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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 27 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 5: Welcome to the Joe lous Deine Podcast. Help us continue 28 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 5: to share the message of hope with those all over 29 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 5: the world. Visit Joeloustin dot com slash give hope to 30 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,199 Speaker 5: give a gift today. 31 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:41,960 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 32 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 4: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please 33 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 4: stop buying. Be a part of one of our services. 34 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 35 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 4: I'd like to start with something funny. And I heard 36 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 4: about these three people, a Russian, an American, and a blonde. 37 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 4: They were talking together and the Russian said, proudly, we 38 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 4: were the first ones in space. The American said, well, 39 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 4: we were the first ones on the moon. The blonde said, 40 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 4: that's nothing. We're going to be the first ones on 41 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 4: the sun. The American the Russian, they laugh, you can't 42 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 4: go to the sun. It's too hot, you'd be burned up. 43 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 4: Blonde said, we know that, we're not that dumb. We're 44 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 4: going to go at night. Say it like you mean it. 45 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 46 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 47 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 48 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 49 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 50 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 51 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about remove the grave clothes. 52 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 4: There are people God has put in our lives on purpose, 53 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 4: so we can help restore them. They're off course, they're addicted, 54 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 4: they're broken. It's easy to judge and think they should 55 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 4: make better decisions. It's their own fault. But if it 56 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 4: was not for the grace of God, that could be us. 57 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 4: We didn't get to where we are because we're so talented, 58 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 4: so disciplined, so obedient. That may be true on the surface, 59 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 4: but where did you get the talent? Where did you 60 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 4: get the discipline? It came from your heavenly Father. Wasn't 61 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 4: anything we chose. It's simply the goodness of God. But 62 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 4: too often we look at others and think, why are 63 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 4: they still making poor choices? Why are they still addicted? 64 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 4: Why do they get in bad relationships? Again and again? 65 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 4: I wouldn't do that. It's because God has given you 66 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 4: grace in that area. Without his grace, you would be 67 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 4: where they are. And instead of looking down on them 68 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 4: pointing the finger, you should know better. They don't need 69 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 4: more condemnation. God didn't put them there so you could 70 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 4: judge them. He put them there so you could love them. 71 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 4: Love He love restores, Love lifts up all around. You 72 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 4: are hurting people, broken people, people that may not have 73 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 4: had the advantages that you had. They weren't raised by 74 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 4: parents that invested in them. They've never felt the love 75 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 4: of the approval that you felt. It's easy to criticize, 76 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 4: but you don't know where you would be if you 77 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 4: had walked in their shoes. The longer I live, the 78 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 4: less judgmental I am. I realized everyone didn't get what 79 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 4: I got. It's easy for me to feel secure, valuable, confident, 80 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 4: believe big. I had parents that guided me, family that 81 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 4: supported me. I was born in a great country with 82 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 4: opportunity and resources. Life is not a level playing field. 83 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 4: When you're tempted to be judgmental, you need to remind yourself, 84 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 4: most likely they didn't get everything you got if it 85 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 4: was not for the mercy of God, you would be 86 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 4: making the same decisions that they're making. God has freely 87 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:08,679 Speaker 4: given you mercy. Here's my challenge, freely give it to others. 88 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 4: Don't be stingy with your mercy. God is counting on 89 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 4: us to lift the fallen, to restore the broken, to 90 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 4: heal the hurding. There's enough judgment in our world. There's 91 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 4: enough fault finding criticism. Where are the healers? Where are 92 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 4: the restorers? Where are the people that instead of running 93 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 4: away from the herding, they run to the herding. Instead 94 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 4: of condemning the broken, they help heal the broken. John 95 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 4: Chapter eleven, Lazarus was very sick. His two sisters sent 96 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,599 Speaker 4: word to Jesus to come pray for him, but Jesus 97 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 4: didn't arrive in time. Lazarus died. Jesus showed up four 98 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 4: days later. He spoke to Lazarus, said, Lazarus, come forth. 99 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 4: Instantly he woke up. He was raised from the dead, 100 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 4: a great miracle. The problem was Lazarus was wrapped with 101 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 4: grave clothes. In those days, when someone died, very often, 102 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 4: they would wrap them up like a mummy. Verse forty 103 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 4: four says Lazarus came out bound in grave clothes Jesus 104 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 4: said to them, unwrap him and let him go. Even 105 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 4: though Lazarus was alive, even though God had done something 106 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 4: amazing on the inside, he was still bound on the outside. 107 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 4: Somebody had to remove his grave clothes, or he would 108 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 4: have never experienced the fullness of what God had done. 109 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 4: You can imagine when they went to take off the 110 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 4: grave clothes after being dead for four days, the smell 111 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 4: was almost unbearable. Every layer they unwrapped, the stench got worse. 112 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 4: It was dirty, messy, smelly. They had to be incredibly dedicated. 113 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 4: They must have loved Lazarus a whole lot to have 114 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 4: been willing to endure all it took to remove his 115 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 4: grave clothes. This is what God has called us to do. 116 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 4: There are people around us wearing grave clothes. God has 117 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 4: done something on the inside. He's breathed life into them, 118 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 4: given them purpose. But they're still bound on the outside. 119 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 4: They have addictions, they struggle with their tempers, they're loosing 120 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 4: their morals. The problem is it's messy. It's tempting to think, 121 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 4: when they clean themselves up, then I'll help them when 122 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 4: they get back on course, Joel, when it's not so messy, 123 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 4: when they come back to church, then I'll encourage them. 124 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 4: How can they get free if someone doesn't step up 125 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 4: to remove their grave clothes. Where are the people that 126 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 4: are willing to get dirty to help someone else, to 127 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 4: go out on a limb, to befriend someone that others 128 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 4: think are too far down, to reach out to that 129 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 4: relative that's struggling with an addiction that others have written off. 130 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 4: It would be easy to remove grave clothes if they 131 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 4: were nice and tidy, if people were making good decisions 132 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 4: on the high road. That's not reality. Grave clothes are dirty. 133 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 4: Grave clothes are messy. Grave clothes stink, And we think 134 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 4: when someone still has issues, they still have an addiction, 135 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 4: they compromise, they're bitter, they're jealous, they have a long 136 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 4: way to go. But just because they're wearing grave clothes, 137 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 4: just because they're still dirty, doesn't mean they're not clean 138 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 4: on the inside. Jesus spoke life to Lazarus. He was 139 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 4: free on the inside, but still bound on the outside. 140 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 4: What am I saying? Don't judge by appearance. The grave 141 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 4: clothes may stink, they may be dirty, but on the inside, 142 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 4: there's a free person, there's a clean person, there's a 143 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 4: forgiven person. There's a victorious person. They're just waiting for 144 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 4: someone that won't be put off by the outside, someone 145 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 4: that will step up to help remove the grave clothes. 146 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 4: How do you do this by speaking faith into them, 147 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 4: not telling them what they are, but telling them what 148 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 4: they can become, by loving them, by taking time to care, 149 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 4: by going out of your way to be their friend. 150 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 4: They have enough people pushing them down, pointing out their faults, 151 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 4: complaining about their grave clothes. You can be the one 152 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 4: to push them up, to see the best in them, 153 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 4: to help them get free. You can be a grave 154 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 4: clothes remover. For years, my mom prayed for a man 155 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 4: by the name of Bill Nash. She would see his 156 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 4: name on marquees around town. Bill was a popular entertainer 157 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 4: country Western singer. He grew up singing in church as 158 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 4: a little boy. His parents were missionaries. He was raised 159 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 4: in a strong family of faith. But as a teenager, 160 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 4: Bill got off course, already running with the wrong crowd 161 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 4: and not making good decisions. Instead of singing in churches, 162 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 4: now he was singing in bars and clubs. But the 163 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 4: scripture says God's calling on your life is irrevocable. That 164 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 4: means you may run away from God. But God won't 165 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 4: run away from you. His grace will come looking for you. 166 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 4: Paul wrote about the grace in Romans that God freely 167 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 4: gives us. One translation of the word freely is promiscuous. 168 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 4: When someone is promiscuous, they're loose, they're unrestrained. They'll be 169 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 4: with anyone. That's the way God's grace is. You can 170 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 4: be in a bar and Grace will come looking for you. 171 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 4: You can be hound drugs and Grace will come knocking 172 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 4: at your door. You can be in the wrong places, 173 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 4: doing the wrong thing with the wrong people, and when 174 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 4: you least expect it, out of nowhere, you'll hear that 175 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 4: still small voice saying, come back home. I love you. 176 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 4: I have something better. God doesn't say if you clean 177 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 4: yourself up, I'll show you mercy. If you get back 178 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 4: on course, I'll think about being good to you. God's 179 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 4: grace is promiscuous. It goes to unlikely places. And every 180 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 4: time my mom saw Bill's name under her breath, Lord, 181 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 4: thank you for bringing Bill back home. Thank you that 182 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 4: he'll fulfill his destiny. She had never met him, had 183 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 4: no connections, but year after year she kept praying for him. 184 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 4: Didn't look like anything was happening, but you don't know 185 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 4: what God is doing behind the scenes. One day, that 186 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:43,439 Speaker 4: grace convinced Bill to turn his life around. He wanted 187 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 4: to go to church, but he thought nobody'd want somebody 188 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 4: like me. I've made a lot of mistakes, lived a 189 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 4: rough life. I'm known as a partier. He turned on 190 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 4: the television and saw my father talking about the goodness 191 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 4: of God. That Sunday, he walked in Lakewood, first time 192 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,199 Speaker 4: since he was a teenager. Sat way in the back. 193 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,679 Speaker 4: Someone recognized him and brought him down to see my mom. 194 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 4: She told how she had been praying for him and 195 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 4: how that was a dream come true. That day was 196 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 4: a turning point in Bill's life. A few months later, 197 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 4: he gave his first Christian concert at Lakewood, and he's 198 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 4: been using his talents for the Lord ever since. Like Lazarus, 199 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 4: Bill needed someone to help remove the grave clothes. That's 200 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 4: what my mother did. She recognized underneath the mess, the partying, 201 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:41,679 Speaker 4: the compromising, there was a free man, a man destined 202 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 4: to do great things. There are a lot of Bills 203 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 4: out there, people that are bound on the outside, but 204 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 4: they have greatness on the inside. They just need someone 205 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 4: that won't be afraid to get dirty. Someone that won't 206 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 4: be judgmental and say he used to be in church, 207 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 4: he's in the bars, what's wrong with him? Instead of 208 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 4: judging them, why don't you take that same time to 209 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 4: pray for them, to reach out to them, to let 210 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:13,199 Speaker 4: them know that you believe in them. What if when 211 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 4: Jesus raised Lazarus, no one was willing to remove the 212 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 4: grave clothes. Nobody wanted to deal with the stink, Nobody 213 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 4: wanted to get dirty. Lazarus wouldn't have lived that long. 214 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 4: He was bound, not able to move. Jesus did his part, 215 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 4: but he was counting on Lazarus's friends and family to 216 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 4: do their part. Are there people in your life waiting 217 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 4: for you to help remove their grave clothes? Their off course, 218 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 4: struggling in some area. It's easy to make excuses. They 219 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 4: brought the trouble on themselves. It's their fault. I'm too busy. 220 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 4: I've got enough problems of my own. No, take time 221 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 4: to make a difference. Don't look at them through eyes 222 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:00,160 Speaker 4: of judgment, look at them through eyes of love. Be 223 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 4: deep down they want to change. Maybe grace has been 224 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:07,079 Speaker 4: knocking at their door, getting stronger and stronger, but they 225 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 4: don't know the next step, a phone call from you, 226 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 4: a kind word, taking them out to dinner, not to 227 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 4: try to straighten them out, but just to let them 228 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 4: know that you care. That's what speaks volumes that you're 229 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 4: not there to condemn them, to point out their faults. 230 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 4: You are there to simply love them. John chapter eight. 231 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 4: These religious leaders brought a woman to Jesus threw her 232 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 4: down at his feet. She was caught in the act 233 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 4: of adultery. They said, Jesus, the law says stone her. 234 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 4: What do you say we should do? Seemed obvious. The 235 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 4: law was clear, the lady was guilty. One thing I 236 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 4: love about Jesus is he broke religious rules in order 237 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 4: to be good to people. In the Old Testament, God 238 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 4: gave them ten commandments, but the people turned them into 239 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 4: over two thousand laws. When Jesus came, he said, in 240 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 4: the fact, I'm getting rid of all these religious rules, 241 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 4: all these heavy demands you put on people that only 242 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 4: make them guilty and condemned. Instead, I'm going to condense 243 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 4: them down into two commandments. Love the Lord your God 244 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 4: with all your heart. And love your neighbor as you 245 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 4: love yourself. He was saying, people are more important than 246 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 4: religious rules. Everything is not going to fit perfectly into 247 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 4: ar theology. They have to do this, they have to 248 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 4: do that. They can't do that, they can't go there. 249 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 4: If you convince people to follow all your religious rules, 250 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 4: but you don't have love, the scripture says, we're like 251 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 4: a loud, clinging symbol. I don't want to be known 252 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 4: for what I'm against. I want to be known for 253 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 4: what I'm for. I'm for people. I'm for second chances. 254 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 4: I'm for mercy. I'm not into condemning thisiness. I'm in 255 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 4: the loving business. I'm in the healing business. I'm in 256 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 4: the lifting business. I want to be known as a 257 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 4: grave clothes remover, as someone that saw the best in people, 258 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 4: that helped push them into their destiny, as someone that 259 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 4: was willing to get dirty, to go after messy people, 260 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 4: broken people, people that society has written off. But let 261 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 4: me warn you, when you love people who are messy, 262 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 4: you may be criticized, you may be talked about. One time, 263 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 4: Jesus was walking through a crowded town, thousands of people around. 264 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 4: He looked up and saw zach kias the chief tax collector. 265 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 4: He was known as one of the most dishonest people. 266 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 4: He lied, he cheated, he didn't keep his word. Yet 267 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 4: Jesus said, I want to go to dinner with you today. 268 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 4: Of all the people there that day, there were priests, rabbis, 269 00:16:56,400 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 4: elders in the synagogue. But Grace goes to unlikely places. 270 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 4: Jesus didn't see just what Zacheus was. He saw what 271 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 4: he could become. He was bound on the outside by 272 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 4: grave clothes, but he knew on the inside was a 273 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:19,199 Speaker 4: man of integrity, a man of honor. Jesus went to 274 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 4: dinner with Zacheus, someone that people considered dirty, messy, broken. 275 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 4: In fact, the scripture says the religious leaders complained that 276 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 4: he went to dinner with a notorious sinner. When you 277 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 4: go after the broken, the hurting, the addicted, people may criticize, 278 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 4: they may talk about you, but you're in good company. 279 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 4: You are never more like God than when you go 280 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 4: after messy people. This lady was on the ground in 281 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 4: front of Jesus, surrounded by all these men. She was afraid, embarrassed, 282 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 4: expecting the worst. Jesus knelt down and wrote in the 283 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 4: He said to them, whoever is without sin, throw the 284 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 4: first stone. They all put their heads down. They were convicted. 285 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 4: When you're tempted to be judgmental, ask yourself, have I 286 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 4: ever done wrong? Am I qualified to throw the first stone? 287 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 4: None of us are? The men walked out, from the 288 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:23,239 Speaker 4: oldest to the youngest. He said to her, where are 289 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 4: your accusers? Hasn't anyone condemned you? She said no. Man, Lord, 290 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 4: he said, neither do I now go and sin no more. 291 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:37,640 Speaker 4: Our religious minds go tilt, tilt, tilt. Grace for somebody 292 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 4: that committed adultery, Grace for a man that's known for 293 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 4: being dishonest, Grace for a guy that's singing in clubs. 294 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 4: God's grace is promiscuous. Why don't you go after someone 295 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:54,399 Speaker 4: that doesn't deserve it, someone that's made mistakes, someone that's hurting. 296 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 4: You can be the one that helps put them back 297 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 4: on their feet. Nobody's too are gone, nobody's made too 298 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 4: many mistakes. All some people need is one person to 299 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 4: believe in them, one person to say, hey, I'm praying 300 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 4: for you, one person to breathe new life back into 301 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 4: their spirit. Years ago, there was a minister that was 302 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 4: touching the world, doing great things, but someone accused him 303 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 4: of having a lack of integrity. Rumors started to spread. 304 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 4: They took on a life of their own, and he 305 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 4: had made mistakes, but it was blown way out of proportion. 306 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 4: He was so devastated he got out of the ministry 307 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 4: for months. You didn't hear anything from him. I didn't 308 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:40,959 Speaker 4: know him. Well, it's much older than I am. But 309 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 4: I felt like I was supposed to reach out to him, 310 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 4: but my mind came up with all these excuses. Joe, 311 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 4: he's not going to listen to you. If people find 312 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 4: out you're talking, you're going to be drug into this mess. 313 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 4: You better leave him alone. He doesn't have a good reputation, 314 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 4: he's tainted, he's messing. But I found God loves messy people. 315 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 4: God loves broken people. He loves people that are at 316 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:11,880 Speaker 4: a disadvantage, not just people that have had bad breaks, 317 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:15,199 Speaker 4: but he even loves people that have brought the trouble 318 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:19,400 Speaker 4: on themselves. And this is where human nature says, they're 319 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 4: getting what they deserve. Let them deal with it. They're guilty, 320 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 4: but only the guilty need mercy. Where are the healers? 321 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:31,120 Speaker 4: Where are the restoreres, the people that are not too 322 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 4: self righteous to get down? Where someone is hurting with 323 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,679 Speaker 4: the broken to help heal the wounds. I didn't know 324 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 4: if he'd take my call, but I felt strongly about it. 325 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,880 Speaker 4: He answered the phone. I could barely hear him speak. 326 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 4: He said, Joel, I don't have any more fight left 327 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 4: in me. I'm done. I didn't talk long, but for 328 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,639 Speaker 4: the next three minutes I spoke faith into him. I 329 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 4: spoke restoration. I told him that we needed him, that 330 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 4: the nations were waiting on him, that God's mercy is 331 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 4: bigger than our mistakes, that his best days were not behind, 332 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 4: they were still out in front. He said, in a 333 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 4: real soft voice, thank you, and hung up. Didn't seem 334 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,120 Speaker 4: like it did any good. But six months later he 335 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 4: called back and sounded like a different person. He had 336 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 4: his fireback, his passion back. He was about to go overseas. 337 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 4: He said something I'll never forget. He said, Joel, it 338 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 4: all turned around that day. You called something reignited in 339 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 4: my spirit. Something came alive on the inside. When you 340 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 4: go after the hurting, the broken, the discourage, the anointing 341 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 4: on your life will break yokes that are holding them back. 342 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 4: You may not feel it, they may not respond right away, 343 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 4: but when you speak faith, change or breaking, when you 344 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 4: show Love's strongholds for coming down. When you're merciful, compassionate forgiving, 345 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 4: you'll pour an oil on the wounds. You'll being a healer, 346 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 4: a restorer, a lifter. There was a young prophet in 347 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:15,160 Speaker 4: the Old Testament named Hoseah. He lived at a time 348 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:19,160 Speaker 4: when the Israelites were worshiping idols and not honoring God. 349 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 4: Hooseah was well respected. People came from all over to 350 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 4: get his advice. He was a single man and looked 351 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 4: forward to the day he would get married. He knew 352 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 4: God would bring him a wife, but it wasn't what 353 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 4: he thought. God told him to marry a lady named Gomer. 354 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 4: Gomer was a former prostitute. She didn't have a good reputation. 355 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 4: Can imagine Hoseah thought, God, do you know who this 356 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 4: lady is. I'm a prophet, I'm a man of God. 357 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 4: What are people going to think? He could have talked 358 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 4: himself out of it, but he knew to obey and 359 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 4: things started off good. They were in love. They had 360 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 4: a son, but then things went downhill. Hoseiah would go 361 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 4: out to minister, but Gomer didn't understand the calling on 362 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 4: his life. She had two more sons, but not by Joseah. 363 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 4: She slipped back into her old ways. Hoseiah was heartbroken. 364 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:21,399 Speaker 4: He knew she was being unfaithful, but he loved his wife. 365 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 4: He pleaded with her again and again to change, and 366 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 4: it would last for a little while, then she'd go 367 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 4: right back to make matters worse. Everyone knew about Gomer's affairs. 368 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 4: She was the talk of the town. One morning, Joseah 369 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 4: woke up and Gomer was gone. She'd abandon him and 370 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:45,119 Speaker 4: the three children. Maybe she left a note saying I'm sorry, 371 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 4: but I've done I found another man to love. Going 372 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:52,120 Speaker 4: with your life. I can hear Hoseah's friends saying, it's 373 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,640 Speaker 4: about time that lady has brought you nothing but heartache 374 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 4: and pain. You deserve much better. That sounded good on 375 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 4: the outside, but Hooseiah still loved Gomer. He grieved greatly 376 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 4: over this loss. Years later, he overheard from the town 377 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 4: gossip that Gomer was still alive. She had been deserted 378 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,640 Speaker 4: by all the men that said they loved her. Now 379 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 4: she had hit rock bottom. She was about to be 380 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 4: sold as a slave. The scripture says the Lord said 381 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 4: to Joseiah, go get your wife again and bring her 382 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 4: back home. After all the pain she had caused. After 383 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 4: all the rejection abandonment, you would think Joseiah would say 384 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 4: I am done with this lady, I am over with her, 385 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 4: But Josea had this undying love. He went back to 386 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 4: the city and found her in the red light district 387 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:50,199 Speaker 4: on the auction block, about to be sold. She was 388 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 4: beaten down, dirty hair, disheveled, closed, torn her head down 389 00:24:55,960 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 4: in shame. He got up close and whispered Gomer. She 390 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 4: looked up and couldn't believe it. He smiled and said, 391 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 4: don't worry. I'm going to get you out of here. 392 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 4: What was that promiscuous grace? It goes to unusual places. 393 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 4: He went to the man in charge and said, that's 394 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:17,920 Speaker 4: my wife. I'm taking her with me. He said, you're 395 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 4: not taking her anywhere. She belongs to me. She's for sale. 396 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 4: You'll have to buy her. He took out his wallet 397 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:30,200 Speaker 4: and paid fifteen shekels and five barley loaves. He bought 398 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:35,239 Speaker 4: back what should have been already his Hoseiah is a 399 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 4: picture of God. Gomer represents you and me. We've all 400 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 4: been unfaithful. We went our own way, did our own thing. 401 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 4: But God, who is rich in mercy, when we turned 402 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:51,439 Speaker 4: our back on him. He had every right to walk away, 403 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 4: but he didn't turn his back on us. He came 404 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 4: down to the messy places, to where we found, to 405 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,159 Speaker 4: where we should have been finished, and he brought us back, 406 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 4: not with fifteen shekels, but with the blood of his 407 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 4: own son. Since God has rescued us, since he has 408 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 4: brought us back, will you be a Hoseiah and buy 409 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 4: somebody else back? Will you rescue them? They are hurting 410 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 4: people all around you, broken people that don't think anyone cares. 411 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:28,399 Speaker 4: They're in messy places. They don't deserve your kindness. You 412 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 4: could walk away, nobody would fault you. But God rescued you. 413 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,959 Speaker 4: He's counting on you to rescue them. They're not in 414 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:41,119 Speaker 4: your path by accident. God put them there because he 415 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:45,159 Speaker 4: can trust you. You can help love them back into wholeness. 416 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 4: Other people may not see it. But underneath the mess, 417 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 4: the addictions, the bad habits, there's the sun. There's a 418 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:57,119 Speaker 4: daughter of the Most High God. They may be bound 419 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 4: on the outside, but like Lazarus Royalty, on the inside, 420 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,880 Speaker 4: they have seeds of greatness. Will you be a Hoseiah 421 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,120 Speaker 4: and go after the hurting, Go after the broken, those 422 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 4: that are dedicted, those that have been written off by society. 423 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 4: Not with your finger pointed in judgment telling them what 424 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 4: they're doing wrong. Go after them with something more powerful, 425 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 4: with love, with mercy, with the goodness of God. They 426 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 4: don't deserve it. Neither did we while we were yet sinners. 427 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 4: Christ died for us. You've been shown incredible mercy. I'm 428 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 4: asking you show that mercy to others. Be a Hoseiah. 429 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 4: If you'll do this, I believe and declare as you 430 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 4: lift others up, God is going to lift you up 431 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:47,360 Speaker 4: as you rescue somebody else. God will always have somebody 432 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:51,359 Speaker 4: to rescue you and your children. The seeds you sow 433 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 4: will come back to you in Jesus's name, and if 434 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:58,919 Speaker 4: you receive it. Can you say aven today? I'd like 435 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 4: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 436 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:06,120 Speaker 4: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 437 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 4: I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll 438 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:15,919 Speaker 4: make you my lord and savior. If you prayed that 439 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 4: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 440 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 4: a good Bible based church, keep God first place, Victoria, 441 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,160 Speaker 4: and I'll be right back to speak a blessing over you. 442 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,199 Speaker 6: Start each day off right by having Joel lead you 443 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,120 Speaker 6: in declaring the truth of who you are in Christ 444 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 6: through this powerful thirty one day audio devotional I Am, I. 445 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 4: AM blessed, I AM Strong, I AM Talented. 446 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 6: I AM Available. This month does a thank you for 447 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 6: your support of our ministry. 448 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 7: If you want to know what you're going to be 449 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 7: like five years from now, listen to what you're saying 450 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 7: about yourself. You're prophesying your future. When you speak words 451 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 7: of faith and victory, you're setting the course for a 452 00:28:58,520 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 7: victorious life. 453 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 4: In thirty one promises, one for each day, takes less 454 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 4: than a minute. It's a great way to get the 455 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 4: day starting. Request this resource. 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