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0:01[Music]
0:08thank you
0:12it does stand across the room
0:15tonight the presence of the Lord is
0:17already in this building
0:19felt that evidence in our pre-service
0:22prayer but I think as we begin this
0:24worship service it would be a great time
0:26to collectively let's lift our hands
0:28let's ask the presence of the Lord to do
0:31all that he wants to do tonight
0:34come on their needs all across this
0:36building and we don't have to wait until
0:37the end of the service or the altar call
0:39to tap in for God to begin to move we
0:43can begin to see the hand of the Lord
0:45move from just the beginning note of
0:47this service if you believe that why
0:49don't you lift your hands and begin to
0:52cry out with the hunger quiet out for
0:54the presence of the Lord
0:56[Music]
0:57Jesus
0:58[Music]
1:03thank you
1:05take me to the place where your peace in
1:09your love over love
1:14died
1:16[Music]
1:23[Applause]
1:24[Music]
1:30take me there
1:32[Applause]
1:33[Music]
1:37take me there
1:39[Music]
1:44is
1:51[Music]
2:16foreign
2:21[Music]
2:27take me to the place where your angels
2:31never cease to cry holy
2:38spirit
2:43[Music]
3:15[Music]
3:32let me touch this
3:34[Music]
3:37between
3:38I wanna know what it feels like
3:46[Music]
3:51me please
3:56[Music]
4:10what's up
4:15[Music]
4:25[Music]
4:36guys
4:37[Music]
4:48[Applause]
4:56take me there
5:06is
5:09[Music]
5:15[Music]
5:21let's go
5:25[Music]
5:33outside
5:36[Music]
5:45[Music]
6:07boy yesterday
6:10thank you
6:11[Music]
6:28[Music]
6:52let's go
6:54[Music]
7:01upstairs
7:05[Music]
7:16[Applause]
7:21baby
7:22sites
7:28away
7:29[Music]
7:40[Music]
7:49[Applause]
7:51[Music]
7:56all right
7:57[Music]
7:58look like a pirate
8:02overtaking me
8:03[Music]
8:11[Music]
8:18off
8:19[Music]
8:30the highway
8:34bring your
8:37friends
8:37[Music]
8:42take me
8:44back so
8:49today
8:52please
8:57[Music]
9:04[Applause]
9:05[Music]
9:11God
9:13[Applause]
9:18is
9:20[Music]
9:27awesome
9:27[Music]
9:29[Applause]
9:30[Music]
9:46just
9:49[Music]
10:03when I am
10:05[Music]
10:09always
10:12[Music]
10:24I swear right now
10:28[Music]
10:43[Music]
10:46tonight
10:47[Music]
10:56[Music]
11:03[Music]
11:15but we're taking things
11:22[Music]
11:36[Applause]
11:44[Music]
11:57foreign
12:07[Music]
12:11[Applause]
12:17[Music]
12:35[Music]
12:41in between
12:43[Music]
12:45what it feels like
12:48you're the Lord
12:53[Music]
12:54[Applause]
12:56[Music]
12:59tonight
13:02[Music]
13:11foreign
13:13[Music]
13:24[Applause]
13:26[Music]
13:41[Music]
13:48a day darling
13:55[Music]
14:02[Music]
14:13[Music]
14:21[Applause]
14:23[Music]
14:27history
14:29[Music]
14:37to come
14:39[Music]
14:51day
14:53every time
14:54[Music]
15:08[Music]
15:14[Music]
15:23[Music]
15:31foreign
15:35[Music]
15:55[Music]
16:00[Music]
16:09[Music]
16:18[Music]
16:25I wanna see you
16:27[Music]
16:39guys
16:44together
16:46[Music]
16:53[Music]
17:01[Music]
17:12I see everybody
17:19[Music]
17:36sexy body
17:55oh my God
17:59[Music]
18:17oh I can't wait
18:20[Music]
18:24[Applause]
18:30[Music]
18:33oh my God
18:36it will save every day
18:49[Music]
19:02somebody else
19:03[Music]
19:07foreign
19:11[Music]
19:26[Music]
19:41[Music]
19:51and everyone
19:58[Music]
20:04[Music]
20:15[Music]
20:20take place
20:22[Music]
20:57tears
21:04[Music]
21:22come on in a day that's ever darkening
21:25there is nothing like that great
21:27anticipation that we have as apostolics
21:31and I don't know about you but it felt
21:34different when I sing about it tonight
21:36Pastor it feels like it's closer than
21:39it's ever been that day is ever
21:42approaching and I think tonight would be
21:45a good time just to rejoice in that
21:48I can't wait for that day
21:50[Music]
21:51[Applause]
21:55[Music]
22:02what a day
22:11[Music]
22:22what a day
22:24[Music]
22:44let's give a praise
22:51let's not wait till we get to heaven why
22:54don't we practice a little bit right now
22:57Hallelujah can you clap your hands
23:01shout out a few hallelujahs
23:04Hallelujah
23:07Hallelujah
23:09[Music]
23:15thank you
23:16[Applause]
23:17God amen amen
23:20I love that song
23:23we were singing that song
23:25when I was in the Cradle
23:28I grew up on that one amen I love it
23:30it's good to see everybody out to church
23:33tonight all of you that are here
23:36visiting if it's your first time to be
23:37with us we're thrilled to see you in the
23:39house of the Lord why don't you take a
23:41few minutes and greet two or three
23:43people and tell them you love them and
23:46the love of God let them know it's good
23:49to see them in the house of the Lord
23:53[Music]
24:00Jesus
24:01[Music]
24:07foreign
24:14God bless you you can be seated it's
24:17it's a joy to have brother and sister
24:19Reeves and their family and church with
24:22us and he's coming up to greet the
24:25congregation
24:26Braden and Carrie Reeves are
24:28two of God's finest people and they are
24:34missionaries full-time missionaries and
24:37they'll be leaving here in just a few
24:38days to head over to the country of
24:41Greece
24:42to the island of Crete in particular and
24:46they're going to plant an Apostolic
24:48Church on the island of Crete and we
24:51love them appreciate them and I want him
24:54to come greet this congregation
24:59Adams and what a privilege it is to be
25:02in the house of the Lord tonight I feel
25:05Joy in the house
25:07I feel Joy that transcends this life in
25:11the house tonight and I'm looking for
25:13that day when the trumpet sounds and we
25:16are caught up to meet the Lord in the
25:18air and every tear is going to be wiped
25:20from our eyes there will be no more pain
25:23no sorrow
25:25man that sounds good doesn't it
25:28[Music]
25:29I can't wait for that day it's so easy
25:32to get caught up in the busyness of life
25:35and even the busyness of the Kingdom
25:39that we lose sight of what we're
25:41reaching for
25:43but I don't want to lose sight of our
25:45goal and that is to live forever with
25:47Jesus Christ in eternity and take as
25:50many people with us as we can
25:53so today
25:55I know this won't make any sense and I'm
25:57not going to take the time to explain it
25:59but today my wife and I were working on
26:01a project
26:04that reminded me
26:06we were we were looking at two
26:08significant
26:10um one Christian Orthodox Church
26:13significant
26:15site and another Muslim site that was
26:18very significant also
26:20and
26:22as I begin to ponder
26:25this scene
26:28it's so easy to become overwhelmed when
26:31you see other religions or other
26:33denominations begin to flourish and grow
26:37and build bigger buildings and edifices
26:40and their congregations are growing but
26:42it today I was reminded
26:46that when that happens though it can
26:48seem like we have a great task ahead of
26:51us and we do and it's impossible to do
26:54on our own and it is
26:56what that is evidence of is the hunger
26:59that our world has for a creator that
27:03they want to desperately connect with
27:05their soul wants to connect with their
27:08creator and they're doing everything
27:10they can in their power to find him and
27:14they don't know where to find him
27:16so next time they build another enormous
27:20building here in Memphis metro area
27:24just Rejoice because God has prepared
27:27people with a hunger for this truth and
27:30they may try to satisfy it with
27:32tradition but this is exactly what
27:35they're looking for and nothing in this
27:37world is going to take the place of the
27:39Gospel of Jesus Christ that we have in
27:42this house
27:43what we've been feeling in this house
27:46tonight is what every individual in this
27:48city is looking for
27:52and God has entrusted you
27:56to take it to them
27:57what a responsibility
28:01and I'm not going to take very long but
28:03I want to be very vulnerable before you
28:05tonight if I can is that okay
28:08I don't hide a whole lot if you know me
28:10very well you know that but
28:13um
28:13so the Lord is for the last couple of
28:16years we've been raising funds to go
28:19back to Greece and well then I had a
28:22Escapade as brother Kevin gatwood said
28:25and I had to have surgery on my leg and
28:27stuff but anyway we we just got our
28:30visas this week and we're flying out in
28:33a week to Greece to the island of Crete
28:36we have two English-speaking churches
28:38there
28:39that have a pastor we're thankful for
28:42those that consist they consist of
28:44immigrants from various countries around
28:47the world but the Lord has placed in our
28:49hearts a burden for the island of Crete
28:52as a launching ground for all of the
28:55islands of Greece there are 227
28:58inhabited Islands
29:00and we don't have one Greek Church on
29:04any of them
29:06and so the Lord has placed a burden on
29:09our hearts to start a Greek Church on
29:11the island of Crete and let me be real
29:14honest with you
29:16I don't know how to do that
29:19the the kingdom work that God has
29:23entrusted into all of our hands we
29:25cannot accomplish on our own
29:27and so he gives you this responsibility
29:31to do it
29:32but you have to depend on him to get it
29:35done
29:36and so I'm going to ask for your prayers
29:40as we launch next week
29:43to do this
29:44because we genuinely don't know how to
29:47do this
29:49that's as brutally honest as it gets
29:52but I I'm going to ask you if there's
29:54just one or two people in this room
29:58if you would write down a few prayer
30:00requests for my family I want to get
30:03specific about what we want to pray for
30:06and
30:08I'm serious about this
30:11number one pray for God to lead us
30:15to the right people at the right time
30:20but the second prayer request is right
30:22along with that
30:24and that is that we will be sensitive
30:26enough to know when it's those people at
30:31the right time
30:33because we may come in contact with the
30:35right people at the right time and if
30:38our minds are covered in stress and
30:40everything else
30:41we can miss it
30:43and so pray that God would
30:45help us be sensitive in the right
30:48moments
30:49and pray for our children
30:53it's a scary thing to take my kids to a
30:55place where there's no other Sunday
30:57school there's no Sunday school there's
30:59no other church kids
31:00pray that they will get everything they
31:03need
31:05that God will place the right people in
31:07their lives that they need and that they
31:09won't suffer through this
31:12because this is a family effort
31:16and they're as much a part of this as we
31:18are but there's a lot to do
31:22and so pray for my kids if you will
31:25and the last thing I want you to pray
31:27for is our marriage
31:35whenever you're overwhelmed by
31:39spiritual responsibility
31:43it can be really hard
31:46on a marriage
31:48and it just manifests itself in pressure
31:52and pray that the Lord will help our
31:55marriage to flourish during this
31:58endeavor and if you will help us pray
32:01for those things I promise you we will
32:03be eternally grateful
32:06thank you for living for God for working
32:08for God right here in Memphis thank you
32:11brother Adams for your kind words and
32:14for what you mean to our family love and
32:16appreciate you God bless you
32:20[Applause]
32:22[Music]
32:28unlike Brothers sister Reeves to come
32:31step right up here and bring your
32:33children we're just going to have prayer
32:35over them and this effort right now and
32:37will not even wait till later to bring
32:40these prayer requests
32:42we know what God sends someone he sends
32:45them to prosper and it's the will of God
32:48for them to go over there and take
32:50dominion and territory that the Devils
32:53had locked up we want to pray that the
32:56blessing of God be in their family their
32:58marriages every Financial need of this
33:01Mission work
33:02hey man why don't y'all reach your hands
33:04this way and let's just pray in the name
33:07of Jesus God we bring this missionary
33:10family before you right now and I'm
33:13praying that you would open the windows
33:16of Heaven over their lives and over
33:19their Ministry God I pray the very first
33:23week that they land on the island of
33:25Crete give them connections that will be
33:28with them for the rest of their life I
33:31pray that you would lead them to people
33:33who are searching for you I pray God
33:36that your word would be in their mouth
33:39let them speak a word in season to a
33:43people in need I pray for the blessing
33:46of the Lord to rest upon them let there
33:49be marked evidences of your favor upon
33:52them bless them with a building to
33:55Worship in I pray God that you would
33:57give them blessings and favor with City
34:00officials let Revival break out I pray
34:04that this family would be blessed
34:06personally in the name of Jesus we pray
34:10hallelujah thank you Lord
34:13amen amen well we'll just believe God
34:16for good things
34:19hallelujah thank you brother and sister
34:21Reeves for your burden for the work of
34:24God and we can't wait to hear great
34:26reports you can be seated
34:29well from time to time we have
34:33some of our young men
34:36take a few minutes and do what we call a
34:38Ministry moment and bring us a scripture
34:41and a thought that God's put in their
34:43Spirit and the other day I just felt
34:46especially led to ask brother Duncan
34:49pimpo to bring a Ministry moments of
34:52brother pimpo we love you and we love
34:55you good wife and so rejoicing to see
34:58how God has put his hand in your life
35:01you come onto this Pulpit share with us
35:03what God's given
35:07well thank you Pastor and praise the
35:10Lord Church
35:13I I know that there are many needs here
35:16tonight
35:17but we're in the right place how many
35:19believe that we're in the right place
35:21tonight
35:22the prophet Isaiah said to comfort all
35:25that mourn
35:27but he went on he says to a point unto
35:29them that mourn in Zion
35:31and it matters where we mourn and where
35:34we bring our troubles and where we bring
35:36our problems because when we bring it
35:38into the house of God there there are
35:40things that are appointed unto us
35:42it says to give unto them Beauty for
35:44Ashes the oil of joy for mourning the
35:48Garment of Praise for the spirit of
35:51heaviness and if we've come into this
35:53place tonight and there are ashes and
35:55there are sorrow that we've come with
35:57God stands willing to trade us and he
36:00says I will give you peace that passes
36:02understanding and I will give you joy
36:04unspeakable
36:06so he takes the bad and he gives us good
36:09in its Stead
36:11but it continues and it says they that
36:13they might be called Trees of
36:14Righteousness that we might be called
36:17Trees of Righteousness the planning of
36:19the Lord that he might be glorified
36:23it says and they shall build the old
36:25waste they shall raise up the former
36:28desolations and they shall repair the
36:31waste cities
36:33the desolations of many generations
36:37and as I prayed in the sanctuary a few
36:40weeks ago
36:42God spoke to me through this passage of
36:44scripture and it was I was just praying
36:46to be a good Steward of God's blessings
36:48and I was just praying for the blessings
36:50of the Lord to be on the church
36:53and this one line comes to me and it's
36:56they shall repair the waste cities the
36:59desolations of many generations
37:03and God just put this in my spirit he
37:05said I am willing to put in the hands of
37:08one generation enough resources to
37:12repair the way cities and the
37:13desolations of many generations and I'm
37:17here we we heard from God last Sunday
37:19night and he said I'm willing to
37:21expedite your goals and your work for my
37:25kingdom how many believe that tonight
37:27that God's willing to do a work
37:30foreign
37:33but but this wasn't about the things
37:36this wasn't about the things for Israel
37:39and it's not about the things for us
37:41it's about identity
37:44because where once they were known and
37:47identified as desolate and forsaken now
37:50they identified as blessed and favored
37:54and I'm here to tell us that if we are
37:56ever going to see the exponential growth
37:59and Dominion that God has promised us
38:01there must be an embracing of a new
38:04identity where we say I'm no longer a
38:07victim but I'm a Victor I'm no longer an
38:10orphan I've received the spirit of
38:12adoption whereby I cry Abel father
38:15[Applause]
38:22now I'm blessed
38:28God is willing to restore the years that
38:31the canker worm in the Locust in the
38:33Palmer word have eaten he's willing to
38:35do more in a moment than we've done in a
38:37lifetime
38:38do you believe that no no no no no no no
38:42we have faith that God is able to do it
38:45and that's good but God isn't just able
38:47to do it God's willing to do it he's
38:50wanting to bless he's wanting to put in
38:52the hands of this generation so much
38:54anointing so much resources so much
38:58blessing that it makes up for the lack
39:00of many generations
39:02[Applause]
39:05he wants to expedite the word for his
39:08kingdom he's wanting to put in your
39:10hands resources that you couldn't
39:12imagine and it isn't for the things it's
39:15for the identity
39:16it isn't about the things it's about an
39:19identity because in verse 9 the word of
39:22God tells us it says and their seed
39:24shall be known among the Gentiles and
39:27their offspring among the people it says
39:29all that see them shall acknowledge them
39:33that they are the seed which the Lord
39:35hath blessed and I don't know about you
39:38I don't want to just trade the things I
39:40don't just want the Beauty for Ashes I
39:43don't just want the oil of joy for
39:45mourning but I want to trade an identity
39:47I'm not a victim I'm a Victor I have the
39:52blessing of the Lord on my I'm not
39:54bearing I'm fruitful
40:00God's wanting to put it on me God's one
40:03to put it on you God's wanted to do it
40:04in this church God's wanting to give us
40:07so much resources that it repairs the
40:09way cities it's enough for Memphis it's
40:11enough for all across the world and he's
40:14going to do it through this church and
40:15he's going to do it through this
40:17generation if you believe it when you
40:19lift your hands and clap to the Lord
40:30well I think we all ought to receive
40:33that come on let it soak in he's given
40:36me a new identity
40:39hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
40:44thank you Jesus
40:47amen amen well what a touch of God we
40:52feel in this place today amen thank you
40:54musicians thank you Frontline for
40:57leading Us in worship just remain
40:59standing we're going to go to the book
41:02of First Corinthians and I'm going to
41:05bring to you
41:06a little passage of scripture that has
41:09been on my heart
41:11for several days
41:12and we'll unpack it and see what God
41:16will do did you come ready for the word
41:17of the Lord
41:19amen I love God's word
41:25when I years ago
41:27for most of my
41:30time and Ministry and preaching when I
41:33I've always taken the approach to the
41:35pulpit very serious
41:37I've always wanted to
41:41preach messages that were
41:43what God wanted to say and I'm certain
41:46I've missed it many times
41:49but that's been always been my goal but
41:51I used to pray that God would give me a
41:53sermon
41:55but I don't pray that way anymore I
41:57don't haven't prayed that for several
41:58years now
42:00what I pray is that God would give me a
42:02scripture
42:04and then when God gives me a scripture I
42:07go to that scripture
42:09and I let the sermon come out of that
42:11scripture
42:13because when you pray for sermons you'll
42:15take scriptures and massage them to fit
42:17what you feel like you need to say
42:20but when you get a scripture it takes
42:22all the work out of it because I just
42:24got to get up and say what God Said and
42:27if we say what God said it's going to
42:28edify the church
42:30and
42:32so as I was praying over this service
42:36a number of days ago
42:39there was this passage of scripture was
42:42what dropped heavy into my heart
42:45and I believe God's going to speak to us
42:48a little bit First Corinthians chapter
42:49four the words of the Apostle Paul to
42:52the dysfunctional church at Corinth in
42:54verse number three
42:56he said but with me it is a very small
42:58thing
43:01that I should be judged of you
43:05so here the church
43:07was judging
43:10the Apostle Paul
43:13then he went on to say or of man's
43:16judgment
43:18now we don't just have the church
43:20judging but we've got society around the
43:22church that's passing judgment
43:25and he went on to say yea I judge not
43:29mine own self
43:31so I'm not even qualified to judge
43:34myself for I know nothing by myself
43:38yet am I not hereby Justified but he
43:43that judgeth me is the Lord
43:48and verse number 5 is what we're going
43:50to hone in on
43:52therefore judge nothing
43:56before the time
43:58until the Lord come who will both bring
44:00to light the hidden things of Darkness
44:03it will make manifest the councils of
44:05the hearts
44:07and then shall every man have Praise of
44:11God
44:13therefore judge nothing
44:16before
44:18the time can you receive God's word with
44:21an amen
44:22I bless you you can be seated
44:28have you ever had a moment in your life
44:33where you felt
44:35judged by somebody else
44:40I'm talking about that feeling of
44:43having someone look at you and many
44:46times nothing is said it's more
44:49what is felt
44:52but there is a scornful feeling that you
44:55get
44:56coming from someone else and
44:59you just get this feeling that they're
45:01looking down on you and they're thinking
45:03a certain way about you
45:06thinking that you're less than
45:09you don't fit here
45:12you've you're a bad person
45:15you're stupid
45:18you are
45:20you're a failure
45:22you're a sinner
45:24you're not the kind of person that I
45:27want to be around has anyone ever caught
45:29those kind of vibes from someone
45:32there is a it's a difficult time when
45:37you feel like you are the object of
45:41somebody's
45:43judgment
45:45and the looking down on you
45:48the feeling of being silently condemned
45:52the feeling that others do not believe
45:55in you and that they that they won't
45:58believe in you is a horrible
46:01way to feel
46:04but I think if we were to be very honest
46:09we also have to admit that
46:12while we hate the feeling of being
46:15judged
46:17we hate that feeling so badly it's it's
46:19a feeling nobody ever wants to deal with
46:22we have most likely all of us in this
46:26room have been guilty
46:29at looking at others and passing
46:31judgment
46:32in exactly the way that we would not
46:35want someone to
46:37judge us
46:39and arguably there is no worse feeling
46:42that a human being can feel
46:45then the feeling of being judged
46:49maybe you've went through some life
46:52trials some problems particularly this
46:55comes in play when there is family
46:58problems and marital problems
47:01and and when just a little bit of your
47:04business is known to people
47:07but the whole story isn't known
47:09people can be guilty of forming
47:12conclusions
47:14about you they form opinions and when
47:17you feel those opinions or if you hear
47:20things filter around and get back to you
47:24and you realize that somebody has
47:27condemned you
47:29without getting the full story
47:32without knowing both sides of the matter
47:35that is a horrible feeling
47:37it evokes in us this feeling of hey wait
47:40a minute
47:42your passing judgment on me but you
47:45don't really know
47:46both sides of the story
47:49but a lot of times the way life is you
47:52don't really have a platform and the
47:54ability to tell
47:56the whole story so you have to live
47:59with this lingering feeling of being
48:03unfairly judged by somebody that did not
48:07get all of the details that is that is a
48:11horrible
48:12feeling of judgment that that comes upon
48:16some of us
48:17but there's another
48:21from the Judgment of others that's even
48:23worse than the one of being unfairly
48:26judged it's when
48:28we have really blown it and we've made
48:31some stupid decisions in life
48:33we have sinned and and the evidence of
48:38our sin
48:39is public knowledge when someone can
48:42look at us and
48:44and it is it is evident before all
48:48that we have made some very serious
48:50blunders
48:52and to have them look at us and silently
48:56shake their head with disdain look down
49:01their long noses and and without them
49:04saying a word they loudly condemn us for
49:10our shame and our foolish decisions and
49:15when we know that we have been the one
49:17in the wrong
49:18and we are judged for what we know we
49:22did wrong
49:23and we can't disagree with the accuracy
49:26of someone else's judgment
49:28there is such a deep feeling of reproach
49:32and shame that it's very hard to
49:36articulate it
49:38with words
49:40and then we start passing judgment on
49:44ourself and
49:45feeling like we are a failure
49:48well it's this kind of stuff that the
49:52Apostle Paul
49:54felt to deal with in the Corinthian
49:57Church
49:58those of us that are a little bit
50:00familiar with the New Testament history
50:02understand that
50:04in the city of Corinth which
50:07incidentally is in the country of Greece
50:09back in those days it was about 700 a
50:12thousand people and the second largest
50:16Apostolic Church in the New Testament
50:19era was established in Corinth some
50:22Scholars estimate upwards of 80 000
50:25converts before it was all said and done
50:27and people coming out of extreme
50:29idolatry and paganism and when you have
50:32a church that's being built by people
50:35that are coming out of a dysfunctional
50:37world even though they're saved many
50:41times they bring traces of their former
50:45life into their new life and so it gives
50:49the preacher that's working with a lot
50:51of Center converts a lot of work to do
50:53because you've got to take the word of
50:55God and you have to start putting the
50:58perspective in order well it was just so
51:02that the Corinthian Church was a very
51:05judgmental Church these were people who
51:09have been saved from some of the gross
51:12just forms of idolatry there was gross
51:16and weird sin and dysfunction even in
51:20the congregation one example there was a
51:23man in that church who was having an
51:26affair with his own mother or stepmother
51:28and everybody in the church knew it and
51:31they evidently were okay with it so that
51:33was that kind of weird dysfunction that
51:36was going on in the Corinthian Church
51:39and of all people that you would think
51:42would not be judgmental of other people
51:45exactly the opposite was true this
51:49church was one where they took criticism
51:51the ability to assess people that were
51:55coming in their doors they took it to a
51:57new level and they with well practice
52:02words and well practice sideways cutting
52:06of the eyes they were able to critique
52:09and condemn and judge they judge the
52:13Apostle Paul as being an inferior
52:16minister they critique their fellow
52:19members and they critiqued everything
52:22that was happening they were critiquing
52:24the gifts of the Spirit that happened in
52:27their congregation and there was a lot
52:29of judgment going on and so when the
52:32Apostle Paul is inspired to write the
52:36epistle to Corinthians he gets to
52:39chapter four he tackles this tendency to
52:44pass judgment on other people head on
52:47because Paul understood something that I
52:50think is important for us to understand
52:52in this church is that if we ever allow
52:56a spirit of judging people this
52:59unrighteous
53:01self-righteous judgment to pass on the
53:05people that are coming in the doors of
53:07our church or if we become a church that
53:10is free to judge other members of the
53:14church judgment will bring an atmosphere
53:17of death into the congregation the
53:21quickest way to kill faith in somebody's
53:24heart is for them to feel like you are
53:27judging them the quickest way to deter
53:30new converts from getting their Roots
53:33put down in the church is to look down
53:35upon them and for them to feel that
53:38silent critical something that can
53:42emanate out of our Spirits at time when
53:44we are carnal we don't want a judgmental
53:47spirit in our church we don't want to be
53:49a church that learns how to criticize
53:52people and find their faults and pick up
53:55their faults and point out their faults
53:57the Bible said love covers a multitude
54:00of transgression we want the love of God
54:03to be what defines this church not a
54:06spirit of judgment and criticism
54:12and so what Paul is telling the church
54:14here
54:16he's letting them know
54:19that you who are judging and criticizing
54:24you shouldn't do that
54:26because God
54:30and God Alone
54:33is the final Authority
54:36only God has the ability and the right
54:42to render a final judgment
54:45the preacher does not have that right
54:47the elders don't have that right the new
54:51convert doesn't have that right nobody
54:54has the right to pass a final judgment
54:57on somebody other than God Alone
55:00and so that means that we need to let
55:04the final Judgment of any person rest in
55:09the hands of God
55:11so that's what Paul's point is in
55:13chapter 4.
55:15we're not going to read it tonight but
55:17if we kept on reading in the book of
55:19First Corinthians
55:21we would get two chapters down down in
55:23Paul's writing
55:25and in chapter 6
55:28after in chapter 4
55:31letting them know they shouldn't be
55:33judging
55:34in chapter 6 he said I speak to your
55:38shame
55:39you've got sin going on in the church
55:42he said is there not one person
55:46in the church that can judge
55:49between the brethren
55:53wait a minute Paul
55:55I know God is inspiring you to write
55:58this letter but are you having a
56:00schizophrenic moment
56:05just a few minutes ago
56:08we read that God is the judge
56:12and so we shouldn't be judging
56:15but in chapter 6 you said that we ought
56:18to be embarrassed because there's nobody
56:20here
56:22that is able to judge between the
56:25brethren so the real question is should
56:29we judge or should we not judge do we
56:33lead the judgment to God or do we pass
56:36judgment when somebody is committing sin
56:39well I would propose that the answer is
56:43yes to both we understand that God is
56:47the ultimate judge and he is the final
56:50judge and we are not to step in the role
56:54of God but likewise when it comes to
56:58looking at sinful Behavior a church must
57:02be so lined up with the Bible and so
57:05filled with the Holiness and
57:07righteousness of God that when we are
57:09confronted with sin there needs to be
57:12something that Wells up in our spirit
57:14that says that behavior is wrong we will
57:18not participate with that but here is
57:21the key here's how you judge sin you can
57:24judge sinful Behavior are in someone but
57:27if you do it right you do it
57:29redemptively if you look at somebody
57:32that is caught in the Trap of
57:34homosexuality you don't look at that
57:37person and say there's that abominable
57:39gay person what you do is you look at
57:43that person and say there is a soul who
57:46is caught up in the vice of sin and I
57:49want him to be saved what you just did
57:52is you passed judgment but you did it
57:54redemptively you weren't writing that
57:56person off when I look at the drug user
57:59I don't look at that note that go down
58:01good for nothing drug addict but I look
58:05at a person who has got a problem with
58:07drugs it's sin they're caught in the
58:10vice of sin and I condemn that sin with
58:13everything that's in my being but at the
58:16same time there's something in me that
58:19says sir ma'am you can be better than
58:22that God has more than that for you you
58:27might be a drug addict but you don't
58:29have to end up life as a drug addict
58:31God's got more for you there's a future
58:34for you
58:39so this business of judgment we got to
58:42figure this out as a church
58:44if we don't judge sin
58:49the church will corrupt itself
58:53filth and sin and ungodliness will
58:55proliferate
58:57we need to have the kind of Church
58:59culture where we're not cool with
59:01immorality
59:03we're not cool with cussing and lying
59:06and cheating
59:08but at the same time
59:10we need to have the culture where we're
59:12very cool
59:14with sinners
59:16and backsliders and people have that
59:20have been messed up we got to be really
59:22cool with God changing those people's
59:24lives
59:28Paul
59:30talked about
59:32three entities that judge here
59:35the church was passing judgment
59:39looking down long sanctimonious noses
59:42man
59:43who are these people
59:47and
59:49people in the society was looking at the
59:52church
59:53said man these people are crazy
59:56who are these people
59:59and now we have people who are judging
1:00:02themselves
1:00:05but the problem
1:00:07with the Judgment of the church
1:00:10of society
1:00:13and even our own conscience
1:00:17is our judgment
1:00:20is always faulty
1:00:23because we never know all of the facts
1:00:31you look at somebody
1:00:33and you say
1:00:36that person
1:00:38is Faking It
1:00:43well they might be
1:00:46but are they
1:00:48how do you know
1:00:51that someone is faking
1:00:55their experience with God
1:00:58the truth of the matter is you don't
1:01:01the Bible says that God looks on the
1:01:03heart but man looks on the outward
1:01:05appearance
1:01:06you don't know what's going on in
1:01:08someone's heart
1:01:10we might look at someone that's
1:01:11struggling in the church and say they're
1:01:13not even trying
1:01:14well do you know that
1:01:16you really don't know that you may not
1:01:19have a clue of the hell they're going
1:01:21through at home you may not have a clue
1:01:24how hard it was just for them to get in
1:01:27their car another time and drive the
1:01:30church and walk in and face another
1:01:32service due to the stuff that was going
1:01:34on don't you dare say someone's not
1:01:37trying they may not be doing as what as
1:01:40good as what you're doing but then again
1:01:42they may be dealing with circumstances
1:01:44that you or I have had never had to do
1:01:46with so let's not be quick to pass
1:01:49judgment on someone's experience or how
1:01:52hard they're trying or the lack thereof
1:01:55ultimately God knows the hearts
1:02:03my feeling as a pastor of someone just
1:02:05pretends to want to live for God we need
1:02:08to shout with them and help them and
1:02:10let's choose to believe the best about
1:02:12everybody
1:02:13[Applause]
1:02:21today I don't remember all deal but
1:02:23someone that just prayed through and
1:02:25come to church two or three times
1:02:26someone told me said yeah yeah they're
1:02:28they're just they're just hypocrite
1:02:32amen they come to church two times
1:02:37and you're talking to me about them
1:02:39being hypocrite
1:02:41huh
1:02:43that's not right
1:02:46we got to have a kind of spirit where we
1:02:49understand that
1:02:51even though it may look like
1:02:54that person is got some major problems
1:02:58and maybe they do
1:03:00we don't have all the facts
1:03:03because all of the facts of their life
1:03:06have yet to take place
1:03:09you and I look at someone and we see
1:03:12what they have done
1:03:14and we see what they are doing but when
1:03:18God looks at them he cakes into effect
1:03:21what he is going to do in their life he
1:03:26understands that Mercy still has the pen
1:03:29in her hand Grace has not yet done its
1:03:34complete work and so when you look at
1:03:37someone in the church that's struggling
1:03:39you need to understand that only God
1:03:42will get the chance of issuing the final
1:03:44judgment and he does not do it until all
1:03:48the facts have been put on the table and
1:03:52the good news is the facts have not all
1:03:54been put on the table for any one of us
1:03:56because God has still got a space to do
1:04:01more stuff in our life
1:04:08verse 5 again
1:04:12Paul said therefore judge nothing before
1:04:15the time
1:04:18what does that mean
1:04:20in other words there is a time for
1:04:22judgment
1:04:24but until that time comes
1:04:27we're not supposed to judge
1:04:29well the time is when the Lord comes
1:04:33because after the coming of the Lord
1:04:36there's going to be two moments of
1:04:39judgment
1:04:40they're not one in the same there's two
1:04:42there's a judgment
1:04:43for Sinners and Old Testament Saints
1:04:47that we read about in The Book of
1:04:48Revelation called the Great White Throne
1:04:50of judgment
1:04:52John said I saw the small and the dead
1:04:55stand before God and and and they were
1:04:59judged according to their works out the
1:05:02great white Throne of judgment every
1:05:05sinner will have to give an account for
1:05:08every sin that they have done at the
1:05:11Judgment seat of Christ we will be
1:05:14judged single file and we will not be
1:05:17judged in comparison to another brother
1:05:19or sister or what someone else did God's
1:05:23not going to stand Johnny in front of
1:05:25the Judgment seat and say Johnny let me
1:05:28compare you to Billy and Bobby if you
1:05:31were a little better than Billy and
1:05:33Bobby I'm going to let you in the heaven
1:05:34no it doesn't work that way you're going
1:05:36to be judged by what is written in the
1:05:39word of God Johnny is going to stand
1:05:41before God and God will judge righteous
1:05:44judgment it won't be any excuses going
1:05:47on right then there won't be any
1:05:49pretending going on God's going to judge
1:05:52and when Bobby and Billy stand before
1:05:54the Judgment seat they'll be judged
1:05:57according to the word of God and that
1:05:59will be a final judgment but for you and
1:06:02I that are saved we'll stand before
1:06:04another seat of judgment it's called the
1:06:07Judgment seat which is not the same as
1:06:09the great white Throne that is for the
1:06:12church the Judgment seat is and there
1:06:15God is going to determine the level of
1:06:18reward that we have when we go into
1:06:20heaven we will be given rewards as we
1:06:23access the Heavenly gate based on our
1:06:26level of service here in this life I
1:06:29don't know about you I don't want to
1:06:31just go to heaven but I want to go there
1:06:32with a reward on my life because at that
1:06:36judgment it's going to be final but Paul
1:06:40is telling the church he said hey guys
1:06:42don't judge anyone before the time we're
1:06:48going to wait for that final judgment to
1:06:50come down because you see the person in
1:06:54the church that may not be doing very
1:06:57good right now you give them just a
1:07:00little bit bit of time you let God work
1:07:04in their circumstances just a little
1:07:07while you may see that person finally
1:07:11get it together they're going to start
1:07:13connecting the thoughts and all of a
1:07:16certain that person that was unstable
1:07:18that person that was up and down that
1:07:22guy that used to be a hypocrite all of a
1:07:25sudden something starts coming together
1:07:27that's good and all of a sudden he gets
1:07:30a core and you start seeing the evidence
1:07:33of the grace of God build character that
1:07:37did not used to be there I'm preaching
1:07:39to somebody right now your story is not
1:07:42over God's not done with you you might
1:07:46be sitting here tonight feeling like
1:07:49you're drowning in a puddle of shame but
1:07:52I'm here to preach that God has more to
1:07:55do in your life God has plans for you
1:07:58that you haven't even clipped yet your
1:08:00life is it's not over there's more
1:08:03there's more for you
1:08:09I can't judge you for your past
1:08:12because I don't know what God is going
1:08:14to do in your future
1:08:18it's time
1:08:20to let God work
1:08:22and start writing a new chapter
1:08:27I have anybody here that can testify
1:08:29that you're not what you used to be
1:08:34it's somewhat easy
1:08:38to draw the comparison
1:08:42between the pre-conversion
1:08:45and post-conversion life
1:08:48we all love it
1:08:51when someone testifies about how they
1:08:53were you know
1:08:55drug addict drunk
1:08:59they were fooling around with porn and
1:09:03doing the raunchy stuff that Sinners do
1:09:09we rejoice when they talk about getting
1:09:11the Holy Ghost
1:09:13and how God changed their life
1:09:15and so we should
1:09:18it's somewhat safe to testify
1:09:21that before I was saved
1:09:27just say that the worse you word the
1:09:30better we like your testimony
1:09:33you won't make what makes a really good
1:09:35testimony Services have someone just
1:09:36talk about man I was way down there in
1:09:38the muck of sin
1:09:40we're good with that
1:09:43but I've lived long enough
1:09:46to know that even after people get saved
1:09:51we got saved people in the church
1:09:56who have lived lives that are just as
1:10:00raunchy
1:10:02as the worst sinner in Memphis
1:10:07and for some reason we look at people
1:10:10who have
1:10:11professed to have gotten the Holy Ghost
1:10:15and we look at the things that they have
1:10:19done post-conversion with the jaundice
1:10:22eye we look at them and we understand
1:10:25man they've been in the church and they
1:10:27did what
1:10:30man they claim to have the Holy Ghost
1:10:32and they did what
1:10:34and we feel like we are Justified at
1:10:38writing them off and saying they'll
1:10:40never amount to anything but let me tell
1:10:43you just as assuredly as God changes
1:10:47people at the moment of their conversion
1:10:50he continues to work after their
1:10:54conversion let me be the first to admit
1:10:57that after I got saved I've done some of
1:11:00my worst things as a human being after
1:11:03receiving the Holy Ghost but I can
1:11:06honestly tell you that the man I was
1:11:09years ago even in the church is not the
1:11:12man I am today God has worked in my life
1:11:16he has continued to dig the sin out of
1:11:20my life he has continued to build his
1:11:23character and His Image in me so if you
1:11:26look at me tonight you'll see plenty of
1:11:29faults but don't judge me because if I
1:11:33got a little wild to live he's still got
1:11:36room to work he's got room to change
1:11:39there's some more character flaws that I
1:11:42I'm convinced if you see me 10 years in
1:11:46there from now I'm going to be a better
1:11:47version of me than what I am right now I
1:11:50believe if I see you 10 years from now
1:11:52you're going to be a better version of
1:11:54you than what you are right now so I'm
1:11:56not going to judge I'm not going to
1:11:58write you off I'm going to trust that
1:12:01God is still working in your life I'm
1:12:03going to love you and I'm going to
1:12:05support you
1:12:09let's all Stand Together
1:12:13judge nothing
1:12:16for the time
1:12:19we don't want a prematurely judge
1:12:23and this also means to us that
1:12:27we should never give up on any soul
1:12:31now
1:12:33let me just tell you I know some people
1:12:35it's hard to
1:12:37keep faith if anything will turn around
1:12:40especially people that know better
1:12:44and I looked at some people
1:12:48veteranian
1:12:51sin
1:12:53Rebellion the god
1:12:55and I look at how
1:12:59how hateful and defiant they are
1:13:02towards God
1:13:05and how much they've trampled on God's
1:13:07mercies in the past
1:13:09I've looked at some people and thought
1:13:11to myself
1:13:13they'll never be saved
1:13:16they'll never find God
1:13:19they've went too far and went too deep
1:13:23but Paul tells me I shouldn't do that
1:13:26because when I say someone will never be
1:13:28saved they can't change they'll never
1:13:30change
1:13:31they're just like their daddy
1:13:34she just like her mama
1:13:37you know what I'm doing I'm writing them
1:13:39off
1:13:40I'm passing judgment
1:13:43and I am stepping into the shoes of God
1:13:48almighty
1:13:50and I'm passing a judgment before the
1:13:53Judgment Day
1:13:55and I need to stop doing that you need
1:13:58to stop doing that
1:14:00there needs to be something in us that
1:14:02says we believe anybody can get the Holy
1:14:05Ghost
1:14:07there may be some people that have went
1:14:09too far because the Bible does talk
1:14:10about people that's turned over to
1:14:12reprobate mind
1:14:15but I'm not going to be quick to say
1:14:17someone that's turned over to reprobate
1:14:19mind because I don't see their mind I'm
1:14:23not God if they're turned over to that
1:14:25we'll let God deal with that on the
1:14:27Judgment day but as long as there is
1:14:30breath in a human body there needs to be
1:14:33a burden from this church reaching out
1:14:35to those people saying we're not giving
1:14:37up on you we're going to pray for you
1:14:39we're going to reach for your conversion
1:14:41and we still have some faith that God
1:14:45can turn things around in your life in
1:14:48fact you might not have faith you can
1:14:50change but we've got faith you can
1:14:52change
1:14:53now
1:14:54[Music]
1:14:58God put this scripture on my heart I'm
1:15:01convinced it was God that did it
1:15:04the only thing I can figure
1:15:07is we're about to see some hard
1:15:10cases
1:15:11turn around in this church
1:15:14and I believe God put me in this Pulpit
1:15:16to preach and prepare the church
1:15:19for when we see those hard cases come in
1:15:21the doors
1:15:23maybe maybe we standing next to a hard
1:15:25case right now we've about giving up on
1:15:27and let me know let me tell you I'm
1:15:29going to remind you again judge nothing
1:15:30before the time
1:15:32judge nothing before the time
1:15:35God's not done yet
1:15:37he's still working and he's still
1:15:39reaching
1:15:40I want us to lift our hands right now
1:15:42let's just ask for the grace and the
1:15:44mercy of God to not only flow in this
1:15:47church but I want it to flow through it
1:15:52Hallelujah
1:15:57Hallelujah we need to have a time of
1:16:00prayer around this altar I'd like to
1:16:03invite everyone that will to come stand
1:16:05with me and I want us to pray let's pray
1:16:07this message in right now
1:16:10I want us right now to ask God to help
1:16:13us to look at people and believe the
1:16:14best about him
1:16:17I want us to ask God to let his love and
1:16:20grace
1:16:21flow through us to The Untouchables of
1:16:24our society
1:16:25[Music]
1:16:29awaken a burden and
1:16:35God let me look at people with a
1:16:37different set of eyes after this service
1:16:42God I pray for a holy ghost optimism
1:16:46to fill this church right now
1:16:48[Music]
1:17:00I'm asking you to heal what's been
1:17:02broken
1:17:03[Music]
1:17:04I'm asking you to bring alive what's
1:17:06dead
1:17:09[Applause]
1:17:10God I pray for some of those Sinners
1:17:13that have fooled around and fooled
1:17:15around let them come alive
1:17:22Jesus said lift up the backslider right
1:17:24now
1:17:27I pray for the backslider that's
1:17:29watching this live stream right now I
1:17:32pray that the spirit of the Lord would
1:17:34come on and right where they're sitting
1:17:35in the name of Jesus
1:17:39Hallelujah There's Hope
1:17:41[Music]
1:17:44it doesn't have to end like this
1:17:52go ahead and pray let the Holy Ghost
1:17:54pray through you
1:17:56[Music]
1:18:01Hallelujah
1:18:06why don't you call out a name that you
1:18:08haven't called out for a while
1:18:12why don't you pray for one of your
1:18:14enemies and adversaries right now
1:18:18God stir him up
1:18:23why don't you lift up somebody's name
1:18:25that has done you wrong
1:18:27and start praying for God to turn their
1:18:30hearts
1:18:31[Music]
1:18:32[Applause]
1:18:37[Music]
1:18:40oh God I pray that mercy be upon their
1:18:44souls
1:18:48Empire
1:18:49[Music]
1:19:06[Applause]
1:19:07[Music]
1:19:18don't understand
1:19:21[Music]
1:19:34[Music]
1:19:43man
1:19:47well let's take this message
1:19:50here's what I don't want us to do right
1:19:52now I don't want us to
1:19:55this word and just pray it off
1:19:58we need to take this word and let's go
1:20:01do something
1:20:02[Music]
1:20:03and what that looks like is we need to
1:20:05reach out and speak words of Hope
1:20:08to people that we have mentally written
1:20:10off
1:20:11let's be Redemptive
1:20:14if we're dealing with people right now
1:20:17that are frustrating us so bad
1:20:22while we're talking it through we got to
1:20:25be able to let them know I believe you
1:20:26can do better
1:20:27[Music]
1:20:29you know what'll make a man Step Up
1:20:31[Music]
1:20:35s when somebody starts believing that he
1:20:37can
1:20:39the quickest way to make somebody settle
1:20:43back into their mess
1:20:45is for you to believe that they can
1:20:47never get out of that mess
1:20:49what we believe about people it comes
1:20:52through in a tone of voice and just how
1:20:54we communicate
1:20:57I wonder what kind of healing could
1:20:59start flowing
1:21:01if we start believing in one another
1:21:05we let the love of God flow
1:21:09we forgive people
1:21:11man it don't do any good for you to be
1:21:14wanting God to forgive somebody you're
1:21:16not willing to forgive
1:21:18we got to be ones who let the
1:21:20Forgiveness of God flow through us
1:21:22and so let's take this word and as we're
1:21:26going home this evening
1:21:28we need to give some thought about
1:21:31how we can apply it
1:21:34to some people we're connected with
1:21:37maybe that's just as simple as texting
1:21:40somebody and letting them know you can
1:21:42make it
1:21:42[Music]
1:21:45God's not through in your life God has a
1:21:48future for you
1:21:50I wonder what kind of impact we can make
1:21:52as a church family on people if we
1:21:55started sending them messages out all
1:21:57week long
1:21:58let's do it and let's see what God will
1:22:01do I can't wait to see you
1:22:05Wednesday night we're going to have a
1:22:07good time we're going to dig in the word
1:22:09and God's Gonna Move God bless you be
1:22:11dismissed the fear of the Lord
1:22:13foreign

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