WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.480 hear these truths and apply them to our lives in Jesus name we pray amen. 00:04.080 --> 00:08.000 Amen. All right well I just want to start off by thanking Pastor Mejia for 00:08.000 --> 00:12.240 giving me an opportunity to preach and I know Pastor Brother Mark was mentioned pastor in his 00:12.240 --> 00:16.320 prayer so I'm gonna need to come up again to pray but I'm just kidding but the title of the 00:16.320 --> 00:22.240 sermon this evening is Don't Be a Usurper. Don't Be a Usurper and you're there in second Samuel 00:22.240 --> 00:26.000 chapter 15 and look down your Bibles at verse number one the Bible says 00:26.500 --> 00:32.300 And it came to pass after this that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses and fifty men to run before him. 00:32.300 --> 00:35.700 And Absalom rose up early and stood beside the way of the gate. 00:35.700 --> 00:39.700 And it was so that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, 00:39.700 --> 00:42.700 then Absalom called unto him and said, Of what city art thou? 00:42.700 --> 00:45.400 And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. 00:45.400 --> 00:50.800 And Absalom said unto him, See thy matters are good and right, but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 00:50.800 --> 00:54.400 And Absalom said, Moreover, O that I were made judge in the land, 00:54.500 --> 00:58.660 that every man which had any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice." 00:58.660 --> 01:00.900 And as I said in the beginning that the title of the sermon is, 01:00.900 --> 01:02.420 Don't Be a Usurper. 01:02.420 --> 01:06.460 And just as a way of introduction, I just wanted to define what it means to be a usurper. 01:06.460 --> 01:08.060 One of the definitions would be, 01:08.060 --> 01:11.900 someone who ceases an office or a position of power by force, 01:11.900 --> 01:15.140 or without legal right or who is perceived to have done so. 01:15.140 --> 01:18.180 And this is a problem we see nowadays, and we've always seen it, you know, 01:18.180 --> 01:21.940 wicked men in the Bible trying to overthrow the established authority, 01:21.940 --> 01:22.440 undermining. 01:22.500 --> 01:27.380 those that God put over to rule over the people, to lead God's people, the flock of God. And 01:27.380 --> 01:31.660 this is something that we don't want to be characterized as, as somebody undermining 01:31.660 --> 01:37.140 the authority that God has already placed at church, at the workforce, at home. I'm 01:37.140 --> 01:40.980 referring to, you know, the wise usurping the authority of the husbands. In any area 01:40.980 --> 01:44.100 of our life, we don't want to be somebody that usurps authority. You don't want to be 01:44.100 --> 01:48.340 characterized as a usurper. And just as a way introduction, we see in the Bible that 01:48.340 --> 01:50.340 wicked man such as Absalom you 01:50.500 --> 01:52.340 And here he wants to overthrow King David. 01:52.340 --> 01:55.400 He wants to be the one that holds the title King. 01:55.400 --> 01:58.760 And like I said, this is something that we don't want to be characterized as, but we 01:58.760 --> 02:00.660 see this throughout all the Bible. 02:00.660 --> 02:03.620 And one of the examples that I could think of right off the bat is people that want to 02:03.620 --> 02:05.940 be a pastor by any means, right? 02:05.940 --> 02:09.340 And that's one of the positions that people in church, when they go into the ministry, 02:09.340 --> 02:13.700 that's what they hold in a high regards and as they should, you know, being a pastor is 02:13.700 --> 02:14.700 a privilege. 02:14.700 --> 02:18.500 It's something that God has given to the church to oversee it, to instruct his church. 02:18.500 --> 02:22.760 people to teach the people the word of God and there are people that want the 02:22.760 --> 02:26.800 product without the process by any means possible and a lot of times people want 02:26.800 --> 02:30.680 to be a pastor for several reasons but some people are just wicked and they 02:30.680 --> 02:34.200 want to do it for the wrong reasons some of the wrong reasons that a person might 02:34.200 --> 02:38.160 want to be a pastor simply just to have the praise of men you know have people 02:38.160 --> 02:42.160 call them by that title pastor or they want to have some kind of status you 02:42.160 --> 02:46.280 know you know in the new IFB sometimes the pastors are well known because of 02:46.500 --> 02:50.140 Controversial sermons that you know they preach and it's not really that it's controversial 02:50.140 --> 02:54.980 Is that they're preaching the whole counsel of God and a lot of people want that fame they want that you know that 02:55.420 --> 02:59.380 Praise in a way that people you know they have them in high esteem 02:59.380 --> 03:03.880 But they don't want to go through the work that those pastors put in in order to achieve what they have achieved 03:03.880 --> 03:06.240 You know they just want to have that title as pastor 03:06.640 --> 03:14.300 Another reason why people become pastors which is a wrong reason would be to have a large following and just because you become a pastor 03:14.500 --> 03:18.620 mean that you're going to have a large following. You know, not every passer has a large following. 03:18.620 --> 03:20.580 It's really only those that actually put in the work. 03:21.000 --> 03:25.640 And another reason why people want to become a pastor sometimes that would be a wrong reason 03:25.640 --> 03:30.760 is just to have people serve them, right? Have people to do things for them. And these are all 03:30.760 --> 03:34.840 wrong reasons why somebody would want to be a pastor. And oftentimes there's people that, 03:34.840 --> 03:39.400 you know, creep unawares in the church and they want to overthrow what God has already established 03:39.400 --> 03:43.880 in that church. The person that they've put that God has put in that church to be the pastor, 03:43.880 --> 03:45.720 and they themselves want to hold that title. 03:46.500 --> 03:52.340 And so go to second chapter 13. 03:52.600 --> 03:56.520 And so we see that, you know, when it comes to being a pastor, this is all introduction, 03:56.520 --> 04:00.480 the Bible says that this is a true saying, if a man desires the office of a bishop, he 04:00.480 --> 04:02.420 desires a good work. 04:02.420 --> 04:05.720 And so the Bible says that being a pastor is a good work. 04:05.720 --> 04:09.080 It's not only a title, it's something that requires a lot of work. 04:09.080 --> 04:12.400 And a lot of people, unfortunately, they want that title without the process. 04:12.400 --> 04:13.640 They want the product without the process. 04:13.640 --> 04:15.240 They don't want to put in that work. 04:15.240 --> 04:19.520 You see, being a pastor is not only something or somebody that preaches three times a week. 04:19.520 --> 04:20.520 You know, they're putting out... 04:20.600 --> 04:26.600 They're studying the Bible. They're discipling people. They're counseling people. They're helping people with their marriages. 04:26.600 --> 04:32.600 They're teaching people how to give the gospel. They're motivating people. You know, they're challenging people to do better. 04:32.600 --> 04:37.600 And that requires a lot of work. And a person that is a successful pastor, sometimes people look at that and they say, 04:37.600 --> 04:45.600 well, I want that as well. But they don't put in the work, right? If a person has a large following as a pastor is because God has magnified them. 04:45.600 --> 04:48.600 them. God has given them that ability to be able to reach 04:48.600 --> 04:52.700 the masses and it's all because of the work that they put in. You see if you become a 04:52.700 --> 04:56.780 pastor or anybody desires to be a pastor that's not a guarantee that you're going to have 04:56.780 --> 05:01.000 that following. You know you're not going to have the praise of men all the time and 05:01.000 --> 05:05.420 if you're only doing it for that reason you're in it for the wrong reasons. And so here we 05:05.420 --> 05:09.280 see in the beginning that Absalom although he was a wicked individual you know there 05:09.280 --> 05:13.440 are some things that he did in the beginning that we'll go over in chapter 13 but first 05:13.440 --> 05:16.480 First of all, let me just go back to chapter 15 where it says 05:16.600 --> 05:23.080 that in verse number three, actually go back to chapter 15, I know I said go to chapter 13, but go back to chapter 15. 05:23.800 --> 05:26.280 Look down your Bibles at verse number three, it says, 05:26.280 --> 05:29.800 And Absalom said unto him, See thy matters are good and right, 05:29.800 --> 05:32.600 but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 05:32.600 --> 05:35.320 Absalom said, Moreover, oh, that I were made judge in the land, 05:35.320 --> 05:40.360 that every man which had any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice. 05:40.360 --> 05:44.360 And so we see here that Absalom is creating basically there's a problem, right? 05:44.360 --> 05:48.120 King David is not hearing your matters. He's not really judging the people. 05:48.120 --> 05:51.000 But if you come unto me, I will see that you get justice. 05:51.000 --> 05:51.800 And so absolutely. 05:51.800 --> 05:55.920 What is he trying to do? He's trying to steal the hearts of the people and this is a lot of things that we see out 05:55.920 --> 05:59.480 In the world, you know when people try to usurp somebody's authority, you know, they go after 06:00.240 --> 06:06.400 The people that are following the person and most of the time they go after people that are simple people that don't have that much 06:06.400 --> 06:10.760 wisdom or the Bible refers to as simple or you know, just dumb simple people 06:10.760 --> 06:17.600 Those are the people that they try to obtain to follow them through flattery through different means and so we hear see we hear 06:17.600 --> 06:19.600 Here we see that absolute is doing 06:19.800 --> 06:25.360 And, you know, this kind of reminds me of the old IB when you have a church, right, 06:25.360 --> 06:29.760 an English ministry, oftentimes a large church, and then other than them they have the senior 06:29.760 --> 06:34.380 pastor and then they have the youth pastor, they have the Spanish pastor, and oftentimes, 06:34.380 --> 06:37.760 you know, the one that's supposed to be calling the shots and making sure everything's in 06:37.760 --> 06:40.840 order is the one that is the pastor of the church. 06:40.840 --> 06:44.960 But then you have the Spanish pastor, you know, doing his own thing, not really listening 06:44.960 --> 06:47.540 to what the pastor wants him to do. 06:47.540 --> 06:47.800 And this is. 06:47.800 --> 06:50.840 something that we see that's not right at all and God is not pleased with that 06:50.840 --> 06:53.560 and I used to hate it you know when there used to be like a church split 06:53.560 --> 06:57.640 and then the Spanish pastor what often would happen is like instead of just 06:57.640 --> 07:02.000 going under some other pastors authority just going back to a different church he 07:02.000 --> 07:05.640 remains a pastor and that's not right because the Bible shows us that you know 07:05.640 --> 07:09.080 churches are supposed to start churches pastors are supposed to send out 07:09.080 --> 07:13.880 pastors but when there's a Spanish pastor that remains a pastor without the 07:13.880 --> 07:15.800 leadership of the main pastor you know that 07:15.800 --> 07:18.280 That's not doing it the way God intended it. 07:18.280 --> 07:21.960 And the people that follow them, you know, I would say they're just simple, they're stupid, 07:21.960 --> 07:24.320 they're not really like knowing what the Bible says. 07:24.320 --> 07:28.800 And they develop this admiration for somebody that at the end of the day proves to be wicked 07:28.800 --> 07:33.400 because if they were a righteous individual, you know, they see the church split and you 07:33.400 --> 07:36.760 know, they would tell the people, hey, you know what, you need to stay in that church. 07:36.760 --> 07:38.200 You know, I'm not a pastor no more. 07:38.200 --> 07:39.480 I'm not your pastor. 07:39.480 --> 07:41.000 This is the pastor of the church. 07:41.000 --> 07:43.800 But when the church splits, as I'm saying, and the Spanish pastor 07:43.800 --> 07:48.840 remains a pastor, takes the people with him, that's somebody that is usurping the authority 07:48.840 --> 07:50.560 of a pastor. 07:50.560 --> 07:53.680 So go to 2 Samuel chapter 13, 2 Samuel 13. 07:54.800 --> 08:00.300 And I'm going to finish reading here in 2 Samuel chapter 15 in verse number 5 it says, 08:00.300 --> 08:05.220 And it was so that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his 08:05.220 --> 08:07.640 hand and took him and kissed him. 08:07.640 --> 08:09.640 And see right off the bat right there that's like a red flag. 08:09.640 --> 08:12.380 You know if somebody's trying to usurp the authority and they're trying to flatter you 08:12.380 --> 08:15.200 and then they just come to you and say, hey here I'll hear you out and they just give 08:15.200 --> 08:16.200 you a kiss. 08:16.200 --> 08:18.400 Well you know you're like, hey hey chill you know. 08:18.400 --> 08:20.720 Like that should be like a red flag already right? 08:20.720 --> 08:22.720 You're not gonna let some dude just give you a kiss and say... 08:22.800 --> 08:27.520 like, hey, you know, what's the issue? Let me hear you out like heck no, right? So that's 08:27.520 --> 08:32.280 a red flag already in of itself. And then verse six, it says, and on this manner that 08:32.280 --> 08:37.240 Aslan to all Israel that came to the king for judgment. So Aslan stole the hearts of 08:37.240 --> 08:41.320 the men of Israel. And so here we see that he stole the hearts of the men of Israel. 08:41.320 --> 08:46.540 See when people win over the people, usually they do it by flattery, they win their hearts. 08:46.540 --> 08:49.960 And that's why it's important, you know, if you're in a position of leadership that you 08:49.960 --> 08:50.800 you win the people. 08:50.800 --> 08:55.960 the heart of the people, right? They trust you, you gain credibility, not only as a pastor, 08:55.960 --> 09:00.600 but as a father. You want to gain the credibility of your children, have credibility with your 09:00.600 --> 09:04.280 children, win the hearts of your children so that if anybody tries to undermine your 09:04.280 --> 09:08.160 authority, you know, they reject that opinion, they reject that advice. And unfortunately, 09:08.160 --> 09:12.280 sometimes as parents, we fail to do that. We fail to win the hearts of our children. 09:12.280 --> 09:16.280 You know, we take it for granted that God has given us several children sometimes, and 09:16.280 --> 09:18.080 We don't do anything to win their hearts 09:18.080 --> 09:18.800 so that when another. 09:18.800 --> 09:24.800 comes in to their lives, whether it be like an uncle or grandparent, any relative that they have, 09:24.800 --> 09:29.800 you know, it's easy for them to follow them instead of us. And that's something that we have to work on as parents. 09:29.800 --> 09:34.800 You know, this is not the subject of the sermon, but you know, it is an area that we as parents have to make sure 09:34.800 --> 09:42.800 that we cover, that we win the hearts of our children so that they can follow us and not any other person that tries to turn them against us. 09:42.800 --> 09:46.700 And so in 2 Samuel, chapter 13, go there real quick with me. 09:46.800 --> 09:49.300 Looking at your Bibles in verse number one, it says, 10:01.300 --> 10:05.140 for she was a virgin and Abbanan thought it hard for him to do anything to her. 10:05.140 --> 10:09.540 But Abbanan had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimei, David's brother, 10:09.540 --> 10:14.900 and Jonadab was a very subtle man. And so here we see that this is what created, you know, problems 10:14.900 --> 10:19.380 in the first place, the fact that Tamar, her brother Abbanan, was in love with her. 10:19.380 --> 10:22.740 And it should have just ended there, you know, he's in love with her, okay, whatever, but he 10:22.740 --> 10:26.660 could control what he does after that, okay? First of all, it's not even right to be in love 10:26.660 --> 10:29.220 with your sister. That's already like, you know, the pastor was talking about being 10:29.300 --> 10:34.100 different not weird that's already weird but you know it should have just ended there and 10:34.100 --> 10:38.060 then the Bible goes on to says but Amnon had a friend whose name was John the dab and we 10:38.060 --> 10:42.020 see that he was a subtle man and through this friend you know he was pretty much encouraged 10:42.020 --> 10:46.020 to pursue that relationship and ultimately force her and what we could get for this is 10:46.020 --> 10:49.540 that you know we need to be careful who we're friends with because oftentimes obviously 10:49.540 --> 10:54.700 we're all sinners we all have temptations we all sometimes have the tendency to veer 10:54.700 --> 10:57.260 off but we need to surround ourselves with people that 10:57.300 --> 11:00.420 would encourage us to stay in the fight, to stay in the course. 11:00.420 --> 11:03.220 That's somebody that's going to enable us to do what's wrong. 11:03.220 --> 11:06.780 You know, if you have a homegirl, I'm talking to the ladies, right? 11:06.780 --> 11:11.320 And you're having problems with your husband and then you surround yourself with wicked 11:11.320 --> 11:14.580 women that say, you know, you should dump that guy, right? 11:14.580 --> 11:16.600 That's not pleasing to the Lord. 11:16.600 --> 11:18.220 You know, that's somebody that's subtle. 11:18.220 --> 11:21.640 That's somebody that wants the worst for you. 11:21.640 --> 11:23.900 That's not somebody looking out for your well-being. 11:23.900 --> 11:25.300 You need to surround yourselves with women. 11:25.300 --> 11:28.760 that tell you, you know, obey your husband, you know, listen to your husband. 11:28.760 --> 11:34.280 Not surround yourself with women who are loud mouths, who are busy bodies, you know, 11:34.280 --> 11:38.180 who get involved in other people's matters. These are things that we have to look out, 11:38.180 --> 11:41.300 you know, you guys as women and not have those kind of friends. 11:41.300 --> 11:44.140 Go with me to Proverbs chapter 13. 11:44.800 --> 12:03.800 And the same goes with the men, you know, we have to surround ourselves with people that are, you know, credible, that have successful marriages, that are righteous people, so that if we have any, you know, idea, any, any thought of even ever doing anything wicked, they could tell us, hey, you know what, that's wrong, you know, the Lord doesn't want that for you. 12:03.800 --> 12:06.800 We need to surround ourselves with people that will hold us accountable. 12:06.800 --> 12:09.800 And I'm glad I have friends in this church that will keep me accountable. 12:09.800 --> 12:12.800 I can't just go to anybody and just like throw something wild out there. 12:12.800 --> 12:15.240 and expect them to enable me, right? 12:15.240 --> 12:17.040 At the moment, I believe that all the friends 12:17.040 --> 12:18.400 that I have right now, if I were to think 12:18.400 --> 12:21.240 of something bad to do, they would talk me out of it. 12:21.240 --> 12:22.840 And that's the kind of friends that we have to have, 12:22.840 --> 12:25.160 not people that are gonna enable us. 12:25.160 --> 12:27.760 And in Proverbs 13, look down to verse number 20. 12:28.400 --> 12:34.200 The Bible says, he that walketh with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. 12:34.200 --> 12:36.640 And we see this oftentimes, you know, with the women again. 12:36.640 --> 12:41.600 You know, they have these bad friends that instead of encouraging them to stay with their husband, 12:41.600 --> 12:45.000 despite having problems, because every marriage has problems here and there, right? 12:45.000 --> 12:47.600 But the important thing is to resolve the problems. 12:47.600 --> 12:51.800 But if you surround yourself with women that, you know, have failed at their marriage, 12:51.800 --> 12:54.240 and then they tell you, hey, you know what, you should just leave them. 12:54.240 --> 12:56.400 You know, that person wants you to be destroyed. 12:56.400 --> 13:00.400 If you ever get advice like that from any of the ladies here, you should rebuke them. 13:00.400 --> 13:04.400 You should let somebody else know so that we can rebuke them and stay away from people like that. 13:04.400 --> 13:08.400 Now go to 2 Samuel chapter 15. 13:08.400 --> 13:12.400 I'm going to read to you from 2 Samuel 15, verse number 10. 13:12.400 --> 13:14.400 Actually go to verse number 10. 13:16.100 --> 13:20.740 It says, second Samuel 15 verse number 10, but Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of 13:20.740 --> 13:25.860 Israel saying, as soon as he hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say Absalom reigneth in 13:25.860 --> 13:30.340 Hebron. And when Absalom went 200 men out of Jerusalem that were called and they went in their 13:30.340 --> 13:36.260 simplicity and they knew not anything. And so we see, we hear, we see here that he was able to 13:36.260 --> 13:40.660 gather 200 men and it says that they went in their simplicity. And again, we see that these are people 13:40.660 --> 13:44.100 that were simple that followed him and he shouldn't be a person. 13:44.100 --> 13:48.580 that somebody can look at you and say, well, that's a simple person. 13:48.580 --> 13:50.780 We should be somebody that's wise, somebody that's prudent. 13:50.780 --> 13:53.920 The Bible says that the prudent man foresees the evil and departs from it. 13:53.920 --> 13:57.700 And if you're simple, you're going to follow a multitude to do evil, just like the people 13:57.700 --> 13:58.180 did here. 13:58.800 --> 14:00.080 And in verse number 12 it says, 14:00.080 --> 14:05.600 And Absalom sent forth a hitahel, the Gaiusonite, David's counselor from his city, 14:05.600 --> 14:08.240 even from Gaiusonite, while he offered sacrifices. 14:08.240 --> 14:11.680 And the conspiracy was strong for the people increased continually with Absalom. 14:11.680 --> 14:15.440 So he was getting pretty much momentum here to overthrow his father. 14:16.240 --> 14:19.120 Now go to 2 Samuel 18, 2 Samuel 18. 14:21.200 --> 14:25.600 And in verse 13, I'm going to continue reading to you from verse chapter 15. It says, and there came 14:25.600 --> 14:32.080 a messenger to David saying the hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. And number one, 14:32.080 --> 14:36.560 we see that usurpers, they pray on the simple. I said that the prudent man perceived the evil 14:36.560 --> 14:39.040 and hiding himself, but the simple pass on and are punished. 14:39.700 --> 14:45.700 And then sometimes they do go after those that are closest to the leader, in this case a hit the hill, that was David's counselor. 14:45.700 --> 14:55.700 And so people that want to overthrow, in this case, you know, in this example, the pastor, they're going to go over to the, they're going to go and try to reach those that are closest to him. 14:55.700 --> 15:07.700 And we have to, you know, nip it at the bud. When whenever we see these things happening, when somebody has kind of that vibe of them trying to overthrow authority, you know, they despise authority, we need to be able to identify it. 15:07.700 --> 15:10.700 and to let somebody know so that it won't go beyond that. 15:10.700 --> 15:14.700 Because oftentimes problems like this get bigger because it doesn't get handled at the very beginning. 15:14.700 --> 15:17.700 And we don't want to create this environment where there's like cliques, 15:17.700 --> 15:20.700 there's like little groups or facets forming in the church. 15:20.700 --> 15:25.700 You know, as we get bigger, obviously there's going to be more cliques per se or groups of people 15:25.700 --> 15:27.700 because you're going to click with other people naturally, 15:27.700 --> 15:31.700 but we don't want to be the type where it's like, oh, this group is always by themselves 15:31.700 --> 15:34.700 and they're always, you know, plotting, you know, plotting to do evil. 15:34.700 --> 15:35.700 We don't want to have that in our church. 15:35.700 --> 15:39.180 church. You know, like just weird people and we don't want to have weird people in our 15:39.180 --> 15:43.460 church. We want people that are normal, right? Any person that's weird eventually gets exposed 15:43.460 --> 15:47.700 because it's pretty hard, you know, to be a weird person in our church. You know, you're 15:47.700 --> 15:51.700 pretty much on your own at that point. So go to Numbers chapter 16, Numbers chapter 15:51.700 --> 15:56.860 16, and I'm going to read to you from 2 Samuel 18 before I move on. So, you know, what's 15:56.860 --> 16:00.860 the end of Absalom? Obviously he is destroyed. He's not successful. 16:01.300 --> 16:05.460 And when it comes to his sister Tamar, obviously he started off and he ended up killing his brother 16:06.260 --> 16:11.540 Abnon. And then later on in second second sandwich chapter 18, the Bible says in verse number nine, 16:11.540 --> 16:17.060 and Absalom met the servants of David and Absalom rode upon a mule and the mule went under the thick 16:17.060 --> 16:22.020 boughs of a great oak and his head caught hold of the oak and when he was taken up between the 16:22.020 --> 16:25.900 heaven and the earth and the mule that was under him went away. 16:26.000 --> 16:27.480 And so we see that and then later on, 16:27.480 --> 16:30.000 Joab takes the three darts and then he kills him, right? 16:30.000 --> 16:32.020 And we see that at the end of the day, 16:32.020 --> 16:34.380 Absalom wasn't able to fulfill what he wanted to do 16:34.380 --> 16:36.480 and that was to overthrow his father, David. 16:36.480 --> 16:38.520 And this is what's gonna happen to those 16:38.520 --> 16:40.520 that try to overthrow authority. 16:40.520 --> 16:42.760 God is not pleased with those that despise the media 16:42.760 --> 16:45.680 and that despise government, people that hate authority. 16:45.680 --> 16:48.760 And sadly, we live in a day and age where a lot of kids, 16:48.760 --> 16:51.120 they wanna throw the authority of their parents. 16:51.120 --> 16:54.000 One day we were young too, now we're all old. 16:54.000 --> 16:56.600 I'm just kidding, but now we're older, right? 16:56.600 --> 16:59.400 And at some point we did think that we knew more than our parents. 16:59.400 --> 17:01.600 And as we get older, now that we have our children, 17:01.600 --> 17:04.800 we realize our parents knew a lot more than us, you know? 17:04.800 --> 17:06.900 And a lot of things, even if they weren't saved, 17:06.900 --> 17:10.800 they had some wisdom to them that they were able to convey to us 17:10.800 --> 17:12.200 that we should have followed. 17:12.200 --> 17:14.400 You know, a lot of the mistakes that we made, 17:14.400 --> 17:15.800 you know, if you made any as a teenager, 17:15.800 --> 17:19.000 was because you didn't listen to the instruction of your father or mother. 17:19.000 --> 17:21.000 And so we want to be able to... 17:21.500 --> 17:26.620 raise up children that don't develop this attitude of wanting to usurp our authority. 17:26.620 --> 17:30.300 You know, at home we don't want to create an atmosphere where, you know, our children see 17:30.300 --> 17:35.420 our wife usurping our authority. You know, the husbands go out to work and when we're at work, 17:35.420 --> 17:39.340 the wife is in charge of the home. You know, she's able to tell the kids what to do. But at the end 17:39.340 --> 17:44.860 of the day, as a father, as a husband, we have the last say when it comes to any decision that we make. 17:44.860 --> 17:49.180 Now go to number 16, number 16. Let me show you another usurper in the Bible. 17:49.500 --> 17:54.700 by the name of Quora. Never name your children Quora, right? Or Absalom. 17:54.700 --> 17:58.700 There's a lot of ladies on that list, I'm gonna have to make that font smaller now 17:58.700 --> 17:59.300 in the bulletin. 17:59.900 --> 18:02.460 But, you don't ever name your kids Korah. 18:02.460 --> 18:04.340 Look at verse number one here. 18:04.340 --> 18:05.540 Verse number one, it says, 18:05.540 --> 18:09.040 Now Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, 18:09.040 --> 18:11.800 the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, 18:11.800 --> 18:13.440 the sons of Eliab and An, 18:13.440 --> 18:16.400 and the son of Peleth, the sons of Reuben, took men. 18:16.400 --> 18:19.360 And they rose up before Moses with certain of the children of Israel, 18:19.360 --> 18:21.260 two hundred and fifty princes. 18:21.600 --> 18:24.720 of the assembly famous in the congregation men of renown. 18:24.720 --> 18:28.480 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, 18:28.480 --> 18:32.080 and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all 18:33.000 --> 18:38.200 seeing all the congregation are holy every one of you and the Lord is among them wherefore then 18:38.200 --> 18:42.680 lift you up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord and so here we see again another example 18:42.680 --> 18:47.640 of men rising up against the leadership and we know Moses to be the friend of God he was the 18:47.640 --> 18:52.840 meekest man on earth he was a respectable individual he was a man of God and so we see 18:52.840 --> 18:55.400 Korah and a group of men trying to overthrow him. 18:56.100 --> 18:58.340 And it says that they took 250 men. 18:58.340 --> 19:00.100 And they're telling Moses, you know, 19:00.100 --> 19:01.780 why can't everyone in the congregation 19:01.780 --> 19:03.780 basically do what Moses is doing? 19:03.780 --> 19:05.260 But here's the thing, in a church setting, 19:05.260 --> 19:07.420 you know, there's one pastor, right? 19:07.420 --> 19:09.620 And there's one pastor that's leading the flock. 19:09.620 --> 19:11.180 We can't all be pastors. 19:11.180 --> 19:13.860 We can't all be, you know, in charge here. 19:13.860 --> 19:15.340 In our church, we have pastor, 19:15.340 --> 19:17.380 we have the soul and team leaders, 19:17.380 --> 19:19.180 we have members, we have different ministries 19:19.180 --> 19:21.540 in our church, but we all can be doing 19:21.540 --> 19:23.060 the same job at church. 19:23.060 --> 19:24.100 And I don't think it's right for- 19:24.100 --> 19:28.940 anybody to desire the position of somebody else because you should be content with where 19:28.940 --> 19:30.660 God has put you. 19:30.660 --> 19:34.660 And here we see that Korah, he was not content with what he was supposed to do. 19:34.660 --> 19:36.260 I looked at verse number 8. 19:37.000 --> 19:40.840 The Bible says that Moses said unto Korah, Here I pray you, ye sons of Levi, 19:40.840 --> 19:45.480 semith but a small thing unto you that God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of 19:45.480 --> 19:50.040 Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, 19:50.040 --> 19:54.280 and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them. So he says unto him, you know, 19:54.840 --> 19:59.720 semit but a small thing unto you. See, he had his own responsibilities. And the way we could apply 19:59.720 --> 20:04.920 this here is that, you know, at church, at home, at your job, you know, you have your own responsibility. 20:05.000 --> 20:07.520 that the people in charge there have given to you, 20:07.520 --> 20:09.200 and you should be content with that. 20:09.200 --> 20:11.240 You shouldn't seek to overthrow somebody else 20:11.240 --> 20:12.480 that's over you, right? 20:12.480 --> 20:13.800 There's this thing, I forget what it's called, 20:13.800 --> 20:16.640 but basically the way somebody sometimes overthrows 20:16.640 --> 20:19.160 somebody at a company is that they slowly start taking 20:19.160 --> 20:21.240 upon themselves the task that that person 20:21.240 --> 20:22.720 is responsible for, right? 20:22.720 --> 20:25.600 If another person has a certain amount of task, 20:25.600 --> 20:27.280 and then the person under them, they start like, 20:27.280 --> 20:29.200 hey, you know what, let me do that for you, 20:29.200 --> 20:30.840 and then they start taking over that task, 20:30.840 --> 20:32.800 and then that task, and then that task. 20:32.800 --> 20:33.000 I'll see you next time. 20:33.000 --> 20:36.960 A lot of times they're often doing that because they want that position, right? 20:36.960 --> 20:40.160 And they're doing it subtly, but this is something that we shouldn't do. 20:40.160 --> 20:41.720 You know, stay in your lane. 20:41.720 --> 20:46.680 If you're told to do a certain amount of tasks, a certain job that was given to you, be content 20:46.680 --> 20:47.880 with that job. 20:47.880 --> 20:50.280 Don't be somebody that tries to overthrow the people that are above you. 20:50.800 --> 20:56.560 And so here we see the example of like in a church setting, we all have different functions. 20:56.560 --> 20:58.160 We all can't be in charge. 20:58.160 --> 20:59.600 We all can't be doing the same thing. 20:59.600 --> 21:03.640 Now everybody's going to be a Sommiting Team leader, but we need to be able to support 21:03.640 --> 21:05.780 those that are over us. 21:05.780 --> 21:09.000 Now go to 1 Corinthians chapter 12. 21:09.000 --> 21:10.400 Go to 1 Corinthians chapter 12. 21:11.600 --> 21:19.040 And so I'm saying that Korah, in this case, usurpers of authority, are not content wherewith God has them. 21:20.000 --> 21:24.400 And in 1st Corinthians chapter 12, look down at verse number 14, the Bible says, 21:24.400 --> 21:27.680 For the body is not one member, but many. 21:27.680 --> 21:31.680 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body, 21:31.680 --> 21:33.440 is it therefore not of the body? 21:33.440 --> 21:37.680 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body, 21:37.680 --> 21:39.520 is it therefore not of the body? 21:39.520 --> 21:42.240 If the whole body were an eye, we're with the hearing. 21:42.240 --> 21:44.800 If the whole were hearing, we're with the smelling. 21:44.800 --> 21:47.920 But now hath God set the members, every one of them, in the body. 21:48.000 --> 21:49.500 as it had pleased them. 21:49.500 --> 21:50.900 And so the point I'm trying to make is that 21:50.900 --> 21:52.900 serve God where you're at. 21:52.900 --> 21:55.400 If you just got saved, get plugged into church, 21:55.400 --> 21:57.000 learn how to give the gospel, 21:57.000 --> 21:59.000 learn how to be a team player, 21:59.000 --> 22:01.000 support your team leader, right? 22:01.000 --> 22:02.300 Pray for them. 22:02.300 --> 22:05.900 One of the best ways that you can show your support to them 22:05.900 --> 22:08.600 is just by showing up for so many, right? 22:08.600 --> 22:12.000 No team leader here wants to, on a Sunday, 22:12.000 --> 22:14.600 and realize that nobody's gonna go out so many, right? 22:14.600 --> 22:16.000 That's not a way to support your team. 22:16.000 --> 22:19.840 team leader. If you want to be an asset to your church, you know, be here on time. 22:19.840 --> 22:25.400 You know, be here on service days, right? Be here when the church doors are open. 22:25.400 --> 22:26.700 Be consistent. 22:26.900 --> 22:30.500 And the thing about soul winning, you know, a lot of people often times, well not a lot of people, 22:30.500 --> 22:34.500 I would say we have a good amount of like introverts here, but the best way to make friendships, 22:34.500 --> 22:38.340 long lasting friendships, is by going out and soul winning. Why? Because when you're with your 22:38.340 --> 22:42.740 partner, you get to know them, you get to laugh, you get to create memories, you get to share 22:42.740 --> 22:46.980 experiences, learn from them. These are ways that you can make friends in our church. 22:46.980 --> 22:50.420 And so what I'm trying to convey here is that you need to be a team player. 22:50.420 --> 22:54.900 You know, don't worry about being the one in charge, worry about supporting the person. 22:54.900 --> 22:58.900 that's above you. In this case, pray for your team leader. Show up. 22:59.200 --> 23:02.240 Now, Quorant's company, you know, they were questioning the leadership of Moses. 23:02.240 --> 23:05.940 And, you know, it just reminds me of people that always complain, you know, why is this 23:05.940 --> 23:07.220 person in charge? 23:07.220 --> 23:08.940 Why does this person get to do this? 23:08.940 --> 23:11.140 You know, be content with where you're at. 23:11.140 --> 23:14.740 At your job, whatever position you have, be content with that position. 23:14.740 --> 23:17.980 You know, be the best that you can in that position. 23:17.980 --> 23:20.840 And it really doesn't matter what you're doing for the Lord in the sense of like wherever 23:20.840 --> 23:23.380 you're serving, you have to do it as unto the Lord. 23:23.380 --> 23:24.380 And God sees that. 23:24.380 --> 23:25.380 God is going to reward you. 23:25.380 --> 23:27.140 God is going to reward your consistency. 23:27.200 --> 23:34.200 and your faithfulness. Now go to number 16. 23:36.600 --> 23:41.000 And this kind of reminds me too, there's churches in different denominations where, you know, 23:41.000 --> 23:45.640 they rotate the pastors like every five years. And then they do this, and I know this because 23:45.640 --> 23:49.880 like I have family that are SDAs, you know, Seventh-day Adventists, and they rotate the 23:49.880 --> 23:55.400 pastor every five years so that the people there doesn't develop like some kind of like loyalty to 23:55.400 --> 24:00.040 the man instead of God. And that's the reasoning for it. But you know, if the pastor is following 24:00.040 --> 24:04.600 Christ, you know, we could follow the pastor, right? If the past man of God is following Christ, 24:04.600 --> 24:08.920 we should be able to follow them as they follow Christ. Now the pastor ever for some reason, 24:08.920 --> 24:12.200 and I don't think that would ever happen with our pastor, you know, God forbid, but if you were to, 24:12.200 --> 24:16.040 you know, eventually, you know, fall into sin or whatever, we still got to follow Christ. 24:16.040 --> 24:19.720 You know, if I were to fall into sin, get away from church, get out of church, my kids should 24:19.720 --> 24:23.480 still follow Christ. Why? Because at the end of the day, they're not following me per se, 24:23.480 --> 24:30.120 they're following Jesus Christ. Now, I think I'll tell you, go to Numbers chapter 16, look down at 24:30.120 --> 24:31.500 verse number 28. 24:31.600 --> 24:39.600 The Bible says that Moses said, Hereby you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works for I have not done them of my own mind. 24:40.000 --> 24:45.520 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men, 24:45.520 --> 24:49.760 then the Lord had not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open up her mouth 24:49.760 --> 24:54.160 and swallow them up with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit, 24:54.160 --> 24:58.000 then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord. And it came to pass, 24:58.000 --> 25:02.400 as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave a sunder that was 25:02.400 --> 25:07.040 under them, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up and her houses, and all the men 25:08.000 --> 25:12.640 Korah and all their goods, they and all that appertained to them went down alive into the 25:12.640 --> 25:16.800 pit and the earth closed upon them and they perished from among the congregation." 25:16.800 --> 25:21.200 And so here again we see that the usurper eventually is destroyed and in this instant 25:21.200 --> 25:26.640 you know he was destroyed in a crazy way like the earth literally opened up and hell swallowed 25:26.640 --> 25:28.000 him up alive. 25:28.000 --> 25:31.080 You know that's how much God hates those that try to usurp authority. 25:32.300 --> 25:39.100 Now go to 1 Kings chapter 1. 25:41.800 --> 25:45.560 I'm going to give you another example of another usurper. 25:45.560 --> 25:51.400 And so the Bible is filled with people that try to always overthrow the man of God. 25:51.400 --> 25:57.240 And here in 1 Kings chapter 1, again in verse number 5, 25:57.500 --> 26:00.940 Here's another son of David. It says that then Adonijah the son of Higgeth 26:01.180 --> 26:07.340 Haggith exalted himself saying I will be king and he prepared him chariots and horsemen and 50 men to run before him 26:07.580 --> 26:12.540 And that's another characteristic of somebody that is a usurper is that they exalt themselves, right? 26:12.780 --> 26:14.780 They try to like praise themselves 26:15.320 --> 26:16.860 uh magnify themselves 26:16.860 --> 26:18.860 whereas the bible says in joshua 26:18.920 --> 26:25.260 14 14 on that day the lord magnified joshua in the sight of all israel and they feared him as 26:25.500 --> 26:31.020 feared Moses all the days of his life. Now go to Luke chapter 14 real quick, Luke chapter 14. 26:31.500 --> 26:36.780 And so somebody that tries to, you know, pass as a figure of authority, you know, they're 26:36.780 --> 26:38.360 going to exalt themselves. 26:38.360 --> 26:42.000 And the Bible always says that let another man praise you, not that own lips. 26:42.000 --> 26:46.160 So you don't ever want to be this person that is constantly praising yourself, right? 26:46.160 --> 26:50.600 You never want to say, well, you know, I'm pretty much like the best soul winner or, 26:50.600 --> 26:53.400 you know, I'm pretty much like the best looking sibling in my family. 26:53.400 --> 26:55.120 I'm just kidding. 26:55.120 --> 26:58.640 But it's not that much of a competition. 26:59.800 --> 27:03.800 Like you never want to be one that praises yourself. 27:03.800 --> 27:05.600 And in Luke chapter 14... 27:05.700 --> 27:11.800 Verse number 11 the Bible says for whosoever exalted himself shall be a base and he that humbled himself shall be exalted 27:11.800 --> 27:16.940 So the way to be exalted by God is by humbling yourself serving quietly, you know 27:16.940 --> 27:22.680 One day if God wills he's gonna magnify you and you don't want to be like Adonijah the son of Haggith 27:22.680 --> 27:28.160 Who the Bible says exalted himself now go to first Kings go back to first Kings chapter 1 27:29.500 --> 27:32.100 Now continue reading chapter 1 verse number 6 the Bible says, 27:32.100 --> 27:35.200 And his father had not displeased him at any time, and saying, 27:35.200 --> 27:39.600 Why has thou done so? And he also was a very goodly man, and his mother bare him after Absalom. 27:39.800 --> 27:45.320 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zariah and with Abiathar the priest and they following Adonijah helped them. 27:45.320 --> 27:54.200 But Zadok the priest and Benaiah the son of Jehoi and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Riah and the mighty men which belonged to David were not with Adonijah. 27:54.200 --> 28:00.600 And so we see Adonijah was self-willed and that's a quality that we don't want for somebody that's trying to be a pastor, somebody that's just self-willed. 28:00.600 --> 28:07.720 Right, in order to be able to serve as a pastor, serve as somebody that has a position of authority is that you need to be learned to... 28:07.800 --> 28:13.000 be under somebody else. You should learn to follow other people. You should learn to take 28:13.000 --> 28:17.720 instruction from other people and not just automatically expect to be a person with a 28:17.720 --> 28:23.640 position of authority. And so we see in the beginning, Saul was chosen to be king, David 28:23.640 --> 28:27.400 was chosen to be king, and they both fought their battles in their day. But Adonijah, 28:27.400 --> 28:31.760 I don't believe we ever see him fighting any battles. And so he wanted the product without 28:31.760 --> 28:35.800 the process. He just expected this position without ever putting any... 28:35.800 --> 28:42.160 work. Now go to, well you're in 1 Kings chapter 1, look down at verse number 25. 28:42.160 --> 28:46.360 The Bible says, for he has gone down this day and has slain oxen and fat cattle 28:46.360 --> 28:51.400 and sheep in abundance and I called all the king's sons and the captains... 28:52.200 --> 28:58.200 And the captains of the host and Abiothor the priest and behold they eat and drink before him and say God save king adonijah 28:58.440 --> 29:00.200 And we see the same thing with 29:00.200 --> 29:04.280 Absalom, you know, they both wanted to put themselves above above david. They wanted to overthrow their father 29:05.080 --> 29:08.920 I looked down at verse number 39 the Bible says and zadok the priest took a horn 29:09.400 --> 29:15.660 Of oil of the tabernacle anointed solomon and they blew the trumpet and all the people said god saved king solomon 29:16.200 --> 29:20.360 And all the people came up after him and the people pipe with pipes and rejoice with great joy 29:20.360 --> 29:24.840 so that the earth rant with the sound of them. And so we see that Solomon was actually the one that 29:24.840 --> 29:30.520 was set as king and not Adonijah. And you know this is pretty humbling for him because even though 29:30.520 --> 29:35.880 he thought he was going to be the one next, he was going to be the one that was to be king, 29:35.880 --> 29:41.560 we see that God put Solomon as the king of Israel. And so what a humbling thing for that to happen to 29:41.560 --> 29:44.040 him. And this kind of reminds me too when 29:44.200 --> 29:44.700 this is on. 29:45.300 --> 29:50.740 you know with Bible college graduates right that without ever putting any work you know what do 29:50.740 --> 29:55.940 they expect after graduating you know just to have some type of leadership position and it does happen 29:55.940 --> 30:01.460 oftentimes because of the requirements in the old i.b sometimes are not you know that great you know 30:01.460 --> 30:05.780 as long as you have a degree of some sort you're able to be a pastor you know i know pastors from 30:05.780 --> 30:10.740 the old i.b that had no kids whereas the bible says you know you need to have faithful children 30:10.740 --> 30:13.300 And so there are things that people from the old... 30:13.300 --> 30:17.660 be due that obviously are wrong, but because they want that product so bad without ever 30:17.660 --> 30:23.660 going through the process. Now go to 1st Timothy chapter 2, 1st Timothy chapter 2. And so 30:23.660 --> 30:29.100 the first three usurpers that we saw was Absalom, Adonijah, and Korah. And these are all people 30:29.100 --> 30:34.940 that are trying to throw, overthrow the man of God. You know, another type of usurper 30:34.940 --> 30:36.620 that we can see in the Bible. 30:37.800 --> 30:41.040 It's pretty clear that the Bible condemns as women pastors, right? 30:41.120 --> 30:44.720 these are people that try to overthrow the office of a bishop and 30:45.480 --> 30:48.880 Before I get into this, you know, I just want to say that we do see a pattern 30:48.880 --> 30:55.420 Like I said of usurpers know that the main thing that they want is the title they want the authority without putting the work 30:56.000 --> 30:59.920 without going through the proper channels. And so women pastors, the same thing, you know, they 30:59.920 --> 31:05.520 want to be over the flock of God. And the Bible clear says that, let the woman learn in silence 31:05.520 --> 31:11.120 with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach nor to usurp the authority over the man, 31:11.120 --> 31:16.160 but to be in silence. And so God is a God of order, right? At the home, he's put the husband 31:16.160 --> 31:21.520 as the head of the home and the wife is supposed to submit to him. And in the church, God has put, 31:21.520 --> 31:24.000 you know, a man to be in charge, right? 31:24.000 --> 31:27.880 We're never going to have a woman come up here and preach a whole sermon or anything 31:27.880 --> 31:28.880 like that. 31:28.880 --> 31:32.280 You know, that would be, you know, that would be crazy, first of all. 31:32.280 --> 31:36.200 But I want to, I kind of want to show this because this is something that if I still, 31:36.200 --> 31:38.640 oh, they don't, they took it down. 31:38.640 --> 31:40.040 So we got this at Hobby Lobby, right? 31:40.400 --> 31:41.400 I'm just kidding. 31:41.400 --> 31:45.280 But it says, let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 31:45.280 --> 31:47.800 And so if you want to get one of these, you can go to Hobby Lobby. 31:47.800 --> 31:48.800 No, I'm just kidding. 31:48.800 --> 31:50.200 But I think somebody gave this to our church. 31:50.200 --> 31:54.360 But it's funny because every time that I'm cleaning the restaurant, I see this in there, 31:54.360 --> 31:58.080 and I was like, oh, that's always a good reminder for the women in the church. 31:58.080 --> 32:01.480 And this is something that I encourage everybody to have. 32:01.480 --> 32:03.880 Because sometimes people forget. 32:03.880 --> 32:08.280 And I think it's important, as a lady, if you ever do forget, for some reason you didn't 32:08.400 --> 32:11.360 your Bible that week. When you go into our restroom you're gonna read this. 32:11.360 --> 32:15.920 Right? So it's a reminder, just a little plug there if you want to buy one you 32:15.920 --> 32:20.400 can use my promo code. I was kidding. But you know these are verses that are in 32:20.400 --> 32:24.480 the Bible that clearly teaches that the man is in charge. Right? We're never 32:24.480 --> 32:27.520 gonna have women pastors, we're never gonna have a woman usurp the authority 32:27.520 --> 32:33.000 of a man in our church. Now go to Revelation chapter 2 verse 20. 32:33.200 --> 32:37.280 And the Bible says in verse 20, now withstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou 32:37.280 --> 32:42.080 suffereth that woman Jezebel, which called herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants, 32:42.080 --> 32:45.520 to commit fornication and to eat things, sacrifice them to idols. 32:45.520 --> 32:46.080 idols 32:47.200 --> 32:52.560 And you know women pastors I don't think it's a thing it's not even a thing in the IFB and you know 32:52.560 --> 32:56.160 independent Baptist churches I think in southern Baptist churches they might have it but we see 32:56.160 --> 33:00.320 this a lot in Pentecostal churches right and I've never been in Pentecostal church but I've driven 33:00.320 --> 33:04.720 by them and you can always see a lady she's up in the pulpit just you know preaching and you know 33:04.720 --> 33:10.640 that's something that you know God forbid ever happens in our churches. Now go to 1st Corinthians chapter 14. 33:12.200 --> 33:16.040 I actually go to Ephesians chapter 5. Ephesians chapter 5. I'm going to read to you from first 33:16.040 --> 33:17.320 reading chapter 14. It says 33:18.100 --> 33:21.420 Let your women keep in size in the churches for it is not permitted to them to speak 33:21.420 --> 33:27.120 But they are commanded to be under obedience as also say the law and they will learn anything 33:27.260 --> 33:31.680 Let them ask their husbands at home for it is a shame for women to speak in church 33:31.680 --> 33:37.780 And so here we see God's instruction for the wise if you have any question, you know, let them ask your husband at home 33:37.940 --> 33:38.500 All right 33:38.500 --> 33:44.540 They're not supposed to just speak up in church and say man and you know, try to usurp the authority try you serve the service 33:44.540 --> 33:46.100 You know, that's why as a husband 33:46.100 --> 33:49.100 you should be able to teach your wife the Bible. 33:49.100 --> 33:51.100 You should be able to teach your children the Bible. 33:51.100 --> 33:53.100 And don't be one of these husbands where, you know, 33:53.100 --> 33:54.100 your wife knows more than you. 33:54.100 --> 33:56.100 And I remember, you know, back in the day, 33:56.100 --> 33:58.100 I think it was like one of the red hots where I was at. 33:58.100 --> 34:01.100 And I was with Brother Alex, and there was a lady, you know, 34:01.100 --> 34:03.100 there was a couple, they were just dating. 34:03.100 --> 34:06.100 And the guy was actually asking the girl, his girlfriend, 34:06.100 --> 34:08.100 at the time, it was embarrassing, you know, 34:08.100 --> 34:10.100 what does the Bible say about this? 34:10.100 --> 34:12.100 You know, as a guy, you kind of get, you know, like this feeling, 34:12.100 --> 34:14.100 like, damn, that's freaking, like, embarrassing. 34:14.100 --> 34:19.100 But you don't want to be characterized as somebody like that where your wife knows more than you. 34:19.100 --> 34:21.100 As a husband, you do want to know more than your wife. 34:21.100 --> 34:25.100 Even if you just both recently got saved, you should put in the work to be able to teach your wife. 34:25.100 --> 34:26.100 There's no excuse for it. 34:26.900 --> 34:30.180 Now in Ephesians chapter 5 it says in verse 22 it says, 34:30.180 --> 34:34.020 Wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord, 34:34.020 --> 34:38.100 for the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, 34:38.100 --> 34:42.420 and he is the savior of the body. Therefore, as the church is subject unto Christ, 34:42.420 --> 34:46.340 so let the wives be to their own husbands and everything. 34:46.340 --> 34:51.300 And you know I hope the ladies never get tired of hearing these verses right because it's in 34:51.300 --> 34:54.740 the Bible and we're going to keep preaching it because we live in a day and age where 34:54.900 --> 34:57.400 you know, other pastors are no longer preaching that. 34:57.400 --> 35:00.700 And, you know, our pastor preaches that constantly 35:00.700 --> 35:02.800 because he's trying to help the guys out, right? 35:02.800 --> 35:04.700 He doesn't want your wife thinking that it's ever okay 35:04.700 --> 35:06.300 to usurp our authority. 35:06.300 --> 35:08.200 And he should be thankful that we have a pastor 35:08.200 --> 35:09.800 that constantly hits on this. 35:09.800 --> 35:12.000 You know, every other service, throw it in, you know, 35:12.000 --> 35:14.600 for good measure, lest women should forget. 35:14.800 --> 35:18.800 And you know, we shouldn't care what other people think, the haters and all that stuff. 35:18.800 --> 35:22.480 You know, if they want to be ruled by their wives, let them be ruled by their wives. 35:22.480 --> 35:25.440 But our church, you know, we as men, we're going to rule our wives. 35:25.440 --> 35:26.560 We're going to be the ones in charge. 35:27.840 --> 35:30.880 Now go to Isaiah chapter 14. 35:30.880 --> 35:31.760 I'm almost done. 35:31.760 --> 35:33.200 Isaiah chapter 14. 35:33.600 --> 35:39.200 And so here I was just making the point that as wives you shouldn't usurp the authority of your husband. 35:39.200 --> 35:43.600 I also brought up the fact in the beginning that kids should not usurp the authority of their parents. 35:43.600 --> 35:48.400 And that's why it's important to be careful with who you let around your kids. 35:48.400 --> 35:51.200 You know, be careful with that uncle, with that aunt. 35:51.200 --> 35:56.200 You know, back in the day, you know, you have relatives that your parents have a set of rules for you at home, 35:56.200 --> 36:00.200 but then there's always that uncle, right, that says like, well, if you come here you could do this. 36:00.200 --> 36:01.600 You know, just tell your parents. 36:01.600 --> 36:04.880 you're going to come with us and then they let them go to a party or something. 36:04.880 --> 36:08.120 That's why you got to pay attention to who's around your kids. You don't want 36:08.120 --> 36:12.880 them to be around grandparents that spoil them, right? When they're kids it 36:12.880 --> 36:16.460 might be like funny or like cute, you know, they give them candy here and there, 36:16.460 --> 36:20.480 but you don't want them to be around grandparents or in-laws that will usurp 36:20.480 --> 36:25.000 your authority, right? You need to be the one that's in charge of your children. So 36:25.000 --> 36:27.400 be careful who you let around your children. 36:27.500 --> 36:33.260 Now God gave us our kids were responsible for them as long as they're in our home and we want to make sure that you know 36:33.260 --> 36:36.460 They learn to do it right and they learn to know who's in charge 36:37.340 --> 36:40.460 Now go to I think I told you go to Isaiah chapter 14 36:40.940 --> 36:45.820 another usurper that we see and this is the last one would be satan right and this is the 36:47.100 --> 36:48.600 You know satan would be 36:48.700 --> 36:53.100 the biggest usurper that we see in the Bible and it says in Isaiah 14 and verse number 12 36:53.100 --> 36:58.300 how art thou falling from heaven oh lucifer son of the morning how are thou cut down to the ground 36:58.300 --> 37:03.260 which did is weaken the nations for thou hast set in thy heart i will ascend into heaven 37:03.260 --> 37:07.900 i will exalt my throne above the stars of god i will sit also upon the mount of the congregation 37:07.900 --> 37:13.020 in the size of the north i will ascend above the heights of the clouds i will be like the most high 37:13.020 --> 37:16.380 yet thou shalt be brought down to hell to the size of the pit. 37:16.700 --> 37:20.900 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee and consider thee, saying, Is this the 37:20.900 --> 37:25.780 man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms, that made the world as a wilderness 37:25.780 --> 37:29.520 and destroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the house of his prisoners? 37:29.520 --> 37:34.460 And ultimately Satan, the biggest usurper, is going to be destroyed in hell. 37:34.460 --> 37:37.860 And here we see that, you know, Satan wanted to be like the most high. 37:37.860 --> 37:42.060 And so any person that has this characteristic, they're being like the devil, right? 37:42.060 --> 37:44.700 They're trying to usurp the authority that God has. 37:44.700 --> 37:45.700 place in our lives. 37:46.200 --> 37:49.240 And go to Matthew chapter 14, go to Matthew chapter 14. 37:49.240 --> 37:52.040 And what does Satan want? He wants people to worship him, right? 37:52.040 --> 37:54.760 He doesn't want people to get saved. He doesn't want people to get, 37:54.760 --> 37:57.960 come to the knowledge of the truth. He wants people to follow him. 37:57.960 --> 38:01.000 And that doesn't necessarily mean that they're going to worship him in the sense 38:01.000 --> 38:04.360 that they're all going to be Satanists. No, he's content with people just never 38:04.360 --> 38:07.160 getting saved, with people just being part of a false 38:07.160 --> 38:10.680 religion, with people just being distracted, you know, by their phone, 38:10.680 --> 38:14.200 by anything, by any means. The whole point that Satan 38:14.200 --> 38:20.080 The whole goal and mission of Satan is for people not to get saved, not to go to heaven. 38:20.080 --> 38:26.680 And for those that are saved, his main goal is to disarm them, to render them useless, 38:26.680 --> 38:29.280 to distract them enough to where they don't do anything great for God. 38:29.800 --> 38:32.520 And go to Matthew chapter 14, look down at verse number eight. 38:32.520 --> 38:34.680 The Bible says, again, the devil taketh him up, 38:34.680 --> 38:37.320 referring to Jesus, into an exceeding high mountain, 38:37.320 --> 38:40.520 and showeth him all the keenness of the world and the glory of them, 38:40.520 --> 38:43.720 and saith unto him, all these things will I give thee, 38:43.720 --> 38:45.800 if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 38:45.800 --> 38:49.000 Then saith Jesus unto him, get thee hence, Satan, 38:49.000 --> 38:51.480 for it is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, 38:51.480 --> 38:53.000 and him only shalt thou serve. 38:53.000 --> 38:55.960 And so here we see this is what Satan tells people, 38:55.960 --> 38:57.800 you know, hey worship me and I will give you 38:57.800 --> 39:03.380 this. And we see music made about this, you know, about them worshiping Satan and 39:03.380 --> 39:06.680 them getting what they wanted. You know, this is what Satan wants. He wants to be 39:06.680 --> 39:10.760 God. He wants to have, you know, he wants to be in the place of God and receive 39:10.760 --> 39:14.680 praise and worship. And just like the other usurpers that we saw today, 39:14.680 --> 39:20.360 Absalom and Korah and Adonijah and these women pastors, they're like the devil in 39:20.360 --> 39:23.820 the sense that they want to usurp the authority that God has placed. Now go to 39:23.820 --> 39:25.400 Revelation chapter 20. 39:25.800 --> 39:28.600 What is the end of Satan? Relation chapter 20. 39:29.600 --> 39:42.080 The Bible says in verse number one, and I saw an angel come down from heaven having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand and he laid hold on the dragon that old serpent, which is the devil and Satan bound him a thousand. 39:43.120 --> 39:54.160 The is the devil and Satan, excuse me, and bound him a thousand years and cast them into the bottomless pit and shut him up and set a seal upon him that he should see the nations no more to the thousand years should be fulfilled. 39:54.440 --> 39:56.840 And after that, he must be lose a little season. 39:56.840 --> 39:57.600 That's good. 39:57.600 --> 40:01.080 down verse number 10 and it ends with and the devil that deceived them was 40:01.080 --> 40:04.800 cast into a lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are 40:04.800 --> 40:08.760 and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever and so God is never 40:08.760 --> 40:13.120 gonna allow usurper to just you know live out their days in this case Satan 40:13.120 --> 40:17.120 eventually will go to hell go to the lake of fire now go to 2nd Thessalonians 40:17.120 --> 40:20.700 chapter 2 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 40:22.400 --> 40:27.440 And what's the sermon tonight? It's just to not be a usurper. You know, anywhere that you're at, 40:27.440 --> 40:33.280 at your job, in church, at home, for the women, don't usurp the authority that God has placed in 40:33.280 --> 40:39.360 your life. You know, don't exalt yourself, don't praise yourself. You know, humble yourself and 40:39.360 --> 40:43.680 follow those that are above you. Now in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2, 40:44.200 --> 40:49.540 Lastly, we see the anachrist too where it says in verse number one now we beseech you brethren by the coming of our Lord 40:49.840 --> 40:54.360 Jesus Christ and by our gathering together unto him that ye be not soon shaken in mind or 40:54.680 --> 40:59.460 Troubled neither by spirit nor by word nor by letter as from us as that day of Christ is at hand 40:59.540 --> 41:02.480 Let no man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come 41:02.720 --> 41:06.160 Except there come a falling away first and that man of sin shall be revealed 41:06.900 --> 41:12.660 the son of perdition who opposed it and exalted it again says exalted himself above all that is 41:12.660 --> 41:18.340 called God or that is worshiped so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God showing himself that 41:18.340 --> 41:23.540 he is God and again we see this characteristic which is constantly exalting yourself so the 41:23.540 --> 41:27.620 characteristics of the usurper if you remember anything from the sermon or get anything is that 41:27.620 --> 41:33.780 they hate the authority that God has in place you know they rally up the simple you know by flattery 41:33.780 --> 41:34.780 That's all the uptick- 41:34.900 --> 41:36.780 they obtain their positions. 41:36.780 --> 41:38.900 And then they obtain a position of power 41:38.900 --> 41:40.420 by deceit and force. 41:40.420 --> 41:42.220 So number one, what can you do? 41:42.220 --> 41:43.900 First of all, don't be a usurper. 41:43.900 --> 41:45.980 And if anybody comes to you trying to overthrow, 41:45.980 --> 41:47.740 you know, those that are over you, 41:47.740 --> 41:48.980 first of all, don't be simple. 41:48.980 --> 41:50.120 You know, don't be stupid. 41:50.120 --> 41:50.960 Don't be dumb. 41:51.200 --> 41:55.600 gets a wisdom so that you could be able to discern when somebody's just trying to flatter you. 41:55.600 --> 42:01.280 You know, flattery is oftentimes goes like unnoticed if you're not like really paying attention 42:01.280 --> 42:05.440 and you should be honest with yourself to be able to like identify flattering because sometimes 42:05.440 --> 42:08.960 you know we take it as compliments but it's really just flattery you know don't lie to 42:08.960 --> 42:12.800 yourself as well don't flatter yourself so learn to discern flattery. 42:13.500 --> 42:16.540 Don't be a usurper and just be a team player. 42:16.540 --> 42:20.820 You know, whatever you're doing in our church, keep doing it as unto the Lord. 42:20.820 --> 42:24.580 You know, I'm thankful for all the people that help out, for those that help to clean, 42:24.580 --> 42:28.820 to set up, for those that are in the teams, you know, supporting the team leader. 42:28.820 --> 42:33.380 You know, these are all things that we all do to serve Christ, but we do it as unto the Lord. 42:33.380 --> 42:37.140 If it ever comes to our head, you know, like, I'm not really pleased with what I'm trying to do, 42:37.140 --> 42:41.500 then go through the proper channels, put in the work, you know, try to do your best to be faithful. 42:41.500 --> 42:44.980 where you're at and consistent so that one day God will magnify you and exalt 42:44.980 --> 42:48.580 you and put you in another position but until then you know just serve quietly 42:48.580 --> 42:52.860 be consistent be faithful so the title of the sermon like I said in the beginning 42:52.860 --> 42:56.740 is just don't be a usurper and with that let's pray. Heavenly Father Lord thank you for 42:56.740 --> 43:00.740 this day thank you for everything that you've given us Lord for our pastor 43:00.740 --> 43:05.340 Lord for our great church I pray that Lord that you continue to use us as a 43:05.340 --> 43:09.500 church that we be able to save those that are in our city 43:09.500 --> 43:13.340 and the city surrounding. And I pray Lord that you continue to bless our church, have your hand 43:13.340 --> 43:19.020 over our pastor, keep them safe. I pray Lord that you continue to use us in a mighty way so that we 43:19.020 --> 43:23.500 can continue to do great things for you, help us to reach that goal of 12,000 salvations by the end 43:23.500 --> 43:28.700 of the year. And I pray Lord that you would use me and everybody else to serve in the position that 43:28.700 --> 43:32.700 we have right now and be content with everything that you've given us, Lord. Thank you for everything 43:32.700 --> 43:34.700 again and the praise in Jesus' name, amen. 43:43.100 --> 43:46.940 Song number 106 is our last song, Abide With Me. 43:47.820 --> 43:49.820 Song number 106.