WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:08.160 Of course now we are going into Jacob's travel into getting himself a wife and we know that in Chapter 27 00:08.720 --> 00:16.320 we have him subtly, you know, taking the promise, the birthright, the blessing from his brother Esau 00:16.960 --> 00:22.160 by being a subtle person, a cunning individual and of course because of it Esau wants to take his 00:22.160 --> 00:27.920 life. He wants to kill his brother and so Rebekah who is their mother plots to his 00:28.000 --> 00:35.720 essentially deliver him unto her brother and remain there in that land until Esau's anger 00:35.720 --> 00:38.600 goes away and he no longer wants to kill him. 00:38.600 --> 00:43.680 And so this is basically the result of trying to get the right things the wrong way. 00:43.680 --> 00:45.120 Complicate situations, right? 00:45.120 --> 00:49.640 You have a situation where the promise is supposed to go to Isaac, it's supposed to 00:49.640 --> 00:53.480 go to him and it's going to go to him, but they feel like they need to do... 00:54.000 --> 00:58.160 Isaac and his mother feel like they need to become cunning 00:58.160 --> 01:02.160 and trying to construe the situation and conspire 01:02.160 --> 01:04.000 in order to receive the blessings of God. 01:04.000 --> 01:05.960 But at the end of the day, we need to realize 01:05.960 --> 01:08.200 that if God wants us to have something, 01:08.200 --> 01:10.120 we're to be completely honest, 01:10.120 --> 01:12.680 we're to have integrity in how we do things, 01:12.680 --> 01:15.940 and then just have faith that God will come through, right? 01:15.940 --> 01:18.900 Not be dishonest, not be liars, 01:18.900 --> 01:22.000 not be individuals that lack integrity and go about things. 01:22.000 --> 01:26.560 the wrong way, trying to get the right things the right way instead of obtaining them in 01:26.560 --> 01:27.840 a wrongful manner. 01:28.300 --> 01:33.660 So now we have him about to go to his uncle's land in order to obtain a wife. 01:33.660 --> 01:38.780 It says in verse number one, and Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him and said to him, 01:38.780 --> 01:43.980 thou shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan arise, go to Pandanaram to the house of 01:43.980 --> 01:49.580 Bethuel thy mother's father and take thee a wife from thence of the daughter of Laban thy mother's 01:49.580 --> 01:56.220 brother. So it seems as though Jacob has now accepted the fact that the blessing is officially 01:56.300 --> 01:58.140 going to go to Isaac. 01:58.140 --> 02:02.300 Obviously, he originally intended to bless his son Esau, 02:02.300 --> 02:03.580 but instead it went to Isaac. 02:03.580 --> 02:05.300 And now he's kind of accepted this, 02:05.300 --> 02:06.860 but he's adding some stipulations. 02:06.860 --> 02:07.980 He's adding some conditions. 02:07.980 --> 02:10.300 He's saying, look, you're going to receive the blessing, 02:10.300 --> 02:12.540 but I want to make sure that you marry right. 02:12.540 --> 02:14.780 Don't get anybody from Canaan. 02:14.780 --> 02:16.260 Don't get anybody from Canaan land. 02:16.260 --> 02:19.780 Make sure you get someone whom we approve as your parents. 02:19.780 --> 02:22.220 And obviously, in chapters prior to this, you have Esau. 02:23.000 --> 02:25.000 marrying the daughters of the Lamb. 02:25.000 --> 02:28.000 And it specifically says in chapter 26 verse 34, 02:28.000 --> 02:33.000 Esau was 40 years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Birei the Hittite, 02:33.000 --> 02:36.000 and Bathshemath the daughter of Elan the Hittite, 02:36.000 --> 02:40.000 which were a grief of mine unto Isaac and to Rebekah. 02:40.500 --> 02:46.180 And so, you know, the parents were definitely not happy about Esau, first and foremost, 02:46.180 --> 02:51.940 being a polygamist, but also marrying the daughters of Canaan. Obviously, we know that Canaan, 02:52.500 --> 02:57.220 those of Canaan essentially picture the world, those who are unregenerated, those who are not 02:57.220 --> 03:01.620 God's people. And in fact, they're really characterized by a lot of perversion, wickedness, 03:01.620 --> 03:07.220 idolatrous cultures that, you know, have no part with God's people. And so, you know, 03:07.220 --> 03:08.460 So the principle that we can learn is... 03:08.500 --> 03:12.960 here in Genesis 28 is that we need to adhere to the advice 03:12.960 --> 03:16.240 in the council and even the preferences of our parents, 03:16.240 --> 03:17.000 right? 03:17.000 --> 03:19.520 Specifically, especially if they say, hey, you know, 03:19.520 --> 03:21.880 find someone in church, right? 03:21.880 --> 03:26.000 Find someone of the house of God, someone who is saved. 03:26.000 --> 03:29.600 You know, don't go out to Canaan land to find a spouse there. 03:30.100 --> 03:33.100 And you know sometimes Christians just don't listen to that. 03:33.100 --> 03:36.100 You know you may not have, you say well I don't really have a parent 03:36.100 --> 03:40.100 that puts that condition upon me. Yeah but the Bible puts that condition upon you though. 03:40.600 --> 03:45.320 The Bible commands you to marry only believers. 03:45.320 --> 03:48.000 Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. 03:48.000 --> 03:50.760 The only people you should be marrying are those in the Lord. 03:50.760 --> 03:53.480 Now obviously you have instances, 03:53.480 --> 03:56.560 because people bring up, well, my spouse was not saved, 03:56.560 --> 03:58.400 but then later on they got saved, 03:58.400 --> 03:59.480 and it ended up working out. 03:59.480 --> 04:00.980 Praise God for that, right? 04:00.980 --> 04:03.080 But the exception proves the rule, 04:03.080 --> 04:05.040 and it's kind of like playing Russian roulette 04:05.040 --> 04:06.640 at that point, where if you think, 04:06.640 --> 04:08.520 well, I'm gonna find someone out in the world, 04:08.520 --> 04:08.600 I'm not sure if you can hear me. 04:08.600 --> 04:11.640 I'm gonna get me a Canaanite, I'm gonna get me a Judith, 04:11.640 --> 04:15.160 I'm gonna get someone out there on Instagram 04:15.160 --> 04:18.480 or on social media, and then through the process of time, 04:18.480 --> 04:20.100 I'll be able to win them over to the Lord. 04:20.100 --> 04:22.760 Yeah, that's possible, but that's a huge risk though. 04:24.840 --> 04:28.480 It's better to just get someone who is a believer, 04:28.480 --> 04:30.400 pursue someone who is a believer, 04:30.400 --> 04:32.120 and I would even say this, 04:32.120 --> 04:34.020 narrow it down a little bit. 04:35.300 --> 04:40.300 Because Jacob is not just like, hey, don't go to Canaan. 04:40.300 --> 04:43.780 He's like, I want you to go specifically to Pandanaran. 04:43.780 --> 04:46.340 He's very specific of who he wants him to date. 04:46.340 --> 04:49.500 And I would even say this, marry a believer, of course. 04:49.500 --> 04:53.260 That's like foundational, right? 04:53.260 --> 04:57.660 But you should probably marry a fundamental Baptist, too. 04:57.660 --> 05:00.400 You're like, well, as long as they just 05:00.400 --> 05:01.580 call themselves a Christian. 05:01.900 --> 05:06.860 Yeah, but you're in for a world of hurt if that's all if that's your preference if that's how low your standard is 05:07.260 --> 05:12.300 You might be in a world of hurt because once you get married to this person who claims to be a christian 05:12.620 --> 05:19.100 And once you want to get serious about serving god you start realizing that this person doesn't really believe the things that you believe 05:19.500 --> 05:21.500 They're just christian only a name, right? 05:22.220 --> 05:24.700 Or they're the kind of christian that you know, they 05:25.340 --> 05:27.660 They're actually catholic and they call themselves a christian 05:28.100 --> 05:31.700 Or, you know, they're Christian but they've delved into Mormonism or whatever. 05:31.700 --> 05:35.500 Or, they might be a part of some non-denom church. 05:35.800 --> 05:39.160 that doesn't use the right bible, they don't believe in the right salvation, 05:39.160 --> 05:43.800 you know, they have very loose standards, and you know what? That can cause a lot of problems 05:43.800 --> 05:48.760 in a marriage. It's very important that you find someone who has the same core values as you, 05:48.760 --> 05:53.320 and I've said this before, obviously the person that you marry doesn't need to be perfect because 05:53.320 --> 05:57.480 no one is, but they got to be teachable, right? Going in the right direction. 05:58.200 --> 06:04.760 So it's important for you to you know stay off these dating websites or whatever you know Christian mingle or 06:05.240 --> 06:09.400 You know in the new I have be they there used to be something called the new I have be singles 06:10.120 --> 06:13.340 And so you know definitely don't go on there. You know 06:13.880 --> 06:19.200 Just do the old-fashioned meet someone in church pray someone down and get her done amen 06:19.700 --> 06:22.620 Instead of like, well, let me see who's compatible with me. 06:22.620 --> 06:24.820 KJV, check. 06:24.820 --> 06:26.580 Soul winner, check. 06:26.580 --> 06:29.500 You gotta actually talk to people, see them face to face, 06:29.500 --> 06:31.500 observe their character, and see if you even 06:31.500 --> 06:33.740 like being around them. 06:33.740 --> 06:35.580 But here's the thing, it's just like, well, 06:35.580 --> 06:39.100 I know this one girl, she goes to this Pentecostal church. 06:39.400 --> 06:42.160 I think it's a fantastic fit. 06:42.160 --> 06:45.560 You know, she's a Pentecostal, yeah, she's Pentecostal or whatever. 06:45.560 --> 06:49.520 Yeah, you may overlook that right now, but six months from now when you're already married, 06:49.520 --> 06:53.520 one thing that's going to bother you is the fact that she thinks she can lose your salvation. 06:53.520 --> 06:55.640 And you're going to be like, whoa, what do you mean? 06:55.640 --> 06:59.480 What do you mean you think that Jesus is God the Father? 06:59.480 --> 07:01.960 What do you mean you think you could lose your salvation? 07:01.960 --> 07:04.880 And you run into all these doctrinal issues within marriage. 07:04.880 --> 07:06.600 Get someone from Pandanaram! 07:06.900 --> 07:08.900 Get someone from the house of God. 07:08.900 --> 07:10.900 You're like, well, this is a problem though. 07:10.900 --> 07:12.900 You know, there's not enough people in church. 07:12.900 --> 07:13.900 You know? 07:13.900 --> 07:16.900 Well, here's what I've learned over the years, 07:16.900 --> 07:20.900 is that one of the reasons you may feel 07:20.900 --> 07:22.900 as though there's not enough people in church 07:22.900 --> 07:24.900 to kind of mingle with and talk to 07:24.900 --> 07:26.900 and find a spouse, 07:26.900 --> 07:28.900 is probably because you're just not ready. 07:28.900 --> 07:30.900 Because every single guy that I've met 07:31.700 --> 07:35.860 that has gotten married, you know, they found someone. 07:39.400 --> 07:40.900 I don't know how that works. 07:40.900 --> 07:42.800 They just talk to the guys. 07:42.800 --> 07:44.800 They don't just say, like, I met him in church, 07:44.800 --> 07:47.000 or I met him in a different church, or whatever. 07:47.000 --> 07:49.600 Another Baptist church just ended up working out. 07:49.600 --> 07:52.600 And so you have to pursue. 07:52.600 --> 07:54.160 You've got to pray it down. 07:54.160 --> 07:56.440 But don't lower your standards of what 07:56.440 --> 07:58.800 you're looking for in a Christian girl just because you're 07:58.800 --> 08:00.600 desperate or something. 08:00.600 --> 08:01.100 OK? 08:01.400 --> 08:04.800 You know, don't lower your standards and think to yourself, 08:04.800 --> 08:07.640 well, I'm just never going to get married. 08:07.640 --> 08:08.760 Well, here's the thing. 08:08.760 --> 08:12.480 I obviously am an advocate of you getting married, right? 08:12.480 --> 08:13.400 You should. 08:13.400 --> 08:17.160 It's what God's will is for mankind in general. 08:17.160 --> 08:20.040 But here's the thing is that don't be so desperate that you 08:20.040 --> 08:21.960 end up making the wrong decision. 08:21.960 --> 08:23.720 And then it becomes the right decision 08:23.720 --> 08:24.880 because you can't get divorced. 08:24.880 --> 08:27.160 And then you're just miserable for the rest of your life. 08:27.600 --> 08:32.880 Okay, because that is a real thing out there. Okay, and so choose wisely 08:32.920 --> 08:38.880 But you know if your parent thank God if you have parents who are directing you that are helping you make the right decision 08:38.880 --> 08:42.000 In that regard, you know Jacob is telling 08:43.400 --> 08:46.640 Excuse me, Isaac is telling Jacob, hey, go to Pandanaram, 08:46.640 --> 08:48.400 this is the kind of wife that I want you to marry. 08:48.400 --> 08:51.200 And he's kind of like implying, don't be like Esau, 08:51.200 --> 08:54.840 your brother, who got Judith over here, 08:54.840 --> 08:59.200 and got these women from the Canaanites, 08:59.200 --> 09:03.280 and now they're a grief of mine to me and your mom. 09:03.280 --> 09:06.760 Go to Pandanaram and actually make us proud, son, okay? 09:07.100 --> 09:11.820 And so, you know, and attached to this, he says in verse three, God Almighty bless thee 09:11.820 --> 09:16.380 and make thee fruitful and multiply thee that thou mayest be a multitude of people. 09:16.800 --> 09:22.960 Give thee the blessing of Abraham to thee into thy seed with theme that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger 09:23.160 --> 09:28.720 Which God gave unto Abraham so he's kind of tying in this marriage to the fact that you know 09:28.720 --> 09:35.480 God's blessing is gonna come upon him that God had promised Abraham and of course his immediate descendants 09:35.840 --> 09:39.280 Regarding the land and how he's gonna make of him a great nation now 09:39.280 --> 09:41.560 Let me just say one more thing before I move on from this again 09:42.200 --> 09:48.100 And that is that, you know, when I talk about marriage, obviously, I'm referring to the fact that, you know, 09:48.100 --> 09:50.800 yes, you should choose someone from the house of God. 09:50.800 --> 09:53.500 You should choose someone who's going in the right direction. 09:53.500 --> 09:54.900 You should do that. 09:54.900 --> 09:57.700 And you're going to run into people who didn't do it that way. 09:57.700 --> 09:58.500 Okay. 09:58.500 --> 10:00.100 And they're going to be like, look at me. 10:00.100 --> 10:00.700 I'm fine. 10:00.700 --> 10:01.700 But just remember this. 10:01.700 --> 10:03.700 The exception always proves the rule. 10:04.300 --> 10:09.740 You are you know rolling the dice if you choose to marry someone even of a different denomination 10:10.740 --> 10:13.500 I'm just telling you right now. It is a thing and 10:14.100 --> 10:17.580 You know I'm not saying that if you marry someone of a different denomination 10:17.700 --> 10:24.500 They can't become and believe like you but here's the thing folks once that once you've tied the knot 10:25.200 --> 10:28.100 Once it's down, once you've already made the decision, 10:28.100 --> 10:29.700 you made the covenant before God, 10:29.700 --> 10:30.900 man, you better pray a miracle 10:30.900 --> 10:32.260 that that person ends up adhering 10:32.260 --> 10:33.540 to the things that you believe 10:33.540 --> 10:35.980 because it will be a cause for conflict later on, 10:35.980 --> 10:37.500 I promise you that. 10:37.500 --> 10:40.700 And you know what, once the honeymoon is over 10:40.700 --> 10:42.980 and you've been married for a couple of months, 10:42.980 --> 10:44.960 and now it's just like, let's go to church 10:44.960 --> 10:46.700 and she's like, or he's like, 10:46.700 --> 10:48.800 I wanna go to my church. 10:49.100 --> 10:51.740 I want to go to the purple lights. 10:51.740 --> 10:56.540 I want to go to the smoke and mirrors and the soft preaching. 10:56.540 --> 10:58.380 You're just like, that's not what I'm about. 10:58.380 --> 11:00.060 It's just like, well, it's too late. 11:00.060 --> 11:02.300 That's what you got. 11:02.300 --> 11:06.460 And so make sure you don't just jump into marriage. 11:07.200 --> 11:10.680 flippantly and not taken into consideration. 11:10.680 --> 11:12.640 Like, well, I'm so, I just want to get married right now. 11:12.640 --> 11:15.200 If I could just get married right now, I get it. 11:15.200 --> 11:16.040 Okay. 11:16.040 --> 11:17.220 Cause it sucks being single. 11:17.220 --> 11:18.880 I get it. 11:18.880 --> 11:19.920 I was once single too. 11:19.920 --> 11:20.760 I know. 11:20.760 --> 11:21.580 Okay. 11:21.580 --> 11:24.360 So I'm not hating on the desire to want to get married. 11:24.360 --> 11:25.200 For sure. 11:25.200 --> 11:26.020 It sucks to be single. 11:26.020 --> 11:26.860 I get it. 11:26.860 --> 11:28.180 And people are like, no, you know, 11:28.180 --> 11:29.360 you should be content where you're at. 11:29.360 --> 11:30.480 I was content where I was at 11:30.480 --> 11:32.300 and I still thought it sucked to be single. 11:32.700 --> 11:36.620 Okay, I was like, I'm content, I'm serving the Lord, but you know, I want to get married. 11:36.620 --> 11:41.180 I get it. But don't let that desperation cause you to make a really bad decision. 11:41.660 --> 11:48.380 Okay. And you know, I'm not necessarily for and look, I would never command this from the pulpit 11:48.380 --> 11:53.900 because you are not my children. But you know, with my kids, I will I will I don't I'm not an 11:53.900 --> 11:57.740 advocate for overnight marriages. You know, it's just like 11:58.200 --> 12:00.840 We found each other's true love, let's just get married tomorrow. 12:01.200 --> 12:06.980 It's just I'm not an advocate for it because I've just seen too many people make that decision 12:06.980 --> 12:11.400 and then it ends up turning really bad in the long run because they were hasty in their 12:11.400 --> 12:13.360 decision. 12:13.360 --> 12:19.500 And so think it through, pray through it, get some godly counsel, don't allow your passions 12:19.500 --> 12:24.000 to get in the way of these things, be mature about these things, and you know, you're like, 12:24.000 --> 12:26.760 well, in the new IFP everyone just gets married right away. 12:26.760 --> 12:28.720 You know, not necessarily. 12:29.100 --> 12:31.640 Okay, not everyone has done that okay? 12:31.640 --> 12:33.520 You might have heard of a couple stories like that 12:33.520 --> 12:38.760 But not everyone has done it that way and even the people who have done it that way my pastor friends who have done it 12:38.760 --> 12:41.780 That way they would even tell you that's probably not the best option to do 12:42.560 --> 12:47.200 To just get married right away. They would even tell you that they're the exception to the rule and 12:48.320 --> 12:51.120 So you know if you're gonna get married and you want to get married 12:52.320 --> 12:56.360 Amen to that you know but take your time, okay? 12:57.100 --> 13:01.560 Now I get it, some of you, the clock is ticking. 13:01.560 --> 13:03.280 I get it, okay? 13:03.280 --> 13:05.200 The clock is ticking, you're like, 13:05.200 --> 13:07.820 I don't know, I'm just gonna go for whatever, 13:07.820 --> 13:09.660 whatever looks at me cock-eyed, you know? 13:09.660 --> 13:12.500 I'm just, I'm just gonna do it. 13:13.920 --> 13:15.120 You know? 13:15.120 --> 13:15.960 I get it. 13:17.020 --> 13:20.040 But I'm just trying to admonish you here. 13:20.300 --> 13:23.200 That you know you don't want to just make a hasty decision 13:24.020 --> 13:28.900 Think it through pray through it gets know the individual and you know 13:29.920 --> 13:34.760 Live happily ever after after you feel like hey, this is this is the one okay? 13:35.120 --> 13:40.420 So anyways the blessing is tied to him getting married to this individual says in verse 5 13:40.420 --> 13:44.760 It says Isaac sent away Jacob and he went to Pandanarama to Laban son of Beth 13:44.760 --> 13:47.720 You will the Syrian the brother of Rebecca Jacob and Esau's mother 13:48.400 --> 13:52.400 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob... 13:52.600 --> 13:57.560 sent him away to Pandanaram to take him a wife from thence and that as he blessed him 13:57.560 --> 14:02.560 He gave him a charge saying thou shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan and that Jacob obeyed his father 14:02.560 --> 14:04.560 And his mother was gone to 14:05.000 --> 14:08.640 Pandanaram and Esau seen that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father 14:08.920 --> 14:12.840 Then went Esau unto Ishmael and took unto the wives which he had 14:13.400 --> 14:14.480 Mahal 14:14.480 --> 14:20.600 Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son the sister of Nabujath to be his wife. So what do we have here? We have Esau 14:20.600 --> 14:24.780 I was like, oh, maybe that's what I should have done. 14:24.780 --> 14:25.600 But here's the thing. 14:25.600 --> 14:29.320 This is an example of doing something just too little, 14:29.320 --> 14:30.820 too late. 14:31.300 --> 14:35.620 In other words, he's like, how can I recover the blessing from my father? 14:35.620 --> 14:37.220 How can I get him to favor me? 14:37.460 --> 14:42.980 Oh, I should have married someone of God's people, the people he charged me to go to 14:43.140 --> 14:45.780 instead of taking of the women of Canaan. 14:45.980 --> 14:48.980 So he goes to the people of Ishmael. 14:48.980 --> 14:54.500 He takes into him a wife, Maelath, and thinking that that's going to somehow 14:54.620 --> 14:56.260 give him favor with his father. 14:56.420 --> 14:58.740 But again, too little, too late. 14:58.740 --> 14:59.300 You know a 14:59.300 --> 15:02.860 Accumulating another wife adding another wife is not gonna help your situation 15:03.580 --> 15:06.940 Okay, and you like how do you know I didn't help the situation well? 15:06.940 --> 15:10.420 This is the last we hear about it. We just hear him make this decision, and that's it 15:10.980 --> 15:14.540 now look folks it's important for us to obey our parents and 15:14.980 --> 15:16.980 do what our parents tell us to do and 15:17.700 --> 15:21.340 You know it's also equally important to do what God commands us to do 15:21.700 --> 15:25.900 But we need to make sure that we're doing the things for the right reasons, too 15:26.500 --> 15:32.820 Okay, do things for the right reasons. You know, it's kind of too late for you Esau to get the blessing 15:32.820 --> 15:36.020 Just be a good husband now to your wives 15:36.260 --> 15:42.300 You know do that which is right at this moment and don't try to fix the situation that is already 15:42.820 --> 15:46.380 Beyond recognition. It's already that ship has sailed. Okay 15:47.200 --> 15:54.200 And so the principle that we can learn there is that if you've made irreparable damage 15:54.200 --> 16:00.200 in your relationships and times past, instead of trying to go back and constantly trying to fix that, 16:00.200 --> 16:04.200 just make the right decisions from here on out. You understand? 16:04.200 --> 16:07.200 And this can be applied in any area of life, right? 16:07.200 --> 16:13.200 Sometimes we're so fixated on trying to fix past situations, past relationships, 16:13.200 --> 16:14.900 and really it's kind of like a waste of time. 16:15.400 --> 16:19.700 You know, we need to forget those things which are behind and press forward to those things which are before. 16:20.200 --> 16:25.200 And not try to like, well, let me see if I could just fix this situation, fix this relationship. 16:25.200 --> 16:28.200 If it's beyond recognition, just move forward. 16:28.200 --> 16:35.200 It's better to just invest your time and energy in making the right decisions from here on out. 16:35.200 --> 16:43.200 Than to revisit the past, past relationships, past failures that you've made and try to fix that situation. 16:43.200 --> 16:46.200 It's just not worth it. Do right from here on out. 16:46.200 --> 16:48.200 It says in verse 10, and Jake says, 16:48.200 --> 16:51.880 Jacob went out from Reshiba and went toward Hayrab. 16:52.100 --> 16:56.180 and he lied upon a certain place and tarried there all night 16:56.180 --> 16:59.860 because the sun was set and he took up the stones of that place and put them 16:59.860 --> 17:03.780 for his pillow and laid down in the place to sleep so 17:03.780 --> 17:07.380 you know Jacob is by himself he doesn't have his parents with him and obviously 17:07.380 --> 17:12.180 he's already older at this moment but he's isolated he's by himself he's kind 17:12.180 --> 17:17.300 of gotten himself into a weird situation because he's conspiring with his mom 17:17.300 --> 17:20.100 forcing him to leave his family leave his 17:20.100 --> 17:23.420 place of home to find a wife in a different land. 17:23.420 --> 17:25.620 And so he is about to sleep. 17:25.620 --> 17:27.500 The guy doesn't even know how to put up a tent. 17:27.500 --> 17:30.820 He grabs a stone in order to use it as a pillow. 17:30.820 --> 17:33.720 And this is where he begins to dream the dream. 17:33.720 --> 17:35.380 He has the visions from God. 17:35.380 --> 17:37.660 Because at the end of the day, though Jacob 17:37.660 --> 17:40.100 is a conniving person, God still wants to use him. 17:41.300 --> 17:42.620 He still wants to use him. 17:42.620 --> 17:45.620 He wants to preserve the promise through Jacob. 17:45.620 --> 17:46.460 But you know what? 17:46.460 --> 17:49.180 Jacob needs some refinement. 17:49.180 --> 17:52.820 He needs to shed a little of the old man 17:52.820 --> 17:54.540 and put on the new man. 17:54.540 --> 17:55.980 And God has to work through him. 17:55.980 --> 17:58.220 So even though this wasn't originally 17:58.220 --> 18:00.460 God's will for him to go into Haran, 18:00.460 --> 18:02.820 God's going to use it together for good. 18:02.820 --> 18:04.860 Now, obviously, spoiler alert, we obviously 18:04.860 --> 18:06.540 know what's going to happen here. 18:06.540 --> 18:08.660 He gets defrauded majorly. 18:08.660 --> 18:09.160 Right? 18:09.700 --> 18:16.500 with Laban. Laban is like a really bad, you know, father-in-law, you know, he's just, he's conniving, 18:17.220 --> 18:25.540 he's deceptive, he conspires, he tricks Jacob, and it's like Jacob gets a taste of his own medicine, 18:25.540 --> 18:32.580 right? You know, he reaps what he sows, in other words. And here's the thing, folks, is that you may 18:32.580 --> 18:33.900 have made a bad decision? 18:34.600 --> 18:38.760 in the past that is causing you to reap what you've sown. 18:38.760 --> 18:41.960 But that doesn't mean that God can't work that together for good. 18:42.700 --> 18:47.100 Because even though bad things are going to happen to Jacob and he's going to be defrauded 18:47.100 --> 18:51.980 and we're like really mad at Laban, we're like man this guy is a jerk, this guy is so deceitful 18:51.980 --> 18:57.420 I can't believe this guy, you know he's not necessarily someone who we're a big fan of 18:57.420 --> 19:01.660 you know God does use that to kind of refine Jacob's character 19:01.660 --> 19:05.580 you know in order to make him the kind of man that God wants him to be 19:05.580 --> 19:10.540 okay so it works together for good so all these things though not initially God's will 19:10.700 --> 19:15.780 Still, God ends up using it in a big way to teach Jacob some important principles. 19:15.780 --> 19:17.260 It says in verse 12, and he dreamed. 19:17.700 --> 19:24.660 Behold a ladder set up on the earth and the top of it reached to heaven and behold the angels of God 19:25.140 --> 19:29.780 Ascending and descending upon it. So we have Jacob having this dream 19:29.980 --> 19:36.780 He lays his head upon a stone and through this dream. He views a ladder that reaches unto heaven 19:37.220 --> 19:42.460 Angels ascending and descending upon it now because you've read the Bible because you've read the New Testament 19:42.460 --> 19:45.380 We obviously know who this is referring to the latter is Jesus Christ 19:45.700 --> 19:53.940 And in fact, in John chapter 1 and verse 51, Jesus Christ essentially references this story 19:53.940 --> 19:59.660 and asserts that just as Jacob saw that ladder, you know, the same thing with Jesus, they're 19:59.660 --> 20:02.820 going to see angels ascending and descending upon him. 20:02.820 --> 20:03.820 Why? 20:03.820 --> 20:06.180 Because Jesus Christ is the ladder that reaches to heaven. 20:06.180 --> 20:09.060 In other words, he is the only way to heaven. 20:09.700 --> 20:17.460 Bible says he's the way the truth and the life no man cometh unto the father. No man can reach the gates of heaven without Jesus 20:18.740 --> 20:23.220 So this is a beautiful picture of the lord. Jesus christ, right? 20:23.780 --> 20:29.620 That he is that ladder that reaches unto heaven verse 13 says and behold the lord stood above it 20:30.020 --> 20:35.640 And said I am the lord god of abraham thy father and the god of isaac the land wherein thou liest 20:36.300 --> 20:40.700 To thee will I give it, and to thy seed, and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth. 20:40.700 --> 20:44.900 And thou shalt spread abroad, though, to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. 20:44.900 --> 20:48.500 And in thee and in thy seed shall all families of the earth be blessed." 20:48.500 --> 20:55.300 Now, we see here in this chapter that Isaac confirms the promise to Jacob, 20:55.300 --> 20:59.200 but then God also confirms the promises to Jacob as well. 20:59.200 --> 21:02.700 He's reinforcing what he's going to do through this dream. 21:03.100 --> 21:08.860 It says in verse 15, behold, I am with thee and will keep thee in all places, whether thou goest, 21:08.860 --> 21:13.740 and will bring thee again into this land. For I will not leave thee until I have done that which 21:13.740 --> 21:19.660 I have spoken to thee of. And Jacob awaked out of his sleep and he said, surely the Lord is in this 21:19.660 --> 21:27.020 place. And I knew it not. And he was afraid and said, how dreadful is this place? This is none other 21:27.580 --> 21:29.980 but the house of God. And this is the gate of heaven. 21:30.400 --> 21:33.680 So this is a very profound passage of scripture, 21:33.680 --> 21:35.920 and it's a very profound statement by Jacob 21:35.920 --> 21:39.400 because he realizes like, I was in the presence of God, 21:39.400 --> 21:43.480 I saw the ladder, and you know, he was afraid. 21:43.480 --> 21:44.320 Right? 21:45.360 --> 21:46.680 When he wakes, he's just like, 21:46.680 --> 21:49.500 he's awakened out of like a nightmare. 21:49.600 --> 21:49.500 So, he's like, he's awake. 21:51.600 --> 21:49.500 He's awake. 21:52.440 --> 21:49.500 He's awake. 21:53.280 --> 21:49.500 He's awake. 21:54.120 --> 21:49.500 He's awake. 21:54.940 --> 21:49.500 He's awake. 21:55.780 --> 21:49.500 He's awake. 21:56.620 --> 21:49.500 He's awake. 21:57.460 --> 21:49.500 He's awake. 21:58.280 --> 21:49.500 He's awake. 21:59.120 --> 21:49.500 He's awake. 21:49.600 --> 21:51.960 Not necessarily like a dream, the way we think of it is 21:51.960 --> 21:55.140 the Bible specifically says that he was fearing, he was afraid 21:55.140 --> 21:58.640 and he specifically said, this place is dreadful! 21:58.640 --> 22:01.140 Now what does it mean when something is dreadful? It means 22:01.140 --> 22:04.260 it could have the connotation of being awesome 22:04.260 --> 22:06.340 it can have the connotation of being great 22:06.340 --> 22:10.060 but it means that it causes dread 22:10.060 --> 22:11.560 fear, right? 22:12.700 --> 22:18.780 Now this is important because of the fact that this is completely the opposite of what people 22:18.780 --> 22:24.620 claim the presence of God is like today. Right? When people talk about the presence of God, it's 22:24.620 --> 22:30.620 just like, I just feel his presence right now, you know? I just feel enveloped in his love or 22:30.620 --> 22:35.580 something. And obviously there probably are instances where we feel that way when we're 22:35.580 --> 22:39.180 broken-hearted, but in general, God's presence is dreadful. 22:41.000 --> 22:43.000 It's terrible, the Bible says. 22:43.000 --> 22:44.000 Right? 22:44.000 --> 22:47.000 You know, you would be afraid to be in the presence of God. 22:47.000 --> 22:51.000 That's literally what God's presence evokes in a person is dread. 22:51.000 --> 22:53.000 It's like your heart drops. 22:53.000 --> 22:55.000 Your stomach is in your throat. 22:55.000 --> 23:00.000 You're just completely scared because God is someone who is worthy to be feared. 23:00.000 --> 23:02.000 He's not coming like a teddy bear. 23:02.000 --> 23:05.000 He's not coming just, you know, soft spoken. 23:05.000 --> 23:06.700 He invokes fear. 23:07.100 --> 23:12.100 And in fact, this is something that the Bible constantly talks about, is having the fear of God, right? 23:12.100 --> 23:16.400 He's fearful, he is awesome, he's dreadful, he's terrible. 23:16.400 --> 23:20.600 These are things that he specifically says about himself, okay? 23:22.100 --> 23:25.100 And Jacob realizes this. He's like, man, I'm afraid. 23:25.400 --> 23:27.200 I'm in the presence of God. 23:27.200 --> 23:29.360 I am afraid. 23:29.360 --> 23:32.360 And he specifically says, this is, listen to this, 23:32.360 --> 23:33.920 the house of God. 23:33.920 --> 23:35.640 And later on, he refers to it as Bethel. 23:35.640 --> 23:38.320 Bethel is synonymous with the house of God. 23:38.320 --> 23:40.400 Now, here's a couple things that we can learn from this 23:40.400 --> 23:44.040 particular phrase here and this verse regarding the house 23:44.040 --> 23:46.080 of God being dreadful. 23:46.080 --> 23:50.240 Obviously, in the New Testament, the house of God 23:50.240 --> 23:51.480 is church. 23:52.400 --> 23:57.840 And in fact, the Bible specifically says that the church is the pillar and ground of truth 23:57.840 --> 24:00.380 and it calls it the house of God. 24:00.380 --> 24:01.380 And you know what? 24:01.380 --> 24:03.640 Church should be a dreadful place as well. 24:03.640 --> 24:04.640 Okay? 24:04.640 --> 24:06.220 In both ways, if you think about it. 24:06.600 --> 24:12.960 Why? Because, you know, the house of God should invoke, you know, that which is awe-spiring 24:12.960 --> 24:18.440 for us to be in awe of the presence of God. And in fact, when we meet together as a church, 24:18.440 --> 24:23.920 guess what? God is in this place as well. Right? Go to Matthew chapter 18, if you would. 24:23.920 --> 24:24.920 Matthew chapter 18. 24:24.920 --> 24:25.380 thing. 24:31.200 --> 24:33.700 Matthew chapter 18 here. 24:34.860 --> 24:38.840 This is a passage of scripture that deals primarily with 24:38.840 --> 24:40.640 the excommunication of a believer 24:40.640 --> 24:43.480 for their trespasses against a brother. 24:43.480 --> 24:45.080 And it specifically says in verse 15, 24:45.080 --> 24:47.840 moreover, if thy brother trespass against thee, 24:47.840 --> 24:51.220 go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone. 24:51.220 --> 24:54.520 If he shall hear thee, thou has gained thy brother. 24:54.700 --> 24:59.140 But if you will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of 24:59.140 --> 25:01.700 two or three witnesses every word may be established." 25:01.700 --> 25:06.020 This is basically saying, you know, if your brother offends you, they've trespassed against 25:06.020 --> 25:10.180 you, they've sinned against you, it's important for you to confront that person and reconcile 25:10.180 --> 25:13.460 the situation so that you guys can be at peace with one another. 25:13.460 --> 25:17.540 You know, the Bible tells us that we should endeavor to keep the spirit of peace and the 25:17.540 --> 25:20.780 bond, the spirit of unity and the bond of peace. 25:20.780 --> 25:22.660 that we should endeavor to be peacemakers amongst us. 25:22.700 --> 25:27.700 If someone has offended you in church, don't go and start gossiping about them. 25:27.700 --> 25:30.700 Don't start railing and slandering that person. 25:30.700 --> 25:34.700 You should go to that person and say, hey, you offended me, bro. 25:34.700 --> 25:39.700 Like you said this, and I'm greatly offended, and I want you to apologize to me for that. 25:39.700 --> 25:43.700 And you know what that person is supposed to do? I'm sorry. Please forgive me. 25:44.100 --> 25:48.500 You know, and the Bible says that we should forgive that person, be ready to forgive that individual. 25:48.500 --> 25:50.580 This is how it should function in church, right? 25:51.620 --> 25:58.580 Not clicking up together and trying to accumulate people to be on your side, to be against this person. 25:58.580 --> 26:01.940 Learn how to confront people when they've transgressed against you. 26:02.580 --> 26:07.940 And not just go around and be a little busybody slandering that individual. 26:07.940 --> 26:10.420 Just go reconcile and gain your brother. Amen. 26:11.500 --> 26:13.820 So he says in verse 16, but if you will not hear thee, 26:13.820 --> 26:16.300 then take with thee one or two more 26:16.300 --> 26:18.300 than in the mouth of two or three witnesses, 26:18.300 --> 26:19.300 every word may be established. 26:19.300 --> 26:20.980 In other words, if this person is like, 26:20.980 --> 26:23.780 no, I'm not asking for forgiveness. 26:23.780 --> 26:25.140 I'm not sorry I did that. 26:25.140 --> 26:26.380 I'm not sorry I said that. 26:26.380 --> 26:28.740 I'm not sorry that I took that from you. 26:28.740 --> 26:30.300 I'm not sorry for whatever. 26:30.300 --> 26:32.300 Then the responsibility falls upon you 26:32.300 --> 26:35.060 to take another brother and confront that individual, 26:35.060 --> 26:36.460 meaning that that other individual 26:36.460 --> 26:38.300 should cause a little bit of peer pressure. 26:38.500 --> 26:43.860 on that person and say hey you need to like apologize to this person you need to make this situation right. 26:45.000 --> 26:47.280 If they refuse to do that, verse 17 says, 26:47.280 --> 26:49.240 and if he shall neglect to hear them, 26:49.240 --> 26:50.440 tell it unto the church. 26:50.440 --> 26:52.080 But if he neglect to hear the church, 26:52.080 --> 26:54.400 let him be unto thee as a heathen man and as a publican. 26:54.400 --> 26:56.480 So in other words, if it gets all the way to the top, 26:56.480 --> 26:58.160 to the pastor, the pastor is supposed 26:58.160 --> 27:00.000 to excommunicate this person because they're 27:00.000 --> 27:03.000 unrepentant of the transgression, the trespass 27:03.000 --> 27:04.080 against their brother. 27:04.080 --> 27:06.480 And the Bible says that once they're excommunicated, 27:06.480 --> 27:09.040 they're unto us as a heathen man and as a publican. 27:09.040 --> 27:10.080 What does that tell you? 27:10.080 --> 27:12.280 It means that we should treat them as an unsafe person. 27:12.500 --> 27:14.500 whether they're saved or not. 27:14.500 --> 27:17.500 Meaning that we should have no dealings with them, 27:17.500 --> 27:19.300 we should be completely separated from their company. 27:19.300 --> 27:23.900 Verse 18, barely I say to you whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, 27:23.900 --> 27:26.900 and whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 27:26.900 --> 27:33.000 Again I say to you that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, 27:33.000 --> 27:36.500 it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. 27:36.900 --> 27:44.180 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." 27:44.180 --> 27:49.380 So this is all in context of church, meaning that as we're gathered together here tonight, 27:50.420 --> 27:55.220 hearing the preaching of God's word, we are in agreement of what the Bible says. Therefore, 27:55.220 --> 27:57.620 God's presence is in this place. Okay. 27:58.300 --> 28:04.880 You know, we don't need a cathedral, we don't need a fancy building, we don't need a Catholic 28:04.880 --> 28:11.920 tomb, we don't need a tabernacle, we don't, you know, as long as we're gathered together, 28:11.920 --> 28:15.520 agreeing with the word of God, the Bible says that God's presence is here. 28:15.520 --> 28:16.920 And you know what? 28:16.920 --> 28:20.100 You don't need to feel it either. 28:20.100 --> 28:21.700 It's not something that has to be felt. 28:22.500 --> 28:25.540 I feel like God's presence is here, right? 28:25.540 --> 28:29.540 You know, obviously you could potentially have that feeling, you know, 28:29.540 --> 28:32.900 but at the end of the day, it's something that you don't necessarily 28:32.900 --> 28:36.340 discern with your emotions, you discern with your spirit. 28:36.600 --> 28:42.200 that God's presence is currently here because the preaching of God's word is being thundered forth. 28:42.200 --> 28:48.440 Okay, so in the house of God, God's presence is there. Right? We have to know that God is 28:48.440 --> 28:55.320 omnipresent, meaning that he is everywhere at all times. His eyes run to and fro, beholding the evil 28:55.320 --> 29:01.640 and the good. However, God's presence, especially in a special manner, is in the house of God when 29:01.640 --> 29:04.440 when his word is being put forth according to Matthew chapter 18. 29:04.600 --> 29:08.000 So when Jacob said, oh man, this is a dreadful place, 29:08.000 --> 29:11.040 this is where God is, his presence is here, 29:11.040 --> 29:13.000 it's showing us that God's presence 29:13.000 --> 29:16.440 should be in the house of God, okay? 29:16.440 --> 29:17.280 And you know what, it's not something 29:17.280 --> 29:19.240 we have to fabricate either. 29:19.240 --> 29:23.240 With purple lights, smoking mirrors, a band, 29:23.240 --> 29:26.400 you know, all these extra bells and whistles 29:26.400 --> 29:29.560 that try to basically fabricate the feeling 29:29.560 --> 29:31.040 of God's presence being there. 29:31.400 --> 29:37.160 God's presence should be discerned by our spirit based upon the word of God, right? 29:39.000 --> 29:42.040 And so, and you're like, well, how do I know that God's presence is here? Like, 29:42.040 --> 29:46.440 how would I be able to discern that God's presence is here? Well, you know, obviously, 29:46.440 --> 29:50.200 there's a variety of ways to do that. One of which is the most obvious, which is the preaching of 29:50.200 --> 29:58.200 God's word. But number two is the unity of the church is a demonstration that God's presence is there. 29:59.000 --> 30:02.200 Because the Spirit of God creates unity, right? 30:02.200 --> 30:18.200 When you find a church where there's disunity, there is discord, there is infighting, there is conflict between members and other members, between members and the pastor, that demonstrates that the Spirit of God is not there. 30:19.100 --> 30:21.860 Because sometimes people will say, well, I know the spirit of God is not there 30:21.860 --> 30:25.060 because the preaching is just so mean. 30:25.060 --> 30:26.580 I just don't think God's presence is there. 30:26.580 --> 30:28.100 I don't feel God's presence. 30:28.100 --> 30:30.700 I don't think you even know what God's presence feels like. 30:30.700 --> 30:33.900 Because if you're basing it off of how nice the preaching is, 30:33.900 --> 30:36.860 you don't know what you're talking about. 30:36.860 --> 30:40.180 Because at the end of the day, if the word of God is being thundered forth, 30:40.180 --> 30:42.420 the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life, 30:42.420 --> 30:43.660 the Bible says. 30:43.660 --> 30:44.260 You understand? 30:45.300 --> 30:46.720 You know, the flesh profit of nothing, 30:46.720 --> 30:49.000 it is the spirit that quickeneth. 30:49.000 --> 30:52.120 The spirit of God is discerned by the preaching of God's word, 30:52.120 --> 30:53.800 but it's also discerned by the unity 30:53.800 --> 30:56.080 of the people in the church. 30:56.080 --> 30:59.400 And look, there's churches out there 30:59.400 --> 31:03.000 where you can literally go into that church, 31:03.000 --> 31:07.720 and you immediately discern the tension in that church. 31:07.720 --> 31:08.520 Where you're just like, 31:08.520 --> 31:08.700 you 31:09.000 --> 31:14.000 I feel like there's tension in here for some reason. 31:14.000 --> 31:15.240 I sense tension. 31:15.240 --> 31:16.920 I sense division. 31:16.920 --> 31:18.720 That's not on accident. 31:18.720 --> 31:21.040 That's a supernatural thing that's 31:21.040 --> 31:25.480 taking place in that church, because there's disunity there. 31:25.480 --> 31:26.360 How about this? 31:26.360 --> 31:28.840 You know that the presence of God is not there 31:28.840 --> 31:32.560 when the leader is involved in some sort of. 31:33.100 --> 31:40.080 Perversion or sin, you know, he's rebelling against God. He's involved in transgressions and sins 31:40.080 --> 31:42.080 you know there is a 31:42.520 --> 31:43.880 atmosphere of 31:43.880 --> 31:46.800 Tension that kind of demonstrates that God's spirit is not there 31:47.600 --> 31:48.320 and you know 31:48.320 --> 31:53.640 I've had people tell me this where they went to like a church and you know, obviously later on they found out that the pastor 31:53.640 --> 31:57.520 Was involved in some sort of sin not reprobate stuff. Just like he's involved in sin 31:59.080 --> 32:00.100 Unrepentant sin 32:01.100 --> 32:04.100 And people afterwards said like, 32:04.100 --> 32:06.560 I felt weird at that church. 32:06.560 --> 32:08.240 I don't know, I had to leave. 32:08.240 --> 32:09.760 I felt like I wasn't learning. 32:09.760 --> 32:11.320 There's something wrong there 32:11.320 --> 32:13.620 and I couldn't really understand what it was. 32:13.620 --> 32:16.760 And this person told me that after one service, 32:16.760 --> 32:19.040 the pastor would stand in the back 32:19.040 --> 32:23.080 and you know, to like greet the people and say goodbye. 32:23.080 --> 32:25.240 And this person went up to the pastor and said, 32:25.240 --> 32:26.920 either there's something wrong with you 32:26.920 --> 32:28.500 or there's something wrong with me. 32:30.300 --> 32:31.300 I don't know what it is. 32:31.300 --> 32:34.860 And this person didn't mean it in a disrespectful way. 32:34.860 --> 32:37.340 And in fact, when this person said that, 32:37.340 --> 32:40.580 she probably meant that there's something more wrong with her 32:40.580 --> 32:42.340 than him. 32:42.340 --> 32:45.340 But she said that once she said that to him, 32:45.340 --> 32:48.900 he never stood back there ever again. 32:48.900 --> 32:50.420 And of course, this guy ended up getting 32:50.420 --> 32:53.260 found out that he's involved in sin, he's no longer a pastor, 32:53.260 --> 32:57.540 and he's getting trolled by homos now at a secular job. 32:59.400 --> 33:02.680 You know, he's still on his phone too. 33:02.680 --> 33:05.880 You know, I don't know what he was doing on his phone. 33:05.880 --> 33:13.400 But you know, this person said like, oh, afterwards it's like, oh, this is wise because he's involved 33:13.400 --> 33:14.400 in sin. 33:14.400 --> 33:15.520 There's like an atmosphere. 33:15.520 --> 33:16.840 And she even described it. 33:16.840 --> 33:19.000 She said, I feel like there's just like a dark cloud in the church. 33:19.400 --> 33:23.320 And I just always thought it was my fault, like it was something wrong with me, 33:23.320 --> 33:27.960 which is why I just had to leave, because I felt like I had to just like get something right in my 33:27.960 --> 33:33.480 heart. But it's not that, it's just that the Spirit of God wasn't there. Sin was prevalent there. 33:34.000 --> 33:36.520 You know, the little leaven had leavened the whole lump. 33:36.520 --> 33:38.040 It caused sin. 33:38.040 --> 33:39.400 It caused division. 33:39.400 --> 33:40.640 It caused railing. 33:40.640 --> 33:42.040 It caused slander. 33:42.040 --> 33:45.040 I mean, there's all types of problems in that church. 33:45.040 --> 33:49.520 Therefore, the Spirit of God was not there. 33:49.520 --> 33:51.520 And so it's something you can discern. 33:51.520 --> 33:54.480 You know, how do you know that the presence of God 33:54.480 --> 33:56.260 is in that church? 33:56.260 --> 33:57.160 I'll tell you how. 33:57.160 --> 33:58.960 It invokes awe. 33:59.800 --> 34:03.940 Not of the pastor, but just of the church in general 34:04.420 --> 34:09.620 Alright, go to first Kings chapter 10. Let's go to first Kings chapter 10 real quick. Hold your place there in Matthew 34:15.100 --> 34:19.740 Meaning that it's just like, man, this church is awesome. 34:19.740 --> 34:23.140 It's just like the work of Christ is being done here. 34:23.140 --> 34:24.140 The preaching's great. 34:24.140 --> 34:26.340 The fellowship is awesome. 34:26.340 --> 34:27.860 And I just don't want to leave. 34:27.860 --> 34:29.740 And we have people like that here. 34:29.740 --> 34:31.300 They just don't want to leave. 34:31.300 --> 34:32.220 I'm not saying to go to another church. 34:32.220 --> 34:33.460 I'm saying to go home. 34:34.200 --> 34:36.360 People just like being around each other. 34:36.360 --> 34:37.880 The fellowship is great. 34:37.880 --> 34:39.720 The unity is awesome. 34:39.720 --> 34:41.160 The food is great. 34:41.160 --> 34:42.920 You know, the coffee is good. 34:42.920 --> 34:43.960 The Red Bulls are great. 34:43.960 --> 34:44.520 No, I'm just kidding. 34:44.520 --> 34:48.080 You know, the unity, the fellowship is just fantastic. 34:48.080 --> 34:48.960 And you know what? 34:48.960 --> 34:50.640 There's no division in the church. 34:50.640 --> 34:52.160 It's like the spirit of God is there. 34:52.160 --> 34:54.960 And I've had people come to this church and say, like, man, 34:54.960 --> 34:57.040 this is just so different here. 34:57.040 --> 34:59.240 Like, the spirit is just different here. 34:59.240 --> 34:59.800 Right? 34:59.800 --> 35:00.360 And what is it? 35:00.360 --> 35:01.840 It's God's spirit that's there. 35:02.300 --> 35:07.220 And it reminds me of the queen who went to see Solomon. 35:07.220 --> 35:14.580 It says in 1 Kings chapter 10, let's look down at verse number 35:14.580 --> 35:17.620 three, it says, and Solomon told her all her questions. 35:17.620 --> 35:20.540 There was not anything hid from the king which he told her not. 35:21.100 --> 35:25.980 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all of Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, 35:25.980 --> 35:30.460 and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, 35:30.460 --> 35:34.940 and their apparel, and their cup bears, and his assent by which he went up into the house of the 35:34.940 --> 35:41.420 Lord, there was no more spirit in her. So like she goes there and she's like, man, this place is awesome. 35:42.100 --> 35:49.700 Like the ministers are awesome, the singing is awesome, the preaching is awesome, everything is just great. 35:49.700 --> 35:54.800 It's just like she's breathless. She was left speechless, right? 35:54.800 --> 35:55.600 It says in verse 6, 35:55.600 --> 36:01.500 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy accent of thy wisdom, 36:01.500 --> 36:02.340 I'll be it. 36:02.600 --> 36:10.000 Believe not the words until I came and mine eyes had seen it and behold the half was not told me 36:10.120 --> 36:15.220 Thy wisdom and prosperity exceeded the fame which I heard happy are thy men 36:16.680 --> 36:21.660 He says happy are these thy servants which stand continually before thee and that they hear thy wisdom 36:22.040 --> 36:26.680 Blessed be the Lord thy God which delighteth in thee to set thee on the throne of Israel and so forth 36:26.680 --> 36:29.840 You know, it should be that people come to this church 36:30.700 --> 36:33.900 and praise Christ the way the Queen of Sheba 36:33.900 --> 36:37.580 praised Solomon, because Solomon is a picture of Jesus, 36:37.580 --> 36:40.700 and may they say like, this church is awesome. 36:40.700 --> 36:43.380 Like these people are actually happy. 36:43.380 --> 36:44.580 Which by the way, side note, you know, 36:44.580 --> 36:46.900 you come on Sunday morning, put a smile on your face, amen. 36:46.900 --> 36:50.300 Stop looking like such a grump. 36:50.300 --> 36:55.300 You know, stop having the R face, right? 36:56.500 --> 36:57.700 You know, you guys know what I'm talking about. 36:57.700 --> 37:00.940 I'm going to leave out that middle letter there. 37:00.940 --> 37:06.020 I'll say the RBF face, which is the resting brat face. 37:06.020 --> 37:08.220 Ah, you thought I was going to say the other word. 37:08.220 --> 37:10.300 Got a resting brat face. 37:10.300 --> 37:12.860 Got to make sure I keep saying brat, brat, brat. 37:12.860 --> 37:13.980 You know? 37:13.980 --> 37:15.180 Get rid of that face. 37:15.180 --> 37:18.420 Come to the house of God with a smile on your face. 37:18.420 --> 37:20.660 So that when someone comes, an unsafe person 37:20.660 --> 37:21.460 comes to our church. 37:22.200 --> 37:25.200 They're not lying, look at this girl with this RBF face. 37:28.000 --> 37:32.680 Or look at this, go, why this guy got a RBF face on? 37:32.680 --> 37:33.520 Why is he like that? 37:33.520 --> 37:35.520 Man, this place looks miserable. 37:35.520 --> 37:37.760 Actually have some joy about yourself. 37:37.760 --> 37:39.600 I'm not saying be fake, but I'm saying 37:39.600 --> 37:41.040 be filled with the Spirit. 37:41.040 --> 37:43.720 Be happy to be in the house of God. 37:43.720 --> 37:47.960 Sing with your heart when you're in the house of God. 37:47.960 --> 37:52.400 Sing the hymns the way you would sing your stupid Drake song. 37:52.400 --> 37:53.160 It's not better. 37:53.160 --> 37:53.200 you 37:53.600 --> 38:01.600 Sing, you know, the hymns the way you would sing, you know, whatever worldly song you're singing in the shower or in your car on the way over here. 38:04.700 --> 38:07.540 Someone just gave himself away. 38:07.540 --> 38:12.700 Sing unto the Lord as the way you would put passion 38:12.700 --> 38:15.860 into any other worldly song or whatever it is that you do. 38:15.860 --> 38:17.440 You know, put some passion and zeal 38:17.440 --> 38:21.500 into what you do here for the Lord, right? 38:21.500 --> 38:22.000 Why? 38:22.000 --> 38:24.860 Because we have the Queen of Sheba visiting. 38:24.860 --> 38:26.580 We have a lot of unsafe people coming. 38:27.400 --> 38:29.760 And you know what? They heard about our church. 38:29.760 --> 38:34.080 They seen it on Instagram, and we want them to walk out saying like the half has not been told. 38:35.080 --> 38:38.600 Like the preaching is great, but man, just everyone is on board. 38:38.600 --> 38:42.080 Everyone is singing. You know, when you're singing... 38:44.400 --> 38:46.280 I'm not going to do a solo, don't worry. 38:48.700 --> 38:50.600 You know, don't be like... 38:56.400 --> 38:58.400 And then when you finally catch eyes with me, you're just like... 39:02.200 --> 39:03.560 Like, actually sing. 39:05.560 --> 39:08.280 Like, you know, like lift up your voice like a trumpet. 39:08.280 --> 39:10.360 Like, you're loud everywhere else. 39:10.360 --> 39:12.120 Why aren't you loud when you sing? 39:13.400 --> 39:17.640 You yell at your husband, you yell at your wife, you yell at your kids, 39:17.640 --> 39:20.680 you yell at your screen, you yell at your video game. 39:20.680 --> 39:24.200 You know? You do, you can raise your voice. 39:24.200 --> 39:25.960 You're yelling at the World Cup. 39:27.000 --> 39:30.240 You know you're doing all that that's for all my Mexicans out there, you know 39:31.000 --> 39:35.400 Like actually seeing into the Lord and you're like I just saw embarrassed or whatever 39:35.760 --> 39:38.480 But if you're doing it as unto Christ, why would you be embarrassed? 39:39.560 --> 39:44.600 You know I sit here and when I'm sitting here see I belt it out as much as I can 39:44.920 --> 39:47.840 Because I want to encourage everyone else to sing out as well 39:48.120 --> 39:53.400 You know like well, I just don't want people to hear me. You know what you should be concerned if God hears you 39:54.200 --> 39:56.360 And he wants you to make that joyful noise. 39:56.360 --> 39:57.360 Okay? 39:57.360 --> 40:01.480 And so, you know, she says here in verse 5, 40:01.480 --> 40:04.880 his assent by which he went up to the house of the Lord, 40:04.880 --> 40:06.280 there was no more spirit in her. 40:06.280 --> 40:09.840 It's like, man, this place is not just a doctrinally sound church. 40:09.840 --> 40:14.080 It's a church where people are actually, they have joy, 40:14.080 --> 40:17.040 they're singing unto Christ, they're singing the hymns. 40:17.040 --> 40:19.280 You know, hymns, they catch a bad rap. 40:20.600 --> 40:21.880 And they're like, well, hymns are boring. 40:21.880 --> 40:23.420 Yeah, because people sing them boringly. 40:23.420 --> 40:26.160 That's why. 40:26.160 --> 40:27.320 Because you sing them boringly. 40:27.320 --> 40:28.640 That's why. 40:28.640 --> 40:30.240 Because you're boring when you sing hymns. 40:30.240 --> 40:33.000 That's why it probably sounds like that to other people. 40:33.000 --> 40:35.000 Because you're boring. 40:35.000 --> 40:39.960 The piano player and orchestra, they play their hearts out. 40:39.960 --> 40:42.800 And I appreciate Brother Alex playing like a man. 40:42.800 --> 40:43.000 Thanks for watching! 40:43.400 --> 40:48.400 I appreciate the cello and the violinist and the flute 40:49.600 --> 40:53.600 and the rock and roll guy here, brother Chevy, 40:53.600 --> 40:55.440 he gets into it. 40:56.440 --> 40:57.280 I think that's great. 40:57.280 --> 40:58.880 I love when they're tearing up the strings 40:58.880 --> 41:00.360 and they're just putting their all into it 41:00.360 --> 41:02.120 and the song leaders up here. 41:02.120 --> 41:05.000 Now it's time for you to do your part too, amen? 41:05.000 --> 41:06.360 And sing out. 41:06.360 --> 41:08.080 So like the last song we sing tonight, 41:08.080 --> 41:09.400 that's how it should be, amen? 41:09.600 --> 41:13.400 What song is it? Let's see. I don't know if I know it. Oh come down foul. Perfect. I know it 41:13.960 --> 41:16.000 You know come down foul. We all know it. Amen 41:17.480 --> 41:21.960 But the point that I'm making here is that when we come to the house of God it should invoke all 41:23.600 --> 41:25.600 Man, that message was great. 41:25.600 --> 41:27.240 Man, the hymns were great. 41:27.240 --> 41:30.240 Man, the people's attitude in the church was great. 41:30.240 --> 41:31.680 People came to greet me. 41:31.680 --> 41:33.160 You know, they didn't just stare at me. 41:33.160 --> 41:34.200 They didn't just leave me alone. 41:34.200 --> 41:36.320 They came to check on my salvation. 41:36.320 --> 41:37.880 They knew the Bible, too. 41:37.880 --> 41:39.400 You know, they were very friendly. 41:39.400 --> 41:42.440 You know, be a friendly person at church. 41:42.440 --> 41:44.920 Don't be a weirdo. 41:44.920 --> 41:45.800 OK? 41:45.800 --> 41:47.840 You know, you're like, well, I'm still kind of new. 41:47.840 --> 41:48.400 You know why you're new? 41:48.400 --> 41:50.600 Because you haven't gone out to meet anybody else. 41:51.800 --> 41:54.880 Okay, like actually get up and go like greet people like well 41:54.880 --> 41:59.120 I've been coming here for so long and I still don't know their name because you don't go ask them for their name 42:00.680 --> 42:06.120 Go greet people meet people and you know have that 42:07.040 --> 42:13.240 Spirit within you have that joy have that cause people to be like man. This place is awesome 42:14.000 --> 42:15.080 This place is awesome. 42:15.080 --> 42:18.440 And I'm thankful that I've had people visit our church. 42:18.440 --> 42:22.080 And even my mom, when she started really coming, 42:22.080 --> 42:25.920 she's just like, I'm just inspired by these young guys 42:25.920 --> 42:29.040 who are just, they're getting work done. 42:29.040 --> 42:30.440 They're friendly. 42:30.440 --> 42:32.240 They're singing. 42:32.240 --> 42:33.240 It causes awe. 42:34.800 --> 42:39.920 This is the effect that we want to have here happy are thy men happy are these thy servants 42:39.920 --> 42:44.640 But let me also say this, you know when when Jacob said this is a dreadful place 42:44.760 --> 42:50.780 Yeah, we could apply it as in it invokes all but you know what the house of God is a fearful place, too 42:51.680 --> 42:54.260 It should be a place where you would be afraid 42:55.080 --> 42:57.080 To be in if you're a wicked person 42:58.280 --> 42:59.520 right 42:59.520 --> 43:01.520 Number one if you're involved in like sin 43:02.500 --> 43:07.940 And you think you're just going to be able to like covertly come to church involved in sin and no one find out 43:08.260 --> 43:11.780 Be sure your sin will find you out because the house of god is dreadful 43:14.100 --> 43:19.140 You know and here's the thing, you know, no one needs to gossip to me about your sin i'll find out somehow 43:19.860 --> 43:23.540 Or I I won't find out i'll just preach against it and you'll think that I found out 43:24.580 --> 43:26.580 Because that happens too 43:27.220 --> 43:28.800 Where i'm just like, you know 43:29.200 --> 43:30.660 I'm going to preach on this for some reason. 43:30.660 --> 43:34.260 And then the Lord's just like, you're just telling me about, 43:34.260 --> 43:35.660 you know, he's just showing me. 43:35.660 --> 43:37.340 He's just like, yeah, you should preach on fornication. 43:37.340 --> 43:38.180 Preach on drunkenness. 43:38.180 --> 43:40.620 And then I preach on it, and people are like, oh man, 43:40.620 --> 43:43.060 how does he know? 43:43.060 --> 43:44.740 How do you know that I'm doing that? 43:44.740 --> 43:46.500 I don't know. 43:46.500 --> 43:49.020 But this is a dreadful place for you, though. 43:49.020 --> 43:51.820 It's a dreadful place where people with unrepentant sin. 43:52.300 --> 43:53.220 All right? 43:53.220 --> 43:55.380 If you're a drunkard, this is a dreadful place for you, 43:55.380 --> 43:56.340 because you're going to get thrown out 43:56.340 --> 43:57.940 if you don't repent of that sin. 43:57.940 --> 44:00.260 If you're a fornicator, this is a dreadful place 44:00.260 --> 44:03.020 for you to be in, because God does not 44:03.020 --> 44:07.140 permit fornicators to just stay in church unrepentant. 44:07.140 --> 44:09.900 He wants them to get right with God. 44:09.900 --> 44:10.940 It's a dreadful place. 44:10.940 --> 44:12.520 But you know, it's also a dreadful place 44:12.520 --> 44:15.820 for just absolute reprobates and apostates, too. 44:15.820 --> 44:17.260 OK? 44:17.260 --> 44:19.980 You know, if you are in our church, 44:19.980 --> 44:20.100 you 44:20.600 --> 44:22.600 And you hate me. 44:22.600 --> 44:25.600 This is a dreadful place for you to be in. 44:25.600 --> 44:27.600 For more than one reason. 44:27.600 --> 44:29.600 Okay? 44:29.600 --> 44:34.600 You know, if you're just like, oh, I'm attending that church secretly and they don't know that I'm there. 44:34.600 --> 44:38.600 You know, this is a dreadful place for you to be in. 44:38.600 --> 44:41.600 Because you could get found out at any moment. 44:41.600 --> 44:43.600 And it happens all the time. 44:44.900 --> 44:45.940 It's a dreadful place. 44:45.940 --> 44:47.140 Well, first of all, it's a dreadful place 44:47.140 --> 44:48.340 because you might get found out. 44:48.340 --> 44:50.540 But also, it's a dreadful place because of the fact 44:50.540 --> 44:54.220 that you have to listen to me even though you hate me. 44:54.220 --> 44:54.700 And guess what? 44:54.700 --> 44:56.020 I'm in charge here. 44:56.020 --> 44:58.900 That's even more dreadful for you. 44:58.900 --> 45:00.620 So you have to listen to me preach to you 45:00.620 --> 45:04.620 for three hours a week, yell at you for three hours a week, 45:04.620 --> 45:07.020 and you can't do anything about it. 45:07.020 --> 45:08.980 You're like, oh, man, I'm just forced to be here. 45:08.980 --> 45:09.740 Sucks for you. 45:11.000 --> 45:16.160 That sucks for you. I'm just forced to be here and I hate this place. Yeah, it's dreadful, huh? 45:17.040 --> 45:19.040 Sucks can't do anything about that 45:19.760 --> 45:23.520 You know, there's people out there that exists like that. They will literally come to a church 45:24.160 --> 45:31.260 They hate the preacher. They hate the doctrine. They hate the church all you know, they have to anonymously 45:32.040 --> 45:33.640 comment 45:33.640 --> 45:37.000 Online why cuz they are afraid 45:38.400 --> 45:40.400 of being found out. 45:41.400 --> 45:44.400 So, you know, if there's people out there like that who come to our church, 45:45.400 --> 45:46.400 you know, 45:47.400 --> 45:48.400 it sucks. 45:49.400 --> 45:50.400 Sucks to be you. 45:51.400 --> 45:52.400 Because it changes nothing here. 45:53.400 --> 45:57.400 You are the one who has to, like, sneakily go to Facebook and just, 45:57.400 --> 45:59.400 can you believe he said this? I heard this on Sunday night. 46:01.400 --> 46:02.400 And I'll say it again. 46:03.400 --> 46:04.400 And what are you going to do about it? 46:05.400 --> 46:06.300 Nothing. 46:07.100 --> 46:09.700 You can't do anything about it. 46:09.700 --> 46:11.940 I'll keep preaching against feminism. 46:11.940 --> 46:15.500 I'll say that pedophiles deserve a bullet in the head. 46:15.500 --> 46:17.460 Here, let me clip for him real quick. 46:17.460 --> 46:20.140 Pedophiles deserve to be shot in the head. 46:20.140 --> 46:20.780 Clip that. 46:22.780 --> 46:24.300 And what are you going to do about it? 46:26.400 --> 46:28.360 He's like, I'm gonna repost it. 46:28.360 --> 46:29.200 Please do so. 46:31.900 --> 46:37.420 do so, you know, just, you know, I got haters who, who, you know, make clips for me. 46:38.540 --> 46:42.460 It changes nothing. So it's a dreadful place for you to be in because you're actually spending 46:42.460 --> 46:48.540 gas to come here. You get dressed, you got to act, you got to play the part the entire time. 46:48.540 --> 46:54.140 You got to act like you're a good Christian. You got to act like you like me. You got to say hi to me. 46:55.200 --> 46:57.660 You know, you have to greet me if I come to you, 46:57.660 --> 46:59.860 if I want to conversate with you, you're forced to do it, 46:59.860 --> 47:01.860 because you got to play the role. 47:01.860 --> 47:03.740 That sucks for you. 47:03.740 --> 47:05.860 But I'm not a fake person, so it doesn't suck for me. 47:05.860 --> 47:08.300 I'm just like, you know. 47:08.300 --> 47:11.660 And you can post as many clips about my sermon as you want. 47:11.660 --> 47:13.340 It will never bother me. 47:13.340 --> 47:14.900 It will never bother me. 47:14.900 --> 47:15.540 You know? 47:15.540 --> 47:18.540 Yeah, but we'll post it on the NIFB archives. 47:18.540 --> 47:21.700 Well, here's the thing, like, the XNIFB archives, yeah, do it. 47:23.100 --> 47:25.220 Post it everywhere. 47:25.220 --> 47:28.140 Put it everywhere. 47:28.140 --> 47:30.060 And you're like, yeah, but then you'll see it. 47:30.060 --> 47:31.560 Well, I can't, because I'm blocked. 47:31.560 --> 47:36.460 So I'm banned from that group, because I 47:36.460 --> 47:40.620 talk too much crap on there. 47:40.620 --> 47:42.540 The house of God is a dreadful place 47:42.540 --> 47:46.340 for someone who doesn't want to be in the house of God. 47:46.340 --> 47:47.580 Well, I only go once a week. 47:47.580 --> 47:48.540 Sucks for you. 47:49.800 --> 47:51.400 Sucks for you. 47:51.400 --> 47:52.560 Because you know what? 47:52.560 --> 47:54.640 No amount of clips that are put out there will ever 47:54.640 --> 47:57.200 determine what I preach. 47:57.200 --> 47:58.960 And it'll never stop me from preaching things. 47:58.960 --> 48:01.880 You know, there's a clip that's circulating right now about me 48:01.880 --> 48:03.840 praying for John MacArthur's death, 48:03.840 --> 48:05.960 even though he's already dead. 48:05.960 --> 48:07.760 And people are like, this clip is going around. 48:07.760 --> 48:12.200 It's just like, sounds good. 48:12.200 --> 48:14.080 Sounds good. 48:14.080 --> 48:16.160 Oh, I can't believe you said that. 48:16.160 --> 48:16.660 in it. 48:19.200 --> 48:21.200 Believe it, it's out there. 48:21.200 --> 48:23.200 You think I'm gonna apologize and be like, 48:23.200 --> 48:26.200 oh man, I was a lot younger back then. 48:26.200 --> 48:29.200 Nah bro, that was like five years ago. 48:29.200 --> 48:32.200 And my views have not changed. 48:32.200 --> 48:33.200 You still praying for it? 48:33.200 --> 48:35.200 No, because he's in hell already. 48:35.200 --> 48:37.200 Mission accomplished. 48:37.200 --> 48:39.200 Oh, how can you say that about John MacArthur? 48:39.200 --> 48:41.200 Oh, how about because he was a damnable heretic 48:41.200 --> 48:43.200 who taught damnable heresy, 48:43.200 --> 48:45.200 who mocked the blood of Jesus Christ? 48:45.700 --> 48:47.360 and said you have to repent of your sins to be saved. 48:47.360 --> 48:49.660 How about the fact that he's responsible for millions 48:49.660 --> 48:51.860 and millions of people who are currently in hell right now? 48:51.860 --> 48:53.860 How about that? 48:53.860 --> 48:55.540 Oh, but he did so many great things. 48:55.540 --> 48:57.420 Like what? 48:57.420 --> 48:59.700 Well, just because you read his books, 48:59.700 --> 49:04.100 just because you visited his church, he's a false prophet. 49:04.100 --> 49:07.500 Because anybody who teaches a false gospel is accursed. 49:10.000 --> 49:12.600 Oh man, you're just going to scare so many people away from that. 49:12.600 --> 49:16.440 Yeah, I want this house to be dreadful to people like that. 49:16.440 --> 49:18.240 Because that's exactly what the house of God is. 49:18.240 --> 49:20.920 You know, this is the exact opposite of how churches are today. 49:20.920 --> 49:22.600 They don't want it to be dreadful. 49:22.600 --> 49:24.560 I want the house of God to be dreadful. 49:24.560 --> 49:28.600 I want people to be afraid to be involved in secret sin, 49:28.600 --> 49:32.880 to be slanderers and railers for fear that they might get kicked out, 49:32.880 --> 49:34.080 they're going to get called out. 49:34.080 --> 49:35.200 It should be that way. 49:36.500 --> 49:38.620 And you're like, oh man, I'm never 49:38.620 --> 49:40.880 going to go to your church yet, because you're scared. 49:40.880 --> 49:42.820 That's why. 49:42.820 --> 49:45.140 Mission accomplished. 49:45.140 --> 49:47.700 I will never go to your church yet, because it's dreadful, 49:47.700 --> 49:48.780 huh? 49:48.780 --> 49:50.540 It would be dreadful to be in a church like this 49:50.540 --> 49:51.800 and be someone like you. 49:54.100 --> 49:56.560 But you know there's tons of people who still love to come to this church. 49:56.560 --> 49:57.900 Because it's not dreadful to them. 49:57.900 --> 50:00.440 You know, the dread that they feel is just the awe. 50:00.440 --> 50:01.940 They're just like, this place is awesome. 50:03.400 --> 50:04.740 I love coming to the house of God. 50:04.740 --> 50:06.440 I love fellowshipping with God's people. 50:06.860 --> 50:07.440 You know? 50:07.940 --> 50:09.240 And so, you know, 50:09.900 --> 50:13.240 the house of God is a dreadful place to the infiltrator for sure. 50:14.240 --> 50:16.440 You know, you're like, is there an infiltrator? I don't know. Maybe. 50:16.940 --> 50:17.940 Maybe not. I don't know. 50:18.500 --> 50:19.240 There might be. 50:19.900 --> 50:24.380 You know, there might be an absolute infiltrator who hates everything we do here 50:24.380 --> 50:27.100 and it's just like, you're outnumbered buddy. 50:29.200 --> 50:32.240 And you better not slip up. 50:32.240 --> 50:34.400 You better not slip up in conversation with me 50:34.400 --> 50:37.000 or with anybody else. 50:37.000 --> 50:39.240 You better watch yourself. 50:39.240 --> 50:41.240 Like, man, aren't you scared in your congregation? 50:41.240 --> 50:43.880 No, because if the congregation is righteous, 50:43.880 --> 50:45.680 what do they have to be afraid of? 50:45.680 --> 50:46.640 Right? 50:46.640 --> 50:48.600 Got nothing to be scared of. 50:48.600 --> 50:52.000 Unless you're just an absolute wicked person, 50:52.000 --> 50:54.440 then you do have a lot to be afraid of. 50:54.440 --> 50:55.520 Be very afraid. 50:56.600 --> 50:58.440 because it's a dreadful place. 50:58.440 --> 50:59.640 Go back to Genesis. 51:02.100 --> 51:03.780 He says, how dreadful is this place? 51:03.780 --> 51:05.900 This is none other but the house of God. 51:05.900 --> 51:08.460 This is the gate of heaven. 51:08.460 --> 51:13.340 And then he says in verse 18, and Jacob rose up early 51:13.340 --> 51:15.420 in the morning and took the stone 51:15.420 --> 51:19.100 that he had put for his pillow and set it up for a pillar 51:19.100 --> 51:20.900 and poured oil upon the top of it. 51:20.900 --> 51:22.140 Now, this is amazing, is it not? 51:23.300 --> 51:29.140 Because he says he takes the stone, he sets it up for a pillar, and then he puts oil upon it. 51:29.140 --> 51:35.460 Now, we obviously know that the stone there can be symbolic of the Lord Jesus Christ. 51:36.100 --> 51:38.900 He is the stone which the builders rejected, right? 51:39.460 --> 51:46.340 But the Bible also says in 1 Peter chapter 2 that ye also as lively stones are built up a spiritual house. 51:47.200 --> 51:54.760 So as he's mentioning the house of God, he then states that he rises up early in the morning, takes the stone 51:54.760 --> 51:58.800 that he had put for his pillow and set it up for a pillar. 51:58.800 --> 52:03.100 So what is the church made of? It's made of believers, right? 52:03.500 --> 52:07.100 You know thou are Peter and upon this rock I will build my church 52:07.100 --> 52:11.500 John the Baptist said think not to say within yourselves we have Abraham to our father 52:11.500 --> 52:15.020 for God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham 52:15.660 --> 52:19.820 and these stones he probably pointed to some legitimate physical stones 52:19.820 --> 52:22.460 but the idea here is that he's pointing to the Gentile believers 52:23.180 --> 52:26.780 because who ends up being the seed of Abraham in the New Testament Gentiles 52:27.900 --> 52:30.300 the lively stones that build up the spiritual house 52:31.200 --> 52:34.960 that become the pillars of the church, right? 52:34.960 --> 52:37.240 But also, the pillar there is significant 52:37.240 --> 52:39.760 because it's referring to the house of God in general. 52:39.760 --> 52:42.860 It's the pillar and ground of truth. 52:42.860 --> 52:45.360 And lastly, the last little element 52:45.360 --> 52:48.000 there is that it says he set it up for a pillar 52:48.000 --> 52:51.640 and poured oil upon the top of it, 52:51.640 --> 52:54.640 meaning that the house of God is anointed 52:54.640 --> 52:56.400 with the spirit of God. 52:56.400 --> 52:56.900 OK? 52:57.300 --> 52:59.800 You know, we are anointed by the Spirit of God. 52:59.800 --> 53:02.300 Obviously, we have the Spirit of God dwelling within us 53:02.300 --> 53:04.300 at the moment of salvation. 53:04.300 --> 53:07.800 Once you believe on Jesus Christ, you're sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise 53:07.800 --> 53:10.300 unto the day of redemption. He's sealed there. 53:10.300 --> 53:13.800 You know, He will never leave thee nor forsake thee. 53:13.800 --> 53:16.800 You have the Spirit of God eternally in you. 53:16.800 --> 53:21.800 But here's the thing is that we as a church also need the Spirit of God to come upon us as well. 53:21.800 --> 53:24.200 Right? Meaning that we need the power of God. 53:24.600 --> 53:28.900 Okay, why why so well because of the fact that you know, we have to win souls to Christ 53:29.580 --> 53:35.120 The preaching of God's Word has to be thundered forth. But also we need the Spirit of God in order to just live godly lives 53:35.620 --> 53:42.100 And this is just your weekly reminder that every morning when you wake up you should be praying for God to fill you with the spirit 53:43.180 --> 53:48.080 Pray for that when you wake up in the morning Lord help me to walk in the spirit to not fulfill the lust of the flesh 53:49.000 --> 53:55.240 Help me to be filled with the spirit because we often associate being filled with the spirit with boldness, which is absolutely true 53:55.240 --> 53:57.240 Right. We need the boldness 53:57.480 --> 54:00.120 We need to be able to thunder forth the word of god to stand on truth 54:00.360 --> 54:03.880 But we just need to be filled with the spirit just to kind of just to live life 54:04.840 --> 54:09.080 To make the proper decisions to discern to be the right type of husbands 54:09.720 --> 54:13.720 Wives to fulfill responsibilities at work, you know before you go into work 54:14.200 --> 54:16.380 You should say lord, please fill me with your spirit 54:17.300 --> 54:22.300 Help me to be filled with the Spirit as I'm working today so I can be a hard, honest worker, 54:22.300 --> 54:28.300 I can be a problem solver, I can be an asset to this company because I'm filled with the Spirit. 54:28.300 --> 54:33.300 Hey, before you hit the gym, ask God to fill you with the Spirit, amen? 54:33.300 --> 54:40.300 That's a sure thing. Anytime I go into the bar, I always ask God to fill me with the Spirit 54:40.300 --> 54:43.300 so that I'm able to lift this weight up off my back. 54:43.500 --> 54:45.020 And you're like, oh, that's silly. 54:45.020 --> 54:47.420 Yeah, yeah, to the person who never asked for the filling 54:47.420 --> 54:48.400 of the spirit, yeah. 54:48.600 --> 54:55.640 But I rely upon the spirit for all things. That's how we ought to be. We ought to live our lives endeavoring to walk in the spirit 54:55.720 --> 55:00.440 Now obviously I fail sometimes there's times when I don't ask that but in general 55:01.000 --> 55:01.960 my 55:01.960 --> 55:07.480 Goal my target is to be filled with the spirit to walk in the spirit in order to be used of god 55:07.560 --> 55:13.080 And you know, I want to be sensitive to the holy spirit to be able to discern things to make the right decisions 55:13.480 --> 55:15.480 I have a lot of people i'm responsible for 55:15.720 --> 55:16.600 sermons that I have 55:16.600 --> 55:17.880 to preach, but you know what? 55:17.880 --> 55:21.120 The same responsibility falls upon you as well. 55:21.120 --> 55:22.600 You think to yourself, well, why do I 55:22.600 --> 55:23.960 need to be filled with the Spirit? 55:23.960 --> 55:25.480 I'm not preaching God's word. 55:25.480 --> 55:26.980 Yeah, but don't you counsel people? 55:26.980 --> 55:29.680 Don't you give people advice? 55:29.680 --> 55:31.840 Hopefully. 55:31.840 --> 55:34.760 Someone esteems you. 55:34.760 --> 55:37.280 Hopefully. 55:37.280 --> 55:38.680 Maybe not. 55:38.680 --> 55:41.480 You're going to have someone who's going to confide in you. 55:41.800 --> 55:46.160 And you know what, like, there's a funny reel out there right now where it's just like, 55:46.160 --> 55:51.320 you know, this is me giving out advice, you know, that I will never follow, or giving 55:51.320 --> 55:54.760 advice even though my life is a complete mess right now. 55:54.760 --> 55:57.800 But you know what, we as God's people need to make sure that we're filled with the Spirit 55:57.800 --> 56:00.960 when we're speaking to others and advising them in the areas of life. 56:02.000 --> 56:05.000 If someone comes to you and says like, hey, what do you think about this? 56:05.000 --> 56:07.000 You should pray, like Lord, fill me with your spirit. 56:07.000 --> 56:10.000 How am I to say the right thing to this person? 56:10.000 --> 56:14.000 How am I to give the correct righteous counsel for this person? 56:14.000 --> 56:17.000 And if you're drawing a blank, don't give advice. 56:17.000 --> 56:20.000 You're like, well, I'm just going to try it anyways. 56:20.000 --> 56:23.000 Marry her tomorrow. 56:23.000 --> 56:25.800 Just, you know, elope, you know, just... 56:26.000 --> 56:32.020 Just make the decision. You know you should say you know I don't really know I don't I can't answer that right now 56:32.020 --> 56:36.440 And so I need to get back to you, or I would recommend that you go to pastor 56:36.800 --> 56:40.080 Okay, and by the way don't just like flippantly give advice either 56:41.100 --> 56:47.140 to someone just because you want to be the one who like is responsible for their success or something like that. 56:47.140 --> 56:51.440 Right? Like, well I'm just gonna shoot it out there, I'm just gonna give this person the advice. 56:51.440 --> 56:53.040 I think this is the right thing to say. 56:53.040 --> 56:56.280 You know, you should be convinced and it should be sound counsel. 56:56.280 --> 57:01.080 And if you're unsure of what you're saying is correct, here's one of two things you should do. 57:01.080 --> 57:02.700 One, just don't say it. 57:03.600 --> 57:06.000 and advise that person to go to someone else. 57:06.000 --> 57:10.000 Or give the advice and just be like, I don't know. 57:10.000 --> 57:14.000 No, give the advice and say, that's my opinion. 57:14.000 --> 57:16.800 That's what I think you should do. 57:16.800 --> 57:19.600 But I would recommend for you to go talk to pastor 57:19.600 --> 57:22.000 or someone who is older, someone who's experienced this, 57:22.000 --> 57:25.200 just to make sure that that's probably the correct thing for you to do. 57:25.700 --> 57:28.540 You know, just leave a big back door to say, 57:28.540 --> 57:30.780 don't be the ultimate authority here. 57:30.780 --> 57:33.580 And be like, yeah, this is what definitely you should do. 57:33.580 --> 57:35.100 This is what I would do. 57:35.100 --> 57:37.620 And I don't think you need to ask anybody else. 57:37.620 --> 57:39.980 You know, give the advice if you think it's sound advice. 57:39.980 --> 57:44.020 But if you're still unsure, then just say, that's my opinion. 57:44.020 --> 57:46.180 I'd recommend you go talk to someone else about it. 57:46.180 --> 57:47.740 But that's what I think I should do. 57:47.740 --> 57:48.620 And here's the thing. 57:48.620 --> 57:52.020 If you say that and the person comes to me, 57:52.300 --> 57:54.500 And I give the same exact advice that you would give, 57:54.500 --> 57:56.820 it actually gives you more credibility. 57:56.820 --> 57:58.820 Because then that person is like, oh, dang, 57:58.820 --> 57:59.980 that person was right. 57:59.980 --> 58:02.940 Like, dang, Gio actually knows what he was talking about. 58:02.940 --> 58:05.260 That's very shocking. 58:05.260 --> 58:07.580 I never would have expected that from Giovanni. 58:07.580 --> 58:10.180 I guess he does know something. 58:10.180 --> 58:11.420 And then you accumulate more. 58:11.420 --> 58:13.180 But what if you just give bad counsel? 58:13.900 --> 58:15.360 and you don't recommend for that person 58:15.360 --> 58:17.620 to go to someone more spiritual, and then it 58:17.620 --> 58:19.380 ends up being really bad, it actually 58:19.380 --> 58:21.220 takes away from your credibility. 58:21.220 --> 58:22.340 And it causes people to say, I'm never 58:22.340 --> 58:24.760 going to go back to that person to ask for advice again. 58:24.760 --> 58:26.820 They gave me bad advice. 58:26.820 --> 58:28.260 The point that I'm making here is 58:28.260 --> 58:33.340 that the house of God must be anointed with oil. 58:33.340 --> 58:34.180 And you know what? 58:34.180 --> 58:35.260 On Sunday morning, 58:35.260 --> 58:35.300 you 58:35.800 --> 58:42.800 I'm praying for God to fill me with his spirit, but you should also be praying that God fills you with his spirit as well to listen to the sermon. 58:42.800 --> 58:51.800 You know, the song leaders often say, you know, give us spirit filled ears that we may receive that which you would have for us today. 58:51.800 --> 58:56.800 You know, that's not just them, you know, saying a cool little prayer or something like that. 58:56.800 --> 58:59.400 It's a legitimate petition, right? 58:59.500 --> 59:02.780 Like Lord, we came all the way to the house of God. 59:02.780 --> 59:06.780 We got ourselves up in the morning to come hear the preaching of God's word. 59:06.780 --> 59:10.620 Like help me to receive something from this that I'm going to listen to today. 59:10.620 --> 59:11.900 How many have spirit-filled ears? 59:11.900 --> 59:15.260 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit sayeth unto the churches. 59:15.800 --> 59:21.120 So it's a very beautiful picture here of the house of God even in the New Testament 59:21.600 --> 59:29.200 That's made up of the stone which the builders rejected made up of lively stones that are built up into a spiritual house referring to believers 59:29.200 --> 59:35.520 It's the pillar and ground of truth and it's filled with anointing oil. It is filled with the spirit 59:35.600 --> 59:39.120 Okay, verse 19 says and he called the name of that place Bethel 59:39.700 --> 59:45.780 But the name of that city was called Luz at the first and Jacob vowed a vow saying if God will be 59:45.780 --> 59:52.100 with me and will keep me this day that I go and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on 59:52.100 --> 59:58.340 so that I come again to my father's house in peace then shall the Lord be my God and this stone which 59:58.340 --> 01:00:05.140 I have set for a pillar shall be God's house and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give 01:00:05.140 --> 01:00:06.140 the tent unto thee. 01:00:06.140 --> 01:00:07.620 So obviously Jacob, he's 01:00:07.700 --> 01:00:09.100 He's taking this serious. 01:00:09.100 --> 01:00:11.060 He's not trying to be conniving anymore. 01:00:11.060 --> 01:00:13.240 He's not trying to be subtle. 01:00:13.240 --> 01:00:14.460 He's trying to do things the honest way. 01:00:14.460 --> 01:00:16.980 And he's saying like, Lord, I need you to preserve me. 01:00:16.980 --> 01:00:21.220 And if you preserve me, I will fulfill my end of my vow. 01:00:21.220 --> 01:00:22.780 I'm gonna give a 10th unto you. 01:00:22.780 --> 01:00:26.040 He's putting God to the test in this area, right? 01:00:26.040 --> 01:00:29.500 And so it's a great story here to demonstrate. 01:00:29.600 --> 01:00:33.760 that though Jacob is a deceiver, though he's a liar, 01:00:34.760 --> 01:00:38.000 his bad decisions have placed him in a situation 01:00:38.000 --> 01:00:42.160 where he's gonna be forced to actually become a godly person, 01:00:42.160 --> 01:00:44.320 to make the right decisions, 01:00:44.320 --> 01:00:46.840 and it's kind of forcing him to be the right person, 01:00:46.840 --> 01:00:50.000 because he doesn't have Rebecca, his mom. 01:00:50.900 --> 01:00:54.300 conspiring with God to do something. 01:00:54.300 --> 01:00:57.500 He only has himself and only his own integrity 01:00:57.500 --> 01:00:59.700 is the only thing that's gonna be able to lead him. 01:00:59.700 --> 01:01:00.600 You understand? 01:01:00.600 --> 01:01:04.200 So it's important for us as Christians 01:01:04.200 --> 01:01:06.200 to rely upon others, but there's gonna come a time 01:01:06.200 --> 01:01:08.200 when you can't rely upon anybody. 01:01:08.200 --> 01:01:10.300 And you have to make the right decision yourself. 01:01:11.100 --> 01:01:14.300 You have to be the one who comes to church. 01:01:14.300 --> 01:01:16.300 You have to be the one to read the Bible. 01:01:16.300 --> 01:01:18.300 You have to be the one to do right, 01:01:18.300 --> 01:01:20.300 even though no one is watching. 01:01:20.300 --> 01:01:22.300 And you know what? 01:01:22.300 --> 01:01:24.300 You may not have your parents come, 01:01:24.300 --> 01:01:26.300 your parents might not be in church, 01:01:26.300 --> 01:01:28.300 well that means you need to do right, 01:01:28.300 --> 01:01:30.300 regardless if your parents are here. 01:01:30.300 --> 01:01:32.300 Regardless if your parents require for you to do right or not. 01:01:32.300 --> 01:01:34.300 You know, you need to be like Joseph, 01:01:34.300 --> 01:01:36.300 who did right in Egypt, 01:01:36.300 --> 01:01:37.500 despite the fact that he didn't have his parents with him. 01:01:37.700 --> 01:01:39.700 Be a righteous person everywhere you go. 01:01:39.700 --> 01:01:41.700 Be a righteous person at your job. 01:01:41.700 --> 01:01:43.700 Be a righteous person when you go home. 01:01:43.700 --> 01:01:46.700 Don't be a hypocrite. Don't live a double life. 01:01:46.700 --> 01:01:49.700 Do that which is right in the sight of God. 01:01:49.700 --> 01:01:53.500 And you know, if you're placed in a situation like Jacob... 01:01:53.700 --> 01:01:58.020 You know make that make not that vow but make the statement like i'm going to serve you 01:01:58.420 --> 01:02:00.420 I need you to show yourself strong on my behalf 01:02:00.900 --> 01:02:04.820 And you know, I got no one else and so I need to do right by myself. Let's pray father 01:02:04.820 --> 01:02:10.020 We thank you so much for this day. Thank you so much for your word and for the story here lord. I pray that you bless 01:02:11.060 --> 01:02:17.000 Us lord and help us to recognize that the house of god church should be a dreadful place 01:02:17.700 --> 01:02:23.700 It should invoke awe, but it should also be a place that we would be afraid to come if we're not right with God. 01:02:23.700 --> 01:02:28.700 And I pray that Lord, you would help us to maintain that spirit here. 01:02:28.700 --> 01:02:34.700 And if someone out there is standing in judgment of that type of ministry, then don't come. 01:02:34.700 --> 01:02:36.700 May they never come to our church, Lord. 01:02:36.700 --> 01:02:41.700 May they go elsewhere where the house of God is not a dreadful place. 01:02:42.000 --> 01:02:50.200 It's a place where sin is allowed, sin abounds, heresy is put forth Lord. 01:02:50.200 --> 01:02:55.560 But in this house, your house Lord, may we honor and glorify you by holding up these 01:02:55.560 --> 01:02:56.560 standards. 01:02:56.560 --> 01:02:57.560 We love you and we thank you. 01:02:57.560 --> 01:02:58.560 We pray this in Jesus name. 01:02:58.560 --> 01:02:59.560 Amen. 01:02:59.560 --> 01:03:02.400 Brother Paul, I'm going to lead the last song here. 01:03:02.400 --> 01:03:06.800 169. 01:03:06.800 --> 01:03:08.880 Just to make sure you guys are singing nice and loud. 01:03:08.880 --> 01:03:09.040 Amen. 01:03:10.800 --> 01:03:14.800 Here we go. 169 come down founts. 01:03:17.200 --> 01:03:18.300 on that first verse.