WEBVTT - God Will Always Finish What He Started, Part 2 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:04.080 Regardless of what you see now is going to happen. 0:00:04.080 --> 0:00:07.440 Regardless of what you feel now, it's going to happen 0:00:07.800 --> 0:00:11.760 regardless of who gets in your way is going to happen. 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:17.040 Regardless of what traps the devil sets, it's going to happen. 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:28.000 Welcome to Treasure Truth with pastor and author James Ford, 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:30.920 junior senior pastor of the Christ Bible Church in Chicago. 0:00:30.960 --> 0:00:33.720 I'm Steve Hiller. Glad that you're with us today. And, 0:00:34.080 --> 0:00:36.240 you know, based on what we just heard Pastor Ford 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:39.199 talking about, you're like, okay, what is going to happen, right? 0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:42.120 I mean, he's saying this thing, whatever it is, is 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:45.720 going to happen. Well, here's what's going to happen. God 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:50.120 is going to complete whatever work he began. If you 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:53.199 weren't with us last time we began, a message called 0:00:53.200 --> 0:00:56.960 God will always finish What he started. It comes from 0:00:56.960 --> 0:01:00.440 Philippians chapter one and verse six, which says, this is 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:03.240 the Apostle Paul writing to the church in Philippi. I 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:06.840 am certain that God, who began the good work within you, 0:01:07.000 --> 0:01:09.960 will continue his work until it is finally finished on 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:14.160 the day when Christ Jesus returns. So basically, we can 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:17.640 cling to the promise that we find in Philippians one six. 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:20.160 If God said something is going to happen, if he 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:24.480 began to work, it is going to happen because God 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:28.640 says so right here in Philippians chapter one. The question is, 0:01:28.959 --> 0:01:31.319 are we going to engage in that? Are we going 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:33.800 to participate in that? Are we going to look for 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:36.600 where God is at work, and are we going to 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:41.080 work alongside him? Are we going to be engaged in 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:43.959 not just the work that he has for the body 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:46.360 of Christ, the church as a whole, but are you 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:49.160 going to engage in ways that God has already began 0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:51.520 to work in you? You know, the Bible says that 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:54.160 when we come to know Christ, we're given a new heart. 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:57.360 We begin to be shaped and molded more into the 0:01:57.360 --> 0:02:01.640 image and likeness of Jesus. So are you engaging in 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:04.080 the process of becoming more like Jesus? Are you spending 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:06.040 time with God or are you spending time in His Word? 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:08.480 Are you spending time in prayer? Are you spending time 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:14.080 confessing sin, repenting of that, and walking rightly with God? Well, 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:15.840 I hope that's the case, and I hope that you 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:19.280 can find encouragement from this verse in Philippians one six 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:22.320 that if God began to work in you, he is 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:26.800 going to see it through. Let's join Pastor Ford as 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:30.239 we continue this message. God will always finish what he started. 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:32.919 No matter how bad you done messed up, I still 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:36.320 got something better. The best is yet to come. Come on, 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:39.560 say it, say it. The best is yet. Say it again. 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:42.600 The best is yet to come. Wait a minute. Wait 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:44.400 wait wait wait, wait a minute. So what's verse 30? 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:47.560 Verse 30 is your. Not yet. Verse 31 is your 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:49.920 right now. And I want you to know that your 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:52.200 right now will not stop you from your. Not yet. 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:54.560 So whenever your right now looks bad, look to your. 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:57.320 Not yet. Not to your right now. Because you're not yet. 0:02:57.320 --> 0:03:00.239 I got you prosperous in your right now everything's tore 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:02.070 up from the floor up. But if you focus on 0:03:02.070 --> 0:03:04.230 your right now, you'll never get to your not yet. 0:03:04.230 --> 0:03:06.549 So focus on your not yet because you're not yet 0:03:06.550 --> 0:03:11.910 will drag you. Come on man, from your right now. Whoo! 0:03:12.790 --> 0:03:16.630 Pastor Ford. Pastor ford, pastor ford. It's a sorry dog. 0:03:16.669 --> 0:03:21.030 Won't wag his own tail. Yeah, that's preaching there. And 0:03:21.030 --> 0:03:26.470 so what happens this year is my best year. How 0:03:26.470 --> 0:03:30.030 do you know that? I got a promise. You ain't 0:03:30.030 --> 0:03:31.990 seen it yet. I got a promise. You don't know 0:03:31.990 --> 0:03:34.190 what's going to happen. I got a promise. You don't 0:03:34.190 --> 0:03:36.270 know how long you're going to live. I got a promise. 0:03:36.710 --> 0:03:38.310 And so let me tell you how I read it. 0:03:39.750 --> 0:03:44.030 Pastor Ford, being confident of this very thing, that he 0:03:44.070 --> 0:03:47.030 who hath begun a good work in Pastor Ford will 0:03:47.030 --> 0:03:50.630 perform it for Pastor Ford until the day of Jesus Christ. 0:03:50.790 --> 0:03:58.470 I put my name there. Alright, alright. You say, what 0:03:58.470 --> 0:04:02.470 about my name? Put your own name there. their claim 0:04:02.470 --> 0:04:05.350 your own promise. I hope there's a promise that you're 0:04:05.350 --> 0:04:09.630 claiming that you're believing God for. You heard what K-Love said. 0:04:09.830 --> 0:04:11.870 She had to put her foot in the water. She 0:04:11.870 --> 0:04:16.230 quit her job before she knew that God would expand 0:04:16.230 --> 0:04:20.229 her ministry. And for 14 years, she's never been hungry. 0:04:20.470 --> 0:04:24.950 For 14 years, she's never missed an a House note payment. 0:04:24.950 --> 0:04:27.950 In 14 years, she never missed a car note payment. 0:04:28.110 --> 0:04:30.150 As a matter of fact, you saw what she said. 0:04:30.310 --> 0:04:32.830 That that when I called her, she was saying, God, 0:04:32.830 --> 0:04:35.950 how are you going to provide for this car note payment? 0:04:35.950 --> 0:04:38.670 And boom, here you call. She's been doing it for 0:04:38.670 --> 0:04:46.110 14 years, standing on the promises of God. Um, but notice, 0:04:46.710 --> 0:04:48.750 how do I do this? How will God finish what 0:04:48.750 --> 0:04:51.109 he starts? When I hold to his promise. Here's the 0:04:51.110 --> 0:04:54.990 second thing. When I have a positive outlook, notice what 0:04:54.990 --> 0:04:59.630 the text says. Being confident. Stop. The word confident literally 0:04:59.630 --> 0:05:04.550 means to have a settled persuasion, a firm conviction. Now, 0:05:04.550 --> 0:05:07.070 I'm not giving you all of the outline, but those 0:05:07.070 --> 0:05:10.270 of you who are in outlines notice letter A would be, 0:05:10.270 --> 0:05:15.990 then it's continuously confident. In other words, being is ING word, 0:05:15.990 --> 0:05:18.870 which means then it never stops. Not this flash in 0:05:18.870 --> 0:05:21.590 the past, back and forth. You know, sometimes I'm up, 0:05:21.589 --> 0:05:25.350 sometimes I'm down. But a subtle persuasion where I am 0:05:25.350 --> 0:05:30.190 convicted and believe that I don't care what happens. God 0:05:30.190 --> 0:05:33.469 is going to do what God said he's going to do. 0:05:33.470 --> 0:05:38.190 And you can't say anything or do anything. No circumstances. 0:05:38.190 --> 0:05:42.550 Nothing that the devil does will ever persuade me of 0:05:42.550 --> 0:05:46.789 anything other than what God promised me. That's right. Amen. See? 0:05:46.830 --> 0:05:51.830 Say this with me. Belief is what I hold. Conviction 0:05:52.550 --> 0:05:57.270 is what holds me. That's right. Belief is what you hold. 0:05:57.270 --> 0:06:01.230 Conviction is what holds you. Does the conviction hold you. 0:06:01.270 --> 0:06:03.990 Have you ever been persuaded by a promise? Have you 0:06:03.990 --> 0:06:10.669 ever seen your circumstances change in the light of God's revelation? Right. Okay. 0:06:10.670 --> 0:06:13.510 This guy is George Mueller. He had a mega church 0:06:13.510 --> 0:06:15.750 before mega churches were ever found. But here's what he said. 0:06:15.750 --> 0:06:21.470 As a Christian God, I will never ask anyone for anything. 0:06:21.470 --> 0:06:26.470 I need God, I will never tell anyone what I 0:06:26.470 --> 0:06:29.790 need but you. Now that's some faith, isn't it? Yes 0:06:29.790 --> 0:06:32.870 it is. That's a confidence. Okay, let me read one chapter. Uh, 0:06:32.870 --> 0:06:38.349 he had orphanages, and he had, uh, about a thousand students. Uh, and, uh, 0:06:38.390 --> 0:06:40.109 he had a school as well. So they live in 0:06:40.110 --> 0:06:43.070 an orphanage and they go to school. Well, the pantry 0:06:43.070 --> 0:06:46.510 was empty and there was no food anywhere. And since 0:06:46.510 --> 0:06:51.110 he never tells anybody and he never asked anybody, he 0:06:51.110 --> 0:06:54.390 didn't ask. So that morning, the kids are ready for breakfast. 0:06:54.390 --> 0:06:56.750 And he says to them, let's pray for the food 0:06:56.750 --> 0:06:58.910 we're about to receive. All the kids are like, there 0:06:58.910 --> 0:07:01.909 is no food. The pantry pantry's empty. There's no food 0:07:01.910 --> 0:07:04.350 on the table. All the bowls are empty. All the 0:07:04.390 --> 0:07:06.510 or the glasses are empty. The plates are empty. What 0:07:06.510 --> 0:07:09.910 are you talking about? He said let's pray. And they 0:07:09.910 --> 0:07:12.350 held hands. And he said, Lord, we thank you for 0:07:12.350 --> 0:07:15.550 the food we're about to receive. Before he even finished, 0:07:15.550 --> 0:07:18.550 there was a knock at the door. It was the baker. 0:07:18.550 --> 0:07:20.910 Let me quote from now he says, uh, he says 0:07:20.910 --> 0:07:23.270 the baker stood there and said, Mr. Mueller, I couldn't 0:07:23.270 --> 0:07:26.470 sleep last night. Somehow I felt you didn't have bread 0:07:26.470 --> 0:07:29.630 for breakfast, and the Lord wanted me to send you some. 0:07:29.870 --> 0:07:32.350 So I got up at 2 a.m. and baked some 0:07:32.350 --> 0:07:35.750 fresh bread and brought it to you and the children. 0:07:36.430 --> 0:07:38.990 They're putting it on the table, and the kids, of course, 0:07:39.030 --> 0:07:42.590 are in awe and wonder. And then there's another knock 0:07:42.590 --> 0:07:46.830 at the door. It's the milkman. And he says, Mr. Mueller, 0:07:47.230 --> 0:07:51.750 my cart broke down in front of your orphanage. I 0:07:51.790 --> 0:07:55.270 can't get it fixed in time to get this milk delivered. 0:07:55.430 --> 0:08:04.510 Can you use this? 50 gallons of milk? A positive 0:08:04.550 --> 0:08:07.750 outlook based on the promise that you're not living by 0:08:07.750 --> 0:08:12.510 your situation. You're living by your revelation. That's right. Do 0:08:12.510 --> 0:08:17.110 you realize that you're the head and not the tail? Why? 0:08:17.270 --> 0:08:20.510 Because God made you the promise, even though you're not 0:08:20.510 --> 0:08:23.310 the head. Now look at your neighbor. Help me preach this. Say, 0:08:23.310 --> 0:08:28.630 quit living like a tail. Mhm. That's right. Do you 0:08:28.630 --> 0:08:31.150 realize that the first shall be last and the last 0:08:31.150 --> 0:08:33.270 shall be first? You're at the end of the line. 0:08:33.270 --> 0:08:36.070 But that's alright. Somehow God's going to get you to 0:08:36.110 --> 0:08:41.070 the head of the line. Yeah, yeah. You gotta have, 0:08:41.110 --> 0:08:45.270 you gotta have a positive outlook. Do you realize you're 0:08:45.270 --> 0:08:47.990 more than a conqueror, even though you just got conquered. 0:08:47.990 --> 0:08:53.950 Because God made you a promise? Mm. Do you realize 0:08:53.950 --> 0:09:01.420 that your setbacks are setups for your comeback? Mhm. Say 0:09:01.420 --> 0:09:05.699 it with me. It's going to happen. It's going to happen. 0:09:05.740 --> 0:09:09.340 Say it with confidence. It's going to happen. It's going 0:09:09.340 --> 0:09:12.860 to happen. Well, well what is it? I'm so glad 0:09:12.860 --> 0:09:17.020 he didn't identify it. The reason he didn't identify it. 0:09:17.020 --> 0:09:19.980 Because if he said one thing then everybody who didn't 0:09:19.980 --> 0:09:22.819 have that one thing will say, that's not my promise. 0:09:23.540 --> 0:09:25.940 But he said he called it a it. So you 0:09:25.940 --> 0:09:28.780 could put your it in it so that you will 0:09:28.780 --> 0:09:35.780 know your it is included in it. Amen. That's it. 0:09:36.740 --> 0:09:40.260 In other words, regardless of what you see now is 0:09:40.260 --> 0:09:43.620 going to happen, regardless of what you feel now, it's 0:09:43.620 --> 0:09:47.620 going to happen regardless of who gets in your way. 0:09:47.740 --> 0:09:51.980 It's going to happen regardless of what traps the devil sets. 0:09:52.140 --> 0:09:57.300 It's going to happen. There's no weapon formed against you 0:09:57.300 --> 0:09:59.940 shall prosper. We need to study that this year. Why? 0:09:59.980 --> 0:10:02.380 Because it says it was formed. In other words, they 0:10:02.420 --> 0:10:04.540 shaped it with a purpose in mind. That's what the 0:10:04.540 --> 0:10:08.020 word yat-zar means to shape with a purpose in mind. That's. 0:10:08.059 --> 0:10:10.780 Remember when he made Eve? What did he do? Yat-zar 0:10:11.420 --> 0:10:14.020 shaped with a purpose in mind. Thank you. Hallelujah. Let 0:10:14.020 --> 0:10:19.140 me take a break. So they formed it against you. 0:10:19.420 --> 0:10:24.780 It had a design. But guess what? It will never work. 0:10:25.340 --> 0:10:29.900 They'll be like Haman hanged on the gallows that they 0:10:29.900 --> 0:10:37.620 prepared for you, huh? Why? Because God promised you. And 0:10:37.620 --> 0:10:39.260 what do we know? There are four things that God 0:10:39.260 --> 0:10:42.579 can't do. Come on, stand with me. God can't lie. 0:10:43.260 --> 0:10:50.140 God can't die. God can't try, and God cannot deny himself. 0:10:50.460 --> 0:10:52.780 And so what happens here? I'll go ahead and skip it, 0:10:52.780 --> 0:10:55.980 because I was going to tell you about Paul. Paul. Uh, 0:10:55.980 --> 0:10:59.579 they were going to assassinate him, but they couldn't ask 0:10:59.580 --> 0:11:02.700 me why. Because God made him a promise. Then he 0:11:02.700 --> 0:11:05.860 was shipwrecked, but he couldn't drown. Ask me why? Because 0:11:05.860 --> 0:11:08.059 God made him a promise. Then he was on an island. 0:11:08.059 --> 0:11:10.300 He got bit by a poisonous snake. He shook it 0:11:10.300 --> 0:11:12.179 off in the fire. And I just, you know, I'm 0:11:12.179 --> 0:11:13.820 not preaching that. But I gotta say it, because I 0:11:13.820 --> 0:11:17.020 can't pass that up. You got some snakes hanging onto you. 0:11:17.059 --> 0:11:20.540 Shake them in the fire. That's what you gotta do. 0:11:20.740 --> 0:11:24.540 And so why? Because before they wanted to assassinate him. 0:11:24.540 --> 0:11:27.339 Before he had a shipwreck, before he got bit by 0:11:27.340 --> 0:11:30.179 a serpent, God said, you going to Rome and you 0:11:30.179 --> 0:11:33.100 going to witness for me in Rome? So when they 0:11:33.100 --> 0:11:35.060 tried to assassinate him, they couldn't because he had to 0:11:35.059 --> 0:11:37.740 go to Rome. He couldn't drown in the ocean because 0:11:37.740 --> 0:11:39.740 he had to go to Rome. He couldn't die from 0:11:39.740 --> 0:11:41.820 a poisonous snake because he had to go to Rome, 0:11:41.820 --> 0:11:44.420 because he had a promise. And I'm telling you, get 0:11:44.420 --> 0:11:47.699 yourself a promise. And then you hold to that promise 0:11:47.700 --> 0:11:54.420 and let that promise be the thing that governs your attitude. Alright? Amen. 0:11:55.460 --> 0:12:02.260 You're arrogant. I'm confident. I'm arrogant. I'm confident. Arrogance is 0:12:02.260 --> 0:12:05.700 when I got it all on me. Confidence when I 0:12:05.700 --> 0:12:07.100 know it's all on him. 0:12:12.340 --> 0:12:15.380 I like that definition, don't you? You're listening to Treasure 0:12:15.380 --> 0:12:18.980 Truth with Pastor Ford. A message called God will always 0:12:18.980 --> 0:12:22.100 finish what he started. And we're going to get back 0:12:22.340 --> 0:12:25.020 and finish this message in just a little bit. Hope 0:12:25.020 --> 0:12:27.300 you'll stay with us. 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Because 0:13:38.220 --> 0:13:41.460 I wrote it to the saints. And every saint ought 0:13:41.500 --> 0:13:45.540 to know who he is. You don't have to call 0:13:45.540 --> 0:13:49.260 his name know, because there's some people, like. Like you 0:13:49.260 --> 0:13:52.860 ever notice? There are people. You don't have to say 0:13:53.100 --> 0:13:59.100 their whole name, right? You just say their first name 0:13:59.620 --> 0:14:02.540 and everybody know who you're talking about. Even though there 0:14:02.580 --> 0:14:08.179 are other people who have that name. Yeah. Beyonce. You 0:14:08.179 --> 0:14:13.819 ain't got to say nothing else, Denzel. You ain't got 0:14:13.820 --> 0:14:19.860 to say nothing else. That's right. You got to say 0:14:19.860 --> 0:14:23.900 nothing else. He. Who is he? I like what he 0:14:23.900 --> 0:14:27.740 says in Colossians 128 and 29. He says, him we preach. Now, 0:14:27.980 --> 0:14:30.100 I was really good at English. That was one of 0:14:30.100 --> 0:14:36.140 my best subjects. And I learned in English 101. Him, then, 0:14:36.140 --> 0:14:41.140 is a predicate nominative. We is the personal pronoun. Preach 0:14:41.180 --> 0:14:45.260 is the verb. So then you construct your sentence with 0:14:45.260 --> 0:14:50.940 a pronoun, a verb, and a predicate nominative, because the 0:14:50.940 --> 0:14:55.940 pronoun acts upon the predicate nominative, and the predicate nominative 0:14:56.100 --> 0:14:59.930 tells you about the pronoun. But here's how Paul put it. 0:14:59.970 --> 0:15:04.810 Him we preach. He put the predicate nominative first. And 0:15:04.810 --> 0:15:09.489 we're not supposed to talk that way unless you understand him. 0:15:09.490 --> 0:15:14.570 Is the whole point. Him is the whole point. Who 0:15:14.570 --> 0:15:17.130 is him? Him is the one that supplies all my 0:15:17.130 --> 0:15:20.850 needs according to. To his riches and glory. Who's him? 0:15:20.850 --> 0:15:23.570 HIM's the one that I need. Finances. He got cattle 0:15:23.570 --> 0:15:25.770 on a thousand hill. And he'll slay some of them. 0:15:25.770 --> 0:15:28.450 Sell the beef and give me the money. Him is 0:15:28.450 --> 0:15:31.090 the one when I'm sick. He's the great physician as 0:15:31.130 --> 0:15:33.890 Walgreen Oscar in the hem of his garment. And he'll 0:15:33.890 --> 0:15:36.490 make me him is the one when I need beauty. 0:15:36.530 --> 0:15:39.810 He's the rose of Sharon. Him when I need sunshine. 0:15:39.810 --> 0:15:42.890 He's the bright and morning star. Him when I need 0:15:42.930 --> 0:15:46.730 wise counsel. He's the wisdom of the ages. Him when 0:15:46.730 --> 0:15:49.890 I need a friend. He's a friend that sticks closer 0:15:49.930 --> 0:15:53.650 than a brother. Him when I need food. He's manna 0:15:53.650 --> 0:15:58.330 from on high. Him when I'm thirsty. He's the living water. 0:15:58.650 --> 0:16:03.090 Him when I need stability. He's the Rock of ages. 0:16:03.410 --> 0:16:08.850 On Christ, the solid rock. I stand him when I'm tired. 0:16:08.850 --> 0:16:12.050 He said, come unto me, all ye that labor and 0:16:12.050 --> 0:16:15.170 are heavy laden. And I will give you rest. Take 0:16:15.170 --> 0:16:18.010 my yoke upon you. Learn of me. Him. That's who 0:16:18.050 --> 0:16:21.050 him is. Now let me tell you what happened. I've 0:16:21.050 --> 0:16:24.010 been in Chicago 37 years, but I've never been to 0:16:24.050 --> 0:16:28.250 a Bulls game. And, you know. And I've always wanted 0:16:28.250 --> 0:16:31.850 to see them live and in living color, you know, 0:16:32.090 --> 0:16:38.810 the lovable bulls. And so I get a I get 0:16:38.810 --> 0:16:43.690 a call from Pastor Green. Pastor green say, Pastor Ford, 0:16:45.250 --> 0:16:47.050 what are you doing on Friday? I said, why, you 0:16:47.050 --> 0:16:51.010 want to know? He said, because I got tickets to 0:16:51.050 --> 0:16:53.490 the Bulls game and I want you to come be 0:16:53.490 --> 0:16:55.570 my guest. He said it's going to be nice because 0:16:55.570 --> 0:16:57.690 the coach gave me the tickets and we're going to 0:16:57.690 --> 0:17:00.690 park where the coach park. And I said, show you, right? 0:17:02.090 --> 0:17:03.970 But my wife is ill. I gotta see if I 0:17:03.970 --> 0:17:06.770 can get a babysitter. Uh, I mean, a wife sitter. 0:17:08.970 --> 0:17:11.770 And so I called Ethel Hill Ford, uh, one of 0:17:11.770 --> 0:17:16.410 my relatives. And, uh, she came. She said. Yeah. So 0:17:16.570 --> 0:17:18.970 I get in the car, pick up Brother Green. So 0:17:18.970 --> 0:17:21.209 we go on down. He said, yeah, we parking in 0:17:21.210 --> 0:17:24.050 the back where the coach parked. So when we get there, 0:17:24.090 --> 0:17:26.970 the guy who's guarding it, he says, may I help you? 0:17:27.290 --> 0:17:32.889 I said, I'm with him. He said, well, what's your name, sir? 0:17:32.930 --> 0:17:35.650 He said, my name is Pastor Sampson Green. And I 0:17:35.650 --> 0:17:37.929 should have access to park back here. He said, well, 0:17:37.930 --> 0:17:40.489 I don't have your name. I don't know what to do. Uh, 0:17:40.490 --> 0:17:42.490 let me call the one who's the head of all 0:17:42.490 --> 0:17:44.609 of this. And so he got on the thing, and 0:17:44.609 --> 0:17:46.490 he want us to hear. So if the guy said 0:17:46.490 --> 0:17:48.530 he didn't have anything, we would have heard it from 0:17:48.530 --> 0:17:51.970 his boss. He said, uh, I have some guys here, 0:17:51.970 --> 0:17:53.650 and they said they're supposed to park back here. That 0:17:53.650 --> 0:17:56.850 coach told them to park back here. And, uh, he said, 0:17:56.850 --> 0:17:58.969 what's his name? He said his name, and then he 0:17:58.970 --> 0:18:02.330 had to say his name again. Pastor Samson Green. He said, oh, 0:18:02.609 --> 0:18:08.010 Pastor Green, let him in. Amen. So we went and 0:18:08.010 --> 0:18:11.609 parked down where the coaches and the players parked. Alright. 0:18:12.530 --> 0:18:15.770 Then we went in, went through the through the metal 0:18:15.770 --> 0:18:17.970 detector and they said, well, where are your tickets? Well, 0:18:17.970 --> 0:18:21.209 we got the call to see where, oh, somebody's bringing 0:18:21.210 --> 0:18:26.209 your tickets. And so, so we go there and uh, 0:18:26.210 --> 0:18:28.690 my first time, you know, and, and and I ain't 0:18:28.690 --> 0:18:32.969 in the Bob Uecker seats. I'm right down front. Okay. Yeah. Uh, 0:18:32.970 --> 0:18:35.170 but it wasn't because of who I am. Because my 0:18:35.170 --> 0:18:38.530 name couldn't get us in, and neither could Pastor Ron 0:18:38.530 --> 0:18:40.970 and the other pastor. It was the name of Samson 0:18:40.970 --> 0:18:45.130 Green that got us in. Yeah. We parked where nobody 0:18:45.130 --> 0:18:48.530 but the elite park because of his name. Uh oh. Yeah. 0:18:48.609 --> 0:18:51.850 We we we they brought us the tickets. I looked 0:18:51.850 --> 0:18:53.490 at the price. I said, that's why I ain't never 0:18:53.490 --> 0:18:58.530 been to a Bulls game. Them tickets was almost $300. Yeah, 0:18:58.570 --> 0:19:00.890 that's what it cost to go to a game and 0:19:00.890 --> 0:19:03.810 to sit where we were sitting. And then they put 0:19:03.810 --> 0:19:11.330 this tag around me and I said, oh. Oh, Lord, 0:19:11.330 --> 0:19:15.450 you done put the icing on the cake. No you didn't. 0:19:16.010 --> 0:19:23.450 This says family. Family. Whose family are you in? This 0:19:23.450 --> 0:19:29.330 is the coach's name right here. We four came in 0:19:29.330 --> 0:19:32.890 on his name. And then guess what I found out, man. 0:19:33.250 --> 0:19:36.209 We went. I paid $20 for a sandwich and a 0:19:36.210 --> 0:19:39.649 Diet Coke. We could have went to the family room 0:19:39.650 --> 0:19:42.169 and got everything that we got after the game, before 0:19:42.170 --> 0:19:45.290 the game and during the game free. All that food 0:19:45.290 --> 0:19:51.530 they had in there was free. Free. And we went 0:19:51.530 --> 0:19:53.530 into the they said, okay, you can go in here. 0:19:53.530 --> 0:19:56.610 We went in the family room where the family of 0:19:56.609 --> 0:19:59.689 the players and the coaches are waiting. One guy, they 0:19:59.690 --> 0:20:01.850 called him coach. I don't know who his son was, 0:20:01.850 --> 0:20:04.250 but he came and said, how you doing? You're new here, huh? 0:20:04.250 --> 0:20:08.450 I said, yes, I am, he said. He said, well, well, 0:20:08.450 --> 0:20:11.290 you know, you're one of your relatives play. It's a 0:20:11.290 --> 0:20:14.290 good organization. Glad to have you here. I said, it's 0:20:14.290 --> 0:20:20.010 good to be here. Man, I'm telling you. And then 0:20:20.010 --> 0:20:22.409 we came out and all the players was coming out. 0:20:22.450 --> 0:20:26.810 We said, man, here's my point. Look what he has done. 0:20:27.770 --> 0:20:31.689 It's not about us, it's about him. See, because we 0:20:31.690 --> 0:20:35.649 get in to all of the promises of God not 0:20:35.650 --> 0:20:39.170 by our name, but by his name. Yeah, that even 0:20:39.170 --> 0:20:42.690 when you pray, you gotta sign it in Jesus name 0:20:42.890 --> 0:20:46.010 or that check going to bounce. Yeah, that's what God 0:20:46.010 --> 0:20:49.970 has done and we have access into his blessings. Ephesians 0:20:49.970 --> 0:20:53.250 one three blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places 0:20:53.490 --> 0:20:57.130 in Christ Jesus. And so it's because of Christ that 0:20:57.130 --> 0:21:00.320 we have access where we wouldn't have access. It's because 0:21:00.320 --> 0:21:03.800 of Jesus Christ. We have blessings where we wouldn't have blessings. 0:21:04.000 --> 0:21:08.240 It's because of Jesus Christ. We can keep walking because 0:21:08.240 --> 0:21:11.280 we know God is still working, and we can keep 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:15.160 on doing that until we get to where God wants 0:21:15.160 --> 0:21:17.200 us to be. Here it is, and I'm done. You've 0:21:17.200 --> 0:21:22.240 been so gracious. Here's what Caleb said. He's 85 years old. 0:21:22.440 --> 0:21:25.280 God gave him a promise when he was 40. It's 0:21:25.280 --> 0:21:30.360 45 years. And they said it's time to take the land. 0:21:30.640 --> 0:21:32.720 And they said they took the land. They said, okay, 0:21:32.720 --> 0:21:36.560 let's distribute it. And they said, shooting dice. Ha! Papa 0:21:36.560 --> 0:21:39.720 need a new pair of shoes. And Caleb, they said, 0:21:39.720 --> 0:21:43.440 grab the dice. Caleb said, Uh-Uh, I don't need the dice. 0:21:43.880 --> 0:21:47.600 I got a promise. Yeah. 45 years ago, God told 0:21:47.600 --> 0:21:55.720 me the land of the Anakin is mine. Give me 0:21:56.000 --> 0:22:04.000 my mountain. Yeah, for 45 years. Give me my mountain. 0:22:04.000 --> 0:22:05.800 I don't know what you're waiting on. I know what 0:22:05.800 --> 0:22:09.040 I'm waiting on. And I know I'm walking. Because I 0:22:09.040 --> 0:22:13.080 know God is working. And I tell him all the time. 0:22:13.240 --> 0:22:18.720 Give me my mountain. The mountain that the Lord promised 0:22:18.760 --> 0:22:22.800 to me. Some people's promise don't mean a hill of beans. 0:22:23.200 --> 0:22:27.400 The check is in the mail. I'll pay you on Friday. 0:22:28.280 --> 0:22:31.680 I so and so promised to love you so and so, 0:22:31.720 --> 0:22:35.520 in sickness and health. And until death. Some promises don't 0:22:35.520 --> 0:22:41.160 mean a thing. But God's promises will always be fulfilled. 0:22:41.160 --> 0:22:46.919 Ask me why? Why? Because God always finishes what he starts. 0:22:46.920 --> 0:22:49.320 Bless the truth to our hearts. Our father, we pray 0:22:49.320 --> 0:22:50.240 for Christ's sake. 0:22:52.240 --> 0:22:57.879 Amen. God always finishes what he started. Great. Look at 0:22:57.880 --> 0:23:00.480 Philippians chapter one and verse six over the past couple 0:23:00.520 --> 0:23:03.919 of days. And if you've missed any part of these programs, 0:23:04.160 --> 0:23:07.159 I do hope you'll come to the website and listen online. 0:23:07.160 --> 0:23:11.359 You can find us at Treasure Truth radio.org. And maybe, 0:23:11.520 --> 0:23:12.800 you know you don't have the time to sit in 0:23:12.800 --> 0:23:15.280 front of your computer. Well, you can always go get 0:23:15.280 --> 0:23:18.040 the Moody Radio app. It's a great way to listen 0:23:18.040 --> 0:23:20.960 to Pastor Ford's teaching when you're on the go. 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