1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Let us pray. Charity suffereth long and is kind. Charity 2 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: envieth not Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 3 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:18,600 Speaker 1: doth not behave itself unseemingly seeking not her own, is 4 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: not easily provoked. Thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, 5 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: but rejoiceth in the truth. First Corinthians thirteen four through six. 6 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: Help me to be more like you, Lord. You are 7 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 1: the source of love in its purest form. Love is 8 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: patient and kind, and not jealous or envious of others. 9 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: Love doesn't brag or act arrogantly. Love doesn't demand its 10 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: own way, and is not easily provoked or defensive. Love 11 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: believes the best, then grieves over the sins of others. 12 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: Love rejoices in the truth. Love never fails in your eyes. 13 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: It covers a multitude of sin. Love is the greatest 14 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: priority in your kingdom. Without love, nothing I do has 15 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: much value. If I do anything for an ulterior motive, Mother, 16 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: than love. You know, and we'll expose the truth. You 17 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: exalt the humble. Teach me to be more loving today. 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That's my share dot org outru a health 34 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 2: share where we care for one another. 35 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 3: Welcome the Basics of BETHTV, and I'm so glad you 36 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 3: tuned in for today's episode. We are wrapping up our 37 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 3: study by talking about two things. Today. We're going to 38 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 3: talk about this whole idea of keeping the main thing 39 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 3: the main thing. In our last episode, we talked about 40 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 3: the main thing is the Great commission, leaving people the Christ, 41 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 3: being a witness for Christ. But in this episode, I 42 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 3: want to talk about the final two things, and that 43 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 3: is living out the Great Commandment and then living by 44 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 3: great faith. Okay, so that's going to be our wrap 45 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 3: up as we talk about getting a grip on the 46 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 3: basics of serving God. All right, So let's talk about 47 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 3: the Great Commandment. What is this great commandment? Jesus told 48 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 3: us all about it in Matthew twenty two, verses thirty 49 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 3: six through forty. Somebody came up to Jesus and said, Teacher, 50 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 3: which is the greatest Law? Which is the greatest commandment 51 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 3: in the law. Jesus said to him, you shall love 52 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 3: the Lord your God with all your heart, with all 53 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 3: your soul, and with all your mind. This is the 54 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 3: first and great commandment. And the second is like it. 55 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 3: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two 56 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 3: commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Well, there's 57 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 3: a lot of things in there. On one hand, Jesus 58 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 3: was letting us know and letting them know, Hey, these 59 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 3: are the two greatest commandments, all of the commandments, all 60 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 3: of the law, all of the prophets, can really be 61 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 3: summarized in these two commandments. But really the truth is, 62 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 3: even those two commandments we can't keep because we're selfish 63 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 3: by nature. We can't even keep those two commandments. So 64 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 3: Jesus comes on the scene to fulfill the law. He 65 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 3: kept all the law and these commandments, and then he 66 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 3: gave us by grace the ability to have a relationship 67 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 3: with him, with the Father through Jesus, even if we 68 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 3: didn't keep these commandments, which is amazing, which is amazing grace. 69 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 3: And yet the principle is here as well. Still, the 70 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 3: principle is here when it comes to this great commandment. 71 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 3: What is the great commandment? Two things? Love God, love people. 72 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 3: So if you and I will just focus on loving 73 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 3: God and loving people, it's the most amazing thing. All 74 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 3: of the other things in the Bible that we want 75 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 3: to do and to be as a Christian, to live 76 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 3: a life pleasing to the Lord, do you know all 77 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 3: those other things will come into play, they'll come into focus, 78 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 3: and you'll live them out, you'll walk them out. So 79 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 3: let's keep talking about this law of love that we're 80 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:18,040 Speaker 3: to live under, this great commandment, loving God, loving others. 81 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 3: In one Corinthians thirteen of course, the famous love passage. 82 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 3: You know it, You've heard it many times at many weddings. 83 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 3: But the basic essence of it is this. I'm gonna 84 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,799 Speaker 3: hit the high points here if you start in verse four. 85 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 3: The basic essence is love suffers long. It's patient and kind. 86 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 3: It does not envy. It does not parade itself. Love 87 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 3: doesn't boast, it's not puffed up. It does not behave rudely, 88 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 3: does not seek its own and it is not self seeking. 89 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 3: It is not provoked, it is not easily provoked. It 90 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:55,919 Speaker 3: thinks no evil, does not rejoice in sin or iniquity, 91 00:05:55,960 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 3: but rejoices in the truth. Love bears all things, believes 92 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 3: all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Man, love 93 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 3: is something else verse e. Love never fails. So there 94 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 3: is this thing you know. Of course, we know a 95 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 3: lot about love. We've heard a lot about love. But 96 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 3: the truth is, love never fails, you know. And if 97 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 3: we'll be patient, if we'll be kind, if we won't 98 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 3: be easily provoked. One version says love keeps no record 99 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 3: of wrongs. Wow, think about that. You're not keeping score. 100 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 3: Love doesn't keep score. And Jesus said, look y'all live 101 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 3: by the Great commandment. I mean, this is the great commandment, 102 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 3: love the Lord and love your neighbors yourself. And if 103 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 3: we'll do the First Corinthians thirteen kind of love, which 104 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 3: is going to take the help of the Holy Spirit 105 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 3: to do, we'll see that it never fails. I'll give 106 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 3: you a quick story. I remember years ago, I just 107 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 3: graduated from college. It's one of my first jobs, and 108 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 3: I was working at a TV station, as it turns out, 109 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 3: for a gal. And she was really a nice gal. 110 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 3: But I thought, man, I thought first sure, when I 111 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 3: first started working their, I thought she does not like me. 112 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 3: I mean, I just got the vibes, you know, you 113 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 3: know those vibes. I was not getting the good vibes. 114 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 3: So I would come into work, I'd beat my desk 115 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 3: and she'd walk in and say hi, so and so 116 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 3: and nothing, not hello, nothing. I'd say how was your 117 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 3: weekend and be like fine, and how are your kids? 118 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 3: And fine? I mean like nothing. There was no bridge 119 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 3: being built. Do you understand? The bridge stopped and then 120 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 3: we plummeted into the ravine. So I was like, no, 121 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 3: I'm just gonna try to love never fail. It's okay, fun. 122 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 3: I'll just try to keep being loving every day. Hello, 123 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 3: how are you doing well? One day and I never 124 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 3: got anything back. I mean, I really thought she didn't 125 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 3: like me. I thought, why she hire me? I don't 126 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 3: even think she likes me. Well, then one day I 127 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 3: heard her mention that she liked Reese's Peanut butter cups. 128 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 3: I just overheard this, and I thought, love never fails. 129 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 3: I'm gonna buy a Rece's Peanut butter cup on my 130 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 3: lunch break, and I'm going to bring it back and 131 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 3: put it on her desk. So did. I bought a 132 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 3: Recie's Peanut butter cup. But actually, the funny thing is 133 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 3: I ate one of them. I did. I ate one 134 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 3: of them. I don't know why. I think I was 135 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 3: hoping she would think, Oh, isn't that nice she's sharing 136 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 3: her resis with me. Well, anyways, I ate one, and 137 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 3: then I put it on her desk and I said, 138 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 3: I heard you liked Recye's peanut butter cups, thought you'd 139 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 3: like my other one. Well, do you know the power 140 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 3: of a Reci's peanut butter gup? The power of a 141 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 3: candy bar? Do you know? From that moment on, we 142 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 3: were like best friends. I'd say hello in the morning, 143 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 3: she'd be like, well, good morning, how are you? I mean, 144 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 3: literally on a dime. We became like besties. And when 145 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 3: I finally left that place to head to my next 146 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 3: assignment in life, she was sad to see me go. 147 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 3: And do you know what I was sad to go? 148 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 3: What in the world happened? Love never fails and sometimes 149 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 3: you just need some creative ideas from the Holy Spirit, 150 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 3: possibly a candy bar. So Jesus told us to live 151 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 3: for the Great Commandment. Okay, hey, thank you so much 152 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 3: for watching the program today, and I want to take 153 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 3: just a moment to encourage you and to cheer you 154 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 3: on in your pursuit of God and his word and truth. 155 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 3: And the reason for that is this. We all know 156 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 3: we are living in unusual at uncertain times. And the 157 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 3: thing is we're getting so much information is coming at us, 158 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 3: whether it's through the media, through social media, whether it's 159 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 3: through just our Google searches, whether it's it's just the 160 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 3: world we live in. There's so much information coming at us, 161 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 3: and there's a big question. We're all asking what is true? 162 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 3: Who can I believe? Like, who's telling me the truth? 163 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 3: And it seems that so many people are disillusioned because 164 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 3: they don't know who to trust and who's actually telling 165 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 3: us the truth. But the good news is Jesus himself 166 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 3: said this. He said, I am the Way and the 167 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 3: Truth and the life. No one comes to the Father 168 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 3: except through me. Jesus went on to tell us listen 169 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 3: to this. Jesus went on to tell us as he 170 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 3: was praying, he said, Father, thy word is truth. God's word, 171 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 3: the Bible is truth. And then Jesus told us the 172 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 3: Holy Spirit is the spirit of truth. He'll guide us 173 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 3: into that truth. Now, being a Christian, listen, we have 174 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 3: such an advantage. We have the advantage of being able 175 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 3: to access truth, God's word, and Jesus himself, by the 176 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:34,679 Speaker 3: power of the Holy Spirit, will explain it to us. 177 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 3: He'll help us to understand the truth, and he'll give 178 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 3: us that truth radar, that truth detector on the inside, 179 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 3: so that as we travel through life, as we walk 180 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 3: out God's plans and purposes for our life, we have 181 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:52,719 Speaker 3: this internal truth detector. And we hear something and we go, oh, no, 182 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 3: that's not the truth. That does not register, or we 183 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,839 Speaker 3: hear something else and inside we're like, that's true. I 184 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,679 Speaker 3: know that's true. How do we do that? We can 185 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:08,319 Speaker 3: only do that if we have a strong, rich foundation 186 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 3: in truth, and that's why we have spent thirty years 187 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 3: helping people get a grip on the basics, the basics 188 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:20,080 Speaker 3: of the Bible to strengthen your truth detector. We have 189 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,280 Speaker 3: so many products and resources. Our team has put together 190 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 3: so much stuff just for you to help you in 191 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 3: this regard. Things like a regular podcast, things like, of course, 192 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 3: this television show. Things like a smart TV channel that 193 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 3: you can access on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Firestick to 194 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 3: watch all of our programs. Things like a YouTube channel, 195 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 3: things like twenty some books translated into by the way, 196 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:52,479 Speaker 3: twenty some languages. I mean, so many resources, all designed 197 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 3: to help you get the basics to strengthen your truth 198 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,439 Speaker 3: meter on the inside. And so I want to encourage 199 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 3: you you can, and in fact, let me tell you 200 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 3: about one of the things we have. It's an online 201 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 3: university with twelve courses. All courses are each twelve dollars. 202 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 3: But you might want to test drive it. In fact, 203 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 3: we encourage you to do that. To go to the 204 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:17,079 Speaker 3: basicswith beeth dot tv and you can follow all the 205 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 3: different links to test drive one of our mini courses 206 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 3: in the Basics university for free, test it out, and 207 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 3: let God strengthen your foundation in the basics of His 208 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 3: word and strengthen your truth. Mean all right, So I 209 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 3: just wanted to share all of that with you and 210 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 3: encourage you and stir you up. So thanks for joining me. 211 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 3: On one hand, it is true, we're to love God 212 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 3: and we're to love people, no doubt about it. But 213 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 3: the only way and the only reason we can even 214 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 3: do that is because God first loved us. And we've 215 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 3: talked about this many times, but I just want to 216 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 3: reiterate it. First. John four Versus seven and eight. Beloved, 217 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 3: let us love one another, for love is of God. 218 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 3: And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 219 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 3: He who does not love does not know God. For 220 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 3: God is love. In this is love. Not that we 221 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 3: love God, but that He loved us and gave his 222 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 3: son as a propitiation for our sins Verse eleven. Beloved, 223 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 3: if God soul loves us, we also ought to love 224 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 3: one another. No one is seeing God at any time. 225 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 3: But if we love one another, God abides in us, 226 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 3: and His love is perfected in us. So what do 227 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 3: we learn in that? Well, we learn that we are 228 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 3: to love one another. But Verse ten says, it's not 229 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 3: that we love God, it's that he loved us. And 230 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 3: because he loved us, then beloved those loved by God 231 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 3: love one another. So you need a revelation. And it's 232 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 3: not that you love God. It's not that you're perfect, 233 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 3: it's not that you're some super Christian. No, it's that 234 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 3: He loves you, and he loves you just as he 235 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 3: loved Jesus. In fact, Jesus pray that. In John seventeen, 236 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 3: he said, Father, before I go to the cross and 237 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:09,839 Speaker 3: descend to heaven to be with you, I'm praying. I'm 238 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 3: praying for my disciples, and I'm praying for all those 239 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 3: who will believe that's you and I. He says, Father, 240 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,679 Speaker 3: I pray that they will know that you love them 241 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 3: as you have loved me. That we would know the 242 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 3: revelation is that we would know that God loves us 243 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 3: just exactly as he loves Jesus. He's just as pleased 244 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 3: with us as he was pleased with Jesus. And the 245 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 3: only reason that we get that benefit is because of Jesus. 246 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 3: We get the benefit that it's not that we love God, 247 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 3: he loved us. And so from that place of being loved, 248 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 3: we can love. We can love others beloved. Let us 249 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 3: love one another for loves of God. And everyone who 250 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 3: loves is born of God. That is you, that is me, 251 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 3: And we can do it. And man, there's fulfillment when 252 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 3: you have no strings attached. Do you know how cool 253 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 3: that is? When you have no strings attached. You're not 254 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 3: expecting a thank you, You're not expecting any kind of 255 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 3: a perk, You're not expecting any kind of inside favors. No, 256 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 3: you're just loving people because God loved you. That is freedom, 257 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 3: that is power. That is awesome. And that's the great commandment. 258 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 3: Love the Lord and then love our neighbor as ourself. 259 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 3: In fact, what did Jesus say, I'm giving you a 260 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 3: new commandment that you love one another as I have 261 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 3: loved you, that you love one another. By this, we'll 262 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 3: all men know that you are my disciples. If you 263 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 3: have love one for another man, do you know how 264 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 3: much you stand out and how refreshing it is as 265 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 3: a Christian to be a loving Christian, not a judgmental Christian, 266 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 3: not an angry Christian, a loving Christian, Jesus focused Christian, 267 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 3: truth filled Christian. We live in such a culture of hatred, 268 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 3: such a culture of just stirring up trouble all of 269 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 3: the time. And for you to be the kind of 270 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 3: person that is loving, unconditionally loving, that's amazing. In fact, 271 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 3: the Bible does talk about when you have an enemy. 272 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 3: I'm just reading this the other day. In Proverbs Proverbs 273 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 3: twenty five, if you have an enemy, it says to 274 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 3: do good things for your enemy. If you see that 275 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 3: they didn't bring their lunch to work, the Bible says, 276 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 3: go ahead and give them your lunch, your enemy, because 277 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 3: that is going to speak volumes to your enemy. They 278 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 3: would expect you just to get them back. But when 279 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 3: you give them your lunch, you do something for your enemy. 280 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 3: In the New Testament it says it's like heaping hot 281 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 3: goals on his head. Like I think they come to 282 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 3: themselves and go, man, what kind of a jerk am I? Being? 283 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 3: This person's so loving? I need that kind of love. 284 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 3: I need to know that God, that Jesus that has 285 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 3: somehow put that kind of love in them, that they 286 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 3: would do something so good for me. I'm their enemy, 287 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 3: I've been bad mouthing them, I stole their promotion, etc. Etc. 288 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 3: You get the idea where to love people and not 289 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 3: saying it's easy. But yet, on the other hand, it 290 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,199 Speaker 3: is easy because it's not our love. We yield to 291 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 3: God's love. You're catching this, okay, I hope you are. 292 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 3: Let's okay, let's wrap up. Then I want to talk 293 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,199 Speaker 3: about the great faith piece of this. What are we 294 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 3: talking about today? Getting a grip on the basics. These 295 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 3: are the basics, y'all of serving God. What is it? 296 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 3: The great commission. Let's keep the main thing, the main thing, 297 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 3: the great commission. Be a witness for Christ living out 298 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 3: this great commandment, the law of love. But then the 299 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 3: wrap up, and I think this is the fun one 300 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:35,959 Speaker 3: as well, living by great faith. I mean God is 301 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 3: inviting you, He's inviting me to a faith adventure. There 302 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:45,679 Speaker 3: is nothing boring about the Christian life. Okay, So faith 303 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 3: is what pleases the Lord. Let's dig into this. Then 304 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,120 Speaker 3: let's look at Luke chapter seven, and this is the 305 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 3: story of the Centurion. I'll pick it up in verse two. 306 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 3: So it says a certain centurion servant who was dear 307 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 3: to him, was sick and ready to die. So when 308 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:04,640 Speaker 3: he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews 309 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 3: to him, pleading with him to come and heal his servant. 310 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 3: And when they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, 311 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 3: this is the one that you should do something for, 312 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 3: he's so deserving. Verse five. He loves our nation. He's 313 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,959 Speaker 3: built us a synagogue. Then Jesus went with him. Okay, 314 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 3: so the servants of the centurion say, Jesus, come, heal 315 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 3: the centurion's servant because he's sick. And this guy deserves 316 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 3: it because he's he's helped build our synagogue. So then 317 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 3: verse six. Then Jesus went with them. And when he 318 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 3: was already not far from the house, Jesus wasn't to 319 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 3: the house yet, the centurion sent friends to Jesus and said, Lord, 320 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 3: do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy that 321 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 3: you should enter under my roof. Therefore, I did not 322 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 3: even think myself worthy to come to you. But just 323 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 3: say the word, and my servant will be healed. For 324 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 3: I also am a man under authority, and I say 325 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 3: to my servant, go and he goes, and to another 326 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:03,919 Speaker 3: comedy comes and to my servant, and do this, and 327 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 3: he does it. When Jesus heard these things, he marveled 328 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 3: at him and turned around and said to the crowd 329 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,159 Speaker 3: that followed him, I say to you, I have not 330 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 3: found so great faith, not even in all of Israel. 331 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 3: What's the story about. This is a story that a 332 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 3: centurion said, Jesus, I know who you are, I know 333 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:26,919 Speaker 3: the power of your words, and I was gonna have 334 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 3: you come to my house to heal my servant. But 335 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 3: never mind, you don't even need to come to my house. 336 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 3: I don't need you physically here because your word is 337 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 3: that powerful. Just say the word and my servant will 338 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:40,679 Speaker 3: be healed. And then he went on to say, I 339 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 3: understand this principle. I understand the principle of the authority 340 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 3: of someone in authority's words, because I say to my servants, 341 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 3: go and they do it, and stop and they do it. 342 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 3: He said, just speak the word, and I know my 343 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 3: servant will be healed. And Jesus was astounded. Do you 344 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 3: know in the Bible they are only two times that 345 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 3: Jesus said, I have not seen such great faith. I've 346 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 3: seen a lot of faith, but I have not seen 347 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 3: such great faith as this in all of Israel. Okay, 348 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 3: what was so great about the faith? What was so 349 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 3: great about the centurion's faith? It's basic, It's simple. What 350 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 3: was it? Simply this, the centurion took Jesus at his word. 351 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,679 Speaker 3: That is it. That is what faith is. Faith is 352 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 3: taking God at his word. Faith is not a feeling. 353 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 3: Faith is not a circumstance. Faith literally just takes God 354 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 3: at his word, and Jesus marveled. Man, wun't you just 355 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 3: love to make Jesus marvel with your faith that you 356 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 3: believed his words. Well, let's keep reading then, and let's 357 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:51,359 Speaker 3: find out more about it faith. Why is faith so amazing? Well, 358 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 3: the Bible tells us in Romans chapter one and in 359 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:57,920 Speaker 3: Galatians chapter three. The just believers we're supposed to live 360 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 3: by faith. In the Hebrews were told that without faith 361 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 3: it's impossible to please God, for whoever comes to God 362 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 3: must believe that He is, that he exists, and that 363 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 3: he's the rewarder of those who diligently seek him. Okay, 364 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 3: here's a question for you. Why why do you think 365 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 3: without faith it's impossible to please God? Why do you 366 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 3: think that's true? See, sometimes we think, well, man, if 367 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 3: I don't have faith, that's probably upsetting to the Lord. 368 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 3: He's probably very disappointed in me. If I don't have faith, 369 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 3: because you know without faith, Without faith, it's impossible to 370 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 3: please God. So you better have some faith. I mean 371 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 3: that sometimes is how that comes off. That's not the 372 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,440 Speaker 3: heart of God. Why is it impossible to please God 373 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 3: without faith? Because God knows everything we receive from him, 374 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:54,919 Speaker 3: everything including salvation, including wisdom, healing, including the success on 375 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,640 Speaker 3: the job, including all the wisdom we need to raise 376 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 3: a family. I mean, everything we need from God, his favor, 377 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 3: his goodness, his blessings, it comes to us through faith. 378 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 3: He knows that the avenue, the vehicle, the way things 379 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 3: come to us is through faith. And when those things 380 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 3: come to us salvation, all of God's goodness, then God 381 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 3: is so pleased, like any good parent man, He is 382 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 3: so pleased when his kids are blessed with the things 383 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 3: he has paid a mighty high price to purchase for us. 384 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 3: So without faith it's impossible to please in Why because 385 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:35,360 Speaker 3: he knows in that case you're not blessed, you're not saved, 386 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 3: you're not getting his goodness. But he's so pleased when 387 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 3: you have faith, because then you can be saved, then 388 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 3: you can receive his goodness. Are you catching this? Are 389 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 3: you seeing this? So faith is simple, It's basic it 390 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 3: pleases the Lord because it gives you and I access 391 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 3: to God's goodness and especially to salvation. Okay, so I 392 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 3: hope you God. I hope that makes sense. Let's keep going. 393 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 3: Then we're talking about keeping the main thing the main thing, 394 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:06,239 Speaker 3: and this idea. As Christians, the oxygen we breathe. The 395 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 3: way we live is by faith. Okay. Second Corinthians five, 396 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 3: verse seven. He says this. The apostle Paul said we 397 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 3: walk by faith, not by sight. In secwod Corinthians thirteen, 398 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 3: he said, and since we have the same spirit of faith, 399 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 3: according to what was written, I believed, therefore I spoke. 400 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 3: We also believe and therefore speak. So here's the question 401 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 3: for you. How do you know if you have faith? 402 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,679 Speaker 3: How do we know? What's the litmus test for us 403 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 3: to determine yes, I have faith? Here's what it is 404 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,359 Speaker 3: the spirit of faith? What is it? It's what we 405 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 3: believe in our heart. It's what we say with our mouth. 406 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,919 Speaker 3: That is the equation for faith. What you believe in 407 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 3: your heart plus what you say with your mouth equals faith. 408 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,399 Speaker 3: And you can just think about it in your own life. 409 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 3: You and I we are where we are now in 410 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 3: our lives really, in essence, we are living the result 411 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 3: of our faith. We're living right now, in real time, 412 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 3: the result of what we have believed in our heart 413 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 3: and what we have said with our mouth. For example, 414 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 3: if we have said, if we have believed in our 415 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,239 Speaker 3: heart for years, we're nothing, we're failures, nobody loves us, 416 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,919 Speaker 3: nobody cares about us, I'll never amount to anything. If 417 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 3: we've believed that in our heart, and if we have 418 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 3: said that throughout the years, well I'm nobody, nobody likes me, 419 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 3: I'm a failure. If we've said those things, then I 420 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 3: guarantee we're probably in a place in life right now 421 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:36,479 Speaker 3: that is discouraged, depressed, not very successful. And all that 422 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 3: is is just the fruit of faith, the wrong kind 423 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 3: of faith, but faith. Nonetheless, Well, you can turn that 424 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 3: around today. You and I can turn that around today 425 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 3: by doing what by taking God at his word, believing 426 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 3: what he said about you, that you can do all 427 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 3: things through Christ, who strengthens you, that He has a 428 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 3: divine purpose for your life. He knows the plans he 429 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 3: has for you to give you a hope in a future, 430 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 3: not a plan for calamity or disaster. He's got good 431 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 3: things in store for you. You can just believe that, 432 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 3: and then you can start saying that. And do you know, 433 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 3: your heart and your mouth is like a rudder on 434 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,879 Speaker 3: a ship, and it will take you to the port 435 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,120 Speaker 3: of you can do all things through Christ. It'll take 436 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 3: to the port of your successful in life. It just 437 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,959 Speaker 3: takes a little bit of time to apply your faith. 438 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 3: But it is a faith proposition. I just want to 439 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:28,880 Speaker 3: give you an example. It's a faith proposition, okay, Hebrews eleven. Now, 440 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 3: faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence 441 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 3: of things not seen by faith. We understand that the 442 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:41,360 Speaker 3: world were framed by the word of God. Sow that. Now, 443 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 3: get this, so that the things which are seen were 444 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 3: not made of things which are visible. Well, that just 445 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 3: is an oxymoron. The things that are seen were not 446 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,879 Speaker 3: made from things that are visible. In other words, they 447 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 3: were made from things that are un invisible, unseen. How 448 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 3: does that work? Faith is the substance of things hoped for. 449 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 3: Another way to say it is, faith gives substance to 450 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:13,639 Speaker 3: the things you hope for. Okay, so let me just 451 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,439 Speaker 3: give it an analogy here. Let's say you hope for 452 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,159 Speaker 3: some things. Let's say you see God's word promises you 453 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,640 Speaker 3: all kinds of things and you and hope rises up. 454 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 3: You hope for like, yes, I hope it's true. It's 455 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 3: like hope is like a blueprint. If you've ever built 456 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 3: a house or seen a blueprint for anything, When you 457 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 3: look at the blueprint, you get the hope of what 458 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,159 Speaker 3: that house could look like. But the blueprint is not 459 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 3: the house. The blueprint is just the drawing and the 460 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 3: hope of what could be. How do you get the house? 461 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 3: How do you get what's on that blueprint to turn 462 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 3: into the house? Faith? Faith gives substance to the blueprint 463 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 3: or to the hope. Hope is future. Faith is now. 464 00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 3: So I hope in the future I get what's on 465 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 3: this blueprint. But in to get it, I've got to 466 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 3: do something. Now what do I do now? I just 467 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,399 Speaker 3: start building? How do I build? You build with faith? 468 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:11,159 Speaker 3: Faith gives substance to the thing you hoped for. So, 469 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 3: in other words, by faith, you believe in your heart 470 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 3: and you say with your mouth what God's word says 471 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,679 Speaker 3: about you, about your body, about your health, about your marriage, 472 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 3: about your kids, about your family, about your destiny, about 473 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 3: your purpose, about your life. And your faith will build 474 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 3: give substance to the blueprint that you can see and 475 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 3: hope for. I hope that makes sense. You get it 476 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 3: and you follow that. It's so basic, it's so simple, 477 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 3: and yet it's so profound because the things that are 478 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 3: seen now were made from things that were unseen. That 479 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:49,880 Speaker 3: is faith, Faith pulls out of the invisible realm substance, 480 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 3: and then it's created in your life, in your marriage, 481 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,879 Speaker 3: in your health, in your success. I mean, you know, 482 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 3: go done all the categories of life. Can you see that? 483 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 3: As someone has said before, it's a sixth sense, this 484 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 3: faith sense. So I hope it all makes sense, and 485 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 3: I believe it does. We've talked about it many times. 486 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 3: We'll keep talking about faith because why the just lived 487 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 3: by faith? It's the main thing to live. This faith adventure. Man, 488 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 3: it's it's fun, it's fulfilling, and God's got a great 489 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 3: plan for your life. So you might say, how do 490 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,160 Speaker 3: I get more faith? Don't go ahead, don't go how 491 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 3: do I get more faith? Here's how you get more faith. 492 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 3: Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word. The 493 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 3: more of God's word you hear, like watching television programs 494 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 3: like this, by taking online courses, by reading books, by 495 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 3: reading your Bible, by learning and hearing the word, faith comes, 496 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 3: and then your faith gives substance to the things you 497 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 3: hope for. Man, what a blessing? What a blessing? Did 498 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 3: God give us the advantage? Or what? All right? Well, 499 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 3: our time's up. I hope you have loved our time together. 500 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 3: I hope you've enjoyed getting a group on the basics 501 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 3: of serving God. I can't wait to see you in 502 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 3: our next episode as we pick up with another subject. 503 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,440 Speaker 3: It's gonna be great. I'll see you right here on 504 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 3: the Basics with Beth. 505 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 4: Thanks for watching today's show. We hope this message helped 506 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,280 Speaker 4: you to get the basics, live the life, and do 507 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 4: the stuff. 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