses on the field. I just want to read a couple verses for you. You don't need to turn there 01:44:07.420 --> 01:44:14.260 Lamentations 322 says it is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed because his compassion's fail 01:44:14.260 --> 01:44:20.120 Not they are new every morning great is thy faithfulness. You've got treasure every day from God 01:44:20.720 --> 01:44:24.240 Psalm 31 19. Oh how great is thy goodness? 01:44:24.800 --> 01:44:30.640 which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which hast wrought for them that trusted thee before the sons of men. 01:44:30.640 --> 01:44:36.240 Psalm 34, 8, O taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 01:44:36.240 --> 01:44:43.840 Psalm 105, for the Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting, and his truth endureth to all generations. 01:44:43.840 --> 01:44:50.960 Psalm 145, 9, the Lord is good to all, and his mercies are over all his works. 01:44:50.960 --> 01:44:52.000 God has been good to you. 01:44:52.900 --> 01:44:54.560 God has been good to me. 01:44:54.560 --> 01:44:55.940 God has been good to all. 01:44:55.940 --> 01:44:57.020 You know what that means? 01:44:57.020 --> 01:44:59.860 There is treasure in your field. 01:44:59.860 --> 01:45:01.820 Whatever stage of life you're at, 01:45:01.820 --> 01:45:03.740 whatever mistakes you've made in the past, 01:45:03.740 --> 01:45:07.540 right now today, there is treasure in your field. 01:45:07.540 --> 01:45:09.300 Hey, your kids are still young, 01:45:09.300 --> 01:45:11.240 your kids and you have a great relationship, 01:45:11.240 --> 01:45:12.500 there's treasure in your field. 01:45:12.700 --> 01:45:18.460 Hey, you've got a good career you're able to provide there's treasure in your field. You got a good church to go to there's treasure in your field 01:45:18.780 --> 01:45:23.340 Hey, you got legs that could walk to those apartment complexes. You've got lungs that could breathe 01:45:23.500 --> 01:45:26.700 You got a mouth that could speak the gospel. There's treasure in your field 01:45:27.420 --> 01:45:33.580 Do not be a person that wastes your life complaining about the field be someone that focuses on the treasure. Let's pray lord 01:45:33.580 --> 01:45:35.180 Thank you so much for 01:45:35.180 --> 01:45:37.000 All that you do for us lord 01:45:37.100 --> 01:45:42.060 We may not always understand it, but I know that we always need the good and the bad from you. 01:45:42.060 --> 01:45:48.140 Help us not to just complain about the bad or the trials or the hardships. Help us to focus on the 01:45:48.140 --> 01:45:53.500 treasure, to be thankful for the good. Help us to be good friends to one another and good servants 01:45:53.500 --> 01:45:56.460 of Jesus Christ. We love you in Jesus name we pray. Amen. 01:46:04.500 --> 01:46:09.500 Our last hymn this morning, turn in your hymnals to 119. 01:46:13.400 --> 01:46:23.400 Hymn number 119, 1-1-9, till the storm passes by. 01:46:23.400 --> 01:46:25.900 119. 01:46:38.500 --> 01:46:41.500 119, let's sing it out all together. 01:46:42.000 --> 01:46:50.400 In the dark of the midnight have I offed my face 01:46:50.400 --> 01:46:58.800 While the storm howls above me and there's no hiding place 01:46:58.800 --> 01:47:07.200 Mid the crash of the thunder, precious lord, hear my cry 01:47:07.200 --> 01:47:10.000 Keep me safe till the s- 01:47:10.000 --> 01:47:15.000 The storm passes by 01:47:15.000 --> 01:47:19.000 Till the storm passes over 01:47:19.000 --> 01:47:23.000 Till the thunder sounds no more 01:47:23.000 --> 01:47:31.000 Till the clouds roll forever from the sky 01:47:31.000 --> 01:47:35.000 Hold me fast, let me stand 01:47:35.100 --> 01:47:47.100 In the hollow of thy hand, keep me safe till the storm passes by. 01:47:47.100 --> 01:47:55.100 Many times Satan whispered, there is no need to try, 01:47:55.100 --> 01:48:01.100 for there's no end of sorrow, there's no hope. 01:48:01.700 --> 01:48:09.140 I am fine, but I know thou art with me and to more 01:48:10.140 --> 01:48:14.380 Roll rise where the storms never 01:48:15.940 --> 01:48:17.940 In the sky 01:48:20.000 --> 01:48:24.000 Till the storm passes over 01:48:24.000 --> 01:48:28.000 Till the thunder sounds no more 01:48:28.000 --> 01:48:36.000 Till the clouds roll forever from the sky 01:48:36.000 --> 01:48:40.000 Hold me fast, let me stand 01:48:40.700 --> 01:48:52.200 In the blow of thy hand, keep me safe till the storm passes by. 01:48:52.900 --> 01:49:01.340 When the long night has ended and the storms come no more, 01:49:01.340 --> 01:49:09.700 let me stand in thy presence on that bright, peaceful shore, 01:49:09.700 --> 01:49:15.820 in that land where the tempest never comes. 01:49:15.820 --> 01:49:20.860 Lord, may I dwell with thee when the storm. 01:49:20.900 --> 01:49:24.900 Passes by 01:49:24.900 --> 01:49:28.900 Till the storm passes over 01:49:28.900 --> 01:49:32.900 Till the thunder sounds no more 01:49:32.900 --> 01:49:36.900 Till the clouds roll forever 01:49:36.900 --> 01:49:40.900 From the sky 01:49:42.400 --> 01:49:46.560 Hold me fast, let me stand 01:49:46.560 --> 01:49:50.800 In the blow of thy hand 01:49:50.800 --> 01:49:58.960 Keep me safe till the storm passes by 01:49:58.960 --> 01:50:00.960 Amen. With that you are dismissed.