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We 40 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 5: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 41 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 5: God bless you always a joy to come into your homes. 42 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 4: We love you. We come with a message of hope. 43 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 5: We believe today is it listen that you'll be inspired 44 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 5: and encouraged to just be all that God's created you 45 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 5: to be. But thanks for tuning in. And if you're 46 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 5: ever in our area, I hope you'll stop by. We 47 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 5: give you a personal invitation, promise you we'll make you 48 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 5: feel right at home. But thanks again for tuning in. 49 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 5: And I'd like to start each week with something kind 50 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 5: of funny. And of course you know these are just jokes, 51 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 5: so don't anybody get offended. John was the only Protestant 52 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 5: in a large Catholic neighborhood, and every Friday during Lent, 53 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 5: while his neighbors were eating cold fish, he was in 54 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 5: his backyard grilling a steak and they couldn't stand the 55 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 5: temptation and decided to try to convert him to Catholicism. 56 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 5: After several talks, John agreed and they took him to 57 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 5: the church and the priest sprinkled water over him and said, 58 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 5: you were born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, 59 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 5: but now you're a Catholic. A year later, during the 60 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 5: first Friday of Lent, the neighbors smelled the same smell 61 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 5: of steak in the air. 62 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 4: They rushed to John's house. 63 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 5: He was in the backyard sprinkling water over his steak 64 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 5: saying you were born a cow, you were raised a cow, 65 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:03,359 Speaker 5: but now you're a fish. 66 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 4: All right, Hold up your Bible, say it like you mean. Ready, 67 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,679 Speaker 4: this is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 68 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 69 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 70 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 5: talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 71 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 72 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 5: the same. I am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, 73 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 5: ever living seed of the Word of God. I'll never 74 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 5: be the same. Never, never, never, I'll never. 75 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 4: Be the same. 76 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 5: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 77 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:44,119 Speaker 5: to you today about the importance of submitting to authority. 78 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 5: Everywhere we go, we're under some kind of authority. A 79 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 5: speed limit sign is an authority. Unless you're asking us 80 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 5: to go a certain way, he's an authority. Most every 81 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 5: person has a boss or a supervisor. The choir members 82 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 5: have a choir leader. On a ball team, you have 83 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 5: a coach. So we're all under some kind of authority, 84 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 5: and every day, maybe a couple of dozen times, we 85 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 5: are tested on how we're going to respond to that authority. 86 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 5: And some people have a real problem in this area. 87 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 5: They don't want anybody telling them what to do. 88 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 4: They're always kind. 89 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 5: Of trying to buck the system. Well, I'll drive as 90 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 5: fast as I want to I'm in a hurry. Or 91 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 5: it's okay to park in this no parking zone, it's 92 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 5: not hurting anything. Or I'll sit in that church wherever 93 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 5: I want to. I don't have to listen to that 94 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 5: usher man. I've been coming here longer than he's been alive. 95 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 5: Who does he think he is telling me what to do? 96 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 4: Now? 97 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 5: Really, that kind of defiant, rebellious attitude is going to 98 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 5: keep you from being blessed. And some people wonder why 99 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 5: their prayers aren't being answertain why they can't seem. 100 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 4: To get out of that. 101 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 5: Rut, And it's all because they have a problem with authority. 102 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 5: And if you don't learn how to submit to authority, 103 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 5: you will never in a position of authority. We've got 104 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 5: to first pass that test. And when I say submit 105 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 5: to authority, I don't mean that you do what you're 106 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 5: told and then you complain about it the whole time. 107 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 4: Well, I'll park over here, but I sure don't understand it. 108 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 4: When I get home. 109 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 5: I'm gonna write that company a letter and give him 110 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 5: a piece of my mind. That's not really submitting to authority. 111 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 5: You're submitting with your actions, but God is looking at 112 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 5: our hearts, and true submission is when we just humble 113 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 5: ourselves and say, God, I don't really understand this, I 114 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 5: don't agree with this, but I'm will come under this authority. 115 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 4: And be obedient anyway. 116 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 5: See, if you're really gonna pass the test, you got 117 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 5: to do it with the right attitude. 118 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:43,799 Speaker 4: Maybe your boss asks you to run. 119 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 5: This package over to a client's and you're busy, You've 120 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 5: got your. 121 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 4: Day all planned out. 122 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 5: Of course you say, sure, I'll do it, But that 123 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 5: whole way you complain, Well, who does he think he is? 124 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 5: Doesn't he know I'm made for more than this. He's 125 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 5: getting me off schedule. Now you've got to learn just 126 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 5: swallow your pride, submit yourself, and do it with a 127 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 5: proper attitude. 128 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 4: If not, you're not passing the test. 129 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 5: And the scripture says here in Romans thirteen, verse one, 130 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 5: every one of us must submit to the governing authorities. 131 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 5: For there is no authority except that which God has established. 132 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 5: Notice God has established all authority. It may be a 133 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 5: security guard at work, may be an usher at the 134 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 5: ball field, may. 135 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:26,799 Speaker 4: Be a supervisor at the office. 136 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 5: We may not agree with them, but that's not the 137 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 5: point God has established it. We're always going to have 138 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 5: people and policies and rules that we don't like and 139 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 5: we don't understand. But if we're going to experience God's best, 140 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 5: we got to learn how to come under that authority, 141 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 5: to respect those leaders, and to basically have a submissive attitude. 142 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 5: And even if we don't do it for them, we 143 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 5: need to learn to do it unto God. 144 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 4: God. 145 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:54,359 Speaker 5: I don't want to park over here, but I'm going 146 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 5: to do. 147 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 4: It unto you God. 148 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 5: I don't agree with this boss, but I'm gonna be 149 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 5: obedient anyway for your sake. 150 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 4: For God. 151 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 5: I don't feel like paying these taxes. They seem too high, 152 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 5: but I'm going to do it all because I love 153 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 5: and respect You and understand this. 154 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 4: When we don't. 155 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 5: Obey those that have authority over us, really we're disobeying God. 156 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 4: I know this is kind of a tough pill. 157 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 5: To swallow, but the fact is, when we speed down 158 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 5: the highway, we're not just disobeying the city, We're disobeying God. 159 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 5: Or when we walk across the lawn when there's a 160 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 5: big sign that says please stay off the grass. We're 161 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 5: not just disobeying that park, We're disobeying God. 162 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 4: And listen. I was the world's worst. 163 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 5: When I used to get on the freeway. I wouldn't 164 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 5: even think twice. I'd put it on seventy miles an hour. 165 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 5: My attitude was fifty five is just too slow, and 166 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 5: I'm busy. 167 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 4: I've got a lot of things to do. Not even 168 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 4: get spiritual about it. 169 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 5: Say God, I'm speeding down the highway because I'm in 170 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 5: a hurry to get to church. 171 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 4: I'm in a hurry to minister to your people. 172 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 5: In other words, God, I know it's okay to break 173 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 5: the law as long as I'm doing it for you. 174 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 5: And of course i'd find me some good scriptures to 175 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 5: back it up. You know God, the apostle Paul said, 176 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 5: we're not under the law anymore. 177 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 4: Thank God for that. 178 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 5: I've discovered you can find a scripture to justify anything 179 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 5: you want to if you look hard enough. And even 180 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 5: speeding down the highway, I would pray God, I thank 181 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 5: you that you're gonna show me which hell the policeman 182 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 5: is over. God give me that spirit of discernment. Man, Now, 183 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 5: I thought, even if I did get caught, I'm just 184 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 5: gonna pray for more God's favor. 185 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 4: I'm gonna try to get out of it. 186 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 5: But one day I realized that I'm never gonna be 187 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 5: in a real position of authority until I learn how 188 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 5: to come under authority. That's the only way we're ever 189 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 5: gonna get promoted. I don't know about you, but I 190 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 5: don't want to get stuck at a certain level in 191 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:47,559 Speaker 5: my life all because I have a problem with swallowing 192 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 5: my pride and coming under the authority that God has established. 193 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 4: Notice, I said again, God has established it. 194 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 5: If it's your company policy for you to be there 195 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 5: at eight, but you show up every other day fifteen 196 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 5: to twenty minutes late, I don't see how God can 197 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 5: bless you. Or if the speed limit says thirty, but 198 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 5: you think nothing of going fifty or sixty all the time, 199 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 5: that's going to keep you in mediocrity. We may not 200 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 5: agree with it, but God has established it. If the 201 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,319 Speaker 5: parking attendant asked me to park over here, he may 202 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 5: be a teenager. I may be quote more important, or 203 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 5: maybe I make more money. 204 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 4: Listen, none of that matters. He's the authority there, and. 205 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 5: I need to respect his authority, knowing that when I 206 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:33,199 Speaker 5: respect him, really, I'm showing my respect for Almighty God. 207 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 5: It's amazing today how many people have a problem in 208 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 5: this area. I was thinking about this young man. I 209 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 5: knew he came to the church for a long time. 210 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 5: This was years and years ago, and he was the 211 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 5: nicest guy in the world. He used to volunteer for us, 212 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:49,959 Speaker 5: and I had nothing but respect for him. But little 213 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 5: did I know he had a major problem with authority. 214 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 5: And we started getting reports that he was giving the 215 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 5: police officers outside a hard time about where he could 216 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 5: park and why he couldn't do this, and why he 217 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 5: couldn't do that. And I could hardly believe it was 218 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 5: even the same guy. But one day he tried to 219 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,599 Speaker 5: turn in the front drive here after a service, and 220 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:13,439 Speaker 5: the officers asked him not to, and they were making 221 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,319 Speaker 5: the traffic go the other way, just trying to keep 222 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 5: everything flowing. They didn't have anything against him, they didn't 223 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 5: even know him. I mean, there's thirty or forty policemen 224 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 5: out there, but he went ahead and turned in any 225 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 5: way and disobeyed their orders. And so an officer came 226 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 5: over to him and started talking to him, and that 227 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 5: young man got so belligerent and he threw such a 228 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 5: fit they finally had to put him in the car 229 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 5: and just take him off the property. And do you know, 230 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 5: I have not seen that young man since, and I thought, 231 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 5: what a shame that he is allowing something so minor 232 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:47,559 Speaker 5: really to keep him from fulfilling his destiny. And if 233 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 5: you don't discipline yourself and really make yourself come under 234 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 5: that authority, then that old rebellious don't tell me what 235 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 5: to do attitude is going to develop into a stronghold, 236 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 5: and unfortunately that will plague you whole lifetime. And if 237 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:03,959 Speaker 5: you have a problem with authority today, you need to 238 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 5: look down deep on the inside and get to the 239 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 5: root calls of it. I heard somebody complaining just last 240 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 5: week about how they were going to have to start 241 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 5: clocking in at their office, and this was something new 242 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 5: and they just couldn't understand it. 243 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 4: They were all bent out of shape about it. 244 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 5: But usually the only people that have a problem with 245 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 5: submitting to authority are the people that are breaking the rules. 246 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 5: I mean, what's the big deal if you have to 247 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 5: clock in at your office? If you get to work 248 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 5: every day on time. The problem is when you don't 249 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 5: get there on time. I remember my father. He used 250 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 5: to ask people to be at their desk at nine am. 251 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 5: He didn't want you to be in the lunch room 252 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,199 Speaker 5: getting a cup of coffee at nine, didn't want you 253 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 5: to be visiting with a coworker at nine. 254 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 4: He wanted you to be at your desk ready. 255 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 5: To go at nine o'clock sharp. That was his pet 256 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 5: pee Well, there was a young lady that worked here. 257 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 5: This was years ago, and she just didn't understand that. 258 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 5: She had a kind of a defiant attitude. She said, 259 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 5: that's not right. If I'm on the property at nine o'clock, 260 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 5: that means I'm officially at work. Well, the reason she 261 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:07,719 Speaker 5: had such a problem with it was because she was 262 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 5: late every other day. And if you make a big 263 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 5: deal out of something like that, that's not a big deal. 264 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 5: Nine times out of ten, you're the problem. And you 265 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 5: need to recognize that company is paying you your salary. 266 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 5: They may have some pet peeves, they may do some 267 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 5: things you don't like, but you're gonna have to swallow 268 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 5: your pride, quit complaining about it, and start coming under 269 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 5: that authority that young lady. She didn't last around here 270 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 5: but a couple months time. My father wouldn't put up 271 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 5: with that. And here's the problem. If you're not submitting 272 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 5: to authority in you're always looking for some reason to 273 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 5: buck the system that's. 274 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 4: Gonna follow you wherever you go. You'll leave that place 275 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:47,959 Speaker 4: all sour with a bad attitude. 276 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 5: You'll go to the next place and have the same 277 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 5: problem the next place and the next place. You might 278 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 5: as well just make up your mind that you're gonna 279 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 5: swallow your pride and say, God, I'm gonna start coming 280 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:01,079 Speaker 5: under this authority. I know you have established it, and 281 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 5: they're not the problem. 282 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 4: I'm the problem. God. I know they don't need to change. 283 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:06,199 Speaker 4: I need to change. 284 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 5: When we have that kind of attitude, that's when God 285 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 5: can promote us. 286 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 4: But really, I. 287 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 5: Believe in all of us, there's something that doesn't like 288 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 5: being told what to do. There's something in human nature 289 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 5: that says, you know what. 290 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:18,839 Speaker 4: Just don't tell me what to do. 291 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 5: And usually if we have a problem with authority, I 292 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 5: found it's one or two areas. It's either pride, we're 293 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 5: too proud, man, don't tell me what to do. I 294 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 5: know what I'm doing. Or we're insecure, and we think 295 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,839 Speaker 5: that when we submit, we're going to look like we're weak, 296 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:34,679 Speaker 5: or we're going. 297 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:36,319 Speaker 4: To feel like we're a little inferior. 298 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 5: But really it's just the opposite. When you can submit 299 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 5: to authority, you know who you are. When you're kind 300 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 5: and courteous to those that are over you and you 301 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:47,439 Speaker 5: do what they tell you to do with a good attitude. 302 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 5: That's the mark of a very mature person. That's a 303 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 5: mark of maturity. I know, on these events we've been 304 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 5: doing on the road. Not too long ago, we pulled 305 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 5: up at this one arena about a half hour before 306 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 5: the service was to begin, and there was this long 307 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 5: line of cars waiting to get in. There were probably 308 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 5: six or seven different gates open, and there was an 309 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 5: eight dollars charge for the parking. And somehow nobody on 310 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 5: our team had notified them that we were coming through 311 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 5: that gate, or maybe we came to the wrong gate, 312 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 5: I don't know, but when we pulled up there, the 313 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 5: parking attendant happened to be a young teenage guy, and 314 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 5: he came up to our car and he said, that'll 315 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 5: be eight dollars, and you know, we kind of laughed 316 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 5: in the car. 317 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 4: I thought, that's kind of interesting. 318 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 5: I've never paid to see myself and our driver. He said, no, no, no, 319 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 5: no no, this is the main men that they're all 320 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 5: coming to see. 321 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 4: These are the main people we need to get in now. 322 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 5: I'll never forget that teenage He stuck his head in 323 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 5: our car, and he looked at me, and he didn't 324 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 5: know me from Adam. He wouldn't let us in, and 325 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 5: so he got on the radio and he started calling around. 326 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 5: And really it wasn't his fault. He didn't have the 327 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 5: authority to let us in. But this all took place 328 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 5: maybe just ten or fifteen seconds. The first thing I 329 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 5: did was check my wallet. I thought, man, let's pay 330 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 5: him and move on. Unfortunately I didn't have any money, 331 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 5: and I had asked as somebody to call on me 332 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 5: borrow eight dollars. But you know, my attitude was, we 333 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 5: don't have to make a big deal out of this. 334 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 5: Let's just swallow our pride, pay the money. Thank god 335 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 5: we got enough money, and let's just move on. But 336 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 5: the truth is, we could have just burrowed our way 337 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 5: in there and embarrassed the guy, and I'm sure it 338 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 5: would have been okay. After all, it was our event 339 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 5: we were bringing thousands of people to that arena. But 340 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 5: my point is you can't be too proud to just 341 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 5: swallow your pride and do what you're told to do, 342 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 5: even though you know it may not be right or 343 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 5: it may not seem fair. 344 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 4: Let me tell you, in the long run. 345 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 5: God will make that up to you. And sure I 346 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 5: could have thrown a fit. I could have said, look 347 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 5: at here, buddy, don't you know who I am. That's 348 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 5: my picture up there on the marquis. I'm the smiling 349 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 5: preacher man. 350 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 4: Where you been not smiling too much? 351 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 5: Now, buddy, learn to swallow your pride. Just humble yourself. 352 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 5: You got to have a submissive attitude. And remember when 353 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 5: we disobey and disrespect those in authority, even if it's 354 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 5: a teenager, we're really disobeying and disrespecting God. 355 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 4: And too many people. 356 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 5: Just are always looking for some reason to bust the system. 357 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 5: They're always looking for some reason to fight. 358 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 4: Man. 359 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 5: You can't tell me where to park, don't tell me 360 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 5: where to sit around here. You know, they got that 361 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 5: rebellious kind of defiant attitude. And you know some people 362 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 5: they'll even come into church and sing and pray, Yes, 363 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 5: this is the day the Lord has made God bless you, brother. 364 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 4: You sure look great. Then they go out in the 365 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 4: parking lot and chew the policemen out. 366 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 5: Don't tell me I can't turn left here, buddy. I 367 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 5: didn't turn and left you all my life. They bust 368 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 5: out of here, going fifty in a thirty, almost mow 369 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 5: down two neighborhood kids trying to beat the Baptist to lubys, 370 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 5: you know. 371 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 4: And then they pray, You know, God, how come you 372 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 4: never answered my prayers. 373 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 5: I went to church, I gave him the offering, even 374 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 5: volunteered in the nursery last week. The whole problem is 375 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 5: they're not submitting to authority. They're not dealing with that 376 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 5: stronghold of rebellion. And as I said, God can't bless that. 377 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 5: And I've learned most of the time it is not 378 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 5: the big things that keep most people in mediocrity. It's 379 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 5: not lying, she eaten, committ an adultery, It's just the 380 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:18,439 Speaker 5: small things. The scripture says, it's the little foxes that 381 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 5: spoil the vine. Why don't you start submitting to that authority. 382 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:24,879 Speaker 5: Just swallow your pride and do it with a good attitude. 383 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 5: When we went down to minute May Park this year 384 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 5: for our Easter service. 385 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 4: The policy there. 386 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:32,199 Speaker 5: At the park, as most of you probably know, is 387 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,360 Speaker 5: they got to check your bags before you come in. 388 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 5: And so when Johnny and I pulled up before the service, 389 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 5: we had a couple bags, and so we just got 390 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 5: into line. I'll never forget what the security lady said. 391 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 5: She said, you know what, that's what I. 392 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,119 Speaker 4: Like about you. You don't think you're too good to 393 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 4: get into line like everybody else. 394 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 5: And really I never really thought about it, you know, 395 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 5: I mean we were on their turf. 396 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 4: It was their building. 397 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 5: I thought, if I'm going to go in and have 398 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 5: our Easter service, I'm gonna have to come under their authority. 399 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 5: And see, don't always trying to be the exception to 400 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 5: the rule. Listen, I'm too important. I don't have to 401 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:07,239 Speaker 5: follow those rules. Or I've worked at this company a 402 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,359 Speaker 5: long time. I can make some personal long distance phone calls. 403 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 5: I can leave early if the boss sitn't looking. I 404 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 5: can play on the internet if I want to know. 405 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 5: Those are the little things that keep so many people from. 406 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 4: God's very best. 407 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 5: And after all, what kind of witness are we being 408 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 5: if people see us speeding down the freeway cutting people 409 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 5: off or if we're always gossiping about the boss behind 410 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 5: his back, Or if we throw a big fit because 411 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 5: the elevator is closed for repairs and we got to 412 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 5: walk up a couple flights of stairs. 413 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 4: Hell, that's not right. I want to speak to the manager. 414 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:43,439 Speaker 5: No, the Bible says we are Christ's ambassadors here on 415 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 5: this earth. We represent Almighty God. Now, I would hate 416 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 5: to think that somebody could look at my life and say, man, 417 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 5: isn't that that minister? Can you believe how rude he 418 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 5: was to that security guard? Can you believe how fast 419 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 5: he's driving? Can you believe he's parked in that no 420 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:03,159 Speaker 5: parking zone? You're talking about ruining your witness friends. We 421 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:07,399 Speaker 5: got to start respecting and obeying authority. I found most 422 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 5: people are not listening to a sermon. They're watching our lives. 423 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 5: Quit looking for reasons to always bunk the system. Start 424 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 5: obeying those that have the authority over you. Thinking about 425 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 5: that young teenager at the parking gate. 426 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 4: What if he could go to. 427 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,719 Speaker 5: His friends and say, man, you should have seen that 428 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 5: guy When I wouldn't let him in, he threw a fit. 429 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:28,439 Speaker 5: He's one way on TV, but no, I know what 430 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 5: he's really like. No, Thank God, I've learned, and I'm 431 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 5: learning to have a submissive attitude. 432 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 4: I'm doing my best to. 433 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 5: Obey and respect authority, knowing that other people are watching, 434 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 5: especially our children. I remember a few years back, when Jonathan, 435 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 5: our son, was about six years old. We were driving 436 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 5: home from basketball practice one night, and he started asking 437 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 5: about the street signs and how I knew where we 438 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,919 Speaker 5: were going, and all these questions about driving, and so 439 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 5: I started explaining this to him. And about that time, 440 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 5: we came upon this speed limit sign and he saw 441 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 5: the three to oh and he said, hey, Daddy, what 442 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 5: does that thirty mean? I said, well, Jonathan, that's the 443 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 5: speed limit. That's how fast we're supposed to be going. 444 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 5: I'll never forget. He leaned up from the back seat 445 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 5: and looked at my supdometer. He said, as innocently as 446 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 5: you can imagine, Daddy, how come we're going forty five? 447 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:18,199 Speaker 6: Now? 448 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,360 Speaker 5: I thought to myself, why am I teaching him this? 449 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,919 Speaker 5: But you could hear the concern in his voice. I 450 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 5: know exactly what he was thinking. 451 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 4: If it says thirty, daddy, why aren't we doing it? 452 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 5: And the truth is I didn't have a good answer. 453 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 5: I wanted to say, you're gonna have to talk to 454 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 5: your mother about this. Finally, I said, Jonathan, I'm just 455 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 5: in a hurry to get home. 456 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 4: There's really no excuse for it. So we're going to 457 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 4: slow down and obey the law. 458 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,640 Speaker 5: But see, we can't tell our children to do one thing, 459 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,919 Speaker 5: to respect their teachers, to respect other authority, and then 460 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:53,160 Speaker 5: by our own actions we're not respecting and obeying other 461 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:56,639 Speaker 5: people's authority. We need to be a good example to 462 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 5: our children, to our co workers, to the lady at 463 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:04,639 Speaker 5: the grocery store. When it says express lane twelve items, mimic. 464 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 5: Don't go up there with twenty seven items. Say oh 465 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 5: I just lost count today. 466 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 4: Be a good example. 467 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 5: I've made up my mind I'm gonna respect the authority 468 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 5: in my life. Sure, I may be the boss when 469 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:17,920 Speaker 5: I'm up here, but when I get out on the freeways, 470 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 5: I got to come under that authority. When I go 471 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,400 Speaker 5: to the ball field, I got to come under that authority. 472 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 5: When I go to the swimming pool and they ask 473 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 5: you not to bring drinks in, I'm not gonna hide 474 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 5: my doctor Pepper's under my towel when they say no 475 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 5: children under sixteen, I'm not gonna take my ten year 476 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 5: old and just say, boy, he. 477 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:38,159 Speaker 4: Sure looks young, doesn't he. No, I know I'm not 478 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 4: gonna continue to be blessed. 479 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna stay in a position of authority until 480 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 5: I really know how to stay under authority. 481 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 4: Now. 482 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 5: I learn so much of this from my father. When 483 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 5: we used to travel overseas to India. Daddy had such respect. 484 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 4: For those leaders. 485 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 5: We would go way back into the villages and sometimes 486 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 5: they would gather as many as two or three thousand 487 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 5: native pastors, and here Daddy would well known and well 488 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 5: thought of throughout India. But when he got there, one 489 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:06,680 Speaker 5: of the first things he would do was to meet 490 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 5: with the main leaders and just basically submit to their authority. 491 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 4: He would ask them, what do you want me to do? 492 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 5: How long you want me to speak? What subjects would 493 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 5: you like me to do with? How can I help 494 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 5: you the best? He just did his best to honor 495 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 5: them and to come under their authority. And sure Daddy 496 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 5: could have blown in there like a big shot here 497 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 5: I am, I'm ready to do my thing. No, he 498 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:32,399 Speaker 5: just humbled himself and he had that submissive attitude. In fact, 499 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,159 Speaker 5: one thing in India at that time was that the 500 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:36,880 Speaker 5: women didn't wear any jewelry. 501 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 4: They didn't think that was right. 502 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 5: And so when we got there, first thing Victoria would 503 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 5: do was take off her jewelry. We had any other ladies, 504 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 5: we'd ask them to take off their jewelry as well. 505 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:47,439 Speaker 4: We didn't have to. 506 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:49,959 Speaker 5: We could have argued with them, we could have debated it. 507 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 5: We could have tried to make a statement to them, Hey, 508 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 5: why are you being so legalistic? 509 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 4: Now we knew the right. 510 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,199 Speaker 5: Thing to do was to just respect those leaders and 511 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 5: come under that authority. What point is when you go 512 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 5: to somebody else's office, somebody else's home, you're on somebody 513 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 5: else's turf. They may not do everything exactly the way 514 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:12,640 Speaker 5: you used to, but respect them. Don't have that defiant attitude. 515 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 5: Well this is not the way we do it at 516 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 5: my office. We can leave fifteen minutes early on Friday. 517 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,640 Speaker 5: I don't understand it. Or this church made me sit 518 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:22,639 Speaker 5: over here, and I really wanted to sit over there. 519 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 5: At my church, I can sit anywhere I want. Have 520 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 5: you ever realized you're not at your church? Respect that 521 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,680 Speaker 5: authority and do it with a good attitude. Who is 522 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 5: getting hot in here today? After my father went to 523 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 5: be with the Lord. The first few months we had 524 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 5: quite a few guest ministers. We always had these guidelines 525 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 5: we asked them to follow, and one thing that was important. 526 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,200 Speaker 4: To us was that they speak a certain length of time. 527 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 5: As you know, we have our children's and youth services going, 528 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 5: we have parking issues to deal with, and so it's 529 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:55,119 Speaker 5: very important to us that we get out on time. Well, 530 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 5: we asked this one young minister, a good friend and 531 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 5: a very good person, if he would speak for thirty 532 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 5: minutes and then turn it back over to us. 533 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 4: He said absolutely, I'll do whatever you want. 534 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 5: And he got up here in the pulpit and he 535 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 5: was very gracious and very honoring toward us, and he 536 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 5: even said publicly at the very beginning, I'm only going 537 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,680 Speaker 5: to speak thirty minutes tonight. I really want to honor 538 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,959 Speaker 5: the leadership here. And I realized that anybody can make 539 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 5: a mistake, but I'm just making a point. And the 540 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:25,439 Speaker 5: funny thing is, thirty minutes came and went, forty five minutes, 541 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:29,199 Speaker 5: one hour, one hour, and fifteen minutes. An hour and 542 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 5: a half later, he finally got through. 543 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 4: Half the congregation was gone. 544 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,479 Speaker 5: And the truth is I wanted to be gone. Our 545 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 5: kids had been out for an hour running around with 546 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 5: no parents. 547 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 4: I mean, it was a big mess, he. 548 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:44,640 Speaker 5: Told me after his boy I just really got caught 549 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 5: up in the spirit tonight. And I thought to myself, man, 550 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 5: you got caught up in the wrong spirit, because listen, 551 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:52,920 Speaker 5: God is not going to give you a different plan 552 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 5: than he's given the leader of that place. And even 553 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:59,160 Speaker 5: if you do feel like that you have different direction 554 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 5: and you want to do so something different, you should 555 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:03,679 Speaker 5: at least meet with that leader and submit to their 556 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 5: authority and ask them about it. The problem with what 557 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 5: he did is unless God split this auditorium wide open 558 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 5: and gave us a sound from heaven, we would never 559 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:13,679 Speaker 5: invite him back. 560 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 4: You know. 561 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 5: And if you're not submitting to authority, really you're only 562 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:21,160 Speaker 5: hurting yourself. When you're on somebody else's turf at their home, 563 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 5: their business, if it's their seminar, their ball team, come 564 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 5: under that authority, respect, honor, and obey what they're asking 565 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 5: you to do. One thing I really appreciate about Victoria 566 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,919 Speaker 5: is she's always respected my authority as the leader in 567 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 5: our home. She's got a very strong personality, she's bright, 568 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 5: she's got great insight into things, and probably ninety nine 569 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 5: point nine percent of the time we see eye to eye, 570 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 5: we agree, But there are times, like anybody that you know, 571 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 5: I just don't agree. I say, Victoria, I'm sorry, I 572 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 5: do not see it that way. And when it comes 573 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 5: down to making the final decision, she always tells me, Joe, 574 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 5: you know how I feel. Just do what you think 575 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,359 Speaker 5: best for our family. Sure enough, I'll do it my way, 576 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 5: And a couple of weeks later she'll say, see, I 577 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 5: told you so. But in a marriage, somebody has to 578 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 5: make the final decision. And the fact is God is 579 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 5: going to hold a man responsible for that home. And 580 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 5: I'm not saying that we're not equal. We both should 581 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 5: have equal input, but somebody has to have the final say. 582 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 4: The key is I respect. 583 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 5: Her, I value her opinion, I listen to her input. 584 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,639 Speaker 5: A lot of men today they love that scripture the 585 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 5: wife has to submit to their husbands. But the problem 586 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:39,679 Speaker 5: is that husband is not submitting himself under God's authority. 587 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:43,199 Speaker 5: You got to love and honor and respect your wife, 588 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 5: and submitting to you doesn't mean you just blow her off, 589 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,639 Speaker 5: You run over her like a door match, you know, 590 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 5: and never listen to her. 591 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 4: Now, you've got to value her opinion. You've got to 592 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,919 Speaker 4: listen to her input. You've got to respect your wife. 593 00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 4: All the women are clapping. 594 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 5: I heard about this guy that was bragging to his 595 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 5: buddy about how he was the head of his house. 596 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,639 Speaker 5: He said, yeah, I run things at my house. About 597 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 5: that time, his wife walked up. He hung his head 598 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,400 Speaker 5: and said, I'll run the vacuum, the lawnlorder, and the dishwalker. 599 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 5: Daddy used to say, the man is the head, but 600 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 5: the woman is the neck that turns the head. Men, 601 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,880 Speaker 5: you won't have any problem being the leader of your 602 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 5: home if you'll respect and honor your wife. I like 603 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 5: what somebody said. Men, if you want to be the 604 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,879 Speaker 5: king of your home, make your wife the queen. Let 605 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,879 Speaker 5: me ask you this today, how do you respond to 606 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:35,439 Speaker 5: the authority in your life? Do you humble yourself and 607 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 5: submit to it or do you kind of have that 608 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 5: defiant don't tell me what to do attitude. 609 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,400 Speaker 4: No. God can't bless that and some of you. That's 610 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 4: the only thing. 611 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 5: That's keeping you from going higher. If you would just 612 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:50,359 Speaker 5: swallow your pride and start respecting that authority, you'd see 613 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:54,640 Speaker 5: God's favor in a greater way. Remember when we disobey authority, 614 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,880 Speaker 5: we're really disobeying God. It may not be a big thing, 615 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 5: but if we don't deal with the small things. 616 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 4: They're going to keep us from God's very best. 617 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:04,719 Speaker 5: So why don't you make a decision with me that 618 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 5: you're gonna start coming under the authority in your life 619 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,120 Speaker 5: with a good attitude, be a good example. 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